two 15 year olds appear in court charged with the murder of brianna ghey. the death toll from the earthquakes in turkey and syria rises to more than 40,000 but people are still being rescued alive nine days on. and more turmoilfor welsh rugby, as players threaten strike action over uncertainty about their playing contracts. and coming up on the bbc news channel. welsh rugby players will consider strike action had of hosting england in the six nations in cardiff next week due to contract disputes. hello, and a very good afternoon. nicola sturgeon has resigned as scotland s first minister and leader of the scottish national party. she says she can no longer give the full commitment she believes the job requires and says it s time for a new leader to take both the country and her party forward. the snp leader hinted that after eight years as leader what she called polarised opinions about her, may be getting in the way of broadening the appeal of the case for an independent
the other parties, the snp s gains came at largely labour s expenses of labour and the conservatives are seeing this as an opportunity to regain ground in scotland. jonathan blake, regain ground in scotland. jonathan blake. thank regain ground in scotland. jonathan blake, thank you, regain ground in scotland. jonathan blake, thank you, from regain ground in scotland. jonathan l blake, thank you, from westminster, and james kirk in edinburgh, thank you, too. today s other news now and a toddler with a rare inherited condition has become the first child to be treated by the nhs with a new life saving gene therapy. i9 month old teddi shaw has mld, which severely damages the brain and nervous system. the treatment costs almost £3 million and is the most expensive medicine ever approved for the nhs. teddi was diagnosed because her older sister nala showed symptoms. it was too late to treat nala, who is now terminally ill. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh reports. he sings imagine havi
can stop russian missiles crossing ukrainian territory, then that would alleviate some of the problems for poland. i think also, some may start saying, look, the war is now degenerating in a way that could affect other countries. ukraine has the initiative. it s shown that it can liberate a very significant proportion of the territory that the russians took from it in their invasion, and perhaps the time has come to start stepping up assistance for there, perhaps so the like warplanes supplying things like warplanes. those of the issues that will become even more pertinent in the wake of this episode. pertinent in the wake of this e - isode. pertinent in the wake of this eisode. g ., ., ., episode. indeed. jonathan marcus. episode. indeed. jonathan marcus, thanks episode. indeed. jonathan marcus, thanks so - episode. indeed. jonathan marcus, thanks so much l episode. indeed. jonathan l marcus, thanks so much for joining us with urinalysis. let s turn to some of the reaction from
affluent, more rural areas in the south of england and potentially the southwest and southeast of england as well, is potentially an area of concern for the conservatives, and there may well be enough in this result for all borisjohnson there may well be enough in this result for all boris johnson says, that there were particularly local circumcision came into play in their focus on the leveling up agenda, to give concerns and pause for thought and perhaps take about how that laser focus, and perhaps take about how that laserfocus, that and perhaps take about how that laser focus, that unashamedly focus from the tories is on redressing what they see as the inequality between north and south and areas of the country which they say for so long have been left behind, how much that comes at the expense of the support the tories have traditionally a light on in other parts of the country. i}!(. traditionally a light on in other parts of the country. 0k, jonathan blake, parts of the country.