because after 1a years of tory failure in westminster, 17 years of snp failure in holyrood, only labour can provide the change that scotland needs. applause. imean, i mean, look around this nation. drug deaths off the scale. schools, going backwards. buses that cost a fortune. those ferries still not serving the island communities who need them. and as eileen mentioned, a terrible crisis in our nhs. the ambulances queueing outside a&e, patients who need treatment waiting inside. conference, what does the first minister say to people like eileen? what does he say to the scots who think i'm paying more, more and more and getting less, less and less from his government? he says, lets send a message to westminster. send a message? with all the problems this nation faces, thatis all the problems this nation faces, that is the level of his ambition for scotland, send a message! conference, i am afraid this is the story of the snp now, they are not interested in fixing scotland's problems, they want to exploit them. the mask has slipped, the pretense that they were ever interested in improving

but the snp, despite being in government in holyrood, in coalition with the green party, is posing as the north sea oil and gas industry. i think that's going to be an interesting tussle over the next nine months.— to be an interesting tussle over the next nine months. another issue, the comments about _ next nine months. another issue, the comments about the _ next nine months. another issue, the comments about the ceasefire - next nine months. another issue, the comments about the ceasefire in - comments about the ceasefire in gaza. 0f comments about the ceasefire in gaza. of course the anti—semitism issue has been looming large on the labour party for some time, earlier this week, keir starmer suspended two of the parliamentary candidates after claims emerged that they had made anti—semitic remarks. he has been under a lot of pressure. do you think the pledge today, the language was carefully selected, do you think that would go far enough to address that would go far enough to address that pressure? h0. that would go far enough to address that pressure?— that pressure? no, it won'

investigation carried out by the scottish parliament corporate body which looks after the finances at holyrood.— not causing a distraction. thank you for bringing — not causing a distraction. thank you for bringing us _ not causing a distraction. thank you for bringing us up-to-date. - radioactive water has leaked from a device treating contaminated waste at the fukushima nuclear power plant injapan. 5.5 metric tonnes of the substance spilled when valves were left open during maintenance. the plant operator said the surrounding environment was unaffected , but it plans to remove soil that may have been contaminated. an icelandic volcano erupts for the second time this year. these pictures were filmed earlier. molten rock shooting out of the ground in the reykjanes peninsula in the south—west of iceland. the icelandic meteorological office said the fisher was about three kilometres long. we're looking at those live pictures. it not clear if those live pictures. it not clear if those eruptions will affect the town nearby whose 4000 residents were evacuated from their after lava reached the fishi

meanwhile, the lachrymose former sultanah of holyrood , nicola sturgeon, of holyrood, nicola sturgeonry in edinburgh and told lawyers a part of her wish she had never been first minister during the covid events , as she also belatedly apologised for saying her whatsapp would be revealed knowing she'd already deleted them. the latest figures have revealed that the uk population is set to exceed 70 million by 2026. a decade earlier than expected, mainly because of our record breaking mass migration numbers. but this is not what the british people voted for last, an exhibition of masochism is on display at the royal academy as it reveals its own historical links with the slave trade. but are they merely accusing these figures of being products of their time? state of the nation starts now. i'll also be joined by a particularly pugnacious panel this evening. former editor of the sun , kelvin mackenzie, and the sun, kelvin mackenzie, and the contributing editor to novara media, michael walker. as always, i want to hear from you. it's a crucial part of the programme. me programme. email me

the health secretary's £11,000 data roaming bill due to be given to him in january according to holyroodretary, that is what the bbc understands. in russia, the only presidential hopeful to oppose the war in ukraine says he has been blocked from running for election. anti—war candidate boris nadyezhdin was hoping to challenge vladimir putin in next month's elections. he had submitted more than the required number of signatures, but the kremlin has now said problems were found with those signatures. mr nadezhdin says the country's central election commission did not register his candidacy. in a post on social media, he says he'll appeal to the supreme court. a previously low— profile politician, boris nadezhdin was the only anti—war figure left as a prospective candidate. tell us a bit of the context behind this. .,. . tell us a bit of the context behind this. ., . ., , tell us a bit of the context behind this. .. ., , .., ., this. each and every candidate in russia is supposed _ this. each and every candidate in russia is supposed to _ this. each and every candidate in russia is supposed

joining us live now to talk more about the academy's penguin successes holyrood's and long from the steinhardtaquarium in san francisco. good afternoon. hi, good afternoon. hello. so it sounds like the penguins got an early jump. start on valentine's day. how many paying once you have that? the aquarium now? >> we have a team in or african penguin habitat and we still have 3 youngsters behind the scenes. so 21 in total, that's incredible. and so what do you think sparked all of this chemistry between the penguins walk us through the significance of this baby boom. well, association of zoos and aquariums, which we're a member, has species survival plans for many different types of animals. basically long story short. they want to make sure that our populations are healthy and genetically diverse. so it's kind of a cross between an ancestry website and maybe a dating website. so we take all the information to make the best matches possible. so at the last ssp meeting for african penguins was just a few years ago. and so from that match making process, we've got a more young couples. >> and love

follow, the report warned, with an assisted dying bill expected to be tabled at later this year, at holyroodragically suffering from terminal lung cancer , revealed in december suffering from terminal lung cancshe revealed in december suffering from terminal lung cancshe had aled in december suffering from terminal lung cancshe had joined december suffering from terminal lung cancshe had joined dignitaser that she had joined dignitas today after the report's findings were published, dame esther called for a free vote in the commons on euthanasia or with me now is andrew copson, the chief executive of humanists uk . um, thank you very much for uk. um, thank you very much for coming in and welcome . um, this coming in and welcome. um, this is a very important issue that is a very important issue that is , i think, worth discussing is, i think, worth discussing and having a debate in parliament seems a not unreasonable thing to do . unreasonable thing to do. >> yes, i think that's right. we've had debates in parliament in the past , we've had debates in parliament in the past, but what's change

she's under pressure to address holyrood after it was revealed that none of her whatsapp messages during the pandemic were transferred to the government's official records . government's official records. ms sturgeon has defended deleting the messages, saying it was in line with official advice, freedom of information requests show other ministers, including humza yousaf, also failed to transfer their messages on. opposition leaders are now demanding an urgent explanation, accusing the snp of a culture of secrecy . holiday a culture of secrecy. holiday park operator pontins has had to apologise for engaging in what the european court of human rights described as shocking discrimination towards irish travellers. it comes after a whistleblower revealed a list of banned irish surnames laid labelled as undesirable guests . labelled as undesirable guests. pontins staff were instructed to decline bookings based on the names and identified travellers by listening out for irish accents . the operator has now accents. the operator has now been served with an unlawful act. notice requiring pontins

. >> during her first time as first minister, she's under pressure to address holyrood personally afteraled that zero of her whatsapp messages during the pandemic were transferred to the government's records. sturgeon has defended deleting those messages , saying it was in line messages, saying it was in line with official advice. freedom of information requests show other ministers, including humza yousaf, also failed to transfer their messages. opposition leaders are demanding an urgent explanation . varne accusing the explanation. varne accusing the snp of a culture of secrecy . snp of a culture of secrecy. detectives are saying they are keeping an open mind about whether the murder of a 16 year old in bristol last night is unked old in bristol last night is linked to other recent attacks. the teenage victim died in what police have described as a sickening stabbing by two attackers wearing masks, who then fled the scene on bicycles . then fled the scene on bicycles. it comes just weeks after the deaths of teenagers mason rist and max dixon, who were also stabbed in bristol. police h