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The chair of the COVID inquiry says it is up to her to decide what evidence is "relevant or potentially relevant" amid a legal row with the government over Boris Johnson's WhatsApp messages.

Scotland's transport minister has resigned from the Scottish government due to poor mental health.

Sir Keir Starmer said he will not repeat the mistakes which "decimated" coal mining communities in the 1980s with his plan to phase out new oil and gas drilling.

The government is still being "too slow" to recover taxpayer money lost to fraud and error over the pandemic, MPs have said.

MPs have voted to suspend COVID rulebreaker Margaret Ferrier from the House of Commons for 30 days - which could spark a by-election.