ithe uk. top the west of the uk. top temperatures on sunday in the south—east are theresa may says not until after the brexit deal. nicola sturgeon says that would be too late. i say now is not the time and the reason i say that, is because all our energies should he being put into the negotiations with the european union. almost anti—democratic for a conservative government with one mp in scotland, to seek to block the democratic will of the scottish parliament. we'll be looking at the response in scotland and whether the prime a second referendum. also tonight. let's make sure we win. thank you for coming out today, let's go do it. but they broke the rules to do so — a record fine for the tory party over 2015 election expenses. while competing for the team.

the japanese car—maker toyota invests a quarter of a billion pounds in its plant in deryshire. and the moment a bbc team got caught on mount etna when it erupted. ten people were injured. and coming up in the sport on bbc news, ruby walsh rides four winners on day three at the cheltenham festival, including victory on nichols canyon in the feature race, the stayers' hurdle. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the government has rejected the call for a second referendum on scottish independence, saying now is not the time. mrs may said the focus needs to be , , brexit deal for the uk, the scottish people judge whether they want to be part

of it or not. on monday scotland's first minister called for a referendum in the autumn of 2018 or the spring of the following year. today nicola sturgeon said xyz... our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. no to this. no to this... no to this... and even no to talks about a referendum, at least not now. we should be working together, not pulling apart, we should be working together, to get that right deal for scotland, that right deal for the uk, asi scotland, that right deal for the uk, as i say that is myjob as prime minister, and so for that reason, i say to the snp, now is not the time. the prime minister's westminster message deliberately timed to land

in edinburgh. just moments after the first minister's weekly grilling where nicola sturgeon‘s audacious vow where nicola sturgeon‘s audacious vow to hold i second referendum was vow to hold a second referendum was the main order of the day. we don't wa nt the main order of the day. we don't want it, we don't need it. why won't she listen? can the first ‘ tell us she listen? can the first- tell us this? can the first minister tell us this? does she plan to spend the next few yea rs does she plan to spend the next few years leading a government or a campaign? will scotland be guaranteed to be a full membership, memberof the guaranteed to be a full membership, member of the european union, or can she guarantee that? if she not? can she guarantee that? if she can't it is blusterjust again. ? the band is well and truly back together, isn't it. tory and labour combining again, to talk this country down. number ten's refusal to discuss independence referendum for another independence referendum for two years could well backfire. but these two tough normally cautious politicians are both taking gambles. i think it would be

com pletely gambles. i think it would be completely unacceptable, and outrageous, and almost anti—democratic for a conservative government with one mp to seek to block the democratic will of the scottish parliament. that seems to be like going back to the bad old days of margaret thatcher. here is number ten's cam lacing, a 75’: number ten's cam lacing, a majority of scots voters chose this centre of power the last time out and private tory focus groups over the last few months suggest their message of not now is a relief to some, who simply don't want to go through the whole thing again. but for others, it will be patronising, arrogant, even. technically it is down to westminster to say yes or i but westminster to say yes or no but telling the scottish government they can't even talk about another referendum for two years, risky doesn't begin to cover it. only a week ago, expectations were that the snp was getting a big move ready, as they prepare for their spring

conference that will start this they prepare for their spring conferenc but it will start this they prepare for their spring conferenc but before tart this they prepare for their spring conferenc but before thatthis they prepare for their spring conferenc but before that stage is weekend. but before that stage is set, the drama whose ending will affect us all is well under way. our scotland sarah smith is at holyrood in edinburgh. what's the response in scotland, and what is aging 2955555 hits? gig? well, nicola sturgeon‘s defiant response is she is not going to take no foran response is she is not going to take no for an answer, and she thinks she can turn this battle with theresa may to her advantage, the scottish government were fully expecting this response from downing street and they are ready with their next move, they are ready with their next move, they will proceed with a vote in the scottish parliament on wednesday, which is certain to vote for another referendum. and they will request referendum. and they—will— reg—test; from referendum. and they—will— reguest= from the prime minister formally from the prime ministgr! referendum, so that she has to that referendum, so that she has to officially deny it. something they will say is a democratic outrage, defying the will of the elected scottish parliament. and the snp could for now turn this into a debate that is not about the rights

