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Catchment changes may be required for Boroughmuir High School in the long term, officials say

Edinburgh schools face catchment changes and temporary classrooms

The amount of council tax you pay depends on where you live in Scotland.

Most Expensive Council Tax in Scotland 2025: The 10 priciest bills

How much will your council tax go up this year?

Council Tax Rises in Scotland 2025: All 32 councils' tax hikes

Matt Scott and business partners James and Mikey Sim

Rugby star’s fears businesses will shut due to two years of roadworks

'Council spent £16m on a bridge to nowhere. It's a dangerous mess'

£16m bridge leads to 'dangerous' deep mud...it looks like a warzone

Dalmuir Municipal Golf Course in Clydebank is set to close after a decision on Wednesday by West Dunbartonshire Council

Dalmuir loses council funding but Hollandbush model offers fresh hope

Millions is being spent on buying up private newbuild properties for social housing.

Exclusive Edinburgh Council spend almost £100m buying up private newbuild homes

A car dealer must pay more than £9,000 in fines and costs after a visitor to his premises was seriously injured when he fell down an unprotected drop.

Man falls down 6ft drop and gets 'seriously' injured at car dealership

Duror Primary School

Primary school with just two pupils 'saved' from closure

Scottish school pupils in a class (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Scottish council could axe 24 teachers and revive music tuition fees

A road left so badly damaged by a landslip it was closed to cars can't be fixed properly - as it's still moving a YEAR later.

Britain's 'wonkiest road' destroyed by landslip finally set to reopen

The three-vehicle crash happened at around 6pm on Wednesday night at the slip road for the Clyde Tunnel at Balshagray Avenue in Glasgow.

Glasgow council considers Clyde Tunnel toll and congestion charge

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

Exclusive Sarwar moves away from previous Labour pledge to abolish council tax

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service attended the fire at Dyce Academy

Secondary school shut this week after 60 firefighters battled blaze

Unison described councils as ''the glue that holds lots of things together'

Exclusive Crumbling public services a 'terrible mess', says scathing union boss

The funding is designed to support education recovery and tackle the poverty related attainment gap. Picture: Danny Lawson/ PA

Almost £4m in pupil poverty funding being 'siphoned' for admin costs

Enjoy the good weather in Glasgow.

Glasgow council overspent budget by more than £38m as cuts considered

Allan, Coursington and Draffen Towers will be demolished in a controlled explosion

High rise tower blocks to be destroyed in controlled explosion

Kirkintilloch Canal Festival

Push to revive hugely-popular festival after axe falls

Campers and cars on the NC500 near Ullapool, one of the areas which could benefit from a £4m fund to protect communities and infrastructure from pressures caused by high visitor numbers. Picture taken in July 2020.

Vote to decide campervan ban for Highland car parks on NC500

Glasgow Sheriff Court

Ex-council leader accused of £188,000 scam told to step down

Plans have been submitted for 17-turbine wind farm close to Flow Country World Heritage Site

Plans for 17-turbine wind farm on the edge of world heritage site

Aberdeen

Aberdeen city council considers 7 per cent 'tourist tax'

Dumfries High School pitch

Milestone reached as new sports pitch opens at Dumfries High School

No to Galloway National Park campaigners holding a demonstration outside a special meeting on park proposals held by Dumfries and Galloway Council

Council confirms position on backing Scotland's third national park

Kinneil Museum

The museum with Mary, Queen of Scots link hit by closure threat

Fox Covert Primary School on Clerwood Terrace, Edinburgh

Exclusive The 11 new schools and extensions in Scottish city's £1.38bn blueprint

Local Government Secretary Shona Robison says the UK Government needs to send more money to cover the cost to the public sector of the increase to employers' national insurance contributions (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

How Labour-SNP row over NI hike risks creating spate of tragedies Scotsman comment

Teacher cuts protest in Glasgow

Teachers in Scottish city vote for strike action over education cuts

Is Glasgow finally getting to grips with riverside culture?

Former council leader Cammy Day resigned after allegations of inappropriate behaviour

Exclusive Council facing questions over Day complaints after email 'disappeared'

Denise Brownlee and Liz Hitschmann have been prominent in the campaign against plans for a Galloway National Park

National park protest to be held ahead of formal council decision

Edinburgh announces how many £100 fines issued for pavement parking

Designed by Alexander "Greek" Thomson, the continued demise of the Egyptian Halls has caused controversy for years. A new charitable organisation has been created with a view to saving the structure.

The 153-year-old building 'masterpiece' to be sold under force

Between January 2023 and June 2024, nearly 5,000 dogs and over 20,000 cats were reported missing.

How to find a missing dog: 6 tips on what to do if your dog gets lost

A seagull sits on the head of Robert Burns statue in Dundee

City uses image of Burns statue from New Zealand due to seagull poo

Tommy Sheridan, pictured at a rally in 2013

Exclusive Tommy Sheridan pursuing legal action against Glasgow City Council

David Richardson next to the overflowing bins

Man tackles rat infestation using oil and rubber gloves

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

Scottish Tories told to brace for further defections to Reform UK

Thomas Kerr

Senior Scottish Tory councillor defects to Nigel Farage's Reform UK

People struggle to pass cars parked on a narrow street pavement

Glasgow announces when it will start enforcing pavement parking ban

Bin collections have been going wrong in Edinburgh over the past week

Explainer When my bin will get collected over the festive period

Members of Winterfield are set to take over the day-to-day running of the East Lothian club

Amid fear of more closures, how one golf club has secured its future

The EIS teaching union will ballot members over potential strike action in Glasgow

Teacher strikes loom in large Scottish council over 450 jobs axed

Paisley Town Hall, pictured in 1940, is now 'a world-class venue and one of Scotland’s best performance spaces', available for weddings, business meetings and other events (Picture: Hulton Archive)

Scotland needs a grassroots revolution to defend democracy Joyce McMillan

Worcester City Council insists the tree in Columbia Drive poses no immediate risk and has issued a protection order for it. Inset: Chris Davis

'Menacing' 100ft tree could crush my home but council won't chop it

Karen Good, contract manager at Eva Burrows Lifehouse. Picture: John Devlin

What Christmas is like in temporary accommodations for homeless

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