John Beaton handed Celtic and Hearts Scottish Cup Final date as whistler makes showpiece debut

of a season. “I have no doubt that when my players perform at their peak, not many of them would not be able to play in that Kelty team.“I could run through the team.

Rangers ' 16 point lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership "fake news" during the Ross County match broadcast for season ticket holders. McCulloch was joined in the studio by pundit John Hartson and Stephen McManus, who is a coach in the Celtic youth set-up, when he suggested that the Hoops' games in hand make the gap look worse than it is.

Juan Alegria and Mark McKenzie.

Celtic on Quadruple Treble day. Leigh Griffiths was not surprised the skipper was into everything and leading from the front at Hampden.

John Hughes has claimed everybody is fired up to silence the critics who say they are doomed for the Premiership drop. The rock-bottom Staggies decided to move for ‘Yogi’ after Stuart Kettlewell was removed from his position following Saturday’s defeat to relegation rivals Hamilton.

Janey Godley is back with another brilliant Nicola Sturgeon voiceover, but this time with an important message in amongst the hilarity. The comedian has been keeping Scots laughing through the pandemic with her videos, with her latest making light of the grim news of tightened restrictions over Christmas and beyond.But this time, Janey issues a rousing plea for unity at this tough time, asking the nation to be 'a wee bit more vigilant'.

Scottish Cup Final. It's already a showpiece with a difference as the famous old trophy is being decided in December with no fans present due to the ongoing pandemic.And supporters of both sides admit they are finding it hard to get used with the TV gantry for broadcaster BBC and Premier being stationed in the North Stand with the footage facing towards the dugouts and the BT Scotland South Stand.

a manager. It all adds up to another stomach-churner for a man whose relationship with this trophy has been one success story after another.

Hearts side have no intention of being Scottish Cup Final nearly men.The Tynecastle boss has told his Jambos that second-best is nowhere ahead of their trip to the National Stadium to face the holders.Despite being 10/1 outsiders to deny Neil Lennon’s side a quadruple Treble, Neilson says a date with destiny awaits as they bid to be Hearts legends.He said: “In 10 years’ time, nobody cares if you’ve been to a final.“They’re only interested if you’ve won, especially at a club like Hearts where we

Odsonne Edouard to shoot Celtic to a historic quadruple Treble.The Hoops boss believes the out-of-sorts French striker will steal the Scottish Cup Final show against Hearts on Sunday.Edouard has found the net just once in the last seven Premiership outings and has scored only five times in the league.But Lennon believes the floodgates could open for the 22-year-old against the Jambos at Hampden.He scored twice in last year’s final and the Hoops chief said: “These occasions bring the best out in

Neil Lennon has no fresh injury concerns ahead of Sunday's clash against Hearts. The Hoops manager is adamant that sentiment won't come into his thinking when he names his team ahead of speculation captain Scott Brown could return to the side for the trip to Hampden.

Neil Lennon is adamant nobody will earn a place in his Scottish Cup Final team based on name alone. The likes of surprise heroes Conor Hazard, David Turnbull and Ismaila Soro were the driving force behind a recent pair of victories against Lille and Kilmarnock which stopped a horror run of two wins in 12 games.

Craig David, Tinie Tempah and KSI as the trio joined our volunteers to prepare food for hungry children in celebration of he successful end of our Help the Hungry appeal. The three stars arrived at London Scottish House, a historic venue in Westminster that has been loaned to our appeal in partnership with charity With Compassion, to lend a hand to volunteers  including The Independent’s largest shareholder Evgeny Lebedev.

Students will return to university in staggered phases after the Christmas holiday, it was announced. Education Secretary John Swinney said most students would start the new term at home and only return to campus when told to do so by their university.

Janey Godley has created another Nicola Sturgeon sketch which has left the internet in stitches. As the vaccine arrived today in Scotland, Janey made her followers laugh as she joked that effects of coronavirus left men with 'erectile dysfunction' and that people should consider that when deciding if they should get the vaccine or not.

Highers have been cancelled next year following an announcement by the Scottish Government.John Swinney informed MSPs that a new model will be adopted for pupils based on teacher judgement.National 5 exams due to take place next year have already been cancelled, and Swinney has been under pressure to make the same decision on Higher and Advanced Highers.He previously said the impact of coronavirus-related disruption on school pupils in deprived areas weighed "heavily” on whether Higher exams

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterHigher exams will be cancelled in Scotland next year, the Government has announced.Education Secretary John Swinney today told MSPs that "teacher judgement" will be used as part of a new model to form grades.National 5 exams due to take place next year have already been cancelled.Mr Swinney said in his statement there will be no Higher or Advanced Higher exams next year.Scottish Greens MSP Ross

pupils from less advantaged backgrounds.An analysis of attendance shows pupils in poorer areas are more likely to have taken time off in the health crisis.Figures at the end of November showed attendance ranged from 85.3% in the most deprived areas to 93.5% in the least deprived.Labour education spokesman Iain Gray said: "This isn't an easy call, but in the interests of the pupils of Scotland it is time for John Swinney to swallow his pride and cancel the higher and advanced higher exams."Gray

Labour sources are billing as a new offer, the party's UK leader will deliver the John P Mackintosh lecture for Edinburgh University.It comes as polls suggest Scottish Labour is floundering and could lose four seats next spring on current projections.A Labour official said: "The will be a major speech on devolution and the future of Scotland in a modern United Kingdom."This is about Keir showing himself as a future UK Prime Minister who values devolution and would further devolution in stark