james shaw, bbc news, edinburgh. and james shaw is with me at holyrood.ng the campaign all along, james, firstly, what is yoursense all along, james, firstly, what is your sense of the final stage of the campaign, and then if i can tag on another question, the person who comes out on top today, is it realistic that they can bring the party together again? this realistic that they can bring the party together again?— realistic that they can bring the party together again? this has been a really hardfought _ party together again? this has been a really hardfought campaign, - party together again? this has been a really hardfought campaign, huw,j a really hardfought campaign, huw, right up to the end, i don't think anyone knows if they have won or not. kate forbes, one of the contenders, put out a video on social media last night pleading for last—minute votes from snp members, so, no—one really knows who is ahead, it is certainly true that humza yousaf is the bookies' favourite, but what does that mean? we are at that stage now, almost like you have filled

morning, scotland correspondent james shaw. james. morning, scotland correspondentjames shaw. d of an era for scotland toda. , . , , ., today. yes, a bitterly cold morning here in edinburgh, _ today. yes, a bitterly cold morning here in edinburgh, outside - today. yes, a bitterly cold morning i here in edinburgh, outside holyrood, dawn broke a little while ago over the scottish parliament. and it is a new dawn for the snp as well. the problem is that no one knows what form its going to take. yes, the sturgeon era has ended, those eight years in which she was the first minister of scotland, there were five uk prime ministers while she remained the first minister here at edinburgh. and that era, i guess, had a certain amount of stability and continuity in it. that has all come to an end. and the future of the snp is hugely in question. we have three candidates offering really quite different divisions of what they want for the party, and what they want for the party, and what they want for the country as well. humza yousaf, who is the health secretary, he would be the first scot

humza yousaf has pledged to unite the snp and achieve independence. 0ur scotland correspondent james shawtional scottish party leader. humza yousaf's moment _ scottish party leader. humza yousaf's moment of- scottish party leader. humza| yousaf's moment of triumph, scottish party leader. humza _ yousaf's moment of triumph, becoming the new leader of the snp and the first from an ethnic minority. my immediate priority will be to continue _ immediate priority will be to continue to protect every scot as far as — continue to protect every scot as far as we _ continue to protect every scot as far as we possibly can from the harm inflicted _ far as we possibly can from the harm inflicted by— far as we possibly can from the harm inflicted by the cost of living crisis. — inflicted by the cost of living crisis. to _ inflicted by the cost of living crisis, to recover and reform our nhs _ crisis, to recover and reform our nhs and — crisis, to recover and reform our nhs and other vital public services. his success— nhs and other vital public services. his success is a moment to savour for scotland's

i�*m joined now by our scotland correspondent james shaw. uoin about how today will unfold? yes, it is all going to _ about how today will unfold? yes, it is all going to be — about how today will unfold? yes, it is all going to be happening - about how today will unfold? yes, it is all going to be happening in - about how today will unfold? yes, it is all going to be happening in that i is all going to be happening in that building behind me, the scottish parliament, holyrood here in edinburgh. at around roundabout two o�*clock this afternoon that vote is going to take place. the way it works, the opposition parties also put forward candidates to be first minister. so we expect the conservatives, labour and the liberal democrats all to put forward their leaders as potential new first minister is. that is just a matter of form so they can lay out counter arguments to that which is going to be put forward by humza yousaf, who is now the leader of the snp. but crucially, what has happened is the scottish greens who are currently in a government

i'm joined now by our scotland correspondent james shaw who is there.high centre of gravity, that might have meant somehow the holdings holding the vessel, in the dry dock, might have come loose between eight and 830 yesterday morning. the accident started to happen then. it seems there were quite a lot of people around the vessel, on eight and around the vessel, on eight and around it, because 35 people were injured, 23 taken to hospital, and of those, our understanding at the moment is eight are still in hospital at the moment —— on it. let us have a closer look at the vessel. let us zoom in on the research vessel, perhaps you can see the helipad, the white structure, to the left at the front end of the vessel. you can see very clearly it is at a pretty extreme angle, about 45 degrees. that does not seem to be that much activity around it. a couple of people with green fluorescent jackets walking couple of people with green fluorescentjackets walking around the outside of the hull a few minutes ago. clearly this will be a big operation, big investigat

