More women will seek justice through Scotland’s civil courts system in the wake of a landmark case in which a woman is seeking damages from a man cleared of raping her, it was claimed last night.

Male monkeys with large noses have more females in their harems - proving that size does matter, according to a team of scientists.

Holyrood’s debates over recent days on income tax and the budget have all been rather contrived; outrage from the Tories that the wealthy have to pay more, anger from Labour that the rich aren’t squeezed enough and smugness from the SNP that everything has been resolved by increased revenue for the coffers.

The Scottish Football Association is in talks with Queen’s Park about the possibility of buying Hampden Park from the League 1 club.

Queen of the South could be without a back-up goalkeeper for Saturday’s clash with Dunfermline after Sam Henderson was hit by a runaway cow.

There’s plenty for Hibs fans to feel positive about after the arrival of Scott Allan in January, writes Craig Fowler