in scotland. it is not clear exactly when she will leave office, but as i say, she has been head of the scottish government for the last eight years. she has been making headlines in recent weeks because of a wider debate on teenagers rights, calling for a wider debate on teenagers rights, she defended plans to allow i6 year olds to change their legal sex. scotland s gender recognition bill that she wanted to introduce into scotland brought her into conflict and a clash with the uk government based in westminster, which blocked scotland plus two gender recognition bill. the secretary of state for scotland alisterjack used a special order known as a section 35 order to prevent that there becoming law on the grounds it would have an adverse impact on the laws. those are laws that apply across scotland, england and wales. that was a claim disputed by the scottish government, butjust to remind you, that gender recognition bill was to allow i6 year olds to change their legal sex
arrivederci antonio. manager conte leaves tottenham hotspur by mutual consent after 16 months in charge. and we ll be hearing more of your stories about caring for relatives with dementia. nothing prepares you for that moment where your parents do turn around and ask you who you are. that moment is heartbreaking. it s monday the 27th of march. our main story. the new leader of the scottish national party will be revealed this afternoon, six weeks after nicola sturgeon announced her resignation. the scottish health secretary humza yousaf, the finance secretary kate forbes and ash regan, a former minister, are the three contenders hoping to become first minister. whoever wins the top job will take on a fractured party and a country facing a number of policy challenges. our scotland editor james cook reports. for the snp, this has been a difficult campaign. splits have emerged on the economy, social issues such as gay marriage and a lack of progress towards independence. so part
we ll be live in north london. potter under pressure: the chelsea boss responds to critics, as his side travel to borussia dortmund in the champions league. and we ll have the latest on this week s women s internationals as scotland lose their opening game of the pinatar cup. hello and welcome along plenty to get through over the next half an hour. we start with football and the premier league s top two go head to head at the emirates stadium, as arsenal host manchester city in under an hours time. pep guardiola s side can move top on goal difference with a victory, joe lynskey previews the action. arsenal and manchester city are two clubs on each other s tail. the top two in the top flight. last summer, to city players left for arsenal and are key to their resurgence. because arteta is in his fourth year at arsenal after three years himself with city. 50 arsenal after three years himself with ci . ., ., ., ., with city. 50 animated almost mirror imaaes with city. 50 ani
it was time, you know? we ll look at the legacy of a leader who led the snp to repeated election victories and ask what next for the party and for scotland. also on the programme: the latest on the search for the missing mother nicola bulley. police reveal that the as year old, who s been missing for 19 days, was considered a high risk missing person from the start. because of alcohol related issues related to the menopause. as soon as she was reported missing, following the information that was provided to the police by her partner, paul, and based on a number of specific vulnerabilities that we were made aware of, nicola was graded as high risk. and the one year old who s received the most expensive medicine ever approved for the nhs a £3 million life saving gene therapy. arsenal could be replaced at the top of the list by manchester city as the two sides meet at the emirates. good evening from holyrood, where politicians and voters alike are reeling at the news that n
disappearance. ais year old boy and are charged with the murder of the 16 year old girl who was killed in cheshire on saturday. inflation remains near a a0 year high. the uk s most expensive drug saves a toddler with a rare genetic condition, but it is too late to save her terminally ill sister. nicola sturgeon is stepping down as scotland s first minister and leader of the scottish national party. she will leave office as soon as her successor is chosen. she says she can no longer give the role the full commitment she believes that it needs, and she hinted that after eight years as scotland s first minister, efforts to broaden the appeal of scottish independence could be hampered by what she called polarised opinions about her work. we ll look back at her career and get political reaction from edinburgh and london, but first lorna gordon on nicola sturgeon s resignation. she is scotland s longest serving first minister, the first female to hold the position. and today, nicol