well, that was bute house in edinburgh a short time ago. let's return to edinburgh now.eak to the leader of the scottish liberal democrats, alex cole—hamilton, who joins us. thank you very much indeed for your time i'm just picking your time alex. i'm just picking up some of phrases and up on some of the phrases and the that she used in the language that she used in that speech . no that resignation speech. no longer felt she could give the job everything it deserved, only just started to comprehend the physical mental of physical mental impact of leading through the leading scotland through the pandemic. i am a human being as well a politician, and it is well as a politician, and it is this jacinda ardern moment. as we remember the new zealand resigning . well, mark and, today resigning. well, mark and, today is not a day for political attacks from opposition leaders like myself . i think it's like myself. i think it's important that we reflect and pay important that we reflect and pay tribute the immense personal commitments that nicholas sturgeon has shown this countr

researchers in edinburgh found several handsets doing just that. their report this month found the pre installed apps on phones from 3 chinese companies asked for a large number of access permissions to phone features such as the camera. there were also sending larger than normal amounts of personal data to their makers. even if the sim card was removed, is what the report said. it said, combined this information poses serious risks of user d, animal zation and extensive tracking, particularly since in china. every phone number is registered under a citizen id. moreover, the data collection papers do not change when the devices move outside china. a poll, patrice is a researcher and professor at the university of edinburgh, and he's one of the 3 authors of that study earlier i asked him what information is being disclosed? right, so there are broadly 4 types of information. ready that are being disclosed. we categorize these as the voice specific geo location, specific user profile and social relationship. so some of the things make sense for, you

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k. parliament and also in edinburgh. mark to flee pulsar and director of the different partnership, a research and consultancy firm a warm welcome to you all. and thanks so much for joining us today on inside story . and let me start with you today. nicholas sturgeon has been such a force in scottish politics for so long and such a key figure for so long. how big of a shock was the announcement that she's resigning? but i guess when you look at it and has been the deputy 1st minister since 2007 out to becoming 1st minister in 2014, i guess people what we are that we're pushing the the end of her tenure in the leadership rather than perhaps being in the middle of it. so i guess in some respects we all knew that at some point that it would be, would be moving. and i think the timing, it was a bit of a shock. i have to say that i, i regret that she's done what she's done. i understand absolutely why. i was a small group of people had some conversations with leading up to this. i cancelled it against doing so. but i think be

pressure had been mounting on the first minister but here in edinburgh there is still a sense of shock at this sudden decision. we'll have all the political reaction to the announcement. also this lunchtime... the bittersweet gene therapy that can save the life of toddler teddi shaw, but not her terminally ill older sister with the same condition. two 15—year—olds appear in court charged with the murder of brianna ghey. the death toll from the earthquakes in turkey and syria rises to more than 40,000 but people are still being rescued alive — nine days on. and more turmoilfor welsh rugby, as players threaten strike action over uncertainty about their playing contracts. and coming up on the bbc news channel. welsh rugby players will consider strike action had of hosting england in the six nations in cardiff next week due to contract disputes. hello, and a very good afternoon. nicola sturgeon has resigned as scotland's first minister and leader of the scottish national party. she says she can no longer give the full commitment she believes the job requires and says it's time for a new le

i was in edinburgh, scotland. i was in scotland when i was an assistant professor at the faculty of medicine at the university of edinburgh. scotland, life is very calm and comfortable. we had, and my wife, who had finished the children's course there, was doing this, and she said, "your conscience agrees that you should stay and don't." i said no , i feel guilty, i love my homeland all the time and i have to go help now, that's why when this decision is made, i took back the difficult years with majnoon chemical not only in mashhad, which we had in the whole country, that is, really, because of the love of the people, this warrior became a chemical engine around the clock . i worked at least 12:09 to 14:00. i worked in chemical treatment, teaching students in tehran, shiraz, isfahan, tabriz. at the time , there was no medical toxicology in iran. if i didn't come back as a doctor, only when we came back from scott, my resignation was not accepted by the head of the department, the dean of the faculty of medicine o

