Nicola Sturgeon

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

Matheson author of own misfortune - John McLellan

First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, arrives ahead of a Covid briefing at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, in 2021

Missing Covid evidence shames Sturgeon - Ian Murray

Lothian Labour MSP Sarah Boyack and campaigners from Keep Edinburgh Eye Pavilion had a meeting with Health Secretary Michael Matheson.

Eye hospital campaigners 'more concerned' after meeting Health Secretary

First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, arrives ahead of a Covid briefing at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh in 2021

WHY THE DELETION OF STURGEON’S COVID WHATSAPP MESSAGES COULD BE HER BIGGEST SCAN...

The then-Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, wanted the virus to surge through the population

Pandemic proved Scotland’s elderly treated as second class citizens - Susan Dal...

Ash Regan was elected SNP MSP for Edinburgh Eastern in 2016. Picture: Lisa Ferguson.

Ash Regan quits SNP to join Salmond’s Alba party

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

SNP leader Humza Yousaf speaks outside the V and A in Dundee. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Under-pressure Yousaf is losing party control - Sue Webber

First Minister Humza Yousaf speaks at the SNP conference in the debate on independence strategy. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images.

Why SNP independence strategy hardly matters just now

First Minister Humza Yousaf

First Minster plan to end 'Westminster roadblock' to independence

Staff and customers at Edinburgh restaurant Gautam's were stunned when Nicola Sturgeon dropped by this week.

Nicola Sturgeon tucks into curry at Edinburgh restaurant

Former SNP MP Dr Lisa Cameron, left, who has defected to the Tories, and SNP leader Humza Yousaf. Credit: PA/Getty

SNP MP defects to Tories after claiming 'toxic and bully treatment'

Michael Pedersen is the new writer-in-residence at Edinburgh University.

New events set to champion Edinburgh's ‘city of literature’ status

Kate Forbes and SNP go separate ways - John McLellan

Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats Alex Cole-Hamilton called for national book of remembrance on Covid

New Covid wave means more Long Covid in the pipeline...

Launch of the Better Together campaign in 2012 with, left to right, Scottish Labour Leader, Johann Lamont MSP; Alistair Darling, leader of the cross party campaign; Scottish Conservative Leader Ruth Davidson MSP and Scottish Liberal Democrat Leader, Willie Rennie MSP

All I remember is fear and loathing from 2014's so-called ‘summer of love’ - Su...
Nine years ago today, I spent most of the day and much of the evening in the grounds of a Musselburgh church, as a polling agent for the Better Together campaign.

Alex Salmond, then SNP leader and his deputy Nicola Sturgeon, stand with the SNP's newly-elected MSPs after taking their oath in a swearing in ceremony at the Scottish Parliament in May 2007 (Picture: Getty)

The SNP tax bombshell just around the corner - Alex Cole-Hamilton

Sue Webber is a Scottish Conservative MSP for the Lothians

Sturgeon’s back to show us how spinning is done - Sue Webber

There are fears the new eye hospital, to be built close to the Royal Infirmary at Little France, will be delayed beyond the current projected opening date of 2027 because of uncertainty over government funding.

Fears new eye hospital is 'under threat again'

Val McDermid PIC: Pako Mera

Festival Diary: Val McDermid revisits lockdown for her next novel

Scottish Greens co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater after the SNP and the Scottish Greens agreed a new power sharing partnership at the Scottish Parliament

We are building a fairer, greener, better country - Lorna Slater

Poet and playwright Jackie Kay. Picture: John Devlin

Jackie Kay says she felt ‘hampered’ when she was Scotland’s national poet

Penny Mordaunt, who famously held the Sword of State during King Charles' coronation ceremony, proved so popular that her Fringe appearance had to be moved to a bigger venue. Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire

No escape as politicians take centre stage at Fringe

Nicola Sturgeon promises her memoirs, to be published in 2025 by Pan MacMillan, will reveal her proudest moments

Surely Nicola Sturgeon’s memoirs promise more than whether she has bunions and w...

Kate Forbes has agreed to appear alongside Alex Salmond at his Fringe show, The Ayes Have It! The Ayes Have It!

