Jason Leitch: Last News

Celtic Park for a piece of the action.● A significant number of living rooms being packed with relatives and friends there to support one team or the other.● Every pub, club and meeting place in the West of Scotland and beyond being thronged by rival fans screaming at television sets showing live coverage of the
 big match.Bio-secure bubble?I don’t think so.Social distancing?Get real.Biological bomb?Now you’re talking Jason Leitch’s language.What if the National Medical Director shows clemency this
 time and lets the derby go on while putting the public on their honour?Only to find that, as a result, transmission of the virus increases to a worrying degree?Who will the fans blame if the next Rangers-Celtic match at Ibrox is not allowed to

care homes.Professor Jason Leitch was speaking on a live radio interview today about the rising number of positive tests for coronavirus north of the border and the potential impact on the social care sector.Appearing on BBC Good Morning Scotland, the national clinical director was asked if he was concerned by the situation in Scotland's care homes."Concerned in the sense I want to protect them as much as I can from this virus," he said."We've learned both in Scotland and around the world, the vulnerable, who we tend to put in institutions such as care homes - remember, most older people live in their own homes - but we do corral older people in care homes."Donald Macaskill (CEO of Scottish Care) and many others have helped us with what

Neil Lennon for Celtic to be allowed to open up their stadium to a limited number of supporters. The Hoops boss feels that they could be at least a third full at Celtic Park after watching Kansas City Chiefs kickstart their NFL season with similar crowd numbers.

Hibs is in doubt after two positive coronavirus tests.

Celtic's trip to face Ross County this weekend. Further test events at Ibrox for Rangers vs Dundee United and St Mirren vs Hibs in Paisley haven't been allowed because of local restrictions.

Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser: “Gracie was delighted to be back at school and was very excited to be starting the term on her birthday – she said that it was the best day ever! “It’s probably the only time she will have to go to school on her birthday, as the term is starting a bit earlier than it was originally due to.

Neil Lennon said he might struggle to get back into the dressing room. Struggle?If it’s like the dressing room we shared at Celtic, Bolingoli would have been lucky to get out of it in one piece when the news of his stupid Spain jolly broke, never mind back into it.The Aberdeen boys were also guilty of being careless when they went into the pub as an eight.You can’t condone rule-breaking.

Hearts to stop training came entirely from the SPFL.The capital club had been back in action ahead of the Championship season but were told on Thursday they must stop until at least August 24.The joint response group took the action after breaches of coronavirus protocol by the 'Aberdeen 8' and Celtic's Boli Bolingoli.However, it appears the Scottish Government had no influence in the decision to suspend training, with the national clinical director unaware the ruling even applied to Robbie Neilson's side.Leitch said on BBC Radio Scotland: "These are matters for the SPFL, we didn't tell them what to do."We told them to reassure us everything was in place that was necessary, and we told them to make sure education was in place and some new

BBC Off the Ball presenter Stuart Cosgrove and was instantly praised by the professor as sporting bodies look to get fans back after the coronavirus. Scottish football supporters are unlikely to be allowed into their team's games until October at the earliest.

Skint clubs could scupper plans for a Scottish top-flight kick-off on August 1 because they can’t afford Covid-19 tests.