probably easier for the scottish parliament for the northern aren't assembly for the welsh assembly to make once a week but the parliament they the queen on of all part of the ward and the one that we saw the privilege of sitting in comes from their m.p.'s are drawn from every corner of the inner to keep them of great britain and northern and so therefore for also so we've got harder to come together but i think that government wants to resume the normality of government on the democratic process and there's a need to have a democratic process on how about in place in time to the prime minister's time to shut down correctly. i think the prime minister. took the decision he had to take and i think every one of us would probably at the kit when we look at the rest of the word than at 3 in particular which is not too far away the deaths in spain as well which is even closer than that leigh i think we have to take 2 steps in advance that the prime minister stiffened last night was very serious there was no joking there's no room for follow the last night it was very clear that was serious

the scottish parliament will meet on wednesday to consider more emergency legislation stop in wales,cial distancing. the first minister told them it was a wiring time forfamilies minister told them it was a wiring time for families and communities across wales. as we all follow these numerals, they will reduce our day—to—day contact with other people at the speed and transmission of the virus. these are rules for everybody. not one of us is an exception. all of our lives have changed and that includes the way in which this will work. after crowds like to rural parts of wales, they welcome a closure of holiday parks and visitor attractions. translation: this is not a national holiday, it is a national crisis and each and every one of us has a responsibility to comply with these measures for the benefits of ourselves and for those around us. and it is scheduled to meet again on tuesday to activate the crisis. the coronavirus outbreak has seen a sharp increase in the number of people trying to access the benefits system. almost half a million applications for universal credit we re appl

ah than sitting at the scottish parliament this week, members will be asked to consider andi membersope to consider and i hope pass emergency legislation specifically for scotland. amongst a number of other things, that legislation will ensure that no one can be evicted from their home during this crisis. it will increase to six months, in most cases, the minimum period of notice that a te na nt minimum period of notice that a tenant for eviction and it will apply to both the private and social housing sector will provide all te na nts housing sector will provide all tenants with additional security at what is an immensely difficult time. we expect to publish the emergency legislation and introduced into parliament on tuesday and parliament will then have the opportunity to consider it on wednesday. the final point i want to emphasise before handing over to the cmo and cabinet secretary is that all of us, the single most important way to help our communities and the nhs is to stay at home whenever possible, u nless stay at home whenever possible, unless it is for essential purposes s

well the scottish parliament plans to sit one day a week from next week with westminster still sitting there are growing calls for it to join the shutdown with some m.p.'s suggesting online voting to use m.p. jim shannon told me it would be easier for a regional columnist to operate westminster. and the kitchen's at this moment would . confirm that they'll be no buses and thursday at the high school for this tomorrow the debate on thursday was a life on their made up until their buses coming forward but i think the day confirms the conclusion of the coronavirus. legislation and all the discussion so i think by and large things will called their conclusion to morrow night and not all probably else until after easter and relation to meeting in parliament on i wouldn't be surprised and take a holiday or an extra week after easter you have to give us back to say i mean some m.p.'s have suggested electronic or online voting what do you think. i was a kid i mean old to dishonest i like the idea of doing a vote by by by person and by hand i not sure if we're at that stage yet we do have to ad

a restaurant in glasgow, a nightclub in edinburgh, a castle, and the scottish parliament, and a car.t guilty to all the charges he is facing. the trial at the high court in edinburgh is expected to last four weeks. here on bbc one at six o'clock, it is breakfast. that is with louise and dan walker who will have the latest in news, business and sport, including emission from highways england thatis emission from highways england that is not possible to monitor every camera on the smart motorway network all the time. so you may have been suspicious about that and i have more news on that story and i was at six a.m.. you with the briefing on bbc news. the headlines: italy sees a sharp rise in the number of deaths from coronavirus as a quarter of the population is in partial lockdown. the cruise ship moored off the californian coast will reach port later today. 20 people on board are tested positive. the trial begins of four men accused of shooting down malaysian airlines flight mh17 over ukraine at nearly six years ago. let's have a look at what the global media is discussing today. we

