Glimpse of sun after weeks of unrelenting rain marks end of longest sunless period in area since records began

Aberdeen has finally had some sunshine, for the first time in 21 days – marking the end of the longest sunless period in the area since Met Office records began in 1957.

Residents of the Granite city in north-east Scotland glimpsed the sun late on Thursday afternoon, with sunshine having been last recorded on 21 January.

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Rangers closed the gap on the Scottish Premiership leaders Hearts to three points with a 5-1 win against Kilmarnock but it took time to subdue the 10-man visitors at Ibrox.

Hearts lost 1-0 at St Mirren on Tuesday night to open the door, while Celtic’s game at Aberdeen on Wednesday night was postponed.

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Tomas Cvancara headed his first goal for Celtic as the champions moved back above Rangers in the Premiership with a 2-0 win over Falkirk.

Benjamin Nygren was also on target as Celtic moved above their Glasgow rivals on goals scored and six points behind the leaders, Hearts. Falkirk contributed to an entertaining game, registering 14 shots at goal, but Celtic were more clinical.