our scotland correspondent, james shaw, joins me now.or across the uk in recent months. in some resects the uk in recent months. in some respects the _ the uk in recent months. in some respects the situation _ the uk in recent months. in some respects the situation in - the uk in recent months. in some respects the situation in scotland| respects the situation in scotland is similar to that in other parts of the uk in that there has been this push, this pressure for pay increases which will match inflation but the significant difference in scotland is really that looking at the peace in the round, the scottish government has managed to avoid widespread strike action in scotland. it has been threatened and there have been votes by all the major unions in favour of strike action but they have been averted, essentially, by negotiations with the scottish government. what this deal means today is 7.5% this year for gmb members which is in line with the other unions who have accepted the deal already and then 6.5% next year, so that is in 2023

our scotland correspondent james shaw told us what investigators believe happened to the ship.ture, possibly with a high centre of gravity, that might have meant that somehow the holdings holding this vessel, the petrel, in its dry dock, might have come loose some time between 8 and 8.30 yesterday morning, this accident started to happen then. it seems there were quite a lot of people around the vessel, on it and around it at the time, because 35 people were injured, 23 taken to hospital, and of those, our understanding at the moment is that eight are still in hospital at the moment. but let's just take a closer look at this vessel. if we just zoom in on the research vessel, petrel, you can see its name just on the bow there, perhaps you can see the helipad, that white structure, also to the left of the picture, at the front, at the bow end of the vessel. and you can see very clearly that it is at a pretty extreme angle, about 45 degrees. there does not seem to be that much activity around it. there were a couple of people with green fluorescent jackets just walking around the

scotland correspondent james shaw joins us from holyrood. james, what can we expect today?d lib dems will put forward candidates and make statements essentially saying what their vision would be to become first minister. in reality, the situation is with the scottish greens, who have endorsed humza yousaf, the snp have the majority needed for humza yousaf to be elected. from that moment, he will be first minister, although there is process to go through. he has to be sworn in on wednesday and the first big job is first minister's questions in the scottish parliament on thursday. at that point he will come under scrutiny from those opposition parties who will perhaps seek to highlight his record as a minister at transport, justice and recently in the health service. and seek to depict it as a record of failure. humza yousaf�*sjob seek to depict it as a record of failure. humza yousaf�*s job will be to paint a picture, create a vision of what he will do as leader of the snp, as the political leader of scotland, as the first muslim and first ethnic minority political leader of

became dislodged from its holding and slipped to a 45 degree angle. 0ur scotland correspondent james shawle of 45 degrees at the moment. —— the petrel. you can probably see the helipad to the left of the picture in the name of it in white inscribed. you can see what a severe angle it is. we believe there may have been scaffolding on the superstructure. there might have been people working on that scaffolding. there is a possibility that his house some, or many of these people, were injured, possibly falling as that dramatic incident happened around about eight o'clock to half past eight yesterday morning. a huge emergency response. multiple emergency vehicles. ambulances, police, coastguard, helicopter, an air ambulance was also called in. and many of those people taken to hospital. this is a research vessel. it is designed to explore the very deep ocean. it has looked for us navy vessels like the indianapolis, which was lost during the second world war. but it has been here in leith since about 2020. it hasn't actually been operational since the start of the covid crisis. now it looks as

and joining us from edinburgh is our scotland correspondent james shaw.d and | the debate? i think it could. and . audience changes the mood and the atmosphere, the feedback, that those three candidates will get from a live audience, and it is an interesting break—up, half of it will be normal voters, taking part in the live televised debate, and the other half will be members of the other half will be members of the snp. those constituencies, clearly in the contest it is only snp members who get to choose who the new leader of their party is but it matters what the majority of people in scotland think because the snp is electing a leader but also potentially cause a first minister of scotland. members of the snp might worry about what everyday scots, normal voters think about their leader, so will it be someone who is a unifying figure or not? that is the critical question facing the snp. it has a choice between continuity under the health secretary humza yousaf, the change candidates are ash regan and kate forbes. ash regan is a former minister in the s

