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should nicola sturgeon _ future. destroying evidence. should nicola sturgeon take _ future.pression was that scotland was doing better than england. anin impression was that scotland was doing better than england. again it comes into the _ doing better than england. again it comes into the question _ doing better than england. again it comes into the question of- doing better than england. again it comes into the question of the - doing better than england. again it i comes into the question of the image being projected and the bottom line is that when it comes to care homes and hospital and ppe, is that when it comes to care homes and hospitaland ppe, on all is that when it comes to care homes and hospital and ppe, on all those fronts, we were failing and we had a high death rate. the only way to learn lessons, mr blackford, is if you don't destroy the evidence. that was the point. nicola sturgeon... you asked me not do it about you. the whole point is —— you asked me not to enter to you. with the greatest of respect, talking —— westminster guidelines, ministers were markin

to a decree nicola sturgeon. let's listen in. to a degree overstates _ nicola sturgeon.ree overstates what was - nicola sturgeon. let's listen in. to | a degree overstates what was there to break. they had met on a number of occasions, there was always a politeness, businesslike approach to it when boris johnson first became it when borisjohnson first became prime minister and came to meet nicola sturgeon in scotland. they had a discussion, it was more like a debate between intelligent people, engaged in discussion about policy issues but when we got to covid, i think it was much harder, it was evident in his exchanges with the scottish government and the first minister and i think with the other first ministers because we would all be on the same call that he did not want to be on those calls, he was not necessarily well briefed on was not necessarily well briefed on was not necessarily well briefed on was not necessarily listening to the points that were being made on those calls and i think engagement with him came to be seen as slightly pointless during this period.

a long day of evidence given by nicola sturgeon. taker the key points. nicola sturgeon. mammoth session of evidence there from the _ points. yes. a mammoth session of evidence there from the former- points. yes. a mammoth session of| evidence there from the former first minister. and i think it is worth reflecting on the fact that obviously during the pandemic she was the very recognisable face of the scottish government. then she stopped being first minister of scotland, she has been less in the public eye and today was a reminder of, you know, that skill that even her opponents say she has of being a very effective political communicator, talking about many aspects of pandemic management and, you know, she seemed uncomfortable ground. they were a few areas, perhaps, where nicola sturgeon had a bit more difficulty, i would say, explaining her situation. there was, of course, those whatsapp messages on the pandemic that she has deleted. that was how the inquiry started today, with questions about that, and nicola sturgeon did point to current scottish government guidance

former chief of staff. minister, nicola sturgeon's former chief of staff-— chief of staff.ormer chief of staff, - chief of staff. yes, liz was the former chief of staff, nicola . former chief of staff, nicola sturgeon's right—hand woman. very close to a sounding board during the pandemic, one of her closest advisers, we sought text messages that were exchanged between the two in which nicola sturgeon called borisjohnson a clown. those messages contained expletives. in her exchanges to the layer, questioning her, liz lloyd denied that she said this was driven by a sense of frustration and with an announcement made by that then prime minister, borisjohnson, when he announced a second locked down, because, of course, this was done on national television, but it didn't apply to scotland. it applied to just england. she said there was a frustration with the way that these messages were being pushed out. she also denied any politicising of the pandemic, trying to advance the cause of independence. she said in relation to one set of messages that this was about wanting to provoke

by, nicola sturgeon's testimony. what did you make of it so far?- nicola sturgeon's testimony.arter of this _ did you make of it so far? a lots of the first quarter of this marathon i the first quarter of this marathon session from nicola sturgeon was in relation to her whatsapp from the covid pandemic where she has now confirmed to the inquiry she had deleted. nicola sturgeon was asked, given she talked about being open and transparent and the inquiry having all the information needed, why she would have deleted those messages. she pointed to scottish government independence but said that once ministers had taken important decisions, personal information out of that whatsapp, they were allowed to delete what was on their phone. essentially, nicola sturgeon's argument is that the whatsapp messages may no longer exist but the actual decision and important information has been saved centrally. of course, there are plenty who feels this isn't an adequate system and point out it means that essentially ministers have been marking their own homework, they go through their whatsapp me

