Scotland scrum-half Greig Laidlaw believes referees need to up their game in looking after players after the start of the World Cup has been marred by a plethora of dangerous, high tackles which have not been clamped down severely enough by on-field referees.
Ken Stott, Scottish stage, screen and film actor responds to Rebus author Ian Rankin, who last week told Nicola Sturgeon his famous detective would have been a No voter.
The Scottish Conservatives do not support calls for a supermajority to be required in a future independence referendum, the party's interim leader has said.
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People questioned Hearts character as they struggled to get this season going. On the back of last seasonâs collapse many wondered if they had the inner steel to turn things around.
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