last christmas, scotland s health secretary michael matheson went on a week long holiday to morocco. he brought along his ipad, which was issued by parliament, and while he was there he racked up a data roaming bill of almost £11,000. this is a breakdown of his ee usage, which was released by parliament, and it shows that he used more than six gigabytes of data while on that trip. he assured staff that the ipad was being used for parliamentary business, and of that business the parliament said that they would cover the bill, but that £3,000 should come out of the expenses budget from mr matheson s office. it then transpired that the sim card in the ipad should have been updated a year earlier, and that mr matheson had been made aware of that information by e mail. so, on that basis, he has since agreed to pay the bill in full, but there are still questions about how exactly he managed to use such a huge amount of data. the opposition scottish conservatives have pointed out
the new government plan amounts to tinkering and suggest the law will need to change big time to get migrants on flights to rwanda before the election. and we fly over the volcano in iceland that s threatening to erupt, as thousands of people are forced out of their homes. and on newsnight at 10.30, we ll go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on today s big stories. plus, a first look at tomorrow s front pages. good evening. israel says its soldiers have found a tunnel shaft and a vehicle containing a large number of weapons in the grounds of al shifa hospital in gaza city, as the military operation there intensifies. israel is under pressure to back up its allegation that al shifa, gaza s biggest hospital, was used for military purposes by hamas. you can see from this satellite image just how big the hospital complex is. bbc better on a red verify at work to geo locate the video here by the burns unit in the hospital bbc verify. hamas, which is des
All right, where do you want me . Bouncing on my knee where do you think i want you . And David Beckham makes his Big Screen Debut in king arthur but his cameo gets mixed reviews. Good morning. Its thursday 11th may. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. A draft of labours 51 page General Election manifesto has been leaked and seen by the bbc and a number of other news organisation. The leak came as the document was due to be formally signed off today. The document contains a number of eye catching policies including bringing the railways back into Public Ownership as franchises expire and repealing the 1993 railways act which privatised the network. Plans to reverse the privatisation of royal mail at the earliest opportunity. The reintroduction of Maintenance Grants for University Students and a pledge to abolish University Tuition fees. 0n energy the document includes a policy of creating at least one publicly owned Energy Company in every region of the uk, with public con
Now on bbc news its time for click. This week, regenerating teeth, unusual vegetation, and, goodness gracious, Great Balls Of Fire energy, as our demand for it grows, the world is faced with a challenge. When we burn coal, the energy that has been stored inside formally for millions of years is released, to power cities and machines. But so, of course, is all the bad stuff that is polluting and changing the environment. Countries have met and agreed to reduce Carbon Emissions and invest in cleaner energy solutions, we are harnessing more solar and wind energy than ever, and last month the uk had its first day of Electricity Supply without burning any coal. But, green power is still a long way from taking over from fossil fuels. But what if there was a Clean Energy Source that could release 10 million times more energy than fossil fuels, with an almost limitless supply which could keep the planet running for millions of years . Well, turns out, there is, and the answer lies in the stars