and back at last after being delayed by the pandemic we speak to the creator of line of duty about covid challenges and the brand new series. and coming up on bbc news: as rachel blackmore makes history as leading jockey at the cheltenham festival, she is beaten by the horse she didn t choose in the gold cup, minella indo. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the leader of the scottish conservatives at holyrood, ruth davidson, has called for nicola sturgeon to resign as first minister, saying it was clear she misled parliament. a majority of the committee investigating the scottish government s handling of harassment claims against alex salmond is understood to have voted last night that she didn t give them accurate information. a spokesman for nicola sturgeon has accused the committee of peddling baseless smears. the final report is due to be published on tuesday. nicola sturgeon says she stands by every word of her evidence. our scotland editor sarah smith re
scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon faces growing calls to resign after a committee of msps concluded that she misled them. the army s new specialist unit designed and equipped to fight the wars of the future. sunday is census day, the compulsory survey painting a picture of the population. for the first time sexuality is included. and coming up in sport on bbc news: rachel blackmore makes history as the cheltenham festival s top jockey, but she s beaten in the gold cup by minella indo. good evening. continental europe is preparing for a third wave of coronavirus amid a surge in new cases and a shortage of vaccines that can reduce the spread of the disease. large parts of france are going into lockdown again tonight amid a sharp rise in cases. only 8% of the population has been vaccinated. switzerland is extending its restrictions. poland, where the surge is being driven by the variant from southern england, is going into partial lockdown. the german chancellor angela m