the departing leader, kezia dugdale, has surprising news of her own today. "i'm a celebrity...get me out of here!", a decision that has been sharply criticised by members of the party. sarah smith, bbc news. we will shortly speak to our correspondent in scotland so stay tuned to find out more about the selection for scottish labour. air accident investigators are trying to find out what caused a light aircraft and a helicopter to collide over buckinghamshire yesterday afternoon. two pilots and two passengers died near the village of waddesdon. our correspondent, danjohnson, is there for us. the police say it's still too early to tell what caused this crash and piecing together exacty what happened is still going to take more time. it's difficult, complicated work and it's not being helped by the conditions here on a very wet, miserable day. but this morning, air—accident investigators have been going through the pieces of wreckage, which are across woodland just further down this road. on the edge of that country estate. at midday, locals heard a loud bang.

on our way out, the departing leader kezia dugdale has sprung a surprise. celebrity, get me out of here, a decision that has been sharply criticised of members of her own party. sarah smith, bbc news. air accident investigators are trying to find out what caused a light aircraft and a helicopter to collide over buckinghamshire yesterday afternoon — killing two pilots and two passengers near the village of waddesdon. captain mike green was conducting a flight captain mike green was conducting a flight in —— captain mike green was conducting a flight in -- flight captain mike green was conducting a flight in —— flight instructor course at the time of the crash. his company said it was an honour to work with him and he will be greatly missed. air accident investigators are trying to establish the cause of the accident. our correspondent dan johnson is at wycombe air park in buckinghamshire. he sent this update. it was the edge of wycombe that the two aircraft took off from yesterday. we don't know exactly what time they left here, or exactly where they were headi

the departing leader, kezia dugdale, has surprising news of her own today.brity...get me out of here!", a decision that has been sharply criticised by members of the party. sarah smith, bbc news. air accident investigators are trying to find out what caused a light aircraft and a helicopter to collide over buckinghamshire yesterday afternoon. two pilots and two passengers died near the village of waddesdon. our correspondent, dan johnson, is at wycombe air park in buckinghamshire, where the two aircraft took off from yesterday. what have we heard? this is the airfield just on the edge of wycombe where those two aircraft took off from yesterday. a helicopter and a light aircraft. it is 20 miles to the country estate that they crashed over midday yesterday. the wreckage lies ina over midday yesterday. the wreckage lies in a wooded area on the edge of that estate and that is where investigators have been sifting through pieces of the wreckage today trying to work out exactly what went wrong and what caused the crash. at the crash scene in the last 15 minutes so

the departing leader, kezia dugdale, has surprising news of her own today.on "i'm a celebrity...get me out of here!", a decision that has been sharply criticised by members of the party. sarah smith, bbc news. we can speak to our scotland correspondent, steven godden. he is in glasgow and has been following the leadership campaign over the last nine weeks. you heard richard leonard talking about the need for unity and everybody to come together after this result. and certainly, in this campaign, it has been a long campaign, it has been a long campaign and at times quite bitter. it pitched these two men, richard leonard on the one side is seen as a left winger, a former union official, against anas sarwar, who was much more moderate. and richard leonard has come out on top. he certainly has a challenge, one of his first is to bring unity to what has been a divided party. the second pa rt has been a divided party. the second part of that challenge is the wider political challenge, to really get labour back to a position that they historically enjoyed in scotla

on our way out, the departing leader kezia dugdale has sprung a surprise.elebrity, get me out of here, a decision that has been sharply criticised of members of her own party. sarah smith, bbc news. malcolm young, co—founder and guitarist of the australian rock bank ac/dc has died aged 64 he founded the group in the 1970s with his brother angus, retiring more than forty years later to receive treatment for dementia. the band were best known for albums highway to hell and back in black, and were inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 2003. in a statement on the group's website, they described as malcom was ‘a perfectionist' who ‘with enormous dedication and commitment, was the driving force behind the band' air accident investigators are trying to find out what caused a light aircraft and a helicopter to collide over buckinghamshire yesterday afternoon. two pilots and two passengers died near the village of waddesdon. the bbc understands that captain mike green was one of the four killed. it is not known if he was flying a helicopter at the time of

