The scannable image will allow people without a smartphone to use a vaccine passport, if they are approved by MSPs.

The museum closed in October 2016 for a £68m redevelopment and was supposed to have reopened last year.

A row at Holyrood over an anti-English comment and an investigation into alleged hate tweets make the front pages.

The TV chef said the venue "will be back" - but he still faces staff shortages, no-shows and the effect of Brexit.

Bitten by the funfair bug when just three in Aberdeen, Iona Jost now works in America designing attractions.

Nicola Sturgeon said she was "deeply offended" after Conservative MSP Tess White heckled her in the Holyrood chamber.

The Aberdeen man says he will offer it to an aquarium, or put it back into the sea if it is not wanted.

The figures for this week included those who had the virus and those self-isolating due to a close contact.

Police said three men were arrested after videos circulated on social media showing sectarian singing.

The environmental group believes permission should not have been granted for the North Sea drilling.

Diageo's new eight-floor Johnnie Walker Princes Street has taken more than four years of construction.

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

Scotland is launching a QR code system in line with similar "passports" rolled out across Europe.

With the virus surging, we re-examine the new isolation rules and ask whether schools can ask pupils to stay at home.

Covid cases are rising sharply in young adults despite all over 16s being eligible for vaccination.

Some high risk patients had few or no infection-fighting antibodies in their blood, a vaccine study found.

Scotland's levels system of restrictions have come to an end - but what does that mean people can do?

Key maps and charts explaining how the virus has spread around the world.

Calum Maclean and Jenny Graham climbed mountains, scrambled down gullies and tackled steep rocky crags on the route.

Peter Krykant, who operated a drugs consumption van in Glasgow, says he found it hard to get help in Scotland.

Ian Rankin finished a draft manuscript written by the acclaimed crime writer William McIlvanney who died in 2015.

Many are just happy that this year's Edinburgh festivals happened at all.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon complains after a Scottish Conservative MSP suggests she is anti-English.

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg says she does not think November's COP26 summit in Glasgow will lead to "much results".

Fire crews battle to tackle a blaze at Nick Nairn's restaurant in Bridge of Allan.

A small school on a remote Scottish island is in the market for a new teacher.

An early morning blaze caused fire, smoke and water damage to a cafe made famous by Harry Potter author JK Rowling.

Scotland's whole continues to look less than the sum of its parts as they face a World Cup showdown in Austria, writes Tom English.

Rangers' Joe Aribo was late for Nigeria training after "transfer talks", while Manchester United's Juan Mata is spotted at Celtic players' hotel amid speculation over his future.

Scotland's Fin Graham and Sammi Kinghorn secure their second medals on day nine of the Tokyo Paralympics.

Rangers ban three fans from attending all matches after a video emerged of a group singing racist songs on Sunday.

Great Britain's Ben Watson and Fin Graham win gold and silver respectively in the men's C1-3 road race at the Tokyo Paralympics.