The Scottish government is providing an extra £113m this year as part of measures to tackle child poverty.

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine estimates there has been 240 avoidable deaths this year.

Disputes over the cost-of-living crisis and P&O's illegal sacking of staff make the front pages.

Plans to control flights at Benbecula from the mainland are put on hold for at least five years.

The FM says ministers acted with the aim of saving jobs and delivering lifeline ferries.

Grant Shapps calls for Peter Hebblethwaite's resignation after the no-notice sacking of 800 staff.

The 29-year-old man died at the scene of the crash in a layby on the A78 near Troon.

Scotland are denied a deserved seventh consecutive win after a controversial 94th-minute penalty earns Poland a friendly draw at Hampden.

Krishna Singh denies more than 60 sexually-related charges against patients, mainly in North Lanarkshire.

The children, who were evacuated from Dnipro, can stay in Scotland until it is safe to return home.

Not all measures announced by the chancellor on Wednesday apply to Scotland directly.

Police and mountaineering groups say a cause is potentially dangerous hard icy snow in Scotland's mountains.

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

Most of the remaining legal Covid restrictions have come to an end, but rules on face coverings remain in place.

What lies behind the surge in cases that has delayed the lifting of the final restrictions?

As well as stopping some infections, jabs "cut the risk" of long Covid in those who still catch the virus.

A new cough, fever and change in smell or taste are the key symptoms of coronavirus.

Transplant patient Stuart Middleton has both his kidneys - along with two he received from donors.

Doctors on the front line look back on the pandemic two years since Scotland went into lockdown.

A £97m order for two ferries that ended up sinking the revival of the Clyde's last commercial shipyard.

Sam Carlin, 15, found his passion for drag while on a family holiday in Lanzarote five years ago.

Sunday is Scotland's Census Day, when every single person in the country must be accounted for.

Chloe Campbell was 15 when she got a job in a Moray cafe - four years later she is the new boss.

Alex-Cole Hamilton says the Scottish and UK governments need to do more to support people with the rising cost of living.

The SNP’s Westminster leader urged Rishi Sunak to take action at this week’s Spring Statement.

The march is being held alongside others in London and Cardiff to mark UN Anti-Racism Day.

The prime minister says he told Volodymyr Zelensky he will do more to help in the war with Russia.

People living in the town of Aberfeldy in Scotland are opening their homes to Ukrainian refugees.

Britain's Andy Murray beats Argentine Federico Delbonis at the Miami Open to set up a meeting with top seed Daniil Medvedev.

AC Milan step up their interest in Bologna's Aaron Hickey as Leeds United continue interest in Rangers' Ryan Kent.

Scotland will have to beat Wales in Cardiff to qualify for a first World Cup finals in 24 years - should Steve Clarke's side overcome Ukraine in their delayed play-off semi final.

Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter says disciplined Scotland captain Stuart Hogg fell foul of "a little bit of ambiguity" and not national team rules.

Scotland flanker Rachel McLachlan took just 12 months to go from complete beginner to becoming a sure-fire starter for her country.