and i would act on those if transmission is rising still, and if hospitalisations are going up across the country. the world health organization is urging people around the globe to be extra careful when socialising this festive season. also on the programme. a whistleblower tells the bbc of the neglect of an autistic man detained in a specialist hopsital for more than 20 years. the biggest divorce settlement in an english court the ruler of dubai must pay more than half a billion pounds to his ex wife. and the monster millipede eight feet long, discovered by chance in northumberland. coming up on the bbc news channel, no fans at sporting events in wales from boxing day as the welsh government tries to control the spread of the virus. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the chancellor, rishi sunak, has announced there ll be more than a billion pounds worth of financial support to help struggling businesses and the arts sector cope with the spread of the 0
it the case that our planning for future events. it the case that the fact the scottish government resilience cabinet subcommittee had not met since 2010, was it the case that that created something of a deficit in the organisational aspects of the way in which any resilience response would be conducted? i way in which any resilience response would be conducted? would be conducted? i don t think that s the case would be conducted? i don t think that s the case because would be conducted? i don t think that s the case because there - would be conducted? i don t think that s the case because there wasl that s the case because there was engagement at the most senior level in the engagement at the most senior level in the scottish resilience partnership and within school about all of partnership and within school about all of these issues on an ongoing basis all of these issues on an ongoing basis and all of these issues on an ongoing basis and from time to time
from the coastguard, those remains will be looked at and analysed by us medical professionals. no further reference was made to remains or indeed the retrieval of the bodies indeed the retrieval of the bodies in that statement. stressing once again, the coastguard saying it is an international effort to bring that debris back to the surface. clearly many questions still outstanding. it is generally understood it seems there was an implosion of this vessel, about 90 minutes into its dive, but the outstanding question is, what caused it, what happened in the minutes leading up to it? the ultimate goal is to try to prevent anything like this from happening again. there will be a public investigation, and much of the evidence being gathered now will be part of that inquiry, as will be interviews being conducted with those personnel who were involved with the original dive. no doubt this inquiry will address the many questions that have been raised since this disaster, questions r
and released without charge pending further investigations. their home was searched at the time. two weeks later, the former party treasurer, colin beattie was also questioned and released without charge. live now to our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon. dramatic news that scotland s longer serving first minister has been arrested in relation to investigations into the finance of the party. it is a long running investigation that started about two weeks ago, when complaints were made in relation to about £600,000 that was donated to the snp by activists. that was supposed to be ring fenced for a second independence referendum, and police scotland, after these complaints were made, launched what they made 0peration branchform, to examine what happens to this money. so, it has been long running police investigation. very little has happened publicly, but it has been bubbling along in the background. very little has happened publicly and visibly, until the last couple of mo