That's all from us here on BBC Scotland's live page on Thursday 9 July.

Here's a reminder of today's headlines:

• More rules are being relaxed as Scotland enters phase three of the route map for easing the lockdown, external
• People in Scotland will be able to visit other households indoors and stay overnight from tomorrow
• The use of face coverings in shops will be mandatory from tomorrow
• Also from tomorrow, people who are shielding will no longer have to distance themselves from others living in the same house

• Click here to find out what else is changing and when
• A temporary cut to the transaction tax on house sales and extra support for first-time buyers is announced by Scotland's finance secretary

Drivetime with John Beattie
BBC Radio Scotland

Deputy First Minister John Swinney has vowed to get to the bottom of advice being given to remedial massage therapists.

One therapist told Drivetime earlier that she had reopened for business this week on account of advice from the Scottish government only to be told to close last night by national clinical director Jason Leitch.

"I don't know the detail about that but will go away and find out about it," Mr Swinney tells host John Beattie.

Drivetime with John Beattie
BBC Radio Scotland

Opening pubs and restaurants has left the Scottish government more nervous now than at any time in its process of easing lockdown, Deputy First Minister John Swinney admits.

Asked by Drivetime if he has concerns about pubs, he replies: "I do. This is the most nervous part of the process we've been in so far because we're opening up parts of society we know have the potential to spread the virus quite significantly simply by the nature of their structure and the interaction between individuals.

"The country has done very well in reducing the incidence of the virus, but a lot of that has been down to the absence of social interaction."

Chris McLaughlin
BBC Scotland Sports News correspondent

The first minister is to give the go-ahead for a limited number of fans to return to sports venues within weeks.

It’s unlikely the new SPFL Premiership season will kick off at the start of August with gates open to supporters but test events are likely to be allowed in a bid to get fans back much quicker than anticipated.

The move comes just over a week after government advisors said it was unlikely fans would be back before October.

It is subject to no resurgence in Corona virus cases and social-distancing measures being in place. The number of fans allowed for each venue has yet to be determined.

Drivetime with John Beattie
BBC Radio Scotland

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Deputy First Minister John Swinney has expressed surprise that some private dentists "are open and drilling" despite the Scottish government saying that only non-aerosol treatments can move forward in the current phase of lockdown easing.

Host John Beattie explains that private dentists claim they can carry out such work because they have appropriate PPE and are not government by NHS restrictions.

Promising to "make sure that is properly examined", Mr Swinney replies that: "You are asking me about a level of detail that I can't answer, so I am not going to make any attempt to do so.

"The first minister said today that non-aerosol routine care was able to be taken forward, but essentially the treatment requiring aerosol treatment could not be taken forward, so I am more than a bit surprised to hear that."

Drivetime with John Beattie
BBC Radio Scotland

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The news that outdoor live events will not be permitted and indoor entertainment venues such as theatres and music venues will remain shut until at least the end of July will have come as no surprise.

Liam Sinclair, co-chair of the Federation of Scottish Theatre, says the organisation "broadly welcomes the clarity" and had been asking for a not-before date.

Mr Sinclair, also the joint CEO of Dundee Rep Theatre, says the coming weeks afford "a window to make sure we get it right" both in terms of public health and the economics.

"We need a significant number of people in our venues to make them viable," he tells BBC Radio Scotland.

Drivetime with John Beattie
BBC Radio Scotland

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An assurance has been given that people asked to self-isolate by Scotland's Test and Protect system are doing so following scepticism expressed by a member of the independent SAGE scientific committee.

Responding on BBC Radio Scotland to earlier remarks from Prof Allyson Pollock, Deputy First Minister John Swinney refers to the seemingly successful action taken in light of a cluster of infections in Dumfries & Galloway.

"The contract tracers really did a superb job in contacting individuals, they identified who they were, they interviewed them about their contacts and they then went to the contacts and asked those individuals to isolate," he says.

"What we then saw from the incident management team that looked at that example was that the were able to confidently assure us that the cluster in Dumfries and Galloway had been contained because they had got to the end of the contract trails of all the individuals involved and all the individuals were complying."

Drivetime with John Beattie
BBC Radio Scotland

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Hospitality businesses need more clarity about what the requirements will be now that the social distancing rules will be reduced to 1m, the owner of the Ducks Inn Hotel in Aberlady, East Lothian, tells BBC Radio Scotland.

Malcolm Duck says he has received conflicting advice from the local council's environmental health department and the police.

"I can't find anything on any website to tell us what we are doing," he says. "We have a lot of work to do to get ready and we need to know the messaging."

As Scotland moves into the next phase of easing the lockdown, here are the changes you need to know about tomorrow:

• Up to eight people from a maximum of three different households can meet indoors - and can stay overnight as long as there is physical distancing between different households.
• People should stay two metres from people in other households, clean surfaces after touching them, and wash their hands regularly.
• Up to 15 people from five different households can meet outdoors, while also following the 2m distancing rules.
• Adults are being advised not to meet people from any more than four different households in any single day.
• People who are part of a non-cohabiting couple will no longer need to stay physically distant from each other, indoors or outdoors.

