lorna gordon, thank ou really affecting them. lorna gordon, thank you very _ really affecting them.urn to our panel. and i, pauland joe. paul, i'll let's return to our panel. and i, paul and joe. paul, i'll come to you first. second one held? paul and joe. paul, i'll come to you first. second one held?— paul and joe. paul, i'll come to you first. second one held? as we said, a coule first. second one held? as we said, a coople of — first. second one held? as we said, a couple of minutes _ first. second one held? as we said, a couple of minutes ago, _ first. second one held? as we said, a couple of minutes ago, one - first. second one held? as we said, j a couple of minutes ago, one of the positions of the scottish tories who announced his resignation. ifeel like he was always around a difficult evening and disproved the other leaders for the blaming the conservatives for the cost of living crisis and going back to liz truss's disastrous premiership. he had quite a tough night, i think. snp leader john swinney came in for a lot of criticism as well, even though this is a reserved ele

our scotland correspondent lorna gordon has more.etting it into a general election and aware that photo opportunities while out campaigning can have challenges. his party either argue the challenges will come from policies devised at westminster and claimed that both the conservatives and labor present a danger to the nhs. mr swinney argues the snp will fight many cuts which it says are coming and will today propose ways to increase funding for health. its manifesto well, he says, include measures to protect the nhs against privatisation and set out support for families struggling with the cost of living. and well detailed plans for investment in public services. for investment in public services-— for investment in public services. ., ., , services. we want to make sure that the damage _ services. we want to make sure that the damage that's - services. we want to make sure that the damage that's been - that the damage that's been done to our country for example from briggs that is reversed by this westminster election so that we can

lorna gordon, bbc news, cumbernauld.qualify for the knockout stages of a major tournament for the first time in their history. that ambition has of course been dented here this evening and they know that they will need to at least win one of their two remaining games against switzerland and hungary if they are to achieve that. but while it is a hugely disappointing start, because four of the third placed teams in the six groups can still qualify for the six groups can still qualify for the knockout stages, there is still hope for steve clarke's side if they can recover and bounce back quickly. as for the hosts, germany, they have not performed in recent major tournaments. they have not won a knockout match at a major tournament since 2016, would you believe. they needed to deliver to try to convince the fans around the football mad country to believe and they have done exactly that. it couldn't have really gone any better for the hosts. it could not have gone any worse, of course, for scotland. meanwhile, england play th

we willjoin lorna gordon in a moment in one of the fans zones in scotland. is pitch side. how is the atmosphere? it is building and this feels like the biggest party since 1998 and just like back then this team faces the honour and the enormity of playing the opening match of a major tournament with the eyes of the world very much on them, so a daunting task against germany but the scots will not be lacking in support. jane dougal supports —— reports. bagpipes. it's become a familiar sound ringing out across munich. the tartan army has set up camp here. the central square of marienplatz a sea of saltires. police eventually had to close it off to more supporters. the influx of fans left one bar struggling to cope. so the scots drank it all? drink all of it too. the scots drank all your beer. so you ran out? yes. it wasn't a problem for the more resourceful and all in the preparation for this first match of the tournament. the germans may have won the euros three times, but history doesn't count in this adopted corner of scotland. though some may be viewing th

let's speak to our scotland correspondent lorna gordon, who's in glasgow.ose questions from the audience? it’s come up in those questions from the audience? �* , , audience? it's interesting, the university _ audience? it's interesting, the university debating _ audience? it's interesting, the university debating team - audience? it's interesting, the university debating team here | audience? it's interesting, the - university debating team here has been crowned world champions five times — but it's the politicians who tonight will be put through the paces. as you say, the leaders of the five main political parties here in scotland will face questions for the first time from an audience of voters in this general election campaign. it's a mixture of undecided voters and others who have said they support various political parties, a cross—section of voters from across scotland. i think in terms of the issues that might be covered, it's likely that there may be questions from the audience on devolved issues like health and education — and that in a sense point

lorna gordon, _ be pushed out. absolutely, yes. lorna gordon, thank _ be pushed out. for example rape crisis centres to exclude those who are not biologically female for example. the other thing this would do as they would make this issue something reserved to the uk government over definition was the same the whole of the uk because we have seen attempts in the scottish parliament to set different gender id laws in the last year or so, which westminster then had to step in to stop so that is broadly what the conservatives are saying, they are framing it as this idea of clearing up confusion, about making it all very clear. in the past though critics had accused them of stoking division and certainly some of the reaction it got to this todayis some of the reaction it got to this today is lib dems for example are accusing them of waging a phony culture war on this. they say what's needed is better guidance and that's also what labour says is needed, and they were not going to change the legislation in this way. of course, while the conservatives are saying this is the

