Covid-19

Boris Johnson is at the centre of a furious spat within the Conservative party.

Boris Johnson drops lawyers as Cabinet Office threatened with legal action

Andrew Ness, Portfolio Manager, Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust

Emerging Markets are weathering macro headwinds - Andrew Ness

A woman wears a face mask while walking on Oxford Street durng the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

World must prepare for disease even deadlier than Covid - WHO chief

(Left to right) European Council president Charles Michel, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, France's president Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, US president Joe Biden and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen are given a tour of the Itsukushima Shrine. Picture: Jacques Witt/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

G7: Western leaders launch new measures to stop Russia, China

Immigrants from Venezuela cover up during a dust storm at a makeshift immigrant camp located between the Rio Grande and the U.S.-Mexico border fence in El Paso, Texas. The number of immigrants reaching the border has surged with the end of the US government's Covid-era Title 42 policy, which for the past three years has allowed for the quick expulsion of irregular migrants entering the country. Picture: Getty Images

What is Title 42 and what will happen in the US now it has expired?

Martin Nadin is a veteran with 39 years’ service in the British Army. He has been Chief Executive of SVR since 2018.

The Covid-19 pandemic provided challenges and opportunities - Martin Nadin

April Masson, Portfolio Lead, Primary Care Improvement Portfolio, Healthcare Improvement Scotland

Our aim is to make primary care better - April Masson

Coronavirus Scotland: WHO downgrades COVID-19 pandemic, saying it is no longer a global emergency

WHO downgrades COVID-19 pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic broke out in March 2020, and since then there have been six million related deaths worldwide. But is it finally over?

Covid ‘no longer global health emergency’ - is the pandemic over?

Primary school pupil attendance in Edinburgh has not returned to pre-pandemic levels. Picture: PA

Edinburgh school attendance rates fail to recover from Covid-19 disruption

Symptoms of Arcturus as new Covid strain claims five lives

New highly-infectious covid strain Arcturus kills five Brits

Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL), has reported a 38.7 per cent year-on-year increase in passenger numbers for 2022/23,

Highlands and Islands Airports records surge in passenger numbers

Neil Lennon's last Celtic match was on February 21, 2021 against Ross County.

Lennon opens up on Celtic regrets - 'I could've done things little differently'

Hay-fever or COVID-19: Key differences you need to know as pollen season begins

Is it hay-fever or COVID-19? Key differences you need to know

Retailers along with banks, bars and restaurants have been really struggling over the last decade, with a rise in internet shopping said to be the key contributor in the high street’s decline.

10 major stores to close for good in further blow for UK high street

New Covid variant Arcturus has been found in the UK

Arcturus: New Covid variant found in UK

John Anderson and his wife Margaret at a garden party at Holyrood Palace. Picture: John Anderson/PA Wire

Grandfather who thought medal was a scam 'privileged' at coronation invite

A nurse puts on PPE in a ward during the height of the pandemic

What Chinese research and testing has found out about the cause of Covid-19

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. (Photo: MARCELLO PATERNOSTRO/AFP via Getty Images)

Silvio Berlusconi has leukaemia and in intensive care

WrestleMania will go Hollywood for one final time with Night 2 which airs on Sunday, April 2 - Credit: WWE

How to watch WWE WrestleMania 39 - full match card and UK start time

Norovirus levels remain high (Photo: Adobe)

UKHSA briefing: norovirus cases remain high across country

Margaret Ferrier could be facing a by-election after a 30 days suspension was recommended for breaching Covid-19 rules.

Margaret Ferrier facing by-election after watchdog recommends 30-day suspension

Scottish SMEs can access tailored products and service from Shawbrook that may not be readily available through mainstream high street lenders

Ad Feature Help for Scottish SMEs

The NHS Covid-19 app will close after a three-year run

NHS Covid-19 app to close after three years - here’s when

Former prime minister Boris Johnson leaves his home in London. Mr Johnson will give evidence as to whether he knowingly misled Parliament over partygate at a hearing of the Commons Privileges Committee in Portcullis House in central London. Picture date: Wednesday March 22, 2023. Credit: PA

Boris Johnson’s Partygate hearing - Who is on the Privileges Committee

Edinburgh during recent snowy weather (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images)

NHS Scotland: A&E waiting times and Covid-19 surged during cold snap

Nicola Sturgeon will be told to provide evidence to the inquiry looking into the response to the coronavirus pandemic

UK Covid-19 inquiry to request that Nicola Sturgeon should give evidence

Covid-19 booster injections will be offered to some this spring

Everything you need to know about spring 2023 Covid-19 booster jabs

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Mrs Brown’s Boys to release first series in 10 years

Kate Garraway reveals financial toll of caring for husband Derek

Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock will both face questions from the Covid inquiry (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

What can we expect from the UK and Scottish Covid inquiries?

