now course nicola sturgeon now of course nicola sturgeon might have to attend certain events, bet a lotlot of these travel, when looked these travel, when it's looked into stuff that is not into will be stuff that is not anything the scottish government had functional control over its trips that are basically unnecessary and the snp have wanted to put these trips on for political reasons. perhaps about building the case for scottish independence . yes, and to that independence. yes, and to that i would say if they want to do that, if they want to go abroad, that's fine, but it should be paid for by the party, not by taxpayers. >> but there's loads of this stuff. >> i mean, it goes even further back. you know, nicola sturgeon spent grand of spent nearly 150 grand of taxpayers cash on attending cop27 in egypt. for example, the ex first minister her staff ex first minister and her staff racked £45,000 hotel bill. racked up £45,000 hotel bill. i mean, this has been going on and on for on a of a long on and for on a heck of a long time. and out interest, time. and just out of interest, what

as you know, the amount spent on vip treatment for the first minister that was then nicola sturgeon ,n't queue like the rest of us. it was just eyewatering and at a time where people genuinely are struggling, this just looked as if they were wasting taxpayers money. but what concerned us the most is that those habits of being careless with other people's money seems to have infected them in government too. so we see the scale of this extraordinary expenditure on a huge range of quite frivolous things that , you know, the things that, you know, the ordinary member of the public just simply will not understand . i understand, for example, that there was money spent on on 30 odd books on how to run government without annoying the taxpayer . taxpayer. >> no , exactly. i think the >> no, exactly. i think the sentiment there that i got from jackie baillie was very much that the scottish public should be extremely disappointed with how their money was spent because this was taxpayers money. after all, it's the most extraordinary story. >> thank you so much for bringing it to us. no doubt. no

nicola sturgeon's day. not stop. nicola sturgeon's on stage at the edinburgh fringe .t that the political press corps in particular has been cowed over the past, say, 10 to 15 years, because if you write something detrimental about the snp or any of its political leaders, then you're highly unlikely to get an interview ever again. unlikely to get an interview eveandain. unlikely to get an interview eveand that's happened before . >> and that's happened before. before, and it will happen again and until all such and again until all such stranglehold hold is broken. >> . i mean, that's >> okay. i mean, that's terrifying, isn't it? but yes , terrifying, isn't it? but yes, again, very, very revealing. there . stuart. thank you. there we go. stuart. thank you. stuart crawford. that is stuart crawford. that who is political commentator, former snp i remain snp member. i remain unconvinced. as i was saying , unconvinced. as i was saying, about the authenticity of some of things that we may or may of the things that we may or may not be seeing in nicola sturgeon's but doubt we

you know, i really have no time for nicola sturgeon . and, you for nicola sturgeon.is open . tens of millions of is open. tens of millions of people's eyes in this country about how absurd the position has become with all this. but and it brought her down and it brought her down, which was good. but the snp are finished . good. but the snp are finished. ispeak good. but the snp are finished. i speak to i've got a lot of scottish customers as well. they say all truss it is lost in that party. i mean it's probably not good for the conservative is because i think labour are going to romp home in scotland now. >> progress , but >> certainly made progress, but they are finished. >> the trust is gone. >> the trust is gone. >> did you agree ? >> did you agree? >> did you agree? >> absolutely. i mean, i've just made a little here of her made a little list here of her achievements . life expectancy in achievements. life expectancy in scotland down, drug deaths up. budget deficit up. nhs achieving down. i mean, this is despite the fact that for every hundred pounds spent on an

nicola sturgeon.arry on. hopefully you'll be able to hear me. nicola sturgeon. we might hear about another side of her or about another side of or read about another side of her because is going to her because she is going to release a deeply personal memoir i >> -- >> yes, that's correct. pep and those words, deeply personal, i think were splashed across absolutely every single news outlet around the country . and i outlet around the country. and i dare say very many more further afield and deeply personal and revealing were the words that i read. and certainly this is going to be quite a sought after book when it revealed when it released . and now we know that released. and now we know that this was a nine way auction. and i think bidding got quite heated for the rights to this book. and apparently it was the rights were eventually won by a publisher , pan macmillan and publisher, pan macmillan and they want to be able to really retell the story of nicola for nicola sturgeon to tell the story, shou

