Print copies of the West Highland Free Press are unlikely to be available again until August.

The weekly newspaper, which provides news for the west Highlands and Skye, temporarily halted printing in April due to the economic impact of the coronavirus. It had hoped to resume printing in early June.

In a message to its readers the UK's first employee-owned newspaper said: "Until there is a change in either the financial support offered or the economic realities under Covid we cannot return to print.

"The majority of our staff remain on furlough, but we will continue with a small team providing you with the very best free online content until our return to print in August."

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We have just had it confirmed that the UK government will give its daily briefing at 17:00 BST.

The briefing will be led by Health Secretary Matt Hancock.

Safe to say Mr Hancock can expect more questions about Dominic Cummings and the resignation of Douglas Ross.

The junior Scotland Office minister resigned from the government over the behaviour of Boris Johnson's most senior aide

Mr Hancock will be joined by Prof John Newton, the national co-ordinator of the UK's Covid-19 testing programme.

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Professor Jason Leitch explains that if you have symptoms, you and your household should isolate and you should book a test as should happen at the moment.

The national clinical director says: "If that test is positive, the National Health Service will then be in touch with you to ask you your whereabouts for the couple of days before symptoms and from the symptomatic moment."

He suggests it would is "not a terrible idea" to keep a diary of who you come into contact with.

The people you have been in contact with - that is within two meters for for than 15 minutes - will then be told to self-isolate at home for 14 days. This may mean two weeks of not leaving your house even though you may not go on to develop symptoms.

Prof Leitch adds: "The sure way of not being asked to isolate is don't be within two metres of anybody. If you are not within two metres of anybody, you're not going to have an contacts."

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Nicola Sturgeon has announced the next phase in the coronavirus response.

The focus is moving to the strategy of "test, trace, isolate, support" which in Scotland will now be known as "test and protect".

The Scottish government has published details of the plan, external which will become ever more important as lockdown restrictions start to ease.

This is how it will affect us as the easing of lockdown restrictions begin.

What is Test and Protect?

Test and Protect is Scotland's plan for activating the new phase of the Covid-19 response, which is the "test, trace, isolate, support" strategy.

Read more here.

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Education Secretary John Swinney is making a Covid-19 ministerial statement at Holyrood.

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"We must be brave and bold and rethink the world of work," says Cabinet Secretary Fiona Hylsop as she outlines the three steps required to restart Scotland's economy in 14 separate sectors, stressing that it must be done safely and will involve...

• Measures to suppress the virus
• Guidance that supports fair and safe workplaces
• The right structures for workplace regulation

She promises to retrain and reskill people into "good, sustainable jobs" and says we "need a revolution in economic thinking that stimulates and values cooperative sharing of risk and reward, to rethink what value is".

While touching on workers' rights, remote working and a green recovery, Ms Hyslop adds that "collective endeavour" should replace "old thinking on battling over wealth distribution, which has never properly delivered".

She says: "The time for a wellbeing economy has well and truly arrived."

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The first minister has outlined her new plan to combat Covid-19 as Scotland prepares to ease lockdown.

The Scottish government's new 'Test and Protect' strategy will go live on Thursday.

But what does 'Test and Protect' mean and how are businesses reacting?

Also on the programme:

• John Beattie speaks to Douglas Ross following his resignation, while Jackson Carlaw suggests the prime minister reconsider his position on Cummings staying.
• And face coverings will be a new norm on buses, but some folk are not convinced it is something they will be happy to adopt.

Douglas Ross on why he resigned as junior minister following Dominic Cummings' lockdown trip defence.

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Transport operators must carry out risk assessments for employees to ensure measures are in place to protect them, the transport secretary said.

Responding to questions from the Tories and Labour on PPE for transport workers, Michael Matheson said this was the "final point" of mitigation measures that operators will put in place.

He said operators have sufficient stocks of PPE should the need for it arise.

Meanwhile the Greens called for a £100 bike grant to be given to every child who receives a school uniform grant and the Lib Dems suggested a rail booking system would ensure trains were safely under capacity.

As Fiona Hyslop updates MSPs on the route out of lockdown for Scotland's economy, new guidance has been published for retailers and manufacturers to consider how people can safely return to work.

Updated guidance for construction will be published later in the week.

Here's what's been published today:

• Joint statement by the Scottish Government, Police Scotland, Health and Safety Executive and local authorities on safe workplaces., external

• Guidance for customers on how the retail experience in shops is changing due to coronavirus, external
• Guidance for the retail sector including procedures for staff and customer safety and an operations checklist, external
• Guidance for the manufacturing sector including procedures to plan for and maintain a safe place for all, external

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BBC Scotland Health Correspondent

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There is no doubt that “test and protect” is asking a lot of people.

It needs speed. Can the testers turn around results quickly and accurately – perhaps in under 24 hours - so that people know if they are positive?

The role of contact tracers will be crucial. Will they be able to reassure people and ask the right questions, so they can make the right decision about who will be defined as a contact?

While shoppers passing in a supermarket aisle might not count, this could affect large numbers of staff who work together. Could a whole fire crew be taken off the front line because a colleague tests positive and they can’t socially distance at work?

“Contacts” would be asked to self-isolate even if they have no positive symptoms or a positive test result. It is asking a lot of employers and their staff and could directly affect people’s livelihoods.

Test and protect will need public support - and the public to take action.

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During the Scottish government media briefing at lunchtime, Christine Lavelle from the Sun asked the first minister about sanctions or fines for people that fail to give proper information to contact tracers or who break their 14 days of isolation.

The first minister said this would be kept under review, but highlighted a “tiny minority” of people had been subject to actions like fines for breaking lockdown in recent weeks.

She said people have shown a “collective care and solidarity” and that she wanted to persuade the public to do what iwasrequired of them under Test and Protect for the same reasons.

The Scottish government Test and Protect system goes live on Thursday. Here are some key points from the first minister's statement at the briefing:

• 15,000 test capacity ready and 2,000 contact tracers will be in place by end of month
• From Thursday if you have symptoms contact NHS Inform, external or call NHS 24 on 0800 028 2816 to book a test immediately
• Self-isolate while waiting for test and result
• If positive, you'll be asked for details of people you have been in contact with

• If you are told you have been in contact with someone who has tested positive for the virus you must self-isolate immediately
• A public awareness campaign will be launched later this week

Find out advice from the Scottish government on Test and Protect at the links below:

• Information and support for people who are asked to self-isolate because of COVID-19, external
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): Test and Protect - summary, external
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): Test and Protect - advice for employers, external

The leader of the Scottish Conservatives has told Downing Street that Dominic Cummings should consider his position, BBC Scotland has learned.

Jackson Carlaw made his views known as Scotland Office minister Douglas Ross quit the UK government over the row.

The Moray MP said "events over the last few days mean I can no longer serve as a member of this government".

Mr Cummings - a senior adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson - has defended travelling to County Durham in March.

Read more here.

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Economy Secretary Fiona Hyslop is delivering detail about the economic route out of lockdown.

Chief Nursing Officer Fiona McQueen confirmed at the media briefing earlier that home testing kits would play a part in the strategy of dealing with rural areas.

She encouraged people to visit testing centres when they could but insisted "everyone will have access", stressing the importance of not discriminating against people without cars in more densely populated parts of the country.