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No evidence that fines reduced Covid cases in Scotland, police adviser says

A policing expert has slammed Priti Patel’s claims that fining people for lockdown breaches helped stop virus’s spread

Were vital Covid WhatsApps deleted to avoid Freedom of Information rules?

Evidence seen by the inquiry shows senior Scottish figures reminding each other to delete communications

Medical chief who broke lockdown rules excused from Covid inquiry evidence

Catherine Calderwood won’t give evidence on the Scottish government’s Covid response ‘due to ill health’

‘Hope this isn’t FOI-able?’ Scottish health chief defends deleting WhatsApps

Exchanges among Scotland’s top medical advisers have shed more light on controversial advice to clear chat logs

Scotland ‘waited too long’ to test patients discharged to care homes for Covid

Care home deaths soared as Holyrood took two months to introduce testing for outgoing hospital patients, inquiry hears

Limits of devolution and austerity were ‘lethal’ for Scotland during pandemic

UK Covid inquiry heard how Scottish workers suffered due to cuts that left public services ‘ill-equipped’ for crisis

Baby hospitalised six times due to damp and mould in London flat

Lambeth Council will now review the ‘hazardous’ conditions the family has been ‘trapped’ in