humza humza yousaf.ealth minister, and it's just certainly been a real bugbear for him in his first seven months as first minister. so today really looks like the day where he's going to try and, you know, begin making inroads. and today is another important day for another reason is that his chance to finally step out of nicola sturgeon's shadow. now certainly yesterday's appearance from the former first minister isn't going to help that any, but certainly at the very least, he can hope to finally step away from this idea of being the continuity candidate and being the confident first minister of scotland . and that's what scotland. and that's what members others will be looking from him. certainly today. >> well, listen , tony, thank you >> well, listen, tony, thank you very much. that's tony mcguire and katherine forster, thank you very much . all right. well, keep very much. all right. well, keep your thoughts coming as well. what on the screen what you can see on the screen right now, we'll keep tho

that is humza yousaf�*s challenge.e and the s&p run the devolved government but it will be crucial for a general election —— snp. if labour can win 36 in scotland it gives them a much better chance of winning the general election and possibly keir starmer getting the majority. thank you. leaders from the muslim, jewish and christian faiths have come together in a show of solidarity, urging communities across the uk to stand together against hatred, against the backdrop of the israel gaza conflict. sheikh ibrahim mogra, the archbishop of canterburyjustin welby and rabbi jonathan wittenberg delivered a joint statement outside lambeth palace, to speak out against all forms of hate. we have come together out of shared concern for our communities and neighbourhoods here in the uk. we stand together to express our shared commitment to protecting the relationship between our communities. british muslims and jews have much in common. we're both on the side of life. we share a deep concern— for the welfare of everyone and pray

and some good news for people out there who didn't want to see scottish independence humza yousaf. yes, that's the snp have that's right. well the snp have been battered in scotland at a by—election, haven't they? it's time humza. exquisite time up for humza. exquisite timing. in other news, we're going to be talking about this as uk in italy are as well. yes. uk in italy are thrashing out a migrant deal. so we are the end of the road for a lot of people looking to get into of course, into europe. and of course, italy route so sunak italy is the route in. so sunak and maloney are trying to hammer out some kind migrant deal. out some kind of migrant deal. could this finally be the answer? now, this story is interesting. answer? now, this story is interestwe the sentencing of course, we had the sentencing of an who tried kill an individual who tried to kill the queen crossbow the queen with a crossbow on christmas of years christmas day a couple of years ago a factor that was ago. a big factor in that was the role of ai, artificial intelligence. he thought he had an ai girlfriend and

we heard humza yousaf today saying that he felt the i yousaf today saying that he felt the uk governmentk the issue is not palestinian lives _ think the issue is not palestinian lives over— think the issue is not palestinian lives over israeli lives, it is the fact that — lives over israeli lives, it is the fact that hamas is the one who carried — fact that hamas is the one who carried out these attacks. this is not an— carried out these attacks. this is not an argument with the palestinian people _ not an argument with the palestinian people although the palestinian people — people although the palestinian people are suffering enormously now. this was _ people are suffering enormously now. this was a _ people are suffering enormously now. this was a terrorist attack on israel — this was a terrorist attack on israel. hamas is a terrorist organisation and its founding charter— organisation and its founding charter is _ organisation and its founding charter is aboutjewish organisation and its founding charter is about jewish genocide. of course _ charter is about jewish genocide. of course

what has humza yousaf been saying — climb. what has humza yousaf been saying about _ climb.ng about this? - climb. what has humza yousaf been saying about this? this . climb. what has humza yousaf been saying about this? this is his first since _ been saying about this? this is his first since taking _ been saying about this? this is his first since taking on - been saying about this? this is his first since taking on the - his first since taking on the position of first minister of scotland. again they were trying to manage expectations, but in the other direction going into this vote. they were saying this would be a challenging conference. of course the snp has had a difficult year. has been an investigation from a police investigation from a police investigation into the finding of finances of the party. it was therefore mount peter was booted out after breaking covid rules during lockdown and they are the incumbent party here in scotland. there have been in government here for 16 years and often voters like to use by—elections to give the party of government is a bit of

the scottish first minister humza yousaf there.d on suspicion of criminal damage following a fire which destroyed more than 1,000 vehicles at luton airport. it comes as the first cars parked at the terminal two car park — started to be removed this morning. kate bradbrook sent this report. well, it's coming up to two weeks since this huge fire at the multi—storey car park behind me. it's estimated around 1,500 cars were inside at the time. and it was such a huge fire that the structure is now unsafe. it's partially collapsed. and as the fire service described it at the time, the floors pancaked one on top of the other. and because it is unsafe, people are unable to go in. and so a lot of these cars, it's going to be very hard to retrieve. having said that, though, the recovery process begins today. this massive crane behind me is attempting to recover around 100 cars from the top deck here today. the idea being they'll be taken to a secure compound and that the owners hopefully will be able to come and retrieve their belongings. we

