An extraordinary thing happened in Edinburgh this weekend. Around 100,000 people marched peacefully through the city centre to express support for Scottish independence – with virtually no serious analysis.

People in Scotland are “sick” of being told what to do by the Conservative government, the SNP’s Westminster leader will tell the party conference.

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A second referendum on Brexit would not set a precedent for the way Scotland would become independent, Nicola Sturgeon has said.

Moving into sixth place in the Premiership table wouldn’t normally be regarded by Rangers as cause for celebration but there was no doubting the significance of this victory for Steven Gerrard’s team.

The Ryder Cup factor did indeed prove decisive in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. Just not the way we expected. In the end, Tyrrell Hatton and Tommy Fleetwood, two members of Europe’s winning team in France a week earlier, were upstaged by someone who was at Le Golf National as a spectator. Step forward Dane Lucas Bjerregaard, who battled both cold conditions and a strengthening wind to close with a five-under 67 on the Old Course at St Andrews to claim a dramatic one-shot victory.

Following the blizzard of bad vibes that seems to have buffeted Celtic this season, the avalanche of goals they produced in Perth on Sunday will surely be considered the most effective means to change the climate around the club.