our scotland correspondent lorna gordon is in edinburgh. lorna, we havejust had next to lorna, we have just had next to ‘s speech, was it all independence?m was, she touched upon policies, i think it is fair to say there were three broad themes to her speech, which lasted about 45 minutes or so and has just this which lasted about 45 minutes or so and hasjust this moment which lasted about 45 minutes or so and has just this moment come to an end with a standing ovation in the hall packed with around 2000 or so delegates. i think those themes were policies, process, the ideas behind them, the timescale for any legislation to do with a second independence referendum, and the strategy to build the support, the policies had the idea of intergenerational fairness policies had the idea of intergenerationalfairness behind much of them, and she talked of offering a £25,000 loan to first—time buyers, that would be implemented by the end of the year, declaring a climate change emergency in response to those climate change and strikers. when it came to

lorna gordon, bbc news. than smoking. nearly one in seven deaths in the uk is related to a poor diet, according to analysis in the lancet, with links to heart disease, cancer and diabetes. salt shortens the largest number of lives. here's richard galpin. these are the types of food that the researchers say all of us here in britain and around the world should be eating much more. fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts and whole grains — vital, they say, to maintain good health and prevent heart attacks, strokes, type two diabetes and cancers. eating less healthy food instead — like processed meat, which has a lot of salt in it — is, the researchers say, causing millions of deaths around the world. the study, published in the lancet today, says 3 million people died in 2017 from eating too much salt. another 3 million deaths were attributed to not having enough whole grains in the diet, and a further 2 million people died because they'd not been eating enough fruit. having more of the good stuff, like fruit and vege

lorna gordon, bbc news.ve delivered their first report into the crash of ethiopian airlines flight 302. all 157 people on board were killed last month and boeing 737 max planes around the world have been grounded. ethiopia's transport ministry has found that pilots "repeatedly" followed procedures recommended by boeing but were unable to regain control of the plane. i'm joined now by an aviation ally —— analyst, sally gethin. thank you for joining —— analyst, sally gethin. thank you forjoining us this morning. that is the key finding that i mentioned in the key finding that i mentioned in the introduction, pilots could not stop this aircraft from nosediving, despite them doing everything that boeing should tell them to do in such a scenario. yes, so, they were repeatedly trying to gain control of the plane. they were bringing the nose up to regain the correct pitch and altitude. and this preliminary report seems to completely exonerate the airline in this instance. and they have been keen to point that out.

lorna gordon at the snp conference there, thanks very much.land to spain. spain is holding its third general election in four years. the election was called by the socialist prime minister, pedro sanchez, in february after catalan separatists joined right—wing parties in rejecting his government's budget. for the first time since the end of the franco era in 1975, a far—right party, vox, is among the main contenders. let's cross live to madrid, andjoin tim. good after you, lovely day there, but a very unsettled period that spain has been going through. but a very unsettled period that spain has been going throughm but a very unsettled period that spain has been going through. it has for the last few years, you're right, beautiful spring, summer day here, but a deeply divided country. you were mentioning francisco franco, a lot of commentators saying this is the most divisive election since the death of the dictator back in 1975. what seems clear, according to the polls, is that no individual party will win an outright majority, that will mean

lorna gordon, bbc news.eat is putting one in five of us into an early grave. researchers found that a poor diet is the world's deadliest health risk, accounting for nearly 11 million deaths. low intake of whole grains and fruits and high consumption of salt accounted for half of diet —related deaths. dr ashkan afshin from the university of washington was one of the lead scientists on the study and he explained the key findings of their research. we find that basically the low intake of healthy foods contributes to more deaths globally than high intake of unhealthy food. and this is to some extent different from what historically had been assumed about basically the effect of diet and health. historically most of the conversation on diet has been focused on decreasing the intake of unhealthy food, such as sugar, fats and salt. but this study shows that actually the contribution of what we don't eat is currently more important than the contribution of the factors that we eat too much. there are for different c

lorna gordon has more. laura mcadam discovered she had cervical cancer in her early 30s.ervix when she went for a routine smear. the hpv vaccine fights the infection which is linked to most cervical cancer cases. laura says she wishes it had been available to her. definitely, iwould, yep, take it in a heartbeat. if it's going to stop anybody going through what i went through, then it's worth doing it. all school—age girls are routinely offered the hpv vaccine. this study tracked the health of nearly 140,000 girls in scotland who'd been offered it. the uptake here has been high, about 90%. researchers looked at the first smear tests of those receiving the vaccine and found a 90% reduction in precancerous cervical abnormalities. this vaccine has exceeded our expectations, in that respect. i think in 20 to 30 years' time, we'll look back and see — if the uptake stays nice and high — that we've potentially eliminated this cervical cancer. across the uk, 849 women died of cervical cancer in 2016. it's one of the most common cancers in women under 35. but hpv is also linked to

