The 11 lockdown rules changing on Easter Monday

Hairdressers and barbers can reopen in Scotland from today as further coronavirus restrictions are lifted. [View email online]( [Subscribe]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [The Scotsman] Apr 5, 2021 [Sam Shedden] Sam Shedden Engagement Editor Good morning, Are you off today and enjoying Easter Monday? Or perhaps you've been hit by the snow which has blasted parts of Scotland. Don't forget you can get unlimited access to all our stories, exclusives, trusted Scottish news, expert analysis, political commentary and much more from just £3 a month with a digital subscription. [Try us out today and subscribe.]( [Here are the 11 lockdown rules changing today including hairdressers, garden centres and homeware stores reopening]( Hairdressers and barbers can reopen in Scotland from today as further coronavirus restrictions are lifted. [{$escapedtitle}]( 11 lockdown rules changing today Here we go, it's the beginning of the end for lockdown life (we sincerely hope). Hairdressers and barbers can reopen in Scotland from today as further coronavirus restrictions are lifted. But there are even more changes set to [come in today.]( [Here we breakdown what you need to know.]( The Highland bothy that tells the story of an abandoned place and its people Amid the ruins of this Highland settlement by the sea, where a line of cottages crumbles and slowly disappears from view, there is one bothy that stands firm. It was the last house to be abandoned at Peanmeanach on Ardnish – a peninsula once home to possibly hundreds of people, with the door closed on the bothy for the last time in 1941. Read Alison Campsie's story about [the history behind one of Scotland's most fascinating bothies.]( Bitterly cold Easter Monday with heavy snow in some parts of country Forecasters have warned the country faces a “bitterly cold” day on Monday, with snow warnings in place for northern part of Scotland, and as much as 15cm falling in higher areas. 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