parliament the scottish parliament. on the twenty first day of march in the year seventeen hundred seven is here by reconvene. pranking gave america a lot of new job opportunities and i needed to come up here to make some money like me twenty five thousand dollars as a teacher or i could meet. two thousand dollars a year girl in trucks or chose to drove truck people who rushed to a small town in north dakota was among them plummet rate of zero percent like gold rush is very very similar to a gold rush but this beautiful story ended with pollution and devastation a lot of people have left here i don't know too many people here anymore just slow down so much they lost jobs that laid off the american dream is changing that's not what it used to be. and it's a tough reality to deal. henry kissinger once said the brochure in the united states went into the ukrainian crisis acting rationally based on mutual misconceptions with tensions heightened over the scruple case all the sides guided by misconceptions would deliberately

labor sometimes break with party organizer scottish government secretary and the s.n.p.kbencher in the scottish parliament alex caught up with them in scotland's capital city of at him for a. ballot deal with a member of scottish parliament form a government minister in scotland you cut your political teef and they are sure one of the hotbeds of of socialism in scotland and originally a member of the labor party so growing up in that tradition you came to prominence pretty early moved enough had to handle writing a labor party manifesto whereby well one thousand nine hundred six was the first elation i was ever involved in it was fourteen years of age and i was very inspired by your hero hartle wilson and i actually met them for the first time when he came to eleven thousand nine hundred sixty six to address the nellie rally and i was also that year the labor candidate for dole melling to the high school mark l.h. and i won it late because i was brought up and i'm aiming community and if you are interested in politics assured are militant. you wouldn't have too much trou

parliament the scottish parliament. on the twenty first day of march in the year seventeen hundred seven is here by reconvene . they've been waiting on this for a long time because it's talking about the dollar back to this world reserve currency countries are tired of funding america's wars because there's got to be a trainer in dollars including oil to buy oil got to buy dollars first that means america gets a commission to use that money to wage wars all over the world. and there are some was some a total of one mama. i don't want the little bit of little. yellow vigil of the few who took another critical of what if there could be chilcote. he said to. me and you come with it so for us to do the question is to yes for your yes to chest. but here for everyone that is for you. but. welcome back and forget the only meal about his career with the scottish ball with the ex would reach the point when he arrives in the scottish parliament reconvened off the free hundred euros in one thousand nine hundred ninety. the s.n.p.

break with party organizer scottish government secretary and the s.n.p. backbencher in the scottish parliament alex caught up with them in scotland's capital city of at imbra. ballot deal member the scottish parliament form a government minister in scotland you cut your political tif and they are sure one of the hotbeds of of socialism in scotland and originally a member the labor party so growing up in that tradition you came to prominence pretty early moved enough had a hundred rating or a labor party manifesto whereby well one thousand nine hundred six was the first elation i was ever involved in it was fourteen years of age and i was very inspired by your hero hartle wilson and i actually met them for the first time when he came to even one thousand nine hundred six to address the now late rally and i was also that year the labor candidate for dell meddling to the high school mock election and i won it right because i was brought out and i'm aiming community and if you are interested in politics assured our militant. problem like you will lose the mai

nicholas surgeon was over she came here the royal scottish ballet did a performance in this room just two people and it was beautiful i just mean but we've done things with ryan burns who's jared burns the famous painter of this on the sure that this song many great scott i mean there's one. there's not so many scottish people that i would love to even push forward and let america see them so whatever happens in scotland we i just want scotland again to be to rector specter of what is to be forward and. so that creativity and those we discussed before about how scots tend to assimilate but sometimes that a wee bit shy they are ability. they're very quiet about that and some time use and the hope to create yes exactly this building itself is pretty special i mean even by new york standards this is a quaint it was not one model building is. have lingered scottish there's a plaque downstairs that was built in one thousand forty five to four is seven by under norwood this was the top end of the city our garden wall was farmland after that and ignored built the house thought if it was a tw

