Summary

  • The weekly report on Covid-19 linked deaths show that there has been a total of 4,070 fatalities

  • The figure from National Records of Scotland is calculated up to Sunday, 14 June. Between the following Monday and Wednesday a further 14 deaths were registered

  • Scottish Conservative leader Jackson Carlaw has accused First Minister Nicola Sturgeon of "dithering" over plans to unlock education

  • Labour's Scottish leader Richard Leonard added that Ms Sturgeon had "contradicted her deputy, contradicted her advisers and then contradicted herself"

  • Scotland's GDP falls by 2.5% in first three months of year - UK GDP fell by 2%

  • Output across the Scottish economy was down 18.9% in April, and 5% in March according to new 'experimental' data

  • Scotland's finance secretary blames furlough "cliff edge" for job losses

  • Scottish retail sales slump by more than a quarter compared with 2019

Live Reporting

BBC Scotland News

  1. 'The next big crisis could be cancer'

    A WHO cancer expert tells The Nine that the next big health crisis could be cancer.

    He says only about 20% of the usual number of diagnoses have been made in Scotland in the past few months and he says the disease "doesn't take Easter off".

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  2. Virus expert sees potential for 'normal' school by August

    As the debate about school return continues, public health expert Devi Sridhar says if the number of people infected by Covid-19 continues to fall, and gets to a comfortable level, she sees the door opening for a return to normal schooling.

    She is professor of global public health at the University of Edinburgh.

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  3. 'Treat unemployment figures with a pinch of salt'

    Finance Secretary Kate Forbes says businesses who benefited from the furlough scheme are looking ahead to a cliff edge in the autumn when the scheme runs out.

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  4. What happened on Tuesday?

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    Nicola Sturgeon warned that Scotland would not be rushing out of lockdown

    Before we get started, here is a recap of the main points from yesterday:

    • The first drug proven to cut Covid-19 deaths was found by a UK research team involving hospitals in Scotland
    • A further 233 deaths by Covid-19 were registered in the UK, five in Scotland
    • New figures put Scotland's unemployment rate at the highest among all the UK nations - 4.6% compared to 3.9% UK-wide
    • But First Minister Nicola Sturgeon warned against any "reckless" move to ease lockdown in Scotland
    • More than 300 airport workers in Edinburgh and Glasgow were put on notice of redundancy by Menzies Aviation
    • We were told children in Scotland who qualify for free school meals would continue to get them during the school holidays
    • A man jailed for four months for coughing in the faces of police officers during the Covid-19 lockdown had his sentence increased to 10 months
    • Partick Thistle have joined Hearts in taking court action against relegation after the last football season was halted by the pandemic

  5. Welcome to Wednesday

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    Good morning and welcome to Wednesday's live page.

    As usual, National Records of Scotland will be releasing their weekly figures on the coronavirus pandemic.

    But this week's numbers will be different.

    For the first time the stats will include a breakdown by occupation and more detailed geographical information on cases.

    Updated analysis will also be provided on mortality by deprivation, age and pre-existing health conditions.

    By this afternoon we will have a clearer picture of who has caught the virus, where they are and what they do.

    We will bring you this and all the latest developments as they happen.