good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. scotland s first minister, nicola sturgeon, has said any attempt by the westminster government to block a second independence referendum would show a lack of respect for scottish democracy. she was speaking after the cabinet office minister, michael gove, said the snp s failure to win an outright majority at holyrood proved that people in scotland weren t agitating for a new poll. mr gove said the snp should concentrate on recovering from the pandemic instead. from edinburgh, here s our political correspondent nick eardley. back in power, back to work. nicola sturgeon says her immediate priority will be the pandemic, but a battle is coming. the snp won the election by some distance, and even though they were short of a majority alone, with the greens there is a comfortable pro independence majority and the first minister says that is a mandate. the people of scotland have voted for the snp on the strength of offering, when the time
other, as part of the relaxation of lockdown rules in england. the government is calling on the rail industry to fix disruption on some of britain s busiest rail lines, after small cracks were found in some high speed trains. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. the labour leader sir keir starmer is in the process of making changes to his top leadership team in the wake of results from the english local elections sacking angela rayner from her campaigning roles for the party. she remains its deputy leader. sir keir is expected to announce a reshuffle after a series of disappointing results from english councils and the loss of the hartlepool constituency to the conservatives. but he s been accused of trying to shift the blame for the results. our political editor laura kuenssberg has the latest. morning, mr starmer. tense and tight lipped. is removing angela rayner as party chair you taking responsibility? no rest this sunday. is this the first of many changes, mr starmer
labour s top team is in the midst of being reshuffled, as keir starmer acts in the wake of the english election results. it comes after hours of uncertainty and accusations of scapegoating as his deputy, angela rayner, was stripped of key party roles. that s what you do in leadership, you take responsibility. you don t scapegoat and blame others. you take it on the chin. they re hard calls, but it s for keir to choose the team he wants and get people in the positions that he wants us to be in. tonight, another by election looms, as a labour mp wins the race for west yorkshire mayor. also on the programme: when, not if, nicola sturgeon tells boris johnson on the question of another scottish independence referendum. rail passengers are warned of more disruption in the days ahead, after cracks were found in some high speed trains. hugs are to be, officially, 0k again in england, with an announcement due tomorrow on the next lockdown easing. good evening. in the last hour, the la
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