you watching bbc news. the top stories just after 6:30pm. the motion is agreed. the scottish parliament has agreed to back referendum after hours of fierce debate. three cheers for alexander blackman! a royal marine cleared of killing a wounded taliban soldier has had a sentence reduced. nhs managers said the move will save money. a new 12 sided pound coin is 110w money. a new 12 sided pound coin is now in circulation. ina in a moment, it will be time for sports day but first what is coming

up sports day but first what is coming up on bbc news. president trump aims to undo obama wasn't back row health reforms. thousands evacuated as cyclone debbie pummels the coastline. will have the latest australia. and why some remedies and gluten—free food might not be available on nhs england. but all ahead on bbc news. now, as we've been hearing. the scottish pairing has asked to hold a second referendum. it passed by 69—59 votes but the request is ordering ten downed by westminster. here is nicola sturgeon. i welcome the parliament's vote, the scottish government now has a mandate from to seek discussion with the new k government. we will seek sensible

and constructive discussion. we will do this after the triggering of article 50. tomorrow is a big and important day for the prime minister. i hope the united kingdom government will respect the view of parliament. this is about giving people in scotland a choice. we agree 110w people in scotland a choice. we agree now is not the time for that choice but that choice should be available to people in scotland when the terms of brexit are clear. i forward to discussions in the weeks ahead. nicola sturgeon there. that's took to our scotland editor sarah smith whose own scotland for us. is there any reason, do you think, and nowhere looking at crystal ball clear with the whole brexit debate, and the discussions that are going to be configured tomorrow, but is there any reason why the timetable nicola sturgeon has laid down which is 18 months‘ time, after the brexit negotiations, might not coincide with what theresa may what might want? that depends whether you're sitting at the scottish government

01’ sitting at the scottish government or the sitting at the scottish government orthe uk sitting at the scottish government or the uk government. in fact, nicola sturgeon discussed this face—to—face at a meeting in glasgow yesterday. they don‘t agree on the timetable at all. the scottish government says the sake of the brexit detail will be known, and will spend six months ratifying it. so scottish people could make the decision then about whether to be independent. the uk government firmly disagreed. they said not only will it take two years before we know exactly what the brexit deal is going to be, it could actually take some time after that before trade deals are finalised and they said people in scotland should have a chance to see how it is all working before they make a big decision about that constitutional feature. you can‘t just about that constitutional feature. you can‘tjust decide it because you see what the negotiations have come up with, that

you need to live with it for a while, see what the consequences of brexit really are before people make an informed choice about whether they want to leave the uk. where are they want to leave the uk. where are the people of scotland on the possibility of another vote? is there a sense that perhaps nicola sturgeon could win or as the polls have been suggesting, up until now, that‘s unlikely? the polls as much as we can trust them, say voters are split roughly 50—50. as we can trust them, say voters are split roughly 50-50. both about independence and whether they want a referendum. people who support independence want a referendum, people who want to see part of the uk, don‘t want one. it‘s a gamble on both sides. the uk government are taking a risk that if theyjust both sides. the uk government are taking a risk that if they just say, no, we don‘t even talk about a referendum, they might antagonise some scottish people and build more support independence as a result, but of the scottish government are banking on there being groundswell of public opinion to demand the right for a referendum, there‘s not much evidence. there are some

independent supporters behind me outside the parliament denied, but across the country, there is not a sense yet of enormous frustration with the uk government. we got two yea rs of with the uk government. we got two years of brexit negotiations though, we will see how that affects public opinion. sarah, thanks forjoining us. opinion. sarah, thanks forjoining us. now on bbc news, time for sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday with me will perry, the headlines this evening: andy murray will miss great britain‘s davis cup quarterfinal against france next month as he recovers from an elbow injury, we‘ll hear from gb‘s captain. liverpool midfielder adam lalla na could be out for up to a month after injuring his thigh on england duty. and the ecb push ahead with plans for a new twenty20 tournament which is set to start in three years‘ time involving eight new city—based teams. andy murray won‘t be fit to play in great britain‘s davis cup

quarterfinal against france which starts a week on friday. he has a tear in his elbow and needs to rest. no decision has been made about when he‘ll return to action. kyle edmund, dan evans, jamie murray and dom inglot will head to rouen without him next week. the winners will play serbia or spain in the semis. when i spoke to him a little earlier captain leon smith said he thinks murray‘s fitness will help him recover quickly he‘s got a positive mindset, he‘s a robust guide, we‘ve seen that before. he‘ll get back quickly but at the same time, you can‘t rush leasing. so the next thing in the diary will be monte carlo, hopefully that‘s one thing he‘ll be back for. that‘s three weeks away. we talking potentially more serious than that?

