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.

scottish politics has been transformed starting with the victory of that very special lady when a friend margaret ewing and i by legs. and how milton and one nine hundred sixty seven from having no parliament little distinctive scottish voice the united kingdom scotland has moved democratically to the very brink of independence i was the special guest this week has been active in politics right that period and not from only one vantage point but from that of three different political parties none s.n.p. member of the scottish parliament alex's interview with alex new demonstrates that he's lost none of his ability to rebel from the party line as he charged three forward for scotland but first let's have a look at your tweets your messages and your emails gillie says alex i'm unsure with political perspectives is very important in order to analyze in a critical way very serious issues we then heard from honey harper who says watch my first show this week and i'm not likely to miss one in the future please to hear that heidi but a couple of e-mails first from david sharp who says i love the show alex it's good that you've got a good diversity of people who appear all the based and finally fr

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

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 main community if you're interested in politics in those days then it was a labor party those nor the part

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

we re clause in the scottish parliament were absolutely abhorrent and 5:30pm tomorrow at the mound inagainst that andl there will be a demo against that and i hope as many people will turn up and i hope as many people will turn up in scotland to show that this government's policies, whether it is immigration or welfare or the two child cap or the rape clause has no place in scotland or in the uk. whatever the causes of this, how far has this damage the british reputation and how far does it matter in a post—brexit world where we have to create a new identity and yet we see this kind of scandal? what message does it send out the world ? what message does it send out the world? i think it always matters if we have got things wrong which we clearly have around this particular group of people, but more generally i think the reputation of britain, and we see it this week in westminster with members of the commonwealth who are here for meetings and i think our standing in the world is strong because we do ta ke the world is strong because we do take a very strong stand on issues of human ri

this is the case, mr speaker, that the scottish parliament, with responsibilities the uk government hasthe 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 with the scottish government next week. and we hope that they will change that position and find out as the welsh government had, which will protect the settlement. and plaid cymru's leader at westminster was unhappy with the welsh government's deal too. for the first time since the birth of this, the government has succeeded in clawing back powers which should be held by our national assembly. this allows major consequences for the uk's constitution. liz saville roberts. now to the lords, where the government suffered another defeat on its key brexit bill. peers backed an amendment restricting the power of ministers to change laws without full parliamentary scrutiny. the govern

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.

leave like thousands of working women do every year, but she says she expect to return to the scottish parliamentanwhile, 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, goodbye. hello again. we are looking at a cold start the new working week across parts of eastern england. normally at this time of year would see highs of around 15 degrees but underan area of see highs of around 15 degrees but under an area of persistent rain we might see temperatures st

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

to the power comes from the people and not from establishment should have justify getting a scottish parliament back in one hundred seventy nine and he regarded it as you well know this is unfinished business and because that momentum was building up in scotland and because there were changes happening in northern ireland which john major my parliamentary pair was involved involve very much like an honest and yes prime minister at the time and he was recognising that if the people of northern ireland voted for the unification of ireland that should happen and he said of the people scotland or wales voted for independence he would be very sad about it but he would respect it and that was in a way that a claim of right the recognition that our nation's how had the legitimacy to make that decision and that gave an urgency then for us to be able to use that opportunity later in the ninety's as a carer as a young leader of the s.n.p. in the one nine hundred ninety s. i rather model my campaigning style and you're. very. lucky but if you consciously see the opportunity of progressing wales's claim. i

leave like thousands of working women do every year but she says she expect to return to the scottish parliamente 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 hospital for the birth. john virgo —— john burke out 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 is it from me for now. but do join christine cooperfor a full 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, lucien mccarthy, goodbye. —— alissia. hello. let's bring you up—to—date with how the weather is going to pan out across the british isles for the weekend and the start of next week. friday was none too sparkling for many parts of the british isles. this is pretty typical of what most of you had to endure. when you look at ho

deal is a failure are divisions over breaks it are deepening between leaders in london and the scottish parliament in edinburgh the u.k. government wants to take back powers from the european union which scotland says should belong to a future independent state lawrence lee reports. known as the granite city it's a tough place a bit intimidating looking up at the unions don't like being told what to think. the ports attracts workers from all over the world's 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 and in this confusion it was crawfish national party thinks it may have another opportunity christian is a french national who married a scot and who now works in local politi

