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Nicola Sturgeon warns Scots not to expect lockdown eased "in any meaningful way" next week

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Nicola Sturgeon has warned Scots not to expect an imminent easing of lockdown measures.The First Minister said this lunchtime that restrictions, currently in place until May 7, are unlikely to be lifted "in any meaningful way" next week.Ms Sturgeon stressed that even though the number of patients in intensive care in Scotland has decreased again, she still had to deliver "tough messages".She said: "I have to be straight with you, it may very well be too early, even this time next week, in any meaningful way, to safely lift any of the current restrictions."The R number - which measures the number of people each person with Covid-19 passes the virus on to - is understood to have fallen to below one, compared to above three at the start of

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