Employment
Mapped: ten thousand UK gender pay gap reports
We mapped more than ten thousand UK gender pay gap reports, so you can see whether the firms near you are paying men and women fairly.
Edinburgh
Housing and homelessness
Scottish Government housing scheme criticised for ‘reviving right to buy’
1491 affordable homes built in Scotland since 2012 are to be sold off within a decade of construction, prompting claims that the Scottish Government has 'revived the right-to-buy.'
Environment
Revealed: the ten most polluted streets in Scotland
Toxic exhaust fumes are polluting ten city streets across Scotland in breach of legal safety limits that should have been met eight years ago.
Housing and homelessness
Concern as Airbnb properties “snowball” across Scotland
There is growing alarm that a rapid increase in Airbnb rented properties is harming residential communities across Scotland.
Housing and homelessness
Charities raise concerns as rough sleepers face deportation
The Home Office is stepping up efforts to arrest and deport rough sleepers from Edinburgh.
Education, Finance
Parents kept in dark over private finance school defects
Five schools in Angus and three schools in Dundee had defects that were similar to those found in Edinburgh private finance schools after a wall collapsed.
Education, Politics
Five-star hospitality for education advisers will ‘stun taxpayers’
Members of a Government advisory group have enjoyed five-star luxury at an exclusive Edinburgh hotel.
Finance, Politics
Council accused of ‘squandering’ public assets after pool sale
Officials have been criticised over 'hollow' pledges to keep former pool site as a leisure facility for Leith.
Crime and justice
Number of police on streets down almost 50 per cent since 2011
In some parts of Scotland traditional "beat bobbies" are non-existent and the situation for local policing is “critical,” according to the Scottish Police Federation.