humza yousaf, the leader, has his big speech tomorrow where i think we will get an idea of policy andal imagination again. that's what these conferences are about, the chance to put an agenda on show for the public. i think that is what the snp will try and do a bit more tomorrow. we just had a bit of a strange spectacle of nicola sturgeon, the former snp leader, turning up to this conference being absolutely mobbed by the media. there's been a lot of suggestion that she has overshadowed humza yousaf�*s conference by showing up and taking interviews. she said that she is backing humza yousaf and denied overshadowing him and said that she is fully behind the plans on independence. if you stand back from this, it feels very different from this, it feels very different from snp conferences of old where there was a real sense of excitement about the place. at the moment, the snp are licking their wounds after a pretty turbulent few months and trying to figure out how to get back on track. . ~ trying to figure out how to get back on track. ., ~ , ., , . on track. thank you very much. there

thank you | very much for taking us through some of the issues ahead of humza yousaf�*s speech.za youssaf will address the conference, an event that can be seen live here on bbc news. the bbc has launched a second series of an educational programme aimed at children in afghanistan who are barred from school. the radio, television and online programme called dars which means lesson in dari and pashto, afghanistan's official languages, will run until the end of the current afghan school year in december. six months on since the first series, our reporter helena wilkinson has been looking at the impact the programme has had so far. the weekly education programme, which is reaching young audiences in afghanistan, helping children excluded from school, particularly girls over 11. there are lessons in maths, science and english. so let's quickly practise. and the programme is having a big impact. my name is... here are some of the messages from the audience. 0ur12—year—old sister was hoping to become a doctor. since the ban on girls' education, this country has become a graveyard for

humza yousaf, first minister of scotland speaking earlier. what was discussed on the bbc news website, just go to the covid—19 life page —— live page. while many parts of the uk are preparing for potential floods this week, one town in lincolnshire is still clearing up after its defences failed nine days ago. the environment agency has apologised to residents of horncastle after a sluice gate failed, causing around 80 properties to be flooded. lindsey smith went to see the damage. this isn'tjust a clean—up — it's a race against time to get this pre—school ready for the first day of term today. a term where 52 children will be without their outdoor classroom, thanks to the flood waters. we've had to bin nearly everything. we had a box of the children's wellies, we had all our forest school stuff, we've lost our firepit. and in our natural garden we've lost all our diggers, our slide — everything. parents have rallied to help — some setting up a gofundme page to replace toys. it's just really... it's really sad that we've come to this, but it i

and our first minister, humza yousaf. - so mr yousaf�*s task here was to steady the ship. delegates for their kindness. so on my behalf, on behalf of nadia, on behalf of my girls, perhaps most importantly, on behalf of our family that is in gaza, from the bottom of our hearts, we say thank you to each and every single one of you. he condemned hamas, called for israel to end its blockade, and urged the world to take in palestinian refugees. scotland is willing to be the first country in the uk to offer safety and sanctuary to those who are caught up in these terrible attacks. he then turned to matters at home, promising to double investment in the arts and to spend more on building wind turbines, cutting nhs waiting lists and helping domestic abuse survivors. and then, a surprise. i can announce to the people of scotland that next year your council tax will be frozen. applause and that's the snp delivering for people when they need it the most. at the weekend, they talked here for hours about how to achieve independence. today, their leader wanted to focus on why. independe

so humza yousaf�*s task here was to steady the ship.a, on behalf of my girls, perhaps most importantly, on behalf of our family that is in gaza, from the bottom of our hearts, we say thank you to each and every single one of you. mr yousaf condemned hamas, called for the blockade of gaza to end, and urged countries worldwide to open their doors to palestinian refugees. scotland is willing to be the first country in the uk to offer safety and sanctuary to those who are caught up in these terrible attacks. he then turned to matters at home, promising to double investment in the arts and to spend more on building wind turbines, cutting nhs waiting lists and helping domestic abuse survivors. and then a surprise. i can announce to the people of scotland that next year your council tax will be frozen. applause. and that's the snp delivering for people when they need it the most. at the weekend, they talked here for hours about how to achieve independence. today, their leader wanted to focus on why independence is not simply an end in itself.