on our way out, the departing leader kezia dugdale has sprung a surprise.ly criticised of members of her own party. sarah smith, bbc news. tributes have been paid to a helicopter pilot who has been confirmed as one of the four men killed when a light aircraft and helicopter collided near the village of waddesdon in buckinghamshire yesterday. captain mike green was conducting a flight instructor course with a student at the time of the crash. his company said it was an honour to work with mr green and he would be greatly missed. air accident investigators are trying to establish the cause of the collision. our correspondent dan johnson is at wycombe air park in buckinghamshire. he sent this update. this is the airfield on the edge of wycombe that the two aircraft took off from yesterday for that we don't know what time they left it or where they were heading and why they both came together over that patch of woodland, which is about 20 miles from here at midday yesterday. that is when eyewitnesses said they had heard a bang in the sky for that they've looked

edward says kezia dugdale should be allowed to ta ke says kezia dugdale should be allowed to take partshe is a great politician in scotland, i hope she wins. she is donating some of herfee she wins. she is donating some of her fee to charity. she is donating all of her wages for the three weeks's leave that she is taking, to charity. she says it is a way to cut through to people, it has been done before, nadine tories did it when she was a tory mp, she went into the jungle. george galloway, edwina currie, all sorts of people. edwina currie, all sorts of people. edwina currie wasn't a politician when she did strictly, was she. your view please. let's get some sport now. finally the ashes series has begun! yes, the talk is over, the 2017 ashes and away. the first one was difficult to gauge much fun, england hoping to retain the trophy of course. they were taking on australia at a ground where australia at a ground where australia haven't been beaten in almost 30 years in a test. england won toss and decided to bat. they lost alastair cook for only two runs but his replacement james lost

richard leonard is the newly elected scottish labour leader — replacing kezia dugdale who stepped downaugust. we need to restate our scottish labour vision for the economic, social and environmental transformation we want to deliver for the people of scotland. police and air accident investigators search for clues as to why two aircraft collided — leaving four people dead. hundreds of volunteers assist dorset police in searching for missing teenager gaia pope — who disappeared 11 days ago. also in the next hour... taxing takeaway boxes to tackle what's described as a "global emergency." the chancellor is considering measures to help cut the 12 tonnes of plastic going into the oceans every year — often found inside birds, fish and sea mammals. a rare ink picture of tintin — and his dog snowy — is expected to fetch more than £700,000 at auction. and made in china... the click team are looking at mobile phone production in shenzhen. that's in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the main breaking story in the southern end of africa at the moment. jubilant

richard leonard is the newly elected scottish labour leader, replacing kezia dugdale who stepped down in august. police and air accident investigators search for clues as to why two aircraft collided over buckinghamshire, leaving four people dead. hundreds of volunteers assist dorset police in searching for missing teenager gaia pope, who disappeared 11 days ago. a tax on single—use plastic products, such as food packaging trays and polystyrene takeaway boxes, is being considered, to try and cut ocean pollution. the chancellor is expected to announce the measure in next week's budget. malcolm young, co—founder and guitarist obvious chilean rock band ac/dc has died aged 64. he founded the group in the 1970s with his brother angus, retiring more than 40 yea rs later to brother angus, retiring more than 40 years later to receive treatment for dementia. now on bbc news, ‘fighting forest faiths‘ investigates the impact of the palm oil industry on traditional tribes in sumatra. the 0rang rimba tribes have lived here for centuries, their land rights and faith are not recognised by the state

richard leonard is the newly elected scottish labour leader — replacing kezia dugdale who stepped downn august. police and air accident investigators search for clues as to why two aircraft collided over buckinghamshire — leaving four people dead. hundreds of volunteers assist dorset police in searching for missing teenager gaia pope — who disappeared 11 days ago. a tax on single—use plastic products such as food packaging trays and polystyrene takeaway boxes is being considered — to try and cut ocean pollution. the chancellor is expected to announce the measure in next week's budget. now on bbc news — in a special programme — steve rosenberg travels across russia to find out how russians view the 1917 revolution. it is 100 years since the russian revolution. a seismic event for the world. there is a quotation which says the october revolution opened a new era in world history. it is the start of a great experiment and of russia's bloodiest years. we are giving lessons, many of them are what you shouldn't do. how is the revolution seen in russia today? are there echoes of 1917 in 2017?