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• Children aged under 12 will no longer have to physically distance from other people indoors.
• While the government is still advising people to follow the two-metre physical distancing rules, some exemptions will allow it to be reduced to one metre in shops and on public transport.
• The wearing of face coverings - which was already compulsory on buses, trains, trams, planes and taxis - will be mandatory in shops from Friday.
• In addition, people who are shielding will no longer have to distance themselves from others living in the same house.

Find out the other changes coming in July here.

Drivetime with John Beattie
BBC Radio Scotland

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People in Scotland will be able to visit other households indoors and stay overnight as the country enters the next phase of easing the lockdown.

Nicola Sturgeon said coronavirus had been suppressed to a "low level" and announced a raft of changes in the coming days.

Deputy First Minister John Swinney will be on Drivetime after the news, you can listen with us here on this live page.

Drivetime with John Beattie
BBC Radio Scotland

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Sports and remedial massage therapist Beth Vance feels let down by the Scottish government after initially being told she could start her business this week only to receive an email last night from national clinical director Jason Leitch saying she had to stop again.

She tells BBC Radio Scotland that her parent body, the Scottish Massage Therapists Organisation, had quoted the government saying she could restart because her treatment was for people with chronic pain.

"So I spent the entire weekend getting everything ready," she says. That included gathering PPE, infrared thermometers, a risk assessment of her work space, followed by a "test run on Monday with a friend".

Ms Vance saw paying clients on Tuesday and Wednesday but had to cancel appointments today following Prof Leitch's email.

She admits she had originally resigned herself to being allowed to open at the end of this month or start of August along with others like beauty therapists but says: "I just want the government to be clear about what is happening."

Ms Vance finds it strange that therapists such as herself, who treat patients with conditions like cerebral palsy and multiple scleroris, are unable to work while the government has eased the lockdown for "people to sit in pubs for up to two hours socialising for the sake having a pint or two".

The Scottish government has been asked to respond.

The first minister revealed earlier there were some activities included in phase three of the route map to which we are not yet able to attach a specific date.

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It should be assumed at this stage that these other activities will not restart before 31 July, although this will be kept under review:

• the reopening of non-essential offices and call centres
• the resumption of outdoor live events
• the reopening of indoor entertainment venues, such as theatres, music venues and bingo halls.
• the opening of indoor gyms and the resumption of non-professional adult outdoor contact sports

Drivetime with John Beattie
BBC Radio Scotland

Are people self-isolating when being told they have been in contact with someone testing positive for Covid-19?

Well, we don't know because we don't have any information on it, argues Allyson Pollock, Professor of Public Health at Newcastle University and a member of the Independent SAGE committee.

Professor Pollock is delighted to see the rate of infections drop in Scotland but says: "The concern now will be around whether there are enough systems in place to identify cases and outbreaks and to act on them properly.

"We still don't have any information on contacts and if they are isolating when contacted. Or if any of these contacts are becoming cases. The Test and Protect data appears to stop as soon as they've asked people to self-quarantine."

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Professor Pollock tells John: "Staying at home for 14 days is a really big call on people when financial livelihoods are at stake.

"We need to know if people are doing as they've been asked and they are being financially supported and their housing is supported. Some countries go as far as putting people into hotels.

"This is the vital bit of the Test and Protect policy. It's no good finding the contacts and then not quarantining because then they are just spreading the virus."

Here's the Scottish government information on: Test and Protect, external

If you have Covid-19 symptoms go immediately to NHS Inform online or phone 0800 028 2816 to book a test

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The wearing of face coverings - which was already compulsory on buses, trains, trams, planes and taxis - will be mandatory in shops from Friday.

You might want to try making your own face covering, wherever you live.

Here's the BBC's guide to different types and step-by-step instructions on how to make them.

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The next set of changes will take effect from 22 July:

• Personal retail services which have not yet reopened – for example beauticians and nail salons – will be able to reopen with enhanced hygiene measures in place.
• Universities and colleges can implement a phased return to on-campus learning, as part of a blended model with remote teaching.
• Motorcycle instruction - and theory and hazard tests - can also resume from that date but driving lessons and tests in cars will have to wait longer

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Don't rely on just one mask or face covering, NHS Grampian's divisional general manager of public health told BBC Radio Scotland earlier today.

Face coverings are already mandatory on public transport in Scotland and the same becomes true tomorrow in shops and other enclosed indoor spaces.

Jillian Evans pointed out that, as soon as you take off a face covering, you could potentially contaminate it and it should not be used again until it is washed.

"There's not a huge point in just having one mask in your bag that you take off and put on throughout the day," she says.

"My advice would be keep the mask on the whole time you are shopping. If you can remain two metres apart during your day, it reduces your need to wear a mask.

"So plan ahead, make sure you have enough masks, keep socially distant where you can, don't put the same mask on again twice."