humza yousaf responsibility? humza yousaf certainly think so.. firstly, trans news today. firstly, a trans butcher who sexually abused a young girl for 27 hours has been jailed for 20 years. andrew miller, who now claims to be called amy george, abducted the primary school aged child when she was walking home in the scottish borders as yet. the other crime story today is what's been dubbed as britain's first private police force, taking a suspected shoplifter to court after the actual police didn't investigate. so two stories to go out here. joining us is the former met police us now is the former met police officer, graham whetton, to pick through of those. through both of those. graham, let's with absolutely let's start with that absolutely depraved story of this trans butcher who was raped sexually abused, a primary school aged girl after kidnapping her initially. and remarkably still referred to as her in a lot of the british media. it's an absolute shocker that story, it makes your stomach turn, doesn't it? yeah read it earlier. >> it's and

to be honest, since humza yousaf took over from nicola sturgeon a few months ago he has struggled toity to try and sell a vision to the people of scotland. i think it's going to be a policy heavy speech. i think there's going to be a number of announcements in it, including that one you just mentioned on the nhs, including others on helping survivors of domestic abuse, and on the cost of living as well. and it's designed to be a message that this party isn'tjust going to talk about independence. you are going to hear a big chunk, i've no doubt, from humza yousaf about why he thinks scotland should be independent, but when you speak to his allies they say we need to offer more to people if we are going to do well in a general election. but all the polls suggest that humza yousaf is facing an uphill struggle to hold onto the seats the snp have at the moment. labour are making a comeback in scotland and it could be at the snp's scotland and it could be at the snp�*s expense. scotland and it could be at the snp's expense.— scotland and it could be at the snp's expense. scotland and it co

humza yousaf says he and his wife feel powerless to do anything about it.ish national party conference as leader, which gets under way on sunday. he has been talking to our political editor, chris mason. hello, first minister. nice to see you. a man up against it politically confronting too a family crisis. humza yousaf shows me the latest text message from his mother—in—law, shortly after she'd sent him this video. where's people's hearts in the world, to let this happen in this day and age? may god help us. goodbye. there is a sense of helplessness and distress, and every day that goes on, you fear the situation... ijust had a message from my mother—in—law to say there is now bombing in the neighbourhood. nobody has said that israel does not have the right to protect itself from terror. all of us have said that, myself included. but they are going too far, are they? but collective punishment cannot be justified. yes, they are going too far. collective punishment cannot be justified. back home in scotland, humza yousaf faces the most tricky of political ch

the first minister humza yousaf said he took those comments very seriously and he ordered an investigationrelevant information of any type would be handed over. but humza yousaf told msps earlier this year that it was scottish government policy to retain the messages like this and scottish labour are now calling for those comments, which humza yousaf made in the holyrood chamber, to be investigated. but the scottish government said all civil servants are cooperating fully with both the uk and scottish covid inquiries. both the uk and scottish covid inuuiries. , _, , ., inquiries. this comes on the day bereaved families _ inquiries. this comes on the day bereaved families begin - inquiries. this comes on the day bereaved families begin giving l bereaved families begin giving evidence to the scottish covid inquiry. evidence to the scottish covid inuui . , ., �* , inquiry. yes, that's right, the scottish inquiry _ inquiry. yes, that's right, the scottish inquiry began - inquiry. yes, that's right, the| scottish inquiry began hearing evidence from its first witnesses today and the very first w

first minister and snp leader humza yousaf, leader humza yousaf has rejected calls for the party to useendence. live now to aberdeen, and our political correspondent david wallace lockhart. thank you for being with us. challenging period for the snp. they've just lost a key by—election. how is the point be from this message? well, i think what the snp has been doing recently is a bit of soul—searching when it comes to their independence strategy, because traditionally, they've been thinking about the idea of a second independence referendum. there was a supreme court case recently which ruled that would have to be the uk government who legislated for it, and the uk government has refused to engage consistently, saying it's not the time for the second referendum. now, towards nicola sturgeon's later days of being in charge of the party, she was talking about the idea of a de facto referendum, the idea of a de facto referendum, the idea of a de facto referendum, the idea of in an election, snp would run. if they got a majority, that would be it in their eyes. scotland would be it in their

, who's in scotland, humza yousaf, who's kicked off this debate . he kicked off this debate. and he begins by saying , look, what's begins by saying, look, what's the problem? you know, we're very, very happy to accept people into scotland. well, maybe he's speaking for the snp activist base, but is he really speaking for the scottish people, in your view? well that's a very good question, actually. >> and i think that we have to be aware that humza yousaf has skin in the game here. his parents in law are stuck in gaza at the moment and nor would we wouldn't wish that on anybody. and of course, he is a muslim. so i think he's a he has got that angle to what he's saying. i'm also conscious of the fact that the scots have forever been saying that the highlands need to be repopulated and perhaps that's what he's thinking of. but with humour aside, it was, hang on, if you repopulate the highlands with people from a completely different culture, different language to begin with, at least different religion, is that really going to work? well, not in the

meanwhile, scotland's first minister humza yousaf will visit brechin in angus which saw severe floodingdents from more than 500 homes in this nottinghamshire town have been evacuated due to flooding caused by storm babet. retford county council told people they were at risk from high water levels along the river idle. for many, this leisure centre is home for now. we've taken everything apart from the big three piece suite and turned the water off, turned the electric off. and that's all you can do. in neighbouring stapleford, one resident's had to cut short his holiday to see the damage for himself. my daughter phoned me and says, "your bungalow�*s under water." "oh, that's a very nice surprise for us. yes." so we're just basically landed at east midlands airport. before i knew it there was no root out by car and lots of areas were flooding a lot but you didn't quite make it home. i flooding a lot but you didn't quite make it home.— flooding a lot but you didn't quite make it home. ., , ., ., make it home. i almost made it home but unfortunately _ make it home. i almost made it home bu