the inquiry - was shown messages between liz lloyd and nicola sturgeon from that night.don't get enough credit for how much better done than we are. she called borisjohnson a clown, using an expletive. the inquiry was shown more messages between the two, liz lloyd said she... a public argument over policy differences. i am over policy differences. i am definitely — over policy differences. i am definitely looking... - over policy differences. i am definitely looking... clearly | definitely looking... clearly looking to air the issue strongly and publicly and as i say in the vague hope that my get us an answer, yes. vague hope that my get us an answer, es, ., ., " ., ., vague hope that my get us an answer, es. ., .,, , . vague hope that my get us an answer, yes. looking for a public spat? i am lookin: yes. looking for a public spat? i am looking for— yes. looking for a public spat? i am looking for a — yes. looking for a public spat? i am looking for a public _ yes. looking for a public spat? i am looking for a public spat _ yes. looking for a public spat? i am looking fo

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the former first minister of scotland nicola sturgeon is to spend the day giving evidence to the uk coviddecision—making and an accusation from her critics that she used the pandemic to advance the cause of scottish independence. she's also expected to be questioned about her missing whatsapp messages, as the inquiry continues sitting in edinburgh. let's go live now to our scotland political correspondent david wallace lockhart, who is in edinburgh at the inquiry. lovely to have you on the programme. ms sturgeon was the woman in charge in scotland during the pandemic and i guess evidence is key for the inquiry. i guess evidence is key for the inuui . , , ,.,, , inquiry. yes. the purpose in this inuui , inquiry. yes. the purpose in this inquiry. a _ inquiry. yes. the purpose in this inquiry. a uk — inquiry. yes. the purpose in this inquiry, a uk wide _ inquiry. yes. the purpose in this inquiry, a uk wide one, - inquiry. yes. the purpose in this inquiry, a uk wide one, is- inquiry. yes. the purpose in this inquiry, a uk wide one, is to - inquiry. yes. the purpose in this| inquiry, a uk wide

nicola sturgeon sturgeon doesn't like boris johnson . like boris johnson. >> well, there you go.then she also said that she doesn't recall an email that went out to everyone saying you must so you go. must keep them. so there you go. well more now well let's get some more now with gb news political correspondent forster, correspondent katherine forster, who's the cove has been who's at the cove who has been watching inquiry. watching the covid inquiry. >> catherine, what has >> uh, catherine, what has nicola sturgeon been saying ? nicola sturgeon been saying? >> yes. well, most notably, i think, was the display of emotion from her. she's generally been a very polished media performer during the pandemic . i media performer during the pandemic. i think her media performer during the pandemic . i think her popularity pandemic. i think her popularity ratings were through the roof and people would compare boris johnson and say, look at the dither , the delay, the dither, the delay, the dysfunction in westminster, and look at nicola sturgeon and what an amazing job she's doing in scot

holyrood , nicola sturgeon, of holyrood, nicola sturgeon, has faced her inquisition at the covid inquiry in edinburgh and told lawyers a part of her wish she had never been first minister during the covid events , as she also belatedly apologised for saying her whatsapp would be revealed knowing she'd already deleted them. the latest figures have revealed that the uk population is set to exceed 70 million by 2026. a decade earlier than expected, mainly because of our record breaking mass migration numbers. but this is not what the british people voted for last, an exhibition of masochism is on display at the royal academy as it reveals its own historical links with the slave trade. but are they merely accusing these figures of being products of their time? state of the nation starts now. i'll also be joined by a particularly pugnacious panel this evening. former editor of the sun , kelvin mackenzie, and the sun, kelvin mackenzie, and the contributing editor to novara media, michael walker. as always, i want to hear from you. it's a crucial part of the programme. me programme. email me ma

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the covid inquiry has resumed, nicola sturgeon is continuing to give her evidence.— nicola sturgeon isdence. limitations or restrictions on people _ give her evidence. limitations or restrictions on people coming i give her evidence. limitations or. restrictions on people coming into the country for public health grounds, that is a statutory position. i think, grounds, that is a statutory position. ithink, practically, we rely on border force, which is a reserved organisation, to deliver that in a practical sense. then there is obviously the case that as we encountered later on, if there were differences between the two, one of the things that made it difficult for the scottish government, whether or not we thought it was desirable to take a different position, is if we may have had a different set of rules at glasgow airport, but people, if they wanted to avoid those restrictions, could fly into london and travel by rail or road. it was an area where the differences in power and responsibility were complicated by the practical realities. irate responsibility were complicated by the pr