figures revealed by scottish labour show nicola sturgeon's government spent more than £14 million ofxpayer money on credit card transactions in a three year period. the full breakdown of spending covers all purchases between september 2019 and august 20th, 22, and it included almost £10,000 worth of vip travel, a one off payment of almost £5,000 to a five star hotel and yoga classes right down to nail polish. a scottish government spokesperson says credit cards aren't meant to be used for personal expenditure ehhen used for personal expenditure either. and finally, the grammy award winning artist sinead o'connor was laid to rest today in ireland . police lined the in ireland. police lined the seafront in county wicklow to say their final goodbyes to the 56 year old. she'd been found unresponsive when police were called to her home in south—east london last month. the funeral procession travelled along bray seafront and passed her former home in montebello terrace, where she lived for 15 years with gb news across the uk. on tv. in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker b

you know, i really have no time for nicola sturgeon . and, you for nicola sturgeon. bill is open . tens of millions of is open. tens of millions of people's eyes in this country about how absurd the position has become with all this. but and it brought her down and it brought her down, which was good. but the snp are finished . good. but the snp are finished. ispeak good. but the snp are finished. i speak to i've got a lot of scottish customers as well. they say all truss it is lost in that party. i mean it's probably not good for the conservative is because i think labour are going to romp home in scotland now. >> progress , but >> certainly made progress, but they are finished. >> the trust is gone. >> the trust is gone. >> did you agree ? >> did you agree? >> did you agree? >> absolutely. i mean, i've just made a little here of her made a little list here of her achievements . life expectancy in achievements. life expectancy in scotland down, drug deaths up. budget deficit up. nhs achieving down. i mean, this is despite the fact that for every hundred pounds spent

figures revealed by scottish labour show nicola sturgeon's government spent more than £14 million ofxpayer money on credit card transactions in a three year period. the full breakdown of spending covers all purchases between september 2019 and august 20th, 22, and it included almost £10,000 worth of vip travel, a one off payment of almost £5,000 to a five star hotel and yoga classes right down to nail polish. a scottish government spokesperson says credit cards aren't meant to be used for personal expenditure ehhen used for personal expenditure either. and finally, the grammy award winning artist sinead o'connor was laid to rest today in ireland . police lined the in ireland. police lined the seafront in county wicklow to say their final goodbyes to the 56 year old. she'd been found unresponsive when police were called to her home in south—east london last month. the funeral procession travelled along bray seafront and passed her former home in montebello terrace, where she lived for 15 years with gb news across the uk. on tv. in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker b

former first minister nicola sturgeon and her staff were given fast—track security and access to lounges number of women who competed in the recent miss universe beauty pageant have filed complaints with police, accusing the organisers of sexual harassment after they alleged they were subjected to inappropriate topless "body checks". following the complaints, indonesian police have opened an investigation. the national director of the pageant issued a statement on instagram the national director of the pageant issued a statement on instagram where she did not confirm or deny the allegations but expressed gratitude to those who had come forward. this week marks 78 years since the us dropped atomic bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki during the second world war. it's the only time nuclear weapons have been used in an armed conflict, and as japan remembers the victims of one of history's most catastrophic war events, a professor in tokyo has created a virtual reality world to allow people to experience what it was like walking through the streets of hiroshima and nagasaki before and after the b

it is humza yousaf�*s first big electoral test since he succeeded nicola sturgeon. that affecting this campaign? for the many weeks that i have been knocking on doors here, it is not an issue that has come up very often. it has come up on a few doorsteps but not very often. it seems to be coming up in opinion polls, though, because the figures are dipping. there is no doubt about it, it has been a challenging few months. i'm not going to argue with you, joe, it has been a difficult set of circumstances that i had inherited since i became party leader i have tried to do my best to steady the ship but another issue that comes up on the doorsteps here in rutherglen and hamilton west is the cost of living crisis. the snp candidate seemed supportive of her leader. how do you rate humza yousaf�*s leadership out of ten? oh, well, i'm going to say ten, i'm going to say ten. i campaigned for humza's leadership. but it is other party leaders who are also in her sights, especially after keir starmer�*s u—turn on scrapping the two child benefit cap. these are abhorrent policies

