nicola sturueon happen. scotland will, nicola sturgeon will _ happen. scotland will, nicola sturgeon will be _ happen. scotland will, nicola sturgeon will be announcing | happen. scotland will, nicola i regions. to the metro. you are a form of fleet street editor, several titles. as you said several moments ago each paper showing its character with theirs. what do you make of the metro splash? with theirs. what do you make of the metro splash?— metro splash? well, the metro has not metro splash? well, the metro has aotjune metro splash? well, the metro has got june the _ metro splash? well, the metro has got june the 21st. _ metro splash? well, the metro has got june the 21st. june _ metro splash? well, the metro has got june the 21st. june 21 _ metro splash? well, the metro has got june the 21st. june 21 is - metro splash? well, the metro has got june the 21st. june 21 is the - gotjune the 21st. june 21 is the day that were hoping and i presume the prime minister is also hoping that we will be free. and they call it midsummer stream. that we will be free. and they call it midsummerstream. midsummer that we will be free. and they call it midsummer stream. midsummer night dream would

nicola sturgeon raise - which nicola sturgeon raise questions _ which nicola sturgeon raise questions or— which nicola sturgeon raise questions or concerns - which nicola sturgeon raise questions or concerns withl which nicola sturgeon raise i i’m“ - what she would describe as sexually inappropriate behaviour?— inappropriate behaviour? i'm going to answer, inappropriate behaviour? i'm going to answer. but _ inappropriate behaviour? i'm going to answer, but if— inappropriate behaviour? i'm going to answer, but if the _ inappropriate behaviour? i'm going to answer, but if the inquiry - inappropriate behaviour? i'm going to answer, but if the inquiry is - to answer, but if the inquiry is to... i'm going to answer to help mr cole hamilton, but if we're going to stick to the remit, then the huge issues at stake here, so the answer issues at stake here, so the answer is no to your question. but they are not issues about any individual. and i have got points to make about what i have got points to make about what i believe the current first minister has done or not done and they will be made in response to relevant questions, relevant to the committee, but i have seen her pursued in the committee that somehow nicola sturgeon was c

of course, this is the alex i salmond nicola sturgeon soap opera which _ salmond nicola sturgeon soapve — did not but this is an incredibly explosive political row which is threatening to derail the snp pots a bid for— threatening to derail the snp pots a bid for scottish independence. alex hammond — bid for scottish independence. alex hammond giving his evidence to the committee _ hammond giving his evidence to the committee and the scottish parliament today. —— alex salmond that apparently nicola sturgeon's allies— that apparently nicola sturgeon's allies went on the civil service to do damage against him on the backdrop _ do damage against him on the backdrop he was facing, these allegations which he was cleared of, of sexual— allegations which he was cleared of, of sexual assault in court last year~ — of sexual assault in court last year~ i— of sexual assault in court last year. i think this is the huge big political— year. i think this is the huge big political headache for the government going forward. i think once we _ government going forward. i think once we are out of covid,

nicola sturgeon _ stop me. not even nicola sturgeon who _ stop me. not even nicola sturgeon who announced | stop me. not even nicola ient lockdown will remain in place in scotland at least until the end of the month. in a statement, the first minister said the latest figures did show real progress but the situation remained fragile. radii situation remained fragile. fill of what i have just set out underlines the need for extreme caution in ourfight against covid, especially if, as i think we all do, we want to get some children back to school later this month. that is why cabinet has reached the conclusion that the lockdown restrictions must stay in place until at least the end of february. however if our progress continues than i am cautiously, and i stress cautiously, and i stress cautiously, domestic that is more and more people get vaccinated and with the production of some of the additional measures that i will set out shortly, we may be able to begin looking towards a careful and gradual easing around the start of march and i will give an update on that in two week's time to the acting scottish tory leader wel

nicola sturgeon, is due _ the nature of the meeting. his wife, nicola sturgeon, is due to _ the nature of the meeting. his wife, nicola sturgeon, is due to appear ialmond can yet give evidence if the committee can agree the terms. our top story this evening... while testing continues for new variants, the government says they are unlikely to become dominant variants. are unlikely to become dominant variants. and still to come — england set india a record target coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news... against the odds, the australian open is underway, but the former champion, angelique, says covid quarantine contributed to her first—round defeat. champion angelique kerber says covid quarantine contributed to her first—round defeat. storm darcy has brought severe weather to much of the uk, with heavy snow and ice across parts of the east. it's the coldest snap since the beast of the east hit in 2018. schools and vaccination centres have been forced to close in some areas, with the police warning people not to travel. 0ur correspondent helena wilkinson reports. kent has had some of the heaviest snowfall, up to 16 centimetres in

