nicola sturgeon once celebrated the order to build the ferries with the workers it saved, but criticshe taxpayer. i express, again, my deep, deep regret at the delays and the cost overrun in the construction of these ferries, and lessons are being learned, have been learned and will be learned. but i don't regret the fact that that shipyard still exists. her government struck a deal — on the balance of risks — that has been catastrophic for a scottish taxpayers. for scottish taxpayers. and any evidence as to why this call was made has mysteriously vanished. shocking and out of touch... labour's anas sarwar highlighted the £2 million paid to a manager brought in to turnaround the shipyard. market rate, £3000 a day. were you signing lionel messi? and the absence of these ferries is keenly felt off the west coast of scotland. it impacts upon so many areas of island life. people struggling to get to hospital appointments on the mainland or guests for some of our many wonderful hotels and guest houses being unable to travel or even getting stuck on the island. will this affair change minis

nicola sturgeon once celebrated the order to build the ferries with the workers it saved, but critics the taxpayer. i express, again, my deep, deep regret at the delays and the cost overrun in the construction of these ferries, and lessons are being learned, have been learned and will be learned. but i don't regret the fact that that shipyard still exists. her government struck a deal — on the balance of risks — that has been catastrophic for a scottish taxpayers. for scottish taxpayers. and any evidence as to why this call was made has mysteriously vanished. shocking and out of touch... labour's anas sarwar highlighted the £2 million paid to a manager brought in to turnaround the shipyard. market rate, £3000 a day. were you signing lionel messi? and the absence of these ferries is keenly felt off the west coast of scotland. it impacts upon so many areas of island life. people struggling to get to hospital appointments on the mainland or guests for some of our many wonderful hotels and guest houses being unable to travel or even getting stuck on the island. will this affair change min

so it's the precautionary principle which nicola sturgeon is following.arly she's not ready to do that yet. she may be, the scottish government may be, ready to do that around about the 11th of april. james shaw there. just to give you an illustration of the differential between the uk, at the weekend there were 200 people in hospital around the uk, 120 of them were in scotland, so perhaps an indication of why this precautionary principle is being adopted. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. plenty of dry weather out there this evening. not everywhere, but for most of us. towards the end of the night, it looks as though this weather front will spread further towards the east and we will see some damp weather across parts of northern england, perhaps the northwest of england, around merseyside and western whales, as well, and a couple of showers in the southeast. but generally speaking is just a cloudy night. relatively mild, 5—7 c across england and wales, but colder in northern ireland and western and northern scotland. so here's the for

so it is the precautionary principle which nicola sturgeon is following.peal. frankie smith, who's 20, was jailed in decemberfor her role in the death of the 16—month—old. olivia richwald reports. star hobson was 16 months old when she was murdered by her mother's girlfriend savannah brockhill. the toddler from keighley in west yorkshire was taken to hospital in september 2020 with what were described as utterly catastrophic injuries. in december last year at bradford crown court, brockhill was jailed for life with a minimum of 25 years behind bars. star hobson's mother frankie smith was also found guilty of causing or allowing her daughter's death and given an eight—yearjail term. but that sentence was described as unduly lenient and referred to the court of appeal by the attorney general�*s office. this morning, the appeal court heard there had been several aggravating factors, including the child's vulnerability and at least an 11—minute delay before an ambulamce had been called. three seniorjudges extended frankie smith's sentenced to 12 years. we quas

nicola sturgeon insists we are not stuck with the rules and it could be lifted in early april but isonsibility or a matterfor individual to responsibility or a matter for the state.— individual to responsibility or a matter for the state. james, thank ou ve matter for the state. james, thank you very much- — the last time there were big crowds at the cheltenham festival was two years ago just before the first lockdown. they're back today and it was a sell—out crowd. our sports correspondent andy swiss is there. it's the photo op they have been waiting a while for. after covid forced last years festival behind closed doors, once again the fans flocked to cheltenham. the queues on the anticipation greater than ever. i've never seen it so busy and everyone is in a really great mood and ready for the festival. hopefully we will have a great day, hopefully— hopefully we will have a great day, hopefully take the bookies for a spanking, you know? the hopefully take the bookies for a spanking, you know?— hopefully take the bookies for a spanking, you know? the last time there were — spanking

nicola sturgeon has to start trusting _ advice.ndent phil mercer reports this was a celebration of an extraordinary life. operatic singing. both on and off the cricket pitch, shane warne was an australian icon who elevated his sport and took showmanship to a new level. his family has struggled to cope with his sudden death. looking forward to a future without shane is inconceivable. but we do take comfort in knowing that shane packed more in his life of 52 years and five months and 19 days than most people would in two lifetimes. # i sit and wait # does an angel...#. there were powerful messages and musical performances, too, from famous friends. even though he played for australia and he dismantled england too many times, everybody on the planet who has seen him play and experienced, i don't know, warney being warney, thinks he is one of us. with shane warne, scandal was never far away. he took money from illegal bookmakers, was banned for using prohibited drugs, and his private life delighted the tabloid newspapers. but, despite