back to huw in edinburgh.nd nicola sturgeon certainly refused to name a favoured successor today. but there are several potential candidates. kate forbes, the scottish finance secretary. she's just 32, and she's enjoyed a meteoric rise through the ranks. she is currently on maternity leave. angus robertson was for ten years the westminster leader of the snp. he's now a member of nicola sturgeon's cabinet. john swinney, a former party leader, now deputy first minister, is the most experienced snp figure after nicola sturgeon. and humza yousaf, who's 37, is the health secretary and a prominent member of the newer generation of snp leaders. our scotland editor, james cook, joins us again. whoever succeeds will have a hard act to follow. well,

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the ancient volcano that towers over edinburgh. but political and geological errors both end office seat stopped erupt. thing 340000000 years ago. sturgeon's power disappeared with her resignation announcement last wednesday. good morning, everyone. so the scottish national party is now looking for a new leader and a new path. they are now in the state of flux. and the key question for them is what do you do about independence? what's the independence strategy? and mckeever is a political analyst who watches scottish politics closely. it comes back to the decision that the u. k. supreme court made the backend of last year, where they said the scottish parliament did not have the power to hold a referendum by itself. nicholas surgeon, the answer to that question was what she called the defect to referendum. in other words, she boutique a national election like the general election that we expect next year. and she would turn that into a vote on independence. but many in the s n p, so this is too risky, and it looks like the tactic i

mccaffrey, our political editor in edinburgh . well, after the in edinburgh.eon to resign yesterday, attention as it always does in politics now moves to the future of who is going to take over the leadership next and indeed will the snp do about that big constitutional question of trying to get a second referendum on. we know import some of those questions will be answered a little later on today. we think when the national executive meet to on the for new election the timetable for new election there had been an expectation there had been an expectation the snp were going to hold a massive conference next month on whether they were going to potentially use the westminster election year de facto election next year as a de facto second referendum. there are many snp think that's many in the snp who think that's a bad strategy and many now calling on that meeting next month's be postponed. so month's to be postponed. so there to a there is enough time to get a new elected in terms of new leader elected in terms of who's going to take over ? well, who's going to

for wednesday's news at six, the bbc was in edinburgh speaking to the bbc scotland editorjames cook.nd james joins me now. a resignation completely out of the blue this. what are we to make of it? and political editor chris mason, a huge politicalfigure, as you say, and political editor chris mason. a huge political figure, as you say, here in scotland, but a big political figure on the uk stage as well. those two were still on duty at 10:00, by which time huw edwards was there to present. live in edinburgh, where the first minister, nicola sturgeon, has taken everyone by surprise by announcing her resignation. this gave rise to a familiar complaint to regular newswatch viewers expressed here byjeff hardy. interestingly, we did discuss this back in the past with a bbc manager, who said on newswatch that they would be rethinking some of these kinds of deployments. do let us know what you think. the storm surrounding the bbc chairman richard sharpe, which we discussed on the programme a couple of weeks ago, grew this week after a committee of mps found he had made significant errors of

. planning edinburgh.u're planning on time on going to edinburgh any time soon. hopefully soon. oh no. hopefully i'll never go again. not not attacking but attacking attacking the city but attacking the sick of the festival, which i'm sick of because i hate comedy world. because i hate the comedy world. but is edinburgh, the strip but this is edinburgh, the strip clubs when legal to overturn ban so sticking a theme so so we're sticking a theme so there this there was an there was this there was an attempt to there was a question about was strip clubs be about which was strip clubs be legal i remember legal or not. yeah i remember this. you them in this. could you them in a discretionary based on a discretionary based on a discretionary meaning discretionary base meaning socially others. socially as some but not others. but judge richardson, has but this judge richardson, has ruled you can't ruled that, no, you can't really do so you're just do like that. so you're just going to overturn the going to have t

