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David Nabarro, the World Health Organization's special envoy on Covid-19, has questioned whether people in the UK are aware enough of the continuing threat of coronavirus.

Speaking after huge crowds gathered during a heatwave and illegal parties were broken up by police, Dr Nabarro told the BBC: "There's a huge sense of pent-up frustration among so many people who feel that they've been confined.

"The only question that I've got is whether or not the British public are sufficiently aware of just how constant the danger is," he said.

But he said he was less concerned by the images of crowds in the open air than by other risks when people are travelling to the beach, perhaps using public transport, or using facilities such as toilets.

"It's not so much what we do when we're out in the open that matters, it's enclosed spaces when we're huddled closely together - that's where transmission seems to pick up," Dr Nabarro said.

The first minister has called on people to avoid mass gatherings after police dispersed large crowds in Glasgow's Kelvingrove Park yesterday.

Nicola Sturgeon warned that those and similar scenes in other public spaces across the country such as The Meadows in Edinburgh, risk a resurgence in Covid-19.

But what is the law around such gatherings? Dr Andrew Tickell, a lecturer in law at Glasgow Caledonian University, says the same rules are still in place that have been enforced for the last three months during lockdown.

Those two specific categories are around not leaving your home without a reasonable excuse – even though now you can leave your home to engage in recreation outside with people from not more than two households - and restrictions on gatherings.

"It stands now that is illegal to leave your house, unless you have a reasonable excuse," Dr Tickell told BBC Radio Scotland.

"That is true today, as it was true three months ago. I just think the social experience of those rules is quite different to what the rules actually say. It hasn’t felt as if that is the extent of these restrictions."

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The owner of some of the UK's biggest shopping centres, Intu, has warned that it is likely to call in administrators.

The firm, which owns Braehead in Glasgow, the Trafford Centre in Manchester and the Lakeside complex in Surrey, said it had not reached an agreement in financial restructuring talks with its lenders.

Its centres are expected to stay open if it falls into administration, at least in the short term.

Intu has already warned that longer term some of its centres may close.

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The city council has spoken and it is clear - parks are not open for parties.

The tweet follows police intervention at Kelvingrove Park on Thursday when large groups of people gathered in the sunshine.

Just nine Scottish councils say they will definitely commit to providing the number of free nursery hours they had planned before the Covid-19 pandemic.

It follows a BBC Scotland survey of all 32 councils.

Doubling the number of hours - to 1,140 a year - was one of the Scottish government's key pledges

But the current health crisis meant councils were told they no longer had to meet the deadline and they were asked by BBC Scotland if they would be able to meet the original commitment.

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Travel journalist Simon Calder is already on his first holiday as lockdown eases in stages around the UK and reports that, on the ferry from Liverpool to Belfast, "it was like nobody had ever heard of coronavirus".

He says that, while he kept a social distance and wore a mask, "it was so strange" and "like going back in time" because others were not being so careful.

Mr Calder had a holiday in Skye last year, plans to head to Arran this year but is currently at a caravan park in Northern Ireland, which is the first to open up to such self-contained facilities.

"I must say what a relief it is," the Independent's travel editor says. "It's been months and months and my passport has never seen such little action.

"I am now enjoying the site of people being on holiday and it's a wonderful thing."

Mr Calder realises that local communities will fear an influx of the virus along with the tourists.

"Normal life probably does need to resume and it comes with some risks attached and the reality is that tourism means jobs, particularly in Scotland," he adds.

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Mark Cummings' daughters attend a fee-paying school, and he is very pleased with how quickly it adapted to the circumstances.

His youngest daughter is in nursery and has had video calls with her teacher and classmates every week.

His eldest daughter is finishing primary one.

Twice a day she has virtual lessons with her teacher, with other work set to be completed independently.

She has even been able to keep up with her piano lessons - virtually, of course.

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"We are seeing demand unlike anything we have ever witnessed before," Rebecca Moore, from Edinburgh holiday rental company Travelnest, tells BBC Radio Scotland.

"We had over 700 nights booked in a 48-hour period, which was more than double our best performance before. We have been absolutely inundated."

A quarter of Travelnest's UK properties are in Scotland and Ms Moore says the earlier than expected easing of lockdown for the tourism industry has been "really exciting" and "the best news for our owners, who have been through difficult times in recent months".

She says properties in the North Berwick area are "going like hot cakes", Fife and Perthshire is also proving popular, especially unusual venues like eco roundhouses, while "anything with a hot tub seems to be particularly popular".