nicola sturgeon announces that scotland, along with the rest of the uk, is going into lockdown.t off from the outside world, the life of the nation grinding to a halt, and thousands of deaths. opening scotland's covid inquiry, the chair lord brailsford said his aim was to find out what went wrong so it couldn't happen again. i will conduct a robust investigation without fear or favour that will arrive at the facts, identify any lessons that need be learned, and make recommendations to scottish ministers so we are better prepared in the event of any future pandemic. he said assessing the impact on people's lives would be central to the inquiry�*s work. this has been an emotional day for the bereaved families who have come to the inquiry. but it may be their best chance to get answers as to why their loved ones died. cathie lost her mum during the pandemic. i think what we are hoping for is that in future, - people will put people at the centre of the decision—making, _ and not just look at covid or other infections, - but actually look- at the human impact. another group of berea

nicola sturgeon has defended her government's use of taxpayers money for travel up grades. scotland's former first minister says that the spending probably totalled less than one flight taken by the prime minister. rishi sunak. £10,000, though, was spent in three years on vip airport upgrades. her successor, humza yousaf, has ordered a review . today. the ordered a review. today. the high street chain wilko collapsed . the company's collapsed. the company's appointed administrators after failing to secure a rescue deal, putting 12,000 jobs at risk. the chain has 400 stores across the uk and the home secretary has been saying today anyone who took part in suspected looting on london's oxford street yesterday evening must be, in her words, hunted down and locked up. nine people were arrested as police wielding batons clashed with dozens of youngsters . it followed posts on youngsters. it followed posts on tiktok , encouraging people to tiktok, encouraging people to steal from a well—known sports store. some outlets shut their doors as crowds gathered and officers issued 34 di

nicola sturgeon has defended her government's use of taxpayers money for travel up grades. scotland's former first minister says that the spending probably totalled less than one flight taken by the prime minister. rishi sunak. £10,000, though, was spent in three years on vip airport upgrades. her successor, humza yousaf, has ordered a review . today. the ordered a review. today. the high street chain wilko collapsed . the company's collapsed. the company's appointed administrators after failing to secure a rescue deal, putting 12,000 jobs at risk. the chain has 400 stores across the uk and the home secretary has been saying today anyone who took part in suspected looting on london's oxford street yesterday evening must be, in her words, hunted down and locked up. nine people were arrested as police wielding batons clashed with dozens of youngsters . it followed posts on youngsters. it followed posts on tiktok , encouraging people to tiktok, encouraging people to steal from a well—known sports store. some outlets shut their doors as crowds gathered and officers issued 34 di

it will be watched closely indeed the first tests were humza yousaf, the new snp leader since nicola sturgeonnances and an investigation ongoing, but also for the labour party writing high in polls across the uk and want to get back into things with the general election due probably at some point next year. this by election will be seen as a litmus test for labour to see if they will gain back some ground. they lost an awful lot in the general election in 2019 to the s&p, that constituency is round about 5000, so it often to be in the labour site. they put out a statement that they want to snp to call it by election as soon as possible. the earliest would be when parliament returns from its summer break in the start of september, and then we would be looking at a by election in the first or second week of october. it would also be smack bang in the middle of a party conference season, so a very busy time or politics at that particular point. time or politics at that particular oint. . ~' ,, time or politics at that particular oint. ., ~' y., ., time or politics at that particular oint. . ~ i.

now in other news today, figures revealed by scottish labour show nicola sturgeon's government spent thousands of pounds of taxpayers money for vip airport upgrades. between september 2019 and august 20th, 22, more than £14 million worth of taxpayers cash was spent on credit card transactions by scottish civil servants, and that included almost £10,000 on vip airport upgrades and over £40,000 at a five star hotel. while the scottish government spokesperson says the cards aren't for personal expenditure . are you ? with gb news across . are you? with gb news across the uk on your tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker now by saying play gb news. this is britain's news . channel >> it seems to sand is shifting on the net zero agenda. >> first it was the uxbridge by—election against the odds, the conservatives retained the seat largely because of the backlash against the labour mayor sadiq khan's ulez regime. then what followed was robust rhetoric from the government at the prime minister has ordered a review of low traffic neighbourhoods , promising to neighbourhoo

