Christine Grahame

Fighting continues to rage in northern Gaza

Not a backbone between UK party leaders - Christine Grahame

Well intentioned ageism is alive and well

Well intentioned ageism is alive and well - Christine Grahame

Midlothian South MSP Christine Grahame.

Welcome for steps to support rural communities

Christine Grahame MSP.

Welcome for new kinship carers’ allowance

National Park Service Rangers are photographed next to a digital display of an unofficial heat reading at Furnace Creek Visitor Center in Death Valley National Park in Death Valley, California earlier this month (Picture: Ronda Churchill/AFP via Getty Images)

The first step to confidently reasserting our Independence - Christine Grahame

The late Winnie Ewing always spoke eloquently and with passion of and for Scotland, says Christine Grahame

We have travelled far on the path to independence - Christine Grahame

Christine Grahame MSP (SNP).

Tackling pensioner loneliness and isolation has to start with at the grassroots

Humza Yousaf celebrated the fact that many of his Cabinet are under 40 (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Christine Grahame: Humza Yousaf's remark about youthful Cabinet was ageist

Local people in Jandaris, Syria retrieve an injured girl from the rubble of a building destroyed by the devastating earthquake (Picture: Rami al Sayed/AFP via Getty Images)

Turkey-Syria earthquake has a lesson for humanity about climate change

NHS staff deserve better pay (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Amid NHS woes and cost-of-living crisis, we can still look towards better times

High energy costs have prompted some people to seek warmth in 'heat banks' (Picture: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

Gap between rich and poor feels like the worst it's been since I was a child

There are fears the Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home could have to close (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home needs you! – Christine Grahame

Christie Grahame, left, with his friend Jock Hunter who was shot dead while parachuting into Arnhem during the Second World War

The lost life of Jock Hunter from Hawick, a man I never knew, still saddens me

Midlothian South MSP Christine Grahame (SNP).

Midlothian SNP MSP slams the Tories after reports shows austerity policies have ...

A Book of Condolence has been placed inside Rosslyn Chapel for visitors and local residents to sign.

Two more Midlothian MSPs pay tribute to the Queen

The Scottish Child Payment is set to increase to £25 per week and be rolled out to all children up to 16 years old by the end of the year.

Local children benefit from Scottish Child Payment
Figures released by the Scottish Government show that 2,585 children in Midlothian have been supported by the Scottish Child Payment since its introduction, with £1,607,650 paid to families.

The number 101 Stagecoach bus heading east through West Linton in the Scottish Borders.

Midlothian MSP welcomes progress in saving the 101/ 102 bus service

Stock photo of the number 101 Stagecoach bus heading east through West Linton in the Scottish Borders. Photo by Stuart Cobley.

Midlothian MSP continues fight to protect local bus services

Members of the NUM miners' union picket line clash with police outside Bilston Glen colliery during the miners strike in June 1984. Four policemen struggle with a picket.

Midlothian MSP adds support to call for miners strike compensation and review

Arriving at Leadburn Community Woodland from left to right: Iain Laidlaw (Scottish Forestry), Christine Grahame (local MSP), Neil Macdonald, Chris Crawford and Wendy Cunningham (all Friends of Leadburn Community Woodland committee) and Màiri McAllan (Minister for Environment, Biodiversity & Land Reform).

Ministerial visit to Leadburn woodland

Stock photo by Lisa Ferguson. The Scottish Parliament plans to hold another independence referendum in 2023.

Independence referendum row returns to Midlothian

Christine Grahame, SNP MSP for Midlothian South.

Midlothian MSP welcomes Scottish Government heating assistance payment

Ms Grahame being awarded the medal by the Consul General of the Republic of Poland in Edinburgh, Mr Łukasz Lutostański, at an event earlier this month at Edinburgh City Chambers to mark Polish National Day.

Midlothian MSP awarded Polish medal

Woof...there can be only one top dog at Holyrood and this year's winner is Christine Grahame MSP's German shorthaired pointer Mabel

Meet Mabel - the top dog at the Scottish Parliament

Tom Arthur, Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth, with Ellen Scott, Chair of Gorebridge Community Cares, and local MSP Christine Grahame.

