Just wait till these people find out about the basis of western civilisation.

#WorldCup2026 when will Kevin Hart and Heidi Klum show us their skills heidery volley? That would add another five minutes on to this very lean broadcast.

It would be a shame if any GOLD DUST BRIEFS were to find their way to Watt Towers for the Haiti game. But I’ll be happy with a berth in the West End.

Huge questions now for NHS Fife, yes, but also some difficult questions for the Scottish Government, who have repeatedly made clear they have confidence in the board.

STV journalists to strike over plans to cut news show bbc.in/4rJULp7

As John Swinney sits uncomfortably staring into space, Douglas Ross MSP lays out in detail how Angela Constance misled Parliament. Her position is untenable. She must resign. And if she doesn’t, Swinney must sack her.

Séamus Dooley, NUJ Irish secretary, said: "Community and locally based newspapers are badly needed and the concentration of ownership in the hands of a few companies is a major concern for employment and for media plurality." nuj.org.uk/resource/closu…

Iconic Auchmithie restaurant that hosted Al Pacino on market as But ‘n’ Ben owners retire thecourier.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/f…

A small but significant victory has been won in the endless annual War Against Fakelore Pagan Christmas (tm). Repeat offenders, English Heritage peddled some of the usual seasonal fakelore with the claim below:

BREAKING: Angela Constance faces ministerial code probe into her conduct over grooming gangs scandal The Scottish Government has confirmed the independent advisers have said they want to launch an investigation

Front page of today's The Scotsman - Justice secretary faces probe amid grooming gangs row 👇

It's mindboggling how no expert can link the reduction in emissions at Dundee's highest CO2 streets to electric buses. Simply cutting the number of idling petro buses at Seagate reduced CO2, not the LEZ. thecourier.co.uk/fp/business-en…

DECEMBER Paddington: "the furry Peruvian fave" Scotch eggs: "the boulderous, deep-fried orbs" Santa: "the avuncular gift-giver" North Korea: "the notorious hermit kingdom" FIFA: "the bloated, Geneva-based football fiefdom" Grim reaper: "the old skeletal scyther"

SNP ministers are to be quizzed on "AI use" in the Sandie Peggie v NHS Fife employment tribunal judgement. The Scotsman 👇 scotsman.com/news/politics/…

Our STV members will be forming a picket line in the following locations tomorrow (7 January): 📍STV Glasgow - Pacific Quay, G51 1PQ 🕒 8.30am - 1pm 📍STV Aberdeen - Craigshaw Business Park, West Tullos, AB12 3QH 🕒 11am - 1pm

We are hiring. Could you be our next Edinburgh Correspondent? This is a rare and exciting opportunity to take on a brilliant patch and join my first-rate team. The Herald shorturl.at/ReRfQ

Today, a minister was found to have breached the Ministerial Code (twice) and got a slap on the wrist. Chapman, who made the comments Ash Regan MSP sought guidance on, had the casting vote which enabled her to cling to her committee post. This is farcical.

This is significant. Mairi Spowage of Fraser of Allander Institute has spoken to BBC More or Less about Scot Gov’s “more than half of taxpayers in Scotland pay less income tax than if they lived elsewhere in UK” claim. Mairi is quite clear: the claim has been false for the last two financial years.

Ali Ansari Shapur receives the submission of the Roman emperor Valerian. The Islamic Republic bigging up the Sassanian monarchy with this absolute banger of a statue in central Tehran, installed last November.

This week's column: how can Scotland afford tax cuts? Its tax system may be more progressive the than rest of UK's. But the answer is not because it has cracked the code of Scandinavian-style democracy: it is because England pays the difference thetimes.com/article/ede4f8…