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THE hospitality industry has lambasted a new first-of-its kind study which casts doubt on whether bar owners can effectively prevent Covid-19 transmission after observing "risks" over conduct in Scots licensed premises last summer.

Follow along with the latest from Nicola Sturgeon's lockdown update for Scotland - including the latest news for schools.

A father and daughter who went into hotel quarantine in Scotland on Monday have been told they can leave after only one day, due to a loophole with their arrival.

When is the next lockdown review in Scotland?

CELTIC’S interim results were far better than had been anticipated amid the ongoing Covid-19 crisis despite the Parkhead club yesterday announcing they have made a loss of almost £6m up until December, a football finance expert last night insis...

CELTIC were last night warned the financial collapse of French football will have a devastating impact on their bid to cash in on leading scorer Odsonne Edouard this summer.

Here's how to watch Nicola Sturgeon's announcement on a phased return to school for pupils across Scotland and what to expect.

ROAD experts are in a race against time to find solutions after it was claimed that 100,000 tonnes of debris is waiting to fall on one of Scotland's key road.

CONCERNS that Scots will become more reliant on their cars post-lockdown has added impetus to plans to introduce European-style mini-transport hubs that combine public transport with bike and car sharing in one place.

RISHI SUNAK must use his upcoming budget to lay the foundations for economic recovery, and start weaning the country off support schemes, leading economists have said.

THE answers to Mark Smith's question ("So what is going on in the secretive world of Scotland’s Don’t Know Ten Percenters?", The Herald, February 15) are clear. First, there is no overwhelming appetite for Scottish independence, and never has bee...

BOLD ambition, that's what we want in a prime minister. And that's what we have. So why all this griping?

Today is Shrove Tuesday which, as well as being a significant day in the Christian calendar, means that at some point we’re going to be scoffing pancakes dusted with sugar and drenched in lemon (other toppings are available).

IT has attracted the support of celebrities including Nigella Lawson and comedian Kathy Burke who said the numbers taking part showed that "kindness always shines through.'

OVER the last year, it’s seemed that Scotland has been locked in an ugly "culture war" over the issue of trans rights.

UNLESS you possess the same instinctive, romantic flair as Casanova, Romeo, or, er, Alan Titchmarsh, then St Valentine’s Day can be something of an excruciating palaver for the bumbling male masses. I thought, for instance, that the erogenous zo...

DOZENS of tourism and business organisations have formally called on the SNP to drop plans to regulate Airbnb-style short-term lets amid accusations the industry is being used as a “scapegoat” for “monumental, era-defining, mistakes” on ho...

THE latest official figures on Scotch whisky exports, which revealed overseas sales fell to their lowest level in a decade, will have made for difficult reading for distillers when they were announced on Friday. They should also serve as a wake-up...

IT’S not surprising Nick Campbell’s switch from professional rugby to boxing was met with some scepticism.

The number of Scots thinking about suicide has increased during the coronavirus pandemic, according to research.

THE joint venture behind Mackie’s Crisps is investing £750,000 in a new production facility to scale up production of a new snack brand.

YOU would imagine that one reason people go into politics, apart from being bossy and wanting to swank about the place, is because they have ideas about how the world might be better, or at least differently, arranged. They have different, and for th...

Porky perks

The young cook is all about having fun with food and bringing in the Caribbean flavours of his heritage. Prudence Wade finds out more.

The “separatists” have won.

BORIS Johnson has insisted now is “no moment to relax” in the fight against coronavirus despite the UK wide mass vaccination reaching the 15 million jags target as he admitted that while he wanted this to be the final lockdown, he could not gu...

BORIS Johnson's former adviser Dominic Cummings was instrumental in awarding a government contract to a company run by his friends, according to court documents.

Nicola Sturgeon is set to announce the results of the latest Coronavirus lockdown review on Tuesday.

VACCINE centres across Scotland may have to cut their opening hours as the number of Covid jags available in the coming week falls by around half.

A business leader has called for a "clear plan to reopen" from First Minister Nicola Sturgeon ahead of the expected statement to the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday.

FINANCE Secretary Kate Forbes has warned that Scotland will not be able to meet its ambitious climate targets without “leveraging in private investment” to help clean up the economy.

DOWNING St has brushed aside Scottish Government concerns of a “loophole” in the UK’s Covid-19 defences for people travelling to Scotland via England from countries not on the so-called “red-list” as Edinburgh continues to urge London to...

Let me take you back in time. It is the 1960s in Glasgow. A group of men stand around a roaring fire surrounded by a huge oak fireplace designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh at the end of the 19th century. We are inside Mackintosh’s Art Nouveau ...

A new group set up by the UK Government in a bid to resolve the export “issues” facing Scotland’s fishing and seafood sectors is not helping resolve the continuing impasse.

NICOLA Sturgeon has threatened to close the border with England if the UK Government refuses to close a loophole on quarantine hotels.

JOANNA Cherry has beefed up security at her home after reporting another "incident of concern" to the police.

DEATH THREATS have been received by a third of MSPs since they were elected, a survey has found.

NICOLA Sturgeon has said she struggles not to swear when privileged footballers break Covid rules after Rangers launched a probe into a possible breach by its players.

SCOTLAND’S Environment Secretary has stressed her updated climate change plan was never intended to draw up the “revolutionary change” needed to meet ambitious climate targets – despite a key pledge being just nine years away.

One of Scotland's first international travellers since the new quarantine rules came into force has said he is happy to do "whatever it takes" to stay.

PUPILS will start returning to school from next Monday, in line with Scottish Government plans, Nicola Sturgeon has signalled.

Housebuilder Avant Homes has declared its sites across Scotland are enjoying “continued success”, and flagged plans for further expansion in the central belt, as it launches the first houses at four new developments which will deliver 622 new-...

A woman was found dead at around 11.40pm on Saturday, February 13 on Orchard Way, Inchture. 

NICOLA Sturgeon has been urged to take action over a "culture of contempt at the heart of the SNP Government".

Nicola Sturgeon has announced an increase of 559 coronavirus cases overnight, representing seven per cent of the total number of tests taken.