Minister buzzes into Gorebridge for community hub

Stock photo by John Devlin.

Midlothian MSP welcomes record NHS Lothian funding

We can't just mitigate the pain the Tories have caused, we need a new prescription to deal head on with the harm they have caused, writes Christine Grahame MSP.

We need a strong prescription to mitigate Tory-inflicted pain
Waking up the other day to my bad back and being resistant to pills, I mitigated the pain by taking soluble Panadol (other medications are available) simply in order to be mobile.

Borders Buses stock photo.

Midlothian MSP calls for help to find more bus drivers

Christine Grahame MSP presenting Pud with a bottle of Scottish Parliament Whisky at his farewell party at the Ladywood Centre.

Pud bids farewell to Penicuik leisure centre

Midlothian South MSP Christine Grahame (SNP).

Midlothian MSP calls on locals to support Ukraine effort

SNP politicians Christine Grahame MSP and Owen Thompson MP.

Midlothian politicians call for corporate sponsorship pathway for Ukrainians

Lack of Midlothian care and repair service raised by MSP

Stock Borders Railway photo, of a train bound for Edinburgh Waverley pulling out off Newtongrange Station. Picture Ian Rutherford

MSP raises possible Borders Railway tie-in with Midlothian tourist attractions

Christine Grahame (SNP).

Lack of Midlothian care and repair service raised by MSP

Stock photo of The Borders Railway, taken at Eskbank by Scott Louden.

Half hourly rail service on track to return to Midlothian

File photo of an EU and Union flag held aloft in Westminster, London. PA.

Two years on: Has Brexit benefited Midlothian?

RIE Hospital Car Park.

Midlothian MSP raises park and ride concerns for hospital staff

Stock photo by Lisa Ferguson.

Midlothian MSP highlights Covid ventilation fund for local businesses

Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale MSP Christine Grahame in Penicuik town centre.

Midlothian MSP highlights empty town centre shops

Midlothian South MSP Christine Grahame.

Midlothian MSP welcomes new Scottish child disability payment

Stock photo.

Young people in Midlothian set to benefit from free bus travel

Stock Photo by Walter Neilson.

Midlothian MSP calls on locals to celebrate safely this bonfire night

Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale MSP Christine Grahame (SNP).

Midlothian MSP welcomes this year's Scottish Veterans Fund

Ms Grahame with Mr Rosie, who was joined by his wife Elaine,

Midlothian MSP welcomes 'Local Hero' to Holyrood for Parliament's official openi...

Christine Grahame MSP

MSP condemns the ‘betrayal’ of UK pensioners

Christine Grahame (centre) in the greenhouse at the Gorebridge Hive with funders, The Coalfields Regeneration Trust.

Midlothian South MSP buzzing about new Gorebridge community hub at former police...

Stock photo of lateral flow test kits being handed out. Photo by John Devlin.

Midlothian MSP encourages local workplaces to sign up for Covid testing scheme

Anyone in this age group who lives in mainland Scotland can also book an appointment via the online portal at NHS Inform if preferred.

Midlothian South MSP encourages 16 and 17-year-olds to get vaccinated as drop-in...

Lady Victoria Pit Head, Newtongrange.

UK Government rejects calls to handback miner’s pension surplus - Midlothian pol...

Midlothian South MSP Christine Grahame (SNP).

Midlothian MSP welcomes support for Mineworkers Pension review

A voter heads to a polling station yesterday but the full results are not expected to be known until tomorrow (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Covid election has been a strange experience – Christine Grahame

Constituency map of Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale Picture: Allan Faulds at Ballot Box Scotland

Midlothian South: strong ground for SNP

Prefabs at Craigour in Edinburgh, which were mostly demolished in the late 1990s. More than 30,000 such homes were built in Scotland after the Second World War to help meet housing shortages.

After Covid, we need homes and hospitals, not nuclear bombs – Christine Grahame

The MSP block at the Scottish Parliament Photo: Scottish Parliament

Blitz on mice at Scottish Parliament

Dominic Ashmole has been chosen as the Green candidate for Midlothian South

Greens to fight Midlothian South