questioning and release of the former first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, in connection with the investigation into the finances of the scottish national party. mrs sturgeon says her arrest was a shock and she is innocent of any wrongdoing. she s been released without charge pending further investigation. our scotland editor james cook reports. nicola sturgeon, for so long, front and centre in scottish politics, was arrested well away from the cameras, just after 10am. detectives questioned her as a suspect, before releasing her without charge seven hours and 15 minutes later. this evening, ms sturgeon issued a statement which was raw, blunt and defiant. i am certain i have committed no offence, she said, describing the situation as both a shock and deeply distressing. she thanked her supporters, saying they appreciated she would never do anything to harm either the snp or the country, and she insisted in the strongest possible terms that i am in fact innocent o
take us through what the police are actually saying here. the? take us through what the police are actually saying here. actually saying here. they have arrested up actually saying here. they have arrested up to actually saying here. they have arrested up to 20 actually saying here. they have arrested up to 20 people - actually saying here. they have arrested up to 20 people from | actually saying here. they have - arrested up to 20 people from those riots that happened a week ago monday. 0n the 22nd of may. let me just run through the story again really, because we first got wind that something was happening in the west of cardiff in a neighbourhood called belief, one of the most deprived areas of whale. we heard that there was a ride happening. there was a live stream coming from the riot and you could see about 30 to 40 the riot and you could see about 30 to a0 young men, mostly really having the best part of a fight with riot police, really hurling missiles and set
after he first met the young man, who was 15 at the time. mr schofield strongly denies grooming him, but says he regrets the relationship and lying about it when itv tried to investigate. he s been talking to the bbc s amol rajan. last week, if my. ..daughters hadn t been there. ..then.i wouldn t be here. and they ve. .. ..guarded me. um. and won t let me out of their sight. it s like a weird.numbness. i know that s a selfish point of view. but you come to a point where you just think, how much are you supposed to take? if all of those people that write all of that stuff. do they ever think that there s actually. ..a person at the other end? and so. ..hereiam, um. are you feeling 0k to do this? are you feeling strong enough to do this interview? yeah, i have to. why? why do you want to do this interview? because there is an innocent person here who didn t do anything wrong. who is.vulnerable. ..and probably feels like i do. and. ..i just have to say. ..stop with him. ok, wi