Pockets of poverty

Singing sensation Susan Boyle has announced her first tour in six years.

The Top Ten tour will celebrate Susan’s decade in the music industry since she shot to fame on Britain’s Got Talent in 2009.

The world-famous singer from Blackburn has sold 25 million albums but says singing for the Pope in Bellahouston Park and her first performance in America were the highlights.

Susan released her eighth studio album in May but she is desperate to get back to singing live.

Sh e said: “I l ov e performing in front of a live audience and I hope I can give the best on this tour.

“You don’t get the same feeling from a recording studio as you do from the live crowd. You miss that interaction and friendliness.

“I’ll be doing more uptempo numbers on this tour so I guarantee I’ll get the audience up dancing and having a good night.

“I gave the last tour everything I had but I hope I can give that wee bit extra this time, put a wee bit more into the show. We’ve changed some of the songs and we have a choreographer too. I’m looking forward to it.”

The Top Ten tour includes three performances in Scotand: Dundee’s Caird Hall on March 3, the Armadillo in Glasgow the next night and Edinburgh’s Usher Hall on March 25.

For more information see www. ticketmaster. co.uk/susan-boyle-tickets/ artist/1875567. support, resulting in 38,793 separate enquiries covering money and debt, energy, housing and welfare benefits. It has maximised income by over £27.3 million in benefits and supported 532 people to appeal decisions made by the Department for Work and Pensions.

It has also processed 2405 new benefit claims within 11 days and 37,009 changes of circumstances in four days. West Lothian is one of the top performing benefits teams in Scotland. It has also dealt with 10,735 Scottish Welfare Fund applications.

Ms Nisbet said: “A huge amount of work is being done locally but what we need is a step change, a huge shift to stop people falling into poverty and to help lift people out of it. It is a longterm plan.”