Objectors had argued to the city council that plans to remove around a quarter of the pews from the church would “destroy” the kirk’s history, but the plans went on to be given approval.

Edinburgh's most famous church is set to welcome as its new minister the man who was at the centre of the Church of Scotland's long-running controversy over gay ordination.

Scotland's first female bishop has vowed to rebuild trust and relationships in her church after accusations of bullying. The Right Reverend Anne Dyer - the Scottish Episcopal Church's Bishop of ...