we're live in edinburgh, where the first minister, nicola sturgeon, has taken everyone by surprise byresignation. this gave rise to a familiar complaint to regular newswatch viewers, expressed here by geoff hardy. interestingly, we did discuss this back in the past with a bbc manager, who said on newswatch that they would be rethinking some of these kinds of deployments. do let us know what you think. the storm surrounding the bbc chairman richard sharp, which we discussed on the programme a couple of weeks ago, grew this week after a committee of mps found he had made significant errors ofjudgment in failing to divulge his role in facilitating a loan for borisjohnson while he was applying for the bbcjob. mr sharp insisted he had acted in good faith to ensure that the rules were followed, and that he got the job on merit. but some people are concerned about the knock—on effect of this row on bbcjournalism. here's davy g. drjeff ba rtley agreed. finally on tuesday, a number of bbc outlets reported that the soft drink lilt is going to be rebranded next week as fanta pineapple and grapef

she's going to be in edinburgh, we will edinburgh, apparently, we will take that live of course., tonya, that this transgender issue because i know we've covered this a lot on the show and gender recognition show and her gender recognition reform was the first time reform act was the first time when she was responding to those questions she as as questions where she looked as as tom very flustered. tom said before, very flustered. she how answer she didn't know how to answer that. can't help but think that. you can't help but think she was starting to regret . yes. she was starting to regret. yes. is looking into that particular moral. she again , she was doing moral. she again, she was doing something she thought was something that she thought was popular. kind of this popular. so it's kind of this kind it's woke agenda, kind of so it's a woke agenda, isn't it? whether that isn't it? whether we like that word not, a woke agenda. word or not, it's a woke agenda. it make any sense . it it doesn't make any sense. it doesn't any sense to put doesn't make any sense to put convicted r

for wednesday's news at six presenter reeta chakrabarti was in edinburgh, speaking to the bbc scotlandns me now. a resignation completely out of the blue, this. what are we to make of it? and political editor chris mason. a huge political figure, as you say, reeta, here in scotland, but a big political figure on the uk stage as well. those two were still on duty at 10:00, by which time huw edwards was there to present. we are live in edinburgh, where the first minister, nicola sturgeon, has taken everyone by surprise by announcing her resignation. this gave rise to a familiar complaint to regular newswatch viewers, expressed here byjeff hardy. interestingly, we did discuss this back in the past with a bbc manager, who said on newswatch that they would be rethinking some of these kinds of deployments. do let us know what you think. the storm surrounding the bbc chairman richard sharpe, which we discussed on the programme a couple of weeks ago, grew this week after a committee of mps found he had made significant errors ofjudgment in failing to divulge his role in facilitating a loan for

patrick christys heat in a similar in edinburgh . thank you similar in edinburgh. very much indeed. tony maguire there. now a protest against the metropolitan police is set to take place outside scotland yard today. watch network says there raise the alarm protest is being held to demonstrate anger against an institution that in their words protects and produces rapists such as david carrick and wayne cousins. our national reporter theo chikomba is outside scotland yard for us now . thea good afternoon. well, now. thea good afternoon. well, we're here outside a news scotland yard where we're expecting to see cop watch members come this afternoon to protest they say is some of the things that are going wrong within the metropolitan police but it's not just here in london , elsewhere across the country where police officers have found themselves in court for misusing their positions and not doing what the public would deem is acceptable , their eyes. in the acceptable, their eyes. in the last of months, we've heard from the new metropolitan police commissioner , mark

. planning edinburgh.u're planning on time on going to edinburgh any time soon. hopefully soon. oh no. hopefully i'll never go again. not not attacking but attacking attacking the city but attacking the sick of the festival, which i'm sick of because i hate comedy world. because i hate the comedy world. but is edinburgh, the strip but this is edinburgh, the strip clubs when legal to overturn ban so sticking a theme so so we're sticking a theme so there this there was an there was this there was an attempt to there was a question about was strip clubs be about which was strip clubs be legal i remember legal or not. yeah i remember this. you them in this. could you them in a discretionary based on a discretionary based on a discretionary meaning discretionary base meaning socially others. socially as some but not others. but judge richardson, has but this judge richardson, has ruled you can't ruled that, no, you can't really do so you're just do like that. so you're just going to overturn the going to have t

