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BBCSO/Brabbins review – last-minute change adds drama to Beowulf premiere

With Charles Styles stepping in to sing the lead at short notice, the BBCSO’s world premiere of Iain Bell’s Wagnerian cantata had an extra edge

The Guardian - UK

Secret Byrd review – cloak-and-dagger concert hails a musical genius

Held in a candlelit crypt, this immersive tribute to ‘father of English music’ William Byrd featured ecstatic singing, buoyant musicianship – and soup for the spectators

The Guardian - UK

Celtic Boys club boss ‘touched teen in shower room’, court told

A CELTIC Boys Club manager touched a 15-year-old’s private parts in a shower room at Celtic Park when the teenager was feeling upset after a game,…

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Celtic Boys Club manager 'touched teen's privates in shower room when he was upset after game'

The alleged victim, now aged 52, said he initially thought Francis Cairney was giving him a consoling hug because he was homesick, but was "shocked" when the manager touched him inappropriately.

Daily Record

Celtic Boys Club manager touched youth’s private parts, court hears

Francis Cairney, 87, is accused of indecently assaulting three boys while a coach with the football club in the 1970s and ’80s.

The Independent UK

Les Arts Florissants/Christie review – Christmas, 17th-century Paris-style

A range of seasonal and dramatic music by Marc-Antoine Charpentier was beautifully realised, the playing and singing sensuous and detailed

The Guardian - UK

Glasgow fireman threatened to rape 16-year-old girl he approached in his car

Michael Roberts, 34, preyed on on two teenagers, approaching them in his car while they walked on the street. When one of the girls refused to get in his car, he said “he was going to rape" her.

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Bogus Glasgow workman threatened woman ‘I’m coming to your door’ in dispute over payment

William McKay, 35, carried out handyman tasks for Georgia Baker but demanded a further £100 from the lawyer which led to the dispute. He has now been jailed for 35 months.

Glasgow Live

Bluewater owner warns of slump in developments as property values drop

Landsec says retailers are shutting shops to focus on ‘fewer but bigger’ stores

The Guardian - UK

Value of Landsec’s City offices drops almost 10% as borrowing costs bite

Return to ultra-low interest rates unlikely, boss Mark Allan said

Evening Standard

LSO/Thomas review – African American composers in the spotlight

Joel Thompson and Carlos Simon mixed music with urgent speech while Wynton Marsalis’s concerto liberated the tuba from its bridesmaid role

The Guardian - UK

The Midsummer Marriage review – Tippett’s heady mix has the recording it deserves

Gardner captures perfectly the overflowing exuberance of Tippett’s score, with Toby Spence and Jennifer France an ideal Jack and Bella

The Guardian - UK

Glasgow MP Margaret Ferrier who broke covid travel rules sentenced to 270 hours community service

Rutherglen and Hamilton West MP Margaret Ferrier tested positive for Covid-19 but travelled between Glasgow and London. She has now been sentenced to 270 hours of community service.

Glasgow Live

Lanarkshire COVID rule break MP given community service as she walks free from court

Margaret Ferrier admitted breaking coronavirus lockdown rules in September 2020

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BBC Proms 2022: Nicola Benedetti with the RSNO and Thomas Søndergård review - swinging stuff

The superstar violinist played Wynton Marsalis’ composition written for her, and he couldn’t have had a better advocate

The Guardian - UK

Proms & ENO: Glass Handel review – arias meet beatboxing in a creative but baffling cacophony

Anthony Roth Costanzo’s neon-lit ‘operatic experience’ brought together Handel and Philip Glass plus dancers, a painter … and films of erotic puddings

The Guardian - UK

Prom 61: Chineke!/Edusei review – the choral symphony gleams and teems with detail

The young orchestra brought lightness and an appealing new directness to their Proms performance of George Walker’s Lilacs and Beethoven’s 9th

Evening Standard

BBC Proms 2022: Prom 45 Amjad Ali Khan at the Royal Albert Hall review: a gorgeous start to the day

The virtuoso sarod player was joined by his two sons for this uplifting morning concert

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Lanarkshire MP Margaret Ferrier pleads guilty to reckless conduct over travelling while having coronavirus

Ms Ferrier admits travelling to London despite having COVID symptoms

Glasgow Live

Glasgow MP Margaret Ferrier pleads guilty to exposing public to covid and breaking travel rules

Rutherglen and Hamilton West MP Margaret Ferrier was told to self-isolate in September 2020 but made several journeys to and from Glasgow and London between September 26 and 29.

The Guardian - UK

Prom 30: Tredegar Band/BBCNOW/Bancroft review – vivid and expressive love letter to brass bands

Gavin Higgins’s ambitious new ‘concerto grosso’ was brilliantly played by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the Tredegar Band

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Dalia; Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra and Aurora Proms – review

Garsington’s refugee community opera bowls everyone over. At the Proms, uprooted Ukrainian musicians play as one, and Aurora Orchestra go to the brink

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra review – tears and roars of delight for new national ensemble

Giving only their second ever performance, the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra was highly impressive and deeply moving in a programme of Silvestrov, Chopin, Beethoven and Brahms

Daily Record

Trial date set for Margaret Ferrier, the Lanarkshire MP accused of breaking COVID rules

The 61-year-old allegedly made several journeys having been told to self-isolate

Daily Record

Former SNP MP Margaret Ferrier to stand trial accused of breaking covid travel rules

Ferrier, who sits as an independent MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West, is accused of "culpably and recklessly" putting people at risk

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