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Edinburgh arts venue developer goes back to the drawing board

Amanda Knox took to social media to address concerns over her show.

Gilded Balloon hit with complaints over controversial Amanda Knox show

Salutation Hotel, Perth, which has operated since the 17th Century, is one of the hotels affected. PIC: CC/Aaron Bradley

Six Scottish hotels at risk as group plunged into administration

Mhari Douglas with son Jacob (left) and Stephanie and Dale McDowell (right).

Parents 'drowning' as children stuck on years-long CAMHS waiting lists

Nicola Thyne

'We lost Nicola, no one else should go through this'

Petition to cancel Amanda Knox's show at almost 30,000 signatures

Rachel Amery camping on the North Coast 500

There is an obvious way to tackle 'dirty campers' - build more toilets Rachel Amery

The Bealach na Ba is a popular part of the North Coast 500 route.

Exclusive NC500: Call to clamp down on 'dirty campers' with fines

Amanda Knox has taken to social media to address concerns over her show.

I went to Amanda Knox's first Fringe show - here's what happened

Amanda Knox with her husband

Almost 10,000 people sign petition to axe Amanda Knox Fringe show

(L) Amanda Knox (Top) Knox with her then boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito (Bottom) Meredith Kercher

Thousands call for Amanda Knox's Fringe comedy show to be axed

Amanda Knox has taken to social media to address concerns over her show.

Amanda Knox breaks silence to personally address show controversy

Meredith Kercher's sister demands Amanda Knox Fringe show is cancelled

Wildlife campaigner Robert Pownall dressed as a gannet outside the Waverley Court polling station in Edinburgh (Jane Barlow/PA)

NatureScot rejects licence for centuries-old guga hunt for first time

Edinburgh's Cafe Royal came under new management in May 1979 - the Oyster Bar restaurant in West Register Street.

The ‘fabulous’ Scottish restaurant & bar that’s celebrating 200 years

Scottish restaurant calls in liquidators after 47 years in business

Ad Feature Full details: Litter-picking walk to launch in Glasgow

The University of Dundee is set for further job cuts (Alamy/PA)

Philosophers unite to save threatened degree at Dundee University

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

Explainer What does Nigel Farage's resignation mean for donations investigation?

Inside a state of the art data centre. Campaigners in Scotland have warned that the Scottish Government's policy on data centres has major shortcomings in the face of a surge in new applications for the facilities.

Thousands object to 'humungous' data centres as deadline looms

Herds of feral goats roam Langholm Moor

Calls for closed cull season to protect Scotland's wild goats

Wind farm stock image

Legal challenge made against ministers' rejection of '£1bn wind farm'

Edinburgh Taxi Outing is to go ahead despite fears that it would be cancelled for 2026

Taxi Outing to go ahead after cancellation threat sparked outcry

A gannet among vegetation on the cliffs

Islanders launch bid for summer guga hunt despite backlash

Sitka spruce is the most common conifer in Scotland

Scottish Forestry taken to court again over environmental concerns

Written in 1786, Burns poem Address to a Haggis is a necessity for the complete Burns Night experience. "Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face, Great Chieftain o’ the Puddin-race!" Its fun and joyful, and should be recited as the haggis is placed on the table, but before the Selkirk Grace.

Butcher launches bid to ‘make haggis legal again’ ahead of World Cup

The Time Capsule ice rink in Coatbridge is slated for closure.

Petition launched in campaign to save 'essential' Scottish ice rink

Man in giant bird costume running for Scottish parliament

Port of Ness, Ness, Isle of Lewis. PIC: Chmee/CC

Community home to guga hunt faces 'most toxic moment in modern era'

Activists hold silent protest outside Scottish Parliament against guga hunt

Activists hold silent protest ahead of key debate on guga hunt

Mo the cat lying down by the tills at the Co-op in Newtongrange.

Village residents call for memorial statue of beloved 'Co-op cat'

The road closure on Craighall Road began last summer and is expected until at least August 2028.

Concerned residents demand end to three year road closure

Lily Angus, 18, has dyskinetic cerebral palsy.

Disabled teen's life 'turned upside down' after council cuts

Todrig farm from the air

Court hearing begins into controversial 500-hectare forestry scheme

Wife of seized tanker’s captain wants judicial review of detention

Call to replace People Make Glasgow sign in city centre

Guga Hunters with their haul in a previous year.

Guga Hunt: Decision to ban cull deferred to next parliament

Plans to make digital ID mandatory have been dropped by the UK Government.

Explainer Digital ID: What does Keir Starmer's U-turn mean for Scots?

School swimming lessons at Gracemount Leisure Centre in Edinburgh.

Call for universal school swimming as poorest children miss out

Scotland can continue to set the renewables standard, says John Forster (Picture: John Devlin)

Consultation launches on expanding local say in large energy projects

Herds of feral goats roam Langholm Moor

Petition in response to Langholm feral goat cull reaches 20,000

Knox Academy, in Haddington, has been accused of shutting pupils out of toilets during the day by parents who say it is a breach of their human rights.

Children locked out of school toilets during the day
There are claims pupils are being locked out of toilets during the school day at the East Lothian academy

Police Scotland Chief Constable Jo Farrell

Police chief: Rapists 'should and will' be recorded as biological men

Michelle Mone

PPE Medpro: Michelle Mone linked firm fails to repay funds by deadline

Ravensheugh Road in Musselburgh, where calls have been to cut the speed limit to 20mph.

Residents lose 5-year battle to cut major road speed limit to 20mph

The updated guidance bans trans staff from using single-sex facilities of their choice.

Sex Matters drops Scottish legal challenge on single-sex spaces

Baroness Michelle Mone

Thousands sign petition to banish Michelle Mone from House of Lords

The High Street in South Queensferry.

Speed camera plan for tourist town as locals tormented by boy racers

Renewable energy wind farms are a contested issue in Scotland

'Overwhelmed' communities push for SNP to copy England on energy

The Scottish wildcat is the UK's only remaining native cat species, but also its most endangered mammal

Calls to stop wind farm in forest home to wildcats rejected by courts

A parliamentary petition is calling for disposable barbecues to be banned.

Scottish wildfires: Is it time to ban disposable barbecues?

One week on from Ozzy Osbourne's death, fans have taken to Change.org to reveal what they think would be fitting tributes to the late Prince of Darkness.

The tributes fans want to see dedicated to the late Ozzy Osbourne

The application for the woodland scheme at Todrig was lodged by Gresham House Forest Growth and Sustainability Fund LP.

Funding push after community set to take forestry project to court

The British Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2022, featuring work by Errollyn Wallen, Tanita Tikaram, Poppy Ajudha and Jacqui Dankworth.

Joy as Scotland set to return to world-renowned art festival in 2026

Mo the cat at the Co-op in Newtongrange.

Watch: Beloved cat ‘banned’ from shop allowed back in after petition

Outgoing Match Of The Day presenter Gary Lineker is expected to announce his departure from the BBC earlier than previously thought.

Gary Lineker is leaving the BBC - here's why

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries