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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'

Street artists perform on the Royal Mile during the Fringe festival (Picture: Ian Stewart/AFP via Getty Images)

Politicians must work to ensure Fringe is once again a £1 billion event

Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross and former leader Ruth Davidson, on the campaign trail in Davidson Mains, Edinburgh. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Davidson says voters should not reward SNP for 'failure'

Readers' letters: UK’s influence is reduced outside EU

Former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has revealed that she almost did not run for the position in case her mental health history became known.

Ruth Davidson almost did not run as Scots Tory leader

Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie Johnson reportedly attended a Downing Street party during lockdown (Picture: Leon Neal/pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Buffoon Boris can evade questions about latest lockdown party – Steve Cardownie

Pic Lisa Ferguson 12/06/2019 Shona Elliott

Scots remain divided over controversial bill to introduce assisted dying

Malcolm Offord is now a minister in the Scotland Office after being made a member of the House of Lords

The problem with Tory party donor's elevation to Lords – Ian Swanson

Helen Martin has stopped buying goods from Baxters

Why I'll never buy anything from Baxters ever again – Helen Martin

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon visits Whitelee Wind Farm near Eaglesham

Readers' letters: I’m proud to be a wind farm NIMBY

Overseas aid is not a priority for Boris Johnson, Chancellor Rishi Sunak and their colleagues in the UK government (Picture: Jonathan Brady/PA)

Is this policy Boris Johnson's cruellest decision? – Ian Swanson

Ruth Davidson

Davidson says ‘not a chance’ to becoming Scottish Secretary

SNP's Angus Roberston wins for Edinburgh Central, taking the seat from the Scottish Conservatives. Picture: Lisa Ferguson/JPIMedia

SNP's Angus Robertson wins Edinburgh Central

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie drives a Lamborghini Huracan supercar at Ingliston Racing Circuit

Looking back on election campaign in Lothian

SNP dominance in Holyrood may be a foregone conclusion ahead of Thursday’s vote, but there are still several important questions that the result will answer.

Seven key questions the Scottish Parliament election will answer

Edinburgh Central constituency Picture:  Allan Faulds at Ballot Box Scotland

Close contest in Edinburgh Central
Former Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson surprised everyone when she won Edinburgh Central from the Nationalists in 2016 by just 610 votes.

Alison Johnstone is carrying on campaigning

Green candidate breaks arm in bike fall

Nicola Sturgeon joined Angus Robertson to visit a shop on Broughton Street Pic: Lisa Ferguson

Sturgeon goes campaigning in Edinburgh Central

Ruth Davidson in the Holyrood chamber Pic: Fraser Bremner/Scottish Daily Mail/PA Wire

Ruth Davidson wants elected second chamber

Ruth Davidson won a surprise victory in Edinburgh Central in 2016 Pic: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Ruth Davidson looks back on ten years at Holyrood

Nicola Sturgeon has been warned to make fewer “personal” comments in the Scottish Parliament, after she repeatedly referred to the fact that Ruth Davidson is due to take up a seat in the House of Lords during the final FMQs before the election.

Sturgeon warned not to use ‘House of Lords’ jibe against Ruth Davidson

A spokesperson for the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has hit out at leaks from the Salmond Inquiry

Hamilton report finds Nicola Sturgeon ‘did not breach the ministerial code’ - yo...

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

Nicola Sturgeon attributes missing Covid vaccination letters to 'glitches'

Ruth Davidson will enter the House of Lords after the Scottish Parliament election on May 6 (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

House of Lords is a scandalous affront to democracy – Angus Robertson

Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party Ruth Davidson raised concerns about women's safety in response to the routemap announcement

Routemap provides 'clarity needed three weeks ago' amid calls for more testing

Lothian will be a key battleground in the 2021 elections

Lothian key election battleground as polls tighten

Ruth Davidson, pictured earlier this month, said the SNP's priority is 'to divide us all over again'. Picture: Getty Images.

Pro-Union Scots should vote Tory to prevent SNP majority, urges Ruth Davidson
The Scottish Tories could deny the SNP a majority at Holyrood, Ruth Davidson has insisted – as she hit out at the "increasing stench of sleaze and scandal" she claimed was coming from Nicola Sturgeon's party.

