Allies. A source close to him said resignation had become an option rather than letting the vote go ahead. This is a live shot of the official residence of the Scottish First minister, bute house and humza yousaf is expected to make a statement around noon. Lets talk to our Political Correspondent in edinburgh, lynsey bews. What is the latest you are hearing . We expect to hear from the First Minister around noon, we are here at bute house, the official residence of the First Minister and we expect to hear the current First Minister say he will resign following the collapse of the Power Sharing Deal with the green Party Last Week and that was when the trouble began for him and he has been under intense pressure since then. It was announced here at Bute House On Thursday last week that he would bring to an end the agreement with the green party, thejunior partners in the Scottish Government and he would continue to govern as a minority at holyrood. The scottish conservatives tabled a vo
Celebrate victory on derby day, but theres no shaking off the holders Manchester City, who remain hot on their heels. Good morning. Some heavy rain in Northern Ireland this morning. That will push north and east during the course of the day. It is the south east that will hang on to the driest and silliest conditions for longest. All of the details later on in the programme. Driest and sunniest. Its monday, the 29th of april. The Irish Government says it will pass Emergency Legislation to return rising numbers of Asylum Seekers arriving from Northern Ireland, because theyre fearful of being sent to rwanda. Irish ministers estimate that 80 of recent arrivals have come to the country via Northern Ireland but the uk government says it wont accept any Asylum Returns from the eu via ireland. Our Political Correspondent helen catt reports. The border between the republic of ireland and Northern Ireland is designed to be easy to cross. But the Irish Government says its recently seen an influx
and showing no signs of returning to work, those benefits would be stopped if they didn t take part in some workplace return to the workplace scheme. i m nowjoined by thomas lawson, chief executive of a benefits charity of the thank you for being here for the what did you make of that decision? to stop benefits from those who are not trying to get actively back into work? ., , ., ., , trying to get actively back into work? .,, ., .,, .,, work? crop that was the most concerning work? crop that was the most concerning thing work? crop that was the most concerning thing my - work? crop that was the most. concerning thing my colleagues work? crop that was the most - concerning thing my colleagues heard today to stop what is it really means to completely stop someone but benefits after they have been through a period of perhaps two years try to get into work? chances are there are real issue stopping from working for the it s interesting to hear the conservatives talk about co
The Academy Award for best picture. Oh you come on. La la land. The team behind la la land had already started the Victory Speeches when the mistake was uncovered. This is not a joke. Moonlight has won best picture. Moonlight. Best picture. A moment i will never forget. It has never happened in of the oscars. It was a little awkward the british people are being offered an unreal and over optimistic vision of what brexit will look like, Sirjohn Major has warned. The former tory Prime Minister also called for more charm and a lot less cheap rhetoric from the uk government towards the rest of the eu. And he said the costs of leaving would be substa ntial and unpalatable. Downing street said the government was determined to make a success of the uks departure from the eu. Sirjohn major warned. Sirjohn major warned that the brexiteers had been overly optimistic about britains future as i voted on the losing side in the referendum, ive kept silent since lastjune. This evening, i dont wish to