The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
Viewers desert X Factor
The second instalment of The X Factor returned with 6.3 million viewers on Sunday night – a drop of 500,000 from the launch show.
The episode featured emotional contestants doing their best to impress judges Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, Sharon Osbourne and Nicole Scherzinger.
The ratings for Saturday night’s series opener were the show’s lowest audience for a launch episode in 10 years. One of Scotland’s most famous turbine steamships will be dry-docked for the first time since 1997, thanks to a £150,000 fundraising boost.
A combined grant of £150,000 from the Landfill Communities Fund by EB Scotland and Clydesdale Bank means the TS Queen Mary will enter drydock on the River Clyde next week.
She will undergo a full inspection and renovation of her hull.
Clydesdale Bank chairman Jim Pettigrew said: “Clydesdale Bank has built its reputation around being a part of the community and it’s important for us to support great community projects, like this one. The TS Queen Mary is a magnificent ship and I am pleased that we have been able to unlock vital funding to support her restoration.”