ruth davidson was asked myjob's here in scotland. i want to retain my seat in edinburgh central in 2021. i want to be the next first minister of scotland. the first conservative first minister of scotland. that's always been my aim. minister of scotland. the fact she and her partner are soon expecting a baby is another reason. partner are soon expecting in three years' time, the voters will decide whether ruth davidson achieves her goal of becoming scotland's first minister. achieves her goal of becoming her political ambitions, we've now learned, shaped by her own personal struggles. we've now learned, shaped steven godden, bbc news, in edinburgh. and if you've been affected by any of the issues raised by that report, you can find more information and support at bbc.co.uk/actionline. with all the sport now, here's karthi gna nasegaram at the bbc sport centre. here's karthi gna nasegaram hello, here's karthi gnanasegaram mishal, thank you verj great britain's simon yates is a few minutes away from winning cycling's vuelta a espana. m

ruth davidson doesn't fit the traditional conservative mould.persona helped restore what some thought was lost forever, success with scottish voters. today, she took an unusual step for a politician, revealing her private struggles with her mental health. in a sunday times interview, she describes going into a tailspin as a teenager. diagnosed with clinical depression, she was given medication which led to "desperate, dark, terrible dreams". i think it's very brave for any politician, leader, to come out and speak about their own struggles with a mental health problem, because the reality is that, especially in politics, mental health is still seen by many as a weakness. in ruth davidson's edinburgh constituency, these students we spoke to agree that everyone, regardless of who they are, should be involved in the conversation about mental health. it's definitely something that lots of young people are going through, and having someone like her talk about it, it can only be a good thing. if everybody's open about it, it will help other people tha

it's powerful stuff and that lovely photo with a little wink from ruth davidson. the sunday telegraph's main story is about the kremlin and the possibility the russian secret services are fighting amongst themselves over the poisonings. it's these two history buffs who came for our weekend in salisbury to look at this bar. within an art. and not to try and poison anybody. the sunday telegraph is saying the reason they were put in front of the cameras with this ridiculous explanation was that the kremlin are furious with them because they basically botched the spy because they basically botched the spy operation. they should have gone in there and cleanly killed and two victims and gone out but they are on cctv, they left the perfume bottle with the poison in the wrong place so with the poison in the wrong place so to innocent people were poisoned and one died, and they are furious so and one died, and they are furious so they have basically hung them out to dry and the secret services are telling the sunday telegraph they expect more developments from russia asa e

here we have ruth davidson, leader of the scottish conservatives.nister. that will disappoint a lot of people, especially in the more liberal wing of the conservatives. there will be people who don't know who ruth davidson is, because she is not a westminster mp. she is the leader of the scottish conservatives. she is winking at us. she is expecting her first baby. she is an absolute breath of fresh air in politics, regardless of which party she is in. she's gay. she has done this interview here where she is incredibly frank about her problems with depression and mental health issues during her teenage years. she talks about self harming, she talks about drinking. in the context of this, she says that she puts her mental health and her family, her forthcoming child and her partnership, much higher than coming to westminster to lead the conservative party. yes, emphatically saying she really doesn't want that. i think this is a sensational story because we have a lwa ys sensational story because we have always felt at westminster that there must be a

ruth davidson doesn't fit the traditional conservative mould.energetic persona helped restore what some thought was lost forever, success with scottish voters. today, she took an unusual step for a politician, revealing her private struggles with her mental health. in a sunday times interview, she describes going into a tailspin as a teenager. "i started hurting myself, punching walls, cutting my stomach and arms with blades or broken glass, drinking far, far too much." diagnosed with clinical depression, she was given medication which led to "desperate, dark, terrible dreams". i think it's very brave for any politician, leader, to come out and speak about their own struggles with a mental health problem, because the reality is that, especially in politics, mental health is still seen by many as a weakness. in ruth davidson's edinburgh constituency, these students we spoke to agree that everyone, regardless of who they are, should be involved in the conversation about mental health. it's definitely something that lots of young people are going t

