Mornings with Kaye Adams
BBC Radio Scotland

Unemployment in Scotland rose between March and May as the impact of lockdown was felt, official figures indicate, external.

Scotland's unemployment rate rose to 4.3% in the period, a 0.6% increase on the previous quarter. This was higher than the UK unemployment rate of 3.9%.

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In light of the huge strain placed on the jobs market by the coronavirus pandemic, we have been asking what steps young people can take to forge a career.

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A group of farm workers in Scotland have been quarantined after they were on the same flight as people who travelled to a coronavirus-hit farm.

Vegetable producer A S Green and Co in England went into lockdown after tests showed 93 people had tested positive for Covid-19.

Some of them were on a flight bringing agricultural workers to the UK which included 63 people heading to Scotland.

Testing has been made available to them and none has shown Covid 19 symptoms.

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Mornings with Kaye Adams
BBC Radio Scotland

The biggest relaxation of coronavirus measures since lockdown began features on Scotland's front pages.

Scotland is facing a "children's rights emergency" in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the country's children's commissioner has warned.

Bruce Adamson said he had "grave concerns" about the long-term impact of the virus lockdown on young people.

He said "every child" will need extra support with their mental wellbeing, calling for extra investment in staff.

The Scottish government said a children's rights approach was central to its Covid-19 response.

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Good Morning Scotland
BBC Radio Scotland

"This is a very challenging phase of the epidemic management," says Mark Woolhouse, Professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh.

"Now you could reasonably say that out biggest problem is not Covid 19 but lockdown and all the harm that is causes.

"Access to health services is an area of great concern. It had fallen over a cliff but is now beginning to recover, thankfully.

"The imperative is to work out ways of getting out of lockdown as fully as we can without increasing the risk of spreading the virus any further."

Professor Woolhouse adds: "In Scotland, I think we will be living with Covid 19 or the threat of it for the foreseeable future. We have to get used to it, I'm afraid."

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Unemployment in Scotland rose between March and May as the impact of lockdown was felt, official figures indicate.

Scotland's unemployment rate rose to 4.3% in the period, a 0.6% increase on the previous quarter.

This was higher than the UK unemployment rate of 3.9%.

The figures do not include nearly 750,000 workers on furlough.

The number of Scots seeking jobs was up by 15,000 to 120,000.

Twice as many left the jobs market and were not looking for work.

Good Morning Scotland
BBC Radio Scotland

Scotland's Children's Commissioner is also calling for increased resources to provide a platform for mental health.

"Even the most resilient children are struggling with anxiety in these unusual times," Bruce Anderson tells BBC Radio Scotland.

"We need to invest really heavily in those working with young people - teachers, youth workers, early years support, community workers.

"Children need adults around them that can give them the support they need."

Good Morning Scotland
BBC Radio Scotland

Scotland's Children's Commissioner says he is hugely worried about the lasting impact of the coronavirus pandemic on young people.

Bruce Adamson tells BBC Radio Scotland that children have been "disproportionately affected" by lockdown measures, particularly those in poverty.

He also says older children had very little say in how they would be graded when exams were cancelled or on how virtual learning would work.

"Children need to be part of the conversation," he says. "We know by involving them we get better results."

David Cowan
BBC Scotland

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The first High Court trial in Scotland since lockdown will get under way in Edinburgh on Monday.

Digital technology has been installed to allow the jury to watch the case from a different room within the court building on the Royal Mile.

If successful, it could lead to juries operating from remote locations such as conference centres or even cinemas.

The proposals were drafted by a working group which includes representatives from across the justice sector.

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UK banks fear that up to 800,000 businesses could go bust in the next year if they are unable to defer repayments on government-backed loans.

The lending industry is proposing a student loans-type scheme, where coronavirus loans can be converted into a tax debt repayable over a decade.

Like student loans, the money would only be repayable when and if the businesses can afford it.

Banks want the scheme to be administered by HM Revenue and Customs.

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• Scotland began its most significant relaxation of coronavirus measure since the country went into lockdown almost four months ago.
• Hairdressers and barbers, pubs and restaurants, cinemas, tourist attractions and places of worship reopened with strict social distancing rules.
• First Minister Nicola Sturgeon hailed a "really significant milestone" after Scotland recorded three days with no coronavirus cases admitted to hospitals last week.
• For the seventh day in a row no deaths of patients who had tested positive for Covid-19 have been registered.
• The weekly National Records of Scotland figures showed the virus had been mentioned on 13 death certificates in the week to Sunday as a suspected or underlying cause of death.The total number of deaths under that measure is now 4,187.
• Ms Sturgeon warned it was now more important than ever to stick to public health measures.

Welcome to another day of live coverage of how coronavirus is affecting Scotland.

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