let s start with big news here in the uk. scotland s longest serving first minister, nicola sturgeon, has resigned. she s been the leader of the scottish national party which wants independence from britain for more than eight years. she steered the country through brexit, covid, ukraine, five conservativce prime ministers and enjoyed huge ongoing public support. have a listen to some of what she had to say. in my head and in my heart i know the time is now. let s take a look back at her career. she entered politics full time in 1999 when she was elected to the new scottish parliament. she was twenty nine years old. herfirst big test in government came when she was deputy first minister and health secretary, as swine flu was declared a pandemic. she then oversaw planning for 2014 s independence referendum. the scottish people voted to stay part of the uk but today she said she remained committed to the independence cause. am firmly of the you there is no majority suppor
Of the national elections, a six or seven week long process. Mr modi, being strongly tipped to win a third term as indian Prime Minister, although turnout has been an issue across the country. You can see there, live pictures, slightly holding the, with huge crowds in this very sacred city. It is possible that the Prime Minister is going to very famous temple there and he has clearly got a lot of supporters out in his home city there. The place that he represents and is filing his nomination for as Prime Minister. Of course, this is a contentious election. It is represented in some parts of india but indian state politics is very split, with a number of other parties in the south and the east. In this fourth phase, a number of states are voting, with the Election Results finely due at the Beginning Ofjune but these pictures from varanasi in india with clearly a huge bjp turnout there. Our correspondent in delhi explain a bit more about why the votes were taking place in this phase of t
But its still in manchester citys hands. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Women suffering traumatic experiences in childbirth have prompted mps to call for a Major Overhaul of maternity and post natal care. A report led by a group of Cross Party Mps refers to harrowing evidence given by more than a thousand women of still births and life changing injuries. The Birth Trauma Inquiry said poor Maternity Care was all too frequently tolerated as normal and women treated as an inconvenience. Katy hunter reports. They didnt really believe that i was such a final stage. I ended up having to be moved across the hospital when i was ten centimetres delighted. find hospital when i was ten centimetres deliahted. u, hospital when i was ten centimetres deliahted. ,. , delighted. And it caught his head as he was filling delighted. And it caught his head as he was filling out delighted. And it caught his head as he was filling out and delighted. And it caught his head as he was fil
Candidate katie loudon, who came second. Thats a swing from snp to labourof snp to labour of slightly more than 20 . The scottish Labour Leader says that the results show that Scottish Politics has fundamentally changed. This comes after the removal of snp mp Margaret Ferrier who was removed after breaking coronavirus rules. Michael shanks, Scottish Labour Party, 17,831. This was a stunning victory widely forecast but not with a win and a swing as big as this. Its time for change. That change cant come fast enough but one thing is now clear, there is no part of this country where labour cant win. Winning hamilton and Rutherglen West doubles the number of seats labour has in scotland from one to two. Small numbers but the party has big ambitions ahead. Its an extraordinary win and i think this is a seismic night here in scotland and a historic one and i think Scottish Politics has fundamentally changed and i think people in rutherglen and Hamilton West have sent a very clear message tha