the first humza yousaf first minister, humza yousaf said will be a long road to said it will be a longcotland reporter tony maguire. and tony, to just underline exactly how difficult i think local councils have been saying , some people may not even saying, some people may not even be to get back into their be able to get back into their homes ever because of the scale of the damage. yes that's correct, mark. >> and certainly the i was heanng >> and certainly the i was hearing this morning from local residents that, you know , the residents that, you know, the focus of the council is to get everybody out that is on the ground floor and apartments . ground floor and apartments. now, i'm actually on river road just now , and i don't know if just now, and i don't know if you can see over my right shoulder, they've begun work kind of clearing much of the debns kind of clearing much of the debris on the road quite debris that's on the road quite a lot of rocks and gravel had had up when had been washed up here when that important wall broke . that all important wall broke. and certainly ove

humza yousaf has had a difficult time in i yousaf has had a difficult time in terms of politics. at the moment. yes, that is right. his mother-in-law_ the moment. yes, that is right. his mother-in-law and _ the moment. yes, that is right. his mother-in-law and father-in-law l the moment. yes, that is right. his i mother-in-law and father-in-law were mother—in—law and father—in—law were visiting a relative in gaza when some of the situation there really escalated over the past few days. he was on bbc one this morning and was talking about what sounds like a harrowing story. he got a phone call in the middle of the night from his in—laws saying they had been forced out of their house, they thought it was about to be bombed and they have been given notice there was an incoming air strike. that turned out to be incorrect. a really emotional first minister was on the airwaves talking about how his mother—in—law was saying her goodbyes. he's been talking about what could be done to alleviate some of that suffering in gaza, talking about humanitarian corridors being opened, about a ceas

back home in scotland, humza yousaf faces the most tricky of political challenges.f executive, peter murrell, and the party's former treasurer. all were released without charge, as part of an ongoing investigation into the party's finances. last week, you lost a by—election to labour. this week, you've lost an mp to the conservatives. are the snp in freefall? no. no, we were widely expected to lose the rutherglen by—election. and of course, no party wants to lose an mp. i think, by anybody�*s objective measure, the last six months have been some of the most difficult six months the party has faced in its modern history. the government at westminster has refused to grant another independence referendum, despite there being majority support for one in the scottish parliament. but polls suggest the snp has failed to secure a clear and sustained majority of support for independence across scotland when, arguably, there were favourable conditions for those making that case. you've had a conservative government, or a series of conservative governments, that scotland didn'

so the question is can humza yousaf, whose authority over his party still got a question mark about it, give it a sense of direction behind which everybody is willing to fall behind. i have to say, at the moment, there is a degree of uncertainty as to about whether he will be able to achieve that. the green party's annual conference is beginning in brighton, with the party setting ambitious targets to increase its number of mps at the next general election. co—leader carla denyer says it wants to have four mps in parliament after the election, something she says is "absolutely realistic". the party currently has one mp, caroline lucas, who is stepping down after 13 years in the job. we're standing by for a keynote speech to be delivered shortly at that conference by co—leaders ms denyer and adrian ramsey. we'll bring you that live. live now to brighton and our political correspondent helen catt. helen, so this idea that it is realistic that they might have four seats after the next general election, though?— seats after the next general election, though? seats after the next general el

applause studio: humza yousaf making his first address to delegates at the party conference in aberdeen is his first conference since taking over from is his first conference since taking overfrom nicola sturgeon as party leader and first minister in march, laying out plans for how he sees a future for scotland. among the announcements he made there, announcing help with the cost of living crisis, talking about increasing minimum wage, talking about council tax being frozen. he also talked about investment in cutting waiting lists, he said over the next three years, in each of the next three years, they would provide £100 million to cut waiting lists in the nhs. already questions about where exactly that funding would come from. he also referenced the conservatives and labour, of course, in the polls the snp has seen its support slept. when he referred to the conservatives he said they are done, they are finished, good riddance to them was his comments on the conservatives and he said when it comes to labour, i have absolutely no idea what the labour leader keir starmer stands for. he a

