Nicola Sturgeon declares Scots SHOULD wear face coverings

Nicola Sturgeon breaks ranks with Boris Johnson AGAIN by declaring that Scots SHOULD wear face coverings on public transport and in shops By James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 13:25 BST, 28 April 2020 | Updated: 13:37 BST, 28 April 2020 Nicola Sturgeon broke ranks with Boris Johnson again today by declaring that Scots … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon declares she is willing to ease lockdown at different rate to rest of UK

Nicola Sturgeon declares she WILL ease lockdown restrictions in Scotland at different rate to the rest of the UK if she disagrees with Boris Johnson’s plan – and swears it is not ‘political’ – but refuses to set a date for rules to be relaxed Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon published lockdown exit plan last … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon suggests Scotland could soon allow small gatherings

Nicola Sturgeon today suggested people in Scotland could soon be allowed to meet a small ‘bubble’ of friends or family outside of their households under plans to ease the coronavirus lockdown.  The Scottish First Minister said other countries are beginning to look at expanding the definition of ‘households’ to allow small gatherings of people and … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Nicola Sturgeon may ease lockdown in Scotland

Nicola Sturgeon today signalled she is willing to ease coronavirus restrictions in Scotland independently of the UK government as Northern Ireland also suggested it could follow suit. The Scottish First Minister today published a blueprint setting out how the current state of lockdown could be lifted north of the border as she said there needed … Read more

Coronavirus: Nicola Sturgeon publishes post-lockdown plan

Nicola Sturgeon gazumps Downing Street again as Scottish government publishes its own plan for easing coronavirus lockdown restrictions Scottish First Minister publishing paper today setting out end-of-lockdown plan Ms Sturgeon said it will contain ‘principles that will guide us’ in months ahead Comes as Downing Street is under growing pressure to publish its own blueprint  … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon confirms fears Scottish economy will slump by at least one third due to coronavirus 

Coronavirus has resulted in an ‘economic crisis’ in Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon said, amid forecasts the Scottish economy could fall by one third due to the crisis.   The First Minister spoke after a new report from the Scottish Government’s chief economist warned of an ‘unprecedented’ drop of up to 33 per cent of the GDP. The … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Nicola Sturgeon says lockdown to continue

Nicola Sturgeon gazumped ministers again today by declaring that the lockdown will stay in place for ‘at least’ another three weeks – and an ‘exit strategy’ will be revealed next week. The Scottish First Minister announced measures will stay in place hours before a crunch meeting of Cobra, where the official decision will be taken. … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon gazumps ministers AGAIN by declaring lockdown measures will stay

Nicola Sturgeon gazumped ministers again today by declaring that the lockdown will stay in place for ‘at least’ another three weeks – and an ‘exit strategy’ will be revealed next week. The Scottish First Minister announced measures will stay in place hours before a crunch meeting of Cobra, where the official decision will be taken. … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Nicola Sturgeon reveals lockdown to be extended

Nicola Sturgeon today revealed the UK will be extending its coronavirus lockdown for the foreseeable future as she announced the move before stand-in PM Dominic Raab.  The Scottish First Minister let slip at lunchtime that a UK-wide review of the social distancing measures due to be carried out by Thursday is ‘not likely to result … Read more

Coronavirus: Nicola Sturgeon reveals the UK will EXTEND the lockdown on Thursday

Nicola Sturgeon today appeared to confirm that the UK will be staying in a state of coronavirus lockdown for the foreseeable future as she said: ‘We must stick with it.’  The UK government is due to make a decision on whether to extend social distancing restrictions beyond an initial period of three weeks by the … Read more