on monday march 13th, with the winner announced on march 27th. the poet laureate simon armitage has written a special verse to mark the centenary of one of the most famous trains in the world. the flying scotsman set off on its first ever trip from london to edinburgh on this day 100 years ago, and became the first steam locomotive to travel the route non stop. a copy of simon s poem will be displayed at the national railway museum in york. it s 8:13am. here s matt with a look at the weather. a beautiful picture. is it today, that picture? it a beautiful picture. is it today, that picture? a beautiful picture. is it today, that picture? it is indeed. notice this little line, that picture? it is indeed. notice this little line, captured i that picture? it is indeed. notice this little line, captured by i that picture? it is indeed. notice this little line, captured by a i this little line, captured by a weather watcher in slough. it is called a sun pillar. the sun just below the hori
health secretary humza yousaf, finance secretary kate forbes and former community safety minister ash regan have all put themselves forward to be the next party leader and first minister of scotland to replace nicola sturgeon. the ballot will open on monday march 13th, with the winner to be announced on march 27th. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordonjoins me now from glasgow. good morning to you, lorna. do you think any other candidates might declare themselves before midday, first of all? ~ ,. first of all? well, never say never, but it does first of all? well, never say never, but it does at first of all? well, never say never, but it does at this first of all? well, never say never, but it does at this point first of all? well, never say never, but it does at this point feel- but it does at this point feel unlikely. a lot of the other people around whom there was speculation have ruled themselves out at this point, and we have already seen msps and mps declaring allegia
gucci empire. a celebrity, and third generation of scion of one of fashions most notable families. when the news came out that maurizio was shot, in broad daylight, in downtown milan, it was absolutely shocking. sara is an editor at bloomberg, and the author of house of gucci. the book the movie is based on. this is not the type of thing that happened, ever, in milan. it just didn t happen. it was a prosperous business, and financial center. the thing that made it more sinister was it was not clear who would have done such a thing. maurizio was such a charming, charismatic, nice man. there was no sense that he had enemies. maurizio that morning, on march 27th, as he did on every morning, was just walking to his office. he is an nbc news correspondent, based in italy. he was born and raised in milan,
residents of shanghai, china s most populous city, have been celebrating the easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions. 25 million people were forced indoors for 65 days at home, or lived in tents inside their factories to keep some production going. basic public transport services are resuming and shops are reopening. but dining out is still banned, and most children will not return to face to face schooling. 0ur correspondent, robin brant, is just one of the millions of residents locked down for the past two months. he has the latest from the chinese city. there is immense relief, of course. i don t know what you were doing 65 days ago, that was march 27th, but we were going into a lockdown across this vast city that was initially predicted to last nine days, just nine days. state media saying it would be staggered to try and ease the impact on the economy here. that turned out being 65 days. 65 days of harsh restrictions that have left this city
there is immense relief, of course. i don t know what you were doing 65 days ago, that was march 27th, but we were going into a lockdown across this vast city that was initially predicted to last nine days, just nine days. state media saying it would be staggered to try and ease the impact on the economy here. that turned out being 65 days. 65 days of harsh restrictions that have left this city and the people here, frankly, scarred. but things are changing today, and the speed at which they re changing is mind boggling, actually. we were expecting some kind of gradual, piecemeal easing of restrictions, but it s come in a big bang. and today, june first, people are able to drive private cars on the roads, there is a basic public transport service, shops are beginning to open, you can get a haircut, you can get takeaway food from a restaurant. so all the kind of usual trappings of what may appear normal have returned today. but having said that, this is not a full lifting of the lockdown