Sturgeon not being investigated by police 'at this time' over 'deleted' pandemic WhatsApp messages
Saturday, 20 January 2024 Scottish police have told Sky News Nicola Sturgeon is not being investigated "at this time" after it emerged the former first minister wiped pandemic related WhatsApp messages.
Humza Yousaf has announced his resignation as Scotland's first minister ahead of forthcoming confidence votes. Mr Yousaf had been battling for his political survival after terminating the power-sharing deal between the SNP and Scottish Greens on Thursday. He entered Holyrood in 2011, first as a regional MSP and then as the representative for Glasgow Pollok five years later. In 2012, he became a junior minister in Alex Salmond’s government, before being promoted to the Scottish Cabinet during Nicola Sturgeon’s premiership. He went on to become the youngest and the first Asian and Muslim first minister in the office’s history. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has been charged by police as part of a probe into the party's finances. The husband of Scotland’s former first minister Nicola Sturgeon was charged on Thursday in connection with the alleged embezzlement of funds. First Minister Humza Yousaf says the development is “a really serious matter indeed.” It comes more than a year after 59-year-old Murrell was originally arrested as part of the investigation known as Operation Branchform. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
John Swinney has told Sky News that the SNP needs to "come together" in the wake of Humza Yousaf's resignation as party leader and first minister. Sky News
Thousands of asylum seekers set for removal to Rwanda who have not reported to the Home Office "will be found and will be removed" by law enforcement, a minister.. Sky News
Sky News has witnessed a confrontation in the South China Sea as a Chinese coastguard used a water cannon on a vessel our journalists were reporting from. Sky News
A dad who suffered a brain injury just days after receiving a British-developed COVID vaccine has told Sky News he would never have had the jab if he had known.. Sky News
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