as a 10th generation scottish american, the story of the scottish stonemasons and the white house is very meaningful and important. our presenter for the session, dr. william seale, literally wrote the book on these masterful craftsman, available to you today in our shop, if you would like to use your 10% discount. he will also be at the reception this afternoon and will sign your copy of the book for you. this is a wonderful book that tells the story of the scottish stonemasons and the work you can still see evidenced on the white house today. we're also honored to have an actual scottish stonemason, is chuck with us? chuck jones -- he is in the back. if you have not been to the blue tent to see his masterful work, please take time to do so between sessions or during the reception this afternoon. about a week ago, that was a solid block of stone that had originated in the aquia quarry for the original white house stone. thanks to our friends at the national park service, they have been assisting in converting that block of stone to the beautiful double scottish rose you will see und

very high quality and the problem with we call the union jack really is that you diminish the scottishness of it and in turn that diminishes the attractiveness of the food and drink they want to be possible for people to put more flags on the producer saltire on one side the union flag and the other woman around well actually that is happening with quite a few companies and that's not a bad thing. it just actually the big problem is but exit and i had them but i accept be a fair thing for companies speculate on the projects any particular that is a real problem for scotland because scotland highs several items which are which have. what is called protected geographical indication not a member of us when i was first minister campaigning for whiskey to get one agreed by the chinese well good for you we won not one and scotch whisky is probably the best known certainly our biggest export but probably the best known export it don't mean british whisky are no they tried and i have very good authority that the sales of the british whisky. just were non-existent and they've gone back to scotch an

as a tenth generation scottish american, the story of the scottish stonemasons and the white house is very meaningful and important. our presenter for this session, dr. william seale, literally wrote the book on these masterful craftsmen, a book that's available to you today in our shop if you would like to use your 10% discount and go purchase it. and he will also be at the reception this afternoon and will sign your copy of the book for you. this is a wonderful book that tells the story of the scottish stonemasons and the work that you can still see evidenced on the white house today. we're also honored to have with us, as you have heard referenced, an actual scottish stonemason. is chuck here with us? chuck is in the back today. chuck jones. if you have not yet been to the blue tent on the other side of the lunch tent to see chuck's masterful work, please take time to do so between sessions or during the reception this afternoon. about a week ago that was one solid block of stone that had originated in a quarry from the original white house stone and thanks to our dear friends at t

if you can put it into say it really is that thanks for your comment anyway now the labeling of scottish produce has been the subject of some controversy over recent months and has been the campaign keep scotland the brand alex i speak to martin hannan who's a journalist involved in meeting that campaign. from our heart and columnist with the national newspaper but for the purposes of the campaign for the scotland the concept both writing about the controversy sweeping the country and also campaigning to instigate even more it does seem to the observer quite unlikely issue to be starting up so much political controversy well so let me just explain what happened was the leader of the national. who at the same tame lovely woman called with watson was starting her campaign keep scope with the brands readers were sending in examples of what happened. is local shops and in the supermarkets where things were starting to be. in the with the union flag rather than the sole tie. so being the flag assault having the flag of scotland and pockets of food would say things like made in button and then

god bless your image of scotland standing there yourself but i've got one more piece of scottishness to give you and that is of course the alex salmond quick and i don't have to i don't have to tell you that but just the best whiskey and all into your close friends and i don't think you will when we when we enjoy this quake at our home we will always drink in the traditional way like this and think of you thank you very much i would sum to the gift of years to see ourselves as others see us. so said scotland's national bard robert barnes but what is one's reputation abroad and how can that be used and utilized to sell scottish goods and services take a look at this recent question in the house of commons but michael gold was questioned by the firm of the west fife them be douglas chapman. introducing some of the finest food and drink which is exported around the world is a sequential well over we balance of payments and it's based on a value scottish brand could ask the minister what steps it is taking to protect scotland the brand to surely efficient quality food and drink is enhanc

