Coronavirus

MPs wearing masks in the Commons in January 2022

Tory MPs rage at 'control freak socialists' as medics ask people to wear masks
CONSERVATIVE MPs have raged against health bosses calling on unwell Brits to wear masks to protect the NHS, branding the medics “control freak socialists”.

Tory MP Andrew Bridgen has been accused of spreading misinformation about the Covid vaccines

Tory MP condemns colleague's 'nonsense' claims about Covid vaccines

A UK health chief has asked people to consider wearing masks amid rising pressure on NHS services

Health chief suggests people wear masks amid extreme pressure on NHS services

A person uses a Covid test

Covid screenings for travellers from China 'unlikely to be effective', expert says

Tory peer Michelle Mone has taken a leave of absence from the Lords amid the row over PPE Medpro

UK Government launches legal action against Michelle Mone-linked PPE firm

Matt Hancock says ministers were told Covid could kill 820,000 people in UK

Matt Hancock: UK ministers reacted to huge Covid death toll prediction with a 'shrug'

After the Supreme Court's independence ruling, Unionists may think the case for independence is over - it definitely isn't

COMMENT Richard Murphy: UK will claim indy is resolved like it claims Covid is - neither are

Around 39,000 PCR tests were reported as negative when they should have been positive

Around 20 deaths linked to Covid-19 lab blunder, investigators estimate

Martin Lewis suggested the BBC was in danger of merely repeating the Government message on Covid

Martin Lewis: BBC came close to looking like a 'state mouthpiece' during Covid

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly warned Beijing after the BBC said one of its journalists was beaten during anti-Covid lockdown protests

UK and China in international row after BBC journalist 'beaten by police'

Angus Miller, Mercy Ojelade and Naomi Stirrat perform in The Prognostications of Mickey Noyce at Oran Mo

REVIEW Making a comedy out of the world's crisis - The Prognostications of Mikey Noyce

After the Daily Mirror published the picture at the gathering in December last year, the Met launched an investigation.

No action against attendees of mid-lockdown party in Tory HQ despite photo evidence

Lady Poole citing ‘personal reasons’ isn’t an adequate explanation for wasting public time and money

COMMENT Andrew Tickell: Questions over Scottish Covid inquiry’s leadership still remain unanswered

John Swinney said he had confidence that the new chair had the necessary 'leadership skills, integrity and experience' needed for the inquiry

John Swinney confirms new chair of Scottish Covid inquiry after judge's resignation

Rishi Sunak spearheaded the Eat Out to Help Out scheme which was thought to have increased Covid rates

Rishi Sunak handled Covid 'badly' due to 'extreme wealth bubble', top expert says

File photo of a hospital. Covid is currently rising in Scotland

Sharp rise in Covid cases recorded in Scotland, figures show

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf said Scotland was expecting a new wave of Covid-19

New wave of Covid-19 expected to hit Scotland, Humza Yousaf warns

Freeman, left, and Hancock, right, ended up in an argument during the first Cobra meeting to discuss the Covid-19 pandemic

Jeane Freeman reveals she 'argued' with Matt Hancock at first Covid-19 Cobra meeting

COMMENT Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh: Covid isn’t over yet – and we can’t pretend that it is

A person taking a Covid-19 lateral flow test. Photo: PA

Scotland's Covid rates fall to lowest level in months but remain above rest of UK

Patrick Vallance will be stepping down

Sir Patrick Vallance to step down as UK's chief scientific adviser

There were 92 deaths involving Covid-19 in the week to July 24

Scotland's Covid cases fall for the first time in seven weeks

A person takes a Covid test

Fast-spreading 'Centaurus' Covid variant arrives in Scotland

A report has said the UK Government

UK Government doesn't know if £486m Covid traffic light system was worth it, says report

The hearing was held at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Tuesday

Former SNP MP to face trial for 'exposing people to risk of illness and death'

