Walking groups are urging their members to plan trips carefully ahead of an expected end to lockdown restrictions on travel for leisure.

The Scottish government is expected to announce new guidelines on Thursday, including a relaxation of the five-mile limit.

Ramblers Scotland says popular routes could be busy, advising its members to choose less busier areas and quieter times.

Mountaineering Scotland is to hold a question and answer session on its Facebook page to help its members plan their walking and climbing trips.

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Dylan Lombard, 16, has spent lockdown building an impressive following on Instagram with his photographs of an eerily quiet Glasgow.

The teenager is one of only 13 people in the world to have been diagnosed with a very rare metabolic illness called MDP which means, among other things, that he is deaf and his body is unable to store fat under his skin.

"I just love taking black and white pictures," said Dylan.

"I started about four years ago, using my phone. I'm going to pursue photography at college and maybe as a career."

His mother, Dr Nancy Lombard, says photography has been a great way for her son to get out and have time to himself, away from his four other siblings.

She told BBC Radio Scotland: "He has such a good eye for pictures, with a different way of looking at things."

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has today confirmed that both the British Academy Cymru Awards and British Academy Scotland Awards will go ahead in 2020.

A date for the BAFTA Scotland event and details on how the ceremony will work will be announced later in the year.

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John Lewis department stores are to reopen in Edinburgh and Glasgow from 13 July, but there is no date set for the Aberdeen shop to return.

The firm is planning to open the doors again at 32 of its 50 outlets and staff have been warned today that some stores may not reopen at all.

There will be no cafes, changing rooms or beauty treatments as social distancing measures are implemented.

The employee-owned business, which also includes Waitrose supermarkets, was facing a tough review of operations before lockdown began, reflecting changes in the retail market.

The outcome of that is to be announced to staff later this month.

Meanwhile, one of Scotland's biggest shopping centres, Livingston Designer Outlet, is also to re-open on 13 July, with a one-way system for shoppers.

• The first minister confirms the total number of people who are dying in Scotland has returned to normal levels
• According to the weekly NRS figures there have been 35 deaths relating to Covid-19 between 22 and 28 June, a decrease of 14 from the previous week.
• This is the ninth week in a row in which Covid deaths have fallen
• The Warmer Homes Scotland programme resumes and there should be "good news" from the first minister for young people and children tomorrow

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• A cross-border "cluster" of cornavirus cases between Dumfries and Galloway and England is being investigated, confirmed Prof Jason Leitch

• A disagreement has emerged between Nicola Sturgeon and Boris Johnson and the Scottish secretary
• The prime minister and Alistair Jack had earlier strongly criticised the idea of quarantining people coming from England to Scotland
• Nicola Sturgeon described the comments from Boris Johnson and the Scottish secretary as “shameful” and “absurd and ridiculous”

The Daily Record has been speaking to a care home provider, who says there are huge disparities in the level of testing for staff and residents in the facilities they run in England and Scotland.

Health Secretary Jeane Freeman reveals that from the week beginning on 22 June some 23,315 staff were tested from 93% of care homes, saying that is "around 10,000 short" of expectations but up from the week before.

"The numbers are growing week on week," says Ms Freeman. "Still not fast enough for me, but significant progress."

The first minister says she is on record supporting a national care system but adds there is “a lot complexity behind” such a goal.

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The Sun has a question on spectators returning to football and rugby, asking what capacity of stadiums will be used initially.

The sporting bodies have done provisional work on what that would look like, says Prof Leitch, who stands by the comments he made to the BBC yesterday about not envisaging a stage beyond playing matches behind closed doors until “much later in the year”.

“I said October, but that was heavily caveated,” he says.

There will probably be a series of test events, to work out the mechanics of getting fans in and out of stadiums safely, he explains.

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The Scotsman ask if the first minister thinks participation levels in Test & Protect are where they should be.

The system is operating well in my view, she replies.

With the prevalence of the virus dropping, not so many people are displaying symptoms, which explains the low numbers of those coming forward, Nicola Sturgeon adds, before saying she expects “more pressure” in the winter months, with the flu and common cold adding to those displaying similar symptoms.