we know tour resumes hugely important to the scottish, me and there is evidence ofa scottish, me ando turnberry. do you think those involved in scottish tourism are concerned it's becoming politicized, that scotland is becoming a player within the donald trump story? perhaps, and that is why she's been very careful in the message she's presenting. today she's attempting to ensure that does not happen. i think many people will pay attention to that. people of scotland for reasons other than politics. they love our history, our culture and they love golf, and that is why they come. we heard her say it donald trump wanted to talk we can have an honest conversation, but in reality we know if you are to get face time with the president you will probably have to make him feel good before he makes time for you. she has not made that effort. do you think that was a strategic mistake? possibly, but it was a mistake that was made quite some time ago. of course she fired him as an ambassador for the global scott ward nation two years ago, so —— global scott organisation. because of some of the

as a tenth generation scottish american t story of the scottish stone masons and the white house is very meaningful and important: our presenter for this session, dr. william feel literally wrote the week on these masterful craftsman. it is to use your discount. he will be here this afternoon and will sign the book for you. this is say wonderful back that tell it is story of the work that you can see evidences on the white house today. we are honored to have with us an actual scottish stone mason. his -- is chuck here with us? chuck is in the back today. chuck jones. if have you not been to the blue tent on the other side to see chuck's masserful work, please -- masterful work, please do so. about a week ago, that was one solid block of stone that are originated and thanks to our dear friends at the national park service, they have been assisting in converting that blockover stone into the beautiful double scottish rose you will stunned blue tent -- see under the blue tent in the back. for the past several days this has been carved on the south lawn of the white house and just moved here

an army staff sergeant serving in scotland pays about £117 more in scottish income tax.d pay over £1000 more. but 30% of the forces in scotland, the lowest paid, pay less income tax and they will get to keep the difference. the scottish government argues that military families stationed in scotland enjoy more generous public spending. if you are a serving armed forces personnel stationed here in scotland, you benefit by the investment we make in public services. so that is why, if you are sending one of your children to university, you don't have to pay £9,000 per year. that is why you don't have to pay £8.80 for a prescription charge. now that military personnel are being reimbursed for higher scottish taxes, other people working for the uk government in scotland may hope they will get the same, but there are no plans to extend the compensation beyond the armed forces. sarah smith, bbc news, faslane. we have much more, as always, on our website and you can get in touch with me on social media. now on bbc news, time for sport today. hello, this is sport today, live from

salmon quick for something to wash it down with the scots llama beef or stay with the best of the scottish product thank you very much it is so much for that view has been my pleasure thank you so we've heard from a campaigner and a practitioner coming up after the break when i hear from an academic on the national branding of scotland. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or injury. or something i want to be that's. what's it like to be press that's what the four three in the morning can't be good that i'm interested always in the waters of my. question. euro centric point of view has seen a lot of criticism lately. does euro's centrism know it still being the idea that you know it's confronting so it's. still. a local still it is. my. daughter who was. given a destroyer. on. all fours to well it's only about the looking. forward to one of them while calling. for a. move. you'll move on. welcome back continuing with our theme of call the new brand alex leff speaks academic professor to a black. professor

the scottish football association says it's sorry — but that it didn't fail the children of scotland's the view of its chief executive, ian maxwell, who was speaking after the release of an interim report highlighting failings in scottish football over the issue. our senior football reporter chris mclaughlin is outside hampden park this evening. this interim report was commissioned by the scottish fa here at hampden park after a number of cases of child sexual abuse came to light. it isa63 child sexual abuse came to light. it is a 63 pages long, it has 95 recommendations and it is a damning indictment of scottish football's ability to deal with the issue. it has taken over one year to investigate and compile and the report says the sfa's procedures are not fit for purpose. for that reason, children remain at risk. lessons must be learned, it says, those who failed brought to account. i would absolutely offer a sincere apology to anybody who has been the victim of any abuse in scottish would all. i think they should take comfort from the fact that we have undertaken the review, we com