going to be launched in the scottish parliament in the next few weeks.es accidents and casualties. you see signs driving through neighbourhoods in england, 20 is plenty. and it is the same campaign, 20 is plenty. people parking on pavements, eve ryo ne people parking on pavements, everyone has so many cars and houses don't have dry twice, everyone parts on the road, someone belting down the road at 30. we see all kinds of problems with parked cars, they are half on the pavement and road, pedestrians can't get past, they become single line routes but of course i think this will have a big impactand course i think this will have a big impact and hauliers are already saying it would delay is getting from a to b. it's not all plain sailing. but i think the rest of the uk will look closely at how this works. another one you picked out, golf, to repair a hole in the special relationship. the story that resident trump is likely to be playing a lot of golf when he visits, we understand the visit to the uk is on the 13th ofjuly. 0f course he owns turnberry in sco

a lot of them will be devolved to the scottish parliament and to the welsh assemblies.e of the uk. the scottish and welsh governments say it's all very well to agree common frameworks but they need to be agreed, they cannot be imposed by westminster and that's what they're so angry about. there are talks going on to try to resolve this, although it is a fairly dramatic and significant move to ta ke dramatic and significant move to take this case to the supreme court, the three parties are all still talking. the uk, scottish and was government ‘s are still in negotiations trying to find a way through this because the —— before the eu withdrawal bill finally finishes its passage through westminster. when can we expect to hear the decision on this? how long might it take? it's maybe that this is resolved through negotiation before the supreme court rules on this. all the parties involved would like get amendments to the withdrawal bill that is currently in the house of lords sorted, all agreed on, before it finishes its passage through parliament, which will probably be in

now the versions are of a break between leaders in london in the scottish parliament in edinburgh westminster is insisting on taking back powers from the european union which scotland says should belong to a future independent government reports 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 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. 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 both in this confusion it was crawfish national party thinks it may have another opportunity christian is a french national who married a scot and who now works in local politics with a party that wants indep

she's a successful young person off to university in the autumn and she's a member of the scottish youth parliament here to interview chloe, to find out what it's like to be autistic from someone who has autism. but in actualfact, i think it would be better if she told you herself. well, i'm chloe, and for me being autistic means it affects how i see the world. it's not a learning disability, and no two people with autism are alike. the way i explain it to other people is if you imagine your brain is like a computer. it is designed to help you process the information sent to you by your senses but with an autistic brain, the settings are stuck at a different level. it doesn't mean the computer is broken in any way, it's still just as fast as your computer, but for some autistic people it means they get sent to much information at the same time. loud noises and bright lights can see even louder and even brighter to us, which can be really stressful sometimes. it can also affect the way we communicate with other people because there's so much else going on at the same time. new haven in edinburgh. i'

parliament in the u.k. 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.

living in the uk and will a look at the case for devolution of powers over immigration to the scottish parliament she asks a number of questions. she said it is not just asks a number of questions. she said it is notjust about asks a number of questions. she said it is not just about a asks a number of questions. she said it is notjust about a personal change, and of course it isn't, it is about action and having the right policies and that is what she will be seeing from my department. she also spoke about what kind of immigration policy chip would like to see and what i commit suicide —— she also spoke about what colin immigration policy she would like to see and i commit to a fair and humane policy, all those people who wa nt to humane policy, all those people who want to come and contribute to our great country, but also at the same time can stand the size of the on illegal immigration. —— clamps down on illegal immigration. he will receive a very strong support from this side of the house in his new job in which i'm sure he will find stimulating and challenging in equal measure. can he give

the uk government's decision to launch a legal challenge to the scottish and welsh governments' brexit bills. the two devolved parliamentsesigned to act as alternatives to westminster‘s eu withdrawal bill. the uk government has asked the supreme court to rule on whether the legislation is constitutional and within devolved powers. the speaker gave a warm welcome to former mp tessa jowell who'd come back to the chamber to listen to a debate on cancer treatment. lady jowell was diagnosed with a brain tumour last year, and since then she's spoken powerfully about her illness and the need for better treatment. can i say to you, and i say it on behalf of all colleagues, i'm sure, i hope you will feel fortified and inspired by the warm embrace of parliamentary love which you are about to experience. fly—tipping of rubbish and household items is on the rise in large parts of the uk. both rural and urban areas are affected. but can anything be done to stop it? mps have been looking at the options. if councils were to scrap the charges, and reduce charges for waste disposal, it would encourage people to do with the right way. the

