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  May 12, 2020  
     
 

Good afternoon everyone,

Here are your news headlines on Tuesday afternoon:

  • More than 400 staff at National Trust for Scotland have been told they face losing their jobs as a result of the coronavirus crisis.
  • Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to announce an extension to the furlough scheme under which the Government subsidises the wages of workers temporarily laid off due to the coronavirus.
  • Key workers and those still using the railways in Scotland will enjoy a small rise in the number of trains on offer from Monday 18 May, provided restrictions around the coronavirus continue to be eased.
  • Customers and consumers could be set for a new normal when returning to shops and work as businesses scramble to install body temperature monitoring cameras across Scotland.

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  Increase to Scottish rail services planned from Monday if lockdown restrictions ease  
     
  The increase is part of an agreed strategy for train operators in the UK, but will be much smaller in Scotland.  
     
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A swan has been rescued after getting a juice bottle lid trapped around its beak on a Scottish pond
 
A passerby spotted the swan and alerted the Scottish SPCA
 
     
 
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Richard Branson's dispute with the NHS explained as Virgin Atlantic seeks government bailout
 
Sir Richard Branson has warned Virgin Atlantic will collapse as a result of the coronavirus pandemic unless it receives a bailout from the UK Government
 
     
 
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Firefighting student fights off Covid to return to frontline
 
Just a few weeks ago, Flora Johnston could barely empty the bins without gasping for breath after contracting coronavirus.
 
     
 
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Thousands of body temperature monitoring cameras being installed across Scotland to allow businesses to reopen
 
An Edinburgh business is installing the technology in businesses across the country.
 
     
 
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Watch: awesome video shows LNER driver’s view of Forth Bridge crossing
 
The video shows the whole trip from Edinburgh to Aberdeen in just seven minutes.
 
     
     
     
   
     
     
     
   
   
   
 
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