Nicola Sturgeon 'misled' Holyrood over Alex Salmond meeting Scottish Parliament Inquiry rules

Jennifer Metcalfe has candidly opened up on co-parenting her son Daye with her ex Greg Lake and how she plans to have more children. Hollyoaks actress Jennifer, 38, ended her eight year relationship with Greg in 2020. Announcing the news in August 2020, Jennifer wrote on her Instagram page: "Greg and I decided to part ways amicably a couple months ago.

Prince Harry has said he and his wife Meghan Markle were "brought together for a reason" as he discussed their "commitment to a life of service".The Duke of Sussex, 37, also acknowledged he and his wife Meghan, 40, "come from very different backgrounds" as they collected a joint award together. Harry and Meghan were special guests at the Images Awards, where they were honoured the the NAACP President's Awards to mark their "distinguished public service".

 Saturday Night Live in a move away from the show’s traditional opening sketch.The Chorus, who were founded in 1949 as a way for Ukrainian immigrants to “preserve and cultivate the rich musical heritage of Ukraine”, were introduced by SNL regulars Cecily Strong and Kate McKinnon at the show’s opening.Ukraine has officially severed diplomatic ties with Russia and declared martial law after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an attack on the neighbouring nation on February 24.The Chorus went on to perform an emotive rendition of ‘Prayer For Ukraine’, which you can watch below.After that, the show went on to reveal a set of candles in the shape of the word ‘Kiev’, Ukraine’s capital, which is still currently under siege.“Prayer for Ukraine” performed by Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York pic.twitter.com/5pi2l1Olpx— Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) February 27, 2022198 Ukrainians – including three children – have been killed at the time of writing, according to Health Minister Viktor Liashko. A further 1,115 people have reportedly been wounded, including 33 children (via Al Jazeera).

Kanye West looks to be in the studio with Baltimore dream pop duo Beach House.Beach House – Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally – are currently on a US tour behind new double album ‘Once Twice Melody’, playing Madison, Wisconsin and St. Paul, Minnesota this weekend.Taking to Instagram yesterday (February 26), Kanye shared a pair of photos of him in the studio with the duo, which have since been confirmed as legitimate by John Cunningham, a producer on ‘DONDA 2’, say Stereogum.It’s not clear whether the photos were actually taken yesterday or if the acts were in the studio together in the past, but Ye appeared to be wearing the same outfit in the studio photos and an Instagram Live that same day.See the photos below.A post shared by ye (@kanyewest)A post shared by ye (@kanyewest)Meanwhile, Kanye has updated his bespoke Stem Player platform to add 12 new songs to ‘DONDA 2’, bringing it up to a current total of 16 tracks.

Kodak Black has shared an official music video for his new track ‘On Everything’, lifted from his recently released album.Black dropped his new LP ‘Back For Everything’ on Friday (February 25), featuring the single ‘On Everything’. He shared a music video for the track to mark its release, in which we see Black rapping in a white suit, surrounded by a flashy car and private plane.

Metallica have played their first show of the year, kicking off 2022 with a performance at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.The show took place on Friday night (February 25), opened by support acts Ice Nine Kills and Greta Van Fleet. Metallica charged through a 16-song setlist, comprising classic cuts including ‘Ride The Lightning’, ‘Moth Into Flame’, ‘Nothing Else Matters’ and ‘Enter Sandman’, among others.Fan-filmed footage of the performance captured some fiery moments, as the band set off fitting pyrotechnics for the songs ‘Fuel’ and ‘Moth Into Flame’.

Spider-Man actor Kirsten Dunst has said she isn’t ruling out a return for her Mary Jane to the Marvel franchise.The actor played Mary Jane Watson opposite Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker in three Spidey movies: Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man (2002), Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007).The most recent Spider-Man movie, No Way Home, features three web-slinging heroes, with Tom Holland joined by predecessors Andrew Garfield and Maguire for a cameo appearance. Which is exactly why Dunst doesn’t see why her Mary Jane couldn’t appear in a future film.She told Deadline: “There’s still time.

