and peter murrell the husband of scotland s former first minister nicola sturgeon has been arrested as part of a police investigtion into the finances of the scottish national party. 58 year old peter murrell was the snp s chief executive until he quite last month. in a statement, police scotland said they had taken a 58 year old man into custory for questionining over the party s funding and financing. the investigation was launched into donations raised by the party which was ostensibly to campaign for and hold a second independence referendum. it is alleged that money instead was used to help with the party s day running costs. in a short statement, the police had a 58 year old man has today, wednesday the 5th of april, been arrested. as part of an investigation into the funding of the scottish national party. he is being questioned by detectives. officers are also carrying out searches at a number of addresses as part of the investigation. they said i report will be s
and jacinda ardern makes her farewell. former new zealand prime minister jacinda ardern has bowed out of parliament with a standing ovation following her farewell speech earlier. the 42 year old spoke about the honour she has felt representing her country and steering its people through some of the hardest times, including natural disasters, the covid i9 pandemic and the 2019 christchurch mosque attack. she shocked the country earlier this year when she announced she was stepping down as prime minister and retiring from politics, saying she no longer had enough in the tank . i do hope i have demonstrated something else entirely. that you can be anxious, sensitive, kind, and wear your heart on your sleeve. you can be a mother or not. you can be an ex mormon or not. you can be a nerd, a crier, a hugger, you can be all of these things. and not only can you be here, you can lead just like me. tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou. a standing ovation their in wellington. jacinda
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one of the world s biggest criminal marketplaces, used by online fraudsters to buy passwords, has been shut down following a global police investigation. known as genesis market, it sold login details, ip addresses and other personal data, allowing criminals to log into bank accounts. 2a people have been arrested in the uk. with more on this, we can talk to our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. tell us more about the latest on the story. more than 120 people arrested worldwide in this operation, which is been run by dutch police and the fbi in the united states and also police didn t new zealand, australia, canada, the uk, with the national agency took the lead and also all across europe. it s been a very big operation, running for around 36 hours now. the idea was to take this website, genesis market out of action and also to arrest many of the people suspected of using it to bleed back in very large numbers. it s thought about 2 million peoples dater was for sale
and on bbc london. and coming up on the bbc news channel. after three premier league games without a win can manchester united beat brentford at old trafford and strengthen their chances of qualifying for the champions league? good evening. the husband of the former first minister of scotland nicola sturgeon has been arrested. police say that peter murrell is being questioned as part of an investigation into the snp s finances. officers are searching a number of properties, including the couple s home in glasgow. here s our scotland editorjames cook. police have been investigating the scottish national party s funding and finances for nearly two years. this morning, their inquiries led here, to the suburban door of peter murrell and nicola sturgeon. mr murrell was arrested as a suspect and questioned by detectives while officers searched the couple s glasgow home. well, this is usually a pretty quiet residential street, but this morning, there s a fairly extraordinary sight