Scottish schoolboy, 7, left with gaping head wound after violent attack at park – Edinburgh Live

How much is council tax rising and what’s being cut where you live? – STV News

Edinburgh Royal Infirmary A&E department ‘overloaded’ as NHS Lothian chiefs apologise for patients’ long waits – Edinburgh Evening News

Cutting Edinburgh schools speech therapy ‘will hit the most vulnerable hardest’ – Edinburgh Live

The Scottish Government’s enfeebling of local councils is an attack on democracy – Holyrood Magazine

Unemployment in Scotland ‘four times higher’ than official figures as thousands not looking for work – Daily Record

Scottish councils face cuts even if they hike council tax by 5 per cent, IFS warns – The Scotsman

Westminster might quarrel with Scotland, but the City and Edinburgh get on just fine – City AM

Unions ‘deeply worried’ by proposals for 800 teaching cuts in Glasgow – STV News