Three academic papers have been published after a social media storm about the colour of a dress, which started in Scotland, went global.

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Alana MacInnes, of Uist, and Caitlin McNeill, from Colonsay, asked people online whether they saw the colour as gold and white or blue and black.

The debate was picked up by fashion bloggers, Twitter, Buzzfeed and celebrities including Taylor Swift.

Neuroscientists are among the authors published by Current Biology.

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• Nicola Sturgeon and David Cameron have been meeting to discuss more powers for Scotland

• Labour Leadership hopeful Chuka Umunna has withdrawn his bid

• Tributes from around the world have been paid to the blues legend, BB King, who has died, aged 89.

Shadow Scottish Secretary, Ian Murray, has urged the SNP not to accept a Conservative deal that "cuts Scotland's budget".

It follows a meeting between the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, and the Prime Minister, David Cameron, at Bute House earlier today.

Mr Murray, said: "There is a real risk that what we get now is a Tory deal on fiscal autonomy, or some way towards it, that leaves Scotland worse off."

He added: "Labour stood on a platform of ensuring that the final say on benefits rests with the Scottish Parliament and promising a Home Rule Bill within 100 days, so we welcome attempts to deliver quickly on further devolution."

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has called for Jim Murphy to resign as leader of the Scottish Labour party.

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Labour lost 40 seats to the SNP in last week's general election, leaving just one MP representative at Westminster.

The CWU has described Labour's performance in the election as, "particularly disastrous in Scotland".

A spokesperson said: "It is clear that the Labour Party needs to rebuild in Scotland and CWU believes that will be done most effectively under new leadership."

It follows a similar move by Unite union yesterday however, Mr Murphy has received backing from Usdaw, which represents shop workers, and Community union.

A woman has died after her car caught fire in a road accident near Dumfries.

She was driving a red Daihatsu which was involved in a crash with a black Vauxhall Zafira at 18:00 on Thursday.

A spokesman for Police Scotland said the car caught fire and was burnt out as a result of the accident.

He said neither the driver nor the front seat passenger in the Zafira were injured in the accident on the A76 Dumfries to Kilmarnock road at Holywood.

Three former care workers have been convicted of historical indecent assaults against boys at a school for vulnerable children in Kent.

Colwyn Baker, 71, David Hennessy, 74, and Nigel Putman, 62, abused youngsters at the now closed Swaylands School, in Penshurst, between 1963 and 1979.

Jurors at Maidstone Crown Court returned partial verdicts against them.

Baker, of Craighouse Avenue, Morningside, Edinburgh, was convicted of five counts of indecent assault, Hennessy of two and Putman of one.

Baker was cleared of one charge of sexual assault and one indecent assault.

The jury is still considering 38 other charges.

Baker had denied 24 indecent assault and three serious sexual assault charges.

Police investigating a shooting and an unrelated attack in Glasgow have spoken to more than 130 people and dozens of motorists a week on from the incidents.

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Officers questioned people close to Gary's Barber Shop in Springburn, where a man, 29, was attacked on 7 May.

They also spoke to people in Royston Road where another man, also 29, was run over and then shot in a targeted attack later the same day.

Wintry conditions have been forecast for Scotland's hills and mountains.

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The Met Office has warned of the "high risk" of southerly gales affecting peaks in the west Highlands on Friday.

Snow showers are expected on Saturday with the most frequent and heaviest likely over Skye and the north west Highlands, according to the Met Office.

The Mountaineering Council of Scotland has posted a picture of an avalanche in the Cairngorms to highlight the forecasted wintry weather.

One of four men accused of plotting to kill two former UDA leaders in Scotland was "a fantasist", a court has heard.

Edward McVeigh previously told the High Court in Glasgow that his ex-cellmate Anton Duffy hated Johnny Adair and Sam McCrory and spoke of killing them.

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Under cross-examination he admitted telling police he thought Mr Duffy was "a fantasist off his head on tramadol".

Mr Duffy, 39, Martin Hughes, 36, Paul Sands, 31, and John Gorman, 58, deny a plot to kill Mr Adair and Mr McCrory.

The court has already heard that Mr Adair and his best friend Mr McCrory were both former members of prohibited Loyalist terror organisations the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and its paramilitary wing the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF).

Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has gone on trial in Scotland accused of perjury.

