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Pupils from two Edinburgh schools to take part in Alex Salmond's Fringe show

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Fire safety remedial work at new Edinburgh Sick Kids 'to start next year'

Nicola Sturgeon. Picture: Andy Buchanan

Rachel Reeves accuses Nicola Sturgeon of sounding 'tin-eared' on council strikes

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and journalist Iain Dale at the Edinburgh Fringe. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Nicola Sturgeon: Liz Truss asked me how to get into Vogue magazine

Rubbish could be left "piling up in the streets", unions have warned

Edinburgh waste and street cleaning workers to strike over festival

Keylocks are a familiar sight across Edinburgh, which critics say has been blighted by Airbnb short-term lets

Edinburgh to become Scotland's first short-term lets control zone

The National Museum of Scotland on Chambers Street in Edinburgh. Picture: Scott Louden

Museum bosses seek help in unearthing details about 1,500 skeletal remains

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Sturgeon in swipe at 'democratic deficit' as she launches another indyref2 paper

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/WPA pool/Getty Images

Nicola Sturgeon set for court battle as she unveils proposed date for indyref2

The Melville Monument in Edinburgh was previously targeted by protesters. Picture: Urquhart Media/BBC

Members of slave trade legacy group 'fear for safety' if identities made public

SNP MP Patricia Gibson

SNP MP cleared of sexual misconduct on appeal after 'flawed' investigation

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Sturgeon under fire as councils hit out amid industrial action threat

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Ministers urged to intervene over 'disgraceful' delays to Edinburgh tram inquiry

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Train drivers offered improved pay deal in bid to end ScotRail crisis

Cosla president Alison Evison

Female councillors 'literally cannot afford' childcare due to poor pay

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Less than a third want independence referendum next year, poll suggests

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Nicola Sturgeon denies care home Covid transfers in Scotland were 'unlawful'
Nicola Sturgeon has denied the decision to transfer hospital patients into care homes in Scotland at the start of the pandemic was “unlawful, unreasonable, irrational and cost lives”.

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Almost 100,000 children in Scotland on social housing waiting list

The Royal Mile in Edinburgh. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

SNP pledges to restrict private rents in Edinburgh if returned to power

Picture: Lisa Ferguson

SNP pledge to push ahead with tram extensions if returned to power in Edinburgh

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Labour MSP demands emergency Scotland-wide rent freeze

SNP candidate Diane Tortolano. Picture: Stirling SNP

SNP council candidate dismissed account of racism as 'a load of s***'

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Concerns over closure of 140 police stations in Scotland since 2013

UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps

UK ministers rule out energy rationing amid fallout from invasion of Ukraine

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SNP urged to lower fares and increase services now ScotRail is nationalised

The Glen Sannox, one of two partially-completed vessels at the centre of the ferries fiasco. Picture: Mark Gibson.

CalMac ferries fiasco: Former minister Derek Mackay offers to be quizzed by MSPs

Pupil Equity Funding (PEF) totalling £520 million will be distributed to schools in every council area

Headteachers to receive half a billion pounds to help close attainment gap

The EIS teachers' union is pushing for a 10 per cent pay rise for teachers. Picture: TSPL

Unions warn of 'huge period of unrest' as strike ballots loom
Union leaders have warned of a "huge period of unrest" in coming months, with an expectation of industrial action including potential strikes.

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Scottish Child Payment to increase to £25 a week by end of 2022

Edinburgh's Hogmanay fireworks. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA

Fireworks crackdown 'risks being undermined by bad legislation'

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Councils face 'significant' challenges amid SNP funding cuts, finds watchdog

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Controversial gender reform legislation published by Scottish Government

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Scotland's NHS 'financially unsustainable and under severe pressure'

Concerns have been raised about the impact of the workplace parking levy. Picture: Jason Chadwick

SNP ministers deny workplace parking charges amount to ‘tax on workers’

Concerns have been raised about the impact of the workplace parking levy. Picture: Jason Chadwick

Business leaders call for workplace parking levy to be scrapped

Journalist and TV presenter Sarah Smith, at the BBC HQ in Glasgow. Picture: Robert Perry

SNP MSP apologises for suggesting abuse suffered by Sarah Smith was ‘imaginary’

Finance Secretary Kate Forbes. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Three-quarters of Scots households to receive £150 cost of living support

Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville. Picture: Fraser Bremner/Getty

SNP say opponents ‘misrepresenting’ proposal to chop bottom of school doors

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Scottish Tories call for shift away from blanket Covid measures in new roadmap

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Concerns for independent publishers amid soaring print costs

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‘Serious failure’: What are the key findings of Sue Gray’s partygate report?

Hospitality businesses were among those hit by tougher restrictions after Christmas. Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images

Scotland’s tougher winter restrictions ‘worth it’, says Nicola Sturgeon

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Nicola Sturgeon to set out legislative timetable for Indyref2 in 'coming weeks'

Liam McArthur is bringing forward a bill to legalise assisted dying in Scotland

Legalising assisted dying ‘long overdue’, says MSP behind new plans

Photo: Lisa Ferguson

Use of face masks in secondary schools 'should be regularly reviewed'

Concerns have been raised over the implementation of new fire alarm laws

SNP ministers to make statement on fire alarm changes amid calls for delay

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Nicola Sturgeon 'cautiously optimistic' as Tories urge scrapping of restrictions