Follow along with the latest from Nicola Sturgeon's lockdown update for Scotland.

A man has been airlifted to hospital after he went overboard from a fishing vessel.

Hospital staff treating the “outspoken” Duke of Edinburgh are unlikely to see the consort as an ideal patient, a royal author has said.

The Scottish Government has been told it needs an "elimination" strategy to tackle Covid-19 in 2021.

A PLAN to guarantee all young people in Scotland have the right to benefit from the outdoors is being drawn up as a study showed that around two in five young people in Scotland were concerned about their mental health and wellbeing during lockdow...

THE snow has barely melted and spring not yet arrived, but something is already stirring in the political undergrowth.

A campaign by Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) is urging ministers to set clear, ambitious, annual targets to reduce cetacean deaths.

TURKEY neck. As terms of endearment go, it is hardly Burnsian in its grace and eloquence. Yet that is what Judy Murray’s sons (they are something in tennis, I believe) started calling her a few years ago in “a loving and jokey way”.

THE University of Glasgow has issued an apology after it found that half of all ethnic minority students reported being harassed between two and five times since beginning studies.

HEALTH officials should ask about people’s housing situation to stop them suffering from homelessness, independent experts have urged.

A VOTE on whether MSPs will approve new laws regulating Airbnb-style short-term lets has been delayed amid accusations that the capital city will be "abandoned" by politicians if the plans are not given the green light.

By Scott Wright

Scotland's lost learning catch-up plans are dedicating the lowest share of its funding on disadvantaged pupils of all the UK nations, a new analysis has revealed.

Scotland's higher education institutions have suffered a 40 per cent plunge in EU applicants.

WITH the "first hard evidence" that Scotland's Covid vaccinations are beginning to translate into a reduction deaths, the positive data emerging from Israel is increasingly seen as a forecast what lies ahead.

AS I returned from receiving my jag with an extra spring in my step I entered a date, 12 weeks hence for my second jab, to notice that it was one week after the Scottish election date.

A GLASGOW man who is still trying to secure a Covid vaccine for his 84-year-old mother says too many housebound patients are "falling through the cracks".

A NEW pill could “kill” coronavirus if taken within four days of a positive test, scientists hope.

LEGAL action is being taken against Clyde nuclear base owners over a 'ban' on political activity.

SKY has suffered its seventh advert ban in four years - in the midst of a war with competitors over 'misleading' TV and broadband service offers presented to the public.

Weekly data from Public Health Scotland has revealed how many people have been vaccinated by JCVI group, age, sex and location - check your local numbers now.

SCOTTISH developer Glencairn Properties, which has been developing the former State Cinema in Leith in a project it says “celebrates” original art deco details, has declared it is on the “cusp of exponential growth”.

After years of success in creating pioneering green energy projects across Europe, renewables giant ERG is now committed to helping the Scottish Government achieve its ambitious goals on carbon emissions, says Anthony Harrington

WHILE one oil giant had difficulty convincing campaigners it was serious about climate change last week, some appeared concerned that another major might be showing too much enthusiasm for the renewables business.

Nicola Sturgeon announced the new rules in an attempt to further suppress the spread of coronavirus in Scotland.

THE Renewables Infrastructure Group has said it is in the market for more windfarm acquisitions in Scotland as it underlined the value of the subsidies that are available to sector players.

A SCOTTISH start-up, which connects brands and businesses to creative and technology teams, has hailed £2 million in revenue in its first year of trading despite the coronavirus pandemic.

A prominent Scottish oil services business has warned the requirement for people returning from overseas to spend 10 days in quarantine hotels could harm workers and the finances of many firms amid the downturn triggered by the coronavirus crisis....

A new automated appointment booking service for Covid-19 vaccinations is being rolled out for members of staff in the healthcare sector in the Lothians.

COMMSWORLD, the independent network provider, has reported a raft of contracts that has led to one of the best quarters in its 27-year history.

ALLOWING travellers to still enter the UK, quarantine hotels and the need for a progressive alliance were the issues raised by columnists and contributors in the newspapers.

IN the pre-coronavirus world, they were features of office kitchens and leisure centres that we gave scant thought to. Now, as retailers endeavour to find ways around lockdowns, vending machines are on the rise around the world, selling everything...

I’VE never used this column before to ask readers for help – but that’s what I’m doing today as I really do need your help. Sometimes the kindness of strangers – the wisdom of strangers – is all another human being has got to fall back...

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KEIR Starmer will today insist Britain faces a choice between a Labour future based on security and opportunity or the Conservatives’ failed ideology that represents a “roadmap to yesterday”.

ALMOST two million people have not worked for at least six months of the pandemic, and a further 2.6 million expect to lose their jobs within three months.

Professor Mark Woolhouse said that there had never been a surge in cases following the reopening of schools across western Europe.

LORD Frost, who was the UK’s chief Brexit negotiator during the trade talks with Brussels, has been made a full member of Boris Johnson’s Cabinet, Downing St has announced.

You always knew when serious Yessers wanted to say sorry about cybernats.

THE Holyrood inquiry into the Alex Salmond saga has invited the former first minister to give evidence next week.

John Swinney is under pressure to reform two of Scotland's key education agencies after opposition MSPs teamed up to vote in favour of sweeping change.

THE SNP has come under fire for “savage” and “premature” cuts to funding to help farmers tackle the climate emergency.

DEVOLUTION has not been a disaster, Boris Johnson has insisted, as he said the way public services had pulled together through the pandemic had shown the “strength of the Union”.

NICOLA Sturgeon has been accused of showing "no leadership" in preparing Scotland for the pandemic and asked whether failings were down to “negligence or incompetence”.

The Duke of Edinburgh was admitted to the King Edward VII Hospital in London on Tuesday evening as a precautionary measure.

The latest hospital-acquired infection statistics from Public Health Scotland reveal 999 patients are likely to have caught the virus on a ward.

ALEX Salmond has cleared his diary to give evidence to a Holyrood inquiry on Wednesday next week, his lawyers have said.

A Scottish city has become the first place in the UK to become home to a resident population of ‘urban’ beavers.

FORMER University of Glasgow rector Aamer Anwar has condemned "the failures of senior management" to deal with racism and discrimination on campus - after the historic educational establishment issued an apology.

The Wheatley Group said that its staff had intervened in more than 20,000 cases to help people claim financial assistance they were due.