the ancient volcano that towers over edinburgh. but political and geological errors both end office seat stopped erupt in 340000000 years ago. sturgeon's power disappeared with her resignation announcement last wednesday. good morning, everyone. so the scottish national party is now looking for a new leader and a new path. they are now in a state of flux. and the key question for them is what do you do about independence? what's the independent strategy? andy mckeever is a political analyst who watches scottish politics closely. it comes back to the decision that the yuki supreme court made the backend of last year. where they said the scottish parliament did not have the power to hold a referendum by itself. nicholas surgeon, the answer to that question was what she called the defect to referendum. in other words, she boutique a national election like the general election that we expect next year. and she would turn that into a vote on independence box. many in the s n p, so this is too risky, and it looks like the tactic is now d

a choice that will usher in a new political age for scotland, rory challenz al jazeera, edinburgh, and 12 cheaters have arrived in india as part of an initiative to re introduce the mammals after they went extinct in the country. decades ago. the south african sheet as will join 8 from namibia who arrived last year. the big cat, 7 males and 5 females of the 1st of dozens that south africa has promised india over the next 10 years. as yet, cheaters became extinct on the indian subcontinent because of over hunting and a loss of their habitat. ah.

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iran and iraq war broke out between iran and iraq, where were you, i went to edinburgh scotland when i was an assistant professor at the university of edinburgh medical school in scotland, we had a very peaceful and comfortable life, and my wife, who was working there long after she finished having children, said she would agree with your conscience that you stay, and i said no, i feel a pang of conscience. i love my homeland all the time and i have to go and help. now, that's why when i decided to return , i had difficult years with majnoon chemical, not only in mashhad, but in the whole country, that is, with me, i need the love of the people to be chemically amok around the clock, at least 12 i worked from 9 to 14 hours chemical treatment, education of students in tehran , shiraz, isfahan, tabriz , there was no medical toxicology person in iran on time . during the war, think about yourself, i said to see you, i think about you here, it's like my country is in the fire of war, i have to go and help you, mr. doctor, during the war , you were in scotland with your family and two chi

we'll be getting reaction from reaction straight from edinburgh. but first going edinburgh.look at whip . to have a little look at whip. hello there. i'm jonathan autry here with your latest weather update from the met office sun set to be an of a mild day for all of us but exactly how it feels will vary across the country. it's that southwesterly flow of air feeding in from the atlantic that's bringing us the mild but areas in the mild weather but areas in the south have high pressure in charge keeping. things fairly settled further north we do settled but further north we do have some frontal systems pushing way pushing their way across scotland here is going to scotland. so here it is going to be a bit of a day, some heavier bursts rain possible, few bursts of rain possible, a few patches drizzle maybe for patches of drizzle maybe for northern parts northern ireland, parts of northern ireland, parts of northern and but northern england and but generally further you generally the further south you are and actually are will stay drier and actually some sunny intervals devel

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at that time, i was an assistant professor at the medical school of the university i was in edinburgh, in scotland, we had a very peaceful and comfortable life and my wife , who had finished her pediatric dentistry course , was also working there. i have to go and help. now, for this reason, when i decided to return , i spent difficult years with the chemical madman, not only in mashhad, but in the whole country, that is, with me , i was in need of chemical amok for the love of the people . i worked around the clock for at least 12 hours and 14 hours. chemical treatment of students of tehran, shiraz, isfahan, tabriz at the time, there was no medical toxicology in iran. if you were a doctor, if you were a doctor, they would not have returned. only when we returned from scotland, zainab , the head of the department did not accept my resignation. the medical school of the university of edinburgh, scotland said that you should go and think about yourself during the war. i said so. i see you thinking about this emotional issue, my country is in the fire of war, i have to go and help you, m

