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Scottish football legend Kenny Dalglish has been knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, it has been announced.

A piper was arrested on the Royal Mile for not giving his details to police after playing the bagpipes too loudly.

Nicola Sturgeon was unable to say how much it would cost to set up an independent Scotland when asked repeatedly for the figure quoted in the SNP’s Growth Commission.

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An independent Scotland could grow its economy by persuading its citizens to have more children, a senior SNP MP has suggested.

The Rolling Stones plane has touched down in the Capital.

SCOTS from fields including science, sport, education and business have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

Support for the SNP has increased to 40 per cent and could see the party pick up another eight seats at Westminster, according to a new poll.

Theresa May’s shambolic government is holding Scotland back, Nicola Sturgeon will claim, hitting out at the UK Government over its policies on migration and austerity.