the prime minister thinks the scottish parliament doesn't businesses tish matter, prime minister. course, peaker, of scottish businesses matter, and the way to do well by scottish be to tax would not them with the highest tax rates the uk. we want a sound economy. educational system lagging t allow the educational system from no fault of their own. i may say respectfully, to the gentleman who shouts at me from once ntary position that again he would be better off getting on with delivering for scotland, rather with his nuing ceaseless and vain quest to uk because he'll not succeed. for the people. so i'm sure the prime minister the s my concerns about delay in the delivery of the ajor east line which runs through my constituency and others l. the prime minister intervene to ensure there are no this vital ys in railway line? >> mr. speaker, i thank my rightly friend for raising the issue of rail i can tell her that in addition to the $48 putting into e're the railways, my secretary of transportation has just that those me connections are his highest priority. [laughter] you, mr. spe

regnum between your period just to set to disco on the member of the scottish parliament and newly elected as a member of the westminster pub you've written 7 booths all of which of a constant theme in scotland radical history of boulder fee of jimmy reed and no this latest book is scotland's radical history between the pulled on it wars and the $820.00 rising which you've just why did you choose that period fielitz but glasgow 1900 boot was inspired partly by those who conspired jim you didn't the writer for a client say but do not you said she became quite clear scotland radical roots went far beyond the way back you're working your way but back to 17 ninety's into thomas viewed it became quite clear that thomas butin speired those who fought and rose in 820 thomas moore was the the radical of the early seventy's ninety's who famously was transported to to a still you became the the world's most wanted man as he was hunted voted the globe by the british ended up in revolutionary france was plotting an invasion of scotland another radical rising one unfortunately he died a very calamitous

and next wednesday, i april, the scottish parliament will be sitting to consider emergency scottish government parliament. bbc parliament is also your channel of choice on friday evening at 11pm for the week in parliament — and what a week it's been. but that's it for wednesday in parliament. thank you for watching. take care and bye for now. hello there. for the next few days, it looks like england and wales certainly are going to stay dry with plenty of sunshine after chilly mornings, but this weather front lying across scotland and northern ireland is going continue to bring quite a bit of cloud around, like what we saw on wednesday, and it really won't be moving far and also thursday and friday look pretty similar, rather grey skies for scotland and northern ireland through today. some spots of rain on it. to the north of it, to the far north—west, it is brighter with some sunshine, perhaps one or two showers, and to the south of it for most of england and wales, again after a cold start it is another sunny day, those temperatures reaching 13, 14 degrees. a little bit cooler along southern

and the scottish parliament chamber is to shut down for a week as the country goes into what the first unprecedented session of the senate, with only 15 ams in attendance due to social distancing. the first minister told them it was "a very "worrying time for families and communities across wales". as we all follow these new rules, they will reduce our day to day contact with other people, and the speed and transmission of the virus. these are rules for everybody. not one of us is an exception. all of our lives have changed, and that includes the way in which this senate will work. as i've said before, we must put our political differences aside, so that we work together to tackle this virus. can i also take this opportunity to thank everyone who is helping to keep us safe during this crisis, and to remind people to stay—at—home in order to save lives and to protect our nhs. after crowds flocked to rural parts of wales at the weekend, plaid cymru welcomed the closure of holiday parks and visitor attractions. translation: this is not a national holiday, it is a national crisis, and each

the scottish parliament will announce later whether nqs and highers will go ahead.ave been scrapped. the government says all students will be given grades, but hasn't set out how that will be done. a number of qualifications already have online examinations, that's something we could consider for a broader range of subjects. they could be done remotely via social distance. we can use predicted grades, absolutely, but one of the things we are considering is perhaps running some students through some more papers. and how to protect vulnerable children. those with special educational needs or who have an assigned social worker will stay in school, but there are fears some could still fall through the cracks. charlotte rose, bbc news. the chief medical officer for england, professor chris whitty, says the risks and benefits of all actions to do with the coronavirus need to be weighed up before asking people to take further drastic measures. he also said the virus appeared to be behaving as the scientists expect it to. 0ur health correspondent lauren moss reports. anothe

