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Tram line work on the Newhaven extension in 2020 - but it was much less disruptive than the original scheme. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Edinburgh made trams a dirty word but it's time to change that – Alastair Dalton

The public were invited to the drop-in event to discuss the windfarm.

Peterhead hosts first public event for MarramWind floating offshore windfarm

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has hinted that he might support a Labour government without the promise of a second independence referendum (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Politicians of all parties are as bad as each other

David Alexander is CEO of DJ Alexander Scotland Ltd

100% mortgages: the aim is laudable but there are very real risks - David Alexan...

Freedom of speech is a right that applies to MSPs like Fergus Ewing (Picture: Fraser Bremner/Scottish Daily Mail/PA Wire)

SNP should tolerate dissenting MSPs, not try to silence them – Scotsman comment

New AI technology can be a really helpful tool to helping with your personal finances

How ChatGPT can help you with your finances

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves the Conservative Party headquarters in central London, after the party suffered council losses in the local elections.

Coronation cannot distract from Conservative election nightmare - Brian Monteith

Gordon Lightfoot performs onstage during 2018 Stagecoach California's Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Field on April 29, 2018 in Indio, California.

Tributes paid to singer Gordon Lightfoot following death

Douglas Ross speaking on stage on the second day of the Scottish Conservative party conference at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow.

Scots Tory leader Douglas Ross received 'credible' death threat

Large numbers of vacancies for health staff are adding to the stresses of the medical professions (Picture: Hannah McKay/PA Wire)

NHS Scotland faces catastrophe without action to recruit and retain staff

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Jacob Rees-Mogg’s stunning family home on sale for £2.75 million

Police and security staff escort a protester from the public gallery during First Minister's Questions at Scottish Parliament (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Disrupting democracy no way to make a serious climate point – Scotsman comment

Fiona Bruce on the set of Question Time. Question Time is returning to TV screens - days after the pay of its host Fiona Bruce was revealed. The flagship BBC One political show will be back Thursday with a slightly larger virtual audience than in the last series.

Full panel line-up for BBC Question Time in Bristol

RAF Scampton could be transformed into housing for asylum seekers - but locals aren’t happy

Row as historic RAF base could be used to house 1,500 asylum seekers

Martin Lewis is urging all mobile phone users to check their contracts (Photo: ITV)

Martin Lewis bags role as regular co-host on Good Morning Britain

Floods in low-lying Bangladesh are getting worse as sea levels rise because of global warming (Picture: Mamun Hossain/AFP via Getty Images)

Climate change is a disease of the here and now – Scotsman comment

Match of the Day anchor Gary Lineker was asked by the BBC to step back from presenting their flagship football highlights program, Match of the Day, until they agree on a social media policy. Lineker, a former England international football player and previous winner of the prestigious Golden Boot award, tweeted his own views on the government’s Stop Small Boats policy provoking a row over the impartiality of freelance BBC TV presenters.

BBC licence payers, not Lineker, robbed of freedom of expression David Montgomery

According to some, the UK Government told people to 'stay home' for political reasons during the Covid pandemic (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Covid inquiry's slow pace has created an information vacuum

Rishi Sunak talks to local business leaders during a visit to a Coca-Cola factory in Lisburn, Northern Ireland yesterday (Picture: Liam McBurney/WPA pool/Getty Images)

New figures show 54% of people in the UK would vote to remain in EU

King Charles will meet with Ursula von der Leyen, Buckingham Palace has confirmed. Credit: Getty Images

King Charles criticised for decision to meet Ursula von der Leyen

Palliative care should be improved before we consider assisted dying, a reader says

Readers' Letters: There should be no need for assisted dying

Are Scotland's leaders letting down the elderly when it comes to keeping them safely warm in the winter? (Picture: Adobe)

Readers' Letters: Politicians let down elderly as winter bites

Oil giant Exxon's own research into climate change dating back to the 1970s was highly accurate (Picture: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)

Fossil fuel companies still knowingly putting humanity at risk – Joyce McMillan

Trans rights demonstrators attend a rally in Buchanan Street, Glasgow, on 21 January (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Politicians wrong to pose by extreme placard

Rishi Sunak needs to do better than his target to cut inflation (Picture: Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images)

Sunak's inflation pledge may sound good, but he needs to try harder

'Sweetshop' vapes should be banned amid alarming levels of use by children (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Vape flavours like candy floss and bubblegum should be banned – Scotsman comment

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf is under pressure over demands for better pay and conditions for NHS staff and long waiting times for treatment (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA)

Politicians must be bold if NHS is to be best in the world once again – Scotsman

Food banks are now part of mainstream life in the UK, whether for those who use them or the people who donate (Picture: Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

NHS and UK economy are being harmed by rising poverty – Scotsman comment

Stock levels are on the up.

