that decision puts him at odds with ash regan the first minister.cision puts him at odds with ash regan who said the first minister. that decision puts him at odds with ash regan who said she the first minister. that decision puts him at odds with ash regan who said she will the first minister. that decision puts him at odds with ash regan who said she will be standing, she quit the cabinet over the issue and should see she would be in the bill if elected. here in the uk, treasure hunting is becoming an increasingly popular hobby. but the debate is open — what should happen to objects that treasure hunters find? the government wants to widen the legal definition of "treasure" in england, wales and northern ireland so that when important historical artefacts are found, they end up in public rather than private collections. tim muffett has the story. eyes down, fingers crossed. detectorists live in hope. metal detector beeps slowly. bryan and julian have been metal detecting for decades... are you feeling excited? oh, very much so! let's hope it's tha

stepping into the spotlight, ash regan�*s campaign are calling her the under dog.rs for scottish independence to unite. the truth is that our movement has been divided for far too long by petty differences and personal agendas. instead, she promised a relentless focus on independence, insisting an election victory at holyrood or westminster would provide a mandate. you have said that you will explicitly declare in your manifesto... line one. line one that should you achieve a majority of seats and votes that on day one... yeah. ..of being in power you would open negotiations. absolutely right. with whom? with the uk government. on day one? yeah. and if they don't come? listen, we have got to move away from this point where we are asking permission from the uk, this is about scotland and it's about scotland expressing its views on how it wants to be governed. so we are going to get away from that and this is my attempt to move us forward, move that conversation forward. but the concept of a negotiation obviously requires two parties. of course. my question is, what

kate forbes, humza yousaf and ash regan are hoping to succeed nicola sturgeon.nd coming up on the bbc news channel, we'll bring you the details of the europa league draw, as manchester united and arsenal find out who they face in the last 16. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one live from the ukrainian capital kyiv, where exactly one year ago today at 4.30 in the morning, the bbc team here was woken up by the loud noise of a siren over our hotel's pa system. we remember the man's voice that followed sounding shaky, he was panicked, and he said all guests must head to the underground shelter because the country was under attack. we soon found out russian paratroopers had landed at an airfield just a few miles from here and tanks were heading to kyiv having crossed the borderfrom belarus. what has followed has been a year of tears and savagery, defiance and hope. what has followed has stunned the world and led to the worst fighting and largest refugee emergency on european soil since the second world war. what's followed has been a global crisis over

stepping into the spotlight, ash regan�*s campaign are calling her the underdog.independence to unite. the truth is that our movement has been divided for far too long by petty differences and personal agendas. instead, she promised a relentless focus on independence, insisting an election victory at holyrood or westminster would provide a mandate. you have said that you will explicitly declare in your manifesto... line one. line one, that should you achieve a majority of seats and votes that on day one... yeah. ..of being in power you would open negotiations. absolutely right. with whom? with the uk government. on day one? yeah. and if they don't come? listen, we have got to move away from this point where we are asking permission from the uk. this is about scotland and it's about scotland expressing its views on how it wants to be governed. so we are going to get away from that and this is my attempt to move us forward, move that conversation forward. but the concept of a negotiation obviously requires two parties. of course. if they refused to turn up, what wou

we've mentioned ash regan and anas sarwar. they're two opposite sides of they're two opposite sides of the party really , ash, someone the party really, ash, someone who resigned over that gender reform bill seen as more socially conservative anas sarwar seen as more socially liberal, but also we've got angus robertson and kate forbes now. kate forbes had the good fortune. perhaps of being on maternity leave during all of this, but she abstained by virtue of that on the gender bill, she seemed to be more critical of it. she's an evangelical christian. she's made anti—abortion comments in the past. this is someone who perhaps is on that socially conservative side as well , conservative side as well, whereas angus robertson, someone perhaps closer to the sturgeon world view, we're really seeing in these four candidates now, two social liberals and two social conservatives, that seems to be where some of the division is coming about. and you know, it's possible that we could be slightly overstating some of this, but this particula

they are the current scottish health secretary humza yousaf, and the former minister ash regan. would make it easier for transgender people to legally change their gender identity. speaking to the sunday mail newspaper, she said: we need a new direction and we need to reprioritise. we need to bring back unity, draw a line under certain things and move past them. i believe i am the person to do that. the electorate expect the scottish government to focus on things that are important to them. that means the nhs which is still struggling to get back on its feet after the pandemic. scottish health secretary humza yousaf, who supports the gender recognition bill, also declared his intention to stand saying he had the experience needed to govern. he said: i've thought hard about it and i've decided to put myself forward as scotland's next first minister. i'm doing it because the top job requires someone who has experience and i have been trusted by nicola sturgeon with some of the toughestjobs in government. i believe independence is needed now more than ever especially after a decade

here they are — the current scottish health secretary humza yousaf, and former minister ash regan.rom the government in october in protest against a law which would make it easier for transgender people to legally change their gender identity. that is currently caught up in a legal conflict and will be decided in a uk court of law. speaking to the sunday mail newspaper, she said: scottish health secretary humza yousaf, who supports the gender recognition bill, also declared his intention to stand saying he had the experience needed to govern. he said: i'm joined now by our scotland correspondent catriona renton. that question of independence is really what got us here in the first place. and it is a challenge because there was nicola sturgeon in office for eight years and towards the end of her time, it looked as if the course of independence had not moved much further forward than it was at the start of her eight years? it much further forward than it was at the start of her eight years?- the start of her eight years? it was shot news on _ the start of her eight years? it was shot

