scotland is not for brexit, scotland is for europe, and if you want to keep scotland in europe, vote snp! brexit is an unforgivable act of tory sabotage on our country. having failed to force her disastrous plan through parliament, the prime minister is now looking for help from labour. let me be blunt. laughter i don't trust theresa may. but on brexit, i don't trustjeremy corbyn either. applause so today i make this clear — the snp will not vote for a tory brexit, and we will not vote for a labour brexit. 0ur brexit. our policy is no brexit, that is what the people of scotland voted for, and that is what should happen. applause at westminster, ian blackford has led our mps at westminster, ian blackford has led ourmps in at westminster, ian blackford has led our mps in fighting scotland's corner. . . applause and he and they have been simply magnificent, we are so proud of them. that is nicola sturgeon, the first minister of scotland, she has already said that they should be an independence vote, another independence vote, another independence referendum by the time of the next sco

advised by supporters of the union if you wanted scotland to stay in the european union, then scotland had to stay in the union that is the united kingdom. if they wanted the eu, they had to have the uk. and of course that hasn't proved to be the case. the people of scotland in the 2016 european referendum voted to remain by 62% to 38%, but of course the uk as a whole voted to leave. nicola sturgeon says that means the people of scotland have been taken out of the european union against their wilful she says that gives her mandate, that was mentioned in the manifesto they put forward in the 2016 elections to this parliament, she says that gives her a mandate to hold a further referendum. now she has one rather large snag in the way, the power to hold a referendum resides with westminster, it is reserved in westminster under the 1998 scotland act, which established devolution. now, the uk ministers are saying no. they say now is not the time, indeed this week david lidington, the prime minister's effective deputy said that they would not be a referendum conceded to scotland up to those

in line for some future tragedies i think it would be you know wise in scotland not to rest in a lot of great credit is owed to those individuals and all those organizations but i think you're right the train does tend to be creeping up again some of these things are cultural some of it comes because people are copycat and see things in the t.v. or potential under the sea sometimes it just gets out of the psyche in the mind of youngsters so you've got to be ever vigilant to stop and search as a tactic in the visible police presence i think it's something that has to be calibrated you've got to ramp up at times and you've got to decrease other times and it may be in scotland that we've gone. too far one we as in london have gone too far the other and it may be that we've got to increase it slightly just to provide that reassurance it's not about policemen having nothing else to do it's about youngsters feeling that they can be a reassured that was cutting names will be caught so they don't need to carry a knife and have it there are differences between north and so for the boredom of

services mental health and health as a whole we are acutely aware of the problem of knife crime in scotland because until recent years it was a terrible scourge but as others have alluded to as a result of a radical change of approach to the problem the incidence of knife crime in scotland has greatly reduced and crimes of handling an offensive weapon have decreased by sixty four percent between the years two thousand and seven two thousand and eight and two thousand and sixteen two thousand and seventeen and as if we all know and i this occurred because of a holistic approach which involved the creation of a violent reaction unit initially in glasgow were known for the whole of scotland funded by the scots. government which treats violent crime as a public health problem the problem too many children with multiple at adverse childhood experiences are excluded from school which in turn can lead them to become involved in gangs and violence if we are to tackle this if epidemic of youth violence we need an approach whether you call it public health but we need an approach which is trauma info

not much snow on the mountains in scotland at the moment in this weather watch picture, sent to us by "colliestun". but you got a sense that that's going to change in a big way for scotland over the next few days as our weather turned significantly colder. now, on the satellite picture, we've got a streak of cloud to the north—west of the uk. and that's a cold front that's working in towards our shores. but if you're heading outside over the next few hours, the only place you're likely to come across rain is northern ireland, and even here the rain is going to be patchy in nature. clear spells further east allowing some frost, so it will be quite a chilly start for a number of us first thing in the morning. there's our area of high pressure slipping away to the continent. and here comes our cold front, bringing that thickening cloud, and eventually outbreaks of rain. so the rain will turn heavy and steady through the day for western scotland and for northern ireland. but for eastern scotland, for most of england and wales, actually, we've got another fine day coming up with some spr

scotland must have the choice of an independent future. she and her party are buoyed by polls suggesting voters are moving their way. support for independence is already up. ourjob now is to get support for independence surging and make sure that no westminster government can ever stand in the way of scotland's right to choose. before anyone can choose, the uk government has to agree to holding a referendum. nicola sturgeon set out what the real challenge now is. she has to demonstrate there is a real desire for another independence vote if she is to try and force the westminster government to allow one. all the troops are ready. the country is ready. climate change, brexit nonsense has gone on far too long. do you really think there will be a referendum in the next couple of years? i believe so. nicola sturgeon has set out in her plan. the party are getting ready with plans to deliver a brochure on independence to every household in scotland this summer. but they can't say for sure when any vote might be. sarah smith, bbc news, edinburgh.

