Nicola Sturgeon blasts Alex Salmond and his 'cronies' as being part of 'old boys' club' peddling conspiracy theories

Victoria Beckham has congratulated her eldest son Brooklyn Beckham on his 23rd birthday – his last one before he marries his fiancée Nicola Peltz later this year.MORE: Victoria Beckham teams up with son Romeo and you should see her PVC trousersTaking to Instagram, the mother-of-four shared a never-before-seen family picture showing her holding Brooklyn as a baby whilst he eats a banana.WATCH: David and Victoria Beckham surprise son Cruz with EPIC birthday cakeThe snap seems to have been taken during a family holiday in an exotic destination, as it shows the mother-and-son duo on the beach, with Victoria looking stunning in a black bikini.READ: Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz get matching treatments ahead of weddingRELATED: Brooklyn Beckham's fiancée Nicola Peltz talks 'falling in love' in emotional update"23 years ago today my life changed forever, I felt a love impossible to explain. Brooklyn, you have no idea how much we all love you.

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Scottish Parliament later today. The Scottish Tories said they will press ahead with a vote in First Minister Nicola Sturgeon after a Holyrood committee found she misled parliament.

See more. Nicola Sturgeon "misled" Parliament over a key aspect of the Alex Salmond debacle, a report of the Holyrood Inquiry has confirmed.

First Minister was published earlier today and concluded there were "serious flaws" in the process. It also reported that Nicola Sturgeon had "misled" the parliament in some of her evidence.

Get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our Criminal Record newsletter.Leslie Evans, the top civil servant in Scotland, has come in for criticism in the Holyrood committee report on the Alex Salmond investigation debacle.The committee report makes clear that the "multiple roles being fulfilled by the Permanent Secretary during the complaints process should have been seen as a risk".Evans is accused by the committee report of "individual failing" over the Government's response to Salmond's judicial review.Labour MSP Jackie Baillie, a member of the Inquiry, said: “The thread that runs through the rushed development of the harassment policy and the flawed implementation of the handling of complaints is

First Minister leaked last week, ruled that she had given an "inaccurate" account of a meeting with her predecessor during her Government’s botched probe into him. Set up in 2019, the Committee has been investigating the SNP Government’s mis-handling of sexual misconduct complaints against Salmond when he was First Minister.Salmond pursued a judicial review and it was agreed the Government probe, which destroyed his friendship with Sturgeon, had been unlawful and tainted by apparent bias.

Alex Salmond row. Sturgeon has faced immense political pressure over her government's unlawful sexual misconduct probe into Salmond.A Holyrood committee inquiry will tomorrow rule she misled parliament over a key aspect of the controversy, but a separate probe by Irish lawyer James Hamilton saw her exonerated.The Tories are planning a vote on Sturgeon tomorrow, but the parliamentary arithmetic looks grim for Douglas Ross' party.Harvie, whose contingent of Green MSPs can effectively determined tight votes, said they would not back the Tories.:“Unlike other political parties we’ve said all along that we would respect due process, we therefore welcome the publication of James Hamilton’s independent report.

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First Minister 's resignation amid accusations she misled parliament about her involvement in the Alex Salmond investigation. It followed a leak that the inquiry into the Government's unlawful investigation into harassment complaints against the former first minister has reportedly concluded that Ms Sturgeon gave an "inaccurate" account of meetings with Mr Salmond.

Alex Salmond ­during the Crown Office’s failed attempt to prosecute him for sexual offences.Official documents revealed the huge cost of Operation Diem.It lasted almost two years and at its height had 14 dedicated officers led by Detective Chief Superintendent Lesley Boal.They carried out 386 interviews and the former first minister was eventually charged with 14 offences – before being cleared of all allegations in the High Court.The £834,000 cost has been revealed in a letter from Police Scotland Chief ­Constable Iain Livingstone to Holyrood’s Public Audit Committee.It states: “A small dedicated team worked on Operation Diem from Fettes Police Station, Edinburgh, between August 2018 and April 2020.“This team was comprised of seven

Nicola Sturgeon’s extreme career highs and lows.In October she could do no wrong, with support for ­Scottish independence soaring to 58 per cent on the back of her ­handling of the pandemic.Now the First ­Minister is facing calls to resign over claims she misled Parliament and a ­committee of MSPs while giving evidence under oath.If the latter charge in relation to her appearance before the Alex Salmond inquiry is proven, it could be more than her job on the line.Supporters will insist the scandal is being overblown by political enemies at Westminster and ­Holyrood determined to scupper Scottish independence.

misled parliament when setting out when she first knew about complaints made against her predecessor, Alex Salmond. The SNP leader is currently being investigated by two separate inquiries, both of which are due to report next week.But leaks from a committee of MSPs - set up to investigate the Scottish Government's botched complaints process - suggest Sturgeon could be found to have misled Holyrood.The First Minister gave evidence to the Inquiry for eight hours earlier this month and she has insisted she stands by her testimony.Now the Tories have given her until Tuesday to quit or face a motion of no confidence.Tory MSP Ruth Davidson said: “If Nicola Sturgeon has a shred of integrity, she should be considering her position.

Nicola Sturgeon has responded directly after it was revealed MSPs concluded she 'misled the 'Holyrood Inquiry into her Government’s botched sexual misconduct probe into Alex Salmond. MSPs on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints Committee voted 5-4 that the First Minister gave an "inaccurate" account of a meeting with her predecessor during the live investigation.

breach of the Ministerial Code - a finding that will pile pressure on Sturgeon to quit.

Scottish Government, appeared in private on Monday.

The unnamed woman said claims by Tory MP David Davis that Liz Lloyd knew of the Government’s Salmond probe in February 2018, or got involved, were “fundamentally untrue”. A Holyrood committee is investigating the SNP Government’s mis-handling of sexual misconduct complaints against Salmond when he was First Minister.

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Alex Salmond. It comes after former Brexit Minister David Davis dropped a bombshell in the House of Commons last night when he revealed he received 'whistleblower' information that said the First Minister knew of the complaints against Salmond in February, not in April like she had stated.

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Douglas Ross said today that a timeline for a vote of no confidence in the First Minister will shortly be announced.The Tory MP insisted the SNP leader had lied to parliament over when she knew about allegations of harassment against Alex Salmond - which if proven would be a breach of the ministerial code - and he would look to oust her in the final weeks of the parliamentary session.Sturgeon referred herself for investigation to the independent adviser on the ministerial code, James Hamilton, who is currently looking into the allegations.Ross said in a speech today: “The evidence against Nicola Sturgeon is overwhelming and mounting up every day.“If we allow her to get away with this, then we say that the truth is worthless in Scottish

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