formerfirst minister nicola sturgeon, and her staff — were given fast—track security and access to loungesciently "robust." you're live with bbc news. the chair of the un's climate change panel has described july's record global temperatures as extraordinary. one of the countries that experienced extreme heat and forest fires last month was portugal. and august has seen no let up, fires, like these shown here, are raging in the centre and south of the country, and monday saw the hottest temperature of the year, 46—point—1t degrees celsius, in santar m, north of the capital lisbon. straight to lisbon — our correspondent alison roberts is there. the temperatures are increasing in recent firefighters out there pretty good hundreds of places. portugal is not where the countries that was worst affected last month but if you cheat with. the worst affected last month but if you cheat with. ., , worst affected last month but if you cheat with. . , ._ , cheat with. the last few days, temperatures _ cheat with. the last few days, temperatures of _ cheat with. the last few days, temperatures of sword

march 2020 — nicola sturgeon announces that scotland, along with the rest of the uk, is going into lockdownoutside world, the life of the nation grinding to a halt, and thousands of deaths. 0pening scotland's covid inquiry, the chair lord brailsford said his aim was to find out what went wrong so it couldn't happen again. i will conduct a robust investigation without fear or favour that will arrive at the facts, identify any lessons that need be learned, and make recommendations to scottish ministers so we are better prepared in the event of any future pandemic. he said assessing the impact on people's lives would be central to the inquiry�*s work. this has been an emotional day for the bereaved families who have come to the inquiry. but it may be their best chance to get answers as to why their loved ones died. cathie lost her mum during the pandemic. i think what we are hoping for is that in future, - people will put people at the centre of the decision—making, _ and not just look at covid or other infections, - but actually look- at the human impact. another group of bereaved families fe

formerfirst minister nicola sturgeon, and her staff, were given fast—track security and access to loungesw to breaking news. update coming in, a charity representing asylum seekers who were due to be moved on the accommodation barge say four transfers have now been cancelled following the threat of legal action. a home office source has denied any cancellations but that is what the charity has said. care for candidates is the four men will not now be moved to the bb stockholm. —— for calais says the four men will not now be moved to the bibby stockholm. so that charity says that four of those transfers have now been cancelled. we will keep a close eye on that story and bring you any details. in ireland — thousands of mourners have gathered for the funeral, of the singer sinead o'connor — who died last month at the age of 56. there was a huge turn out in the coastal town of bray, near dublin, to say farewell to the star. the procession passed her former home. from there — our reporter sara girvin sent this update. they have been singing, laying flowers and tributes and sharing memories of

formerfirst minister nicola sturgeon, and her staff — were given fast—track security and access to loungesng guidelines are sufficiently "robust." you're live with bbc news. now, one of the countries that experienced extreme heat and forest fires injuly was portugal. and august has seen no let up. fires, like these shown here, are raging in the centre and south of the country, and monday saw the hottest temperature of the year — 46.1; degrees celsius, in santarem, north of the capital, lisbon. well, one of those battling the extreme heat in southern portugal is the former bbc correspondent — alastair leithead. i asked him how bad the fires are: i could hear the constant buzz by me of the aircraft that during trips from the nearby reservoir to the site of the fire which is just over the hill behind me by three orfour km from where we are and it has been the very front today because it's been such a calm day and we had hot wings from the eastern interior for spain's modest parts of the peninsula and doubles the size of the fire in a matter of hours in the firefighters of which there almost a

formerfirst minister nicola sturgeon, and her staff — were given fast—track security and access to loungesrobust authorisation". you're live with bbc news. details have emerged that suggest that tens of millions of voters could have been accessed by hackers who targeted the elections watchdog. the electoral commission said there was little risk of "hostile actors" being able to influence the outcome of a vote, but apologised for the breach in its systems. the chair of the electoral commission, john pullinger joined us earlier. this was a complex cyber attack that affected part of our system and the part that it affected meant that a hostile actor was able to gain access to the copy that the commission holds of the electoral register which as you said contained details, the names and addresses of people who are on the electoral register across the uk. also e—mails and some other internal systems. you said in a statement earlier that you regret that sufficient protections were not in place to prevent this. why were they not? we have known about hostile actors for some time wanting to target

