New Scottish independence poll finds majority would vote to remain in UK

couple were left stunned after discovering a popular packet of crisps in perfect condition, despite them dating back to 50 years ago. Sharon Longhurst, 45, and husband Andy, 55, found a bag of pickled onion Tudor Crisps while they were litter-picking at Dunnikier Park, Kirkcaldy, Scotland.The pair said they decided to take the packet of crisp home to wipe the dirt off from the back, which is when they spotted a closing date to a competition in the year 1973.Sharon and bus driver Andy said they are considering framing the "unbelievable" find due to it being the most ancient thing they have ever come across while litter picking.Mum-of-three Sharon said the bag only cost a mere 2.5p and said the competition offered winners the chance to win a free football badge on the back.Sharon, from Burntisland Fife, said: “We went over to Dunnikier Park where we regularly litter pick and we were just going to clean up a well-known drinking den.“When we looked to the edge of the path and saw the ground where there were lots of packets sticking up."You could see the little corners of plastic so we thought we should tidy it up.“We started pulling the corners and the packets were coming out and we couldn’t believe what we were seeing."It started off with a packet from 2005, then one from 2000, then 1995, 1990 – it was like a game of Top Trumps." To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up for one of our newsletters here .

darts career, Phil Taylor established himself as one of the greatest to ever play the sport, winning a remarkable 16 world championships.Taylor eventually retired from the professional oche in 2018, and after this decided to try his hand on the pool table.As a result ‘The Power’ entered the 2021 Ultimate Pool Masters alongside 64 of the world’s best, and was dealt a tough test as he took on European champion Rob Chilton in his opening match.And it is fair to say his first taste of professional pool did not go to plan, especially when the darts legend was left red faced following a total miscue from one of his break shots.During the televised match, Taylor was being humiliated 7-0 to Chilton, however things were soon to get even worse.As the 61-year-old attempted to break in the eighth frame, he completely missed every ball on the table, as he miss-cued his shot no more than a couple of inches off the starting line.A sheepish Taylor then quickly clawed the ball back towards the top cushion, before embarrassingly returning to his chair in the corner of the arena.Following the remarkable miscue, the TV commentator could be heard saying: “Oh no, oh no!” as Taylor stared at the table in disbelief.What did you make of Taylor's pool skills? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section.It seemed his opponent Chilton clearly saw the funny side of his rival's misfortune, with the TV cameras capturing the European champion giggling in the back shot of Taylor’s miss hit.Chilton then took advantage, as he went on to win the eighth and final frame to cap off an 8-0 whitewash win.Despite the heavy defeat and the red-faced moment, Taylor revealed afterwards that he ‘loved’ taking part in the eight-ball event, but was extremely

It's a case of déjà vu for concerned locals in a Lanarkshire town as another leaning lamppost causes chaos.

Chinese streaming services have been slammed for censoring old episodes of hit television show Friends because of LGBTQ storyline content.Having faced ridicule for changing – and then changing back – the ending to Fight Club last week, a whole host of streaming services in the country are now facing pressure to return newly-streamed episodes of the sitcom to their original glory.According to local reports, the censoring begins from the very first episode when dialogue featuring Ross discussing ex-wife Carol Willick, who left him for a woman, was changed from “women can have multiple orgasms” to say that “women have endless gossips”.It was first broadcast uncensored by streaming services Sohu and iQiyi in 2012, but has now returned to many different services with the new script.The services featuring the show are Bilibili, Tencent, Youku, Sohu and iQiyi.It comes off the back of several changes to the Friends: Reunion episode late last year, which saw surprise guest appearance from Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and BTS all dropped from the Chinese version, while talk of LGBTQ topics were also edited out.But Chinese viewers took to local social media network Weibo to vent their anger over the change. One user wrote: “Not only does it ignore women’s sexual desire and enjoyment, but also reinforces the gender stereotype of women.” And many users like a post calling it an “insult to our English language ability”.

Tipping Point fans grew distracted during the latest episode as they noticed a problem with one player's trousers.Monday's show saw account manager Jack from Cardiff try his luck at winning the £10,000 jackpot alongside three other competitors. In the first round, Jack got off to a slow start and failed to bag any cash, scrapping through during a sudden death showdown with puppeteer Chris.While Jack tried to improve his score in the following game, Tipping Point viewers were more preoccupied with the length of his trousers, as the cuffs of his jeans could be seen skimming the top of his long boots.Posting to Twitter, they quickly shared their bemusement online.One viewer asked: "Have Jack's trousers shrunk in the wash?"Another queried: "What will you do with your money Jack? Buy longer trousers that fit?" Meanwhile, a third viewer wrote: "Lol at jack's trousers.""Jack's trousers are short," another viewer commented.A fifth simply concluded: "What's wrong with Jack’s trousers?"Despite scrapping his way into the second round of the episode, Jack was eventually put out of the running.The account manger fell short off his competitors Iram and Diane as he was booted off the show after amassing just £600.However, he walked away from the show with a pair of bluetooth speakers he won when he collected a mystery counter.Of his time on the show, Jack told Tipping Point host Ben Shephard: "That's great.