patch by the scottish parliament.at this would be widely seen as an attack on the scottish parliament and the democratic? and finally, how much is this going to cost? and who is going to meet the legal costs? mr speaker, i agree with the honourable lady that this is an unprecedented situation, she is right that in relation to scottish legislation. no reference to the supreme court has previously been brought. but your recognise that that is not the only way, the only factor here that is unprecedented. the first time, that the scottish parliament has been prepared to proceed in the face of the advice of its presiding officer, that the bill is not with and the competence of the parliament. so there is more than one way, mr speaker, in which history is being made here. let's return to the eu withdraw bill in the house of lords. what i was a second defeat for the government. this one was to stop ministers from being able to change their own laws which without putting a bill through parliament. these so—called retain the l

they have that one game left ago, the scottish final.le trouble. it is all down to brendan rodgers, many of the celtic fans believe they will party into the night. for rangers, it is more disappointment for them. the club believe they are on the brink of securing steven gerard as their new manager. a penny for his thoughts if he was watching today. we will find out, hopefully, in the next few days whether he has agreed to take on that new role. but it is all about celtic, today, here in glasgow. any sign ofany celtic, today, here in glasgow. any sign of any team who can challenge this dominance? no. absolutely not. at the moment, the gap between celtic and rangers is pretty much as big as it has ever been. it is all about finance and football these days. celtic‘s finances dwarf their rivals. rangers have been trying desperately to claw back some ground on celtic. there is a feeling that here in scotland that as long as brendan rodgers remains in charge, rangers are going to struggle. the headlines on bbc news: labour's david lammy leads

the scottish government rejected devolution proposals in brexit legislation.s had been in dispute with the government over where some powers, currently held by the eu, will go after brexit. politicians in wales said changes had been put forward to the uk government's eu withdrawal bill which would protect devolution, but the scottish government has not accepted what's on offer the snp's pete wishart accused the welsh government of capitulation on the issue. it's as no surprise as they have so easily capitulated. we will never stop defending the integrity of our parliament and we will never allow the tories to diminish our problems. this is the case, mr speaker, that the scottish parliament, with responsibilities the uk government has simply overruled the democratic parliament. is that what's going to happen? our position is still clear. we want to secure the agreement of the scottish government to our proposals in relation to clause 11. we have been very clear to my right honourable friend, our door is open, we are hoping that we will have direct discussion wi

holst some of the greatest scottish painters in so we've got curry we've go joan burton we've go. so we want to see the bell and the bell and john bell and a lovely man got dressed as so there's a great peace up stairs be talked about a million we're if you look at the moon on different continents you're connected so yes so we did that for her next year it's all. we've already found someone who's of . photography gallery person who's doing that then the following year actually is the guy who painted this who just did the exhibition with mice running underneath that. and it's cold on juno so we're going to do cutting edge for that year so it's not about being a. a museum or. hall made to scotland it was this year slightly self-indulgent. but we're international let's very much an international school but you go all shapes and sizes all nationalities come here but i know you do your bit for scotland week and what's not for them as the club posted in the past and what did you think of k.t. tunstall be le fost woman marshall of the played this year what took them so long. i mean right

i'm proud to be scottish i don't need to have a better word to use you a french of course i'm french you can be bold for you can be british you can be european yeah i'm a citizen of the world i got a message but it is a me but it is such a thing then citizen of the world and i am one of them the latest polling suggests that forty eight percent of scots want independence from the u.k. and fifty two percent don't and when you look at voting intentions for an independent scotland it's clear that the young by a wide margin want scottish independence while older people are against it it's the identical demographic splits to the brics it votes the young identifies european the old see themselves as british the polls show that the younger people particularly are very disillusioned with the way that westminster is operated and keen to show that they are as european as anybody else in the last independence referendum four years ago the yes campaign lost by two hundred thousand votes but that was before breakfast. if the scottish independence movement wants another vote a chance to change the