. will former safety minister ash regan . ew snp leader will be announced on the 27th of march. this is gb news more for me shortly now though is back to . mark thomson. thanks very much indeed. so the partner of missing mum nicola bulley describing his agony after that body was found in the river wyre in lancashire, close to where she'd gone missing. the has not yet been formally identified. it was discovered yesterday by walkers and has course prompted fresh questions about the organisation of the police search and the private diving team who offered assistance . team who offered assistance. well this morning the home secretary saying she not secretary saying she was not wholly satisfied with the decision by the police to release personal information release the personal information about . this is what she about nicola. this is what she had a little earlier. had to say a little earlier. well, of all, i to put on well, first of all, i to put on record my deepest thoughts and sympathy for the family of nicola bulley , it must

that said, we have not heard much from the third candidate, ash regan.le because of the gender recognition reform bill that was passed at holyrood just before christmas, she resigned at an earlier stage in the process, saying she could not support that, so we know her position on that, but she has not made herself available for interviews until now. so i think there will be some scrutiny today of ash regan's position on a whole number of different policy areas. lorna gordon in glasgow, thank you very much. thejustice secretary, dominic raab, has said convicted criminals could get longer sentences if they refuse to appear in court and he has not ruled out the possibility of them being physically dragged from their cells. it comes after a meeting with the family of zara aleena, who was murdered byjordan mcsweeney last year. he was jailed for 38 years but chose not to be in the dock for sentencing. our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. zara aleena was attacked and sexually assaulted close to her home in ilford in east london. she died from her

ash regan is the third candidate who has announced she will stand.se resigned from the scottish government last year because she said she couldn't support the controversial gender recognition reform bill. we have heard from nicola sturgeon this morning, whose sudden resignation has sparked this. she said she will not endorse any of the candidates to succeed her. she says like every other snp party member, she will have one vote. that is how it will work, one member, one vote. there are more than 100,000 members of the snp. they will get to decide who becomes the next party leader. and in effect, he becomes the next verse minister of scotland. the nominations to stand close on friday. it is not a foregone conclusion, they have to get 100 votes from 20 different branches. and then there is a wider vote throughout the membership. we will find out who the leader of the party is on march the 27th. thank you, lorna gordon reporting. the legendary sports presenter dickie davies has died at the age of 9a. and that is all we have time for today. i have hoped

they are the current scottish health secretary humza yousaf, and the former minister ash regan.test against a law which would make it easier for transgender people to legally change their gender identity. speaking to the sunday mail newspaper, she said: "we need a new direction and we need to reprioritise. "we need to bring back unity, draw a line under certain "things and move past them. "i believe i am the person to do that." scottish health secretary humza yousaf, who supports the gender recognition bill, also declared his intention to stand saying he had the experience needed to govern. he said, "i've thought hard about it and i've decided to put myself forward "as scotland's next first minister. "i believe independence is needed now more than ever especially "after a decade of austerity." buckingham palace has released details of the music that will feature at the coronation of king charles. the selection — chosen personally by the king — will include a special coronation anthem, composed by lord andrew lloyd—webber, as charlotte gallagher reports. variation ix (adagio) by

and coming up — kate forbes and humza yousafjoin ash regan in a bid to be the next snp leader and firstbe eligible for the ulez scrappage scheme. and plans to put recycled sewage into the thames kick up a stink. coming into the thames kick up a stink. up in sports ellie 1 tells coming up in sports ellie baker tells us about her goals after the inter championships in birmingham. found there was a "catastrophic failure" and "seriously unsafe culture" at devon and cornwall police — in their unit that licences firearms. 22—year—old jake davison shot the victims, including his own mother and a three—year—old girl, with a gun he legally owned. the jury at the inquest said he shouldn't have been granted a gun licence because of a lack of medical information and his violent history. our south west england correspondent jenny kumah reports. this is the momentjake davison left home, armed with a shotgun. he had just killed his own mother — 51—year—old maxine davison. he then murdered four others at random. a short walk from his house, three—year—old sophie martyn was pushing a buggy with a teddy

