let s start with big news here in the uk. scotland s longest serving first minister, nicola sturgeon, has resigned. she s been the leader of the scottish national party which wants independence from britain for more than eight years. she steered the country through brexit, covid, ukraine, five conservativce prime ministers and enjoyed huge ongoing public support. have a listen to some of what she had to say. in my head and in my heart i know the time is now. let s take a look back at her career. she entered politics full time in 1999 when she was elected to the new scottish parliament. she was twenty nine years old. herfirst big test in government came when she was deputy first minister and health secretary, as swine flu was declared a pandemic. she then oversaw planning for 2014 s independence referendum. the scottish people voted to stay part of the uk but today she said she remained committed to the independence cause. am firmly of the you there is no majority suppor
will be elected by next week after a rebellion by conservative mps forced her to quit. the opposition leader labour s sir keir starmer repeats his call for a general election, saying its time for the public to decide. we can t have a revolving door of chaos we can have another experiment on the top of the tory party that is the alternative a stable labour government and the public are entitled to have their say that is why there should be a general election. this makes liz truss the shortest serving uk prime minister ever after being in office for just 44 days. borisjohnson is among mps said to be considering re election. along with rishi sunak. welcome to viewers both in the uk and around the world. the british prime minister, liz truss, has resigned. in a short statement in downing street, ms truss admitted she could no longer deliver the mandate she was elected on last month. her decision followed a meeting with the senior backbencher, sir graham brady, amid an atmospher
to the death of a man who died after being restrained by police in luton. and where there s a will there s a way. former royal marine mark ormrod, who lost his legs and arm in an ied attack in afghanistan, takes on and completes an extraordinary personal challenge. what do you think? are you confident dad can do it? 100%? more than 100%? one trillion zillion kazilion percent! in the last few minutes the metropolitan police have confirmed that a body found in kent woodland is that of sarah everard. it comes as the police watchdog investigates scotland yard s handling of an allegation of indecent exposure made against the officer suspected of murdering the 33 year old. it will consider if the metropolitan police responded appropriately to the alleged incident, which happened three days before ms everard was last seen in clapham, in south london. simonjones reports. the police investigation continues at pace. officers say they are determined to find answers for sarah everard
no to independence. so, although there will be many who look back very fondly on her time as first minister, there will also be those who will be quite glad to see her gone. and for many people that fault line will be their view on scottish independence. and will the opposition parties, labour, the conservatives think actually it s going to be quite hard to find such a charismatic leader, whether you agree with her or not, and therefore they might fancy their chances of winning more seats. i don t have any doubt that opposition parties in scotland departure as an opportunity for them to do well. as i say she has dominated politics in the last ten years ago and she has taken the snp two levels of success that they could only have dreamt of not that long ago. could only have dreamt of not that lona auo. . , could only have dreamt of not that lonauao. ., , could only have dreamt of not that lonttao. ., , ,, long ago. that being said, speaking to one politician long ago. that being said,