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Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News at Ten 20240706

by west midlands police, 21 people have been convicted for their crimes. opposition in dorset as the government plans to house 500 migrants all adult men in a barge off the coast of portland. and some of the world s finest golfers make their way to georgia, as the masters gets under way at augusta tomorrow. on bbc london, easter staffing and a doctors strike within days. and coming up on the bbc news channel: a lot at stake at the top, and bottom of the premier league. west ham entertain newcastle at the london stadium. good evening. a week after nicola sturgeon stepped down as first minister of scotland, her husband, peter murrell, has been arrested as part of an investigation into the finances of the scottish national party. mr murrell was the party s chief executive until he resigned last month, after 2a years in the job. police scotland launched a formal investigation into the snp s finances in july 2021 after receiving complaints about how political donations ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 12:12:00

Hear a little bit more about how she intends to return to parliament, but she very much made that clear today thatis she very much made that clear today that is her intention. it was a week ago that she was released without charge. she was in police custody for most of last sunday. let s remind you of what we re seeing. these pictures of the form of scottish first minister, nicola sturgeon. these are file pictures of her time. wejust heard sturgeon. these are file pictures of her time. we just heard from a short time ago making a statement outside her home, saying she intends to return to politics. she was released without charge a week ago, after police were investigating what happened to more than £600,000 in donations given to the snp by independence activists for use in a future independence referendum campaign. she published a statement on twitter shortly after police confirmed her release, and in that ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 14:20:00

Criticism about this from senior people in the government, and in the scottish national party, so they are making sure that they know what they are doing. and that this is a valid ongoing investigation, which isjust to remind people, started out as an investigation into complaints made two years ago about the destination of £660,000 and funds that were raised from snp members and others, raised from snp members and others, raised for an independence referendum campaign. this campaign never happened. and a number of people complained about that, saying, what has the many been used for? i think that the snp doesn t believe this had the potential to grow into a criminal issue, a fraught issue. what they said at the time, simply, was that the money was woven through the accounts. a fraud issue. and since there is an ongoing campaign for a referendum ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News at Ten 20240604 21:02:00

Mr murrell was the party s chief executive until he resigned last month, after 2a years in the job. police scotland launched a formal investigation into the snp s finances in july 2021 after receiving complaints about how political donations were being used. questions had been raised about funds given to the party for use in a new independence referendum campaign. a short while ago, mr murrell was released without charge pending further investigation. our scotland editor james cook has more details. it was 7:35am when police arrived here, at the suburban home of peter murrell and nicola sturgeon. both were in the property at the time. there was, we are told, no tip off in advance. ten minutes later, mr murrell was arrested as a suspect and questioned by detectives, while officers searched the house and garden. this is usually a pretty quiet residential street but this morning there s a fairly extraordinary sight ....

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