but if brexit happens, she says people in scotland should have the choice between that and scotland being an independent country within the european union. she says that legislation enabling that should be in place by the end of the year. although she also acknowledges that the uk government has said that it does not want a second independence referendum. let's listen now to a key part of the statement she has just made. to rush into an immediate decision before a brexit path has been determined would not allow for an informed choice to be made. however, if we are to safeguard scotland's interests, we cannot wait indefinitely. that is why i consider that a choice between brexit and a future for scotland as an independent european nation should be offered in the lifetime of this parliament. if scotland is taken out of the eu, the option of a referendum on independence within that timescale must be open to us. that would be our route to avoiding the worst of the damage brexit will do. of course, that intention does not mean that we should cease trying to build as much agreement on the best

the isle of man, far south—west of scotland. elsewhere, some fog patch is starting to form and in eastern areas quite a chilly night in fact for parts of northeastern england and scotland there could be a localised frost. for most of us it is looking drive with smells of sunshine but our pesky weather front will still bring cloud and some patchy rain. early mist and fog clearing but always a patch of pot around into the afternoon. the best of the sunshine in scotland. 18—19, possibly 20 degrees. as we go into to say, a similar day of weather. scraping into western parts, some rain. elsewhere drive with spells of sunshine and the early fog will clear. tuesday will be the warmest day of the week, 20 in lending, it could be 19 or 20 in other places. -- 20 could be 19 or 20 in other places. —— 20 in london. this should make some progress eastwards. some wind to push it along, it is in no mood to push it along, it is in no mood to move quickly. it becomes marooned on top of the british isles on wednesday. a band of cloud initia

i think eventually, if scotland wants to stay in europe and europe wants scotland to stay in. i think everybody's fed up of referendums, quite honestly. sorry, no second chances! the snp know they need to grow support for independence before they can hold another vote. they hope they've begun to cultivate a conversation that will persuade people to consider it. sarah smith, bbc news. the time is 6:16pm. our top story this evening: bringing communities together — politicians attending the belfast funeral of lyra mckee, who was murdered last week, have been challenged by a priest. and still to come... i will be live here at old trafford ahead of tonight's manchester derby, which could just prove to be the decisive fixture in the most compelling and exciting title races for years. and in sportsday on bbc news: after the past decade in london, the atp world tour finals will move to turin from 2021. the organisers say it would take the event to new heights. how many times have you left your baby in front of the telly or with a tablet, just so you could get a few chores done? well

come 24 degrees in parts of scotland come 24 degrees in parts of scotland come 24 degrees in parts of southern england. this evening and overnight staying dry for most of us, more cloud arriving in the north and west scotland, into northern ireland, introducing drizzle later, keeping temperatures. elsewhere, on the french side, frost free to take us into a splendid start to saturday. mist and fog to start to saturday. mist and fog to start saturday across the south—east and east anglia, clearing gradually. more cloud across scotland and northern ireland. reducing one or two showers. for most, a dry and sunny day. ties of 26 possible. clad bc to scotland and northern ireland, whether france hanging around saturday night and sunday, producing rain, most significantly in the west of scotla nd rain, most significantly in the west of scotland and northern ireland, it may hold of in the atlantic. some showers are possible. more cloud around easter sunday, hazy sunshine at first in england and wales, warm or you have strong sunshine. temperatures in the 20s. the cloud will start to push aw

we pick up the story across scotland. some sunshine for northern and perhaps eastern scotland. a bit of patchy rain coming into the far west of scotland. still, this rain continuing on and off in northern ireland as it has done through the night. for england and wales, though, we are yet to see any rain crossing the irish sea, so it should be a dry start. some sunshine, some mist and fog patches across eastern england, those shouldn't last too long and we should see decent spells of sunshine. more sunshine towards the south—east than we had on monday. you can see how slowly this rain pushes over the irish sea into some western coasts, further into scotland, perhaps, but ahead of it, with some sunshine, 18 degrees likely for the moray firth and in the south—east, perhaps into east anglia, the east midlands, 18 or 19 degrees here. as we move into the evening and overnight, again this patchy rain is pushing its way further into wales, to the south—west of england, across north—west england and further into scotland as well. so more cloud pushing into more of the country me

