Scotland moves to Level 0 but it is 'not Freedom Day' | Visitors to famous loch face 3 penalty points

Here’s what you can expect when lockdown rules are lifted in Scotland today – from mask wearing to self isolation when returning from amber list countries [View email online]( [Subscribe today]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [The Scotsman] Jul 19, 2021 [Sam Shedden] Sam Shedden Engagement Editor Good morning, Welcome to Monday's newsletter from The Scotsman. I hope you managed to enjoy some of this beautiful sunshine we've been having. We start today with some great news.[Scotland has now moved to Level 0](, allowing for more lockdown restrictions to be lifted. Measures surrounding hospitality venues and social gatherings will be scrapped, but some restrictions, such as mandatory mask wearing, will remain. [You can get a refresher on all the changes coming into effect today, here.]( It's quite different from [England's so-called 'Freedom Day']( and we will still have several Covid regulations our friends south of the border will not. It's a step in the right direction but [Nicola Sturgeon has warned Covid restrictions are being “eased, not abandoned”.]( From just £3 a month you can gain unlimited access to The Scotsman website, see 70 per cent fewer online ads and get use of our newspaper app (Digital+). [Subscribe today here.]( [These are all the Covid rules changing today in Scotland as country moves to Level 0]( Here’s what you can expect when lockdown rules are lifted in Scotland today – from mask wearing to self isolation when returning from amber list countries [{$escapedtitle}]( Exclusive: Scotland's Test and Protect isolation figures continuing to lag far behind England Test and Protect is showing “cause for concern” and struggling to keep up with a surge in Covid cases despite record numbers of Scots set to be told to isolate this month, it has been claimed. New figures seen exclusively by The Scotsman show 6,734 people had been pinged by the Protect Scotland app, run by NHS Scotland's Test and Protect, for the month to July 15. [The July data is also the highest figure recorded since December, and is on course to set a monthly record for close contacts.]( Visitors to famous Scottish beauty spot face three penalty points amid car ban plan Visitors who drive into[a village on the shores of one of Scotland's most picturesque lochs face three penalty points]( under a tough plan to restrict traffic at the beauty spot. Tight new rules to prohibit driving in the historic centre of Luss are now being decided by Argyll and Bute Council following consultation. One businesswoman, who will have to pay more than £480 for each staff parking permit under the rules, [says it sends out the wrong message about Luss and raises questions about the fairness of the traffic ban.]( Buyers queue up for £5m Scottish island estate once owned by Genesis Potential buyers are queuing up to view a Scottish island [estate with a derelict country house and a £5 million plus price tag](. The dilapidated Pennyghael House, at the heart of Pennyghael estate, has not been lived in for more than 30 years and is in need of total renovation. Present owners, the Dutch company Epsilon, bought the estate, with frontage to Loch Scridain in the north and the Firth of Lorne to the South, from rock band Genesis in 1997. If you have very deep pockets and fancy it, [you can learn more here.]( [Article Image]( [All of Scotland drops to the lowest level of its five-tier system from Monday]( The whole of Scotland moved to the lowest level of its five-tier system on Monday as the counrty continues on its roadmap out of lockdown – but Nicola Sturgeon has warned Covid restrictions are being “eased, not abandoned”. [Article Image]( [Beer deliveries: ales and lagers delivered with the best beer subscriptions 2021 from BeerHawk and Beer52]( Delicious, new beers delivered direct you your door: we review the best beer delivery services 2021 Promoted by Local Buys [Article Image]( [Here’s why this Edinburgh Professor thinks England’s July 19 ‘Freedom Day’ plans are ‘dangerous’ and ‘unethical’]( England’s unlocking on July 19 is a “dangerous, unethical experiment” and should be scrapped in favour of the model followed by the Scottish Government, according to an epidemiologist at Edinburgh University. [Article Image]( [‘I’m not even caring, I just want to be in the sun’: Glasgow passengers heading to Ibiza on Monday express few concerns]( Sunseekers jetting off to the Balearics from Glasgow on Monday morning expressed few concerns about quarantining when they return to Scotland – despite the islands moving to the UK’s amber travel list. [Article Image]( [EasyJet to lay bare impact of yo-yo travel restrictions and quarantine rules]( Budget airline EasyJet will this week lay bare the impact of pandemic travel bans and constantly changing guidance as it updates the market on recent trading, or lack of. [Dave Lewis]( [Buyers queue up for £5m Scottish island estate once owned by Genesis]( Potential buyers are queuing up to view a Scottish island estate with a derelict country house and a £5 million plus price tag. 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