i would remember that campaign to establish the modern scottish parliament. a long career at labor party politics in the citadel of a central fife you had some interesting political opponents over the years all of them came and all of them went i set my heart and one of the most bizarre incidents was when i hosted the younger the smog this is jacob jacob not he's a last tree is father so he came up to kind of them get some experience politically so he fought me for four weeks of course he went don't very badly but what was interesting was my job during the campaign was to save him from places in fife save him from people that were going to just abuse them so i was he welcomed so at the end of the contest his father who was a very distinguished william re smug editor of the times here in this letter saying dear mr macleish i don't normally write to labor m.p.'s in this way but thanks very much for chaperoning my young son and his first political lobos now i think if i had known then what i know no i would have been so you're responsible for however for blacks

potential divisions within the party and he will be hoping by resigning that ahead of the scottish parliament's ahead of the scottish pa rliament‘s return next resigning that ahead of the scottish parliament's return next week, he will be puncturing any pressure the snp i5 will be puncturing any pressure the snp is facing from opposition parties. he did say it is his absolute intention to reapply for party membership once he said he has had the opportunity to clear his name. within the last few minutes, we have had a statement from nicola sturgeon. she has said she feels a huge 5adne55 about the whole situation. she called alex salmond herfriend, her mentalfor almost situation. she called alex salmond her friend, her mental for almost 30 years. she said his contribution to the snp and independence movement speaks for itself but says that whilst the decision to resign has been alex's alone, 5he whilst the decision to resign has been alex's alone, she says the rea5on been alex's alone, she says the reason she understood why he has chosen to separate the questions he i5 chosen to separate the ques

potential divisions within the party and he will be hoping, by resigning, that ahead of the scottish parliamenties. he did say it is his absolute intention to reapply for party membership once he said he has had the opportunity to clear his name. within the last few we have had a statement from nicola sturgeon, she has said that she feels a huge sadness that the whole situation, calling alex salmond herfriend whole situation, calling alex salmond her friend and whole situation, calling alex salmond herfriend and mentalfor almost 30 years of. she said his contribution to the snp and the independence movement speaks for itself, but she said while the decision to resign has been alex alone, she said the region she understood —— the reason she understood —— the reason she understood this bread questions from the day—to—day business of the snp going campaign for independence. —— ongoing. when paris has raced authorities between clashes between english and french fishermen on the english and french fishermen on the english channel over scots on the normandy coast. now it is time to sport today. —— fo

the scottish parliament is in recess but goes back next week and as we heard in the statement that alexld dominate politics at holyrood. as it is, today, in particular that issue you heard in the film about crowdfunding which has been dominating the action. labour said that this would drag scottish politics into the gutter, and a spokeswoman for the scottish conservatives said that this was astonishing and we have heard calls from some suggesting that money should be donated to women‘s charities instead. how difficult is all of this poor nicola sturgeon? it's all of this poor nicola sturgeon? it‘s very difficult to nicola sturgeon. —— for nicola sturgeon. she has been his friend for 30 years and also describes alex salmond as her mental. she says she wants justice and truth to prevail —— her mentors. she wants a culture where people can come forward with complaints regardless of how senior and well—known their political allegiance is the person involved. he said that there was only so much you could say and do in the context of the high—profile case and absolutely make sure we do not ma

no word on theresa may on brexit as she arrived at these talks with nicola sturgeon near the scottish parliamentburgh but in advance of the meeting the first minister said she wa nted meeting the first minister said she wanted the prime minister to roll out a no—deal brexit which she thinks would be catastrophic economically. i don't think theresa may is in a position to give that sort of guarantee because the eu has already criticised her current brexit proposals. it was agreed by the cabinet at chequers and it is not yet clear if her overtures to leaders like the president of france will lead to a breakthrough. so she has a dilemma, if she compromises further with the eu she risks backlash from brexiteers, and if she stands firm she risks that no deal outcome that both sides in the negotiations say they want to avoid. glenn, thank you. glenn campbell in edinburgh there. a seven—year—old boy has died in a house fire in south east london, which police are now treating as a murder investigation. the body ofjoel urhie was found after the blaze in deptford in the early hours this morning. his mothe

supreme court i first asked him to be cliche remember that campaign to establish the modern scottish parliament. a long career labor party politics in the citadel of central fife you had some interesting political opponents over the years all of them came and all of them went i set my heart and one of the most bizarre instance was when i hosted the young reese mog this is jacob jacob not he's a last tree is father so he came up to kind of get some experience politically so.