here's our scotland football correspondent chris mclaughlin. it's a decision that does not come as much of a surprise to be honest, there was speculation a few weeks ago that the axe was beginning to fall on alex mcleish, the scottish fa board met here at the national stadium this morning, discussed it for a few hours and then just ratified a decision that i think had already been made. the sfa said it was a reluctant decision but based on was a reluctant decision but based o n fa cts was a reluctant decision but based on facts and based on results, they felt they had to act. the noticeable result, the one that really led to the sacking, was that 3— 0 euros 2020 qualifying defeat away to kazakhstan. it is alex mcleish‘s second time in charge of scotland, the first time successful, this time not as much. now speculation turns to who will succeed him. early contenders are the kilmarnock manager steve clarke and even gordon strachan who was sacked here as scotla nd strachan who was sacked here as scotland boss to make way for alex mcleish but

former scotland winger. pat, we have heard about how nicholas's career ended, but if that it wasn't a popular appointment. no, it wasn't a popular appointment. no, it wasn't a popular appointment. no, it wasn't with the fans. some people, myself included, a good job was being done. if there is a problem, just sack the manager. i think many of us have begun to believe that it doesn't really matter who the manager is, it is a bigger problem than that. however, alex had to come in, do what was a toughjob. when alex had to come in, do what was a tough job. when the alex had to come in, do what was a toughjob. when the kazakhstan result happened, the negativity that had been with the tartan army, it came raining down on them and it was just a matter of time after that that he would eventually get sacked. but it is a deeper problem than that. it is quite simple, we are not producing anywhere near enough top quality players. if it was anything other than that, like northern ireland, like wales, now and again you wi

we will see more cloud moving into western and northern scotland and northern ireland over night. today, lots more sunshine. as i mentioned it will be hazy at times, large areas of high cloud but a dry, fine and warm day. always cooler and southern coasts with the breeze of the sea but away from here temperatures in the high teens, low 20s celsius, perhaps 23 and may be 2a across south—east england. through this evening and overnight, things stayed dry, we have a mostly clear sky, mostly because this frontal system starts moving into northern ireland, northern and western scotland bringing more cloud and may be patchy drizzle and light rain by dawn but elsewhere clear skies, the odd patch of mist and fog and frost free night, temperatures 5—iodc. this front will linger through tomorrow across northern and western scotla nd tomorrow across northern and western scotland into northern ireland. we cannot rule out the odd bit of patchy light rain and drizzle and most will be drier, to the south across central and southern scotland, all of england and wales, lots more warm sunshine

northern scotland struggled with the more cloud. some, cameras are priceless but fairly overcast skies in stornoway. here is how the cloud dispersed. the more solid mass which is the remnants of a weather system is the remnants of a weather system is in northern scotland and will drift further south into scotland through the evening and overnight, even bringing a bit of drizzly rain. it will keep temperatures up postop elsewhere much clearer skies, only a little patchy cloud drifting around. setting up for a fairly widespread frost away from those in scotland overnight. low is down to minus three. a toy start to thursday but a pretty sunny one nonetheless. always a bit more cloud affecting zero seekers throughout the day as we keep the chilly easterly breeze. work out for the north—east of scotland. the weather system is worlds away in the north sea. brighter spells across orkney and shetland. building cloud for northern ireland. similar temperatures today, highs of ii or 12. temperatures today, highs of 11 or 12. it is spot the d

scotland must have the choice of an independent future. she and her party are buoyed by polls suggesting voters are moving their way. support for independence is already up. 0urjob now is to get support for independence surging and make sure that no westminster government can ever stand in the way of scotland's right to choose. before anyone can choose, the uk government has to agree to holding a referendum. nicola sturgeon set out what the real challenge now is — she has to demonstrate there is a real desire for another independence vote if she is to try and force the westminster government to allow one. i don't trust theresa may... party activists believe independence is within their grasp. party bosses know they also need to convince the wider public that scotland should decide when to make that choice. we are building the case, we are putting in place the framework to have that referendum, and as we build that popular support, woe betide a uk government that continues to ignore, sideline and disrespect the people of scotland. all the

especially northern and western scotland, northern ireland, maybe the far south—west of england, and the channel islands, nearer to 2—4 degrees. that's how it will feel in the wind. we've got low pressure dominating our weather at the moment, which is why we're seeing all these downpours. it's cutting off that supply of colder air, mind you, on thursday. we've got that weather front wrapped around a low, so that's the focus for some more persistent what is probably mostly rain at this stage across northern scotland. some wetter weather curling back into south—west england, moving into wales, and into the west country too. a few heavy showers elsewhere, but a fair bit of sunshine around. not a bad day for northern england, southern scotland, and those temperatures are creeping up to around 9 or 10 degrees. and, as we head towards the end of the week and into the weekend, it's an improving sort of story. it will feel a bit warmer. i think many places will be dry, and there'll be some sunshine around as well. we've got our low pressure from thursday into friday, still anchored to th

