Nicola Sturgeon announces lockdown easing in Scotland

Three households will be able to meet indoors in Scotland from tomorrow, Nicola Sturgeon has announced. The Scottish First Minister said the rules were being relaxed on mixing indoors – but there will be a maximum limit of eight people. Outdoors up to five different households will be permitted to gather, but there is a … Read more

Coronavirus Scotland: 14-day quarantine for visitors from Spain

Britons can travel to 73 destinations – including France, Italy, Spain, Germany, New Zealand, Malta and Barbados – with no mandatory quarantine upon returning to England from July 10. The government’s official website does not immediately specify whether the countries on the list will reciprocate the quarantine-free arrangements. It instead urges travellers to check the individual rules … Read more

Holidaymakers travelling to Scotland from Spain MUST quarantine for 14 days

Britons can travel to 73 destinations – including France, Italy, Spain, Germany, New Zealand, Malta and Barbados – with no mandatory quarantine upon returning to England from July 10. The government’s official website does not immediately specify whether the countries on the list will reciprocate the quarantine-free arrangements. It instead urges travellers to check the individual rules … Read more

Holidaymakers face ‘maze’ of red tape as only 25 of 59 ‘air bridge’ countries have no restrictions

Britons can travel to 73 destinations – including France, Italy, Spain, Germany, New Zealand, Malta and Barbados – with no mandatory quarantine upon returning to England from July 10. The government’s official website does not immediately specify whether the countries on the list will reciprocate the quarantine-free arrangements. It instead urges travellers to check the individual rules … Read more

Sturgeon’s foot-dragging on air bridges is a cynical ploy, says STEPHEN DAISLEY 

Every night at tea time, Scots switch on the TV news to a familiar sight: Nicola Sturgeon peering at them from behind her podium, giving the latest coronavirus figures and sharing her sympathy with those affected. She is a deft communicator and peerless emoter who has convinced herself that Scotland could not get through the … Read more

Face coverings will be COMPULSORY in shops in Scotland from July 10, says Nicola Sturgeon 

Face coverings will be COMPULSORY in shops in Scotland from July 10, says Nicola Sturgeon as she announces two-metre rule will be eased to save hospitality sector Nicola Sturgeon has announced that face coverings will be compulsory in shops New rule in Scotland will come into force from July 10, the First Minister says  Ms … Read more

Boris Johnson tears into Nicola Sturgeon over quarantine threat

Boris Johnson today tore into Nicola Sturgeon over her threat to quarantine people entering Scotland from England – insisting there is ‘no border’ within the UK. The PM derided the First Minister’s repeated refusal to rule out the move, saying it was ‘absolutely’ astonishing she thought it was an option. ‘There is no such thing … Read more

So WHEN will pubs reopen? Nicola Sturgeon says Scottish hospitality firms will stay shut into July

So just WHEN will pubs reopen? Nicola Sturgeon confirms Scottish hospitality industry will remain CLOSED well into July despite a ‘gradual opening’ of its economy – as Boris Johnson refuses to to confirm July 4 date for English boozers to reopen She will update Scotland about its lockdown in Holyrood this afternoon It could see Scottish … Read more

STEPHEN GLOVER: Britain MUST now shake off this morbid funk in wake of coronavirus

There’s an apt and vivid phrase which Boris Johnson uses in private to describe a mood that has engulfed much of the country.  He says we must beware of ‘morbid funk’. He appears to mean there is a risk of the nation being so obsessed with Covid-19, and so fearful of its consequences, that we’ll avoid … Read more

Michael Gove ‘formally’ tells EU transition ends in December despite Scots and Welsh delay demands

The EU has been ‘formally’ told that the UK will complete its final split from the bloc on time in December, Michael Gove said today as he proclaimed: ‘The moment for extension has now passed’. The Cabinet Office Minister made the announcement as Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and her Welsh counterpart Mark Drakeford demanded that … Read more