Alex Salmond inquiry writes to Nicola Sturgeon seeking written evidence

Alex Salmond debacle.A Holyrood committee wanted documents relating to the Government’s botched Salmond probe by the end of this month, but a civil servant has said even the end of August is “unlikely”.Permanent Secretary Leslie Evans cited “data protection obligations” and “legal restrictions” as reasons for the delay.Get all the top Scottish politics news sent straight to your Inbox by signing up to our Politics newsletter.We cover Holyrood, Westminster and local councils, with a current focus

Sturgeon. The First Minister told hospitality businesses they "cannot allow standards to slip" - and told members of the public to avoid premises failing to follow the rules.

Alex Salmond. The First Minister previously said Salmond had informed her about the complaints when they met at her house in April 2018.However, a new account claims Sturgeon was aware days earlier during a meeting with Salmond’s former chief of staff.Get all the top Scottish politics news sent straight to your Inbox by signing up to our Politics newsletter.We cover Holyrood, Westminster and local councils, with a current focus on how our governments are handling the coronavirus pandemic.To sign

Nicola Sturgeon. Angus Robertson faces a battle with party colleague Joanna Cherry to win the nomination for the seat, which is the Nationalists' number one target at next year's Holyrood election.

Keir Starmer has called on Nicola Sturgeon to publicly condemn Alex Salmond over his role as a broadcaster on the Kremlin-funded Russia Today (RT) station. The Labour leader has used the publication of the parliamentary report into Russian interference in UK democracy to challenge the SNP leader to call out her previous boss.

MSPs looking into the botched probe on harassment allegations against Alex Salmond have raised concerns key information might have been redacted from government documents. A batch of over 150 documents was put on the Scottish Government’s website last week with some parts blanked out to comply with strict public freedom of information rules.

Covid-19 in recent days could be linked to the outbreak at a call centre in North Lanarkshire.

Alex Salmond.The First Minister compared the fallout to a “grieving process” and said it would be a “relief” to have her say on events that led to their friendship souring.In an interview with Times Radio, she also claimed independence would happen "sooner rather than later".Sturgeon has spoken in the past about the huge influence Salmond has had on her political career.Get all the top Scottish politics news sent straight to your Inbox by signing up to our Politics newsletter.We cover Holyrood,

Alex Salmond.Her view is contained in a batch of over 150 documents published on the Government website.They also show that one of the females who complained about Salmond was shown a draft of the new complaints procedure before she formally alleged wrongdoing.Get all the top Scottish politics news sent straight to your Inbox by signing up to our Politics newsletter.We cover Holyrood, Westminster and local councils, with a current focus on how our governments are handling the coronavirus

shielding ” policy by the end of the month. The First Minister also announced a further lifting of restrictions on a category of people who have been subject to the greatest coronavirus restrictions.

Nicola Sturgeon has declared it was a good day for Scotland as the country's hospitality sector reopened and the number of deaths from Covid-19 continued to fall. But the SNP leader once again urged Scots to "keep the heid" as she admitted to being nervous as the single biggest easing of lockdown restrictions in four months took place.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterScotland has recorded no new deaths from coronavirus for the seventh day in a row, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced.The latest figures were revealed as the country took a key step out of lockdown today, with pubs and restaurants opening indoors for the first time.Attractions such as cinemas and museums have also been reopening, while long queues have been waiting at the country's barber

Nicola Sturgeon said the opening of pubs indoors was the “highest risk” since exiting lockdown began and encouraged those going to the pub to “do so carefully”.Speaking as Scotland celebrated a sixth day with no deaths from the virus, she said: “I think we all know where alcohol is being taken, sometimes our inhibitions are lower ... we behave in a way we wouldn’t normally do, getting closer to people.

Sturgeon has blasted reported UK Government plans to hold on to a key economic lever after the Brexit transition period.It has been claimed Prime Minister Boris Johnson will not devolve control over ‘state aid’, which allows Governments to subsidise companies.The First Minister tweeted this morning: “This would be a full scale assault on devolution - a blatant move to erode the powers of the Scottish Parliament in key areas.

Nicola Sturgeon has paid tribute to Scots comedy legend Johnny Beattie after his death at the age of 93.

Alex Salmond probe has told a top civil servant she will be invited to give evidence next month. Leslie Evans, who Salmond personally singled out for criticism in the debacle, has also been asked about communications between herself and Nicola Sturgeon.

Alex Salmond trial.Craig Murray, a former UK ambassador to Uzbekistan, attended two days of the case in March, and wrote about it on his website.The former first minister was later cleared at the High Court in Edinburgh of 13 sexual assault charges involving nine women.Get all the top Scottish politics news sent straight to your Inbox by signing up to our Politics newsletter.We cover Holyrood, Westminster and local councils, with a current focus on how our governments are handling the

Dumfries and Galloway will be lifted today.Travel curbs were retained in parts of the region last Friday after a "cluster" of Covid-19 cases was discovered.Twelve people were confirmed to have been infected.