The UK government's daily press briefing is expected to take place in Downing Street, as normal, at 17.00 BST.

It will be fronted by UK Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden.

As it stands, he is expected to appear on his own, without any scientific or medical officials alongside him.

The Premier League football season is due to resume at 18.00 BST, so he is likely to want to talk about that.

But he will face questions on plenty of other subjects as well.

You can follow live updates here.

Drivetime with Fiona Stalker
BBC Radio Scotland

On Monday, we brought you the story of 28-year-old Callum O'Dwyer, who has still not recovered 12 weeks on from first showing Covid-19 symptoms.

Fit and healthy, he had no underlying health conditions before catching the virus.

The charity Thistle has since reached out to Callum offering their support.

Ross Graves, from Thistle, explains: "We are concerned for Callum and others in his situation because we are starting to see quite a lot of reports of people struggling with fatigue and other symptoms as they try to recover.

"It creates real fear and anxiety and that's why we wanted to make a move and let people know there is support out there."

Thistle has been helping people with chronic fatigue syndrome for 15 years and Mr Graves says it is so important for people in the early stages to take it easy and not to try and rush a recovery.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has told the House of Commons that efforts to find a coronavirus vaccine are "moving at pace".

He told MPs that yesterday the pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca had signed a deal for the manufacture of Oxford University's AZD1222 vaccine, which he described as "the world's most advanced in development".

Meanwhile, Imperial College last week began the first phase of its human trials for a possible Covid-19 vaccine, which will involve 300 patients being given dosages.

"Should they develop promising results, Imperial will move to a large phase three trial later this year," Hancock said.

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Prof Robin Shattock, who heads Imperial College London's vaccine team, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme earlier that volunteers were "critically important" to its research.

He said researchers were looking for more numbers of healthy participants to take part in the clinical trials - due to begin tomorrow. They hope that a viable vaccine could be ready by next spring.

Shattock said they were starting with a very small number of volunteers "so we don't want people to be disappointed if they are not immediately engaged in the clinical trial".

Read more about the search for a vaccine here.

The latest figures from the National Records of Scotland show that the number of people dying from coronavirus has declined significantly in recent weeks.

They reveal that Inverclyde remains the worst-hit council area, where there are more than 14 Covid-related deaths per 10,000 people.

And more than three-quarters of Covid deaths were among people aged 75 or older.

Read more about the findings of the report here.

NHS Inform, external: As well as providing the most up to date guidance on physical health during the pandemic, the website also has a range of tools to support wellbeing - including guides to coping with depression and anxiety.

Clear Your Head, external: Help, support and tips from the Scottish government.

SAMH, external: Tips on protecting your mental health at this difficult time, including a blog series.

There are also a number of helplines available over the phone if you need someone to talk to...

• Breathing Space, external: A weekend and night-time service run by NHS 24: 0800 83 85 87.
• Age Scotland, external: An advice and support line specifically for older people: 0800 12 44 222.
• NSPCC Scotland, external: A support line for children and young people: 0800 1111.
• Samaritans, external: A 24/7 service for crisis support: 116 123.

Holyrood Live
BBC Parliaments

Mental Health Minister Clare Haughey says the government is anticipating a big increase in demand for mental health support as Scotland moves out of lockdown.

Mental health service remobilisation has therefore been identified as a top priority, she confirms.

The minister highlights a mental health and wellbeing tracker study being undertaken by Glasgow University, SAMH and Samaritans which will follow participants for a year to understand the impact of the pandemic.

In addition a research advisory group will help identify research to guide the policy response, she says.

Drivetime with Fiona Stalker
BBC Radio Scotland

Fiona Stalker will be on air from 16:00 BST and the focus is very much on education.

On the day Nicola Sturgeon was accused of "dithering" over plans to reopen schools, Education Secretary John Swinney is a guest on the show. Fiona will also hear from parents and campaigners on the hot topic of the day.

And how much will plans to implement social distancing in schools cost? We will hear from the leader of Aberdeenshire Council.

People are drinking the lowest amount of alcohol in Scotland for 25 years... but the figures remains higher than in England and Wales.

