Scotland’s rewilding policies have left many people terrified they would be savaged to death by wolves if they were reintroduced in the Scottish Highlands, a leading Scottish wildlife campaigner has said.

A Cambridge scientist has warned that the "decaying" of the Greenland ice sheet risks pushing up the sea level and threatens coastal cities around the world.

The teenager who abducted, raped and murdered six-year-old Alesha MacPhail will appeal this week against his 27-year sentence  - claiming he was only a child himself.

Craig Halkett didn’t start his career as a defender and, despite the recent scoring exploits, he doesn’t envisage ending it as a striker.

Think supermum in golf and Catriona Matthew instantly springs to mind, having claimed her historic win in the 2008 Women’s British Open at Royal Lytham just 11 weeks after giving birth to a second daughter, Sophie. Compared to that, you might think it will be a walk in the park for Pamela Pretswell Asher, who became a new mum in November, to be making her return to competitive golf in this week’s Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club, but not so.

Ryan Christie struck a long-range hat-trick as Celtic began their latest Ladbrokes Premiership title defence with a 7-0 demolition of St Johnstone.