49 minutes ago Why 'excited' Andy Murray has stunned tennis world with shock Novak Djokovic coach appointment

Scot takes first step of coaching career by teaming up with arch rival

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54 minutes ago Scotland's Sione Tuipulotu on letting go of anger and the chance to put one over his Australia mates

Scotland captain felt his talent really wasn’t looked after in Australia

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60 minutes ago BREAKING: Andy Murray to become Novak Djokovic's coach as tennis great makes shock announcement

Andy Murray retired earlier this year and is now set to step in the corner of his long-time rival Novak Djokovic in a coaching capacity as he takes the next step in his tennis career

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70 minutes ago I’ve joined Bluesky and it feels like a breath of fresh air – in some ways | John Naughton

The flourishing new platform may be like Twitter once was. The problem is the limited algorithmic scope of all social mediaAs I write, there’s a window on my laptop screen that is providing a live view of a stampede. It’s logging the numbers of people joining the social network Bluesky. At the moment, the number of registered users is 20.5 million. By the time you read this there will be more than 30 million of them, judging by the rate that people are currently joining.The proximate cause of it is the role that Elon Musk, owner of X (née Twitter), played in the election of Donald Trump, when a significant proportion of the platform’s 200 million-plus users realised that they’d been had – that they had, in effect, been useful idiots for Musk on his path to the centre of political power....

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1 hour ago In Pictures: Storm Bert batters Scotland as snow, wind and rain take hold

Storm Bert has gripped Scotland with every corner of the country feeling its wintry hold.

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1 hour ago From David Bowie to Amy Winehouse: PR trailblazer to talk about 40 years of working with music's biggest stars

Alan Edwards will discuss an extraordinary career that started in the punk scene of Seventies London

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1 hour ago Scottish football card decimated as 12 SPFL matches postponed amid kick

Weather conditions cause numerous postponements across Scotland

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2 hours ago Man's four chilling words after returning home from 'stabbing young mum 45 times'

Aimee Cannon, 26, from Scotland, was found lying dead on her children's toys. Suspect Michael Porchetta returned home and engaged in normal conversation with his family and went straight to work

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2 hours ago McDonald's fans slam restaurant over Grinch Happy Meals and beg for major change as they threaten 'boycott'

McDonald's has launched a new festive happy meal in the UK and Ireland - and it's created some unhappiness among fans abroad.

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