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Police are looking for a woman in her late 20s after reports a woman in Aberdeen was the victim of extortion.

Work is due to get underway today to free up space in George Street and surrounding areas to allow people to social distance. 

A series of new rules come into force today across Scotland as the country takes its next steps out of lockdown.

The first minister has announced that Scotland is moving into the third phase of easing lockdown restrictions.

The Scottish Government has scrapped quarantine rules for travellers arriving from more than 50 countries.

Social care workers do not qualify for the government's new health and care visa under the UK's post-Brexit immigration system, Downing Street has confirmed.

Britons should be wearing masks in shops, with face coverings offering a "great deal of value" in controlling the spread of coronavirus, Boris Johnson has said.

Scientists have criticised the government for its mixed messaging about wearing face masks during the pandemic, and a number of ministers have been seen wearing them in public - so what does the science actually say?

Another photo showing Johnny Depp's wild lifestyle has been shown during his libel trial against The Sun - as his ex-wife Amber Heard was likened to boxer Mike Tyson.

A man who was "trusted" to walk his female friend home after a night out raped and murdered her, a court has heard. 

Ocado, the online supermarket and grocery logistics group, has begun hunting for a successor to Lord Rose of Monewden, the retail veteran who has been its chairman since 2013.

For employers and employees these are challenging and confusing days.

G4S has announced plans to cut up to 1,150 jobs through a shake-up of its cash-handling business in the UK.

Social care workers do not qualify for the government's new health and care visa under the UK's post-Brexit immigration system, Downing Street has confirmed.

Shares in fashion retailer Quiz have plunged by more than a fifth after it said it had suspended a supplier over allegations a sub-contractor failed to meet National Living Wage rules.

Another photo showing Johnny Depp's wild lifestyle has been shown during his libel trial against The Sun - as his ex-wife Amber Heard was likened to boxer Mike Tyson.

Katie Price has said her son Harvey is in intensive care in hospital.

John Travolta says his wife Kelly Preston has died from breast cancer.

Pregnant YouTube star Nicole Thea and her unborn son have died, her family has said.

Film director Richard Curtis is among 83 millionaires who are demanding to be "immediately, substantially and permanently" taxed more to help boost the economic recovery from coronavirus.

When is 200 metres not 200 metres? When US sprinter Noah Lyles runs it, apparently.

A "vampire-slaying kit" containing a pocket-sized pistol and a 19th century copy of the New Testament is going under the hammer.

German engineering company Festo has created robotic birds capable of amazingly realistic flight.

An Australian trucker managed to fight off a highly venomous snake while doing 70mph along a busy road.

An exotic frog has been discovered in a bunch of bananas after making a 5,000-mile journey from Colombia to south Wales.