. and former safety minister ash regan . ace nicola sturgeon. but of course, kate forbes been under fire after saying she would not have voted for same sex marriage. ash regan saying she firmly supports the right to equal marriage. let's get more from glasgow with our scotland reporter tony maguire . and tony, reporter tony maguire. and tony, i don't know if you heard what john to say , but john lamont had to say, but clearly is drama of a kind, clearly it is drama of a kind, perhaps not what snp wanted, though . no, certainly , rather though. no, certainly, rather than, i think, compelling drama , they would much rather had three compelling candidate . three compelling candidate. that's right. but me talking to the people of glasgow today you know that that's a bit up the air i think and certainly few people that i spoke to didn't even know who was running. and those that did know, didn't really feel very satisfied with the choices you know. they thought that perhaps fair to be choosing the best of a weak bunch and if you ca

we've already seen today ash regan calling for nicola sturgeon's to resign.nt pages, so i think i'd better and then hope that you have to be and then it comes to a question of competence. nicola sturgeon, a master of taking master of sort of taking everything constitutional everything back, constitutional question she had 45% question for which she had 45% of behind her, i would say of scots behind her, i would say would probably be yousaf as the least effective one. certainly talking to ministers in government. that seems to be the one. they're rubbing their hands full well that you go james thank you very much as just in case people have missed your offering what is it offering on liz truss what is it about the play, the inside story of the rise and fall. fantastic lot like james taylor is this following the race closely is diary added to this bad data is good a lot as well james writes a guide coming up with gb news and talks now to broadcast genuinely the big fight between liam neeson , the tory deputy liam neeson, the tory deputy chair, and steve the gob

their minister ash regan. their decision to in the sunday mail. to replace nicola include the finance secretary kate forbes and mary mccallion. nominations close on friday and the winner the race will be announced at the race will be announced at the end of march. the us secretary of state has warned china will face serious consequences if it provides lethal military aid to . anthony lethal military aid to. anthony blinken spoke to the country's top diplomat, wang on the sidelines of the global security conference in munich , the us conference in munich, the us believes beijing considering sending weapons , ammunition to sending weapons, ammunition to russia for the war in ukraine. china denies that the musical for the kings coronations been revealed. an anthem written by andrew lloyd webber is one of the 12 pieces to be played dunng the 12 pieces to be played during the ceremony. best known for the musical, including evita and jesus christ superstar. he is said to be incredibly honoured to have been asked. greek orthodox music will also be on the

in the past hour, the former minister ash regan has launched her campaign. race. i will say clearly hear that there can be no compromise on women's rights. i'm going to seek... applause. thank you. i will be seeking consensus, not compromise, and in the absence of consensus, if there was an appetite in the country for it, i would be happy to hand the matter over to a citizens assembly for then, and let the people of scotland decide how to take it over. applause. i am the candidate for change, not continuity. i want to restore the nation which allow it to the snp to replace labour as the dominant party of scotland. that is independence for scotland and good governance. i respect everything my predecessors have achieved since 2007, but recently we have lost our way and under my leadership we will re—establish our track record, we will reform our team, we will reiterate the vision of an independent country with parity of esteem in the world. the vehicle for this is the independence convention, which i've committed to establishing. i want to the membership of the

well, ash regan is, of course, the third candidate who's announced she will stand.ourse, resigned from the scottish government last year because she said she couldn't support the controversial gender recognition reform bill. we've heard from nicola sturgeon this morning whose sudden resignation has sparked this all. she said she will not endorse any of the candidates to succeed her. she says like every other snp party member, she will have one vote. that's how it will work. one member, one vote. there are more than 100,000 members of the snp. they will get to decide who becomes the next party leader and in effect who becomes the next first minister of scotland. the nominations to stand close on friday. they have to... it's not a foregone conclusion. they have to get 100 votes from 20 different branches and then there is a wider vote throughout the membership. we will find out who the leader of the party is on march the 27th. lorna gordon. paramedics and other ambulance staff across parts of england, and all of wales, are on strike again today. members of the gmb and

interestingly enough, ash regan , she actually stepped down as her position .ion. minister for community safety over this community and safety over this bill because she believed it represented a threat to women's safety . so she she'll rip safety. so she said she'll rip it up . the other candidate, it up. the other candidate, yousef , he wants to continue on yousef, he wants to continue on with and he actually believes with it and he actually believes that westminster vetoing it was an overreach . so this a very an overreach. so this is a very interesting thing that we're going to see. is going to be going to see. is it going to be something that's do something that's defining? do people clear break with people want a clear break with us they want to continue us or will they want to continue on with that? wondering how on with that? i'm wondering how the msps will feel about the other msps will feel about that issue. but interestingly , that issue. but interestingly, the majority of people in scotland do not want the bill downs. they don't. she is very in touc

