Rules for Scots pub and beer gardens as lockdown restrictions ease

lockdown in March 2020. For 14 months, we’ve been told not to hug or shake hands with people we don’t live with.Now, this rule is set to change from next week as the country enters Level 2 of its roadmap out of the pandemic.Nicola Sturgeon confirmed social distancing rules will ease on May 17 and admitted she felt 'a wee bit emotional' as she announced the major milestone.

Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Stirling’s Macrobert Arts Centre was this week among 11 leading Scottish performing arts venues calling on the Scottish Government to urgently review social distancing requirements as lockdown eases.The venue is part of the Scottish Theatre Producing Consortium and Federation of Scottish Theatre, which pointed out that the current two metres-plus distancing requirement makes presenting and producing

reopening of non-essential retail across Scotland as well as a lift in the 'stay at home' guidelines a few weeks prior. April 26 saw shops and services open their doors for the first time this year.

lockdown restrictions on social distancing to ease for the first time in months. During Tuesday's coronavirus briefing, Nicola Sturgeon admitted she felt 'emotional' as she announced that people could now hug each other from Monday, May 17.

Twitter from pop icon Cher. Mickey Robertson, 24, asked for words of encouragement ahead of his first shift back at Siberia Hotel and Bar, Aberdeen, after lockdown, but never imagined she’d reply.

coronavirus alert level has been downgraded as the number of deaths and hospitalisations continues to fall across the country. All of the country’s Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) agreed to move Scotland and the rest of the UK from level four to level three earlier today.

Ross, who heads to Holyrood as leader of the largest opposition party with 31 Scottish Conservative MSPs, signalled he will not be relying on numbers to stop the SNP’s independence plans. At a press conference to mark his return to the Holyrood chamber, the Moray MP and now list MSP, spelled out why UK cabinet minister Michael Gove was confident the referendum bill would not end up with the UK government taking the Scottish Government to the Supreme Court.

Culloden Moor Inn, near Inverness, posted several pics taken just four days apart that show a bustling beer garden in the sunshine followed by the same area completely deserted and covered in a layer of snow just a short time later.Owner Linsey McLeod, who runs the pub with her partner Gordon Morison, took the first pair of photographs on May 1st just after beer gardens were allowed to reopen as part of the easing of restrictions by the Scottish Government.They show a bustling beer garden with

cinemas later this month as lockdown restrictions are set to ease further across the country.

restaurant s have slowly started to reopen, with punters now able to enjoy a drink in a beer garden. Thousands have flocked to the pub over the past week since alcohol was allowed to be served outside from April 26.

dramatic Prime Minister’s Questions is likely to dominate today’s agenda. Boris Johnson was framed as a liar in the Commons for failing to admit to alleged remarks about allowing to let “bodies pile high” instead of seeing another covid lockdown.

lockdown restrictions ease significantly for the first time in four months. A number of rules changes have come into force from today - including the reopening of non-essential retail and hospitality.

coronavirus infections continues to fall. Nicola Sturgeon confirmed the changes to the rules earlier this week, paving the way for the hospitality sector and non-essential retail to reopen for the first time in four months.

pubs, restaurants and cafes. The move means that Scots will be able to meet their pals for a drink at a beer garden since the stay at home lockdown rules were imposed on Boxing Day last year.

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benefits assessment.Elspeth Oakley also said they were asked about suicide attempts by private firm Atos after applying for a disability payment.Labour leader Anas Sarwar has demanded an end to “humiliating trials” for vulnerable benefit claimants after Elspeth’s ordeal.Hitting out at the questions asked by the medical testing firm, Elspeth said: “Those types of questions are incredibly inappropriate.

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new freedoms next week after Nicola Sturgeon confirmed lockdown will ease further as covid cases continue to fall. The First Minister announced the country will move to Level Three lockdown next Monday, leading to a raft of changes.

coronavirus restrictions eased, saying it was 'better than Benidorm'. With six people allowed to meet outdoors as of today, Michaela McGinley's pals invited her out for a day in Kelvingrove Park.