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13 photos show empty streets during first lockdown
Five years since Edinburgh first went into lockdown during the Covid pandemic, we're looking back at the extraordinary scenes which ensued.

Former health secretary Jeane Freeman with former first minister Nicola Sturgeon at the Scottish Parliament

Scotland avoided PPE ‘VIP lane’ due to devolution, Covid Inquiry told

Since the pandemic, more people are working from home full-time or on a more flexible, hybrid basis.

Lockdown legacy: How Scots are embracing flexible working five years on

Millions of Brits have found themselves continuing to work from home post-pandemic.

Analysis Why Amazon’s CEO is wrong to demand everybody gets back to the office

The lush green view at the Old College at University of Edinburgh

How Edinburgh University feared bankruptcy during Covid pandemic

Nicola Sturgeon holds a briefing on the Covid outbreak at St Andrew's House in March 2020. Picture: Jane Barlow-WPA Pool/Getty Images

Scottish Government 'failed its citizens' on Covid, report rules

The 7 major findings from the first UK Covid-19 Inquiry report

The amount of the Covid-19 virus circulating in Scotland has been increasing in wastewater detections for several weeks, increasing by ten times since April. (Photo by Hannah McKay - Pool/Getty Images)

Why everyone is so sick right now, as Covid-19 weekly figures return

The research looked into the debate around returning to the office post-pandemic.

What would persuade you to return to the office? Top factors revealed

The Covid conspiracy of silence nobody is talking about Brian Monteith

Only a third of health and social care professionals were vaccinated against Covid over the winter, new figures show, leading to calls for a “targeted campaign” to tackle “popular myths”. Picture: Getty

Only a third of healthcare workers were vaccinated this winter, report finds

A Scottish doctor who now practises medicine in Australia says the government cannot blame the Covid pandemic for the crisis. Image: Peter Byrne/Press Association.

Scottish doctor who left the NHS says governments cannot blame crisis on Covid

Sturgeon's politicking and Johnson's weakness may have damaged Covid response Paul Wilson

Exclusive Michael Matheson asks for extension as iPad report publication looms

Former first minister Alex Salmond. Picture: PA

Alex Salmond claims WhatsApp message deletion was not policy while he was FM

Humza Yousaf (right), during his time as health secretary, watches on as then first minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks at Holyrood. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Yousaf accused of 'secrecy' for rejecting Covid 'Gold Command' probe

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon. Image: Andrew Milligan/Press Association.

Nicola Sturgeon told to make statement on recording of WhatsApps

Covid Inquiry must focus on what China got right and UK got wrong Anthony Seaton

Humza Yousaf. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Covid WhatsApps a ‘real slap’ for hospitality businesses, says industry leader

Covid Inquiry and SNP's slump in polls leaves Humza Yousaf looking vulnerable John McLellan

Analysis The questions yet to be answered after UK Covid Inquiry's Scottish hearings

What did you do in the pandemic? We should all reflect on our actions Stephen Jardine

Nicola Sturgeon’s deletion of WhatsApps ‘appalling’ says Angela Rayner

Nicola Sturgeon chairs her final Cabinet meeting in March last year. Picture: Andy Buchanan/pool/Getty Images

Scottish Government ‘urgently’ searching for missing pandemic minutes

Alister Jack Secretary of State for Scotland of the United Kingdom arrives at the UK Covid inquiry at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Jack tells inquiry Nicola Sturgeon "could cry from one eye if she wanted to"

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon departs the UK Covid inquiry at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

WATCH: Debate over Nicola Sturgeon, John Swinney, Kate Forbes inquiry evidence

Analysis Why Sturgeon evidence will not have changed entrenched perceptions

Members of the group outside the Inquiry on Wednesday. Picture Lisa Ferguson

'We have not had a day off since the deaths of our loved ones', Sturgeon told

Sturgeon's credibility in tatters after Covid Inquiry appearance Scotsman comment

Sturgeon misses chance to allay concerns over her deleted WhatsApp messages Euan McColm

Nicola Sturgeon arrives for the UK Covid Inquiry at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Nicola Sturgeon's scheming is being exposed at Covid Inquiry

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon arrives for the UK Covid inquiry at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

WATCH: Nicola Sturgeon's morning Inquiry evidence in full

Scotland's former first minister Nicola Sturgeon arrives at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry hearing at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Analysis: Emotional Nicola Sturgeon leaves more questions than answers

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon arrives for the UK Covid inquiry. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Inquiry team says official X account following anti-SNP profile a 'mistake'

Former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry hearing at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. Picture: UK Covid-19 Inquiry/PA Wire

Sturgeon says she ‘rarely’ used WhatsApp as she confirms messages deleted

Ken Thomson appearing at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

UK Covid Inquiry: Who is senior civil servant Ken Thomson?

