and peter murrell the husband of scotland s former first minister nicola sturgeon has been arrested as part of a police investigtion into the finances of the scottish national party. 58 year old peter murrell was the snp s chief executive until he quite last month. in a statement, police scotland said they had taken a 58 year old man into custory for questionining over the party s funding and financing. the investigation was launched into donations raised by the party which was ostensibly to campaign for and hold a second independence referendum. it is alleged that money instead was used to help with the party s day running costs. in a short statement, the police had a 58 year old man has today, wednesday the 5th of april, been arrested. as part of an investigation into the funding of the scottish national party. he is being questioned by detectives. officers are also carrying out searches at a number of addresses as part of the investigation. they said i report will be s
good morning. with the price of food and raw ingredients getting more in spreads of this easter, we are in a bakery in bolton expected this easter, we are looking at what it means that the sweet treats you might be buying this year. in sport this morning. racism in rugby union. former england rugby star luther burrell says he s proud for speaking out after an rfu investigation found his claims of racism in the sport were true. good morning. i ll start to the day to day for most of us to yesterday, away from the south east where it is called it is a milder start. cloud and rain pushing from the west to east but it should brighten up much later across northern ireland and western scotland. it s wednesday, the 5th of april. donald trump has spoken publicly for the first time since his arrest and appearance in court to face criminal charges. the former us president told a packed hall of supporters in florida last night that legal action against him was an insult to ameri
hello and welcome to bbc news. we start in poland where president zelensky of ukraine has made his first official visit to the country since russia invaded ukraine. the polish president, andrzej duda, has told his ukrainian counterpart that poland will urge nato to give kyiv additional security guarantees. ukraine s leader has been welcomed by president duda at the presidential palace and he s expected to thank the polish people at the royal castle in warsaw later. poland has been one of the most outspoken and generous supporters of kyiv since the war started in february last year. it s taken in millions of refugees and sent more than 300 tanks. it was also one of the first countries to send fighter jets to ukraine. this is the shot we are getting live from poland of the president zelensky and the commentary is in polish and ukrainian but i can tell you they are about to give a statement to the cameras imminently. this is a hugely important and symbolic visit for president ze
one of the world s biggest criminal marketplaces, used by online fraudsters to buy passwords, has been shut down following a global police investigation. known as genesis market, it sold login details, ip addresses and other personal data, allowing criminals to log into bank accounts. 2a people have been arrested in the uk. with more on this, we can talk to our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. tell us more about the latest on the story. more than 120 people arrested worldwide in this operation, which is been run by dutch police and the fbi in the united states and also police didn t new zealand, australia, canada, the uk, with the national agency took the lead and also all across europe. it s been a very big operation, running for around 36 hours now. the idea was to take this website, genesis market out of action and also to arrest many of the people suspected of using it to bleed back in very large numbers. it s thought about 2 million peoples dater was for sale