Coronation Street star Jack James Ryan is best known for playing the role of controversial character Jacob Hay in the ITV soap.Bursting onto our screens last February, it's around one year since we were first introduced to dodgy Jacob, who was recruited by drug lord Harvey Gaskell (Will Mellor) who used food deliveries to supply drugs.The troubled teen ended up roping in Simon Barlow (Alex Bain) to help deliver the goods, and then got him trapped in the dangerous drugs world – which resulted in many devastating consequences. But the reformed character has learned his lesson, or so he says, and has returned to the cobbles as a sensible young man, who has his sights set on Amy Barlow (Elle Mulvaney).Jacob will be seen building a relationship with Amy in upcoming scenes.However, things take a turn for the worst in upcoming scenes as the schoolgirl is rushed to hospital after her drink is spiked on a night out.The incident leads her parents Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) and Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford) to think Jacob is involved.As Jacob takes centre takes this week, Daily Star we're taking a look inside Jack James Ryan's life away from the cobbled streets of Corrie.With acting clearly running in his family's blood, Jack's big sister has had a successful career.Rebecca Ryan played Debbie Gallagher in the Channel 4 comedy-drama Shameless from 2004 to 2009, and started doing so at just 11 years of age.

Alex Salmond, also recommended that sexual harassment complaints should not be time-limited.The SNP Government is the subject of an Inquiry by a Holyrood committee over its mis-handling of sexual misconduct complaints against Salmond when he was First Minister.Salmond took the government to court and it was agreed the internal probe, which destroyed his friendship with Sturgeon, had been unlawful.The Government’s defence collapsed after it emerged that an HR official had prior contact with the complainants.However, although the fiasco was based on the application of the harassment procedure, the legality of key aspects of the entire policy has been questioned.In particular, Salmond has argued that the policy should not apply to former

indyref2” next to the party’s name on voting slips.First Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has backed another referendum in the early part of the next term.The call was ramped up last week after SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford said it could take place this year.With the Tories making opposition to indyref2 a key part of their electoral strategy, a referendum looks likely to be a dominant issue in next month’s election campaign.An application to the electoral watchdog shows the SNP has tried to register “Both Votes SNP for IndyRef2” and “Vote SNP for IndyRef2” as ways to describe themselves.The third description focuses purely on the leader: “Nicola Sturgeon for SNP First Minister.”In February, the Conservatives applied to

Douglas Ross said today that a timeline for a vote of no confidence in the First Minister will shortly be announced.The Tory MP insisted the SNP leader had lied to parliament over when she knew about allegations of harassment against Alex Salmond - which if proven would be a breach of the ministerial code - and he would look to oust her in the final weeks of the parliamentary session.Sturgeon referred herself for investigation to the independent adviser on the ministerial code, James Hamilton, who is currently looking into the allegations.Ross said in a speech today: “The evidence against Nicola Sturgeon is overwhelming and mounting up every day.“If we allow her to get away with this, then we say that the truth is worthless in Scottish

motion of no confidence in the Deputy First Minister at Holyrood today following an ongoing row about the disclosure of evidence to the Alex Salmond Inquiry.Scottish Parliament bosses confirmed a vote could go ahead tomorrow but just moments later the Greens announced they would refuse to back it.The Conservatives argue that Swinney should resign after waiting four months to publish legal advice regarding the botched handling of complaints made against Alex Salmond in 2018.MSPs twice voted for the legal advice to be published but it was shared - in partial form - last week when the threat of a no motion confidence vote was first threatened.Despite the row, Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie said his party would not vote down Swinney.He said:

Scottish Government, police and SPFL before Sunday's title celebrations.Hundreds of fans took to the streets to celebrate after Steven Gerrard's side were officially confirmed as Premiership champions, in defiance of coronavirus restrictions.That drew criticism from First Minister Nicola Sturgeon as well as deputy First Minister John Swinney who accused Rangers of a lack of leadership.But the club insist that they had engaged with all the relevant authorities ahead of time, and pointed out a video message from Gerrard telling supporters to obey restrictions.A statement said: "Over the last number of weeks, Rangers can confirm that we initiated open dialogue with key stakeholders in relation to the possibility of us achieving a historic 55th

coronavirus in Scotland in the last 24 hours.The latest figures were announced by John Swinney this afternoon.The Deputy First Minister revealed that 501 new cases of the virus were recorded overnight.654 people are being treated in hospital while 59 are currently in ICU.The latest figures mean that since the start of the pandemic, 7422 people have lost their lives to coronavirus in Scotland.It comes as 28 people were arrested in connection with lockdown flouting celebrations of Rangers fans yesterday.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon branded the incidents “infuriating and disgraceful”.Did you know you can keep up to date with the latest news by signing up to our daily newsletter?We send a morning and lunchtime newsletter covering the latest