ww wrongs of independence but and wrongs of independence but rather about who is it that should get to decide when or if scotland get to decide whench ifscotlendr another get to decide whefi'fil‘ ifscotlendr another referendum. the tories has another referendum. the tories are well aware that two heavy—handed are well aware that two heavy—handed a response from westminster could as laura mentioned there, backfire, as laura mentioned there, they have been conducting focus groups all over the country, trying to, who out what voters would think isa to, who out what voters would think is a reasonable way to proceed. they obviously think they are on the right side of that line, but it is a tricky one and the snp do still think that if scots think they are being denied the right for a vote, people who don't want a maybe people who don't want a referendum at the moment, might think they shouldn't be denieded vote and that could build that vote and that could build support not just for a referendum but independence itself. for breaking spending rules during the 2015 general election, and three by—elections in 2014. the electoral commission said there had been significant failures in the reporting of expenses, and that there was a "realistic prospect" the money had given the party an advantage. 12 police forces have now asked the crown prosecution service the conservative party insists

any failures were due to "administrative error". daniel sandford reports. that vote and that could build support not just for a referendum support not jdst {we referenddrrr support not jdst pre referenddrrr independence support not just tore referendum independence itself. but independence itself. let us campaign. the south thanet constituency in 2015, where the conservatives were battling nigel farage. desperate to stop him winning a seat. any chance... they poured big names and resources into poured big names and resourcesrinte now they have been given the it. now they have been given the biggest fine, £70,000, for breaking the rules on recording election the rules orlrecordigelectigge here, and elsewhere. spending. here, and elsewhere. we have never issued findings to that extent before, and i think they are some of the worst in the fact that they were unable to provide evidence when we needed it and the reports were inaccurate and the spending did not reports were inaccurate and the spending - did not contain spending returns did not contain things they should have done. the

tory candidate won the seat, his official expenses after the campaign showed he was within the local spending limit, but the party's spending limit, but the party's spending in the area is now under question. the conservative party spent thousands of pounds on hotels here in south thanet, is a,000 in a single hotel on the hill here, in and the electoral ramsgate and the electoral commission says at least some of that moneygiiijilifl. e commission says at least some of that moneygiiijilifl. have been included that money should have been included in the local candidate's election expenses. one of the local ukip leading lights total expenses. one of the local ukip leading lights tetal me they expenses. one of the local ukip leading lights.— total me they felt leading lights total me they felt the conservative party had cheated. just the sheer number of bodies, the sheer number of full—time staff down here, the sheer number. buses that here, the sheer number of buses that we re here, the sheer number of buses that were bringing in volunteers, they we re were bringing in volunteers, they were all fed and watered and had money spend on them. the conservative party also had battle buses of activists touring other marginal seats, again, the electoral commission says that some costs should have been put on local

candidate's expense, possibly pushing them over spending limits. so far 12 police forces have sent files to the crown prosecution service, kent police is not one of them. then there was money missed off the tory‘s national experiences all together. more than £3800 for hotel rooms in margate, over £63,000 of spending on the battle bus tours and almost 105,00 pounds of other spending. we have complied fully with the electoral commission throughout their investigations, they have imposed a fine on the conservative party and the conservative party and the conservative party and the conservative party will be meeting that fine. we will pay that fine. if there are criminal prosecutions, they could lead to by—elections for in constituencies like south thanet. recently labour and the liberal democrats have also been fined for illegal expenses returns, the electoral commission is worried that parties are starting to see the fines as a cost of doing business, rather than a way of keeping british elections fair. the leaders ef france andgermanu

of the general election in the netherlands, where the prime minister mark rutte has seen off a threat from the far right. with most of the votes counted, mr rutte's centre—right party has beaten geert wilders and his anti—eu and anti—islam freedom party into second place. at least eight people have been injured in a shooting at a school in the southern french town of grasse. the attacker, who was armed with a rifle, two handguns and grenades, is reported to have been involved in a dispute with the headmaster. it is not being treated as a terror attack. a former british cyclist has told the bbc that he broke the sport's rules by secretly injecting himself with vitamins when riding for team sky. josh edmondson says he admitted it to team sky in 2014, but that it was "covered up". team sky say they did not report the incident because edmondson denied self—injecting, and because they were concerned our sports editor dan roan has this exclusive report. he was one of british

cycling's top young talents, a team—mate to legends, but beneath the surface, former team sky rider, josh edmondson was struggling to deal with the pressure and for the first time, the 24—year—old has broken his silence about the depression he suffered, telling me he linked it to the controversial painkiller tramadol which he secretly took to get through training and races. the dangerous thing about it is you don't know when you are coming to your limit, so, i'd be pushing and pushing and pushing and normally you would just be — i can't keep going, but you just go a little bit further than that. it is not a performance—enhancing drug, it doesn't make you any better. you are dead. it feels like you are hungover, almost, so you need it to just get through. i think the reason for all that, just immediately after a race, i was just depressed. i was at the point where i didn't leave the house for two months. it doesn't really get much worse than that,

