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Coronavirus

When will US open borders? If America will allow travellers from UK again - and current travel rules explained (Image credit: Getty Images)

When will US borders open to UK travellers?

Which countries have seen the highest number of coronavirus cases so far? (Image credit: Getty Images/Canva Pro)
Which countries have seen the highest number of coronavirus cases so far? (Image credit: Getty Images/Canva Pro)

Which countries have seen the highest total Covid cases so far?

Vaccine passport Scotland: how to get NHS Covid vaccine certificate - and what can it be used for? (Shutterstock)
Vaccine passport Scotland: how to get NHS Covid vaccine certificate - and what can it be used for? (Shutterstock)

Here's how to get your vaccine certificate in Scotland

Transport

Members of the RMT in Network Rail have voted to accept a pay offer, the union announced.
Members of the RMT in Network Rail have voted to accept a pay offer, the union announced.

RMT members at Network Rail vote to accept pay deal

Train operator Avanti West Coast has been handed a short-term contract extension by the Department for Transport (DfT), the FirstGroup-owned company said.
Train operator Avanti West Coast has been handed a short-term contract extension by the Department for Transport (DfT), the FirstGroup-owned company said.

Avanti West Coast handed contract extension

John Swinney told MSPs not to shout at him during testy exchanges in the Scottish Parliament over two delayed and over-budget ferries being built for Calmac (Picture: Fraser Bremner/Scottish Daily Mail/pool/PA)
John Swinney told MSPs not to shout at him during testy exchanges in the Scottish Parliament over two delayed and over-budget ferries being built for Calmac (Picture: Fraser Bremner/Scottish Daily Mail/pool/PA)

There's still a lot to shout about over ferry scandal, Mr Swinney – Brian Wilson

Fifty Pitches Road road in the Cardonald area of Glasgow. Picture: Potholes Make Glasgow
Fifty Pitches Road road in the Cardonald area of Glasgow. Picture: Potholes Make Glasgow

Why does Scotland have so many potholes and what is causing them?

The two ferries being built for CalMac at the Scottish Government-owned Ferguson Marine shipyard have been delayed, again (Picture: John Devlin)
The two ferries being built for CalMac at the Scottish Government-owned Ferguson Marine shipyard have been delayed, again (Picture: John Devlin)

Scotland's continually delayed ferries are a complete joke – Scotsman comment

Tram testing in Leith Walk on the extension to Newhaven earlier this week (Picture: Neil Johnstone)
Tram testing in Leith Walk on the extension to Newhaven earlier this week (Picture: Neil Johnstone)

Prepare for more battles as Edinburgh's tram network expands – Alastair Dalton

The unfinished Glen Sannox ferry in the Ferguson Marine shipyard in Port Glasgow (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)
The unfinished Glen Sannox ferry in the Ferguson Marine shipyard in Port Glasgow (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

Bonuses for shipyard execs in charge of ongoing ferry fiasco worth every penny?

Crime

If you're looking for bingeable true crime shows, Netflix is the best to be. Cr: Netflix
If you're looking for bingeable true crime shows, Netflix is the best to be. Cr: Netflix

Here are the best true crime TV shows released on Netflix in the last 12 months

Fraser Scott is a Partner, Murray Beith Murray
Fraser Scott is a Partner, Murray Beith Murray

Scottish independence would prompt many to reflect on succession planning - Fras...

Ali Tyler is Legal Director at Clyde & Co
Ali Tyler is Legal Director at Clyde & Co

Will serious injury claims remain more expensive in Scotland and Northern Irelan...

Joanne Hennessy is a Partner, TLT
Joanne Hennessy is a Partner, TLT

Business visitors need to follow the rules post-Brexit or face the consequences ...

Weather

Sightings of the stonechat in spring carried particular superstitions in Scotland. PIC: Ziva & Amir/Flickr/CC.
Sightings of the stonechat in spring carried particular superstitions in Scotland. PIC: Ziva & Amir/Flickr/CC.

Spring equinox: the ancient beliefs of the new season in Scotland

The custom of changing our clocks twice per year dates back over a century to when it started in the First World War.
The custom of changing our clocks twice per year dates back over a century to when it started in the First World War.

When do the clocks go forward in 2023 and when is Spring?

