his chief rival kate forbes has broken into - kate forbes has broken into maternity leave to launch a will inspire _ independence. competent leadership is what will inspire confidence. - is what will inspire confidence. that— is what will inspire confidence. that is— is what will inspire confidence. that is about propelling our economy to grow. _ that is about propelling our economy to grow. it's— that is about propelling our economy to grow, it's about unleashing the talent _ to grow, it's about unleashing the talent that— to grow, it's about unleashing the talent that we have here. it's about ensuring _ talent that we have here. it's about ensuring our industries can thrive and flourish, it's about putting fair work— and flourish, it's about putting fair work at the heart of our econonfic— fair work at the heart of our economic strategy. but fair work at the heart of our economic strategy.- fair work at the heart of our economic strate: . �* , . ., ,., economic strategy. but this campaign is also about — economic strategy. but this campaign is also about social _ economic strategy. b

perhaps more publicly, kate forbes , more publicly, kate forbes, current treasury minister for the snp a runner in this race, has faced numerous backers withdrawing their for her campaign after she said that she would have voted again to gay marriage back if she had been an snp mp in 2014. now let's get more on this scandal that's been brewing this week . that's been brewing this week. william atkinson, the assistant editor at conservative home . and editor at conservative home. and william, is it surprising easing that suddenly people have been withdrawing support from kate forbes? do they not know about her evangelical christian views when she announced ? well, yes, when she announced? well, yes, she's been in msp since 2006. so it is rather shocking that her fellow msps have only just discovered and that she actually believes in the word of the bible. and i would say that it's perhaps a bit of a sort of concocted row in the sense that polling has suggested that views of a lot of snp are relatively socially conservative. indeed, just behind conservatives when it comes to major partie

kate forbes is , border. kate forbes is, currently the finance secretary in scotland.'s only 32. she's raised in they had a baby daughter , but has long been daughter, but has long been widely tipped as a potential successor ever since. back in february 20, she got promoted to finance secretary 24 hours before having to present a budget because her predecessor was forced to resign in disgrace and she managed to survive that test. well, for. also angus robertson . now, i guess, robertson. now, i guess, robertson, some of your viewers south of the border may remember as the westmeath star leader of the snp between two thousand and seven and 2017, he lost his seat in 2017 to the conservatives he's now in the scottish parliament and he's been the scottish government's constitution secretary since 2020. why that is, he's basically responsible for the job of trying to promote independence north of the border. the other person who has been mentioned is said he might been mentioned is said he might be considering standing as humza yousaf . he is be considering standing as humz

we've got kate forbes, who is very popular . got kate forbes, who is very popular.any people got kate forbes, who is very popular. many people inside party. she's cambridge educated. she's a rising star. she's considered very much on the money. she's definitely got her friends in the party, but she is not the same sort of progressive as it were brand of the snp nicola sturgeon was presenting. she's conservative minded, socially christian in her beliefs and she's actually pretty much centre right on economic issues. she also disagree with the gender recognition act , disagree with the gender recognition act, which is obviously an extremely contentious issue inside the snp .then contentious issue inside the snp . then on the other side we've got humza yousaf who's , the sort got humza yousaf who's, the sort of continuity candidate and sturgeon's allies as rallying around him. now and it's thought that he's the sort of stop kate. it's yeah. so i mean this is an interesting it's not necessarily, you know , the best necessarily, you know, the best person the job the lega

the treatment of kate forbes. kate is , of course, one of the is, of course, one of the candidates running for the snp leadership. she is a christian, an evangelical one at that. so it should come as no surprise that she believes in the teachings of the church to which she belongs, including that marriage is between a man and a woman , that her personal woman, that her personal preference is not to have children out of wedlock and that she opposes gender self i.d. now, whether you agree or not with forbes on these issues is, in my view , irrelevant. what is in my view, irrelevant. what is very relevant , though, is the very relevant, though, is the consequent backlash , the demands consequent backlash, the demands that she pull out of the race and the idea that her views are so beyond the pale that she should have place in should have no place in mainstream politics. perhaps she was a tad naive to reveal her views. she must have seen how tim farron was hounded out of his role as leader of the liberal democrats afte