it should not be as cold as last night in scotland. temperatures typically 6-7. we in scotland. temperatures typically 6—7. we start the second half of the weekend on a cloudy note with drizzle around in scotland, particularly in the morning. we should see brightening and sunshine developing elsewhere. we will also have heavy showers pushing into eastern parts heading towards the midlands and a small risk of a thunderstorm. these are the temperatures. warm across much of england and wales. still colder in much of scotland and north—east england. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. the chancellor insists that the government has no red lines in talks over brexit. but labour says it's disappointed that no compromise been offered. the government perhaps has to show a bit more flexibility than it has done so. there has been no movement from the government on the actual content of the political declaration, and that is key. conversations with the labour party are continuing, they were continuing last night. we expect to exchange more text with the labour party today, so this i

not much snow on the mountains in scotland at the moment in this weather watch picture, sent to us by colliestun. but you've got to sense that that's going to change in a big way for scotland over the next few days as our weather turns significantly colder. now, on the satellite picture, we've got a streak of cloud to the north—west of the uk. and that's a cold front that's working in towards our shores. but if you're heading outside over the next few hours, the only place you're likely to come across rain really is northern ireland, and even here the rain is going to be quite patchy in nature. clear spells further east allowing some frost, so it will be quite a chilly start for a number of us first thing in the morning. there's our area of high pressure slipping away to the continent. and here comes our cold front, bringing that thickening cloud, and eventually outbreaks of rain. so the rain will turn heavy and steady through the day for western scotland and for northern ireland. but for eastern scotland, for most of england and wales actually, we've got another fine day coming up

temperatures on your thermometer may well suggest 6—8 degrees, but for scotland, northern ireland and south—west england, feeling much colder than that, you will need a couple of extra layers. as we move out of wednesday into thursday, that area of low pressure stays with us, but slowly plays down into the south—west, so we are going to see some rain in the south—west and some rain reverting back into northern scotland, but sandwiched in between the two, drier, brighter, and a little bit quieter, i am pleased to say on thursday. in terms of the feel of things, not one, 8—10 degrees, but signs from friday into the start of the weekend that things may well change, and that is due to the wind direction. we will lose the northerly flow and pick up more of an easterly, so less cold, hopefully an easterly, so less cold, hopefully a little bit quieter as well. so just cling on to that for the next couple of days as we move towards the end of the week and into the weekend, not as cold with a little more sunshine to look forward to. you're watching beyond 100 days. after seven hours lo

, one 01’ showers for the east of scotland, one or two showers for the east of scotland, one 01’ two showers showers for the east of scotland, one or two showers feeding into the south—east of england, and more sunshine feeding into the east of england and into the afternoon, but fairly disappointing temperatures, between nine and 1a celsius the maximums tomorrow. that takes us into the weekend and it will bring more of the same really, chilly with a further dry weather for most and some sunshine around at times. the best of the sunshine to come on saturday, another cool start to the day. there will be areas of cloud, but also some sunny spells, fairly windy in the west. the risk of one or two sharp showers in south—east england, could be some hill mix than an temperatures disappointing for the time of year, between seven and 11 celsius, sitting below average for the time of year. here is how it looks as we go overnight into sunday. not a great gale of change with the pressure chart and the air mass, another cool and largely dry day to come. there will be further spells of sunshi

parts of scotland could get to 18 or 19 degrees. we have moved forward to tuesday but the weather chart looks similar. this frontal system in the west, heavy rain into northern ireland, fringing into western scotland, maybe west wales and the south—west later. elsewhere, early fog will clear to give some sunshine and those temperatures of17— give some sunshine and those temperatures of 17— 20 degrees. temperatures like that are not going to last, as we move through tuesday into wednesday, this frontal system which will have been lingering in the west eventually makes its move and slides its way eastwards. the progress of this front very

scotland must have the choice of an independent future. she and her party are buoyed by polls suggesting voters are moving their way. support for independence is already up. 0urjob now is to get support for independence surging, and make sure that no westminster government can ever stand in the way of scotland's right to choose. before anyone can choose, the uk government has to agree to holding a referendum. nicola sturgeon set out what the real challenge now is. she has to demonstrate there is a real desire for another independence vote if she is to try and force the westminster government to allow one. all the troops are ready. the country's ready. it's time for change, this brexit nonsense has gone on far too long. do you really think there will be a referendum in the next couple of years? i believe so, nicola sturgeon has set that out in her plan. the party are getting ready, with plans to deliver a brochure on independence to every household in scotland this summer, but they can't say for sure when any vote might be. sarah smith, bbc

