Is found at a Nature Reserve in salford. And discovered in a field in lincolnshire, this Roman Artefact is 1,700 years old. But what is it . And coming up on Sportsday On Bbc News after a season of points deductions in the Premier League, are the financial rules that were used to punish everton and Nottingham Forest about to change . Good evening and welcome to the Bbc News At Six live from the Holyrood Parliament in edinburgh, on a tumultuous day in scottish politics. Humza yousaf has announced he is standing down as snp leader and scotlands First Minister afterjust 13 months in office. His politicalfuture had been uncertain since his announcement last thursday that he was ending Power Sharing with the scottish greens. They had clashed with the government over the scrapping of Climate Goals and the approach to gender reform. He was at risk of losing a Confidence Vote later this week. The snp now have 28 days to find a new leader whos supported by a majority here at holyrood. Our Scotland Editor james cook is with me. How did it reach this point, james . It is a good question and im sure humza yousaf is wondering that himself this evening. He has been in office for barely a year and he has had a very difficult time because he inherited a Power Sharing arrangement the scottish green party. The snp are a minority in here, they do not have a majority to govern with, so they were relying on the votes from the greens to keep them in government. But more than that they had invited the greens into government with them. There were two green ministers in the cabinet. Just last week he decided, after a lot of problems and internal wrangling, that he had had enough of that idea and he wanted them out. He did so pretty unceremoniously and they were not happy, to put it mildly. You then realised he had to govern as a minority and he was hoping the greens would help him in that. They said they would not and that. They said they would not and that left him scrabbling around looking for support. There was a suggestion perhaps he could do some sort of deal with the one member of Alex Salmonds alba party in here but the snp did not want to do that, they did not want to get involved. That left him with no options but to go. Mr yusuf, are you resigning today . fix, options but to go. Mr yusuf, are you resigning today . Resigning today . A simple answer, es. Not resigning today . A simple answer, yes not at resigning today . A simple answer, yes. Not at home resigning today . A simple answer, yes. Not at home in resigning today . A simple answer, yes. Not at home in dundee, resigning today . A simple answer, yes. Not at home in dundee, but. Resigning today . A simple answer, i yes. Not at home in dundee, but here at the official residence of the First Minister in edinburgh, the place which gave its name to the Power Sharing deal with the greens which humza yousaf dumped so disastrously last week. Unfortunately in ending the Bute House Agreement in the manner that i did, i clearly underestimated the level of hurt and upset that caused. I have concluded that repairing our relationship across the political domain can only be done by someone else at the helm. I have therefore informed the snp� s National Secretary of my intention to stand down as party leader and ask that she commences a Leadership Contest for my replacement as soon as possible. As a young boy born and raised in scotland, i could never have dreamt that one day i would have dreamt that one day i would have the privilege of leading my country stop people who looked like me were not in positions of political influence, let alone leading governments. What i was younger. Politics can be a brutal business. It takes its toll on your physical and mental health, your family suffer alongside you. I want to thank my wonderful wife, my beautiful children and by wider family for putting up with me over the years. I am afraid you will be seeing a lot more of me from now. Humza yousaf, glasgow. Humza yousaf, glasgow. Humza yousaf humza yousaf, glasgow. Humza yousaf. Humza humza yousaf, glasgow. Humza yousaf. Humza yousaf humza yousaf, glasgow. Humza yousaf. Humza yousaf will humza yousaf, glasgow. Humzal yousaf. Humza yousaf will have humza yousaf, glasgow. Humza i yousaf. Humza yousaf will have a yousaf. Humza yousaf will have a place in the History Books as the first muslim, the First Descendant of immigrants and the first scots asian to lead scotlands devolved government. But his time in office was tough, most of all when his in laws were trapped in gaza for a month. But he also lost a westminster by election to labour and endured Policy Problems from hate crime to gender health care, all with his party under the shadow of a police investigation. Here todayit of a police investigation. Here today it is notjust about who occupies this house, it is about what they want to do while they are in there and this whole affair has highlighted divisions in the snp, divisions on how to achieve independence, divisions on economic policy, and divisions as well on social issues, not least the most contentious topic of gender. So who will inherit those challenges . Imilli will inherit those challenges . Will ou be the will inherit those challenges . Ll you be the new snp leader . Will inherit those challenges . Will| you be the new snp leader . There will inherit those challenges . Will. You be the new snp leader . There is a lot to you be the new snp leader . There is a lotto happen you be the new snp leader . There is a lot to happen today. You be the new snp leader . There is a lot to happen today. Could you be the new snp leader . There is a lot to happen today. Could it you be the new snp leader . There is a lot to happen today. Could it be a lot to happen