Council planning for the new academic year will "maximise the time young people spend in a school environment", says Nicola Sturgeon
At her Monday briefing she pledges that schooling will be returned to normal "as quickly" as possible
There are no plans for blended learning to last a year - "or anything like it", says the FM
Ms Sturgeon hopes to confirm later this week that Scotland is ready to move into phase two of lockdown easing measures
The first minister warns not all elements of phase two will kick in straight away, but she should be able to provide a date for retailers to reopen
There were no new registered deaths over the last 24 hours
2,448 deaths have now been recorded in Scotland of people who have tested positive for Covid-19
Richard Leonard urges an independent body to investigate whether the human rights of care home residents have been violated during the Covid-19 crisis
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Nicola Sturgeon will lead today's Scottish government coronavirus briefing from 12.30pm.
The first minister will be joined by:
Image source, SNSHeart of Midlothian, Partick Thistle and Stranraer will find out today if they might still avoid relegation as Scotland's 42 senior clubs submit views on league reconstruction in response to last season being cut short by the Covid-19 pandemic.
They had to indicate if they support a permanent 14-10-10-10 set-up by 10:00 BST.
If there is insufficient backing, the current 12-10-10-10 structure will remain in place.
That would consign Hearts to the Championship, Partick Thistle to League One and Stranraer to League Two.
The Scottish Professional Football League board is meeting this morning to discuss the responses and is expected to make a statement later in the day.
A team of academics has been awarded £100,000 to study why some people infected with Covid-19 develop a severe form of lung disease that can be fatal.
The University of Aberdeen study will use the cash from NHS Grampian Endowments to identify crucial biological ‘warning signs’ of an aspect of Covid-19 .
Dr Nicola Mutch and her team will look at where the air space in the lung is consumed by a build-up of deposits of a protein called fibrin.
They will attempt to find out why excessive fibrin forms in the lungs of Covid-19 infected patients and how to identify those most at risk.
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Not everyone wants life to return to the old normal after the experience of lockdown, as disabled writers Bronwen Livingstone and Matthew Keegan explain to BBC Radio Scotland.
Broadcaster Ms Livingstone says: "I've found that, during lockdown, all things have been opened up to me as a wheelchair user that were not accessible to me in the world beforehand.
"There are now lots of online classes, there are online meetings you can attend, there are virtual visits to museums, there is access to online events - lots of things that would have required physical presence in order to take part in them."
She points out that, previously, she had to check the accessibility and parking of venues before attending.
Mr Keegan adds: "A few years ago, I was working as a journalist for a media company in Hong Kong and, at the time, they said they couldn't enable it because, if other people asked to work form home, the IT systems would not be able to cope with it.
"What we've seen during the pandemic is that very quickly, within days, companies were rolling out systems to allow people to work remotely. It's amazing how quickly things can be done when there is a crisis. Going forward, there are no excuses."
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The Scottish government is developing plans for a green recovery from Covid-19, including as part of the economic recovery, the climate change secretary confirms.
Roseanna Cunningham adds this will involve how to best utilise the Scottish National Investment Bank.
She says many of the capital projects planned pre-pandemic will now be fundamental to recovery, though she insists there is a desire to ensure they do not encourage "bad behaviours".
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Some schools will be better off than others as they adapt to social distancing in the classroom and Fernhill School in Rutherglen is one that is planning to have all pupils back five days per week from 11 August.
Deputy head teacher Brendan Farrelly tells BBC Scotland that, while others adapt to blended learning: "We're in quite a unique position as we are a small independent school. We are able to have classes still maintaining the two metre social distance, which we've done a lot of work on."
Changes will include: "S4-S6 pupils coming in at the normal time, S1-S3 come in at nine and P5-P7 at 9.20, etc., so that we're not having big groups congregating in the playground. Same with play-times and lunch-times, we are going to stagger them a bit."
Mr Farrelly points out that "it still will be a different experience", with teachers spending more time standing at the blackboard, no sharing of jotters or textbooks and pupils using their own electronic devices more often.
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Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham is giving evidence on a green recovery to MSPs
Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham confirms the Scottish government will want to hold on to some of the behavioural change witnessed since lockdown, such as increased use of active travel.
The coronavirus lockdown has prompted a big increase in cycling across Scotland, according to a national monitoring scheme.
However Ms Cunningham also warns there are other behaviours which will need to be reversed - such as the rapid return to single use items and "careless disposal".