, who's in scotland, humza yousaf, who's kicked off this debate . he kicked off this debate. and he begins by saying , look, what's begins by saying, look, what's the problem? you know, we're very, very happy to accept people into scotland. well, maybe he's speaking for the snp activist base, but is he really speaking for the scottish people, in your view? well that's a very good question, actually. >> and i think that we have to be aware that humza yousaf has skin in the game here. his parents in law are stuck in gaza at the moment and nor would we wouldn't wish that on anybody. and of course, he is a muslim. so i think he's a he has got that angle to what he's saying. i'm also conscious of the fact that the scots have forever been saying that the highlands need to be repopulated and perhaps that's what he's thinking of. but with humour aside, it was, hang on, if you repopulate the highlands with people from a completely different culture, different language to begin with, at least different religion, is that really going to work? well, not in the

but there was this kind of strange moment today where it felt a bit like she was overshadowing humza yousafnd she was asked whether she had become the latest trust that the and doug snp, a reference to the fact that when we were in manchester, liz truss turned up and overshadowed rishi sunak�*s day. he won't be surprised to hear nicola sturgeon denied that, but it was just an interesting moment where some of the spark was coming from an ex leader rather than the current one. hick. rather than the current one. nick, it has been _ rather than the current one. nick, it has been a _ rather than the current one. nick, it has been a tricky _ rather than the current one. nick, it has been a tricky few _ rather than the current one. nick, it has been a tricky few months i it has been a tricky few months for the snp. i think that is fair to say in the recent by election. what is the feeling? what is the atmosphere like amongst the delegates that are there? i like amongst the delegates that are there? ~ , ., ., like amongst the delegates that are there? ~' , ., ., , there? i think it is fair to say t

basically humza yousaf said that take my portfolio so everybody's white in it.te, the lord president. he's white, the lord justice, clerk, clerk is white. the high courtjudge is white. the high courtjudge is white. everybody's white in scotland. and then you find out that scotland is 96% white. so an and i think it's an insult to call somebody white because it basically reduces them to bland and so elon musk elon musk piped in with x he said this so you know what's his name ? yousef know what's his name? yousef said this in 2020 and at and elon musk piped in just now calling him a racist. >> i think it's very narcissistic of yousef because what he's really saying is nobody in this country can make it unless they're white brackets, except me. yeah. which is . is. >> yeah, that's funny because it means he's like such a great 9113’- means he's like such a great guy. look, it's like, you know , guy. look, it's like, you know, against all the odds, against all the odds, nobody else has made it in this country. except. except the prime minister. except the prime minis

and finally become humza yousaf first minister with his own ideas and not humza yousaf continuity candidate . we >> tony, thanks very much. we want to take viewers and listeners straight to the palace of versailles in france because it is being evacuated for a security scare. the second time in four days is that one of france's most visited tourist attractions has had to close. now, france is on heightened alert again about potential attacks after that fatal stabbing of a schoolteacher last week. president macron has said only today that all european states are vulnerable. there is a resurgence of islamist terrorism. >> yeah, we're told it is a bomb alert and that the bomb squad are on their way or maybe already on site . but as we were already on site. but as we were saying, evacuation took place at the weekend. of course, after the weekend. of course, after the deadly knife attack on a teacher in northern france. so clearly heightened state of alert , indications that that alert, indications that that they are trying to assess the very , very well complicated very, very well complicated g

and some good news for people out there who didn't want to see scottish independence humza yousaf. to be talking about this as uk in italy are as well. yes. uk in italy are thrashing out a migrant deal. so we are the end of the road for a lot of people looking to get into of course, into europe. and of course, italy route so sunak italy is the route in. so sunak and maloney are trying to hammer out some kind migrant deal. out some kind of migrant deal. could this finally be the answer? now, this story is interesting. answer? now, this story is interestwe the sentencing of course, we had the sentencing of an who tried kill an individual who tried to kill the queen crossbow the queen with a crossbow on christmas of years christmas day a couple of years ago a factor that was ago. a big factor in that was the role of ai, artificial intelligence. he thought he had an ai girlfriend and some of the messages there appeared to suggest that i might have kind of told him to do it. look how dangerous artificial dangerous is artificial intelligence? one more for you, i yes, that's right. i think

since emily carver humza yousaf are you a fan as well?moment >> i mean, clearly at the moment he's having trouble because i believe he has family in gaza . believe he has family in gaza. so my heart goes out to him in that respect because he's obviously worrying about his family. but back to his politics, he is absolutely dreadful. you know, people have analysed his policies and the way he acted as justice minister and found him to be rather wanting in terms of talent and ability and application . nye ability and application. nye bevani ability and application. nye bevan i can't believe you know, this is the, you know, he's been overpromoted to the max. it's quite astonishing . but that quite astonishing. but that speech you were referring to that he gave is actually shocking . and it gets shared shocking. and it gets shared around social media quite a lot when he refers, he refers to all the positions within the government, doesn't he, and says, why it like he's fuming at the fact that there are white people in positions of power. why sh

