Covid in Scotland LIVE as Nicola Sturgeon hints at long term shift away from restrictions

Families in the north east are expected to be hit with more power outages as Storm Malik continues to bater the nation.

Guidance on working from home will be relaxed within days after Scotland continued to make progress in the battle against Omicron.

Nicola Sturgeon will deliver another Covid update to the Scottish Parliament later today.

Nicola Sturgeon will make her weekly statement on coronavirus today as Omicron restrictions in Scotland are finally scrapped.

The final restrictions put in place in response to the Omicron variant sweeping across Scotland will be eased from Monday.

Nicola Sturgeon has said she is "determined" that Scots will be able to vote at a second referendum on independence by the end of next year.

The number of Covid infections remains high in Scotland - despite a drop in cases over the past couple of weeks.

Nicola Sturgeon has denied her government "went too far" by imposing more restrictions over Christmas in response to the Omicron variant.

A grieving widow has accused Nicola Sturgeon of not being honest with her over the death of her husband at a scandal-hit hospital.

Concerts and large indoor events in Scotland will be back on in time for Burns Night as Nicola Sturgeon said restrictions on large indoor events would be lifted on Monday 24th January.

Nicola Sturgeon is set to give an update on the state of the coronavirus pandemic in Scotland later today.

NHS staff absences due to coronavirus are at their highest level since the pandemic began in 2020, according to the latest official statistics.

Boris Johnson's future hangs in the balance today after he admitted attending a party in the Downing Street garden during the first covid lockdown in 2020.

Nicola Sturgeon is set to issue an update on the state of the coronavirus pandemic to the Scottish Parliament later today.

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has ruled out plans to further cut the self-isolation period for those with the virus in Scotland.

Coronavirus self-isolation rules in Scotland have come into line with the rest of the United Kingdom.

Nicola Sturgeon will update MSPs in the Scottish Parliament on any possible change to the coronavirus self-isolation period as opposition parties call for the 10-day rule to be adjusted.

Nicola Sturgeon will give give an update to MSPs later today on the current coronavirus situation across the country.

It has been almost a week since Nicola Sturgeon last delivered a Covid update amid the recent emergence of the Omicron variant.

Scotland recorded its highest daily coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic in the last 24-hour period.