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There is now a union flag on one side, and a call to put ‘country first’ on the other. Does this really give anyone a lovely, warm, modern vibe, asks Zoe Williams

Leading author of FoI Act says system weakened by government and civil servants’ resistance to openness

Yesterday I found myself at the big Tony Blair Institute conference, AKA Blairstock. It’s like Glastonbury for centrist nerds but with better loos. And the only drugs anyone was on were high-functioning ashwagandha supplements.

Haunted by ghosts of Neil Kinnock in 1992 and Ed Miliband in 2010, defeat snatched from the jaws of victory is the nightmare of increasingly optimistic Labour Shadow Cabinet Ministers

The hometown hero set a new tournament record to win by three at TPC River Highlands

Fearless, sharply intelligent and sometimes caustic, Glenda Jackson, who has died aged 87, “had a career unmatched by any of her contemporaries”, said Michael Billington in The Guardian. From 1957, she enjoyed huge success on film (she won two Oscars) and on stage; then, in 1992, she gave it all…

Otis is the first Californian sea lion pup to be born in Scotland for two decades.

Glasgow motorbike shop owner Chris Adams passed away in hospital two days after being thrown from his bike at Knockhill Racing Circuit leaving his family and friends heartbroken.

Chris Adams tragically died after he came off of his bike during his last lap of the Knockhill Racing Circuit on May 19. Paramedics tried to save him but he lost his life two days later.

Locals say it feels like they're living in a giant fishbowl with people peering in but with most visitors very respectful, the social media hot-spot is only growing in popularity

Letters: Keir Starmer should be bolder in setting out Labour’s vision for power, says David Reed. Plus letters from Les Bright and Howard B Broughton