Covid-19

Why Scotland’s recruitment market is defying the economic data Mark Lewis

A primary pupil take part in Bikeability

Exclusive Impact of pandemic sees drastic drop in children able to cycle

Nearly two in 10 older people avoided going to A&E during winter last year due to these concerns

Six in 10 over 65s worry about catching flu from A&E trips

The Nuffield Trust has highlighted 'serious' issues with access to care and services in Scotland's NHS

‘Serious’ problems accessing NHS highlighted by think tank

The first covid vaccine in the UK was given out in December 2020

Covid vaccine saved half number of Scots lives per head than England

Life expectancy across Scotland has risen

Where in Scotland do people live the longest? 32 council areas ranked

Covid lockdown 'caused high levels of developmental delay in toddlers'

Nicola Sturgeon at the podium in 2020 for a Covid briefing. Picture: Jane Barlow/WPA Pool/Getty Images

Sturgeon 'sidelined' key advisers as Covid failure 'inexplicable'

Roger Billcliffe Gallery in Glasgow will shut after 46 years.

Private art gallery once Scotland's biggest to close

The analysis found a total of 507 technology businesses were incorporated in Scotland in the second quarter of 2025, up 15% from the same period last year.

Scotland’s tech sector sees company start-ups hit record high

Manchester is a standout example of how a city can deliver a strategy for transformation (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

Let’s develop strategies to maximise cities’ potential

The family of Calum Inglis, including father Alan (second left) mother Jen (second right), sister Frances Marr alongside lawyer Aamer Anwar outside the Crown Office in Edinburgh after meeting Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC

Family welcome prosecution of private jail where inmate died of Covid

Photo issued by the Crown Prosecution Services (CPS) of Aftab Baig, 47, from Glasgow, who has been jailed for four years at Leeds Crown Court for conning Leeds City Council out of £710k in Covid business grants.

Scot who scammed council for £710,000 Covid grant jailed

Experienced executives are opting for fractional working (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

Fractional executives are proving an attractive option

The spring Covid booster vaccination programme is currently underway.

Warning over slump in elderly getting spring Covid boosters

Dogs and staff shortages - how dining out has changed since lockdown

People hugging at the National Covid Memorial Wall in London

'Hundreds more will die': Fears Scots not ready for next pandemic

Emma Roddick MSP opens up on the death of her mother Sue to Covid-19

The extensive delays within Scotland's justice system has taken a toll on victims

Women 'trapped in their own homes' as marginalised hit hardest

Justice secretary Angela Constance said the government was in talks with the Crown Office about the changes. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Exclusive Justice Denied: Government to take steps to avoid timebar 'cliff edge'

The Scotsman's week-long series is scrutinising pressures in the criminal justice system.

Exclusive Demands for action on court delays as victims wait years for justice

Former Asda and Marks & Spencer chief executive Lord Stuart Rose has said remote working policies have spawned a generation who are “not doing proper work”.

Is working from home 'proper'? One of UK's top businessmen says no

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes and First Minister John Swinney.

What the Scottish Government will do in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic

Cases of the flu, Covid, RSV and norovirus remain high across the UK.

How to tell the difference between flu, Covid, RSV and norovirus

Paula Harkins, Kibble Adoption

Kibble launches a new adoption service to address critical gap for Scotland's ch...

At least 4,637 deaths are still under investigation by a dedicated team of around 100 staff

Exclusive More than 4,500 Covid deaths still being probed by Crown Office unit

Symptoms of the cold, flu and Covid can be similar.

Is it cold, flu or Covid? Latest symptoms to watch out for

Eating disorder charity Beat has revealed the helpline figures. Stock image by Adobe Photos.

Soaring number of Scottish student calls to eating disorder helpline

Retail property investment has rebounded thanks to several factors including the arrival of the flagship St James Quarter in Edinburgh.

Why Indyref was the turning point for the Scottish commercial property market

Children returning to school after Covid lockdown in 2020.

Analysis Child neglect case shows grim reality behind falling attendance rates

Sam Fender at Boardmasters 2024

Sam Fender warms crowd with powerful performance at Boardmasters

Why rents for prime offices in Edinburgh have jumped in the last year

The Covid Inquiry found that the Scottish and UK governments were unprepared for the pandemic (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Why humanity's assault on nature is making pandemics more likely Philip Lymbery

A close-up view of a Covid variant

Why the recent Covid-19 spike in Scotland may have 'peaked'

Why it is time to stop pretending Nicola Sturgeon is a political giant Euan McColm

Nicola Sturgeon holds a briefing on the Covid outbreak at St Andrew's House in March 2020. Picture: Jane Barlow-WPA Pool/Getty Images

Scottish Government 'failed its citizens' on Covid, report rules

Edinburgh Sheriff Court

Scottish man and his late wife become legal parents of USA-born boy

Scottish-developed technology is helping combat the UK’s patient backlog in busy NHS hospital waiting rooms

Scottish technology could help ease NHS backlog pressures

The amount of the Covid-19 virus circulating in Scotland has been increasing in wastewater detections for several weeks, increasing by ten times since April. (Photo by Hannah McKay - Pool/Getty Images)

Why everyone is so sick right now, as Covid-19 weekly figures return

The Covid conspiracy of silence nobody is talking about Brian Monteith

Inside the financial losses that have left book festivals on a cliff edge

The NHS Cancer Vaccine Launch Pad (CVLP) will speed up access to messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) personalised cancer vaccine clinical trials for people who have been diagnosed with cancer.

Could cancer vaccine trials be coming to Scotland? How do they work?
A partnership between NHS England and BioNTech will see thousands of cancer patients be given personalised vaccines to stop their cancer from returning.

Online learning during Covid

Analysis School attendance is crucial but it is time to embrace online learning

Holland & Barrett Life Kitchen range

Holland & Barrett launches new Life Kitchen range

Only a third of health and social care professionals were vaccinated against Covid over the winter, new figures show, leading to calls for a “targeted campaign” to tackle “popular myths”. Picture: Getty

Only a third of healthcare workers were vaccinated this winter, report finds

Scottish Lib Dem leader and Edinburgh Western MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Screenings for potentially fatal aneurysms fall dramatically

Spending per ASN pupil has fallen by a third

'Lost generation' fears as spending on ASN pupils falls by a third in Scotland

Glasgow high school pupils sitting exam. Image: John Devlin

Scottish schools still 'several years' away from recovering from Covid-19

ScotRail trains are seen sitting in Glasgow Queen Street station. Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images

Public '50/50' split on whether alcohol ban on ScotRail trains should end

The Fullerton family - Carol, Rebecca and Graeme.

Laurencekirk family announces return of sparkling fundraiser

While you were reading this column, four children died from a mosquito bite Susan Dalgety

Here's what you need to know about a recession

Lead artist Claudia Zeiske met with over 200 people from across Aberdeenshire who shared their own experiences of the pandemic

Symbolic journey for Aberdeenshire communities

King Charles III wearing the Imperial state Crown, waves from the Buckingham Palace balcony after viewing the Royal Air Force fly-past in central London in May last year after his coronation. Photo: STEFAN ROUSSEAU/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Polo injuries and coronavirus: The King’s health over the years

Analysis Why Sturgeon evidence will not have changed entrenched perceptions

Nicola Sturgeon giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry

Sturgeon insists WhatsApp was not used to reach decisions on pandemic

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

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