As we bring our live coverage to an end today, here is a reminder of the main headlines:

• First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says she "understands the concerns" over the handling of a coronavirus outbreak at a conference in Edinburgh.
• The latest figures on the labour market point to a huge increase in people claiming unemployment benefit in Scotland.
• A Scottish government fund of £33m will be spent on helping the young, disabled and lone parents get back into work.
• The Scottish government defends its response to Covid-19 in care homes amid criticism from opposition politicians and think tank Common Weal.
• Author Neil Gaiman has apologised for making a trip from New Zealand to "self isolate" at his home on Skye.
• Police Scotland is reported to the Health and Safety Executive over the use of breath tests.
• Three cruise ships are to be moored in Glasgow amid a dispute between the harbour operator and a neighbouring council.
• Four residents at an Aberdeenshire care home have died after contracting coronavirus.
• Ovo Energy is to cut 2,600 jobs, claiming the lockdown has forced it to accelerate cost-cutting plans.
• Latest figures show 2,134 patients in Scotland have died after testing positive for Covid-19

We'll be back with more live coverage in the morning. Join us then.

Researchers at the University of Aberdeen have been awarded more than £50,000 to investigate the impact of lockdown on patients with arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions.

About 2,000 patients across the UK with variety of arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions will be sent questionnaires in the first instance, with in-depth interviews set up with some of them afterwards.

The charity Versus Arthritis and the British Society for Rheumatology (BSR) is funding the study.

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UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak says "it will take time" for people to resume their economic habits "even once we have reopened" and there will not therefore be an "immediate bounce back" for the economy.

He tells a House of Lords committee: "We're likely to face a severe recession the likes of which we have not seen and, of course, that will have an impact on unemployment."

Mr Sunak also warns that there could be permanent scarring to the economy, with output down on pre-lockdown levels for a prolonged period.

BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg suggests Mr Sunak's "tone today is a lot less enthusiastic than early talk about a quick bounce back for the economy".

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The Scottish government says a report that criticises its response to the Covid-19 crisis in care homes "paints a wholly misleading picture".

Earlier, the former head of services for older people in Glasgow told BBC Radio Scotland's Drivetime the impact of the pandemic on the sector was the single greatest failure of devolved government since its creation.

But a government spokeswoman says "firm action" was taken from the outset to protect care home staff and residents and that initial guidance for care homes, setting out the clinical and practical steps to be taken, was updated on 26 March and 15 May.

"Each iteration is a reflection of our growing understanding of the virus and of the situation on the ground," she says.

The spokeswoman also highlights First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's announcement of "enhanced outbreak investigations" in care homes on 1 May.

"We have taken a number of other steps, such as direct delivery of personal protective equipment (PPE), a stepped increase in testing, with the introduction from next week of testing for all care home staff, and emergency legislation to ensure continuity of care in the event of a care home failing," it concludes.

Drivetime with John Beattie
BBC Radio Scotland

Economist Andrew Wilson warns that the forthcoming economic pain will be inter-generational and, while it will impact everyone, it will be unequal.

He insists policy makers must elevate economic issues now otherwise there will be many more deaths from that than from Covid-19 itself.

The chairman of the SNP's sustainable growth commission suggests using low cost capital to invest across society, from boosting employment to supporting charities who support the most vulnerable.

"We can invest our way through to a better and more sustainable country," he says.

Drivetime with John Beattie
BBC Radio Scotland

Young people, those with addictions and the homeless are in danger of again becoming "an afterthought" as governments look to alleviate the effects of the Covid-19 crisis, writer and hip hop artist Darren McGarvey warns.

With unemployment rising because of the lockdown, the man whose stage name is Loki urges the UK and Scottish governments to intervene to ensure job opportunities for the young.

But he tells BBC Radio Scotland: "Politicians are more interested in investing in sections of the population where they are likely to get some kind of return on that, whether economically or politically.

"Landlords are worthy of support, renters aren't worthy of support. Self-employed people and entrepreneurs are worthy of support, people who are being laid off aren't worthy of support. As a demographic, young people are one of the most easily disposable groups.

"They are not that economically active, they are not classed as skilled, by definition they lack experience, they don't tend to own things, they don't have a lot of bargaining power in the wage market."

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BBC Parliaments

The Scottish Greens have secured ministers' agreement to amend the emergency coronavirus legislation to ensure that companies that are based in tax havens aren't given government bail-outs.

Constitutional Relations Secretary Mike Russell told Holyrood's Covid-19 committee that he would work with Patrick Harvie to draft an amendment to the bill so firms that engage in tax avoidance or evasion are not eligible for public money during the coronavirus crisis.

