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Former senior judge appointed to lead Omagh Bombing Inquiry

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris announced the appointment of Lord Turnbull.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson accuses government of 'frustrating' Covid Inquiry over WhatsApps

The former Prime Minister lashed out at the Government for waging a legal fight - and blocking him, he claims, from giving his unredacted material to the probe

Daily Mirror

Cabinet Office wary of Boris Johnson handing unredacted Covid details to inquiry

A Government lawyer said it would ‘not be appropriate’ to take steps that could lead to legally-contested material being submitted.

The Independent UK

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Dis Life: 'Genocidal quantities of people died of Covid - two-thirds of them were Disabled'

At the beginning of the pandemic, we wondered whether the vulnerability people felt would translate into better empathy for Disabled people. But it didn’t

Daily Mirror

Government 'trusts' Covid Inquiry chair - despite blocking release of crucial WhatsApps

The Cabinet Office has launched a judicial review - estimated to cost well into the six figures - seeking to block the disclosure of message from ex-PM Boris Johnson and key figures to the Covid inquiry

Daily Mirror

Covid Inquiry chair 'could be forced to quit' if ministers win WhatsApp legal battle

Elkan Abrahamson, a lawyer representing bereaved families, said the 'existential struggle' could leave Inquiry chair Baroness Heather Hallett with no choice but to step down if the Government wins its legal battle over disclosure of evidence

Daily Mirror

Fury as ministers threaten to switch off Boris Johnson legal funding over WhatsApp spat

The former PM has caused a huge headache for Rishi Sunak by releasing documents to the Covid Inquiry despite the Government refusing to - and lawyers have reportedly written to him threatening to withdraw his legal support funding

Daily Mirror

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OPINION - Boris Johnson to send unredacted WhatsApp messages to Covid Inquiry

The English language is a famously tricky one to master. French may have its genders and Greek a different alphabet, but no one does irregular verbs like us. Take an example from this week:

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson WhatsApp drama - why it matters and the big problem it poses for Sunak

An ugly legal spat has erupted between the Government and the official Covid-19 inquiry which it set up after officials were ordered to hand over tens of thousands of unedited messages. Here we explain what's happening after days of twists and turns

Daily Mirror

15 bombshell questions Boris Johnson must answer including 'injection with Covid on TV'

Court documents show the Covid-19 Inquiry has asked the ex-PM to answer questions including whether he suggested being injected on TV and whether Matt Hancock should have been sacked

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson fails to hand 16 months of WhatsApps to Covid inquiry from old phone

The former PM was forced to switch phone in April 2021 after it emerged that his personal number had been freely available online for 15 years

Daily Mirror

Government seeks judicial review against Covid Inquiry demands for unredacted WhatsApps from pandemic

Meanwhile Boris Johnson says he is ‘more than happy’ to hand over his messages and notebooks directly

Evening Standard

Government triggers court battle against Covid inquiry after Boris Johnson WhatsApp row

The Cabinet Office was given until 4pm today to hand over a trove of Boris Johnson's WhatsApp messages and notepads to the Covid-19 public inquiry after days of wrangling

Daily Mirror

Deadline looms in Covid inquiry row as Boris Johnson says WhatsApps can be given

The Cabinet Office has confirmed it has received the information from Mr Johnson

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Deadline looms again in Covid inquiry row as Johnson says WhatsApps can be given

The Cabinet Office has confirmed it has received the information from Mr Johnson.

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson hands 'missing' Covid WhatsApp messages to Cabinet Office

The former Prime Minister has handed over unredacted messages and notebooks - and urged Whitehall to give them to Baroness Hallett's Covid-19 Inquiry

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp row descends into farce as senior Tories call for Sunak to end dispute

No 10 forced to deny cover-up in row over demand to hand over ‘irrelevent’ material

Glasgow Live

Prison suicides of two young Glaswegians to be investigated by court

A joint Fatal Accident Inquiry into the deaths of 16-year-old William Brown and Katie Allan, 21, will probe the circumstances that led to them taking their own lives at Polmont Young Offenders Institution.

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The Independent UK

Deadline looms to release Boris Johnson messages in Whitehall Covid inquiry clash

Government faces being dragged to court by own inquiry unless they comply with chair’s demand

The Independent UK

Deadline looms for Covid inquiry reply after Johnson WhatsApp requests

Ministers are under pressure over whether to release unredacted WhatsApp messages and diaries belonging to Boris Johnson to the Covid-19 inquiry.

Daily Record

Scottish Covid Bereaved group calls for Boris Johnson WhatsApps to be released

The Cabinet Office has been threatened with legal action after attempting to resist a request from the official UK Covid-19 Inquiry to see specific materials.

The Independent UK

5 key takeaways from row over Boris Johnson’s Covid inquiry WhatsApps

What did the inquiry want and why wouldn’t the government give it to them?

Evening Standard

Covid inquiry issues legal threat to Cabinet Office over refusal to hand over Boris Johnson WhatsApp messages

Official UK Covid Inquiry threatens legal action over refusal to supply then-Prime Minister’s unedited WhatsApp messages and diaries

The Independent UK

Child sex abuse inquiry chair slams government’s ‘disappointing’ response to recommendations

Plans announced by Suella Braverman ‘will not provide the protection from sexual abuse that our children deserve’, Alexis Jay warns

ABC News

Disgraced Queensland former police commissioner Terry Lewis, who died aged 95, remembered as 'an evil man'

The first serving Australian police commissioner to be knighted was jailed in 1991 for official corruption after being named in the Fitzgerald Inquiry.

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