does the prime minister agree that it is in the interests of scottish business and the scottish people that the scottish national party leadership should do the same and reach a similar agreement as soon as possible? >> can i say to my friend i am pleased we are making progress with regard to the withdrawal bill. after many months of negotiation and i would like to thank my friends for what they have done in those negotiations. but after many months we have reached agreement with the welsh government. it is a significant achievement and will provide legal certainty, increase the powers of the devolved governments and respect the devolution settlements. we have made considerable changes to the bill to reflect issues raised by members and the devolved administrations. it is indeed disappointing that the scottish government have not yet felt able to add their agreement to the new amendments, and we sincerely hope that they will reconsider their position. >> jeremy corbyn. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i join the prime minister in congratulating the duke and duchess of cambridge on the birth

celtic thump rangers to win the scottish premiership, the seventh time in a row. the scottish premiership, his first victory since last october. his first victory good afternoon. north korea says it will close its nuclear test site within weeks, and wants us weapons inspectors to verify the shut down. the news follows the historic meeting between the leaders of north and south korea on friday. meeting between the leaders of north the new us secretary of state, mike pompeo says washington has an obligation to pursue peace, as preparations continue for a possible meeting, between president trump and north korea's kimjong—un. between president trump from the south korean capital seoul, laura bicker reports. from this show of unity... comes an apparent display of sincerity. president moon is making his conversation with kim jong il in public and it seems the north korean leader is willing to go further than simply stepping over the border. he has pledged to close an atomic test site, something his father did before him. this was the cooling tower being blown up in 2008, but still north korea

if the scottish independence movement wants another vote the chance to change the minds of people in aberdeen it will surely waits until it knows the time is right and it breaks its sale scotland while the generations change they may still get their child's sleep al-jazeera in aberdeen a philippine president is calling on filipinos in kuwait to come home over allegations of worker abuse philippines banned workers from travelling to kuwait earlier this year after the deaths of seven filipino domestic workers in separate incidents deter taste said the ban is now permanent but two hundred sixty thousand filipinos are still living in kuwait both sides recalled their ambassadors last week after two filipino embassy staff were arrested for allegedly allegedly encouraging maids to flee are former president joyce banda has returned to malawi after four years of self-imposed exile that's despite the risk of arrest over corruption allegations banda fled malawi in twenty fourteen after losing power in the wake of the cash gate scandal that's where tens of millions of dollars were stolen from th

scottish conservative leader ruth davidson has announced she is three months pregnant.er, jen wilson, were excited to be expecting their first child in october after undergoing ivf. she said she would be taking time off for maternity leave like thousands of working women do every year, but she says she expect to return to the scottish parliament in spring of next year. meanwhile, in the house of commons, congratulations for the duke and duchess of cambridge on the arrival of their third child. the couple posed for pictures with the new arrival just seven hours after the duchess was admitted to hospitalfor the birth. john bercow offered congratulations on behalf of the commons and the lord speaker, lord fowler, sent congratulations from the upper house. i am sure noble lords on all sides of the house willjoin me in congratulating their royal highnesses on this most happy of occasions. and that's it from me for now. but do join christine cooper for a full round—up of events from westminster on bbc parliament on monday night at 11. but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, go

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but she said she expects to return to the scottish parliament in the spring of next year.ere congratulations for the duke and duchess of cambridge on the arrival the. eagle. paagd’ffir’pifigr’gfiifij— after the duchess was admitted to hospitalfor the birth. john bercow offered good wishes on behalf of the commons, and the lord speaker, lord fowler sent congratulations from the upper house. i'm sure that noble lords from all sides of the house willjoin me in congratulating their royal highnesses on this most happy of occasions. hear, hear! that's it from me for now. dojoin kristiina cooper for a full round—up of events at westminster on monday evening. but for now from me, goodbye. good afternoon. it is a cold and wet and windy start to the week for south—east england and east anglia we could have a months worth of rain falling in 24 hours. the further north and west you are you have seen more brightness and this photo was taken by a weather watcher in inverness. this one is from east sussex. the wet and windy weather is courtesy of an area of low pressure thatis courtesy of an