the french open, even wimbledon with? or is that too far? it's not for me to comment. certainly the signs of hope that he‘ll be back sooner signs of hope that he‘ll be back sooner rather than later. how much did he wants to be involved? it's a tie he was really up for. he locked the davis cup —— loves the davis cup, is in week in week out on the tour. and the davis cup is a great occasion. it‘s different from what you get week to week on the tour. it's you get week to week on the tour. it‘s a shame. we‘ve shown before that our team can do stuff on occasions without him, it‘s just make it obviously a lot more difficult but i know the rest of the quys difficult but i know the rest of the guys will be the. a depleted france tea m guys will be the. a depleted france team but no andy murray. how confident you can make the semifinals? it's a good challenge. it's semifinals? it's a good challenge. it‘s not like a few years ago, where if andy wasn‘t there then it‘s an

outside the top 200, but dan evans and kyle edmund are in the top 50 for a reason. we‘ve got plenty of davis cup experience. with jamie murray and dom inglot as well. we‘ll get there. we‘ll prepare really well, and give ourselves every chance. another tennis story today, johanna konta is into the quarter finals of the miami open for a second successive year. the british number one beat spain‘s lara arruabarrena in straight sets overnight to set up a last eight meeting with simona halep. liverpool midfielder adam lalla na could be out for up to a month after injuring his thigh on england duty. lallana set upjamie vardy for england‘s second goal in their world cup qualifying win over lithuania on sunday, having also started against germany in a friendly on wednesday. there‘s no official timescale on lallana‘s recovery, but it‘s thought he could potentially miss five games. liverpool host everton in the merseyside derby on saturday. lionel messi has been banned for four international matches, just five and a half hours before

argentina‘s world cup qualifier against bolivia kicks off. the barcelona forward was punished for directing "insulting words" at an assistant referee in thursday‘s 1—0 win over chile. messi, who scored the only goal in the qualifier, was angered when he was flagged for a foul, waving and shouting at the assistant in response. he‘s also been fined just over £8,000. england women‘s head coach mark sampson will announce his 23—strong squad for euro 2017, more than three months before the tournament begins injuly. sampson came in to see us today, he says naming the squad next monday will "bring huge benefits". they were knocked out at the group stage four years ago. with every decision is good and bad bits. one bad bit is that potential for injuries. but we have a talented group of players, the players who miss out will be on the stand—by list and the good professionals,

they‘ll keep himself fit and will be ready to go if they called upon. the 23 people we will trust to go to holland this summer and do the country proud, i‘m confident the players we picked will soon do that. the third in the world cup, third in the other cup. what is the barometer of su ccess ? the other cup. what is the barometer of success? we want to win. we go in the tournament with the mindset that we could win. do our best. we need to win six games, that‘s what tournament football‘s is about, winning football matches. they‘re ready for that. we had lot highs and lows in canada. that‘s important come the summer. we‘re going in to win, focus and deliver that. we have ha rd win, focus and deliver that. we have hard work to put in to make sure we‘re much better team come to life. a huge part of preparation was the she believes cup. he finished third. how disappointed where you? with disappointed when we have a

tournament when don‘t win it. but we‘re playing the three best teams in the world, we got a great win against the usa. a big win for us. that was a big moment for the team. the belief i take from that result will allow us to kill it till the next level. but we do disappointed not to beat france and germany. on the back of those performances, those teams know we can beat them both. the england and wales cricket board has given its unanimous support to trigger a formal process which would allow a new eight—team city based twenty20 competition. the 41 members of the ecb will now vote by a postal ballot. if approved, the competition will start in 2020. the ecb are looking to attract new younger audiences. chief executive tom harrison said yesterday that he hopes the tournament will rival the indian premier league but the essex chairman has been urging caution. we have to look at james. without an

open mindset, the game all died. we have dudes stretched ourselves to objective is to make sure the grammy finish and leave this game. we‘ve got cricket in the right place. whether the new tournament is the way to go, i have concerns. i do think this competition is going to come forward. i think it will go through and i don‘t deny that i‘m uncomfortable, still. we will be requested to make a vote as to whether or not we‘re prepared to the change of the article to the constitution that allows the ecb to introduce a new tournament that does not include all of the 18 counties. the future of international cricket at headingley looks brighter. yorkshire are close to agreeing a new financial package to fund stand refurbishment and achieve minimum capacity requirements to host test fixtures from 2020 onwards. a favourable new deal is on the table with an investor prepared to put in £35 million. tanya arnold reports. here at leeds, lionel tennyson lost

the toss. in spite of his own 63 in the toss. in spite of his own 63 in the hour. he lost the bet. headingley is steeped in international history both in cricket and rugby league. the physical link between the two grounds is part of what makes it special. but it hasn‘t always made life easy. the years, both sides have known the stands need replacing. coming up with a deal to do it has taken it to the bank. today the council announces what it hopes will be the way forward. we've spoken to private investors in london who are prepared to put up £35 million subject to us, the three of us, working out arrangements. we are confident that we can move this forward. this is what the newsstand will look like. without it, yorkshire will lose its status as a test venue. with the world cup in

2010, they need to stop work by september. we have over 770 chris bradnam yorkshire. we have lots of recreational cricket. i know that the ecb wants to bring cricket here as often as they can. but we have to provide the right facilities. they need a new south stand on the rugby side. its iconic, atmospheric, and when people want to be. it's 86 years old. it's not that different to what it was in 1930. it's been condemned and it needs to be replaced. without this deal, what happens to this? we'd have a problem. we'd have to do something with it, and what we do want to do is replace it with a magnificent new facility. that retains the terrorists and the uniqueness. but if this deal doesn‘t go ahead —— that harris and the uniqueness. they are working together with the

common aim to rip tain international sport. that‘s all from sportsday. there‘ll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. you‘re watching bbc