Now I am off the board I can assure you Philip Riddle and VisitScotland will not have an easy ride.

It may appear a low-level crime, but it's the kind of crime that seriously affects the lives of people in Edinburgh.

They have jumped the gun. I'm sure on reflection they will regret they have done it.

Edinburgh has had a huge increase in out-of-town shopping in recent years and we have to decide whether we have reached the point where it's unsustainable.

We simply don't want residents and tourists to see the Royal Mile in this kind of shape,

crisis between America and its allies.