Key commercial fish stocks at record levels

Labour Party to abolish the House of Lords if elected to UK government

Where is BBC Breakfast host Naga Munchetty? What happened to her & why was Charlie Stayt presenting alone?

Why did Naga Munchetty leave BBC Breakfast mid-show?

First Minister Donald Dewar, pictured addressing the Scottish Parliament in 2000, saw devolution as the start of a process of enhancing democracy (Picture: Ben Curtis/PA)

Why Scottish democracy needs a major audit – Professor James Mitchell

We rely on nurses to help us in the toughest of circumstances (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

RCN strike vote requires a historic response from politicians – Scotsman comment

Qatar thinks homosexuality is abnormal - abnormal is the place hosting World Cup

David Alexander

We need to level up UK’s stamp duty schemes - David Alexander

Residents in the UK face rising energy bills.

Europe shows we are paying more for energy because of government incompetence

Rory Christie, The Dourie Farming Company, SW Scotland

Rethinking work will help me stand out from the herd - Rory Christie

Has Boris Johnson been doing enough for the UK since he was forced to step down as Tory leader? (Picture: Chris Radburn/Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Politicians have let down the British people

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and actor Brian Cox were in conversation at the Edinburgh International Book Festival this week

Readers' Letters: Sturgeon’s egotism will precipitate downfall

Rubbish lies strewn along Edinburgh's South Bridge (Picture: Ilona Amos)

Politicians' bin strike blame game will not impress voters – Scotsman comment

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon should have condemned all the behaviour outside the Perth hustings, says Brian Monteith

Beware of politicians palming us off with their questionable actions

The cost-of-living crisis will frame the politics of the winter

Politicians floundering to solve cost-of-living crisis

Boris Johnson emerges from a VX4 vertical aerospace aircraft at the Farnborough International Airshow last month (Picture: Frank Augstein/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Paralysis in Downing Street in face of multiple crises must end

Boris Johnson announced his resignation last month (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

What ethical standards should we hold politicians to?

Nicola Sturgeon speaks on Scottish independence. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Readers' letters: Scotland's changing democratic face post-independence

Boris Johnson made everyone around him want to be a worse human being (Picture: Clemens Bilan/pool/Getty Images)

Johnson must be last Prime Ministerial poster boy for toxic masculinity

Nicola Sturgeon responds during First Minister's Questions at the Scottish Parliament

Readers' Letters: Politicians need to get out into the real world

Pictured from left to right are NFUS vice president Robin Traquair, president Martin Kennedy and policy chief Jonnie Hall outside the Scottish Parliament this week.

Union group highlight critical farming issues during Holyrood lobbying trip

The oil and gas industry is facing calls for a windfall tax following unexpected record profits derived from the increase in oil and gas prices but critics say more tax will harm investment in transformative green energy projects and securing domestic energy supply. PIC: Pixabay.

North Sea oil and gas has duty to pay windfall tax, claims Sarwar

Scotland does not have enough nurses to work in hospitals without using expensive agencies – just one contributory factor in the ‘cost-of-living crisis’. Picture: Getty Images

Cost of governments to blame for cost-of-living crisis - Brian Monteith

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon insists transparency is important to her government (Picture: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Scotsman Letters: Politicians have no right to keep facts from us

The Spirit of Britain (top) passes the Pride of Canterbury (middle) and the Pride of Kent (bottom) as it arrives at the Port of Dover, in Kent, after completing further sea trials as P&O Ferries prepare to resume Dover-Calais sailings for freight customers.

P&O Ferries ship Pride of Kent inspected for fourth time

New Twitter owner Elon Musk reckons the platform currently inhibits free speech (Picture: Britta Pedersen - Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Twitter takeover is not a win for free speech

The Queen celebrated her 96th birthday last week in her Platinum Jubilee year.

'Thank holiday' could become a permanent honour to the Queen

Mercedes Villalba wants to introduce a Land Justice Bill at Holyrood (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Lots to be done on land reform - Andrew Arbuckle

Voters will go to the polls on May 5 for the council elections. (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Politicians must engage on the issues we will vote on come May 5 - Scotsman edit...

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St Andrew's House, headquarters of the Scottish Government in Edinburgh

Revealed: Every senior Scottish civil servant's declared interests

A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward. Picture: Jeff Moore/PA Wire

Health board expects to be in deficit for five more years as budget cuts hit

Raeburn's Edinburgh at the Georgian House features probably his most revered work - his portrait of his Mrs James Gregory - or Isobella Macleod . The artist is pictured right.

Raeburn's Edinburgh and a long gaze into the city that made an artist