the departing leader, kezia dugdale, has surprising news of her own today. appear on "i'm a celebrity...get me out of here!", a decision that has been sharply criticised by members of the party. sarah smith, bbc news. air accident investigators are trying to find out what caused a light aircraft and a helicopter to collide over buckinghamshire yesterday afternoon. two pilots and two passengers died near the village of waddesdon. let's speak to our reporter danjohnson who's there now, dan what's the latest? is there any update at all on this investigation? not really. the police say it is too early to tell what caused this crash. they are piecing together what happened but it will take more time. it is difficult, complicated work and it isn't being helped by the conditions ona isn't being helped by the conditions on a wet, miserable day. air accident investigators have been going through the piece of wreckage this morning, which are spread through woodland down the road on the edge of a country estate. people who were here yesterday at midday described how th

union organiser richard leonard is elected the new leader of scottish labour, taking overfrom kezia dugdale, who makes her debut tomorrow on cup back —— i'm a celebrity get me out of here. a light helicopter —— aircraft has collided with a helicopter in bucks. one of those killed has been named as mike green, a helicopter instructor. and tributes for the co—founder of the australian rock group ac/dc, malcolm young. he died at the age of 64. time to cross to the bbc sport centre for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with me lizzie greenwood hughes and hugh woozencroft. the headlines this evening: england make it five wins in a row over australia with a comfortable victory in rugby union's autumn internationals. north london bragging rights go to arsenal — as arsene wenger‘s side get their first win over tottenham since 2014. ruling the race to dubai — justin rose is ahead in the desert but tommy fleetwood is still in the chase. also coming up in the programme... it wasn't perfect. head coach trevor bayliss on a difficult day for england's bowlers in theirfinal warm—up match. and dav

richard leonard is the newly elected scottish labour leader, replacing kezia dugdale who stepped down in august. police and air accident investigators search for clues as to why two aircraft collided over buckinghamshire, leaving four people dead. hundreds of volunteers assist dorset police in searching for missing teenager gaia pope, who disappeared 11 days ago. a tax on single—use plastic products, such as food packaging trays and polystyrene takeaway boxes is being considered, to try and cut ocean pollution. the chancellor is expected to announce the measure in next week's budget. malcolm young, co—founder and guitarist of the australian rock band ac/dc, has died aged 64. he formed the group in the 1970s with his brother angus, retiring more than a0 years later to receive treatment for dementia. now on bbc news, click. this week, a phone is born and we are exclusively behind the scenes. can artificial intelligence block the bullies? and driving monsters. just across the water from hong kong, on the chinese mainland, lies a city at the heart of the country's technological revolution

on her way out, the departing leader, kezia dugdale has sprung a surprise. sharply criticised by members of her own party. nasa says it has launched the first ofa nasa says it has launched the first of a new generation of advanced weather satellites which could help predict or natural disasters in the future. free, too... one. and lift off. the spacecraft has a powerful set of sensors to monitor the surface of the earth and atmosphere. nasser says the information will be available to scientists around the world and will help predict and monitor battle hazards like forest fires, droughts, hurricanes and rising sea levels. an original drawing of the comic book hero tintin has sold for nearly half a million dollars at an auction in paris. the artwork, by the belgian artist herge, was published in 1939 as the cover of a story called "king ottokar‘s sceptre". an original strip from the album "the shooting star" fetched $350,000 but a copy of the tintin adventure, "destination moon", signed by us astronauts, failed to find a buyer. paul gravett, a comics historian

