| Hello Voornaam, Welcome to your Friday morning news update from The Scotsman. As we look ahead to the weekend, our reporters consider the future of short-term lets policy, DRS, a potential new SNP chief executive and a...novel way one supermarket is fending off gulls. We're also offering you an opportunity to be involved in the development of your national newspaper. Read on to find out more. Five stories to start the day - Ministers must 'return to drawing board' on short-term lets policy - Deposit return scheme falls victim to constitutional bunfight - SNP hunt for new £95k-a-year chief executive after Peter Murrell's resignation - How to stop seagulls pooing on solar panels and damaging buildings with 'bombs' - Here are five video games set in Scotland starting with Assassin's Creed 
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