nicola _ possible. there are now significant questions for nicola sturgeon - possible. there are now significant questions for nicola sturgeon to ior nicola sturgeon to answer. why was there no official record kept of the meeting with alex salmond, which they must if it was government business? he says he has no doubts she broke the ministerial code. she will set out her version of events to the inquiry next week. by by far the most serious allegation from alex salmond is nicola sturgeon is lying about the nature of the meeting that took place in her house with him. he says that would be a resignation matter. she of course denies that and those close to the first minister say alex salmond has failed to produce the evidence he promised to back up his claims. sarah smith, thank you. age will remain the main factor when deciding who gets priority for covid vaccinations. the committee advising the government on vaccines has rejected the option idea of prioritising certain occupations and says the current programme remains the fastest way of reducing deaths. people in their 40s will be next in line to receive the jab, followed by thos

country and to heal the wounds in our country— and to heal the wounds in our country and i don't think nicola sturgeonndum right now if she didn't have to worry about the wins in her own political party rather than healing — own political party rather than healing the wounds of our country post up _ healing the wounds of our country post up a — healing the wounds of our country post up a people are really worried about _ post up a people are really worried about now — post up a people are really worried about now is keeping safe number when _ about now is keeping safe number when they— about now is keeping safe number when they are going to get the vaccine, — when they are going to get the vaccine, their child education and their— vaccine, their child education and their mental health. that cancelled operation _ their mental health. that cancelled operation or cancer diagnosis or cancer— operation or cancer diagnosis or cancer screening they are waiting for, cancer screening they are waiting for. they— cancer screening they are waiting for, they are going to leave their children— for, they are going t

nicola sturgeon firmly denies _ to her personally? nicola sturgeon firmly denies any _ to her personally? nicola sturgeon firmly denies any kind _ to her personally? nicola sturgeon firmly denies any kind of _ to her personally? nicola sturgeon ie holyrood enquiry. the scrutiny to — to the holyrood enquiry. the scrutiny to me _ to the holyrood enquiry. the scrutiny to me is, _ to the holyrood enquiry. the scrutiny to me is, as - to the holyrood enquiry. the scrutiny to me is, as i - to the holyrood enquiry. tie: scrutiny to me is, as i said earlier, it is important, necessary, entirely legitimate. what is not legitimate is to pursue a conspiracy theory, a scorched earth policy, that threatens the reputation and integrity of scotland's independent justice institutions, just because you happen to dislike this government.— you happen to dislike this covernment. _, ., ,, ., government. nicola sturgeon ori . inall government. nicola sturgeon originally told _ government. nicola sturgeon originally told parliament - government. nicola sturgeon| originally told parliament that government. nicola sturgeon - originally told parliament that the first she knew of harassment complaints against alex salmond was on the 2nd of april 2018 whe

i think nicola sturgeon is in a very uncomfortable position. hnson... geoffrey. it's important, janet... i think these are not simply rational decisions. as we saw with brexit, there is a lot of emotion and misinformation that informs these kind of decisions. i think the irony of seeing borisjohnson sneaking into scotland, he didn't reveal his agenda in advance, travel plans, he didn't want protesters, he essentially went to scotland to avoid meeting scottish people and for some photo ops. for him to be actually using that as an opportunity to sneak in the message of a united kingdom against scottish secession is the ultimate irony, for a man who was actually elected on a platform of home rule and bringing back control. that's not lost on the scottish people. i think that candidly nicola sturgeon's greatest ally in scottish independence is borisjohnson, he simply has no credibility on this issue and, while it is true the vaccination programme is something to be proud of in this country, despite some problems, it really is astonishing, that alone

nicola sturgeon? it is hard to i been. remember, back in 2014, when scotland held its independence referendum, nicola sturgeon and alex salmond were the dream team of nationalist politics in scotland. now, they really are bitter enemies and we are going to see that playing out in the most extraordinary fashion this afternoon. we expect mr salmond to start giving evidence in parliament at around 12:30pm. the session could be as long as four hours, such is the depth of the evidence that he wants to get over. and they claims really are incredible. yes, he thinks that nicola sturgeon has misled parliament and that is something her opponents say she would have to resign over if it was proved to be correct. but perhaps even more significantly than that, mr salmond believes that there was a plot to remove him from public life and potentially even send him to jail. he will be asked this afternoon if there is evidence of that. what makes him think that? how did he reach that conclusion? it is going to be an incredible moment