later this year, ruth davidson will give birth to her first year, ruth davidson will give birth to herfirstr, ruth davidson will give birth to her first child and she also confirmed in that interview that in the future she won't go to westminster as an mp or as a peer, because she finds the idea of leaving herjob in edinburgh while she's in london as offensive. thanks very much indeed. sir vince cable, has rejected claims he is running out of time as leader of the liberal democrats and, speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr, refused to set a firm resignation date. that's uncertain. i've a series of tasks to do. i'm going to do them. i'm not setting a time horizon. i think it would be foolish to do so with so much uncertainty flying around. sir vince cable. at least 49 people are now known to have been killed in the philippines by typhoon mangkhut, many of them caught in landslides set off by heavy rain. the typhoon has now moved across from the philippines, to southern china and hong kong, with winds of up to 100mph. from hong kong, robin brant sent this report. this was a monster typhoon that

on friday, in a bbc interview, ruth davidson was asked about a move to westminster.entral in 2021. i want to be the next first minister of scotland. the first conservative first minister of scotland. that's always been my aim. the fact she and her partner are soon expecting a baby is another reason. in three years' time, the voters will decide whether ruth davidson achieved her goal of becoming scotland's first minister. her political ambitions, we've now learned, shaped by her own personal struggles. steven godden, bbc news, in edinburgh. around a thousand people have staged a rally in manchester to protest against anti—semitism. the organisers of the rally say there has been a frightening rise in abuse targeting jews. the chief rabbi, ephraim mirvis, and labour mp dame margaret hodge both spoke at the event. we asked dame margaret hodge what she thinks the labour party could do next to improve the issue, having recently adopted the international definition of anti—semitism. i'm really pleased the national executive of the labour party has now accept it the internat

later this year, ruth davidson will give birth to her first child.s an mp or appear because she finds the idea of leaving her child in edinburgh while she's in london offensive. —— she will not go to westminster as an mp or a peer. let's go to brighton where the lib dem conference is taking place. so vince cable says the money would be put aside over a 10—year period and would include funds raised from the sale of the taxpayer ‘s stake in the sale of the taxpayer ‘s stake in the royal bank of scotland. it's one ofa number of the royal bank of scotland. it's one of a number of suggestions being put forward at the party's annual conference this weekend, taking place in brighton. a little earlier, i spoke to our political correspondent jonathan blake, who is in brighton for us, and he gave me the context around this particular policy. the economy is comfortable territory for sir vince cable and as leader of the liberal democrats, for the time being at least, because he has announced that he will stand down at some point before the next election due in 2

later this year, ruth davidson will give birth to her first child.mp or a peer because she finds the idea of leaving her child in edinburgh while she's in london offensive. the french far—right leader marine le pen has rebranded her party in an effort to broaden its political appeal. formerly known as the front national, the party is now called rassemblement national. mrs le pen has been speaking to her party at its summer conference this afternoon. let's speak to our correspondent hugh schofield who is in paris. they have rebranded. the party is in pretty bad shape, there are court cases all over the place. what has she said to reassure the party with the european elections coming up in may? rebranding, a new name but the message is identical to what was there before. she has had a tough year and there before. she has had a tough yearand a there before. she has had a tough year and a half, she lost the election of course against emmanuel macron after a pitiful performance in the second round of the elections, then there have been thesejudicial elect

and i quote ruth davidson on boris.orry state of affairs this is when you have a foreign secretary, i don't care if he is playing to the gallery, i resent the fact that we are supposed to have a sense of humour over someone are supposed to have a sense of humour over someone who is just making, it is an embarrassment. it is an embarrassing thing to say about the eu who are supposed to be our allies in any future the relationship we hand up having with them. it is an incredibly insensitive thing to say, especially when you take into account eastern european countries that are now part of the eu and did know what it was like to live under the soviet union. it is just like to live under the soviet union. it isjust bonkers like to live under the soviet union. it is just bonkers to be saying these things! what did you make about the point he was trying to get about the point he was trying to get a course? unfortunate use of words, as you say. but the more you type in berlin, the molik they want —— the more you tied people in

meanwhile, the leader of the conservative party in scotland, ruth davidson, has said that she never wantsbe prime minister because she values her mental health too much. in an interview with the sunday times, she's spoken for the first time of her struggle with depression, suicidal thoughts and self harm. ms davidson, who is pregnant with her first child, had frequently been tipped as a future leader. the liberal democrat leader sir vince cable will announce proposals to raise a wealth tax in order to pay for a citizens fund, which he says will spread britain's resources evenly and strengthen public finances. we can join our political correspondent jonathan blake who is at the party's annual conference in brighton. can you explain what he means by this? yes, the economy is co mforta ble this? yes, the economy is comfortable territory for the vince cable. ten years ago he warned we would be spending too much on credit cards, household it was too high and some people credit him with at least partly predict in the financial crash. ten years on he says it is a disgrace that the taxpayer hasn'