today. Could it be john swinney who led the party two decades ago and had pretty much retired from front line politics . I am giving very considerable consideration to be the leader of the snp and i am somewhat overwhelmed by the requests that have been made of me to do that, with many messages from many colleagues across the party. So i am giving that issue very active consideration and it is likely i will have more to say about that in the days to come. The days to come. But what about kate forbes. The days to come. But what about kate forbes, the the days to come. But what about kate forbes, the former the days to come. But what about kate forbes, the former finance l kate forbes, the formerfinance secretary who ran humza yousaf so close in the Leadership Contest a little over a year ago . She is said to be thinking about running for the job. But the greens, whose support she might need, are not fans of her agenda. She might need, are not fans of her aaenda. , ,. , agenda. It is entirely up to the snp to decide who agenda. It is entirely up to the snp to decide who they agenda. It is entirely up to the snp to decide who they want agenda. It is entirely up to the snp to decide who they want to agenda. It is entirely up to the snp to decide who they want to lead to decide who they want to lead their party, it is for them to decide what kind of party they want to be. Do they want to continue to be a Progressive Party . Do they want to continue to make Income Tax Fair . Do they want to continue to work for the Climate Emergency . Or do they want to take a different direction . As he found out, governing is hard, but governing without a majority is much harder. James cook, bbc news, edinburgh. Well, the political turbulence in scotland has ramifications for the politics of the wider uk, and a general election is expected within months. From edinburgh, heres our Political Editor chris mason so it is scotlands turn for a blast of political turbulence and it turns out westminster does not have a monopoly on these things. Today matters, of course, for scotlands governess but it matters if you are in devizes as well as dundee, wherever you are in the uk, and that is because of the size of the snp� s political footprint. That is why its political footprint. That is why its political rivals are seizing this moment. Its political rivals are seizing this moment. This moment. Well, it is for scotland this moment. Well, it is for scotland and this moment. Well, it is for scotland and the this moment. Well, it is for scotland and the scottish. This moment. Well, it is for scotland and the Scottish Parliament to decide who the First Minister is. But what is happening now with the snp is that the mask is slipping. People in scotland are realising that Public Services are worse. The scottish people have been fundamentally let down. One in seven are on fundamentally let down. One in seven are on waiting list, there is a Cost Of Living are on waiting list, there is a Cost Of Living crisis, and all the snp can offer of living crisis, and all the snp can offer is chaos. They will turn the page can offer is chaos. They will turn the page on this now. We need an election the page on this now. We need an election and a fresh start. Ah, yes, The General Election and a fresh start. Ah, yes, The General Election. Election and a fresh start. Ah, yes, The General Election. It election and a fresh start. Ah, yes, The General Election. It could election and a fresh start. Ah, yes, The General Election. It could be i election and a fresh start. Ah, yes, The General Election. It could be al The General Election. It could be a sticky moment at any time for the snp but it is particularly one with a general election so imminent. The vast majority of scotlands mps right now are snp mps. Labourfor a while have been sniffing around trying to make significant gains. But what right do they have to feel extra confidence given what has just happened . Extra confidence given what has ust ha ened . ,. ,. , extra confidence given what has ust ha ened . ,. ,. , extra confidence given what has ust hauened . ,. ,. , happened . Labour are of course hoinr to happened . Labour are of course heping to profit happened . Labour are of course hoping to profit substantially happened . Labour are of course l hoping to profit substantially from snp electoral troubles and it looks as though those troubles may now have got worse. That said, labour need to bear in mind that the snp now have a chance to choose a new leader who might unite the party and prove to be more popular in a way that humza yousaf was not. The thing is, in that humza yousaf was not. The thing is. In moments that humza yousaf was not. The thing is, in moments of that humza yousaf was not. The thing is, in moments of this that humza yousaf was not. The thing is, in moments of this magnitude that humza yousaf was not. The thing is, in moments of this magnitude get| is, in moments of this magnitude get noticed, noticed by voters. Just start acting noticed, noticed by voters. Just start acting like noticed, noticed by voters. Just start acting like rational, normal people start acting like rational, normal people and actually put the people first for people and actually put the people first for once. I people and actually put the people first for once. First for once. I ust, i think most of us feel first for once. I ust, i think most of us feel that first for once. I just, i think most of us feel that we first for once. I just, i think most of us feel that we cant first for once. I just, i think most of us feel that we cant Trust First For once. I just, i think most of us feel that we cant trust any | of us feel that we cant trust any of us feel that we cant trust