Top civil servant to be asked to give evidence to Alex Salmond probe inquiry next month

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

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

Amber Heard’s younger sister Whitney is due to take centre-stage today at Johnny Depp’s High Court libel battle with The Sun.Whitney Henriquez will enter the witness box this afternoon to support her sister’s claims of being violently abused during her troubled marriage to Depp.Ms Henriquez was in the middle of one of the hotly-contested allegations of domestic violence in March 2015, when Heard claims she and her sister were attacked by Depp at their LA penthouse.The actor insists he was not

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.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterCivil rights lawyer L. Chris Stewart is partnering with eOne to develop a new docuseries titled Burden of Justice. The series aligns with Stewart’s expertise as it will chronicle his pursuit of justice for George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Rayshard Brooks, and other high profile police brutality cases.The series dives deep into the fight for civil rights with Stewart leading the charge.

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.

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,

An actor is set to tell the High Court in London that she was “misquoted” in an article which labelled Johnny Depp (57) a wife beater.

Johnny Depp a wife beater.Mr Depp, 57, is suing The Sun's publisher News Group Newspapers (NGN) and its executive editor Dan Wootton over an April 2018 article which alleged he was violent towards ex-wife Amber Heard, 34, during their tumultuous relationship.Katherine Kendall, 50, an advocate for the #MeToo movement who publicly accused Harvey Weinstein of harassing her in the 1990s, is expected to explain how annoyed she was that the article was presented as if she was “endorsing” a comparison

A #MeToo activist who says she was targeted by disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is due to give evidence today in the Johnny Depp libel trial.Actress Katherine Kendall says she was harassed and chased around her apartment by Weinstein in 1993, but did not speak out for 25 years for fear of being “blackballed” in Hollywood.She is due to give evidence at the High Court in London this afternoon, in the latest stage of the Depp libel fight against The Sun for branding him a ‘wife beater’.Ms

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.

The Deadline Team (Press Association) Winona Ryder and Vanessa Paradis will no longer be called to give evidence in Johnny Depp’s libel claim against The Sun over an article that labeled him a “wife beater”, the High Court has heard.Depp’s former partners were due to appear via video link this week, but the actor’s barrister David Sherborne told the court Depp’s legal team had decided there is no need to hear from them.The Hollywood star, 57, is suing the tabloid’s publisher News Group

Johnny Depp was subjected to a “recurring cycle” of verbal and physical abuse by Amber Heard, the actor's bodyguard has told the High Court.

Amber Heard was the “antagoniser” in her relationship with Johnny Depp, often “goading” and attempting to provoke the actor, the High Court has heard.The couple argued “like schoolchildren”, with rows starting from “banal beginnings” before escalating, according to the actor's former estate manager.The evidence came ahead of Mr Depp's ex-fiancee Winona Ryder giving evidence in support of the actor’s sensational libel claim against The Sun.

Actress Winona Ryder is due to give evidence today in support of ex-fiance Johnny Depp in his High Court libel battle with The Sun newspaper.The Stranger Things star, 48, was engaged to Depp for three years in the early 1990s, and she has already come to his defence over allegations of domestic violence.Depp, 57, is locked in a blockbuster court fight with The Sun’s publishers, News Group Newspapers, after the star was dubbed a ‘wife beater’ in a 2018 article by executive editor Dan Wootton.The

coronavirus, Boris Johnson is set to announce later today.The new legislation has divided the government and will not come into force until Friday, July 24 – raising fears over the virus spreading in the next 10 days.It comes more than a week after Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish first minister, announced face coverings would be compulsory in shops in Scotland – rules which came into force on Friday (July 10).As The Guardian reports, only 36% of people in the UK currently wear a face mask in

lockdown restrictions. All Under One Banner said it plans to restart the massive demonstrations as the country moves into the final phase of plans to ease lockdown.