She also highlights a concern about people's willingness to be on public transport going forward and instead preferring to drive.
Report tells ministers to plug gaps in aid schemes to fulfil a promise to "do whatever it takes".
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Image source, PA MediaSchools have to plan for the next academic year based on Scotland's current infection rate from Covid-19 rather than what might be in August, a union official tells BBC Radio Scotland.
The Scottish government is planning for a system of blended learning with two-metre distancing despite other European countries, such as Denmark, having already brought all pupils back into school at one-metre distances.
"Denmark has had a different experience of Covid-19 than the UK and Scotland," EIS assistant secretary Andrea Bradley says. "We shouldn't be crystal ball gazing at the moment. We should be basing decisions on the scientific evidence that we have."
Ms Bradley admits that the blended learning model is "in no way ideal" but "there is no alternative at the moment".
"There is absolutely no doubt that children's education is already suffering," she admits. "We know that not all have been able to participate in remote learning, but the blended learning will be an improvement on that."
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"I feel like my son's opportunities have all been taken from him," mother Aimee Harvey tells BBC Radio Scotland.
Ms Harvey feels that children like her five-year-old autistic son have "been completely forgotten" during the Covid-19 lockdown.
She explains that, because her son, who had been attending nursery five days per week for two years, sees home and school as two distinct places, he "can't learn at home".
"My son has regressed that much that the two years have completely come undone," Ms Harvey suggests, pointing out that he had lost the communication skills he had learned to such as extent that he had returned to screaming and lashing out at his brother.
She says he faces having "to learn all this again" but that it looks like the primary school he will be attending will only be open to half the pupils on a Monday-Tuesday or Thursday-Friday, with Wednesday being used for a deep clean.
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Queues have formed at some shops and retail parks in England, where non-essential shops are re-opening for the first time in almost three months.
In Scotland, the first minister is expected to announced a further relaxation of restrictions on Thursday, that could allow some small retailers to reopen.
Retailers in England have had to introduce strict safety measures and the High Street experience will be very different.
Boris Johnson has urged people to "shop with confidence".
The unlocking comes as face coverings become compulsory when travelling on public transport in England.
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Children in Denmark have been back at school since mid-April and Dorte Lange, vice-president of a teachers union there, has been telling BBC Radio Scotland how it works.
She stresses that her country had shut down "everything very quickly" in response to the Covid-19 crisis and had therefore been able to suppress the virus quickly too.
While schools had started with only half their students back, they were now operating at full capacity again.
"Pupils need to sit one metre apart now and we also have to calculate the space inside so that teachers are two metres apart from the pupils," Ms Lange explains.
Schools still require pupils to adhere to hand washing and distancing rules outside the classroom and have utilised gyms and local playgrounds, with "as much teaching outside as possible", with some teachers concentrating on direct teaching and others concentrating online.
Parent Alistair, from Erskine, responds by pointing out that other education systems in Europe only have children in school for "three, four or five hours at a time" and consequently the education system is better for them "because they have already had this blended system" and suggests Scotland could learn from that.
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Christopher Bobyn with the BBC Scotland's The Nine spent a 12-hour shift with the overnight ICU team at Hairmyres Hospital in East Kilbride.
NHS staff across Scotland are "angry" that talks on pay will not be reopened, according to a trade union.
A Unison survey of its members found 87% think the health service should consider a further pay award this year, and 72% say they are exhausted after work.
The poll, which received more than 7,000 responses in 24 hours, also shows 80% say they are tired or very tired, and 30% of staff feel they are not getting adequate breaks.
The trade union has called on Scottish Health Secretary Jeane Freeman to reopen talks on this year's pay deal, particularly in light of the extra costs they have had, such as added childcare, travel and clothes-washing fees, during the coronavirus crisis.
Willie Duffy, Unison Scotland's head of health, said: "Our survey shows the strength of feeling. We hoped for better from the Scottish government."
People in England have been seen following new rules that require face coverings to be worn on public transport from today.
Most people in England - except those with disabilities, children under 11 and those with certain health conditions - will need to wear a face covering while travelling on a bus, coach, train, tram, Tube, ferry or plane.
Passengers without a covering will be asked to wear one, or will face being refused travel or fined £100.
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At the moment Scotland currently recommends wearing coverings in shops and on public transport.
However the first minister has said wearing face coverings in enclosed public spaces may become mandatory in the country.
Nicola Sturgeon said it is something the Scottish government is currently considering.