approaches you are seeing between nicola _ approaches you are seeing between nicola sturgeon and the government in west_ nicola sturgeon and the government in west minister. i it does go back to _ in west minister. i think it does go back to what kind of deal scotland are getting and what is scotland's future _ are getting and what is scotland's future. certainly plays into that independent narrative.- future. certainly plays into that independent narrative. thank you both very much — independent narrative. thank you both very much for _ independent narrative. thank you both very much for being - independent narrative. thank you both very much for being my - both very much for being my valentine this evening. it's been lovely to have you on the papers. we will see you again soon as well. they film review is coming up and then the weather. hello, and welcome to be the film review with me, mark kermode, reminding you that while cinemas might be closed due to lockdown, there are still plenty of new movies to be enjoyed in the comfort and safety of your own home. the biggest release of the week is news of the world, writer—director paul greengrass's visually ex

nicola sturgeon. in wales, there _ robust leave. nicola sturgeon. in wales, there was _ robust leave. nicola sturgeon. in wales, there was a - robust leave. nicola sturgeon. in wales, there was a whiff iplaid cymru's leader was more critical. nowhere in the i more critical. nowhere in the report to acknowledge the failures, the missed targets, the broken promises. you said you would eradicate fuel poverty by 2018, you didn't. abolish child poverty by 2020, you didn't. but emissions by 40% by last year, you didn't. they're i think people who live in wales do not share his sneering attitude to 20,000 new affordable homes. in wales. those young people have taken part in the 100,000 additional apprenticeships would not share his view. _, , ., , his view. the conservatives focused on _ his view. the conservatives focused on the _ his view. the conservatives focused on the health i his view. the conservatives i focused on the health service. we do no waiting times were a problem before the pandemic twice as many patients were waiting for a year over the rest of england. it's really important we understand the level of activity going on in the nhs at the moment. when you commit to publishing

approaches you are seeing between nicola _ approaches you are seeing between nicola sturgeon and the government in west— nicola sturgeon and the government in west minister. ilays into that independent narrative.- future. certainly plays into that independent narrative. thank you both very much — independent narrative. thank you both very much for _ independent narrative. thank you both very much for being - independent narrative. thank you both very much for being my - both very much for being my valentine this evening. it's been lovely to have you on the papers. we will see you again soon as well. they film review is coming up and then the weather.

nicola sturgeon's watch. and there's— on nicola sturgeon's watch. and there'sjust one further on nicola sturgeon's watch. and there's just one further question on nicola sturgeon's watch. and there'sjust one further question ifirst minister, is saving — want to ask. first minister, is saving your— want to ask. first minister, is saving your own skin worth all the damage _ saving your own skin worth all the damage that you are doing? now, miss sturueon is damage that you are doing? now, miss sturgeon is increasingly _ damage that you are doing? now, miss sturgeon is increasingly furious - sturgeon is increasingly furious about some of the debate that is going on in parliament, saying that some opposition parties were adopting a scorched earth policy, that they were believing wild conspiracy theories to feed the ego of one man, a none too subtle reference to her former mentor or alex salmond, and she angrily denied the idea that she had breached the ministerial code.— the idea that she had breached the ministerial code. scrutiny of me, as i said ministerial code. scrutiny of me, as i said earlier. _ ministerial code. scrutiny of me, as i said earlier, it _ ministerial code. scrutiny of me, as i said earlier,

nicola sturgeon announcing _ focused on. nicola sturgeon announcing that _ focused on. nicola sturgeon announcing that progress ihe rest of the month. we must go to our glasgow correspondent, lorna gordon. she talked about a managed quarantine requirement introduced for anyone arriving directly into scotland regardless of which country they come from. that puts her out of step with the rest of the uk. it come from. that puts her out of step with the rest of the uk.— with the rest of the uk. it does, 'ust with the rest of the uk. it does, just unpacking _ with the rest of the uk. it does, just unpacking that _ with the rest of the uk. it does, just unpacking that statement, | with the rest of the uk. it does, i just unpacking that statement, one of the big areas that nicola sturgeon spoke about was these quarantine hotels that the uk government has spoken about for people coming in from certain countries from abroad, and nicola sturgeon has long made sure that she thought this measure doesn't go far enough. she said anyone who arrives directly into scotland, regardless of which country they come from, will have t

