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First Minister’s Questions returned today following summer recess at the Scottish Parliament.

Scottish Government officials were urged to recruit J K Rowling in an attempt to popularise their controversial named person proposals, papers have revealed.

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E.coli has been found at the Egyptian hotel where a British couple died but this does not establish the cause of their deaths, tour operator Thomas Cook said.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon had a chance to stop the sense of Scottish Government drift in the new Programme for Government, but she blew it, writes Tom Peterkin.

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Rangers could be hit with a bill of more than £100,000 after the SPFL upheld an appeal by Kenny Miller and Lee Wallace over financial sanctions handed down by the club to both players last season.

Ten Ladbrokes Premiership fixtures have been switched for television in October and November.

Rangers midfielder Scott Arfield has a surprise cameo of sorts in Nike’s new “Believe in Something” advert, alongside American football quarterback Colin Kaepernick.