Finlay MacDonald, 39, appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court following the incidents on Wednesday.

Nicola Sturgeon had called on Boris Johnson to hold an emergency meeting with the devolved nations.

The attack on Salman Rushdie on stage in New York and potential NHS strikes make the front pages.

Tartan-clad crowds lined the streets of Edinburgh to welcome King George IV in August 1822.

The frozen food came from a cruise liner forced to spend an extra night in Kirkwall because of bad weather.

Sepa is suspending most licences to take water from the River Eden from midnight on Saturday.

Players past and present pay their respects at the funeral of "Celtic great" John 'Yogi' Hughes.

Council leaders offer 3.5% with the Scottish local government living wage rising to £10.50 an hour.

The 35-year-old penguin was killed after the fox broke into its enclosure on Wednesday night.

Healthcare workers will be balloted on industrial action after rejecting a 5% pay offer.

Euan Thomson was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision on the A760 in North Ayrshire.

Six children have become ill after swimming in the River Tweed earlier this week.

The 66-year-old says the council will need to double its offer to get him to vacate his property.

The first minister's future is again the subject of speculation, despite her plans for a referendum.

After being diagnosed at 38, Leona Braund says table tennis has helped her take control of her life.

The Glasgow City and Ireland striker opens up on her addictions and her path to recovery.

Six: The Musical went from a hotel conference room at the 2017 festival to the West End and Broadway.

Students finding out their National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher exam results.

Comedian Robin Grainger has become a Fringe legend after giving his all for one man in the audience.

Aboyne, which contends with extreme temperatures, is reeling from the cost of living crisis.

The BBC looks at how exams, the pandemic and government policy has affected the attainment gap.

A weekly update on Covid-19 cases, hospital admissions and deaths in Scotland.

Singing superstar Lulu has backed Glasgow to be the perfect place to host Eurovision 2023.

An estimated 13 tonnes of food came from a cruise ship forced to remain in Orkney due to bad weather.

The estate in Wishaw is due to be demolished, but final resident Nick Wisniewski is determined to stay.

Hundreds gather at Celtic Park to pay tribute to John Hughes, who died earlier this month at the age of 79.

A man has died and three people have been injured in a series of incidents in Skye and Lochalsh.

Can newly promoted Kilmarnock stun Celtic? Will Steven Hammell begin his Motherwell tenure with a win? Are Dundee United still haunted by their nightmarish European pummelling?

Celtic manager will not stand in way of assistant if he wants to pursue vacancy at Danish club.

Katie Shanahan's silver among three GB medals on the second day of the European Aquatics Championships in Rome.

Ange Postecoglou is keen to add "maybe one or two" more players to his Celtic squad before the summer transfer window closes.

Watch as Hamish Turnbull, Alistair Fielding, Jack Carlin win bronze for Great Britain in the men's team sprint final at the European Championships.