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She once styled herself as Scotland’s Chief Mammy, and with more front than Portobello there she was on Wednesday telling us all in the Scottish Parliament how...

It is a sign of where Scotland under the SNP has reached when a report this month that only 1051 people had died from drug abuse in 2022 was seen as a positive...

I don’t know if Edinburgh Council’s senior officers inadvertently gave the game away about short-term lets in a committee report this week, but the cat is out...

Like many women in her late 70s my aunt enjoyed a busy and energetic life, a real stoic who would never let a few aches and pains stop her living life to the...

Not for the first time City of Edinburgh Council has its tail between its legs with the embarrassing climbdown over short-term lets (STLs). At Monday’s...

There is no disagreement that Edinburgh is suffering from a severe shortage of accommodation of all types, from one-bedroom apartments for social rent to...

A year ago City of Edinburgh Council published a waiting list of 87 pedestrian crossing schemes “under development”, each one representing a safety concern. We...

Edinburgh council leaders have grown fond of patting themselves on the back for their efforts to tackle the housing crisis and while it is true there are grand...

Credit where it’s due; three years ago, when the first wave of Covid abated, the SNP Government launched the NHS Pharmacy First Scotland service to encourage...