Good evening. John swinney looks set to become scotlands new leader after the woman expected to challenge him decided to back him instead. Kate forbes confirmed she would not be standing for the snp leadership after humza yousaf s resignation. Instead, mr swinney, scotlands former deputy First Minister and party leader, has offered her a significant role in his government. Our scotland editor, james cook, reports. Please show your appreciation forjohn swinney. The snp is in trouble divided, distracted and struggling to govern. John swinney says its time to get a grip and he is the man for the job. I could have stood back and hoped others would sort things out. But i care too much about the future of scotland, and the Scottish National party, to walk on by. Youve said there you cant walk on by because, essentially, your party is a disunited mess. What specifically is wrong with it . Well, the party is not cohesive just now. We are not together, we are not operating as one big unified te
Through Chancel Mbemba nine minutes later. While in the other semi final bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen are up against roma in the italian capital 1 0. Lets not forget that leverkusen are on a european record extending 46 games without a loss. And in the europa conference league, the third tier of competition, greek Side Olympiacos lead aston villa 2 0 at Villa Park Morrocco international Yaoub El Kaabi with the only both goals goal of the game so far, while its 1 1 in florence between fiorentina and belgiums club brugge. English coach will still has parted ways with Ligue I Club Stade De Reims with immediate effect following a meeting between himself, the Club President and general manager. Still took charge of the club on an interim basis in october 2022 following the departure of oscar garcia. He was named full time coach and oversaw an unbeaten run of 17 matches to begin his tenure at the club a liguei record. Reims are 11th but have only won two of their last 14 games. The
Operations. Really interesting detail is that salman abedi, the manchester attacker, and also khalid masood, who committed the westminster attacks several weeks ago, were both former subjects of these enquiries. They will not live suspects at the time of their attacks. Its quite a jittery sort of fa ct attacks. Its quite a jittery sort of fact to learn, that they had been under suspicion that they had been deemed safe enough to move on enquiries from. You wonder how the Security Services are meant to cope with that number of potential suspects. Extraordinary. 20,000 who featured in that previous risk category, which is pretty scary. I heard an interesting debate on radio 2 today about, if we did not renew trident, we would release 400, sorry, £40 billion. Somebody was suggesting, we could put that straight into Security Services, because it takes 30 officers to monitor one suspect. Its incredibly labour intensive. They are just overwhelmed with work at the moment. There isjust too muc
Donald trump will announce today if hes Pulling America Out also coming up Pulling America Out of the paris Climate Change agreement, but chinese and eu leaders are preparing to pledge their support for the deal. Im at the biggest ago cultural show in england where farmers like will gather to show off their animals and talk about the biggest issues ahead of next week in their industry. England get their campaign started against bangladesh at the oval in a couple of hours time. Carol is going wild with the weather looking at nature on our door steps. Good morning. Good morning from camley street a stones throw from kings cross. Its a haven of tranquility. The Wildlife Trust launches its 30 days wild today, encouraging us in the cities to really engage with wildlife on our doorsteps. The weathers not looking too bad either. For most, it will be dry and sunny, however theres some rain coming in from the west. More on all of that in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Theresa
Its thursday 1st june. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. This time next week, the polls will have opened across the uk for the general election. Last night, key figures from the seven main parties went head to head on the bbcs election debate. So lets bring you up to date with the latest from the Campaign Trail. This morning, the Prime Minister is attempting to move the agenda back to brexit pledging to use the Promise Of Brexit to build a stronger, fairer and even more prosperous country and calling for voters to unite behind her leadership. Meanwhile, labour is returning to its rail policy promising to save money for Rail Commuters by changing the way fare increases are calculated. The party says the move would save an average rail season Ticket Holder £319 a year by 2022. Last night key figures from the seven main parties went head to head on the bbc. Theresa may was criticised for her failure to appear at that debate. Our assistant Political Editor norman smith is i