i have seldom seen nicolas sturgeon so angry as she was in the scottish parliament this afternoon. egitimate is to pursue a conspiracy theory, _ a scorched earth policy, i that threatens the reputation and the integrity of scotland's i independentjustice institutions, just because you happen i to dislike this government, and to sacrifice all of that, - if i may say so, presiding officer, on the altar of the ego of one man. no prizes for guessing who that man is, it is alex salmond. it is just a sign of how much the relationship between nicola sturgeon and alex salmond, once the dream team at the snp and the scottish independence movement, has completely disintegrated and over the next few days there are going to be some really high drama when he accused her of doing something that could cost her herjob and she appears before the committee next week to refute those claims. it is extraordinary to hear them speaking in those terms today, nick. what is interesting is that often in political parties are experiencing war within the party, where there are real internal splits, the oppositi

says nicola sturgeon misled parliament over when she first heard that complaints of sexual harassment had been made against him. if the first minister has broken the ministerial code, should she resign? ie no doubt that nicola has broken the ministerial code, but it is not for me to suggest what the consequences should be. that is for the people judging that, including this committee. nicola sturgeon originally told parliament that the first she knew about complaints against alex salmond was on 2 april when he told her about it at a meeting in her home. she later had to admit she had forgotten about a meeting on 29 march with salmond's former chief of staff in which he says the complaints were discussed. salmond that says that she is lying, and he knows why. some people say, what difference does four days make? the difference, of course, is if the meeting of 29 march is admitted and the subject matter is admitted, it makes it very difficult to argue that the meeting of 2 april was on party business as opposed to government business. if it was a government meeting, it should have been officially recorded. not doing so could be a breach of the ministerial code. two years ago, alex salmon

says nicola sturgeon misled parliament over when she first heard that complaints of sexual harassment had been made against him. if the first minister has broken the ministerial code, should she resign? isuggest what the consequences should be. that is for the people judging that, including this committee. nicola sturgeon originally told parliament that the first she knew about complaints against alex salmond was on april 2, when he told her about it at a meeting in her home. she later had to admit she had forgotten about a meeting on march 29 with salmond's former chief of staff, in which he says the complaints were discussed. salmond that says that she is lying, and he knows why. some people say what difference does four days make? the difference, of course, is if the meeting of march 29 is admitted and the subject matter is admitted, it makes it very difficult to argue that the meeting of april 2 was on party business, as opposed to government business. if it was a government meeting, it should have been officially recorded. not doing so could be a breach of the ministerial code. two years ago, alex salmond won a legal battle with a scottish government, who had badly mishandled the

right now, it would seek to unite our country and to heal the wounds in our country and i don't think nicola sturgeon if she didn't have to worry about the wounds in her own political party rather than healing the wounds of our country post up a people are really worried the wounds of our country. what people are really worried about now is keeping safe number when they are going to get the vaccine, their child education and their mental health. that cancelled operation or cancer diagnosis or cancer screening they are waiting for, the planet they are going to leave their children or the grandchildren due to climate change, whether they have a job to go back to after we come through covid, these are all the things that i think people are worried about right now. i want our politicians to work together to address those problems with the people, and advocates a covid recovery over the next five years. would a labour administration under you than in a highly rude, for example, be prepared to use the parliament's tax varying powers that do allow you a modest increase in incomes tax which hasn't been used

i have seldom seen nicolas sturgeon so angry as she was in the scottish parliament this afternoon. ationship between nicola sturgeon and alex salmond, once the dream team at the snp and the scottish independence movement, has completely disintegrated and over the next few days there are going to be some really high drama when he accused her of doing something that could cost her herjob and she appears before the committee next week to refute those claims. it is refute those claims. it is extraordinary _ refute those claims. it is extraordinary to - refute those claims. it is extraordinary to hear - refute those claims. it is i extraordinary to hear them refute those claims. it is extraordinary to hear them speaking in those terms today, nick. what is interesting is that often in political parties are experiencing war within the party, where there are real internal splits, the opposition will stand to one side and let them get on with it. that has just changed, and let them get on with it. that hasjust changed, hasn't and let them get on with it. that has just changed, hasn't it? and

