Andrew Black
BBC Scotland Business Presenter

Before coronavirus, one of the big challenges Scottish companies faced was not being able to find people to fill a growing number of tech jobs.

There is “no question” this digital skills gap will increase as employers adapt to lockdown restrictions, says Melinda Matthews-Clarkson, chief executive of Scottish digital skills academy Codeclan.

She told the BBC’s Good Morning Scotland programme: “Butchers, cheesemongers - they all need to go into an e-commerce model that they’re not in today .

“Technology is going to reach down into our local high street and up into the larger corporations.”

Melinda said the virus had delivered a “wake-up call” about understanding programming and data, but added that there was help out there to allow people to take short or more in-depth courses to improve skills.

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Asked about the Crown Office's move to set up a unit to investigate Covid-19 deaths specifically in care homes, Tony Banks said the decision was "disgusting".

"Why are deaths in hospital not getting investigted? Why are deaths in the community not getting investigated?," the care home group owner said.

"This is a measure no other UK administration has taken."

Mr Banks told Good Morning Scotland he believed that deaths in hospitals and the community should also be investigated.

He claimed the Scottish government had a "clear policy" to "deflect from their own deficiencies to the care home industry".

Nicola Sturgeon has said the Scottish government "sought to take the best decisions it could, based on the knowledge and information it had at the time".

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BBC Radio Scotland

The owner of a care home group says the Scottish government was "slow off the mark" with measures and advice on how to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.

Tony Banks, chairman and founder of the Balhousie Care Group, told Good Morning Scotland that government advice was continually changing in the early days of the crisis.

"We saw what was happening in Italy and Spain and the government was well aware that testing was key to managemenent of pandemic," he said.

"I believe we could have locked down the country sooner, We didn't have to follow what the UK did. We could have locked down care homes sooner."

Mr Banks, whose group operates 26 care homes in Scotland said the Scottish government was "very successful" in protecting the NHS - but said the consequnce was that care homes were not protected.

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Personal details of over 50 people including Covid-19 test results - have been sent to a local business in Orkney by mistake.

The health board has described it as an isolated case of administrative error and apologised.

The information was sent to a business -- the identity of which hasn't been revealed -- on 15 May.

Local MSP, Liam McArthur, says it raises concerns about the security of people's details.

David Wallace Lockhart
BBC Scotland political reporter

NHS Tayside has apologised after an 88-year-old woman, described by her family as confused, was sent home from hospital with a Do Not Resuscitate form in her bag.

The form means CPR shouldn't be used on a patient, and although doctors make the final decision, they should take heed of a patient's opinion.

The woman's daughter says she found the form after her mother returned from a 12-day stay in Ninewells Hospital in Dundee. The family question whether the woman understood what the form was.

The woman had been admitted after a fall and the family were not permitted to visit due to coronavirus.

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A story about 600 "excess deaths" in care homes and the scale of the backlog in cancer checks and treatments are among the headlines on Scotland's front pages.

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A health expert has praised Scotland's "sensible approach" to the coronavirus crisis and response to lockdown measures

Susan Michie, a professor of health psychology and member of the "Independent Sage" group, told Good Morning Scotland that the messages about the lockdown had been communicated "very clearly" over the last few months.

"That means that the public have more confidence in it, are more ilkely to adhere to it and generally morale is better," she said.

Prof Michie said the data showed in England that adherence to lockdown measures began to decrease after the "Stay Alert" message was introduced.

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Flights from Aberdeen to Birmingham and Newcastle are to resume today, as Loganair begins restoring full services.

Services to Birmingham will operate on four days each week - Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday - before building from late August to two flights a day in each direction and a Sunday service.

Loganair took on the Birmingham route following the collapse of Flybe in March.

Flights between Aberdeen and Newcastle will operate every weekday afternoon and on Sundays, building to a twice-daily schedule by mid-July.

Loganair is the largest operator at Aberdeen Airport.

Here are some of the main developments on Sunday:

• The number of people who have died after testing positive for Covid-19 in Scotland now stands at 2,362, after nine more deaths were reported.
• NHS services suspended in Scotland because of coronavirus - including dental treatment and cancer referrals - are to be gradually restored.
• Jeane Freeman insists Scotland has the capacity for 15,500 tests a day, even though only 3,229 were carried out on Saturday.
• The health secretary says the 'shielded' group "have not been forgotten", and the government "will take our time" to get updated advice right.
• First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has warned there is still a "very significant risk that the virus could run out of control again" if people are not responsible in observing lockdown restrictions.

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Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the latest developments around coronavirus in Scotland this Monday, 1 June, as we enter an 11th week of lockdown restrictions.

After certain measures were eased on Friday, many flocked to beaches and parks over the weekend as the country basked in the hot weather.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has reminded people they should not be flocking to beauty or tourist spots, or travelling more than around five miles from home for leisure or recreation.