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1. Hollywood star Matt Damon's 'wonderful' Scottish summer holiday while filming The Odyssey

   Fans of the A-lister were left gobsmacked when they bumped into the unassuming actor along with his wife Luciana and their kids enjoying ordinary days out in July.

2. SNP minister warns UK housing benefit policies 'worsening poverty for 30,000 Scottish kids'

   In a letter to her UK counterpart, the SNP Housing Secretary criticised the freezing of Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates as hitting the poorest.

3. Janey Godley’s daughter says mum would be fuming not to play character inspired by her in BBC show

   Comedian Ashley Storrie is the co-creator and writer behind the BAFTA and RTS award-winning drama which returns to TV screens for a second series this week.

4. Campaigners hit out at football union for 'refusing to face' brain disease link to heading ball

   It comes after a coroner’s court concluded that headers were “likely” to have contributed to former Scotland star Gordon McQueen’s dementia death in 2023.

5. Cash-strapped Scots church chiefs to rake in £30.6m for one year with great Kirk property cull

   The cull has includes tiny village kirks and cathedral-style churches, historic kirks and grand manses priced from as little as £20,000 up to nearly £1million.

6. Ex-SNP minister fronts new campaign blasting Scotland's homelessness 'disaster'

   Former MSP Alex Neil told the Sunday Mail he backed proposals by the Scottish Tenants Organisation to massively ramp up social housing schemes.

7. Anas Sarwar vows to ban mobile phones in Scots schools during classes

   The Scottish labour leader believes the devices are having a 'catastrophic' impact on young people.

8. King Charles accused of hypocrisy after 12 foxes 'strung up like trophies' on his land

   The grim discovery made in ­countryside owned by the monarch near Penicuik ­comes as Charles claims to be at one with nature in a new documentary.

9. David Attenborough's Scots cameraman urges MSPs to back Ecocide Bill at crunch vote

   Documentary legend Doug Allan – known for BBC shows such as Planet Earth and The Blue Planet – said Scotland should 'lead by example'.

10. Space rocket company handed £29million of Scottish taxpayers' cash fighting for survival

    Orbex is selling assets after Danish subsidiary plunged into bankruptcy and UK Government withdrew funding.