RANGERS icons Ally McCoist and Sandy Jardine would have been axed in an alternative cost-cutting strategy after the club's financial meltdown, drawn up by an expert for the liquidators.

Scottish pupils are facing a national qualifications "disaster" even worse than last year's exams fiasco, critics have warned.

Welcome to our Covid-19 live blog, bringing you all the latest updates from across Scotland.

DOUGLAS Ross has turned to the only other Scottish Tory MSP with Westminster experience to bring order to his new Holyrood group.

IT wasn’t always going to be such a predictable election.

Glasgow Gaelic School has dropped ten places in school league tables recognised as the 'gold standard' by the Scottish Government.

IT has been clear since the outcome of the 2014 independence referendum that the SNP would neither abide by its outcome nor respect its own stated position that it was a once in a generation event.

SCIENTISTS are devising an early warning system for Covid which they hope will prevent any future lockdowns.

Madeleine McCann's parents will be remembering their daughter "quietly" on what would have been her 18th birthday today.

THERE seemed to be at least a hint of British exceptionalism around the UK Government’s latest pronouncements on international travel.

A CAMPAIGN has been launched to save a historic biscuit factory in Glasgow as a row erupted over the closure plans of the McVitie's biscuits owner which will result in the loss of hundreds of 'key worker' jobs.

THERE are two things above all else that I’ve learned during the intermittent years that I’ve spent in Jerusalem covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The first is that both sides have their own respective narratives of victimhood.

A nine-year-old boy has died after apparently being struck by lightning on a football field in Blackpool, police have said.

By Ian McConnell

CAIRN Energy chief executive Simon Thomson has said the company is well placed for growth after making big strategic moves in recent weeks, although it has suffered a revolt on boardroom pay.

The Office for National Statistics said the economy grew by 2.1% between February and March despite lockdown restrictions

Clinically vulnerable patients are waiting longer than 12 weeks for Covid vaccine boosters in some parts of Scotland due to supply issues.

“We are coming out of lockdown” my pal called me “we can meet up and finally hang out?” I nervously said: “Yes, maybe in October?”

AN INVESTIGATION is underway after a teenage girl was sexually assaulted in a park at the weekend.

IT was a dark winter’s evening in New York when we found a bar and escaped from the falling snow. As my husband ordered drinks, we shook the wet from our coats and rubbed warmth into our hands.

ENVIRONMENTALISTS are launching a legal bid to force the UK Government to end support for the North Sea oil and gas industry.

SCOTTISH tourism businesses are continuing to operate at well below usual levels, despite the easing of coronavirus restrictions, a new survey of hotels, restaurants, pubs and cafes has found.

Crackpot castingGLASGOW rock star Bobby Gillespie has rather surprisingly revealed he wants the Italian actress Monica Bellucci to play him if a biographical film is ever made of his life. Reader Scott Sharp says: “If that sort of flexibility is...

BBC’s Line of Duty star Tommy Jessop is backing today’s launch of the new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Down syndrome, led by SNP MP Dr Lisa Cameron and Labour MP Matt Western.

SOCIAL distancing relaxation? No thanks. That, it seems, is what many a great many Scots are feeling if a recent YouGov poll is anything to go by. More than half of Scots (57 per cent), it found, want social distancing to stay even after everyone ...

A NEW study into Long Covid is seeking to compare experiences among people who known to have had the infection against people who have never tested positive.

AN Edinburgh-based architectural practice has won a competition to help create the ideal railway station of the future.

One of Scotland’s best known cyclists has given his backing to a bike ride commemorating the daring Dambusters raid of the Second World War.

They have long been seen as annoying creatures that leave holes in your clothes.

In honour of World Bee Day, an expert offers a bee-friendly planting calendar to encourage these insects to your garden all year long.

MENZIES, the Scottish aviation giant, has announced it is to move to raise £22 million to allow it to “take advantage of current market conditions and accelerate the delivery of its strategic objectives”.

POSITIVITY, proximity to others and stopping the brain drain were the issues raised by columnists and contributors in the newspapers.

Glasgow Science Centre is holding its second online festival 19-21 May, and everyone aged 10 and upwards is invited to attend.

THE DEPUTY Leader of the Labour Party has said the public do not know what Keir Starmer stands for amid claims he tried to sack her following the party’s poor election results.

Scotland has recorded 238 new cases of coronavirus but no deaths in the past 24 hours, according to latest statistics which were released hours late following "IT issues".

Most of Scotland will move to Level 2 of Covid-19 restrictions on Monday, Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed at a Scottish Government coronavirus briefing.

Now the election is over, the battle can begin.

A TORY MP has accused Nicola Sturgeon of ‘misleading voters’ days before the Scottish elections.

People in Scotland will be able to hug loved ones again from Monday – subject to restrictions – according to Nicola Sturgeon who found herself getting "a wee bit emotional" as she broke the news earlier today.

The Isle of Harris has launched a responsible tourism campaign as travel restrictions ease.

IAN Blackford has told the Prime Minister that the SNP’s ‘record breaking’ election result is a sign that Scots want a referendum.

THE owner of McVitie’s has announced a proposal to close the factory in Glasgow, putting 468 roles at risk of redundancy.

A FORMER diplomat has been sentenced to eight months in prison for contempt of court in relation to the Alex Salmond trial.

FIFE COUNCIL’S education chief has said safety and security of children is a “top priority” after a seven-year-old at a Dunfermline school was left to walk home alone.

The travel industry has said it is still in the dark about how things will work following the Scottish Government's announcement that rules on international travel are to be relaxed.

Plans to change the law around voting have been described as a blatant attempt at voter suppression.

THE Government has made strengthening the union a key pledge in the Queen’s speech.

IT WAS said with a hint of desperation, a pinch of frustration and more than a dollop of nostalgia. At the weekend, my 85-year-old dad threw his walking stick to one side and held out his arms to me. “For God’s sake, give us a hug.”

Well, if you thought the election would reconcile Scotland’s great constitutional divide, then I’m afraid you’re as delusional as Alex Salmond. Yes, the most boring election in living memory has had an impact after all – by simply ramping ...

BUSINESS leaders have welcomed Nicola Sturgeon’s confirmation that Covid lockdown restrictions will ease significantly from Monday.