since winning a confidence vote, insisting nothing will stop his government from delivering. one person is killed and many are injured as a car careers into a crowd in berlin police say they don t yet know if it was deliberate. the former hollywood producer harvey weinstein is to be charged with two counts of indecent assault against a woman in london in 1996. and plans to send asylum seekers to rwanda as soon as next week face a legal challenge under emergency proceedings launched in the high court. the government has called the rmt union selfish and thoroughly irresponsible after it announced action that will shut down large parts of the rail network later this month. thousands of railway workers are due to walk out onjune 21st, 23rd and 25th in a row aboutjobs and pensions. the rmt says its members have waited patiently for two or three years for a real pay offer. members of the unite union on the london underground will also strike on the 21st. it s all happening during
Noon, and a few minutes after that, the Party National secretary confirmed that there was only one nominee who had reached the threshold of 100 backers across 20 local branches of the party, and that was john swinney. 0f local branches of the party, and that wasjohn swinney. Of course, that wasjohn swinney. Of course, that followed the decision last week of our potential rival, kate forbes, to declare that she was not going to contest this Leadership Challenge with mr swinney. Now it Isjohn Swinney who will be taking over. He has led the party before, from 20002004. He has led the party before, from 2000 2004. He resigned after poor Election Results, but since then, he is a different man, a lot more experienced, 16 years in the cabinet. He says he will govern from the moderate centre left. We expect him to set out more details here at Glasgow University in a speech this afternoon of how he might do that. Of course, he does need to be elected as first minister. He is not automatically b
good morning from north yorkshire. millions of us go on coach trips every year but they are under really big financial pressure and hoping for a big summer to their losses. it s a huge day forjockey rachael blackmore. she s leading the way at the cheltenham festival and today aims to become the first woman to win the gold cup. raising a laugh, but at a safe distance. red nose day goes ahead in the face of covid restrictions. a spring equinox this weekend but the weather stays fairly cloudy for most of you, but most should stay dry. the full forecast coming up. it s friday the 19th of march. our top story. the oxford astrazeneca vaccine will be rolled out in some european countries today after regulators found no evidence it causes blood clots. the prime minister borisjohnson will receive the vaccine today and has assured the public it is safe after more than a dozen countries paused their delivery of the jab. here s our health correspondent katherine da costa. the oxford astr
It has been a week of heated words between the us and north korea. Today was no exception. President trump warned kim jong un that he would truly regret it if he took action against the us or its allies. It comes after tweeting earlier that americas Military Solutions were Locked And Loaded if pyongyang were to act. But other International Leaders are calling for calm and a Dialling Down of the rhetoric. Germanys chancellor, angela merkel, said there was no Military Solution, while the Russian Foreign minister, sergei lavrov, put forward a plan between the two countries to ease tensions. Nick bryant reports. After fire and fury comes Locked And Loaded. Not the title of some hollywood summer blockbuster, but the words of americas commander in chief, describing his countrys state of military readiness. These are the latest pictures of b 1 bombers stationed in guam. The motto of this squadron fight tonight. President trump reminded people of that on his twitter feed this morning. He is de