LCD Soundsystem were the musical guests on last night’s (February 26) episode of Saturday Night Live – watch them play ‘Thrills’ and ‘Yr City’s A Sucker’ below.The band last played the show in 2017, when they were promoting their last album, ‘American Dream’, and were joined by John Mulaney as host on the latest episode of the show.For their performance, the band played two tracks from their 2005 self-titled debut album.Watch the performances of ‘Thrills’ and ‘Yr City’s A Sucker’ below.Elsewhere, LCD Soundsystem have announced a series of concert residencies in Philadelphia and Boston this spring.The band will perform four shows at Franklin Music Hall in Philadelphia from March 28-31, followed by four shows at new Boston venue Roadrunner from April 3-5. The two sets of shows will mark the band’s first live dates of 2022.In November 2021, LCD Soundsystem began their Brooklyn Steel residency, where the band were scheduled to play a run of 20 gigs in New York City.The news arrived just a few months after frontman James Murphy said that the band were “on a full hiatus”.Their first gig since 2018 took place November 23 and saw the band cover Joy Division’s ‘No Love Lost’ alongside tracks from across their back catalogue.

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Kenny MacAskill said Nicola Sturgeon's party had "failed to achieve a majority" at the last Holyrood elections in 2016 and it was now time for other pro-independence parties to step up. The MP for East Lothian quit the SNP yesterday to join the newly launched Alba Party, which will be led by Alex Salmond and is aiming to win MSPs at May's election via the list vote.

newly launched Alba Party and today insisted they were not competing for the same voters at May's Holyrood election. She described Salmond as a "disgruntled ex-first minister" and said people likely to vote for the Greens were a "totally different demographic" than supporters of Alba.

Alex Salmond's new Alba Party was an attempt to "game the system" in favour of Scottish independence. Douglas Ross is calling on Scottish Labour and the Scottish Liberal Democrats to form a "pro-UK anti referendum coalition" if possible in a bid to stop pro-independence parties winning a majority at Holyrood.

Alex Salmond's return to politics The former SNP leader confirmed he will be standing for the Alba Party on the North East regional list section in May's Scottish Parliament election.Launching the new party in an online event on Friday, the former SNP leader said: "Today Alba are hoisting a flag in the wind, planting our Saltire on a hill. In the next few weeks we will see how many will rally to our standard." The launch comes after a turbulent period for the SNP and the Scottish Government, led by Mr Salmond's successor Ms Sturgeon.

Kenny MacAskill is "somewhat of a relief" after he quit to join the newly-formed Alba Party. Alex Salmond launched his latest political project on Friday as a means to create a "supermajority" of pro-independence supporters in Holyrood.

Janey Godley says she is launching her own political party after former First Minister Alex Salmond announcing that he is launching pro- Independence party Alba. Janey who has been the unofficial voiceover of Nicola Sturgeon's coronavirus briefings throughout the pandemic announced her intentions in a video on her Twitter channel.

community. There were pockets of bloggers and Salmond supporters who aired their support for the former First Minister, however on the whole the feedback was quite negative.

new party - the Alba Party. The Former First Minister will lead the Alba Party, which will field at least four candidates in the regional lists.

Get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our Criminal Record newsletter.Alex Salmond has suggested there are routes to independence other than the legally-backed second referendum favoured by Nicola Sturgeon.Salmond, who quit the SNP when he faced sexual assault charges of which he was later cleared, said the aim of his new party was to work towards a “successful, socially just, environmentally responsible, independent country”.The former First Minister said his new party would help create a ‘supermajority” for independence at Holyrood and stop SNP votes being wasted on the regional list.He said: "A parliament speaking for the people would give Scotland the upper hand in negotiations".He insisted that

2pm amid hopes by pro-independence allies he will stand as a Holyrood candidate. Salmond is no longer in the SNP after falling out with Nicola Sturgeon and political observers have been wondering about his next move.Other pro-independence parties are contesting the election and Salmond would be a prize catch as candidate.

Alex Salmond trial on his blog. Craig Murray, a former UK ambassador to Uzbekistan, attended two days of Mr Salmond's trial in March 2020, sitting in the public gallery, and wrote about it on his website.

Scotland ’s most senior civil servant.

Janey Godley 's latest video had fans in stitches as she took a swipe at Scots Tory Ruth Davidson. Yesterday, the Tories at Holyrood lodged the motion on the First Minister over her government's botched handling of the complaints against Alex Salmond.

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

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.