It's time to celebrate the Covid-19 pandemic heroes

Linlithgow museum has gone where no one has gone before in displaying a plaque to commemorate the 200th ‘future birthday’ of ‘Star Trek’ character Montgomery ‘Scotty’ Scott.

Public Health Scotland have released a new report that investigates the changes to the severity of Covid-19 and its impact on hospitals in Scotland. The report has found that the changing strains and variants are now causing less hospitalisations.

Coronation Street stars Georgia Taylor and Jane Danson marked 25 years since they arrived on the cobbles as sisters Toyah and Leanne Battersby. On Monday (July 4) it was a quarter of a century since the made their debut in the ITV soap as part of the hellraising family alongside Les and Janice.

A decision to open temporary court rooms in cinemas during the pandemic has cost taxpayers almost £30million, it can be revealed. The Odeon chain has raked in £26,166,092 over the last two years while Vue was paid £1,882,356 by the Scottish Courts service, figures ­uncovered by the Record show.

In response to Covid-19 rates improving, most EU countries have dropped entry rules to allow restriction-free travel to boost tourism.

Pirates of the Caribbean film, but the other guests wouldn’t shut up about his likeness to Depp’s lead character. “They went on about it so much that I ended up just deciding to give it a go,” he explains. “I’m still amazed by the reaction I get.

LIVE – Updated at 13:45Pride in London has returned to the capital for the first time since 2019, celebrating 50 years since the very first march took place in 1972. More than one million people are expected to descend on the capital for the parade, which begins from 12pm on Saturday (2 July).

Glasgow's Lawrence Chaney is on the sofa with Tia Kofi. Lawrence shot to fame after appearing on Ru Paul's Drag Race UK, although he was already a household name in the Scottish drag scene. Lawrence and Tia joined the cast of Celebrity Gogglebox and caught up on this week's tele viewing.

Katie Price and fiancée Carl Woods have jetted off on a romantic getaway to Thailand in celebration that she avoided a jail sentence last week.

Sam Heughan has been eyeing up some iconic British reality TV shows, and even admits he'd like a shot on I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.

Gordon Ramsay has been voted the most successful chef in the world, according to one betting site.

Winner of Drag Race UK Lawrence Chaney will appear on Celebrity Gogglebox this week and fans are buzzing about the news.

Covid restrictions are unlikely to return in Scotland despite a significant rise of new infections, Jason Leitch has said.

Children and adults with Long Covid yesterday bravely told of their pain and suffering as they demanded urgent action from the Scottish Government.

Global life expectancy has fallen following the Covid-19 pandemic for the first time since the 1950s, according to new analysis.

New figures show that Covid-19 cases in Scotland have risen by almost a third in a single week.

Sub-variants of Covid-19, named BA.4 and BA.4, are the latest threat to Brits’ health. The Omicron wave has seen numerous people infected with the virus for a second, or perhaps more, time.

The number of people being admitted to hospital with Covid-19 in Greater Manchester has almost doubled in the space of a week. There were 251 Covid-related hospital admissions in the week ending June 12, compared to 133 the week before - an increase of 89pc.

A dedicated former teacher who grew up in West Lothian has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Platinum Honours.