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is it over, kate forbes before this, even . kate forbes before this, even. an interview last the scottish finance minister pressed on her views on same sex marriage . it's views on same sex marriage. it's left senior members of the snp withdrawing their support for her rather. i'll be looking first minister yousuf humza yousaf as a shoo in as first minister. the latest on that coming up from edinburgh and nothing to do with me. president putin blames the destruction of ukraine's towns on west, saying they started it all. his own employees on and listened to his two hour address in stony apart from the usual applause. joe biden due to speak in warsaw in a few hours time in what's likely to be a very different narrative in the battle of speeches as us ambassador is now summoned moscow. so get in touch with your views and all those top gbviews@gbnews.uk and of course we'll reflect your views a little later. first, the latest headlines coming up with tamzin . mark, thanks very much tamzin. mark, thanks very much and good afternoon from the gb newsroom. it's 12:0

following kate forbes about gay marriages this week.s bring you up to date with the all important weather. hello there. great to host and welcome to your latest from the met office looking for much of the week. it's going to be dry and settled. there will a few showers at times though pushing from the north sea and the reason for this is high pressure is in charge. it remains over uk right through the weekend . it largely dry the weekend. it largely dry though with no breeze. a few showers will fade in, particularly across eastern areas through the rest of sunday. we'll clearing skies across much central southern england and wales allowing patchy frost to form northern england and northern ireland. southern scotland will see a bit more cloud here as. southern scotland will see a bit more cloud here as . we move into more cloud here as. we move into the early hours. the risk of a few showers. scotland also seeing clear skies, temperatures falling minus seven, minus eight across . the glens of scotland across. the glens of scotland under

, what have say that kate forbes, what have your votes ?ink it was your votes? well think it was very refreshing to hear what she thought a woman was. and when she said a woman is not somebody who can rape, i think i and a whole of other people breathed a huge sigh of relief. the fact is, it's probably more important for a politician to have moral principles they hold to in principles that they hold to in their own lives, some kind of personal integrity than it is the notion they they want impose on other people . i think it's on other people. i think it's a very welcome thing to. have a politician that has integrity and that because she doesn't want to impose her views on others we should respect her. i think it's very welcome. well gavin, i respect your views . i gavin, i respect your views. i love the fact that you've come on here and discussed it with me. no doubt this would be me. and no doubt this would be a first many conversations first of many conversations around forbes, so around kate forbes, thank you so much joining gavin much

kate forbes has broken into maternity leave from otherjob as finance secretary to join ash regan in thelth secretary, humza yousaf. but the two heavyweights have found it heavy going, facing questions about how their faith influences their politics. miss forbes came underfire for her opposition to gay marriage, mr yousaf was accused of dodging the final vote on the subject, which he denies. so the campaign focus has been on social issues, but what if snp members are having a parallel campaign, concentrating not on culture, but competence? the first poll of party supporters does come with some caveats, but it suggests a big lead for kate forbes. james cook, bbc news, on the firth of forth. a rescue operation has been launched after a t capsized in greenock. in a moment, we'lljoin my colleague clive myrie in kyiv, but first our top story this evening... junior doctors in england announce three days of strikes in march. and disappointment for england, knocked out by south africa in a t20 semifinal. and on bbc london: we hearfrom some of semifinal. and on bbc london: we hear from some of th

kate forbes , why do you race. forbes, why do you think she felt had to think she felt she had to apologise for saying that she would never have voted for same sex marriage, if that's her opinion. didn't stick to opinion. why didn't she stick to it ? well, i think she was making it? well, i think she was making clear that she is a of faith and that she makes that she feels strongly about in principle and follows them. i think that the answer is that she is honest politician. and i think that's a very important for any anyone of a leader . and that that the a leader. and that that the front runner, he according to a former scottish minister, absented himself from the vote on gay marriage because he thought it might offend people in his mosque. thought it might offend people in his mosque . that's humza in his mosque. that's humza yousaf . yes. well, that's very yousaf. yes. well, that's very strange that he had an emergency meeting, but it was arranged 14 days or so in advance to deal with an unfortunate scot, who w

my nominee is , kate forbes msp her nominee is, kate forbes msp her honesty and letting everybody knowem have a chance to vote because of that she just being honest rebecca your nominee minus it's a ridiculous thing do but sadiq khan i'm generally not a fan but i do him free school meals for children in london is a really exciting important policy yet ridiculous because of course is there a chance he's going to i'm going to go with amanda superwoman. so although she will although reports that she will not resign over the northern ireland protocol. yeah she says that now let's see who's your jackass? amanda patel . that now let's see who's your jackass? amanda patel. i'm afraid it's that leftie luvvie amateur empson who said, as revealed when she didn't win the best actress that risible claim leo grandee or whatever is called on she said winning her oscars made her physically ill well . i'm oscars made her physically ill well. i'm really pleased for her because she's not even nominated this time so house will be fine. don't worry about it, amy. you're going to be fine. ridiculous, isn't

