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Nicola Sturgeon has acknowledged the "terrible ordeal" of the last year as Scotland gets ready to mark one year on since lockdown by remembering those who died during the pandemic.

The common cold virus can offer some level of protection against Covid-19 infection, Glasgow scientists believe.

There are fresh fears for the life chances of Scotland’s poorest children after a major report found only limited progress had been made in closing the educational attainment gap.

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Scottish Secretary Alister Jack will stress the importance of Scotland to UK and Nato defence on a visit to an RAF base north of the border.

The Holyrood inquiry into the Scottish Government’s unlawful investigation of Alex Salmond will publish its findings on Tuesday morning.

A GRANDMOTHER who was hospitalised with severe heart failure during the first lockdown has been chasing her Covid vaccination for the past six weeks only to be told the NHS has "no record" of her.

IN the week that the Scottish Parliament rises ahead of a May 6 election that promises to be the most divisive and bitter in its 22-year history, its architect Donald Dewar must be turning in his grave.

INITIALLY there was limited regard to the enquiry into the Scottish Government's handling of harassment complaints against Alex Salmond. Then came suddenly a fevered interest.

Lawyers have reacted angrily after a funding scheme set up to help firms struggling due to the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in scores of solicitors receiving nothing.

SCOTLAND’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said The Herald’s garden of remembrance will be a beautiful and fitting memorial to those who have died in the pandemic.

A hotel firm sacked a worker at the beginning of last year’s lockdown and went on to claim furlough payments in his name, a tribunal has heard.

WE do it every minute of every day without thinking but it seems many of us may be doing it wrong.

By Kristy Dorsey

THERE’S something clearly amiss when it comes to the way society views men and women. Women are held to one, usually impossibly high, standard. While us men? Not so much.

DOZENS of yellow ribbons flutter in the wind as five-year-old Jessica Machon lays the first plant in what will become a place to remember loved ones lost to covid. Each ribbon has the name of Scots who have died and have been tied around a tree in...

MORE than one in four people with pre-existing mental health conditions saw their specialist treatment stop altogether during the pandemic, according to research which lays bare the impact of lockdown one year on.

Mount Etna, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, is giving one of its periodic series of rumbles. This time, however, volcanologists are concerned that something seismic could be about to happen

A fund to enable communities to remember the impact of the pandemic in their own way is being set up.

AFTER the failure of giants such as BHS and Carillion sparked public outcries in recent years, the Government has unveiled long-awaited proposals to shake up the financial reporting and audit regimes which may do little to mollify some critics.

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SLEEPING ROUGH under the stars to raise awareness and funds for homeless veterans, is one former soldier’s way of giving back to a charity which has changed his life.

A minute’s silence is to be held today, one year on from the coronavirus lockdown to remember those who died during the pandemic.

THE Scotland 5G Centre has unveiled Dundee as the location for its next innovation hub.

THE first research into the impact of Covid on work practices that is specific to Scotland shows both employees and businesses expect far greater levels of flexibility in the workplace on a permanent basis.

NEW BP chief executive Bernard Looney earned £1.7 million for his work in the role last year.

All of Max Halley's sentences end with either a massive, joyful exclamation mark, or a boom of laughter.

THE vaccine threat, the thrill of strangers and the future of retail were the topics debated by columnists and contributors in the newspapers.

THERE have been renewed calls for reform of the House of Lords, after someone noticed – as they do, every so often – that it doesn’t conform in every particular with the institutional models favoured by, say, the Electoral Reform Society.

Division within the SNP could be impacting on support for Scottish independence, a new report has claimed.

Ms Sturgeon confirmed that there was a government investigation under way but could decline to comment further.

ALEX Salmond's claims that Nicola Sturgeon broke the ministerial code have been dismissed by the independent Hamilton report.

The Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice campaign met with the First Minister of Scotland on Monday.

THE DEBATE around another independence referendum is taking time away from other “pressing issues” in Scotland, an MP has claimed.

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THE UK government has confirmed the army will shrink by around 10,000 troops as the defence secretary launched a plan for major modernisation of the forces.

Accusations that Nicola Sturgeon may have breached the ministerial code have been investigated by an independent adviser to the Scottish Government.

NICOLA Sturgeon has spoken of her relief after she was cleared of breaking the Scottish Ministerial Code by an independent adviser.

A MAN has been charged after two politicians received 'graphic' death threats.

NICOLA Sturgeon has been cleared of breaching the Scottish Ministerial Code by an independent adviser, relieving pressure on her to resign.

The Marquess of Bute has died at the age of 62 following a short illness.

THE UK Government has announced sanctions against Chinese officials over the persecution of Uighur Muslims.

A Scottish-developed steel construction system is on course for a significant presence in the global nuclear small modular reactor (SMR) market following the successful delivery of a blast chamber contract with a US university, it is claimed.

BBC Scotland will broadcast two televised debates with the leaders of five political parties as part of its coverage of the Holyrood election.

A VOTE of no confidence in Nicola Sturgeon has been pushed forward to tomorrow.

Boris Johnson has warned Britain must brace for another wave of coronavirus infections being imported from Europe as cases rise on the continent.

Top pollster Sir John Curtice gives his expert analysis on today's exclusive Herald poll, which found a narrow majority in favour of independence.

Firefighters are tackling a blaze at Northfield Academy.

THE Scottish Government has published its draft bill for another independence referendum despite opposition demands to focus on the economic recovery from the pandemic.