In our series looking at Joe Biden's first month in charge, we look at some of the moves made by the administration as February began.

As of 8.30am on February 19, 1,386,152 people had received their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, according to the Scottish Government.

Road, rail and ferry services could be hit by cancellations and delays

A campaign group has gone to court to get a ruling on whether it would be legal for Holyrood to hold an independence referendum without the consent of Westminster.

JUST when Union Central thought things couldn’t get any worse.

TEN weeks after the UK became the first country in the world to administer a Covid vaccine outside of clinical trials, we are finally seeing signals of its real world effects.

THE daily average for new coronavirus infections in Scotland has risen for the first time since early January, just days before the routemap out of lockdown is due to be unveiled.

The latest Scottish weekly coronavirus figures have been released, highlighting hotspots of Covid-19 per 100,000 of the population and the risk in each neighbourhood.

A Scottish town has been identified as Britain's top property hotspot - with its access to nature and its green spaces responsible for rising prices.

THE other night I was listening to the World Service (radio, telly; it’s like GCHQ here some days), when an old chestnut of a debate came on: why are people, particularly women, so drawn to tales of violent crime? There was no definitive answer,...

The trading landscape that is emerging in the wake of the Brexit transition period is more than just a bureaucratic nightmare and it certainly is not temporary.

THE GREEN party is challenging the NHS to provide better healthcare for transgender Scots after failing in its commitment to improve waiting times.

A PLACE to remember and allow people to reflect on the devastating consequences of the past 11 months was one of the hopes of The Herald memorial garden campaign.

OUR leaders at Westminster and the Scottish Government would appear to be under the impression that we are all sitting happily at home awaiting their next pronouncement regarding the easing of the seemingly never-ending lockdown restrictions.

She has helped thousands of people forced to flee for their lives from some of the most dangerous places on earth.

NHS dentistry in Scotland is facing a looming crisis after it was announced graduations would be postponed and no new students taken on this year, leaving a potential shortage of trained staff.

LIVING in the public eye means always being asked to say you’re sorry. At least that seemed to be the subtext of last Saturday’s Meeting Myself Coming Back (Radio 4), in which John Wilson questioned former New Labour spin doctor Alastair Campb...

Emily Liptow, Pucci, Spring/Summer 2018 Collection

By Scott Wright

PRESSURE is growing on ministers to exempt oil and gas workers from controversial quarantine hotel requirements amid fears that these could cost hundreds of jobs in the industry.

Students will soon benefit from a reduction in their monthly loan repayments after the Scottish Government introduced a new plan type.

In a small caravan rocked by westerly winds, with occasional frozen pipes and no internet, law student Caitlin McNeill settled down to write her law dissertation.

CAMERA mugging, window waving and educational reform were the aspects of coronavirus raised by columnists and contributors in the newspapers.

BONNE Maman is a French brand of jam familiar on shelves worldwide due to its gingham-patterned lid and homely label. Now a surprising claim regarding the preserve and a link to the Nazi resistance has gone viral online.

Hen of the Woods, Glasgow

THERE’S a large stuffed-toy tiger peering up from behind Lesley Riddoch as she chats over a Zoom video call from her home in coastal Fife. It is, she explains, a gift for one of her stepdaughters, but also a jokey and cuddly representation of so...

AT a moment in history when our poorest people need their delegates to be strong they find themselves represented by fakes on either side of the Border. Sir Keir Starmer’s latest attempt to portray himself as their champion saw him emerge as the us...

AND so, I left the Valence d’Agen rehab – my safe place. I wanted to cling on to the bed and simply refuse to go but my time was up and I knew it.

Life on Mars

IN A surprising volte face, controversial plans to open Britain’s first deep coal mine in three decades are to be reconsidered by Cumbria County Council. The plans had originally been approved by the council in October and the UK Government’s ...

In the second of our Space Series reports Calum Turner of AstroAgency looks at the Scottish space sector landscape, highlighting some of the key industry players and how their work is becoming integral to our everyday lives

The rover – a scientific laboratory the size of a car – is on a mission to search for signs of ancient life.

G7 leaders have pledged to intensify co-operation, boost funding and provide “affordable and equitable access to vaccines” for poorer countries in their bid to beat the scourge of coronavirus.

CHARITY begins at home but it doesn’t end there.

THE HEAD of the Westminster union unit has resigned just weeks after taking the job.

A CAMPAIGN to find out if Holyrood has the power to hold an independence referendum has been granted a rapid advance to the next stage of its legal fight.

Divisions within the SNP are growing after an MP penned an article for a website described hours earlier by his colleague as an “appalling hate fest”.

Scottish building services and all-trades contractor McGill has secured a significant contract with long-standing clients Govanhill Housing Association.

THE UK Government unlawfully failed to publish details of billions of pounds’ worth of coronavirus-related contracts, the High Court has ruled.

By Ian McConnell

ALEX Salmond has agreed to appear in person before MSPs to give potentially devastating evidence against Nicola Sturgeon.

Reserve workers say they have been 'shocked and saddened' by the destruction of the Mill Hide

Edison Joseph Carrera Lacaste, 45, from the Philippines, died following the incident off Shetland in the early hours of Thursday.

BORIS Johnson has called on the G7 leaders to adopt a one-world approach to tackling coronavirus so that the “whole world can come through this pandemic together”.

By Professor Asit K Biswas

SCOTS will not have to wear medical grade face masks anytime soon in the fight against coronavirus, John Swinney has confirmed.

Leading broadcaster and commentator Lesley Riddoch has joined The Herald's unrivalled line-up of columnists.

GORDON Ramsay has praised the UK Government for their support for the hospitality sector over the pandemic.

Martin Keatings initially brought the case before the Court of Session on behalf of the Forward As One group.

THE results of the Holyrood election may not be known until the weekend after polling day, after the traditional overnight count was abandoned because of Covid.