almost a year after russia invaded ukraine the bbc sjohn simpson talks to president zelensky about his country s future. because of soaring energy costs. and coming up on sportsday on the the bbc news channel. as they prepare for this summers world cup, euro 2020 winners england take on south korea this evening in their first game of the arnold clark cup. good evening. the family of the missing woman nicola bulley have called for people to focus on finding her and to stop speculating about her private life. it s nearly three weeks since the 45 year old disappeared on a dog walk in lancashire after dropping her two children at school. detectives have been criticised for revealing very personal details about her struggles with alcohol and the menopause yesterday. tonight lancashire police say they have referred themselves to the independent office for please contact over contact they had with nicola bulley more than a fortnight before she disappeared. danny savage reports. n
The government will comply with the judgment of the court and do all that it can to implement it. Brexit secretary david davis is due to make a statement later setting out how the government will respond. Good morning from the Supreme Court which today has made legal, constitutional and political history. With this judgment by eight to three, it is parliament that has to three, it is parliament that has to trigger article 50 to begin the formal process of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union. It is a defeat for the government, which said that through its Prerogative Powers it could trigger article 50 alone. But that was the decision by eight to three of the Supreme Court justices as it was read out this morning here the Supreme Court by the president , lord neuberger. Today, by a majority of 8 3, the Supreme Court rules that the government cannot trigger article 50 without an Act Of Parliament authorising it to do so. Book briefly, the reasons given in a judgment written by al
of every party in that parliament. it would be absurd for any first minister who believed in scottish devolution to go against the will of the overwhelming majority of scottish msps. so of course i expect the new first minister to carry that forward. nicola sturgeon insists this is not the end of the road for her dream. but if the path ahead were clear, would she really be quitting? james cook, bbc news. we will be talking to james in a moment about what happens next. we will be talking to james in a moment about what happens next. the governing body of the scottish national party are about to meet to draw up a timetable for the leadership race. so who are the potential contenders? angus robertson appears to be one of the favourites. he s currently the consitution secretary and has been a high profile figure in the party for the best part of a decade. he was the snp s leader in westminster. finance secretary kate forbes is also seen as a frontrunner. she s risen quickly through the ran
they have destroyed local government, they ve destroyed the relationship of respect between local government and our national government, and they have decimated local budgets. there are other pressures. nicola sturgeon tried to make it easier to legally change gender but was blocked by the uk government. the snp s green party partners want her successor to try again. the gender recognition reform act was passed by the scottish parliament and supported by members of every party in that parliament. it would be absurd for any first minister who believed in scottish devolution to go against the will of the overwhelming majority of scottish msps. nicola sturgeon denies this is the end of the road for her independence dream, but if the path were clear, would she really be quitting? and we have some more details this evening on how the process is going to work. nominations are already