Good evening,

The battle against the spread of the coronavirus rages on. Scots are remaining indoors and the fight has shifted in our direction.

Nicola Sturgeon has talked about easing restrictions and there are discussions being held as to when aspects of society can fully open up again.

However, nothing is set in stone, and we must all continue to use our heads and follow the guidelines handed down. It's taking longer than we would have initially thought, and much longer than we would've wanted, but ignoring the guidelines will only result in this way of live becoming the new norm.

Stay safe and enjoy your weekend everybody.

Here are tonight's headlines: 

• Nicola Sturgeon has said school pupils in Scotland won’t be returning to the classroom on a full-time basis before August.
• A ninth resident has died in an outbreak of coronavirus at a care home on the Isle of Skye.
• There's been a surge in Police Scotland call-outs to lockdown infringements during the warm weather. Officers used their Covid-19 powers nearly 2,500 times on Wednesday 6 May.
• The boss of some of Scotland's busiest nightclubs praised the furlough scheme for allowing businesses to 'reopen within a week' - but expects that to happen around Christmas.

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