nicola sturgeon is not in control of brexit. one might question who is.ccommodate and cope with brexit rather than command it. brian taylor, our scotla nd command it. brian taylor, our scotland political editor, at holyrood, thank you. jonathan barclay and sian berry have been elected co—leaders of the green party. they'd campaigned on a pledge to strongly oppose fracking and the proposed hs2 rail link. they said their ambition was to make the greens "the third largest party in the uk". scotland's women have qualified for next summer's football world cup for the first time after beating albania. a second—half header from jane ross secured the win, guaranteeing a place in the tournament in france. england are the only other home nation to make it to the finals. it's been one of this year's biggest films in the us and is being hailed as a triumph for on—screen diversity. now crazy rich asians is due to hit uk cinemas. the film, a romantic comedy, features a mostly asian—american cast, as our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. rich. we've been

nicola sturgeon fairly vocal about her views on the uk, brexit and how scotland may try another bid fornce. she is under pressure both inside and outside the party, to gives indications of another referendum. this is for scotla nd another referendum. this is for scotland to be independent of the uk. according to these new poll carried out which are for pro remainers, if we do go forward and do brexit, support for leaving the united kingdom among scots will increase by four point two four to 796, increase by four point two four to 7%, giving it a clear lead to those saying they want to remain at 43%. northern ireland, reunification with the republic of ireland, raking up the republic of ireland, raking up the uk so that will only be england and wales left. some would argue last week scottish politics were in turmoil. alex salmond now legally pursuing the snp... turmoil. alex salmond now legally pursuing the snp. .. with a big war chest from crowdfunding. at the same time, it was his big dream that scotla nd time, it was his big dream that scotland would be independent of the uk. nicola s

nicola sturgeon, we know where she is out on this issue but she has been vocal on the fact that if the uk does not get a good deal when it comes to brexit, as closely as it can to be aligned to europe, she says they would be to leave. the big question is whether or not conservatives take her seriously. the conservatives say this issue was settled in 2014 for a generation but there were quite a number of tory mps who want to remain closely aligned to the eu and use it as a stick to beat theresa may and the brexiteers to say, you will break up

the first minister for scotland, nicola sturgeon, has been setting out her government's policies for. as msps returned from summer recess, she announced a number of policies, including an increase of a quarter of a billion pounds for mental health services over the next five years. an extra £7 billion for investing in schools, hospitals and transport. our scotland political editor brian taylor is in holyrood and gave us this update. i think it is uncertainty about brexit, as it is so much about political life in the uk. the scottish parliament behind me is pretty much closed for the night. but msps will be back tomorrow to make —— debating that programme for government. they believe it is tired and lacklustre. two things on the. is deliberately intended to be continuing established policies, rather than reinventing the wheel. the second thing, perhaps in these anxious, mid brexit times, modesty is welcome. but the voters are tired and anxious about political flamboyance. within it all there are substantial policies from nicola sturgeon, money from healthcare is reflecting in part, co

nicola sturgeon says it's good young people are coming forward to seek care and support but she saysices is rising. we have a duty to meet that demand quickly and to meet it appropriately. that means doing more to support positive mental health and prevent ill— health. it means delivering greater provision of mental health support in communities including in our schools. and it means ensuring that those experiencing experiencing serious illness can access specialist services more quickly. the opposition parties welcomed those announcements but say otherwise the statement from nicola sturgeon was tired, her government lacking vigour. she denies that and says she is trying to drive forward enhancements to the economy, particularly by boosting investment in building new schools and hospitals, thereby mitigating she feels the effects of brexit. 0n hospitals, thereby mitigating she feels the effects of brexit. on that subject, she had this to say about britain leaving the eu and possibly scotla nd britain leaving the eu and possibly scotland leaving the uk. as the terms of brexit become c

