Updated: 24/02/2021, 11:28 am
Business leaders in the north-east reacted with frustration to the news lockdown measures will remain in place until the end of April.
Nicola Sturgeon has unveiled the Scottish Government’s plans for the easing of lockdown, with a return to the levels system in place before Christmas.
Restrictions will be subject to “progressive easing” between now and the last week of April, when levels will be reintroduced.
Communal worship, a further extension to outdoor mixing and more freedoms in retail are hoped to be put in place from April 5, with Ms Sturgeon saying her “hope and expectation” is the stay-at-home order will be lifted then and all pupils will be back at school.