Scotland's lockdown review as more councils braced for tighter restrictions

Hampden, defying advice to avoid crowded places, as they welcome the team bus to the national stadium for the Scottish Cup Final. The show of support has seen several hundred fans appear with banners and flags prior to the game between their team and Hearts.The match carries special significance as a win would see the Hoops win an unprecedented quadruple Treble to seal a period of domestic dominance never before seen in this country that's unlikely to be repeated.

First Minister also announced a strict travel ban between Scotland and the rest of the UK and the world.

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including Edinburgh. And public health officials are recommending a return to level 3 rules for Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.

tier restrictions and pubs and restaurants being shut, figures released by Police Scotland have revealed a shocking increase in offenders.The figures have sparked anger from the husband of Theresa Wade who was killed by a drunk driver on the Isle of Mull in October 2015.Between April and September officers dealt with 4501 incidents of people being unfit to drive through drink or drugs.That is an increase of 45 per cent on the figure from the same six-month period last year when 3102 drivers were

lockdown following weeks of strict measures. Nicola Sturgeon yesterday announced that 11 council areas would drop from level 4 to level 3 after facing the toughest rules in Scotland's five-tier system.

tight travel rules since the end of November. Glasgow and 10 neighbouring areas had been in the highest level 4 but will all drop down to level 3 on Friday.

Prince William and Kate Middleton's Royal tour which today kicked off in Scotland during lockdown. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived at Edinburgh Waverley station on Monday morning as they began their whistle-stop tour of the UK, aimed to thank frontline workers of the pandemic.

First Minister said: "I can confirm that that remains the case, that will be the case."Scotland has a five tier system of coronavirus restrictions and Sturgeon will announce her weekly review tomorrow.Eleven council areas, including Glasgow and North and South Lanarkshire, have been in level four since last month.

Perthshire -based politician is calling on the Scottish Parliament to be made more family friendly.

infection spreading in communities. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said it is "likely" she will be able to make major changes at the next review.

Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.Both north-east councils had been put on notice yesterday but will stay at level two on the sliding scale for Scotland's 32 local authorities."I can confirm that the Scottish Government is not proposing any immediate changes today to the levels that currently apply to each local authority area," Sturgeon said in her weekly statement to the Scottish Parliament."However, I need to be clear that we have been looking and will continue to look very carefully in the days to

top politicians are really thinking. And thanks to Scots comic Janey Godley, we got a bit of an inkling into the inner workings of Nicola Sturgeon this morning - and they're a bit raunchier than you might imagine.

festive break between December 23 and 27. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon agreed the basic UK-wide plan but urged caution and wants to keep gatherings to a minimum.

coronavirus by posting online videos for the over-60s.Dot Bremner hosts a daily Dancercise with Dot session from the garden of her home in Elgin, Moray.She set herself the challenge of dancing every day this month to raise money for charity North East Sensory Services (Ness), which  supports 6,500 people in North-east Scotland who have vision or hearing loss.Dot, who is partially sighted and almost completely deaf without a hearing aid, toured the region before the virus outbreak to run dance

lockdown is working nationally.It comes as daily infection figures dropped to 771 across Scotland and one week after 11 councils, including Glasgow, were ordered into the highest level 4 alert.At Holyrood, Sturgeon said: "The latest data shows that across the country and in most local authority areas the restrictions in place are having an impact."The number of new cases across the country has stabilised in recent weeks.

five-tier system on Tuesday morning but the First Minister told MSPs in the Scottish Parliament this will be the only change. The majority of Scots remain in the first of three weeks of strict measures that have closed all non-essential shops and prevented travel to other areas.Sturgeon told MSPs that 41 deaths and 771 positive tests have been recorded in the past 24 hours.