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Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock will both face questions from the Covid inquiry (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

What can we expect from the UK and Scottish Covid inquiries?

Matt Hancock
Matt Hancock

Matt Hancock appears to reject expert advice in leaked messages

The cash boost is being delivered by councils in England, Scotland and Wales and aims to provide financial support to around 900,000 households - here’s how to apply.
The cash boost is being delivered by councils in England, Scotland and Wales and aims to provide financial support to around 900,000 households - here’s how to apply.

Thousands of households can now apply for £400 energy bill help

In Scotland there is a severe shortage of care placements and hospitals are operating above capacity. Picture: Jeff Moore/PA Wire
In Scotland there is a severe shortage of care placements and hospitals are operating above capacity. Picture: Jeff Moore/PA Wire

Care homes could free up hospital beds 'tomorrow' with more funding

Norman Mair represented Scotland in both rugby and cricket before becoming an award-winning journalist with The Scotsman
Norman Mair represented Scotland in both rugby and cricket before becoming an award-winning journalist with The Scotsman

Mair's dementia journey charted in new book written by wife Lewine

Care home deaths from Covid will no longer have to be reported to the Crown Office.
Care home deaths from Covid will no longer have to be reported to the Crown Office.

Covid care home deaths will no longer be investigated by prosecutors

There are warnings that hundreds of homes may be forced to close
There are warnings that hundreds of homes may be forced to close

'Hundreds of Scottish care homes face closure due to costs crisis'

Dr Karen Rennie, Programme Leader, PGDip Person-centred Practice (Advancing Care Home Practice), Queen Margaret University
Dr Karen Rennie, Programme Leader, PGDip Person-centred Practice (Advancing Care Home Practice), Queen Margaret University

Person-centred care is the key to success - Dr Karen Rennie

Picture: Callum Bennetts
Picture: Callum Bennetts

Care homes: Link between hospital discharges and Covid outbreaks not ruled out

Care homes in Scotland are set to allow visitors in today for the first time in 2021. (Photo by Hugh Hastings/Getty Images)
Care homes in Scotland are set to allow visitors in today for the first time in 2021. (Photo by Hugh Hastings/Getty Images)

Care homes in Scotland are set to allow visitors in for the first time in 2021

Testing is set to be expanded
Testing is set to be expanded

Routine coronavirus testing to be rolled out to more industries

Hollie Sutherland, with her mother Verona.
Hollie Sutherland, with her mother Verona.

Families of disabled Scots feel 'ignored' by visiting rules

Sites planned for Kinross and Scone will provide a sense of community, with a range of properties in a residential village offering senior Scots a sense of comfort, community and safety.
Sites planned for Kinross and Scone will provide a sense of community, with a range of properties in a residential village offering senior Scots a sense of comfort, community and safety.

How the rise of tech-savvy and accessible housing villages looks to empower Scot...

Care Home providers must communicate with the families of residents, Ms Sturgeon said.
Care Home providers must communicate with the families of residents, Ms Sturgeon said.

Nicola Sturgeon: Care homes with Covid-19 outbreaks must tell families of reside...

Lucy Mulvagh, Director of Policy and Communications, Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE)
Lucy Mulvagh, Director of Policy and Communications, Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE)

Ditch the status quo and try a different approach to social care - Lucy Mulvagh

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was under pressure in the Scottish Parliament over the Covid care homes crisis.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was under pressure in the Scottish Parliament over the Covid care homes crisis.

FMQs: Nicola Sturgeon under pressure on care home deaths report

Marionville Court Care Home.
Marionville Court Care Home.

Coronavirus in Scotland: New outbreak at council-run care home in Edinburgh

Michelle Le Prevost, managing director of Cambuslang-based Visioncall and former Black & Lizars MD. Picture: Stewart Attwood
Michelle Le Prevost, managing director of Cambuslang-based Visioncall and former Black & Lizars MD. Picture: Stewart Attwood

Covid-19 sees Cambuslang eye care firm Visioncall undertake major restructure

Care homes will be prioritised for testing. (Photo: Shutterstock)
Care homes will be prioritised for testing. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Care homes will be given free PPE until March under new coronavirus plans

Guthrie House Care Home, Lasswade
Guthrie House Care Home, Lasswade

Care home linked to 13 Covid-19 deaths has 'unsatisfactory' infection control

Jeane Freeman
Jeane Freeman

Care homes to be permitted to welcome outdoor vistiors

A staff member speaks to a care home resident
A staff member speaks to a care home resident

Covid-19 care home inquiry to investigate human rights breach

A Union Jack, Saltire and Flag of Europe fly outside the entrance to the Scottish Parliament (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)
A Union Jack, Saltire and Flag of Europe fly outside the entrance to the Scottish Parliament (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

Will Scottish independence be a step forward, then three back? – Jim Duffy

Nicola Sturgeon has said "straightforward mistakes" could have been made over care homes.
Nicola Sturgeon has said "straightforward mistakes" could have been made over care homes.

Nicola Sturgeon: 'Straightforward mistakes’ possible on care homes

(Photo: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)
(Photo: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Oldham in Greater Manchester is the latest UK area to impose a local lockdown

Concern is growing about "secrecy" surrounding care home deaths.
Concern is growing about "secrecy" surrounding care home deaths.

Secrecy claim about Scotland's care home deaths

The new recovery room for Coronavirus patients at the ERI. Picture: Andy O'Brien
The new recovery room for Coronavirus patients at the ERI. Picture: Andy O'Brien

Cornavirus in Scotland: 6 more Covid-19 deaths bring total to 2,415

Home Farm care home on Skye
Home Farm care home on Skye

Care homes face national review as police investigate Skye deaths

Nicola Sturgeon still agonises over care home testing decision

Karen Murdoch and her mother Margaret
Karen Murdoch and her mother Margaret

Care homes and coronavirus: Could the cure be worse than the disease?

Health Secretary Jeane Freeman during First Minister's Questions at the Scottish Parliament
Health Secretary Jeane Freeman during First Minister's Questions at the Scottish Parliament

Freeman: I’ve ‘not seen guidance’ on care homes

A spokesman for HC-One said: “Our thoughts and sympathies are with the families who have lost loved ones from coronavirus and we are doing our utmost to support them during this difficult time.
A spokesman for HC-One said: “Our thoughts and sympathies are with the families who have lost loved ones from coronavirus and we are doing our utmost to support them during this difficult time.

Sixth resident dies in care home on Scottish island

Prime Minister Boris Johnson during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London. (UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London. (UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor)

Boris Johnson signals coronavirus lockdown will be eased on Monday

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Humza Yousaf speaks after being elected as new SNP party leader
Humza Yousaf speaks after being elected as new SNP party leader

Humza Yousaf faces ‘full in-tray’ as half of Scots think country on wrong path

Humza Yousaf pictured after being elected as the new SNP party leader (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Humza Yousaf pictured after being elected as the new SNP party leader (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Why unionists should not celebrate Yousaf's election as SNP leader

A man drops flowers to a makeshift memorial where baloons and Teddy bears are left on the outside the Covenant School building at the Covenant Presbyterian Church, in Nashville, Tennessee, March 27. -(Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
A man drops flowers to a makeshift memorial where baloons and Teddy bears are left on the outside the Covenant School building at the Covenant Presbyterian Church, in Nashville, Tennessee, March 27. -(Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Three children and three adults killed in Nashville elementary school shooting