in the darkest hours of the pandemic, many people in scotland turned to nicola sturgeon.the country has questions for her. i do solemnly... the former first minister described the early days of covid to the inquiry in strikingly personal terms. i was the first minister when the pandemic struck. there is a large part of me that wishes i hadn't been. but i was, and i wanted to be the best first minister i could be during that period. it is for others to judge the extent to which i succeeded. faced with what she called a threat, a risk, a catastrophe, she spoke of her fear. i felt an overwhelming responsibility... ..to do the best i could. and that's. .. so the idea that in those horrendous days, weeks, i was thinking of a political opportunity, ifind... well, it just wasn't true. she made that point several times, denying playing politics with the pandemic. i have been in politics for 30 years. i have been a lifelong campaigner for independence. i don't think in my entire life have i ever thought less about politics generally and independence in particular than i did during

the former first minister of scotland nicola sturgeon will be questioned today over the decisions sheing from messaging to the decisions themselves. here is a sign of some of the tension. this is a message that nicola sturgeon sent to one of her closest advisers at the height of the pandemic. we saw this out of the inquiry earlier this week. you can see she is clearly not a fan of borisjohnson. she is before the inquiry today. so we thought it would be useful to see a look at some of the differences between the decisions. but also, some of the outcomes. did they make much of a difference? firstly, let�*s look at some of the differences. go back to march 2020. the 23rd of march, 2020, a date i suspect a lot of people will want to forget, the date of the first lockdown began. that was across the uk. all nations at that point were pretty much on the same page. but the agreement didn�*t last. you remember this, when borisjohnson relaxed the rules and changed the guidance from a stay at home to stay alert, control the virus? nicola sturgeon was furious about that. have a listen to this. th

for years, liz lloyd was either at nicola sturgeon's side, or one step behind.r's closest confidantes. but this morning, it was ms lloyd who took centre stage, alone. can we go back to your whatsapp messages? and this time, my lady, i wanted to give a warning that there will be some bad language in some of these. i'm used to it. the inquiry saw exchanges between the two women. in messages relating to the uk government's announcement of a second lockdown in england, nicola sturgeon wrote, "this is expletive excruciating, their comms are awful", accusing borisjohnson of "utter incompetence". the prime minister, she concluded, "is a expletive clown". it was evident in his exchanges with the scottish government, with the first minister, and i think with the other first ministers, because we would all be on the same call, that he didn't want to be on those calls. he wasn't necessarily well briefed on those calls and he wasn't listening to the points we were making on those calls. so i think engagement with him came to be seen as slightly pointless during this period.

nicola sturgeon give public assurances l covid or any other matter. ive public assurances in the midst of the pandemic that all of her communications would be kept. can you guarantee to the bereaved families_ can you guarantee to the bereaved families that you will disclose e-maiis. _ families that you will disclose e—mails, whatsapps, private e—mails if you _ e—mails, whatsapps, private e—mails if you have _ e—mails, whatsapps, private e—mails if you have been using them, whatever, _ if you have been using them, whatever, that nothing will be off—limits in this inquiry? | whatever, that nothing will be off-limits in this inquiry? i think if ou off-limits in this inquiry? i think if you understand _ off-limits in this inquiry? i think if you understand statutory - if you understand statutory inquiries you would know that even if i was not prepared to give that assurance, which for the avoidance of doubt i am, i would not have the ability, this will be a judge led statutory public inquiry. the inuui statutory public inquiry. the inquiry has _ statutory

nicola sturgeon, scotland's main decision key communicator for scotland's pandemic response.e former first minister, who they described as scotland's master of spin, to be held to account. nicola sturgeon stands accused of a betrayal of the many promises that she made, including that nothing would be off—limits in the public inquiries. her industrial deletion of whatsapps, along with those in her inner circle, begs the question why, when she knew a public inquiry was on its way. why, from january 2020 to the 1st of september 2020, are there zero whatsapps and, rather conveniently, none from her inner circle? the very first question she faced, how decisions on covid were made, recorded, discussed. is it still your position today that you and the scottish government were open, transparent and accountable in your actions, notjust in your words, at all times during the pandemic response in scotland? yes, that is still my position. i did not do government business through informal messaging in relation to covid or any other matter. nicola sturgeon gave public assurances in the mid