, what have say that kate forbes, what have your votes ?ink it was your votes? well think it was very refreshing to hear what she thought a woman was. and when she said a woman is not somebody who can rape, i think i and a whole of other people breathed a huge sigh of relief. the fact is, it's probably more important for a politician to have moral principles they hold to in principles that they hold to in their own lives, some kind of personal integrity than it is the notion they they want impose on other people . i think it's on other people. i think it's a very welcome thing to. have a politician that has integrity and that because she doesn't want to impose her views on others we should respect her. i think it's very welcome. well gavin, i respect your views . i gavin, i respect your views. i love the fact that you've come on here and discussed it with me. no doubt this would be me. and no doubt this would be a first many conversations first of many conversations around forbes, so around kate forbes, thank you so much joining gavin much

my nominee is , kate forbes msp her nominee is, kate forbes msp her honesty and letting everybody knowem have a chance to vote because of that she just being honest rebecca your nominee minus it's a ridiculous thing do but sadiq khan i'm generally not a fan but i do him free school meals for children in london is a really exciting important policy yet ridiculous because of course is there a chance he's going to i'm going to go with amanda superwoman. so although she will although reports that she will not resign over the northern ireland protocol. yeah she says that now let's see who's your jackass? amanda patel . that now let's see who's your jackass? amanda patel. i'm afraid it's that leftie luvvie amateur empson who said, as revealed when she didn't win the best actress that risible claim leo grandee or whatever is called on she said winning her oscars made her physically ill well . i'm oscars made her physically ill well. i'm really pleased for her because she's not even nominated this time so house will be fine. don't worry about it, amy. you're going to be fine. ridiculous, isn't

— kate forbes -- — weight on maturity need —— kate forbes. —— maternity leave.or the snp is, is this an — of race. a problem for the snp is, is this an election that he is and he wants to _ is this an election that he is and he wants to change direction? not us and how— he wants to change direction? not us and how it's — he wants to change direction? not us and how it's progressing, but also on a _ and how it's progressing, but also on a whole — and how it's progressing, but also on a whole range of other issues in terms _ on a whole range of other issues in terms of— on a whole range of other issues in terms of the — on a whole range of other issues in terms of the governance of scotland on a day—to—day basis. 0r terms of the governance of scotland on a day—to—day basis. or is it really— on a day—to—day basis. or is it really a question of backing one generation to another, but without any great — generation to another, but without any great changing of activity, presenting themselves as a de facto continuity— presenting themselves as a de facto continuity cand

kate forbes has broken into maternity leave from herjob as finance secretary to join ash regan in themza yousaf. but the two heavyweights have found it heavy going, facing questions about how their faith influences their politics. miss forbes came underfire for her opposition to gay marriage. mr yousaf was accused of dodging the final vote on the subject, which he denies. so the campaign focus has been on social issues, but what if snp members are having a parallel campaign, concentrating not on culture, but competence? the first poll of party supporters does come with some caveats, but it suggests a big lead for kate forbes. james cook, bbc news, on the firth of forth. we will get more from ukraine in just a moment. first, we will get more from ukraine in justa moment. first, let's we will get more from ukraine in just a moment. first, let's take a look at the weather with chris. hello. we had a stunning sunrise this morning. look at this. this crimson beam of light piercing the morning sky is called a sun pillar, and is caused by ice crystals reflecting the first rays of the sun's l

kate forbes. angus robertson . kate forbes. angus robertson., but what's the bigger

scotland's finance secretary, kate forbes enters the race to replace nicola sturgeon as snp leader andst minister. and after a tour of the uk, dippy the dinosaur, finds a new home — in coventry. and coming up on the bbc news channel. we'll tell you how ireland are getting on in theirfinal women's t20 world cup group game against india, still searching for theirfirst win. good afternoon from kyiv, where an american president, has made an extraordinary visit, to an active war zone. it's joe biden�*s first trip to ukraine, since russia invaded almost a year ago. rumours had been swirling for 2h hours that a high level visitor would be here today, but the trip was shrouded in secrecy because of the inevitable security concerns. as president biden paid his respects to those killed in the war at st michael's cathedral, just a few hundred yards from our position here, air raid sirens sounded across the city, but there was no imminent threat. the president praised the citizens of ukraine for their "heroism" in fighting off russian aggression, while president vlodymyr zelensky said the "democra

