and tributes for the hollywood film starand model, raquel welch, who s died at the age of 82. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the search has begun for the next leader of the scottish national party and first minister of scotland following nicola sturgeon s surprise decision to stand down on wednesday afterjust over eight years in power. the snp s national executive committee will meet on thursday to draw up a timetable for a leadership race. nominations have already opened. the party s constitution says a candidate for leader needs to have the backing of 100 members from at least 20 different snp branches. if there s more than one candidate a vote of party members will choose the new leader. ms sturgeon plans to remain in office until her successor is elected and continue on as an msp until at least the next holyrood election. with more on wednesday s events, here s alexandra mackenzie. scotland s first female and longest serving f
an opportunity certainly from the labour party and the conservative party point of view to regain ground in scotland. 0ne party point of view to regain ground in scotland. one said it was the end of an era and what will come next we just do not know. time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. what is in store? most of us will get sunshine today but the weather picture is changeable. across the highlands of scotland summer sunshine has come out for a time but there s more rain on the way. and we do have a weak weather front moving across parts of england and wales the moment. i decided that we have sunshine in that week front will bring rain from wales over a cost to parts of yorkshire and the midlands later on today with sunny skies other side. later on today with sunny skies otherside. but later on today with sunny skies other side. but we will see the cloud thicken across western scotland and outbreaks of rain returned to the highlands and hebrides. but it is goin
duly elected as the scottish national party leader. history is made as humza yousaf becomes the first muslim to lead a major political party in the uk. i will be a first minister for all of scotland. i will work every minute of every day to earn and to re earn your respect and your trust. we ll be looking at the story of the man who s made it to the top of scottish politics, and we ll be asking about the major challenges he now faces. and the other main stories tonight. in israel, mass protests against controversialjudicial reforms force a government delay. but tonight it s supporters of the plans who are on the streets. prince harry unexpectedly appears at the high court, one of several famous names involved in a privacy case. and the families of lost crewmen still searching for answers exactly 80 years after the sinking of hms dasher. coming up on bbc news in halfan hour. france go head to head with the republic of ireland. welcome to bbc news at ten, which comes tonight fr
process closed at midday. the party was like secretary then confirmed thatjohn swinney is the party leader. mr swinney has also posted on social media, saying he feels deeply honoured to be elected leader of the party, adding that he will give his all to serve the party and scotland. of course with mr swinney being unopposed in this context, it means the snp has avoided extending the uncertainty at the top of scottish politics. had there been another contender in this contest, it would have meant a leadership battle going on for the next three weeks, untiljuly 27. there had been talk of a late bid over the weekend. activist graeme mccormick has said that he had gathered enough support to enter the contest. but in a statement late last night, he announced he decided not to run after having a conversation with john swinney. they had agreed on a number of topics and issues, he said he was going to supportjohn swinney instead. it he was going to support john swinney instead. ., ,