Nicola Sturgeon at the Covid Inquiry: Tears and deleted WhatsApps

Published: Jan. 31, 2024, 9:12 p.m.

Today we look at the Covid Inquiry, where former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon gave evidence, and we bring you the detail on Northern Ireland\u2019s new Brexit deal.\n \nAn emotional Nicola Sturgeon also defended deleting all her WhatsApp messages during the period saying that all \u201crelevant\u201d information was provided to the inquiry. BBC Scotland\u2018s Lorna Gordon and David Wallace Lockhart update James on a busy day at the inquiry.\n \nOn Wednesday afternoon we got the details of the deal that\u2019s set to send a power sharing government back to Northern Ireland. Chris takes us through them.

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