A junior minister in the UK has resigned over alleged lockdown breaches by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's senior aide Dominic Cummings.
Douglass Ross, the under secretary of state for Scotland, said he was quitting after hearing Mr Cummings' efforts to defend his trip from London to Durham.
Mr Ross said he could not "in good faith" tell his constituents who could not care for sick relatives or say goodbye to dying ones while obeying lockdown rules that Mr Cummings acted appropriately.
Mr Cummings drove over 400km from London to Durham in March to self-isolate with his family - apparently because he feared that he and his wife would be left unable to care for their son if they fell ill.
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