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
as israel s bombardment continues. it comes as a watered down un security council resolution for more aid to be allowed into gaza has been criticised for not going far enough. israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has thanked the us for abstaining at the un security council and reiterated tojoe biden that the war will continue until all the objectives are met. lucy williamson reports. in gaza, this is the new normal. drone strikes in the border town of rafah, emptying the local market. 17 year old joe, filming on his phone, still clutching his bag of shopping and calling on god for protection. america has blocked un calls for a ceasefire. israel says it needs to keep fighting to keep up the pressure on hamas. if you want a ceasefire, that, from israel s perspective, can only happen with the release of hostages. as you know, hamas continues to hold over 100 hostages. there s a chance, because they want that ceasefire, they need that ceasefire, they will agree to the ho
have you harmed yourself today at all? an increasing proportion of 999 calls to the police relate to a mental health crisis. have you tried to take your own life before? she s saying she can t breathe. this is wrong, man, this is wrong. and now the metropolitan police commissioner has made it clear that from september his officers won t attend mental health incidents unless there s a risk to life. in a letter to health and care agencies, sir mark rowley says londoners are being failed by sending police officers, not medical professionals, to those in mental health crisis and expecting them to do their best in circumstances where they re not the right people to be dealing with the patient. some of the national analysis suggests that the work going on across the country where police officers dealing with mental health is the equivalent capacity that could deal with 500,000 victims of domestic violence. the suggestion that officers will refuse to attend many calls relating to ps