it has spanned many locations, a car, stirling castle, scottish parliament was up he has pleaded not edinburgh is expected to last four weeks. the duke and duchess of sussex will make their final public appearance as royals later today. harry and meghan willjoin the queen and other senior members of the royal family at a service in london to mark commonwealth day. royal correspondent daniela relph has more, and just a warning, this report contains flashing images from the start. there has been a flurry of engagements for the duke and duchess of sussex over recent days. the interest in them perhaps even more intense knowing they are moving away from this kind of public work. it is a significant moment as harry and meghan headed towards a life away from royal duty that is financially independent. today they will again be at westminster abbey for the commonwealth day service. last year, they were expectant parents with meghan seven months pregnant. back then, their future was thought to have been one as popular working royals, to raise awareness and money for the chosen projects. anothe

powers that were passed in uk legislation last week, and these powers we will ask the scottish parliamentnot say at the moment, given the uncertainties of this virus and how long some of these measures will require to be in place, exactly what that timescale is. we are building into the legislation clear points of scrutiny and clear obligations on the government to report to parliament on how it is used. we will continue to work on a cross—party basis. i am determined that we can do everything we can to slow the spread, protect the ability of our nhs to operate. i don't underestimate the damage to the economy, or restricting peoples liberties in the way we are doing, but all of these things, however difficult, we can repair and get back to normal. what we can do is bring people back to life, that is why the focus here must be on reducing as far as we possibly can, the numbers of people who die from this virus. peter mcmahon at itv borders. first minister, my colleague interviewed the first minister of wales, who said both you and he and your colleagues in northern ireland have argued for

locations — a restaurant in glasgow, a nightclub in edinburgh, a car, stirling castle and the scottish parliamentng. the trial at the high court in edinburgh is expected to last four weeks. lorna gordon, bbc news, edinburgh. and lorna is outside the court in edinburgh. what are we expecting to happen today? alex salmond, perhaps the most high—profile scottish politician in recent times, today is in the dock here at the high court in the centre of edinburgh, facing those 14 charges against ten women, all of which he strenuously denies. he arrived at the court at around 8:30am. there was considerable media interest in his arrival. what we expect to happen this morning is for them to create the jewelry. that will be 15 strong. they only have to reach a majority verdict at the end to acquit or convict on each of those separate 14 charges. we expect thejury to be those separate 14 charges. we expect the jury to be instated this morning. then it goes straight into the witnesses. the evidence will start pretty quickly. we expect perhaps the first witness to appear this afternoon. that trial is expected

locations — a restaurant in glasgow, a nightclub in edinburgh, a car, stirling castle and the scottish parliamentcharges he is facing. the trial at the high court in edinburgh is expected to last four weeks. lorna gordon, bbc news, edinburgh. the duke and duchess of sussex will make their final public appearance as royals later today. harry and meghan willjoin the queen and other senior members of the royal family at a service in london to mark commonwealth day. 0ur royal correspondent, daniela relph has more, and just a warning that this report contains flashing images from the start. there has been a flurry of engagements for the duke and duchess of sussex over recent days. the interest in them perhaps even more intense knowing they are moving away from this kind of public work. it is a significant moment as harry and meghan head towards a life away from royal duty that is financially independent. today they will again be at westminster abbey for the commonwealth day service. last year, they were expectant parents, with meghan seven months pregnant. back then, it was thought their future was on

nicola sturgeon has told the scottish parliament during first ministers questions that in her view, thehase. she is expecting that decision to come out the cobra meeting later, but she says there is no doubt that we will be asking people to change the way they live their lives for a certain period. she says she is also minded to advise a cancelling mass gatherings of more than 500 people from next week. based, she said, on resilience issues. nicola sturgeon said she will discuss this at the cobra meeting. that is the very latest coming to us from scotland, from the first minister, said nicola sturgeon. let's catch up with all the business deals with alice. in the business news: shares have tumbled after us president donald trump restricted travel to the us from mainland europe in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus. london's ftse100 index sank more than 5%, with similar declines seen in other european markets. meanwhile, amazon has told workers they can take unlimited sick days this month — but only those who test positive for the covid—19 virus will be entitled to any sick pay.

