Nicola Sturgeon's speech in full: Alcohol ban indoors and 6pm curfew set

Nicola Sturgeon told MSPs at Holyrood that the situation was 'better than March', but admitted she needed to take a 'backward step' as she unveiled a dramatic 'circuit breaker' squeeze to coincide with the school half-term north of the border. As well as a ban on serving alcohol, hospitality venues will only be allowed to open from 6am to 6pm. In five 'hotspot' areas pubs will be closed altogether apart from takeaways until October 26 and people will be advised against using public transport. Ms Sturgeon said that if it was 'a purely one dimensional decision' about public health there would be an even tougher lockdown, but she was considering the wider economy and wellbeing. The extraordinary step - which Ms Sturgeon said would be accompanied with £40million of new compensation for stricken businesses - comes after Scotland reported more than 1,000 new infections in a day. It will heap pressure on Boris Johnson, who was confronted this afternoon with damning figures showing local restrictions in England are failing to curb cases, with ministers and advisers at war over what to do next.

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