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in november 2020 in scotland. the second lockdown in scotland came when the alpha variant came along. so i don t accept that our eye was off the ball. i think we were taking difficult decisions, reaching difficult decisions, reaching difficult balances, in the best way that we possibly could. and i think the evidence, overall, is that while our response was far from. far from avoiding all of the horrible, horrendous harm that was done, i would say an assessment of the outcomes, overall, suggests that while our approach was far from perfect, it actually managed to mitigate some harm that perhaps wasn t mitigated in some other places. wasn t mitigated in some other laces. ., ,,., wasn t mitigated in some other laces. ., ~ wasn t mitigated in some other laces. ., ., , places. professor mark woolhouse states that the places. professor mark woolhouse states that the start places. professor mark woolhouse states that the start of places. professor mark woolhouse states ....
scotland at that point. spain had been particularly high. that was the reason for our initial decision. spain had taken, i think, further steps to suppress the virus. it was coming there. i am not sure whether at this point cases were, there was even the indication yet of cases starting to rise in scotland. these were decisions that involved her changing data, the data that was often changing on a daily basis. flan often changing on a daily basis. can we look at page two, please? and in this regard, we look at page two, please? and in this regard, again, doctor smith says this regard, again, doctor smith says that this regard, again, doctor smith says that he asked for review on the robustness says that he asked for review on the robustness of this data for spain. there robustness of this data for spain. there has robustness of this data for spain. there has been a remarkable change in the there has been a remarkable change in the pain there has been a rema ....
now, tax experts tell us there are grounds to investigate companies connected with mr barrowman for fraud. | doug loves fine art, fast cars, i and the better things in life. there s no consequences for him. he s just going to keep doing it again and again. so will doug barrowman now face more scrutiny by hmrc? also tonight. nurses, teachers, civil servants, train drivers, midwives, all in their tens of thousands, strike in northern ireland where, without government at stormont, pay is falling behind the rest of the uk. we ll ask the dup s gregory campbell mp why, with the midnight deal for a powersharing agreement looming tonight, his party is still dead against? and to sinn fein sjohn o dowd is the good friday agreement now under threat? beijing calls taiwan s new president, william lai, a trouble maker and a dangerous separatist . his new de facto ambassador to the uk gives newsnight his first interview. we are working to make sure that china believes the cost is ....
are trapped beneath rubble after monday s powerful earthquake. ukraine suffers another intense night of russian bombardment, leaving at least five people dead. ukraine s air defence claims 35 drones were shot down. the uk government says it has met a promise to clear a large part of the backlog of asylum claims with more than 112,000 cases processed last year. 0n terrified today, has the government creo the legacy asylum backlog? we ve been looking at the numbers and it s a lot more complicated than ministers have claimed. hello, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. five japanese coast guard crew have been killed in a collision between their plane and a japan airlines passenger jet at tokyo s haneda airport. dramatic tv pictures showed the airbus a350 passenger plane ablaze as it travelled at speed down the runway. all 379 passengers and crew were evacuated safely, before the plane was completely engulfed i ....
thanks forjoining us. we begin in ukraine where a fresh air attack on kyiv has left at least one dead and a further three injured. the city s mayor vitali klitschko says around 20 russian explosive drones had been eliminated but that a fresh wave is heading towards the capital. russia has stepped up its attacks on kyiv over the past month, using barrages of drones and missiles in an attempt to overwhelm the city s defences. this latest attack comes as one of the country s most senior security officials says ukraine is ready to begin it s long awaited counter offensive. oleksiy danilov, the secretary of ukraine s national security and defence council, has been speaking exclusively to our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. this is what s left of bakhmut in eastern ukraine. images filmed by russian forces of the ruins they now largely control. mercenaries from the wagner group claim they re withdrawing, being replaced by regular russian troops. but ukraine insists ....