The scale of the protest vote by former Labour supporters disillusioned with Gordon Brown will determine who wins the Glasgow East by-election. Canvass returns from both Labour and the SNP point to a knife-edge contest on Thursday, decided by less than 1000 votes.

GLASGOW EAST BY-ELECTION SPECIAL REPORT: Labour admit it’ll be a sweat to hold on to one of their safest seats; the SNP insist there’s a mood of change that will go their way.

As golf's multi-millionaires battle it out today for the £4 million-plus Open Championship prize money, Scottish golf business experts predict as many as 20% of Scotland's cash-strapped golf clubs are performing well below par, with some threatened with extinction.

A fingerprint worker who blew the whistle on colleagues, accusing them of tampering with the thumbprint at the heart of the Shirley McKie affair, is to sue the troubled Scottish Police Services Authority for forcing him out of his job.