short her maternity leave to vie with scottish health secretary humza yousaf and former minster ash reganwhich means just next month humza yousaf could become the youngest ever first minister of scotland, as well as the first ethnic minority politician and the first muslim to hold the post. he says he has the skills and experience to run the country and build support for independence. if you get independence as the settled will of the scottish people, then it becomes a political reality, inevitability in fact. what we�*ve alos got to do is discuss the process now. the first minister has a view. i have to say, i�*m not wedded to that view... this the idea of treating the next general election as a referendum in all but name. you�*ve said there are problems with that. yeah, there are. there are disadvantages, it disenfranchises young people, 16 and 17—year—olds. it disenfranchises european citizens and others as well. his chief rival, kate forbes, is five years younger and has broken into maternity leave from her role as finance secretary tojoin the race. she says growing the economy is the

the scottish health secretary humza yousaf and the former minister ash regan have announced their decisionso stand . they did it decisions to stand. they did it earlier in the sunday mail. now they're potential candidates to replace nicola sturgeon include the finance , kate forbes and the finance, kate forbes and mary macallan . nominations were mary macallan. nominations were close on friday and the winner of the race will be announced the end of march . us secretary the end of march. us secretary of state has warned that china will face serious consequences if it provides lethal military to russia. anthony blinken to the country's top diplomat yi. there are compose asian took place on the sidelines of the global conference in munich yesterday . the us believes yesterday. the us believes beijing is consider sending weapons and ammunition to russia , the war in ukraine. china denies that the musical program for the king's coronation been revealed. an anthem written by composer, andrew lloyd webber , composer, andrew lloyd webber, is one of 12 new pieces to be played during the ceremony. be

confirmation of that decision puts him at odds with ash regan, who has also confirmed she will stand.12 south african cheetahs have arrived in india as part of a project to reintroduce the animals to the country. it's the second batch of big cats to be transferred to asia after south africa agreed to relocate 100 of them over the next decade. stephanie prentice reports. an arrival normally reserved for visiting world leaders or film stars but this helicopter carrying even more precious cargo for the park rangers waiting here — the first of a new batch of cheetahs shipped over as part of a deal with south africa. crowds gather to see it enter a gated holding enclosure, emerging excitedly and maybe slightly dazed by the flight. applause. this animal held here briefly to adapt to hunting and regain full fitness before being released into a national park. translation: i'm veryl happy to inform you that all the cheetahs are completely healthy and very active. they're being released in kuno national park today and they are very alert, active and perfectly normal. cheetahs were declared exti

confirmation of that decision puts him at odds with ash regan, who has also confirmed she will stand.sue and says she would bin the bill if elected. turkish rescue teams have located more survivors of earthquakes that struck almost two weeks ago. a total of more than 16,000 people are now known to have been killed in turkey and syria, with millions left homeless. the turkish city of antakya is one of the most severly damaged, with residential areas and some significant historic momuments destroyed. caroline davies reports. the devastation only gets closer. until you weave in the gaps between the slipped slabs of concrete, deep into the old city of antakya. for 20 years, mehmet led tourists around these ancient streets. now, even he can't find his bearings. "everything has changed," he says. stones and debris of collapsed homes block our path at almost every turn. translation: this was a beautiful area where we took our groups to. old antakya houses, old anta kya streets, all destroyed, unfortunately. known as antioch in roman and medieval times, this city has been significant forjudai

alongside humza yousaf and ash regan . st now regan. let's get the latest now from edinburgh with our scotland reporter, tony maguire. tony she then went public after that interview to, say she regretted the pain or hurt caused by her. but i guess many others in the snp are trying to assess the damage has already been done . damage has already been done. yes, well, certainly you mentioned there are three key backers have pulled out within 24 hours of her launching our campaign . and seems to have campaign. and seems to have really pair herself up against before the race is even one of course and msp that it would have put them so forward. and by friday the end of this week it put themselves into the leadership race. but it is such a bizarre situation . and a bizarre situation. and certainly that spell obviously was passed 20:14 am. let's see. snp mp hannah so even reaching down in westminster you know she took twitter saying hey that's caused so much pain and hurt for her lgbt friends and certainly as you said there . ruth

now in the box seat and it's really has to throw away i think and the name we haven't mentioned is ash reganot that much support across the party, but in arrestingly she was someone who over the recognition reform the green party have now said that they would leave that power sharing agreement. they would leave that almost coalition government, that they are in, in holyrood were she become leader because of course gender recognition reform was part of that of that deal between snp and the greens to form a government. i suppose we can basically her out of the race at the moment humza yousaf looks like unless anyone else senses this race in the next 48 hours, he's going to be the next first minister of scotland as things stand right, you know . yeah, i stand right, you know. yeah, i think that's what's late and the old on certainty there's been rumblings that someone else don't know who will throw the name into the ring perhaps in the next 48 hours. the other big head to and who people were surprised that actually before was angus robertson , the former was angus robertson, the former snp lead

