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Regarding "table service" - if alcohol in served in the premises then ordering must be done at the table and service must be to that table by staff The guidance page at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19/restaurants-offering-takeaway-or-delivery states: "If...

Had a couple of typical 24hr-48hr colds (neither of which had any of the signature covid symptoms) and a period of very minor wheeziness but that's it However a recent blood antibody test (part of the ONS Covid Surveillance Survey) returned a positive result which would indicate prior exposure...

100% capacity mass events are along way off everywhere not just in Scotland. In theory theatres in England can go to 100%, no distancing on 21st June but I can see that being pushed back There is an guidance update due next week (on the 9th I think) that covers things like physical distancing...

Jason Leitch is the National Clinical Director for ScotGov -if someone in that role is not appropriate to give briefings then I'm not sure if anyone is. Yes he originally qualified in dentistry and worked (and lectured) as a dental surgeon but he changed career in the mid 2000s obtaining a...

Would you apply the same policy to food hygiene inspections? - wait until customers actually got food poisoning before inspecting? In a railway context - only inspect the track AFTER a train derailed? The whole point of pro-active inspections like these is to help prevent the incidents...

Unless for a permitted reason travel into and out of Glasgow City and Moray council areas is currently prohibited as both are currently in Level 3 (Moray may move to Level 2 next week, Glasgow is unlikely to) You can however travel through a Level 3 area if your destination is in a Level 2, 1 or...

Ah- OK, they only have the September march on their website. Looks like the next few demos are static rallies with distancing, face masks etc. These are generally easier to get permission for (if you have a robust enough plan in place) or better tolerated by the authorities if you don't have...

As far as I'm aware there is no AUOB march or demo planned until the Stirling march in September

This BBC story from yesterday has a map showing the levels in Glasgow districts -also a graph showing the contrast between the curves in Glasgow and Moray https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-57115876

Unlikely - cases are falling rapidly in Moray and will likely be back under the Level 2 case-threshold before the end of next week so I can see Moray moving to Level 2 on 24th May. Glasgow is still rising but it seems to be localised hotspots so far. Until the case rate starts to consistenly...

I suspect that might only be a week or two for Moray as their case-rate seems to have peaked and is now in sharp decline. Glasgow may take longer as it's on quite a steep rise at the moment but the incidence is very patchy with some areas <10 per 100000 and some over 1000 per 100000 I've still...

Continued use of streaming and Zoom etc not as a replacement for face-to-face but as an addition or enhancement to increase accesibility and inclusion -particularly to overcome obstacles of distance and geography My partners university friends are mostly down south (Leicester, Bedford, London)...

I noted elsewhere that that's the first time England's case-rate has dropped below Scotland's since April last year. Looking at figures for the whole pandemic England's case-rate is 72% higher than Scotland's - this would suggest to me that the measures here have been more effective over the year

It allows food service - it won't help wet-led pubs but will let a lot of premises reopen Note that the no-alcohol restriction is or indoors only and only lasts 3 weeks. Alcohol can be served outdoors from the 26th April and indoors from 17th May

I was bit surprised (and pleased) to see events (indoors and out) indicated from mid-May, didn't expect much of that before mid-June until any impact of opening retail, hospitality could be assesed I suspect there will be a bit of devil-in-the-detail regarding restrictions on numbers...

That is the stated intent -either 26th April to match the removal of internal travel restrictions on the Scottish mainland or very soon afterwards. I think they will want to relax both on the same day unless there has been a significant rise in infections south of the border - they've just left...

Easyjet mask requirement is FFP2, surgical or cloth. Faceshields (on their own), scarves and any valved mask are not accepted. No requirement for the mask to be FFP2

As others have said it really isn't a problem - my partner is from Coalville, Leicestershire and has been living in Edinburgh/Musselburgh for nearly 14 years now, I think she's had one incident when a customer was rude and mentioned her nationality. She had far more anti-English comments when...

I have friends (both Kiwis) who recently moved back to New Zealand after about 15 years in London. Covid wasn't the reason- they had planned to do it around this time anyway as that was a good point in their son's schooling to make the move Their day-to-day life is almost normal - they've...

There were significant supply chain issues as the on-trade suppliers simply didn't have the capacity to suddenly supply all the pubs at once (even when a pub got a delivery stock levels were variable) This was a particular problem for real-ale pubs as many brewers hadn't restarted production...