and really quite disgraceful. labour say the uk and scottish governments need to get round the table and find a solution to this. but it looks like it will be the courts that soon beckon now. chris mason, bbc news, in edinburgh. for more on this story, log on to the bbc news website. you ll find more background on the scottish plans for gender reform, and why senior politicians in london are concerned about them. and there s more analysis from our scotland political editor glenn clampbell just go to bbc.com. to the search and rescue operation in nepal now and teams there say they have recovered two more bodies from sunday s plane crash, near the city of pokhara. there were 72 people on board the passenger plane from the capital, kathmandu, and two people are still unaccounted for. rescue workers say it s unlikely
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