the defense spokesman of the the scottish nationalist party another opposition party in the british parliamenthas reacted already saying that to resume a has basically followed would follow what president donald trump has asked her to do reacting to tweets by the us president and without a long term plan this is a criticism also from labor that the u.k. does not need to get involved in a u.s. led operation without a clear exit strategy many people will remember what happened in twenty thirty when david cameron was prime minister he went to parliament to try to get approval for joining president barack obama in airstrikes retaliating against the use of chemical weapons now the parliament then voted no and that retaliation never happened so there's still a lot of debate as to what was under the british constitution what to recently has the right to do most experts say she can act in a limited manner without parliament but if this extends into a continued operation then there will need to be involvement by our elected representatives for the moment he will leave it there and of course join us lat

well we have heard from the leader of the scottish scottish national party she has tweeted saying that the u.k. foreign policy should be shaped by parliament instead of the us president we have of course of course heard from the leader of the opposition labor party leader jeremy corbyn who believes that parliament should have been consulted on issues like this there's even been some talk inside the labor party of potentially reforming the laws when it comes to this this is what corbett had to say she could have come to parliament on monday to discuss the whole situation instead of launch the strikes she claims there is a legal basis for it i've asked her in the letter i've just sent to this morning to publish in full the legal basis and justification for it well let's keep in mind that back in twenty thirteen we saw then prime minister david cameron set up a vote in parliament on similar kinds of strikes in syria and that was voted down this was of course because largely people were not convinced that it was a necessary step to take especially following all of the if you can put it that way running the iraq war that kick started in two tho

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well we have heard from the leader of the scottish scottish national party she has tweeted saying that the u.k. foreign policy should be shaped by parliament instead of the us president we have of course of course heard from the leader of the opposition labor party leader jeremy corbyn who believes that parliament should have been consulted on issues like this there's even been some talk inside the labor party of potentially reforming the laws when it comes to this this is what corbett had to say she could have come to parliament on monday to discuss the whole situation instead it will strikes she claims there is a legal basis for it. in the letter i've just sent to this morning to publish in full the legal basis and justification for it well let's keep in mind that back in twenty thirteen we saw then prime minister david cameron set up a vote in parliament on similar kinds of strikes in syria and that was voted down this was of course because largely people were not convinced that it was a necessary step to take especially following all of the if you can put it that way running the iraq war that kick started in two thousand and three unde

well we have heard from the leader of the scottish scottish national party she has tweeted saying that the u.k. foreign policy should be shaped by parliament instead of the us president we have of course of course heard from the leader of the opposition labor party leader jeremy corbyn who believes that parliament should have been consulted on issues like this there's even been some talk inside the labor party of potentially reforming the laws when it comes to this this is what corbett had to say she could have come a problem until monday to discuss the whole situation instead it will strikes she claims there is a legal basis for it i've asked to the letter i've just sent to this morning to publish in full the legal basis and justification for it well let's keep in mind that back in twenty thirteen we saw then prime minister david cameron set up a vote in parliament on similar kinds of strikes in syria and that was voted down this was of course because largely people were not convinced that it was a necessary step to take especially following all of the if you can put it that way running the iraq war that kick started in two thousand and t

jeremy corbyn the leader of the opposition labor party said that parliament must be involved some of his m.p.'s as well as the opposition scottish nationalist party in westminster have been saying that to reason may in the run up to saturday's airstrikes have been waiting for instructions from donald trump and just in the last hour or so jeremy corbyn has put out a statement on facebook calling the action legally questionable and repeating that parliament should have been consulted to give its approval now on monday she will face a tough time but in that press conference to resume a outlining that she thinks that she made a strong enough case to her own cabinet when they greenlighted the action on thursday but also that there is strong enough evidence gathered by intelligence agencies in the west she was talking about things like the fact that there was clear evidence that syrian government helicopters were over eastern ghouta and were seen dropping barrel bombs on the day when there were there was that alleged chemical weapons attack which killed so many civilians she did go into the the horrors that that were recorded now thos

heard from the leader of the scottish national party tweeting that foreign policy of this country should not be determined by the american president but rather by parliament certainly opposition leader the leader of the labor party jeremy corbyn has spoken out over and over again about the need to consult parliament on this issue this is what he had to say. she could have come to a problem until monday to discuss the whole situation instead go to the strikes she claims there is a legal basis for it. in the letter i have just sent to this morning to publish in full legal basis and justification for e. well let's keep in mind that back in twenty thirty in the prime minister at the time david cameron tried to put a similar vote to parliament on striking syria and that did not go in his favor whatsoever so there's been lots of questions here about whether or not a similar situation could have unraveled were the decision to strike have been put in front of parliament if you remember back at the time people were not convinced that another military action by britain would make sense especially following some of the. outcomes of the iraq war that was launched bac