and that is humza yousaf there who is meeting people in brechin affected by the floods.ed by storm during what will be a very difficult time. the first minister meeting people affected by the storm. he is in brechin in scotland. hello again. as we go through this week the weather really is going to feel more autumnal. we will see some further rain and currently there are still a lot of flood warnings in force, particularly across central parts of england. you can find out more about goes and where they are on our website, but the environment agency website. we are in this ridge of high pressure so things are fairly settled today. but we do have a weather front coming in from the west and that has increasing rain has we have gone through the course of the day. it will push into northern ireland and deeper into south—west england. at the same time the cloud will build across the south—east and we will see rain arrived and it will be breezy here, but for most of the uk it will be dry with sunshine, which will be hazy at times. highs of 16 or 17. if we pick up this rain toni

she denied she was trying to overshadow humza yousaf.activists taking photos, some of them crying at seeing her. she is a big draw here. humza yousaf needs to stamp his own authority on his party today. stamp his own authority on his party toda . . ., stamp his own authority on his party toda . ., ~ i. stamp his own authority on his party toda . . ~' ,, x' stamp his own authority on his party toda. ., ., , gcse students in england could sit some of their exams on digital screens, rather than using pen and paper, by 2026. the exam board, aqa, said pupils would be offline during the tests, so could not look up answers online. the roll—out to digital would not be rushed, the aqa said. we are certainly not going to write the weather this morning because there is an important forecast from carol. it sounds like it could be quite dodgy in some places. that's right. we have storm babet coming our way this week. today it is fairly quiet weather—wise. many of us having a dry day. some showers around. some rain in the south—west. it is from tomorr

humza yousaf is meeting floods.affected by the extreme weather in brecon after the river south esk burst its banks on friday. two people have died in scotland , including wendy in scotland, including wendy taylor, who was swept away in glen esk . the environment agency glen esk. the environment agency says 1250 properties have been flooded . well a man has been flooded. well a man has been arrested in connection with a fire that ripped through a car park terminal two at luton airport earlier on this month. bedfordshire police saying that a man in his 30s had been detained on suspicion of criminal damage several days after the blaze broke out on october ten. he has since been released on police bail, pending further enquiries . the further enquiries. the bedfordshire fire and rescue service has around 1005 says around 1500 cars were inside the car park and it's unlikely any will be salvageable . well, will be salvageable. well, appeal court judges will hear from the parents of a critically ill baby today after they l

alex salmond says humza yousaf alex salmond says humza yousaf usaf has days to save his job after they—election defeat . scotland's first minister says the snp needs time to reflect on that result. >> the snp we didn't do enough. we know that there was contextual factors. margaret ferrier's reckless actions, the police investigation , of course, police investigation, of course, but we've got to reflect, i've got to reflect the party has to ensure we've got a good campaign machine behind us, but also that we're inspiring people with a message. we clearly got a message. we clearly got a message from the voters of rutherglen and hamilton west that the snp has lost some trust in that seat. we've got to make sure we regain it. >> a key supporter of the just stop oil protest group says he's redirecting his funding to a youth voting campaign . green youth voting campaign. green energy industrialist dale vince says he's given more than £340,000 since the group's foundation . but he says under foundation. but he says under the current government, protests cannot work . and he warns cannot work

that was the snp leader and scottish first minister humza yousaf giving his reaction.orrespondent nick eardley, in rutherglen. nick, jubilation this morning among scottish labour leaders when i spoke to you earlier. now that a bit of the dust has settled, what is the feeling around how much of this momentum they could take to a general election?— general election? labour are optimistic — general election? labour are optimistic. they _ general election? labour are optimistic. they are - general election? labour are i optimistic. they are confident. general election? labour are - optimistic. they are confident. they are pretty certain that this is a moment for them in scottish politics. rememberthat moment for them in scottish politics. remember that labour was almost wiped out in scotland after the independence referendum. it felt like that was a proper game—changer for labour's position here. well, they hope that this might be the same. they are looking at that swing and they are saying, if we can do it in rutherglen, we can do it elsewhere in the central belt. i was s

well, i don't know. >> humza yousaf was >> but i mean, humza yousaf was put got precisely as put in andely as nicola continuity nicola sturgeon's continuity candidate. was carrying on candidate. he was carrying on the sturgeon tradition . alex the sturgeon tradition. alex salmond, of course, hates that because he hates everything to do with nicola sturgeon, who tried to him in jail or tried to put him in jail or whatever was going on the whatever was going on at the time on those trials that time on all those trials that were going on. always were going on. so he's always been against hamza yusuf. i can't say what the scottish people think of him compared to other he's pursued other people, but he's pursued this government independence this government for independence s programme, whereas i think a huge number of scots in the cost of living crisis, watching ordinary functions of government fall to pieces around them would rather have a scottish government that was sorting out problems rather than campaigning for independence. didn't alex salmond am i right in thinking this ? this? >> di