without committing suicide. while it's not banned, team sky have had a strict no tramadol, policy since 2013 and there is no suggestion they were aware of edmondson's use of the painkiller but he then says he went a step no—needle rule by self—injecting a cocktail of legal vitamins he bought from italy in the build—up to a major race in 2014. i bought the butterfly clips, the syringes, the carnitine, folic acid, tab, and damiani composer and b12 and i would just inject that sort of two or three times a week, maybe. especially when i wanted to lose weight i would inject caritine more often because it was very effective. i would put the needle in before making sure there is no bubbles in the butterfly clip because if they are there, in there, it can give you a heart attack and people die that way, so it is a very daunting thing to be doing. but edmondson was then reported and a needle was found in his room. however team sky said edmondson denied using the needle and bus of concerns over his mental health, their former clinical director

told me he'd advised senior management not to report the incident to the authorities. if i'd done, that i suppose i'm looking at safety issues, i did think there was a really big risk this lad would be pushed over the edge. he told us very clearly at the time he hadn't done the injection because he didn't know how to use the needle. he said "i've never used needles !‘ve never seen. the needles before.'1 we . . . this is what he told us at the time. sure. as i say, you've got to remember, without going into too much detail, i haven't got a person who is in a good place in front of me, i've got someone who is breaking down. edmondson, however, claims he did confess at the time, but that senior management covered it up. they would have had to say publicly that there was a kid, a young lad on our team injecting, injecting anything bad, it wasn't that they were banned substances, it is against the rules to inject, self—administer anything, i believe. what are you suggesting, that the team covered up what had happened because they wanted to preserve the reputation and image of team sky?

that isn't really right. i can see the interpretation and i'm sure the public can believe that. we did it in good faith and we did it on two counts, the team discussion was that we didn't think he had actually violated and the second, the most important one, he just wasn't in a good place. these revelations come with british cycling under unprecedented scrutiny over the use of medication, edmondson, be meanwhile says he'll cooperate with the authorities and hopes his story serves as a warning to other riders. the government rejects the calls for a second referendum on scottish independence, saying now is not the right time. and still to come: coming up in sportsday on bbc news — gareth southagate calls up sunderland's 34—year—old striker jermain defoe to his england squad, three—and—a—half years

after his last international appearance. thousands of school children across the uk have been taking part in the bbc‘s annual school report news day. this year many have been tackling the issue of young people's mental health. one pupil, 16 —year—old grace, wrote into school report with her story. she was bullied for nine years which led to anxiety, depression and eventually suicidal thoughts. our correspondent, elaine dunkley, went to meet her. i felt like a real dog at home. and ifelt like a prisoner in my own body. when you feel so alone, you feel like no—one's going to listen. to you, no—one's going to believe you. how intense was the bullying? it was every day, every

second of every day. from the minute i walked into the classroom, to the minute i left. i was beat up quite a few times in the space of a month. i'd come home with black eyes and things like that from what people had done to me at school. this is a story about a girl called grace. bullying from an early age has had a devastating impact on her mental health. it started at the age of seven and got worse. at eight i started over—eating through stress. i thought that was my only escape. by nine i'd started calorie counting everything that i was eating because of my weight. quite frankly, the bullying ruled my life. what impact did the bullying have on your mental health? it had a very large impact on me. and it was, it got to the point where i was literally

at breaking point. i would have nightmare after nightmare after nightmare about what was going on in the day and things like that and i used to scream in my sleep to try to get away from it. about it but in the summer before high school i started being cyber bullied by one of my closest friends. at 13, grace wanted to take her own life. she made a video saying goodbye to her family. luckily grace's mum sarah found it, before it was too late. crucified me. only by default the video was found and when i watched it, ijust sobbed. and then i felt angry that i didn't know that she'd made it, i didn't know that she was feeling suicidal. but that's got to be one

of the lowest, lowest moments because i didn't know what to do. the signposting is not there. the services are not there. there needs to be far more services out there, young people's mental health needs to change. grace did eventually get help and now she mentors others i never thought that i'd be as confident as i am or have, like the bravery that i have today, to go up to people that i don't know and talk to them. i don't want the next generation of kids to go through what i've been through. i want to be the person that can help young people understand that you aren't actually alone. that was grace's story and if you've been affected by any of the issues in it,