on our way out, the departing leader kezia dugdale has sprung a surprise.ty, get me out of here, a decision that has been sharply criticised of members of her own party. sarah smith, bbc news. malcolm young, co—founder and guitarist of the australian heavy metal band ac/dc has died aged 64. he founded the group in the 1970s with his brother angus, retiring more than forty years later to receive treatment for dementia. the band were best known for albums highway to hell and back in black, and were inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 2003. in a statement on the group's website, they described malcom as ‘a perfectionist' who ‘with enormous dedication and commitment, was the driving force behind the band'. i have been looking back at his career with a classic rock journalist. pretty much the biggest heavy rock band that the world has seen and given the changes in the music industry, probably we will not see a band like that as big but inspirational to the big hitters today like guns and roses and metallica. malcolm young, it was him, wasn't it? he f

on her way out, the departing leader, kezia dugdale has sprung a surprise. a celebrity, get me out of here, a decision sharply criticised by members of her own party. the argentine navy says it has detected signals which may be from the sanjuan, a submarine that went missing with forty—four crew on board. it last made contact on wednesday. international help from american planes and a british research vessel joined efforts to locate the submarine. argentina's defence ministry says experts are now working to trace the source of the calls. here's andrew plant. the san juan submarine, filmed earlier this year at its base near buenos aires. a 2000 ton, 65—metre vessel — a crucial part of the argentine navy since the 1980s. but on wednesday, it seemed to vanish somewhere in the waters of the south atlantic ocean. the submarine left ushuaia, near the southernmost tip of south america, on monday and was heading back to its base in mar del plata, just south of the capital buenos aires — a distance of around 2000km. the search has been concentrated about halfway, the

the scottish labour party is announcing its new party leader after a bitter battle to succeed kezia dugdalen in. i will then give a total combined vote at the end. in each section i will read out the total number of votes cast for each candidate and displayed the percentage on the screens. the full details of the results will be available on the scottish labour party website following this event. the result of the election, but the leader of the labour party in scotland is as follows. the total numberof scotland is as follows. the total number of eligible voters is 35,000 309. the number of eligible voters casting a vote in this election is 21,000 994. number of spoiled votes is nine. that makes overall turnout for the selection contest 62.2%. votes cast for each candidate in the registered supporters section are as follows. richard leonard 38, which represents 48.1% of the votes cast in this section. anas sarwar ai. that represents 5i.9% in this section. anas sarwar ai. that represents 51.9% of the votes cast in this section. the votes cast for each candidate in affiliated supporters secti

on her way out, the departing leader, kezia dugdale has sprung a surprise. a celebrity get me out of here, a decision sharply criticised by means of her own party. david cassidy is suffering from multiple organ failure. here's in a hospital in florida. a spokesman for the singer who rose to fame in the sitcom the partridge finely as he is conscious and surrounded by family. he was admitted to hospital earlier this week. the lebanese politician saad hariri, who shocked his country when he resigned as prime minister, says he will return to beirut within days. mr hariri announced he was standing down while in saudi arabia a fortnight ago, and he hasn't been home since. he was speaking in paris today, after talks with president macron. here's our paris correspondent, lucy williamson. having the president greet you at the palace sends a message. in this case, that saad hariri is still the prime minister of lebanon on. not a political exile fleeing saudi arabian control. it was a show of support both political and personal. after the meeting, sources said france w

he takes over from kezia dugdale. and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me the broadcaster and former fleet street editor, eve pollard and the journalist, yasmin alibhai—brown. welcome to you both. let's take a look at tomorrow's front pages. the observer leads on the situation in zimbabwe, with a picture of one of the anti—mugabe demonstrators that have been out on the streets of harare. the mail on sunday reports on an apparent altercation between two labour mps in the commons chamber. the sunday express claims that in wednesday's budget the chancellor will announce support for britain's tech industries that could mean we'll have driverless cars on our roads by 2021. the sunday telegraph also leads on a pre—budget announcement, this time reporting that nurses are in line for a pay rise. well now, where shall we start? the observer, shall we do them first? ya ‘s men, it is about robert mugabe, extraordinary scenes in zimbabwe will stop —— yasmin. extraordinary scenes in z

