Police have issued a warning to the public after receiving complaints of a gift card scam.

Boris Johnson has warned he is ready to defy new laws pushed through by the opposition mandating him to seek a Brexit extension as the Parliamentary stand-off taking a grip of Britain’s political system intensified.

A powerful committee in the US Congress has launched an inquiry into spending by the US Defence Department at the Scottish Government owned Prestwick Airport amid concerns of "serious conflicts of interest" and potential violations over military custom at the loss making hub and President Donald Trump's nearby Turnberry resort.

Nearly 21,000 more fans packed into BT Murrayfield to give Gregor Townsend's Scotland side a rousing send-off ahead of the Rugby World Cup than witnessed a must-win Euro 2020 qualifier for the national football team at Hampden Park.

The fans were chanting “Stevie Clarke’s Tartan Army” even before John McGinn’s tenth-minute strike put Scotland into the kind of early lead that is itself a test. This is where the new manager was meant to impose his authority on the proceedings.

Scottish duo Sandy Scott and Euan Walker tasted defeat as the spoils were shared in the opening session of the 47th Walker Cup at Royal Liverpool.