We will keep shining light in dark corners

The willingness of so many people to sacr i f ice f inancial and pract ical considerations and focus every effort on saving lives has been inspirational.

But there will always be individuals looking to exploit any situation for their own ends.

Meanwhile, governments and their officials will habitually seek to bury failings and direct blame anywhere but on to their own doorsteps.

That is why maintaining a free and fearless newspaper industry is more crucial now than ever.

On Friday, the Sunday Mail was forced into court, where we defeated businessman Michael Haston’s attempted to gag us from revealing his double identity and fraud charges.

He has become a major player in a space project that has received thousands of pounds of public money and has two high profile former politicians on the board.

Shetland Space Centre and the public bodies that have supported it have serious questions to answer.

We will fight for those answers no matter what it takes as Haston – or is it McQueen? – and his lawyers found out.

Today, we have also exposed newsagent Nadeem Anwar and his attempt to cash in on Covid-19 by i l legal ly sel l ing £ 750 antibody tests.

Another exclusive has revealed Scottish Government coronavirus adviser Mark Woolhouse enjoying his island holiday home while ministers warn everyone else making such trips were “reckless”.

It is crucially important that we and other newspapers can continue this vital work shining a light on hypocrisy and wrongdoing.

Like most businesses, the print media is facing an unprecedented challenge in negotiating coronavirus.

For anyone reading this, the good news is you are already doing your bit to support our journalism.

Please don’t stop. We value our readers above all else and we will never stop striving to tell the stories that impact your life.