currently we have got some rain pushing across the south east, clearing through this morning. behind it, a mixture of sunshine and showers, some of the showers heavy and thundery in northern and central scotland. another breezy day. details later. the parents of a young person at the heart of allegations against a bbc presenter are standing by their account, according the sun newspaper, after a lawyer representing the individual said their claims were rubbish. the newspaper first reported that the unnamed presenter had allegedly paid a teenager for sexually explicit photos last week. our correspondent charlotte gallagher has the latest. after days of damaging headlines, allegations and rumours, this story of a bbc presenter allegedly paying thousands for sexually explicit images is still dominating front pages. now a statement on behalf of the young person at the centre of this. they ve called the allegations, by their mother, rubbish. their lawyer says, nothing inappropriat
in scotland. it is not clear exactly when she will leave office, but as i say, she has been head of the scottish government for the last eight years. she has been making headlines in recent weeks because of a wider debate on teenagers rights, calling for a wider debate on teenagers rights, she defended plans to allow i6 year olds to change their legal sex. scotland s gender recognition bill that she wanted to introduce into scotland brought her into conflict and a clash with the uk government based in westminster, which blocked scotland plus two gender recognition bill. the secretary of state for scotland alisterjack used a special order known as a section 35 order to prevent that there becoming law on the grounds it would have an adverse impact on the laws. those are laws that apply across scotland, england and wales. that was a claim disputed by the scottish government, butjust to remind you, that gender recognition bill was to allow i6 year olds to change their legal sex
accountability. this news, yesterday and today, accountability. this news, yesterday and today, for which we are really grateful and today, for which we are really grateful for people putting it out of there. grateful for people putting it out of there, there are people in the hospital of there, there are people in the hospital that still don t believe that their service, twice rated inadequate by the cqc, 1700 cases over ten inadequate by the cqc, 1700 cases over ten years, that s three a week, is three over ten years, that s three a week, is three cases over ten years, that s three a week, is three cases of serious harm a week, is three cases of serious harm a week, that is three cases of serious harm a week, that is really bad, and now the chief week, that is really bad, and now the chief executive and the chair saying. the chief executive and the chair saying. we the chief executive and the chair saying, we have failed people, there are stili saying, we have f
public service, personal resilience and commitment to scotland is unmatched and she has served our party unlike anyone else. she will be an enormous loss as first minister and snp leader. that s snp mp stewart mcdonald, a close political ally of nicola sturgeon, reacting to the news that nicola sturgeon is to resign. i m joined now by political commentator iain macwhirter who just this morning wrote a piece in the spectator called could it soon be game over for nicola sturgeon? what did you know that the rest of us didn t? i what did you know that the rest of us didn t? .., . ., what did you know that the rest of us didn t? . ., , , us didn t? i can t claim response abili for us didn t? i can t claim response ability for nicola us didn t? i can t claim response ability for nicola sturgeon - us didn t? i can t claim response i ability for nicola sturgeon deciding to step down, but it has been clear to step down, but it has been clear to a number of us who have observed her over