Sturgeon Faces Questions Over Deleted Pandemic WhatsApps
• Nicola Sturgeon gifted an old phone used during the pandemic response to a relative in December 2020
• She has been criticized for failing to retain WhatsApp messages with ministers and officials from that time
• She used a personal phone and iPad for government business out of "personal preference"
• Deleted WhatsApp messages can only be retrieved for up to 30 days, according to advice she received
• Sturgeon said she deleted informal WhatsApps as advised and "matters of substance" went through formal channels