which, in turn, would generate an extra £1 billion for nhs scotland. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordonoins us now. lorna, reversing public spending cuts was the theme of this launch. it was one of the themes, certainly, but front and centre of this manifesto was independence. the nine words on page one spell it out, "vote snp for scotland to become an independent country." the manifesto pledge is that if the snp win a majority of seats in the general election, it would trigger immediate negotiations with the uk government. the leader of the snpjohn swinney wouldn't be drawn on what would happen if they did not win a majority. that magic number is 29. the other big unanswered question is what would happen if the uk government did not engage with those demands. another key focus in the manifesto was the nhs and calls for investment, which would mount up to £1.6 billion in scotland from whoever forms the next government at westminster. it also stated that the snp was the only major party arguing for an end to spending cuts. john swinney urged voters to be careful what they wished for, arg

with more on this, here's our scotland correspondent lorna gordon.n leader of the snp forjust over six weeks. he's now leading it into a general election and aware that photo opportunities while out campaigning can have challenges. i'm very concerned about alliances. his party, though, argue the challenges will come from policies devised at westminster and claim that both the conservatives and labour present a danger to the nhs. mr swinney argues the snp will fight any cuts, which it says are coming, and will today propose ways to increase funding on health. its manifesto will, he says, include measures to protect the nhs against privatisation. it will set out support for families struggling with the cost of living and will also detail plans for investment in public services. we want to make sure that the damage that's been done to our country, for example, from brexit, is reversed by this westminster election, so that we can rejoin the european union. i want us to take measures to assess the cost of living, such as implementing a social tariff that

with more on this, here's our scotland correspondent lorna gordon.winney has been leader of the snp forjust over six weeks. he's now leading it into a general election and aware that photo opportunities while out campaigning can have challenges. i'm very concerned about alliances. his party, though, argue the challenges will come from policies devised at westminster and claim that both the conservatives and labour present a danger to the nhs. mr swinney argues the snp will fight any cuts, which it says are coming, and will today propose ways to increase funding on health. its manifesto will, he says, include measures to protect the nhs against privatisation. it will set out support for families struggling with the cost of living and will also detail plans for investment in public services. we want to make sure that the damage that's been done to our country, for example, from brexit, is reversed by this westminster election, so that we can rejoin the european union. i want us to take measures to assist the cost of living, such as implementing a socia

our scotland correspondent lorna gordon is in greenock to find out the issues which matter to votersf the policy? fed up. very fed up. traditional industry has gone from here — the mines have closed. but the area's population is growing faster than anywhere else in scotland. 30 on the top deck, 30 on the bottom. dave mcdougall used to work in the pits. he now guides visitors round a former colliery—turned—national mining museum. you know the scottish word shoogle? aye. 30 men in here... for him, its local issues that matter in this election. most of the issues here is the amount of houses that are getting built, and yet the schools are full already. trying to get a doctor's appointment is impossible. do you think the politicians listen? no! they say they do, but they tell lies. say one thing and mean another. there is wealth here, as well as communities with challenges. the constituency is mixed. welcome to our community food pantry. how does it work? people shop here once a week. n-s mo. — they can get their normal staples. they get free fruit and veg. free bread. more and more peop

democrats and instructors labour party, that is a line—up, that speak to our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon to it. they are devolved issues but of course the parliament at holyrood, and the government across in edinburgh, is dependent on some of the decisions that are made by the uk government as to how much money it has to spend in this area, sol as to how much money it has to spend in this area, so i would anticipate some questions on devolved issues, perhaps the question of independence or the union might be touch upon it, and yes, what is motivated douglas ross to make the decision he has as well. he ross to make the decision he has as well. . , well. he slightly dimmer -- different — well. he slightly dimmer -- different i — well. he slightly dimmer -- different i might _ well. he slightly dimmer -- different i might to - well. he slightly dimmer -- different i might to the - well. he slightly dimmer -- - different i might to the election were speaking about earlier, and a quick word about pulling in scotland, we heard it is not really moved, what is the situation where you are, any si