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Sport

Jermain Defoe scores at Ibrox

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JERMAIN DEFOE left Rangers but Rangers never really left him. His return to Ibrox was, therefore, the farewell that he deserved but never got.

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Opinion

LETTERS

Humza Yousaf making his victory speech yesterday

LETTERS A message to Yousaf: Keep left and you'll do Scotland proud

The SNP candidates

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The staircase at Bute House will soon have the picture of a new First Minister. Top of their to-do list will be reuniting a party which has been rocked by a leadership election that even Nicola Sturgeon has described as being

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