salmond faces criticism for setting up a crowdfunding page to pay for his legal battle with the scottish parliament

well, the scottish parliament returns from its summer recess next week, next thursday nicola sturgeonamber at holyrood to answer first ministers questions. i think it's fair to say that she and the party she leads had been coming under a lot of pressure from opposition parties here to suspend alex salmond following as allegations of sexual misconduct, allegations of sexual misconduct, allegations which mr salmond denies. he was well aware of this, and he chose the timing of the resignation statement very carefully, to take place ahead of parliament returning. indeed in that statement he said he didn't come into politics to facilitate opposition attacks on the snp and he tendered his resignation to re m ove snp and he tendered his resignation to remove this line of opposition attack. whether he has managed to do thatis attack. whether he has managed to do that is not at all clear. he has almost opened another line of attack for opposition parties in hollywood in the crowdfunding campaign he started to fund a legal challenge against the scottish government, a government to use to lead u

that slight fall has led opposition parties to accuse the scottish parliament of complacency.ho needs help, there's plenty out there. the one thing i would say to young people is if they didn't get the results they were hoping for, there are plenty of opportunities, different routes to follow, and to make sure they take that advice and take their time to think how best to advance with those different opportunities. an emotional day for everyone here, but now it's time to go home and look to the future. catriona renton, bbc news, cumbernauld. the increase in life expectancy in the uk has stalled in recent years, and the slowdown is one of the worst, of the world's leading economies. the office for national statistics says women have been particularly badly hit. between 2005 and 2010, the increase in life expectancy per year was 12.9 weeks for women, and 17.3 weeks for men. but the next six years saw the figures fall to 1.2 weeks for women, and 4.2 weeks for men. our health editor, hugh pym, has been looking at the data. we are living longer, but the speed at which life spans in

supreme court i first asked him to be cliche remember that campaign to establish the modern scottish parliament. along a little party politics in the citadel of central fife you had some interesting political opponents over the years all of them came and all of them went i certainly harbor and one of the most bizarre incidents was when i hosted the young reese mog this is jacob jacob riis mog not he's a loss trees father so he came up to kind of them get some experience politically so he fought me for four weeks of course it went don't very badly but what was interesting was my job during the campaign was to save him from places in fife save him from people that were going to just abuse them so i was he welcomed so at the end of the contest his father who was a very distinguished william reece morgan editor of the times here in this letter saying dear mr macleish i don't normally write to labor m.p.'s in this way but thanks very much for chaperoning my young son and his first political lobos now i think if i had known then what i know no i would have been so you're responsible for however for b

msp monica lennon is behind a bill in the scottish parliament to make sanitary products free for allso about trying to end some of the taboo around periods because of course it is completely normal, so that shows periods are normal and we are getting the point where access to the products is as normal as accessing toilet paper in a public bathroom. the scottish government is already providing free sanitary products to some low income women. campaigners want that extended to all women. katie hunter, bbc coal winning. —— —— bbc news, kilwhinning. we havejonnie we have jonnie peacock we havejonnie peacock here with us now did tell us about trying to get people disabilities into sports... how is this going to work? this has been around for a couple of years, andi been around for a couple of years, and i have a team this year who will be doing the women's cycle and it is basically a triathlon for all disabilities and it is completely inclusive for everything so the actual encourage you to bring any extra equipment you need, any support members you need, if you need to be pushed along some

agree with how the government has dealt with how the government has dealt with his, —— how the scottish parliament. you have picked up a piece in the times. we have been talking about this all week, conflicting advice being offered to people about how much you should drink. a few weeks ago we we re should drink. a few weeks ago we were told a couple of drinks were fine, it is beneficial, then we were told there was a massive amount of research published in the lancet, being teetotal is safest. they have been suggesting nothing. this has been suggesting nothing. this has been an interesting intervention from adrian childs, talking about his drinking habits. he brings this down to the reality that lots of people experience, they have a few drinks every day, a few drinks during the week, it is not particularly glamorous. he says it is boring. he goes home and falls asleep. he has used the word is mundane and hamas. but when he has added it up, he has got to 100 units added it up, he has got to 100 units a week, where his recommended units around 1a. that is useful because it brings it out of the land

