Scottish Government funding for a golf tournament at Donald Trump’s Aberdeenshire course was not an attempt to “butter up” the US president, John Swinney has said.

The High Court in London ruled earlier this week that the will of a man believed to be the IRA agent known as Stakeknife will not be made public.

Supermarket chain Aldi has given store workers a pay rise after it announced it was hiking its minimum wage to £13 an hour from September. The budget-friendly grocery chain claims to be the first UK ...