Nicola Sturgeon choked back tears as she told the UK Covid inquiry the number of lives lost to the pandemic "were far too high" as she admitted she regrets "every death".
At several points during her first day giving evidence at the hearing in Edinburgh, Ms Sturgeon became visibly emotional as she admitted she wished she had not been the first minister when the pandemic struck and while she rebuffed accusations she politicised the pandemic.
During an intense day of grilling, the former Scottish first minister made some striking admissions, including that she deleted WhatsApp messages with government officials and that of her "many regrets", her biggest one was not locking the country down sooner.
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