i will make that case very, very robustly. nicola sturgeon.tion fever to first ministers questions in the virtual senedd. the exchanges took place on the day the labour—run welsh government published its annual report, giving itself top marks. plaid cymru's leader was slightly more critical. nowhere in your report do you acknowledge your failures, the missed targets, the broken promises. you said you would eradicate fuel poverty by 2018, you didn't. you said you would abolish child poverty by 2020, you didn't. you said you'd cut emissions by 40% by last year, you didn't. i think people who live in wales do not share his sneering attitude to 20,000 new affordable homes here in wales. those young people who've taken part in the 100,000 additional apprenticeships would not share his view. the conservatives focused on the health service. we do that waiting times were a problem before the pandemic, where twice as many patients were waiting over a year than the rest of the whole of england. it is really important that we understand the level of acti

he was armed today with allegations nicola sturgeon is lying about he is the victim of a conspiracy. i god that i will tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. he says scotland's institutions are not failing. he blames people like nicola sturgeon at the top. scotland has not failed. _ nicola sturgeon at the top. scotland has not failed. its _ nicola sturgeon at the top. scotland has not failed. its leadership - nicola sturgeon at the top. scotland has not failed. its leadership has - has not failed. its leadership has failed. the crown office has not failed, its leadership has failed. he says nicola sturgeon misled parliament over when she first heard that complaints of sexual harassment had been made against him. if that complaints of sexual harassment had been made against him. ii the had been made against him. if the first minister _ had been made against him. if the first minister has _ had been made against him. if the first minister has broken - had been made against him. if the first minister has broken the - first minister has broken the ministerial code, shou

right now, we should seek to unite our country and to heal the wounds our country has and i do not think nicola sturgeonhave about healing the wounds on her own political party, rather than healing the wounds in our country. what people are worried about right now is keeping safe, when they are going to get the vaccine, their child's education and mental health, cancer operations and diagnosis, the screening, the planet they are going to leave their children, other grandchildren due to the climate change. all of these things, whether they will have a job to go back to after we come through covid—19, these are all the things i think people are worried about right now. i want our politicians to work together to address those priorities of the people, so that we can have what i would advocate, a covid—19 recovery parliament over the next five years. anas sarwar are talking to me in the last hour on. bbc news. nine new cases of covid—19 have been detected in the isle of man — four weeks after the government there lifted all social distancing restrictions. the public are now being advised to take precautions

nicola sturgeon�*s watch. there is one further question i want to ask, first minister, is saving your own skin worth all the damagef our institutions, and i will always act in a way that protects exactly that. you know, there is a reputation here that is perhaps disintegrating before our eyes and it is not mine, may i say, but ruth davidson has just gone through there a litany of nonsense. she accuses me of deflection, what deflection? she asked me in a previous question about meetings on the 2nd of april and the 29th of march 2018, accumed me of a cover—up, i simply stood there and said how is it a cover—up when i have published the evidence? i have been waiting forfive months to appear before a committee, and i am simply making the point that it used to be possible and as possible in this country to have rigorous, robust debate without a scorched earth policy of conspiracy theory and damaging the integrity of the institutions in the country. it is not me doing that, it is me seeking to stand up to them. can i say this, presiding officer, finally? ruth davidson wants to lecture the rest of us about democratic int

will try to _ bring nicola sturgeon down. i will try to explain a bit more. hat she's guilty of several breaches of the ministerial code. and that people around her, including her husband and her chief of staff, engaged in a malicious campaign to damage his reputation, even to the extent of having him imprisoned. it's a row which has caused an earthquake in scottish politics, with claims that holyrood is struggling to hold the government to account. parts of mr salmond's evidence have been taken down, after prosecutors said they could be in contempt of court and identify his accusers. opposition parties have suggested taking the evidence down is part of a cover—up. miss sturgeon has denied breaking the ministerial code, and says there's no evidence of a conspiracy. what is not legitimate is to pursue a conspiracy theory, a scorched earth policy, that threatens the reputation and the integrity of scotland's independentjustice institutions, just because you happen to dislike this government. and to sacrifice all of that, if i may say so. presiding officer, on th

nicola sturgeon's watch. and there'sjust one further question i want to ask.your own skin worth all the damage that you are doing? a strange cover—up when i've offered the information in published written evidence to the committee, it's hardly a cover—up when i've been waiting months before a committee. and she said she'd answered all the questions to the best of her ability when she appeared and people could judge her answers then. now let's take a look at some other news in brief. more than 30 conservative mps have urged the government to go further to protect leaseholders living in flats from "financial ruin". campaigners say the fire safety bill introduced in the wake of the grenfell tower disaster means flat owners in lower rise buildings will have to pay to make their homes safe. a conservative led moves to change the bill to prevent leaseholders from having to pay remediation costs. we just want the taxpayer to provide a safety net for the leaseholders to ensure the fire safety works are actually undertaken. it's been nearly four years. we want to be in