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the scottish conservative leader ruth davidson has told the sunday times she would never run for theues her mental health and relationship too much. as you can see from the picture, she is expecting her first child. and the sunday express reports that militia in libya are attempting to sell the brother of the manchester arena attacker. hashem abedi was captured and was due to be tried for his alleged involvement in the bombing, which killed 22 people last may. a picture of borisjohnson there, there are quite a view pictures of him on the front pages today. we may talk about him a little more later. perhaps. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the headlines: theresa may says debate about brexit should be about the united kingdom's future and not her own. she's been speaking to the bbc‘s panorama programme. typhoon mangkhut is continuing its devastating path across asia as it moves from the philippines and approaches southern china. i think it was a tiny bit warmer this morning coming into work. i think it was a tiny bit warmer this morning coming into workm was. a little bit grey

, not only are senior conservatives publicly dissing him now, we have phillip hammond and also ruth davidsoner saying that his remarks were unwarranted when he called theresa may's chequers deal to range. she is advising that he takes a period of silence. —— arranged. the polling also suggest that he would be wise to put a lid on his relentless ambition to lead the party. the mail on sunday today was suggesting that conservatives, it had 10,000 voters ina conservatives, it had 10,000 voters in a poll conservatives, it had 10,000 voters ina polland conservatives, it had 10,000 voters in a poll and it showed that the conservatives would do worse under borrowers. and another poll today suggested that conservative voters overwhelmingly support the chequers deal, not his version of brexit. it seems like he really does not have ground. i am not sure it is true about chequers. it is a political poll. that sounds dodgy. about chequers. it is a political poll. that sounds dodgyi about chequers. it is a political poll. that sounds dodgy. i will tell the that next time i see them. one of the points tha

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

and the sunday times has an exclusive interview with leader of the scottish conservatives, ruth davidsoniscovery made at edinburgh zoo — in short, hi—vis clothing puts pandas off sex. more on that later. i'm not quite sure how they know that... anyway... let's start with the observer. give britain a new referendum on brexit says sadiq khan. how much notice that they take both the mayor of london in this? khan. how much notice that they take both the mayor of london in thi57m isa both the mayor of london in thi57m is a senior politician, so it's another one, broadly the background all this is the people's vote, which is the campaign which is going for the second referendum backed by tony blair, nick clegg and figures like that. sadiq khan says we are at such a stage in the gauche asians, so far down the trail, it is no deal or bad deal. —— so far down the trail. so they have come out in support of people's vote. what with this referendum asked that is of any use... referendum asked that is of any use... nothing of any use. if you are saying, we don't want this, you are saying, we don't wa

the leader of the conservative party in scotland, ruth davidson, has said that she never wants to beer mental health too much". in an interview with the sunday times she's spoken for the first time of her struggle with depression, suicidal thoughts and self harm. ms davidson, who is pregnant with her first child, had frequently been tipped as a future leader. the royal college of pathologists is warning that cancer patients are facing worrying delays in diagnosis and treatment. radio 5 live investigates has been told just 3% of the laboratories which diagnose and study diseases across the uk have enough staff to meet demand. the department of health says it's increased medical training places for home—grown doctors by 25%. with freshers week about to get under way, the universities minister is calling for academic leaders to make student mental health a key priority for the upcoming year. universities minister sam gyimah has written to vice chancellors asking them to review the services they already have in place and improve on areas that are inadequate. going to university is one of

the leader of the conservative party in scotland, ruth davidson, has said that she never wants to beo much". in an interview with the sunday times newspaper she's spoken for the first time of her struggle with depression, suicidal thoughts and self harm. ms davidson, who is pregnant with her first child, had frequently been tipped as a future leader. wealth taxes should be imposed to create a £100 billion "citizens fund", which would spread britain's resources evenly and strengthen public finances — that's according to the leader of the liberal democrats. sir vince cable says the money would be put aside over a ten year period and would include funds raised from sale of the taxpayers' stake in the royal bank of scotland. it's one of a number of suggestions being put forward at the party's annual conference this weekend. a little earlier i spoke to our political correspondent, jonathan blake, who is in brighton for us, and he gave me the context around this particular policy. this is familiar ground for sir vince cable, the former business secretary, and somebody who some people at le