the daily telegraph, nicola sturgeon wiping a tearfrom her eye.also telegraph, nicola sturgeon wiping a tear from her eye. it is also on the guardian. and finally, the times, the same picture. the former first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon. that is it from us tonight. i am sturgeon. that is it from us tonight. iam back sturgeon. that is it from us tonight. i am back tomorrow. sturgeon. that is it from us tonight. iam back tomorrow. until then, sleep well. the first drone footage of the monkey on the run in the highlands has been released — strong winds today hampered the ongoing search but this is what was filmed yesterday by the therma imaging drone. it spotted the japanese macack which escaped from a highland wildlife park at the weekend. it was seen just south of aviemore — but evaded capture. you're live with bbc news. let's bring you some breaking news from london. nine people — including a woman and her two young children — have been taken to hospital after what police called a "corrosive substance" was thrown in south london. a man

for years, liz lloyd was either at nicola sturgeon�*s side, or one step behind.antes, but this morning it was ms lloyd who took centre stage, alone. can we go back to your whatsapp messages? this time, my lady, i wanted to give a warning that there will be some bad language in some of these. i'm used to it. the inquiry saw exchanges between the two women. in messages relating to the uk government's announcement of a second lockdown in england, nicola sturgeon wrote, "this is bleep excruciating, their comms are awful", accusing borisjohnson of "utter incompetence". the prime minister, she concluded, "is a bleep clown". it was evident in his exchanges with the scottish government, with the first minister, and i think with the other first ministers, because we would be on the same call, that he didn't want to be on those calls. he wasn't necessarily well briefed on those calls and he wasn't listening to the points we were making on those calls. so i think engagement with him came to be seen as slightly pointless during this period. ms lloyd was then questioned about

now coming up were these crocodile tears in the covid inquiry from nicola sturgeon? part of me wishes i hadn't been, um . wishes i hadn't been, um. >> well, my panel is split on sturgeon, so it is, uh, bounce kick off. but next, martin bashir has blamed his non—white status for the scandal over his princess diana interview . status for the scandal over his princess diana interview. but is he playing the race card? i speak to mark killick, who was the producer on panorama at the time of the infamous sit down with diana , and he got sacked with diana, and he got sacked for trying to blow the lid off bashir's bs. he believes there's yet more questions for the bbc to answer. this is patrick christys tonight. we're only on . >> the camilla tominey show sunday mornings from 930 on gb news . is patrick christys news. is patrick christys. >> tonight we're only on gb news my press pack returns with the first of tonight's front pages, which will include , i imagine, which will include, i imagine, a serving government minister resigning because of the threats that they feel ove

they want more detailed answers from nicola sturgeon when she appears here next week.have announced they've narrowly rejected the government's latest pay offer. 0ur health editor hugh pym is here. so is strike action back on the table? well, jane, that is certainly possible. in the government, there had been a slight feeling that this is a done deal. they felt an existing 6% pay award to consultants, topped up by another 4.9% on the table and reform of the whole pay system would be enough to sway the vote. but a very narrow majority, 51%, voted against. the british medical association, the doctors' union, is not talking at this stage about industrial action, but he was what they had to say. the best thin to sit was what they had to say. the best thing to sit down _ was what they had to say. the best thing to sit down and _ was what they had to say. the best thing to sit down and discuss i was what they had to say. the best thing to sit down and discuss the i thing to sit down and discuss the offer— thing to sit down and discuss the offer and — thing to sit down and dis

and as we've been hearing , nicola sturgeon has hearing, nicola sturgeon has told the covid 19 inquiryttish government was open, transparent and accountable during the pandemic. it comes as she's giving evidence amid ongoing scrutiny over the deletion of her whatsapp messages. the former first minister says she did act in line with scottish government policy by not saving those messages on her device. miss sturgeon says that she will also, or she is also potentially going to face questions about calling boris johnson a clown in her messages . and for the latest her messages. and for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen . for code on your screen. for stunning gold and silver coins. >> you'll always value the rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report. and here's a first look at the markets this morning. >> the pound will buy you $1.2670 and ,1.1705. the price of gold is currently £1,609.03 per ounce, and the ftse 100 is . per ounce, and the ftse 100 is. at 7656 points. rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news fin