The 47-year-old journalist is accused of lying at the trial of Scottish socialist politician Tommy Sheridan at the High Court in Glasgow in 2010.

Mr Coulson, from Kent, a former head of communications at Downing Street, has entered a plea of not guilty at the High Court in Edinburgh.

His trial, before judge Lord Burns, is expected to last four weeks.

Cost-cutting Dunfermline Athletic have released 18 players after their failure to win promotion from Scotland's League One this season.

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Among those exiting the Fife club are 35-year-old former Dundee United, Motherwell and Plymouth Argyle left-back Jim Paterson, who signed in January.

Also leaving are 30-year-old striker Andrew Barrowman (pictured), who was in his second spell at East End Park, 22-year-old former Rangers defender Kyle McAusland and Gregor Buchanan, the 25-year-old centre-half who arrived from Airdrieonians last summer.

Other players exiting East End Park are goalkeepers Ryan Goodfellow and Jamie Wilson, defenders Scott Mercer, Ross Millen, Declan O'Kane Jonathan Page, Stuart Urquhart and Alex Whittle, midfielders Paul George, Finn Graham, Gavin McMillan, Andy Stirling and Ryan Thomson, plus forward Allan Smith.

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Rangers manager Stuart McCall says he will have to formally apply for his own job, even if he secures promotion to the Scottish Premiership.

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And he insists that he has no problem with the Glasgow club speaking to other candidates.

McCall agreed a contract until the end of the season when Kenny McDowall stood down in March.

But the Ibrox outfit have since been taken over by a consortium led by shareholder Dave King.

Spartans Football Club has launched an appeal to raise money for one of its supporters who lost his home and pets in an Edinburgh fire.

Garry Betts, also known as Grim O'Grady, lost his family dog Buster and his cats in the fire in Crewe Terrace on Thursday.

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Mr Betts runs three disabled football teams at the club.

Craig Graham, Spartans chairman, said: "Grim is a fantastic volunteer around the club so we want to help him."

He added: "This is dreadful news."

Four men have been detained in connection with a series of "related disturbances" in Aberdeen.

Police Scotland said the incidents happened in the Springhill Crescent and Nigg Way areas of the city on Thursday night.

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Men aged 23, 24, 44 and 49 were detained.

Vehicles involved were said to be a blue Toyota Corolla, a dark Ford Focus and a green car, described as a people carrier.

A closed section of Nigg Way has re-opened.

A man who admitted assaulting and attempting to rape a teenager in a wooded area in Irvine has been jailed for six years.

Ryan Douglas, 25, dragged his 17-year-old victim from the North Ayrshire town's Bank Street on 7 August 2014.

He ran off after her screams alerted passers-by who came to her aid, and was later traced to a house in the town.

At the High Court in Edinburgh, Douglas was told he would be placed on the sex offenders' register indefinitely.

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Dundee have released midfielders Iain Davidson and Jamie Reid.

Davidson helped the Dens Park side win last season's Scottish Championship title, but the 31-year-old has made only 14 appearances this term.

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21-year-old Reid spent this season on loan with Stenhousemuir in League One and Elgin City in League Two.

Meanwhile, out-of-contract goalkeeper Kyle Letheran has advertised his availability on PFA Scotland's list of players who are looking for new clubs.

The 27-year-old, previously of Swansea City, Barnsley and Plymouth Argyle, joined Dundee in 2013 after leaving Kilmarnock.

Police have arrested a 41-year-old man in connection with the death of a 33-year-old woman in Renfrewshire.

Officers were called to a house where a body was found in Linwood near Paisley, at about 14:30 on Thursday.

The man remains in custody and a report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal.

The cost of transforming Kirkcudbright Town Hall into a "gallery of national significance" is expected to cost £3.17m, according to a new report.

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The plan is part of the Kirkcudbright Charter, which aims to make the best use of the town's public buildings.

Council papers have revealed that the design team behind the project will ask Dumfries and Galloway Council for funding of £1.68m.

It exceeds the authority's budget for the entire charter by £195,000.

A motorist has admitted knocking down and killing a man in Shetland after a day of drinking.

John Pottinger, 21, admitted causing the death of 39-year-old George Armour by dangerous driving when he appeared at the High Court in Glasgow.

The collision happened on the B9074 at Hamnavoe in June last year. The victim was thrown up and over the bonnet of the car.

Sentence was deferred on Pottinger until next month.