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2 days ago | heraldscotland.com | Donald Turvill

Plans for the contemporary five bedroom house were approved last month after councillors overturned a planning decision (Image: Richard Murphy Architects) An Edinburgh planning meeting where councillors  controversially gave permission for a house to be built on greenspace at the foot of Calton Hill should be rerun amid concerns over "serious procedural failures", local residents have said.

2 days ago | heraldscotland.com | Jody Harrison

Police have closed the road north (stock pic) (Image: PA) Motorists have been advised to avoid of of the main routes through Ayrshire following a crash. Police have closed the A77 between Bellfield and Grassyards, Kilmarnock, following a two-vehicle collision around 2.45pm. The accident, which comes before rush-hour traffic arrives, occurred on the northbound lanes.

2 days ago | heraldscotland.com | Gavin Mccafferty

Former Celtic chairman Jack McGinn has died (Jeff Holmes/PA) Former Celtic chairman and Scottish Football Association president Jack McGinn has died aged 92, his family have announced. McGinn spent almost 40 years in the football environment with Celtic and the Scottish game’s governing body. A statement said he “passed away peacefully at St Margaret’s Hospice in Clydebank surrounded by family and friends”.

2 days ago | heraldscotland.com | Jody Harrison

Nicola Sturgeon joins people taking part in Pride Glasgow in 2018. (Image: PA) Political parties have been barred from attending Glasgow Pride amid a row over their support for trans rights.   Organisers of the annual march in Scotland’s largest city have written to all parties, saying their attendance is “currently suspended” until they showed a “tangible commitment to trans rights”.

2 days ago | heraldscotland.com | Jody Harrison

A mixture of blackthorn, hawthorn, hazel, birch, cherry and oak will are being used to replace the conifers, which are being felled after becoming susceptible to windblow and erosion. Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) teams recently completed the first stage of the restocking scheme, with 5000 trees planted in high density pockets on sections of the cleared slopes near Drumnadrochit.   These pockets will act as seed sources for ongoing natural regeneration.