kate forbes has always been open about being a practising christian and what we are seeing about whatl opinion it would be wrong according to herfaith personal opinion it would be wrong according to her faith to have children outside marriage. she also said she would vote against game sex marriage had she been an msp when it became law but she would not overturn the legislation if she succeeded nicola sturgeon. she said she defended everyone's rights in a pluralistic and tolerant society to live and love free of harassment and fear. the early days in this campaign but it is fair to say it has been a tricky first few hours for what is seen as one of the leading candidates kate forbes. lorna, thank you. a bbc investigation has found that a quarter of england's grammar schools have hardly any pupils from the poorest families. that's despite most of the schools changing their admission policies in the last few years — to give pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds a better chance of getting a place. here's our education editor branwen jeffreys. # it's like a story of love. # can you hear m

the difference is, is that kate forbes has been honest with the electorate.t humza yousaf is doing is he's doing a keir starmer, which is he's lying to get elected. but i don't think he's lying . tell me that as he's lying. tell me that as well. come on. as i practise the muslim, you cannot tell that he is more pro—gay marriage than kate forbes. well, i don't believe it. well, if you look at the opinion polls, look at the survey of muslims in the in the parliament, i think all but one muslim member of parliament voted same sex marriage. i it was seven out of eight. so clearly they had an opportunity. clearly muslim mps have been very supportive of the lgbt community and also of women women's rights as well. well okay, i've got . that's a whole okay, i've got. that's a whole other topic. but kelvin you must see this. you must see that the message are so quick. see this. you must see that the message are so quick . attack message are so quick. attack christian politicians . their christian politicians. their views, whether the views are right or wrong is anothe

the difference is, is that kate forbes has been honest with the electorate.t humza yousaf is doing is he's doing a keir starmer, which is he's lying to get elected. but i don't think he's lying . tell me that as he's lying. tell me that as well. come on. as i practise the muslim, you cannot tell that he is more pro—gay marriage than kate forbes. well, i don't believe it. well, if you look at the opinion polls, look at the survey of muslims in the in the parliament, i think all but one muslim member of parliament voted same sex marriage. i it was seven out of eight. so clearly they had an opportunity. clearly muslim mps have been very supportive of the lgbt community and also of women women's rights as well. well okay, i've got . that's a whole okay, i've got. that's a whole other topic. but kelvin you must see this. you must see that the message are so quick. see this. you must see that the message are so quick . attack message are so quick. attack christian politicians . their christian politicians. their views, whether the views are right or wrong is anothe

kate forbes released a flashy video announcing her intention to be a unified player and then torpedoedt interview. yeah, i mean, there's an alternative school of thought that says, you know, we want politicians, to be honest . and politicians, to be honest. and she was just giving honest to straight questions. kemi badenoch actually , the key badenoch actually, the key equalities has actually defended kate forbes is and position not her opinion, but certainly how and freedom to express that opinion. so i guess it's quite refreshing in this day and age that we get politicians giving straight answers . however, straight answers. however, you're right, i think politics, it's hugely damaging to her hopes of becoming first minister. now she was before and she had she was pretty much the front runner. she was the one who was seen as the most competent, safe pair of hands to succeed nicola but you succeed nicola sturgeon. but you know, she's taken a huge gamble . to put it mildly, by by expressing these fairly controversial views , not least controversial views, not least within the snp which

kate forbes. angus robertson . kate forbes. angus robertson. john swinney some of the names in the frame, but the in the frame, but what's the bigger picture ? that leader in bigger picture? that leader in westminster, flynn , says westminster, stephen flynn, says they rethink they may need to even rethink they may need to even rethink the to independence. the the path to independence. the latest edinburgh and london latest from edinburgh and london coming up, the a british coming up, the onus a british gas centrica making billions in profits from soaring oil and gas pnces profits from soaring oil and gas prices after they were criticised for forcing installing pre—payment metres for their poorest customers. what price energy as critics say the whole market is broken and the whole market is broken and the fallout . lancashire police the fallout. lancashire police are criticised for now missing mum nicola bully had significant issues with alcohol while also struggling with the menopause . struggling with the menopause. but would an earlier expla

kate forbes.orbes. clearly, here is clearly, what we have here is religious figure wants to religious figure that wants to butt politics all the time butt into politics all the time and something and they've got something fundamentally wrong here. putin is an aggressor. putin is he is a year ago today that he invaded ukraine, a sovereign country . ukraine, a sovereign country. and whether you think that we should be spending money in ukraine again , an entirely ukraine is again, an entirely different . but we different conversation. but we cannot be compare making these unhelpful historical comparisons . he's got it wrong and he shouldn't be commenting these things. should he his things. no. should he get his own house in order before he starts with starts getting involved with everything? you everything? well, i think you should those debates. should get those debates. christianity, before christianity, you know, before he commenting on russia, he starts commenting on russia, ukraine he ukraine o

