Nicola Sturgeon's official residence Bute House decorated by painters despite lockdown

First Minister met with her Scottish Government Cabinet this morning where it was agreed that children in primaries one, two and three should provisionally return to class from the week beginning Monday, February 22. Pre-school nurseries would also reopen at the same time as part of a gradual reopening of the wider schools system.

Nicola Sturgeon said restrictions “are working” as infection levels dip, but in a statement at the Scottish Parliament warned the pandemic is still not under enough control. Sturgeon said: “The current lockdown, including the stay at home except for essential purposes requirement, needs to remain in place until at least the end of February.” Alarm at the spread of mutated covid-19 has forced the whole of the UK to cope with serious restrictions covering all aspects of daily life.

Douglas Ross, the Scottish Conservative leader, will today say that the First Minister is willing to risk Scotland’s economic recovery by ramping up the SNP’s push for another referendum before Christmas The Tory leader will use a speech on Monday to respond to renewed SNP demands for a second re-run vote and the threat to legislate for a referendum without the Section 30 powers from the UK government.Ross hit out at the so-called wildcat referendum plan contained in Constitutional Secretary

coronavirus vaccine, providing testing and giving financial support throughout the pandemic. The Prime Minister 's visit has been deemed "not essential" by Nicola Sturgeon who emphasised that cross-border travelling was still discouraged.

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Boris Johnson’s Government would announce today, but insisted her Government is prepared to go further.She said the UK plan was "minimal", adding that it was the "least" that can be done.A hotel quarantine system aimed at arrivals from high-risk countries is expected to be announced soon by the home secretary, Priti Patel.Johnson reportedly rejected calls for a blanket policy and is instead believed to support a targeted system for a limited number of countries such as South Africa and

Brian Matthews ended up with a social media ban after posting a fake photo of him partying with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in Dubai.

police officer  claims lives are being put at risk after he and a colleague were called out to more than 80 homes for coronavirus rule breaches. He says they were forced to mix with  Covid rule-breakers  including dental and optician workers who were flouting lockdown regulations at the weekend.

Daily Record reported this morning that painters carried out work in the A-listed building in Edinburgh despite the ban by her own Government.

First Minister will meet with members of her Cabinet this morning before making a statement in the Scottish Parliament around 2pm.

First Minister will meet with members of her Cabinet this morning before making a statement in the Scottish Parliament around 2pm.The SNP leader is not expected to impose more lockdown rules but is likely to give more detail on how long current restrictions will have to remain in place.Speaking at her regular media briefing yesterday, she said: “We will look at the latest data and come to a view on where we are and whether we need to extend the lockdown restrictions to further suppress the

Nicola Sturgeon announced click and collect services will be restricted to essential services only, such as clothes, homeware, baby equipment and books. Takeaway services will have to be offered through a hatch to stop people coming indoors.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced a tightening of lockdown restrictions as the number of Covid-19 cases in Scotland continue to rise.Under the changes click and collect services will be limited to only essential purchases, while restrictions were also applied on takeaways meaning that residents will only be able to collect orders from outdoors to limit social interaction.Essential click and collect

Scroll down for the latest updates.The Scottish Government is considering further Covid-19 restrictions as the death toll from the virus passed 5,000.The latest daily coronavirus statistics show 54 deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of fatalities to 5,023.But the most recent figures from the National Records of Scotland – which record all deaths registered in Scotland where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate – suggest the true total is

Nicola Sturgeon will address the nation today after convening a cabinet meeting to consider tougher lockdown measures across the country.The First Minister has already hinted at a potential tightening of the stay at home rules for the likes of takeaways, click and collect services and the construction industry.Concerns are growing over the state of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country as the number of people in Scots hospitals continue to surge.Sturgeon said that the number of people currently

Covid-19 is higher than at the height of the pandemic last spring.

Nicola Sturgeon "acted in an honourable way" after former colleague Alex Salmond reportedly claimed she breached the ministerial code by misleading the Scottish Parliament. Former first minister Mr Salmond's submissions to an inquiry into sexual assault claims against him have been obtained by national newspapers, in which he claims Ms Sturgeon's evidence over when she knew about the allegations was "simply untrue".