Revealed: Secret Service paid Donald Trump’s resort nearly £25,000 for son’s business trips

From a ribbon cutting ceremony alongside an actor dressed up as a 14th century Scots monarch, to a whistle stop excursion of their Scottish golf courses, they are routine engagements carried out by Donald Trump’s family while its patriarch is resident in the White House. [View email online]( [Subscribe]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [The Scotsman] Dec 6, 2020 Top Stories A round up of the most popular news stories this week. [Revealed: Secret Service paid Donald Trump’s resort nearly £25,000 for son’s business trips]( From a ribbon cutting ceremony alongside an actor dressed up as a 14th century Scots monarch, to a whistle stop excursion of their Scottish golf courses, they are routine engagements carried out by Donald Trump’s family while its patriarch is resident in the White House. [{$escapedtitle}]( [Article Image]( [The evidence that shows Scotland is failing to create a serious renewable energy industry – Brian Wilson]( BiFab has become a by-word for failure to turn Scottish renewable energy into jobs and work for the Scottish economy. [Article Image]( [Watch: Thundersnow strikes Edinburgh for second night in a row]( Residents across the city were again woken during the night by loud ‘thundersnow’ which hit shortly after 1am on Saturday. [Article Image]( [Boy, 16, and man charged after Police Scotland find £1m worth of cannabis in disused bingo hall]( A teenage boy and a man have been charged after officers found cannabis worth up to £1m in a bingo hall in Scotland. [Article Image]( [Scotland’s harsher animal cruelty penalties comes into force including unlimited fines and longer jail sentences]( New measures increasing the maximum available penalties for the worst cases of animal cruelty have come into force. [Article Image]( [Developer pledges to restore 4000-year old standing stone to its rightful place in Fife]( The return of a 4,000 year-old standing stone to its rightful place in Fife has been assured after planners signed off on detailed proposals for its reinstatement. [Article Image]( [Car flips on its roof during serious collision on busy East Lothian road]( A car has come off a busy road and landed on its roof during a collision in East Lothian. [Article Image]( [How British empire demise may point to way ahead in referendum stand-off]( Historic precedents from the demise of the British empire may point to a more pragmatic approach from the UK Government over demands for an independence referendum, it has been suggested. [Article Image]( [Landslip in Aberdeenshire closes train line]( Rail engineers are in attendance on a stretch of train line near Huntly, in Aberdeenshire, following a landslide. [View more news]( You have received this email as you are opted in to newsletters from The Scotsman, published by JPIMedia Publishing Ltd. To manage your individual newsletter preferences with us, please [click here]( and log in to your account. Alternatively you can [update]( your email preferences to choose the types of emails you receive from JPIMedia Publishing Ltd, or [unsubscribe]( from all future emails. JPIMedia Publishing Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales with registered number 11499982, having its registered address at 1, King Street, London, England, EC2V 8AU, United Kingdom. We will process your personal data in accordance with our [privacy policy](.