John McLellan

Labour leader Cammy Day may be getting a visit from Edinburgh Council's standards people (Picture: Ian Georgeson)

Council leader Cammy Day may face questions over his union ties – John McLellan John McLellan

A test tram travels along the Newhaven extension (Picture: Sacyr, Farrans and Neopul)

Politicians must learn not to put their ego before value for money John McLellan

Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth, seen with Humza Yousaf, can't wish her problems away (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

SNP must face up to schools’ problems, not bury their heads in nursery sandpit John McLellan

The Ross Bandstand was used recently to show the coronation of King Charles (Picture: Scott Louden)

Cockburn Association must take a consistent, even-handed approach John McLellan

Edinburgh Council's SNP group is afflicted by a 'big sulk' after other parties found a way to run the city without them (Picture: Neil Hanna)

SADDo syndrome is spreading in SNP and drastic treatment may be required John McLellan

King Charles III and Camilla, the Queen Consort, leave Dunfermline Abbey, after a visit to mark its 950th anniversary (Picture: Andrew Milligan/pool/Getty Images)

King Charles has greater public support than Edinburgh’s dreary Greens John McLellan

Nicola Sturgeon speaks to the media on her first visit to the Scottish Parliament since her husband Peter Murrell was arrested (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Flack from SNP's financial troubles keeps Yousaf stuck in his bunker John McLellan

Boroughmuir High School was already too small on the day that it opened (Picture: Greg Macvean)

VAT on private school fees will make city’s state schools even more over-crowded John McLellan

Nicola Sturgeon has been given a plumb office, while other SNP MSPs are sharing a corridor with Conservatives (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Sturgeon should quit Holyrood, not be rewarded with an office with a view John McLellan

Investors are being put off building new homes in Scotland (PIcture: Chris Ison/PA)

How the Scottish Greens are making the housing crisis worse – John McLellan John McLellan

Scottish housing minister Paul McLennan has stressed he wants to increase the number of affordable homes being built

If SNP is serious about affordable homes, planning rules need to be relaxed John McLellan

Humza Yousaf's decision to challenge the UK Government's block on the Gender Recognition Reform Bill flies in the face of public opinion (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

With SNP in disarray, Hapless Humza is using gender bill as 'dead cat strategy' John McLellan

Newly discovered cable hauling gear from Edinburgh's previous tram network is to be put on show next to the new line to Newhaven

Should Lord Hardie's epic tram report see him immortalised in bronze? John McLellan

Edinburgh Airport, easier to fly in than get a lift out? (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Edinburgh Airport is a prime example of the negative effects of a monopoly John McLellan

Sensitive information was found to have been stored outside the Swift computer system, enabling unauthorised access (Picture: Neil Hanna)

Social care computer system scandal should be a resignation issue John McLellan

Test trams have already travelled along the new line from Edinburgh city centre to Newhaven, due to open in June

Newhaven tram extension just got £120,000 more expensive. Did it really have to? John McLellan

Humza Yousaf's driving metaphor about independence suggests he may need to resit his test (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Humza's driving skills appear to be as bad as his ministerial record John McLellan

Las Vegas has a different attitude than Edinburgh to neon lights (Picture: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Edinburgh demonstrates it's not Vegas, in good ways and bad – John McLellan John McLellan

New developments are expanding Edinburgh westwards towards the airport

Emerging business district at Haymarket is exactly what city needs John McLellan

Andrew Kerr is chief executive of Edinburgh Council (Picture: Greg Macvean)

After another bad report about council, it's time for change at the top John McLellan

Edinburgh needs more affordable housing (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

SNP should spend £1.3 billion for 'National Care Service' on affordable housing John McLellan

The deposit return scheme for bottles and cans could cause problems for cross-border online trade (Picture: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Will SNP see sense over deposit return scheme and alcohol advert restrictions? John McLellan

The three SNP leadership candidates: Humza Yousaf, Kate Forbes and Ash Regan (Picture: PA)

SNP hustings are no longer a 'safe space’ for the candidates, the poor dears John McLellan

An artist's impression of the southern entrance to the planned Dunard Centre concert hall in Edinburgh's New Town

Dunard Concert Hall costs look set to rise – John McLellan John McLellan

Scotland sold off rights to develop offshore wind farms far too cheaply, according to a new report (Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Modern-day Darien disaster may scupper Sturgeon’s indy dream – John McLellan John McLellan

