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Scotland’s largest local authorities have adopted emergency decision-making powers as the coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt civic life across Europe.

The government will pay 80 per cent of the wage bill of any company that asks for it in a seismic economic intervention to prop up the economy and prevent workers becoming destitute during what could be a year-long coronavirus shutdown.

The Scottish Government has ditched plans to hold a referendum on independence this year, it was confirmed today.

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The red squirrel population across Scotland has remained stable in the past year, the latest survey report has revealed.

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Scotland’s economy grew faster than the UK as a whole in the final three months of 2019, figures published today revealed.

A charity has called for hotel rooms to be used to house Scotland’s rough sleepers as it begins an early phased closure of its winter night shelter.

A man is in critical condition in hospital after a car crash on a motorway.