内容摘要：The decision to invite Modi was condemned by some members of Canada's Sikh community.

The decision to invite Modi was condemned by some members of Canada's Sikh community.

in March after being diagnosed with secondary breast cancer.Sarwar told BBC Scotland News that his party had "proven the pollsters wrong, the political commentators wrong and the bookies wrong".

He said the result showed voters were "scunnered" with the SNP and that Reform were "not at the races".The by-election result follows a difficult period for Scottish Labour since it swept the SNP aside in last summer's general election.The party had seen its support drop in the polls, with some suggesting Reform could beat Labour to second place in next year's Holyrood elections.

Ahead of the vote, First Minister John Swinney had claimed that the by-election was a "two-horse race" between the SNP and Reform.But his party's candidate, Katy Loudon, endured her third election defeat in the area - having lost out to Labour's Michael Shanks at the 2024 general election and

After the result, Swinney said his party had "made progress since the election last year but not enough".

: "We still have work to do and we will do it."The reason? The chairs were in fact all fakes.

The scandal saw one of France's leading antiques experts, Georges "Bill" Pallot, and award-winning cabinetmaker, Bruno Desnoues, put on trial on charges of fraud and money laundering following a nine-year investigation.Galerie Kraemer and its director, Laurent Kraemer, were also accused of deception by gross negligence for selling on some of the chairs – something they both deny.

All three defendants are set to appear at a court in Pontoise, near Paris on Wednesday following a trial in March. Mr Pallot and Mr Desnoues have admitted to their crimes, while Mr Kraemer and his gallery dispute the charge of deception by gross negligence.Considered the top scholar on French 18th-Century chairs, having written the authoritative book on the subject, Mr Pallot was often called upon by Versailles, among others, to give his expert opinion on whether historical items were the real deal. He was even called as an expert witness in French courts when there were doubts about an item's authenticity.