SNP ministers urged to explain  £300m bill... for work civil servants could do themselves

ALEX BYWATER AT DPD STADIUM AT FRANKLIN'S GARDENS: Without Smith and Henry Pollock on the bench, Northampton never got going before the break.

Ryan Naderi is developing the happy knack of turning up in the right place at the right time for Rangers.

Human beings have been harnessing honey for somewhere between 8,000 and 40,000 years, but until Brady Quinn, it had never been used as a performance enhancer.

He may one day make his dad emotional by winning the Six Nations with Scotland and could even tour as a British and Irish Lion.

For the first time in 616 days, Tottenham have won three games in succession. If that proves Roberto De Zerbi's prowess over at least two of his predecessors, then he will presumably reserve some thanks to the assistance of Crystal Palace.

As the largest supplier of milk to UK supermarkets, multi-billion-pound dairy conglomerate Arla Foods is keen to maintain its reputation for 'holistic' farming that puts animal welfare first.

The future of Poundland hangs in the balance amid calls for the current owners, US investment group Gordon Brothers, to reconsider a rejected bid by a Northern Irish firm to save the company.

The Scottish Government has been urged to explain why it has spent nearly £300million outsourcing work that its army of civil servants could mostly do themselves.