A key tip when driving in icy conditions is to leave a larger gap between you and the car in front so as to avoid an accident.
A key tip when driving in icy conditions is to leave a larger gap between you and the car in front so as to avoid an accident.

How to Drive in Snow: Tips for driving safely on icy roads

Weather warnings are in place until Thursday
Weather warnings are in place until Thursday

Two more days of weather warnings set for Scotland amid cold snap

Politics

A Somali woman and child wait to be given a spot to settle at a camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Dollow in Somalia during the longest drought in the country's history, estimated to have killed 43,000 people
A Somali woman and child wait to be given a spot to settle at a camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Dollow in Somalia during the longest drought in the country's history, estimated to have killed 43,000 people

Climate change: IPCC report is ‘survival guide for humanity’

The Culduthel Woods Group is a charity, run entirely by volunteers, which works to protect and improve the woodland (Picture: The Culduthel Woods Group)
The Culduthel Woods Group is a charity, run entirely by volunteers, which works to protect and improve the woodland (Picture: The Culduthel Woods Group)

Want to help Scotland prepare for its new climate? Here's what to do

The SNP misled its own supporters over the party's membership figures (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)
The SNP misled its own supporters over the party's membership figures (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

SNP 'clusterburach' means multiple crises will slide further down party's agenda

Minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol has been linked to a 13% drop in deaths from alcohol consumption, according to a study. Jane Barlow/PA Wire.
Minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol has been linked to a 13% drop in deaths from alcohol consumption, according to a study. Jane Barlow/PA Wire.

MUP led to 150 fewer alcohol deaths a year, researchers claim

SNP candidate Ash Regan. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
SNP candidate Ash Regan. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

SNP rejects call to allow members to change their vote in leadership race

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon answers questions from the floor after delivering a speech to the RSA Fellowship in her final public event as Scottish First Minister. Picture: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon answers questions from the floor after delivering a speech to the RSA Fellowship in her final public event as Scottish First Minister. Picture: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire

Nicola Sturgeon tells SNP it must not "throw the baby out with the bathwater"

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Picture: PA
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Picture: PA

SNP is not in a mess, insists Nicola Sturgeon

Opinion

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt delivers his Budget to the Commons (Picture: UK Parliament/Andy Bailey/PA)
Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt delivers his Budget to the Commons (Picture: UK Parliament/Andy Bailey/PA)

Another Tory Budget, another missed chance to reverse the UK's economic decline

Whoever succeeds Nicola Sturgeon needs to face up to the economic problems that Scottish independence would cause (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Whoever succeeds Nicola Sturgeon needs to face up to the economic problems that Scottish independence would cause (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Using figures accepted by SNP, the economic cost of independence is shocking

Labour leader Anas Sarwar and his Tory and Lib Dem opposites must let the public know what they have to offer, says reader (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Labour leader Anas Sarwar and his Tory and Lib Dem opposites must let the public know what they have to offer, says reader (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Opposition must get ready for government

SNP leadership candidates Ash Regan, Humza Yousaf and Kate Forbes (Picture: Paul Campbell/PA Wire)
SNP leadership candidates Ash Regan, Humza Yousaf and Kate Forbes (Picture: Paul Campbell/PA Wire)

Scotsman Letters: SNP has chance to be more meaningful party

Ksenia Grant is part of Edinburgh Innovations and is director of financial services and fintech sector engagement at the University of Edinburgh Futures Institute
Ksenia Grant is part of Edinburgh Innovations and is director of financial services and fintech sector engagement at the University of Edinburgh Futures Institute

Innovation is key for the financial services sector - Ksenia Grant

People

Actress Tilda Swinton. Picture: Marc Piasecki
Actress Tilda Swinton. Picture: Marc Piasecki

Tilda Swinton: 'Invaluable' Filmhouse should not be sold to highest bidder

Protesters gathered outside the boarded-up cinema on Sunday to call for the Filmhouse to be saved and not sold for a pub. Picture: Annabelle Gauntlett.
Protesters gathered outside the boarded-up cinema on Sunday to call for the Filmhouse to be saved and not sold for a pub. Picture: Annabelle Gauntlett.

