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BBC Scotland's Angie Brown takes a seat on an Edinburgh bench where people are urged to chat to tackle loneliness.

The challenge of offering booster appointments to all over-18s by the end of December.

Emma Webb has walked 285 miles for suicide prevention after losing her 16-year-old daughter.

Venues that fail to implement the coronavirus certification scheme could face fines of up to £10,000.

Extra medics may be drafted in to deliver booster jabs at speed, says Robin Swann, as the programme expands to younger age groups.

The move follows similar targets in England and Scotland as Omicron cases double in Wales.

The 19-year-old will appear in court on Tuesday after a number of incidents at the weekend.

Over the last decade the economy grew by 80% in some parts, but only 20% in other areas.

Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney says an agreement on the protocol issue could come soon.

Denbighshire and Anglesey councils have decided to make changes, as Covid concerns increase.

The state-backed bank had pleaded guilty to failing to prevent money-laundering of nearly £400m.

The Bank of England's latest stability report says new variants could still have a big economic impact.

Michael Carville heads up a new body representing almost 60 schools that back a common transfer test.

The first minister says curbs are needed to slow the spread of the Omicron variant but school closures are not on the agenda.

Lloyd Edwards will sit as an independent on the council after leaving the Welsh Liberal Democrats.

A girl is taken to hospital after falling from a balcony at a school.