People have been urged not to call 999 due to a 'technical fault' that is impacting emergency services across the UK.
06.06.2023 - 20:37 / dailyrecord.co.uk
First Minister Humza Yousaf is facing legal action over the release of WhatsApp messages to the covid inquiry, the Sunday Mail can reveal.
Solicitors acting for bereaved families have demanded that the communications of his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon, clinical director Jason Leitch and other key government figures are handed over. The messages of disgraced former chief medical officer Catherine Calderwood – who had to quit early in the pandemic over travel to a second home – are also wanted.
It comes after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak launched an unprecedented legal battle to avoid having to disclose unredacted WhatsApps to a UK inquiry. The Scottish Government last night refused to confirm whether it had released a similar cache of messages from personal accounts and would only state information was being provided “wherever possible”.
Aamer Anwar, lead solicitor for the Scottish Covid Bereaved group, said: “This doublespeak needs to end. Have the WhatsApps and diaries been handed over or not? We will take whatever legal action is necessary to make sure all relevant WhatsApps, diaries and other digital communications such as Signal messages from key Scottish Government ministers and officials are provided.
“We need immediate clarity on what has been requested and what has been given. Just as is happening with the UK inquiry, the Scottish inquiry must demand full unredacted disclosures and we will be working to ensure that is the case.”
The demands from the families is contained in a letter to the chair of the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry, Lord Brailsford. Calls for access to the personal WhatsApp accounts of ministers have come after leaked messages from former UK health secretary Matt Hancock appeared to show covid policy
People have been urged not to call 999 due to a 'technical fault' that is impacting emergency services across the UK.
Humza Yousaf halted his address to the SNP conference after he was heckled by a member of the audience.
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