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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon sets out latest timetable for lifting of Covid-19 lockdown

02 July 2020
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon sets out latest timetable for lifting of Covid-19 lockdown

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon sets out latest timetable for lifting of Covid-19 lockdown

02 July 2020

The First Minister has announced significant changes to the lockdown with beer gardens open from Monday and some holiday lets permitted from tomorrow


Face coverings to be compulsory in shops but two-metre social distancing rule likely to be relaxed

02 July 2020
Face coverings to be compulsory in shops but two-metre social distancing rule likely to be relaxed

Face coverings to be compulsory in shops but two-metre social distancing rule likely to be relaxed

02 July 2020

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed beer gardens can open on Monday with self-catering accommodation able to welcome tourists from tomorrow


Scotland's Covid-19 death toll falls for ninth consecutive week

01 July 2020
Scotland's Covid-19 death toll falls for ninth consecutive week

Scotland's Covid-19 death toll falls for ninth consecutive week

01 July 2020

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed that the weekly death toll from Covid-19 has shrunk for the ninth week in a row


Pay cuts looming for High Life Highland staff

30 June 2020
Pay cuts looming for High Life Highland staff

Pay cuts looming for High Life Highland staff

30 June 2020

Critics have called it 'kick in the teeth' for workers, many of whom have been volunteering for the council throughout pandemic


Sturgeon cautiously optimistic on Covid-19 trend despite three new deaths

30 June 2020
Sturgeon cautiously optimistic on Covid-19 trend despite three new deaths

Sturgeon cautiously optimistic on Covid-19 trend despite three new deaths

30 June 2020

Scotland has suffered its first confirmed Covid-19 deaths in four days while recording a spike in the number of hospitalisations.


Fears the Highlands could be left in a 'digital stone age'

30 June 2020
Fears the Highlands could be left in a 'digital stone age'

Fears the Highlands could be left in a 'digital stone age'

30 June 2020

The Highlands could lose out on access to superfast broadband if a court case is not resolved by the end of the year it has been claimed.


For the second week in a row there are no new Highland deaths from Covid-19 reported

24 June 2020
For the second week in a row there are no new Highland deaths from Covid-19 reported

For the second week in a row there are no new Highland deaths from Covid-19 reported

24 June 2020

Latest release confirms that the death toll remains at 113 while there were just 39 more fatalities nationwide


Schools in Scotland set to fully re-open in mid August without social distancing

23 June 2020
Schools in Scotland set to fully re-open in mid August without social distancing

Schools in Scotland set to fully re-open in mid August without social distancing

23 June 2020

"I am sure there will be a sense of relief from parents tonight obviously tinged with the necessary caution we all need to be mindful of"


First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to reveal further details on lifting of lockdown restrictions tomorrow

23 June 2020
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to reveal further details on lifting of lockdown restrictions tomorrow

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to reveal further details on lifting of lockdown restrictions tomorrow

23 June 2020

There were some criticisms last week when restrictions that were expected to be lifted failed to emerge


Deal struck to manufacture Oxford's Covid-19 vaccine

19 June 2020
Deal struck to manufacture Oxford's Covid-19 vaccine

Deal struck to manufacture Oxford's Covid-19 vaccine

19 June 2020

Second vaccine enters human trial phase


Reopening schools in August will require more money

18 June 2020
Reopening schools in August will require more money

Reopening schools in August will require more money

18 June 2020

Call comes as Holyrood comes under fire for hedging over extra support


Highland Council aiming to get children in Badenoch and Strathspey safely back to school ASAP

18 June 2020
Highland Council aiming to get children in Badenoch and Strathspey safely back to school ASAP

Highland Council aiming to get children in Badenoch and Strathspey safely back to school ASAP

18 June 2020

Phased reopening of schools, nurseries and playgroups was discussed earlier today by local authority's recovery board


Scotland 'expected' to move into the next phase of easing lockdown tomorrow

17 June 2020
Scotland 'expected' to move into the next phase of easing lockdown tomorrow

Scotland 'expected' to move into the next phase of easing lockdown tomorrow

17 June 2020

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon welcomed new figures which show the number of Covid-19 related deaths has fallen for the seventh week in a row.


No new coronavirus deaths in the Highlands

17 June 2020
No new coronavirus deaths in the Highlands

No new coronavirus deaths in the Highlands

17 June 2020

Death toll in NHS Highland stays at 113


Cheap steroid created more than 60 years ago found to reduce death rate in Covid-19 patients

16 June 2020
Cheap steroid created more than 60 years ago found to reduce death rate in Covid-19 patients

Cheap steroid created more than 60 years ago found to reduce death rate in Covid-19 patients

16 June 2020

'Really, really remarkable'.... 10 days of treatment with steroid reduces risk of death in patients on ventilation by 35 per cent


Scotland 'almost certain' to keep furlough scheme after October

16 June 2020
Scotland 'almost certain' to keep furlough scheme after October

Scotland 'almost certain' to keep furlough scheme after October

16 June 2020

Sturgeon concedes business measures will have to continue


New coronavirus cases continue to fall

15 June 2020
New coronavirus cases continue to fall

New coronavirus cases continue to fall

15 June 2020

Dominic Raab welcomes the 'important progress on the week before'


Nicola Sturgeon wants as much face to face teaching when schools return mid-August

15 June 2020
Nicola Sturgeon wants as much face to face teaching when schools return mid-August

Nicola Sturgeon wants as much face to face teaching when schools return mid-August

15 June 2020

There were no new deaths in Scotland in the last 24 hours among those with a confirmed case of Covid-19


UK infection rate stays stable despite greater freedoms

12 June 2020
UK infection rate stays stable despite greater freedoms

UK infection rate stays stable despite greater freedoms

12 June 2020

R-number traces additional cases based on one infected person and it remains below one


'More government intervention is needed' after new data shows UK's economy shrunk more than 20 per cent

12 June 2020
'More government intervention is needed' after new data shows UK's economy shrunk more than 20 per cent

'More government intervention is needed' after new data shows UK's economy shrunk more than 20 per cent

12 June 2020

First Minister says the alternatives to inaction would risk lives by easing the lockdown or put huge pressure on business


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