our scotland correspondent lorna gordon has more details.cer in her early 30s. doctors had noticed changes in the cells in her cervix when she went for a routine smear. the hpv vaccine fights the infection which is linked to most cervical cancer cases. laura says she wishes it had been available to her. definitely, i would take it in a heartbeat. if it's going to stop anybody going through what i went through, then it's worth doing it. the hpv vaccine is routinely offered to all school—age girls in scotland. the uptake has been high, about 90%. researchers looking at the first smear tests of those receiving the vaccine found a 90% reduction in precancerous cervical abnormalities, and say this confirms that the vaccination programme is translating into the prevention of cervical cancer. this vaccine has exceeded our expectations in that respect. i think in 20—30 years' time, we will look back and see, if the uptake stays nice and high, that we've potentially eliminated cervical cancer. across the uk, 840 women died of cervical cancer in 2016.

another referendum should be held by 2021 if the uk leaves the eu. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordonfter ms sturgeon finished speaking at the snp conference in edinburgh. i think it's fair to say that there we re i think it's fair to say that there were three broad themes to her speech, which lasted about 45 minutes, and has just speech, which lasted about 45 minutes, and hasjust this moment come to an end with a standing ovation in the hall packed with a roundabout 2000 or so delegates. —— around about. they were policies, process , around about. they were policies, process, the ideas behind them, that the timescale for any legislation to do with the second independence referendum, and the strategy to build the support for the policies, and the idea of intergenerational fairness behind much of them. she talked of offering a £25,000 loan to first—time buyers, that would be implement it by the end of the year. declaring a climate change emergency in response to those climate change strikers. when it came to process, she announced she would introduce legislation for a referendum next m

lorna gordon has more. laura mcadam discovered she had cervical cancer in her early 30s.the infection which is linked to most cervical cancer cases. laura says she wishes it had been available to her. definitely, iwould, yep, take it in a heartbeat. if it's going to stop anybody going through what i went through, then it's worth doing it. all school—age girls are routinely offered the hpv vaccine. this study tracked the health of nearly 140,000 girls in scotland who'd been offered it. the uptake here has been high, about 90%. researchers looked at the first smear tests of those receiving the vaccine and found a 90% reduction in precancerous cervical abnormalities. this vaccine has exceeded our expectations, in that respect. i think in 20 to 30 years' time, we'll look back and see — if the uptake stays nice and high — that we've potentially eliminated this cervical cancer. across the uk, 840 women died of cervical cancer in 2016. it's one of the most common cancers in women under 35. but hpv is also linked to other cancers — including those of the head and neck — and later

lorna gordon reports. lauren mcadam discovered she had cervical cancer in her early 30s.ed changes in the cells in her cervix when she went for a routine smear. the hpv vaccine fights the infection linked to most cervical cancer cases. laura says she wishes it had been available to her. definitely i would have taken it in their heart beat if it is going to stop anybody going through what i went through it is worth doing it. the hpv vaccine is routinely offered to all school—age girls in scotland. the uptake has been high. about 90%. researchers looking at the first smear tests of those receiving the vaccine found a 90% reduction in precancerous abnormalities and say this confirms the vaccination programme is translating into the prevention of cervical cancer. this vaccine has exceeded expectations. in 20, 30 yea rs' exceeded expectations. in 20, 30 years' time, we will look back and see, if the uptake stays high, we are potentially limit catered —— eliminated cervical cancer. later this year the vaccine will be routinely offered, notjust this year the vaccine will be rout

lorna gordon, bbc news.een a cold what only place we have had snow. we have had that much snow in the snowy areas and we pop over to norway, last couple of days, so much snow. can you imagine digging that out? i would be sitting by a fire. that is not unusual in norway? again, that is quite a lot of snow and you can see that is probably one fall. i have had that in the alps once or twice. was that a holiday? tell us about switzerland. you think we get stuck in traffic because we can't drive in the snow, it turns out it is the same for switzerland as well. snowing so hard at the moment, the avalanche risk is certainly quite high but there are quite a few brits who have a state holiday at this time of year, heading into the holiday which starts next week for some of the kid so maybe some pretty good ski conditions. but the final picture as this one and how do you drive in the snow? carefully. well done! i totally took away your line. sorry. that was on today in wales and just hour ago, the temperature still at