the leader of the scottish labour party, kezia dugdale, has resigned with immediate effect. msp for lothian, seen here withjeremy corbyn five days ago, has been the leader of the party for just over two years. in an interview she said she was leaving the party in a good position. most political leaders quit at a moment of crisis, something terrible has happened. i've decided that i think the labour party is very much on the up. it has made a huge amount of progress to 2.5 years ago. i've taken the party forward, it in a better state than when i found it. now it's time to pass that pattern onto the next person. we've had five national elections in 2.5 years, so it's time for the next person to have for years to build the next one. how has it been being leader? it sounds like there's been a weariness to it. the labour party in scotla nd weariness to it. the labour party in scotland is —— was in terrible trouble when i took over 2.5 years ago. we've gone from just 41 to one mp. there was a lot of work to be done and i've devoted every waking moment of my life to that task in the

election probably did not help matters for the leader of the labour party there but she has now decided to stand down and resign as leader of the scottish and now as build the papers. —— as build, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are kate mccann from the telegraph and kate forrester from the huffington post. tomorrow's front pages. president trump makes the picture lead on the front of the financial times, as he's briefed on the relief effort for tropical storm harvey, by the governor of texas. "melania to the rescue" is the metro's take on how the us first lady jets off to a flood disaster zone. in stilletos. that's alongside its main headline ‘korea on the brink‘, where it reports on the international hue and cry prompted by north korea's latest missile launch. the korean crisis is also the lead in the express, which reports on how president trump has warned kim jong—un that ‘all options are on the table'. the guardian claims that weaker sixth—form pupils, are being dumped by a leading grammar school, to improve overrall results. while another education story

and the top story here in the uk: kezia dugdale has resigned as leader of the scottish labour party,ith immediate effect. she says the party needs a new leader to prepare for the next holyrood elections. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. japan's prime minister, shinzo abe, welcomes theresa may to tokyo. will north korea overshadow trade negotiations? from bicycles to football, we look at where —— whether the sharing economy has gone too far. it is wednesday, everyone. glad you could join us for this edition of asia business report. i am rico hizon. as we mentioned in the headlines, uk prime minister theresa may is injapan from today for a three—day visit. before we get to that story, let's check out the state of the world's third—largest economy. here is our asia business correspondent. about a year ago, the economic news coming out ofjapan was still pretty gloomy. after all, this was a country which struggled with falling prices and slower growth since the stock—market collapsed company bubble in the 19905. but collapsed company bubble in the 1990s.

leader of the scottish labour party, kezia dugdale, has resigned as head of the party with immediateirens sounded across japan, after north korea fired a missile over the island of hokkaido. the un security council is holding a meeting to discuss how to respond. and on newsnight, hurricane harvey becomes a test for the president. donald trump lands in texas as the storm waters rise. and we ask if the knives are now out for boris johnson.

the moderate wing of the party while also being close tojeremy corbyn and the uk labour leadership team. it's obviously quite a prize, not only because it will be the scottishbody of the uk labour party. that's quite finely balanced at the minute. it will have an impact across the uk. thank you. in a moment a look at how the financial markets in europe closed the day, but first the headlines on bbc news. as texas continues to cope with the floods from storm harvey the storm moves east, inundating the city of port arthur the more than 20 inches of rain and closing the country's largest oil refinery. north korea says the firing of a missile overjapan was "the first step" of its military operations in the pacific, after the un sceurity council unanimously condemned the country. president trump says "talking is not the answer" to diffusing diplomatic tensions. prince william and prince harry visit a memorial garden for their mother on the eve of the 20th anniversary of her death. hello. now a look at how the markets in europe have ended the trading session. tuesday saw heavy losses on global markets but today they were back on the up — why? well, investors were

i've assessed the situation the scottish labour party faces.cisions i want to make around it and i've decided this is time. do you thinkjeremy corbyn can go on to become prime minister, do you think he is the right leader for the labour party? i absolutely do believe that he can and will go on in the role he's doing. he will have my full support in doing that. and you'll back him in that? of course. and it's not the reason you're leaving? categorically not. there has been a stark warning from one of europe's top diplomats that the uk must be clear what it will look like after brexit or it will fall off a cliff and failed to negotiate a successful exit from the eu. the danish ambassador to britain is about to return home after four yea rs is about to return home after four years for staff what really, i think, affects also danish companies in the uk is all the uncertainty, which also came after the brexit referendum, and as long as this uncertainty is continuing, of course, the more difficult it is for them to make long—term investments and plan