. >> nicola sturgeon missed >> and nicola sturgeon missed the chance cut a deal with the chance to cuteal with the chance to cut a deal with the new afghan government when they came in. but they when they came in. but yeah, there's also the hopeless ness there's a real ness in scotland. there's a real sort poverty of not. not just sort of poverty of not. not just material poverty, but a poverty of aspiration and of hope amongst people because the snp have really sort of stifle pulled scotland's, you know , pulled scotland's, you know, just, just the feeling of culture, the society and the economy as well. it's become very sort of a state oriented economy. well, the problem is, is that this is a symptom of what is going on in scottish society and nobody goes or gets addicted to heroin because things are going well in their life. do you know what i mean? no one ever goes, you know what, i'm absolutely smashing it. let's pick up the needle women a bit. motley crue, molly crew making millions of pounds , making millions of pounds, having great time in having a great time in california. and

formerfirst minister nicola sturgeon, and her staff, were given fast—track security and access to loungesrobust authorisation". a man from leeds has been remanded into custody following the death of a 12—year—old boy while crossing a motorway. callum rycroft died on the m62 in west yorkshire on saturday, after he was hit by a car.the 36—year—old has also been charged with dangerous driving and failing to provide a specimen. you're live with bbc news. in ireland, mourners have gathered for the funeral of the singer sinead o'connor, who died last month, aged 56. the funeral procession in the coastal town of bray, near dublin, passed the musician's former home. thousands of people lined the route. our reporter, sara girvin, is there for us now. can you describe how it has been? much of the crowd of thousands that has lined the streets here in bray since early this morning has now dispersed. some fans do remain outside the singer's farmer home here in bray. they are playing music, they have been singing, laying flowers and sharing memories of this thing out. one fan told us earlier that she g

formerfirst minister nicola sturgeon, and her staff, were given fast—track security and access to loungesbject to "robust authorisation". a man is due in court over the death of a 12—year—old boy who was hit by a car while crossing a motorway. callum rycroft died on the m62 in west yorkshire on saturday. 36—year—old matthew rycroft will appear at leeds magistrates�* court today charged with causing or allowing the death of a child. you're live with bbc news. the leaders of eight south american nations that share the amazon rainforest are gathering in brazil to discuss how best to protect it. scientists are concerned that deforestation in the amazon may be approaching an irreversible tipping point. brazil's president lula da silva is seeking a coordinated regional approach to tackle illegal mining and logging, as well as other environmental crimes. the amazon is a crucial buffer in the global fight against climate change and 60% of it is located in brazil. the rainforest acts as a major carbon sink, absorbing carbon dioxide emissions, which are driving the climate crisis. president lula ha

remember when nicola sturgeon promised £5 million for climate reparations while humza yousaf has uppedthe ante and pledged £24 million? this despite the scottish government's £1 billion financial black hole . makes financial black hole. makes sense of that. then sadiq khan has of course doubled down on his claim that anti ulez outrage has been stoked up by covid deniers and conspiracy theorists . this after the government was advised that they would not be able to block the expansion . it able to block the expansion. it got me thinking does the mayor have ever so slightly too much power or do you think the more devolution, the better? and lastly, should the older generation be taxed more ? the generation be taxed more? the ifs claimed baby boomers ifs has claimed baby boomers wealth is being undertaxed . but wealth is being undertaxed. but believe it or not. what do you think? let me know. i'll introduce my panel in just one moment. but first, let's get the latest news with aaron armstrong i >> -- >> very good evening to you. it's a minute past six. i'm aaron armstrong in the gb newsro

nicola sturgeon had her pawns.ogramme for months. own tv programme for six months. >> sorry . >> okay, sorry. >> lewis. >> lewis. >> lewis. >> lewis minus 40s. what do >> lewis in minus 40s. what do you think to this story ? you think to this story? >> what think? i think it's >> what do i think? i think it's centralisation. that's what the story like story is. it's like you're letting huge organisations , the letting huge organisations, the wales or scotland , decide the wales or scotland, decide the education for everybody in the entire country . i think. education for everybody in the entire country. i think. i think people should make their own decisions about education. it's decentralised death of love. >> that's it for part two. but coming graham linehan show coming up, graham linehan show that cancelled is back on that was cancelled is back on and speaking of cancelled shows, we the of due we discussed the concept of due face. no idea . see you in face. no idea. see you in a minute . minute. >> that warm fee

