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The new leader of the Scottish National party, Humza Yousaf, and his closest rival for the position, Kate Forbes, have urged party members to stay the course as further accusations of secrecy and financial mismanagement engulf the party. On Tuesday, Yousaf revealed that the SNP’s auditors quit six months ago, a fact none of the leadership contenders were made aware of during the campaign to replace Nicola Sturgeon, raising significant questions about transparency under the former chief executive Peter Murrell. Last Wednesday, Murrell – who is married to Sturgeon – was arrested by police investigating the party’s handling of about…

A federal appeals court has ruled Kentucky must pay more than $270,000 in attorneys’ fees to plaintiffs who sued the state over Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s COVID-19 lockdown policies. Plaintiffs Randall Daniel, TJ Roberts and Sally O’Boyle sued the Beshear administration in 2020 over orders they received to quarantine after they attended an Easter church service. The trio argued the administration had violated their constitutional rights. In a legally complex decision, a federal court granted a preliminary injunction barring the Beshear administration from enforcing its lockdown policies against the churchgoers, and then dismissed the lawsuit against the Beshear administration as…

Joe Biden will hold a meeting with Rishi Sunak in Belfast on Wednesday before a keynote speech in which he is expected to emphasize the US’s commitment to ensuring lasting peace and prosperity for Northern Ireland. US officials said the president would be “underscoring the readiness of the United States to support Northern Ireland’s vast economic potential to the benefit of all communities” with the prospect of major investments if power-sharing is restored in Stormont. It is understood he or Sunak, who will return to Belfast next week for another event involving the former US president Bill Clinton, will hint at a…

Pep Guardiola claimed he was “emotionally destroyed” following Manchester City’s 3-0 win against Bayern Munich in the opening leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie and insisted his team will have to play two good games in order to knock the German side out of the competition. Goals from Rodri, Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland make City favourites to progress from the return at the Allianz Arena next Wednesday, with Thomas Tuchel’s visitors having been overrun by City. Yet Guardiola warned the tie is not over. “It was not comfortable. Emotionally I’m destroyed,” he said. “I have 10 more years today. It…

unior doctors across England have begun a four-day strike that will result in an estimated 350,000 appointments including operations being cancelled. Doctors will mount picket lines outside hospitals from 7am until Saturday morning in a deteriorating dispute over pay. It is the longest industrial action in the health service since nurses, ambulance crews and other health workers took action last year. NHS managers have said patient care is “on a knife-edge” and “very fragile” because of the stoppage by members of the British Medical Association (BMA). The chief executive of the NHS Confederation, Matthew Taylor, said the likely impact of…

President Joe Biden on April 10 signed a measure that ends the COVID-19 national emergency more than three years after it was enacted, the White House announced. HJ Res 7 passed through the Senate on March 29 by a 68-23 margin, with 21 Democrats joining 47 Republicans to support the measure. Four Republicans and five Democrats did not cast a vote—and 23 Democrats voted against the short resolution—which was introduced by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) last month and passed by the House 229-197 on Feb. 1. Eleven Democrats voted against the House measure. The legislation included a simple one-line description…

A senior Labour politician has said the Conservative record on crime and child sexual abuse prosecutions are “legitimate areas for public debate”, as the party released another attack ad focusing on Rishi Sunak’s wife’s non-dom status. The latest advert, featuring another picture of Sunak, reads: “Do you think it’s right to raise taxes for working people when your family benefited from a tax loophole? Rishi Sunak does.” The advert on Twitter, in the same style as the controversial ads on crime last week, adds: “A Labour government would freeze council tax this year, paid for by a proper windfall tax on oil…

Leicester City have turned to Dean Smith in a bid to preserve their Premier League status after appointing the former Aston Villa manager on a short-term contract until the end of the season. Leicester had pinpointed Jesse Marsch as a possible successor to Brendan Rodgers but after talks broke down over the weekend they accelerated talks with Smith, who was sacked by Norwich City in December, after failing to mount a challenge for automatic promotion. Leicester admire Graham Potter but it is understood he is keen to take a break from the game after being sacked by Chelsea. Smith, who will meet the Leicester…

Tony Danker, the boss of the Confederation of British Industry, has been dismissed with immediate effect after an investigation into complaints about his conduct in the workplace. The CBI hired a law firm to investigate him after the Guardian approached the business group about a formal complaint that was made in January, as well a number of alleged informal reports of concerns over his behaviour. The business lobby group said it wanted to make clear that Danker was not the subject of other complaints recently reported by the Guardian. Those other claims by more than a dozen women allege various forms of sexual…

Lawmakers in conservative states are responding to the surge in minors who identify as transgender with legislation banning child sex-change procedures. So far, lawmakers in 12 states have banned child sex-change procedures. Nineteen more states have similar bills moving through the process. Yet, in at least two states—California and Minnesota—lawmakers are building momentum to pass measures designed instead to make it easier for children to “transition” to another gender. The bills would allow law enforcement officers to remove children from homes where their chosen gender is not “affirmed.” Of the 19 states eyeing a ban on so-called “gender-affirming care,” 12…