Conservative Central Office was said to be "delighted" with Susan Webber winning the number two slot

Calls for Tories to deselect Webber as Holyrood candidate

People will be able to meet up with up to four people from two different households, Nicola Sturgeon has announced.

Nicola Sturgeon announces new 'rule of four' in relaxation of outdoor gatherings

Watch live as Nicola Sturgeon updates MSPs at Holyrood.

WATCH: Nicola Sturgeon at FMQs

Boris Johnson has said he will refuse to grant permission for a second referendum on Scottish independence (Picture: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA Wire)

Even Scottish Tories now seem at odds with Boris over indyref2 – Tommy Sheppard

Nicola Sturgeon was under pressure over the Alex Salmond allegations.

Alex Salmond inquiry: 'It is not a cover up' says Nicola Sturgeon

Ruth Davidson's candidate committee has been accused of 'cronyism' by internal opponents.

Scottish Tories are turning Stalinist - your views

Nicola Sturgeon, exiting a lift in the Scottish Parliament, has laid out a skeleton route map out of Covid lockdown.

Sturgeon reveals Covid route map, but opposition says it fails to 'give hope'

Gordon Lindhurst is also standing as the candidate in Edinburgh Pentlands

Tory 'stitch-up' could backfire, sources warn

The Scottish Government is refusing to fund a replacement for the Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion Pic Greg Macvean

MSPs seek Eye Pavilion talks with Sturgeon

Ruth Davidson's candidate committee has been accused of 'cronyism' by internal opponents.

Scottish Tories face 'cronyism' accusations after donor gains endorsement

Gordon Lindhurst is standing in the party's top Edinburgh target seat but has not been given an endorsement for the Lothian list

Tory MSP snubbed by leadership

'Frankly Ludicrous' - MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton previously criticised the vaccination regime

Edinburgh and the Lothians still have the lowest vaccination rates in Scotland

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at Holyrood.

Nicola Sturgeon defends vaccine rollout amid questions over 400,000 unused doses

Richard Leonard has quit as Labour leader

Richard Leonard quits Labour helm over 'continuing speculation' about leadership

Ruth Davidson heads the Tories new selection committee

Lifeline for Tories' overlooked Holyrood hopefuls

Jeane Freeman has said discussions are under way about the logistics of distributing the vaccine.

City’s Eye Pavilion must be saved - your views

A deserted Edinburgh City Centre in the hours before lockdown began

Back in lockdown: Nicola Sturgeon in 'stay at home' plea as new rules begin

Members of the public walk through a deserted Edinburgh City Centre on Monday ahead of the national lockdown beginning

Stay at home: Scotland returns to full lockdown from midnight

A laboratory technician wearing full PPE (personal protective equipment) cleans a test tube containing a live sample taken from people tested for the novel coronavirus, at a new Lighthouse Lab facility dedicated to testing for COVID-19, at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow on April 22, 2020 picture: Andrew Milligan/AFP via Getty Images

Opening of Edinburgh Covid testing lab delayed due to 'last minute issue'

Regrets: Ruth Davidson

'It's time to change the law' on assisted dying says MSP Ruth Davidson

Nicola Sturgeon said the Government is not "sitting on money"

FMQs: Five-month delay in lifeline support for crisis-hit Scots firms

Former Scottish Conservative Party leader Jackson Carlaw was ousted after less than six months in post

2020: Not the best year to be a party leader

Nicola Sturgeon during First Minister's Questions at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.

Nicola Sturgeon accuses Ruth Davidson using her husband as 'a weapon against me'

The Pfizer vaccine might not be given to care home residents first.

FMQs: Nicola Sturgeon says storage issues might cause care home vaccine wait

Schools returned in August after a Spring lockdown

Blended learning to return if Scottish schools holiday is extended

Scott.Douglas has been councillor for Corstorphine/Murrayfield since 2017

Tories choose councillor to replace Ruth Davidson

Joanna Mowat is Conservative councillor for City Centre ward

Councillor tipped as Tory choice in Edinburgh Central

The First Minister is expected to set out the rules for socialising over Christmas in more detail this afternoon. (Photo by Jane Barlow - Pool/Getty Images)

When will Sturgeon speak at FMQs and will she tighten Christmas restrictions?