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the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service’s dedicated Covid-19 Death Investigation Team (CDIT) is probing the circumstances of coronavirus-related deaths in 474 care homes across the country.

A yellow weather warning for ice is in place along a large part of western coasts until 10am on Friday.

Around 1.2 GB of data, amounting to at least 4,000 files, was stolen in the ransomware attack on Christmas Eve.

FALLING ice hit a roads maintenance vehicle as newly installed sensors failed to stop danger to motorists on Scotland's showpiece road bridge for the second time in seven weeks, it has emerged.

THE cat, as shadow business secretary Ed Miliband put it, is now out of the bag on the Conservatives’ plans to look at scrapping some workers’ rights protections embedded when the UK was a member of the European Union.

TERMINALLY ill Scots are missing out on vital benefits as they have been told to wait until after the Covid pandemic to be assessed on whether they are unfit for work.

ROBERT Stuart (Letters, January 20) makes the comparison of deaths from Covid in Scotland versus those in some European countries with similar-sized populations, from which he infers that this reflects badly upon Scotland's ability to cope well if it...

A group of MPs, led by the Liberal Democrat Jamie Stone, have written to the Payments Systems Regulator (PSR) about their concerns over access to free cash points.

A CARE home criticised by inspectors over its lack of Covid training for staff is to close, leaving dozens of elderly residents in limbo.

WHEN Lisa Lawson returned to Glasgow from her travels she thought she’d never drink another cup of coffee again.

The doctor said the decision to delay the second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine coupled with insubstantial testing and PPE meant that a lot of NHS staff had “lost confidence” in public health strategy around the virus.

BERNIE Sanders became an unexpected style icon at US President Joe Biden's inauguration. Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez may have performed in eye-catching outfits, there was a rainbow of colourful coats on parade – purple for vice-president Kamala...

“WE did not abuse any...” and here he pauses as disgust at the next word chokes him, “Privilege.”

By Kristy Dorsey

SCOTLAND'S most senior prosecutor has been accused of an "abuse of process" in a £14m wrongful arrest damages claim by a key figure in Craig Whyte's takeover of Rangers.

ONLY one in five drivers received any premium refund from their car insurer as a result of the coronavirus restrictions despite half of motorists drastically reducing their mileage, a new study has found.

THE BBC has spent more than £1m on legal fees to fight equal pay issues with women and BAME staff.

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By Scott Wright

HE may not be quite as old as his cartoon namesake but at the grand old age of 26, Snoopy could well be Scotland's oldest cat.

NORTH Sea-focused Serica Energy has avoided a potential geopolitical complication amid efforts to boost output from a bumper gas field that is part-owned by Iran as it underlined its appetite for acquisitions.

Researchers, clinicians and potential entrepreneurs are among those being invited to apply for a life science accelerator programme.

PATIENCE and restraint, the importance of research and coping with technophobia in the pandemic were the issues debated by columnists and contributors in the newspapers.

HE cuts an elderly figure, Joe Biden, but that assumed weakness has turned out, surprisingly, to be one of his key strengths. His inaugural address underlined why it is that he beat Donald Trump.

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Voters in May’s Holyrood election need to know if Scotland can hold a second independence referendum without the consent of the UK Government, a court has heard.

JUST three weeks after Brexit, they are missing us already in Brussels.

Two fifths of business owners say they’re worried about their mental health, a survey of 1200 Scottish entrepreneurs has found.

A North Sea platform has halted production after suffering an outbreak of coronavirus among its crew members.

AN SNP MP has blasted the inaction of UK Government ministers to tackle the "historic injustice" of the Equitable Life scandal.

THOUSANDS of self-catering and B&B providers feel they have been excluded from Scottish Government funding after the sector was taken off a list of top-up hospitality support.

QUARANTINE hotels are “under active consideration” by ministers as they plan for how Scotland can safely exit from lockdown without importing a third wave of the virus.

SCOTLAND’S Tourism Secretary has indicated domestic holidays could be on the cards later this year – but has warned businesses reliant on international trade may need further support even once restrictions are lifted.

A NEW row has erupted after ice has shut Scotland's showpiece road bridge for the second time in 17 days.

THE SCOTTISH Government is yet to spend a quarter of the funds allocated for the Brexit transition, it has emerged.

The Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow, Philip Tartaglia, has been remembered as a man of “great human warmth” at his funeral service.

THE SNP has been accused of a "humiliating climbdown" over freeports.

Cases of Covid-19 have dropped within Dumfries and Galloway – but not far enough and not quickly enough, according to health officials.

Glastonbury Festival will not take place for a second year in a row because of the coronavirus pandemic, organisers Michael and Emily Eavis have announced.

WITH Joe Biden now in the White House, the United Kingdom has the opportunity to re-set our relationship with the United States. It is a chance for both nations to work together to reverse some of the economic damage done by Trump and his administ...

WHAT will Scotland look like 100 years from now? Imagine your great-great-grandchildren visiting the Highlands and what they might see. Imagine a landscape completely different to the way it is now. Imagine more woodland and less moorland. And imagin...

The former first minister also revealed his legal team will ask the Lord Advocate whether the Government was in contempt of court.

WHEN it comes to football, the Shiels family is very much a case of like father, like son. That bond and shared philosophy on the game is now shaping a new generation in Northern Ireland.

NHS Highland has introduced stricter guidelines in hospitals and care settings amid rising cases of Covid-19 and a more transmissable variant in the region.

Scotland's most expensive bridge has been closed to traffic after cold and wintery weather brought by Storm Christoph gripped the country.

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It’s a doorway to darkness, an opening cut into the side of a hill. It leads to a long, low tunnel. I have to crouch down to avoid hitting my head. All we can hear is the crunch of our feet on the ground. All we can see are the spots of light from ...