i am half yorkshire and have scottish, and i wa nt yorkshire and have scottish, and i want a ticket.i bet we can't see it in glasgow at the moment so what they should do maybe with these big wonderful shows is that a touring production run the country at the same time and bring down the cost. it is not the easiest thing, a hip—hop musical about one of the founding fathers of america. everyone loves it. i love seeing actors act, like that picture. they looks slightly ludicrous but they are the ones laughing because they won seven olivier awards. yes, they have. they did not quite break the record that was made last year by harry potter. nine awards. has anyone actually seen any of these things? the curmudgeonly nature tonight! go away and have a cup of tea. back at 11:30pm. so sorry. next on bbc news it's meet the author. the american border with mexico has become, in the trump era, a political line in the sand. a new book called the line becomes a river, by francisco cantu, takes you there, into dangerous and unforgiving territory, where the author, a third—generation mexican—america

a victory now in the scottish cup final will see brendan rodgers's side complete the double treble. of securing steven gerrard as their latest manager. a penny for his thoughts, if he was watching today but for celtic, more celebrations, something they are getting very used to. brilliant, best feeling in the world. come on the celtic! dreams come true, i couldn't sleep last night, always get nervous for these games but no need to be nervous, absolutely magical. absolutely incredible, my third old firm at celtic park. brendan rodgers has done a marvellousjob and i hope he is here to help you get ten in a row, do you know what you mean? fantastic! it isa it is a tough job it is a toughjob if it is a tough job if steven gerrard go to rangers. manchester city, already premier league champions, show no signs of slowing down as the end of the season approaches. they won 4—1 at west ham — a result which leaves the hammers only three points above the relegation zone. city were dominant throughout. after leroy sane scored city's first after 13 minutes, an own goal put the visitors 2—0 up. aa

s decision to leave the rekindling hopes for scottish independence and in sports the king of play rough and a doll claims his eleventh barcelona and kentucky. now mother who is former president joyce banda says she's not afraid of being arrested after returning to the country and despite facing allegations of corruption she was met by hundreds of supporters when she touched down on saturday and then four years of self-imposed exile on the left malawi in twenty fourteen after losing power and with the scandal known as cash gate when tens of millions of dollars were stolen from the state of banda was malawi's first female president on the second woman to lead an african country the so-called cash case scandal in twenty thirteen so thirty million dollars stolen from state coffers in the space of just six months the scandal hurt malawi's international reputation foreign donors pulled one hundred fifty million dollars in aid from the country iris still an active arrest warrant for bond a fight about reportedly that her to postpone a plan to return to malawi last year we can speak now to joyc

this scottish contingent are absolutely beside themselves. record.tely beside themselvesm took a lot of time to train. i've been pretty much professional for the last couple of months. the dedication, has been worth it definitely. the silver went to kenya from the isle of man, perhaps the first matter of these games. earlier, scotland took a bronze in the women's event, linda pearson celebrating before announcing her retirement. nothing like going out with a bang. at my age, 54, i am really pleased with that. that means the world to me. with the weather this good, though, many were heading for the water. with only a few weeks training together, england's alysia and kat torres admitted to when you get and the synchronised three metre springboard, and perhaps unexpectedly paid off. this a valid time would be trending, so we were expecting anything. the come away with a silver is kind of like, my god. but as this often the case, it wasn't until after dark the real fun began. jack lord, goal for wasn't until after dark the real fun began. jack lord, goal

