it also didn't know a guy this year with alex salmond —— did a _ guy this year with alex salmond —— did mentioned, there are big questions for the snp to answer. i don't think it's quite _ for the snp to answer. i don't think it's quite on— for the snp to answer. i don't think it's quite on course to win this majority _ it's quite on course to win this majority it— it's quite on course to win this majority. it needs to dip on the second — majority. it needs to dip on the second referendum.— majority. it needs to dip on the second referendum. let's go to the mail. it's talking about one pole only and this is also one pole only, and we have to talk about trends with polls. no single pole ever tells us very much. whether or not this is something more serious for the prime minister to be worried about. this is a starvation _ minister to be worried about. try 3 is a starvation pole. —— a survey pole. the conservatives are 39%, which is a drop of four points, and labour are 38%, which is a drop of four points, and labourare 38%, again which is a drop of four points, and labour are 38%, again

alex salmond has launched the alba party�*s election manifesto, saying his party is the only one thatthe town of hartlepool in the north—east of england once again elected a labour mp, while many seats in the surrounding region — also traditionally labour — turned conservative for the first time. the voters of hartlepool will be going to the polls in a parliamentary by—election on the 6th of may, after the town�*s labour mp resigned last month. our political correspondent, alex forsyth, has been to hartlepool to assess the relative strength of the parties now. the shadow of past industry lingers on england�*s north—east coast. solid labour for decades, but support�*s gradually ebbed. nearby seats have changed colourfrom red to blue. the seaside town of hartlepool, though, still picked labour when it made its last choice. he�*s hoping it stays that way. a gp and former mp, he�*s pushing for improved public services, dismissing claims that hasn�*t always been the case. i was involved in bringing services back to hartlepool hospital. actually, we�*re showing on the doorsteps that lots of

alex salmond has launched the alba party's election manifesto, saying his party is the only one that leave the union. mr salmond promised alba would "bring urgency into the timetable" of independence and push the elected government if it wins seats in next month's polls. a former prisoner who used a fire extinguisher to fight the fishmongers hall attacker has described the moment he dared usman khan to detonate a suicide belt. daniel sandford is following the inquest for us. tell us more about the proceedings. the fight on london bridge between convicted terrorist usman khan armed with two knives and two former prisoners and a prison officer armed with a fire extinguisher and a marble tusk was one of the memorable images of mid—2019 and stay the inquest into the deaths of jack merritt and saskia jones, john crilly came to give evidence and he was the man armed with a fire extinguisher. he described hearing screams inside fishmongers' hall and going down the staircase and sing the saskia jones on the stack is covered in blood and then seeing usman khan armed with two knives saying he

mr salmond said his party has a proper plan for scotland to leave the union and promised alba would "lepool will go to the polls in a by—election on the 6th of may after the town's labour mp resigned last month. the area has been labourfor decades — and the party held on at the last election, while surrounding areas in the north east — part of the so called "red wall" — voted conservative for the first time. alex forsyth reports. the shadow of past industry lingers on england's north east coast. solid labour for decades, but support�*s gradually ebbed. nearby seats have changed colorfrom red to blue. the seaside town of hartlepool, though, still picked labour when it made its last choice. he's hoping it stays that way. a gp and former mp, he's pushing for improved public services, dismissing claims that hasn't always been the case. i was involved in bringing services back to hartlepool hospital. actually, we're showing on the doorsteps that lots of people believ in the same issues as us. they want to see services back in the hospital, they want to see more jobs in hartlepool and they

has been an utter disaster for any country on the end of it so do you think we should want ours salmond's on the sand event for christ's sake not the like bringing overseas disasters to the homeland let's build some fukushima style nuclear plants on the coast of california while we're at it look violence is already legal planning to harm people is already illegal. the intelligence community already has dogs of power and money and weapons and people they don't need more they already violate our rights and our privacy and our freedom on a regular basis they don't need to do it more remember fascism will come to america wrapped in an american flag holding a cross dressed in a skimpy outfit cradling a bucket of k.f.c. chicken and giving out free handouts there are a few dangers more acute than the weaponization of these security state instruments against us citizens for political ends the intelligence community has been a runaway truck crushing everything in its path creating coups around the world killing thousands and intruding on the lives of average citizens for generations as i mentioned