week that i am in edinburgh talking people in edinburgh talking to people in edinburgh and and knewt they about. and i knew that what they cared about is the cost living crisis. it's cost of energy, it's the state of our nhs, it's the falling standards in our education and the conditions we're expecting teachers to work at. that is what who voted scotland to leave in scotland care about . and if in scotland care about. and if you're looking for what has been the downfall of nicholas sturgeon then you will have to look at her as a whole. and one of the things she did say was judged education and that was brought up at the press conference. was it was you conference. it was it was you are not necessarily wrong in all of that, you said. but it is interesting we all still interesting that we all still with journalism below. with the old journalism below. christine, thank you, thank you very a pleasure. very much. always a pleasure. did that was the did i not? what was that was the right answer ? you say, right answer? you did say, i think they've made a mess it. think they've made a mes

see if our own brethren if one of our own brethren lambasting edinburgh lambasting the edinburgh fringeo expensive. i suppose answer is to suppose the obvious answer is to start , i suppose. this start your own, i suppose. this is richard herring said he's boycotting elitist boycotting this elitist edinburgh saying only edinburgh fringe by saying only people with wealth can afford to go there an audience member go there as an audience member or comedian . and it's kind or as a comedian. and it's kind of this stops the of true. this is stops the working doing anything. if working class doing anything. if it's if it's like unpaid internships, if you can't afford to live off mummy and daddy's money, you can't get into the so can't get into the gig. so i kind of think funny thing is about the edinburgh, i mean it is very much you know a free market is there are a few entities that control the larger venues to venues but there's nothing to stop and putting on stop you going up and putting on a free fringe show is things like cost accommodation, like the cost accommodation, isn't it's the of

of course edinburgh the minute . course edinburgh at the minute.irst politicking. with the first minister's resignation midweek. we're now starting to see the runners and riders break the surface and the first two being ash regan , former minister, of ash regan, former minister, of course, quite a name , for want course, quite a name, for want of a better word, infamous in the last few months for opposing nicola sturgeon on things such as the gender bill and all been interesting day here in edinburgh . thanks very much edinburgh. thanks very much indeed for that. well, let's you up to date on the other stories of happening today. an iranian tv channel based in the uk says that it has been forced to move to the united states over safety fears for its journalists. the station is iran tv and it says it's closed its west london , but it's closed its west london, but the staff refused to be silenced by threats from tehran . whilst by threats from tehran. whilst the government is reportedly saying that they are condemning the lack of respect for basic ri

hear starmer talking in edinburgh at the scottish labour party conference and as reference is to therty but also is the leader of the labour group in the national parliament, in the scottish parliament. to scotland now — where the first two candidates to replace nicola sturgeon as leader of the snp — and the country's first minister — have put their names forward. labour only has one westminster mp. it does have significant representation in the scottish parliament. the two candidates have announced that they want to succeed either scottish health secretary attempt to make your on and the former minister ash regan on the right. ash regan is a8, and resigned from the government in october in protest 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. the electorate expect the scottish government to focus on things

further ahead, a lot of dry weather, perhaps some showers in edinburgh through the next couple of daysbest of the sunshine further west. goodbye for now. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for talking movies: berlin film festival special. hello from berlin. i'm tom brook, and welcome to talking movies. in today's program, highlights from the berlin international film festival. over 11 days, some 280 films are shown, with big names from the world of cinema gathering here in the german capital. we sat down with sean penn, whose documentary superpower on president zelensky was one of the festival's big attractions. british acting royalty was in town, with dame helen mirren portraying israeli prime minister golda meir. cate blanchett, oscar nominated for her performance in tar, walked the red carpet, as did steven spielberg, at the festival for a lifetime achievement award. and we look at queer cinema in berlin, which was making quite an impact. berlin has a long history of embracing political cinema. in fact, it is an avowedly political film festival. and this year, because the first

