Summary

  • Nicola Sturgeon says she will not hesitate to use the law to enforce group sizes and travel distances after traffic around beauty spots and a five-fold rise in police dispersal orders is seen

  • Queues build at council-run recycling centres as they re-open for the first time in 10 weeks

  • The number of people who have died in Scotland after testing positive for Covid-19 now stands at 2,363 following one further confirmed death

  • NHS services suspended because of coronavirus - including dental treatment and cancer referrals - are to be gradually restored

  • Flights to Birmingham and Newcastle will take off from Aberdeen Airport later as the Scottish airline Loganair takes its first steps to restoring services

  • NHS Orkney apologises after personal details of over fifty people - including Covid test results - were sent to a local business by mistake.

  • The health secretary says Scotland now has capacity to carry out 15,500 tests a day

  1. Sturgeon still proud of 'vast majority of Scottish population'published at 13:06 British Summer Time 1 June 2020

    Fraser Knight, from Global, points out the number of arrests over the weekend for flouting the rules, the amount of litter and even reports of human waste being dumped at Glencoe. He wonders if the first minister stands by her previous statements that she is proud of the Scottish people.

    "I am actually," Nicola Sturgeon replies. "I am proud of the vast majority of the country who have been doing the right thing and continue to do that.

    "I don't want the behaviour of a minority to obscure that - and to threaten the progress we've made."

  2. 'I will continue to appeal to people's better judgement' - Sturgeonpublished at 13:04 British Summer Time 1 June 2020

    BBC Scotland's Reevel Alderson suggests the first minister has been praiseworthy of the population for abiding by the rules but asks if she is also critical of those who have flouted them.

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    Nicola Sturgeon says she is "critical of that" because they are putting themselves and the people around them at risk, as well as the general wellbeing of the country.

    "If people are just not bothering about the regulations then I will criticise that," she says. "The point I am making is that the majority complied and the majority of those who didn't did not do it because they don't care.

    "I am going to continue to appeal to people's better judgement."

  3. WATCH AGAIN: 'Restrictions may have to be reimposed'published at 13:03 British Summer Time 1 June 2020

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  4. Will people of Scotland ignore restrictions even if made law?published at 13:01 British Summer Time 1 June 2020

    Peter MacMahon, of ITV Border, suggests it is a problem for both the Scottish and UK governments that, once begun to ease restrictions, people might not go along with the restrictions even if made law.

    Nicola Sturgeon suggests that the evidence of the last few months is the opposite of that – people have been doing the right thing for the right reasons.

    She understands and shares the public’s frustration but says that, if we give in to the frustration, the country will be back to square one.

  5. 'More a case of people not understanding rules rather than not caring'published at 12:59 British Summer Time 1 June 2020

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    Gordon Chree, from STV, suggests at the weekend the flouting of the rules was pretty widespread and wonders how concerned the first minister is that this will lead to an increase in infections.

    Nicola Sturgeon thinks that, despite images on social media, the vast majority of people will have been complying because they know it is important.

    But she says the strength of her message today about sticking to the rules underlines the concern she has long had that people's behaviour may change too quickly.

    She does not think people flouting the rules do not care but suggests it is more to do with not understanding the guidance".

  6. WATCH AGAIN: Restrictions may become lawpublished at 12:58 British Summer Time 1 June 2020

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  7. 'Double down' on public health measurespublished at 12:55 British Summer Time 1 June 2020

    Interim chief medical officer Dr Gregor Smith

    Interim chief medical officer Dr Gregor Smith says now is a really important opportunity to make sure we are doubling down on public health measures.

    As well as physical distancing, people should still be washing their hands and practising good respiratory hygiene he says.

    Dr Smith highlights people should be at home if they develop a cough and also points to the NHS Inform website, external for the latest advice.

  8. The first minister outlines the rules againpublished at 12:54 British Summer Time 1 June 2020

    The first minister reminds us of those rules:

    • only meet people from other households outside
    • stay 2m apart from people from another household
    • don't meet more than one other household at any one time
    • don't meet more than one household per day
    • keep to a maximum of 8 people in a group
    • wash your hands often, take hand sanitiser if out and about
    • please wear a face covering if on public transport or shopping
    • avoid hard surfaces and wash any you touch
    • if you have symptoms get tested and self-isolate
    • above all remember each decision we take affects the safety and wellbeing of all of us
  9. FM pleads with young people to follow the rulespublished at 12:51 British Summer Time 1 June 2020

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    The first minister says: "I want to say very directly to young people, this virus can still be very harmful to you.

    "Even if you yourself are not adversely affected, you still can pass the virus on to other young people, including your friends.

    "And then some of them can pass it on to others, for example parents or grandparents, who are at a greater risk of becoming seriously ill.

    "So please think about that wider interest."

  10. If cases rise again 'restrictions will have to be reimposed'published at 12:48 British Summer Time 1 June 2020

    Ms Sturgeon says the stipulation that no more than two households meet at one time is already the law.

    If needs be it will be enforced by the police, she adds.

    The first minister says the two households should keep 2m apart from each other, not share food or utensils and not go inside each others houses.

    She warns the progress made so far is simply not guaranteed or irreversible, with the potential for cases increasing again, leading to more loss of life.

    "If that happens restrictions will have to be reimposed, rather than being further relaxed."

    To avoid that we must all follow the rules and spend the majority of time at home, she says.

  11. Guidance may have to be put into law if rules broken says FMpublished at 12:45 British Summer Time 1 June 2020

    The first minister says in some places, Loch Lomond and Glencoe for example, the increase was even more dramatic, with traffic three times higher on the A82 on Saturday.