scottish national party she has tweeted saying that the u.k. foreign policy should not be shaped by should be shaped by parliament instead of the us president we have heard of her of course heard from the leader of the opposition labor party leader jeremy corbyn who believes that parliament should have been consulted on issues like this there's even been some talk inside the labor party of potentially reforming the laws when it comes to this this is what corbett had to say. she could have come to parliament on monday to discuss the whole situation instead it launches strikes she claims there is a legal basis for it i've asked her in a letter i've just sent to this morning to publish in full the legal basis and justification for it. well let's keep in mind that back in twenty thirteen we saw then prime minister david cameron set up a vote in parliament on similar kinds of strikes in syria that was voted down this was of course because largely people were not convinced that it was a necessary step to take especially following all of the if you can put it that way surrounding the invasion. surrounding the iraq war that kick started in two thousan

have to happen of a debate and possibly a vote in parliament that's bound to to strong criticism again the defense spokesman of the opposition scottish nationalist party in the last few hours has been one of the first to tweet his reaction saying that most worrying is that she to reason may has acted at the behest of presidential tweets and sidelined parliament also suggesting that this action would do nothing to stop the use of chemical weapons in the long run will of course that depends on exactly what was hit and how much was taken out so the details are unclear but it is clear that there is opposition also from to resume a zone conservative party and from some of her own members of parliament to going ahead like this without the backing of parliament it happened this situation came up in twenty thirteen let's not forget when david cameron was prime minister wanted to join barack obama's planned retaliation for chemical weapons use in syria parliament voted no and that a bomb or retaliation never happened and of course nadine what we're finding obviously as time is progressing that we're now. analyzing exactly how the british prim

thing uniting the main opposition parties, the labour party, the scottish nationalists and the liberal democrats is a call for parliamentaction ta kes parliament to read before any action takes place. they may be less united on the form of action that should then follow, the timescale and the scale of that action. today the shadow home secretary, very close ally of the labour leaderjeremy corbyn, was speaking to the today programme and made very clear not only did she believe that there should be more bombing and military action at this stage in syria, there should be an investigation by the united nations but equally she was underlining what he believes is a need for parliamentary approval. underlining what he believes is a need for parliamentary approvalm would be outrageous for the government not to bring military action in syria to parliament for parliament to have a vote. the tories used to think that. william hague said in 2011, we will enshrine in the necessity of consulting parliament on military action. so diane abbott saying it would be outrageous if there was not a vote ahead of military action. i'm joined by

parliament tomorrow as the fallout from the windrush scandal continues. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here is james. celtic are celebrating winning a seventh successive scottish—way traffic, it could 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 se

celtic park, they have the seats of the scottish premiership and domestic games and downfall uefa and champions league matches. it will be debated in parliamentt the monte carlo masters? the world number 51 jared donaldson conference of the empire, i think it is there to say more than disagreeing with a call made in the first round defeat at the monte carlo masters. —— gerald donaldson confronted the umpire. he went absolutely bananas when a serve by the spaniard was called in by the umpire. i cannot see the mark, it was for sure on the line. you couldn't see a marker?! there is a mark right here! that was a mark right here! that is! stop this. you are not shoving me one mark. i think that is more aggressive than mcenroe ever got. video replays showed that donaldson was correct, hawk—eye was not in use. donaldson eventually lost the match 6—3, 6—3. bang on the line. the rams went on and on. it is not your fault, i am just telling you what it is. it is not yourfault, i am just telling you what it is. it is not your fault, i am telling you what it is. call the supervisor expiration his money will be happy! good morning, welcome to the programme

scottish national party on that point. if military action is to be the government's preferred option, thenit the government's preferred option, then it has to make that case to parliamentnot difficult. it has happened before. that could happen tomorrow, it could happen on saturday. if the promise to does that, the snp will be there to hear what she has to say. but in terms of how we respond to the use of chemical weapons, we can't in a knee jerk fashion seem to be doing nothing. countries like france and the united states, any action needs to be thought out and considered. there are other non—lethal options open to the government. i believe they are the best options for the uk government to pursue. theresa may should recall parliament, so that we can make that case to her. but up until now, certainly not as far as i'm aware, the prime minister, the government, hasn't laid out the case or the consequences of air strikes. so, iurge or the consequences of air strikes. so, i urge extreme caution on her part, in terms of a military response, but certainly in terms of responding without pa rliament‘s consent. stewart mcdonald, the snp's defence spokesperson, we are thankfulf

celtic win the scottish premiership with a thumping 5—0 win over old rivals rangers and at 2.30pm the week in parliamentt the increasing pressure facing home secretary amber rudd over her handling of immigration 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 government 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 to increase the