Scotland play Russia in their penultimate Pool A match requiring a bonus-point victory to keep their hopes of making the quarter-finals alive.

SRU chiefs would be 'furious' if Scotland's crucial World Cup clash with Japan falls foul of Typhoon Hagibis and remain confident the game will be played even if it is delayed by 24 hours.

Watson sat out the 24-17 defeat to France in Paris with a calf injury and it was hoped he would return for the trip to Murrayfield, but forwards coach Matt Proudfoot confirmed he would not be fit.

NIK SIMON AT MURRAYFIELD: England could not dodge the storm but they at least averted the crisis on Saturday afternoon - thanks to a late try from Ellis Genge.

Ruud Gullit (right) treated football fans to a throwback photo of himself posing with fellow Holland legends Marco van Basten and Frank Rijkaard (left).

Holland and Liverpool star Gini Wijnaldum says he would walk from the pitch were he to be targeted with racial abuse, just as Ahmad Mendes Moreira was recently in a Dutch second division tie.

They're expected to tie the knot in a lavish ceremony at a stately home in Yorkshire on Saturday, in front of a host of celebrity pals.

The singer, 32, and her art dealer beau, 27, will apparently host an array of their famous pals at the stunning country estate, including Princess Eugenie, Ed Sheeran and Rita Ora.

ALISON BOSHOFF: Pop star Ellie Goulding will be watched by royalty as she walks down the aisle of York Minister, a £150,000 ring on her finger, and into the arms of Old Etonian Caspar Jopling.

Last week, Ed Sheeran's brother-in-law submitted plans to East Suffolk Council for the new prayer retreat, which will be used for social gatherings, marriages and christenings.

Pelicano co-owner Andrew Becher said their landlord was pushing them out of their Double Bay building but the building owners claim it is in need of urgent renovations.

Researchers looked at Spotify playlists that contain the words 'holiday playlist', 'beach playlist', 'summer tunes', 'summer time songs' and 'holiday playlist 2020' to find the 100 most popular tunes.

Emma Watson, Kirsten Stewart, Yara Shahidi, Mia Goth, Stella Roversi, Rosalia, Indya Moore and Chris Lee have been unveiled as the new faces for Pirelli's 2020 calendar.

The screen star, 29, sparked romance rumours with game programmer and former Oculus CEO Brendan, 39, as they enjoyed a dinner date in Los Angeles on Sunday evening.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Of course Emma Watson's 'self-partnering' is open to mockery and caricature but, I say go for it.

An online tool, backed by Harry Potter star and eco-warrior Emma Watson, calculates your fashion carbon footprint. Six writers with vastly different shopping habits took the test.

In an interview with author Valerie Hudson for Teen Vogue , the actress, 29, discussed her interests with the culture due to the level of communication and why she coined the phrase 'self-partnered'.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, son of presidential candidate Ron Paul, mocked President Barack Obama's recent statements on gay marriage at an Iowa conference.

William Hilton Paul, 19, (pictured) the son of Kentucky Senator Rand Paul was arrested last night at Charlotte Douglas International Airport and charged with disorderly conduct and being intoxicated and disruptive.

The Air Force has erased data on drone strikes in Afghanistan from their most recent report that was released just one day after Sen. Rand Paul's filibuster on Wednesday.

Kentucky's Republican Sen. Rand Paul put himself in the forefront of early presidential candidate speculation winning this year's Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll with 25 per cent of the vote.

Paul told Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace: 'I don't want to promote that but I also don't want to put people in jail who make the mistake.

Paul, an early contender for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, argued that the Republicans, not the Democrats, have historically protected black voters' interests.

Kentucky senator mocks Obama's U.S. health care overhaul, as new poll shows 54 percent of Americans don't support the Obamacare law

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul wants to bring a class-action lawsuit to the Supreme Court against the government's phone and Internet anti-terrorism surveillance programs

'I think he went 12 hours,' said Gomez, the GOP candidate in a bizarre debate moment. 'And I've gone a lot longer than that without having to go to the bathroom, sir, [during] my time in the SEAL teams'

Paul is blocking President Obama's choice to lead the FBI until he gets answers about how, when and how often federal law enforcement spies on us from above

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul hit back at New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in the two Republicans’ ongoing spat over national security, calling the plus-sized pol the 'king of bacon'

Sen. Paul had suggested the two bury the hatchet over a beer, but Gov. Christie told a radio audience that 'if I find myself down in Washington, I'll certainly look him up, but I don't suspect I'll be there anytime soon.'

Palin attributed Christie's growing popularity to what she called a 'YouTube videographer' who follows him around and manufactures situations that will give him an edge over his competition.

Obama said during his first presidential campaign that presidents can't order military strikes unless the U.S. is directly threatened, or Congress declares war.

The profile describes the blonde and quick-witted Kelley as 'more than a pretty image-softener' for the 'famously dour' senator.

The lawsuit’s announcement comes only hours after the secret FISA court renewed the government’s permission Friday to collect bulk telephone metadata.

Likely presidential candidate Rand Paul doubled down on comments his wife made in an interview with Vogue magazine: former President Bill Clinton is a 'predator' because of his affair with Monica Lewinsky

Rand Paul has continued to smear former President Bill Clinton by calling him a 'serial philanderer' that was a threat to women in the workplace as a result of his extra marital affairs.

The Libertarian firebrand has his eyes focused on the presidency and aims to organize voters by branding NSA snooping as 'precisely the kind of overreach we fought a revolution over.'

Paul got the Conservative Political Action Conference's loudest applause -- by far -- and figures to be a major force in the 2016 presidential season.

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul won the conference's presidential preference straw poll, a symbolic victory that reflects his popularity among conservatives who typically hold outsized influence in the GOP's presidential selection process.

The momentary phenomenon of a presidential run by MSNBC host Joe Scarborough quickly fizzed on Saturday, and Carson -- targeted by a 'draft committee' -- came in a close third.

Republican Presidential hopeful Rand Paul claims arming all US commercial airline pilots is the most effective way of preventing a new 9/11 attack.

'No one should be allowed to invade your privacy' and NSA leaders are 'only sorry they got caught' snooping on Americans, he said to repeated applause from an audience of 400.

Paul joked that he'd been losing sleep at night over the former Secretary of State's financial affairs and asked the audience to take a 'moment of silence' for her wealth.

Paul told the Family Leader he had to skip the group's annual summit - of which he was a sponsor - because he had to attend an event in New York with his family.

'We are lucky Mrs. Clinton didn't get her way and the Obama administration did not bring about regime change in Syria,' the Kentucky senator wrote. 'That new regime might well be ISIS.'

Sen. McCain 'did meet with ISIS, and had his picture taken, and didn't know it was happening at the time,' Sen. Paul claimed, setting off angry denials and a D.C.-wide press scrum to call him a liar.

'We should not underestimate the transmissibility' of this disease, Paul told a conservative radio show host.

'For 80 years African-Americans have had nothing to do with Republicans,' Paul said. 'Why? Because of a perception ... that no one in the Republican Party cares.'

Paul is already trying to score points for the next election cycle by painting Tuesday night's losses as a failure for Clinton - even though she wasn't on the ballot in any state.

The Kentucky senator wants Congress to vote on a formal declaration of war targeting the Islamic fanatics, with troops used for strikes on its leadership and intelligence-gathering.

The Kentucky senator switched on Washington's buzz machine Tuesday with tweeted photo of a garment sporting a presidential campaign message.