US President Donald Trump is in Scotland to visit his golf courses and meet Sir Keir Starmer, despite the fact that our PM does not play golf. Perhaps David Cameron can help? The former Conservative prime minister teamed up with former Irish prime minister Enda Kenny in the Pro-Am Senior Open at Sunningdale with three-time golf major winner Padraig Harrington – and won.

Starmer is expected to spell out to Trump what the UK’s options are when it comes to Israel and Gaza ahead of his Monday meeting with the President, as the worsening situation in the region has precipitated a hardening of No 10’s stance towards Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.

Donald Trump arrived in Scotland on Friday evening for a private five-day visit of his mother’s ancestral home, taking in two golf resorts he owns. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer knows full well that when it comes to this US president,

The British military and police have shut down a Scottish town for Donald Trump’s visit. The town of Ayr has been in lockdown for several days ahead of the president’s visit to his Turnberry golf course on Saturday, with swathes of soldiers in camouflage green seen searching the grounds.

Trump is in Scotland for trade discussions with British PM Keir Starmer and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

Trump, who landed in Scotland on Friday evening, will visit his golf resorts at Aberdeen and at Turnberry in Ayrshire, where he will discuss with Sir Keir Starmer on Monday the prospect of lowering US tariffs on steel and a longer-term British bid to cut tariffs on Scotch whisky.

Donald Trump arrives in Britain this weekend on what is ostensibly a five-day private trip to his two Scottish golfing establishments. The President will be met by ritual protests, but in fact this visit is a golden opportunity for the United Kingdom.