Pandemic

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Ad Feature Leading UK car finance broker celebrates decade-long success

Almost a third of A-level students in Northern Ireland received a top A/A* grade.

Ex-teacher appointed to lead exams body months before it is scrapped

The NHS Scotland app will launch later this year.

The long-delayed NHS Scotland app that will launch with one service

The facade of the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh.

The 'dedicated' theatre boss standing down after six years

A juggling Fringe street artiste eats a potato mid-performance on Edinburgh's Royal Mile (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

No new sponsor to replace Johnnie Walker, Fringe bosses admit

Richard Gadd and Jessica Gunning in Baby Reindeer. The hit Netflix show started out life on the Edinburgh Fringe.

Shedinburgh location revealed as line-up unveiled for new Fringe venue

A vehicle drives on the North Coast 500 route, a few miles outside of Applecross. Picture: John Devlin

Dramatic stretch of North Coast 500 route gains unique coffee roastery

The Citizens Theatre is set to re-open in August following a seven-year refurbishment

Gorbals children to attend drama class at revamped Glasgow theatre

The BBC Scotland headquarters at Pacific Quay in Glasgow. Picture: BBC

BBC Scotland appoints head of news and current affairs

Experts rate chance of Glasgow-New York flights as charter takes off

Graeme Robertson and Same Locke secured cards for the Challenge Tour, which has since been rebranded as the Hotel Planner Tour, through being the top two players on last year’s Tartan Pro Tour Order of Merit

Why Scots are facing bigger challenge on 2025 Tartan Pro Tour

Len Pennie is the first poet to win a prize at the British Book Awards in ten years.

Poet Len Pennie, who shot to fame during pandemic, wins top book award

Removal date for blanket ScotRail train alcohol ban revealed

Richard Gadd created Baby Reindeer first as a Fringe show.

Fleabag producers' new venue that 'flips traditional Fringe model'

Trump International Golf Links north of Aberdeen is set to stage a DP World Tour event for the first time this summer

Donald Trump's Scottish course to stage top golf tournament

The school exam season has got underway.

Analysis SNP risks getting marked down if school exam grades do not improve

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, leaves 11, Downing Street to deliver her Spring Statement to Parliament on March 26, 2025.

Watch: Rachel Reeves to make case for free trade at IMF talks

The Glasgow Science Centre, where the event will take place

Job cuts loom at popular Glasgow attraction as future 'at risk'

St John's Road, Corstorphine is regularly named as one of Scotland's worst-polluted streets (Picture: Steven Scott Taylor)

Figures show Scotland failed to use pandemic as climate turning point

Russell Weir, the one-time Tartan Tour chieftain, in action during the 2012 Senior PGA Professional Championship at Northamptonshire County Golf Club

Why Tartan Tour memories will always be special for so many people

John Swinney should realise that higher income taxes in Scotland make it harder for businesses to recruit skilled staff (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Exclusive 'Impossible' for SNP to avoid cuts after UK welfare reforms, IFS says

Armadale Castle on the Isle of Skye is to go up for sale.

World's largest clan sells off prized Scottish island castle

Normally busy streets were virtually empty of people during the first Covid lockdown five years ago (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

How SNP has left our struggling NHS unprepared for another pandemic Jackie Baillie

Dogs and staff shortages - how dining out has changed since lockdown

Home brewing coffee has become more popular in the last five years

How Millennials and Gen-Z have changed your morning coffee

A lone goose in the middle of Parliament Street, York, at midday on a Saturday as the streets are empty from the normal tourist traffic during the Covid lockdown in March 2020

Five years on: 26 eerie photos show deserted streets during lockdown

Five years since the first Covid lockdown in the UK, the impact of the pandemic is still being felt

Five remarkable ways the Covid pandemic forever changed life

People hugging at the National Covid Memorial Wall in London

'Hundreds more will die': Fears Scots not ready for next pandemic

The Duke of Wellington statue outside the Gallery of Modern Art wears a face mask.

15 era-defining moments from Covid lockdown, five years later

The arrival of bird flu on a farm results in a mass cull of the animals and stringent controls to prevent any further spread of the disease(Picture: Matt Cardy)

Why the threat posed by bird flu is a ticking timebomb for humanity Philip Lymbery

Greyfriars Bobby joins in with the mask wearing.

Remembering Lockdown: 25 pictures of Scotland in the pandemic

Craig Howie pictured in action during last year’s Farmfoods Scottish Challenge supported by the R&A at Newmachar Golf Club

Scottish golfer opens up on issues that left him feeling 'worn down'

The report called for a change in approach to education

Scottish Government must abolish 'winter leaving rules', report finds

Drink spiking notice in a pub window (Photo: Yui Mok/PA Wire)

Calls for roll out of lateral flow tests which detect drink spiking

Emma Roddick MSP opens up on the death of her mother Sue to Covid-19

The Covid Memorial Wall in London.

COVID-19 Day of Reflection: What and when is the Day of Reflection?

Kevin McAlpine pictured caddying for fellow Scot Martin Laird in 2021 in The Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California

Exclusive New mid-amateur events in Scotland will honour Hutcheon and McAlpine

Edinburgh High Court on the High Street

Justice Denied: The Scotsman's series on criminal justice system woes

The extensive delays within Scotland's justice system has taken a toll on victims

Women 'trapped in their own homes' as marginalised hit hardest

'Deeply worrying' rise in violent crime on Scottish rail network

The former employee was sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh

Analysis The greatest danger from court backlogs - and the elephant in the room

A couple and their dog are rescued from a flooded street in Brechin on October 20, 2023

Exclusive Why a disaster expert wants Scotland to better prepare for the worst

Scots entrepreneur Gavin Bell saw the successful acquisition of his advertising agency Yatter by Liverpool e-commerce specialists Velstar in the latter part of 2024.

Explainer Five predictions for 2025 from one of Scotland's hottest entrepreneurs

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes and First Minister John Swinney.

What the Scottish Government will do in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic

Cases of HMPV have been surging in China.

HMPV symptoms to look out for - and should we be worried?

Children on their way to school. Pic: John Devlin

Explainer A to Z of what 2025 holds for Scottish education in a year of change

The assembled winners from Scotland's Health Awards 2024. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Scotland's Health Awards 2024: The winners in full

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries