right. so today, a big, big figure left the political stage nicola sturgeon had her last ever episode of first minister s questions because, after monday, she s not the first minister anymore. it was her, what, 286th or seventh? i think it was a lot. and this is how she sounded. and actually, spoiler alert, she s quite emotional. words will never adequately convey the gratitude and the awe i hold in my heart for the opportunity i have had to serve as your first minister. applause. and yeah, then the other party leaders just dived in with loads of party political points, like a classic first minister s questions. i suppose nicola sturgeon s immediate political, legacy is quite a lot of chaos in her party as they pick a successor. yeah. so we ll hear who the new first minister is going to be on monday. and i mean the extraordinary thing i mean, firstly, the very human moment for nicola sturgeon there, you know, to have reached the pinnacle of her trade, i suppose. i know sh
it was her, what, 286th or seventh? i think? it was a lot. and this is how she sounded. and actually, spoiler alert, she s quite emotional. words will never adequately convey the gratitude and the awe i hold in my heart for the opportunity i have had to serve as your first minister. it truly has been the privilege of my lifetime. and with these words, presiding officer, i draw it to a close. applause. and yeah, then the other party leaders just dived in with loads of party political points, like a classic first minister s questions. i suppose nicola sturgeon s immediate political legacy is quite a lot of chaos in her party as they pick a successor. yeah. so we ll hear who the new first minister is going to be on monday. and i mean the extraordinary thing i mean, firstly, the very human moment for nicola sturgeon there, you know, to have reached the pinnacle of her trade, i suppose. i know she hasn t delivered the very thing she would have loved to, which is scottish indepen
to restore public faith. the culture sadly in the met is all pervasive and the institutional racism, misogyny and homophobia is largely led by what their officers have said and what our own research has shown. todayis today is without a doubt one of the darkest today is without a doubt one of the darkest days in an almost 200 year old met police service. european stock markets recover in early trading with shares in banks rallying after moves to reassure investors following the takeover of credit suisse. barricades go up in new york in preparation for protests. a grand jury could make history by indicting former president donald trump over alleged hush money paid to a porn actress. hello and welcome to bbc news. the chinese president xi jinping, who s in moscow, has described russia and china as strategic partners and great neighbouring powers . on the second day of his visit, mr xi invited vladimir putin to visit beijing this year, and said he would make ties with mos
and you ll remember nearly a year ago, borisjohnson was fined for breaking the law when he attended this gathering on his birthday. so this isn t about whether he broke the rules. this is about whether boris johnson misled parliament over those gatherings. that s being investigated by a committee of mps who are focusing on statements he made to parliament when he was prime minister. statements like this this was december, 2020. whatever happened, the guidance was followed and the rules were followed at all times. the committee of mps already says evidence suggests borisjohnson may have misled parliament. now borisjohnson submitted this document his written evidence for the investigation 52 pages of his legal defence. in it, he says, i accept that the house of commons was misled by my statements that the rules and guidance had been followed completely at no.10. he adds. when the statements were made, they were made in good faith and on the basis of what i honest
dollars worth of damage. and to mark martin luther king day, boston has unveiled a bronze sculpture to celebrate the life of the the civil rights leader, but its not universally popular. tonight with the context, the democratic strategist mary anne marsh and the writer and broadcaster chris morris. hello welcome to the programme. when david carrickjoined london s metropolitan police in 2001 he was already a criminal suspect in a domestic abuse case. the vetting procedure failed. not once but throughout a career that spanned 20 years. in the two decades he was an officer, later becoming a fire arms officer, the met and three other police forces received 1a complaints. seven of them involved allegations of criminal or predatory behaviour towards women. he was not re evaluated for 16 years, and even then incidents were not given the attention they should have been. today he was unmasked as one of britain s worst ever serial rapists, admitting 71 sex offences. pleading guilty t