Billy Connolly News

BILLY Connolly didn't cover himself in grace with his rant at an official photographer, elsewhere Joan turns her focus on the Scotch Whisky Association.

Oh, calm down. I'm not talking about all of them. Some Scottish men are actually quite nice.

Scottish actor/comic Billy Connolly has come under fire from fans after launching a foul-mouthed tirade at a photographer during a gig in I reland this week .

FUNNYMAN Billy Connolly left a bad taste in the mouths of fans after he verbally abused a female photographer at the start of his show.

ABERDEEN and Dundee pitched their hats into the ring yesterday as the battle to be UK 2017 City of Culture hots up.

It had been five years since he made a film, but just before his 76th birthday in February he suddenly appeared in two - Gambit with Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz, and then opposite Dame Maggie Smith in Quartet, directed by Dustin Hoffman, which is out on DVD in the next fortnight.

THE Big Yin struggled to remember some of his gags during a live show and he told the Belfast audience that the memory loss he suffers terrifies him.