Douglas Fraser
Scotland business & economy editor

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• The number claiming welfare benefits give us the best insights into the early stages of the economic crisis
• They're seeing male unemployment in some areas of Scotland rise above 10%
• Underlying the raw data is which groups get worst affected, and the evidence is growing that it's the young

Check out Douglas's blog here.

Drivetime with John Beattie
BBC Radio Scotland

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The Scottish government and employers must have a "deep and meaningful conversation" on how parents can return to work, the parents group Connect has said.

Executive director Eileen Prior expressed concern about children returning part-time to school but employers demanding parents be full time.

She told Drivetime: "Parents will just say no, they can't go back to work if their children are going to be left high and dry five afternoons a week."

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Forestry and Land Scotland has said it hopes to “hit the ground running” at its Glentress site near Peebles in the Borders as soon as lockdown restrictions are lifted.

Part of its plans is a trail restructuring for a “refresh” at one of Scotland’s most popular mountain biking destinations.

Regional manager Sallie Bailey said FLS appreciated the closure of the trails was “frustrating” for a lot of people.

It is hoped pre-construction work could start on the revamped trails in October with construction next year.

Holyrood Live
BBC Parliaments

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Presiding Officer Ken Macintosh has just confirmed that there will be a statement from the first minister on the routemap to ease lockdown on Thursday 21 May.

This will be followed by questions from party leaders and backbenchers.

The timing is due to be: 12.30pm – 2.00 pm, subject to approval by MSPs tomorrow.

Opposition MSPs had raised concerns that the announcement would not be presented in the Scottish Parliament.

Coronavirus lockdown measures in Scotland could begin to be lifted from 28 May.

Drivetime with John Beattie
BBC Radio Scotland

It took the Scottish government two months to react properly to the Covid-19 crisis in care homes, leading to unnecessary deaths from the virus, a report for the Common Weal think tank claims.

"I think it is a whole system failure, but we are not just talking here about unnecessary deaths but we are talking here about how people died," Nick Kempe, the former head of services for older people in Glasgow, tells BBC Radio Scotland.

"We know that people haven't necessarily been given the right prescriptions and we have policies about palliative care, about dying well - I don't think they have been implemented.

"But, as well as the deaths from Covid, we obviously have the deaths from other reasons in care homes where people haven't received appropriate medical treatment and we have the impact on the lives of those who are still living."

Mr Kempe says privatisation of the care home sector, the lack of planning for a pandemic despite warnings from the 2016 Cygnus Exercise and the fact it took eight weeks for the Scottish government to provide "very good" guidance to care homes all contributed to the crisis.

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UK Environment Secretary George Eustice says only "around a third" of migrant workers normally expected for the harvest are currently in the country.

He says this means Britons will be required to "lend a hand" in bringing in this summer's fruit and vegetables.

He says UK citizens interested in signing up for the work can now register their interest on 'Pick for Britain' website.

Drivetime with John Beattie
BBC Radio Scotland

The crisis in Scotland's care homes during the Covid-19 outbreak is the single greatest failure of devolved government since its creation, the former head of services for older people in Glasgow claims.

Nick Kempe's report for the Common Weal think tank comes at a time when just under half of the country's 3,200 deaths from the coronavirus have been in care homes.

"The care sector has basically been run down for the last 20 years or so," he tells BBC Radio Scotland. "That's not a common picture across Scotland - in some places there are some good providers - but there are a lot of providers who have just been in it for the money and what has happened is that staffing standards, staff training on matters like infection control has been totally run down.

"We now basically have an untrained workforce who were sitting there at the time when Covid-19 broke totally unprepared for what was about to come to them. As soon as Covid-19 broke, it was very clear that our care homes were totally unprepared for the crisis and that this was a crisis waiting to happen and it has happened."

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said she "understands the concerns" over the handling of a coronavirus outbreak at a conference in Edinburgh.

At least 25 people linked to the Nike event in February are thought to have have contracted the virus.

Ms Sturgeon was again questioned about the response to the outbreak during her daily media briefing on Tuesday.

She said information was not made public at the time for "legitimate" reasons of patient confidentiality.

Read more here.

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We’re expecting the UK government’s daily press conference in just over five minutes, led today by Environment Secretary George Eustice.

Joining him will be Professor Dame Angela McLean, chief scientific adviser at the Ministry of Defence.

Follow live updates here.

Vehicles could be temporarily banned from some Aberdeen streets to help allow for social distancing.

The city council has submitted a set of proposals to the Scottish government for funding to roll out a series of measures.

They include widening pavements, one-way walking routes, and temporary bike lanes. Traffic could be re-routed around the city centre to free up carriageway space for pedestrians.

The council says the area - Union Street in particular - faces challenges because the pavements are not wide enough to accommodate social distancing.