just the national food drink policy which a lot here gives them scottish farming most yes he was the agricultural rule of the as minister he introduced the the national food drink bowls for scotland and he set up the scotland things and that's no the chief executive guy called james whether he was a fantastic guy and they have done an enormous amount to walk to grow the economy to grow the food industry as the fastest blue insect that i know to corner me and they've just released their new document which is a mission twenty three after and the whole point of invention twentieth it is that the farming community and the food industry have to collaborate what together to meet at the most dynamic diverse industry in the country if they get it right and turn if they have to it will mean that a step to a billion pounds a year of time know what and the food and drink in the street and we will employ. a million people a population of one five point four million one million people will be involved as a friend of a country the supermarkets compute whatever lake on or on a packet and if they've

if scotland as the scottish people who are sovereign.onourable gentleman for giving way. he has spoken about a power grab. if it is, why did his leader in scotland have to increase her cabinet from 16 to 26 because of all of the extra powers coming to holyrood according to nicola sturgeon? my goodness, we're talking about the sovereignty of the scottish people and that's what we get. i'm not even going dignify that. people right across scotland want power in scotland's hands. recent polling revealed an majority of scots trust holyrood to make decisions and areas that the tories want to grab for westminster. what honourable members opposite claim is that scotland is a partner of the united kingdom because they want scotland and the united kingdom to be separate things. they are not. scotland is part of the united kingdom, scotland is at the heart of the united kingdom and ultimately that's what the right honourable gentleman objects to. david mundell. mps have expressed serious concern about the demolition of a village in the west bank. i

carnoustie, crisping up nicely in the scottish sunshine.champion came dressed for colder conditions and stayed cool to weave his way to within two of the lead. but slowly, it all unravelled the jordan spieth. forjordan spieth. a tough first day at the office. tough for him and for playing partnerjustin rose. i've just got to find some momentum and just wait for my run, really. obviously, today was slow going, just two birdies. i need to find a couple of rounds where i am making six or seven birdies a day. he will perhaps wish he was rory mcilroy... lurking left. ..if the former champion can iron out his errors. a few fewer mistakes today, and he would have had the lead. mcilroy still in the mix but must come back and do better tomorrow. it was not pretty off the tee but i got it done and took advantage of some fortunate bounces. you know, i would have taken 69 to start the day. the leader so far, kevin kisner of the usa, five under the score of the day. and how's this for shot of the day, thailand's kiradech aphibarnrat on the bounce. first

the scottish government and the uk government.ed areas like farming are due to return to these islands off to brexit. it's a reminder, if you like, that ultimately, even with devolution, westminster remains sovereign. uk ministers tend not to stress that, scottish government ministers don't like it at all, but then, they don't have to like it. right now, they are having to tolerate it but they promising protest. you know what? i suspect we may all have to return to this topic in the autumn. our scotland political editor brian taylor there. well, tuesday was the first anniversary of the conservatives' deal with the democratic unionist party, designed to keep theresa may's minority government afloat. our northern ireland political reporterjayne mccormack looks back over the last 12 months. well, this was an agreement that received a mixed reaction lastjune. some praised the dup for delivering extra money for northern ireland to go towards health, infrastructure, and even broadband, but it was criticised by others, including some wit

the scottish football association commissioned the report.t they failed scottish children in the past. i have a 17—year—old son who's been involved in grassroots football at various clubs for the vast majority of his life. i've always been comfortable with his security and safety at those clubs. that's the biggest compliment i can pay to the structures and the processes that are in place at the moment. as a child, peter haynes says he was sexually abused by his football coach. if the sfa and the other clubs in scotland do not act on the recommendations, it will continue to happen to other children. they should be able to feel safe. whether they do at the moment or not, i don't think it is a safe environment. child protection must be paramount in footballers everywhere. scottish football urgently needs a new strategy to ensure the safety of all the children involved. sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow. the former pakistan cricket captain imran khan has claimed victory in the country's general election. his political party has won the most seats an