“We want everybody with symptoms inside the system,” implores Prof Leitch.

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The Daily Express ask if the new cases in Dumfries & Galloway will mean plans for a relaxation of the five-mile rule on travelling for leisure are put on hold.

Nicola Sturgeon promises to set out her government’s assessment on various guidelines tomorrow, saying she hopes to be in a position to confirm what she set out to parliament last week.

“We will continue to monitor these local flare ups,” she adds, explaining that her wish is to be able to contain such outbreaks without the need for “tougher measures” and regional differences.

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“We don’t yet know if there is anything in Moray to contain,” says First Minister Nicola Sturgeon when pressed for further details on the RAFLossiemouth case by the P&J.

“All of the steps we are taking are working on the assumption that there might be,” she adds, explaining that the two positive tests came from antibody tests done by a private company.

Prof Leitch says that antibody tests will normally flag up infections from “some weeks ago” and if that is the case, they will not have been infectious to those around them in the past few days.

Further tests are being done in Inverness, he reveals, and the results should be known later today.

The first minister fields another question on the possibility of differences in quarantine regulations between Scotland and England, this time from The Herald.

"Yes, there would be practical considerations, as there are in American states and Australian states, just as there are difficulties in imposing a lockdown in Leicester, but not the surrounding areas, " says Nicola Sturgeon.

"There is no approach that will be absolutely foolproof in every situation."

On opponents criticising her stance, she adds: "If you find yourself trying to turn this into a political or constitutional argument, go and take a long, hard look at yourself. If you are being honest, you'll admit that you are risking failing people."

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Katrine Bussey of PA asks if experts have been able to link the cluster of cases in Dumfries and Galloway to a particular event.

The first minister says there is no information at the moment to suggest that is the case, but the investigation is ongoing.

Nicola Sturgeon also says work is under way in Scotland to "strengthen and deepen" testing and early-warning data.

For example, one thing experts will look at is the nature of calls to NHS24.

She adds: "If we find that there has been a spike in people calling NHS24 with respiratory problems, for example, that would be something that would trigger us to do a bit more investigation."

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Alan Smith from Bauer Radio asks the first minister about criticism from Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Scottish secretary over suggestions visitors from England may be quarantined.

Nicola Sturgeon says she has been asked to respond to "absurd and ridiculous" political statements.

She added: "The decisions that I take and the decisions that the Scottish government takes must be 100% driven by public health considerations."

Ms Sturgeon said she could excuse opposition leaders as they have had no experience of managing the crisis.

But she said that was not true of the criticism levelled at her by the UK government.

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Ross Govans from STV asks if the first minister would consider "further measures" to deal with clusters of Covid cases.

He also asked how many cases could be slipping through the net.

Nicola Sturgeon said the aim was to catch at least 80% of the index cases through the test and trace system.

She also stressed it was vital for anyone with symptoms to come forward and "err on the side of caution", even if they only have one of the symptoms.

Ms Sturgeon said the aim was to contain any outbreaks as swiftly as possible.

But she added that if that is not possible, then "other interventions" such as the local lockdown in Leicester "might become necessary".

Prof Leitch added that clusters are "much easier to deal with than community transmissions".

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A cross-border "cluster" of cornavirus cases has been identified across south west Scotland and north west England.

NHS Dumfries and Galloway confirmed nine new cases of Covid-19 in the Gretna and Annan areas since Monday.

It said everyone was self-isolating and work was taking place to identify any recent contacts.

National clinical director Prof Jason Leitch described it as a "complex but small cluster".

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BBC Scotland's Fiona Walker asks for more details about the new cluster of cases in Dumfries and Galloway.

National clinical director, Prof Jason Leitch, revealed he was being updated on the ongoing situation just minutes before daily briefing.

He said: "We understand this cluster is single figures and it is cross-border.

"That adds a complexity because some of the testing will have been done in England and some will have been done in Scotland."

Prof Leitch added that a cross-border incident management team has been put in place to trace the contacts of those involved, from their homes to workplaces.