Covid in Scotland LIVE as Nicola Sturgeon to give update in parliament later today

Nicola Sturgeon has claimed size “does not matter” when it comes to countries tackling climate change.

There are fears a new covid variant could be spreading across the country after people started reporting negative PCR then positive lateral flow tests.

Well, here we go again.

Nicola Sturgeon has been crowned Britain’s most influential woman, beating the likes of Queen Elizabeth II and BAFTA award-winning actress Michaela Coel.

A parliamentary inquiry must be launched into the Scottish Government's initial response to the coronavirus pandemic last year, Labour had demanded.

Serious errors and delays at the hands of the Government and scientific advisers cost lives during the covid pandemic, according to a damning report from MPs.

Scotland's First Minister will deliver a Ted Talk about the country's climate change ambitions in the run-up to Cop26.

The SNP will "crumble" when Nicola Sturgeon eventually steps aside from frontline politics, Alex Cole-Hamilton has predicted.

The Scottish Government has announced that 47 countries will be removed from Scotland's red list for international travel from next week.

Nicola Sturgeon has made a fresh warning to Boris Johnson not to block a second referendum on Scottish independence.

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Today's pandemic news is likely to be dominated by Scottish Labour calling on the SNP Government to take urgent action to fill staffing gaps throughout Scotland's largest hospital.

Conservative conference in Manchester. Ross will argue the Scottish Conservatives are the only party to represent the working classes against the “cosy Holyrood consensus” on issues like free speech and fair justice.

Queen has met with Nicola Sturgeon for the official opening of the new session of the Scottish Parliament. In a speech, the Queen urged MSPs to “help create a better, healthier future” by tackling climate change ahead of the COP26 conference in Glasgow.

Scottish Labour MSP Monica Lennon asked the SNP leader at First Minister's Questions earlier today about the important issue. Lennon, an MSP for the Central Scotland Region, said abortion rights are under attack around the world but also in Scotland with many women being confronted by protesters at clinics.Sturgeon was asked to speed up the process of implementing buzzer zones around facilities after it has "stalled".

governments ” playing the constitutional divide for their own ends, Keir Starmer will tell Scots today. In his first chance to connect with voters in a major speech, Starmer will accuse Boris Johnson of putting the United Kingdom in danger with a ‘cavalier” attitude to the Union and make a direct attack on Nicola Sturgeon’s track record at Holyrood.

Sarwar will call for the SNP to fill the gap as the cost of gas and electricity is due to rise steeply within days.The energy price cap will increase by £139 to £1277 on October 1 this year leaving 150,0000 Scottish pensioners living in poverty facing a desperate choice.The push from Labour comes after it was revealed that a woman in her 90s starved to death, the first fatality from lack of food recorded in Scotland for at least 20 years.Sarwar will tell conference that the Scottish Parliament

nationalised by SNP ministers in 2019 to prevent it going bust - had failed to make even the shortlist to build two new boats to serve island communities. Four firms based in Turkey, Portugal and Poland have been invited to submit detailed tenders for the works by the Scottish Government-controlled Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL).

Police Scotland following several Orange Order marches in Glasgow last weekend for alleged anti-social behaviour, which included sectarian and racist chants. The First Minister was asked by Glasgow Cathcart MSP James Dornan about the creation of a parades commission, similar to the one in place in Northern Ireland.

covid cases across the country. Soldiers, taxi firms and firefighters have been drafted in to help ease pressure on the ambulance service which is also at breaking point.