materially, that didn t happen. nobody came to me and said, you know, if that said agreed to restart work on independence, that would mean something much more than that it does. there was not a process of consideration of that then saw somebody come to me with a proposal to restart work on independence. i m sorry, i am genuinely sorry if it sounds like i m dancing on the head of a pin, i sounds like i m dancing on the head ofa pin, i don t sounds like i m dancing on the head of a pin, i don t mean to. but the key point here is that we did not restart work on independence at that point, oranywhere restart work on independence at that point, or anywhere near that point. if it were to be decided on the basis if it were to be decided on the basis of if it were to be decided on the basis of the evidence before this inquiry basis of the evidence before this inquiry that there was a politicisation of the pandemic, and that you politicisation of the pandemic, and that you had u
practice because we would not expect every word verbatim, every piece of punctuation every word verbatim, every piece of punctuation to be recorded. it s the salient punctuation to be recorded. it s the salient point. if i had a voice note from salient point. if i had a voice note from the salient point. if i had a voice note from the former first minister about a decision from the former first minister about a decision we had made and it was for me a decision we had made and it was for me to a decision we had made and it was for me to action then i would make sure i for me to action then i would make sure i would for me to action then i would make sure i would inform my private office sure i would inform my private office about the decision made after discussion office about the decision made after discussion with the former first minister discussion with the former first minister and discussion with the former first ministerand if discussion with the for
a woman has shot dead at least six people at a private christian primary school. a number of children are among the dead. the gunwoman herself has been killed. the police gave this update a short time ago. we know at this point that this shooter is a female and she appears to be in her teens, although her identification has not been confirmed at this juncture. we know that she was armed with at least two assault type rifles and a handgun. freddie o connell is a mayoral candidate in nashville hejoins me now. absolutely tragic morning in nashville what more can you tell us? tremendous sadness and anger on the ground, i know a tremendous sadness and anger on the ground, i knowa member of tremendous sadness and anger on the ground, i know a member of my team has family in that school in the family constituent in that school and have multiple friends with children at that school and all there is his heartbreak among the chaos. we ve been waiting for hours to confirm people that
the uk s largest force, the metropolitan police, has been put in special measures over concerns about a series of failures in high profile cases including that murder or server abroad. the population of england and wales has soared to a new high in the past decade and it s getting older. and rafa nadal begins his quest at wimbledon to win his 23rd grand slam title we ll be there live. coming up on sportsday, it s the end of an era in english cricket as their inspirational white ball captain eoin morgan retires from the international game. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. should scotland be an independent country? that is the question the first minister nicola sturgeon wants to put again to the people of scotland in an independence referendum next year. it s exactly the same question that people were asked in 2014. downing street says the prime minister thinks now is not the time to be talking about a referendum but the government will look carefully at the