one of the reasons we are taking the really difficult decisions we are taking today around greater glasgowshire and stirling, as far as it relates to forth valley, is to make sure that our hospitals and our icu facilities do not get to the point over the winter period where they cannot cope, and i believe this action will help to protect our health service, but all health boards have contingency plans in place. for icu, that involves plans to double icu capacity and then, if necessary, to treble icu capacity. can the first minister explain to people, like those in north and south lanarkshire, what the hard data is, what the evidence is to move them up a tier at a time when the transmission rate in lanarkshire is coming down? and what assurance can she give them, and millions of others moving to level four this friday, that this time, three weeks really does mean just three weeks? he asked me for the evidence. the data for each local authority is being published today, as he is aware. if you look at cases per 100,000 over the past seven days, the national average is 141. in north lanarkshir

in the latest projections in the documents accompanying this statement, it shows the nhs in greater glasgowpital beds and icu capacity in those areas will also soon be reached. while we must hope for the best, we must also plan for the worst. one of the reasons we are taking the really difficult decisions we are taking today around the greater glasgow area, lanarkshire and sterling as far as it relates is to make sure our hospitals and icu facilities do not get to the point over the winter period where they cannot cope, and i believe this action will help to protect your health service about all health boards have contingency plans in place for icu. that involves plans to double icu capacity and if necessary to triple, treble icu capacity. can the first minister explained to people like those in north and south lanarkshire what the hard data is, what the evidence is to move them up a tier at a time when the transmission rate is coming down? if you look at cases per 100,000 over the past seven days, the national average is 141. in north lanarkshire, it's 238. so, it has stabilised and slight

those areas are likely to be the greater glasgow and clyde health board area, and north and south lanarkshire people that would be affected. the schools will remain open, that has been a priority of the scottish government. but areas that would be affected, nonessential shops would need to close as would gyms, hairdressers and hospitality as well, apart from takeaway. so a real blow to these businesses as we come after christmas. but also, its the hope that if areas do move into level four, then the closer to christmas we get, then some restrictions might be able to ease. but there is obviously no guarantee of that. nicola sturgeon made the point yesterday that things are not getting worse in scotland, it's just in some areas, the figures have been stubbornly high and more restrictions are needed to try and knock these figures down. the first minister has also said that she will look at possibly easing the restrictions in some areas, but it's not always going to be a one—way street. alexandra, thanks very much. a campaign group is planning to take legal action against the government over the

takes the total number of confirmed cases in scotland to 79,017. 433 of the new cases were in greater glasgowre, 163 in lothian, 148 in fife and 101 in tayside. the remaining 245 cases were spread across seven of the health board areas. i can also confirm that 1,228 people are currently in hospital. that is an increase of 21 from yesterday. 96 people are in intensive care, which is a decrease of two from yesterday. with immense regrets, i have to say that 56 deaths have been registered in the past 24 hours, of a patient who first tested positive over the previous 28 days. that takes the total number of deaths under this measurement to 3,244. that figure reminds us once again of the heartbreak that has been caused by this virus. i want to send my deepest condolences to all those who have lost a loved one and assure them that they are very much in all of our thoughts. i am joined today by dr dave caesar, who is one of our deputy chief medical officers. dr caesar will be helping me to answer the questions that will follow shortly from journalists. before that, there's a few issues that i would l

reported yesterday and the total number of cases now stands at 77,660. 474 of the new cases are in greater glasgowfe and 76 in ayrshire and arran. the remaining cases are spread across eight other health board areas. there are 1,207 people currently in hospital. that is 28 fewer than yesterday and 98 people are in intensive care, which is five more than yesterday. i also regret to report that in the past 24 hours, a further 45 deaths have been registered of patients who first tested positive in the previous 28 days. the total number of deaths under that daily measurement is now 3,188 and again, i want to convey my deepest condolences to everybody who has lost a loved one. we will also shortly publish the latest estimate of the r number in scotland. we expect that it will show that the r number in scotland is still hovering around one and may actually now be slightly below one. that suggests some progress has been made in recent weeks and it reinforces the message that we are seeing from some other indicators. the current tough measures and people's compliance with these measures are undoubtedly ha

the areas we are talking about like greater glasgow and clyde health board area and also north and southh board area and also north and south la narkshire. that's health board area and also north and south lanarkshire. that's around 1.8 million people that are going to be 01’ million people that are going to be or likely to be affected if nicola sturgeon confirms this in the next 20 minutes. their schools at the moment would remain open under tier 1l moment would remain open under tier 4. that has been a firm commitment from the scottish government, although the eis has said they are not happy about this and would like to see some level of blended learning. james would close, hospitality would close, headdresses and non—essential shops. so quite a blow for these businesses as we come up blow for these businesses as we come up to christmas. but one of the argument says, as we came close to christmas if we have been in tier 4 in these areas we might be able to loosen off some of the restrictions as we come up to christmas as people wa nt to as we come up to christmas as people want to see

