Follow along live with the latest coronavirus lockdown news in Scotland.

Richard Lucas has been told he can stay on the register of teachers following a four-day hearing.

CALLS are mounting for radical reform of Scotland’s business rates system to ignite the recovery of Scotland’s stricken high streets, as fears grow that outlets currently closed because of coronavirus will not be able to afford bills when curr...

Committee member Murdo Fraser said it was time to "get to the truth of this whole affair"

CENTRAL government ‘diktat’ is not the way to tackle rising obesity-related death rates, the health secretary has said, after a report warned they now exceed those linked to smoking.

COUNCIL bosses in Edinburgh hope to have completed a new north-south tram line by 2030 and could introduce road tolls as part of a new blueprint to overhaul how people move around the city.

SCOTLAND: prepare to be love-bombed.

We had Theresa May’s “Brexit means Brexit”. And then the aggressive “Get Brexit Done” rallying call from Boris Johnson and former adviser Dominic Cummings.

A NEW video platform for fans is set for rapid expansion as it bids to transform the sports broadcasting landscape, and is aiming to take on 500 staff in its first five years.

FILES held by former Rangers chairmen Dave King and Paul Murray are to be included in a search for documents to be disclosed in a multi-million pound damages claim over an alleged merchandise deal breach over the club's agreements with Mike Ashley...

ANOTHER week, another Zoom video conferencing call goes viral. Hot on the heels of Jackie Weaver and the rambunctious antics of the Handforth Parish Council comes Texas lawyer Rod Ponton, who became an internet sensation after being unable to remo...

WHEN the anthropologist Margaret Mead published her early essay on the first reality television show, An American Family, she described the genre as "a new kind of art form".

THE family of a housebound grandmother say they are "getting nowhere" trying to find out when she will get her Covid vaccination.

ROYAL Dutch Shell chief executive Ben van Beurden has hammered home his view that the oil and gas giant has lots of ‘running room’ in the North Sea, with its activity likely to focus on the West of Shetland area.

The effects of the coronavirus pandemic have been far-reaching and among its collateral damage is the arts industry, which has been all but decimated and the creatives within it left out in the cold.

AN AMERICAN friend of my family’s, an academic, was once asked by my parents about the many US flags on display on his street in a small provincial town. They varied dramatically in size: was that significant in some way? “Yes,” he answered,...

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MANY hard-working, increasingly worn-out parents cautiously rejoiced this week with the news that their children could well be heading back into the classroom on 22 February. As part of mooted plans for a phased reopening of Scottish schools announce...

AN emergency session of the Holyrood inquiry into the Alex Salmond affair will meet tomorrow to discuss a legal ruling that could pave the way for his appearance before the committee next week. 

A VACCINE supply “dip” in the next two weeks means working age Scots who have underlying health conditions will not receive their first dose of the jag as “quickly as originally intended”.

Scots have been warned not to book a holiday abroad this summer.

Scotland's top pollster has said recent polls could show growth in support for Scottish independence 'going in reverse'.

BBC Question Time returns tomorrow with a return to the virtual audience format from the north east of Scotland.

Joanna Cherry has told ministers it is not transphobic to advocate for women’s “sex-based rights”.

The strength of the Union has "never been clearer" after Armed Forces personnel deploy to locations across Scotland as part of the UK's "united response", Matt Hancock has said.

Tourism Secretary Fergus Ewing has announced an additional cash injection of £25 million for Scotland's tourism industry.

Scottish Labour “will never be solid opposition” to the SNP at Holyrood because of its stance on independence, a North East MP has said.

The latest monthly poll of Scottish vote intentions from ComRes has a mixed message for nationalists, writes John Curtice.

OFFICIALS have been forced to reassure care home staff over taking the vaccine after they were “particularly targeted” by anti-vaxxers – amid warnings that some eastern Europeans in Scotland are being informed by sceptical news from their ho...

The US private equity firm targeting a potential takeover of pub group Marston's said it has now walked away from a deal.

WHEN Scotland’s rugby players frolicked across the Twickenham turf with the Calcutta Cup last Saturday after beating England, you would be forgiven for thinking the whole nation was behind them.

A motorist has been charged with dangerous driving after their snow-covered car was spotted driving down the street with nearly zero visibility.

THE SCOTTISH Government is “not opposed” to vaccine passports being used to allow people to restart overseas travel – amid a warning more needs to be known about whether those who have received their jag can still pass on the virus.

Scottish Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has said the programme will “need to scale back a bit”.

More than 23 per cent of the population - including many of the most vulnerable - have now received a jab, Nicola Sturgeon said.

NICOLA Sturgeon says Scotland is "firmly on track" to finish vaccinating all over-70s by the end of the weekend.

Speaking today at the Scottish Government's daily coronavirus briefing, Nicola Sturgeon addressed four key points, including the latest update on Covid figures, the vaccination programme and improvements to the Protect Scotland app.

Fire crews are still tackling two wild fires in the Western Isles after the blazes broke out yesterday, despite snow and freezing temperatures.

THE new Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) should allocate capital to fund the regeneration of towns and city centres left reeling by the fallout from the pandemic, it has been declared.

POLICE Scotland has paid up to £150,000 in compensation to two accountants over the Rangers prosecution debacle.

CRERAR Hotel Group is investing more than £500,000 in a Highland hotel, as it aims to capitalise on a boost to tourism once travel restrictions are lifted.

I WAS reading an old issue of Doctor Who Magazine from April 1982 the other day when I came across a letter from a Mr Robert Drysdale from Edinburgh. A few questions occurred to me as I read the letter. First, are you still out there Robert? Secon...

Plans for a new community golf complex at one of five municipal courses under threat of closure in Glasgow have been put forward by game governing body The R&A.

Fashion chain Ted Baker has revealed a hit of up to £5 million from Brexit as tumbling festive sales also laid bare the toll taken by the pandemic.

ONE wag has compared the Holyrood committee investigating the Salmond imbroglio to Handforth parish council, whose warring ways went viral recently. Careful: Handforth might sue.

A new poll has found that backing for a breakaway Scotland is below 50 per cent when don’t knows are included

Here's how support for Scottish independence has changed since 2016.

New research has found that since 2014, obesity and excess body fat contributed to deaths at a higher rate.

MEMBERS of the Holyrood inquiry into the Alex Salmond affair have called for an emergency meeting following a legal ruling that could pave the way for his appearance before the committee.