'Critical' week for Glasgow in bid to ease covid restrictions, says Humza Yousaf

BBC radio interview that 10 children, between 0 and nine, were hospitalised "because of covid" in Scotland between May 24 and 30.Yousaf used the data to warn parents not to travel to another council area to allow their child to attend a soft play area.Under current rules the areas are not permitted to open in Level 2.Following the statement the Scottish Conservatives wrote to the statistics watchdog alleging the use of the data could cause “needless alarm and were a misuse of statistics”.In

Humza Yousaf wrote to UK health chief Matt Hancock over his concerns about the supply of the Pfizer vaccine. In his letter he urged Hancock to take action to ensure Scotland could meet its target of vaccinating the entire adult population by the end of July.

Chairman of the community centre board of trustees, David Young, said: “The community centre does not make the rules.“There was a Scottish Government rule change this week and our interpretation is that if a room can hold 15 people with two-metre physical distancing then it can take 15.”

Lorna Slater was last week dubbed by one Tory councillor as "the biggest danger to the north east economy we have seen in a generation" over her party's opposition to the extraction of oil and gas from the North Sea. It comes as the Greens prepare to open talks with the SNP over the possibility of signing a "cooperation arrangement" between the two parties which could see them team up at Holyrood on key issues - a prospect the Conservatives have already branded a "coalition of chaos".

Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish were delighted after their show Men In Kilts was nominated for a Critics Choice Award for the 'Best Travel/Adventure show. The popular show, which was first released last year, sees the pair travel around Scotland on the adventure of a lifetime meeting some of the craftspeople, producers, and historians who make the country what it is.

SNP health secretary said legislation for the new service - which the Record has long campaigned for - will be laid within a year, while consultation will begin within the Government’s first 100 days in office.

Glasgow. Shelley Ann Daly went missing from the Kirkmuirhill in Larkhall area on the morning of Saturday, May 29.

Level One restrictions from June 7 when the changes come into effect. Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has already indicated that some parts of the country may remain at Level 2 due to a higher number of cases, the test positivity and the people ill in hospital with the deadly virus.

health minister said he was encouraged by the fact the numbers of “did not attends” had fallen over the last few days. On the weekend of May 22 and 23, around half of all vaccination appointments at the SSE Hydro were missed.

Glasgow. Emergency services were called to the scene in Ingram Street in the city centre at around 10.15pm on Sunday, May 30, after the alarm was raised.

Nicola Sturgeon said on Friday that she would announce no later than Wednesday if Glasgow would have restrictions eased at the weekend.

coronavirus advisor has claimed. Professor Devi Sridhar of the University of Edinburgh has urged policymakers to reopen the country cautiously amid concerns over the mutant strain of the virus, reports Glasgow Live.

Covid case numbers are being driven by ‘significant community transmission’ which is suspected to be linked to international travel, Humza Yousaf has said. The Health Secretary said that that the Scottish Government is working to understand the cause of the recent spike in infections in the south side of the city.

Glasgow as cases of the virus spread across parts of the city. Scotland's largest city is currently stuck in Level Three lockdown while the rest of the mainland is in Level Two and much of the island community is at Level One.

pandemic news will be dominated by Boris Johnson’s former adviser, Dominic Cummings. The aide is poised to give potentially damning testimony on the UK government’s handling of coronavirus, and particularly the decision to delay lockdown last September, when he appears in front of a joint session of the Commons Health and Science committees.

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Kilwinning on Saturday morning. Police raced to the scene in Ladyford Avenue at around 2.30am after locals reported a noisy disturbance in the street involving youths.

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Glasgow is the only part of Scotland still in level three, and some businesses have criticised the decision to keep it under stricter measures. The new Scottish Health Secretary said ministers wanted to ease restrictions as soon as possible and hoped after this week it would become clear whether case numbers had led to a rise in ICU patients.Yousaf said the “critical question” is whether infections caused by the new Covid variant, so-called Indian variant, lead to more severe disease.

East Kilbride who say the debilitating after-effects brought their lives to a standstill.Every adult who has tested positive for coronavirus in Scotland is to be invited to take part in the study into the effects of the virus.Researchers hope to identify how many people continue to be unwell after having the virus.Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the region The Covid in Scotland Study (CISS) will ask people what their