Next, our Assistant Editor Paul Wilson brings you the latest developments from Syria, where Israel has carried out a wave of heavy airstrikes, with its troops advanced deeper into the country, drawing to within 15 miles of the capital.

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Lastly for today, our Arts and Culture Correspondent Brian Ferguson was in attendance to hear actor Alan Cumming speaking at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh at an in-conversation fundraising event with broadcaster Kirsty Wark. Cumming has pledged to provide Scottish artists and performers with a bigger platform at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, which he will be leading into a new era - as he claimed it had previously favoured English actors.

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Scottish Trivia time - yesterday, we asked: What Scottish location became a Unesco World Heritage Site for the first time in July?

The answer is: The Flow Country, in Caithness and Sutherland in the north of Scotland.

And now for your new trivia question: Who is Scotland's most decorated Olympian?

Whatever your plans for today, have a good one.

From,

The team at The Scotsman