Proposals

The cuts to be considered could include the closure of care homes. Picture: Donald MacLeod

‘Dread and fear’ over further care cuts

Clothes hanging in shop Picture: Getty

Lib Dems want 1p tax on every new item of clothing

Tinashe Warikandwa, Jo Freer and Suzanne Magowan starred in a recent production of Dundee Rep at The Steamie. Picture: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

Proposals to secure future of Scottish theatres suggest cuts are on the cards

Virgin Media O2 will cut up to 2,000 jobs

Virgin Media O2 to cut more than a tenth of UK workforce

Meadowbank could see shops transformed into 24-hour gym

Plans for new 24-hour 'mega' gym to replace shops at retail park

Rangers and Celtic B teams hope to move up to a new Conference League in season 2023/24

What they said about B teams and the Conference League

Pope Francis allows women to vote in bishops’ meeting for first time

landlords may soon be given more power to deal with anti-social tenants

Landlords to be given extra powers to evict ‘anti-social’ tenants

The W Hotel at the St James Quarter is due to welcome guests later this year. Picture: Lisa Ferguson.

Hotel's giant illuminated 'W' sign refused

129 Cineworld venues face risk of closure

The 129 Cineworld cinemas at risk as chain struggles to find buyer

SNP councillor Marco Biagi drew up the plans, which will go before the council budget meeting on Thursday at the City Chambers.

SNP puts forward plans to shake up council tax payments in Edinburgh

The PCS Union (Credit: Getty Images)

PCS union announce 100,000 members will strike on Budget Day

Leading UK vet calls for outright ban on owning dogs with cropped ears

Artist's impression of how the proposed student accommodation development at Jock's Lodge would look.

Edinburgh student accommodation - your views online

Readers' letters: UK veto on Scots law is unacceptable

British passport prices are set to rise next month

Passport application fees to increase next month
Anyone going abroad should check their passport is in date, as application fees are set to rise.

Stag and hen parties are seen as something to be discouraged in both Amsterdam and Edinburgh.

Edinburgh urged to discourage unwanted tourists with 'Stay Away' campaign

A planning application for a development of high-quality purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in Edinburgh’s Canongate has been given the green light following an appeal by property developers to the Scottish Government.

Green light for student development in Canongate

Proposals for the new smaller convenience outlets form part of Asda's growth strategy under the ownership of the billionaire Issa brothers and private equity backer TDR Capital, who took over the supermarket giant early last year.

Asda sets out plans to add 300 convenience stores and 10,000 jobs

Stock photo of Niddrie Bing.

Housing planned at ‘heavily contaminated’ former coal mine site

NHS leaders in Scotland discuss ‘two tier’ proposal that would see wealthy patients pay for own treatment

NHS leaders in Scotland discuss having wealthy pay for treatment

Detailed plans include 580 homes for Leith waterfront amidst substantial public landscaped spaces

Plans submitted for new waterfront neighbourhood

Scotland line up before their Women's World Cup play-off match defeat by Ireland at Hampden Park. Picture: Ross MacDonald / SNS

Scotland set to participate in new women's competition

Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman addresses delegates on the third day of the annual Conservative Party Conference. Credit: Getty Images

Home Secretary plans to crack down on protests with new bill

St. Giles Cathedral is where John Knox was minister. Picture: Mark Scates / SNS Group

Kirk could hand St Giles to conservation body

Voter confusion fears as boundary change sees Musselburgh split

Plans for the Innis & Gunn brewery have been given the go-ahead.

Green light given to Innis & Gunn brewery plans
Plans to build Innis & Gunn’s new brewery in Edinburgh have been given the green light, with the building set to be the first of its kind built in the city in more than 150 years.

Map showing potential development sites

Greenbelt battle looms over how to meet housing needs

Clubbers could show evidence of a negative Covid test, rather than reveal their vaccine status to gain entry to venues (Picture: Chris Eades/Getty Images)

The case against Covid vaccine passports – Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP

An artist's aerial vision for the project at Dunbar

It's tee off time for £3.6m project at Dunbar Golf Club

Drivers face a ban on older vehicles entering Edinburgh city centre

Keep out: Edinburgh city centre ban on older vehicles

The rooftop bar and restaurant are part of the plans.

£50m plans for Debenhams Princes Street store approved

Application submitted for £275 million low carbon development, the Drumshoreland development, in West Lothian.

£275 million resident-led low carbon development proposed for West Lothian

The site is in Edinburgh’s Bonnington area and extends from the former Bonnington Resource Centre at the southern edge and over the recently demolished John Lewis depot to the north.

Council greenlights massive build to rent development at Bonnington

Active travel, like cycling, is a good way to keep fit and stay healthy (Picture: Ian Rutherford)

City should embrace cleaner, healthier transport system – Lesley Macinnes

Many supermarkets are encouraging card payments (Photo: Shutterstock)

Latest rules on cash payments at UK supermarkets - including Asda, Tesco and Sai...

'Irresponsible' camping became a mounting issue throughout the pandemic as locals flocked to Balerno's Harlaw reservoir on warm weekends in summer, leaving litter and damaging the woods and wildlife around the reservoir.

Plans for seasonal eco-campsite at Harlaw reservoir

Boris Johnson applauds key workers in Downing Street in May (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Scotland is facing a new age of Tory austerity – Tommy Sheppard MP

Plans have been lodged to build 176 new homes with "famous views" of the new Queensferry Crossing over the Forth

Plans set out for new homes with "famous view" of Forth bridge

Councillors have already backed plans to turn the Old Royal High School in Edinburgh into a new music school and concert hall.

Why a music school is the perfect use for a cultural beacon like the Royal High ...

Part of the B7003 Roslin Glen Road between Rosewell and Roslin. Photo: Google Maps.

Road closure plans spark outrage in Rosewell and Roslin

Previous designs for the proposed development at Redheugh near Gorebridge

How will large new housing development benefit Gorebridge?

Energy firms could get powers to cut off EV charging at peak times

A national lockdown has not been ruled out, as Health Secretary Matt Hancock said it could be imposed as the “last line of defence" (Photo: Shutterstock)

Experts are recommending a 2 week national lockdown to coincide with October sch...

The Saughton Mains Gardens shops would have been demolished under the plans

Plan to demolish shops for flats scheme rejected

An impression of the proposed development

Proposals submitted for student housing in Meadowbank

Plans for every household in the Capital to receive a free £30 voucher have been rejected by Edinburgh City Council

Free £30 voucher scheme rejected

Elcho Green in North Berwick

North Berwick green space car park plans suspended after local campaign

The original Rosyth to Zeebrugge ferry departs on its first anniversary in 2009.

Reports: Dutch ferry link plans cancelled

Northfield House Hotel in Liberton

Student flats plan for Edinburgh hotel

The proposed Seafield Road site for Lidl to open on

Proposals for a Lidl supermarket to open on Seafield Road have been rejected by ...

Part of the Hallhill development, DunBear Park has been designed around The DunBear sculpture.

Proposals for low carbon Dunbar community set to go on display

The council administration’s proposals include the closure of Waverley Bridge to traffic (Picture: Ian Georgeson)

Edinburgh Council’s direction of travel is clear, so get on board for the transp...

The public toilets in Juniper Green set to become a community centre

Closed Edinburgh public toilets set to be transformed from 'eyesore' to communit...

Scottish teams can make five subs after the rules were changed by IFAB.

Scottish teams 'can now make five subs'