Travel restrictions are also eased, allowing people to travel between Scotland and other parts of the UK.

The easing of Covid restrictions after a four month-long winter lockdown make the front pages.

What messages are Scotland's parties pushing in their digital ad campaigns for the Holyrood election?

A 59-year-old man was taken to hospital following the accident in the Borders on Sunday afternoon.

The SNP leader wants trade to flow freely between Scotland and England if an independent Scotland re-joins the EU.

Leader of the Scottish Conservatives Douglas Ross is asked about accusations of "sleaze" against the PM.

The lateral flow test kits can be picked up from testing centres or ordered online from Monday.

Craig Shaw, 45, was found dead at a property in the Drumchapel area of Glasgow on Thursday.

The arrests took place in Glasgow's Kelvingrove park, where many gates have been locked to prevent Covid breaches.

The woman was pulled from the water off Helensburgh pier on Friday, but died at the scene.

In the second of two Scottish election pieces, we look at the parties opposing another vote on independence.

The Scottish Labour Party's election manifesto has been launched. What are its most eye-catching promises?

How well are schools bouncing back from Covid and how are pupils catching up with lost education?

Compare where the parties stand on key issues - from Covid-19 and the NHS to education and the environment.

In the first of two Scottish election pieces we explore the differences in the pro-independence movement. 

We speak to five voters who have yet to make up their minds in the Scottish election.

The party has launched its election manifesto. What are its most eye-catching promises?

Everything you need to know ahead of the Scottish Parliament election on 6 May.

A rundown of the party's main policies ahead of next month's Scottish Parliament elections.

Everything you need to know about the Scottish Conservatives ahead of the Holyrood election.

Where are the constituencies that could tell us the story of the 2021 Scottish Parliament election?

Find out who is standing in your area in the Scottish Parliament election on 6 May.

The BBC’s Connor Gillies talks through how your vote counts in the Holyrood election on 6 May.

The Scottish Lib Dems' election manifesto has been launched. What are its most eye-catching promises?

A rundown of the party's main policies ahead of next month's Scottish Parliament elections.

Everything you need to know about the Scottish Liberal Democrats ahead of their election manifesto launch.

BBC Scotland correspondents analyse the pledges in the election manifesto of the SNP.

A rundown of the party's main policies ahead of next month's Scottish Parliament elections.

BBC Scotland correspondents analyse the pledges in the election manifesto of the Scottish Green Party.

Prof Sir John Curtice looks at what the polls tell us about the Holyrood election race so far.

A rundown of the party's main policies ahead of next month's Scottish Parliament elections.

Holyrood election campaigning is to resume but will the suspension have any impact on the election?

A new crop of MSPs will be elected on 6 May - but how well will they reflect the population voting for them?

The teenage romantic comedy set in a Scottish new town has been an enduring success for 40 years.

The print was discovered on the fragment of a clay vessel made by a Neolithic potter.

Ahmad Alkhaled from Syria is among refugees preparing to "feel democracy" now that they can vote in the Scottish election.

In September 1975, the Bay City Rollers were the biggest pop band in the UK and about to turn the world tartan.

The 680-tonne turbine, which can supply power for 2,000 homes, will be towed from Dundee to Orkney.

The aircraft is to make round trips between Kirkwall and Wick, before being used in test flights in England.

More than 1,500 people worked on the Galloway project at the peak of its construction in the 1930s.

We take a look at one of the big issues of this election – and one of the biggest facing the world.

The 680-tonne turbine, which can supply power for 2,000 homes, will be towed from Dundee to Orkney.

Scottish Labour says Holyrood needs to "obsess" about the recovery for jobs, the NHS, education, communities and the climate.

A project to create electricity from gravity has generated its first power at a demonstrator site.

The Scottish Conservatives have set out plans to 'rebuild Scotland after the worst year'.

A daily update on the number and location of coronavirus cases in Scotland.

Some vulnerable groups have a lower figure for vaccine take-up than older age groups.

As further lockdown restrictions are set to be relaxed in Scotland, what rules are changing and when?

With the country opening up a little more on Friday, here are five things about the state of the pandemic.

In the year since the first Covid lockdown, what have been the key moments in Scotland's pandemic?

The lifting of more restrictions depends on continued progress in tackling the outbreak.

Two separate studies suggest women under 50 have worse long-term outcomes after being in hospital with Covid.

The Scottish and UK governments have published their timetables for easing of lockdown restrictions.

With the countdown to lockdown easing under way we have the answers to some of our readers' questions.

From 26 April, it is expected all parts of Scotland currently in level 4 will move down to a "modified" level 3.

Goalkeeper Zander Clark says he is claiming the late equaliser that led to St Johnstone's penalty shootout win over Rangers in the Scottish Cup.

Rangers are getting stung "too many times" in cup competitions says Steven Gerrard as his side lose on penalties to St Johnstone in the Scottish Cup quarter-final.

Rangers' cup record 'not good enough' says frustrated manager, Hibs goalkeeper eyes cup double...

The top six and League Cup final slipped from their grasp, but St Mirren have had plenty of positives amid the pain.

Kyle Lafferty has scored 10 times in his last six games, firing Kilmarnock towards Scottish Premiership safety and a place in the last eight of the Scottish Cup.