Nicola Sturgeon at the Covid Inquiry: Tears and deleted WhatsApps
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01/31/24
•34m
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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.
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