Gina McKenzie

ADELE and Ed Sheeran were among musicians paid a record £605 million in royalties last year, the Performing Right Society (PRS) has said.

GLASSES chain Specsavers has enrolled staff in sign language lessons to boost services to customers with hearing impairments.

A BEATLES fan is glad all over after finding that his photographs of the band’s first US concerts are expected to fetch £250,000 at auction.

TROOPS were sent in yesterday to assist police investigating the nerve agent poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter.

A TEENAGE singer-songwriter from Paisley will make a “life-changing” appearance at New York Tartan Week as a result of her involvement in the town’s UK City of Culture Bid. Lisa Kowalski, who to date has only performed in central Scotland, will sing at a lunchtime concert in Manhattan’s Bryant Park in April.

GERI Horner has said the Spice Girls are putting “all the possibilities out there” for their reunion – and that boys currently need some of the group’s famous Girl Power.

DAVID Tennant has revealed his friends told him that becoming an actor was a “daft idea”. However, in an interview with The Big Issue the former Dr Who star said that even at the age of 16, he believed they might be wrong.

JOURNALIST Carrie Gracie has resigned as the BBC’s China editor, saying the corporation is facing

STRICTLY Come Dancing winner Joe McFadden has said it would be a shame if he did not continue dancing after his success on the TV show.

THE Shape Of Water is leading the field for the 75th Golden Globes, with seven nominations including for its English star Sally Hawkins.