i will make that case very, very robustly. nicola sturgeon.eland are to blame for a 12% fall in turnover at one of the main retail distributors across the irish sea. that's according to am nexday, which recruited more staff to cope with post—brexit checks and paperwork. a senior managerfrom the company told the northern ireland committee that since the beginning of the year, volumes of trade really had dropped. to compare january 2020 to 2021, our turnover is down maybe 12%. we've had a lot of issues with, we sent a lot of freight out, but we also need to get the same amount back in. so we're may be running trailers back to northern ireland empty, or leaving them in the uk in gb, and then we don't have the resources here. so that's how we've found, really, brexit from january. we've also had to employ new staff. there's been overtime for training, for customs, and it's just a whole new business to us, really. we've never had to deal with customs before. and, yeah, it's a new area for us. we're willing to grow and willing to expand, but there d

nicola sturgeon's watch. and there's just one further question i want to ask.ponded in a moment. first here's nick eardley with some of the background. it's raining on and on and there are big questions from nicola sturgeon about when she knew about allegations against them. did it matter? i thought about the chain of events and how conversations with him happened at her house. whether they were a government or party business. and how it contributed to the radio to the way that her government ultimately botched the investigation into it and allegations of harassment. you heard ruth davidson alleging — a moment ago — that there had been a cover up. that allegation refers to the scottish government's decision to publish an incomplete version of written evidence mr salmond gave to parliament. the conservatives allege if the whole of mr salmond's evidence was published it would show nicola sturgeon lied to parliament. this is how the first minister described anyone taking that view. notjust not just wrong and notjust wrong and notjust completely lacking in a single

nicola sturgeon. he accused her of using that covid—19 briefing earlier this week to call into question the decision of a jury to acquit him of sexual assault. clearly... it session resumes. i should explain you can continue to watch that evidence session on our sister channel, bbc parliament, and on the bbc news website. they will be continuing coverage of that and the reaction from nick eardley as well who is following that over the course of the afternoon and evening. specifically pointing you there to bbc parliament and the website because we are edging up here to a number ten coronavirus briefing. right now, we are going to pause and catch up with the weather prospects. we are ending the week on a much quieter note, things are now largely dry across the board and the next few days are looking dry and settled for most, sunshine by day but chilly nights on the way. high nights on the way. pressure really dominating our weather high pressure really dominating our weather at the moment. high moving thing out its way over the west. it is about 12 or 13 degrees in the warmer spots. is about 12 or 13 degrees in the warmerspots. quite is about 12 or 13 degr

i was getting nowhere. let's go live now to holyrood, where nicola sturgeon is giving a statement to the scottish parliamentbout when i updated parliament a two weeks ago will go ahead as planned from monday. i'll say more about that and the importance of carefully implementing and monitoring that change it later. in addition, i'll give an assessment of the current state of the pandemic and i will signal when and how we do hope to give an indication of the criteria for beginning our exit from lockdown and the order in which we will be aiming to do so, when the time is right. firstly, i'll briefly recap on today's statistics. the total number of positive cases yesterday with 773, 6% of all tests are carried out, meaning the overall cases is no 193,000 148. there are 45 fewer people in hospital than yesterday and 100 people in intensive care, two fewer than yesterday. i regret to report that in the past 24 hours, though, a further 40 deaths were registered of patients who first tested positive over the previous 28 days at the total number of deaths under the staley measurement is now 6764. once again, my cond

so i feel it's a no—brainer, basically. also tonight — nicola sturgeons out her plan to take scotland out of lockdown. non essential businesses like shops and bars, restaurants and gyms will start to reopen by the end of april. taking the brakes off too quickly will allow the virus to get ahead of us again and put our progress out of lockdown into reverse. prince philip will stay on in hospitalfor several days — he's being treated for an infection. the uk's unemployment rate reaches a five year high — the latest figures reveal how the under 25s are being hit hardest. wishing we were there — travel companies see a huge surge in bookings overnight. and coming up in sport on bbc news. ellen white scores a hat—trick as england thrash northern ireland 6—0 in hege riise's first game in interim charge since taking overfrom phil neville. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. so, we now have a route out of lockdown in both england and scotland — and with it comes the challenge of working out exactly how businesses will re—open. in england, some bosses

