Urban gull problems across Scotland are to be targeted with £100,000 of government funding, amid rising concerns over public safety and damage in town centres.

Agriculture minister Jim Fairlie will chair a summit in Inverness on Tuesday, bringing together councillors, housing associations, businesses, waste management groups, community organisations, scientific experts and NatureScot.

It comes just days after Scottish parliamentary business minister Jamie Hepburn was forced to resign following a clash with Tory MSP Douglas Ross around the issue.

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Jamie Hepburn resigns from post following Douglas Ross ‘bullying’ row

On Thursday, Hepburn admitted he used language he shouldn’t have inside the Parliament building.

Ross had raised the problem in Holyrood last week, holding up the

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