hello and welcome. we start with that breaking news coming out of scotland. peter murrell, the husband of scotland s former first minister nicola sturgeon, has been arrested as part of a police investigtion into the finances of the scottish national party. 58 year old peter murrell was the snp s chief executive until he quit last month. in a statement, police scotland said they had taken a 58 year old man into custory for questioning over the party s funding and financing. alexandra mackenzie is our scotland correspondent. alexandra, not much detail coming in on this yet, but tell us what we do know and more about who peter murrell is? $5 know and more about who peter murrell is? know and more about who peter murrell is? ~ , i. , , murrell is? as you say, this news has ust murrell is? as you say, this news hasjust broken, murrell is? as you say, this news hasjust broken, so murrell is? as you say, this news hasjust broken, so we murrell is? as you say, this news hasju
and peter murrell the husband of scotland s former first minister nicola sturgeon has been arrested as part of a police investigtion into the finances of the scottish national party. 58 year old peter murrell was the snp s chief executive until he quite last month. in a statement, police scotland said they had taken a 58 year old man into custory for questionining over the party s funding and financing. the investigation was launched into donations raised by the party which was ostensibly to campaign for and hold a second independence referendum. it is alleged that money instead was used to help with the party s day running costs. in a short statement, the police had a 58 year old man has today, wednesday the 5th of april, been arrested. as part of an investigation into the funding of the scottish national party. he is being questioned by detectives. officers are also carrying out searches at a number of addresses as part of the investigation. they said i report will be s
we start in poland where president zelensky is making his first official visit to the country, since russia invaded ukraine. the visit is proving more controversial than planned. the polish agriculture minister has resigned as farmers complain about cheap ukrainian grain. ukraine s leader has been welcomed by president duda at the presidential palace and he s expected to thank the polish people at the royal castle in warsaw later. poland has been one of the most outspoken and generous supporters of kyiv since the war started in february last year. it s taken in millions of refugees and sent more than 300 tanks. it was also one of the first countries to send fighter jets to ukraine. in a moment, we ll be speaking to our correspondent hugo bachega who is in the ukrainian capital, kyiv. but first, let s go live to warsaw where we can speak to the bbc s adam easton. despite the problems, which we will talk about in a moment, this is a hugely important and symbolic visit for the u
around 500 migrants this is what the barge looks like. it is called that bb stockholm and it has 222 rooms. let s take a look inside. this is what it looks like. it s been refurbished since it was criticised as an oppressive environment when the dutch government used it for asylum seekers. it now has ian suite rooms, a tv and games remanded gym. the home office as it will be significantly cheaper than using motels. the prime minister has defended the use of the barge, insisting it would save taxpayers money. as part of stopping the boats, we have got to reduce the price on hotels and motels of the country. we are spending £6 million a day housing illegal asylum seekers and hotels. i can t be right. i ve committed to reducing that number, moving those figures out of hotels and we need to find alternative sites, including barges, like the one we brought forward today, that s going to save the taxpayer money, reduce pressure on hotels and part of our broader plan to stop th