the first minister nicola sturgeon said the delay was a short—term precaution.n ukraine has drawn attention away from some terrible suffering in other parts of the world. this month marks eight years of conflict in yemen between the saudi—backed government and the houthis backed by iran, making it a regional power struggle between two powerful states. borisjohnson will fly to the middle east tomorrow for a three—day trip during which he will encourage saudi arabia to boost its oil production given the sharp reduction in russian supplies. but the visit is not short of controversy because of saudi arabia's role in yemen, which has been backed by the us, the uk and france. bbc arabic�*s special correspondent nawal al maghafi brings us the story. another deadly night in yemen's capital sana'a. and a frantic morning, at what's left of this family home. a common scene in this war between houthi rebels linked to iran and a coalition led by saudi arabia and the uae. hassan's brother was at the scene. translation: i called my brother. i could hear women and people scream

the first minister, nicola sturgeon, says it's a proportionate response to high infection rates.s currently sweeping scotland, but the disease has become less severe after the vaccination roll—out, with 26 patients currently in intensive care. a 15—year—old boy has been found guilty of killing a teenager in birmingham last may. dea—john reid, who was 14, was stabbed when he went out to play football with friends. a jury heard he was attacked by a group shouting racial slurs, after a confrontation over a bag. the convicted teenager, who can't be named for legal reasons, was cleared of murder, but found guilty of manslaughter and will be sentenced in may. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has accused borisjohnson of "taking the public for fools," by not resigning, over the row about lockdown parties in government buildings. the metropolitan police announced yesterday, that at least 20 fixed penalty notices would be issued. the prime minister says he won't be commenting, until the police investigation is finished. here's our political correspondent, iain watson. behind closed doo

the bbc�*s then scotland editor sarah smith said that mr salmond had called for his successor nicola sturgeon went on to say it wasn't for him to suggest what the consequences should be. the bbc admitted the error but ofcom says it should have made an on air acknowledgment or correction. the rapper, songwriter and record producer dizzee rascal has been found guilty of assaulting his former fiancee. the artist, whose real name is dylan mills, denied the charge against him relating to a row with cassandra jones last june. the districtjudge at wimbledon magistrates' court in south—west london said she was sure he had lost his temper in the row. he'll be sentenced next month. it's been another good day for the athletes of paralympicsgb at the winter olympics in beijing. menna fitzpatrick, with guide gary smith, and brothers neil and andrew simpson won bronze in the alpine sking super—g event. it means the paralympicsgb team has now won five medals at the games, with six days of competition remaining. time for a look at the weather. here's matt taylor.

that was first minister nicola sturgeon there.he was confirming that the legal requirement for face coverings in scotland is to be replaced with guidance instead. we can speak to our scotland correspondent lorna gordon. the message there was this was in response to data indicating that the covid cases had peaked. the number that the covid cases had peaked. tue: number of that the covid cases had peaked. tte: number of people with covid in scotland reached the highest point since the start at the pandemic yesterday. the numbers today have dropped back a little but what was key in the number of people of hospital is that the number in intensive care was very low, relative to the large number who are in hospital. a sign, the government say, that the vaccine programme is working. as you say, a sign that it looks from the figures of people testing positive and testing water that perhaps this latest peak is passing. what nicola sturgeon and her cabinet and government have decided to do is do a phased, the phasing out of the final remain

nicola sturgeon has been giving details of the so—called super sponsor scheme which is open by the scottishain in the forecast at all, and it�*s a largely dry picture and at times the sunshine will feel pleasant out and about. today we have lots of the sunshine and a bit of fairweather cloud bubbling up for a time and still brisk winds for western scotland and the top temperatures are higher than yesterday so it will feel warm outside. 13 in glasgow, 16 in both london and cardiff as well. overnight tonight there will be a bit more of a breeze around, so it doesn�*t get as cold and the mist and fog won�*t be as extensive, but there could be a few patches of rust around and a few fog patches, particularly through the vale of york and made into parts of eastern scotland as well but that sets us up for a fine weekend, lots of sunshine on saturday and a bit more cloud around on sunday and it will feel a little bit colder as well, particularly across eastern areas. loads of sunshine from dawn till dusk through saturday with the early morning mist and fog lifting quickly out of the vale of york an

nicola sturgeon, scotland's first minister, has made clear that our country stand ready to open our borders with its border free zone has - ukraine who are fleeing war? the eu with its border free zone has its - with its borderfree zone has its own arrangements with ukraine. they differed for a long time from those of the uk but what we do have is a plan, mr speaker, to be as generous as we possibly can to the people of ukraine and the numbers that will comejust under ourfamily ukraine and the numbers that will come just under our family reunion scheme could be in the hundreds of thousands to say nothing of the special new path we are opening up for those coming, the humanitarian path that is also uncapped and i think that is the right thing to do. what we won't do is simply abandoned all checks. we don't think that a sensible, particularly in view of the security concerns, the reasonable security concerns of people coming from that theatre of war. {lin people coming from that theatre of war. 3 ., people coming from that theatre of war. j~ ., g , people coming from that theatre of war. 3 ,