disappearance. ais year old boy and are charged with the murder of the 16 year old girl who was killed in cheshire on saturday. inflation remains near a a0 year high. the uk s most expensive drug saves a toddler with a rare genetic condition, but it is too late to save her terminally ill sister. nicola sturgeon is stepping down as scotland s first minister and leader of the scottish national party. she will leave office as soon as her successor is chosen. she says she can no longer give the role the full commitment she believes that it needs, and she hinted that after eight years as scotland s first minister, efforts to broaden the appeal of scottish independence could be hampered by what she called polarised opinions about her work. we ll look back at her career and get political reaction from edinburgh and london, but first lorna gordon on nicola sturgeon s resignation. she is scotland s longest serving first minister, the first female to hold the position. and today, nicol
that, so. you know, iam planning to stay a little bit longer. let s to stay a little bit longer. let s ho -e to stay a little bit longer. let s hope so- that s all the sport for now. i will be back with you at 3:30pm. thank you very much, we will see you then. in her more than two decades in the scottish parliament, nicola sturgeon played a key role in pushing for independence long before she became leader of the snp. as leader, she became one of the most recognised faces in uk politics. jonathan blake now looks at her impact. prominent, popular, a familiarface. nicola sturgeon has dominated scottish politics for a decade. and just weeks ago, when asked about her future, was adamant she wasn t going anywhere. jacinda ardern says she doesn t have enough in a tank to continue, how much is in the nicola sturgeon tank? there is plenty in the tank at the moment. if i ever reach the point she has clearly reached, where i think overall i can t give the job everything it deserves, then
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as leader to see it through. by making my decision clear now, i free the snp to choose the path it believes to be the right one, without worrying about the perceived implications for my leadership and in the knowledge that a new leader will steer us, i believe successfully, on that path. taking the country through covid was, nicola sturgeon said, the toughest thing she had done. many said she was sure footed in her communications through that crisis. but critics argue that on other issues, a second independence referendum, the gender recognition reform bill, and isla bryson the double rapist initially sent to a women s prison she s been less sure footed. too often i see issues presented, and as a result viewed, not in their own merits but through the prism of what i think and what people think about me. no one individual should be dominant in any system for too long. but while it s easy to hold that view in the abstract,