Nicola Sturgeon has urged people to remember the covid rules when watching the Scotland v England match tonight.

The First Minister said "The Scotland England game will be, we hope it will be, a great occasion".

But she asked people to take care if watching on TV inside your home with other people.

Sturgeon said: "It's only natural many of us want to watch it with friends, but please, remember to continue to take care, particularly if gathering in our own, or someone else's household.

"Please be especially careful around people not yet vaccinated.

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"I know these precautions are tiresome, but this virus doesn't care about football. It is neither a Scotland fan or an England fan, it only cares about spreading from one person to another."

She said there will be an announcement next week about the next steps out of lockdown but repeated there is likely to be a pause.

She said the vaccines give us: "real hope that, despite a big increase in cases, we will still be able, over the course of the summer, to ease restrictions further and get back to more normality."

She added, however: "It is unlikley we will move any part of the country down a level at the next review point."

Travel changes over weekend

The restrictions between Scotland and Bedford will be lifted.

Travel restrictions between Scotland and the Republic of Ireland will be lifted but travel to there still requires isolation.

However, she said the government is introducing restrictions between Scotland and Manchester and Salford.

Already, travel to Bolton and Blackburn are prohibited because of rising cases.

New cases

There were 950 new positive cases reported, 3.5% of all tests carried out.

There were 128 people in hospital with covid, down by 12 and there were 12 patients in intensive care, the same as the day before.

Vaccinations

So far, a total of 3,591,638 people have had the first dose including 19,912 on Thursday.

And 2,535,803 have had both doses, including 19,737 on Thursday.

So far, 97% of over 60s have had two doses.

All second doses will now be scheduled for 8 weeks after the first dose, not 12 weeks.

More than 70% of 30-39 year-olds have received a first dose.

She said: "If you are 18-29 and haven't had an appointment by next weekend go to the  appointment checker page."

She added: "We expect to have completed all adults with first doses by 18 July."