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
this afternoon, asjens stoltenberg has been discussing the war in ukraine, with the big announcement from him today is that finland will join nato, formallyjoining the alliance on tuesday. that join nato, formally joining the alliance on tuesday. that helps turke in alliance on tuesday. that helps turkey in the alliance on tuesday. that helps turkey in the fight alliance on tuesday. that helps turkey in the fight against, - alliance on tuesday. that helps turkey in the fight against, for- turkey in the fight against, for instance, the pkk, which is regarded as a terrorist organisation by finland and the european union. of course, we work together to fight this type of organisation. it also helps sweden in addressing some of the organised crime that sweden is seeing taking place in its own streets. we know there is a close link between these terrorist organisations and their objectives and organised crime and drug traffic in a country like sweden. i strongly agree that we
Hotels so why not grab a telescope at night and take advantage of the sky and if you look at the nemo. I would find that. Many people are interested in a different type of tourism this is no longer enough just to go and look at places they want to go deeper and have a real experience. Of the raw tourist to travel just to practice astronomy the rest of the trip is extra as if. The Iberian Peninsula offers the best conditions for observation. In addition to its geographic location and climate with a large number of clear nights throughout the year it is sparsely populated in many regions on the one of the earth and the world in central and Northern Europe the settled areas are quite scattered about there are lots of homes and small residential areas between the cities where the and the cities are compact and then there are a lot of unpopulated rural areas between them that means we have super dark skies
and visitors to spain are looking for these very dark very clear skies that have been
Astronomy arguably the first science cultivated by humans is in some danger Light Pollution from cities obscures the stars. And if you go astronomers and astrophysicists were the first to identify the danger of losing the night sky society wasnt aware of the importance of preserving that sky people thought astronomers were the only ones interested for scientific or personal reasons the nine is the most with us as is the end though we may be witnessing the end of dark nights. In the cities are excessively illuminated where you both are not. The observatory is about to move farther and farther away to increasingly remote settings. With the most remote those. Quality of the sky. If you discover in the middle of it some skies look beautiful whats that about the of but its not guaranteed theyll stay that wife is the light and the starlight certifications ensure that there are regulations that will keep the skies so dark that people can enjoy the skies. The Canary Islands is the birthplace o
Scorpio horoscope for today, may 7: Business prospects are goo, especially for those in international trade or service industries. If you want to switch jobs then you can also get good offers. A trip related to any religious place will be pleasurable for you. Attraction towards someone you work with will also increase.