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Newly elected leader of the Scottish National Party, Humza Yousaf. (Photo by Jane Barlow - Pool/Getty Images)

A&E figures: New performance figures are "an embarrassment for Humza Yousaf"

Lindsays says the average price of homes sold through its Edinburgh office came in at £325,000 in 2022, up from £316,000 the previous year. Picture: Jon Savage.

Scots property market sees 'strong' appetite despite cost-of-living crisis

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf fears the effects of NHS industrial action

NHS staff strikes would be catastrophic, warns Yousaf

Comic and physiotherapist Elaine Miller's show Gusset Grippers is a hilarious look at incontinence – and how to cure it

Scotland can help free women from life blighted by incontinence – Susan Dalgety

John Johnstone of Football Mindset with Lothian Colts 2012 team and their new kits.

Hearts, Hibs & Rangers stars who helped kit out Lothian team after £800 lurch

Andy Lothian, Ana Stewart, Andrew Durkie and Sandy Kennedy of Eos Advisory. Picture: Alan Richardson

Top Scots entrepreneur and investor joins team at Fife investment firm

The draw has been made for the Premier Sports Cup group stage. (Photo by Alan Harvey / SNS Group)

Premier Sports Cup group stage draw in full

The new Sick Kids Hospital finally opened fully in March 2021. Picture: Scott Louden.

Health bosses not told of Sick Kids funding change

Berwickshire farmer Neil White

We don’t plough the fields and scatter any more with a Mzuri Protil

Nicola Meikle found a diagnosis helped her "stop beating herself up".

'I have to justify the way I look' - the pain and stigma of lipoedema

Covid Scotland: NHS Lothian ‘sorry’ for error in children’s coronavirus vaccine letters

Health board ‘sorry’ for error in children’s coronavirus vaccine letters

The crash occurred on the A1 near Dunbar in East Lothian. Picture: Michael Gillen

Man dies after being hit by car on busy Lothian road

Picture: The Teapot Trust

Art therapy referred by GPs offers ‘breakthrough’ to chronically ill children

Clare Richardson (left) and Angela Smillie say they are benefiting from applying a modern way of working to a traditional role. Picture: Chris Watt.

How our job share is helping deliver economic growth - comment

AgriScot Farm of the Year awards

Lothian is Edinburgh's main bus operator. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Lothian to reduce weekday buses to Saturday service due to Covid staff absences

More than 9,950 booster appointments were no-shows in the Lothians.

More than 9,500 no-shows for NHS Lothian Covid booster appointments

Gorgeous Cara Matilda Crawley arrived at 4.58am, weighing 8lb 13oz. She is the first child for Hayley Quinn, 34, and Sean Crawley, 30.

Welcome to the world, little Christmas babies

Alex Whyte says he feels CAMHS has failed him

'My child is in crisis and it feels like nobody can help'

Rising rents underline need for controls, a Labour MSP has said. Pic: Ian Georgeson

'Dramatic increases' in private sector rents 'underline need for controls'

Glasgow at dawn. The city was recently named as the unhappiest in Glasgow - but not everyone agrees. PIC: Ian Dick/CC.

Video: Glasgow people speak out after city named Scotland's unhappiest

A survey has found that people in Glasgow are the least happy in Scotland.

Glasgow is least happy city in Scotland, survey finds

A three-month supply of the progestogen-only pill - also known as the mini-pill - will now be available to women via pharmacies.

Scottish women now able to get three-months' supply of the 'mini pill'

Support in Mind Scotland staff and people they support with the Lothian bus with Support in Mind Scotland livery

Partnership is making a real difference to so many lives - Iain MItchell

Scottish Green Party Co Leader Lorna Slater speaking at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood.

Scottish Greens co-leader tests positive for Covid

Around 2,500 texts were mistakenly sent

NHS Lothian sends hundreds of second vaccination appointments to teens in error

'Not closing' - Edington Hospital in North Berwick

North Berwick cottage hospital will reopen say health chiefs

Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary Photo: Andrew O'Brien

'Record funding needed to match record waits'

Hibs doctor, Duncan Reid with centre-back Paul Hanlon.

