Nicola Sturgeon suggested she would back 'mediation' over sexual misconduct probe, says Alex Salmond

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.

First Minister, was released after a decision by the parliament’s governing body.It came after an eleventh hour plea by Rape Crisis Scotland not to publish the Salmond submission, which the charity believes could breach a court order.Women who work at Holyrood also mounted a social media campaign for the material not to be put in the public domain.This is a breaking news story - we'll bring you updates, pictures and video as it happens.For the latest news and breaking news visit

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First Minister left a four nations call with the Prime Minister and the leaders of the other devolved administrations to take part in her regular coronavirus broadcast today.With the call between the leaders coming as plans for the easing of lockdown restrictions are being unveiled, the Scottish Tories accused the First Minister of having the wrong priority.A Conservative spokesman said: “It will raise more than a few eyebrows that Nicola Sturgeon’s priority is the BBC briefing over working

Salmond’s submission to the Holyrood Inquiry.A Committee Inquiry is investigating the SNP Government’s mishandling of sexual misconduct complaints against Salmond when he was First Minister.Salmond took the Government to court and it was accepted the internal probe, which destroyed his friendship with Nicola Sturgeon, had been unlawful.Separately, he was acquitted of sexual offences after a trial last year.Salmond’s allies believe Government and SNP figures tried to plot his downfall.The Inquiry

Buffy The Vampire Slayer star Charisma Carpenter has apologised to co-star Eliza Dushku for “not lending her voice” during her sexual misconduct case.Carpenter has been met with support from castmates since accusing Joss Whedon of toxic behaviour on set, including Dushku who played Faith in the series and had previously spoken out about workplace misconduct herself on the set of Bull.Commenting on Dushku’s public post on Instagram, Carpenter wrote: “I owe you an apology.

Spectator magazine.Some MSPs believe the ruling could pave the way for the former first minister’s evidence to the Holyrood Inquiry to be published.The Parliament has so far refused to publish Salmond's submission, which makes direct criticism of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.This is a breaking news story - we'll bring you updates, pictures and video as it happens.For the latest news and breaking news visit dailyrecord.co.ukFollow us on Twitter @Record_Politics and get updates from the team:

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

Jeane Freeman said Scotland should hit its target of vaccinating 400,000 adults a week ahead of schedule this week - but added the programme will then “need to scale back a bit”.A drop in supply across all four UK nations is being caused by work being carried out by Pfizer – the manufacturer of one of the approved vaccines.The company is having to temporarily reduce output as part of an overall effort to increase manufacturing capacity amid worldwide demand for vaccines.Nicola Sturgeon said on

First Minister suggested Parliament could use its powers to ensure he gives evidence after Holyrood declined to publish his submission to MSPs.However, Sturgeon also refused on three occasions to say whether she would resign if she was found to have breached ethics rules over the Salmond scandal.A special Holyrood committee is investigating the way the Scottish Government unlawfully handled sexual misconduct complaints against the former SNP first minister.The fiasco, which cost the taxpayer

SNP in-fighting over the treatment of former leader Alex Salmond erupted again last night over claims he had been reported to the police over an alleged assault.The party’s chief operating officer, Sue Ruddick, said she called the cops over an act of “physical aggression” by Salmond.But Anne Harvey – an assistant to the chief whip for the SNP at Westminster – denied the claims, which she said related to an incident before a by-election in 2008.She said: “I can categorically confirm that there

Peter Murrell about meetings between Salmond and his wife regarding the Government probe into sexual misconduct complaints against the former First Minister.Murrell, who is SNP chief executive, said he “absolutely refuted” Fraser’s claims.A special Holyrood committee is examining how the Scottish Government bungled the handling of sexual misconduct complaints against the former First Minister.Salmond pursued a judicial review and it was accepted the internal Government probe had been unlawful

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

Nicola Sturgeon.The comic said he would be happy to lock lips with the SNP leader, 50, because he thinks she would be a “good laugh” on a night out.And he went one further to reveal that he would marry The Chase’s Anne Hegerty, 62.Jason, 39, said: “I think I’d snog Nicola Sturgeon.“I quite like Nicola Sturgeon. I think she’s neat.

Nicola Sturgeon said her thoughts are with those affected by the spate of incidents in Kilmarnock. We told how three potentially linked incidents, including a reported 'stabbing' in the East Ayrshire town put some areas on lockdown, including Crosshouse Hospital.

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First Minister met with her Scottish Government Cabinet this morning where it was agreed that children in primaries one, two and three should provisionally return to class from the week beginning Monday, February 22. Pre-school nurseries would also reopen at the same time as part of a gradual reopening of the wider schools system.

Nicola Sturgeon said restrictions “are working” as infection levels dip, but in a statement at the Scottish Parliament warned the pandemic is still not under enough control. Sturgeon said: “The current lockdown, including the stay at home except for essential purposes requirement, needs to remain in place until at least the end of February.” Alarm at the spread of mutated covid-19 has forced the whole of the UK to cope with serious restrictions covering all aspects of daily life.

Douglas Ross, the Scottish Conservative leader, will today say that the First Minister is willing to risk Scotland’s economic recovery by ramping up the SNP’s push for another referendum before Christmas The Tory leader will use a speech on Monday to respond to renewed SNP demands for a second re-run vote and the threat to legislate for a referendum without the Section 30 powers from the UK government.Ross hit out at the so-called wildcat referendum plan contained in Constitutional Secretary