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Public toilets Bath street Portobello.  Picture: Ian Georgeson.

Call for more public toilets at beach after people seen defecating in gardens Ian Swanson

Edinburgh Council has employed a council official on the highest public sector salary in Scotland (Picture: Neil Hanna)

Social care staff need better pay, not Scotland’s highest-paid council boss Adam McVey

Sue Webber MSP

Loopy Lorna adds to SNP-Green’s record of chaos - Sue Webber Sue Webber

Harry Styles performs at Edinburgh's Murrayfield Stadium on Friday last week (Picture: Lloyd Wakefield/DFConcerts/PA Wire)

SNP must stop short-changing Edinburgh – Ian Murray Ian Murray

Labour leader Cammy Day may be getting a visit from Edinburgh Council's standards people (Picture: Ian Georgeson)

Council leader Cammy Day may face questions over his union ties – John McLellan John McLellan

Former Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has said he will not stand at the next general election (Picture: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

Tories and SNP distracted by their woes as inflation hits families hard Ian Murray

Once members of Edinburgh Council's ruling coalition, Labour's Cammy Day ousted the SNP's Adam McVey as leader after last year's election

Dear Cammy, city may have ‘historical charm' but it's got big problems too Steve Cardownie

HMS Prince of Wales, the biggest ship the Royal Navy has ever had, was built in five years in contrast to two ferries still being built seven years after work started (Picture: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)

SNP's credibility shot to pieces by string of blunders – Alex Cole-Hamilton Alex Cole-Hamilton

Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth, seen with Humza Yousaf, can't wish her problems away (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

SNP must face up to schools’ problems, not bury their heads in nursery sandpit John McLellan

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 Ian Murray

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 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 Ian Swanson

Humza Yousaf should focus on public services and the economy, not independence (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA)

Yousaf’s right, our politics are 'toxic'. And the SNP are mostly to blame Susan Dalgety

Joanna Cherry MP has accepted The Stand comedy club's apology for cancelling the Edinburgh Fringe show she was due to be in over her views on gender self-identification.

Cherry show will go on after all as The Stand apologises Dan Barker

Keir Starmer and Labour supporters celebrate the English local election results (Picture: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

Only Labour, not the SNP, can kick out the Tories – Ian Murray Ian Murray

Edinburgh Council's SNP group is afflicted by a 'big sulk' after other parties found a way to run the city without them (Picture: Neil Hanna)

SADDo syndrome is spreading in SNP and drastic treatment may be required John McLellan

Scottish Green councillor Alys Mumford wins at last year's Edinburgh Council elections (Picture: Scott Louden)

Cross-party co-operation dismissed by Greens when it suits them Steve Cardownie

Pro-EU demonstrators gather outside the Scottish Parliament for a protest against Brexit on December 31, 2020, the day the UK formally left the European Union (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Scotland is working to help EU citizens remain despite Brexit – Angus Robertson Angus Robertson

Joanna Cherry presses ahead with legal action over Fringe venue ban Brian Ferguson

Nicola Sturgeon was interviewed by broadcaster Iain Dale at last year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Broadcaster condemns Fringe cancel culture as Humza Yousaf event is confirmed Brian Ferguson

Liz Truss resigned as Prime Minister on October 20 last year after just 44 days in office (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Labour can't beat Tories outright despite three disastrous PMs – Angus Robertson Angus Robertson

Sue Webber is a Scottish Conservative MSP for the Lothians

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

Edinburgh Council's SNP group leader Adam McVey perhaps needs a lie down

SNP's Adam McVey appears to have a bad case of SADDo syndrome – John McLellan John McLellan

Robin Harper, Scotland's first Green parliamentarian, celebrates with Mark Ballard, who had just been elected as the party's second MSP for Lothian alongside Mr Harper.
The Greens made other gains across Scotland, increasing their total representation in the Scottish Parliament from two to seven.  
Mr Harper served as co-convener of the party until 2008 and remained an MSP until steping down at the 2011 election. Mr Ballard served only one term before leaving the parliament in 2007.
 