in a high—octane edition, scottish mps let rip. even failed to respect will of the scottish parliament, ineffective and he's even failed to respect the democratic will of the scottish parliament, he has failed to speak up for scotland and the cabinet, he failed to meet his promise to discuss devolution, when will he accept his billiards and design? the honourable lady did not get the chance and the debate last week, so she just recedes the same old stuff. at the heart of this, mr speaker, that we don't accept and do not like the representations i make on behalf of scotland and that is to keep scotland in the united kingdom. another and other mps that the agreement made, ran roughshod over scotland. relying on services and thousands of my constituents work in the service sector, that the prime minister is determined to make a deal, taking services out. has he worked out yet what the impact of the decision will be on the scottish economy and what is he going to do about it? mr speaker, at the heart of the issue obviously is the fact

an army staff sergeant serving in scotland pays about £117 more in scottish income tax.0 more. but 30% of the forces in scotland, the lowest paid, pay less income tax and they will get to keep the difference. the scottish government argues that military families stationed in scotland enjoy more generous public spending. if you are a serving armed forces personnel stationed here in scotland, you benefit by the investment we make in public services. so that is why, if you are sending one of your children to university, you don't have to pay £9,000 per year. that is why you don't have to pay £8.80 for a prescription charge. now that military personnel are being reimbursed for higher scottish taxes, other people working for the uk government in scotland may hope they will get the same, but there are no plans to extend the compensation beyond the armed forces. sarah smith, bbc news, faslane. plastic bags that biodegrade have been hailed as one answer to the huge amount of plastic polluting the environment. the british manufacturers of so—called oxo—biodegradable bags claim th

scottish highland clearances.ice is now threatened. tackling in the commons is just one of those things that ministers have to learn to cope with. —— heckling. but updating mps on the battle against the run except group, the defence secretary, gavin williamson, discovered a new tech leak. heckling himself using his own mobile phone. i've found something on the web for surie and aquatic forces... i've found something on the web for surie and aquatic forces. .. what a very rum business that is.” surie and aquatic forces. .. what a very rum business that is. i do apologise for that. it is very rare that you are heckled by your own mobile phone, so if i may proceed, mr speaker, without the help and support of siri. that's it from us for now. we will be back with our daily roundups in september without the help and support of sirree. in the help and support of sirree. in the meantime they will be hard at work you to restore and renew the palace of westminster. many voters will be looking at the government and wondering

i think that was a part of scottish government's policy as well and. one such area was this in a few sector and water sector right now pakistan is facing a great challenge in terms of water management that is getting one of the water stressed countries and there should be serious crisis in next ten years so i think again water and energy. can be like these kind of support. those of us a great natural advantages but water technology and has one of the relatively few publicly owned but extremely water companies in the world which gives a certain advantage will it's contributing to the international international development yes and one final thing which i would like to highlight is that this bilateral cleared because pakistan since two thousand and fourteen is having this huge e.s.p. plus status we are like the father you are union to all access to the pakistani market and bucks any market can sell their products through your union rights which is the all consuming issue in the west from still parliament the british politics. the impact on public discour

parliament and your scottish parliament. we were working a number of countries and we had been linking those parliamentary experiences between pakistani parliament and those parliament i'm a former board member of the west first of a nation and i think it be true to say that across the political parties the board members were very concerned that the wouldn't programs which would be seen as preaching to people or say to the westminster system was was perfect and beyond reproach but rather to support the do you think. managed effectively in pakistan to get across to support the idea with. being at the holier than thou than saying westminster the mother of parliaments was perfect the specifications experience in provoking in pakistan it was more like widely accepted because she has the same common values and westminster parliament to democracy system but at the same time as you're mentioning you're right in mentioning that. like telling other parliaments what to do is something which is not acceptable to the integrity of pakist