it could get to 19 or 20 across parts of scotland. as we move into wednesday, that front which has been lingering out west makes some progress eastwards. not much wind to push it along, so it's in no mood to move quickly. it becomes marooned on top of the british isles on wednesday. a band of cloud initially, but it may reinvigorate to give showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. ahead of that front, still some warmth, but behind it,

salmon return from the sea to scotland's rivers to breed. studies show only 3% make it back. 50 years ago, it was ten times that. one factor that's led to the collapse in numbers. bagpipes playing the opening of the salmon fishing season is celebrated on scotland's rivers. it's worth tens of millions of pounds to the rural economy, supporting thousands of jobs. even 30, 50 years ago... claire mercer nairn runs a hotel that's been welcoming anglers since 1820. the fishing, she says, is vital, if it's to stay open all year. for us, that means we can have long—term, full employment in the village, versus having to rely on temporary seasonal workers. amid the concern, the scottish government says it's determined to protect this iconic species and is helping to fund research. the concern is not so much that salmon could disappear entirely from rivers like this, but that their numbers fall so low, fishing becomes unsustainable. if that happened, it could have a very serious effect on scotland's rural economies. you can catch up with me on social

the event sta rts eastern side of scotland. the event starts to show its hand across any pa rt starts to show its hand across any part south—west of england, perhaps into northern ireland as well. there could be some heavy, possibly thundery downpours as this moves westwards tomorrow. low pressure in charge of the sea by the stage. as a ghostly day, the northern half of the uk there will be a lot of dry weather. this band of rain approaches from the south—west and ahead of that, we are likely to see some pretty heavy thundery downpours breaking it. eventually up into parts of north—west england, northern ireland and possibly southern scotland to stop a scattering of heavy, thundery downpours could make for some vapour travelling conditions. temperatures may be up to 20 degrees in norwich, plenty of is a little bit more than that. it will quite windy. that wind is blowing all the warm air to the north—east. for the rest of the week, we bring in increasingly cool atla ntic week, we bring in increasingly cool atlantic air.

cliff forms around scotland's coastline are such an important quality of this... of this country. >> sreenivasan: philip long is the director of v&a dundee. he ove the three and a half years it took to build, at a cost of mor than $llion. >> a great deal of that time was just in constructingarhis extraordexternal form. it's characterized by these leaning, twisting forms that put enormous pressures, physical pressures on the building's structure. it's cast in concrete in situ, and that itself was a very complex process. >> sreenivasanneinside, oak line the walls. and then, there's the open space. it's meant to part museum, part meet-up site, and part living room of sorts for the city. the goalf v&a dundee is to present the breadth of scotla's design history and ongoing innovation under one roof. so, within the museum, two main galleries carry a mix of objects. >> it's reputed that the first shot fired in the american war of independence was made with a scottish pistol. >> sreenivasan: curator meredith more took us on a tour of the permanent gallies. so, how much of

i think eventually, if scotland wants to stay in europe and europe wants scotland to stay in. i think everybody is fed up with referendums, quite honestly. sorry, no second chances. the snp know they need to grow support for independence before they can hold another vote. they hope they've begun to cultivate a conversation that will persuade people to consider it. sarah smith, bbc news. the north korean leader, kim jong—un, has arrived in the far east of russia for his first summit with president putin. mr kim made the relatively short trip to the pacific coast city of vladivostok in his private armoured train. talks are due to begin on thursday, as our correspondent steve rosenberg reports. his armoured train had all but made it into vladivostok station. but somehow there was just enough time for a last—gasp spring clean by kim jong—un's staff. north korea clearly keen to make a good impression on russia. outside the station, kim was treated to a guard of honour. it's his first visit to russia. he is looking quite the statesman. two summits with donald trump had ensured

i think eventually, if scotland wants to stay in europe and europe wants scotland to stay in. i think everybody is fed up with referendums, quite honestly. sorry, no second chances. the snp know they need to grow support for independence before they can hold another vote. they hope they've begun to cultivate a conversation that will persuade people to consider it. sarah smith, bbc news. figures released today show that government borrowing last year fell to its lowest annual level in 17 years. borrowing for the last financial year was £17.2bn less than the year before but nearly two billion more than the official forecast made in the spring statement. the deficit has also fallen to its lowest level in 17 years. the search has begun for mark carney‘s successor as the governor of the bank of england. mr carney is due to step down at the end of january after six years in the post. for the first time the government is using a recruitment agency to find a successor. ten days on since climate change activists took to the streets, blocking key routes in central london, organisers

