Glasgow Warriors centre Graeme Morrison has announced his immediate retirement from professional rugby on medical grounds, the club has confirmed.

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Six injured in Scottish chairlift accident

Five children and an adult have been taken to hospital after a chairlift derailed at a Scottish ski resort.

Editorial: Mr Salmond's reality check

And so another nail is hammered into the coffin of Alex Salmond's fantasy of Scottish independence. Like him or loathe him, the Scottish National Party leader stole a march on pro-unionists with his rosy vision of Scotland retaining everything that suits it (from North Sea oil revenues to a seat at Nato) and throwing off everything that does not (namely, interference from Westminster), all accomplished smoothly by dint of one simple vote.

Stuart Hogg

Scotland targeting Six Nations glory after victory over Italy

Stuart Hogg has high ambitions after 34-10 win

Stuart Hogg (left) claimed the try of the game for Scotland

Six Nations: Cosmopolitan backs at heart of Scotland's rise during victory over Italy

Visser, Maitland and Hogg play starring role as Italy are outclassed in Murrayfield romp

Borders Would border checks be carried out between Scotland and
England? Would there be a Scottish passport?

Breakaway Scotland 'would have to register itself as new country'

SNP rejects UK Coalition lawyers' claims that independent country would have to reapply to join EU

Scotland's Matthew Scott scores a try

Six Nations: Italians sent crashing to earth by flying Scots

Scotland 34 Italy 10

England’s Michaela Staniford is the IRB Player of the Year

England women out to continue their own momentum

Defending Six Nations champions are missing star players but not the desire to be world's best

Billy Davies

Nottingham Forest confirm re-appointment of Billy Davies

Championship side seeking replacement for Alex McLeish

HMV has announced it will close 66 stores

HMV to close 66 stores

Retailer HMV has announced it will close 66 shops nationwide.

Brian O’Driscoll has been called a ‘world leader’ by England’s Ben Youngs

England's midfield could change for Six Nations 'game of chess' with Ireland

England play Ireland in Dublin on Sunday

Scotland aims for official exit from UK in 2016

Scotland would formally break away from the UK in March 2016 if next year’s referendum results in a vote in favour of independence, under a timetable drawn up by the Scottish Government.

Manu Tuilagi

Manu Tuilagi available for England's clash with Ireland

Centre missed the match against Scotland

The way Farrell ran and passed the ball gave the team a new dimension

James Lawton: In Owen Farrell England may have found a new messiah, but beware painful hangover of hubris

The way Owen Farrell ran and passed the ball gave the team a new dimension

Match Report: Buoyant England sail past stricken Scotland

England 38 Scotland 18: Hosts start their Six Nations campaign with a routine win over a Scotland side 'on the edge of a precipice'.

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