, he he said that he was the continuity candidate for nicola sturgeon. he a few weeks after he became the snp leader, nicola sturgeon got arrested . so it sturgeon got arrested. so it really was a pretty murky way that he inherited the seat . and that he inherited the seat. and of course there were big, big divisions in the snp even before he took over the other two candidates were very popular. kate forbes in particular was very popular. she was standing for something which was very, very different from what humza yousaf was standing within the snp tradition. there snp tradition. and so there was a of a of splits there a lot of a lot of splits there and it feels as though humza yousaf really been yousaf just hasn't really been able to build sorry, humza yousaf has built the sort of track that he was intending to build . it's quite tricky for him i >> -- >> no, i -_ >> no, i do. i do have to say that it does seem that keir starmer is the luckiest man in politics. not because he's a particularly brilliant politician, because politician, but because his en

new figures have revealed by scottish labour that nicola sturgeon's government spent tens of thousandss cash for vip upgrades. between september 2019 and august 20th, 22, more than £14 million worth of taxpayers cash was spent on credit card transactions by scottish civil servants, and that included almost £10,000 on vip upgrades at airports and over £4,000 at a five star hotel . a scottish government spokesperson said credit cards weren't meant to be used for personal expenditure . the jury personal expenditure. the jury in the murder trial of nurse lucy letby has been instructed to deliver majority verdicts . to deliver majority verdicts. the seven women and four men were told by mr justice the seven women and four men were told by mrjustice goss that he'd accept verdicts on which at least ten of them were agreed. letby is accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder ten others attempting to murder ten others at the countess of chester hosphaps at the countess of chester hospital's neonatal unit . at the countess of chester hospital's neonatal unit. heart and lastly, th

new figures have revealed by scottish labour that nicola sturgeon's government spent tens of thousandsayers cash for vip upgrades. between september 2019 and august 20th, 22, more than £14 million worth of taxpayers cash was spent on credit card transactions by scottish civil servants, and that included almost £10,000 on vip upgrades at airports and over £4,000 at a five star hotel . a scottish government spokesperson said credit cards weren't meant to be used for personal expenditure . the jury personal expenditure. the jury in the murder trial of nurse lucy letby has been instructed to deliver majority verdicts . to deliver majority verdicts. the seven women and four men were told by mr justice the seven women and four men were told by mrjustice goss that he'd accept verdicts on which at least ten of them were agreed. letby is accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder ten others attempting to murder ten others at the countess of chester hosphaps at the countess of chester hospital's neonatal unit . at the countess of chester hospital's neonatal unit. heart and lastly

obviously the arrest of nicola sturgeon was was pretty tough and the fact that the leader of the snp called himself nicola sturgeon continuing candidate when he won the leadership is pretty bad for him. there are also splits within the snp between kate forbes, the other candidate who was up against hamza yusuf and yusuf himself. and so it could be of course, we've alex be of course, we've got alex salmond's independence party, alba is a growing alba as well, which is a growing presence the scottish presence in the scottish independence, came out very much independence, came out very much in of margaret ferrier, in support of margaret ferrier, didn't he? >> she'd been thrown >> he said she'd been thrown to the well yes. the media walls. well yes. >> so you could end up with a situation where although independence is quite important to rutherglen , you to the people of rutherglen, you could independence vote could have the independence vote being multiple ways, or being split multiple ways, or you have snp simply you could have snp voters simply staying at home because they're so disil

nicola sturgeon has defended her government's use of taxpayers money for travel upgrades. scotland's former first minister says the spending probably totalled less than just one flight taken by rishi sunak. more than £14 million has been spentin more than £14 million has been spent in three years by civil servants in scotland , including servants in scotland, including £10,000 on vip airport upgrades. her successor , humza yousaf, has her successor, humza yousaf, has ordered a review and the high street chain wilko has collapsed. today, the company's appointed administrators, after failing to secure a rescue deal, putting 12,000 jobs at risk . the putting 12,000 jobs at risk. the chain has 400 shops across the uk . the home secretary says uk. the home secretary says anyone who took part in suspected looting on london's oxford street yesterday must be hunted down and locked up. nine people were arrested as police wielding batons clashed with dozens of youngsters. it followed posts on social media, including tiktok, encouraging people to steal from a well known sports store.