Covid cases are most prevalent in Scotland of all the UK nations

Covid still most prevalent in Scotland as one in 15 people have virus

The Tory government has had three health secretaries in two years. From left: Matt Hancock, Sajid Javid, and Steve Barclay. Photos: PA

Fraud, waste, and unlawful 'VIPs': Report lays bare Tory 'incompetence' over PPE

There has been an increase in the number of people in hospital with Covid

Scotland's Covid cases up more than 40 per cent in a week

Covid-19 death rate after positive test plummets since pandemic peak

Covid-19 death rate after positive test decreases in Scotland

Sauchiehall Street is not unique in suffering following the pandemic

COMMENT Stuart Cosgrove: Online arguments deal only in certainties – even when they are wrong

Jason Leitch says there would have to be a 'dramatic' change for restrictions to be imposed

Covid rules 'unlikely' to return despite rise in cases, Jason Leitch says

Artwork by Deidre Nelson, part of the Woven in Govan exhibition

Nicola Sturgeon praises art exhibition on forgotten work of woman

The latest estimates suggest one in 20 people had Covid in the week ending June 17

Scotland sees largest increase in UK Covid rates as one in 20 have virus

Despite the end of Covid restrictions and testing in Scotland, we are not out of the woods yet – and we may be in for another deadly wave

COMMENT Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh: Covid is still a huge problem – but you’d never guess that

Photo: National Cancer Institute

'Funding is dropping as Covid infection cases rise', carers warn

Professor Linda Bauld issued the warning on Friday

Scotland experiencing another Covid wave as one in 30 have virus, expert warns

Covid-19 infection rates have increased in Scotland, the latest data shows

Scotland's Covid-19 infection rate increases amid 'uncertain' trends

Sajid Javid has defended the job ad despite admitting he sees 'absolutely no prospect' of the pass 'ever coming back into place'

UK Government hiring £71,000-a-year official for obsolete Covid pass

Prince Andrew has reportedly tested positive for Covid-19

Prince Andrew to miss public Jubilee events after 'testing positive for Covid'

Coronavirus is being left once more to its own devious devices

COMMENT Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh: Latest science brings some very bad news about Covid

John Swinney officially opened the new memorial on Friday

Tears as Scotland's national Covid memorial is officially opened

BeyondHR’s average client size is 50 employees

exclusive Workplaces recognising importance of HR after pandemic, expert says

Covid-19 boosters are set to be offered to certain priority groups in winter

Covid winter booster campaign planned to protect most vulnerable

Employers are being urged to sign up to a Covid-19 safety pledge

Trade unions encouraging employers to commit to Covid-19 safety pledge

SNP make 'major concessions' on Covid 'power grab' bill after outcry

SNP make 'major concessions' on Covid 'power grab' bill after outcry

John Swinney and Murdo Fraser already clashed over the proposals

Holyrood to debate 'Henry VIII' powers in Covid Recovery Bill

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has been vocal in her support of Boris Johnson despite his law-breaking behavious. Photo: PA

Nadine Dorries accused of 'spreading disinformation' in Covid rules row

Covid robbed we civic and mobile animals of one of our deepest gratifications – being complexly in the world together

COMMENT Pat Kane: What ‘missions’ and ‘moonshots’ can Scots take in a post-virus world?

Nicola Sturgeon on the campaign trail

Covid is not over despite the rules changing, Nicola Sturgeon cautions

Michelle Mone has had her home raided as part of a police fraud probe. Photo: PA

Police raid Tory peer Michelle Mone's home amid probe into fraud allegations

Matt Hancock was the Health Secretary at the time

Women whose dads died from Covid win High Court challenge against UK Government

An estimated 2.7 million people in Scotland contracted coronavirus between September 2020 and February this year

More than half of Scots believed to have had coronavirus

A nurse gives a person a Covid-19 vaccination. Photo: PA

Scotland records 28 further deaths linked to Covid-19 in 24 hours

Interactive map: Where are Scotland's Covid cases today?

INTERACTIVE MAP Interactive map: Where are Scotland's Covid cases today?