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
and on bbc london. and coming up on the bbc news channel. after three premier league games without a win can manchester united beat brentford at old trafford and strengthen their chances of qualifying for the champions league? good evening. the husband of the former first minister of scotland nicola sturgeon has been arrested. police say that peter murrell is being questioned as part of an investigation into the snp s finances. officers are searching a number of properties, including the couple s home in glasgow. here s our scotland editorjames cook. police have been investigating the scottish national party s funding and finances for nearly two years. this morning, their inquiries led here, to the suburban door of peter murrell and nicola sturgeon. mr murrell was arrested as a suspect and questioned by detectives while officers searched the couple s glasgow home. well, this is usually a pretty quiet residential street, but this morning, there s a fairly extraordinary sight
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
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