nicola sturgeon has defended her government's use of taxpayers money for travel upgrades. scotland's former first minister says the spending probably totalled less than just one flight taken by rishi sunak. more than £14 million has been spentin more than £14 million has been spent in three years by civil servants in scotland , including servants in scotland, including £10,000 on vip airport upgrades. her successor , humza yousaf, has her successor, humza yousaf, has ordered a review and the high street chain wilko has collapsed. today, the company's appointed administrators, after failing to secure a rescue deal, putting 12,000 jobs at risk . the putting 12,000 jobs at risk. the chain has 400 shops across the uk . the home secretary says uk. the home secretary says anyone who took part in suspected looting on london's oxford street yesterday must be hunted down and locked up. nine people were arrested as police wielding batons clashed with dozens of youngsters. it followed posts on social media, including tiktok, encouraging people to steal from a well known sports store.

also coming up tonight, scheming nicola sturgeon has promised a deeply personal and revealing memoir big money book deal. but should the scandal fidden deal. but should the scandal ridden ex—first minister be cashing

and that is why nicola sturgeon is now no longer persona grata because she sent a man , a because she whole of scotland and the whole of england and the whole of the uk and the whole of the world. the civilised world is agreed that you cannot declare yourself a woman as a man , as yourself a woman as a man, as a sexual predator, and go into a woman's prison. the world has agreed on that. but when it comes to the schools, the world suddenly is not agreed and we have no laws. suddenly no clarity about if a child decides that she is a he or he is a she. the teachers, the providers, the parents are all put into this limbo. the government is silent. the department for education throws up its hands and we are suddenly left with limbo suddenly left with this limbo land where anything goes. how can right that we are very can it be right that we are very passionate about what adults can do, we are suddenly do, but we are suddenly indifferent about what children can do, what the laws are that apply can do, what the laws are that apply to children. >> but as you say, you know, the passion, i thi

in scotland, nicola sturgeon has been defending her government's use of taxpayer money for travel upgrades , as money for travel upgrades, as scotland's former first minister says the spending probably totalled less than just one flight taken by the prime minister. £10,000 was spent in three years on vip airport upgrades . in newly released upgrades. in newly released information, her successor, humza yousaf, has ordered a review . the high street chain review. the high street chain wilko has collapsed. today, the company's appointed administrators, after falling into administration after failing to secure a rescue deal, putting around 12,000 jobs at risk. the chain has 400 stores right across the uk . and lastly right across the uk. and lastly , virgin galactic has completed its first space tourism flight, sending three passengers to the edge of space. the passenger has enjoyed weightlessness. we understand , for around five understand, for around five minutes of the trip as the vss unity reached 85km above the earth . richard branson's company earth. richard branson's company joins jeff

and that is why nicola sturgeon is now no longer persona grata because she sent a man , a because she. the whole of scotland and the whole of england and the whole of the uk and the whole of the world. the civilised world is agreed that you cannot declare yourself a woman as a man , as yourself a woman as a man, as a sexual predator, and go into a woman's prison. the world has agreed on that. but when it comes to the schools, the world suddenly is not agreed and we have no laws. suddenly no clarity about if a child decides that she is a he or he is a she. the teachers, the providers, the parents are all put into this limbo. the government is silent. the department for education throws up its hands and we are suddenly left with limbo suddenly left with this limbo land where anything goes. how can right that we are very can it be right that we are very passionate about what adults can do, we are suddenly do, but we are suddenly indifferent about what children can do, what the laws are that apply can do, what the laws are that apply to children. >> but as you say, you know, the passion,

in scotland, nicola sturgeon has been defending her government's use of taxpayer money for travel upgrades as money for travel upgrades, as scotland's former first minister says the spending probably totalled less than just one flight taken by the prime minister. £10,000 was spent in three years on vip airport upgrades . in newly released upgrades. in newly released information, her successor, humza yousaf, has ordered a review . the high street chain review. the high street chain wilko has collapsed. today, the company's appointed administrators, after falling into administration after failing to secure a rescue deal, putting around 12,000 jobs at risk. the chain has 400 stores right across the uk . and lastly right across the uk. and lastly , virgin galactic has completed its first space tourism flight, sending three passengers to the edge of space. the passenger has enjoyed weightlessness. we understand , for around five understand, for around five minutes of the trip as the vss unity reached 85km above the earth . richard branson's company earth. richard branson's company joins jeff be

