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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

The vessel tilted at a 45-degree angle at Leith dock. Picture: @tomafc83 on Twitter
The vessel tilted at a 45-degree angle at Leith dock. Picture: @tomafc83 on Twitter

35 injured with several seriously hurt when ship topples over in dry dock

ScotRail has announced extra train services and carriages for Scotland's Euro 2024 qualifiers at Hampden.
ScotRail has announced extra train services and carriages for Scotland's Euro 2024 qualifiers at Hampden.

ScotRail to operate more trains for Euro 2024 matches at Hampden

A pay dispute which saw airports in the Highlands and islands close due to strike action has ended after unions accepted a revised offer.
A pay dispute which saw airports in the Highlands and islands close due to strike action has ended after unions accepted a revised offer.

Airport staff dispute ends after unions accept new pay offer

The MV Alfred, which has been hired by the Scottish Government
The MV Alfred, which has been hired by the Scottish Government

Extra ferry hired by Scottish Government while delayed vessels remain unbuilt

Standard class passengers would have have first class-style 2+1 seating. Picture: Grand Union
Standard class passengers would have have first class-style 2+1 seating. Picture: Grand Union

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

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

Crime

Is 2023 due to be Netflix's best year for true crime? Netflix
Is 2023 due to be Netflix's best year for true crime? Netflix

Here are 8 true crime series we recommend you stream on Netflix

Police Scotland is “not in the same area” as the Metropolitan Police over the handling of misconduct claims, a senior policing figure has said.
Police Scotland is “not in the same area” as the Metropolitan Police over the handling of misconduct claims, a senior policing figure has said.

Police Scotland ‘not in same area’ to Met over misconduct handling

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...

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

Conservationist Bindi Irwin has spoken about her struggle to be diagnosed with endometriosis (Picture: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images)
Conservationist Bindi Irwin has spoken about her struggle to be diagnosed with endometriosis (Picture: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images)

Endometriosis treatment in Scotland is not good enough – Laura Waddell

A statue of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is toppled at al-Fardous Square in Baghdad, Iraq, in April 2003 (Picture: Wathiq Khuzaie/Getty Images)
A statue of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is toppled at al-Fardous Square in Baghdad, Iraq, in April 2003 (Picture: Wathiq Khuzaie/Getty Images)

For many countries, the Iraq War is a lasting reminder of western hypocrisy

Boris Johnson being grilled by the committee
Boris Johnson being grilled by the committee

Boris Johnson says 'hand on heart I didn't lie' over partygate

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak standing at the despatch box. Picture: Roger Harris/UK Parliament/AFP via Getty Images
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak standing at the despatch box. Picture: Roger Harris/UK Parliament/AFP via Getty Images

Sunak paid more than £430k in tax in 2021/22 as returns published

Home secretary Suella Braverman has been accused of the Scottish Government of making "factually inaccurate" statements in the Commons. Picture: Andy Bailey/UK Parliament/AFP
Home secretary Suella Braverman has been accused of the Scottish Government of making "factually inaccurate" statements in the Commons. Picture: Andy Bailey/UK Parliament/AFP

Home secretary accused by Scottish Government of 'factually inaccurate' comments

Scottish Parliament handout photo of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon making a statement to Scottish Parliament apologising for Historical Adoption Practices in Scotland where many young women were forced to give their babies up for adoption against their will.
Scottish Parliament handout photo of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon making a statement to Scottish Parliament apologising for Historical Adoption Practices in Scotland where many young women were forced to give their babies up for adoption against their will.

Nicola Sturgeon offers ‘heartfelt’ apology for forced adoptions

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was asked about the conduct of the Met during Prime Minister's Questions.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was asked about the conduct of the Met during Prime Minister's Questions.

PMQs: How did the SNP's Stephen Flynn, Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer perform?

Opinion

Whoever takes over as Scotland's First Minister, Ash Regan, Humza Yousaf or Kate Forbes, must focus on the economy (Picture: Peter Devlin For Sky News via Getty Images)
Whoever takes over as Scotland's First Minister, Ash Regan, Humza Yousaf or Kate Forbes, must focus on the economy (Picture: Peter Devlin For Sky News via Getty Images)

Winner of SNP leadership contest must urgently focus on Scotland's economy

Crowds throng the Royal Mile during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Crowds throng the Royal Mile during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Questions are stacking up for Fringe Society over government-funded HQ

The limited edition Scotland top is priced at £90. £25 more than the current home top for adults.
The limited edition Scotland top is priced at £90. £25 more than the current home top for adults.

