Members of the public are being given the chance to vote on whether Edinburgh's Christmas and Hogmanay celebrations should go ahead this coming year.

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“HE'S gone the full Donald Trump”. The Nicola Sturgeon camp think their former leader has finally discredited himself. In their minds Alex Salmond is revealed as a paranoid fantasist by accusing senior figures in the party and Government, includi...

NICOLA Sturgeon has been told that her cautious blueprint to release Scotland’s lockdown “does not go far enough” amid accusations her strategy for easing restrictions is little more than a ”holding plan”.

A CAMPAIGNER who describes cuts to care home visiting during the pandemic as a “human rights disaster” says she is confident that “meaningful contact” will resume this time.

Nicola Sturgeon and Boris Johnson have revealed their new lockdown framework for Scotland and England.

A SURGE in barn owl deaths in Scotland has sparked concern over the worst winter for the species in over ten years.

THROUGH the 1990s, the question of whether or not Scotland’s two biggest banks could retain their independence was a very big one.

A GLASGOW brain injury group is accepting donations of the brains of ex-footballers as the fight against dementia continues after the diagnosis of Scotland legend Gordon McQueen.

THE family of Scottish football legend Gordon McQueen has warned of the health dangers surrounding the game as he was diagnosed with vascular dementia.

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SCOTS researchers are trying to find out why grief, shock or even a surprise marriage proposal can trigger a potentially fatal condition that mimics a heart attack.

NEIL Mackay comments that "many of Scotland's leading political voices and their cheerleaders in the media ... obsess on the inner workings of the SNP while the country – and the world, evidently – falls to pieces around them" ("In these grim tim...

BEACH volleyball stars have threatened to boycott an event in Qatar next month over a ban on the wearing of bikinis.

IT was launched with the hope that Scotland would have a place to remember those who lost their lives to coronavirus.

A private collection of 3,900 whisky bottles has sold for around £6.7 million at auction.

Police Scotland has warned the public not to approach a missing prison inmate.

Tiger Woods is “awake, responsive and recovering in his hospital room” following a car crash which could have cost him his life.

It has been a long and drawn out affair, with claims of obstruction, Governmentt intransigence and the will-he-won't-he question over whether its key witness would appear.

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STANDARD Life Aberdeen is selling the brand with which the group and forerunners have been associated for almost 200 years as the group increases its focus on asset management.

An online calculator by the Department of Work and Pensions works out whether you are eligible for Pension Credit - and how much you'll get.

SUPPORTERS of Hibernian Football Club can watch exclusive goal clips, highlights and interviews under a new partnership with sports video platform Recast.

MIKE Ashley’s Frasers Group has said it is facing a hit in excess of £100 million because of coronavirus restrictions on non-essential retailers reopening stores lasting into April, as it flagged the impact of length of lockdown and “potentia...

Camouflage netting, webcams and a good pair of binoculars will give you a better chance of seeing wildlife close up, Hannah Stephenson discovers.

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Scotland’s national clinical director Jason Leitch said the reason for lower vaccination numbers across the UK in recent days was due to supply.

USING the NHS app on a mobile phone to show a person’s vaccination status or latest Covid test result is to be at the centre of a UK Government review considering the ethical issues in introducing “vaccine passports”.

Secondary parents will be furious at return announcement, campaigners claim.

The former first minister was due to give evidence to the Holyrood inquiry into the Scottish Government’s botched harassment investigation.

Nicola Sturgeon will publish the Scottish Government's strategy for lifting the lockdown and re-introduce the tiered system of restrictions

ALEX Salmond has pulled out of the Holyrood inquiry into his fight with the Scottish Government after his evidence was censored on the advice of prosecutors he had criticised.

ROSS Thomson, the former Scottish Conservative MP, is to consult his lawyers after an independent panel cleared him of an allegation of sexual misconduct made by a former Scottish Labour MP and now a candidate for the party at the Holyrood election.

BUSINESS leaders have demanded that domestic travel rules are relaxed by the end of April, after Nicola Sturgeon said by then there will be a “phased but significant re-opening of the economy".

PEOPLE are being warned about the risks of international travel, as airlines and travel firms recorded a surge in demand following Boris Johnson’s road map for how coronavirus restrictions will be eased in England.

The proportion of pupils finding a job on leaving school has reached a record low, with the drop linked to the impact of Covid-19 on the labour market.

'Me, You, Madness' is the writing and directorial debut of Fettes-educated Louise Linton, who also stars in the film.

The boss of Glasgow Airport claims Nicola Sturgeon has today sent a message that the aviation industry is “not a priority” for the Scottish Government,

THE Scottish Parliament is suffering a “crisis of credibility” over the censoring of evidence to the Alex Salmond inquiry, an MSP has warned.

Business leaders have criticised First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's route map out of lockdown saying it does not contain the detail "around the pathway to reopening" for which many had hoped.

A danger-to-life weather warning is in force as heavy rain and high winds sweep the country.

Nicola Sturgeon has revealed the new lockdown route framework for Scotland. Here we outline everything you need to know about the announcement.

Nicola Sturgeon has revealed the new lockdown framework. Here we have attached her speech in full as she explained her strategy for Scotland.

NICOLA Sturgeon has said she hopes to lift the ‘stay at home’ restriction from April 5 as she set out her exit plan for the lockdown.

New figures from the Scottish Government show the latest trends in Covid data across Scotland.

ALEX Salmond has warned he may pull out of a Holyrood inquiry after his evidence was censored following an intervention by prosecutors.

A home thought to be the oldest house in Dunfermline has gone up for sale with a price tag of almost half a million pounds.

SCOTTISH football legend Gordon McQueen has been diagnosed vascular dementia, his family have confirmed.

SCOTLAND is set to be put back into a local tiered system of restrictions – as Boris Johnson unveiled a “one way road to freedom” with a four-stage plan that could see restrictions in England completely lifted by the summer.

OFFSHORING our carbon footprint in the midst of a climate emergency is the last thing Scotland wants to be doing, so it is time to start thinking more wisely about our food choices.