| Good afternoon, Welcome to your breaking coronavirus news bulletin from The Scotsman. If you value our journalism, please consider taking out a digital subscription with us from just £3 a month. Covid-19 has badly harmed our business and we need your help to keep reporting the news important to Scotland. You can give us a try here. Thank you. Scotland goes into full lockdown Big news this afternoon. A full lockdown will be implemented from midnight tonight in level four areas of Scotland, the First Minister has just announced. Nicola Sturgeon said the situation is "extremely serious" and the new strain of coronavirus is a "massive blow" to attempts to control its spread. The new lockdown is expected to be as serious as last March's with people being told to stay at home except for essential reasons. Read everything we know so far about this new lockdown here. What does that mean for schools? Well, it means children won't go back until at least 1 February. It was hoped pupils would be returning to school in the next few weeks but these plans have been scrapped with the latest development. How will you be affected by this? Tell us your story by emailing the address at the bottom of this newsletter. And here's all you need to know about schools remaining closed. More Covid-19 news this afternoon >> The latest updates will be added as they unfold to our LIVE blog which you can see here. Thank you for reading and stay safe, Ginny - ginny.sanderson@jpimedia.co.uk | 