has, as i said, a moment ago, no interest in interfering with or limiting the conduct of proceedings in this parliament. the bitter feud between these two former friends has seen nicola sturgeonre in any way politically influenced are downright wrong, but i would suggest and go further than that and say that they actually start to buy into what is a false and quite dangerous conspiracy theory that has no basis in fact. nicola sturgeon is scheduled to appear in front of the salmond inquiry next week, but she says she will relish the opportunity to speaker refer to the baseless allegations. a government spokesman told me that he thinks that they are just playing politics. 0ne he thinks that they are just playing politics. one thing is for sure, this row is getting bigger and nastier, there arejust this row is getting bigger and nastier, there are just weeks until the scottish elections. the time is 6:17. our top story this evening... extra funding for schools in england to provide extra tutition and catch up schooling for those that need it. 0h, he's gone! oh dear — england wickets tumble in the second test against india. coming up on sportsday on bbc news, crisis for celtic. t

alex salmond i was supposed to be appearing before msps right now and at that hearing he was expected to sate nicola sturgeoner to get him. she denies that completely. but alex salmond is not here because he pulled out, his evidence which had been published by the scottish parliament, parts of it were taken down because the crown 0ffice were taken down because the crown office which is the prosecution body in scotland, said it could be in contempt of court that caused a furious row and big questions about the way holyrood is operating at the moment. alex salmond has suggested the head of the crown 0ffice, moment. alex salmond has suggested the head of the crown office, the lord advocate, has some sort of conflict because not only is he had the prosecution service but he is the prosecution service but he is the legal advisor to nicola sturgeon as well. the scottish tories here are saying that there needs to questions asked now about whether the democratic institutions in scotland are robust or if they have become corrupt. the scottish government dismisses that, nicola sturgeon in the past has said any idea th

has, as i said, a moment ago, no interest in interfering with or limiting the conduct of proceedings in this parliament. the bitter feud between these two former friends has seen nicola sturgeonacy theory that has no basis in fact. nicola sturgeon is scheduled to appear in front of the salmond inquiry next week, but she says she will relish the opportunity to refute what she calls alez salmond's baseless accusations. to china where a divorce court has ordered a man to compensate his wife for the housework she did during their marriage. she'll receive $7,700 for five years of unpaid labour. it's generated huge debate online over the value of domestic work. here's the reaction of one sociologist. it sends a signal to the public that housework can be compensated and should be compensated in the event of a divorce. man cannotjust take it for granted. i know many men will argue that they didn't realise that their work is still appreciated and their work is still appreciated and the housework skills are not. next — a different view of the ruling from a divorce lawyer in shanghai. it is not really a compensation of housework, it is more a compensation for the loss of career developm

so that is his written evidence —— mrs nicola sturgeon, so the next is what he cannot can't say. iottish politics. we will net the moment in scottish politics. we will get the copies _ moment in scottish politics. we will get the copies in. — moment in scottish politics. we will get the copies in, you _ moment in scottish politics. we will get the copies in, you will _ moment in scottish politics. we will get the copies in, you will be - moment in scottish politics. we will get the copies in, you will be there l get the copies in, you will be there to guide us through. that is nick there guiding us through it from holyrood. and as he mentioned, you can watch the whole of the evidence to the inquiry here on bbc news and thatis to the inquiry here on bbc news and that is expected to start in about 20 minutes' time. the group of scientists advising the government have said vaccinating people in order of age is the fastest way to cut covid—19 deaths in the next phase of the roll—out. it means that the recommendation being put to number 10 will be that the people in their 40s will be th

here's some of what nicola sturgeon had to say at her daily coronavirus briefing. let me say at the outset that ieople, businesses, everybody across the country, is for more certainty and to be able to see as far ahead into the future with as much clarity as possible. so i will say a little bit about why i don't think it is right or possible to do everything that we all desperately want at the moment, but also a bit about how we intend to get to that longer—term position as quickly as possible. the framework provides indicative dates for the next six weeks because that is the timeframe that right now we can be most confident about. it is harder at this stage, this will chance as we go through the coming weeks, but at this stage it's harder to know the likely course of the pandemic after that period. the main reason for that is that we do not yet know how the new, more infectious variant of the virus will behave as we start to lift the lockdown restrictions. because it is only the restrictions that are keeping that at bay now. so what that means is that we have to monitor the first few steps out o

