it s wednesday, 31st january. our main story. scotland s former first minister, nicola sturgeon is due to give evidence about the decisions she took during the pandemic, when she appears before the covid inquiry today. ms sturgeon, who led the scottish response to the coronavirus outbreak is expected to face questions surrounding lockdowns, and missing whatsapp messages as the inquiry continues sitting in edinburgh. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. 1,044 positive cases were reported yesterday. nicola sturgeon was at the helm throughout scotland s pandemic response. as head of the scottish government, she was the key decision maker and first in the firing line when things went wrong. we will have made mistakes on all aspects of the handling. now about to be questioned on that handling and how decisions the truth, the whole truth. the former first minister s closest political ally amongst those who admitted texts between the pair no longer exist. are those t
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good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. scotland s former first minister nicola sturgeon fought back tears at the uk covid inquiry in edinburgh, admitting that at times she d felt overwhelmed during the pandemic. she rejected claims that the decisions she made were politically motivated to try to advance the cause of independence. ms sturgeon also admitted deleting whatsapp messages from her phone. outside the inquiry some of those bereaved during the pandemic accused nicola sturgeon of crocodile tears. our scotland editor, james cook, reports from edinburgh. in the darkest hours of the pandemic, many people in scotland turned to nicola sturgeon. now, the country has questions for her. i do solemnly. the former first minister described the early days of covid to the inquiry in strikingly personal terms. i was the first minister when the pandemic struck. there is a large part of me that wishes i hadn t been. but i was, and i wanted to be the best first minister i co
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