he takes over from kezia dugdale, who makes her debut tomorrow on the reality show i'm a celebrity getout of here. tributes have been paid to captain mike green, a helicopter instructor who died when the helicopter he was in collided with a light aircraft on friday in buckinghamshire. three other men were killed in the crash. now on bbc news, our world. the war crimesjudgment the war crimes judgment in the case of ratko mladic is due to be delivered next week in the hague. you may find some parts of this programme upsetting. in the 1990s, terrible things happened here. and even now, bosnia's earth guards its secrets. gunshots. but in order to escape its past, this country must confront it again with the imminent verdict on general ratko mladic, whose list of war crimes led him to be dubbed the "butcher of bosnia." in an old factory in central bosnia, the human cost of the war is still being measured. for it is here that unidentified corpses from mass graves are being delivered even today. and the families of 30,000 still missing search for answers. this is, um... 0verwhelming, in a cer

he takes over from kezia dugdale, who makes her debut tomorrow tributes have been paid to captain mikeen, a helicopter instructor who died when the helicopter he was in collided with a light aircraft on friday in buckinghamshire. three other men were killed in the crash. and the co—founder of the australian rock group ac/dc, malcolm young, has died at the age of 64. now on bbc news — in a special programme — steve rosenberg travels across russia to find out how russians view the 1917 revolution. it is 100 years since the russian revolution. a seismic event for the world. there is a quotation that says "the october revolution opened a new era in world history." it was the start of a great experiment — and of russia's bloodiest years. we are giving lessons, most of them, many are what you shouldn't do. but how is the revolution seen in russia today? are there echoes of 1917 in 2017? i'm steve rosenberg and i am going on a journey across russia to find out how russians view the revolution that came to be known as "red october". myjourney begins where the revolution began, at the winter pa

the winner will replace kezia dugdale, who stepped down in august and is reportedly flying to australia itv reality show i'm a celebrity....get me out of here. this year's children in need reached a record on—the—night—total of more than £50 million. highlights of the programme included an eastenders musical, singing countryfile presenters, and blue peter does strictly come dancing. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. 0ne, one, two... a record—breaking total. the night kicked off with the cast of annie. kids, there's a place like no other... the west end came to the east end too, with a special song and dance performance. blue peter stars, past and present, took to the strictly dance floor. dr who fans got a sneak peek of the final episode. bigger than it is on the inside than the outside. final episode. bigger than it is on the inside than the outsidelj thought it probably was. glad it's notjust me. someday i'll wish upon a star... 1500 children in locations across the uk sang live as part of a special children's choir. and there was also the chance for viewers who is

the winner will replace kezia dugdale, who stepped down in august and is reportedly flying to australiain the itv reality show i'm a celebrity....get me out of here. we are waiting for confirmation on that. what an extraordinary political turnaround! lots of negotiation, that is what you need in thejungle. just like parliament! this year's children in need reached a record on—the—night—total of more than £50 million. highlights of the programme included an eastenders musical, singing countryfile presenters, and blue peter does strictly come dancing. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. kids, there's a place that's like no other. the west end came to the east end too, with a special song and dance performance. blue peter stars, past and present, took to the strictly dance floor. look at my tardis! dr who fans got a sneak peek of peter capaldi's final episode. bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. glad it's notjust me. # someday i'll wish upon a star # and wake up where the clouds are far...# 1,500 children in locations across the uk sang live as part of a specia

the winner will replace kezia dugdale, who stepped down in august. gerry adams has said he will set out a plan for gerry adams has said he will set out a planfora gerry adams has said he will set out a plan for a leadership change in his party at its conference in dub lib this evening. —— dublin. mr adams, one of the most significant and divisive figures in irish politics, has led sinn fein since 1983. he's indicated he won't stand down immediately but will talk about future plans. an original drawing of the comic book hero tintin is expected to sell for nearly £1 million today. the artwork, by the belgian artist herge, was published in 1939 as the cover of a story called "king ottokar's sceptre". other pieces up for auction in paris include herge's designs for board games. right let's get a look at the weather. hello. there's no great rush about the weather for saturday. yes, there is a lot of wind to be had across the north—east of scotland. some showers here. a lot of dry, fine weather across the northern part of britain. the temperatures in singl

