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© BBC Studios/BBC Scotland Joyce Falconer is making a return to River City as the hugely-popular Roisin. Aberdeen actress Joyce Falconer is set to make a dramatic return to River City as one of the BBC Scotland soap’s most-loved characters, Roisin McIntyre. Loud, brash and with her unmistakeable Doric tones, Roisin (and Joyce) will be seen back on the streets of Shieldinch from this August and has started filming at the River City studios in Dumbarton. News of Joyce’s return earned a round...

Martin McCardie, BBC Studios Series Producer for River City, said: “We are delighted to have the fantastic Grant Stott joining the cast, he will have a huge impact on some of our regular characters and will hopefully enjoy being on the show. “The late, great, Andy Gray was always recommending Grant as an actor and as a team player to the show – we are happy to say that we listened to him.” Gavin Smith, BBC Scotland’s Executive Producer added: "The brilliant Grant Stott plays a charact...

Roisin McIntyre to make explosive return to River City after 13 years Actress Joyce Falconer was last on screen in 2008 after becoming a fans favourite with shock storylines. Joyce Falconer as the legendary Roisin McIntyre (Image: BBC) Get the latest celeb gossip and telly news sent straight to your inbox each week with our Showbiz newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newslett...

Jantje Huggins on her familys farm in the Netherlands in her youth - Credit: Kingsley Healthcare When war arrived, her older brother and other teenage boys were sent to labour camps in Germany. “My older sister and I were ordered to make German uniforms. We both refused and were held overnight," she recalled. VE Day anniversary celebrations at Spring Lodge care home in Woolverstone, near Ipswich - Credit: Kingsley Healthcare “We were allowed home in the morning, to mother’s great joy. Sh...

Jantje Huggins on her familys farm in the Netherlands in her youth - Credit: Kingsley Healthcare When war arrived, her older brother and other teenage boys were sent to labour camps in Germany. “My older sister and I were ordered to make German uniforms. We both refused and were held overnight," she recalled. VE Day anniversary celebrations at Spring Lodge care home in Woolverstone, near Ipswich - Credit: Kingsley Healthcare “We were allowed home in the morning, to mother’s great joy. Sh...

agray@tribtoday.com If this music thing doesn’t work out, Dave Grohl might have a future as a filmmaker. I loved “Sound City,” the documentary Grohl directed in 2013 about the recording studio where everyone from Fleetwood Mac to Tom Petty to Nirvana recorded iconic albums, and the Neve soundboard used during those sessions. The latest documentary from the Warren native, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Foo Fighters frontman is “What Drives Us,” a look at life on the road as a m...

He said shipping delays were continuing to cause trouble for imported goods. “It’s been constant for the last 12 months, ever since Covid started,” he said. “From Europe, it was six weeks on a good day. Now, it’s fairly common to take three months,” he said. He said there tended to be seasonal demand for champagne, egged on by special events such as Mother’s Day (this Sunday) or Valentine’s Day. The ongoing unpredictability of global shipping meant it was difficult to have st...

Arsene Wenger has always been a custodian of football as the beautiful game. Even during the desperate final seasons of his Arsenal tenure, you could always rely on the Le Professeur to back his pure, passing brand of football and conservative transfer spending. Ok, sure, there are exceptions to both of those claims but lets be honest here, Wenger still stood head and shoulders above the rest when it came to defending the essence and joy of the sport. Wengers love for the beautiful game And for...

• A rodent that “predicts” the weather? Not interested. But a groundhog as a beer festival mascot? Sign me up. There will be no worry of six more weeks of winter after the Youngstown Rotary’s third Groundhog Craft Beerfest (then again, this is northeast Ohio. Never say never). The event, which is normally held around the time that all eyes are on Punxsutawney Phil, is being moved to July 10 this year. And instead of being inside Stambaugh Auditorium, this year’s event will take pla...

A DAILY record number of coronavirus vaccines were administered at Orford Jubilee Hub this week on what is being hailed as ‘Mega Monday’. Around 1,260 jabs were carried out at the vaccination centre, with the operation requiring the assistance of members of the armed forces, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service and St John Ambulance. Maximising the time spent at the site, patients were also able to receive scans to detect potential heart conditions and update their GP records during the 1...