Edinburgh Filmhouse: SNP demands building reopens as art house cinema

Dozens of oil and gas platforms in UK waters are set to be brought to a standstill as around 1,400 offshore workers across five companies go on strike to demand a better deal on jobs, pay and conditions - the move comes after energy giants posted record profits
Dozens of oil and gas platforms in UK waters are set to be brought to a standstill as around 1,400 offshore workers across five companies go on strike to demand a better deal on jobs, pay and conditions - the move comes after energy giants posted record profits

North Sea workers plan ‘tsunami’ of strikes amid oil and gas profits boom

The entrance to Marine North Berwick. Pic: Contributed
The entrance to Marine North Berwick. Pic: Contributed

Review: Marine North Berwick - NB Distillery package - Scotland on Sunday Travel

Scotland’s new first minister must show a “greater commitment to actually delivering” for GPs, a leading doctor said, as he warned that the country is “sleepwalking towards a two-tier health service”.
Scotland’s new first minister must show a “greater commitment to actually delivering” for GPs, a leading doctor said, as he warned that the country is “sleepwalking towards a two-tier health service”.

Leading doctor warns of ‘dire’ situation facing Scotland’s GPs

Nicola Sturgeon will be delivering the keynote speech at the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) in London today.
Nicola Sturgeon will be delivering the keynote speech at the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) in London today.

How to watch Nicola Sturgeon's speech at RSA

SNP leadership candidate Kate Forbes has said she has confidence in the process to find a new leader and does not wish the contest to be rerun.
SNP leadership candidate Kate Forbes has said she has confidence in the process to find a new leader and does not wish the contest to be rerun.

Kate Forbes ‘very confident’ in SNP leadership process

Obituaries

Topol, pictured in 2015, was just 30 when he first played Tevye (Picture: AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Topol, pictured in 2015, was just 30 when he first played Tevye (Picture: AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Scotsman Obituaries: Topol, Israeli star of Fiddler on the Roof

Willie Milne parlayed his love of golf into an experiences company
Willie Milne parlayed his love of golf into an experiences company

Scotsman Obituaries: Willie Milne, Scottish golfer and businessman

Ainslie Thin joined Thin’s on Edinburgh’s South Bridge in 1958
Ainslie Thin joined Thin’s on Edinburgh’s South Bridge in 1958

Obituaries: Ainslie Thin, bookseller who devoted his life to James Thin Ltd

Environment

The potential for tidal energy in France is 'huge', says Nova. Picture: contributed.
The potential for tidal energy in France is 'huge', says Nova. Picture: contributed.

Tidal power firm Nova Innovation makes French debut, and eyes broader EU market

A pair of capercaillie do battle for mating rights
A pair of capercaillie do battle for mating rights

Attenborough warns capercaillie on the brink of going extinct in Scotland again

Rescued otters are kept at the IOSF sanctuary until they have learned to hunt and are able to look after themselves, usually when they reach around 12 to 15 months old
Rescued otters are kept at the IOSF sanctuary until they have learned to hunt and are able to look after themselves, usually when they reach around 12 to 15 months old

How a charity on Skye is working to save otters across the globe

Fishing boats moored in Eyemouth Harbour, Scottish Borders. Leading representatives of Scotland's fishing industry have called on the Scottish Government to have a "radical rethink" on its plans to introduce new conservation zones at sea. T
Fishing boats moored in Eyemouth Harbour, Scottish Borders. Leading representatives of Scotland's fishing industry have called on the Scottish Government to have a "radical rethink" on its plans to introduce new conservation zones at sea. T

New marine protected area plan requires 'radical rethink', says fishing group

David Harris and other executives at Circularity Scotland Ltd will receive a combined £670,000 in annual salary and fees
David Harris and other executives at Circularity Scotland Ltd will receive a combined £670,000 in annual salary and fees

Outrage over £300,000 salary of deposit return scheme boss

Heavy rain and flooding has caused serious damage to roads and other vital infrastructure in Malawi (Picture: Amos Gumulira/AFP via Getty Images)
Heavy rain and flooding has caused serious damage to roads and other vital infrastructure in Malawi (Picture: Amos Gumulira/AFP via Getty Images)

Deadly cyclone sees Malawi pay high price for our fossil fuel habit

Extinction Rebellion Scotland protesters calling for an end to the fossil fuel industry as they demonstrate outside the Scottish Energy Forum annual dinner at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.
Extinction Rebellion Scotland protesters calling for an end to the fossil fuel industry as they demonstrate outside the Scottish Energy Forum annual dinner at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.