richard leonard is the newly elected scottish labour leader, replacing kezia dugdale who stepped down in august. police and air accident investigators search for clues as to why two aircraft collided over buckinghamshire, leaving four people dead. hundreds of volunteers assist dorset police in searching for missing teenager gaia pope, who disappeared 11 days ago. a tax on single—use plastic products, such as food packaging trays and polystyrene takeaway boxes is being considered, to try and cut ocean pollution. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello, and welcome to dateline london. i'm jane hill. this week, we discuss zimbabwe and its future, and look at another apparently difficult few days in the brexit talks. is there stalemate between britain and the rest of the eu? joining me: the sunday telegraph columnist janet daley, the american writer and broadcaster jef mcallister, the africa specialist dr vincent magombe and the irish times correspondent suzanne lynch. welcome to you all. thanks for being with us today. when is a coup not a coup? zimbabwe's military put 93 year old robert

former scottish leader kezia dugdale will be hoping to avoid the political wilderness by heading forty tv show i'm a celebrity get me out of here. catching the speaker's eye is an essential talent for any backbench mp so you wouldn't think they would need reminding but mr bercow felt there some were lacking enthusiasm by the end of the busy week in the commons. it seems a bobs once, and thinks that is sufficient of a desire to participate. repeated bobbing has always been required. clare gould. a minority tory government faced with steering nation—changing legislation through parliament. sounds familiar? we're talking about 150 years ago when the tories were 70 seats short of the combined 0pposition. two previous administrations had fallen over the issue of voting reform. but the tories brought in the 1867 reform act, which gave the vote to many working—class men. simon vaughan reports. parliament itself needed to solve this issue because it kept on upsetting the normal process of government. rather like today, this issue had become so important that normal routine, domestic legislat

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anas sarwar and richard leonard are the two candidates to replace kezia dugdale, who stood down in augustleader, alex rowley, stepped aside amid allegations of misconduct as our scotland editor sarah smith reports. don't be fooled by the smiles. these men are fighting a bitter battle for one of the toughestjobs in british politics. anas sarwar is a former deputy leader of the party, seen as the more moderate candidate. richard leonard is a corbyn loyalist who was only elected as an msp last year. the winner will have to drag their party back from third place scottish politics. hello ben, it's richard leonard, the labour candidate in the scottish leadership contest. a yorkshireman who has spent his adult life in scotland, richard leonard has strong support from the unions, who signed up thousands of new affiliate members to vote in this election. he's got radical plans for a windfall wealth tax, and increased welfare benefits. i'm absolutely convinced that by the scottish labour party putting forward a radical agenda around extending public ownership, ending austerity, redistributing notju

kezia dugdale was not given permission to join the cast of i'm a celebrity get me out of here, accordingale apparently sought authorisation from party chiefs to appear on the reality tv show but it was not granted. she's expected to join the itv programme later this week. the government today outlined plans to spend £4 billion on research and development and regional growth strategies to boost economic growth. it includes £1.7 billion to provide better transport links between cities. the government hopes this will improve britian's weak economic productivity — that's the amount workers generate per hour. it's seen as one the key challenges for the chancellor ahead of wednesday's budget, as our business editor simonjack explains. the first industrial revolution saw the amount businesses could produce rocket, using machines that did the work of thousands. it was a leap in productivity that in recent years has slowed to a crawl under that matters. if you can increase productivity, you can pay workers more, and crucially they pay more tax. otherwise none of those good things happen which is

the winner will replace kezia dugdale, who stepped down in august.rry adams has said he will set out a plan for a leadership change in his party at its conference in dub lib this evening. —— dublin. mr adams, one of the most significant and divisive figures in irish politics, has led sinn fein since 1983. he's indicated he won't stand down immediately but will talk about future plans. an original drawing of the comic book hero tintin is expected to sell for nearly £1 million today. the artwork, by the belgian artist herge, was published in 1939