like phil foden should be getting some much time but he will be without luke shaw, who got red carded against italy, and reece jamesl. let�*s hope the weather here clears up. of football. let's hope the weather here clears urn-— here clears up. thank you. from a very windy — here clears up. thank you. from a very windy wembley. _ here clears up. thank you. from a very windy wembley. you - here clears up. thank you. from a very windy wembley. you can - here clears up. thank you. from a. very windy wembley. you can catch here clears up. thank you. from a - very windy wembley. you can catch up on all those stories on the bbc sport website but that is all the sports. donald trump has opened his campaign to win back the us presidency by rallying against the dark forces he says are lined up against him. at a rally in the us state of texas he claimed the multiple legal investigations into his conduct and finances were straight out of us, list russia horror show. dressed for the occasion, die—hard donald trump fans turned out in their thousands for this airfield rally in the texan city of waco. the legal threats hanging ov

it means between luke shaw's redcar italy in the week and the chelsea defender rhys james having to leavechoose from. i'm concerned that we're hearing that leicester city midfielderjames madison could be one of those players that benefits from the lack of players to choose from the lack of players to choose from and he could start his first game for his country. madison went to the world cup but was injured and play single minute. we can guarantee that hurricane will the squad. in mid week, he took his international tally to 54, surpassing wayne rainey and he will be presented with a special golden boot ahead of today's game. special golden boot ahead of today's came. ~ . special golden boot ahead of today's ame, ~ ., . ., special golden boot ahead of today's amer ., , . special golden boot ahead of today's tame. ~ ., , . ., special golden boot ahead of today's game. what can expect from ukraine because it is — game. what can expect from ukraine because it is their _ game. what can expect from ukraine because it is their first _ game. what can expect from ukraine because it is their first

another senate committee told cbs news that ceo alan shaw will appear before another senate panel on rail safety in about two weeks. j.b.? >> jamesws. the bodies of two of the americans who were killed after being kidnapped in mexico are now back in the u.s. as cbs news is learning, authorities in mexico are still investigating what led up to the ordeal, including the exact purpose of the group's visit. hear, hear is cbs's omar villafranca. >> reporter: the bodies of wh lia mcg ande stilindell brow. covering in a brownsville, texas, hospital. family members say they were traveling from south carolina to mexico for a cosmetic surgery for mcgee. tonight, we are learning new details about that trip, in a police report filed by a fifth person who traveled with the group, but stayed on the u.s. side. cheryl orange told brownsville police she last saw her friends friday morning leaving a motel 6. she did not travel to mexico with the group because she did not have the proper i.d. the group didn't return and didn't answer repeated calls, she went to police. the four are found in a wooden shed on tuesday, outside of my tomorrows mexico.

all available players were out on the pitch but chelsea's risa james has withdrawn from the squad due to injury and luke shaw gotjust 21 players available for the match against ukraine tomorrow. ukraine are not able to play their matches in their home country due to the invasion by russia and gareth southgate says that that won't affect the team and he knows the challenge they're going to face tomorrow. thea;r he knows the challenge they're going to face tomorrow.— to face tomorrow. they are a proud u-rou to face tomorrow. they are a proud a-rou of to face tomorrow. they are a proud group of players. — to face tomorrow. they are a proud group of players. you _ to face tomorrow. they are a proud group of players, you can _ to face tomorrow. they are a proud group of players, you can see - to face tomorrow. they are a proud group of players, you can see that. | group of players, you can see that. totally _ group of players, you can see that. totally committed to bringing enjoyment to their public, and, yeah. _ enjoyment to their public, and, yeah. we. _ enjoyment to their public, and, yeah, we, of course, have

gareth southgate has only 21 players at his disposal following luke shaw's red card in naples on thursday and reece jamest capped women's player ended her career in her home city of newcastle. her side thrashed scotland by 58—7 in the six nations. wales kicked off the tournament with a 31—5 mauling of ireland. jo currie reports. england and scotland may have been the headline, but this was all about saying goodbye to one of the greats of the game, red roses captain sarah hunter calling time on her career after this 141st cap and fittingly in the city of her birth. emotions settled and england started strongly as claudia mcdonald batted her way to the line. england turned the strong start into a rampage. mcdonald hit the gas with the pick of the tries and 31 points ahead of the red roses went into the break. five tries for england in the first half, five more in the second, including a hat—trick for marlee packer. the crowd were on their feet, but this raise the roof. the end of an era. hunter side of her career as she played at — with a smile on herface. she proudly watched on as the red roses finish the