and that actually has been medically proven to scottish men are less likely to get testicular cancer and then potentially because they were killed because you get more airflow so if you want to kill your more potent yes if you want a p.g. i to make sure that kills off the b. of a seven stand up and have a geographical origin and quality while up as man very articulate perfect why wearing right now would not classify as a p.j. traditional scotch camarena denim machine made. tandems from india so i want traditional scottish craftsmanship chops room and ship because i know very few male killed makers so well what then are all my own which is why i'm not on or on my own the more i like them i'm dad's business i'm tucked away on foot so street. drove me crazy hours like literally really upsetting someone could have the real mccoy. i can't drive. so what you're saying is you want the same damn key of authenticity from the help as for example scotch whiskey house the house absolutely because it drives me nuts that you can walk down the royal mile to see a kilt financially in piles of people

they lost 2-1. straight scottish title. they lost 2—i.t past the keeper. they doubled their lead after substitute headed in after the break. edward pulled one in back later on for celtic. they can win the tie for next weekend with victory against rangers. aberdeen out to second. they beat kilmarnock. ross county and motherwell drew 0—0. liverpool threw away a 2—0 lead at west brom. the baggies distillate points off of safety. to be relegated tomorrow if swa nsea safety. to be relegated tomorrow if swansea pull off a shock. here is conor mcnamara. the good news for louisville is that they came through this game unscathed in terms of injuries. no knocks picked up by any of their players at a very huge champions league semi final. first coming up on tuesday against roma. the bad news is to bite finishing this game and putting all the stars the second half they can try to throw away a two goal lead. selah is the favourite to be named player of the year tomorrow. seemingly indispensable jurgen klopp retained him against next weeks game. danny

parliament to the scottish parliament.wenty first day of march in the year seventeen hundred seven is here by reconvene. it's the cradle of jazz. oh this is america still there are we. know it's just jazz feel. a city of climatic contest of alligators on the lists of poverty and crime by the at least twelve members of my family close my first love street racing in the peace of the night this is new orleans. the best place in the word. but politicians to do something to. put themselves on the line they did accept it or reject it. so when you want to be president i'm sure. you somehow want to be preached. to going to be press it's like them before three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters about how. things should. which. was. the. you was. that. you didn't was. going. to be. welcome back and forget i like neil about his career in scottish politics we'd reached a point when he arrives in the scottish parliament reconvened off the free hundred years in one thousand nine hundred ninety. the s.n.p.

all staying in europe as divisions over break sit between the scottish and british governments deepen hopes of scottish independence are being rekindled in the latest cross border around london is insisting on taking back powers from the european union but many scots say scotland's future belongs in the hands of its own regional government lawrence lee reports now from aberdeen. aberdeen's known as the granite city it's a tough place a bit intimidating looking at the unions don't like being told what i think. the ports attracts workers from all over the world for oil and renewables and the north sea fishing industry it's an important place for both scotland and the u.k. and so the opinions of these people matter identity politics which seems to shape so much nowadays is very pronounced in aberdeen the people have voted by some distance to remain british in the scottish independence referendum but then in the brics it vote they said they would rather be europeans than simply british citizens and now it appears they can't have both in this confusion it was crawfish national party thinks

premiership, for the seventh time in a row. the scottish premiership, and fighting fit in fleetwood.an the habits of a whole town be changed, in the battle against obesity? a whole town be changed, north korea has vowed to close its nuclear test site within weeks, and allow experts from the south and the united states, to watch it being dismantled. the news came from the office of the south korean president moonjae—in, and follows his historic summit on friday with the north's leader, kim jong—un. on friday with the north's but washington is wary, with the new us secretary of state mike pompeo saying pyongyang's commitment to denuclearisation, must be irreversible, and that america wasn't going to take "promises or words," but wanted "actions and deeds." going to take "promises or words," from seoul, laura bicker reports. going to take "promises or words," from this momentous show of unity comes an apparent display of sincerity. of unity comes an apparent president moon is making his conversation with kim jong—un public, and it seems the north korean leader is willing to go further t

