(Image: PA)However in Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon has announced she is pausing plans to ease restrictions in large parts of the country. School closuresMs Sturgeon announced that schools would be shut in Scotland on March 18, as she said too many staff were off work with the virus. The move came into force two days later, with a similar decision taken in Wales. The Scottish Government came under sustained criticism over the row before u-turning days later. Scotland's lockdown began after midnight on January 5, while England's shutdown began in name on January 4 but MPs had to vote in the changes on January 6.

Source: Daily Mirror June 02, 2021 14:04 UTC