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1. World Cup TV host Amy Irons would bet her house on Scotland getting out of the group stages

   Football-mad TV presenter Amy Irons arrives in Boston on Wednesday as BBC Scotland prepares to cover the national team’s return to the biggest sporting event on Earth after a 28-year absence.

2. Actor retrained as an intimacy coordinator after a promise to a dying friend

   Elaine retrained last year and is now a fully accredited intimacy coordinator for film and television. In the role, she provides support to cast and crew during pre-production, rehearsals and on-set filming of intimate scenes.

3. Anger that Canadian who sold suicide poison to Scots will not be held to account here

   Despite five of Kenneth Law's victims being in Scotland and a further 73 across the UK, the charges only related to those who died in Canada, and a more serious murder rap was withdrawn.

4. Inside crack team of police hunting gangland bosses in Costa Del Sol

   The Costa del Sol – dubbed the “Costa del Crime” – has long been a bolthole for some of Scotland’s most wanted villains.

5. Retired burlesque star raises more than £17k to bring film based on her life to big screen

   Kim Chapman launched a crowd- funding campaign to drum up donations for Goodbye Honey earlier this year.

6. Pride of Scotland Awards hosts Elaine C Smith and Sanjeev Kohli are preparing to “gie it laldy” for unsung heroes

   Hosts Elaine C Smith and Sanjeev Kohli can’t wait to give our inspirational 2026 winners a night they will never forget.

7. Calls for zero tolerance knife policy after teen Kayden Moy’s shocking murder

   A Sunday Mail investigation has found that in recent years prosecution guidelines on knife crime have been abandoned in the face of overcrowded prisons and criminal justice budget cuts.

8. Peter Murrell 'cash for seats' claims as he's accused of taking £50k to help secure MP seat

   The cash for seats allegation has intensified demands for a parliamentary inquiry after Murrell admitted embezzling more than £400,000 from the party.

9. Peter Murrell embezzled £90 a day of SNP funds on average for 12 years

   The former SNP chief executive and now estranged husband of Nicola Sturgeon admitted earlier this month to embezzling more than £400,000 from the party following a spending spree spanning more than a decade.

10. M&S sticker mix up has Tartan Army fans rolling in the aisles after images are used of former England international

    Members of the Tartan Army have been left fuming after many packs turned out to contain a sticker of Ian Wright, a former England international.