it has done that very well in the scottish parliament but i believe in the uk that was considered and in the pacific ocean, causing flash floods and landslides. all public schools and many offices are closed as residents take shelter. the hurricane, earlier measured as category four has now been downgraded to category three, but authorities still warn it needs to be taken seriously and a state of emergency has been declared , as jon donnison reports. this is what half a metre of rain has done to hawaii. a tropical paradise, transformed. the islands may have so far avoided a direct hit that hurricane lane has made its mark. hawaii will be impacted by hurricane lane, the question is how bad? it is going to become a significant event. we are extremely concerned about the potential is for england's flooding with landslides occurring and damage to the transportation and communications infrastructure. many have lead their homes with dozens of evacuation centres set up across the state. long queues have formed outside supermarkets with people urged to stockpile food and water. a state of eme

scotland's former first minister alex salmond is taking the scottish parliament to court after it wasbeautiful, beautiful scene as the sun tries to trickle through the clouds. john mcguire is there. the eastern project is moving up there. the eastern project is moving up soon and john mcguire is looking at the impact on the area, but let's see if that is the weather we should expect over the coming days with nick. good morning. if you look outside today it might look nice, but when you step outside it is decidedly cool albert this morning with a cool we can to come. today it is sunshine and showers. —— out there. the cool feel is enhanced with the blustery wind. a lot of weekend whether to get on with. i have to wriggle on because the weekend is the long weekend with monday as well. the big picture, was striving that macro —— cool weather, the blues indicate that temperatures will be below average, and on the flow of air we have showers from the word go today, western scotland, western northern ireland, running into north—west england, so this is where you will find showers to begin t

tomorrow in a meeting between torah and scottish first minister nicola sturgeon joining me now via skype from strasburg is jordi solaire he's a member of the european parliament representing spain for the republican left of catalonia and he's on the european parliament's committee on foreign affairs jointly thanks so much for coming on just before we get to the fate of professor glare upon society successful it's been this e.u. catalonia dialogue platform after your paris meeting perhaps it will meet in london next. yes we were last week in the summit action out of. the french founder and the lead it was successful in the sense that we could explain to some friends and b.s. the current situation in iran here also and of our platform from the from the european parliament we were very interested in change of the us and work at. dr. beach from different political affiliations to look at this and that's precisely what we want to do on this date at the exchange of views and information with and based what about professor clare up on sat is it understandable that there are fears in scotland in britain now that scottish prosecutors have been given the go ahead on be

scottish and hannah is miss mp. she took the story twice to parliament.ne can translate them for me. ms says, this chimes with us, we got no support from the british consulate when my brother was killed abroad, either at the time or when we went back for the inquest. i was disappointed by the response to my complaints which said that so many reddish people live abroad, we can't possibly help all in need of assistance, they didn't even distinguish between a death abroad and someone who had lost their past board, let alone someone who had been dyed and someone who had murdered. —— lost their passport. given a murder inquiry was involved, i thought it would have been different, but they didn't seem to care. only a fraction of british deaths aboard are suspicious, we know hundreds of thousands of people go abroad, we are not trying to scaremonger, but it is a fraction in comparison to the number who go abroad and are fine, it cannot be unrealistic to expect decent resources . unrealistic to expect decent resources. these are british taxpayers, countries are h

parliament politicians have been the sizing this. the labour party has said it is unbelievable and the scottish conservatives have said it is an astonishingoo a controversy that is escalating. as you said, mr too intends to retain his membership of the smp. thank you very much. on the final leg of her three—day trip to africa theresa may has announced that the uk will build a new cyber crime centre in kenya to help police stop child abuse images being shared online. it's part of a new security pact sharing expertise between the two countries to tackle organised crime. speaking in nairobi, the prime minister laid out the benefits of security cooperation. this is a partnership for opportunity, but it is also a partnership for our shared security and stability. and today, we discussed the work we are doing together to make both of our countries and the world more secure. already, british terrorists and child abusers are in ukjails because of our cooperation. this afternoon, we have signed a new compact that will see us expand our joint work on security even further. the uk is no longerjust training our own military in kenya, but training wit