knowledgeable or northern ireland by any means but as i wish for the repeal of the acts of union for scotland i also wish for peace and unification for the people of northern ireland and islands and finally martha dyer says i don't think it's because of bricks scotland's going for independence independence is overdue a long time ago they kill us in westminster has only helped to bring it to the hate now the home secretary speech in east london this week was the first on crime he used it to give a deeply personal explanation of why he was changing the approach or knife crime. it's not so difficult to see how i could have turned out to have a life of crime myself. these graphs sure the extent of the problems with which the home secretary is grappling the official statistics show three things one that the incidence of knife crime is not just a london problem however across england it is heavily concentrated in the urban a.t.o.s. too and london although they're not attacks everywhere it is the capital's deprived areas which bear the brunt of the problem. in three figures over the last decade sure

in scotland and northern ireland, a bit of brightness or sunshine first thing. showers across england and wales from the word go push northwards. in terms of being cloudy, the showers get heavy with hail and thunder mixed in. some of those downpours will be quite lengthy as well as they drive their way northwards. in the south, perhaps turning a bit lighter today, a bit more sunshine, temperatures down on recent days, 13—16 degrees and quite a breezy day coming up, really. going through thursday evening and overnight, further wet weather for scotland, showers working in across parts of western england, and wales, perhaps some lengthier spells of rain through northern ireland through thursday night and into the early part of friday morning. friday, on the face of it, although it's quite unsettled again, there'll be some bigger gaps between the showers and perhaps some more in the way of sunshine for particularly eastern areas of scotland for a time, but it's not completely dry, you will see some further showers moving in through the afternoon. some of these are

, may be some spots of rain just of scotland, may be some spots of rainjust getting into of scotland, may be some spots of rain just getting into the western isles into this afternoon. but here apart from it being cooler elsewhere, it is very warm, low 20s celsius across the board with a high of 2526, so today is going to be the peak of the warm spell. through tonight, dry, clear skies, peak of the warm spell. through tonight, dry, clearskies, a little mist and fog developing across england and wales in particular, more of a breeze, cloud and outbreaks of rain, temperatures no lower than 10 degrees. a mild night for many. then into tomorrow, easter sunday, a lovely fine day, mist and fog through the morning should clear through, and then we will see lots of sunshine and temperatures responding quite well, breeze and cloud for the north—west of scotland, 12 degrees for stornoway, 23 or 2a likely to be the high on sunday. as we head on into monday, low— pressure sunday. as we head on into monday, low—pressure to the west of us should stay out at sea, and we will continue with high

another fine, dry rain to the far north—west of scotland. anotherfine, dry and sunny scotland. anotherfine, dry and sunny warm scotland. anotherfine, dry and sunny warm day with temperatures well up into the 20s. a similar story for most of us on easter monday. there is always the chance those pesky weather fronts could bring a little bit of rain, for me it is good night. — from me. i'm rico hizon in singapore, the headlines: robert mueller‘s long—awaited report on russian interference says there was no collusion with russia by the trump campaign in the 2016 us election. the heavily redacted report doesn't exonerate him and it also raises questions of obstruction of justice. but president trump says it's "game over". they are having a good day. i'm having a good day as well. it is called no collusion, no obstruction. i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. also in the programme. the firefighters who battled the flames at notre dame are thanked

yesterday, england, wales, scotland and northern ireland all saw there warmest day of the year so far. the highest was 23.3 celsius. somewhere in southeast england will no doubt beat that today and higher tomorrow, perhaps up to 26 to the west of london. quite widely this easter weekend, temperatures in the low 20 celsius, well above the april average. we have high pressure across scandinavia and winds are pull warmer air from across scandinavia and winds are pull warmer airfrom europe. the pressure keeps weather fronts at bay but more cloud will creep into northern ireland in western scotland later on tonight. for good friday, it's a fine and dry day, plenty of sunshine. it will be hazy at times with areas of cloud. still a noticeable breeze, more southwesterly for northern ireland and western scotland and it will hold back temperatures for some eastern and southern coasts but generally, temperatures from 19 to 21 celsius. southeast england could get up to 24. for most, it is a fine, dry, frost—free night but this front is approaching western scotland, northern ireland and into the

it could get to 19 or 20 across parts of scotland. as we move into wednesday, that front which has been lingering out west makes some progress eastwards. not much wind to push it along, so it's in no mood to move quickly. it becomes marooned on top of the british isles on wednesday. a band of cloud initially, but it may reinvigorate to give showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. ahead of that front, still some warmth, but behind it, the temperatures start to drop away. that is the theme as we head towards the end of the week. it does look like turning a little cooler and fresher. some showers drifting eastwards during their stay. by friday, most of us will be dry, but temperatures are significantly lower than they have been. to sum things up for the week ahead, largely dry for most of us at first, rain spreading slowly eastwards. there could be patchy and dense fog and it does turn warmer for a time. this is bbc world news today. our top stories... the socialist party of spanish prime minister pedro sanchez has won the country's

