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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

Harpist Esther Swift at the former Royal High School on Calton Hill in Edinburgh.

Work on new £69m Edinburgh music centre to begin within months

Aberdeen City Council has said it expects to recover all the funds, meaning taxpayers will not be out of pocket. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

How Scottish council worker stole £1.1 million undetected for 17 years

Visitors to Edinburgh face a 5 per cent levy on overnight accommodation from July 24, 2026

Final tourist tax plans tweaked after consultation

Princes Square in Glasgow

Plans to open 'exciting' cookery school in shopping centre

The Scottish Conservatives raised concerns over pupil absences

More than 180,000 Scots pupils missing a day of school every fortnight

Audrey Cumberford, principal of Edinburgh College, has called for more autonomy for Scotland's regions

How SNP's obsession with centralising power is damaging Scotland Scotsman comment

How a drug consumption room could look

UK’s first drug consumption room to open in Glasgow later this month

The Tories called the figures 'absolutely appalling'

Children as young as eight excluded from school over drugs

A Victorian-era school building is expected to become a new home for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society by the start of 2026.

Inside the £7m project which will explore the history of the Fringe

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

Edinburgh City Chambers, where a new council leader will be chosen this week

Frontrunner to become new Edinburgh council leader revealed

Calls have been made to protect Scotland’s libraries as fresh figures show more than 40 have closed in the last decade.

Exclusive Rural areas take biggest hit in 'deeply concerning' library closures

Peter and Patricia Clarke outside their home in Grange Park, Swindon, which has been flooded 20 times over the past three years.

Our home has flooded 20 times...it's like Niagara Falls when it rains

The Caledonian Club in Belgravia, where the Caledonian Society of London meets six times a year.

Scots society in London votes in favour of female members

The school is a replacement for Inverkeithing High School.

'Schooly-McSchool Face' not acceptable name for new high school

A computer generated image of how the block of flats could look

City centre offices to be replaced by 400-bed student apartments

Rough seas at the Roker lighthouse in Sunderland, after Storm Darragh hit the UK. Picture: PA

Roof ripped off school by 80mph high winds driven by Storm Darragh

Plans for an app to secretly record noisy neighbours shelved

Exclusive Double-digit council tax rises on table after end to rates freeze

Occasional bin strikes provide a visual reminder of just how much work local councils do to keep the country going (Picture: Andrew Milligan)

Why it's time to rip up local authority boundaries and start again Scotsman comment

The £2 billion project is set to be the biggest expansion of Edinburgh in a generation

Edinburgh's £2 billion West Town project gets in principle approval

All-electric bike hire to be launched in Edinburgh by next summer

Glasgow City Chambers. Picture: PA

Exclusive Probe into claim Glasgow councillors were 'misled' on 172 teacher cuts

In 2023 alone, 149 pregnant women were among the homeless in Edinburgh

Exclusive Hundreds of pregnant women among homeless in Edinburgh

By-election victor Louise Spence surrounded by supporters celebrating her win

Edinburgh Lib Dem councillor resigns one week after being elected

The National Insurance rise set out by Chancellor Rachel Reeves (left) has major implications for John Swinney (right) and his government, as well as Scottish councils

The £350m cost hike for Scottish councils

Horrified residents are demanding action after their neighbours turned their home into a makeshift TIP with tonnes of rubbish dumped on the driveway.

Nightmare tenant with rubbish dump in front garden gets EVICTED

Inverclyde Council leader Stephen McCabe is to step down from his role

Labour council leader stepping down after court appearance

Lib Dems win surprise victory in city council by-election

Cala Homes is to deepen its links with an Aberdeenshire community by investing £28million in a new phase of development. Pictured is the neighbouring Cala development at The Grove.

Green light on £28m deal to grow market town with 95 new homes

Taxi fares are rising across Edinburgh. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Edinburgh Airport taxi drop-off charge rises to record level

Finance Secretary Shona Robison (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Unlimited council tax hikes demanded as £265m black hole emerges

Scotland's councils had wildly mixed results when it came to recycling last year.

Scottish Council Recycling Rates: How much your council recycles

The People's Story Museum, on the Royal Mile, is currently closed to the public.

Edinburgh culture chief reveals departure amid museum closure row

First Minister John Swinney. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Swinney vows to 'speak frankly' at Edinburgh summit as SNP request list revealed

The Met Police are investigating the incident, which occurred outside a school in west London

Girl, 14, left with life-changing injuries after London acid attack

Pubic backlash from proposed cuts to council services is undermining efforts to transform local government finance, according to the Accounts Commission

Why 'public push back' to council cuts is making £585m problem worse

Picture: John Devlin

The Scottish council told to take 'urgent action' to save £22m

Glasgow will be celebrating its 850th birthday next year.

Exclusive Scottish book festival hit by funding snub for £1m 850th 'birthday'

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries