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
On bbc london their first ever chance to vote. We speak to young londoners about what issues matter to them ahead of the Mayoral Election on thursday. Good afternoon. And we start with dramatic Political Developments in edinburgh where in the last hour scotlands First Minister humza yousaf has announced that hes resigning. Hes been under growing pressure after he ripped up a Power Sharing Deal with the scottish green party. As a result, he had been facing two separate votes of no confidence this week. Well, in an emotional statement a short time ago, mr yousaf said hes not willing to trade his values and principles simply to hold on to power. Our scotland editor james cook is in edinburgh. This was a pretty emotional statement. Humza yousaf pretty close to tears at the end of that statement . To tears at the end of that statement . ,. , ~ ,. , statement . Yes, he was. As you say, emotional as statement . Yes, he was. As you say, emotional as he statement . Yes, he was. As you say, emot
Announced hes to resign. Hes been under growing pressure after he ripped up a Power Sharing Deal with the scottish green party. Hes been facing a vote of No Confidence, he released an emotional statement today, and we have a report from lorna gordon who can tell us what happened today. Over the next half an hour, we will go through all of the implications with the bbc s special correspondent allan little, who is with me here. At westminster, were joined by our Political Correspondent nick eardley. This starts with Nicola Sturgeon, whose great strength as a politician is placing herself at the heart of huge grassroots Progressive Coalition, people very committed to the Progressive Causes which characterised her leadership. One of the things she could have been failed to have done is to carry Public Opinion with her, committing to the Progressive Causes has always been much more strongly rooted in the Independence Movement than scottish public as a whole. So her government and humza yous
As a result, he had been facing two separate votes of no confidence this week. Well, in an emotional statement a short time ago, mr yousaf said hes not willing to trade his values and principles simply to hold on to power. Our scotland correspondent lorna gordon has this report. Under pressure and out of time. Humza yousaf facing judgment on his future, jumping before he was pushed. A Route Through this weeks motion of no confidence was absolutely possible. I am not willing to trade my values and principles or do deals with whomever simply for retaining power. Therefore, after spending the weekend reflecting on what is best for my party, for the government, and for the country that i lead, ive concluded that repairing our relationship across the political divide can only be done with someone else at the helm. I have therefore informed the snps National Secretary of my intention to stand down as party leader and ask that she commences a Leadership Contest for my replacement as soon as p
The king is back in business, his Cancer Treatment progressing well. So when he is out and about, what will that mean to different people . Tonight werejoined by laura lee, the head of maggies, the cancer care charity, and historian tessa dunlop. Also tonight, labours shadow chancellor rachel reeves, whos tried to forge a reputation for Fiscal Discipline. Where does that Leave Spending on defence . Churchill didnt say, lets have a Defence Review. He said, there is in existential threat right there, lets arm. He lost that argument. Shouldnt we be getting down to it right now . We are committed to get Defence Spending up to 2. 5 of gdp. And also, crucially, working with our nato allies, because its important that other countries also play their role. Scotlands First Minister, who yesterday unceremoniously dumped the snps coalition partners, is trying to save his skin by wooing back the scottish greens. What are his chances . As humza yousaf fights for his political survival, some snp sou