the scottish parliament will announce later whether nqs and highers will go ahead.xams have been scrapped. the government says all students will be given grades, but hasn't set out how that will be done. a number of qualifications already have online examinations, that's something we could consider for a broader range of subjects. they could be done remotely via social distance. we can use predicted grades, absolutely, but one of the things we are considering is perhaps running some students through some more papers. and how to protect vulnerable children. those with special educational needs or who have an assigned social worker will stay in school, but there are fears some could still fall through the cracks. charlotte rose, bbc news. and our correspondent charlotte rose is here let's talk about exams first. this isa let's talk about exams first. this is a very pressing question for thousands of youngsters. absolutely. a lot of nervousness really about exactly what the government means when they say that students will still be assigned grades and of course it's im

about the response in ireland, we are going to get a ministerial statement and told in the scottish parliamentthe scottish first minister announced at first minister's questions she wa nted first minister's questions she wanted to see gatherings of more than 500 people banned, to take pressure from the emergency services. the czech republic has banned flights from 15 countries including the uk. there is a political pressure on borisjohnson to be seen to be acting, flanked by the experts, he will be able to say he is very much following their advice which is not to do a host of measures to soon and to make sure that those raft of measures are effective, again his spokesman as stressing today that we will not be following the american league, on a flight following the american league, on a flight ban because the science does not suggest that as an effective way of slowing the spread of the disease. that's all very well but if you've got the scottish first minister and we've heard from the irish taoiseach this morning, if as ireland has done, they shut down schools there, scotland has a similar an

yesterday the first minister nicola sturgeon told the scottish parliament the number of coronavirus casesat the moment six positive cases in scotland, still in the containment phase and we expect another update at 2p on this afternoon. what about in northern ireland? here, there are three confirmed cases. like in scotla nd three confirmed cases. like in scotland we have a press conference this afternoon where the public health agency will give us an update at tpn so we may have an update on that. where there have been developments is size of the border in the republic of ireland where the number of cases has more than doubled to 13 and significantly one of those cases was a cross community infection, so that meant that the person who was in - members of that is 60 out of 3000 members of staff, so a significant development. right in the heart of dublin city centre, trinity college, there has been a confirmed infection there, and part of that famous university has been closed off. the football match tomorrow, the rugby match, between ireland and italy, we have known for a couple of weeks th

scottish courts. they are due to go through the holyrood parliament in just one day tomorrow, and the coronavirus arrivedf the uk. 0ne later than it did in other parts of the uk. one of the reasons why there isa the uk. one of the reasons why there is a slightly lower number of cases here at the moment. but the scottish government are aware that might not remain the case. one of the special covid wards treating patients with the virus — this is the front line for nhs staff. and more space is being prepared in borders general hospital. they know there will be more cases. over 1,000 coronavirus patients are being treated in scottish hospitals. beds are ready for 2,000 more. the lockdown measures are being pretty well observed in scotland, but the virus continues to spread, there are more positive cases. and that's notjust because more tests are being done. the worrying thing is that the proportion of tests coming back positive is increasing. in response, the scottish government announced sweeping new emergency powers, to stop tenants being evicted as well as major changes to the criminaljustice system. are

scottish justice sick to kenny macaskill and p. has built up a formidable reputation as an author before entering the westminster parliament in the december election their love of polish day 3rd longest serving prime minister but this time the for maintenance 1797 he's back to the call because he was a british military commander when the massacre of treatment took place trail men women and children were slated because.