Scottish Parliament elections 2003 - Meadowbank Count.The Greens' Robin Harper (l) and Mark Ballard salute their victories as list MSPs for the Lothians.Pic.... Neil Hanna

Scottish Parliament elections 2003 - Meadowbank Count.
The Greens' Robin Harper (l) and Mark Ballard salute their victories as list MSPs for the Lothians.
Pic.... Neil Hanna

Looking back at Scotland's 2003 'rainbow parliament' election in 13 pictures Ian Swanson

JK Rowling has backed Joanna Cherry after her Edinburgh Fringe show at the Stand Comedy Club was cancelled thanks to a staff boycott.

MP says she was 'cancelled' by Edinburgh venue over gender views Gary Flockhart

Robin Harper of the Green Party and independent Margo MacDonald in good spirits at the 2003 election count at Meadowbank as they learn they have both won been elected as Lothian MSPs (Picture: Neil Hanna)

Is Scotland's 'rainbow parliament' of 2003 set to make a comeback? – Ian Swanson Ian Swanson

Edinburgh Council has botched its plans to replace Covid-related cycling and pedestrian schemes (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Council’s priorities have never been further away from residents' – Adam McVey Adam McVey

File photo of the Stone of Destiny, in the Great Hall in Edinburgh Castle. The Stone of Destiny will be moved from Edinburgh Castle to London for the coronation of the new King. Queen Elizabeth II's throne sat anove the stome when she was crowned in 1953 at Westminster Abbey. The historic artefact was returned to Scotland more than quarter of a century ago, but will be moved down to London for the ceremony.

Scottish Secretary "standing guard" over the Stone of Destiny Katrine Bussey, PA

Scottish Conservative Lothian MSP Sue Webber

SNP approach to drugs crisis is tragically failing - Sue Webber Sue Webber

Humza Yousaf's SNP is haemorrhaging support (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

SNP support is in freefall. I've never known anything like it Alex Cole-Hamilton

The future is bright for those who grasp the opportunities of the green industrial revolution (Picture: Christian Charisius/pool/AFP via Getty Images)

SNP and Tories have wasted chances to turn country into green superpower Ian Murray

Lord Frost, seen addressing Conservatives at their party conference, called for devolution to be put into reverse (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Conservatives once again show they're not champions of Union but a threat to it Alex Cole-Hamilton

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 Ian Swanson

More than 200 roads, pavements and paths are to be repaired in Edinburgh (Picture: Ian Rutherford)

Council set to fix roads, pavements and paths across the city. No thanks to SNP! Kevin Lang

Sue Webber MSP - Conservative

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

Humza Yousaf is is laser-focused on tackling poverty and protecting people from harm (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Police investigation into SNP finances doesn't change the case for independence Tommy Sheppard

Cleaning up graffiti is one reason why people pay their council tax (Picture: Ian Waldie/Getty Images)

Here’s what can happen without 'evil Tory bad' SNP councillors in charge John McLellan

Conservative MP Scott Benton was stripped of the party whip after he was filmed appearing to suggest he could break parliamentary rules to help gambling lobbyists

Working-age poverty has risen by seven times as much in Scotland as in the UK Ian Murray

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 John McLellan

Colin Beattie has been released without charge

SNP Treasurer Colin Beattie released without charge Jolene Campbell

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 Alex Cole-Hamilton

Colin Beattie MSP

SNP treasurer Colin Beattie released without charge Patrick Hollis

Labour leader Keir Starmer wants votes in Scotland to further his own ambitions (Picture: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

SNP, not Labour, is best placed to take seats off the Tories – Angus Robertson Angus Robertson

First Minister Humza Yousaf believes failing to challenge the UK Government's veto would open the door to more laws being blocked in future (Picture: Robert Perry/PA Wire)

Yousaf has picked the wrong ground for a fight with Westminster – Ian Swanson Ian Swanson

Humza Yousaf pulls a face (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Poor Humza Yousaf even has to face one of the big boys from his old school Vladimir McTavish

Ash Regan resigned her ministerial post over the Gender Recognition Reform Bill and says the court challenge will result in a 'humiliating defeat'

Gender court battle will be ‘humiliating defeat’ says Regan Ian Swanson

Sue Webber is a Scottish Conservative MSP for the Lothians

Winchburgh deserves its promised railway station - Sue Webber 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 Ewan Aitken

Scottish housing minister Paul McLennan has stressed he wants to increase the number of affordable homes being built

If SNP is serious about affordable homes, planning rules need to be relaxed John McLellan

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' John McLellan

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