Nicola Sturgeon at the Covid Inquiry: Tears and deleted WhatsApps
The former first minister has been giving evidence.
January 31, 2024
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January 31, 2024
Nicola Sturgeon at the Covid Inquiry: Tears and deleted WhatsApps
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<p>Today we look at the Covid Inquiry, where former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon gave evidence, and we bring you the detail on Northern Ireland’s new Brexit deal.
An emotional Nicola Sturgeon also defended deleting all her WhatsApp messages during the period saying that all “relevant” information was provided to the inquiry. BBC Scotland‘s Lorna Gordon and David Wallace Lockhart update James on a busy day at the inquiry.
On Wednesday afternoon we got the details of the deal that’s set to send a power sharing government back to Northern Ireland. Chris takes us through them.</p><p>You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere</p><p>Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by James Cook. It was made by Chris Flynn with Gemma Roper and Sam McLaren. The technical producer was Jonny Hall. The assistant editor was Chris Gray. The senior news editor was Jonathan Aspinwall.</p>
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