Sir Billy Connolly announced for award this year's Edinburgh Television Festival

Nicola Sturgeon is set to make a big announcement on her plan for government over the course of the next year later today. The First Minister will address MSPs in the Scottish Parliament about what her government plans to do following the devastating coronavirus pandemic.

Scotland are given free access to childcare. Under the First Minister 's plans school age kids will have childcare paid for before and after and over the holidays.

Home Bargains has announced it will close for two days over the festive period this year. The retail giant made the decision as a thank you to staff for their hard work.

eBay sellers are attempting to cash in on charity Billy Connolly Lego figures - with some listings priced as high as £900. Shoppers queued round the block at Glasgow’s Buchanan Galleries to get their hands on the limited edition Big Yin figures ahead of the one-day sale yesterday morning.

Scottish Government has confirmed that no people have died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours. The latest figures for Scotland showed that 6,368 new cases had also been identified overnight.

Twin Atlantic have returned with a new-look line-up, anniversary tour dates and details of a new album – get all the details below.The Scottish rockers, whose most recent album came in 2020 with ‘Power’, will release new album ‘Transparency’ on January 7.‘Transparency’ is set to be the band’s first album as a two-piece following the departure of founding drummer Craig Kneale, announced today.The album is being previewed by a first single called ‘One Man Party’.

Billy Gilmour to get their World Cup campaign back on track. The teenager was the stand out contributor on an otherwise chaotic night in Copenhagen on Wednesday as a 2-0 defeat against the Danes left Scotland with almost no room for error in Group F.

Edinburgh. Some six engines and one height vehicle raced to Bread Street in the capital's city centre at 2.35pm amid reports of a four storey building on fire.

Scottish Government has confirmed that nine people have died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours, The latest figures for Scotland showed that 6,170 new cases had also been identified overnight.It brings the death toll since last March – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – to 8,127.There are currently 629 people in hospital confirmed to have the virus with 59 being treated in intensive care.So far 4,108,804 people have received their first vaccination

Storm names for the coming year have been announced by the Met Office today. The yearly list is normally chosen by meteorologists in the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands - but this time, the British public have had their say on the names chosen.

Scottish Government has confirmed that seven people have died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours, The latest figures for Scotland showed that 6,029 new cases had also been identified overnight.It brings the death toll since last March – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – to 8,118.There are currently 585 people in hospital confirmed to have the virus with 54 being treated in intensive care.So far 4,106,408 people have received their first

Scottish Government has confirmed that no people have died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours, The latest figures for Scotland showed that 7,113 new cases had also been identified overnight.It brings the death toll since last March – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – to 8,103.There are currently 507 people in hospital confirmed to have the virus with 52 being treated in intensive care.The total number of positive cases since the pandemic started

Highland Perthshire cycling event announced for October. Cycling Scotland’s Pedal Highland Perthshire is free to enter and is among the first Pedal for Scotland events to be held since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

covid deaths in Scotland in the past 24 hours. There have been 5,858 cases recorded across in the country in the same time frame, bringing the total numbers since the pandemic began to 407,660.

FalkirkKelpies to help raise money for youth homelessness has been announced.

lost loved ones to Covid are demanding answers from the Scottish Government after it announced a public inquiry into the handling of the pandemic. The First Minister yesterday promised the judge-led inquiry, set to get underway by the end of the year, would take a “person-centred, human rights-based” approach.

Chvrches have announced details of two intimate Scottish shows next year.The band, who release fourth album ‘Screen Violence’ this week (August 27), will head home for a pair of small gigs before their full UK tour begins next March.For the two ‘outstore’ shows, organised in association with local record stores, the band will first play in Dundee at Fat Sam’s on March 10, before playing a Glasgow show at SWG3 two days later.Their UK tour then begins on March 14 with a gig on March 14, while

Scottish Government has confirmed 10 people have died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours. The latest figures for Scotland also showed that 4323 new cases had also been identified overnight.There are currently 364 people in hospital confirmed to have the virus with 43 being treated in intensive care.To date 4,085,552 people have received their first vaccination with 3,587,145 having a second jab.

Billy Connolly reflected on his television successes, his diagnosis with Parkinson’s disease and how his regional accent played a big part in shaping his prolific career in Scotland at the Edinburgh TV Festival on Monday.