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Brexit measures will be worth the weight
On 19 March 2018, Britain and the European Union agreed to a transition period to avoid a “cliff edge” Brexit next year.
Buried deep in...
Pro EU rally in Edinburgh today
A pro EU rally marking one year since Article 50 was triggered by the UK Government was held at Holyrood today. It was organised...
Letter from Scotland
Winter is upon us. Storm Caroline has swept across the north of the Scotland with winds of over 90mph, followed by snow and blizzard...
Davidson and Sturgeon speak out over Brexit talks
MSP for Edinburgh Central and Leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Ruth Davidson MSP has spoken out against the proposed deal on Brexit which hinged...
Russell tells businesses: ‘We need to talk’
Local businessmen and women have been urged to make their particular concerns about Brexit known to the Scottish Government.
Mike Russell, the Minister for UK...
Minister to attend Brexit talk-in
So, what does Brexit mean to you and your business?
Find out at a business breakfast hosted by Midlothian and East Lothian Chamber of Commerce...
Brexit update after London meeting
Following the Joint Ministerial Committee meeting in London earlier today, Mike Russell, Minister for UK Negotiations on Scotland's Place in Europe, urged the UK...
Letter from Scotland
I see them every morning “creeping like a snail unwillingly to school”. They’re back. The new term began this week for Scotland’s 700,000 school...
Scottish Government has its say on Brexit issues and EU citizens
The proposals from the UK Government on safeguarding the position of EU citizens living in Scotland, and Scots living in EU countries, leave many...
Letter from Scotland
The grim reaper of Brexit is haunting us here in Scotland. As negotiations began in Brussels this week, and Britain made her first concessions,...
Letter from Scotland
She’s been sent home to think again…..Theresa May about Brexit, Nicola Sturgeon about a second independence referendum. And, in a way, we’ve all been...
Letter from Scotland
My part in this “historic” week was pretty minor. But I did stand for a few moments with the pro-EU marchers as they set...
Letter from Scotland
Nicola Sturgeon has fired the starting gun on a second Scottish independence referendum. It’s a huge gamble on her part but she will be...
Tommy Sheppard holding public meeting on Saturday
Edinburgh East MP Tommy Sheppard is hosting a public meeting with panellists Professor Nicola McEwan and journalist Simon Pia to explore what happens next...
Letter from Scotland
There was a time when all government was local government. Your town council organised most of public life, schools, colleges, hospitals, social and welfare...
Letter from Scotland
While the rest of the world was worrying about Mr Trump’s wall or what the Appeal Court judges would say about Brexit, I was...
Letter from Scotland
We are indeed being chased by demons. Alexander Goudie’s wonderful series of 54 paintings inspired by Burns’ “Tam O’ Shanter” have gone on rare...
Letter from Scotland
In another example of how fragile modern Scotland has become, The Forth Bridge had to be closed on Wednesday morning when a lorry was blown...
Letter from Scotland
So many things have fallen apart this year. …Syria, the Islamic State, the UN, the USA, the EU, the economy, the climate, the earthquake...
Letter from Scotland
Nicola Sturgeon’s visit to Dublin this week was one of those symbolic pilgrimages politicians need to make from time to time to make a...
Letter from Scotland
Trust us Celts to have invented Halloween. It’s said to have grown out of the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, the end of summer,...
Letter from Scotland
Will Nicola Sturgeon turn the tide on Brexit ? She’s certainly trying hard. She’s using this weekend’s SNP conference in Glasgow to call for...
Letter from Scotland
It’s so good to hear from my wildlife friends that they’ve seen 30 or 40 dolphins in the Firth of Forth in recent days. ...
Letter from Scotland
It’s the last weekend of the cultural invasion we call the Edinburgh Festival. The 3,500 shows are taking their last bow and the final...
Letter from Scotland
On just about the hottest, driest, sunniest day of the summer, Scotland’s 680,000 pupils made their way back to school this week. The long...
Growth for Edinburgh’s rental market despite Brexit uncertainty
One of Edinburgh's largest letting agents, Braemore, has reported a surge in interest from landlords in the weeks following the Brexit vote, suggesting the...
Letter from Scotland
I’ve just come home from a cycling holiday in the North East where we came across Thomas Telford’s remarkable little bridge over the River...
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