scottish health secretary humza yousaf and former minister ash regan have announced they're in the raceo replace nicola sturgeon as leader, revealing their plans in the sunday mail . they are the the sunday mail. they are the first to declare their candidate safe for the contest and minister miri mccallion has now said she's not standing . but said she's not standing. but it's still thought finance secretary kate forbes could be a contender . secretary kate forbes could be a contender. nominations secretary kate forbes could be a contender . nominations close contender. nominations close next and the winner will be announced at the end of march . announced at the end of march. the us secretary of state has warned china will face serious consequences if it provides lethal military aid to russia . lethal military aid to russia. antony blinken spoke to the country's top diplomat, wang yi , the sidelines of the global security conference in munich . security conference in munich. the us believes beijing considering sending weapons ammunition to russia for the war in ukraine which denies . a

scottish health secretary humza yousaf and former minister ash regan announced their decision to runthe sunday mail. other potential candidates to replace nicola sturgeon include the finance secretary, kate forbes and mary mccallion. nominations close on friday. the winner of the race will be announced at the race will be announced at the end of march . the labour the end of march. the labour leader will urge scottish voters to take another look at his party when he addresses a conference in edinburgh later. sir keir starmer is expected to say labour can bring the change scotland needs and he'll ask voters to put their trust in his party. he's also expected to promise a bold reforming in government following nicola sturgeon's resignation as first minister. british holidaymakers may face further disruption as border force workers continue their four day strike at french ports . members of the public and ports. members of the public and commercial services walked out on friday in a dispute over pay pensions and job security. delays more than 6 hours were experienced at calais yesterday

she's on 28% and humza yousaf is on 20, ash regan on seven.i think that bodes well, because he, quite frankly, is a hapless accident, prone and i think superficial politician and piers post you made a very point james lord my car crash found rose to be low chance in mrs. thatcher's government. he came from the church as kate forbes. why can't somebody, with deep convictions be a deep religious convictions be a political can . our political leader? they can. our country. there's a long record of mean, way it was of it. i mean, the way it was handled, poor. because what handled, was poor. because what yusuf somebody said, yusuf did was somebody said, i want minute. your want a minute. you has your islamic going play with islamic faith going to play with with gay marriage stuff? he went, what is separate. she should same right should have done the same right from start. i'm from the start. okay. i'm just going back to the going to go back to the gentlemen for a prediction. bnan gentlemen for a prediction. brian monteith going to win this race. mo

finance secretary kate forbes and former community safety minister ash regan are expected it to be on ballot. candidates must have at least 100 nominations from a minimum of 20 local party branches to go through . police branches to go through. police say there's been a possible sighting of a missing hiker in the scottish highlands. carl sandburg from yorkshire, along with his dog bane , were last with his dog bane, were last seen on sunday walking in the lost valley area. concern is growing for his welfare . police growing for his welfare. police scotland is asking anyone with any information to phone 1 to 1 . and a new report has found pubuc . and a new report has found public sector staff are becoming burnt out and quitting jobs whilst employ it's claimed burnt out and quitting jobs whilst employ it's claime d £26 whilst employ it's claimed £26 billion of free labour last yeah billion of free labour last year. the tuc says workers put in about seven and a half hours of unpaid overtime a week in 2020 to the union's urging everyone to work their schedules hours only . everyone to wor

scottish health secretary humza yousaf and former minister ash regan have announced they will stand torgeon as s&p leader. the pair who revealed their plans to write in the sunday mail, are the first to declare their candidate. see other potential candidates who are yet to make a bid for leadership, including finance secretary kate forbes . finance secretary kate forbes. and nominations will close next friday. and the winner of the race will be announced at the end of march . labour leader will end of march. labour leader will urge scottish voters to take another look at his party when he addresses a conference in edinburgh later. sir keir starmer is expected say starmer is expected to say labour can bring the change. scotland needs and he'll ask voters to put their trust in his party. he's also expected to promise a bold reform in government following nicola sturgeon's resignation as first minister. the british medical association is expected to condemn the government for refusing to meet the terms of trade unions to stop nhs strike action . later, the bma's chair action. later, the b

. yousaf and former minister ash regan . n hollywood so far with harvey weinstein being sentenced . actor alec baldwin to in court and the fallout from last weekend's baftas. still rumbling on. we'd love to hear from you this morning locally. be getting in touch on ptsd because we're talking about that in the last houn talking about that in the last hour. and also this salad shortage, lot of you say , why shortage, a lot of you say, why are eating salad ? we should are we eating salad? we should be the seasonal. seasonal veg, which might solve some of these problems. if you've got a full on that or anything at all. gbviews@gbnews.uk . now it's gbviews@gbnews.uk. now it's the first anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine. the war which started officially we say it started in 2014. that's when crimes here was attacked and occupied , of course. but this occupied, of course. but this conflict , of course, this conflict, of course, this specific conflict kicked off a year ago today. and it's resulted in tens of thousands of de

