Good morning, Welcome to your Friday newsletter from The Scotsman. Who is else is ready for the start of the Six Nations and Scotland's match against the Auld Enemy? Six Nations offer We certainly are. That's why from today we're offering 20% off all Scotsman Sport subscriptions. With the Six Nations about to kick off (Saturday 6 February), for a limited time only, we’re giving readers like you the chance to get it all for just £39.96 for the year with our early bird 20 per cent discount – that’s less than 80p a week. Click here to sign up for a sports only package Alternatively you can gain access to everything (and app access) from as little as £3 a month. Subscribe to us today to support trusted Scottish journalism. Two feared dead as hospital reopens after three 'serious' incidents A chilling attack took place last night. A Kilmarnock hospital has reopened after three ‘serious’ incidents on Thursday night in which two people are feared to have died. Police Scotland confirmed there were three potentially linked incidents in Kilmarnock on Thursday evening. This is a developing story, here's what we know. 'Wasted doses' of Covid-19 vaccine labelled 'disgrace' by staff at mass vaccination centre Staff at a mass vaccination centre have raised concerns over Covid-19 vaccine doses being “wasted” due to an instruction for vaccinators to throw away unused vaccine at the end of a shift, our health reporter Elsa Maishman can exclusively reveal. One worker told the Scotsman staff reacted “in uproar” after being ordered to throw out doses of the vaccine currently being administered to key elderly and vulnerable groups at the mass vaccination centre at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. Read the full story here. The letter to the Scotsman that cemented rugby's oldest rivalry It was the historic match that kicked off rugby’s oldest and arguably greatest rivalry, sowing the seeds for scores of heart-stopping Scotland v England encounters to follow. It is the letter that threw down the gauntlet to what would become the oldest fixture in international rugby – Scotland v England. In the pages of The Scotsman a little over 150 years ago a group of intrepid patriots made a public challenge to their fellow players of the new game of rugby south of the border. Thanks for reading, have a great weekend. Sam Shedden |