THREAD: A full breakdown of #COVID19 -linked death in every Scottish care home has been published for the first time by @BBCScotlandNews. We analysed the @COPFS data + mapped each fatality - w/ additional contextual data - in this interactive dashboard:

public.tableau.com/profile/marc.e… First, some history.

Previous #FOI requests for this data were denied by varying public agencies last year.

And many providers declined to give us a breakdown or even an overall figure.

This led to my attempt to try and crowdsource the data:

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…

THREAD: Restless and Thankful - my @BBCScotlandNews feature about #Scotland's infamous road through 'a mountain in torment' The A83 runs for almost 100 miles from Loch Lomond to Campbeltown, at the foot of the Kintyre peninsula. But there is one section, near the Rest and Be Thankful, which has become infamous for landslips, closures and long diversions.

With #coronavirus infection rates falling in #Scotland, is it possible that new cases could be imported from parts of England where the virus is still more of a problem? I took a gander at @transcotland data for @BBCScotlandNews to find out... In recent days a Times story stated 1000s of vehicles were crossing the English border into Scotland from an area with a rising coronavirus infection rate.

And just last week the Scottish Gov't warned about a rise in traffic despite lockdown restrictions still being in place.

Here's the latest @BBCScotlandNews graph of #coronavirus-related deaths in a few select countries. What does this show us? Here's what I noticed... #COVID19Pandemic #COVID19 1) Scotland - the 50 #coronavirus deaths announced today by the @scotgov took the country's total to 126. Perhaps more importantly though, it saw Scotland's death trajectory nudge back towards the trend line indicating a doubling in deaths every three days. But...