there are three declared candidates, kate forbes, humza yousaf, and ash regan. go forward into the condition, the contest, proper, if you like, but it has been running for a week and it has been quite fatuous, quite in contrast to a party that normally has very good discipline, at least publicly. you are seeing some of the internal divisions come to the fore. the last of the three candidates to launch her campaign, ash regan, did so this morning. she, by her own admission, is the outsider in this competition, she describe herself as the candidate for change, not continuity. she said that if she became party leader, she would set “p became party leader, she would set up an independent commission on a first day of the job and her position would be a majority of seats and votes in elections going forward would trigger negotiations in scotland becoming an independent country. there are a couple of other policy areas that i think are worth drawing out that she touched on in her campaign launch, she resigns a ministerial position in the general reform billjust for chr

ash regan, who quit the scottish government as a community safety minister, will also stand in the contesthas released details of the music that will feature at the coronation of king charles. the selection — chosen personally by the king — will include a special coronation anthem, composed by lord andrew lloyd—webber, as charlotte gallagher reports. elgar plays. from elgar... to andrew lloyd webber. a diverse selection of composers and musicians will form part of the coronation in may. the king commissioned the 12 new pieces, and personally select the rest of the music. a coronation 0rchestra featuring performers from across the uk, and conducted by sir antonio proponent from the royal opera house, will play a large part in the event. a coronation anthem is being composed by andrew lloyd webber, and patrick doyle, who has provided music for films like harry potter and the goblet of fire, bridget jones' diary, and thor, will create a coronation march. singers at the event will include the opera start bryn turtle and pretty young day. there will also be a tribute to the king's father, with

the new snp minister ash regan. the new snp leader will announced on the 27th of march. i'm back in half an hour. see, either . see, either. okay, let's just i'm going to go to lancashire shortly and talk about the nicola bulley case, a body found in the yet to be confirmed to be nicholas. but before that you've kicked right off. kicked right off in off. you've kicked right off in my inbox. vaiews@gbnews.uk this is a story i'll be doing just in a few minutes time about the fact that councils, possibly your council are spending millions pounds some of their millions of pounds some of their own money government money own money some government money on building new or buying on either building new or buying homes for refugees. and these are people who've come from ukraine or afghanis. are people who've come from ukraine or afghanis . and a lot ukraine or afghanis. and a lot of you are saying that basically in answer to my question, should we be using money and housing stock to house brits ? first, stock to house brits? first, a lot of you have answered . yes, lot of you hav

health secretary humza yousaf, finance secretary kate forbes and former community safety minister ash regano be the next party leader and first minister of scotland, replacing nicola sturgeon. the ballot will open on monday march 13th, with the winner announced on march 27th. the environment secretary therese coffey has suggested that people in the uk should eat turnips while other — imported — vegetables are in short supply. ms coffey told mps that british consumers should "cherish" home—grown seasonal produce, as some supermarkets have limited sales of cucumbers and tomatoes. extreme weather in spain and north africa is partly to blame for the shortage. are you a fan of a turnip? i don't mind one. turnip soup, all good. you will be fine! i do not have a problem with turnips at all. not sure it goes as well in a salad. very true. things are turning more chilly in the uk in the next you days. a fairly cloudy start to the day with patchy rain around. so need to start the morning. the clearer skies will impact on the temperature. a frosty start for many. there are conditions working their way

humza yousaf kate forbes and ash regan have advance to the next round .he advance to the next round. the contest to succeed nicola sturgeon as first minister and snp . the candidates will now hit snp. the candidates will now hit the campaign trail to persuade members can lead the party and the country. the ballot will open march 13th, with the winner announced on the 27th of the same month . this is gb news will same month. this is gb news will bnng same month. this is gb news will bring you more as it happens now. so it's back to the briefing with olly . briefing with olly. welcome to the show . well, one welcome to the show. well, one year ago today, russia invaded ukraine and a major escalate of a conflict which began in 14 when russian separatists launched military action in the eastern region of the country, seizing and annexing crimea. it led to tens of thousands of deaths on both sides destruction devastation millions fleeing in desperation now displaced causing europe's largest refugee crisis since world war two. and as we mark the solemn annivers

we had ash regan and actually resigned from the from the party in protest of the gender reform bill,rd the third candidate, but was wait about this. i thought the whole point televising leadership point of televising leadership debates could play debates was that you could play the membership throughout the entire membership throughout country. yeah, now they're only nine secret or safe nine of these secret or safe space events, so you're not going to get the entire membership in holes, are they, to see live debates. so how can the membership make an informed choice without the hosting going aheadin choice without the hosting going ahead in a public space as well? they're only going to have if they've only four members. that's just be the same nine people over and over again. wednesdays rodger and finally, it seems that labour knows what a well is you say it's a woman is. well is you say it's quite interesting, i think, because it's another initiative from labour which i think has something to in fairness and you kind of know which way the wind is blowing, don't you, when the opposit

