The British endurance swimmer says ‘I’m frightened of sharks but I’m really frightened of a world without sharks’ ahead of his latest swim.

The banking giant is now set to become fully private almost 17 years after receiving a state bailout during the 2008 financial crisis.

Transport minister Mike Kane said the Government wants to ‘maximise the benefits of future flight technologies including flying taxis’.

The announcement comes in the same week that the number of people crossing the Channel in small boats passed 12,000 for the year.

Derek McInnes will not be in the home dugout when Kilmarnock host Hearts on Sunday. A number of Killie fans directed chants towards Hearts and McInnes during their 3-0 defeat at Motherwell on ...