Scotland has the highest rate of Covid-19 infection in the UK.

GREATER autonomy has allowed private schools to return the majority of secondary pupils to the classroom safely, according to a sector leader.

Scottish organ donation law is changing to an opt out system from 26 March so that Scots will be considered as donors when they die unless they have chosen to opt out.

THE Brexiters who pack the Johnson Cabinet really do give an 1,800 revolutions per minute cycle on a washing machine a run for its money when it comes to the intensity of the spin.

Teachers face a scramble to gather and submit course grades under internal deadlines that could fall as soon as next month, a union has warned.

SNP ministers have been criticised for a lack of “concrete plans” over how it will deliver a “world-leading” commitment to cut car traffic by 20 per cent in the next nine years.

THE First Minister begs our indulgence, quoting "experience" as the SNP's unique selling point ("Sturgeon sells SNP’s ‘experience’ as election starting pistol is fired", The Herald, March 25).

NICOLA Sturgeon will today commit for 100,000 new homes to be built in the next decade – promising to support 14,000 jobs a year as part of Scotland's recovery from the pandemic.

NORTH Sea heavyweight EnQuest has said its focus on extending the lives of fields in the area makes sense amid the energy transition although it decided to decommission two in response to the fallout from the coronavirus crisis.

TO the time machine! Set the dial for the Victorian era. First up: The Irregulars, a supernatural crime drama based on the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that begins streaming on Netflix today.

TWIN white trails cutting true though a celeste sky. There were a few of us cricking our necks to follow the jet as it propelled itself into a far off speck.

By Ian McConnell

CINEMA giant Cineworld has revealed the impact of theatre closures during the pandemic as it reported a pre-tax loss of over $3 billion.

THEY love their flag, the Tories. In just this last week or so one backbench Conservative has berated the BBC for not having any Union flags in its annual report. Another suggested people who did not like the banner could leave the country.

Could this be the best place to live in Scotland? A new list has revealed the top eight locations across the country.

A Scottish shopping mall space marketing business is set for a hefty loss in its full year accounts for 2020.

CAPITALISM, lockdown lessons and the joy of shopping during the pandemic were the issues raised by columnists and contributors in the newspapers.

THINKING back over the last year, who among your acquaintances has had the hardest time of it?

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ICONIC. Invincible. Irreplaceable. The verdict from the Celtic supporters on their captain Scott Brown. To them, he was all these things.

TWO SNP MPs have demanded an MI5 summit to tackle disinformation and ‘hostile foreign activity’ online.

Police Scotland said they were called to the Queen’s official residence in Edinburgh at about 8.50pm on Tuesday.

THE SNP has landed taxpayers with a bill of up to £175,000 for a byelection after criticising others for the same thing.

The main contractor of a major Glasgow affordable housing development has hailed the project's "high-quality, energy efficient homes".

VIOLENT anarchists could descend on Glasgow to protest during Cop26, police have confirmed.

DOUGLAS Ross has confirmed he intends to continue as an MP if elected to Holyrood.

A NOTEWORTHY milestone was reached earlier this month which may signal better days lie ahead for the Ferguson shipyard on the Clyde.

JOHN Swinney has accused the UK Government of threatening to “trample over devolution” with a legal challenge to a Holyrood Bill on improving children’s rights.

Jimmy Lee’s Salt & Chilli Oriental opens today Glasgow's West End.

AN SNP candidate vying to become Scotland’s first refugee to sit in Holyrood has highlighted a new law extending the right to vote to those who have permission to enter or remain in the UK.

By Ian McConnell

By Martyn Pickersgill

Figures released by the Scottish Government have revealed that the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 recorded yesterday was 701

JOANNA Cherry has announced she will be taking out from her MP role due to health reasons.

Worshippers have returned to churches in Scotland after a judge ruled coronavirus regulations that forced their closure were unlawful.

A TOP police officer has branded Rangers fans who held a party in George Square as “completely and utterly irresponsible” and defended his force’s response to the event.

Coronavirus legislation in Scotland is to be ammended in the coming days to ensure that picketing can take place 'in a safe and controlled manner' without police intervention.

WHEN I was at school, which admittedly wasn’t recently, I received a pretty rounded education with all major historical topics covered along with the incomprehensible subjects such as maths.

THE SNP and Conservatives are both "compromised" in their ability to lead Scotland's recovery after the pandemic, Anas Sarwar has said.

A former diplomat has been found to be in contempt of court after covering the Alex Salmond trial on his blog.

SCOTLAND'S top civil servant should be "considering her position" over the Alex Salmond saga, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has said.

An online calculator has identified several Scottish local authorities at risk of being a 'coronavirus hotspot' ahead of the easing of lockdown rules.

THE SNP has been accused of hypocrisy after attacking dual mandate candidates for Holyrood and Westminster while appearing to have one of its own.

THE SNP has attacked Ruth Davidson on the first day of the Holyrood election campaign – claiming she has “she has let down the people of Scotland at every turn” during her time in parliament.

DOUGLAS Ross has launched his party’s election campaign with an appeal to tactical voters to “rediscover the Better Together spirit” of 2014 and deny the SNP a Holyrood majority.

I KNOW you might think ‘dear God, not another opinion poll’, but let me tell you what YouGov did this week. They asked more than 5,000 British adults whether there should be an annual Covid Memorial Day and 38% said there should be and 45% sai...

PARLIAMENTARY elections will take place in Turkmenistan on March 28 and the outcome is already a foregone conclusion. The Democratic Party will win. Although the constitution allows for multiple political parties, there is no effective opposition ...

LIBERAL Democrats have set out their plans to guarantee a job for every teacher and £30,000 starting salaries as part of education proposals ahead of May’s election.

Scottish college lecturers have gone on mass strike amid fears their employers are seeking to replace them with staff whose qualifications and pay are inferior.