and ash regan, who quit her position in government over the gender recognition reform bill, that was put their hats into the ring or not. it's not a foregone conclusion. they have to do have the backing of at least 100 party members from 20 different branches, but i think we will see a competition and we might well see a competition and we might well see a competition that could potentially be quite fractious. i saw one mp tweeting a slightly sarcastic comment yesterday evening when joanna cherry said she wasn't standing and it feels like there are potentially quite big divide is among those who will stand, perhaps between those who started their politics in the 90s against those who were born in the 90s. perhaps between those who are candidates for continuity versus those who are candidates for change. to continuity versus those who are candidates for change.- continuity versus those who are candidates for change. to the cut and thrust of— candidates for change. to the cut and thrust of politics. _ candidates for change. to the cut and thrust of politics. lorna - and thrust of polit

meanwhile scottish health secretary humza yousef and former minister ash regan have announced they'ree race to replace nicola sturgeon as snp leader, revealing their plans in the sunday mail . they're the the sunday mail. they're the first to declare their candid to sea for the contest . environment sea for the contest. environment minister miri mccallion has now said she is not standing but is still thought. finance secretary kate forbes could be a contender. nominations closed next friday and the winner will be announced at the end of march . the us secretary of state has warned china will face serious consequences if it provides lethal military aid to russia . lethal military aid to russia. antony blinken spoke to the country's top diplomat, wang yi, on the sidelines of the global security conference in munich. the us believes beijing is considering sending weapons and ammunition to russia for the war in ukraine, which china denies . in ukraine, which china denies. and the musical program for the king's coronation has been revealed . an anthem written by revealed. an anthem written

meanwhile scottish health secretary humza yousef and former minister ash regan have announced they'ree race to replace nicola sturgeon as snp leader, revealing their plans in the sunday mail . they're the the sunday mail. they're the first to declare their candid to sea for the contest . environment sea for the contest. environment minister miri mccallion has now said she is not standing but is still thought. finance secretary kate forbes could be a contender. nominations closed next friday and the winner will be announced at the end of march . the us secretary of state has warned china will face serious consequences if it provides lethal military aid to russia . lethal military aid to russia. antony blinken spoke to the country's top diplomat, wang yi, on the sidelines of the global security conference in munich. the us believes beijing is considering sending weapons and ammunition to russia for the war in ukraine, which china denies . in ukraine, which china denies. and the musical program for the king's coronation has been revealed . an anthem written by revealed. an anthem written

and is like second and ash regan obviously behind. so regan obviously far behind.'s just got to my theory is she's just got to say and say something bold and ridiculous her mark and ridiculous to make her mark and galvanise snp's hardcore galvanise the snp's hardcore base of rabid nationalists who want to destroy scotland . well, want to destroy scotland. well, that's how you would phrase, i would say patriots. do you just, for just who have a legitimate forjust who have a legitimate case for independence. but you know. but yeah because i started saying know, if saying that, you know, if scotland wants leave, it's up to them. i mean, they don't seem to want that's why have the want to. that's why we have the referendum we voted referendum in because we voted to in despite it to stay in the uk despite it being, you know, it's an emotive issue is like brexit is easy sort of galvanise people to vote for something that's such a patriotic emotional you know one no easy easy sail instead of saying yeah but if you if you do leave could be all these economic problems and y

and is like second and ash regan obviously far behind.e's just got to my theory is she's just got to say and say something bold and ridiculous make her and ridiculous to make her mark and galvanise snp's hardcore galvanise the snp's hardcore base of rabid nationalists who want to destroy scotland . well, want to destroy scotland. well, that's how you would phrase, i would say patriots. do you just, for just who have a legitimate forjust who have a legitimate case for independence. but you know. but yeah because i started saying you if saying that, you know, if scotland wants leave, it's up to them. i mean, they don't seem to want to. that's why the want to. that's why we have the referendum we voted referendum in because we voted to in the despite it to stay in the uk despite it being, you know, it's an emotive issue is like brexit is easy sort of galvanise people to vote for something that's such a patriotic emotional you know one no easy easy sail instead of saying yeah but if you if you do leave could be all these economic problems and

kate forbes and ash regan all secured enough votes to advance to the next round of the leadership contestthey've managed to secure the backing of at least 100 members from a minimum of 20 local branches. a penod minimum of 20 local branches. a period of campaigning now gets underway, with the winner announced on the 27th of march . announced on the 27th of march. and lastly, the publishing house puffin uk has announced that roald dahl's classic collection will still be printed using the author's original descriptions and expressions. it follows criticism of the recent editing of his work to remove potential offensive language . it's offensive language. it's understood puffin uk will continue with the publication of amended texts as well as continuing to release the original versions. continuing to release the original versions . camilla, the original versions. camilla, the queen consort , yesterday urged queen consort, yesterday urged authors to resist kerbs on their freedom of expression . what's freedom of expression. what's your latest news? i'm back in and i see them . and i see them.