Protesters 'occupy' the Scottish Energy Forum annual dinner in Edinburgh

UK News

Grand Union hopes to finalise plans to order its new train fleet soon. Picture: Grand Union
Grand Union hopes to finalise plans to order its new train fleet soon. Picture: Grand Union

Grand Union optimistic of approval for spacious new Stirling-London trains

Glen Sannox at the Ferguson Marine shipyard in Port Glasgow in October. Picture: John Devlin
Glen Sannox at the Ferguson Marine shipyard in Port Glasgow in October. Picture: John Devlin

Delayed ferry Glen Sannox will need weeks of trials after completion – CalMac

The Commons Privileges Committee is set to hear from Boris Johnson this week amid claims he lied to Parliament over the partygate scandal.
The Commons Privileges Committee is set to hear from Boris Johnson this week amid claims he lied to Parliament over the partygate scandal.

When is Boris Johnson giving evidence? How to watch Privileges Committee

Highlands and Islands Airports Limited managing director Inglis Lyon at Inverness Airport. Picture: The Scotsman
Highlands and Islands Airports Limited managing director Inglis Lyon at Inverness Airport. Picture: The Scotsman

Future Flight: Airport chief upbeat that US tourists will fuel summer recovery

BBC Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker refused to retract his tweet criticising the UK Government's immigration policies (Picture: Ian Walton/PA)
BBC Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker refused to retract his tweet criticising the UK Government's immigration policies (Picture: Ian Walton/PA)

BBC licence fee lies at heart of Lineker impartiality row – Alastair GJ Stewart

The son of the man who famously smuggled the Stone of Destiny back to Scotland from Westminster Abbey says his father would not want it to be returned to London for the King's coronation. Ian Hamilton, who died last year, broke into the abbey in 1950 and removed the stone, alongside a group of students. Mr Hamilton's son Jamie told the BBC: "I think his view would be, it's ridiculous."
The son of the man who famously smuggled the Stone of Destiny back to Scotland from Westminster Abbey says his father would not want it to be returned to London for the King's coronation. Ian Hamilton, who died last year, broke into the abbey in 1950 and removed the stone, alongside a group of students. Mr Hamilton's son Jamie told the BBC: "I think his view would be, it's ridiculous."

Stone of Destiny shouldn’t go to Westminster for coronation – Ian Hamilton’s son

World

Nobel Prize for literature winner Kenzaburō Ōe visits the Nanjing Massacre Memorial museum in Jiangsu province, China in 2006 (Picture: China Photos/Getty Images)
Nobel Prize for literature winner Kenzaburō Ōe visits the Nanjing Massacre Memorial museum in Jiangsu province, China in 2006 (Picture: China Photos/Getty Images)

Kenzaburō Ōe: a writer of real humanity and the real Japan

The Australian soldier served in Afghanistan eleven years ago.
The Australian soldier served in Afghanistan eleven years ago.

Australian soldier first to be tried as war criminal

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is due to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow in a political boost for the isolated Russian president after the International Criminal Court (ICC) charged him with war crimes in Ukraine.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is due to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow in a political boost for the isolated Russian president after the International Criminal Court (ICC) charged him with war crimes in Ukraine.

China’s Xi Jinping to meet Vladimir Putin in boost for isolated Russia leader

Yaqeen Sikander said a lot of people in the region are suffering "survivor's guilt" after losing loved ones in the disaster.
Yaqeen Sikander said a lot of people in the region are suffering "survivor's guilt" after losing loved ones in the disaster.

‘I met a man who lost 229 family members’

A damaged building in eastern Ukraine.
A damaged building in eastern Ukraine.

Scottish charity helping devastated Ukrainian villages become self-sufficient

Netballer Towera Vinkhumbo, who plays for the Strathclyde Sirens, says she has not been able to contact family and friends in Malawi since the cyclone hit.
Netballer Towera Vinkhumbo, who plays for the Strathclyde Sirens, says she has not been able to contact family and friends in Malawi since the cyclone hit.

Scottish netball star tells of trouble contacting family after Malawi cyclone

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