Follow along with the latest coronavirus news in Scotland and further afield.

More than 120 mobile phone masts are to be built in Scotland in a bid to improve coverage in rural areas.

Construction of a Covid-19 testing megalab at an undisclosed location in Scotland is to be halted, the UK Government has announced.

THE Scottish Tories will today urge SNP ministers to drop “reckless and damaging” plans for a second independence referendum amidst the pandemic.

Just 6% of Lords come from the whole of the Midlands, and 8% from Scotland. 

SCOTLAND'S use of cash machines has slumped by over a third during the coronavirus crisis leading to new concerns about the future of money.

THE Conservative Government’s Brexit odyssey became even more bizarre over the weekend – no mean feat – with a newspaper report that UK companies were being advised by officials at the Department for International Trade to set up companies i...

OPPOSITION parties have united in condemnation over ministers' rejection of the "catastrophic failure" conclusion of an inquiry into the procurement of two lifeline Scots ferries which have hampered by soaring costs and up to five years of delay...

THOUSANDS of businesses yet to receive any support to mitigate the pandemic are being forced to wait months for councils to roll out a £30 million discretionary fund – with the majority of local authorities yet to launch the lifeline support.

IF the SNP had succeeded in the 2014 referendum then Scotland would be in the same position as the rest of mainland Europe in being weeks behind the UK in approving and accessing supplies of vaccine, on the basis of wanting cheaper vaccine, not su...

JUST what Scotland needs as the pandemic reaches a climax: a blond, tousled super-spreader coming north to infect us with a new variant of unionism. And possibly worse. SNP MPs like John Nicolson are condemning Boris Johnson for breaking his own Covi...

MEDICAL students have faced "unfair and in some cases inhumane treatment" during an online exam, which saw some would-be doctors failed for putting on a jumper and others left to urinate in their seats.

THE shift to homeworking and drop in demand for short-stay Airbnb lets, as well as concerns about Covid rates in urban areas, are thought to have contributed to rents plunging in Scotland’s capital city.

Scotland's universities are facing losses of £132 million as Covid restrictions bite and students choose to axe accommodation contracts, analysis warns.

Fewer than one in 10 Scottish pupils spend at least five hours a day learning while being home schooled, a survey suggests.

It is the unique combination of ancient woodlands, open glades, boulders, crags, ravines and river gorges that make up Scotland's answer to the tropical rainforests.

ScotRail is to operate a reduced service from February, as lockdown has restricted the number of people travelling.

Scotland’s trade union body has lost the latest round in a long-running legal battle with a former worker who was unfairly sacked and victimised by the organisation.

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PENSIONS and investments giant M&G has underlined its commitment to Scotland by taking a 20-year-lease on an office complex with space for hundreds of staff.

A North-Sea focused oil and gas minnow has seen its shares surge around 25% after it increased estimates of the amount of oil remaining in a field it hopes to bring back into production by millions of barrels.

IF YOU’RE starting to get fed up with the same routines every day, why not shake things up and give yourself something to look forward to either through a new purchase or a  virtual experience. That could be anything from treating yourself to ...

Analysis By Gavin Mochan  

INEQUALITY, the EU vaccine row and why Covid is not responsible for the demise of the high street were the topics debated by columnists and contributors in the newspapers.

IT WAS always a fear, but there were those too who warned of its inevitability. “Vaccine Nationalism,” whereby countries prioritise their own vaccine needs has hovered ominously over the response to the Covid-19 pandemic even before the first vac...

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BORIS Johnson has said he is “deeply sorry” for the loss of life from Coronavirus as deaths across the UK passed 100,000, but insisted his Government “did everything we could”.

While the wearing of cloth masks has become routine, the idea of upgrading to a specialised version has caught many people by surprise. 

NICOLA Sturgeon’s husband is understood to be taking legal advice after being accused of potentially committing a crime at the Holyrood inquiry into the Alex Salmond affair.

ANAS Sarwar has received the most support in the first phase of the Scottish Labour leadership contest, firming up his position as favourite.

MINISTERS have rejected the "catastrophic failure" conclusion of an inquiry into the procurement of two lifeline Scots ferries which have hampered by soaring costs and up to five years of delay.

EXPERTS have warned the Scottish Government’s strategy for hitting ambitious climate targets by 2030 is based on “wishful thinking” amid fears there is no plan B in the event untested technology cannot be scaled up.

MOST over-80s in Scotland have now received their first dose of the Covid vaccine, but critics say the rollout remains “sluggish” and a “postcode lottery”.

THE TEAMWORK between the Scottish and English ambulance services during the pandemic highights the "strength of the union", according to two senior Conservative ministers.

ALISTER Jack has hit out at political opponents who have questioned the validity of Boris Johnson’s visit to Scotland on Thursday as engaging in "petty politics at a time of crisis".

SNP ministers have pledged to end all overseas trade support and promotional activities "solely focused" on fossil fuels this year.

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Co-op and Morrisons are investigating an IT glitch that created problems for contactless card payments in stores with some customers warning of double payments.

Organisers said they had pulled the plug on the event "with heavy hearts".

Banking giant Barclays has worked with academics at the University of Glasgow to name the buildings and streets at its under-construction Glasgow Campus in Tradeston.

When Andre Previn pointed out to Eric Morecambe he was playing “all the wrong notes”, the late great comedian grabbed the shocked virtuoso by the lapels and growled: “I’m playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order....

THE TREASURY has dodged questions over the reduction in VAT on energy bills when challenged by the SNP.

THE NHS has warned the public to be vigilant as scammers take advantage of the roll out of the Covid-19 vaccine to commit fraud.

Almost all of Scotland's frontline health and social care workers have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

SCOTTISH and Welsh ministers have released a joint statement vowing to explore how both countries can continue to benefit from the EU's Erasmus scheme.

There have been 1,049 new cases of Covid-19 reported in Scotland in the past 24 hours.

MORE THAN 100,000 people have died from coronavirus in the UK, the latest figures show.

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Boris Johnson has to do some “real work” on his trip to Scotland this week, or risk breaking coronavirus laws an MP has said