since he took over from leader humza yousaf since he took overfrom nicola sturgeon but with a policee funding of finances for the snp, labourare way over the funding of finances for the snp, labour are pretty confident if victory here and snp people we have been speaking to are very downbeat about their chances. sir keir starmer has played an active role in the campaign, he has been in the constituency on a number of occasions and he says victory here, if it is achieved for labour, would be a milestone on the party's hard road back to power. just a bit of context about what victories in scotland at the general election win for labour, between 1964 and 2010, every single general election saw labour return more than 40 mps from scotland to westminster. now sir keir hopes to double the representation of the party from one to two. , ., , representation of the party from one to two. , . , ., ~ representation of the party from one totwo. , ., ~ a man who broke into windsor castle with a loaded crossbow to kill queen elizabeth on christmas day in 2021 has beenjailed for nine years after ple

but humza yousaf.he's chosen to go another way. he's chosen to this back on the to bring this back on to the table and we'll see. we've got stuart which is a good stuart back, which is a good thing. so we'll go him. thing. so we'll go to him. stuart, why is hamza yusuf nailed colours this mask nailed his colours to this mask again ? is the snp only a party again? is the snp only a party that exists to bring about independence ? independence? >> well, that's meant to be. it's driving force but of course it's really in many ways gone from being a campaign learning organisation. with that in mind to an organisation which is comfortable in government and lots of people are quite happy with their jobs and hope that that will continue for some time. but independence is the thing that brings out the snp support the foot soldiers if you like, and without that goal in mind then there are already diminishing support is likely to fall away even more . so it's got fall away even more. so it's got to be front and c

it faces a difficult task under a leader who has yet to prove himself and the problem humza yousaf has snp voters in particular, and secondly his party which hitherto has been remarkably united for most of the last 16 years that he's been in office in edinburgh has now acquired a taste for division. there are a number of dividing lines going on, and of course voters don't like divided parties and they have noticed, the snp being a divided party has increased, so the question is humza yousaf, whose authority over his party still has a question over it, unite his party, bring to give a sense of direction behind which everyone will be falling behind. i have to say at the moment there is a degree of uncertainty as to whether he will be able to achieve that. john, thank you, always good to get your analysis. john, thank you, always good to get youranalysis. it john, thank you, always good to get your analysis. it wouldn't feel like a by—election morning if we didn't hearfrom you, so a by—election morning if we didn't hear from you, so thank you very much. around the world and across the uk,

alex salmond says humza yousaf alex salmond says humza yousaf usaf has days to save his job after theelection defeat . scotland's first minister says the snp needs time to reflect on that result. >> the snp we didn't do enough. we know that there was contextual factors. margaret ferrier's reckless actions, the police investigation , of course, police investigation, of course, but we've got to reflect, i've got to reflect the party has to ensure we've got a good campaign machine behind us, but also that we're inspiring people with a message. we clearly got a message. we clearly got a message from the voters of rutherglen and hamilton west that the snp has lost some trust in that seat. we've got to make sure we regain it. >> a key supporter of the just stop oil protest group says he's redirecting his funding to a youth voting campaign . green youth voting campaign. green energy industrialist dale vince says he's given more than £340,000 since the group's foundation . but he says under foundation. but he says under the current government, protests cannot work . and he warns cannot work.

humza yousaf promised the scottish government will help as much as possible.ible. ., ., _ ., ,, possible. i have to say it will take time, possible. i have to say it will take time. we know — possible. i have to say it will take time, we know that _ possible. i have to say it will take time, we know that recovery - possible. i have to say it will take time, we know that recovery willl possible. i have to say it will take l time, we know that recovery will be long because i have seen myself the scale of the devastation in some of the houses and businesses here, but the houses and businesses here, but the government is here for the long haul with our partners and local government. haul with our partners and local government-— haul with our partners and local rovernment. ., ,, ., ., government. two people are known to have died in — government. two people are known to have died in the _ government. two people are known to have died in the flooding _ government. two people are known to have died in the flooding in _ have died in the flooding in scotland. 57—year—o

humza yousaf announced a new scheme to help women to escape abusive relationships.ve you with ten seconds of a dream job — well, maybe if you're a fan of league 1 club cambridge united. they are looking for someone to become their mascot, marvin the moose. they say you have to be fun and energetic. imagine being paid to do that — sounds pretty ideal to me. you're all caught up, have a great night. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i'm paul scott, here's what's coming up. england reach euro 2024 — they beat the defending champions italy to book their place in germany. a shock at the cricket world cup — the netherlands beat south africa for their first win at this year's tournament. perhaps south africa's rugby players can have more success. they prepare for their world cup semifinal showdown with england. hello, and welcome to the programme. england have qualified for next year's european football championship with two games to spare, after a 3—1 win over italy at wembley. the defending champions' hopes of qualifying automatically are hanging by a thread. joe wilson w

