Nicola Sturgeon has rejected claims of an early peak in coronavirus levels and told Scots that hopes of jetting away for a summer holiday this year may be thwarted by the pandemic.

Listen up in lockdown @Guy_Garvey  talks to @JanetChristie2  about streaming Elbow's new live album, doing his BBC Radio 6 Music show from home and how music lifts the spirits, in tomorrow's @TheScotsman  magazine

A number of drivers say they are delivering non-essential items such as clothes

Alex Salmond's QC Gordon Jackson to resign as Dean of Faculty

Scottish boy, 11, draws heartfelt picture of how he views the UK today

Experts @ShepWedd  explain why Scotland must increase renewable capacity #ad 

More than 500 nursing students are 'well prepared' to join the NHS frontline in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic - despite not yet graduating

Following the cancellation of most of Edinburgh’s August festivals because of the coronavirus outbreak, we must ensure that this extraordinary event returns better than ever, says @joycemcm 

They were violent hustlers and thieves and then, later, often crowned as folk heroes for their challenges to authority.

Insight: How the Declaration of Arbroath became an article of political faith