Joy Yates, Editorial Director

Dear Voornaam,

Welcome to your latest newsletter with reflections on some of the key issues my teams have been reporting on in October

This month I am delighted to announce that we have launched a fully interactive online puzzle section.

We've been listening.

Many of you asked us about online puzzles, especially as lockdown has made it more difficult for some to get out and buy a newspaper. So that’s why The Scotsman has launched a brand new puzzles package just for digital subscribers.

If you'd like to play too, click here to try out one of our reasonably-priced digital subscription subscription packages. 

‘Circuit breaker lockdowns’, ‘five-tier systems’, ‘R numbers’ it’s been another jargontastic month for Covid regulations. 

Our live news and specialist teams have worked hard to ensure we’re bringing you the latest updates and, importantly, explaining clearly what they mean for you and your families.

Most of the Central Belt are right now under Tier 3 regulations. If you’re still confused by what this means, read our handy guide here. 

We’re continuing to expand our breaking news operation. I’d recommend checking in on our excellent live coronavirus blog every single morning for all the developments as they happen on our homepage.

Finally, one of our readers’ favourite stories this month was Katharine Hay’s tale about the young Scots poet overwhelmed by the online response to her latest poem. Watch Len Pennie’s rousing performance here.

As always, I’m taking this opportunity to thank you so much for your on-going support - it is much appreciated by me and my team.

I hope you agree journalism continues to matter now more than ever and we couldn’t deliver the quantity and quality we do without your commitment.

I have enjoyed all your feedback, you can email me anytime at joy.yates@jpimedia.co.uk.

Thank you. 

Wishing you all a happy and healthy November. 

Joy

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