Stephen Mcilkenny: The SFA are robbing fans over new Scotland kit

So many SNP figures have resigned that it reminds Murdo Fraser of the carnage in the last act of Hamlet (Picture: Denis Sinyakov/AFP via Getty Images)
So many SNP figures have resigned that it reminds Murdo Fraser of the carnage in the last act of Hamlet (Picture: Denis Sinyakov/AFP via Getty Images)

The SNP leadership contest looks like the last act of Hamlet – Murdo Fraser

Why isn't more known about Peter Murrell, who has just quit as SNP Chief Executive, wonders reader (Picture: Andy Buchanan/Getty Images)
Why isn't more known about Peter Murrell, who has just quit as SNP Chief Executive, wonders reader (Picture: Andy Buchanan/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: It’s time to lift veil on mystery man Murrell

People

Dame Judi Dench. Picture: Dan Kitwood
Dame Judi Dench. Picture: Dan Kitwood

Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Dame Judi Dench to appear in stage show

Michael Fotheringham, Director of Fotheringham Homes, with (L-R) Vicki Findlater, Hannah McGregor and Debbie Wilkinson from St Cyrus Solos Running Club.
Michael Fotheringham, Director of Fotheringham Homes, with (L-R) Vicki Findlater, Hannah McGregor and Debbie Wilkinson from St Cyrus Solos Running Club.

Fotheringham Homes supports community by sponsoring St Cyrus 10K Run

Residents in Porthlethen and Newtonhill can now enjoy faster broadband speeds. (Pic: Jim Payne)
Residents in Porthlethen and Newtonhill can now enjoy faster broadband speeds. (Pic: Jim Payne)

GoFibre full fibre connectivity now live in Portlethen and Newtonhill

Entries for the World Porridge Making Championships have now opened, it has been announced.
Entries for the World Porridge Making Championships have now opened, it has been announced.

World Porridge Making Championship applications now open

The Scottish Ambulance Service sent five ambulances, an air ambulance, three trauma teams and other resources to the scene, while the fire service also attended.
The Scottish Ambulance Service sent five ambulances, an air ambulance, three trauma teams and other resources to the scene, while the fire service also attended.

Pictures show multi-agency response following emergency incident at dry dock

Brian Cox as Logan Roy. See PA Feature SHOWBIZ TV Succession. As hit comedy-drama Succession returns for its fourth and final series, Rachael Davis chats to the Roy family’s actors about the end of an era.
Brian Cox as Logan Roy. See PA Feature SHOWBIZ TV Succession. As hit comedy-drama Succession returns for its fourth and final series, Rachael Davis chats to the Roy family’s actors about the end of an era.

Succession is ‘coming to an end, and I’m happy to move on’, says star Brian Cox

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who is braced for a possible Tory backbench rebellion as MPs vote on a key plank of his new deal with Brussels on post-Brexit trading arrangements in Northern Ireland.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who is braced for a possible Tory backbench rebellion as MPs vote on a key plank of his new deal with Brussels on post-Brexit trading arrangements in Northern Ireland.

Boris Johnson and Liz Truss to vote against Sunak’s Brexit deal

Obituaries

Robert Blake arrives in London for the premiere of In Cold Blood in 1968 (Picture: J. Wilds/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Robert Blake arrives in London for the premiere of In Cold Blood in 1968 (Picture: J. Wilds/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Obituaries: Robert Blake, actor​ whose career was overshadowed by murder case

Dr Patricia Thomas in her office in 1990
Dr Patricia Thomas in her office in 1990

Scotsman Obituaries: Dr Patricia Thomas, go-ahead Head of James Gillespie’s

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

Environment

Orbital has been awarded an Option Agreement from Crown Estate Scotland regarding the project in the Westray Firth. Picture: contributed.
Orbital has been awarded an Option Agreement from Crown Estate Scotland regarding the project in the Westray Firth. Picture: contributed.

Orbital Marine Power gets key nod to create major new Orkney tidal project

There had been calls to wipe out red deer on the 93,000-acre Stòras Uibhist estate, which covers the islands of South Uist, Eriskay and parts of Benbecula, due to the damage they cause to crops and gardens, their risk of causing road accidents and fears over the spread of Lyme disease
There had been calls to wipe out red deer on the 93,000-acre Stòras Uibhist estate, which covers the islands of South Uist, Eriskay and parts of Benbecula, due to the damage they cause to crops and gardens, their risk of causing road accidents and fears over the spread of Lyme disease

Deer spared as islanders reject total cull on South Uist community estate

A deposit return scheme facility in Motherwell is set to create up to 140 jobs (Picture: Katielee Arrowsmith/SWNS)
A deposit return scheme facility in Motherwell is set to create up to 140 jobs (Picture: Katielee Arrowsmith/SWNS)

