Up to four adults from two different households are now able to meet up outside, including in gardens.

The controversial legislation consolidates existing law and extends protection for vulnerable groups.

Questions over Met police decisions and a potential site for Sir Sean Connery's ashes make the front pages.

A final decision over whether the Old Firm match on 21 March will go ahead will take place "early next week", says the justice secretary.

How a team of British combatants travelled to Colombia to assassinate the world's most dangerous man.

The wedding industry says it would be safe to allow up to 50 guests from the end of March.

The BBC says it will "adapt" its coverage, but the Scottish Conservatives have criticised the decision.

Stirling and Glasgow were the last of the 32 authorities to consider a council tax freeze in meetings on Thursday.

The body of 45-year-old Valerijs Litvins was found in a property in the city's Parkhead area on Sunday night.

Chief Constable Iain Livingstone says the force spent at least £1.4m over three years.

The rail operator criticises the result of a ballot of RMT members in an overtime payments dispute.

Robbie Smullen was convicted of culpable homicide after stabbing Barry Dixon at a flat in Perth.

A Scottish doctor is widely credited with inventing the hypodermic syringe - a crucial tool in the battle against Covid.

A daily update on the number and location of coronavirus cases in Scotland.

Details on how Scotland will emerge from lockdown have been announced - here's how the rules are expected to relax.

The Scottish and UK governments have published their timetables for easing of lockdown restrictions.

Using World Health Organization measures, it is possible to chart Scotland's progress in tackling Covid-19.

Deaths among the oldest age group are falling, but is this "hard evidence" the vaccine is working?

Businesses say they need definitive dates and details of what will be allowed to reopen and when.

As the Covid death toll continues to rise, we share tributes to some of those who have lost their lives to the virus.

BBC Scotland has rounded up what we know so far about how the return to the classroom will be rolled out.

As the new managed quarantine regime starts, we have the answers to some of our readers' questions.

Gamers in Glasgow tell BBC Scotland how their hobby has helped them cope during the pandemic.

Kate MacLeod can be found swimming in seas and lochs around the Western Isles in summer - and winter.

The historic link over the River Tweed has linked the two countries for more than 200 years.

Extreme sports enthusiast Finbar Doig says he is among the lucky few still able to still do what he loves.

A US gun control campaigner is inspired by UK laws, 25 years after the Dunblane school shooting.

Rangers supporters are not the only football fans to have broken social gathering rules during the pandemic.

We are looking for people from all parts of Scotland to join our voter panel in the run up to May's Holyrood election.

The brother of a Dunblane victim says he sees the anniversary of the shootings as an opportunity to help stop other tragedies.

The stories of three women with very different experiences of the coronavirus pandemic on International Women's Day.

Courier driver Michael says his volume of parcels has almost doubled since the first lockdown in March.

Coronavirus lateral flow tests are free and provide a quick result within 30 minutes. But how do you do one?

Campaigners want politicians to back a ban on conversion therapy and the suppression of someone's sexual identity.

Steven Gerrard hopes he can keep veteran Allan McGregor at Ibrox for another year after a "world class" save keeps Rangers on track for the Europa League quarter-finals.

Neil Lennon says he will "get the itch sooner rather than later" to manage again after resigning his Celtic post last month.

Hibernian are on course to finish third in the top flight for just the fifth time in 45 years. This is why third place is so important this season.

Former England manager linked with Aberdeen role - but not necessarily the manager's post.

Sport can act as a catalyst in how women view themselves after lockdown, Netball Scotland's Claire Nelson says.