and the top story here in the uk: kezia dugdale has resigned as leader of the scottish labour party,

the scottish labour party is looking for its fourth leader in less than three years, after kezia dugdaledays' time to consider the process of selecting her successor. the lothians msp says the party is in a much better state than when she came to office — and insists she wasn't pushed out of the job because of past comments aboutjeremy corbyn's leadership. what i'm trying to do is something that politicians rarely do, which is to leave with my head held high without any sort of crisis. i have beenin without any sort of crisis. i have been in this leadership role in a very difficult time in my party's history. a lot has happened in 2.5 yea rs, history. a lot has happened in 2.5 years, but there four years until the next election, so i want to give the next election, so i want to give the next election, so i want to give the next person space and time to do the next person space and time to do the right thing by the party. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story is: tropical storm harvey has reached louisiana — as texas continues to battle severe flooding. some of

i have assessed the situation that the scottish labour party faces, i have looked at my own life andound it and i have decided this is time. kezia dugdale, thank you very much. thank you. our top story this lunchtime. the un security council condemns north korea's firing of a missile overjapan — but pyongyang warns it's the first step of military operations in the pacific. and as european leaders look for ways to tackle the migrant crisis, we report from bangladesh on the people there attempting the dangerous journey across the mediterranean. coming up in sport. a ground—breaking study to diagnose concussion — england's professional rugby players are set to take part in a test to help combat brain injuries in the sport. if you're struggling with debt, you're more likely to have your credit card limit raised — without asking. that's according to research from citizens advice, which found that nearly one in five of its customers is being given access to more credit, without requesting it. the charity wants a ban on credit extensions without the cardholder's explicit consent. here's our

the scottish labour party is looking for its fourth leader in less than three years, after kezia dugdalemuch better state than when she came to office — and insists she wasn't pushed out of the job because of past comments aboutjeremy corbyn‘s leadership. i refute that completely. what i'm trying to do is something politicians rarely do, to leave my head held high, without any sort of crisis. i've made it clear to you that i've been in this leadership role at a very difficult time in my party's history, a very challenging time in scottish politics. a lot has happened in two and a half years but there's four years ahead until the next election. i want to give the next person space and time to do the right thing by the party. bbc scotland's political editor, brian taylor, is in edinburgh. brian, how quickly will they be able to find a new leader? well, they will hold a leadership contest. they have got rather good at them. they have had plenty of practice in recent years, as you mentioned. it will be expedited as speedily as possible. the scottish executive of the party will meet to set up

the scottish labour leader keiza dugdale has quit as the party's leader in scotland. g members of her own party. but she's denied she was under pressure to leave. keiza dugdale is one of three female scottish party leaders in hollyrood, along with first minister and snp leader nicola sturgeon, and scottish conservative leader ruth davidson. both took to twitter to pay tribute. what does this mean for the labour party in scotland, and who might replace keiza dugdale as leader? let's get the view political commentator and columnist david torrance. catherine macleod is a political commentator and former special advisor to the last labour chancellor and scottish mp alistair darling, and rhea wolfson, who is on the labour party's ruling national executive committee, she was backed by momentum and is an ally ofjeremy corbyn. thank you very much forjoining us. was she forced out, did she have to go? no, she wasn't forced out. i think... you can hear it from kezia dugdale that she wasn't forced out. i think anyone trying to write that story does a disservice to have. i think s

and there are some people in the scottish labour party saying that kezia dugdale has faced quite a lot the romantic story. nick, thank you very much indeed. well, japan may have other things on its mind this week beyond the minutiae of a possible trade deal with the uk. although theresa may is arriving there shortly. residents in the northern island of hokkaido were awoken this morning by sirens warning of a ballistic missile launch from north korea. the first to fly over japan since 2009. within three minutes of the weapon being fired, prime minister shinzo abe had gathered his officials. six minutes later, the missile, travelling at around 7,500 miles an hour, had hurtled beyond the island, out to sea. japan is, of course, no stranger to nuclear assault. so what effect will today's test flight have onjapan‘s own militarisation, and its ability to depend on others to protect her? it was in august 1945 that the us changed the history of warfare forever. the two atomic bombs dropped on the japanese cities of hiroshima and nagasaki killed an estimated 150,000 people. japan had no choice

