Teachers at an Edinburgh special school have been sent home with no pay after refusing to look after pupils who they claim have subjected them to a litany of assault and abuse.

CONSERVATIVE councillors were unhappy after the Edinburgh 2050 campaign’s word cloud, generated from people’s hopes for the Capital, revealed “Tory-free” as part of their vision for the future.

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The “impasse” between the Scottish and UK governments on the operation of devolved powers must be addressed as a “matter of urgency”, a Holyrood committee has demanded.

Hearts manager Craig Levein is hoping midfielder Peter Haring will be fit to face Hibs in the Edinburgh derby on Wednesday.

It was over two years ago but still Craig Wighton has people wanting to talk to him about that goal, the one he scored for his former club Dundee in May 2016, that late side-footed effort that not only secured the Dens Park side victory in the Tayside derby but also helped relegate rivals United.

Hearts and Hibs go head to head in the first Edinburgh derby of the season on Wednesday night. Patrick McPartlin looks at five talking points ahead of the crunch match