A new raft of Covid Restrictions has now been announced for Scotland, following a sharp rise in Covid infections and new hospital admissions. In a briefing given to the Scottish Parliament today, Wednesday 7th October, First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon laid out her cabinet’s plans for the news restrictions, decisions based on medical advice and wellbeing […]
The Scottish Government is due to reveal details about tighter restrictions for Scotland to parliament at 2.50pm, today Wednesday 7th October 2020. The cabinet is currently signing off the measures. We’ll have a published summary here on Blantyre Telegraph immediately afterwards.
The Scottish Government has met this morning and have issued a statement to help avoid speculation on what is coming. However, the cabinet has not reached final decisions yet on what possible further restrictions could be coming. They are meeting again tomorrow morning with an announcement expected tomorrow (Wednesday) afternoon. Scotland faces a sharp rise […]
The Scottish Government meet this morning with health officials to discuss if further, tighter restrictions are needed in Scotland. If more restrictions are considered necessary, the First Minister said the government would try to give the public and Scottish Parliament “as much notice as possible”. She indicated that travel restrictions were being considered, and added […]
Blantyre pubs, like all others across Scotland had to adjust to a different way of doing things last night. With a new Nationwide call to close by 10pm, it meant last orders were being sounded as early as 9.15pm in some pubs. There was an eerie quietness to streets last night after 10pm, business clearly […]
From tomorrow, Wednesday 23rd September 2020 we can’t go into other people’s homes in Scotland. But there are exceptions to this. Seeing some questions about this online, we thought we’d clarify the position. As stated today by the Scottish Government, the ban on visiting other homes will NOT apply to: People who are living alone […]
A significant restriction for Bars and Restaurants has been announced for Scotland, England and Wales. From Friday 25th September 2020, bars and restaurants will close at 10pm. (Not last orders, but everybody out for 10pm). Bars and Restaurants will operate on a table only basis. Have your say. Was this the right call?
The Scottish Government have included in their statement today advice about travelling during the school October break. In her announcement today, Nicola Sturgeon urged people not to book overseas travel for the October break “unless it is absolutely essential”, and advised against car sharing with people outside your own household. Have your say. Is this affecting YOU?