nominations for the snp leadership race close at midday with humza yousaf, kate forbes and ash reganected to appear on the ballot paper. and new research for the bbc suggests the price of pasta has nearly doubled in two years with the rate of food price rises still running at almost 17%. good morning and welcome to bbc news. president volodymyr zelensky has said ukraine will do everything it can to defeat russia this year in a statement marking the anniversary of vladimir putin's full—scale invasion. ceremonies are taking place across the country remebering those killed or forced to flee from the conflict. here in the uk rishi sunak will urge allies to increase military support to ukraine during a meeting of g7 countries. there will also be a minute's silence across the uk at 11 o'clock. our first report comes from james waterhouse. a thud, marking the moment when ukraine and the world... air raid siren sounds. ..changed forever. ..a much bigger land grab. we've just heard a siren go off for the first time. we haven't heard that before. after months of build—up, 150,000 russian soldi

i well, i think william hague and the critics of kate forbes are . true tolerance means forbes are.but respect your right to your opinion . yes. and that must be opinion. yes. and that must be the right way of putting it. but what's surprising about lord hagueis what's surprising about lord hague is that he is quite a tolerant figure in most areas . tolerant figure in most areas. and i think you his shadow home secretary try and work very closely with him. were you surprised that somebody who you'd worked closely came down with such an intolerant view of something being believed by people of faiths for a generation . well find it pretty generation. well find it pretty ironic because course it was under william hague, but the conservative party opposed , tony conservative party opposed, tony blair when he wanted to, did aboush blair when he wanted to, did abolish section 28 of the local government that that the one that forbade the promotion of homosexuality in schools and william hague led a party and just argued that the policy would be we were going to oppose the relaxation of tha

tim farron wasn't to so kate forbes wasn't to be. so is kate forbes out be.ond out to be. and then the second question is, you allowed to question is, are you allowed to be a muslim? and that's what this is about. it's like, you know, can you muslim know, can you have muslim traditional views and be a leader so be very leader and so be very interesting how plays interesting to see how it plays out because. should be out because. you should be allowed to religious views out because. you should be allobei to religious views out because. you should be allobe a 0 religious views out because. you should be allobe a leader religious views out because. you should be allobe a leader of.igious views out because. you should be allobe a leader of a ious views out because. you should be allobe a leader of a mainstream and be a leader of a mainstream political party. if you can't be somebody as mainstream. but i'm not if kate wins, not sure. well, if kate wins, because so much better as because she's so much better as a candidate should win. on a candidate she should win.

tim farron wasn't is kate forbes wasn't to be. so is kate forbes out be. and then second out to be.e second question is, you allowed to question is, are you allowed to be a muslim? and that's what this is about. it's like, you know, you have muslim know, can you have muslim traditional views and be a leader so be very leader and so be very interesting how plays interesting to see how it plays out because. should be out because. you should be allowed to have religious views out because. you should be allobei to have religious views out because. you should be allobe a 0 have religious views out because. you should be allobe a leader religious views out because. you should be allobe a leader of.igious views out because. you should be allobe a leader of a ious views out because. you should be allobe a leader of a mainstream and be a leader of a mainstream political party. if you can't be somebody mainstream. but i'm somebody as mainstream. but i'm not kate wins, not sure. well, if kate wins, because she's so much better as a candidate win. on a candidate she should win. on being better

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

the snp, the scottish finance secretary, kate forbes health secretary, kate forbes health secretary humzagan. the running so far to replace sturgeon as the snp leader. but of course is kate forbes, who's been fire after saying she would not have voted for same sex marriage . ash regan for same sex marriage. ash regan saying that she firmly supports the right to equal marriage. let's get more now with michael blakley, political of the scottish daily mail. and michael, we were speaking to tony, our man there north of the border suggestions. maybe there going to be another candidate may actually add their name as to try and move things forward . to try and move things forward. there was a bit of suggestion that. there was a bit of suggestion that . don't there was a bit of suggestion that. don't think that is going to happen. there was talk of a fourth candidate we heard today at ben mcpherson, a government minister ruling himself. i think some people were possibly pushing forward as many happening. so that there could still be someone else wouldn't entirely rule . but i think it entirely ru