you can find out more on bbc.co.uk/schoolreportadvice. there was a narrow escape for tourists on mount etna in sicily, when it unexpectedly erupted — ten people were injured. a bbc news crew was filming there at the time. molten rock was shot 200 feet into the air and the team was pelted with. boilingereckg it's the third time in just under three weeks that etna has erupted. the bbc‘s science correspondent, it must have been pretty terrifying. it was extremely etna is one of the world's active volcanos but we got first—hand experience of it. we were there filming the lava flow slowly snaking down the mountain. it is normally considered very safe. why mountain. it is normally considered very safe. - why there were

very safe. that's why there were tourists there, too, taking a look but all of a sudden there was a first explosion that went up as stea m. first explosion that went up as steam. that didn't seem too - but steam. that didn't seem too bad but the second explosion through up the boiling rocks, you have to remember that magna is more than 1,000 degrees celsius in temperature. boulders coming up and steam and eve ryo ne boulders coming up and steam and everyone started to run but you couldn't see. it was almost a total wipe—out because of the scene in wipe—out because of the scepedp= front of you. luckily we managed to make it to a vehicle that was able tsi make it to a vehicle that was able if; ta ke make it to a vehicle that was able is take us safely back down the to take us safely back down the mountain. but there were injuries there, luckily not too serious, cuts, burns and some bruises, and a guide dislocated his shoulder. we we re guide dislocated his shoulder. we were told we were extremely lucky. the volcanoologists who was with us, said it was the most dangerous he had seen in a 30—year career. we we re had seen in a 30—year career. we were lucky to get out, a narrow escape. you certainly were. apologies for some of the break—up in that report there. toyota is to invest almost a quarter of a billion pounds

in its burnaston factory near derby. the japanese car maker says it wants to improve its long—term competitiveness. only last week toyota said it could delay a decision on building its next generation auris car here, depending on the outcome of brexit. today the government announced its providing £21 million infunding fortraining, research and development at the burnaston plant. our industry correspondent, john moylan, has more. this was toyota's first plant in europe. it has been making vehicles from here, near derby for almost 25 yea rs. from here, near derby for almost 25 years. 4 million cars later an the company is investing again, laying the foundations for the future. we are determined to be competitive. that means building cars with quality, high—productivity, low—cost and this investment helps us, hugely, to be competitive for the long term. so, we think this is a huge part of preparing for the long—term future. huge part of preparing for the long-term future. toyota will invest

£240 million to upgradefi! £240 million to upgrade the burnaston plant. in return, the government is provided £21 million for training and research. it's all good news for the 2,500 workers at good news for the 2.500..workers at! site. the is, good news for the 2.500..workers at! site. the- is, this plant this site. the truth is, this plant needed to be upgraded simply to be able to compete with toyota's plants around the world to build new cars. now they currently make the auris and aventis here. a decision on a ‘to bring a new vehicle to whether to bring a new vehicle to this plant is expected in the next year or two. this investment could make all the difference. but as we leave the eu, all uk car manufacturers face the prospect of higher costs, with tariffs on the components they import and on the ca rs components they import and on the cars they export. despite assurances from the government, nissan has warned it'll re—evaluate its uk operations once the final brexit deal is known. today in derbyshire, as the business secretary greg clarke toured the toyota plant, the

company warned that tariff—free, barrier—free access to europe would be vital for its success. some goo further if you look back at history, a naek 1972 further if you look back at history, a naek1972 and 1999 and big falls in investment. we don't want brexit to be another one of those turning points and a hard brexit ited, where we end up with tariff barriers, i think would threaten the viability of some of the plants in the uk and investment here. and investment has been falling. it was down last year amid the uncertainty around the eu referendum. so toyota's decision today will be - as a vote of today will be seen as a vote of confidence in a sector which is facing challenges ahead. the tv chef, prue leith, has been confirmed as the newjudge alongside paul hollywood on channel four‘s presenters sandi toksvig and noel fielding will host by love productions last year. leith replaces the long—standing host mary berry. from royalty to ragamuffins,

sailors to socialites, like them or loathe them, tattoos have left an indelible mark on british culture. now an exhibition at the national maritime museum, cornwall, seeks to dispel the bad boy image of tattoos and re—position them as an artform. our arts editor, will gompertz, went to falmouth to take a look. tattoos, as you know, are all the rage nowadays. there's more choice than ever. you have the geometric all—over design, the star wars' stormtropper and, of course, your classic love heart. do you know what, lal, i'm as pleased as punch with that. you're welcome. tattooing iconoclastic punk. today he's taking part in a major museum exhibition, celebrating his artform. times have changed. i think the perception of tattoos has changed because there is so much fantastic artwork out there. i mean, every genre and subject

