arrivederci antonio. manager conte leaves tottenham hotspur by mutual consent after 16 months in charge. and we ll be hearing more of your stories about caring for relatives with dementia. nothing prepares you for that moment where your parents do turn around and ask you who you are. that moment is heartbreaking. it s monday the 27th of march. our main story. the new leader of the scottish national party will be revealed this afternoon, six weeks after nicola sturgeon announced her resignation. the scottish health secretary humza yousaf, the finance secretary kate forbes and ash regan, a former minister, are the three contenders hoping to become first minister. whoever wins the top job will take on a fractured party and a country facing a number of policy challenges. our scotland editor james cook reports. for the snp, this has been a difficult campaign. splits have emerged on the economy, social issues such as gay marriage and a lack of progress towards independence. so part
rubbish will keep on getting bigger. we ll be live with our business and political correspondent, and assessing how whoever s our next prime minister will deal with these strikes and the cost of living crisis. also this lunchtime. an attempt to cut the price of school uniforms by removing unnecessary branding. a bbc investigation has revealed an online community secretly sharing and trading sexual images of women without their consent. and the duke and duchess of cambridge are moving their family to a new home near the queen in windsor. and in the sport on the bbc news channel, england confirm they will play test cricket in pakistan for the first time in 17 years when they tour the country in december. good afternoon. criminal barristers in england and wales have voted for an all out strike next month, joining a wave of industrial action as workers seek pay rises to keep up with high inflation. some barristers say they earn less than the minumum wage. the government claims st
eight white men so there is a real need for a targeted approach here. fergus walsh, thank you. new figures show there has been a marked decrease in the number of people dying as a result of drug misuse in scotland. scottish ministers will view it as a vindication of their policies to reduce the harms caused by drugs, but in 2021, the latest year for which figures can be compared, the death rate in scotland was still 2.7 times the uk average. our correspondentjames shaw has more on the figures on drug use in scotland. it really is very striking, frankie. what we can see is that the total number of people who died as a result of drug misuse last year was 1,051. that compares to 1,330 the year before, 2021, a drop of 279. now that is a big drop.
achieving independence, i and i am the only candidate with a published plan for what to do if westminster says no. the victor will have big shoes to fill. at one point, nicola sturgeon was a rock star politician, feted by adoring crowds, winning eight elections in a row. thank you from the bottom of my heart for the privilege of being your first minister. but she stands down with her dream of independence still unrealised, leaving her party wondering if someone else can win that place in history. james cook, bbc news, edinburgh. we are nowjoined by our scotland correspondent james shaw. morning, scotland correspondent james shaw. james. morning, scotland correspondentjames shaw. james. it morning, scotland correspondent james shaw. james. it rea like morning, james. it really does feel like the end of an era for scotland today. like the end of an era for scotland toda . , ., , , like the end of an era for scotland toda. , . , , .,