i'm proud to be scottish i don't need to have a better word to use you a french of course i'm french you can be bored for you can be british you can be european yeah i'm a citizen of the world i got a message but it isn't me such a thing than citizen of the world and i am one of them the latest polling suggests that forty eight percent of scots want independence from the u.k. and fifty two percent don't and when you look at voting intentions for an independent scotland it's clear that the young by a wide margin won't scottish independence will older people are against it it's the identical demographic splits to the brics it votes the young identifies european the old see themselves as british the polls show that the younger people particularly are very disillusioned with the way that westminster is operated and keen to show that they are as european as anybody else. in the last independence referendum four years ago the yes campaign lost by two hundred thousand votes but that was before bracks it if the scottish independence movement wants another vote the chance to change the minds

saint mirren claimed the scottish championship title today. it's scottish championship title today.inning 1a of the aa goals on offer. the main successes came in the boxing ring and on the athletics track while one of the remaining goal is to be won is on the netball court. these games may be entering the final straight but this is not the time to let up or slow down. this was england‘s moment. victory for the men, which then passed to the women. england on their way to win the gold medal in the relay, england are the champions. a sprint relay gold. great jump. fantastic. are the champions. a sprint relay gold. greatjump. fantastic. silver in the highjump. elsewhere, more medals. england‘s david lookman winning the queen‘s prize and in a tradition dating back more than 150 yea rs, tradition dating back more than 150 years, a lift from the competition. double medals for michael brickley hitting its target of gold, another competitor for england also got silver. the sub whiteside here winning the first of england‘s six gold medals. fraser clark completed their extraordinary day by tak

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hannah miley was bidding to become the first scottish woman to become the first scottish woman to wintive gold medals in the same event but aimee willmott would have none of it. miley was leading for most of the 400 women's individual medley final but the englishwoman moved up a gear to take her first international gold. commentator: aimee willmott is going to win. gold for england. goodness me, that's incredible. i did not see that coming. what a fantastic second 100 metres. just believe that this could be time, maybe. wejust swum the race, i am sure it was a battle between me and hannah and the crowd loved it. it's so nice to finally get a gold medal. another scottish defending champion was favoured the men's 200 metres final. ross set the fastest time in qualifying but was also eclipsed as james wilby of england finished first. australia got the first two places in the men's 400 metres freestyle, james gulliver england got bronze behind mike horton and jack mcloughlin. in the first paralympics final a new world best in the men's s 14 200 metres presold, tom heyman of england, who w

in america has also been a british army garrison and houses the scottish national war memorial. it also keeps alive a tradition that goes back to eight hundred sixty one when ships depended on it to set their maritime clocks the farming of the one o'clock. to this day a common shelters set off every day except sundays. but no sort of when you're walking around town and you hear the big boom you know after living here for a while you know that's the one o'clock i don't even even though you heard it a lot it's still sort of makes you just but i don't know this is kind of a i think it's kind of a culture dish and. i think it's important to keep these things going some one point six million tourists visit the castle and nearly the great hole was completed in fifteen eleven for james the fourth of scotland but he didn't have much time to enjoy it he died in battle two years later after declaring war on english. the aslan named is the most visited part of the castle not least because it's very many euro max viewers have been there and sent as their pictures. you know when you don't go

voted as a whole to leave the most scottish voices opted to remain inside the block and now there are new questions about whether scotland will go its own way laws leave imports from aberdeen. aberdeen's known as the granite city it's a tough place a bit intimidating looking at battalion is don't like being told what to think the ports attracts workers from all over the world for oil and renewables and the north sea fishing industry it's an important place for both scotland and the u.k.