the winner will replace kezia dugdale, who stepped down in august and is reportedly flying to australiahow "i'm a celebrity....get me out of here." when people asked her what she would do after leaving the post, that wasn't anything anybody thought about. not at all. phil will have the weather surely. and we will get a sports update a little after that. today marks 30 years since the king's cross fire, when 31 people lost their lives in the worst blaze in the history of the london underground. it started when a single match which was discarded on a wooden escalator. roger kendall was one of the first responders. hejoins us now. thank you for taking the time to talk to us you for taking the time to talk to us today. how is today going to mark 30 years on from the fire at king's cross. we have a wreath laying ceremony cross. we have a wreath laying ceremony this o'clock at king's cross. we then have a church service. then a lot of us will be going back to houston fire station to talk to our old friends and meet up to talk to our old friends and meet up with our colleagues. —— —— euston fi

of the conservatives in scotland ruth davidson and former leader of the scottish labour party kezia dugdale their records wiped clean. it is right that we apologise for the harm caused and i add my wholehearted apology to that of the first minister. scotland is now a better place to be gay than at any time in my lifetime and this action will make it better still. we welcomed the statement today and back the principles of the bill. through the years women and men gay and straight, intersex, trans, of all ethnicities and races, all faiths and none had marched together demanding tolerance and respect with pride and passion. and that march has led us here today. this apology is the product of their work, their sweat and tears and i thank them deeply and personally for it. and crucially it allows our scotland to ta ke crucially it allows our scotland to take another step of progress towards an equal and inclusive future for all. a 31—year—old man convicted of murdering his adopted baby daughter has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 18 years. matthew scully—hicks inflicted numerous seri

the winner will replace kezia dugdale, who stepped down in august and is reportedly flying to australia tax on single—use plastics that are used in packaging and polystyrene takeaway boxes. the chancellor, philip hammond, is expected to use next week's budget to announce a consultation on the measure to cut waste and pollution. an estimated 12 million tonnes of plastic enters the oceans each year, and residues are routinely found in fish, sea birds and marine mammals. well done everyone. this year's children in need reached a record on—the—night total of more than £50 million. highlights of the programme included an eastenders musical, singing countryfile presenters, and blue peter does strictly come dancing. since 1980, the appeal has raised over £900 million. an original drawing of the comic book hero tintin is expected to sell for nearly £1 million today. the artwork, by the belgian artist herge, was published in 1939 as the cover of a story called "king ottokar‘s sceptre". other pieces up for auction in paris include herge's designs for board games. those are the main stories. have

former labour leader kezia dugdale said the pardon allowed scotla nd dugdale said the pardon allowedion for same—sex sexual activity that is now illegal well —— that is now legal will have to apply for something called a disregard, to prevent the information being loaded in disclosure checks, for example. there will be up to scottish ministers to decide based on evidence given at that time whether to disregard. if successful, a disregard application means the conviction won‘t appear on any of those background checks, and the person will be treated as not having committed any offence at all. thank you very much, jackie bird. let‘s go to look north, and charlotte leeming. york minster has had a multi—million pound restoration. i sometimes feel like i did it with one myself! what have they been doing? if you have been, you will probably know it is a world famous medieval masterpiece that a tt ra cts famous medieval masterpiece that attracts a whopping hundred and 90 million visitors a year. it is one of those buildings that takes your breath away when you see it in the flesh. the stunni

there will be plenty of others joining kezia like that, there will be plenty of othersjoining kezia dugdale pledge of fiscal responsibility and our commitment to the fiscal rules set out last autumn. now i choose to use some of the headroom i established then so that as well as reducing debt, we can also invest in britain's future, support key public services, keep taxes low and provide a little help to families and businesses under pressure. a balanced approach that will prepare britain for the future, not seek to hide from it. today the obr confirmed we are on track to meet our fiscal rules, borrowing is forecast to be 49.9 billion this year, 8.4 billion lower than forecast at the spring budget. after taking account of all decisions since the spring budget, the gdp revision and measures i will announce borrowing will fall in every year of the forecast from 39.5 billion next year, to 25.6 point 6,000,000,020 2-23 to reach billion next year, to 25.6 point 6,000,000,020 2—23 to reach its lowest level in 20 years. as a percentage of gdp falls from 2.4% to 1.9% next year, then 1.6, 1.5, 1.3 an