the old bailey heard that, in january, brusthom ziamani, who's 25, and 26 year—old baz hockton stabbedey were wearing fake suicide belts and shouted "god is great" in arabic. they are due to be sentenced tomorrow. documents released by a committee of the scottish parliament show the former first minister, alex salmond, tried to persuade his successor, nicola sturgeon, to stop allegations of misconduct against him from being made public. the documents have been submitted as evidence to an inquiry into how the scottish government handled the complaints against mr salmond, who was cleared of 13 charges of sexual assault earlier this year. 0ur scotland editor, sarah smith, is in glasgow. what more light can you shed on these documents? they are fascinating. amongst the evidence there is a long string of whatsapp m essa 9 es there is a long string of whatsapp messages between nicola sturgeon and alex salmond in which he is asking for several face—to—face meetings with the first minister and urging her to intervene in the scottish government investigation into his behaviour, saying it could