North Ayrshire: Concerns raised on sex education teaching – Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald

Now Edinburgh could get heroin ‘shooting galleries’ costing taxpayers £2m a year – Daily Express

Edinburgh Castle’s Redcoat cafe name reviewed over ‘offence to Scots’ – BBC News

‘Lifeline’ charity supporting female offenders closes after two decades – STV News

Edinburgh police officers ‘left to fend for themselves’ in face of rising violent crime – Edinburgh Evening News

MSP calls for action after 40,000 ferry cancellations since 2018 – Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald

NHS Lothian: concerns of longer waiting times and reduced staff over £133m budget gap – Edinburgh Evening News

Potholes Scotland: New research finds two Scottish cities have the worst pothole problem in Britain – The Scotsman