A Conservative spokesman said Kemi Badenoch’s team had spoken to Mr Vance’s but that ‘scheduling’ had proved difficult.

Sheffield Wednesday Supporters’ Trust plans more large-scale protests against club owner Dejphon Chansiri at Saturday’s first home Sky Bet Championship game of the season against Stoke.

BBC Radio Scotland presenter Bryan Burnett will return to the airwaves on Thursday after undergoing cancer treatment. The broadcaster announced in June he would step back from his programme Get It On ...