Lord Dunlop, who also advised Theresa May when she was Prime Minister, added that Unionists should not bank on the “Salmond imbroglio” bailing them out.Recent opinion polls have shown the SNP are on course to win an outright majority at the Holyrood election in May.If she is returned as First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon will demand the UK Government agree to a second independence referendum.However, Boris Johnson has ruled out supporting indyref2 and senior Tories are wanting a strategy to counter the threat they believe is posed by the SNP.Lord Dunlop advised Cameron as PM and also undertook a review on the UK Government capability on the Union for his successor.

Scottish Conservatives said the four documents released on Thursday fall far short of what the Scottish Parliament and Salmond inquiry demanded, and called on the Scottish Government to "end the secrecy" and release all the advice. The documents relate to the botched investigation into allegations of sexual harassment by the former first minister.

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Nicola Sturgeon, perhaps wisely, gave a wide berth to committing to the same dates for unlocking as Boris Johnson, with only April 26 offered up as the day Scotland may return to the levels system implemented in the latter months of 2020.The framework set out a tiered approach to lifting restrictions ranging from relatively few measures at Level 0 to near-full lockdown at Level 4.A statement from the First Minister last week outlined the Scottish Government's intention to return to this approach as the vaccine rollout continues.Details within the full strategic framework, however, indicate the levels will be considerably tightened under new WHO guidance and in fear of the more transmissible UK variant.Sturgeon expressed hope most areas of

Nicola Sturgeon ’s bitter political feud with former First Minister Alex Salmond after a third government snub in four days. Record Sport can reveal anxious SFA bosses had been expecting Holyrood to sanction the re-start of League One and League Two last week after being promised a final answer by Friday afternoon - a decision which could determine if this season’s Scottish Cup can be played to a completion or not.

Anas Sarwar has said his party would not have "no choice" but to back a no confidence vote in Deputy First Minister John Swinney over the publication of legal advice.On two occasions, MSPs have voted to compel the Scottish Government to produce legal advice taken as part of the legal challenge brought by Alex Salmond over its harassment complaints procedure, but ministers have so far not handed the advice over.The Scottish Government went on to concede the judicial review into the investigation of the former First Minister, which Judge Lord Pentland said was "tainted with apparent bias".In a letter to Linda Fabiani, the convener of the committee looking into the handling of complaints against Salmond, in December, Swinney said he was keen

Nicola Sturgeon is on course to win a super-slim majority in the Holyrood elections – leaving plans for a second independence referendum on a knife-edge.A Daily Record poll reveals the SNP would emerge from the May 6 election with 67 MSPs, giving the First Minister just two more seats than she needs for an overall majority.The news that Sturgeon is set to win an outright majority at Holyrood comes at the end of a nightmare week for the SNP leader, during which her former mentor Alex Salmond accused her of misleading Parliament.The findings are part of the same survey which revealed support for independence has dropped from 58 per cent in October to a 50/50 split.According to the Survation poll of 1000 Scots, the SNP would have 67 MSPs, a

Scottish Conservatives are threatening to lodge a week lodge a motion of no confidence in Nicola Sturgeon's second in command at Holyrood on Tuesday.The Tories are giving Swinney 24 hours to agree to release the legal advice or face a vote to remove him from office.The Deputy First Minister has previously ignored two cross-party motions in the Scottish Parliament attempting to force the government to comply with a parliamentary majority telling it to publish the advice.The committee investigating the Scottish government’s handling of harassment complaints against former Alex Salmond is renewing a demand for the documents after hearing the former First Minister’s explosive evidence last Friday.Salmond claimed the Scottish Government’s own

The SNP would fail to win a Yes vote in the wake of the Alex Salmond inquiry, a new poll has revealed.A bombshell survey found that the majority of people in Scotland no longer want to break away from the rest of the United Kingdom.It is clear evidence that the feud between First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and her former mentor now threatens to destroy their political dream.The Survation survey for the Sunday Mail revealed support for independence has dropped from 58 per cent in October to a 50/50 split.It is the first time in 22 consecutive polls that Yes has not had a lead. Support for independence has averaged about 54 per cent in recent times.