Other rugby stars, family and friends will join him on the journey this June.

They are calling for Jagtar Singh Johal, 39, to be released without delay.

The animal is thought to be the same one spotted recently seen in Orkney, and it is believed to have now swum to mainland Scotland.

The defender was charged after an incident in Glasgow in January.

Glasgow teenager Ben Cotter took up karate at the age of four.

Researchers hope the findings could lead to the development of new treatments.

Maureen Dalgleish has had Crohn’s disease for nearly 40 years.

A gust of 93mph was recorded overnight.

Conditions are expected to improve on Sunday.

The First Minister was speaking at the end of the first full week of campaigning.

Scotland will be hit by the strongest gusts, which could be up to 80-90mph for a short time in exposed locations.

The First Minister and Health Secretary visited a pharmacy on Wednesday.

The athletes will take part in a ‘world-first’ panel hosted by Epilepsy Scotland.

The firm is consulting on plans to convert its Larbert manufacturing facility to a chassis manufacturing site.

The legal action was led by Digby Brown Solicitors.

A union said university bosses had pulled back from commitments given in December.

The ban will be in place from April 1 until September 30.

Research involving 700 patients was led by the University of Glasgow.

It will form part of the Scotland’s First Warriors exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, which opens in June.

William MacDowell was in 2022 convicted of killing Renee MacRae, 36, and her son Andrew, three, but died months later aged 81.