Former council leader Cammy Day has been welcomed back to an Edinburgh Council meeting as he appeared in person for the first time since his resignation in December 2024.

The Labour councillor stepped back after reported claims he sent sexually charged messages to Ukrainian refugees staying in the Capital.

He was suspended from the party soon after, but was readmitted in June after a police investigation found no evidence of criminality, and a party investigation had cleared him.

Cllr Day now sits as a Labour councillor, having represented Forth ward as an independent since his resignation.

At Thursday’s full council meeting, Cllr Day was sat in the centre of the Labour benches, a row behind council leader Jane Meagher and next to transport convener Stephen Jenkinson.

And the council.

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