    Ms Sturgeon adds the government will be considering all of this to assess the impact of the phase one changes.

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    She says some discretion was left last week, for example in the five mile rule or only have a meeting of two households with a maximum of eight people in a group.

    The first minister warns that guidance may have to be put into law if there is continued evidence of even a minority not following the advice.

  12. Number of dispersals five times higher than last weekpublished at 12:42 British Summer Time 1 June 2020

    The first minister says that 797 figure is five times higher than the figure the previous Saturday.

    Ms Sturgeon says there were also clearly cases where, despite the guidance, people were driving more than five miles to beauty spots.

    In some cases people were staying overnight in tents, caravans or motor homes.

    She says Transport Scotland statistics are a cause for concern, in particular:

    • 70% increase in transport overall since previous Sunday
    • transport on Saturday 60% up on the week before
  13. 'On Saturday alone there were 797 dispersals'published at 12:39 British Summer Time 1 June 2020

    Nicola Sturgeon

    The first minister says the statistics she has just read out demonstrate real progress but also how fragile that progress is.

    Ms Sturgeon adds the virus is being suppressed but it has not gone away and is still "extremely dangerous", with a high risk that it is not yet contained.

    She says she hopes people enjoyed reunions with family and friends at the weekend and says the vast majority of people stuck to the rules.

    "However it's also clear that over the weekend not everybody stuck to the rules."

    According to the police on Saturday alone there were 797 dispersals, she adds.

  14. One death from Covid-19 registered in last 24 hourspublished at 12:37 British Summer Time 1 June 2020
    Breaking

    First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirms 15,418 people have now tested positive for Covid-19, an increase of 18 from yesterday.

    1,046 patients are in hospital with a suspected or confirmed case (down 27), with 27 patients being treated in intensive care (no change from yesterday).

    3,695 people have been discharged from hospital after receiving treatment for the virus since 5 March.

    A further one person who tested positive has died, taking the total to 2,363 deaths in Scotland by that measure. She says this figure should be "treated with caution", given death registration tends to be lower on Sundays.

  15. Coming up: The Scottish government daily coronavirus briefingpublished at 12:25 British Summer Time 1 June 2020

    The first minister will shortly update the media on all the latest Coronavirus developments in Scotland.

    She will be joined by Health Secretary Jeane Freeman and Interim Chief Medical Officer Dr Gregor Smith.

    The first minister usually begins the briefing with an update on the coronavirus statistics.

    Yesterday's figures showed that 2,362 patients in Scotland have died after a positive test for Covid-19, although the actual number of deaths is known to be far higher.

    Watch the conference here on the live page or on TV and iPlayer.

  16. The Scottish government briefing is next...published at 12:22 British Summer Time 1 June 2020

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  17. 'I had lost my voice - volunteering game me a voice'published at 12:15 British Summer Time 1 June 2020

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    Bob Bogle is an example of how, in his own words, "volunteering changes lives, including the life of the volunteer".

    At the start of Volunteers' Week, , externalthe involvement coordinator for North Lanarkshire Advocacy tells BBC Scotland that becoming a volunteer changed his life 14 years ago.

    "I was unwell, out of work, facing homelessness, I was told I would never be able to hold down a job again - by clinical professionals and recruitment consultants," he says.

    "But, at the time, my local councillor directed me towards volunteering and she is now the provost of Renfrewshire. I had lost my voice and she gave me a voice."

    Mr Bogle, who believes volunteering has become even more important during the Covid-19 pandemic, says it built up his confidence, self-belief, even restored his sense of humour.

  18. Patient virus results sent to business by mistakepublished at 12:03 British Summer Time 1 June 2020

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    Coronavirus test results and confidential details of dozens of people were sent out by NHS Orkney to a local business by mistake.

    The data included more than 50 patient names, addresses and the results of Covid-19 testing.

    NHS Orkney said an investigation had established it was an "isolated case of administrative error".

    The health board has apologised and the incident has been reported to the Information Commissioner.

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  19. Celebration of mum 'aye up to something' in the communitypublished at 11:57 British Summer Time 1 June 2020

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    Scotland's Volunteers' Week , externalis being celebrated by a collection of poems, visual arts, songs and stories contributed by members of the public - including a verse from Communities Secretary Aileen Campbell.

    The MSP explains to BBC Scotland that her own interest in volunteering came from growing up in a rural community where her parents ran the village hall, the local youth club and social club.

    And it was her mother's tendency to the "aye up to something" that inspired her own poem.

    Volunteer Scotland chief George Thomson says the idea of asking for poems and other artistic contributions came from John Newton, who is shielding in Dumfries, who wrote a couple of verses in appreciation of volunteers.

    You can hear Ms Campbell's poem on the Radio V podcast, , externalbut here is a brief flavour of it:

    My mum's a volunteerIt feels like a confessionBut growing up she was aye up to something

    Galas and the GuildPantos and the PTAHoolies in the hallMy mum was there......

  20. Glasgow upset as BBL ends season without awarding titlepublished at 11:47 British Summer Time 1 June 2020

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    Glasgow Rocks say the British Basketball League has "decided to dismiss the efforts of our coach and players" by ending the season early but not awarding them the title.

    The league says clubs agreed unanimously that the term - halted on 17 March and due to finish on 17 May - could not be completed because of the Covid-19 crisis.

    Glasgow were four points clear of London Lions, having played one game more, when the season was halted.

    They say it is "disappointing but not in the least bit surprising".

    Read more here.