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thousands of syrian refugees, arrive at the turkish border as they try to cross back into their home country after last week s earthquakes. and tributes for the hollywood film star and model, raquel welsh who s died at the age of 82. the energy giant, centrica which owns british gas has reported huge profits of £35 billion last year more than triple those of 2021. the increase is largely down to the surge in energy prices because of the war in ukraine. british gas has recently been criticised for entering the homes of vulnerable customers to force fit prepayment meters. let s talk to our business correspondent theo leggett. which correspondent theo leggett. part of the business i these which part of the business have these profits really come from? element for a start, very little has actually come from british gas, the retail bit of the business. that sells as retail bit of the business. that sells gas to retail bit of the business. that sells gas to peo ....
of the 60s, has died at the age of 82. takeover at the top manchester city re assert themselves at the top of the premier league, after winning at arsenal to overtake them on goal difference, in a statement of intent. today in a statement of intent. will be clouded with patchiness, today will be clouded with patchiness, hell fog, and some rain. clearer skies across the north of scotland, but we should see a little sunshine developed elsewhere later on. tonight and tomorrow, the northern half of the country will have gales or even severe gales. all the details later in the programme. good morning. it s thursday 16th february. our main story the search for a new first minister of scotland has begun, after nicola sturgeon s surprise decision yesterday to stand down, after more than eight years in thejob. the scottish national party s national executive committee will meet this evening to draw up a timetable for a leadership race. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon is i ....
it was time, you know? we ll look at the legacy of a leader who led the snp to repeated election victories and ask what next for the party and for scotland. also on the programme: the latest on the search for the missing mother nicola bulley. police reveal that the as year old, who s been missing for 19 days, was considered a high risk missing person from the start. because of alcohol related issues related to the menopause. as soon as she was reported missing, following the information that was provided to the police by her partner, paul, and based on a number of specific vulnerabilities that we were made aware of, nicola was graded as high risk. and the one year old who s received the most expensive medicine ever approved for the nhs a £3 million life saving gene therapy. arsenal could be replaced at the top of the list by manchester city as the two sides meet at the emirates. good evening from holyrood, where politicians and voters alike are reeling at the news ....
residency and other rights of an attacker s family members. the memphis police department has disbanded the so called scorpion special unit whose officers are accused of murdering tyre nichols. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for the travel show. this week on the show. the city that never sleeps. we are in brooklyn, new york, and this area in particular has gone through quite a renaissance. and why it s taken ages to wake up. we re going. let s go. could it be the end for seeing mummies in some of the world s most famous museums? in scotland, a chinese take on a traditional burns night supper. that s so tasty. i can actually taste the haggis. hi, and welcome to the great court here in the british museum in london. now, this apparently is the biggest covered public square in the whole of europe. and what a greeting for the six million visitors who come here every year to see collections gathered from all around the globe. well, a bit later, i ll be finding out ....
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 legal ....