Follow along with the latest coronavirus updates from across Scotland.

It is the news that many weary parents have been hoping for - classes are to resume in Scotland following weeks of home schooling and remote learning.

Mr Gove said that help was available to speed up the programme. 

Largs Lifeboat was called to the scene at 7.22pm last night by the coastguard, with the large vessel loose in the Firth of Clyde. 

Before these results, little was known about how effective the Covid-19 vaccines were at preventing transmission of the disease.

INDEPENDENCE would “leave Scotland considerably poorer,” hitting its economy up to three times harder than Brexit and leaving Scots as much as £2,800 a year worse off, according to new research.

TESLA chief executive Elon Musk made his view of short-selling abundantly plain amid frenzied trading activity on Wall Street last week billed in some quarters as a battle between “amateur investors” and “pros”.

ELEVEN restaurants opened new premises in Glasgow last year despite the pressures of the coronavirus pandemic, new food and beverage sector research has revealed.

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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been accused of rushing schools open by senior union figures.

CRITICALLY ill patients have faced longer 999 waits since before the pandemic, while Covid pressures have led to ambulances waiting outside hospitals.

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A SCHOOLGIRL has revealed how she put money set aside for her birthday party, which had to be cancelled, to good use.

Unite Students has announced an extension to an original accommodation rental discount unveiled on January 11, amid continuing coronavirus lockdown restrictions.

People who are suffering the effects of the new UK coronavirus variant could be experiencing some symptoms more commonly, research has suggested.

The pandemic has encouraged many people to embrace localism, the chief officer of Scotland’s Towns Partnership has said.

More than a quarter of Scots medium-sized businesses are warning they could cease trading this quarter if restrictions do not ease, according to a new survey.

A JUDGE has warned ministers that she will order them to reconsider a no-trawl scheme to protect Scotland's marine environment after they said it would serve no practical purpose.

IT has been a whirlwind few days for Nathan Evans. No sooner was he signed to a record label when the shanty singing postman then found himself at the top of the charts.

BP has underlined how much money it expects to generate in the North Sea in coming years despite falling deep into the red amid the fallout from the coronavirus crisis.

“WHEESHT for Indy”. This is the code used on social media by SNP folk attempting to silence comment on the party's manifold internal crises. Don't rock the boat, they say. Wait until after independence. Look at the bigger picture. Well, yesterday...

Money for the seafood and fishing industry has been allocated to help the sector deal with the impact of coronavirus and Brexit.

CALL have been made for curbs on marketing unhealthy food as nearly half of Scots admit snacking on cakes, biscuits, confectionery and savoury snacks more often than before lockdown.

TIMING, so the saying goes, is everything. This explains why even after two full days following the coup in Myanmar – formerly Burma – observers are still mulling over the question, why now?

A Covid-19 outbreak at a Scottish court led to a man being acquitted half way through his trial for a serious road traffic offence, it has been claimed.

IT is with despair that I look at what's going on in the SNP both over the weekend and today ("Allies outraged as Cherry sacked from SNP front bench position", The Herald, February 2). I ask myself: does the current leadership really want to win the ...

A FORMER local authority sewerage boss who once warned that privatisation of the water industry could lead to a return to the days of the cries of “gardyloo” has received a high honour from a prestigious body.

Some of the most beautiful flowers are easy to sow from seed, says Hannah Stephenson.

QUARANTINE hotels, a lost generation and the lost art of flirting in lockdown were the topics discussed by columnists and contributors in the newspapers.

A CURIOUS sighting in Edinburgh, where the bat-signal has been spotted glowing on the side of the King’s Theatre. Does this mean Batman is in town, ignoring social distancing rules and punching miscreants squarely on the jaw? Not quite.

IN THE Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert, some folk finally saw the light. According to a senior nurse on a Covid ward, which has seen a steep rise in admissions in recent weeks, some patients have told her: “I wish I had listened. I didn�...

Nicola Sturgeon has been accused of rushing to release schools from the latest coronavirus lockdown while failing to agree detailed measures with teachers which would keep classrooms safe.

MINISTERS have been criticised for a "disdainful" dismissal of inquiry findings that showed a "catastrophic failure" in the procurement of two lifeline Scots ferries which have hampered by soaring costs and are subject to up to five years of delay...

A majority of children treated with puberty blockers reported feeling happier after treatment started, a study found.

ALISTER Jack has offered UK Government help to the Scottish Government in the roll-out of its vaccine programme as Nicola Sturgeon again faced claims that it was “lagging way behind” other parts of Britain.

Health campaigners are calling for the minimum pricing for alcohol to be increased – even though new figures showed Scotland is the only part of the UK where drink-related deaths have fallen over the last two decades.

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Captain Sir Tom Moore has died at the age of 100 after testing positive for Covid-19, his daughters Hannah and Lucy said in a statement

SCOTLAND’s high-polluting petrochemicals industry has warned that investment will move overseas if decarbonisation costs cannot be passed on to consumers.

SCOTLAND'S £500 self-isolation payments are being "significantly extended" to more people on low incomes.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon today confirmed that Scotland will stay in lockdown until at least the end of February.

THE new variant of coronavirus spreading across Scotland may carry an increased risk of hospitalisation, Nicola Sturgeon has said.

NICOLA Sturgeon has announced plans to go further than the UK Government and introduce "a managed quarantine requirement" for anyone who arrives in Scotland from another country.

There were 151,701 fewer operations scheduled in 2020 than in 2019 – a 44.9% drop, according to NHS Scotland figures.

NICOLA Sturgeon is facing a humiliating Holyrood vote unless her husband agrees to appear before the inquiry into the Alex Salmond affair.

Scottish craft brewer BrewDog has launched a "buy one get one tree" initiative as part of the company’s green mission.

WOMEN will not have to “self-censor” when debating their own rights in the context of transgender reform, the SNP’s Justice Secretary has insisted.

Single malts produced by Bruichladdich will be sold without their industry-standard tin in a pilot programme to reduce waste packaging from the Islay distillery.

Scotland's schools are to begin reopening on a phased basis from February 22.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon today confirmed that Scotland will stay in lockdown until at least the end of February.