Newman gets second shot at Eurovision

Singer-songwriter James Newman has said he is "excited and honoured" to represent the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Newman had been set to appear at last year's contest before it was cancelled due to the pandemic.

The older brother of pop star John Newman had been ready to perform the track My Last Breath at the 2020 contest.

However, he will have to write a new entry after the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) said the 2020 songs would not be eligible for this year's show.

The singer said: "I'm so excited and honoured to be getting a second chance at representing my country in the Eurovision Song Contest.”

New students will not be admitted to Scottish dental schools in 2021.

Universities Scotland said the decision had been made after final year students were unable to graduate due to a lack of practical clinical experience during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Any course offers made to students will be deferred until 2022.

A Universities Scotland spokesman said: “The requirement of current dental students to repeat the 2020-21 academic year in order to complete the vital clinical training required to qualify as dentists has the additional sad knock-on effect of preventing Scotland’s dental schools from admitting a new cohort of dental students as anticipated in September 2021.

“Dentistry is an area which has been particularly badly hit by the Covid pandemic, due to the risk of spread of the virus via aerosol transmission. This has severely limited clinical training.”