Nicola Sturgeon tests positive for Covid as First Minister says she is suffering 'mild symptoms'

Nicola Sturgeon has admitted her government could be forced to pass new laws to halt protests outside abortion clinics in Scotland.

Nicola Sturgeon has backed calls for councils to write-off school meal debt incurred by families.

Nicola Sturgeon has been slammed over her NHS record after it was revealed more than 10,600 Scots had waited over two years for treatment.

An independence referendum will take place in Scotland by the end of next year, according to the SNP Constitution Secretary.

The Duke of York has tested positive for Covid and will no longer attend the Jubilee service of thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral.

Nicola Sturgeon has claimed Scottish industry is footing the bill for the UK Government’s response to spiralling energy costs across the UK.

Anas Sarwar is now more popular than Nicola Sturgeon, according to a new opinion poll.

All council leaders have put their names to a letter demanding extra cash from the Scottish Government to avert a summer of strikes.

Nicola Sturgeon is under pressure to fund universal free school meals for secondary school pupils to combat “horrifying” food price increases feared to be leaving children hungry.

Scotland’s covid memorial was officially opened by deputy first minister John Swinney in Glasgow.

Animal Collective have cancelled the remaining shows on their current US tour after Avey Tare and Deakin tested positive for COVID-19.The band are out on the road in support of their 11th studio album ‘Time Skiffs’, which came out back in February.As Pitchfork reports, Animal Collective recently scrapped three scheduled gigs on the West Coast due to an unnamed member of their touring party contracting COVID. Today (May 26), the group issued a statement to explain that the virus had “hit us and hit us hard”.“Both Dave [Portner, aka Avey Tare] and Josh [Dibb, aka Deakin] (each vaccinated and boosted) got very sick and are unable to play shows right now,” the message read.“Continuing to tour at this moment would be harmful to their health and could contribute to longer term difficulties.

An adviser to the Scottish Government on Covid has urged the public not to panic after the first case of monkeypox was confirmed in Scotland.

Nicola Sturgeon is set to welcome Sinn Fein deputy leader Michelle O'Neill to Edinburgh today in their first meeting since Northern Ireland Assembly elections earlier this month.

Pearl Jam have cancelled the remainder of their US tour after bassist Jeff Ament tested positive for COVID-19.The band were due to play in Sacramento tonight (May 18) and Las Vegas on Friday (20), but both concerts have now been axed.It comes after drummer Matt Cameron was diagnosed with the virus just last week, leaving the band to enlist stand-in drummers.The band were joined by a fan on drums at their Oakland show last Thursday (May 12), while an 18-year-old friend of Eddie Vedder’s daughter stepped up to the plate at the same venue on Saturday (May 14).Then founding drummer Dave Krusen performed with the band for the first time in 31 years, earlier this week.In a statement on Twitter the band said: “Dear PJ fans and ticket holders, while the band battled through Oakland after drummer Matt Cameron tested positive for Covid, and Fresno where Ed and the band got through it with the help of Dave Krusen as special guest drummer, they now have to present the heartbreaking news that this morning bassist Jeff Ament has tested positive for COVID.(1/4)Dear PJ fans and ticket holders,While the band battled through Oakland after drummer Matt Cameron tested positive for Covid, and Fresno where Ed and the band got through it with the help of Dave Krusen as special guest drummer, pic.twitter.com/pmonPs99wq— Pearl Jam

Nicola Sturgeon has been accused of "grotesque opportunism" after she claimed the crisis in Europe caused by the war in Ukraine made independence "more important".

Piers Morgan’s Talk TV show has suffered the ignominy of being beaten in the ratings by a programme fronted by a Canadian “human rights activist” on rival GB News. Rupert Murdoch’s challenger station, launched to shake-up the TV establishment, is facing a crisis after just one month on air. Despite bullish tweets talking up its social media impact, live viewing for Morgan’s flagship prime-time show is in freefall.

Nicola Sturgeon has claimed she would risk breaching the law by revealing the outcome of her Government’s probe into bullying claims against an SNP MSP.

Nicola Sturgeon has been urged to “come clean” over a Scottish Government bullying probe into a senior SNP MSP.

Fritz Hager wasn’t able to take to the “American Idol” stage as planned on Sunday after contracting COVID-19 but he still managed to wow the judges.

Nicola Sturgeon has said Tory attacks on Keir Starmer over the so-called “beergate” event are part of a “massive operation” to divert attention away from Boris Johnson’s “serial breaching” of lockdown rules.