our scotland correspondent, james shaw is in holyrood. talk us through the significance of what nicola sturgeon has been staying today. to my mind, bend, this is the strongest statement nicola sturgeon has made on a second scottish referendum. time. in 2016, just after the european election, she was very strong on the fact that scotla nd she was very strong on the fact that scotland had voted to stay in the eu and the rest of the uk, the totality of the uk, had voted to leave. that meant scotland should be entitled to go its own way and there should be a second independence referendum. then the 2017 election and happen and the snp lost ground so it went quiet for a while. but she is back with a strong statement that she believes an independence referendum should happen before the next election in scotla nd happen before the next election in scotland in 2021. so legislation to be prepared by her brexit minister mike russell before the end of the year. but she knows that the uk government is trenchantly opposed to the idea of a second indep

scotland sunshine and showers. but after 25 degrees last weekend, some will struggle to get into double figures this saturday. let's return to one of our top stories now and the foreign office has issued a warning against all but essential travel to sri—lanka following security concerns in the wake of easter sunday's terror attacks. where does that leave the estimated 8000 british nationals thought to remain in the country, we can speak now to emma brennan from the association of british travel agents. the foreign office is estimating there are about 8000 british people overin there are about 8000 british people over in sri lanka at the moment and it is difficult to know how that brea ks it is difficult to know how that breaks down between tourists, people visiting friends and family and people there on work. we believe that in terms of people on a package holiday, it is in the hundreds rather what is the advice to people out there currently? the advice is to continue to follow the advice of the local authorities

the hpv vaccine is routinely offered to all school—age girls in scotland. the uptake has been high, about 90%. researchers looking at the first smear tests of those receiving the vaccine found a 90% reduction in precancerous cervical abnormalities, and say this confirms the vaccination programme is translating into the prevention of cervical cancer. this vaccine has exceeded our expectations in that respect. in 20—30 years' time, we will look back and see, if the uptake stays high, we will have potentially eliminated cervical cancer. hpv is linked to other cancers, including those of the head and neck. later this year the vaccine will be routinely offered, not just to girls, but to all school—age boys in scotland, too. lorna gordon, bbc news. a study has shown that the type of food we eat is putting one in five of us into an early grave. researchers found that a poor diet is the world's deadliest health risk, accounting for nearly 11 million deaths. low intake of whole grains and fruits and high consumption of salt accounted for half of diet —related

in scotland, fracking remains under a moratorium. holyrood still has not decided how to proceed. supporters in the usa say fracking there has lowered gas bills, but some states have still banned it. the government here maintains that shale gas is both environmentally and consumer friendly. now it needs to find somebody new to make that case. john mcmanus, bbc news. the department for business, energy and industrial strategy have responded to natascha engel‘s resignation. a spokeserson said the government supported the development. of the shale industry in the uk because ‘it could have the potential to be a new domestic energy source, and create thousands of well paid, qualityjobs". they also said the government was confident that current regulations "strike the right balance in ensuring the industry can develop, while ensuring any operations are carried out safely and responsibly". a woman has died and three people are in hospital after a gunman opened fire at a synagogue in california. a 19—year—old man has been arrested after the shooting outside san diego. our correspo

we pick up the story across scotland. some sunshine for northern and perhaps eastern scotland. a bit of patchy rain coming into the far west of scotland. still, this rain continuing on and off in northern ireland as it has done through the night. for england and wales, though, we are yet to see any rain crossing the irish sea, so it should be a dry start. some sunshine, some mist and fog patches across eastern england, those shouldn't last too long and we should see decent spells of sunshine. more sunshine towards the south—east than we had on monday. you can see how slowly this rain pushes over the irish sea into some western coasts, further into scotland, perhaps, but ahead of it, with some sunshine, 18 degrees likely for the moray firth and in the south—east, perhaps into east anglia, the east midlands, 18 or 19 degrees here. as we move into the evening and overnight, again this patchy rain is pushing its way further into wales, to the south—west of england, across north—west england and further into scotland as well. so more cloud pushing into more of the country me