And a charity is reaching out to help a 28-year-old man suffering from post viral fatigue after coronavirus.

Holyrood Live
BBC Parliaments

Tory MSP Liam Kerr asks Humza Yousaf about planning for additional court capacity to address the backlog of cases.

The Crown confirmed to the Justice Committee yesterday the number of cases awaiting trial had increase by 11% since the end of March.

The justice secretary confirms the Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service is exploring "innovative" solutions on capacity, such as using commercial premises for temporary courts.

Labour MSP James Kelly wonders about plans for the testing of jurors when jury trials return.

Humza Yousaf confirms this is being actively explored. However he highlights asymptomatic testing only provides assurance at the time a person is tested, but a jury trial can last a number of days.

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Scotland will play their Euro 2020 play-off semi-final against Israel in October.

Ties were initially scheduled for March, then moved forward to June after football was suspended due to the coronavirus.

Should Scotland prevail at Hampden they would travel to face Norway or Serbia in early November with a place at next summer's delayed finals at stake.

Specific dates and times are still to be confirmed.

Read more

Holyrood Live
BBC Parliaments

Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf is providing an update on response of the justice sector to the Covid-19 pandemic.

He says there are high levels of confidence in policing and that Scotland has benefited from having a single police force.

Court work has started to resume, Mr Yousaf highlights, which will help begin to tackle the backlog.

The justice secretary confirms there are now no confirmed cases within Scottish prisons, with just nine prisoners currently isolating (down from a peak of 100).

The Scottish Prison Service has been working hard to ensure those in custody maintain links with family, with virtual meetings starting at some facilities yesterday while mobile phone will be given out from this week he says.

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"If we do nothing, Scottish football is going down the pan," says former SFA chief executive Stewart Regan.

"Falling out, animosity, legal challenges - all these things are just not where the league needs to be ahead of the start of a new season, a new TV contract," he told the BBC's Scottish football podcast.

Various league reconstruction models have been rejected after last season was curtailed prematurely due to the coronavirus and now Hearts and Partick Thistle have plans to challenge their respective relegations via the courts.

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People living in Scotland's most deprived areas are twice as likely to die of Covid-19 as those in the least deprived areas, figures have shown.

The National Records of Scotland (NRS) said the death rate was 2.1 times higher in the poorest areas.

Its latest statistics , externalalso showed that 70 deaths linked to the coronavirus were registered between 8 and 14 June.

That figure was 19 lower than the previous week, and was the seventh weekly reduction in a row.

Read more here.

Scotland's first minister has been accused of "dithering" over plans to reopen the country's schools.

Pupils are due to return to a "blended" model of schooling from 11 August that will see learning split between home and the classroom.

There have been concerns about the impact of part-time schooling on working parents, and on children from deprived backgrounds.

And it is not yet known how long the blended model will be in place.

The Scottish Conservatives said the government needed to be "far more creative" in finding ways of getting pupils back into school.

And Labour said the government must "pull out all the stops" to tackle a growing "education emergency".

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said her government would "move heaven and earth" to get schools "back to normal as quickly as possible".

However, she said she would not "act recklessly and put the lives of children, teachers and the wider community at risk".

And she said she expected to announce on Thursday that Scotland can move to the next phase in her "route map" towards lifting the coronavirus lockdown.

Read more here.

House of Commons
Parliament

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UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has been updating MPs on the steroid Dexamethasone, which has been found to be an effective treatment for patients seriously ill with coronavirus.

He says there are 240,000 doses in stock and on order. And that means it's already being used in the NHS.

“It is not by any means a cure,” he says, “but it is the best news we've had.”

This development is what “good science looks like”, he says, in terms of controlled research, and it means there is “objective proof this drug saves lives”, which will benefit thousands of people across the world.

He says seven other drugs are being tested in the "recovery" trial and another nine as part of the ACCORD programme, which is looking at early stage treatments.

Hancock thanks everyone involved, including deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van Tam, NHS clinicians, scientific teams and the people who took part in the trial before they even knew it worked.