nicola sturgeon has defended her government's use of taxpayers money for travel upgrades. scotland's former first minister says the spending probably totalled less than a flight taken by the prime minister. rishi sunak £10,000, though, was spentin rishi sunak £10,000, though, was spent in three years on vip airport upgrades. her spent in three years on vip airport upgrades . her successor, airport upgrades. her successor, humza yousaf, has ordered a review into spending . on the review into spending. on the high street chain. wilko collapsed today . the company's collapsed today. the company's appointed administrators , after appointed administrators, after failing to secure a rescue deal, putting about 12,000 jobs at risk. the chain has 400 shops across the uk . and lastly, across the uk. and lastly, virgin galactic has completed its first space tourism flight , its first space tourism flight, sending three lucky passengers to the edge of space. the passengers enjoyed weightlessness for around five minutes as the vss unity reached 85km above the earth . richard 85km above

figures revealed by scottish labour show nicola sturgeon's government spent £10,000 of taxpayers cashirport upgrades. our scotland reporter tony mcguire explains . explains. >> scottish labour has revealed that between september 2019 and august 20th, 22, scottish government civil servants racked up more than £14 million of expenses across 58,000 transactions on government procurement cards. big ticket items include £10,000 of vip airport services for the former first minister, as well as a £4,000 stay at the five star gleneagles hotel in perthshire . gleneagles hotel in perthshire. at the other end of the scale, some items included nail polish , a home karaoke machine and six copies of the former first minister's own book of speeches . the scottish government says that it's committed to delivering the value for delivering the best value for money for the scottish taxpayer and that these cards are in no way used for personal expenditure . expenditure. >> sir tony mcguire there . now >> sir tony mcguire there. now the jury in the murder trial of nurse lucy letby has been instructed to d

. >> nicola sturgeon has defended her government's use of taxpayers money on items such as vip travel upgrades. scottish islands former first minister says the spending probably totalled less than a flight by the prime minister, rishi sunak, in a private jet last week. it was revealed more than £14 million had been spent in three years by civil servants in scotland, including £10,000 on vip airport upgrades. her successor , humza yousaf, has successor, humza yousaf, has ordered a review of scottish government bank card spending in the high street chain. wilko has collapsed. the company's appointed administrator , after appointed administrator, after failing to secure a rescue deal, putting around 12,000 jobs at risk . the chain has been unable risk. the chain has been unable to find emergency investment to save its 400 stores across the uk . its chief executive saying uk. its chief executive saying the retailer had no choice but to enter into administration after leaving no stone unturned in efforts to revive the business. the home secretary says anyone who took part in suspected loot

nicola sturgeon has defended her government's use of taxpayers money for travel upgrades. scotland's former first minister says the spending probably totalled less than a flight taken by the prime minister. rishi sunak £10,000, though, was spentin rishi sunak £10,000, though, was spent in three years on vip airport upgrades. her spent in three years on vip airport upgrades . her successor, airport upgrades. her successor, humza yousaf, has ordered a review into spending . on the review into spending. on the high street chain. wilko collapsed today . the company's collapsed today. the company's appointed administrators , after appointed administrators, after failing to secure a rescue deal, putting about 12,000 jobs at risk. the chain has 400 shops across the uk . and lastly, across the uk. and lastly, virgin galactic has completed its first space tourism flight , its first space tourism flight, sending three lucky passengers to the edge of space. the passengers enjoyed weightlessness for around five minutes as the vss unity reached 85km above the earth . richard 85km above

monday, whereas the uk inquiry has already taken evidence from lots of politicians, including nicola sturgeon actually the uk wide covid inquiry is further ahead in scotland than the scottish one. however, they are focusing the scottish one is focusing on residents first. so they've they've heard from 2000 residents apparently . residents apparently. >> and is this residents of care homes? >> i'm not sure . i don't know if >> i'm not sure. i don't know if any of them are left, although to be fair, the average age of coronavirus victims in scotland is actually older than the average age. average life expectancy. in expectancy. so people in scotland living longer if scotland are living longer if they get coronavirus like in scotland, isn't scotland, coronavirus isn't a disease it's antioxidant . disease, it's an antioxidant. like the scottish diet is so bad you can actually introduce a bat virus into it in scottish bodies. just go , what is this? bodies. just go, what is this? is this is this fibre? it's a it's a funny thing though with the scottish health isn't it, because it should be a healt