nicola sturgeon certainly thought so.e announced plans for a second referendum on scottish independence. what scotland deserves... a vote which she wanted to take place before the uk left the eu. but westminster said no, and scotland didn't seem very keen. just three months later, at the general election, the snp lost 21 seats. the anti—referendum tories gained 12. the message was pretty clear. ironically, brexit‘s actually going to make the scottish parliament considerably more powerful. once we leave the eu, many of the powers currently exercised in brussels over things like agriculture and the environment will come directly here, to holyrood. but not everything that the scottish government thinks should be devolved will come straight to edinburgh. there's been a bitter battle over control and that is why msps would not approve the eu withdrawal bill. when the scottish parliament voted in may to refuse to give its consent to the eu withdrawal bill, westminster decided to ignore it and impose the bill any way. that's the

the first minister for scotland, nicola sturgeon, has been setting out her government's policies for of investment in education, infrastruture and health. as msps returned from summer recess, she announced a number of policies including an increase of a quarter of a billion pounds for mental health services over the next five years. and there'll be an extra £7 billion for investing in schools, hospitals and transport our scotland political editor brian taylor is in holyrood tonight for us. so, brian, what's the thinking behind this investment? despite those detailed announcements, opposition leaders characterised the statement as tired and lacking vigour and it is workaday rather than spectacular but it is building on established polities —— policies and maybe it is keeping in with the zeitgeist and in these mid—brexit days people are suspicious of spectacular political gestures and flamboyance. more money for mental health, new initiatives on mental health, and figures out today showing young people waiting far too long for mental health care and secondly on the economy, the idea of

scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has set out her latest programme for the government.setting out her priorities for the ahead within the resources that she has available to her. 12 new bills are being put forward that will be introduced in the next 12 months covering a wide range of topics. ourjewellery, them most topical would be the issue of mental health. we have figures this morning saying that a third of young people being treated for mental health problems are not being treated within an 18 week target. nicola sturgeon says that is unacceptable and used a visit this morning to a school in edinburgh to sit in on a discussion on mental health, really signalling her intent. this afternoon we found out what she intends to do about it. within the programme the government, we found out about a £60 million investment which will allow every secondary school in the country to have a counsellor and the most seriously ill will be fast tracked to the services that they need. this is what the minister has to say about that. we will invest £60 million in additional school coun

nicola sturgeon certainly thought so.eserves... a vote which she wanted to take place before the europe —— uk left the eu, but westminster said no and scotland didn't seem very keen. just three months later at the general election the snp lost 21 seats, the anti—referendum tories gained 12, the message was pretty clear. ironically, brexit is actually going to make of the scottish parliament considerably more powerful. once we leave the eu, many of the powers currently exercised in brussels over things like agriculture and the environment will come directly here to holyrood. but not everything that the scottish government thinks should be devolved will come straight to edinburgh. there has been a bitter battle over control, and that's why msps would not approve the eu withdrawal bill. when the scottish parliament voted in may to refuse to give its consent to the eu withdrawal bill, westminster decided to ignore it and impose the bill anyway. that's the first time that has happened in nearly 20 years of devolution. this may

the scottish first minister, nicola sturgeon, promised an extra £250 million for mental health servicesfive years, as part of her programme for government. in scotland's equivalent of the queen's speech, she said her legislative plans for the next year, with 12 new laws and higher spending on her government's priorities. her announcement came as new figures showed that one third of children referred to mental health services in scotland and not seen within the 18 week target. today i'm announcing a package of measures that will complement our mental health tragedy. it will be backed by £250 million of additional investment, and increasing over the subsequent four years. she also announced plans for scotland's infrastructure. that commitment will mean invest investment in our hospitals, our schools, houses, transport with carbon technology, and digital connections will be around £7 billion higher than our current spending projections. but her opponents were not impressed. the start of a new term is not the time to be overly cynical, but given the sclerosis of this government's record, it