The King's Theatre needs a multi-million-pound refurbishment

King's Theatre needs refurbishment. But in SNP land, nothing is ever their fault John McLellan

Potholes are a menace to cyclists as well as motorists

Council is full of big plans for transport but the potholes keep getting worse John McLellan

Alan Cumming stars as Robert Burns in dance-theatre show Burn at the King's Theatre during the Edinburgh International Festival (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

King’s Theatre may be thrown a lifeline by UK Government – John McLellan John McLellan

Scotland needs more homes to help tackle homelessness (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

Greens scare off housing investors despite 47,000 homeless people John McLellan

Alan Cumming plays Robert Burns in dance-theatre show Burn at the King's Theatre during Edinburgh International Festival (Picture: Jane Blarlow/PA Wire)

Council's incompetence may have sealed fate of King's Theatre – John McLellan John McLellan

Robin Hood, played by Patrick Troughton in 1953, may not have been as generous as the UK Government (Picture: Ron Case/Keystone/Getty Images)

SNP lambast UK's 'reverse Robin Hoods' despite billions sent to Scotland John McLellan

Councillor Ross McKenzie's views of private housebuilders help no one

Housing crisis won't be solved by councillors who view housebuilders as 'spivs' John McLellan

John Swinney's cod moral philosophy should not worry taxpayers (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

Taxpayers have every right to legally reduce tax burden imposed by Swinney John McLellan

Where Art I? - Edinburgh Sketcher, 9 January 2023

Readers' letters: Build to Rent does not offer social housing By The Newsroom

News columnist John McLellan says rent control measures don’t work

Readers' letters: Comrade Briggs has got right idea on housing By The Newsroom

Edinburgh campaigners and Councillor Susan Rae form a human shield at the Leith Walk to London Road junction

Council traffic restrictions must be obeyed even if they're unbelievably stupid John McLellan

Edinburgh's Ann Street is one of the city’s most desirable addresses (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Rent control is not the answer, city needs more homes to meet demand John McLellan

SNP leader Adam McVey (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Newly restored Burns statue reinstated in Leith as nation celebrates Scotlandâ€™s bard

An event will be held to mark the reinstatement of the 124-year old bronze statue, which was removed in 2019 to allow for Trams to Newhaven works. Elected members, conservationists and project team directors will hear a reading by former Edinburgh Makar Alan Spence of poems specially written for a time capsule placed under the statue,. This includes his own poem, Interesting Times.

ouncil Leader, Adam McVey; Depute Leader, Cammy Day; Transport and Environment Convener, Councillor Lesley Macinnes; Transport and Environment Vice Convener, Councillor Karen Doran; City of Edinburgh Archaeologist, John Lawson; Conservationist Nic Boyes; former Edinburgh Makar Alan Spence.

LATEST NEWS: Newly restored Burns statue unveiled in Leith

Leithâ€™s iconic Burns statue has been returned to its home on Bernard Street, as Scotland prepares to celebrate the national bard.

The 19th century bronze sculpture was put into storage in December 2019 to make way for Trams to Newhaven construction. It has since undergone specialist conservation work before its reinstatement at Bernard Streetâ€™s junction with Constitution Street.

On the morning of Burns Night (Tuesday, 25 January), Council leaders, tram project officers and contractors were joined by conservationists and former Edinburgh Makar Alan Spence to officially unveil the monument. They also marked the placement of a new time capsule underneath the statue, alongside an original capsule discovered in 2019, which contained relics from both the late 19th century and the 1960s.

McVey needs to set record straight over bid for Tory support – John McLellan John McLellan

An Edinburgh Council by-election is to be held after former Lord Provost Frank Ross's resignation (Picture: Scott Louden)

SNP-Green cabal so incensed by corporate greed they seem to want to ruin economy John McLellan

Ukraine's entry Kalush Orchestra in the Eurovision song contest won this year's event (Picture: Marco Bertorello/AFP via Getty Images)

SNP right to call for scrutiny of failed Eurovision bid – John McLellan John McLellan

Nicola Sturgeon's government presides over a country with Third World life-expectancy in the poorest areas (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Independence would make cost-of-living nightmare seem like a dream John McLellan

Edinburgh's tram network could be extended to Granton, Newbridge, Dalkeith and Musselburgh (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Grand tram expansion plans look set to burn through taxpayers' money John McLellan

Edinburgh can expect to see more controlled parking zones

Controlled parking zones are growing but might not be a council cash cow John McLellan