On 23 March 2020, Boris Johnson announced the UK’s first lockdown to combat COVID-19, urging citizens to stay home except for essential activities. This unprecedented measure profoundly impacted daily life, work, and business. It remains a memorable moment for many, evoking various personal experiences during the lockdown.
As we write this at 8pm, 23rd March, it’s exactly THREE YEARS since former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the first lockdown for the UK. Britain’s residents were asked to stay at home and in the intervening months , sadly many people passed away. We pause tonight for a minute to reflect on all […]
Scotland has been given an update routemap out of Lockdown with the announcement today, that some Covid restrictions could soon be lifted. Indeed, as well as the recent improvements on meeting others outdoors, things are set to get a ‘fair bit better‘ in the forthcoming weeks ahead as restrictions start to ease. It would seem […]
Some lockdown restrictions are easing from today, Friday 12th March 2021. From today, up to four adults from two different households will now be allowed to meet outdoors including in garden for social and recreational purposes as well as usual daily exercise. Until today, only two adults from two households had been permitted to meet […]
Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon has addressed the Scottish Parliament after meeting with cabinet ministers earlier this morning and has just made an emergency statement at Holyrood. At 2pm a statement was made announcing tougher measures to fight covid. The situation is most serious given how fast the new variant of the virus is spreading […]
Most of Scotland faces a return of the toughest level four restrictions from Boxing Day in a new 3 week lockdown. They will last for three weeks and apply to all areas except the islands which will be placed in level three. All mainland Scotland will be put into Tier 4, meaning a closure of […]
It’s been announced today that Level four restrictions in 11 council areas WILL be lifted on Friday, the health secretary has clarified. In a statement earlier, Jeane Freeman said: “Eleven local authorities currently in level four will come out of that level on Friday. That position has not changed.” For Lanarkshire, that means the current […]
We’re now into the last week of Lanarkshire’s 3 week lockdown. Hope everybody is ok. Today we ask, what next for all of us? Well, of course it’s down to the Scottish Government. The Scottish Parliament will be the venue for decisions on Tuesday, 8th December 2020 about the next phase of the Scottish tier […]