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its wednesday, 31st january. our main story. scotlands 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 ...

players in seven years but all of them have been incredible, supportive and a good environment. so, i have everything and ifeel good and of course, one day is going to finish and i dont think about that right now. the quarterfinal line up at the africa cup of nations is almost complete. the final game of the round of 16 is under way — with world cup semi—finallists morocco taking on south africa. 0—0 there from san pedro. earlier, mali beat burkina faso 2—1 to make the last eig...

ruled that donald trumps role injan 6th riot at the us capitol meant he was ineligible to run for office again. the ruling referred to clause 3 of the 14th amendment of the us constitution that prohibits anyone who has engaged in insurrection or rebellion from holding elected office. the supreme court has since taken up that case. and before them in support of colorado is a brief signed by twenty—five historians, all of them experts on the civil war and reconstruction. in their submi...

conditions and for some of us wintry showers as well. we are in this cold air mass, the wind coming in from the arctic. that is the picture for the arctic. that is the picture for the next few days, but notice these yellow colours waiting in the wings and that will sweep in during the end of the week. but now still quite a lot of clout in the east midlands and anglia and a few rain and showers coming out of that and more snow showers coming in, even to lower levels, in scotland, northe...

good afternoon, welcome to the bbc news channel. a serving metropolitan police officer has admitted hes a serial rapist who carried out sex attacks over almost two decades. pc david carrick, a member of the diplomatic protection squad, has pleaded guilty to 49 offences, including 2a counts of rape. the met has apologised to his victims, after it emerged it missed warnings about his behaviour over a long period of time. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, has more. david carrick...

The South African has led Bath into the Premiership final against Northampton.

The pressure is all on the province as Northampton Saints look to spoil the party in Dublin.

The scrum-half was instrumental to Leinster building what transpired to be an unassailable lead – just about.

Leinster will face Toulouse or Harlequins at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on May 25th.

Leinster will face Toulouse or Harlequins at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on May 25th.