among those due to be called is the former first minister, nicola sturgeon, along with her successorth minister at holyrood for some of the pandemic. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon sent this update from edinburgh. first time the uk covid inquiry has sat outside of london and on this, the first day of 12 days of hearings here in edinburgh, we heard lots of facts, figures, statistics and also a detailed timeline of how the pandemic unfolded here in scotland. we also got a sense of some of the themes that might be explored in the coming three weeks. the lead counsel in this phase of the inquiry, jamie dawson casey, recalled earlier evidence that relations between the scottish and uk government in the lead up to the pandemic were unusually poor. he said some of the areas that they aim to explore would include whether the scottish government had acted quickly enough to contain the disease and also whether the government had enough freedom to act. the lawyer representing the scottish covid bereaved group said some of the politicians who had earlier given evidence in london had del

in the darkest hours of the pandemic, many people in scotland turned to nicola sturgeon., the country has questions for her. i do solemnly... the former first minister described the early days of covid to the inquiry in strikingly personal terms. i was the first minister when the pandemic struck. there is a large part of me that wishes i hadn't been. but i was, and i wanted to be the best first minister i could be during that period. it is for others to judge the extent to which i succeeded. faced with what she called a threat, a risk, a catastrophe, she spoke of her fear. i felt an overwhelming responsibility... ..to do the best i could. and that's. .. so the idea that in those horrendous days, weeks, i was thinking of a political opportunity, ifind... well, it just wasn't true. she made that point several times, denying playing politics with the pandemic. i have been in politics for 30 years. i have been a lifelong campaigner for independence. i don't think in my entire life have i ever thought less about politics generally and independence in particular than i did duri

nicola sturgeon should be treated no differently to boris johnson, nicola sturgeon should be treateddifferently to borisjohnson, who failed to provide what's ats from the start of the pandemic, while the prime minister rishi sunak claims to have had non—. it is an important principle of government, transparency and accountability that official records are kept of key actions, key decisions, that applies to both the uk and the scottish covid bereaved are entitled to know why our politicians have not been forthcoming about what materials they hold, and much has been destroyed. our clients have asked for the consideration of a criminal complaint and for the consideration of a criminal complaintand a for the consideration of a criminal complaint and a formal complaint to the information commissioner, who has already said he has serious concerns. we will take all necessary steps once the evidence is completed. it ought to have been blindingly obvious to the politicians, to the civil servants from 2020 onwards, that their contemporaneous messages may be of relevance to a public inquiry. pr

and nicola sturgeon is in trouble again , i sturgeon is in trouble again, i am a cooperating fully andy . constructively with the inquiry. >> i am committed to full transparency . transparency. >> transparency about what nicola, is it your husband's finances? is it the mysterious motorhome ? is it the snp's motorhome? is it the snp's finances ? oh no. she's deleted finances? oh no. she's deleted all covid whatsapp messages. so that she couldn't be held to account, which is great news for her, of course. and in fact, we've managed to come across some leaked footage of sturgeon celebrating . but the vidosic celebrating. but the vidosic panda v dozy panda happy dozy. >> yeah, that's all right. >> yeah, that's all right. >> yes, i'll have all of tomorrow's newspaper front pages for you today as well. in our press and on the panel press pack and on the panel tonight, it is the on tonight, it is the mail on sunday's editor at large, charlotte former bbc charlotte griffiths. former bbc political john sergeant and political guru john sergeant and ex—labour . stella ex—labour party adviser. ste

now today , a tearful nicola sturgeon today, a tearful nicola sturgeon has told the uk covid 19 inquiryland's first minister during the pandemic. the former first minister calls controversy after admitting to deleting whatsapp messages she sent to colleagues . she also sent to colleagues. she also said boris johnson was not the right person to lead the country dunng right person to lead the country during the pandemic. right person to lead the country during the pandemic . well, i can during the pandemic. well, i can now speak with conservative member of the scottish parliament miles briggs. miles, welcome to the show. so nicola sturgeon, she's turned on the waterworks. are you buying it ? waterworks. are you buying it? >> no i'm not. i think what we've seen today has been a pretty desperate and cynical attempt by nicola sturgeon to refute what is now compelling evidence, which we're seeing over the secrecy and political ization of the pandemic by the snp. >> and we know that her lines , >> and we know that her lines, which she's using, that she hasn't deleted messages. >> instead she's