any of them of us feel that we cant trust any of them. ,. , of us feel that we cant trust any of them. ,. ,. ,. ,. , of them. Everybody i have talked to has riven of them. Everybody i have talked to has given op of them. Everybody i have talked to has given up on of them. Everybody i have talked to has given up on any of them. Everybody i have talked to has given up on any hope of them. Everybody i have talked to has given up on any hope of of them. Everybody i have talked to | has given up on any hope of scottish politics. Theyjust dont understand where it is going. Where it is going. Ageing is inescapable where it is going. Ageing is inescapable and where it is going. Ageing is inescapable and that where it is going. Ageing is inescapable and that is where it is going. Ageing is inescapable and that is no | where it is going. Ageing is inescapable and that is no different for political parties. The snp have beenin for political parties. The snp have been in power here since 2007 and the baggage and arguments of all of those years have contributed to what we have seen today. But the future matters more than the past and its consequences will be felt here in scotland and beyond. Chris and james are with me now. James, what happens now . Logistically what could happen next . Could there be an election . Theoretically there could be, but lorna is slater of the greens was telling me an important thing, which is as we expect a vote of confidence in the government goes ahead this week, and two verse work table, won by labour and the government and one by labour and the government and one by the conservatives in humza yousaf, they might both go ahead because they want to make their points. The leadership one doesnt matter, he has answered it, they have one. The government one might matter more but the greens have said they are not going to bring down the government. At least for now there is not going to be an election. The question will turn then on who wins the snp Leadership Contest . And whether they can command a majority in here. That is a bit further down the line before we get there. As we were hearing, i was hinting that there are challenges, particularly for kate forbes in uniting the party and in getting other people in the greens to support her. It cuts both ways in the system. One word about the system, this place is designed, it looks chaotic, this minority government thing, this place is designed to make politics more collegiate, to get away from the adversarial nature of westminster politics, to calm things down. How is that going . People can judge for themselves how that is going. Even by the standards of here it has been a pretty turbulent week. A pretty turbulent week. Chris, not turbulent, just a pretty turbulent week. Chris, not turbulent, just for a pretty turbulent week. Chris, not turbulent, just for everyone a pretty turbulent week. Chris, not turbulent, just for everyone here, | turbulent, just for everyone here, this is significant for the whole of the uk . It this is significant for the whole of the uk . ,. , the uk . It is. The first thing to reflect on the uk . It is. The first thing to reflect on was the uk . It is. The first thing to reflect on was a the uk . It is. The first thing to reflect on was a moment the uk . It is. The first thing to reflect on was a moment of. Reflect on was a moment of fallibility from the now outgoing First Minister on a human level and on a political level. Here is a man who not on a political level. Here is a man who not long ago arrived in office with smiles and with promises and here he with smiles and with promises and here he is with smiles and with promises and here he is burdened by regret and ultimately by failure. And acknowledging out loud how things might acknowledging out loud how things might have been different. Perhaps if he had might have been different. Perhaps if he had not unceremoniously turfed the greens if he had not unceremoniously turfed the greens out of government they would the greens out of government they would not the greens out of government they would not have wanted to unceremoniously ensure that he was turfed unceremoniously ensure that he was turfed out unceremoniously ensure that he was turfed out of government as well. We have another case study in political turbulence have another case study in political turbulence after a decade of political turbulence after a decade of political turbulence, not just turbulence after a decade of political turbulence, notjust here, political turbulence, not just here, but around political turbulence, notjust here, but around the uk. And we have conventional wisdom that suggests tonight conventional wisdom that suggests tonight that the rivals to the snp will be tonight that the rivals to the snp will be political beneficiaries, including the labour Party Tonight including the labour Party Tonight in particular. You are likely to be wearing in particular. You are likely to be wearing a in particular. You are likely to be wearing a pretty broad smile. But a final thought, the lessons of the last decade have taught us not to always last decade have taught us not to always make the obvious link about what might happen politically. There have been what might happen politically. There have been twists and turns and there are likely have been twists and turns and there are likely to have been twists and turns and there are likely to be further ones here and potentially further once around the uk and potentially further once around the uk. But what has happened here matters the uk. But what has happened here matters wherever you are watching tonight matters wherever you are watching toni. Ht. ,. , matters wherever you are watching toniaht. ,. G. , matters wh