Opinions

First Minister Humza Yousaf must wake up each morning wondering which timebomb his predecessor left is going to go off, and I don’t just mean the information...

From today the Scottish Parliament goes into its summer recess, but after Tuesday’s depressing debate on Scottish independence, no-one should be fooled into...

Regular drivers along Myreside Road must be puzzled about the purpose of the new traffic lights near the South Suburban railway. They will rightly guess they...

What an absolutely uplifting day I spent at Edinburgh College’s graduation ceremony last Friday. Scores of people who might otherwise not have had the chance to...

As if proof was needed about the abject failure of the Scottish Government to tackle the scourge of drug addiction, it is the new study of 50,000 Scots which...

Like many Edinburgh folk, I fondly remember Loopy Lorna’s lovely tea house at Morningside Station and although its founder is sadly no longer with us, the...

For those very lucky Edinburgh people with second homes in the East Neuk of Fife, there might be a little sense of excitement at the planning permission granted...

Recently I was told about an assault on an Edinburgh schoolgirl in a city park which put her in hospital with injuries to her head, face and hands. As if that...

It’s been years in the making and no-one should be fooled into thinking that just replacing Edinburgh’s health and social care chief Judith Proctor will bring...