The country continues to have the worst drug death rate in Europe, with a further 1,339 people dying last year.

Duncan Scott wins his third medal of the Tokyo Olympics and Great Britain's sixth in the pool with silver in the men's 200m individual medley.

A drop in the number of registered teachers and demand for a new "right to recovery" law for drug addicts make the front pages.

What can be done to try to halt Scotland's rising toll of drug-related deaths?

Believed to almost 800 years old, the Beauly elm has been laser-scanned as part of work to document it.

Craig Murray will now have to begin an eight-month jail sentence over blog posts he wrote about the Alex Salmond trial.

Kelp grown off the coast of the Isle of Skye could be used in food, packaging and cosmetic products.

Edinburgh Airport chief Gordon Dewar says Scotland is "massively behind" mainland Europe on aviation recovery.

The copy of Mrs Balbir Singh's Indian Cookery was borrowed from a library in Renfrewshire in 1968.

The arrests are in connection with the death of George Robertson, 53, who was hit by a vehicle near Bathgate last September.

A total of 141,500 remained on the job retention scheme at the end of June - down from 175,300 at the end of May.

Baker Hughes has told workers it is proposing to close its base in the Bridge of Don in Aberdeen.

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

Concerns have been raised about vaccine uptake among younger adults, but are they less likely to want a jab? Here, we examine the statistics.

The whole of Scotland has now moved to level zero, but what does that actually mean people can do?

The documents could be used in an international vaccine passport programme enabling foreign travel.

Masks are no longer compulsory in England, but remain necessary in Scotland and Wales.

In summer 2020, there was talk of being "not far away" from eliminating the virus. That did not happen, but is there still cause for optimism?

With Scotland and England on the road out of lockdown, does political pressure encourage a "four nation" approach?

As vaccination reduces serious illness from Covid-19, the Scottish government is changing its strategy.

Many Scottish council areas saw restrictions ease earlier this month, but some remained at the same level.

The Orbital O2, which is anchored off Orkney, has the capacity to meet the annual power demand of 2,000 homes.

A four-day ultramarathon covering 120 miles on the west coast of Scotland will cost £15,499 to enter.

Tiny harvest mice are being exported from East Kilbride to Ealing to help with a rewilding project.

Three-year-old Jacob Smith of Aberdeen was plucked from obscurity on holiday and cast with Kriti Sanon in Mimi.

Two devastating fires involved buildings made from factory-built units brought up to islands by sea.

Heather Campbell tested positive for the virus in November, six months after starting her nursing career.

The Scottish games café company is expanding its number of sites rapidly despite the pandemic.

Martin Compston's latest co-star reckons the Line of Duty actor is as famous in Scotland as a pop icon.

The pod of six killer whales photographed in a Norwegian fjord were last spotted off Vatersay in 2018.

The number of people turning up at emergency departments in Scotland is rising sharply, figures show.

BBC Scotland's three-strong team are self-isolating in hotel rooms after a Covid case on their Japan flight.

What impact do high temperatures have on our bodies?

Kelp grown off the coast of the Isle of Skye could be used in food, packaging and cosmetic products.

Oakzy B is one of the contenders battling it out for a £50,000 prize in BBC Three's The Rap Game.

A man who lost his wife and son in a drowning incident at Loch Lomond said the water had looked safe.

Glasgow social enterprise Remade Network fixes everything from phones to textiles to help reduce our impact on the environment.

An exhibition looking at the social and technological impact of typewriters opens at the National Museum of Scotland.

Duncan Scott becomes the first British swimmer to win three medals at a single Olympic Games since 1908 with a second Tokyo silver as Jemma Reekie eases through in the 800m.

Celtic are interested in former England international Joe Hart as they attempt to address their goalkeeping problems.

Aberdeen were "victims of our own success", says manager Stephen Glass, after his side progressed in the Europa Conference League despite a second-leg defeat by BK Hacken.

Duncan Scott wins his third medal of the Tokyo Olympics and GB's sixth in the pool with silver in the men's 200m individual medley.

Great Britain's Keely Hodgkinson, Jemma Reekie and Alex Bell make it through to the 800m semi-finals at the Tokyo Olympics.