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Patricia Gregory has been supporting women’s football since its subdued beginnings in the 1960s, and said Scottish teams had ‘even more difficulties’.

Mohammad Siddiqui, 58, from Birmingham, pleaded guilty to 25 offences.

The Federation of Small Businesses warned of ‘significant disruption’ under the current deadlines for Edinburgh City Council’s planned new charge.

Tributes have been flooding in from her family, as well as fellow singers.

Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, both aged 32, were last seen near the River Dee in Aberdeen in the early hours of Tuesday January 7.

Hundreds of roles will be removed, while new ones will be created as part of the overhaul.

Progress to improve the environment slowed under the last government and Labour is not yet doing enough to get back on track, a watchdog said.

Health Secretary Neil Gray welcomed the findings.

Police searched a property in Edinburgh on Monday.

Events took place at Dumfries House in East Ayrshire, the headquarters of The King’s Foundation.

Research found ‘little evidence’ that the Government’s overarching plans had ‘truly gripped Whitehall’.

The organisation’s new chief executive said staff have told him they believe a new IT system that was rolled out last spring is not fit for purpose.

Transport Focus urged all operators to introduce the system to ‘make things fairer for everyone’.

Transport Secretary Fiona Hyslop met some gritter drivers in West Lothian on Wednesday.

The Court of Session in Edinburgh is hearing a legal challenge aiming to reverse the removal of the universality of the payment.

The Royal College of Nursing study contains harrowing accounts of patients being treated in inappropriate places and sitting in soiled clothes.

Apprentice James Clarkson, 20, scooped the jackpot in the first January draw.

The Scottish Secretary was speaking after giving evidence to a Holyrood committee.

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch asked Sir Keir Starmer if the country could ‘afford four more years of his terrible judgments’.

Sir Rod Stewart and his wife Penny Lancaster are the The King’s Foundation’s newest celebrity ambassadors.