The Scottish Government

The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon along with the Chief Medical Officer Dr Catherine Calderwood and Health Secretary Jeane Freeman briefed the media just after...

The Scottish Government announces the latest figures each day at 2.00pm. Today there have been 13,889 Scottish tests conducted. Of these 1384 were positive 41...

The government has announced this morning that patients in six hospitals across Scotland are to receive free bedside television for the next three months. Visiting...

The Scottish Parliament has backed measures contained in UK emergency legislation that will help strengthen Scotland’s response to coronavirus (COVID-19). The UK Coronavirus Bill, which...

Government has now made grants available to help businesses impacted by Covid-19 and applications are open. The government says that the one-off grants are designed...

NHS staff testing must be stepped up Testing frontline NHS staff for coronavirus must be the urgent priority to ensure resilience in the health service,...

There must be clearer guidance around what is and isn’t essential work during the coronavirus lockdown, Scottish Green MSP Andy Wightman has said. Andy Wightman...

For the first time ever school exams have been cancelled in Scotland. But teaching, learning and support can continue with local flexibility. Deputy First Minister...

Schools and nurseries in Scotland will be closed from Friday - and could be closed until the autumn. The First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced...

Two patients with coronavirus have now died in Scotland. An elderly patient with underlying health conditions who tested positive for coronavirus has died. This follows the...

COBRA met this afternoon and agreed four specific additional measures from today for all four nations, including one regarding mass gatherings which is already...

RECORD PROPORTION OF YOUNG SCOTS IN STUDY, WORK OR TRAINING AFTER SCHOOL SNP MSP Gordon Macdonald welcomes new figures showing more Edinburgh school leavers are...

New Scottish Conservative leader Jackson Carlaw has now completed appointments to his team in the Scottish Parliament. This includes positions for all three Lothian...

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced new appointments to The Scottish Government and her cabinet today, which means The Scottish Government is now fully gender...

Helping Scotland transition to net-zero carbon emissions is at the heart of the new Scottish National Investment Bank, Public Finance Minister Kate Forbes said. As...

Jackson Carlaw has announced a series of new appointments within the party after being announced Scottish Conservative Leader. Shortly after the announcement that he...

Figures show that 20,949 baby boxes have been delivered in the NHS Lothian area in the period from April 2017 to mid-January 2020. Across...

Sarah Boyack is the Labour MSP who represents Lothian, so anyone in Edinburgh and the surrounding areas is her constituent. Ms Boyack is holding...

Coronavirus has become a term we understand over recent weeks. Now, The Scottish Government has news of two testing facilities. These have been established...

ASH DENHAM THANKS THOSE WHO ATTENDED JOBS FAIR IN GILMERTON On the last Friday of January, job seekers in the Gilmerton area met some of...

It was The Scottish Sun who broke the story about MSP Derek Mackay texting with a 16 year-old boy. They have also published the...

External Affairs Secretary Fiona Hyslop today launches a document, explaining how Scotland will continue to work with the EU over the next five years,...

Two patients test negative.  Results for two of the patients in Scotland being tested for Wuhan Novel Coronavirus have come back negative. There are currently no...

The Botanics is a favourite place to go for a walk in Edinburgh at any time of the year. On Wednesday of this week...

BREXIT POSES THREAT TO FUTURE OF EDINBURGH FESTIVALS SNP MSP Gordon MacDonald has raised concerns in The Scottish Parliament, over the threat that Brexit poses...

Asda is working with independent alcohol education charity, Drinkaware, to provide free information and advice on alcohol to customers in Edinburgh and the Lothians...

Perhaps the most exciting thing that happened at First Minister's Questions was the appearance of two environmental protesters who were removed from the Chamber...

In the last year The Scottish Government has delivered 45,000 baby boxes to parents in Scotland, and 7,845 of those were distributed in the...

Sarah Boyack was first elected at the very beginning of The Scottish Parliament, then she lost her seat but has now come back ready...

In October 2003 Dynamic Earth had to be rescued by The Scottish Government. This issue was discussed with the Deputy First Minister Jim Wallace...