this announcement coming in the wake of ocon crashing with pierre gasly on the first lap of the monaco grand prix last weekend. and that s all the sport for now. stv will host the first televised debate of this year s uk election. the scottish leaders will go head to head tonight. the debate, which starts at 9pm uk time, will feature john swinney of the snp, labour s anas sarwar, douglas ross of the scottish conservatives and alex cole hamilton, who leads the lib dems in scotland. there will be no place for the scottish greens, who formed part of the last coalition government in edinburgh, nor alex salmond s alba party, though stv says it is comfortable it is complying with ofcom rules around due impartiality. for more on this, let s cross to glasgow to talk tojohn curtice, professor of politics at strathclyde university. do you think they still have a place in general elections under the make