Scottish health chief RESIGNS after police tell her off for breaking Covid-19 lockdown rules

Dr Catherine Calderwood is stepping down from the post of Scottish chief medical officer following an embarrassing revelation that she repeatedly broke the same Covid-19 lockdown rules her office has been preaching.

“It is with a heavy heart that I resign as chief medical officer,” she said in a brief statement, admitting that a “justifiable focus” on her behavior “risked becoming a distraction” from the hugely important task of getting the country through the coronavirus crisis.

I am deeply sorry for my actions and the mistakes I have made.

Dr Calderwood was publicly imploring Scots to adhere to the ‘stay at home’ measures, while privately she was traveling to the east coast of Scotland to visit her second home at weekends. She was photographed with her family near a coastal retreat in Earlsferry, and the images were published in the Scottish Sun late on Saturday.

The revelations prompted the police to visit Dr Calderwood’s home and issue her with a warning that the “legal instructions on not leaving your home without a reasonable excuse apply to everyone.”

The furore initially forced Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to exclude Dr Calderwood from daily media briefings, but following a further conversation the medic announced her resignation.

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