The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)

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“I sought at every stage in this issue to act with integrity and in the public interest. As I have previously made clear, I did not consider that I had broken the code, but these findings are official, definitive and an independen­t adjudicati­on of that”

- First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon welcomes the conclusion of an independen­t inquiry that she did not breach the ministeria­l code.

“If there is one thing that is worth stressing it’s that on the Continent right now you can see sadly there is a third wave under way. People in this country should be under no illusions that previous experience has taught us that when a wave hits our friends, it washes up on our shores as well. I expect that we will feel those effects in due course” - Boris Johnson warns Britain must brace for another wave of coronaviru­s infections

being imported from Europe as cases rise on the Continent.

“I believe the events of yesterday were hijacked by extremists, people who were determined to commit criminal damage, to generate very negative sentiment about policing and to assault our brave officers... The officers were incredibly patient, incredibly profession­al and I pay tribute to them” - Andy Marsh, chief constable of Avon and Somerset Police, condemns the scenes that marred a “Kill the Bill” protest in Bristol. “It’s the largest mass detention of an ethnic or religious group since the Second World War and I believe one thing is clear – the internatio­nal community cannot simply look the other way” Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announces sanctions on Chinese officials over human rights abuses in Xinjiang.

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