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Mya Bollan

Record Rundown: Everything you need to know this lunchtime from Covid news to updates on the Alex Salmond Inquiry

Welcome to this lunchtime's record rundown.

Here are today's biggest stories so far from the latest Covid figures to 'false' and 'untruthful' statements in the Alex Salmond Inquiry.

Nicola Sturgeon confirms five coronavirus deaths in Scotland amid 929 new cases

Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed five people have died overnight after testing positive for coronavirus.

The First Minister also announced 928 new cases of coronavirus in Scotland over the past 24 hours bringing the total number of cases since start of the pandemic to 186,720.

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed the latest covid-19 figures (Getty Images)

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Covid scientists in Wuhan find evidence about how pandemic started

A team of scientists investigating the origins of Covid in China have been given access all areas passes to discover how the pandemic started.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) experts are in Wuhan to to work out what caused the virus that has killed more than two million people in 12 months.

An employee spraying disinfectant at a factory in Wuhan (Getty)

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Nicola Sturgeon's husband accused of giving 'false' and 'untruthful' statements to Alex Salmond Inquiry

Nicola Sturgeon’s husband has been accused of giving “false” and “untruthful” statements to the Alex Salmond Inquiry.

SNP chief executive Peter Murrell was recalled by a committee of MSPs after previously appearing last year.

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Piper leads funeral guard of honour for 'unapologetic Irish Republican' through Glasgow streets

A piper headed a guard of honour for an “unapologetic Irish Republican ” during a funeral service through the streets of Glasgow.

Grandad Billy McPeake - a prominent Republican and Scottish independence activist from the city’s east end - was laid to rest with Scotland and Republic of Ireland flags draped over his coffin.

The funeral procession in Glasgow (UGC)

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Scots student shocked after testing positive for HIV despite taking preventative medication

A man has been left shocked after testing positive for HIV despite taking a preventative drug.

John Fraser, 23, had been taking PrEP, which is said to be 99 per cent effective, daily since the age of 19.

John Fraser, 23, from Edinburgh, caught HIV despite taking Prep which is supposed to prevent it (UGC MSR)

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