nicola sturgeon is due to give evidence to the inquiry in the coming weeks.t is the warning from the head of the uk's health security agency who says vaccination rates are well below what's recommended. measles is highly contagious and can lead to serious complications including meningitis, blindness and seizures. more than 200 cases of the disease have been confirmed in the west midlands recently. here's our health editor, hugh pym. a vaccination bass out on the road today, promoting the benefits and offering a range of vaccines in a london borough. the capital has the lowest rate of take—up in england for mmrjabs with lowest rate of take—up in england for mmr jabs with protection against measles and officials are appealing for more families to come forward. the message to parents is measles is a serious disease, it is highly contagious and can cause serious illness and all cases of measles are preventable through vaccination. there are growing concerns in the west midlands with more than 200 confirmed cases since october. this primary school in coventry has

nicola sturgeon says her year.cola sturgeon says her biggest regret during the pandemic was not locking down soonen pandemic was not locking down sooner. the former first minister gave evidence that the covid inquiry today, where she also admitted to deleting whatsapp messages , insisting she whatsapp messages, insisting she acted in line with scottish government policy . ms sturgeon government policy. ms sturgeon appeared emotional as she recounted that part of her wished she'd not been first minister when the pandemic took hold. >> that is . >> that is. >> that is. >> and lastly, labour says it will set out plans to renationalise british railways next month. the party announced the news last year but speaking exclusively to gb news earlier on today, the shadow transport secretary said the public will find out more detail on their plans in 2 or 3 weeks time. well for more background to our stories , do sign up for gb news stories, do sign up for gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen. if you're watc

nicola sturgeon the same number as this time last year . nicola sturgeon says last year.a sturgeon says her biggest regret during the pandemic was not locking down earlier. the former first minister gave evidence at the covid inquiry today , where she covid inquiry today, where she also admitted to deleting whatsapp messages, insisting she acted in line with scottish government policy. miss sturgeon appeared emotional as she recounted that part of her wished she hadn't been first minister when the pandemic took hold in the united states. donald trump is said to discover whether his legal claim of reputational damage from sex allegations can go to court. reputational damage from sex allegations can go to court . the allegations can go to court. the former us president is seeking compensation from a consulting firm founded by a former british mi6 firm founded by a former british m16 officer concerned over allegations he took part in sex parties and bribed russian officials . christopher steele officials. christopher steele was the author of the so—called steele dossier , wh

so is this at odds with what nicola sturgeon seemed to promise back in august 2021? servant ken thomson was asked about his. in them, colleagues are told to clear chat, as their discussions could be made public in future. that was in fact the instruction that we were given in the corporate policy, having transferred any salient points to the corporate record. in one message, the national clinical director, jason leitch writes: "whatsapp deletion is a pre—bed ritual." he�*s due to give evidence to the inquiry in the coming days. with tracks like chasing rainbows and going for gold, shed seven were part of the britpop movement which — for many music fans — was the sound of the �*90s. unlike other bands of that era — however — shed seven stayed together and kept making new music. now, 30 years since their chart debut, they�*ve just landed their first number one album. amy garcia went to meet the lead singer rick witter. # i�*m just chasing rainbows all the time. # congratulations. number one, you must be so chuffed. it�*s been a long time coming, isn�*t it? it�*s amazin

so is this at odds with what nicola sturgeon seemed to promise back in august 2021?using them, whatever, that nothing will be off limits in this inquiry? i think if you understand statutory public inquiries, you would know that even if i wasn't prepared to give that assurance, which for the avoidance of doubt i am. some whatsapp exchanges survive and former civil servant ken thomson was asked about his. in them, colleagues are told to clear chat, as their discussions could be made public in future. that was in fact the instruction that we were given in the corporate policy, having transferred any salient points to the corporate record. in one message, the national clinical director, jason leitch writes: "whatsapp deletion is a pre—bed ritual." he's due to give evidence to the inquiry in the coming days. as recently as 2017, the world health organisation declared that measles had been eliminated in the uk. now the disease is back, with cases rising sharply — particularly in birmingham, where a "national incident" has been declared. ellie roscoe caught measles six year

