The rules changed at 4am following a decision by the Scottish Government earlier this week, hours after UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced the relaxation of measures for England.
The First Minister is set to update the nation on whether or not the existing Covid restrictions will be scrapped from August 9 - dubbed by some 'Scotland's Freedom Day'.
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More than 2,000 local authority street cleaners and bin collectors have been advised to refuse to return to work and instead self-isolate if they have been exposed to coronavirus.
Police in the Highlands and Islands are urging members of the public to be careful around dolphins and whales when out on the water, with the force receiving numerous reports of the animals being disturbed in recent days.
The drugs deaths statistics were a grim end to last week, but the reverberations of their impact and what they mean about Scotland and the actions taken by the Scottish Government to tackle health inequalities are only just beginning to be felt.
Paul Merton seems to be in no rush to resume normal life just yet. The comedian, actor and presenter, 64, is probably best known for BBC’s Have I Got News For You, but he also heads up and tours with a collective called Paul Merton’s Impro Chums.
Originally a coach house/inn dating back to the 15th century, Kilmany House is situated within 7.4 acres of gardens and woodlands in the village of Kilmany, in the north of Fife.
Catriona Matthew and Laura Davies both finished in the top five but were left trailing in the wake of Annika Sorenstam as the Swede swept to an eight-shot win in the US Senior Women’s Open.
The spectre of 2001 looms large for the Lions and it’s not like they weren’t warned. Maro Itoje cast up the tour of 20 years ago last week, keen perhaps to douse the hoopla in the aftermath of the first Test win.
Looking for reasons why his team failed to win their opening Premiership match against newly-promoted Hearts on Saturday, Ange Postecoglou was a frustrated figure.
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