nominations macallan and finance secretary kate forbes . nominations closed kate forbes.ner will be announced at the end of march . announced at the end of march. labour leader will urge scottish voters to take another look at his party when he addresses a conference in edinburgh later. sir keir starmer's expected to say labour can bring the change scotland needs and he'll ask voters to put their trust in his party. keir starmer is also expected to promise a bold , expected to promise a bold, reforming government following nicola sturgeon's resignation . nicola sturgeon's resignation. the french president wants russia to be defeated in ukraine, but not crushed. emmanuel macron's says, aiming for a total defeat of russia on its own soil has never been his country's position . he has been country's position. he has been criticised by some nato allies for delivering mixed messages regarding his policy towards the war. the kremlin has accused macron of duplicitous diplomacy , saying his remarks show the west is discussing regime change in russia . tv, online and dab in russia

scotland's finance secretary, kate forbes, becomes the third candidate to enter the leadership contestcola sturgeon as first minister. bbc analysis shows that some of britain's local bus networks have been slashed by more than a third. and after a tour of the uk, dippy the dinosaurfinds a new home in coventry. good afternoon. welcome to the bbc news channel. us presidentjoe biden has made a surprise visit to kyiv — his first to ukraine since russia invaded almost a year ago. he met ukraine's president, volodmyr zelensky and both men visited a memorial for ukraine's war dead. at a news conference mr biden announced more military, political and financial support for kyiv and he said ukraine would be supported "for as long as it takes". our correspondent james waterhouse reports form kyiv. in a city no stranger to big visitors, this was the biggest. the most powerful politician in the world, ukraine's biggest ally, arriving to the heart of the war, to the delight of his host. joe biden has been here before, but not as president. that is an important symbol for us, and we are proud of it.

kate forbes and marine.inations close on the winner of the race will be announced at the end of march . british the end of march. british holidaymakers may face further disruption . border force workers disruption. border force workers continue four day strike at french ports . members of the french ports. members of the pubuc french ports. members of the public and commercial services walked out on in a dispute over pay ' walked out on in a dispute over pay , pensions and job security . pay, pensions and job security. delays of more than 6 hours were experienced at calais yesterday , with the disruption set to continue tomorrow. border force says the military civil servants and volunteers have stepped in to minimise the impact. and volunteers have stepped in to minimise the impact . the us to minimise the impact. the us secretary of state has warned china will face serious consequences if it provides lethal military aid to russia. anthony blinken spoke to the country's top diplomat, wang yi. it was on the s

we had, kate forbes, the highest on 8. angus robertson could be is most likely to be the next leader of the party. of course, angus robertson has been leader before it was leader in westminster before i mean, sorry, up to 27 team. so he's definitely a well known figure . definitely a well known figure. he's thought of as a sort of safe of hands. but whether he has the sort of fire that it would to take reignite that independence course, which, as you say, is looking as though it's hanging in the balance, really this morning is another issue. yeah, because i mean, we've alex salmond not just we've got alex salmond not just question of no obvious successor, but the movement has been left with no clear strategy for independence or referendum routes being . and the de facto routes being. and the de facto referendum election proposal in the general election being a vote on independence is at best up in the air. yes. and i think this is perhaps even more personal than the question of who the successor is going to be. i was in ed

a finance secretary kate forbes. a new method screening ambulance calls is to be introduced in england in an effort to reduce waiting times . ambulance crews waiting times. ambulance crews will now review category two calls, which are not immediately life threatening to see if the patient be treated elsewhere. calls include things like heart attacks, strokes and lesser like burns and severe headaches. a doctor, nurse or paramedic will call back around 40% of these patients to see if there's an alternative to sending an ambulance . ministers have ambulance. ministers have announced an extra ambulance. ministers have announced an extr a £421 million announced an extra £421 million to boost alcohol and drug treatment and recovery across . treatment and recovery across. the new funding will be given to 151 councils to fund initiatives aimed at tackling addiction and cutting crime, such as recruiting staff. but the recovery support for prison leavers and investment treatment, the government says it could prevent nearly 10

kate forbes has done a — how did this come up? kate forbes has done a round _ how did this come up?has, in her own words, tried to give straight questions and straight answers. she's always been open about being a practising christian but what's happened over the last 21; hours or so is that what that means to her has been unpicked a little. it's worth looking at some of her comments. she has said that in her personal opinion, it's wrong, according to herfaith, to have children outside of marriage, albeit its up to other people to do what they want and in a free society you can do what you want. she also said she would have voted against same—sex marriage legislation had she been an msp when it became law but she would not overturn that legislation if she succeeds nicola sturgeon. she also said she would defend everybody�*s rights in a tolerant society to live free of harassment and fear. i think she realised perhaps the controversy she has caused by later comments she made two times radio when she says she regrets enormously the pain or hurt caused by her comments on gay marriage a

