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Edinburgh's Hogmanay festival has been running since 1993. Picture: Chris Watt

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Sharleen Spiteri on stage in Glasgow in 2024.

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Edinburgh's Hogmanay festival has been running since 1993. Picture: Chris Watt

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Texas-based James Ross shows off the trophy after winning the Blairgowrie Masters presented by Alistair Brown International. Picture: Tartan Pro Tour

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Callum McNeill pictured in action during last year's DP World Tour's Qualifying School final stage in Spain. Picture: Octavio Passos/Getty Images.

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Scottie Scheffler receives his Green Jacket from 2023 winner Jon Rahm of Spain after becoming a multiple Masters champion at Augusta National last Sunday. Picture: Jamie Squire/Getty Images.

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Career grand slam-chasing Rory McIlroy speaks to the media during a press conference ahead of the 88th Masters at at Augusta National Golf Club. Picture: The Masters.

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Sharleen Spiteri of Texas with Spooner Oldham

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Bob MacIntyre is bidding to make his third appearance in The Masters, having finished tied 12th on his debut in 2021 before making the top 25 again the following year. Picture: Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images.

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Houston-based Callum McNeill will make his PGA Tour debut in this week's Texas Children's Houston Open after winning a Monday qualifier.

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Paul Alexander lived most of his life in an iron lung after contracting polio, but trained as a lawyer and painted pictures (Picture: GoFundMe)

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Dumbarnie Links will stage a final play-off in the resurrected Fife Junior Order of Merit in September. Picture: Dumbarnie Links

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People participate in a vigil for US Air Force airman Aaron Bushnell outside the Israeli Embassy. Mr Bushnell died after setting himself on fire while live streaming in front of the Israeli Embassy in protest over the Gaza war. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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Paul O'Hara in action during a trip to California last year for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on the PGA Tour. Picture: Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images.

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Drag queens Brigitte Bandit and Tequila Rose lead a pride parade march last year in Texas.

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Fran Alonso has been linked with a move away from Celtic Women this winter.

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A gunman shot and killed eight people at a shopping centre in the Dallas area of Texas before he was fatally shot by a police officer who happened to be nearby, authorities said.

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Hannah Green reacts to holing a birdie putt at the 72nd hole to get into the play-off in the JM Eagle LA Championship presented by Plastpro at Wilshire Country Club. Picture: Harry How/Getty Images.

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Firefighters and police rescue migrants from an immigration station in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state on March 27, 2023, where at least 39 people were killed and dozens injured after a fire at the immigration station. (Photo by HERIKA MARTINEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered to pay $965m (£869m) in damages after falsely claiming the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax.

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U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. who came to Congress representing Sandy Hook, begged his colleagues to finally pass legislation addressing the national gun violence problem as the latest school shooting unfolded Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool, File)

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The Scottish firm says it has seen international sales grow by 386 per cent in the past three years (file image). Picture: contributed.

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Tim Rosaforte pictured with his nephew Grayson at Jonathan's Landing in Jupiter, Florida. Picture: Neil Lockie

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A Lim Kim of Korea poses with the trophy after winning the 75th US Women's Open at Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas. Picture: Jamie Squire/Getty Images

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Hinako Shibuno of Japan looks on during the third round of the 75th US Women's Open at Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas. Picture: Carmen Mandato/Getty Images

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