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The First Minister was found to have misled parliament by a Holyrood inquiry that also raised concerns about the actions of a senior civil servant.

More than 1,500 people were evacuated from the Derbyshire town in August 2019.

Socioeconomic deprivation was associated with younger age at death with dementia, researchers found.

Isle of Wight cat Jess has been reunited with his owners after going missing in 2007.

The judge said it would not be in the public interest to order a retrial.

Half of adults do not always check the use-by date and three quarters have knowingly eaten food past its safe time limit, a poll found.

The stamp duty holiday was originally due to end on March 31 but it was extended in early March.

The Health Secretary said that ‘no final decision’ has been taken amid a review into vaccination passports.

Deaths involving coronavirus have fallen by 28.7% over a week, the Office for National Statistics said.

The motion brought by the Scottish Conservatives was defeated by 65 votes to 31 with 27 abstentions.

A minute’s silence will be held at midday to remember those who have died from the virus.

David Solomon said he took complaints ‘very seriously’ in a leaked presentation describing sleep deprivation and 100-hour working weeks.

The coronavirus regulations ban foreign holidays but an exemption allows travel related to the purchase, sale, letting or rental of a home.

The Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints has published its report.

Secretary of State Brandon Lewis will table a regulation giving him the power to direct Stormont’s Health Department to commission services.

Ordinarily, Taylors Bulbs in Holbeach harvests around 2.5 million cut daffodil flowers per year.

The cinema chain, which also owns the Picturehouse franchise, said it expects to reopen screens and has signed a deal with Warner Bros on streaming.

The Jewish Community Council of North London prepared food parcels for thousands of people ahead of the religious holiday.

From harrowing images to rays of hope.

Scottish Labour’s deputy leader, Jackie Baillie, said the leaks from the inquiry into the handling of complaints were ‘particularly bad’.