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Former Celtic striker Harry Hood has died at the age of 74, the Glasgow club have confirmed.

Confusing a brusque manner with bullying has fuelled the rise of kiddy-on hardmen like Nigel Farage and the far-right because voters crave strong leaderhip, writes Kevan Christie.

Mid-market chain restaurants have suffered as people look for bargain meals with the occasional expensive treat, writes Stephen Jardine.

It was a speech aimed at shifting attention away from the failure to complete the primary task of Theresa May’s premiership, but the delivery was more effective than the words.

A new Prime Minister will be in place by mid-July after a fast track Tory election campaign was set out following Theresa’s May’s tearful announcement yesterday that her turbulent reign will end on 7 June.

World leaders have reacted to Theresa May’s announcement that she is to step down as Prime Minister.

Two boys have died following an incident at a Sheffield house which has left four other children in hospital.

Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson now has a headache with Boris Johnson likely to replace Theresa May, writes John McLellan, who may also have some explaining to do as a Conservative councillor after calling the former Foreign Secretary shameless, calculating and cynical.

With an undeclared Conservative Party leadership campaign having slowly gathered speed for weeks, Theresa May’s announcement that she will resign has set the top contenders free to begin canvassing for support in the open.

The proportion of primary and secondary pupils who take active travel modes to school has fallen to its lowest level since records began, according to a new nationwide survey.

Theresa May is dispassionate, risk averse and media shy or, in other words, more of a civil servant than a political leader, writes Ayesha Hazarika.

Jim Duffy breathes a sigh of relief after managing to come up with plausible lies and keep a big surprise a secret.

Tourists are being told to ditch online hotel booking sites and contact hotels by phone after an investigation found such sites are still skewing search results, using pressure tactics and claiming false discounts - despite a major clampdown from the authorities.

A “silent protest” to voice opposition to the Kirk’s decision not to divest its financial investments from oil and gas companies was held by members of the National Youth Assembly (NYA) yesterday.

The speeding up of recruitment of forces’ chaplains will allow potential recruits to go on non-binding”‘look sees”.

A bill to change Scotland’s post mortem policy in honour of murdered teenager Paige Doherty has officially been launched.

A jury has concluded that missed opportunities led to the death of a cinema-goer whose neck became trapped in an electronic footrest as he searched for his keys and phone under his seat.