i have a confession, i am scottish. i am pale. i have a confession, i am scottish. iam not pale.he scottish nation will be reading as —— thinking as i read this out. gareth southgate is a credit to his nation and the players have been great. anyone wanting to poll cold water on england should chill out. really, if gareth southgate is converting scotland supporters to support england, that isa supporters to support england, that is a first! it's really refreshing and it is making me hugely confused, he says. s, i need to talk to about this. he has actually texted about! and do you know gareth southgate has increased the sales in waistcoats by 100% coverage it does not surprise me. actually i think it is about 33%. you are a stickler for statistics! it is very difficult to do the drama of what happened last night in moscow justice do the drama of what happened last night in moscowjustice but i will try. most importantly, england into the world cup quarterfinals for the first time since 2006. you all know that and you all know, the first ever penalty shoot—out that england has won a

the scottish westminster governments we re scottish westminster governments were at odds over the eu for devolution. the scottish national party reckoned that the westminster government was launching a power grab to try and hold onto power coming back to the uk from brussels. it spilt over into westminster. a series of commons votes on brexit meant debate on crucial issues about returning power from meant debate on crucial issues about returning powerfrom brussels to meant debate on crucial issues about returning power from brussels to the scottish parliament was cut short to just 18 minutes. at prime minister ‘s questions the next day, the westminster leader of the snp wheeled out an arcane parliamentary procedure. the people of scotland will not be disrespected by this parliament. mr speaker, under the circumstances, given the disrespect shown, i have no option but to ask that this house now sets in private! or call for the house to sit in private is a way to disrupt business and register a protest. that means that the public and the press gallery has to be completely cleared. it r

the scottish roots that he has in the uk.ty of the british isles that the president has, and he's always talked in interviews about how wonderful it would be to meet the queen. so, even though this was not a state visit, of course the government has moved the goalposts a little bit so that they can facilitate a meeting with the queen and she has met ten of the 11 presidents since the coronation in 1953, but i'm not sure that she's met a us president quite like donald trump. and our royal correspondent nicholas was telling me earlier that she would have been intrigued by donald trump. she's seen everything in her time. she's hosted all sorts of world leaders, but she'd want to get the measure of him. it went pretty smoothly to be honest. there were some who were a little nervous about what the president might do because he's prone to be odd, vigorous handshake. but aside from the moment when they were inspecting the garden where he just got slightly ahead of the queen, there was a bit of a problem with the choreography, it wen

scottish police officers, and significant detailfrom the us. can't miss in the middle of the golf course is a scaffold on which two snipers had been positioned through the day. let's look at how the protests have played out in scotland, notjust in turnberry but elsewhere. protesters are calling today a festival of resistance, a national demonstration. here in edinburgh, more than 10,000 people are expected to gather on president trump's second day in scotland. the president had only been at his hotel for about 20 minutes last night. he was out on the terrace, admiring the sunset, when, in an astonishing breach of security, a protesterflew into view — breaching the no—fly zone, getting within yards of president trump. the reaction was to get him indoors, but even that was not immediate. police are still looking for the pilot. as a result of us doing what we did, trump actually saw a protester in the flesh, instead of having to watch them just on television. we thought it was really important, but we did tell police we were on oui’ way, we gave t

they have ruined the sand dunes on the scottish coastline. more than 120 visits since becoming president to a trump golf course. >> this is really disturbing. because it's yet one more advertise itment for his properties. every one of these trips is not only an advertisement, but a voter paid advertisement. >> reporter: trump properties in the u.s. his second and third homes. a amidpopularism, some are undeterred. a former groundsperson counts trump as a boon for his town. he's been good for this community? >> absolutely, absolutely. with friends like you, trump international golf links will soon become our greatest achievement prps. >> reporter: and president trump did take time away this weekend to visit his golf course and play golf on that range and the protests we saw there this weekend highlight that the president's controversial in scotland is also about his policies. 79% of scots have an unfavorable view of him and it seems very much that is not changing anytime soon. >> thank you afor that report. >>> coming up paul manafort's new re

