Scotland’s national clinical director did not retain any informal, one-to-one messages relating to management of the pandemic but denies deleting WhatsApps daily in a “pre-bed ritual”, an inquiry has heard.
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A fatal accident inquiry will be held into the death of an 11-day-old baby at a hospital which faced a police probe. Newborn Sophia Smith died on April 11 2017
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Scotland’s chief medical officer told colleagues to delete WhatsApp messages “at the end of every day” during the pandemic, the Covid inquiry has heard. Professor Sir Gregor Smith’s has added
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A 13-year-old boy died after being deliberately pushed into a river in South Wales in July 2019 in a “dangerous prank”, a coroner has found. Assistant coroner David Regan gave
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The death of a teenager who took her own life in prison could have been prevented, says her family. On Friday, an inquest jury in Warrington concluded that Annelise Sanderson,
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All of Nicola Sturgeon’s WhatsApp messages sent and received during the pandemic have been deleted, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has heard. The former first minister (pictured) has previously said she
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Lives could have been saved in care homes in Scotland if it was not for the confusion caused by guidance issued in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, it
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The Scottish Government appeared to make “exactly the same mistakes twice” when dealing with the pandemic in 2020, an inquiry has heard. Professor Paul Cairney questioned whether the Government learned
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A teenage inmate found hanging in her cell was “happy and bubbly” weeks after she was identified as at risk of suicide or self-harm, an inquest jury has heard. Annelise
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A Covid bereaved group has called on the Scottish and UK governments to tell the “truth” about the early days of the Covid lockdown in Scotland, ahead of the UK
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