John McLellan

Initial plans for a new indoor concert arena in west Edinburgh have been lodged with the city council.

Get concert arena done ! - John McLellan

Lord Hardie said there had been a "litany of avoidable failures" in the Edinburgh tram project

Edinburgh Council’s integrity is at stake over tram inquiry investigation- John ...

An artist's impression of the Dunard Centre

A proper new vision for city needs visionaries - John McLellan

Councillor Marco Biagi feels embarrassed when he walks down Edinburgh High Street past shops selling Scottish souvenirs

Let’s not give visitors what they want - John McLellan

The SSE Hydro indoor arena building on the banks of the Clyde, Glasgow took 12 years to reach fruition

A Dome of our own makes sense and the sooner the better- John McLellan

Minister for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care Michael Matheson arrives ahead of First Minster's Questions (FMQ's) at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh.

Bogus expenses? Forget about it - John McLellan

Health secretary Mivhael Matheson has now agreed to pay back the £11,000

Matheson author of own misfortune - John McLellan

A report will be presented to today’s transport committee about City of Edinburgh Council’s response to Lord Hardie’s findings in the Tram Inquiry (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Council committee reports tell you all you really need to know - John McLellan

A quarterly Key Cities Tracker from a London-based consultancy, JPES Partners, shows Edinburgh climbing ten places to eighth in the UK

League tables show council needs to work with private sector - John McLellan

Drone footage of the riots in Niddrie. Picture: Press Association.

Community policing hasn’t failed, they just need resources - John McLellan

Building A New Scotland pamphlet

SNP's fantasy independence paper- John McLellan

A Remembrance poppy wreath

Red, white and Greens - John McLellan

Members from Leith community councils say public consultation demonstrated a need for more affordable housing

Housing shortage own goal - John McLellan

As heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson famously said, everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth

Voters will take their metaphorical cue from Mike Tyson - John McLellan

Surely, councillors argued, the council should pay Edinburgh Leisure enough to keep all facilities open and pay the real living wage too?

Local SNP need to make use of the ‘levers’ of power - John McLellan

The plaque was removed from the base of the Melville Monument in St Andrew Square

Council has no authority over Dundas monument - John McLellan
Rarely slow to report people it doesn’t like, City of Edinburgh Council is rattling legal sabres at the descendants of Henry Dundas for removing the controversial plaque blaming him for casting thousands of Africans into slavery from his St Andrew Square monument.

John McLellan was cleared by the Standards Commission for Scotland

Standards ruling only shows we need more politicians like John McLellan - Susan ...

A visualisation of the new development by Crosswind Developments Ltd

Airport caught in Crosswind - John McLellan

Duddingston lodge was part of Prince Albert’s 19th Century landscaping plans

STL exodus could spell the end for golden egg-laying tourism goose - John McLel...

Editor-in-chief Joe Sullivan (centre) and deputy editors Callum Devereux and Rachel Hartley from University of Edinburgh's The Student newspaper

Students prove there's still life in print - John McLellan

Former Edinburgh councillor and newspaper editor John McLellan behaved 'inappropriately' but did not breach the councillors' code of conduct

Ex-councillor criticised for 'inappropriate' conduct but cleared of code breach

Housing planning co-ordination, please - John McLellan

Kate Forbes and SNP go separate ways - John McLellan

A week after the Hardie Report confirmed a catalogue of misinformation, the tram inquiry report is not even a proper agenda item at today’s full council meeting

Findings of Lord Hardie’s tram inquiry report can’t just be brushed under the c...

HES has revealed its preference for the end of through traffic in Holyrood Park

Just 12 weeks to have your say in park debate - John McLellan

The Edinburgh tram inquiry report comes five years after the public hearings finished

Fortunate we still have a strong press - John McLellan

Drug pilot site needs planning - John McLellan
With over 90 drug deaths a year, it was inevitable that plans to establish a legal drug consumption room in Edinburgh would quickly follow Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain confirming there would be no prosecutions at a pilot project in Glasgow.

Swinney’s sorry trams role - John McLellan

Lord Andrew Hardie has finally completed his Edinburgh Tram Inquiry. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Oversight of major projects shouldn’t be left to amateurs - John McLellan

Edinburgh City Chambers, where the alleged rule-breaking party took place

Labour already treating City Chambers like a hotel - John McLellan

Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain QC

Ignoring lessons of their own tragic failure strips SNP of credibility - John Mc...

The Advertising Association Scottish conference will hear a keynote speech from ex-Prime Minster Gordon Brown

Advertising just can’t be ignored - John McLellan

Times change, but we are still bringing you the news - Susan Dalgety

First Minister Humza Yousaf answers questions at the Scottish Council for Development and Industry forum in the Royal Bank of Scotland Business School. Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

SNP Government’s New Deal for Business plan looks good on paper, but where’s the...

Groundhog Day for council investigations - John McLellan

Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP

A concrete open and shut case of obfuscation - John McLellan

Groan if you must, dear reader, but the City Chambers would be ideal for convers...

There are currently 14 employees in the 'redeployment pool' at a cost to the taxpayer of over £700,000, says John McLellan

Treating people fairly not the same as guaranteeing they can stay on the public ...

Plans to transform the former Royal High School on Edinburgh's Calton Hill have gone back to the drawing board. Picture: Richard Murphy Architects

RHS predictions have come back to haunt us - Kevin Buckle

The Duchess of Cornwall, now Queen Camilla, visits The Shortbread House of Edinburgh in 2014

City Plan 2030 – you know it makes no sense - John McLellan

I don’t want to say ‘I told you so’ about the plans for the old Royal High Schoo...

Accident and emergency at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary - nearly 1,200 patients have died since 2018 after waiting more than four hours in Lothian A&E departments. Picture: Ian Georgeson.

Consultants’ pay rise will come at a high price - John McLellan

The designated 'employment area' is effectively a huge extension to the Newbridge industrial estate, above, says John McLellan (Picture: Google Maps)

Digging up green fields to accommodate displaced businesses takes the petticoat ...

Geoff Sobelle

Turning the spotlight on our over-consumption - John McLellan

Living Rent members protest outside the City Chambers

Number of empty council houses beggars belief - John McLellan

Ruth Davidson has been appointed as a non-executive director of Scottish Rugby Limited (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Petitioners don’t know fly halves from tight heads - John McLellan

(left to right) Jamie Hepburn, First Minister Humza Yousaf and Deputy First Minister Shona Robison at the launch of the recent Building a New Scotland prospectus paper which detailed plans for a new written constitution (Picture: Robert Perry/PA)

SNP pamphlets just carrying on the independence charade - John McLellan

Minister for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove

Council have found a fan in Michael Gove - John McLellan

Former councillor John McLellan is to face a hearing by the Standards Commission. Picture: Neil Hanna.

Former councillor faces standards watchdog hearing

Commonwealth Games must be shared UK-wide - John McLellan

A young female graduate with a scroll in her hands is smiling against the background of university graduates. Graduation.University gesture and people concept.

Rishi’s right to question the value of degrees - John McLellan

The mortality rate from drug use in Scotland is over three times that of the rate in the rest of the UK

Rehabilitation funding is the solution to reducing Scotland’s unacceptably high ...

Polls show Yousaf is facing double jeopardy - John McLellan

Does Edinburgh have a planning casino?

Safe bet that planning decisions will defy reason - John McLellan

Scotland’s junior doctors are set for three days of strike action from July 12 to 15

The best way to mark 75 years of the NHS is to admit it has reached retirement a...