Doubts have been raised about the future of a company set up to exploit a 17th Century royal gift for the common good of an Easter Ross village.

BBC: Highland Fresh Mussels' future in question

The positive mental training programme was developed by Edinburgh GP Dr Alastair Dobbin and Sheila Ross, a public health specialist, and has been endorsed by the Royal College of GPs.

BBC: Sports psychology used to treat depression

Industry sources told BBC political correspondent Ross Hawkins the industry-backed press regulator would not apply for formal recognition under the government's royal charter plans and it will not apply to be the official regulator.

BBC: Leveson report: Newspapers reject press regulation plans

Fraser Sneddon and Lesley Ross became the 1, 000th patients for the procedures at the Scottish Liver Transplant Unit, based at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.

BBC: Fraser Sneddon, Nicola Sturgeon and Lesley Ross