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Fundraising Event Murambinda Mission Hospital

THE work of former Castlemilk minister and Moderator of the Church of Scotland the Very Revd John Miller and his wife Mary in Zimbabwe will be supported by a fundraising evening this Saturday. Glasgow Cathedral plays host to musicians from the High School of Glasgow and Celtic dancers from the Gordon School of Dancing in Montrose, who danced at Balmoral as part of the Queen's 80th birthday celebrations.

Pick of the Day Kidnapped: The Alan Johnston Story, Bbc1, 9pm

WITH exclusive access to Alan Johnston, his family and the behind- the-scenes hostage negotiations, this Panorama special tells the extraordinary story of the BBC correspondent's 114 days as a captive of the Army of Islam, a fanatical jihadist group in Gaza. In the film, Alan describes in detail how he was snatched at gunpoint in March this year; his first night of terror handcuffed and hooded; and how he was treated during the nearly four months of his imprisonment.

Cate's Oscar Royalty Queen Elizabeth Sequel Could Herald a Golden Age for Its Star Queen Elizabeth Sequel Could Herald a Golden Age for Its Star Andy Dougan's Movie World

OSCAR night really has a thing for royalty. Usually it's Hollywood royalty but last year they went for the genuine article when Helen Mirren won an Oscar for The Queen .In that film she played Queen Elizabeth II, but Cate Blanchett might be hoping that this year they go for one of her predecessors. The Australian actress plays Elizabeth I in Elizabeth: The Golden Age and inevitably there is Oscar buzz. It's the second time around for Blanchett who became a household name with her performance ...

Russian Roulette Andy Dougan Big Screen Action

EASTERN PROMISES (18) 3/5 Viggo Mortensen stakes his claim as an Oscar contender

Oh Baby, What a Surprise! Naomi Watts Won't Forget Eastern Promises in a Hurry - She Discovered She Was Pregnant Half Way Through Filming

NAOMI WATTS surprised herself with some of the stunts she did in her new movie Eastern Promises, including some hair-raising scenes driving a gas-guzzling beast of a Russian motorbike. But she got an even bigger surprise when she finished the stunt scenes - she discovered she was pregnant.

We'll Let the Music Do the Talking Eight Years After a Bitter Split, the Verve Are Making a Comeback - and It's Kicking Off in Glasgow Next Week Eight Years After a Bitter Split, the Verve Are Making a Comeback - and It's Kicking Off in Glasgow Next Week Vicky Davidson Sounds of the City

NICK McCABE bounding about "like a kid in a toy shop", Si Jones enthusing about "hour-long jams" and "killer choons!" and a short- list of 20 classics that made the hairs on the back of their necks stand up - as well as a wealth of new songs that are blossoming into life as a future album. And, unlikeliest of all, Richard Ashcroft ready to return to the fold at long last, eight years after the band crashed and burned in one of the most acrimonious splits in British pop history.

Model Way to Cause a Big Musical Buzz. . .

A FORTUITOUS meeting in Glasgow between two Fort William boys with a passion for rock and roll led to the genesis of one of the city's current hottest buzz-bands, Make Model. Gordon Skene, formerly lead singer with feisty, rock outfit Carson, and Lewis Gale, whose past misdemeanours include a stint as sticksman with Fickle Public, had been aware of each other since their early, noisemongering teens.

It's Brendan, of Course Irishman's Funny Look at the World of Insurance Irishman's Funny Look at the World of Insurance Brian Beacom Theatre News

DAVID MAMET dug deep into the darkest recesses of the human psyche using the shady world of sales as a backdrop to his brilliant play, Glengarry Glen Ross. Now, that same world has been explored by one of Ireland's top writer's Brendan O'Carroll, in The Course.