SCOTTISH politics has been infected by a serious form of political idiocy over recent years: the tendency within the hardline ranks of Scottish nationalism and British unionism to view everything through the prism of the constitution.

Follow along with the latest from Nicola Sturgeon's coronavirus lockdown briefing in Scotland.

During the briefing, Nicola Sturgeon will announce the results of a latest review of restrictions

The Scottish Government has already said the current restrictions will last until at least the middle of February but the statement to MSPs on Tuesday will provide some detail on “other steps we are planning to take”, the First Minister said.

WHILE the UK Government is busy applying to join a trading bloc on the other side of the world, its lack of progress in resolving a dispute a little closer to home is causing considerable anger in the Scotch whisky industry. And it is easy to unde...

Nicola Sturgeon will give an update on the latest lockdown review today. Here are the latest Covid numbers for Scotland.

NORTH Sea oil and gas firms are "fuelling climate change" by pumping out a coal plant’s worth of emissions each year through flaring and venting, a new investigation has revealed.

By Dr Laura Robertson

They are the graceful birds once sought after as a delicacy at medieval banquets that were once were once common in Scotland but died out in the 16th century.

SMALL hydroelectric schemes which have been at the forefront of Scotland's moves to combat climate change are being put at risk because they do not qualify for a new rates relief scheme.

Thousands of Scottish pupils are being left behind in the quest for jobs and further education due to weaknesses in school career services.

By Scott Wright

FARMERS ARE seen by many as the toughest of folk: fearless and resilient. But this very stereotype is perpetuating a stigma around mental health which has left the agricultural industry facing a battle with suicide which has claimed the lives of s...

I NOTE AW Frame's letter (February 1) regarding emergency planning.

IT has its own ruined Iron Age fort and was blackened with soot during the Second World War to hide it from enemy bombers, but now a 19th century lighthouse keeper’s home could be given a new lease of life.

Ching-He Huang switched to plant-based eating after seeing how it could dramatically change people's lives.

MSPs have been warned that the SNP’s plans to regulate Airbnb-style short-term lets is “against the European Union’s law and guidance” despite a pledge to “keep pace” with EU law after Brexit.

JD SPORTS is to move further into the US after agreeing a $495 million takeover of Baltimore sportswear brand DTLR Villa.

THE IT chap looked at me with absolute scorn as I moaned to him about the built in obsolescence of modern technology.

THE focus for Colin Stewart has always been on the next generation. There have been times this season where he has feared for the future.

HOUSEBUILDER Stewart Milne has said demand for its family homes in suburban and rural locations has hit unprecedented highs driven by people wanting more space and a sense of community.

A HEALTH board has apologised after an 85-year-old left waiting almost a week to find out if she has coronavirus was told there is 'no record' of her having had the test.

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Andrew McKie: The EU behaved appallingly, but it’s still in our interests to help them

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SNP MP Joanna Cherry has contacted police over a “vicious threat” to her personal safety after she said she had been “sacked” from her party’s front bench team at Westminster.

NICOLA Sturgeon’s husband has refused to clear up his controversial evidence to the Holyrood inquiry into the Alex Salmond affair by appearing before it tomorrow.

NICOLA Sturgeon has admitted that Scotland’s vaccine rollout is “dipping a bit” on Sundays after the number of first doses administered yesterday was the lowest since daily figures started being published three weeks ago.

JOANNA Cherry’s sacking was a long time in the making, according to SNP sources.

SNP ministers have reversed plans to exempt criticism of transgender identity from Holyrood's Hate Crime Bill.

Scots should brace for days of treacherous conditions with heavy rain, ice and snow expected to last for six days.

THE UK Government will “come down hard” on the South Africa variant of the coronavirus after 105 cases were detected in the UK, Matt Hancock has insisted.

Kate Forbes MSP and her fiancé Alasdair (Ali) Maclennan have said they have been "bowled over" by the response of thousands of well-wishers.

NICOLA Sturgeon's economics guru has warned the party not to brush over the downsides and “hard work” of independence as it ramps up talk of another referendum.

JOANNA Cherry, the high-profile SNP MP and QC, has been sacked from the party's front bench in Westminster.

UNIONISTS have been warned that if they do not up their game, they will see the creation of an independent Scottish republic as Nicola Sturgeon was described as “Glasgow’s de Valera” in the House of Lords.

NICOLA Sturgeon will set out “other steps that we are planning to take” to further suppress the Covid-19 pandemic when she addresses MSPs in Holyrood tomorrow.

The Scottish Government has released details of a taskforce created to consider whether misogynistic behaviour should be a standalone offence under Scots law.

THE LORD Advocate and Holyrood's presiding officer have a duty to challenge the SNP's plans for an "illegal" referendum, according to Douglas Ross.

Today's statistics from the Scottish Government's coronavirus briefing

Around this time, the cost of Christmas begins to show up on credit card statements. This year, a new demand will be popping through the national letter box – the cost of Brexit. As parts of the UK are already finding out, the Prime Minister’s...

DOUGLAS Ross has challenged Nicola Sturgeon to a debate over the future of Scotland after the SNP published its roadmap to independence.

Captain Sir Tom Moore's family are with him in hospital after he tested positive for Covid-19, Bedford Hospital has said.

The Great Scottish Run is coming back in 2021, organisers have said.

A man who was sledging close to the Old Man of Storr on Skye had to be airlifted to hospital after seriously injuring himself.

A man who was caught trying to board a flight to Dubai with more than £860,000 has been convicted after he admitted money laundering offences.

Only five local areas in the whole of the UK have recorded a week-on-week rise in Covid-19 case rates, and three of those are in Scotland, new analysis shows.

TRAVELLERS could soon benefit from on-site testing at Edinburgh airport that returns results within 20 minutes.

Asos has sealed the takeover of Topshop and three other brands from the collapse of the Arcadia retail empire for £265 million.