Anger at deposit return scheme salaries is damaging – Martyn McLaughlin

Conservative MSP Murdo Fraser
Conservative MSP Murdo Fraser

Only 15 per cent of reported fly-tipping cases result in prosecution

Floods in low-lying Bangladesh are getting worse as sea levels rise because of global warming (Picture: Mamun Hossain/AFP via Getty Images)
Floods in low-lying Bangladesh are getting worse as sea levels rise because of global warming (Picture: Mamun Hossain/AFP via Getty Images)

Climate change is a disease of the here and now – Scotsman comment

The Ineos petrochemicals complex at Grangemouth - one of the top greenhouse gas emitters in Scotland - was among 28 climate-polluting industrial sites analysed in the new Scottish Net Zero Road Map, produced by Neccus
The Ineos petrochemicals complex at Grangemouth - one of the top greenhouse gas emitters in Scotland - was among 28 climate-polluting industrial sites analysed in the new Scottish Net Zero Road Map, produced by Neccus

Turning Scotland’s top climate-polluters green

David Harris and other executives at Circularity Scotland are receiving a combined £667,000 in annual salaries and fees.
David Harris and other executives at Circularity Scotland are receiving a combined £667,000 in annual salaries and fees.

MSPs condemn ‘monstrous’ payments to deposit return scheme executives

UK News

Petrel at Imperial Dock in Leith on Wednesday. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire
Petrel at Imperial Dock in Leith on Wednesday. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Toppled research ship was once owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen

King Charles III attends a presentation of loyal addresses by the privileged bodies, at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Thursday, March 9 (Picture: Yui Mok/PA)
King Charles III attends a presentation of loyal addresses by the privileged bodies, at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Thursday, March 9 (Picture: Yui Mok/PA)

King Charles's concept of 'servant leadership' was inspirational – Joe Goldblatt

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's boost to childcare funding should be replicated by the Scottish Government (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's boost to childcare funding should be replicated by the Scottish Government (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Scotland stands to benefit from Chancellor’s new Budget for growth

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

Bono has finally admitted his love for Abba. He didn't have the 'courage' to do this before (Picture: Olle Lindeborg/AFP via Getty Images)
Bono has finally admitted his love for Abba. He didn't have the 'courage' to do this before (Picture: Olle Lindeborg/AFP via Getty Images)

Bono must get Boris to state Abba can't be blamed for Partygate – Aidan Smith

Ice hockey fans celebrate in Helsinki, after Finland's team won the Winter Olympic Games gold medal last year (Picture: Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images)
Ice hockey fans celebrate in Helsinki, after Finland's team won the Winter Olympic Games gold medal last year (Picture: Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images)

World Happiness Report contains a lesson about the benefits of social democracy

World

Home Secretary Suella Braverman laughs as she tours a building site on the outskirts of Kigali, Rwanda, where deported migrants are planned to be housed (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Home Secretary Suella Braverman laughs as she tours a building site on the outskirts of Kigali, Rwanda, where deported migrants are planned to be housed (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Braverman's laughter at Rwandan 'internment' camp was shocking – Angus Robertson

The epicentre of the earthquake is believed to be in Afghanistan.
The epicentre of the earthquake is believed to be in Afghanistan.

Earthquake measuring 6.5 hits Afghanistan and Pakistan

Supporters fly a flag featuring Donald Trump near his Mar-a-Lago home after the former president called on his supporters to protest a possible arrest and indictment. Picture: Getty Images
Supporters fly a flag featuring Donald Trump near his Mar-a-Lago home after the former president called on his supporters to protest a possible arrest and indictment. Picture: Getty Images

Could former US president Donald Trump be arrested this week?

Tourists feed seagulls in front of the Presidential palace in Helsinki, Finland. The country was named the happiest nation in the world for the sixth year in a row.
Tourists feed seagulls in front of the Presidential palace in Helsinki, Finland. The country was named the happiest nation in the world for the sixth year in a row.

What are the world's happiest countries in 2023?

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin prior to their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday, March 20, 2023. (Shen Hong/Xinhua via AP)
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin prior to their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday, March 20, 2023. (Shen Hong/Xinhua via AP)

Xi Jinping stresses close ties with ‘dear friend’ Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday. Picture: Sergei Karpuhkin/AFP via Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday. Picture: Sergei Karpuhkin/AFP via Getty Images)

What image is Vladimir Putin trying to portray from PR drive?

Read This

The RMT has been staging strike action at Network Rail since last July (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
The RMT has been staging strike action at Network Rail since last July (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Train strikes: RMT suspends strikes planned for March 30 and April 1

Charlie Simpson, Matt Willis and James Bourne
Charlie Simpson, Matt Willis and James Bourne

Busted hint at reunion with cryptic social media post

Former PM Boris Johnson leaving his home for the Commons Privileges Committee
Former PM Boris Johnson leaving his home for the Commons Privileges Committee

Boris Johnson Privileges Committee: what we learnt from hearing