Noon, and a few minutes after that, the Party National secretary confirmed that there was only one nominee who had reached the threshold of 100 backers across 20 local branches of the party, and that was john swinney. 0f local branches of the party, and that wasjohn swinney. Of course, that wasjohn swinney. Of course, that followed the decision last week of our potential rival, kate forbes, to declare that she was not going to contest this Leadership Challenge with mr swinney. Now it Isjohn Swinney who will be taking over. He has led the party before, from 20002004. He has led the party before, from 2000 2004. He resigned after poor Election Results, but since then, he is a different man, a lot more experienced, 16 years in the cabinet. He says he will govern from the moderate centre left. We expect him to set out more details here at Glasgow University in a speech this afternoon of how he might do that. Of course, he does need to be elected as first minister. He is not automatically b
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Hello, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. King charles has been visiting a Cancer Treatment centre in london its his first major Public Engagement since his own diagnosis with the disease in february. He was accompanied by Queen Camilla on the visit, which aims to raise awareness of the importance oif early diagnosis. This was our first glimpse of the king a short time ago as he got out of his car and made his way into the Treatment Centre with the queen. Lets speak to our royal correspondent Sarah Campbell, whojoins us from University College hospital. What a hopeful day in the glorious spring sunshine, to see king charles, dare i said, looking very well. , ~ , well. Absolutely. I think there is cautious optimism well. Absolutely. I think there is cautious optimism and well. Absolutely. I think there is cautious optimism and the well. Absolutely. I think there is l cautious optimism and the palace well. Absolutely. I think there is caut
Alongside Queen Camilla, will visit a Cancer Centre, meeting patients and staff and migrants missing in the uk. A government report has revealed that the home office has lost contact with more than half of migrants that were set for deportation to rwanda. So that the kings visit. So that the kings visit. Great, and its going to happen right in our lifetime. So stay tuned to us. Were expecting it well, in about an hour and a half. Yeah. And i think its fabulous interesting that hes going to a Cancer Centre because we know whats happening with Catherine Middleton in his own battle with cancer will be supported by Queen Camilla. And of course, that breaking news this morning about the stabbings, here in the south of england this morning, hainault area. The footage is pretty dramatic. Were working out at the moment what we can and cant show you of that event. Gbnews. Com yoursay is the message board this morning to let us know all of your thoughts. First, though, the very latest. News. Ver
There are nine water based sports in this summers olympics in paris, some of them in the pool, but many in outdoor water, and there have been calls for action to address Water Pollution particularly in britain, where sports have united to call on the uk government to address pollution in rivers, lakes and coastal waters. They say they want compulsory monitoring of all Sewage Outlets to protect participants. Heres our sports editor, dan roan. Pupils at greenbank primary in rochdale, enjoying their weekly session on the water. The school offers Sailing Courses at a local reservoir and, for the kids, its one of their favourite lessons of the week. How does it feel out on the water . Well, sometimes when its windy it goes really fast, so you get a bit scared. But other than that, its quite fun. Its very cool. Is it a good thing to do . Definitely. Yeah, because its still a sport, so you still get exercise. The Water Quality here at Hollingworth Lake is good but the same cannot be said else