Hopes of saving hundreds of whisky jobs in Scotland were dashed today after drinks giant Diageo rejected a Scottish government-backed proposal to counter their factory closure plans.

Twelve places in next week’s Open will be determined this weekend – and 384 players are fighting for them.

THE jury which convicted Graham Coutts accepted the shocking reality that he acted out on the helpless Jane Longhurst his lifelong fantasy of strangling, raping and killing a woman.