Hibs doctor encourages football fans to get their Covid-19 jab

Edinburgh Royal Infirmary staff in full coronavirus PPE during the height of the pandemic. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

A&E patients wait up to 12 hours at -crisis-hit Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

A health worker prepares to vaccinate members of the public on the South Side of Glasgow. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Coronavirus in Scotland: Three more deaths recorded

Princes Street, Edinburgh. Picture: PA

Scottish bus operators get more money to help cut emissions

Racegoers can get vaccinated at Musselburgh meetings

And they're off - punters can get Covid vaccine jag at Musselburgh racecourse

Cast members from the show 'Move' help launch the Festival Fringe's Made in Scotland showcase on Silverknowes beach (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

How Edinburgh Festival is bringing a renewed sense of hope – Susan Deacon

Coastguard assisted a work vessel in saving the boys

'I'm still shaking' - dad warns of dangers of inflatables after son was rescued

Still waiting: Lawrence Titley

Lothian patients waiting up to six months for a dental appointment

The main entrance to the vaccine centre at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. Picture date: Monday February 1, 2021.

'Urgent' call for faster vaccine roll out in Edinburgh as cases rise

Nicola Sturgeon announces latest coronavirus figures at briefing (Photo: John Devlin).

Highest case numbers since February in Scotland

Bruntons Wire Mill dates back to 1876 and played a crucial role in Britain’s World War II efforts. Picture: contributed.

Historic WW2 Lothian wire mill site to become 140-home development

The Scottish Ambulance Service are reviewing the situation.

Ambulance probe delay as woman waited in agony for 4 and a half hours with dislo...

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MSP candidate left 'utterly broken' by experience of racism

Latest information on coronavirus figures in Scotland.

Coronavirus in Scotland: Eight deaths as 655 new cases are confirmed overnight

The Edinburgh International Conference Centre is one of the main vaccination centres in the city

On the home straight with vaccination plan - Cllr George Gordon

Some Covid vaccine appointment letters are arriving late in Scotland - what to do if you’re affected (Photo: Shutterstock)

Some Covid vaccine appointment letters are arriving late in Scotland - what to d...

Lothian will be a key battleground in the 2021 elections

Lothian key election battleground as polls tighten

Thousands of children across Scotland will return to school on Monday, March 15. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

'Send them in whatever fits' - emotional plea from Lothian school

Ruth Davidson, leader of the Conservative Party in the Scottish Parliament (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty)

Readers' Letters: Tories lag behind SNP in free thinking

Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed the latest Covid-19 figures for Scotland. (Photo by Andrew Milligan - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Sturgeon: No new deaths but 559 Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours

Military personnel, who are assisting with the vaccination programme, at the Royal Highland Showground near Edinburgh.

First coronavirus vaccinations given by military in Scotland

The First Minister announces the latest daily coronavirus figures (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images).

1,149 covid cases recorded in the past 24 hours in Scotland

The First Minister reveals the latest daily coronavirus figures at her briefing today (Photo: John Devlin).

848 new cases recorded in the past 24 hours

The mammal was spotted in the Firth of Forth on Saturday and Sunday picture: Greg Macvean

Pictures show humpback whale spotted swimming in Firth of Forth

Mass vaccination will be administered at the EICC

Mass vaccinations will start across the Lothians next week

Andy Wightman, formerly a Scottish Green MSP, is considering standing as an independent.

Holyrood 2021: Andy Wightman tests water on standing as independent

Scotland has recorded 71 deaths from coronavirus and 1,480 positive tests in the past 24 hours, Nicola Sturgeon said. (Photo by Ewan Bootman/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Nicola Sturgeon confirms a further 71 Covid-19 deaths in last 24 hours

Coronavirus in Scotland. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)

Coronavirus in Scotland: 89 new deaths in last 24 hours, as cases rise by 1,636

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