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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 ser ....
and jacinda ardern makes her farewell. former new zealand prime minister jacinda ardern has bowed out of parliament with a standing ovation following her farewell speech earlier. the 42 year old spoke about the honour she has felt representing her country and steering its people through some of the hardest times, including natural disasters, the covid i9 pandemic and the 2019 christchurch mosque attack. she shocked the country earlier this year when she announced she was stepping down as prime minister and retiring from politics, saying she no longer had enough in the tank . i do hope i have demonstrated something else entirely. that you can be anxious, sensitive, kind, and wear your heart on your sleeve. you can be a mother or not. you can be an ex mormon or not. you can be a nerd, a crier, a hugger, you can be all of these things. and not only can you be here, you can lead just like me. tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou. a standing ovation their in wellington. ja ....
temperatures around ten to 12. going through the evening hours, these showers will run down through that kent coast. skies will then clear as high pressure starts to build and look at the difference, from a mild night to a colder night, frost is likely again in the far west of scotland. with that high pressure comes the sign of something quieter and sunnier, as we go into the longer easter weekend. there will be some weather fronts pushing longer easter weekend. there will be some weatherfronts pushing in longer easter weekend. there will be some weather fronts pushing in from the west, but probably not arriving until sunday or monday. not a bad start. we will be chasing some cloud rent, particularly in eastern england, but there will be some rain on sunday and monday as well. enjoy. peter murrell, the former chief executive of the snp, was released without charge tonight in an allegation that £600,000 donated for a second referendum campaign is missing. we ll be joined by t ....
the bbc s learns more than 1,600 rape and serious sexual assault cases across england and wales have collapsed after the alleged victims withdraw from providing evidence. hello and welcome to bbc news. there have been widespread protests in israel over planned hello and welcome to bbc news. prince harry has arrived at the high court in london in relation to his claim against the daily mail over alleged phone tapping and other breaches of privacy. it is the first hearing in a lawsuit that has been brought by the duke of sussex, the singer sir eltonjohn and other high profile figures. we will get more on over the next, because of the next few hours, but the hearing is likely to last around four days, and prince harry is one of the key players in this case, but it is a group litigation and he is only one of the claimants. some of the other names that you might recognise, the actor elizabeth hurley, sadie frost, sir eltonjohn and his husband the filmmaker david furnish, along wit ....
an attack on the southern ukrainian city of kherson by russian troops. three people are killed. scotland s prison service announces an urgent review of all transgender cases in its prisons. the british prime minister has sacked the chairman of his party, nadhim zahawi, following an investigation into his tax affairs. mr zahawi had to pay a penalty to settle a multi million pound tax dispute. an investigation ordered by rushi sunakfound he had broken the ministerial code. mr zahawi says he ll continue to support the prime minister from the backbenches, and criticised journalists for the way they reported his tax affairs. our political editor, chris mason, reports. nadhim zahawi arrived in the uk as a child, unable to speak english. he became a multimillionaire and rose to be chancellor of the exchequer. but tonight, his political career and reputation is in tatters. in a 2,000 word letter to the prime minister, the government s ethics adviser is devastating in his crit ....