Boris Johnson adds to pressure on Nicola Sturgeon by getting ready to cut two metre rule social distancing rule in England to one

theatre industry by the UK government. The promised £1.57 billion of help in a long-awaited rescue package from Boris Johnson has been described as the biggest ever one-off investment in UK culture.

Scottish independence is on the rise as voters back Nicola Sturgeon's response to the global pandemic ahead of Boris Johnson, a new poll has found. The percentage of Scots who say they would vote Yes at a future IndyRef2 now stands at 54 per cent - just one point lower than the total achieved by the No campaign in 2014.

Twitter account claiming to be the Scottish Border has Scots in stitches after tweeting about having an existential crisis and asking "am I real or naw?".The account was set up because Boris Johnson and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon clashed after the PM claimed there is no such thing as a border between England and Scotland.

Nicola Sturgeon wants to "build a wall" between Scotland and England, Jacob Rees-Mogg has claimed. It follows a comment made by Tory Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday that "there is no border between Scotland and England" - which was mocked by the SNP - after Sturgeon failed to rule out "border checks" on English visitors in order to help save lives during the pandemic.

British institutions including the UK Parliament if Boris Johnson continues to block another independence referendum, a senior MP claimed. Pete Wishart said Scotland is at “tipping point” with polls suggesting majority support for leaving the UK.

coronavirus lockdown contained no new money, a senior Scottish Tory has admitted. Andrew Bowie said the cash was already budgeted for one day after the Prime Minister’s speech was slammed as a "damp squib" by the SNP and slated by Labour leader Keir Starmer.

coronavirus means Leicester is the first city in the UK to be put under a local lockdown in a bid to curb the deadly virus.As pubs, restaurants and cafes get ready to reopen across the nation, residents in the East Midland's city have been told to stay at home.The move is part of what Prime Minister Boris Johnson previously referred to as a "whack-a-mole" strategy of tackling local flare ups.UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the measures will be reviewed in two weeks, but what exactly is a

coronavirus restrictions. At her briefing yesterday, Sturgeon said there will be "further details on the timing".

coronavirus lockdown measures.

here"The administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland hold responsibility for their own lockdown restrictions and they will respond to the united view of the Chief Medical Officers at their own pace, based on their own judgement, but all parts of the UK are now travelling in the same direction and we will continue to work together to ensure that everyone in our country gets the support they need."Thanks to our progress, we can now go further and safely ease the lockdown in England."At

Boris Johnson.The First Minister hinted progress has been made exactly three months to the day since the whole country was shut down.Sturgeon was speaking at her daily briefing on the day the Scottish Government sets out changes to its back-to-school plan.Meanwhile in England, Boris Johnson announced major changes by cutting the two-metre rule in half and confirming pubs, hairdressers and restaurants will open south of the border next month.The rules are not changing in Scotland - but Sturgeon

Perthshire Chamber of Commerce has called for the two metre social distancing rules to be reduced to help businesses across the region.On Friday, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she would review the rule, with the possibility of changing it to one or 1.5 metres.But she warned she would only do so if the science backed a change.Man in wheelchair assaulted in cityIt comes after some lockdown restrictions were eased on Friday.But the announcement was met with disappointment in the hospitality

the two metre social distancing rule in Scotland to help more businesses reopen. Boris Johnson is expected to announce tomorrow a reduction of the the limit in England – paving the way for pubs, restaurants and hairdressers south of the Border to reopen on July 4.

social distancing rule in England is set to be relaxed. The UK Chancellor strongly signalled the move after he said the Prime Minister's review next week "will make an enormous difference" to businesses.

next week on pubs, cafes, restaurants and hotels – which are currently expected to begin reopening from July 4 subject to the science.

would scrap plans to update the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) to allow transgender and non-binary people to change their birth certificates without medical diagnosis.