The Panelbase survey predicts that Nicola Sturgeon's party will finish on 61 seats - the same number they have now.

THE LEADER of the Scottish Greens would support measures to scrap air miles schemes which reward people for regular plane travel.

Jonathan Gibson, 24, won by four points in the Grand Final – scoring a perfect 11/11 in his specialist subject

EVEN by the standards of the neck-deep, decades-long squalor of Tory sleaze at Westminster, Boris Johnson was probably sitting relatively pretty until yesterday morning – at least in terms of the English electorate.

NORTH Sea-focused EnQuest aims to breathe fresh life into plans to bring one of the biggest undeveloped finds in the area into production, although it has effectively been in limbo for years.

SCOTLAND’S FARMING future could be in strong, capable hands with the SNP, if it wasn’t for the prospect of a looming independence referendum and a blinkered approach to tree planting, which puts the future of the industry under threat.

A HEALTH researcher who almost died due to undiagnosed high blood pressure has called for increased testing of younger patients by GPs.

WITH its stunning coasts, rural retreats and accessibility it is not hard to see why domestic tourism in Scotland has been boosted while foreign travel restrictions have been in place during the pandemic.

Welcome to our Covid-19 live blog, bringing you all the latest updates from across Scotland.

THE SNP has been accused of fresh confusion over its policy on Europe and independence after Michael Russell contradicted Nicola Sturgeon over an EU referendum.

A LIBERAL Democrat stronghold and thorn in the SNP’s side, Edinburgh Western is a key target in Nicola Sturgeon’s quest for a Holyrood majority.

THE Scottish Greens have unveiled plans to establish at least two new national parks in Scotland over the next five years.

New Research has revealed the health benefits of open water swimming, including improved mental health and wellbeing.

IT'S such an obvious all-round win that the fact we are still lumbering along with outdated, gendered parental leave policies in the UK is jaw-dropping.

A QUARTER of patients in Scotland with the severe bowel disorders, Crohn's or colitis, are waiting more than a year to be diagnosed, according to a major new report.

SHIFT workers are up to three times more likely to be hospitalised with Covid, according to a new study.

IT has now been more than two months since Neil Lennon resigned as manager of Celtic. It is now three months until the second qualifying round for the Champions League kicks off. And yet, Celtic still do not have a manager.

On May 6, Scotland heads to the ballot box to cast votes for the next Scottish Parliament following a campaign unlike any other.

IT’S hard to imagine tourist attractions playing a role too often in transfer negotiations but it worked for Beth Dix.

IF you had recently returned from injury and were in with a chance of making a late bid for Lions selection, as Fraser Brown is said to be, playing in a pitiful performance by your club side would clearly do nothing for your prospects.

THE issue of executive pay cropped up at a shareholder event hosted by Royal Bank of Scotland owner NatWest Group last week – and strangely it was not in the context of excess.

It is the outdoor sport of the moment.

Shore up for a deep dive into Scotland’s unrivalled seafood scene, where delicious local produce is expertly prepared by elite chefs in the country’s finest restaurants. Here, we present a selection of some of the very best to visit …

They help make your polluting car slightly less irksome to the environment, but that isn’t the reason thieves are increasingly targeting catalytic converters

THE Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings saga and a diverse Oscars ceremony were the topics discussed by columnists and contributors in the newspapers.

A COUPLE of months ago Paul Goodman, who edits the website Conservative Home, made an observation about the contrasting styles of Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings that may help in understanding the current spat between the pair. Under Mr Cumming...

TEN days to go until this strange Holyrood election is over. Strange because Covid has meant the level of direct, face to face voter contact – all the street stalls and door knocking – is much lower than usual for a national campaign. A critic...

The personal touch

"We don't need herbs," says Mark Diacono, a man who has just written an entire cookbook about them. He goes on to call them "unnecessary" and adds, quite heartlessly, that "we can perfectly merrily eat for the rest of our lives without herbs and w...

THE fiddler brought his slow lament to a close as the church sat silent and expectant.

An 18-year-old has been detained following an incident at Crawley College which saw staff and students evacuated.

A SENIOR Scottish Conservative MP has challenged the Scottish Permanent Secretary’s manager over whether he is satisfied with her performance during the Salmond saga.

Boris Johnson’s refurbishment of his Downing Street flat will be reviewed by the top civil servant amid suggestions the Conservative Party made an initial payment for the extensive work.

NICOLA Sturgeon has said she would ban “fire-and-rehire” tomorrow if she had the power.

THE access that Lex Greensill had to Downing Street years before he was given Government contracts was a "screaming, glaring conflict of interest", MPs have heard.

ALEX Salmond has called on the SNP to “think big” with pandemic recovery proposals – after drawing up plans for the Borders Railway to be extended into England.

The European Union's executive branch has launched legal action against coronavirus vaccine-maker AstraZeneca for failing to respect the terms of its contract.

AN independent Scotland would start life with a large budget deficit "substantially higher than the rest of the UK" and would face difficult choices to bring this down, a leading economic think tank has said.

THE UK Conservatives seem intent on making a better case for Scottish independence than the SNP.

NICOLA Sturgeon has said she was "profoundly shocked" to learn of alleged remarks made by the Prime Minister about allowing coronavirus deaths to grow.

In the words of the old music hall song (clean version), “It’s the same the whole world over, It’s the poor that get the blame, It’s the rich that get the pleasure, Ain’t it all a bloody shame.” The ditty could have a new lease of life...

The hospitality industry needs more clarity in the guidance issued by the Scottish Government as the sector reopens, it is claimed.

AN SNP MP has accused the Tory Government of being a "sleekit, grubby cabal" that cannot be trusted with taxpayers' money following allegations of cronyism and concerns around funding of the Prime Minister's flat.

Scottish Government statistics have revealed that 142 positive coronavirus tests have been recorded since Sunday

DOUGLAS Ross has said the disputed comments attributed to Boris Johnson about him preferring to see "bodies pile high in their thousands" rather than order a third Covid lockdown are “indefensible”.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been sentenced to another year in prison after being found guilty of propaganda activities against the regime in Iran.

Free Covid testing packages will be available for home delivery in Scotland from Monday - even if they do not have symptoms.

​Having successfully persuaded Boris Johnson to stay well away from Scotland in the run-up to the May 6 Holyrood poll, the leader of the Scottish Conservatives must be holding his head in his hands at the latest Downing Street drama that is prod...

BORIS Johnson has denied making a remark about letting ‘bodies pile high’ rather than have another coronavirus lockdown.

Is Boris considering a snap poll on independence with the date, question(s) and eligibility decided by himself?