that we need a new set of proposals that we need a new set of proposals that are going to close the gaps between our emissions targets. that challenge is the role that the greens are playing in the government, bringing new fresh thinking to bear on that critically important issue. thinking to bear on that critically important issue. whether you like it or not or whether important issue. whether you like it or not or whether you important issue. whether you like it or not or whether you think - important issue. whether you like it or not or whether you think it i or not or whether you think it shouldn t be relevant, given the work of the scottish government and the scottish parliament, it is natural for the snp to be thinking about the next westminster general election. 0n about the next westminster general election. on that question, there are people in the snp saying, one of the things that strengthens the credibility of our case for independence is to be able to say they gas doo
a competition. the snp committee is meeting later today to decide on a timetable for any vote, any competition, but never does when thatis competition, but never does when that is likely to have a very big in trade. there are domestic pressures in the nhs, in education, that long running teachers strike here in scotland. that is the gender recognition reform bill, which was blocked by westminster using section 35, that recent controversy over the convicted double rehearsed isla bryson being sent to a woman s prison, and of course the issue of independence convicted double rapist. nicola sturgeon entered politics to deliver on the issue of independence above all others, and it will be up to her successor to decide on a strategy going forward. lorna, thank you very much. in the last few minutes, centrica which owns british gas has announced profits for last year. hannah s here with the details.
hills, the midlands later into the south east and east anglia. but at the same time for northern ireland but also for western scotland, we start to introduce some rain. overnight, a rapidly developing area of low pressure moving across the north of scotland, taking some heavy rain with it, if any mild night but by the end of the night, we will have severe gales across the north and west of scotland, and deals coming down the east coast of scotland and north east england. potentially potentially damaging. rain moves further south with a lot of cloud. cold air following on behind, but i want to highlight that tomorrow, we could have disruptive winds across the northern half of the country, which could potentially lead to some power cuts as well. bear that in mind if travelling tomorrow. thank you, carol. the time now is 7.15.
robertson, similarly, not as long as john swinney. then you have kate forbes, who is the finance secretary on maternity leave at the moment. she is seen as being young and charismatic but, she has quite a strong christian background on social issues and in terms of the things that are important to the scottish grains, like transgender rights and other issues like that, it s possible that she might not be the mac see eye to eye with them. so if kate forbes was to become the leader of the snp and the next first minister, i think that does raise a question about the feature of that agreement between the snp and scottish greens going forward. let s talk now to the co leader of the scottish green party, patrick harvey.
a shock to politics in scotland and beyond. the i leads with an image of sturgeon seemingly wiping away a tear during her press conference at bute house, and reports that her resignation could set back scotland s independence bid by decades. the daily mirror focuses on the continued search for mum of two nicola bulley, who disappeared last month. it reports on the remarks made by police that she was identified as a high risk missing person because of specific vulnerabilities. and the times carries an image of hollywood siren raquel welch, who has died aged 82. the actor is widely credited with paving the way for modern day action heroines on the silver screen. a thought for you on bicycle theft, anyone who has a bicycle has probably had it stolen is the truth. this is a survey that has been done in. technically that is probably not true. trust me, a lot of people