the trust has donated 319,000 people to the scottish conservatives. yet there is no information available about who the people are who manage the trust, no public accounts to indicate who the donors are or what assets it holds. the bbc has revealed that the former vice chairman of the conservative party in scotland was behind [indiscernible] 145,000 pounds donation in the e.u. referendum, and illegal acts have taken foreign money. now the prime minister -- mr. bercow: i think the right honorable gentleman has finished his question. he finished, yeah. can i just say to the right honorable gentleman that he has advised those members in advance as he has preferred to them but i know he is approaching and he will be sensitive to the fact that the house wants that. mr. blackford. mr. blackford: i am now giving the prime minister the chance to tell us what checks the scottish tory party has in place before accepting such large donations, and will she investigate the links between the conservative party and the promise to publish -- a list of all donations a

the biggest forcible removal of human beings is the scottish highland grievances.aces, even our hospices now threatened. heckling in the commons is one of those things ministers have to cope with. the defence secretary gavin williamson discovered a new technique. heckling himself using his mobile phone. ifound something... what a very rum business that is. i do apologise for that. it is very rare that you were heckled by your own mobile phone. if i may proceed without its help and support. that is it for now. we will be back with a daily roundups in september without the help and support of the theory. they'll be hard at work to restore the palace of westminster. many voters will be looking at the government and wondering if theresa may can do the same. but now, from me, and an under reconstruction big ben, goodbye. violent thunderstorms marked the end of this heat wave, with violet hail in places. early saturday those started to clear away, which our spine to. the reason for this change is this big area of low pressure which is continuing to move eastwards. a coup

all have accepted donations from the scottish unionist trust.tivity and foreign money. i‘m now giving the prime minister... i think the right honourable member has finished his question. can i just honourable member has finished his question. can ijust say that i very much hope and trust that he is advise those members in advance that he has referred to them. he will be sensitive to the fact that the house once his peroration. i am giving the prime minister the chance to tell us what checks the scottish tories party had in place before accepting such large donations and will she investigate the links between the conservative party and the trust and promised to publish all donations?” can tell the right honourable gentleman that all donations to the scottish conservative party are accepted and declared in accordance with the law. the scottish conservative party works with the electoral commission to make sure thatis electoral commission to make sure that is all done properly. gillian keegan. domestic abuse is an act of brutality often hidden in p

at the press conference, i think it's regrettable that he didn't meet with the scottish government atump's fault. you mentioned the possibility of a us uk trade deal, but doesn't it concern you at all that mr crump said one thing in the interview with the sun and a com pletely the interview with the sun and a completely different thing in the press c0 nfe re nce completely different thing in the press conference with theresa may? in the sun, he said he was referencing the exact chequers deal, the white paper deal that would essentially put the uk half in the eu and half out. he is stating us policy, and it's difficult to negotiate with the uk pride trade deal if you are half in the eu, but at the press conference it was more accurate, we don't know what's going to happen, they might not even ba divorce bill, it might be the chequers agreement or a one, so we still need to work on the trade deal but the second comment was going at the angle that we don't know what's going to happen, but the first one was saying, if they go through with this current deal, a trade deal would be difficult

now let's speak to hamish mcdonald, a scottish political editor, thank you for your time today.uation, nicola sturgeon finds herself in. she has a delicate relationship with donald trump, doesn't she? i think that what has transpired here is a win—win situation for the first minister. if she had met donald trump it would have put her on the world stage, to a certain extent, meeting the most powerful man in the world, but it wouldn't have gone down well with her base. what's happened is that donald trump has not asked for a meeting with the first minister, so she hasn't had to turn it down, which would have been embarrassing. she hasn't met him, so she can still keep with that fairly vocal voice in the snp want nothing to do with donald trump. scotland's economic ties, notwithstanding political ties, notwithstanding political ties, economic ties with america are profound. it will become even more important after brexit, is it a political misstep for there to be so little diplomatic and political activity with the president, who are just a few miles down the road from glasgow and