is cause, , 7--. 7 there's so much beautiful stuff, you know there isn't a stigma like there used to be attached to it anymore. it's this shift in the perception of tattoos that the exhibition charts, as well as taking on what the curators feel, a common misconception. we start with disspelling the myth that is captain cook brought tattooing back to britain. british people had been tattooed for hundreds of years before. we start to see evidence of that in the pilgram tattoos that people were going to have in the middle east, when they were going out in the pilgramages in the 1600s. this is one of my favourite parts of the exhibition, we are trying to challenge the idea that tattoe', ' - 7 or class—specific. it's notjust people that are getting tattooed but also who was tattooing as well. justine knight, the tattooist, was once the target in a circus sharp—shooting act. now she's at the business end

of the target no more. it must have been really hard for her tattooing has a real feminine quality to it. so the exhibition finishes with 100 hands. it's a snapshot of what's happening in britain and i think it shows not just the diversity of styles, but the true beauty and artistic quality of tattoo art now. not everybody will agree with that appraisal. tattoos are still contentious. seeks to altar by presenting them as an expression of artistic sensibility. of course, mine wasn't a real tattoo. lal hardy said if ijust rub it with this, it'll come... lal, lal. will gompertz there getting a little more than he bargained for... perhaps. for a look at the weather perhaps. time for a look at the weather with jay- we saw big contrasts across the uk

today. we have lovely sunshine inp kent looking across the daffodil field. it wasn't like that for all. in north—west scotland we saw a lot in north—west scotland wesamlaiot cloud in the sky at times and of cloud in the sky at times and showers moving through on a significant breeze. put them on the map. you can see in between a lot of cloud but either side a big temperature contrast. it is that cooler, fresher air in the north—west that will win - in the north—west that will win out in the next few days. in behind a weak weather front bringing rain southwards and eastwards. the colder weather following in southwards and eastwards. the colder weatherfollowing in behind as southwards and eastwards. the colder weather following in behind as do ...7. riff, 7,-c'7-c ..7.-. 7.777 a! for northern ireland and showers for northern ireland and notjust rain but wintry scotland. notjust rain but wintry weather over higher ground w that a cold 77. much! weather over higher ground w that a cold *;*: much colder than cold night. much colder than recently. a touch of frost and even recentlu. a. touch of frost and een ~ ~— patches in northern scotland. in icy patches in northern scotland. in the morning north—east scotland getting off tocg decent start. getting off to a decent start. elsewhere in scotland cloud, snow showers over high grounds. patchy rain over the pennines but not too much gets across to the eastern side much gets across to the easternside e thing. in wales, patchy cloud, first thing. in wales, patchy cloud, sunshine as you will find in the south—west but many southern counties getting off to a decent start. colder than recently but it

start. colder than recently but y—e be bright and breezy with should be bright and breezy with early sunshine. make the most of that. it'll cloud over from early sunshine. make the most of that. it'll cloud overfrom the north and west . rain continues to north and west as rain continues to fall across much of scotland, northern ireland and the north—west of the uk, generally speaking will be quite wet. some eastern areas will be drier. temperatures in the range of 7 or so in aberdeen to 12-13 in range of 7 or so in aberdeen to 12—13 in london area. through the evening, on into saturday morning, it is still pretty cloudy and grey, outbreaks of rain and afair cloudy and grey, outbreaks of rain and a fair number of isobars in the chart. it'll be breezy to take us into the weekend. the wind will be a key feature of things through the weekend. a blustery breeze bringing rain. most of the rain weekend. a blustery breeze bringing rain. most of the - rain will rain. most of the weekend rain will be out towards the west of the uk. be outtnwafifihmvestfiftte$ consequently be outtnwe°dsatheflestthe$ consequently the east should be a so consequently the east should be a bit drier. a reminder of our main story: theresa may has rejected the call for a second referendum on scottish independence. and that's all from the bbc news at six. goodbye from me. the west of the uk. top temperatures

on sunday in the south—east are hello. this is bbc news. the headlines now: theresa may rejects nicola sturgeon's call for a second referendum on scottish independence, saying the government

needs to get the best deal from the brexit negotiations for the whole of the uk. to be talking about an independence referendum would, i think, make it more difficult for us to be able to get the right deal for scotland and the right deal for the get the right deal for scotland and the right dealfor the uk. get the right deal for scotland and the right deal for the uke get the right deal for scotland and the right deal for the uk. if the tories block bad or seek to block that then effectively, having sunk the ship with brexit, they are trying to puncture scotland's lifeboats as well. that is completely democratically unacceptable. election campaign expenses. the failures include missing payments and spending that were not reported correctly. several tourists and a bbc camera crew have been caught up in a volcanic eruption on mount etna in sicily.