, breaking the newsroom in edinburgh, breaking the newsroom in edinburgh, breaking the news that nicolae nationalist side of politics in scotland, from the snp, saying they are surprised and no one was expecting this. in a way you might imagine that that is the way a political leader would want to handle a situation like this. they would want to be able to organise a thing according to their own timing. there had been some questions about how much nicola sturgeon had an appetite to carry on in thejob over the sturgeon had an appetite to carry on in the job over the past few weeks because of the difficulties that she has faced in a number of different areas. but as i say, it was really a shock that it has happened at this particular time on this particular day. no one was anticipating it and it opens up a huge number of questions of course about why this has happened and what is going to happen next. find has happened and what is going to happen next-— happen next. and she is such a significant _ happen next. and she is such a significant figure. _ happen next. and she is such a significa

addressing a party conference in edinburgh , he urged scottish in edinburgh, he urged scottish voterso put their faith in labourin voters to put their faith in labour in the wake of nicola sturgeon's resignation , sir keir sturgeon's resignation, sir keir says he can bring the change scotland needs and the tide is turning on the tories and the snp . over 50 years in power. and snp. over 50 years in power. and what do they have to show for it? what do they have to show for it.7 honestly it's always somebody else's fault and reason is simple . they're not truly is simple. they're not truly invested in scotland's anything scotland achieves within the uk is met with gritted teeth , seen is met with gritted teeth, seen as a roadblock to the one true goal as a roadblock to the one true goal. whatever happens in the coming months , my message is the coming months, my message is the same no deal under any circumstances . meanwhile, the circumstances. meanwhile, the leadership contest has its first two candidates. the scottish health secretary humza yousaf and the former minister ash regan hav

let's get the latest from edinburgh and our scotland editor, james cook, who's in holyrood.ening — so what happens now? well, what will be happening right— so what happens now? well, what will be happening right now _ so what happens now? well, what will be happening right now is _ so what happens now? well, what will be happening right now is that - so what happens now? well, what will be happening right now is that the - be happening right now is that the members of that national executive committee of the snp will be firing up committee of the snp will be firing up their computers and their phones because in under 15 minutes' time they will be having that virtual meeting to decide what to do. top of the agenda, the process for electing a new leader, fulfilling those big shoes of nicola sturgeon. also though the vexed issue of the party's independent strategy. we heard about the dispute surrounding this idea of treating the next general election is what they call a de facto referendum on independence. perhaps the party will now move away from that as nicola sturgeon is hea

james cook in edinburgh, thank you.ntia. his family announced the news in a post on social media, saying it was a "relief to finally have a clear diagnosis." the 67—year—old, who's famous for films such as films such as die hard and the sixth sense, stepped back from acting last year because of a condition affecting his ability to speak and write. the owner of british gas, centrica, has announced record profits of more than £3 billion for last year, largely due to the higher oil and gas prices we all saw last year. in part, that was because of the war in ukraine. our business editor simonjack is here. yes, we saw it with shell and bp. british gas owner centrica made record profits of £35 billion last year, more than three times they amount it made the year before. centrica's gas and electricity generation business benefited from energy prices that hit new records after the russian invasion of ukraine. you can see the price charts just there. but centrica is really two different businesses. the part that produces gas and

that was high well griffith and james cook before that in edinburgh. factors in these disputes, but at the heart of them all is pay. average basic pay, particularly in the public sector, is nowhere near keeping up with the rising cost of living. 0ur economics editor faisal islam is here. direct question from lots of people, is the government�*s reluctance to move further to do with economics and finance all to do with ideology and finance all to do with ideology and politics? you and finance all to do with ideology and politics?— and finance all to do with ideology and olitics? ., , . and politics? you can see the range of different — and politics? you can see the range of different sectors _ and politics? you can see the range of different sectors and _ and politics? you can see the range of different sectors and locations i of different sectors and locations where there are strikes. the big picture here is the unions think their members, the workers, need and deserve double—digit rises to reflect the rate of inflation and the cost of living crisis. t

