Covid inquiry: Vaughan Gething used disappearing messages
The health minister and senior officials cleared messages, the Welsh session of the inquiry hears. Source link
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Covid inquiry: Disappearing messages used by health minister during Covid, inquiry hears – BBC News
Covid inquiry: Disappearing messages used by health minister during Covid, inquiry hears – BBC News BreakingBreaking news Close breaking news Summary The UK Covid-19 inquiry has arrived in Cardiff and will scrutinise the Welsh government’s handling of the pandemic The inquiry covers decision-making during the pandemic by the UK government and the devolved governments in … Read more
UK Covid inquiry: Nicola Sturgeon's Covid WhatsApp messages 'all deleted'
An inquiry hears the former first minister’s messages were removed during “routine tidying up” of inboxes. Source link
Covid inquiry: Read the private WhatsApp messages from inside Downing Street
“Meltdown”, “liar”, “embarrassing” – messages lay bare Downing Street divisions during the pandemic. Source link
Read the private Covid WhatsApp messages from inside Downing Street
As the second Covid winter wave built, messages appear to show Mr Johnson’s faith was faltering in the ability of lockdowns to control the virus. On 15 October 2020, Mr Johnson said he was “rocked” by analysis that the average age of those dying was over 80, adding: “That is above life expectancy. So get … Read more
Humza Yousaf denies deleting pandemic WhatsApp messages
The FM says ministers “past and present” must co-operate fully with Scottish and UK Covid inquiries. Source link
Nicola Sturgeon’s Covid WhatsApp messages were deleted – newspaper report
Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon is reported to have deleted messages relating to the pandemic. Source link
The text messages Lucy Letby sent as she murdered babies
Text messages sent by Lucy Letby in the hours after she murdered babies on a neonatal unit were a key part of the evidence against her. They show how she messaged colleagues after she had killed babies, often informing them of the deaths. In turn, she received sympathy and concern. The texts show how she … Read more
PM ‘not worried’ about Covid inquiry seeing messages
BBC political editor Chris Mason asked Rishi Sunak if the government was challenging the full release of messages between ministers and officials during the pandemic, to the Covid inquiry, because he was worried about something embarrassing him. The PM said: “Not at all”. He said it was “right that we learn the lessons of Covid” … Read more
Matt Hancock: Eight government WhatsApp Covid messages revealed
Helen Whately, who was social care minister at the time, travelled 50 miles to a Covid test centre so a relative could be tested in September 2020, according to the Telegraph. There were restricted numbers of home testing kits and the public had to book a slot at a testing centre, where they could swab … Read more