Travelnest carried out a survey of the Scottish public and found that 72% wanted to have a holiday this year despite the pandemic, with most planning on staying in the UK, while 84% wanted to travel within 12 months.

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Aberdeenshire Council is giving itself until March 2022 to save up to £60m because of the impact of Covid-19 on budget plans.

The authority said that, in the first quarter of this financial year alone, it is predicting a loss in income of £8.5m and increased costs.

The shortfall could reach more than £30m by the end of the financial year.

Council leader Jim Gifford said it was "grim reading". Work to develop a new medium term financial strategy is under way.

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Former Sky News correspondent Ross Appleyard's holiday cottage business on his 500-acre estate in Argyll was "close to going under financially", but it has "weathered the storm" and is already nearly fully booked for July and August.

He tells BBC Radio Scotland that, following the easing of lockdown rules: "The phones have been red hot, the emails have just been flooding in because everyone is understandably desperate to get out into the countryside."

However, to comply with new rules has required investment in a "fog machine that sprays disinfectant into rooms".

"It means they are completely clear of any viruses or germs after about an hour," Mr Appleyard says. "If we had not done that, we would probably have to leave our cottages and lodges fallow for about three days, 72 hours, which is no way to run a business and would have broken us. So this fog machine has been a godsend."

He admits that many locals are "very concerned" about holiday businesses opening up again, with visitors potentially bringing the virus to an area that has few cases, but he points out that this has to be balanced by the need to retain local jobs.

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A south of Scotland music festival has dropped plans for a rescheduled event this year.

Knockengorroch is usually held in May near Carsphairn in Dumfries and Galloway, but it was hoped it could be staged in September instead.

However, organisers said they had "come to realise" it would not be possible to hold it on that date either.

They have now announced they will be back in 2021 from 27 to 30 May.

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For Derek Miller's family, home learning has been a challenge.

He has been trying to juggle working from home while his two sons, who are 13 and 15, get on with school work.

They have struggled with a poor internet connection at their rural Aberdeenshire home.

But he says this is only part of the difficulty - while his sons' school is trying its best, the absence of traditional classroom teaching has made things tough.

"We are relying heavily on them self-disciplining and supervising themselves," he says.

He says that not always having access to a teacher to clarify simple queries has presented problems.

How available teachers are to pupils has been mixed.

He suspects some teachers have struggled with working from home.

"When they get stuck then sometimes I can help with things if I remember it from school - a lot of the time I can't help because I don't have time. It is a bit of a farce really," he adds.

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Carole Lyons says home schooling has been "a disaster".

She has one daughter and Ms Lyons says she cannot imagine how difficult it must be for families with more children.

There has been the odd taught class and a few lecture-style videos. Most lessons have been more like homework rather than teaching.

Her daughter, who is finishing first year at high school, has been given reading and research to do, with very limited teaching taking place.

Ms Lyons was concerned and asked the school how to help and was "basically told to back off".

She says she does not fault the teachers, because they are trying their best but had been concerned that blended learning would be an "absolute shambles" in August.

Ms Lyons had been concerned about the prospect of blended learning after the summer but is not too worried about her daughter catching up on what she has missed if schools return full-time in August.

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Mornings with Stephen Jardine is under way on BBC Radio Scotland. Here's what he has for us today:

• On the phone in, holiday accommodation owners have been deluged with bookings over the last 48 hours after First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced a restart from 15 July. Have you booked or are you planning a staycation?
• The comedian on a mission to lose the 10kg he has put on since lockdown began
• One month on from the killing of George Floyd, what happens next in the fight for racial equality here in Scotland?
• And there has been a rise in pubs and bars selling alcohol to go, so where can you drink outside in Scotland?

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Planned operations are to get back up-and-running at the Golden Jubilee – the hospital in Clydebank used to reduce patient waiting times all over Scotland.

From next Wednesday, scheduled heart and lung procedures, hip and knee replacements, cataracts, and diagnostics tests like endoscopies will start up once again.

Patients will need to self-isolate for two weeks beforehand and then test negative for Covid-19 before their treatment can go ahead.

NHS Golden Jubilee has created new wards, expanded its services and will operate at weekends to catch up.

The hospital carries out about a quarter of the joint replacement surgeries for Scotland and one of its surgeons says operations should still be a success - even if people's conditions have deteriorated over the past three months.

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Sir Harry Burns told BBC Good Morning Scotland that Covid-19 could re-emerge in the winter months, especially as more people gather indoors.

The former chief medical officer for Scotland said part of the remit of the new committee planning for a second wave would be to liaise with local public health partnerships.