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Phil Doggart has been a councillor since 2017

Edinburgh Tory councillor resigns with immediate effect

Edinburgh City Chambers, the home of Edinburgh City Council. The capital needs noisy champions, just like Manchester and Birmingham, says Councillor Joanna Mowat. PIC: CC.

Council warning over 'unmanageable' surge in AI-generated complaints

CPZs - which involve residents having to pay for parking permits - remain contentious

Let local residents decide on local issues - Tim Jones

Miles Briggs has campaigned for a new eye hospital

Use your peach vote for pro-Union Holyrood - Miles Briggs

Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay with his party’s manifesto.

No, it's not Red Nose Day, just another SNP comedy moment - Sue Webber

Derelict homes would be sold for £1 to be renovated

Labour plans £1 home ownership scheme for derelict homes in Edinburgh

Council house provision is woefully lacking in the Capital and unlikely to improve under present rules

Lessons in solving Edinburgh’s council house shortage problem - Sue Webber

Miles Briggs and Sue Webber have been named as the Tories' numbers one and two candidate on the Edinburgh and Lothians East regional list

Tories reveal list candidates for Edinburgh and Lothians East

Lothian MSP Jeremy Balfour

Could others follow Jeremy Balfour out of the Scottish Tories? Ian Swanson

Russell Findlay has spent the weekend contemplating the resignation of one his most highly respected MSPs (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

Tories contemplate latest shock resignation - Susan Dalgety

Lothian MSP Jeremy Balfour

Why I resigned from Tory Party - Jeremy Balfour

Lothian Conservative MSP Jeremy Balfour has quit the party

Lothian Tory MSP Jeremy Balfour resigns from party

New data has revealed that police officers in Scotland catch a child carrying a knife every four days using stop-and-search powers.

Boy, 10, caught carrying knife and 12-year-olds found with blades

SNP First Minister John Swinney and Finance Secretary Shona Robison (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

One-way ticket to bankruptcy - Sue Webber

Tories and Labour win double by-election in Colinton/Fairmilehead

A pothole on Gardner's Crescent, Edinburgh. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Edinburgh named Scotland's 'pothole capital'
Edinburgh was today named Scotland’s “pothole capital” as Scottish Conservatives published figures showing the city had recorded more than twice as many potholes as Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee put together.
Ian Swanson

Two vacancies to fill in double by-election for council

Tory leader's car doesn't comply with Capital's LEZ

Rising school absence rates are causing concern in Edinburgh

School absentee problem is a growing concern in the Capital - John McLellan

Waiting time for NHS24 calls to be answered up to 4 hours

Former Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross

Tories face continued decline - Angus Robertson

There are only a few days left to make your voices heard before Edinburgh City Council’s Work Place Parking Levy consultation comes to a close

City motorists will pay highest taxes in UK - Miles Briggs

NHS Lothian and other health boards are likely to rely more on bank and agency staff to cover shifts due to a recruitment freeze. Picture: Jeff Moore/PA Wire

NHS Lothian bill for bank and agency staff soars

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Kate Forbes and SNP go separate ways - John McLellan

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.

Nearly 1,200 die after waiting over 4 hours in A&E

A planning application for purpose-built student accommodation in Edinburgh’s Canongate was approved after an appeal by property developers to the Scottish Government.

Half of planning appeals won by developers

Boris Johnson, seen here on the day he stood down as Prime Minister, has now quit as an MP (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA)

As Bojo the clown departs, the country desperately needs grown-up government
Scots crying out for stability and focus in government won’t find it among the Tories or the SNP
Alex Cole-Hamilton

Sue Webber is a Scottish Conservative MSP for Lothian

Siobhan Cattigan: rugby should be commemorating one of its own - Sue Webber

More than 9000 properties are unoccupied in the Capital

Edinburgh has more than 9000 properties sitting empty

Edinburgh Royal Infirmary A&E Department has been operating over-capacity (Lisa Ferguson)

Edinburgh hospital over capacity every day last month

Staff sit of the roof of Dalkeith Bus Station to catch a glimpse of The Queen during her visit to the county in June, 1961. Photo courtesy Midlothian Council Local Studies.

South Scotland List MSP pays tribute to the Queen

Waiting times at Scotland’s emergency departments have slightly improved for the second consecutive week, latest figures show.

Latest A&E data show waiting times continue to improve

The Scottish Tories have issued a warning over Scotland's health system for this winter. Picture: John Devlin

Tories warn of ‘winter storm’ in Scotland’s emergency departments

Long covid has caused ongoing problems for many.

Covid Scotland: MSP calls for long covid clinics

Conservatives claim lives are being put at risks because of ambulance waiting times as demand soars

Tories claim Scotland's ambulance service is at breaking point

The Scottish Conservatives say councillors will lobby the SNP Government to fund free travel for young people and pensioners on Edinburgh trams and the Glasgow subway (Photo: Lisa Ferguson).

Tories call for free travel on trams and subway for young people and pensioners

Douglas Ross has tested positive for Covid-19.

Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross tests positive for Covid

What influences voters’ choices in council elections?

Readers' letters: The ability to deliver at a local level is what counts at coun...

Conservative group leader Iain Whyte said the Spaces for People programme had failed (Picture: Lloyd Smith)

Tories could win the most council seats, but still end up in opposition

The closure of Braid Road is one of the first schemes the Tories say they would remove. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Tories pledge to scrap Spaces for People

The Protect Scotland app is a key part of the Scotland's Test and Protect system

Scottish Tories demand end of Test and Protect and shift to 'living with' virus

Old style fire alarms will no longer be allowed.

Tories call for a delay to Scotland's controversial fire alarm legislation

Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross is in self isolation.

Douglas Ross self isolating after staff member tests positive for Covid

People aged over 50 who did not receive their second Covid vaccination until the summer, like the First Minister, pictured above, may have to wait until the new year to receive their flu jag.

Over-50s may not receive flu jag until January due to dual vaccination roll-out

The Scottish Conservatives have called for mass vaccination centres to be reopened.

Call for mass vaccination centres to be reopened

Labour councillor Angela Doran married Tory group leader Damian Timson on December 5 in Strathbrock Parish Church, Uphall. Photo: West Lothian Courier.

Labour councillor defects to husband's Tory party

ScotRail had planned to increase services to cope with expected increased passenger numbers during the COP26 conference. Picture: John Devlin

Urgent talks demanded to avert ScotRail strikes ‘completely overshadowing’ COP26

The Scottish Conservatives have criticised the Scottish Government's approach to helping tenants in need.

'No progress' on tenant hardship grant fund for renters struggling in pandemic

Former Edinburgh councillor Mark McInnes has been appointed Boris Johnson's adviser on union matters.

Boris Johnson appoints former Edinburgh councillor as his new adviser on union

Homelessness is not a straightforward problem to fix and it will require everyone working together (Picture: John Devlin)

Scotland can end homelessness and rough-sleeping in two years – Miles Briggs MSP

Susan Webber made her debut in the Scottish Parliament

New Tory MSP makes Holyrood debut

The Scottish Conservatives have pledged automatic refunds to delayed ScotRail passengers via a new smart card. Picture: John Devlin

ScotRail has caused almost 3m minutes of delays to its own trains in nine years

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'

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon leaves her home in Glasgow, Scotland. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

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

The Spaces For People project in Edinburgh has proved controversial. Picture: Lisa Ferguson/JPIMedia

Spaces for People is not all bad, apparently - John McLellan

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