kezia dugdale resigns as leader of scottish labour, saying she is leaving the party in a better state she found it. prince william and prince harry will visit a memorial garden for their mother on the the eve of the 20th anniversary of her death. also, targeted by credit card firms — campaigners warn that raising credit card limits could be pushing people already struggling with debt into further difficulties. six and a half million viewers tune in to channel 4's first episode of the great british bake off, but did the show ‘rise‘ to the challenge? good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. tropical storm harvey has moved east to neighbouring louisiana, after battering the city of houston in texas for the past four days. thousands of people there have fled their homes in search of emergency shelter amid severe flooding. residents in port arthur, texas — 90 miles east of houston — are said to be in ‘survival mode.‘ residents have been posting pleas for help on social media and calling local radio and tv stations for help. the storm has made landfall for the second time — this time in the

i read a letter, she said it was about quality of life, the right time for her and the scottish labour partyspect that decision. i don't think there's a subtext, that is why she didn't do a press conference. exit strategies are the hardest things in politics. you believe what you saw. last thought, labour's position on brexit seems to have changed or gotten softer, whatever you want to call it. if tomorrow is a group cross—party mps were to call for britain to remain permanently in the customs union, post a transition period, would they have your support? that might be one outcome of the negotiations we would support but as the opposition... no, this is — if mps stood up tomorrow and say, we want the labour party, or we want britain to commit to remaining permanently in the customs union, would that be something you would say, absolutely, i will stand behind, you have my support? it seems sensible but the sensible way to do this is to negotiate, if that is negotiated outcome, fine. it might be where we push on this but i think to tie the hands of negotiators now would be... could you put a h

i have assessed the situation that the scottish labour party faces, i have looked at my own life and much. thank you. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour, but first the headlines on bbc news. as texas continues to cope with the floods from storm harvey the storm moves east, inundating the city of port arthur and closing the country's largest oil refinery. north korea says the firing of a missile overjapan was "the first step" of its military operations in the pacific, after the un sceurity council unanimously condemned the country. president trump says "talking is not the answer" to diffusing diplomatic tensions. prince william and prince harry visit a memorial garden for their mother on the eve of the 20th anniversary of her death. in the business news. evacuations and shutdowns, the ceo of shell is a disruption caused by storm harvey will continue for weeks but expects a limited impact on production capacity with little disruption on world markets. we will hear from disruption on world markets. we will hearfrom him in a moment. the co—operative group has entered ex

at the time of recording, kezia dugdale was leader of the scottish labour party.is is the first time she has spoken publicly about her experience of coming out. you were put in the position where you had to say something before maybe you would have chosen to. yeah, it was really difficult. i didn't have complete control over coming out. i came out in the middle of an incredibly intense election campaign, it was the 2016 scottish parliament elections. i'd done an interview with a publication. i've done hundreds of interviews with journalists, i do them every week, and it wasn't the first time i had been asked about my sexuality or about my relationships. i would always answer honestly and then i would say, "but i would prefer you didn't use that, i don't talk about it, i don't think it matters." and up until that day, everybody had respected that. and then that one journalist decided no, it was a story, so ijust had to suck it up. i had to make some phone calls, speak to a few people, tidy it up, make the best of it that i could, but it wasn't in my control. i do r

i have assessed the situation that the scottish labour party faces, i have looked at my own life and thank you. with just a matter of hours to go until the deadline for parents in england to apply for 30 hours of free childcare, it's claimed almost half of parents have yet to find a nursery place. the offer to double free childcare to families in which both parents work was a conservative manifesto commitment in the 2015 election. from this week, the free childcare allowance doubles to 30 hours for three and four—year—olds in england. parents are eligible if they both work and each earn less than £100,000 a year. but the pre—school learning alliance has claimed that there is a 20 per cent gap between government funding for the scheme and the cost to nurseries. many smaller nurseries say they cannot afford to offer the free time, while others say they will restrict the number of places they can provide under the scheme. kim herbert works for happy days nurseries in the south west of england and says that lots of work has already been done towards this change, and she believes it will

