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    Video caption: Sturgeon: 'We can't take the risk' of further spread

    Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has implemented tier 4 restrictions in the wake of a new faster-spreading variant of coronavirus.

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    Severe disruption: A90 Dundee City both ways

    BBC News Travel

    A90 Dundee City both ways severe disruption, between B960 Clepington Road and A923 Coupar Angus Road.

    A90 Dundee City - A90 Kingsway West in Dundee closed and queues in both directions between the B960 Clepington Road junction and the A923 Coupar Angus Road junction, because of a police investigation.

    To report traffic and travel incidents dial 0330 123 0184 at any time

  3. Call for urgent compensation for seafood companies

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    The Scottish Seafood Association is calling for government aid to compensate members who it says could lose millions of pounds after France closed its border.

    Chief executive Jimmy Buchan said the move was a “disaster” for companies already being hard hit by the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in March.

    “Not just for the sake of SSA members, but for the millions who enjoy our world-class seafood across Europe, we call upon the French, at the very least, to allow perishable goods to flow", he said.

    “We need urgent compensation for the massive losses this ill-timed move will cause.”

  4. Nationwide move to level 4 an 'over-reaction' says Dumfries and Galloway Council leader

    Giancarlo Rinaldi

    South Scotland reporter, BBC news website

    Dumfries and Galloway Council leader Elaine Murray says she feels taking the region from level one to level four on 26 December is too extreme.

    "In my personal view placing the whole of mainland Scotland in level four on Boxing Day is an over-reaction," she says.

    "Dumfries and Galloway will have been in level one for 15 days by then and so far we have continued to meet the criteria for that level.

    "It feels as if businesses in Dumfries and Galloway are being penalised for problems elsewhere in the country - many businesses must be despairing now."

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    Video caption: Advent answers with Drew McIntyre

    WWE wrestler Drew McIntyre faces our Christmas questions on day 21 of BBC Sport Scotland's Advent Answers series.