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Scotland launches investigation into deleted pandemic WhatsApp messages

Scotland’s former first minister Nicola Sturgeon told the Covid Inquiry that she and her fellow ministers followed the Scottish Government’s advice to put only the “highlights” of WhatsApp messages into the public record before deleting them – Colin Fisher/Alamy Stock Photo Scotland’s information watchdog has launched an investigation into the mass deletion of WhatsApp messages… Read More »

First cancer vaccine administered in Britain as part of global trial

Scientists are using mRNA technology behind Covid vaccines to create new vaccines that could treat and even cure cancer – E+ The first patients in the UK have been given a revolutionary cancer vaccine as part of a global trial. Scientists are using the mRNA technology behind Covid vaccines to create new vaccines that could… Read More »

Information Commissioner to investigate Scottish Government’s use of WhatsApp

Scotland’s information commissioner is launching an investigation into the Scottish Government’s use of WhatsApp and unofficial messages. Evidence emerging from the UK Covid Inquiry raises “significant enforcement concerns” about the retention of unofficial communications arising from the pandemic, David Hamilton said. Mr Hamilton is the former chairman of the Scottish Police Federation (SPF), whose leadership… Read More »

What is Morgellons disease, the mysterious and controversial condition that Joni Mitchell claims to have?

Joni Mitchell is expected to make her first Grammy performance at the 2024 Grammy Awards on Sunday, February 4. The 80-year-old Canadian singer-songwriter has only made a few live appearances after suffering a brain aneurysm in 2015. Following his hospitalization in 2015, much attention was drawn to Mitchell’s rare condition known as Morgellons disease, which… Read More »

Bollywood actor’s ‘death’ from cervical cancer revealed to be publicity stunt

A scandal broke out in India when it was revealed that Bollywood actress and model Poonam Pandey was still alive after a statement was shared on her Instagram account claiming that she had died of cervical cancer. On Friday, February 2, in a post from Pandey’s official account, which has more than 1.3 million followers,… Read More »

Davina McCall stunned as Masked Singer star revealed to be co-host

The Masked Singer judge Davina McCall was left in shock after it was revealed that the celebrity behind the Dippy Egg costume was her long-term co-host Nicky Campbell. Radio and TV presenter Campbell, 62, has co-hosted with McCall since 2011 the series Long Lost Family, which reunites relatives after years of separation. After Campbell was… Read More »

Sex workers could be pushed into illegal brothels and dangerous street work under new laws, MPs have warned

Campaigners warn the bill is already encouraging a climate of fear and pushing sex workers into more dangerous situations (Getty Images/iStockphoto) A former attorney general and senior politicians have warned that new laws designed to make the internet safer could endanger the lives of sex workers by pushing them into street prostitution. Campaigners have raised… Read More »

Angela Rayner will be Labour’s most powerful minister in government – Keir Starmer must be careful

It’s too early to consider succeeding Starmer, but Rayner may find himself in a stronger position than people think (Getty) Angela Rayner yesterday joined the pragmatic side of the debate over Labour’s green investment plan, describing the £28bn-a-year figure as “arbitrary”. This is important because I thought he might ally himself with Ed Miliband, the… Read More »