three candidates are in the race — kate forbes, ash regan and humza yousaf.ve seen intolerance this week? look, i think what is important is people of faith and i consider myself one of them, i will be fasting for ramadan in a few weeks, it is legitimate to hold those religious views. what i said clearly in terms of my own position is i don't use my faith as a basis for legislation and legislating, that is not what the job of policymakers is. we need to look at what we think is in the best interests of society as a whole. i have been a supporter of equality all my life and will continue to be and i think the snp has done very well in attracting people to our party and our movement through the progressive agenda we have. on top of that when you are first minister, you are first ministerfor first minister, you are first minister for scotland and people want to know they will have a first minister who won't just want to know they will have a first minister who won'tjust protect their rights but advance their rights where possible. would it be acceptable to have

scottish health secretary humza yousaf is in second and with 20% with ash regan in third with seven.fter , forbes faced to some after, forbes faced criticism from some parts of the media for her views on sex marriage and abortion, which , marriage and abortion, which, based on her christian faith. meanwhile, yusuf, who is a muslim, has defended his decision to miss the scottish vote on gay after facing criticism , saying he had an criticism, saying he had an unavoidable engagement. so who should the next snp leader be and what is going on when comes to this leadership campaign? joining is the political editor of the express online david maddox. david, thank you very indeed for joining maddox. david, thank you very indeed forjoining me this indeed for joining me this afternoon on. so it's been quite afternoon on. so it's been quite a dramatic contest so far. i guess the most well, the most media, most interest the media has, of course, been kate , his has, of course, been kate, his religious views. has, of course, been kate, his religious views . yes the snp are religious views. yes t

i ash regan, who's a newcomer, but who resigned over the gender recognition debate.that could be a kind of, if you like socially conservative bloke building up there . there's and building up there. there's and the use of generally known to be a bit volatile as a personality. so may not well go and he might not be considered by the snp who have the final vote on leader to beatit have the final vote on leader to beat it to be the perfect candidate . there's some dark candidate. there's some dark horses this . isn't keith brown , horses this. isn't keith brown, who's very popular. in the party and experience falklands veteran safe pair of hands. so there's a few other people i suspect it comes to down it in the scrabble get support. it will be it will be angus robertson and take at the line the kate forbes as you that's very fascinating isn't it because of religious views as you say. and there's been so much so talk about what you might call morality and ethics and one of the things that nicola sturgeon perhaps stumbled on could take the snp a rather different directio

ash regan, who quit her position in government over the gender recognition reform bill which was passedwhenjoanna cherry said she wasn't standing and it feels like there's potentially quite big divides amongst those who are going to stand, perhaps between those who started their politics in the 1990s versus those who were born in the 1990s, perhaps between those who are candidates for continuity versus those who are candidates for change. a young boy has been pulled from the rubble in turkey nearly 11 days after the earthquake hit. rescuers worked through the night in hatay to find him and there were cheers of celebration when he was successfully pulled free. it's as the syrian president, bashar al—assad, made his first public statement, thanking the international community for its help, but said it must go further. more than a week after earthquakes hit syria and turkey, there's growing anger over why so many buildings collapsed, burying tens of thousands of people as they slept. in turkey, more than 100 arrest warrants have been issued in connection with unsafe buildings and the gover

party members from 20 different branches, but we know from people who will attempt to get that, ash reganon's preferred strategy for another independence referendum, that would be treating the next election as a de facto referendum. he said that was her preference, but he would consult on what the best strategy was when it comes to fighting for another independence referendum, so we heard a speech this morning. this afternoon will hear more details about what kate forbes intends to stand for. she has released some comments already, she released a campaign video earlier on today on twitter. she said she believes scotland and the snp are at a major crossroads, she said she would pledge to reach out and listen, she said her party needed a leader who was bowled, energised and fresh to the role, but we will hear more from her this afternoon, she is expected to give interviews, shall be travelling down from the north of inverness switch in circumstance currency area where she lives, the nominations close on friday, we will know who has won the competition towards the end of march.- know who has

kate forbes, ash regan and humza yousaf have launched campaigns to become the next snp leader, and a the legislation was passed. our scotland correspondent, alexandra mackenzie, joins me now. this is turning out to be a fascinating contest, isn't it? we have those contenders so far and we don't know how much longer kate forbes, for example will be in the race. , , , ., race. yes, she is remaining in the race. yes, she is remaining in the race for now. _ race. yes, she is remaining in the race for now, and _ race. yes, she is remaining in the race for now, and it _ race. yes, she is remaining in the race for now, and it has _ race. yes, she is remaining in the race for now, and it hasjust i race. yes, she is remaining in the race for now, and it hasjust been j race. yes, she is remaining in the i race for now, and it hasjust been a race for now, and it has just been a week since nicola sturgeon announced her resignation. it seems a lot longer since that happened, because a lot has happened since then. we have been getting a lot of reaction to kate forbes' comments over the last couple