mr salmond said his party has a "proper plan" for scotland to leave the union and promised alba wouldent following the conviction of derek chauvin for george floyd's murder. the labour leader accuses the prime minister of being at the centre of government "sleaze" in a lobbying row — involving the businessman sirjames dyson. fan power — as plans for the european football superleague collapse in spectacularfashion. users of instagram will be able to filter out abusive messages and comments they receive, as part of a new set of content controls announce by the social media giant. the change comes after premier league stars complained publically about sexist and racist abuse on the platform. the company is giving users greater control of who can message them privately — as well as the option to block predefined words, phrases and picture emojis. although instagram said users were not immediately removed for breaking community rules ? because education and reflection was important in combatting abuse. fadzai madzingira is head of content policy for instagram. oui’ our apologies, we seem t

and what difference might alex salmond's new alba party make?t end up undermining the cause? the conservative and labour parties in scotland have new leaders keen to make an impact. it'll be a fascinating contest. now, 60 senedd members will be voted for in wales and, like scotland, anyone over 16 can vote. labour have been the largest party in all previous devolved welsh elections, and current leader mark drakeford hopes to repeat that this time. this is what happened in 2016. the conservatives and plaid cymru are used to fighting it out for second place. and what will happen to those seven ukip seats? six of them have since left the party. elsewhere, there's the vote for london mayor, along with the 25 members of the london assembly, with more than 6 million eligible to vote in the capital. there are votes for seven combined authority mayors and five metropolitan mayors. thousands of council seats are up for grabs in 143 english local authorities. local issues are important to many voters, but this will give us a snapshot of the national mood,

and what difference might alex salmond's new alba party make?ould it end up undermining the cause? the conservative and labour parties in scotland have new leaders keen to make an impact. it'll be a fascinating contest. now, 60 senedd members will be voted for in wales and, like scotland, anyone over 16 can vote. labour have been the largest party in all previous devolved welsh elections, and current leader mark drakeford hopes to repeat that this time. this is what happened in 2016. the conservatives and plaid cymru are used to fighting it out for second place. and what will happen to those seven ukip seats? six of them have since left the party. elsewhere, there's the vote for london mayor, along with the 25 members of the london assembly, with more than 6 million eligible to vote in the capital. there are votes for seven combined authority mayors and five metropolitan mayors. thousands of council seats are up for grabs in 143 english local authorities. local issues are important to many voters, but this will give us a snapshot of the national

mr salmond might end up with some representation.ere they did pick up list seats last time. given where we are at in the opinion polls, the snp at around 50% of constituencies, maybe they will and maybe they won't need the odd list seatin maybe they won't need the odd list seat in order to get 65 seats. why does that matter? that matters because 65 seats as an overall majority. the snp would prefer to have a majority, rather than talking to mr salmond. 0verall, they would want an overall majority. the conservatives are trying to stop one, because the snp, of course, they last won an overall majority in 2011, in the wake of that, the then conservative prime minister david cameron accepted that the snp had won the moral right to hold a referendum. borisjohnson does not wish to give the snp a referendum after this election.— after this election. thank you, as ever, for after this election. thank you, as ever. foryour— after this election. thank you, as ever, for your encyclopedic - ever, for your encyclopedic knowledge and level of deta

alex salmond has launched the alba party�*s election manifesto, saying his party is the only one thatange in the law after air pollution led to the death of a nine—year—old girl. ella adoo—kissi—debrah, who lived near the south circular road in london, died in 2013. a new report says targets for particulate matter would reduce the number of deaths from air pollution and it�*s calling on the government to take action. richard galpin reports. ella adoo—kissi—debrah was just nine years old when she died. her death the first in this country in which air pollution was listed as the cause. it sparked a long and successful campaign to warn people of the dangers of air pollution. it was led by her mother. she wouldn�*t believe it, actually, but i am really, really pleased, ultimately, although she lost her life, i hope that thousands upon thousands of lives will be saved, notjust in the uk but worldwide. that�*s an astonishing achievement. in today�*s reports on preventing future deaths, coroner philip barlow says there is concern about a lack of legally binding air—quality targets based on w

and how will the smaller parties, like alex salmond's new album party, do?ate in the next week or so, but so is the economic recovery after the pandemic. as i have been finding out. a warm welcome back after a long winter lockdown. i hope you're hungry. hospitality on aberdeen's beach front is back up and running. enjoy your lunch. and despite a tough time recently, susie remains optimistic. we have to be positive going forward from as from now with the reopening of everything. but it has been a very scary time this last year for everybody in aberdeen and aberdeenshire. do you think it's important that politicians focus on getting the economy moving again? oh, first, yes. firstly and mostly, yes. there are green shoots here, shoppers back on union street. but aberdeen has been hit hard and local business groups want politicians to act. unemployment has been the highest in scotland. our number ofjob vacancies has fallen the most. this is a vital election, possibly the most important of our lifetimes, because i think the policy decisions that are determined no