Exclusive: The Scottish Labour leader spoke directly to Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership rival Angela Rayner before publicly calling on the prime minister to stand down, The Times has been told Rayner was one of a handful of people that Anas Sarwar spoke to before holding a press

Exclusive tonight from Dan Sanderson on Mandelson's impact on whisky trade deal talks thetimes.com/article/43ad91…

Anas Sarwar's problem is not that he is wrong, necessarily, but that he went too early. But what other options did he have? Time is not on his side. He only has three months in which to salvage something for Labour. thetimes.com/comment/column…

Ahead of yet another huge match in Premiership title race, enjoyed picking brains of Tynecastle legend Gary Mackay on all things 1986, pivotal figure of Derek McInnes and trying to positively influence young lives with Big Hearts. Exc interview Times Sport thetimes.com/sport/scottish…

That was quite good. Pleasing, really. Many thanks to Scottish Rugby for including dad in the pre-match ceremonies. Much appreciated by us all.

💥A majority of Scots back Anas Sarwar’s revolt against Keir Starmer, poll finds. By a margin of two-to-one, Scots think he made the right decision by calling for PM to go. But as it stands, Labour still heading for disaster at May’s election. Link ⬇️

The group that helped to get Sir Keir Starmer elected as Labour leader hired lobbyists to investigate the personal, political and religious background of a Sunday Times journalist behind an article about secret donations that funded its work. Labour Together paid £36,000 to

Great to see a (positive) Scottish rugby story on the front of both the main and sport sections in our print edition today. Acres of Murrayfield analysis and reaction Times Sport

The London Academy of Excellence is one of the best schools (of any type) in Britain. There is nothing like it in Scotland. Worse than that, however, it is *inconceivable* there could ever be anything like it in Scotland. thetimes.com/article/5ce43b…

Exclusive from Mark Palmer - a big inclusion, and a very popular figure in the team. I always think Scotland are stronger with Duhan in the side

THE TIMES: The arrest of Andrew #TomorrowsPapersToday

The nurses warned us: Cancer won’t kill your son, an infection will thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…

The Scottish government is running out of money. This is the only issue that really counts in the Holyrood election campaign. No wonder nobody wants to talk about it. thetimes.com/article/31e767…

Polling exclusive from Dan Sanderson that makes for rather good reading for the SNP: thetimes.com/article/fc7298…

EXCLUSIVE: The lobbying company founded by Lord Mandelson discovered during an internal investigation that a “significant” tranche of his business emails were missing Global Counsel conducted an internal audit of Mandelson’s company emails after the government agreed this month

Must-read exclusive tonight from Marc Horne on Kaye Adams and the bullying row at BBC Radio Scotland thetimes.com/article/2994a3…

🌹How did a former independence hardliner, barely known in Scottish Labour circles, end up as a shoo-in to enter Holyrood for the party? 🧐Furious party members and politicians claim skulduggery is afoot… but hierarchy refuses to investigate. thetimes.com/article/4b6d7c…

Saturday's SCOTTISH TIMES: Polls disaster for Sarwar as Greens surge #TomorrowsPapersToday