By Emma Cowing THE woman's voice floats gently through the mist. "Tell me what you can see," she asks me. "I'm standing at an ornate front door in a long silk dress," I tell her. "I'm waving goodbye to my husband. He's going down the long drive in a horse and carriage.

SCOTLAND'S leading Catholic visited a mosque yesterday in a show of interfaith solidarity. Cardinal Keith O'Brien dropped into Annandale Street Mosque in Edinburgh. The visit was part of a series of events marking Edinburgh Inter-Faith Week.

SCOTLAND'S churches unite today to issue a Christmas plea for the environment. Catholic Cardinal Keith O'Brien joined with the Church of Scotland to say green alternatives give hope for our planet.

By ROBBIE DINWOODIE CHIEF SCOTTISH POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT THE Kirk is appointing a fulltime member of staff to promote action on tackling climate change.

By MARTYN McLAUGHLIN ON A dilapidated industrial estate by the Clyde, death-metal music blares out across a warehouse. Among the graffiti tags and murals that cover the walls, an occasional scrawl mentions the devil's name.