With iocei new housing. We have been working with Local Government, business, and the third with Local Government, business, and the third sector to publish an action the third sector to publish an action plan for housing in rural and island action plan for housing in rural and island areas action plan for housing in rural and island areas later this year. We have island areas later this year. We have established £25 million of funding have established £25 million of funding to provide homes for key workers funding to provide homes for key workers in funding to provide homes for key workers in rural areas will stop across workers in rural areas will stop across scotland we will invest £160 million across scotland we will invest £160 million this year to acquire empty properties million this year to acquire empty properties for use as affordable Ironies Properties for use as affordable homes. Following consultation i can confirm homes. Following consultation i can confirm that we wi
This is bbc news, the headlines we can go to the Scottish Parliament where there is an election taking place to choose the new First Minister, to replace humza yousaf. John swinney is now in the process and the votes are being cast for him and the votes are being cast for him and it is expected he will imminently be leader of the Scottish National party but he needs to be formally elected as First Minister by the Scottish Parliament and that is what is happening right now. All of the Party Leaders are allowed to nominate themselves as First Minister and it is now the turn of john swinney and he is expected to have a majority of votes. Voting is pretty simple, msps press a button to register their preference. We can now have a listen. The to register their preference. We can now have a listen. Now have a listen. The vote is closed. Could now have a listen. The vote is closed. Could any now have a listen. The vote is closed. Could any member. Now have a listen. The vote is l closed. Coul
Hello, im rajini vaidyanathan. We start here in the uk. Defence secretary grant shapps said it would be irresponsible to carry on Pumping Money into the h52 high speed rail line if costs had spiralled and there was a perfectly legitimate question about its sequencing. Mr shapps, the uks former transport secretary, told the bbc s Victoria Derbyshire that costs had increased significantly, citing inflation as having been part of that. He stressed that hs2 was not the be all and end all for northern transport projects. On hsz, we do have to respond to the budgets on hsz, we do have to respond to the budgets that have been hit not only by coronavirus but by the war in ukraine by coronavirus but by the war in Ukraine I By Coronavirus but by the war in ukraine. Ithink by coronavirus but by the war in ukraine. I think any responsible government looks at that and says, does this government looks at that and says, does this still stuck up for what the country requires in terms of where the coun
)novak dojokovic is in action at the atp tour finals in turin against hubert hurkacz. novak djokovic has taken the first set on a tie break but the permutations in this group are really complicated even if the world number one wins in staright sets he might not reach the semi finals. we ll have to wait and see how holge rune and jannick sinner get on this evening the france rugby union captain antoine dupont is expected to miss next years six nation s championship to concentrate on sevens rugby ahead of the olympics. dupont is one of the world s best scrum halves but has spoken about his desire to take part in his home olympics with the games taking place in paris next year. an announcemnt is expected later that he willjoin up with the sevens squad in the new year to take part in that global series, which would rule him out of the six nations. golden state warriors star draymond green has been suspended without pay for five games for his part in an on court scrap during the o