Details of the pay and conditions for workers returning to Scotland’s health service have been revealed.

Health boards have been told that the salary given to returning staff should not be lower than the point before they retired.

For people returning to a more junior role than the one they left, they should be paid the top of the pay scale for that position.

All restrictions relating to how many hours those in receipt of an NHS pension can work have also been lifted.

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Several clubs have come out against the proposal announced yesterday by the Scottish Professional Football League board to end the season now in the Championship, League One and League Two.

The domestic season was suspended earlier this month because of the Covid-19 crisis and bringing it to a close would relegate Thistle and Stranraer, while Falkirk would miss out on promotion.

The SPFL proposal, which will be voted on by the 42 clubs this week, delays a decision on the Premiership, but a similar decision could follow and that would mean Rangers would finish second to city rivals Celtic and Hearts would be relegated.

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Anne Hughes, a motivational speaker who was once stuck in her house for four months following a brain injury, says it is often easy to focus on scary thoughts but people should try to let these pass and "choose a better thought".

She told Kaye Adams: "We're putting pressure on people to believe they have to make this productive. They could actually do the opposite of productive and they could just be, and that would be alright too."

Ms Hughes says being alone with your thoughts can be quite scary but you can find out a lot about yourself, your strengths and your ambitions.

Families in Scotland have managed to keep in touch despite the challenges caused by lockdown restrictions.

Grandparents in particular have been coming up with creative ways to spend quality time with their families.

Some have used technology to their advantage, to help them do everyday things like reading stories and delivering baking lessons.

It is understood residents have been tested for coronavirus at Tranent care home in East Lothian.

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Nicola Sturgeon is to hold a "virtual" question session with opposition politicians over a live video stream.

Sittings at Holyrood have been cut back due to the coronavirus lockdown, and the parliament is currently in recess.

Presiding Officer Ken Macintosh said it was "crucial" that MSPs were able to scrutinise ministers during lockdown.

Ian Hall has swapped life working in a leisure centre for a job emptying bins.

He is one of many council workers across the country who have been redeployed to new frontline roles following the coronavirus outbreak.

Ian has been telling us his story.

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How are growers in Edinburgh coping amid the coronavirus restrictions?

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Not all motor neurone disease patients need to be on a list of those especially vulnerable to coronavirus, Jason Leitch has said.

Rugby legend Doddie Weir has called for all MND patients to join the 136,000 people in Scotland who have been designated as needing shieldedfrom the virus.

But Dr Leitch said it should be done on a case by case basis by their medical teams.

He explained: “Not everyone has the same symptoms at the same time. If you have just got a MND diagnosis you will not be on the shielded list and you wouldn’t want to be - it is pretty restrictive.”

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The man in charge of Glasgow, Aberdeen and Southampton airports has asked the UK government to speed up Coronavirus help for aviation.

As the lockdown has effectively closed the industry, AGS Airports chief executive Derek Provan said he was "bouyed" when the Chancellor previously announced help for aviation and then "extremely dissappointed" when he "renaged" four days later.

"We're were the first sector to feel the effects and will probably be the last to come out of it," he tells BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme.

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Mr Provan says the government's furlough scheme to cover 80% of staff wages is "very welcome", but the system is still being designed by the HMRC to deliver payments , and businesses are concerned it won't be up-and-running until the end of April.

"The longer it takes, the longer it will take to make payments to our staff," says Mr Provan. He also praises the Scottish governemnt for moving "quickly" in providing rates relief.

Meanwhile, AGS has seen the almost complete shutdown of commercial flights at its airports, although "lifeline" flights to the Highlands and Islands continue, as well as a facility to support ambulance flights.

One big future challenge for AGS is at Southampton, where its biggest operator FlyBe collapsed at the beginning of March.

The company is putting plans in place to fill routes and expand the airport itself.

The distribution of protective equipment has been “our major difficulty” according to Jason Leitch.

The national clinical director told Good Morning Scotland there is a good supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) but “we need to get the right stuff to the right people in the right places”.

Dr Leitch said he is going to speak to the medics who raised concerns about PPE.

He added: “We need to make it clear that we don’t want everybody in the whole health and social care system to wear the top end of PPE, it wouldn’t work – not because there is not supply but because it is horrid [to use].”

Jason Leitch has warned we are still “rising to the peak” of the coronavirus outbreak.

The national clinical director told Good Morning Scotland “there is not enough evidence to suggest we are at the peak of this of infection”.

He added: “And remember the peak is not a single day – it will last a period and then we will have a downward curve.”

It is at this point a decision about lifting lockdown restrictions will be made,explained Dr Leitch.

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Ian Blackford has said tourists are still coming to Skye because of the “irresponsibility” of Airbnb.

The SNP Westminster leader told Good Morning Scotland a family member had met tourists on the island and said locals are really worried about the situation.

Mr Blackford said the holiday home website, and property owners, are “bringing risk to our community on the basis of greed”.

The SNP MP wants Airbnb to suspend listings to stop people having the option to book holiday homes during the lockdown.

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A children’s psychologist has said it is important for parents and carers to be honest with children about coronavirus.

Dr Katie Hunt, a clinical psychologist specialising in work with children, told Good Morning Scotland it was quite common for youngsters to be upset or anxious “when things aren’t quite right”.

She said: “We need to be clear and honest with children, and that includes lots of people will get better from this.”

Dr Hunt said it was important “not to overdose” on the news but also don’t turn it off when children come into the room as that might add to their anxiety.

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It will be "some time yet" before a decision can be taken on when to ease the coronavirus lockdown, Scotland's interim chief medical officer has said.

Dr Gregor Smith, who is a GP, said he was confident the measures that had been put in place were the right ones.

But he said he did not yet have the data that would allow him to pinpoint when the restrictions could be lifted.

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The US president also said he was anxious to restart the economy as soon as he could.