kate forbes had the good fortune.haps of being on maternity leave during all of this, but she abstained by virtue of that on the gender bill, she seemed to be more critical of it. she's an evangelical christian. she's made anti—abortion comments in the past. this is someone who perhaps is on that socially conservative side as well , conservative side as well, whereas angus robertson, someone perhaps closer to the sturgeon world view, we're really seeing in these four candidates now, two social liberals and two social conservatives, that seems to be where some of the division is coming about. and you know, it's possible that we could be slightly overstating some of this, but this particular gender recognition bill has really exposed some of those issues. and whatever one may think about the particular issue at hand, i think that what it did show was that when the uk government both on this question and also on the question of independence referendum stood up and said no, actually made a case for the uk support for the

let's talk about them shall kate forbes? little bit of video i want to play you to understand forbes a little bit more detail . understand forbes a little bit more detail. she's understand forbes a little bit more detail . she's from dingwall more detail. she's from dingwall in scotland. she spent parts of upbringing in glasgow, in india. she studied history at university of cambridge and edinburgh. she was employed as an accountant in the banking industry, not winning you over yet . let's have a little look at yet. let's have a little look at doing an interview about some of her faith values. in your view wrong then for people to have children outside of marriage that that's your view as well mean you're asking me what i impose my views on other people ultimately what you're asking i'm just asking what your view is that correct? you know, in terms of me personally , that is terms of me personally, that is the approach i would practise. but you're asking me , do but you're also asking me, do i think that some of my family wh

tributes have been kate forbes. month. emma pattison and her daughter letty, believed to have been killed by husband . the have been killed by husband. the father, pattison wood , father, george pattison wood, described inseparable with described as inseparable with the family, adding, we take great comfort in that they will remain so . great comfort in that they will remain so. british gas's great comfort in that they will remain so . british gas's owner remain so. british gas's owner centrica has posted profits of £3.3 billion, more than triple what it made the year before. it comes after ofgem's launched an urgent inquiry to investigate the company for installing prepaid metres, which force vulnerable customers to allow them into their homes. reacting to the news trade union unite hit out at rampaging energy profiteering and hollywood actress and international star raquel welch died at the age of 82. in the sixties , she was an 82. in the sixties, she was an iconic figure on movie screens , iconic figure on movie

finance, kate forbes and mary macallan .ominations were mary macallan. nominations were close on friday and the winner of the race will be announced the end of march . us secretary the end of march. us secretary of state has warned that china will face serious consequences if it provides lethal military to russia. anthony blinken to the country's top diplomat yi. there are compose asian took place on the sidelines of the global conference in munich yesterday . the us believes yesterday. the us believes beijing is consider sending weapons and ammunition to russia , the war in ukraine. china denies that the musical program for the king's coronation been revealed. an anthem written by composer, andrew lloyd webber , composer, andrew lloyd webber, is one of 12 new pieces to be played during the ceremony. best known for musicals evita and jesus christ superstar amongst he is said to be incredibly honoured to have been asked . honoured to have been asked. greek orthodox music will also be on the playlist. that is a personal reques

i they're going to put i think they're going to put kate forbes, has got no kate forbes, i think hasatsoever. none of them. i mean, i didn't like sturgeon, but sturgeon had charisma. none of people have. and of these people have. and basically, she also knew how far she could push scottish people. right. and this very, very bad from the snp. what stephen has done because he's basically revealed their secret game plan and their game plan is at some point to secure separatism by telling all of us, oh, don't worry , you can keep all the worry, you can keep all the british institutions we can keep the bbc, we can keep the monarchy. now, i don't intend for that. they intend become for that. they intend to become a republic . i mean, completely a republic. i mean, i completely reject idea . that is reject your idea. that is extreme be republican. it's extreme to be republican. it's a perfectly legitimate, reasonable viewpoint . and i think it's viewpoint. and i think it's quite acceptable to say that. independent scotland might want to be a republic. it would be up to be a republic. it wou

i they're going to put i think they're going to put kate forbes, has got no kate forbes, i think haswhatsoever. none of them. i mean, i didn't like sturgeon, but sturgeon had charisma. none of people have. and of these people have. and basically, she also knew how far she could push scottish people. right. and this very, very bad from the snp. what stephen has done because he's basically revealed their secret game plan and their game plan is at some point to secure separatism by telling all of us, oh, don't worry , you can keep all the worry, you can keep all the british institutions we can keep the bbc, we can keep the monarchy. now, i don't intend for that. they intend become for that. they intend to become a republic . i mean, completely a republic. i mean, i completely reject idea . that is reject your idea. that is extreme be republican. it's extreme to be republican. it's a perfectly legitimate, reasonable viewpoint . and i think it's viewpoint. and i think it's quite acceptable to say that. independent scotland might want to be a republic. it would be up to be a republic. it w

