Covid inquiry has no plan to sanction Boris Johnson over missing messages Bereaved families have called for action against the former prime minister, who claims he can’t unlock his old phone
Hospitals had to upgrade ‘inadequate’ oxygen machines at height of pandemic “Major engineering and structural changes” were made to improve equipment when Covid hit, a health expert has said
Results of pandemic planning exercises kept secret from local councils Local government chief says sharing results of national exercises would have ‘changed what we were doing’ during Covid
No one told me about pandemic risks, says former NI deputy Michelle O’Neill Former health minister was ‘unaware’ of high influenza risk to Northern Ireland – or of departmental risk register
Thousands of couples face ‘humiliating’ Home Office sham marriage checks The government is also facing legal action over its automated system that decides which couples are investigated
Was Westminster to blame for gaps in Northern Ireland’s pandemic planning? Arlene Foster says UK government should have ‘stepped in’ – but others disagree about scale and cause of problems
Revealed: University blocked questions over royal archive controversy Press officers were told to “ignore” enquiries about the Mountbatten diaries, saying: “Let the answerphone get it”