A man has died following a coach crash in Ayrshire which left 18 people in hospital, Police Scotland said.

The son of former loyalist leader Johnny 'Mad Dog' Adair has been found dead at a house in Ayrshire.

The motto of Royal Troon Golf Club sums it all up rather nicely. The Latin which adorns the 138-year-old Ayrshire links’ crest reads: “Tam Arte Quam Marte”, which means “as much by skill as by strength”.

The Open still stirs the passion in three-time major winner Pádraig Harrington, and he can’t wait to get into the thick of the action at Troon on Thursday.

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Norway’s Suzann Pettersen set a testing clubhouse target and looked set to lead overnight in the Ricoh Women’s British Open at Turnberry.

A health board is investigating claims that surgeons used a saw found in a cupboard to amputate a man’s leg.

So many rudderless English chariots have drifted away on the Liffey over the years they must now pose a danger to shipping in the Irish Sea.

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The Scots went to some trouble to make Richie McCaw feel at home at Murrayfield, unearthing evidence placing his ancestors from the same county as Robbie Burns, Bill Shankly and Robert the Bruce.

Scottish travel agency makes video. Head-scratching - and goodwill too - ensues.

Ireland’s hopes of retaining the R&A Trophy for the Boys Home International Championship suffered a jolt as they were agonisingly beaten 8-7 by hosts Scotland at Western Gailes in Ayrshire yesterday.

US tycoon Donald Trump has spoken of his pleasure at acquiring the Turnberry golf resort, which he has pledged to make “even more spectacular”.

The Irish Sea is one of the most nuclear polluted, because of the number of nuclear power stations and facilities on its English, Welsh and Scottish coastlines, and because its partial enclosure leads to a build-up of pollutants.

A London restaurant attacked by a mob of rival football fans remains closed as police continue their investigation into how a fan was hospitalised and others sent fleeing to safety.

Rape crisis groups want specialist education for judges and barristers and greater protection for victims in court.

Another month, another anniversary, but one that won’t be overlooked on Merseyside in a few weeks will be the birthday — September 2, 1913 — of the man who, in the broad church of football, is revered as a saint.

Two men jailed for sending parcel bombs to Celtic manager Neil Lennon and other high-profile supporters of the club have lost an attempt to have their convictions overturned.

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People either love them or hate them, but it appears the anti-Brussels sprouts brigade might now even have science on their side — too many sprouts can be dangerous and may prove fatal.

Your kids might think this is the ultimate excuse, but it has now been claimed by scientists that too many brussels sprouts are bad for you.

Irish winger Willo Flood hailed Dundee United’s cutting edge after yet another 3-0 win over local rivals Dundee yesterday.

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Ireland suffered heartache in a dramatic climax to the Men’s Amateur Home Internationals at Glasgow Gailes on the Ayrshire coast last night as their title disappeared in the dying moments of the round-robin series.

Ireland returned to the Glasgow Gailes Links on the Ayrshire coast at the crack of dawn to complete their battle with Scotland in the Men’s Home Internationals after rain halted play last night.

Tomorrow evening Waterford or Tipperary will send a captain forward to raise the Munster Hurling Cup, assuming there is no draw.

Rory McNamara produced a Houdini act to edge dramatically into the third round of the 117th Amateur Championship at Royal Troon on Scotland’s Ayrshire coast yesterday.

Dubliner Richard O’Donovan gave a champagne display at Glasgow Gailes on the Ayrshire coast yesterday to romp into the matchplay stages of the 117th British Amateur Championship.

Two men who sent parcel bombs to Celtic manager Neil Lennon and other high-profile fans of the club have been jailed for five years each.

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Dawn Meats has confirmed the acquisition of West Devon Meats, a beef and lamb abattoir in the south-west of England for an undisclosed sum.

Two men were convicted today of conspiring to assault Celtic manager Neil Lennon and other high profile supporters of the club in a parcel bomb plot.

Two men accused of sending improvised explosive devices to Celtic manager Neil Lennon and other high profile supporters of the football club are no longer charged with conspiring to murder them due to insufficient evidence.

A jury has been shown text messages sent from a mobile phone found at the home of one of two men accused of conspiring to murder Celtic FC manager Neil Lennon and other high-profile supporters of the club.

The daughter of a man accused of plotting to murder Celtic FC manager Neil Lennon in a parcel-bomb plot told a court today that she never asked for peroxide to be bought on her behalf.

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A jury in the trial of two men accused of plotting to murder Neil Lennon have today been shown pictures of the contents of a suspicious package addressed to the Celtic FC manager.

Two men appeared in court accused of plotting to murder Celtic manager Neil Lennon and other high-profile supporters of the club.

A mother has been left “inconsolable” over the death of her nine-year-old son after a fire at their home early today.

STEVEN DAVIS insists Rangers will not be casting any nervous glances in Celtic’s direction after their rivals closed the gap on the SPL leaders to 10 points.

Police were today trying to piece together the final few hours of a man whose burned body was found at the side of a road.