, eastern scotland where we have had really warm weather for the last couple of days. there might be heavy showers in central and southern england and the north—east of england. perhaps the temperatures will not be as high tomorrow is today. tomorrow evening at overnight it progresses eastwards, then the changes to what has been billed as some really quite cold weather towards the start of the bank holiday we can take place on thursday. big showers, thunderstorms, hail, barely six or 7 degrees in the north. we have a change in air, we're getting some arctic maritime air, wind right away from the polls south across the uk just in time for the start of the bank holiday weekend. —— wind coming from the poles. lots of showers further south, temperatures barely eight or nine on the east coast, barely five or six in the north. bearing in mind it was nearly 21 celsius in inverness yesterday. feeling colder in the strong northerly wind. but we cut off the northerly wind. but we cut off the northerly wind. but we cut off the northerly wind into the bank holiday weekend, s

six to eight though for much of scotland and northern england. really quite chilly for this time of year. not an awful lot really changes on thursday. still quite a lot of cloud around them are still the potential for the southern half of the uk to catch a few showers, and those temperatures still below par for this time of the year, thanks to that easterly breeze dragging in the colder air. as we look further ahead, we've got a battle between high—pressure in scandinavia, bringing the easterly breeze, and atlantic winds coming in from the west. notice i haven't put any days on their because the changeover from the easterly to more of a south—westerly is a bit uncertain. it may well be into next weekend. it could be even further ahead than that. but we are likely to see a change to atlantic weather conditions. that means stronger winds. it will be milder, particularly at night, but there will be some showers or even some longer spells of rain. the papers are looking interesting tonight. with me to discuss the papers is ruth lea, economic advi

knowledgeable or northern ireland by any means but as i wish for the repeal of the acts of union for scotland i also wish for peace and unification for the people of northern ireland and islands and finally martha dyer says i don't think it's because of breck's scotland's going for independence independence is overdue a long time ago they kill us in westminster has only helped to bring it to the hate now the home secretary speech in east london this week was the first on crime he used it to give a deeply personal explanation of why he was changing the approach or knife crime. it's not so difficult to see how i could have turned out to have a life of crime myself. these graphs sure the extent of the problems with which the home secretary is grappling the official statistics show three things one that the incidence of knife crime is not just a london problem however across england it is heavily concentrated in the urban a.t.o.s. too and london although that attacks everywhere it is the capital's deprived areas which bear the brunt of the problem. and three figures over the last decade first fal

in the sun, 16-17. north—east of scotland. in the sun, 16—17. further west, underneath north—east of scotland. in the sun, 16—17. furtherwest, underneath the rain and cloud it will be noticeably cooler, 12—13. look at this swirling cloud across the atlantic at the moment. this area of low pressure will arrive tonight. it has been named storm hannah because of the intensity of the winds. it will bring rain across northern ireland, the midlands. some potentially damaging gusts of winds in excess of 70 mph, may be more on exposed west facing coasts. it is strong enough to potentially cause issues with the trees. saturday morning, 70 mph gusts of wind on west facing coasts, stronger winds moving east through saturday morning. also spiralling anticlockwise is the rain across southern scotland, northern england, north wales and the midlands. to the south, brighter and in the north of scotla nd south, brighter and in the north of scotland it should stay dry. it will stay windy all day despite the severe gales. factor in that, the cloud and rain,

we pick up the story across scotland. some sunshine for northern and perhaps eastern scotland. a bit of patchy rain coming into the far west of scotland. still, this rain continuing on and off in northern ireland as it has done through the night. for england and wales, though, we are yet to see any rain crossing the irish sea, so it should be a dry start. some sunshine, some mist and fog patches across eastern england, those shouldn't last too long and we should see decent spells of sunshine. more sunshine towards the south—east than we had on monday. you can see how slowly this rain pushes over the irish sea into some western coasts, further into scotland, perhaps, but ahead of it, with some sunshine, 18 degrees likely for the moray firth and in the south—east, perhaps into east anglia, the east midlands, 18 or 19 degrees here. as we move into the evening and overnight, again this patchy rain is pushing its way further into wales, to the south—west of england, across north—west england and further into scotland as well. so more cloud pushing into more of the country me

the exception has been north—west scotland at the west of northern ireland with more cloud in fact some seen heavy rain through the night, more breeze compared with elsewhere. elsewhere clear, mist and fog patches developing and central and eastern parts of inconclusive temperatures drop close to freezing with a touch of frost. early mist and fog clears quickly and plenty sunshine across england and wales, much of scotland and the east of northern ireland, more cloud further west and north—west scotland again with outbreaks of rain, more breezy than elsewhere and breezed to the north sea and english channel coast keeping temperatures down as more cloud and rain at the far north—west but elsewhere one sunshine. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: police in londonderry investigating the murder of the journalist lyra mckee continue to question two teenagers and make a fresh appealfor information. lyra's killers have succeeded in only one thing and that is in uniting the entire community in condemnation. more than 750 arrests in six days, as climate change protests continue in centra