NICOLA STURGEON is "gambling" Scotland's economic recovery with her pledge to hold an independence referendum in the next two years, opposition leaders have argued.

BORIS Johnson will for now not add France and other European countries to the UK's "red list" travel ban, keeping holidaymaker hopes alive of summer trips abroad, according to reports.

NICOLA STURGEON's independent Scotland will be treated in the same way as Kosovo by Spain, a legal expert has told Express.co.uk.

TORY MPs reacted with outrage yesterday after a school headmaster agreed to take down the Union flag - because pupils staged a Black Lives Matter-inspired protest.

A £400million cash injection will help many of Britain's best-loved theatres spring back to life this summer alongside museums, cinemas and music festivals.

AN EU vaccines chief has sparked fresh tension in the jabs war by threatening to seize exports heading to UK shores.

A DOG rescued from drowning in a river found a happy home 15 months on from her terrifying ordeal.

MORE than one million people were suffering with long Covid last month - leading to demands for more medical and financial help for victims. The terrible toll emerged in two huge ground-breaking studies by the Office for National Statistics.

BORIS Johnson is facing a Tory revolt after signalling that Covid "passports" will get the go-ahead.

BORIS JOHNSON is set to announce a UK trial of a coronavirus vaccine passport system, "starting next month" - despite MPs across parties branding plans "divisive".