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Director general Ken McCallum spoke on Thursday after the inquiry’s findings were published.

The inquiry into the atrocity found it might have been prevented if MI5 had acted more swiftly on intelligence received in the months before.

Kate Forbes is one of three candidates vying to replace Nicola Sturgeon as first minister and SNP leader.

Ken McCallum, director general of MI5, said he was ‘profoundly sorry’ his organisation did not prevent the attack.

National Highways confirmed the M5 near Bristol has partially reopened.

Her probe into law-breaking parties in Downing Street during Boris Johnson’s leadership played a key role in his downfall.

The 62-year-old was reported missing from her home in Walberton, near Arundel in West Sussex, on February 14.

The Northern Ireland Secretary issued a robust defence of the draft agreement – but admitted it wasn’t perfect.

Provisions in the Nationality and Borders Act, which came into force last year, were considered by leading judges.

The Foreign Secretary was told about the Argentine move by his counterpart Santiago Cafiero.

The resignation of the senior civil servant was accepted with ‘immediate effect’ on Thursday.

National Education Union members gathered at the Senedd on Thursday.

Somaiya Begum’s body was found wrapped in a rug on waste ground in Bradford in July last year, a court has heard.

She said Scotland should stick to using sterling until it is economically viable to move to a new currency.

Jean-Claude Juncker said the former prime minister could have achieved a better Brexit deal if he had been more precise in talks.

Louise Backstrom, who is Swedish but lives in London, said Martin Wennberg, had breached orders made during their High Court divorce fight.

But it said a formal apology was not appropriate ‘since the state did not actively support these practices’ between 1949 and 1976.

UK-born bomber Salman Abedi flew in from the North African country four days before his attack on the Manchester Arena.

Director general Ken McCallum spoke after the inquiry published its report.

Ken McCallum apologised after the public inquiry into the May 2017 atrocity.