Analysis: Sturgeon under pressure as she prepares to face the UK Covid Inquiry

Sturgeon's culture of secrecy appears to have been much deeper than thought Scotsman comment

Analysis Swinney’s safe pair of hands can't batten hatches amid Covid scrutiny

Who is Jamie Dawson KC, the lead counsel for the UK Covid Inquiry?

UK Covid Inquiry is debunking the myth of Scottish exceptionalism Murdo Fraser

Analysis Forbes chooses targets carefully amid picture of a two-tier government

Swinney messages to Sturgeon and Yousaf deleted ‘manually’, inquiry hears

Jeane Freeman, former Scottish health secretary, departs the UK Covid inquiry at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Jeane Freeman says she will regret care home deaths for the rest of her life

Sturgeon's Covid inquiry grilling could be the day her independence dream dies John McLellan

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon in the Scottish Parliament. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Scottish Government ministers accused of 'orchestrated' WhatsApp deletion

Former Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport Jeane Freeman giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry hearing at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.

Five things we learned from today’s evidence at the UK Covid Inquiry

Humza Yousaf departs the UK Covid inquiry. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Calls for Covid recovery committee to be reconvened after WhatsApp revelations

Forget Sturgeon's WhatsApp swearing. We should focus on what really matters Christine Jardine

Nicola Sturgeon played politics with Covid, and now all Scotland knows it Brian Wilson

First Minister Humza Yousaf departs the UK Covid inquiry. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Yousaf admits to 'winging it' as health secretary amid 'pettiness' claims

The plaque outside Bute House in Edinburgh. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

More than £850k spent on repairing First Minister's residence Bute House

Jason Leitch

Jason Leitch called MSP a 'smarta*se' in private messages with Humza Yousaf

Sturgeon's central defence over WhatsApp scandal hasn't even lasted a week Scotsman comment

Covid Inquiry uncovers shameful evidence about Sturgeon's inner circle Jackie Baillie

Nicola Sturgeon called Boris Johnson "a f***ing clown" during pandemic

First Minister Humza Yousaf is due to appear at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry in Edinburgh today. Image: Steve Welsh/Press Association.

Humza Yousaf to be questioned at UK Covid-19 Inquiry

Scottish Government Daily Covid Briefing
New St. Andrews House - Edinburgh
Chief clinical Officer - Prof Jason Leitch
First Minister - Nicola Sturgeon

Leitch: 'There was swearing' in Sturgeon chat on postponing Christmas parties

National clinical director Jason Leitch should have told Humza Yousaf to stick to the letter of the Covid rules on masks (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

National clinical director's advice to Yousaf at odds with spirit of mask rule

Scottish Government's culture of secrecy over Covid response was widespread Scotsman comment

Nicola Sturgeon is facing questions over her Whatsapps.

SNP MPs defend Nicola Sturgeon, but WhatsApp deletion questions remain

Nicola Sturgeon at Holyrood while still first minister. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

WhatsApp deletion may have 'subverted' FOI principles, says commissioner

Sturgeon looks more vampire than saint in Covid WhatsApp scandal John McLellan

Nicola Sturgeon previously insisted she would cooperate fully with the Covid inquiry (Picture: Jane Barlow/pool/Getty Images)

Sturgeon and co’s Covid cover-up is a scandal of historic proportions

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks to press outside her home in Glasgow. Picture: Wattie Cheung/Getty Images

Information Commissioner to probe 'deeply concerning' WhatsApp message deletion

Sturgeon's deleted WhatsApps are scandal on par with Downing Street parties Brian Wilson

Solicitor Aamer Anwar and members of Scottish Covid Bereaved read a statement outside the UK Covid inquiry. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Scottish Government appeared to make 'same mistakes twice', Covid inquiry told

Powerful Covid testimony in Edinburgh as Sturgeon WhatsApp evidence looms

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

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Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

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