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Chris McLaughlinScotland sports news correspondentGetty ImagesFans will find out who Scotland will play at next year’s World CupWhen Kenny McLean’s half-way line howitzer found the back of the Denmark net at Hampden last month to seal Scotland’s place at next year’s World Cup, a nation rejoiced in unison.The national team were once again on a journey to the biggest party world sport has to offer.Part of that journey and part of the fun, of course, is finding out where, when and who. This weekend in Washington we will get the answers.Inside the Kennedy Centre we’ll have a gathering of footballing…

The Ukrainian Diving Federation wants diver Sofiia Lyskun to be stripped of all awards after the European champion switched her international allegiance to Russia.Lyskun, 23, who won the 10m synchro title at last year’s European Aquatics Championships, chose to change her citizenship earlier this week.The federation said Lyskun did not inform it, the coaching staff or Ukraine’s ministry of youth and sports of her intention, and “expresses deep indignation and strongly condemns” her actions.In a statement,, external the federation said: “Such steps are categorically unacceptable, as they discredit not only an individual athlete, but also the entire Ukrainian team, which…

A Lancashire self storage business has constructed one of the planet’s biggest advent calendars, assembling 24 shipping containers into a towering festive display.Cuboid Self Storage, based in Chorley, unveiled the enormous structure measuring 34ft in height and spanning 48ft across.The impressive installation contains thousands of presents destined for children across the region.Each container in the massive calendar holds gifts that will be distributed to local youngsters throughout the festive period, with the company claiming the creation ranks among the largest of its kind globally.Working in partnership with the Cash For Kids Mission Christmas campaign, Cuboid Self Storage has arranged for…

Nigel Farage threw a jibe at the Prime Minister after branding Vladimir Putin a “monster” and “a very dangerous man”. Addressing journalists at a press conference in the heart of Westminster, the Reform chief blasted allegations that he was a Kremlin sympathiser. A public inquiry today found the Russian President was “morally responsible” for the 2018 Novichok poisonings which culminated in the death of Dawn Sturgess, 44, after she unknowing sprayed herself with novichok in a perfume bottle. Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal as well as his daughter Yulia had been previously attacked with the nerve agent four months beforehand.…

St James’s Palace hosted its first investiture ceremony in more than four years on Thursday, with the Princess Royal bestowing MBEs upon several distinguished recipients.The venue change from Windsor Castle, where such ceremonies typically occur, came about because the castle is accommodating the German state visit this week.Among those honoured were Amanda and Ray Mifsud, the Kent couple behind children’s cancer charity Abbie’s Army, and Lieutenant Commander Hugo Mitchell-Heggs, who captained the inaugural Royal Navy submariner team to complete an Atlantic rowing crossing.The ceremony also recognised Natasha Jones, who made history as the first British woman boxer to secure Olympic…

A woman who has spent six years on Universal Credit says returning to work makes no financial sense under the current benefits system.Erica Crompton, a former radio scriptwriter, receives around £1,027 each month, which includes £381 towards rent on a shared ownership property and £200 for providing more than 35 hours of weekly care to her partner Paul, who uses a wheelchair.She also receives support linked to a stress-triggered mental illness that doctors say prevents her from maintaining conventional employment.Ms Crompton said: “I just don’t see how working has worked for me in the slightest.”She told The Telegraph her situation…

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK have expressed outrage at the BBC after it was revealed tonight’s immigration special of Question Time had an audience which included asylum seekers who arrived in Britain via small boats.Tonight’s edition of the long-running debate show was based in Dover and was exclusivley focused on the topic of migration. On the panel was Dover and Deal MP and Migration Minister Mike Tapp, Conservative MP for Bexhill and Battle Dr Kieran Mullan, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper, Green Party Leader Zack Polanski and Reform UK’s Head of Policy Zia Yusuf. Mr Yusuf, Reform’s Head of Policy,…

South Wales PoliceSentencing Anthony Pierce to four years and one month after he admitted abusing a young boy between 1985 and 1990, the judge said Pierce acted “in breach of the trust invested in you by the community”A former Church in Wales bishop is said to have admitted sexually assaulting a teenage boy, according to a report seen by the .Anthony Pierce, who earlier this year was jailed for historical sexual abuse of another boy, allegedly confessed to the report author what is described as a “criminal offence” while he was a parish priest.The document was written months before he…

December is hard enough on teams in the Conference League. It is even worse if you do well in the EFL Cup, as Crystal Palace are about to discover.The expanded European calendar means the final two rounds of the Conference League are played on consecutive Thursdays with Palace away to Shelbourne on 11 December and at home to Finnish side KuPS seven days later.But this is only part of the story for Palace, fifth in the Premier League. They face 11 games, six of them away, in the 36-day period between 30 November and 4 January. Their longest rest period…

Suspected shoplifters are being sent to court and convicted from CCTV footage alone without being arrested, Northumbria Police has revealed.Operation Canvas – which is operated by Northumbria Police and NE1 Business Improvement District (BID) – has seen 60 convictions already, with 58 of those pleading guilty.It has administered £2,700 in fines and £7,700 compensation for retailers, while 118 weeks’ worth of custodial sentences have been handed down.The scheme has 29 retailers from Newcastle City Centre signed up so far, and only requires good quality CCTV footage that can clearly identify perpetrators and catch them in the offence.After receiving the footage,…