Breaking news, Friday 14 December

5:45pm: At least 27 people, including 14 children, have been killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut, according to CBS News.

3.50pm: A MAN has appeared in court charged with stalking Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Dogan Arslan was in the dock during a private hearing at Glasgow Sheriff Court this afternoon. There was no plea and the case was continued.

3:45pm: Donald Trump has been accused of “sinking to a new low” for linking his opposition to windfarms in Scotland to the Lockerbie disaster.

3:15pm: A man has been arrested in Ayr regarding comments made on a Rangers supporters’ podcast.

3:00pm: Scots computer hacker Gary McKinnon will face no further criminal action, the Director of Public Prosecutions said today.

2:40pm: Uniformed police officers will be posted to carry out inspections at two Scottish schools in an effort to crack down on underage drinking.

2:30pm: Almost 100 samples of “the best of contemporary British art” have been presented to the Queen to mark her Diamond Jubilee.

1:00pm: Police are to exhume a family grave in the search for the body of a schoolgirl killed more than five decades ago.

12:30pm: Billionaire Eva Rausing, who was found dead at her Belgravia mansion beneath bin bags, sheets and clothing stuck together with gaffer tape, died as a result of cocaine abuse, a coroner has ruled.

12:00pm A woman who claimed she lost a high-flying career in the City because of bungled smear tests is to receive more than £2 million damages.

11:40am Nick Clegg has called for a change to drugs laws after warning the UK is losing the war on an industrial scale.

11:30am Scotland striker Kenny Miller is thought to be keen on a short-term move to the SPL this winter, with St Mirren currently favourites to sign him.

11:30am Neil Lennon believes that Gary Hooper will shortly sign a new deal at Celtic.

10:00am Yorkshire has beaten Edinburgh to win the right to host the start of the 2014 Tour de France.