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Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon arrives to give evidence at the Covid-19 inquiry in London. Picture: Carl Court/Getty Images

Sturgeon raises key question at UK Covid inquiry

Former head of the Home Civil Service Lord Bob Kerslake has died. (Photo by Tayfun Salci/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Former head of the civil service, Lord Kerslake dies aged 68

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is seen by commentators as the most likely next prime minister (Picture: Rob Pinney/Getty Images)

How much do policies matter in an election?

Lord Frost, seen addressing Conservatives at their party conference, called for devolution to be put into reverse (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Conservatives once again show they're not champions of Union but a threat to it

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer publishes tax details

Boris Johnson to release a memoir about his time in Downing Street after reportedly £6 million deal.

Boris Johnson to release a memoir about his time in Downing Street

Working people face a "cocktail of disaster" as wages shrink in real terms and costs rise due to spiralling inflation, writes Ian Murray MP. PIC: PA.

Time to drain this Tory cocktail of disaster for working people in 2023

Rishi Sunak departs 10 Downing Street to attend his first Prime Minister's Questions as Prime Minister on Wednesday - but there are many questions that Mr Sunak needs to answer, writes Ian Murray MP. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Sunak can’t hide forever – the people will have their say soon enough

The hearse carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped with the Royal Standard of Scotland, passes the City Chambers on the Royal Mile. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

The final goodbye: Scotland bids farewell to Queen Elizabeth II

Kemi Badenoch, Penny Mordaunt, Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss and Tom Tugendhat take parts in a television debate during the Conservative party leadership contest (Picture: Victoria Jones/PA)

Tory leadership contest has shown party is no longer 'pale, male and stale'

Sir Alec Douglas Home 'emerged' as Tory leader and Prime Minister in 1963 (Picture: Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Why the Tory party has reason to regret letting its members choose the leader

Anne Simpson, chair of the Book of Deer Project, with the manuscript. She said it felt 'unreal' that it was now on show in Aberdeen. PIC: Aberdeen City Council.

Scotland's 'oldest surviving manuscript' comes home after hundreds of years

Judy Lockhart-Hunter, a Tory candidate for East Lothian Council, has defended her decision to stand, after receiving backlash over a petition she started in 2015. At the time, she argued that Syrian refugees would be "far better placed going to another Islamic country"

Tory candidate defends decision to stand for Council despite backlash

The Covid pandemic created a huge demand for PPE for NHS workers (Picture: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

Covid PPE scandal saw UK Government waste billions of pounds – Angus Robertson

Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg is an enthusiastic Johnson cheerleader.

Why Jacob Rees-Mogg is wrong about the need for a general election – Ian Swanson

Lesley Stephen, who was diagnosed with HER2-positive breast cancer in 2014, said the approval of the new drug would allow for "kinder" treatment options. Picture: Chris Watt

Potential 'game changing' breast cancer drug approved in Scotland
A breast cancer treatment that could extend the lives of dozens of Scots every year has been approved by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC).

Twenty women currently living with secondary breast cancer, captured by global award-winning portrait photographer Viktorija Grigorjevaite aka Sane Seven

Secondary breast cancer remains “forgotten” illness, says patient

Green Party MSP Lorna Slater

Scottish Tory MPs’ shame over aid cuts - Lorna Slater

Nicola Sturgeon is in no rush to call Indyref2 (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

Readers letters: Election figures point way to referendum

Boris Johnson and Douglas Ross are reasons why the Scottish Conservative will lose seats at the Scottish Parliament election, says Angus Robertson (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Tories' lies, cronyism and nastiness will see them lose votes – Angus Robertson

What is the Greensill scandal? David Cameron’s lobbying of Greensill capital explained (Photos: GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images, OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images, Tolga Akmen - WPA Pool/Getty Images, Hannah McKay - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

David Cameron’s lobbying of Greensill Capital explained

David Cameron has admitted he should have contacted ministers through 'formal' channels when lobbying on behalf of finance firm Greensill Capital (Picture: Jacob King/PA)

Why are Scottish Tories silent over Cameron lobbying scandal? – Angus Robertson

Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to visit Scotland every two months (Picture: Yui Mok/PA)

Will Boris Johnson's regular visits to Scotland stop indyref2? – Ian Swanson

Cruddas nomination shows House of Lords needs urgent reform- your views

The former leader of the Conservatives in Scotland has become the latest figure to warn against plans to cut the overseas aid budget. (Photo by Russell Cheyne - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Ruth Davidson joins former PMs in criticism of foreign aid budget cut

Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock are facing a lawsuit over Test and Trace - here's...

Boris Johnson returns to Downing Street following the weekly Cabinet meeting at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office on September 15, 2020 in London, England. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Here’s what you need to know about Boris Johnson’s controversial Internal Market...

Colin might feel like part of the family - but how well do you know him? (Photo: M&S)

13 things you (probably) didn't know about Colin the Caterpillar as the cake tur...

Muirfield, home of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, only admitted women members in March 2017

The previously all-male Muirfield is to host the Women's Open

The Prime Minister will announce a spending blitz next week as he looks to "ready" the country for the "thunderclap of economic consequences" caused by the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Heathcliff O'Malley - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Boris Johnson set to announce public spending surge

Chancellor Rishi Sunak introduced the furlough scheme as a response to economic pain caused by the coronavirus pandemic (Getty Images)

A quarter of UK workers are now furloughed - and unemployment levels could rocke...

Dominic Cummings’ press conference on Monday was unprecedented (Picture: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire)

Seven vital questions for the Scottish Government over Covid – Ian Murray MP

The First Minister, who succeeded Alex Salmond in November 2014, shared a picture on Twitter of herself on the phone to then-prime minister David Cameron. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Sturgeon reflects on time as FM with never-before-seen photograph

Prime Minister Boris Johnson with his girlfriend Carrie Symonds in October 2019 (Photo: Jeremy Selwyn - WPA Pool /Getty Images)

Will Boris Johnson take paternity leave?

Boris Johnson's choice of name for son could mark out his future

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is recuperating at his official country retreat after being discharged from hospital (Photo: Getty Images)

Where is Chequers? Location of the country house where Boris Johnson is recoveri...

Frankie Boyle recently returned to our screens with his Scotland travel documentary (BBC)

50 best Frankie Boyle jokes

Scottish Labour party leader Jim Murphy prepares a kettle box food parcel with Ian Murray at Inch Park Community Sports Hub. Picture: PA

Jim Murphy pledges to end use of food banks