Lockdown tightens grip on 800,000 Scots
● Household visits banned in Glasgow as quarantine imposed on Greek flights
Scots living in Glasgow and west-ern parts of the country have been ordered not to enter neighbouring households as lockdown measures are re-imposed to tackle a rise in coronavirus cases.
Nicola Sturgeon unveiled the measure, which came into force at midnight, after 66 new positive tests were recorded in the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde area yesterday.
It is feared that the virus has been spreading in and b et ween house - holds in the area.
The tightening of regulations came as it was separately announced travellers from Greece would be required to self-isolate at home for 14 days on arrival in Scotland. The measure comes into effect from 4am tomorrow.
The regulations on visiting other households will affect about 800,000 people living Glasgow, West Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire. The measures are in place for a fortnight, but will be reviewed in a week.
“The rise in new Covid-19 cases in all three of these local authority areas is of significant concern and these figures remind us all that the virus has not gone away,” Ms Sturgeon said yesterday. “We are at a stage of this
The Duke of Cambridge’ s “commitment to protecting wildlife” has been questioned by an animal welfare charity after he reportedly took Prince George to a grouse shoot.
William was joined by his seven-year-old son when a group went shooting in Corgarff, near the Queen’s Scottish home of Balmoral, during the bank holiday weekend.
Chris Luffing ham, campaigns director for the League Against Cruel Sports, said: “Taking Prince George along to a grouse shoot isn’t a good look for a royal family that is trying to promote itself as progressive and compassionate.
“Shooting hundreds of birds at a time just for fun doesn’t chime with Prince William’s commitment to protecting wildlife, especially as the negative impact on the environment and other wildlife from intensive grouse moor management is huge.
“The league campaigns to ban commercial shooting on this basis. Shooting hundreds of thousands of birds a year just for fun has no place in a modern society.”
It was reported William took George and the Du chess of Cambridge to watch him and others, including the Earl of W essex, shoot grouse on Saturday. William has been a long-term campaigner for the protection of endangered species like elephants and rhinos.
He has attempted to tackle the illegal wildlife trade in items like ivory through his umbrella body United for Wildlife. For more than five years the organisation’s Transport Taskforce has been working to facilitate collaboration between the transport sector and law enforcement to pre - vent wildlife trafficking.
He is also patron of Tusk, a conservation organisation working in Africa that aims to secure a peaceful co- existence for the continent’ s wildlife and its people. The royal family have taken part in country pursuits like fishing and shooting for generations and the activities usually form part of visits to Balmoral.
In 2014 William’ s private activities came under the spotlight when he reportedly flew to Spain for a wild boar hunting trip. Kensington Palace declined to comment.