stable, but because they are not reducing sufficiently, would be the council areas within the greater glasgow will set out the reasons why. if we do ta ke set out the reasons why. if we do take the decision to put any areas into level four, that would be taken and we will continue to try to be as proportionate as possible. the final point to make, and again, let me preface this by saying we have not taken any decisions, we will also be looking to see if there are any parts of the country that should go down a level, where prevalence of the virus has fallen sufficiently and we are satisfied enough about the sustainability of that. so this is not, i know it feels like it at the moment, but it is not a one—way street. we don't want it to be seen asa street. we don't want it to be seen as a one—way street. we want to be giving as much consideration to whether we can ease restrictions in a particular area as we give to whether we need to tighten them up. you want to add anything, gregor? we have seen encouraging signs of... of we have seen encouraging signs of... of progress we have made across di

is obviously a very difficult time for businesses, especially coming up to christmas but nhs greater glasgowght saying they have seen a steady increase in the number of people going into hospital in the last few weeks, 700 people in hospital with covid at the moment and they say that their staff are under the same kind of pressure that they were at in the peak of the covid ist of may. thank you very much for —— the covid first wave. thank you very much. leading doctors have warned that hospitals will be overwhelmed unless the government imposes new restrictions in england after the lockdown is lifted in two weeks. the british medical association says the previous local tiered system is inadequate and does not contain the spread of the virus. it's created a blueprint with suggestions on how a new system should look. the government says its infection control guidance is constantly under review. donald trump has sacked an official who rejected his unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud in the presidential election. christopher krebs was the head of the us cybersecurity agency. he described the e

of people newly tested and take the total number of cases to 75,187. 293 other cases were in greater glasgowe remaining cases were spread across the other seven men and arran. the remaining cases were spread across the other seven mainland health boards. 0ne doesn't hundred and 39 people are now in hospital an increase of 12 from yesterday and 102 people are in intensive care, which is three fewer than yesterday. i also deeply regret to say that any past 24 hours, a further 39 deaths have been registered of patients who first tested positive over the previous 20 days. that means the total number of deaths under this measure is now 3079. two weeks ago, that number was 2726. tomorrow's update from national records of scotland will give us a fuller picture of the number of deaths based on its wider definition, but even using today's figures, the fact we have seen more than 300 people dying in the past two weeks is a sharp reminder of the heartbreak is a virus causes and why we must do all we can to tackle it. 0nce we must do all we can to tackle it. once again, my deepest condolences go to all

takes the total number of confirmed cases to 86,630. 391 of the new cases were in greater glasgow andan yesterday. finally, i regret to report that a further 32 deaths have been registered in the past 24 hours of a patient who first tested positive over the previous 28 days. that ta kes over the previous 28 days. that takes the total number of deaths under this measurement to 3459. every single one of these deaths represents an individual who has loss will be causing grief and heartbreak. yet again, i want to give my condolences to everyone who has suffered the loss of a loved one. iam has suffered the loss of a loved one. i am joined today by the national clinical directorjason leech. jason will help me to answer questions from journalists in a moment or two. before we get to that, i want to obviously reflect on the restrictions which will come into force in parts of scotland later today. from 6pm this evening, 11 local authority areas in scotland will move to level four. these areas are at the city of glasgow, renfrewshire, east renfrewshire, east dunbartonshire, west dunbartonshire

glasgow. the north west ambulance service in england has declared a major incident because of the high level of calls it's received, especially in the greatertheir own way to hospital if their condition isn't life threatening, or dial iii for medical advice. the service added there was nothing currently to indicate the surge was due to coronavirus. in wales, the two—week firebreak lockdown will be lifted next monday. two households will be allowed to form a bubble and mix together. but travel across the border to england will not be allowed without a reasonable excuse because of the english lockdown. our wales correspondent hywel griffith is in cardiff. the latest on what is being expected there. the welsh government says they see no reason to change their plans just because downing street have decided on an english lockdown, so have decided on an english lockdown, $03 have decided on an english lockdown, so a week today next monday, shops here can reopen, hairdresser dan gyms as well. pubs, bars and restau ra nt ca n welcome gyms as well. pubs, bars and restaurant can welcome back customers but we don't have details on what restrictions mi

greater action on climate change. with the international climate talks that were due to be held in glasgow this year delayed until novemberes that of previous cop events, according to organisers. let us talk to some of the organisers. joining me now is sonali, who is one of the orgainsers of mock cop 26. she is in bihar, in india. and mock cop26 organiser uchendu kelo, who is in enugu in nigeria. and mitzi jonelle tan, another organiser, who is in manila in the philippines. great to have you with us. at the very beginning of this year, i was in glasgow, i spent a day talking to lots of people involved in environmental projects and looking ahead to the cop 26 event which did not happen. but next year, really fascinated to hear about this mock cop. let's fascinated to hear about this mock cop. let‘s begin with you, how challenge has it been to put the sieve together —— to put this event together? it was not challenging because every of us is very dedicated to make it happen. were so disappointed our leaders who were supposed to lead cop26 postponed it. we wa nted supposed to lead cop26 postponed it. we wanted something very