looked at the two scottish ladies, ruth davidson and the first minister, nicola sturgeon, i did meanut you are making a very good point but i want to make a wider point, coverage today is that the forensics of theresa may's policies in the summerand of theresa may's policies in the summer and what happened in salzburg, have been, my opinion, this is an ancient but rather, the defence editor, i think it has been staggeringly poor because what happened was that it was clear the 27 had made up their mind they would not accept chequers because you eviscerate the single market but the other thing i know from personal experience is that they got michel barnier completely wrong. the theresa may team, as i have heard correctly from one of them, thought he was the villain of the piece, sort ofjean—claude juncker light, let's work around them, but it only took salzburg for the heads of government to come out and say the council of ministers is saying no, he is working to a very narrow remit because we give him his writing instructions, now that is not what has been coming out from the briefing

nicola sturgeon there talking to our scotland political editor.lex barker the bristles correspondence for the financial times. conclusions from what happened last night? it's the usual routine. ten minutes. they don't answer. this is possibly the longest discussion they've ever had and brexit. what they are doing is limbering up forthe and brexit. what they are doing is limbering up for the final stage of negotiations. a lot of these leaders will be kicking into gear for the first time in thinking there are some fundamental choice coming up and we're going to steer this negotiation a bit more. they are all looking to november as the time with the negotiation comes to a conclusion. one official said last week you don't take it by g john without tying the cord on rob lee and nicola sturgeon says we need to know what's on the other side of the withdrawal agreement. today these 27 leaders are going to talk about that later the declaration. the problem they have is if they put too much flesh on the bones it's going to be rejected. exactly. the question

whether it's jeremy always open to people from the uk, whether it'sjeremy corbyn, nigel farage on nicola sturgeonndermine the prime minister either her chequers plan was rejected by eu leaders at a summit in salzburg last week, or ahead of her party conference which will start in birmingham and a couple of days' time. having said that, jeremy corbyn's vision for brexit, of the eu's customs arrangements and workers' rights and the environment, is closer to how brussels sees this ending up than it is theresa may's vision of brexit. the inquest into the death of a teenager with allergies, who died after eating a pret a manger baguette bought at heathrow airport, has been hearing from the nurse responsible for overseeing medical training for british airways. she has been explaining procedures when someone falls seriously ill on a flight. sarah campbell is at the inquest in west london and joins us now. explain more about the evidence the inquest has heard today. indeed, so this is claire durand, who was responsible for overseeing the medical training on ba flights and natasha ednan—laperouse, who was

nicola sturgeon will set out her plans for the coming year at the scottish parliament later today. ideas. universities are urging the government to introduce new rules allowing international students to work in the uk for up to two years after graduation. under the proposal, the universities would sponsor their graduates to look for work without any restriction on the type ofjob they can apply for. the government says it already has variety of routes to allow international graduates to stay in the uk. an american football player who protested against racial injustice by kneeling during the us national anthem has been revealed as the face of nike's new advertising campaign. colin kaepernick first protested in august 2016. other players followed his lead by kneeling during the anthem, leading to criticism from president trump. caroline rigby reports. "believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything." the words of former nfl quarterback colin kaepernick, part of an advertising campaign for the sports brand nike. kaepernick was at the san francisco 49ers when he began kne

scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has written to the uk's opposition party leaders urging themagree that brexit shouldn't go ahead before a detailed agreement is negotiated. theresa may has already ruled out any delay beyond march the 29th next year when britain plans to leave. ms sturgeon has told the bbc it would be reckless to leave the eu without knowing what the future trading arrangements would be. taking the uk off the brexit cliff edge without knowing where it lands would be the most irresponsible thing that the prime minister has done for a very long time. the idea of leaving the eu without knowing what replaces that relationship, seems to me to be completely reckless. the rail regulator says nobody took charge when new timetables were introduced in may, leading to weeks of chaos and hundreds of commuter services being cancelled daily. the office of rail and road has concluded that network rail, the two train companies involved and the department of transport all made mistakes. 0ur correspondent tom burridge has more. for people commuting in and out of manchester, like

scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon described the prime minister's statement as "dreadful", callingoms union". meanwhile, the head of the cbi, carolyn fairburn, has called for pragmatism to come before politics, saying that "jobs, wages and living standards are at risk on both sides of the channel", and warning it was now clear both sides "must change tack". for more on this let's talk to the conservative backbencher marcus fysh, who supports brexit, and hejoins us from his constituency in somerset. thank you very much. what did you make of theresa may's tone and her message? well, i think she was absolutely right, to focus on the importance of northern ireland, in this negotiation, the eu hasn't put on the table a realistic solution to that. i think it is time, now, to focus on the pragmatic, solutions which have there. i was in brussels earlier this week, and speaking to assembled customs brokers and freight forwards from all over europe who were there to see hmrc and the eu commission and they were saying that while the chequers proposals and the can comes agreement proposal are

he has seen nigel farage, nicola sturgeon, so this is a chat with an interesting person as opposed toations. and i detected a slight bit of awkwardness on the eu side when you ask them about the timing of this. they say it is a coincidence, and it is happening because jeremy corbyn was coincidence, and it is happening becausejeremy corbyn was here for another event in brussels anyway. this shouldn't be seen as some kind of strategy in the middle of the prime minister's strategy being criticised in salzburg last week, and her party conference starting in birmingham at the weekend. in net in the wake of salzburg and they that many thought that was,. if you look at both sides positions, nothing much has changed. the eu is still saying to the uk, if these are your red lines, then you either have to have a canada free trade deal, which means you will have friction at your borders, and potentially a hard borders, and potentially a hard border between northern ireland and ireland, or you need to change your red lines and go do something is a much closer relationship like norway's, and then y

nicola sturgeon will set out her plans for the coming year at the scottish parliament later today.party is "running out of ideas". more on today s main stories coming up on newsroom live here on the bbc news channel, but now we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. the headlines on bbc news: the chief executive of tsb, paul pester, has stepped down in the wake of a major it failure at the bank. labour's ruling body meet shortly to decide whether to adopt in full the internationally—recognised definition of anti—semitism to try to stem the row which has engulfed the party. the government's pledge to give 30 hours of free childcare to working parents of 3 and 4 year olds is forcing some nurseries and childminders to close, according to a charity. now time for the sports update. reports in spain suggest that the manchester united manager jose mourinho has accepted a one year prison sentence over a tax fraud case. mourinho is highly unlikely to spend any time injailthough, as first time offenders in spain with sentences less than two years can be served on probation. he'd been accused of

the chief negotiator, worth remembering his door is open to all sorts of people, whether it's nicola sturgeonraab. let's bring you the latest about the whale stranded in the thames estuary. the rspca say there are not currently any major concerns for the welfare of the animal. this is the whale that is normally found around several thousand miles away in the arctic but is currently in the thames. our correspondent simon jones is in gravesend. tell us more about what the rspca are seeing. we can see people behind you. they are trying to get a glimpse of the beluga whale. beautiful blue skies as well. beautiful day and lots of whale watchers here again. now, the rspca are saying they don't have major safety concerns for the whale and the reason for that they say is that it appears to be feeding well on the bottom of the sea, eating crabs. it appears to be diving normally and appears to be diving normally and appears to be swimming fast. they're saying the best chance of survival of the whale is if it manages to make its way back out to sea of its own accord. we are keeping shipping away and mon

reaction on —— reaction coming in from scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, a dreadful start meantto serve. they are the solutions she say is the only remotely workable way to do brexit is to stay in the single market and the customs union. if the prime minister is now prepared to do that, brexit should not happen. but according to the as and be. and then finally you will recall in that speech that theresa may gave she was very critical of eu leaders and said they had rejected the uk's proposals without any detailed reasons, that has been strongly refuted in a comment from an official to the bbc. this official saying michelle barney is provided complete parity throughout the negotiation process as to why they would reject the key part of they would reject the key part of the checkers brand. this is not an outcome that has, as this official says out of the blue. they are not surprised though that theresa may said what she did because of the ha rd said what she did because of the hard times she received in the british press this morning and the suggestion that perhaps she needed an e