Fiona Hyslop and Fergus Ewing step down from their posts as Ms Sturgeon prepares to unveil her new team.

Colin Marr died from a single blow from a kitchen knife in 2007 after a row with his fiancée Candice Bonar

The sentencing of sex offender Graham McGill and Scots missing jab appointments make the front pages.

Rangers had a proposal to allow 10,000 fans inside Ibrox for Saturday's trophy presentation rejected by the government.

The UK government has proposed banning the sale of peat-based compost in England to help tackle climate change.

The specially-trained canine trio have arrived in Orkney in the latest phase of an eradication project.

An 82-year-old woman from Biggar died as a result of the accident on a Borders road last year.

The Scottish Retail Consortium said the reopening of shops was encouraging, but high street prospects remained "uncertain".

Mr Swinney will continue as Scotland's deputy first minister but will no longer be education secretary.

Glasgow Caledonian University scientists say the exercise you need depends on how long you spend seated each day.

The SNP leader comfortably defeats her Conservative and Liberal Democrat counterparts in a vote of MSPs.

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

Millions of people will be able to hug loved ones again from Monday. But can you minimise the risk?

The next phase of lockdown easing will see people meeting up indoors. So what new freedoms are coming and when?

From 17 May, people going to countries on the approved "green list" will not need to quarantine on their return.

Every adult who tested positive for the virus will be asked to tell researchers how it affected their life.

Most Scottish councils will move from level three to level two where outdoor socialising can move inside.

More Covid restrictions are due to be eased in Scotland, but has the decline in cases been slowing?

A small number of cases in Grantown-on-Spey involve a variant which is not one of the main strains in the UK.

Graham McGill evaded justice for decades - but will now serve at least 14 years for murdering Mary McLaughlin.

The operators of a family-run cinema in the Borders say it is a "relief" to welcome back customers.

The former Scottish first minister and SNP leader gambled on a breakaway new party and lost. Is this the end?

As a Polish community tries to buy its historic home in Kirkcaldy, we look back at some of the stories of its members.

Vicky Haylott says not enough was done to ensure blind people could properly access the voting process.

Double tragedy hit Graeme Carling when Covid took his mother Margaret, then his father Graeme the same night.

Katy Malone is involved in work to protect Great Britain's last populations of the rare great yellow.

Six voters share their thoughts on the result of the Scottish parliamentary election.

One of the few clues to the soldier's identity is a scrap of paper with the name Keller Len Scott written on it.

A total of 1,300 oysters have been suspended in the water as part of a restoration project.

New documentary explores what life is like for people in remote Scotland.

Rangers fans have marched on Glasgow's George Square to mark the club's title win.

A mum vaccinated as first doses in Scotland reached three million people says she is just looking forward to some normality returning for her daughter.

People who had surrounded an immigration van holding two men cheered when they were released by police.

The SNP holds one of its Westminster seats in a by-election after seeing off a challenge from Labour.

There are arguably 11 places up for grabs in Scotland's extended 26-man squad for Euro 2020. We asked you to fill them. But how did you vote?

Newcastle head coach Steve Bruce thinks it would be a "gamble" for Scotland to take winger Ryan Fraser to Euro 2020.

Billy Gilmour and David Turnbull set to be included in Scotland squad but Ryan Gauld misses out.

Scotland's Josh Taylor will fight for all four world titles on Saturday - only the seventh time that has happened since 1988.