The same again worth of media. Its a really busy Little Corner of edinburgh thats waiting to see what is going to be happening, what is going to be said. And obviously the huge expectation is that humza yousaf is going to resign and we are going to head into that crucial 28 day period where scotland, scotlands national party, needs that new leader and certainly a few names already. We havent even had the statement yet , and even had the statement yet, and already were hearing a few names. The likes of john swinney, who is Nicola Sturgeons deputy first minister. Weve also heard angus robertson, who is obviously one of the more established snp members up here in scotland, and then of course , kate forbes. She then of course, kate forbes. She had a crack last time. She just narrowly missed out to humza yousaf. But indeed, afterjust 13 months, we are now likely to be seeing the end of Humza Yousafs tenure as first minister of scotland. Tony, well stop it there and well take it live this is
Gb news. Morning. 930 on wednesday, the 24th of april. Britains newsroom on gb news with Andrew Pierce and bev turner. Good morning. Thank you for good morning. Thank you for joining us. So defence spending boost. Prime minister rishi sunak pledges an extra £75 billion in defence spending by 2030. Will it go far enough though . Were going to be speaking to former Armed Forces Minister james speaking to former Armed Forces Ministerjames heappey later in the show and the miranda aftermath , the Prime Minister aftermath, the Prime Minister faces Big Questions over whether those flights will act as a deterrent after 250 migrants attempted to cross the channel yesterday. And of course, we saw those five deaths and a prestigious award for former detective turned whistleblower Maggie Oliver has received the award for her courageous efforts to expose the rochdale grooming gangs. Maggie will join us with her extraordinary story. And yes, what was it like . Andrew back in your day . I dont thin
Government pensions in peril. Rishi pensions in peril. Rishi sunak has refused to commit to having the pensions triple lock in the next tory Party Election manifesto. Could this further division in his. Party its interesting that spy story because were not cant confirm who it is as of yet. No, but almost certainly therell be a statement by a minister because we know somebody has been arrested in connection with being a chinese spy connection with being a chinese spy in the commons, working for a very conservative mp. A very senior conservative mp. Possibly if hes not named an mp, will name him under parliamentary privilege. Thats very were entitled to know. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, we are entitled to know. And those dogs. Let us know. And those dogs. Let us know what you think about that. The these bully the banning of these xl bully dogs. Thats what dogs. At least thats what horrible is suggesting. They are awful. Are responsible for awful. They are responsible for th
With more. Yes, the Prime Minister walked back into downing street dunng walked back into downing street during the night and straight into a huge row about the influence of china. Ill bring you the latest and well have your full weather picture with rachel ayres after a very warm to hot weekend. To hot weekend. What can we expect from the weather as we go into the new week . Join me later for a full forecast with all the details. Forecast with all the details. And with us throughout the morning with all the latest from the world of sport, paul coyte. The world of sport, paul coyte. Yeah. Morning. 24 grand slams now for Novak Djokovic. So hes won the us open. Wales managed won the us open. Wales managed to get past fiji in the world cup last night. And also, guess what . Luis rubiales finally has quit. Hes the president of the spanish football federation. Didnt take long, did it . No it did not. It did not. Paul with us throughout the program this morning. And as always, we want to hea
Mile to protect the iconic crooked house pub following its demolition last month. Before that , here demolition last month. Before that, here are your news headunes that, here are your News Headlines with ray addison. Headlines with ray addison. Thank you both. Good afternoon. 12 01. Our top stories , sir keir starmer is stories, sir keir starmer is calling on the Prime Minister to reveal what he knew and when about westminster s alleged chinese spy. It comes after the Parliamentary Research chair said hes completely innocent and has spent his entire career highlighting threats presented by the Chinese Communist party. By the Chinese Communist party. The man who has not been officially named was arrested in march. The pm has been facing calls to designate china as a National Security threat. Robert courts is a member of the defence select committee. He defence select committee. He says the threat of espionage is always present. Always present. Theres always a concern, of course, whenev