but that won't be the case for scotland's former first minister nicola sturgeon.ear to have been deleted. david henderson has more on this. stay at home. the order to lock down brought much of scotland to a standstill. with a pandemic sweeping the country, government had to act. but how were decisions made when lives were at stake? this inquiry wants answers and it's asked to see whatsapp messages which went to and fro between nicola sturgeon and herteam. but documents we saw show many have been lost. what that tends to suggest is that at the time a request was made, nicola sturgeon, the former first minister of scotland, had retained no messages whatsoever in connection with her management of the pandemic. is that correct? that's what that indicates to me. the inquiry was told those whatsapps were deleted when inboxes were routinely tidied up and when phones were changed. the former deputy first minister's position appears to be that he had messages set up on an auto delete function. was that something that was permitted? the use of whatsapp was permitted on scot

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_ hubris of nicola sturgeon, is it not? ., ., ., , ., ., hubris of nicola sturgeon, is it not?_ not? no. i do not believe that to be the case. i am in the _ not? no. i do not believe that to be the case. i am in the fortunate - the case. i am in the fortunate position of not having personally lost anybody to covid. i wish with every fibre of my being that the decisions in my government could have reduced the number of people in scotland who did lose someone to covid. i am deeply sorry to each and every bereaved person, and each and every bereaved person, and each and every person who has suffered in other ways. every person who has suffered in otherways. i every person who has suffered in other ways. i did my best, the government did their best, and people willjudge that. we did our best to steer the country through the pandemic and the best way we could. . ~' ,, the pandemic and the best way we could. . ., i. ., could. thank you, no further questions- — could. thank you, no further questions. there _ could. thank you, no further questions. there are - could. thank you, no furt

it is expected to hear from a number of key figures, including the former first minister, nicola sturgeonus. what are the key question there? well, the hearing in edinburgh today really got to the heart of a key issue for this whole uk covid inquiry, and that is the relationship between the government at westminster and the uk's nations, including the scottish goverment, because, of course, health is a devolved issue. and just how the whole devolution system reacted to this unprecedented pandemic is a really important thing. jamie dawson made it clear that he wanted to ask a series of questions about the conduct of the scottish goverment and how they reacted to the pandemic, when ministers and officials appear, and the former first minister nicola sturgeon. why, he asked one of the uk covenant was moving so slowly in february 2020, as the inquiry has already heard, despite the threat of the virus, did the scottish goverment not do more to put pressure on westminster? why did the scottish goverment not to do more sooner to combat the virus? the kc for the scottish goverment, making his sub

this was in edirthat nicola sturgeon, thed out that nicola sturgeon, the former first minister, has notetained any of her whatsapp messages. now it's interesting, leo, you will, i'm sure, have a lot to say this as a huge lot to say about this as a huge nicola sturgeon fan, i know you've a of your you've got a bust of her in your living room. various posters, but is , uh, but what i would say is, uh, some of her critics are saying that actually is not that actually this is not necessarily lawful. that's the claim they're making, because these relating to these are documents relating to these are documents relating to the inquiry that were the inquiry that people were told in advance would to be told in advance would have to be retained. do you think that now, look, we don't for sure look, we don't know for sure whether that's right or not, but what all this. yeah. no quhe yeah. no quite it's quite >> no it's quite it's quite a serious if, it does serious breach. if, if it does transpire here that she deleted whatsapp are documents that told these are documents that are, you know, were in

minister on the 29th of march 2023 taking l on the 29th of march 2023 taking over the rope from nicola sturgeondemic, you held two cabinet secretary rose as i understand it. the first role was cabinet secretary for justice. which you help from the 26th ofjune 2018 to the 19th of may 2021. and the second following the scottish parliamentary election in may 2021, you took over the health and social care portfolio, you take that over from jean freeman who held the role in the earlier stages of the pandemic. is that correct? that is correct. pandemic. is that correct? that is correct- and _ pandemic. is that correct? that is correct. and you _ pandemic. is that correct? that is correct. and you held _ pandemic. is that correct? that is correct. and you held it _ pandemic. is that correct? that is correct. and you held it until - pandemic. is that correct? that is correct. and you held it until you| correct. and you held it until you became first _ correct. and you held it until you became first minister— correct. and you held it until you became first minister in - correct. and you held it until yo

