covid news is likely to be dominated by the intensifying row over the Manchester travel ban that comes into force from today.
Andy Burnham has blasted Nicola Sturgeon over her decision to axe travel between Scotland and Manchester. The Labour Mayor hit out after the First Minister announced non-essential travel to the English city was no longer allowed due to a rise in the number of Covid-19 cases.
Travel restrictions between Scotland and some English cities were introduced last month, due to the number of Delta variant cases detected.She said: "We are also introducing restrictions on travel between Scotland and two English cities.”"Manchester and Salford currently have very high levels of Covid, and so from Monday onwards, non-essential.