#we # we need a doctor. if you ve got time and what about this for a job ad? we visit the cornish town that has turned to song, in a desperate attempt to recruit a new gp. let s get more on our main story now nicola sturgeon s resignation as leader of the scottish national party. she ll be remembered as one of the most powerful politicians of her generation delivering a string of landslide victories for the snp. but her politicaljourney started as a teenager with one thing in mind, independence for scotland. andrew kerr looks at nicola sturgeon s legacy. nicola sturgeon has dominated the political stage, notjust in scotland, but in the uk. a remarkable and long career at the top of scottish politics has now come to an end.
Has died at the age of 82. arsenal s reign at the top is over, beaten at home by manchester city, who overtake them in the premier league title race on goal difference, city s jack in the box making a statement of intent. good a statement of intent. morning. across the north 0 scotla nd good morning. across the north of scotland today will be where we have the clearest skies, the rest of us cloudy, grey, some of mist and some rain but it should dry up and brighten up a bit later. tonight and tomorrow, though, the northern half of the country will have gales or severe gales. all the details later in the programme. good morning. it s thursday 16th february. our main story the search for a new first minister of scotland has begun, following nicola sturgeon s surprise decision to stand down after more than eight years in thejob. the scottish national party s executive committee will meet this evening to draw up a timetable for a leadership race. our scotland correspondent lorna
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First minister and deputy. the partnership was successful. the people voted in a majority snp administration in 2011. the road to the referendum was embarked upon. it was not to be, though. scotland said no in 2014, and salmond exited the stage. it was sturgeon s time and there was that pop star style tour around the country. the next year opponents were virtually wiped off the map in the 2015 westminster election. a leader stepping up onto the uk stage. my promise is this, if you vote snp, we will make your voice heard. the snp will always stand up for scotland s best interests. brexit reignited the independence campaign. nicola sturgeon continued to fight the uk government, but another referendum has not been delivered.
The north of scotland. through the day, the rain pushes away, a few holes developing in that cloud to the east of the welsh hills, the midlands, east of the pennines and later east anglia and the south east. by then, we already have the next weather front coming in across the west of scotland and northern ireland, introducing some rain. temperatures in london got up to 16 yesterday, today they are more likely to be around 1a celsius, but across the board still average temperatures for this stage in february. as we go through this evening and overnight, things start to liven up. we start with the rain, heavy and persistent rain moving across scotland and northern ireland, you can see here this is an area of low pressure. this is the centre of it. it will be rapidly developing as of now across the north, and the wind will be strengthening. by the end of the night, gales or severe gales across parts of the northern half of the country. we will start like that tomorrow, just up to 75 mph,