scottish justice stick to kenny macaskill and p. has built up a formidable reputation as an author before entering the westminster parliament in the december election their lover polis the 3rd longest serving prime minister but this time the for maintenance 1797 he's back to the cold because he was a british military commander when the massacre of today took place trailed main women and children were slated because the opposed their position of construction. the prime minister or we had a look liverpool was in the military commander for the central scotland he wasn't responsible for the order to fire but he was culpable and indeed took the blame according to the lord of the group but he obviously recall him to greater things and became the prime minister and the key trying to hear out speaks to him about his newly released volume on scotland's radical history this deals with the p.d. from the french revolution to the radical rising of $820.00. kind of cast the welcome back to the alex salmond's you'll know clearly a little of some advantages to all this book writing them in the they help you with material as well just season 4 here your 1s

the first of those is that coronavirus bill, passed by the uk parliament yesterday, gained royal assent yesterday. that means the scottishk government are working to do the same, and we expect these regulations to be in force as soon as possible, perhaps as early as today pulled up the regulus and give power to enforce rules which most people are now following anyway and i want to thank people for their compliance. these enforcement powers i hope do not have to be used but they are there to make sure we can ensure the right things are done to help us delay the spread of the virus. where necessary , spread of the virus. where necessary, the regulations will give powers to close at businesses and premises and help ensure that social distancing is in force by these businesses and premises which continue operating. we will also provide enforcement and they will help to enforce the rule that there should be no public gatherings of more than two people except where these are people from the same household or in other limited circumstances such as responding to an emergency or work—related purposes that is genuinely essential.

parliament sitting and to follow the guidance. number one, mr. speaker. >> mr. speaker, the whole house will want to join in paying tribute to lance corporal freddie guillen, a reservist medic from the scottish and north irish yeomanry who was tragically killed in iraq last week. my thoughts and deepest sympathies are with her family and loved ones at this very difficult time. mr. speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings later today. >> like many others in the united kingdom my constituents are understandably deeply concerned about covid-19, and i pay tribute to the hospital and everyone in the community who is helping those with the virus or in isolation. can my right honorable friend assure everybody in the country the government will take whatever action is needed and spend whatever money is needed to save lives and to protect livelihoods? >> absolutely. i want to join my honorable friend in paying tribute to the stafford but all the staff and a fantastic nhs for the way their coping in this extremely difficult time. and he can certainly take it so we are not only, putting an

of the right honourable gentleman, the leader of the scottish national party, that we should do this on a cross—party basis. as the member of parliamentoving on to today's events, can my right honourable friend assure me that his government will do absolutely everything to support the economy? businesses large and small. the self—employed. individuals including those on low income. because now is not the time to be squeamish about public sector debt. ican squeamish about public sector debt. i can certainly give my honourable friend that reassurance.” i can certainly give my honourable friend that reassurance. i welcome the measures, but yesterday's statement offered nothing for the self—employed. my constituency in vauxhall has an estimated 30,000 self—employed workers and a lot of those people already feel the financial pinch now. back cannot wait for the government to announce something. so will the prime minister announced today a guarantee of measures that were fully compensate all self—employed workers in this crisis? i repeat the answer i have given several times to several of her colleagues are. we will do whatever it takes to

scottish common has settled on because it has done this already. will that be the number in question because it throws up an interesting question for the commons, will parliamentvirus has been here in madrid. we have a few problems on the line, let's see if we can return to him in that moment. our reporter sima kotecha is in rome. sima, what's life like for italians on lockdown? italians are very warm and sociable people, and now they are being told that they cannot be. the movement has been restricted, they cannot move from town to town, to city to city. if they do, they need good reasons and if they break that rule they could face a jail sentence or a fine. i'm going to show you a bit of rain this morning. saturday morning, and our head from you, nobody on the balconies, nobody walking the streets, it is very quiet. this is very odd. robin swann are the most popular cities in the world. —— rome is one of the most popular cities. the death toll is rising every day, more than 1200 people have died here, most of those fatalities have beenin here, most of those fatalities have been in the north. without than 17,000 cases of coronavirus in italy. the rate of the