nicola sturgeon says she�*s looking forward to her turn to give evidence. in addition to answering any questions, iave been made about this whole situation. this has become a very bitter battle between alex salmond and his successor, nicola sturgeon. he accuses her of misleading parliament and breaching the ministerial code, both of which would be resigning offences. she denies all of that, saying it�*s nothing but a conspiracy of nonsense, but it could be damaging, just three months away from crucial scottish elections. today, the snp chief executive, who�*s also nicola sturgeon�*s husband, appeared in front of the virtual committee for the second time. the whole truth and nothing but the truth. he was accused of lying under oath. mr murrell, you have made an untruthful statement to the committee — it's self evident. i don�*t think so. tory and labour politicians are now demanding he�*s investigated for perjury. mr murrell was asked to clarify evidence he gave to the same committee in december about a meeting between alex salmond and nicola sturgeon in their marital home three years ago. crucially

scotland correspondent james shaw was listening to nicola sturgeon's statement and said her announcement was quite different to the prime minister's. itly different decisions are being made here compared to what we heard from borisjohnson yesterday. lawyers for alex salmond, the former first minister of scotland, have demanded an urgent explanation after evidence he submitted to an inquiry was taken down from the scottish parliament's webiste. mr salmond had handed over the written evidence to the inquiry investigating the botched handling of harassment claims against him. scotland's prosecution service had raised 'grave concerns' over the documents. our scotland editor sarah smith told me more. yes, it's an extremely complicated story but it's a very, very important one. let me run you through what's happened today. alex salmond had submitted two lengthy statements to the holyrood committee investigating the scottish government's handling of sexual harassment allegations against him, and they were laying out his version of events. there was legal wrangling over the last few weeks about whether or not they could be published and last

i think to come into its own. in scotland, the first minister has given the daily coronavirus briefing. nicola sturgeontravel which come into force today. let's have a listen to what she said a little earlier. our new rules on overseas travel have come into force from today onwards all international travellers arriving directly into scotland by air from outside the rest of the uk, ireland, or other parts of the common travel area will be required to stay in a specially assigned hotel for a 10—day period of managed isolation. people arriving from ireland will also be required to follow these rules if they have come from a high risk country, so if they have travelled to scotland via ireland, a country that is classed as high risk. during the ten day period of managed isolation, travellers will be tested for covid twice on day two and the importance of that early test, given that we are trying to avoid the mutation of new variants so that genomic sequencing can potentially be done and then they will be tested again on day eight after their arrival. the purpose of that later test is to try to make sure peo

so i feel it's a no—brainer, basically. also tonight — nicola sturgeonow the virus to get ahead of us again and put our progress out of lockdown into reverse. prince philip will stay on in hospitalfor several days — he's being treated for an infection.

has, as i said, a moment ago, no interest in interfering with or limiting the conduct of proceedings in this parliament. the bitter feud between these two former friends has seen nicola sturgeonng. but i would suggest and go further than that and say that they actually start to buy into what is a false and quite dangerous conspiracy theory that has no basis in fact. nicola sturgeon is scheduled to appear in front of the salmond inquiry next week, but she says she will relish the opportunity to refute what she calls alex salmond's baseless accusations. the scottish government vigorous deny there has been any kind of collusion or any kind of pressure placed on the prosecution service. a government spokesman told me he thinks the opposition parties are just playing politics with these suggestions there has been any government interference in this process. but one thing is for sure, this route is getting bigger and nastier, and there are just weeks until the scottish elections. dashed this row. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello again. it's a been a pretty mild day in scotland and northern ireland, but we've had some extreme heat, really, for the tim

nicola _ this crucial issue? well, you will have to ask nicola sturgeon - this crucial issue? well, you will. have to ask nicola sturgeon back. what iore action look like? well, _ from overseas. what would more action look like? well, there - from overseas. what would more action look like? well, there is . from overseas. what would more action look like? well, there is a| action look like? well, there is a strengthened — action look like? well, there is a strengthened enforcement, - action look like? well, there is a - strengthened enforcement, meaning we are putting more people onto the task of enforcing that people do isolate when they come in from overseas and of course we have discussed the need for countries of particular concern for hotel quarantine, as in as soon as you get off the plane you have to go into a hotel for ten days. the details of that will be sent out shortly. i wanted some specific detail on that. we have spoken to a number of government ministers on the issue and nobody has been able to give a day as to when that will happen quite what are we looking at? me quite what are we looking at? we will set quite what