that this is an issue he feels very strongly about. anna miller, thank ou. strongly about. anna miller, thank you- hannah strongly about. anna miller, thank you. hannah miller. the liberal democrats are promising new protections for rivers and coastlines if they get into power. the party says it will expand marine protected areas, and introduce a new blue flag status for rivers, to end what they call environmental vandalism . leader sir ed davey says families should be free to swim safely in the knowledge that our waters are not polluted with sewage. the leaders of four of scotland s parties will take part in a televised debate tonight. the snp sjohn swinney, labour s anas sarwar, the liberal democrat s alex cole hamilton, and the scottish conservative leader douglas ross willjoin the 90 minute debate, which starts at nine o clock on stv. the scottish green party has described its omission as out rageous work has begun this morning on the rob burrow centre for motor neuro
that the snp could lose a swathe of seats in the election, mostly to labour. let s speak to our political correspondent in glasgow, georgia roberts. we are an hour and a half away from this debate, what are we expecting? as you say, the leaders of scotland s biggest party, in terms of westminster representation, will be going head to head, taking the arguments of the campaign trail to the tv studios for the first time biggest parties. john swinney for the msp, anas sarwarfor biggest parties. john swinney for the msp, anas sarwar for scottish labour, douglas ross for the scottish conservatives, and alex cole hamilton for the scottish liberal democrats. be chaired by the political editor, there will be a 0&a political editor, there will be a q&a and also the leaders will be able to cross examine, if you like, and each other in some part of the programme as well. a bit of controversy here, the fact that the scottish greens have not been included in tonight s debate. they
this announcement coming in the wake of ocon crashing with pierre gasly on the first lap of the monaco grand prix last weekend. and that s all the sport for now. stv will host the first televised debate of this year s uk election. the scottish leaders will go head to head tonight. the debate, which starts at 9pm uk time, will feature john swinney of the snp, labour s anas sarwar, douglas ross of the scottish conservatives and alex cole hamilton, who leads the lib dems in scotland. there will be no place for the scottish greens, who formed part of the last coalition government in edinburgh, nor alex salmond s alba party, though stv says it is comfortable it is complying with ofcom rules around due impartiality. for more on this, let s cross to glasgow to talk tojohn curtice, professor of politics at strathclyde university. do you think they still have a place in general elections under the make
very divisive issue in washington, while the prime minister stalls on that negotiation. now let s talk about events in scotland tonight. so fireworks in england today what about scotland? the first televised leadership debate of the general election is under way. four of the party leaders in scotland taking that s the snp part that s the snp first ministerjohn swinney, labour s anas sarwar, douglas ross for the conservatives and alex cole hamilton, of the liberal demorats. the scottish greens the third biggest party at holyrood are not on stage tonight. their exclusion they said is outrageous . stv, which is broadcasting the debate, says it is comfortable their decision complies with ofcom rules. can t bring you any of that really at the moment, because we ve only had a few of them talking, and it did start late. but brian, what are you expecting to come of tonight s debate, where you think the most heated debate may come? you have 0 enin: heated debate may come? you have op
douglas ross for the conservatives, labour s anas sarwar and alex cole hamilton, of the liberal demorats but not the scottish greens. the israeli military has announced the deaths of four more people who were abducted by hamas on the 7th of october. they ve been named as nadav popplewell, chaim peri, yoram metzger, and amiram cooper. israel s army says the hostages were killed during an israeli operation in khan younis. claudia sheinbaum has been elected as mexico s first woman president. preliminary results showed the 61 year old former mayor of mexico city had won close to 60% of the vote in sunday s election. she will replace her mentor, the outgoing president andres manuel lopez obrador. a final message from rugby league legend and motor neurone disease and motor neurone disease campaigner rob burrow has been released as part of a new bbc documentary. the message was recorded by the former leeds rhinos star