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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 resp...

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 don't 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 eight, which sets up a clash with hosts ivory coast on saturday to make the semi—finals. south korea...

ruled that donald trump's 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 submission they write, that, contemporary evidence from the decision—makers who sponsored, backed, and...

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, northern ireland and north west england. in that the temperatures are only two to three degrees. this even...

good afternoon, welcome to the bbc news channel. a serving metropolitan police officer has admitted he's 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 serial rapist and violent sexual predator, who for 20 years or a police uniform. in his priva...