The former newspaper editor behind the infamous Vow, published days before 2014’s Scottish independence referendum, yesterday came out in support of independence in a move hailed as “hugely significant” by Nicola Sturgeon.

Storm Hector left a trail of destruction as it swept across Scotland today, felling trees and sparking flood warnings.

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Lloyds is expected to axe positions at its group corporate affairs team in Scotland as part of wider changes across the banking group in response to what it described as a “rapidly changing environment.”

Scotland would face “austerity until doomsday” if the country became independent, former prime minister Gordon Brown has said.

All the latest transfer rumours and news from the Scottish Premiership.

Andy Murray will return to competitive tennis after almost a year out at the Queen’s Club next week.

Long ago, in the amateur days, Andy Irvine remarked that, while Scotland’s first XV had a chance of beating anybody, a second XV would lose to the second XV of most of their rivals, and a Scotland third XV would most likely be slaughtered.