Severe gales across the north east of scotland. moving across the north east as well, and as we come down the east, still looking at gusts of up to 70 mph. inland, very windy as well, so damaging and destructive gales quite possible. further south, a lot of dry weather during the course of friday. breezy, not as when there is in the north, a bit of cloud, one or two showers as well, and temperature during the course of tomorrow will be still around the mild side for most, 13 or 14 bit cool north. naga and charlie, the wind will really be a feature of the wind will really be a feature of the weather later tonight and tomorrow in the northern half of the country. carol, thank you very much. in just under an hour, its expected that british gas owner centrica will announce record profits. hannah s looking at this for us this morning. you for us this morning. cannot avoid it because we are all you cannot avoid it because we are all dealing with higher energy prices, so these companies will
She was first minister she was deputy first minister and the party leader at holyrood and she has a very long career going back a long way, but i don t think nicola sturgeon is by any means finished. she will continue, she said yesterday, she will continue to play an important part in the snp and the independence campaign in scotland going forward and i think she is almost certain to get a big internationaljob somewhere. she will probablyjust be sitting around not saying much about it, not herself knowing what might come down the pipe in terms of offering but i think something like the united nations must be on the cards stop is such a big all consuming political figure, like mary robinson, the former president of ireland, i think something quite attractive will be offered to her and something that uses all of her talents so i think we have absolutely not heard the
Scotland s first female and longest serving first minister nicola sturgeon is now preparing to step aside. giving absolutely everything of yourself to this job is the only way to do it. the country deserves nothing less. but in truth, that can only be done by anyone for so long. for me, it is now in danger of becoming too long. # bye bye, nicola.# across scotland and the political parties, people were quick to react to the surprise resignation. nicola and i didn t i agree on everything, but in the short time - that we did work together, i was pleased that we were able to announce two freeports - in scotland, that s joint working between the uk government. and the scottish government. those freeports are going to attract investment and create jobs - in scotland, which is great, i and i look forward to working with whoever the new first minister is to continue working constructively to deliver i for the people of scotland.
Knew her own well, she knew her own name. she knew her own name, she was prepared to work within hollywood in her own way and forge her own path. really interesting hearing some of the stories about her. here s carol with a look at this morning s weather. good morning, everybody. clearskies in scotland last night, some cracking pictures of the northern light like this one in sutherland. scotland has the clearest skies and the lowest temperatures first thing this morning. for the rest of the uk, fairly cloudy, and some rain and drizzle and summerhill fog and some coastal fog as well, but as you can see from these temperatures, it is a mild start to the day winds again. the rain moving across the south east will slowly push off into the north sea through the course of the north sea through the course of the day, and as we go through the day, we will start to see it dry up. we will start to see some breaks and that cloud to the east of the welsh
And the imagine that issue and the scrutiny and the vitriol she was receiving online and the vitriol she was receiving online probably does play a part in this, online probably does play a part in this, but online probably does play a part in this, but i ve been told there have been this, but i ve been told there have been conversations off and on in the last few been conversations off and on in the last few months and this isn t something that s developed out of the blue something that s developed out of the blue and has been bubbling away in the the blue and has been bubbling away in the background and you look back at eight in the background and you look back at eight years, scotland s longest serving at eight years, scotland s longest serving first minister and there is an element of getting sick of it but it blandly an element of getting sick of it but it blandly and probably the timing is important because we are mid term in the is important because we are mi