the leader of the conservative party in scotland, ruth davidson, has said that she never wants to bee sunday times newspaper she's spoken for the first time of her struggle with depression, suicidal thoughts and self—harm. ms davidson, who is pregnant with her first child, had frequently been tipped as a future leader. a major study into taking an aspirin—a—day suggests the drug should not be taken by healthy, elderly people. aspirin is taken widely for its impact on the heart but the clinical trial on 19,000 people in the us and australia found no benefit for people in good health over 70. former england and ipswich town footballer kevin beattie has died at the age of 6a. his former team said on twitter that they are devastated to hear of his passing following a suspected heart attack. the footballer, who was known as beat, made 296 appearances for ipswich town and won nine caps for england. a russian activist supporting the protest group pussy riot, pyotr verzilov, has been flown from moscow to berlin for specialist treatment following a suspected poisoning. he became seriously ill

the leader of the conservative party in scotland, ruth davidson, has said that she never wants to be much". in an interview with the sunday times newspaper, she's spoken for the first time of her struggle with depression, suicidal thoughts and self harm. ms davidson, who is pregnant with her first child, had frequently been tipped as a future leader. the royal college of pathologists is warning that cancer patients are facing worrying delays in diagnosis and treatment. radio 5 live investigates has been told just 3% of the laboratories which diagnose and study diseases across the uk have enough staff to meet demand. the department of health says it's increased medical training places for home—grown doctors by 25%. australians have been warned to cut fresh strawberries before biting into them after several people found sewing needles hidden inside the fruit. contaminated punnets have been reported in supermarkets in the states of new south wales, queensland and victoria. georgina smyth has more. it is the stuff of nightmares — sewing needles inside fresh strawberries found at random a

the leader of the conservative party in scotland, ruth davidson, has said that she never wants to bee sunday times newspaper she's spoken for the first time of her struggle with depression, suicidal thoughts and self harm. ms davidson, who is pregnant with her first child, had frequently been tipped as a future leader. a major study into taking an aspirin—a—day suggests the drug should not be taken by healthy, elderly people. aspirin is taken widely for its impact on the heart but the clinical trial on 19,000 people in the us and australia found no benefit for people in good health over 70. president barack 0bama received 65,000 letters each week when he was in office and would try to answer ten of them each day. this week a book byjeanne marie laskas will be published about this unusual correspondence. ahead of its release we've been taking a look at some of the messages he received. his wife and two children paid $1200 a month for health insurance. its tickets to the franklin institute in the heart of philly. the president 0bama, i'm very concerned about what i'm hearing about your

short, and his time is past and already this morning, we heard from the scottish tory leader, ruth davidsonon, saying how he likes to talk about his time as mayor of london, not so much as foreign secretary, saying she was aware of what mrs may's chequers plan involved so why on earth wasn't borisjohnson plan involved so why on earth wasn't boris johnson aware? similarly, david davis suggested that relationships between him and boris johnson are not so harmonious, and mrjohnson‘s proposals have made good headlines but not such a serious plan. you get a sense of the tensions around boris johnson. plenty of people admire him, thinking he can broaden the tory appeal and there are plenty of people who are natalie lowe him. the sunday times interviews —— who utterly loathe him. the sunday times interview have him talking about a bridge to ireland instead of a high—speed rail link, theresa may wanting a festival of brexit in 2022. will we hear any talk about domestic policy at the conference today and in the coming days? well, we will hear an attempt to talk about domestic policies but in a way,

was ita ruth davidson talk about this?well, and more people are speaking openly about it. the reason we are talking to you todayis the reason we are talking to you today is because you can relate so closely. would you like to share your experiences in terms of mental health challenges and self harm?” was first diagnosed with depression asa was first diagnosed with depression as a teenager. my experiences of self harm started around the same time as well. it is something that has come and gone through my life as my mental health has waxed and waned. it is something that has still been an issue for me as an adult. as i mentioned, there is a lot more openness talking about mental health these days. certainly when i was a teenager it was very much a taboo subject. there are still something that is very hard to speak out about and self harm is still a taboo. are you still battling? absolutely. i think it is something i will battle with for the rest of my life. when you say self harm, you think it is teenagers do, which you grow