martin geissler, bbc news, edinburgh.urrent controversy over public sector pay and the longstanding issue of having the highest levels of drug deaths in europe. so how do the people here feel about losing a leader they've had for over eight years? our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports from greenock to assess the impact of nicola sturgeon's resignation. greenock and inverclyde, on its quiet high street the news and noise surrounding nicola sturgeon's surrounding nicola stu rgeon's resignation surrounding nicola sturgeon's resignation has been filtering through. resignation has been filtering throu~h. �* ., ,~ through. i'm sad, i nearly cried. reall ? through. i'm sad, i nearly cried. really? yes- — through. i'm sad, i nearly cried. really? yes. big _ through. i'm sad, i nearly cried. really? yes. big deal, - through. i'm sad, i nearly cried. really? yes. big deal, nicola i really? yes. big deal, nicola sturueon really? yes. big deal, nicola sturgeon going _ really? yes. big deal, nicola sturgeon going for— really

now let's take you live to edinburgh , where sir keir to edinburgh, where sir keir starmer is addressingbour conference and wasting . wasting. laboun wasting. labour. can this government at westminster and the snp leader all labour can unite our country . well, it appears we may have to live a longer for sir keir starmer and the labour leader about to address that conference in edinburgh when happens we will bring it to you here on gb news, of course. but until that does come up for us, we'll to sunday with michael portillo . sunday with michael portillo. i'm many thanks to our armstrong singer and songwriter pharrell williams become creative director of menswear for the lvmh . louis if we don't one of lvmh. louis if we don't one of the most prestigious jobs in fashion whilst he's undoubtedly talented and stylish, he has no formal training in fashion. but when it comes customer engagement, stardom is important . who can forget elizabeth hurley , her versace safety pin hurley, her versace safety pin dress is the designer losing position to the celebrity ? and position to the celebrity? an

the 31 year today in edinburgh.ing two women, committing the offences while still a man as adam . graham money. what's adam. graham money. what's your relationship with with mummy and full of hate . we talk about it full of hate. we talk about it all all the time our next guest believes ever can benefit from taking on a budget. working a budget no matter how much money you may or may not have. yes. so lisa woodley is a tick tock sensei who says you need to take control of your spending rather than being in control of you . than being in control of you. lisa, very good to see you today. sometimes this is a medicine . this is a pedal a lot medicine. this is a pedal a lot of people don't want to swallow. i be resistant to a budget . i'm i be resistant to a budget. i'm not i don't know i'm not very disciplined like that , you know. disciplined like that, you know. what is your what is your relationship with money like? well, my relationship now with money is absolutely fantastic . money is absolutely fantastic. before i

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it is my great honour on behalf of the citizens of edinburgh and the city of edinburgh council to offert everything to him. he will be laid to rest later this afternoon. steven godden, bbc news, edinburgh. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. hello there. it certainly was a stormy start to our friday morning in the northern half of the country. we recorded ferocious gusts of wind at times, whipping up the seas first thing this morning. widely those gusts in excess of 70 miles an hour, but some of the strongest gusts we saw were across parts of aberdeenshire, where we had 80 miles an hour and we had 75 miles an hour gusts recorded in yorkshire as well. all courtesy of storm otto which is pushing off to scandinavia and still likely to cause some disruption. but the winds will gradually ease down. a trailing weather front sinking its way south across england and wales this afternoon. it could bring some light drizzly rain. but there will be some sunny spells across northern england and across eastern scotland as well. a brisk wind will still drive in plenty of showers

the very first time i saw edinburgh saw dylan moran in edinburgh about 20 years ago at about must be in mind an critic puts me in mind of an insect eats its own young. insect that eats its own young. it's memorable. description it's very memorable. description the daily mail opinion piece. now perilously close now that sounds perilously close to dunlop meeting. to an old doug dunlop meeting. i used enjoyed on women. it used to enjoyed on women. it sparked an online debate after claiming only claiming that men are only really nice until they're 25 years old and she says that now that she's in her forties, she's noficed that she's in her forties, she's noticed there are male are grumpier not as there is. grumpier and not as there is. yeah, because they're not trying to have sex with you. exactly. i are very, very straightforward. isn't that men tend to be single up they're 25 so they're up until they're 25 so they're trying . yeah. then you know trying. yeah. and then you know by time they hit their by the time they hit their forties only that forties they're not only that they're sex,