James Delaney

North Berwick faces 'unprecedented' hostility over parking meters The picturesque East Lothian town has become a battleground between some residents and the local authority over parking charges.

'We have never seen the sheer volume and extent of the vandalism which has taken place in North Berwick.'

'Bullet' used in Bonnie Prince Charlie shooting attempt found in bed New evidence of an attempted assassination of the leader of the Jacobite rising has been uncovered at a country house in Stirling.

Who tried to shoot Bonnie Prince Charlie?

Edinburgh Westfield Court residents accuse council of neglect City of Edinburgh Council wants to demolish Westfiled Court in Gorgie, but residents have accused the authority of allowing it to decline.

'The council neglected our home - now they want to knock it down'

'No further action' over man killed by bus in Edinburgh Michael Leneghan died after being struck by a bus in the Cowgate area of Edinburgh in November last year.

'No further action' over man killed by bus in Edinburgh

Scottish runner finishes ultra-marathon two hours ahead of competitors Anna Rutherford finished so far ahead in the Bamburgh to Edinburgh race that she was home by the time her rivals crossed the finish line.

'I sang Dolly Parton to win 100-mile ultra-marathon'

Edinburgh University returns indigenous Ainu skulls to Japan Three skulls donated to the university by a Scottish doctor in 1913 have been returned to Hokkaido.

Edinburgh University returns indigenous skulls to Japan

Is Scotland the world's real home of football? A historian believes the origins of the modern game lie on farmland in Kirkcudbrightshire.

Football's coming home...or maybe it was here all along

Edinburgh flat owners face huge council retrofit bills Homeowners in one of Edinburgh's most deprived areas face huge bills for retrofit work carried out by the council.

'It will take me 20 years to pay repair bill imposed by council.'

Prankster sends Glasgow runners on 2.5km detour during race About 30 runners in the Castlemilk trail race were sent in the wrong direction by someone posing as a marshal.

Runners at a trail race in Glasgow were sent in the wrong direction by a prankster who impersonated a marshal and buried signs marking the course

The Edinburgh flats living in the shadow of Trainspotting Tenants in Leith's

'Our home is not respected because of Trainspotting'

Why is a flower that smells like rotting flesh so popular? Thousands have flocked to Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Gardens to get a whiff of the 'world's smelliest plant'.

'Cheese, fish and rotten onions'

The corpse flower that smells like rotting flesh

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I tried to secretly dump mum's creepy doll - then it went viral Nathalie Ramirez thought she had seen the last of 'Hannah' when she gifted it to an Edinburgh charity shop.

'I tried to secretly dump mum's creepy doll, then it went viral'

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Fife footballer who became a Japanese wrestling champion Jack Morris swapped the pitch for the ring after becoming disillusioned with Scottish football.

From Central Park to the Tokyo Dome...

The Fife footballer who became a Japanese wrestling champion

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Falkirk and North Lanarkshire t-shirts become fashion hits in Japan A Tokyo-based brand has launched a collection featuring the names of Scottish local authorities.

'Will the fashion conscious in Kyoto be wearing Kilmarnock?'

Falkirk and North Lanarkshire T-shirts become a hit in Japan

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'We live aboard an Edinburgh Bus on an Australian beach' Kim Ricardo and Ted Dwight fell in love with the 1966 Lothian Bus after spotting it for sale online.

🧵 Some stuff I wrote over the past year, starting with the Edinburgh Lothian Bus parked on an Australian beach

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