Edinburgh council agrees Scotland’s first visitor levy charge at online meeting - Visitors staying in the city will have to pay a 5% fee per night, capped at seven nights.

The bargains have been struck, now it’s all down to delivery. The Budget will pass, and there is no chance of a snap Scottish Parliament election. The minority SNP Government needed help to get its spending plans through.

We have listened to many voices and come to a conclusion that is sustainable, consistent with legislation and will enhance our city'

Plans to transfer two areas of West Lothian to the Airdrie constituency for the next Scottish Parliament elections have been scrapped after an outcry from residents.

The Scottish Government has offered talks over the future of a threatened Lothian theatre. Musselburgh’s Brunton Theatre has been closed for more than 18 months after the discovery of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in its roof panels.

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn was given permission by MPs to introduce the Women’s State Pension age (Ombudsman report and compensation scheme) Bill to the House of Commons for further consideration by 105 votes to zero, majority 105.

The co-leader of the Scottish Greens says Edinburgh's tourist tax will make the city 'even more beautiful and welcoming'.

Ireland has been hit with record wind gusts of 114 miles (183 kilometers) an hour as a winter storm batters the country and northern parts of the U.K. Schools have been closed, trains halted and hundreds of flights canceled in the Republic of Ireland,

The Record previously told how three-month-old kit Roxie died after choking on her own vomit from "stress" caused by fireworks, as explosions boomed across the city throughout the evening. Her mother Ginger also died unexpectedly just five days earlier, which was suspected to have been linked to fireworks.

A new book recalling the life of groundbreaking musician Martyn Bennett has been published 20 years after he passed away after a battle with cancer.

Members of the City of Edinburgh Council agreed the plans ... (Jane Barlow/PA) Last year, the Scottish Parliament approved legislation giving councils the ability to introduce such a charge.

The National Library of Scotland will celebrate its 100th birthday with a full year long birthday programme of events. National Librarian Amina Shah said: “A century ago, we were established in the spirit of egalitarianism,