all of nicola sturgeon's whatsapp messages sent and received dunng messages sent and received during the pandemic have been deleted , the covid 19 inquiry deleted, the covid 19 inquiry has heard . the former first has heard. the former first minister of scotland has previously said she never used informal messaging to make decisions during the pandemic. she's been criticised for trying to hide exchanges with key ministers and advisers. it comes as miss sturgeon promised in 2021 to hand any correspondence , 2021 to hand any correspondence, including messages to any future inquiry. a spokesperson for ms sturgeon says any messages she had have been handled . prince had have been handled. prince harry has withdrawn his libel case against the mail on sunday. the duke of sussex says instead he wants to focus on the safety of his family and his legal action against the home office . action against the home office. he was suing the mail on sunday over a story about his dispute with the government department and security arrangements. and his security arrangements. he'll now have to pay assoc

and we'll ask him what he makes of the revelation that the former first minister, nicola sturgeon, deletedts from the pandemic, after saying she would hand them over. the post office inquiry heard more mea culpas from fujutsu today — that they'd known about glitches in horizon software since 1999. our guests — a former postmistress from near glasgow and a subpostmaster from inverness — lost their livelihoods, and are still in debt. peter worsfold is still paying his 97—year—old mother back. i never lost trust in him, i neverwould. i wouldn't even now, and even now he's got it hard. i mean, he's 79 and he's not had any life. and it's the opening of glasgow's 30th celtic connections music festival, with performers from all over the world. tonight, playing us out live will be the nordic fiddlers bloc. a shetlander, a norweigan and a swede. a norweigan and a swede. good evening. in 2019, the snp government announced the aim of being net zero by 2045, in their own words, "five years ahead of the rest of the uk." but official numbers show the scottish government is failing on its targets to redu

so scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon called johnson sturgeon called boris johnson an effing clownime of the second covid lockdown bombshell, whatsapp messages revealed , whatsapp messages have revealed, so it's a rare moment of accuracy for nicola sturgeon. i guess even a stopped clock is right twice a day, but yeah, she, she said that johnson's she, uh, she said that johnson's address announcing a second national lockdown in october 2020 was effing excruciating and awful. she told miss lloyd , who awful. she told miss lloyd, who was the top adviser. his utter incompetence in every sense is now offending me on behalf of politicians everywhere. uh, i think he is an effing clown. obviously. you know, she's scottish, so that just counts as yeah , that's just fortifier yeah, that's just fortifier isn't it? yeah. >> i don't think it'll be long before clown word before the clown word is probably asterisked the probably asterisked out in the gutter. probably offensive. probably asterisked out in the gdo er. probably offensive. probably asterisked out in the gdo er. to robably offensive.

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been continuing this morning with the questioning of les lloyd, the former chief of staff of nicola sturgeon i was saying, we are going to be bringing you the live my coverage of valdo calocane who pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of three people in nottingham last summer. let's listen to the justice. nottingham last summer. let's listen to thejustice. in nottingham last summer. let's listen to the justice. in the early hours of the 13th ofjune, you committed a serious of atrocities in the city. which ended the lives of three innocent people. you went on to attack three more, fully intending but failing to kill them too your sickening crimes both shocked the nation and wrecked the lives of the surviving victims and the families of them all. over the last two days in court, the harrowing details of what you did have been fully recounted and explored by the advocates and the expert witnesses. at four o'clock in the morning of 13th june last year, barnaby and grace, bothjusti9 13th june last year, barnaby and grace, bothjust 19 years 13th june last year, barnaby and grace, both just 19 years

is breached on fairly— spread nicola sturgeon is breached on fairly well and answered a lot of questionsink it helped much because of the individual— think it helped much because of the individual sense of inquiry about their— individual sense of inquiry about their whatsapp messages and looking sitiul their whatsapp messages and looking smug when he handed over his and being _ smug when he handed over his and being question on those in a way that i_ being question on those in a way that i understand he's doing that and this— that i understand he's doing that and this is— that i understand he's doing that and this is an issue for the previous— and this is an issue for the previous administration, not directly— previous administration, not directly an issue for me but on that occasion, _ directly an issue for me but on that occasion, the first minister was adamant — occasion, the first minister was adamant that despite the tensions, it happens— adamant that despite the tensions, it happens in government, within one government— it happens in government, within one government rather than be