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chamber to the government who is articulating something different and when you assemble labour, the scottish national partyf mps who could be articulating a view that they would like to see a brexit rather different from the one that theresa may is advocating. through into that there are plenty of conservatives who voted for remains and perhaps a smaller number of months back digit who would like to see what they see the hard edges of theresa may's brexit plan knocked off, there could be some interesting comments moments because of cost theresa may does not have a majority of her own conservative mps and is seen as of her own conservative mps and is seen as pretty weak, pretty vulnerable in her position as prime minister. the shift from labour which answers some questions and leaves u na nswered which answers some questions and leaves unanswered about their long—term vision for the uk's relationship with the european union politically could be quite significant. thank you very much. tens of thousands more people have been ordered to leave their homes as floodwaters continue to rise after tropical storm har

kezia dugdale has resigned as leader of scottish labour, saying she was leaving the party in a better state than she found it. also — afraid of being followed or attacked — one in ten children were a victim of crime last year, and new research suggests fear of crime is the most common issue affecting their wellbeing. 6.5 million viewers tune in to channel 4's first episode of the great british bake off — but did the show "rise" to the challenge? good morning. it's wednesday 30th august. i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the united nations security council has unanimously condemned north korea's firing a ballistic missing overjapan. a statement issued after an emergency meeting last night and agreed by pyongyang's allies, china and russia, described the test as "outrageous." however, the two countries did say that us military activity in the region was partly to blame for the increase in tensions, and urged negotiations. these are the latest pictures of the missile which launched on tuesday, that crossed over japan's northern hokkaido island, triggering public alerts to

kezia dugdale has resigned as leader of scottish labour, after less than two years in the post. the lothians msp insists she is leaving the party found it. she has also rejected the idea her departure has anything to do with her previous criticism ofjeremy corbyn. most political leaders quit at a moment of crisis, something terrible has happened. i have decided that i think the labour party is very much on its uppers. it has made tremendous progress from the state that i found it in two, two .5 years ago, when it was literally on its knees. i have taken the party forward , knees. i have taken the party forward, it is in a much better state than i found it. now it is time to pass that baton onto next person. we have had five national elections in the next four years. now it is time for the next person to have one. one in five people struggling with debt have had their credit card limit raised without requesting it. that is according to research from the charity citizens' advice, which has called for the practice of extending credit without consent to be stopped. uk finance, the body which represents some of the country's biggest

scottish labour is about to get its fourth leader in four years after kezia dugdale resigned with immediate effect. ms dugdale said the partyd a new mandate." she‘s been speaking to bbc scotland‘s political editor, brian taylor. applause kezia dugdale. yet more fake news. no, this is for real, scottish labour has lost another leader. kezia dugdale can be ferocious with opponents. i‘ve done the hard lifting. i was told i had the toughestjob in scottish politics. i‘d like to think i‘ve made it a bit easier for the next person. now is not the time to retreat. but she also has form for criticising jeremy corbyn. injune last year, highlighting opposition from labour mps. if i had just lost 80% of my parliamentary colleagues, i simply could not do myjob, and i think it‘s now extremely difficult forjeremy corbyn to continue. times change, kezia dugdale now backs mr corbyn, loyally supporting his scottish tour last week. still, the left never quite forgave her, arguing that scottish labour needed to embrace the full corbyn programme. but, she told me, she was definitely not bowing to pressure. i refute that completely. what i‘m try

parties responding? we are still waiting for some more responses from scottish labour and conservatives.ot potato in scotland at the moment, there are not really too much to pick apart from the results at the moment but we are waiting to see what we get. thank you. a man in his 40s has died after attempting to swim the english channel. the coastguard received a radio call just after nine o'clock last night from a support vessel saying a swimmer was in difficulty. the search and rescue helicopter arrived on scene within ten minutes and airlifted the man to hospital, but he later died. the swimmer had been roughly half way through his crossing attempt when, according to kent police, he "became unwell". the family of a seven—year—old autistic boy with a rare condition that puts him at risk of severe brain damage, have won a high court challenge to get the nhs offer a drug doctors say could be life—changing. nhs england had said the effectiveness of the drug, which would cost £100 a day, hasn't been proved. this is an emotive case about a seven—year—old boy. he has a rare case which means he