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Leithers unite and proclaim why we should be UK Town of Culture - Susan Morrison

Finding a new pair of curtains can be an arduous task

Susan Morrison: Furnishing firms now want to be your penpal – I just want curtai...

The idea of 7-7-7 bus lanes is to stop buses being held up by traffic congestion. Picture: Greg Macvean

Council must hit brakes on this bus lane experiment - Iain Whyte

Wilson Browne, partner at Drummond Miller

We need stability not another property boom - Wilson Browne

Youths wearing balaclavas have become a feared sight in many towns and cities (Picture: Darren Staples)

Donald Anderson: Action on balaclavas and anti-social behaviour in Edinburgh

Andrew Griffith with Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch

Ian Murray: Tory economic policy – tax cuts for the rich

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Make a difference with a gift to WaterAid and Sightsavers - Steve Cardownie

A destroyed building remains in the Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar

‘Fireproof’ photo exhibition honours Ukrainian resistance - Steve Cardownie

Alex Cole-Hamilton addresses the Lib Dem autumr conference in Edinburgh

Alex Cole-Hamilton: Lib Dems have mapped out our vision - it’s time to get there

Edinburgh Central MSP Lorna Slater is “frustrated” by the proposal to include student and temporary accommodation as part of new development plans for Summerhall

Summerhall must be developed with its community, not without it - Lorna Slater

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After the damage of Brexit, Scotland’s future lies in Europe - Lorna Slater

Green Party leader Zack Polanski was defeated in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

Analysis Changing political fortunes for Greens ahead of council elections

In Nottingham, police and council officers can demand people remove a face covering where their identity is being hidden to commit crime. Picture: Tom Maddick/SWNS

Should we draw the curtain on balaclavas, burkas and niqabs? - Susan Dalgety

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They’re trendy, they’re in my city, and I’ve never heard of them - Susan Dalget...

BBC Director General Matt Brittin at the Radio theatre at Broadcasting House, interviewed for Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

Scotland can make quality TV if it is given the resources - Bruce Whitehead

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Congratulations Katrina, a woman who stands up for her principles - Bruce Whiteh...
Congratulations to Cllr Katrina Faccenda after Edinburgh's Blairite/ Starmerite Labour rump failed to exclude her from their council candidate list.
Bruce Whitehead

Christmas market visitors can be disappointed by the goods for sale

Kevin Buckle: Christmas market rankings ignore the key issue – what’s on sale

Hooded thugs threaten city’s good name - Miles Briggs

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Susan Morrison: Bake-off is a bit like Game of Thrones, only with cheesecake...

A child’s violent temper tantrum at Palma Airport prompted a memory of Sixties-style parenting

‘Perhaps it’s time to remember it takes a village to raise a child’ - Susan Morr...

Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch speaking during the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham

It’s business, not government, that creates growth - Iain Whyte

The FM has ‘lied’ about pensions reform, says our columnist

Swinney scaremongering over our pensions - Ian Murray

Jack Skipper and Sy Thomas on the set of Zak The Ripper. Image @iangreenlandphoto

Back on the road with our bi-annual mixed-bill tour - Karen Koren

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Donald Anderson: We all owe David Black a great debt – not least on the Southsid...

Only the delays in removing the scaffolding from a nearby hotel is preventing Victoria Street from blossoming again as one of Europe’s finest streets, says our columnist. Picture: Lucasz Werner

Has the Capital hit its high water mark for tourism? Let’s hope not - Donald And...

Alex Cole-Hamilton

SNP need to cut the hot air on vape shops - Alex Cole-Hamilton

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Fly-tipping scourge can only be tackled if we report the culprits - Steve Cardow...
Flytipping is a subject I have covered in the past and make no apologies for doing so again. The reason is that I am continuously confronted with the mess that is deposited on our streets and elsewhere on my daily walks in the city.
Steve Cardownie

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, nearly 30,000 displaced Ukrainians have settled in Scotland. Picture: Kateryna Klochko/AP

Displaced Ukrainians making a positive impact across Scotland - Steve Cardownie

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Edinburgh University should be investing in its people and ideas - Lorna Slater

First Minister John Swinney during a visit to Crieff Connexions in Crieff to mark the start of Challenge Poverty Week

We must see faster progress on lifting children out of poverty - Lorna Slater

CI Scott Kennedy

Anti-social e-bike riders among our area’s top priorities - Scott Kennedy

Foysol Choudhury, former MSP for Lothians

Winchburgh must not be left behind on rail transport - Foysol Choudhury

Edinburgh council faces abolition under Scottish Government plans to shake up local government

Analysis Council shake-up plans get more complicated as clock ticks on talks

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High risk drug users can still respond well with safe support - Dr Peter McCann

SNP MSP Alyn Smith, Minister for Tertiary Education (Jane Barlow/PA)

Our colleges don’t need lectures on innovation, they need funding - Susan Dalget...

SNP group leader Lesley Macinnes

Pension plan robbing Andrew to pay Nigel - Lesley Macinnes

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St Margaret’s House artists are too important to make homeless - Susan Dalgety

Rachel Millward, Deputy Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales. Picture: Press Association

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Fontaines DC lead singer Grian Chatten

Come and join our new Fontaines DC album listening party - Kevin Buckle

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Cheapest doesn’t mean best when it comes to road repairs - Bruce Whitehead

Alexander taming Bucephalus

Council’s left wing housing solutions are not so great - Iain Whyte

Susan Morrison: Flying to Majorca is great – the Edinburgh Airport return less s...

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Susan Morrison: How to make friends and influence people – Polo, the mint with a...

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Time to put Edinburgh’s trams on an equal financial footing - Donald Anderson

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Going above and beyond on Bordeaux wine tasting duty - Fiona Duff

Hannah Ritchie is a Scottish data scientist, author, and Senior Researcher in the Programme for Global Development at the University of Oxford. Her academic background includes a BSc in Environmental Geoscience, an MSc in Carbon Management and a PhD in GeoSciences from the University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh and Glasgow prove to be Scotland’s Oxbridge of the north - Donald Ande...

Prime Minister Andy Burnham at the end of the Labour Party Conference at the ACC Liverpool

Andy Burnham gives us cause for hope - Ian Murray

The Thistle Centre in Glasgow have intervened in nearly 200 overdose events

Synthetic drug death spike is an alarm call for government - Alex Cole-Hamilton

DUNS, SCOTLAND - AUGUST 12: Pam Butler joins a shooting party on the first day of the grouse shooting season at Roxburghe Estates on August 12, 2021 in Duns, Scotland. The UK’s grouse shooting season begins today, marking what game shooting enthusiasts call the “Glorious Twelfth “which runs until the 30th of November. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Wildlife can pay a terrible price for the ‘sport’ of shooting birds - Steve Card...

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Russian youth is paying a high price for its aggression in Ukraine - Steve Cardo...

Robert Aldridge, Edinburgh's Lord Provost. Picture: Greg Macvean

Volunteering is a quiet force keeping community strong - Robert Aldridge

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We need to close loopholes that allow short-term lets free rein - Lorna Slater

Synthetic opioids have contributed to Scotland’s increased number of annual drug deaths. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP

Public health response is vital to addressing our drug deaths crisis - Lorna Sl...

The council features prominently in daily life. Picture: Ian Georgeson.

Analysis More questions than answers as Edinburgh council faces the axe

New Scottish Labour leader Michael Marra is showing signs that he will be a formidable rival for John Swinney (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Michael Marra gets off to a promising start as Labour leader - Susan Dalgety