Soapbox Science, the initiative championing women in science, returns this summer to present the wonder of science to the masses.

UNESCO: Women in Science take to their Soapboxes

The Massone-led Italian consortium took control of Livingston last summer and the present chairman has blamed debt problems inherited from previous owner Pearce Flynn for financial problems that plagued them throughout last season.

BBC: Livingston meet council payment

America at present, like the proverbial summer grasshopper, is doing more frittering than stockpiling.

ECONOMIST: Use it, don��t lose it

Computer models have been predicting that the Arctic will not be ice-free, even for a short time in late summer, until 2040, and at present only icebreakers and the occasional lone yachtsman are getting through.

ECONOMIST: A meltdown tinged with acid

Under this system, there would still be a six-week summer break, but it could begin earlier than at present.

BBC: You are in: Education

But he told BBC Sport that the club's present head coach would find his position reviewed in the summer.

BBC: Hearts boss John Robertson

Even Helen Liddell, who was reshuffled to the Scottish Office in the summer to take charge of political campaigning, was more often absent than present for the campaign, according to party workers.

ECONOMIST: Panic stations in Scotland

It's that air of tragedy that makes "The '59 Sound" seem like more than a simple rock barn-burner: When Brian Fallon sings, "Ain't supposed to die on a Saturday night, " he captures the way a summer night behind the wheel can positively burst with youthful abandon, ever-present danger and fragile promise.

NPR: The Gaslight Anthem: A Morbid Summer Jam

Meanwhile, despite reports linking Kris Commons with Rangers, it is believed that the Scottish champions have no plans at this stage to approach his present club, Derby County, about the winger who is out of contract in the summer.

BBC: Charlie Adam switch would boost Rangers' coffers