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First Minister to announce route map today – but moving out of lockdown will...
The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, will provide details of The Scottish Government’s 'routemap' setting out a phased approach to easing Covid-19 restrictions while still...
Concern about UK companies encouraging return to work in Scotland
EDINBURGH FIRMS URGED NOT TO BRING BACK WORKERS EARLY TOSAVE LIVES
Businesses in Scotland are asked not to call staff back to work early while...
Lindhurst backs support for local newspapers
Lindhurst to back plans to give greater support to local newspaper industry
Lothians MSP Gordon Lindhurst is backing plans that will give greater support to...
Scottish Government announce new advertising campaign
The Scottish Government has announced that it is increasing spending in Scottish national, regional and community newspapers to £3 million.
The Republic of Media...
Additional interim Deputy Chief Medical Officer appointed
An Honorary Professor of University of Edinburgh, Professor Marion Bain, has been appointed as an additional interim Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Scotland.
She...
Coronavirus – pilot schemes will begin contact tracing from tomorrow
The Scottish Government has announced that NHS Scotland contact tracing technology is to be tested in NHS Fife, NHS Lanarkshire and NHS Highland from...
Edinburgh gets government funding for social care costs
An initial funding package to help the social care sector in Edinburgh deal with the financial implications of coronavirus has been welcomed.
The £4.056...
Live news and updates on coronavirus
The First Minister appealed to the media today: "Please make it clear to your readers and listeners what the actual situation is in different...
Scottish Government construction ban criticised
This week, as thousands of construction workers in England head back to work, construction firms in Scotland are not able to do so, as...
Louisa Jordan to open to the public
The NHS Louisa Jordan hospital at the Scottish Events Campus (SEC) in Glasgow will be completed today.
From tomorrow Monday 20 April 2020, the hospital...
PPE flown in to Scotland on charter flight from China
A charter flight from China carrying essential equipment landed in Glasgow on Saturday morning.
The cargo included all kinds of personal protective equipment (PPE)...
Government provides protection equipment for care homes
The Scottish Government says it is delivering a week's worth of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) to care homes in more than a thousand locations...
Support for business extended – but it’s complicated!
Earlier today, The Scottish Government announced more funding for business. While that is being welcomed by business organisations, it has thrown up some questions...
Help for business extended by The Scottish Government
This morning the government announces a bit of a U-turn on business rates by adding some degree of discount on rates for a second...
Government support for newspapers is key to their survival
The Scottish Conservatives say that Scotland’s regional media must be supported by both governments to ensure their survival now and after the Covid-19 pandemic.
They...
Coronavirus – government releases another tranche of communities funding
The First Minister announced today that those who are most at risk will get more support as a result of the £8 million funding...
Coronavirus – from today’s government briefing
Today there was still some fallout from the events of the weekend involving the former Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Catherine Calderwood who resigned...
Chief Medical Officer resigns
Following a terse strange media briefing earlier, Dr Catherine Calderwood, the Chief Medical Officer has resigned from the Scottish Government. Dr Calderwood, who earlier offered...
Letter from Scotland
My local community centre has locked itself down as a community kitchen and is distributing food parcels to the needy in our part of...
Building begins at new NHS hospital
The Scottish Government has instigated the building of a new temporary NHS hospital and already over 500 staff are working on site at the...
Coronavirus Bill passed at Holyrood
The Scottish Parliament has today unanimously supported new emergency powers which they say are intended to help protect the public, maintain essential public services...
Scottish Government announces six month ban on evictions
The Scottish Government announcement that private and social tenants in Scotland are to be given increased protection from eviction during the coronavirus pandemic...
Coronavirus – main points from today’s briefing
Today the numbers are 1563 positive cases of coronavirus in Scotland, with 47 patients who have died.
During the daily briefing from St Andrew's House,...
Coronavirus – Government helps business
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...
Coronavirus – government will foot the social care bill
Councils have been asked to increase support for care at home, nursing homes and care homes to reduce delayed discharges and free up hospital...
Coronavirus – Government funding for Age Scotland to run helpline
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon visited Age Scotland's vital helpline for older people today and announced £80,000 extra funding for the charity.
Age Scotland is...
Coronavirus – Government advice on mass gatherings
Action is intended to support critical services.
Government guidance advising that gatherings of 500 people or more should not take place in Scotland has been...
Coronavirus – monitoring system expanded from today
The Scottish Government says that they hope the numbers which they report around coronavirus will be more accurate.
Admitting that there could well have been...
Covid-19 The Scottish Government announces large events to be cancelled
Action required to protect the resilience of critical emergency services during Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak.
From Monday all large gatherings above 500 people with the potential...
Covid-19 – first community transfer case in Scotland reported
The number of positive cases in Scotland has risen to 36 as of 2pm today. Of those eight are in Lothian.
The Scottish Government reports...
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