russell findlay, msp, 2565 votes _ russell findlay, msp, 2565 votes.tes — votes. murdo fraser msp, 1187 votes. and meghan gallacher msp, _ votes. and meghan gallacher msp, 403 votes. it was not necessary to go on to consider second — necessary to go on to consider second preference transfer boats. _ second preference transfer boats, and i therefore give notice _ boats, and i therefore give notice that russell findlay msp is elected as the leader of the scottish— is elected as the leader of the scottish conservative and unionist party. applause quite enough, thank you. i want to start with thanking everyone who put their faith to start with thanking everyone who put theirfaith in me, and to thank obviously to every single member who voted for me. and every sausage... surrey, every supporter who worked so hard for my campaign. and thank you have cause to my fellow candidates, meghan gallacher and murdo who i greatly respect and murdo who i greatly respect and admire along with my msp colleagues. everyone must come together as one united team. let's start

but russell findlay , he's got but russell findlay, he's got good cred and he will be a really.emendous. absolutely tremendous. well, let's hope they can turn around the snp and get john swinney out . the snp and get john swinney out. >> yeah. okay. so just to reiterate, in scotland, the new leader of the scottish conservatives taking over from douglas ross is a one, mr russell findlay, who has the approval of claire muldoon. >> so there we go. right. well let's get your latest news headunes let's get your latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez . headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> banana. thank you. and good morning . the top stories. the morning. the top stories. the keir starmer has called for israel and terror group hezbollah to agree to a ceasefire, saying escalation serves no one. speaking at the un general assembly, the prime minister implored the two sides to step back from the brink. sir keir also discussed the importance of a ceasefire deal with his lebanese counterpart . with his lebanese counterpart. it concludes the keir starmer's three day trip to new york after

russell findlay has been elected as the new scottish conservative leader, winning a majority of votess immediately after his win was announced, mr findlay — who was elected to holyrood in 2021 after decades working as an investigative journalist — urged the party to come together following a bruising period. he pledged �*common sense' under his new leadership, and urged everyone to come together as one united team. thank you. i want to start by thanking everyone who put their faith in me and thank obviously to every single member who voted for me. two boys who murdered a woman last year had been sentenced to eight and a half years in custody before they are eligible for parole. let's listen in.— eligible for parole. let's listen in. ,, ., ., listen in. sean was only 19 when his _ listen in. sean was only 19 when his life _ listen in. sean was only 19 when his life was - listen in. sean was only 19 when his life was taken i listen in. sean was only 19 when his life was taken at| listen in. sean was only 19 . when his life was taken at the hands of two boys, then aged just 12, he had ar

russell findlay has been elected as the new scottish conservative leader, winning a majority of votesound. addressing members immediately after his win was announced, mr findlay — who was elected to holyrood in 2021 after decades working as an investigative journalist — urged the party to come together following a bruising period. he pledged "common sense" under his new leadership, and urged everyone to come together as one united team applause. fair enough, fair enough. thank you. i want to start by thanking everyone who put their faith in me and thank, obviously, to every single member who voted for me and every sausage. sorry, sorry... every supporter who worked so hard for my campaign. thank you, of course, to my fellow candidates and megan and murdo, who i greatly respect and value along with the rest of my msp colleagues. now everyone must come together as one united team. let us start the hard work right now to win back public trust. i want to deliver a message to people across scotland who do not feel that anyone represents them, who are scunnered by the divisiveness and the f

russell findlay has been looted.ew leader of the scottish conservatives. the msps saw off competition from murdo fraser and megan gallagher in the battle to replace douglas ross. the announcement comes ahead of the uk conservative party revealing rishi sunak's successor on november. the second. >> i want to start by thanking everyone who put their faith in me. and thank you to every single member who voted for me and every sausage. sorry, sorry , and every sausage. sorry, sorry, every supporter who worked so hard for my campaign. and thank you. of course , to my fellow you. of course, to my fellow candidates and megan and murdo, who i greatly respect and value along with the rest of my msp colleagues. now everyone must come together as one united team. let us start the hard work right now to win back public trust . trust. >> and finally, more than 180 flood warnings and alerts are in place across england after days of heavy rain forcing the closure of a motorway as drivers abandoned their cars. images posted on socia

, a mps is russell findlay, a journalist of 30 years holding criminal gangs to account.sshairs have since fallen on the snp. he's been a dominant voice, opposing police funding cuts, gender ideology extremes and divisive hate crime law. he says he wants to foster a renewed sense of ambition among scottish conservatives . among scottish conservatives. >> i'm sick and tired of socialist politicians in scotland using the word tory as a four letter word. i'm proud to be conservative and so many people across scotland share our values and actually share our politics, even if they don't associate their values with our party. why shouldn't there be a day when a scottish conservative leader takes the keys to bute house? >> megan gallagher has gone from zero to tory hero in just seven years, taking a council seat at 25. elected to parliament within four years and taking over as deputy to kick start her 30s, she was a frontline activist in the indyref better together campaign, and she plans to spend more time championing the union and less time picking holes in independence. >> i

formerjournalist russell findlay has been announced as the new leader of the scottish conversatives.ship and be a voice for "decent, mainstream scotland". he's replaced former leader douglas ross, who stood down during july's general election. the first minister of northern ireland, michelle o'neill — the first irish nationalist to take on the role — will give her speech at the sinn fein conference this evening. the party is holding its annual gathering in athlone in the irish republic, where it will contest a general election in the next few months. wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. the legendary "voice of snooker" clive everton has died age 87. he worked for bbc tv for over 30 years from the 1970s. the world snooker tour said he was one of the greatest commentators and the voice of the sport. the partner of nicola bulley has described the online obsession with her disappearance as a "monster". paul ansell has been speaking on a bbc documentary about nicola. she went missing while walking her dog last year, and was later found drowned. the case attracted amateur detectives and conspi

and i know that russell findlay will be a great new leader of the scottish conservatives. >> if thatressing party members in birmingham, he thanked everybody at the start and he said that we will make our country great. we should not forget what we've achieved with the conservatives over the last 14 years and reminded us that the labour party left that note. there's no money left. but what he said in exchange he left the labour party was falling. inflation, a growing economy and the fastest growing economy in the fastest growing economy in the g7. and he did make that little quip, which was quite funny. lord alli is finding out that they always run out of other people's money, but he did talk about necessary decisions that the conservatives made to restore national debt. and he also promoted talked about that fast rolling out of the vaccine and the reduction of child poverty and pensioner poverty. and of course, the cruel decision that he referred to rachel reeves winter fuel payment, removal from pensioners. so he's obviously still speaking. we'll catch up with some of that later. b