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Full fibre broadband rolled out to 80,000 premises in Edinburgh

With the latest stage of the rollout, 80,000 premises now have access to the gigabit-capable service, which can run 15 times faster than the current UK average

Mobile devices save Police Scotland over 400,000 hours of officer time

Previously, when officers dealt with a crime, they would have to return to base to record details of the incident

Medicines system in Scotland ‘does not have a focus on patients’, committee finds

Associate feature: Choosing our future by design, not disaster

Associate feature: Tech, food, and health will define the future, and Scotland can lead the way

Highland Council approves plans for Sutherland space hub

Scottish Conservatives call for taskforce to make Scotland the e-commerce capital of Europe

Scottish Renewables calls for funding to retrain oil and gas workers

Schools could return full-time in August, John Swinney announces

Youth job guarantee, fiscal flexibility and investment in green business key to economic recovery, expert panel says

Cost of home schooling falls heaviest on low-income families, survey finds

Podcast: Calling order, the Presiding Officer cancels recess

EU citizens targeted with coronavirus misinformation, EC warns

Committee on Standards in Public Life launches review of UK electoral law

MPs given proxy votes ‘for medical or public health reasons’

Interview: startup guru Mark Logan on growing the tech ecosystem in Scotland

‘Unusual summer’ for the Scottish Parliament with proposal for weekly meetings during recess

Associate feature: Online therapy lifeline for social care sector

Data breaches and ethical breaches: mere compliance versus doing the right thing

Up to four in five DWP staff still working on site

Comment: Is COVID-19 crushing freedom of information rights?

Public transport capacity will be below 25 per cent as lockdown is eased, Michael Matheson confirms

Distance learning during a pandemic

Associate feature: Scotland must find a remote care pathway out of COVID-19

Digital rights groups express concern over COVID-19 datastore

Police Scotland reported to Health and Safety Executive over breath tests