SNP treating city as showground for their own rows - Ian Murray

Bed blocking has been a persistent problem in Edinburgh and Lothian

It’s time to end the bed blocking scandal, Humza - Ian Murray

Chalmers Clinic in Edinburgh has been targeted by protesters

Buffer zones bill given green light
Campaigners long-fought bid to keep protesters away from abortion clinics is now a step closer.

Sue Webber is a Scottish Conservative MSP for Lothian

Nursery system in state of collapse - Sue Webber

Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon arrives to give evidence at the Covid-19 inquiry in London. Picture: Carl Court/Getty Images

Sturgeon raises key question at UK Covid inquiry

Director Nick Barley is overseeing his final Edinburgh International Book Festival programme. Picture: Robin Mair

Book festival chief Nick Barley pledges to offer social media 'antidote'

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaking during the press conference at Bute House as she resigned as First Minister

Nicola Sturgeon describes arrest as "deeply distressing"

Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested as part of the police investigation into the SNP's finances. Photo by Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Nicola Sturgeon arrested: Police Scotland's statement in full

Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested in connection with the SNP investigation

Nicola Sturgeon arrested in connection with SNP investigation

Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said that politics had become even more polarised than she had believed (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

As SNP gives up on indy and its day job, it's time for a new government

The outgoing Children and Young People's Commissioner, Bruce Adamson, said the Scottish Government was 'absolutely failing to deliver for children'

Outgoing commissioner right to pan SNP on children's rights – Alex Cole-Hamilton

Pro-independence campaigners at a rally ahead of the 2014 referendum. A new study says continuing support for independence will keep the SNP afloat despite its current troubles (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Good news for SNP but no escape from independence stalemate – Ian Swanson

Artificially intelligent computers and robots look set to take over many human jobs and tasks. And could they go further? (Picture: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images)

AI seems to have developed a life of its own. Will we regret it? – Susan Dalgety

Sue Webber is a Scottish Conservative MSP for the Lothians

Education slips down the SNP’s list of priorities - Sue Webber

In 2012, Nicola Sturgeon took a fateful decision to reduce student nursing places (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

How SNP Health Secretaries created the NHS staffing crisis – Ian Murray

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

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab quit after an official inquiry found he had bullied civil servants (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

SNP's dominance of Scottish politics could be over – Ian Swanson

Sue Webber MSP - Conservative

Humza puts the brakes on the SNP clown car - Sue Webber

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

Colin Beattie has been released without charge

SNP Treasurer Colin Beattie released without charge

Humza Yousaf needs to focus on running the country (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Yousaf must switch off SNP soap opera and address these five real-world problems

Colin Beattie MSP

SNP treasurer Colin Beattie released without charge

When Nicola Sturgeon resigned, she promised to ensure care-experienced young people 'grow up nurtured and loved' (Picture: Jane Barlow/pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Will Sturgeon act over ‘unhomely’ children’s home? – Susan Dalgety

Sue Webber is a Scottish Conservative MSP for the Lothians

Winchburgh deserves its promised railway station - Sue Webber

Eighty per cent of 16 and 17-year-old homeless people were asked to leave their family home (Picture: Carl Court/Getty Images)

Appointment of a housing minister provides fresh hope about homelessness

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'

Rishi Sunak reportedly wasted £56 billion when he was Chancellor (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

SNP and Tories are so mired in crises, they're ignoring the UK's real problems

Peter Murrell first met Nicola Sturgeon while he was working as a PR consultant during the Govan-by-election in 1988 (Credit: Getty Images)

Nicola Sturgeon had ‘no prior knowledge’ of husbands arrest

Leith walk fire: Emergency services called to Leith building after fire broke out in third floor property

Emergency services called to Leith building

Peter Murrell, the former Chief Executive of the Scottish National Party, is understood to have been arrested by Police Scotland over a investigation into the party's finances.

Nicola Sturgeon's husband arrested over SNP finances

Former First Minister for Scotland and former leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), Nicola Sturgeon, stands with her husband husband Peter Murrell. (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP) (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell arrested