It comes as A-level results day descended in chaos, with 39.1 per cent of teacher's estimates adjusted down.

Ofqual was forced into downgrades by ‘implausible’ teacher predictions, it says.

Boris Johnson has promised tougher action on people who refuse to wear face coverings.

"Can I gently suggest to Ruth Davidson that if it comes to holding to account and scrutinising politicians, she's really not coming at this from a position of strength", Sturgeon said.

Among the dead were the 6.38am Aberdeen to Glasgow service’s driver, named locally as Brett McCullough, as well as the conductor and a passenger.

The changes were proposed by the Department of Energy after the President complained about his hair routine.

Matt Hancock last month ordered an urgent review into how Public Health England (PHE) calculates daily Covid-19 death figures.

It comes as the UK successfully managed to achieve the “worst of both worlds” after it suffered the largest recession of any G7 country as well as the highest excess death rate in Europe.

Mike Russell said “things have got definitely worse in last year with the advent of the Johnson administration".