a 15 year old boy and girl are charged with the murder of 16 year old brianna jeye who was killed in a village park in cheshire on saturday. one of the 12 boys rescued from a thai cave in 2018, has died in the uk after suffering a head injury. the uk s most expensive drug saves a toddler with a rare genetic condition. but it s too late to save her terminally ill older sister. nicola sturgeon is stepping down as scotland s first minister, and leader of the scottish national party. she ll leave office as soon as her successor is chosen. ms sturgeon says she can no longer give the role the full commitment she believes it requires. and she hinted that after eight years as first minister efforts to broaden the appeal of scottish independence could be hampered by what she called polarised opinions about her. we ll look back at nicola sturgeon s career and get political reaction from edinburgh and london. but first lorna gordon reports on events this morning. she is scotland s lon
of genetic conditions. # nala, charlie, nala, charlie shaw. this is the shaw family, from northumberland. mum and dad, ally and jake, and their two daughters, nala and teddi. i ve always said nala saved teddi s life. and that s how i ve wanted to think about it. whee! the family are living under the shadow of a devastating disease a rare life limiting genetic disorder called mld which is already taking a toll on nala. days out like this are one way the family are building happy memories with their girls. and there s one sure way to please any toddler. more cake? yes, more cake! nala was once just as lively and active as her younger sister. she was such a cheeky little character. she was always, like, kind of, singing, dancing, spinning around everywhere, always laughing. she was just a cheeky little girl. very theatrical, wasn t she? everything was all. every morning, i would do a little instagram video. yay! and everybody would message and just say how she brightens thei
let s start with big news here in the uk. scotland s longest serving first minister, nicola sturgeon, has resigned. she s been the leader of the scottish national party which wants independence from britain for more than eight years. she steered the country through brexit, covid, ukraine, five conservativce prime ministers and enjoyed huge ongoing public support. have a listen to some of what she had to say. in my head and in my heart i know the time is now. let s take a look back at her career. she entered politics full time in 1999 when she was elected to the new scottish parliament. she was twenty nine years old. herfirst big test in government came when she was deputy first minister and health secretary, as swine flu was declared a pandemic. she then oversaw planning for 2014 s independence referendum. the scottish people voted to stay part of the uk but today she said she remained committed to the independence cause. am firmly of the you there is no majority suppor
tribute to nicola sturgeon for her long standing public service, and i wish her well in the future. nicola sturgeon s record as an impressive vote winner is undisputed but her record in power has divided opinion in scotland. i really liked her, as a person as well as a first minister. she s not done anything for scotland. they need somebody to take over, somebody they need somebody to take over, somebody fresh to take over. also on the programme. police reveal that the missing woman nicola bulley had alcohol related issues connected to the menopause. the one year old who s received the most expensive medicine ever approved for the nhs a £3 million life saving gene therapy. ican rub i can rub and scrub this house. and the hollywood film star and model, raquel welch, has died at the age of 82. and coming up on the bbc news channel. high stakes both on the continent and domestically at the top two battle in the premier league while chelsea aim for a first leg lead in the c
well, they will, because nicola sturgeon will be remembered as one of the most successful politicians of the most successful politicians of her generation in terms of what she delivered at the ballot box, a string of landslide victories for the snp, and if you take a step back to see where she came from, she talked about the 1980s, growing up in ayrshire, and it could have been pretty lonely in those days to campaign for scottish independence when labour was dominant in scottish politics. to go from there all the way to a scottish parliament and to run the government here for eight years is no small achievement, to say the least. but she has always beenin say the least. but she has always been in politics for one thing above all, and she has not delivered to scottish independence, which leaves her successor with big challenges. first of all, immediately on the issue of gender, what to do about westminster blocking the bill that was passed to try to make it easy to legally cha