the treatment of kate forbes. snp leadership. she is a christian, an evangelical one at that. so it should come as no surprise that she believes in the teachings of the church to which she belongs, including that marriage is between a man and a woman , that her personal woman, that her personal preference is not to have children out of wedlock and that she

leadership, and i quite like kate forbes even she's kate forbes even though she's snp. she's you know mean, she's you know, she's some sound she's got some good sound tradition conservative tradition, conservative christian values respects marriage . david has messaged me marriage. david has messaged me asking me if i will marry him . asking me if i will marry him. it's not too late that the ring you've got there a bit too late. i'm sorry, but i'm sure you'll find someone lovely and cathy says i believe marriage should stay . i've been married to my stay. i've been married to my childhood sweetheart for 52 years, we've both never years, and we've both never regretted it for a second. of us there is where you don't have to get married like that. and all i would say to emily as i'm sure you embark on the planning for this marvellous wedding and you will be having voices in your head from everybody telling you what to do. yeah marriage is about more than the day. it's not just a dress and flowers. nobody's going to remember whether the subjects match the flowers or what they had to eat.

secretary kate forbes could be a contender.ominations secretary kate forbes could be a contender . nominations close contender. nominations close next and the winner will be announced at the end of march . announced at the end of march. the us secretary of state has warned china will face serious consequences if it provides lethal military aid to russia . lethal military aid to russia. antony blinken spoke to the country's top diplomat, wang yi , the sidelines of the global security conference in munich . security conference in munich. the us believes beijing considering sending weapons ammunition to russia for the war in ukraine which denies . and the in ukraine which denies. and the musical program for , the king's musical program for, the king's coronation has been revealed. an anthem written by composer andrew lloyd webber is one of 12 new pieces to be played during ceremony. best known for including the phantom of opera and jesus christ superstar , he and jesus christ superstar, he said he's incredibly honoured to have bee

yeah and i think we have seen this manifest itself with kate forbes just this week . e, kate fall was refreshing . i know we've covered refreshing. i know we've covered this story lots of times, but kate forbes refreshingly is someone who is saying she has these beliefs and is being honest about them, but quite happy to exist a primarily in a world with other people. well, and done but the way we and this can done but the way we the way brought society together particularly in the last 20 years, we've become equally accepting but equally more at the same time. i don't know what people want because i mean, i saw kemi badenoch the equalities minister being interviewed today and she was said she and you know, she was said she was what will you condemn , kate was what will you condemn, kate forbes, view on forbes, his view on homosexuality and of course, part equality ministers part of the equality ministers brief stick up for brief is to stick up for religious minorities well, she religious minorities. well, she can't condemning . you can't go around condemning. you know,

yeah and i think we have seen this manifest itself with kate forbes just this week . e, kate fall was refreshing . i know we've covered refreshing. i know we've covered this story lots of times, but kate forbes refreshingly is someone who is saying she has these beliefs and is being honest about them, but quite happy to exist a primarily in a world with other people. well, and done but the way we and this can done but the way we the way brought society together particularly in the last 20 years, we've become equally accepting but equally more at the same time. i don't know what people want because i mean, i saw kemi badenoch the equalities minister being interviewed today and she was said she and you know, she was said she was what will you condemn , kate was what will you condemn, kate forbes, view on forbes, his view on homosexuality and of course, part equality ministers part of the equality ministers brief stick up for brief is to stick up for religious minorities well, she religious minorities. well, she can't condemning . you can't go around condemning. you know,

another early favourite is finance secretary kate forbes - officer.f gender reforms are depending on the strength of feeling, she might see herself as a realistic candidate. it's fair to say the party has not done much in the way of succession planning for life after nicola sturgeon. with the conference on the independent strategy due next month, whoever takes the role will find themselves with a massive job at a pivotal moment. we're joined now by mandy rhodes, editor of holyrood magazine. do you think, even though it's surprised so many people, nicola sturgeon stepping down, do you think it is a good time for the snp to have a new leader? i it is a good time for the snp to have a new leader?— have a new leader? i think it absolutely — have a new leader? i think it absolutely needs _ have a new leader? i think it absolutely needs a - have a new leader? i think it absolutely needs a refresh. l have a new leader? i think it i absolutely needs a refresh. we have a new leader? i think it - absolutely needs a refresh. we were all surprised by the timing o