celtic are just one win away from the scottish premiership title. the scottish premiership title.—time. hamilton had a man sent off. scored a winner within a minute of coming on. —— brought on leigh griffiths. griffiths. with one more win from their remaining five matches. remaining five matches. faced west ham in the next 15 minutes. minutes. in the last five minutes, arsenal have beaten southampton 3—2. arsenal have beaten southampton 3—2. equaliser after the gunners went behind at the emirates. behind at the emirates. danny welbeck scored their second. welbeck scored their second. that header, proving to be the winner. winner. both sides had men sent off late on. late on. three while arsenal are sixth, two points behind chelsea. points behind chelsea. round of the masters at augusta is underweight. underweight. the green jacket don‘t go out for another couple of hours. another couple of hours. leaderboard, american patrick reed leading the way on 1a under. leading the way on 1a under. he will be last out with rory mcilroy. be last out with rory mcilroy. yesterday with a seven u

castle sits on a volcanic plug called casa rock that towers over the scottish capital it's one of the most visited historical attractions in scotland and it's a sight that by the locals visitors can get enough of. american illustrator cassandra hamilton has lived in edinburgh for the past seven years. she often sketches the cost. you know no matter where you are and i don't read there is the castle you know you could. see it i just sort of walking between the neighborhood the street in between the buildings you know you see it sort of almost sort of following you around. and the view from casa rock isn't too bad either archaeologists have traced human occupation of the site back to the on age there has been a royal costal here since at least the twelfth century the complex has been besieged destroyed and rebuilt many times over and is now a collection of buildings from different eras like the four hundred year old royal palace. cassandra harrison's favorite place is st margaret's chapel. the oldest surviving building in edinburgh dates back to the twelfth century. you can still get ma

it followed sunday's 4—0 scottish cup semifinal defeat by celtic.ationals have been told to stay away from ibrox alonso faces a three match ban if he accepts the charge, which would include sunday's fa cup semi final against the saints. chris froome has moved up a place to fourth overall at the tour of the alps following a battling ride on the toughest stage. the team sky leader launched one of his trade mark attacks just over half a mile from the finish of the second stage, but wasn't able to hold off his rivals. he ended up crossing the line in fiemme in italy in fourth place, four seconds behind the day's winner, miguel angel lopez. just days after losing his first atp tourfinal, kyle edmund is out of the monte carlo masters. he was well beaten in his first round match by the italian qualifier andreas seppi. the british number one, who this week rose to a career high number 23 in the world, lost in three sets. uk anti—doping are stepping up their efforts in the fight against drugs cheats. increased funding means that they will take double the amo

celtic are celebrating winning a seventh successive scottish premiership title.uld have ended up being an even bigger margin of victory. all the goals came in the first 53 minutes. brendan rodgers' side are now looking to make even more history with back—to—back troubles, they will do that if they can beat motherwell in the scottish cup final. you want to win the league, that's important, and you're playing against what is your big rivals, you wa nt to against what is your big rivals, you want to go and show that you can play. i think what i was really pleased with, they are very emotional games, celtic and rangers, soi emotional games, celtic and rangers, so i was very pleased with their commerce and control in the game. as well as the intensity. they will improve again next year, we have to do. this group of players have been outstanding over these last couple of seasons, but there is still a lot of seasons, but there is still a lot of work for us to do. premier league champions manchester city so no signs of slowing down at the end of the season. they won 4—1

grace reid became the first scottish woman to wina became the first scottish woman to win a commonwealthboard. on the green, her compatriot alex marshall was also rewriting the record books. he led a 4—man team to victory over australia. the fifth gold medal of his career making him the most successful scot in games history. wales surpassed their highest medal tally at an overseas games with laura halford's silver in the hoop. northern ireland claimed theirfirst silver medal in australia thanks to ki rsty silver medal in australia thanks to kirsty barr in the trap. now, tomorrow is the biggest day of the racing calendar, the grand national, of course. 40 horses will set out to win the world's most famous steeplechase over those 30 fences at aintree. this year 3 of them will be ridden by femalejockeys. that aintree. this year 3 of them will be ridden by female jockeys. that is the most in the grand national for three decades. andy swiss has more. a day when the only must have fashion accessory was the trusty umbrella, decidedly soggy going out aintree. as ever, it didn't dampen the enthus