scottish first minister humza yousaf, has shared an emotional video clip of his mother in law, elizabethkla, on social media. the retired nurse from dundee was visiting relatives in gaza with her husband when hamas militants launched their surprise attack on israel on saturday. the couple remain trapped in gaza. here's some of that video, shared by mr yousaf: this will be my last video. everybody from gaza is moving towards where we are. one million people, no food, no water, and still they're bombing them as they leave. where are we going to put them? but my thought is all these people in the hospital cannot be evacuated. where's humanity? where's people's hearts in the world to let this happen in this day and age? may god help us. goodbye. here, threejewish schools in north london have chosen not to open today, because of safety concerns and the risk of violence on the streets. it's after hamas called for global protests, in support of palestinians. the metropolitan police has issued a statement saying "there is no place for hate crime in london". they say they're ready to help anyone

humza yousaf, pretty sure that we would win. humza yousaf. thank — pretty sure that we would win.ield. a father has told bbc london he believes his son would still be alive if he'd been able to get a second opinion from another doctor. jay patel says his son, 30—year—old balram patel, was given unsuitable treatment. when he was discharged from st thomas' hospital. the nhs trust says it plans to investigate the family's claims. jay patel has now set up a group, patients lives matter to help others. i can't bring balram back. but what i can do is try and help others that they don't go through what we're going through, don't go through what he went through. because it's notjust jay patel talking because of jay patel�*s experiences, it's the british public saying, what's going on? foodbanks say they're bracing themselves for the worst winter yet, expecting to hand out more than a million emergency food parcels. one of the uk's main foodbank providers, the trussell trust, predicts more than 600,000 people will need their support between december and next february. let's take a quick lo

humza yousaf promised that the scottish government will help as much as possible.. but the government is here for the long haul, with our partners in local government. three people have died in scotland. a body has been found in the search for a man said to be trapped in a vehicle in floodwater in aberdeenshire. john gillan died on thursday, when a tree struck his van. and tributes have been paid to wendy taylor, who was swept away in a river in angus. in catcliffe, in south yorkshire, 250 houses were flooded at the weekend. some people had to be rescued from their homes. now, the difficult and emotional task of clearing up has begun here, too. we're here to support you and the residents as much as we can. in angus, the first minister acknowledged that the need was great, but didn't confirm how much financial aid would be provided. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news, brechin. in 2010, neiljones — a tiler from stoke—on—trent — won almost £2.5 million on a lottery ticket with his partner. he was keen to start a new hobby and spent some of his winnings on a pool table and,

that's humza yousaf that's exactly what humza yousaf is it? he's is saying, isn't it?g, well, win it straight back. so we'll have to wait and see that but thank you, see on that one. but thank you, tom. can come back into the tom. you can come back into the presenter's my other presenter's realm now. my other hat it's handy to hat back on. it's so handy to have because i find by have you because i find by elections absolutely fascinating. really good fascinating. so it's really good to next to just to to have you next to me. just to explain how significant that is, do you let us know what you make of especially if of that result, especially if you're and you're up in rutherglen and hamilton gbviews@gbnews.com hamilton west gbviews@gbnews.com now, office is now, the home office is continuing to convert the former raf base scampton camp raf base scampton into a camp for that's for asylum seekers. that's despite being told to stop work immediately. >> yes, the west lindsey district council served the home office with a stop notice on the 22nd of september for breaching pl

humza yousaf may be able to turn it around. to downing street. joining us from liverpool ahead of the conference is labour party chair and shadow secretary of state for women and equalities annaliese dodds. thanks forjoining us. isn't the result in rejection of two problem stone governments in westminster and holyrood are not necessarily an endorsement of the party? —— problem stone. it endorsement of the party? -- problem stone. , ., , , , endorsement of the party? -- problem stone. ,., , , _ stone. it is a message being sent by the --eole stone. it is a message being sent by the peeple of— stone. it is a message being sent by the people of rutherglen _ stone. it is a message being sent by the people of rutherglen and - the people of rutherglen and hamilton west, first of all, yes, to both of those failing governments, same to the snp and the conservatives that they have had enough of chaos and division, but also saying very clearly, that they want change, they want a government that will deliver change in holyrood and in west

scotland's first minister humza yousaf visited people — in brechin, in angus, this morning.outh esk burst its banks. respite centres have been set up for those forced to leave their homes. mr yousef explained to the bbc what support is being offered to those affected. i wanted to come here to talk to residents, go to their homes and speak to them first. it's clear to see the devastation of the storm is like nothing they've never seen before. in terms of what the government can do, we're here to support angus council with funding. the recoveryjourney will be long and funding in relation to further flood prevention schemes, will be supporting this council as best we possibly can as it'll be a long road to recovery. possibly can as it'll be a long road to remery-— to recovery. talk is to that funding. — to recovery. talk is to that funding, what _ to recovery. talk is to that funding, what can - to recovery. talk is to that funding, what can you - to recovery. talk is to that. funding, what can you provide to recovery. talk is to that - funding, what can you provide in the imme