A former minister has revealed the UK government considered culling pet cats in order to slow the spread of Covid-19.

Culling pet cats considered by UK government in Covid-19 early stages

Matt Hancock

Matt Hancock appears to reject expert advice in leaked messages

Mother with her new born baby girl in the hospital.

Lockdown prevented early births, according to Scottish researchers

Millions of Windows users will miss out on this huge Chrome update

Jon Pbika scored a crucial goal the last time he faced Hearts. (Photo by Craig Williamson / SNS Group)

Motherwell star who had hand in Hearts relegation would 'love' to score again

Nicola Sturgeon will resign as the longest-serving and first female First Minister since the creation of the Scottish Parliament in 1999.

Nicola Sturgeon resignation: Watch a career in pictures

Queen Consort Camilla have tested positive for Covid-19, say Buckingham Palace officials.

Queen Consort Camilla tests positive for Covid-19

The Bank of England reports that an "economy is in recession when it has two consecutive quarters (i.e. six months) of negative growth."

What is a recession? Are we in a recession now? Should we be worried?

Craig Smith says the future is full of optimism for the firm.

Exceptional first year gets decom specialist off to flying start

The UK is still “a long way” from being in a situation where bird flu could infect humans and spread in a similar way to Covid-19, an expert from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (Apha) has said.

Avian flu: UK a ‘long way’ from seeing Covid-19-like infection in humans

Daysoft produces around 1.5 million contact lenses every week at its Blantyre plant, near Glasgow

Long-sighted: Scottish firm turns contact lenses green

Poppy Donachie is a Speak Out champion with Girlguiding Scotland

Speaking out on the unequal barriers facing girls and young women

The charred remains of the former Lundin Links Hotel before demolition started

Ministers 'played fast and loose with taxpayer money' over Covid loans

Doomsday Clock: What is it, how close is it to midnight, and what time are scientists due to set it in 2023? (Photo: EVA HAMBACH/AFP via Getty Images)

Doomsday Clock 2023: What is it, current time & new announcement

June Peebles, Chief Executive, Edinburgh Leisure

Public leisure services are an investment, not a cost - June Peebles

Barbara Clark is an Organisational Development Consultant and Insights Discovery Licensed Practitioner at Connect Three, a leadership consultancy that helps businesses improve cultures through people.

Making hybrid working work - Barbara Clark

Jeavon Lolay, head of economics and market insight at Lloyds Bank Corporate and Institutional Banking: 'The mixed performance across UK sectors is likely to remain a rolling theme in 2023.'

Number of business sectors growing doubles but trading 'remains fragile'

Scotland recorded the highest weekly number of flu deaths in 20 years last week, figures show.

Highest weekly number of flu deaths recorded for 20 years

Jacinda Ardern has announced her shock resignation as New Zealand Prime Minister, saying she “no longer has enough in the tank” to do the role justice.

Jacinda Ardern announces shock resignation as New Zealand Prime Minister

Sister Andre, born Lucile Randon, died in her sleep this wweek aged 118.

World’s oldest person Sister Andre dies in her sleep at 118

A man showing signs of depression. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

Scots losing sleep due to cost-of-living crisis, shows poll

The figures are at their highest since last summer.

Covid Scotland: Infections at highest since last summer

Covid cases are on the increase in Scotland. Picture: PA

Long Covid: New inquiry set to be launched by Scottish Parliament

Commuters on their way to work cross London Bridge in central London.

‘Worst yet to come’ for those affected by the cost of living crisis

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at the St Andrew's House briefing. Picture: Wattie Cheung

Healthcare bosses cast doubts on Scottish Government's NHS rescue plans

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Victims may wait until March 2026 before the most serious of crimes are brought to court

Scottish Government warned over three-year backlog for murder and rape trials

Ferguson Marine Limited is a shipbuilding company whose yard, located in Port Glasgow on the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, was established in 1903. It is the last remaining shipbuilder on the lower Clyde and is currently the only builder of merchant ships on the river.

Transparency demanded around secretive lawyer-led ferry contract probe

Former Aboyne Academy pupil and Scotland team athlete Kathryn Christie. PIC: Moyra Gray.

Highland Games introduces female-only events to beat 'intimidating' atmosphere