another team who've claimed more silverware are the scottish champions celtic, who've sealed a seventhit up with a comprehensive 5—0 victory over old rivals rangers. it leaves them on the brink of winning back to back trebles, having already won the league cup under manager brendan rodgers, with the scottish cup final to come. holders lyon are into the final of the women's uefa champions league after a 1—0 victory over manchester city ,where they will play wolfsburg in a repeat of the 2016 final. former city player lucy bronze scored the only goal of the game for the french side the winner coming after 17 minutes. lyon are aiming for a third consecutive women's champions league triumph. but will have to overcome the german side, who knocked out chelsea 5—1 on aggregate. world champion lewis hamilton has won the azerbaijan grand prix, his first win of the formula i season in an incident packed race in baku. hamilton benefiting from the misfortune of his team—mate valteri bottas and some self inflicted drama from red bull drivers max verstappen and daniel riccardio. joe lynskey reports.

this is the scottish mail on sunday.in towns and cities in scotland's. and villages are. and villages! people are not necessarily happy about this. apparently there isa campaign happy about this. apparently there is a campaign group called is 20 is plenty for us and they seem to have won the day. business chiefs are warning it would be a disasterfor the economy. what is the average speed of traffic in cities?|j the economy. what is the average speed of traffic in cities? i don't drive. i don't know. the scottish government is behind it. they can't be. the expectation is if it works there it will be coming to the rest of...ican there it will be coming to the rest of... i can understand why it exists. but business can't actually function at that level. that is the problem. bonnie, take a quick look at the sunday it was for me. sas soldiers act out harry's wedding. at the sunday it was for me. sas soldiers act out harry's weddinglj don't know why this is a headline, actually. i will be honest, don't know why this is a headl

celtic will clinch the scottish premiership title if they beat city rivals rangers tomorrow afternoonle hamilton academical... ...took a huge step towards survival with a 2 nil win against bottom side ross county. after a nervy first half of few chances hamilton took the lead from the penalty spot and then david templeton doubled the lead to seal a vital three points. hamilton are now ninth, six points clear of county who are in big danger of automatic relegation. elsewhere, hibs beat kilmarnock 5 3, motherwell beat dundee and it was i i between stjohnstone and partick thistle. brechin city's season has come to an end with confirmation of an unenviable record. they are the first senior scottish team to go through a whole campaign without winning a single match since 1892. promoted to the championship last season, they have finished on just 4 points. they lost their final match of the season 51 at home to queen of the south. our reporter jonathan sutherland was there and i asked him a short time ago what's gone wrong for brechin. the big problem for brechin city is that they were promo

celtic win the scottish premiership, with a thumping 5—0 win over old rivals, rangers.we look at the highlights of new york's tribeca film festival. that's in ‘talking movies‘, in half an hour. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the former immigration minister, brandon lewis, is supporting a claim by the home secretary that she didn't know about home office targets for removing illegal immigrants. amber rudd told a commons committee earlier this week that she wasn't aware of the targets, then on friday said she hadn't seen an email lastjune, which gave details about the policy. she has resisted growing calls for her to resign. our political correspondent peter saull reports. another day, another cabinet minister leaping to the defence of the embattled home secretary. amber rudd denies reading a memo about the deportations of illegal immigrants. that memo was addressed to the then immigration minister. it was a memo to me. do you remember reading it? yes, i do actually. brandon lewis went on to say that he and amber rudd discussed an ambition rather than a target t

the scottish government the willis government. the members of this house want the uk to remain in the customs union. they are not working for all of the nations of the united nations. they voted to leave the european union. they voted to leave. what we want to ensure is that we are able to negotiate independently free trade deals around the rest of the world. that we are also able to ensure that we deliver on our commitments for no hard border between northern ireland and ireland. between the united kingdom and the european union. they want that border and that's what we're negotiating for them. the single market quite simply here. with their own government analysis. in every region of the united kingdom would be negatively impacted they are effectively at a standstill because the government has the rest of the ideas and how to deal with the irish border issue. even the good agreements for this government. for the prime minister that if this plays forward. that would be the negotiating position of our government. this government i

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