Opinions

New Year is supposed to be a time of optimism, of thinking positively about the opportunities in the year ahead, but on Monday the First Minister delivered one...

On Tuesday a Currie resident contacted me about trouble in his neighbourhood. What might be a minor nuisance once becomes disturbing if persistent, and three...

Looking forward to 2024, there’s no denying my party faces huge challenges, but since Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s, pictured, Autumn Statement and the SNP Scottish...

We know the Green Party calls the shots in the SNP Scottish Government, but finance secretary Shona Robison should have gone the whole hog and painted her face...

At the SNP conference in October, First Minister Humza Yousaf stunned Scotland’s local authorities by unilaterally announcing a council tax freeze he had no...

I can’t begin to describe the horror I felt when I saw the scene of devastation in Baberton Mains Avenue last Saturday. ​Not just the rubble where a family home...

Of the many chilling details emerging from the trial of two teenagers accused of murdering Brianna Ghey in Warrington, is the casual way the alleged killers...

​For anyone concerned about Scotland’s prosperity, Wednesday could not have started much worse, with the announcement that oil refining at Grangemouth would end...

There has been much publicity about human rights this week, and no-one would deny they include living in your own home without fear. Yet across Edinburgh the...