Alex Salmond Inquiry will not publish ex FM's submission which claims Nicola Sturgeon misled Holyrood

direct to your inbox Plans to ease coronavirus lockdown restrictions in the UK vary across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. On Tuesday, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon unveiled a phased plan to lift lockdown in Scotland, which could see the country move back to the levels system of coronavirus restrictions from April 26.

Crown Office. A Scottish Parliament spokesperson said: “Following representations from the Crown Office on Monday evening, the SPCB agreed collectively this morning that it will remove the Alex Salmond submission on the Ministerial Code from its website with immediate effect and republish it later today in a redacted form.

The cat’s out of the bag! Nicola Coughlan shared a game-changing detail about her character’s secret identity that was hidden in Bridgerton’s series premiere.

Channel 4‘s Derry Girls will begin production in 2021.That’s according to series star Nicola Coughlan (Clare Devlin) who shared the news via her Twitter account on Saturday (February 20).“Can confirm Series 3 of Derry Girls is filming this year and I cannae bloody wait,” she wrote alongside a gif from the Northern Ireland-set comedy series.“Covid has pushed back filming several times which has been so shite, but honestly the storylines in this series are the best we’ve ever done so I can’t tell

Nicola Coughlan has seen fans’ tweets and questions about what’s happening with Derry Girls.

direct to your inboxAlex Greenwood has just realised that at the venerable age of 27, she is now one of England's senior Lionesses - and she's thrilled."We've got so many youngsters coming through," she told a media conference ahead of England friendly against Northern Ireland next week. "I look at the youngsters now in the WSL and the girls on camp and it's such an exciting time and exciting future for England - some unbelievable talents.

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EXCLUSIVE: Clive Anderson, who hosted the UK version of Whose Line Is It Anyway?, has signed up to present a biographical podcast format, produced by Stakhanov and Alaska TV.

the committee of MSPs and accused it of allowing the Scottish Government to escape scrutiny.In a powerful interview with BBC Scotland, they said the attention given to the inquiry was "more traumatic" than giving evidence in the High Court.They claimed the committee had strayed so far from its own remit that it had made any of its findings "completely useless".A special Holyrood committee is investigating the Scottish Government’s botched handling of sexual misconduct complaints against the

Salmond.Sturgeon was due to face questions in person on Tuesday next week on her role in the Scottish Government's botched probe into allegations of misconduct against her predecessor.However, the committee members wanted to hear from Salmond first but were unable to get him to agree to appear last week because of the legal wrangle.A Scottish Parliament spokesperson confirmed this afternoon: “At its meeting today, the committee was united in its desire to complete this inquiry in an open and

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Chloé Zhao’s road movie Nomadland won three honors, including Film of the Year, at the 41st London Critics‘ Circle Film Awards, which were held in a virtual ceremony on Sunday night.

Fredo takes out the highest new entry on both the Official Irish Albums and Singles Chart this week.

Salmond.The fiasco destroyed the friendship between Sturgeon and Salmond, whose allies believe he was targeted by the government and SNP figures.James Hamilton, an ex director of public prosecutions in Ireland, is heading a separate investigation into whether Sturgeon broke her own ministerial code.This relates to meetings Sturgeon and Salmond had in the middle of her government’s investigation.Salmond’s legal team, as part of his written evidence, shared his submission to the Hamilton probe

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whole of the UK and the Republic, which already operate a common travel area. Leitch gave his view to MSP scrutinising the government’s covid response and proposals to monitor travellers arriving in the country.