perhaps we can start here, in terms of the silenced so far from the scottish government.nald trump right. technically it's a private visit, and they don't want it too embroiled in the discussion. lisicki, the further away they are, the happier they will be. what book and why? they don't agree with the vast majority of policies and direction. nonetheless, all the time that government, regional or national, are getting involved with other governments which perhaps they are not huge fans of, so what do you make of nicola sturgeon's approach? she's trying to a message today. she was leading the pride parade in glasgow, one of the biggest in the uk, and supposedly she was doing this dissent a message, —— to send a bit of a this dissent a message, —— to send a bit ofajab this dissent a message, —— to send a bit of a jab underneath the radar, to point out that they don't support trump's policies. i was speaking to the local mp earlier, and he was saying, you've got to understand what trump has done in turnberry, bringing money and business. he is a member of the conservative par

he haste touted his scottish roots. you can see his scottish welcome. this is described as a private visit. but displays of outrage on the streets. i want to bring into this conversation pam she is an american citizen who has been living in scotland about 25 years you were saying pam what brings you here today. >> i think it's important that americans understand that trump doesn't just affect domestic policy but also affects european policy and the kind of isolationism that he is prompting really does not fit with the ethos in scotland. >> what do you hear from scottish friends, scottish neighbors when it comes to their thoughts on the american president? >> they are appalled in terms of the tone and the fact that he has given permission for people to be racist. to say unacceptable things. and i'm really horrified by the shift in politics in the u.s. >> thank you so much pam. so alex you are hear that message from pam, the american protester here. but by and large this is scottish protesters. a lot of folks are not very happy with the president's messag

visits president trump practices his swing on his scottish golf course. two teenagers have been killed in the gaza strip as israel carries out the longest daylight attack on hamas since the gaza war and twenty fourteen israeli jets targeted several neighborhoods in the gaza strip and the military says it's struck dozens of hamas targets meanwhile hamas has fired more than seventeen mortar bombs and rockets on israel nearly a dozen have been intercepted amassed says the attack was meant to stop israeli escalation and its myth is live for us and gaza but what more can you tell us about these deaths and indeed the trading of these two a tux. well so i can tell you that we've just heard in the last couple of minutes local media is reporting that a ceasefire egypt in egypt and security officials have mediated ceasefire between hamas and the israelis that comes into play now seven o'clock local time so just started a couple of minutes ago but before that news that i've just been given we've become perilously close to a very serious escalation as far as i've bee

the scottish commences river levels are low.ater for our first look at tomorrow's front pages i'm joined by the broadcaster david davies and political commentator, daisy mcandrew. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm azi farni. coming up in the next 20 minutes... carnoustie is ready to test the best on the eve of the 147th 0pen golf championship. i'mjohn watson, i'm john watson, live at the course, whether british contingent will ask themselves just how do they stop the american stranglehold at the majors? former wales captain sam warbuton retires from rugby at the age of 29. geraint thomas wins stage 11 of the tour de france and with it takes the leader's yellowjersey — chris froome is now in second. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm azi farni. thanks forjoining us. the open championship returns to carnoustie this week, with rory mcilroy among the home players hoping to break an american stranglehold on the majors. all four of golf‘s biggest prizes are hel

i am scottish and a massive football fan but it feeds into sort of feelgood mentality. we have probably been lacking a bit of that in britain. it's something that people in england can coalesce round and hopefully they will win against sweden and carry on in the tournament. also sweetly gareth southgate because he volunteered to that penalty in the 96 semifinals against germany and fluffed it. lots of research. the penalty takers

