Campaigners have called on Nicola Sturgeon to announce plans next month for a second independence referendum.

Actor Dudley Sutton, who was known for playing Tinker Dill in the TV series Lovejoy, has died aged 85, his agent has confirmed.

Brodies steps up to the mark in supporting local tennis and swimming events

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Nicola Sturgeon is in her Holyrood office, a Joan Eardley painting on the wall behind her and Paul Auster’s daunting slab of a novel 4 3 2 1 on her desk. Plucked from my own book shelves, it is part-prop, part-symbol of my inadequacy. Its pristine condition betrays that I have hardly opened it. For more than a year it has taunted me with its enormous bulk. A couple of times, I have lifted it down with good intent, then replaced it, unable to commit to its 866 pages.

Liam Johnston is chasing a second victory of the season on the Challenge Tour after moving within a shot of the lead heading into the final round of the Kazakhstan Open.

It’s been a while. Eighteen years, in fact. But a return to winning ways could be on the cards for Gary Orr. The 51-year-old Helensburgh man is three shots clear of the field heading into the final round of the Scottish Seniors Open at Craigielaw.

Ratings out of ten for every Hearts player after their 1-0 away victory over Motherwell this afternoon.