the scottish national party reckons that the westminster government -- it spilled over to westminster. prime minister's questions the next day the snp's leader will doubt an arcane pulmonary procedure. >> we will not be disrespected. [indiscernible] a call from the house as a way to disrupt business. it means that the public in the press galleries have to be completely clear. confusion the speaker could be taken at the end of the session not immediately in the middle. [indiscernible] mr. blackford continue to object. refusal toe repeated resume in history -- seat one so instructed i order the gentleman to withdraw immediately from the remainder of the states setting. turned and march 20 exit. mpsment later the other snp followed him. later it was appeared to be a prearranged -- his party would tow parliamentary seizure protest against what he said was being ripped up as powers are repatriated from brussels. -- he s&p were angry theresa may was under pressure. and eu summit at the end of june after that came familiar weekend reports over brexit camera members. the prime minister would

the scottish government has been seeking to protect jobs. with the clock ticking though. mr. is a nothing. have they completed any economic analysis on the jobs and the economy to stay in the single markets. and if not why not. we talked about investments into the united kingdom. at lester the united kingdom remained a preferred country for investment. in europe and the preferred country and europe. we saw last year 76,000 jobs being created as a result of foreign investments here in the united kingdom. more jobs are being created than in the previous year. and if you want to talk about business just look at the fact that this month we've seen 2.3 billion pounds of investments being there. and the more examples i could give them. he should listen to scottish business. stay in the united kingdom. thank you mister speaker. for my success of managing that. i will be running a 10k road race. this is an event that has raised thousands of pounds of for local charities in my constituency. would they think of the organizers in particular for the organization what they offer her congr

. >> scotland has transferred responsibility to the scottish government. a large regional park in my constituency was exempted from the transfer on the grounds that it was tied up with the private joint venture. last month, the government sold the interest for 167 million pounds. the treasury confirmed to me that none of that money would go to the scottish government but be retained here in london. can i ask the prime minister to review that decision in order that the proceeds from the sale of a major public asset in scotland's capital city are given to the people in scotland? >> can i say that my understanding is that when he says the money is going to the government, it has gone to the crown. i would be happy to clarify that point in writing. after last night, i am sure there is one question i do not need to ask, does she believe that football is coming home? ask,ne question i will does she also agree that another great victory for our united contract ande bae what does she think that means for jobs up and down the country in the manufacturing supply cha

the head of the scottish football association has apologised unreservedly but said scottish footballnd coming snowboarder, after she died on her 18th birthday. yesterday she won a medal at the youth olympic festival. no details have been released about her death. all this week we've been hearing from people directly affected by what's been called the biggest scandal in nhs history. thousands of patients in the 1970s and ‘80s were given blood products from abroad, some of which were contaminated with viruses like hiv and hepatitis c. so far, almost 3,000 people have died. now, a public inquiry has started to find out how that was allowed to happen. tonight, matt merry from south london tells us how he was infected with hiv and hepatitis c atjust eight years old. it was a massive gamble, giving us the factor viii. and that's like playing russian roulette with one empty chamber. and that's just absolutely shocking. my name is matthew merry, i'm a severe haemophiliac. that means my blood doesn't clot properly. you can't do stuff that normal kids do, you can't play games, you can't play r

i am scottish. ifi being called brexit. i am scottish.northern ireland is not part of britain but the united kingdom. why are they not calling this uk—exit?! kingdom. why are they not calling this uk-exit?! the guardian has the story that dominic raab may be feeling a bit bruised and demoted but he is planning to secure food supplies foray no—deal brexit. but he is planning to secure food supplies foray no-deal brexit. we will eat after brexit, but the thing is... he has to, hasn't he three wrote he is admitting. he said this to the committee, the government will have to take steps to ensure that if there is an ordeal that we will have adequate food supplies. the guardian who are clearly more remainers say that this will alarm those who worry about crashing out of the eu. but he cannot really win with this. he has to say, yes, we are preparing to stockpile food in case there was a problem. however he does not think there will be a problem. he emphasised that the chance of disruption to food supplies is negligible. we have a population of