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bill designed to make it easierfor people to change their legal gender. chinas population has fallen for the first time in 60 years, with the national birth rate hitting a record low. and in the tennis, andy murray beats italian matteo berrettini in a thrilling five—set match at the australian open. scotlands first minister, nicola sturgeon, says a decision by the uk government to block a bill passed in scotland is "outrageous" and has vowed to fight it in court. the legislation had ...

a record low. and in the australian open, andy murray beats italian matteo berrettini in a thrilling five—set first round match. hello and welcome to the programme. social media bosses could face jail if they repeatedly fail to protect children from online harm, under new changes to the online safety bill. the prime minister rishi sunak agreed to calls for tougher punishments as part of the legislation after his own backbench mps prepared to vote against the bill. the new legislation...

as inflation continues to leave us worse off, we speak with the businesses struggling with rising costs and recruitment. how andys conjured some of that old murray magic in his opening match of the australian open. good morning. once again it is a cold and frosty start. the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. but for many it will be dry with winter sunshine. however, there is snow in the forecast. i will tell you where later. people say, television in the morning? thats disgusting. a di...

with a large number of passengers overturned in somerset in the uk amid warnings of icy road conditions. a new documentary on tensions between indian prime minister narendra modi and indias muslim minority investigates claims about his role in the 2002 gujarat riots that left over 1,000 dead. a constitutional row develops between the uk and scottish governments after westminster announces plans to block a scottish bill designed to make it easierfor people to change their legal gender. ...

and the met reveals it is now investigating 1000 claims of sexual and domestic abuse involving around 800 police officers. we will have more on the view from number ten downing street on falling public trust in the police. also on the programme... a constitutional showdown as rishi sunak says hell block the gender recognition bill passed by nicola sturgeon and the scottish parliament. the government at westminster stops the government of parliament here in edinburgh from doing what it ...

your day? fix. are still standing. what was your day?— your day? a little smidgen optimistic _ your day? a little smidgen optimistic decompression | optimistic decompression between two of the conferences, labour and conservative, and then the s&p tomorrow and there is still the treasury union congress rearranged in the morning a little after that. they were both extraordinary. labour was extraordinary and newsworthy. it was kinda quite serene. it was a party that was upbeat. they w...

the school district in uvalde has suspended its entire police force responsible for campus security. at ten oclock, reeta chakrabarti will be here with a full round—up of the days news. first, newscast. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello. its chris in the streets in south london. james cook, scotland editor, here in the studio. and its alex forsyth, also in the studio. so, chris, you are currently in a street, but youve just come back from the labour and conservative conferences....

tonight at ten — a date is formally proposed for a new referendum on scottish independence. the scottish government wants it to take place on the 19th of october next year — subject to legal consent. my determination is to secure a process that allows the people of scotland, whetheryes, no, or yet to be decided, to express their views in a legal, constitutional referendum. eight years after the last referendum — the prime minister says there are more important priorities for gov...

and down the country now, their priorities are the cost—of—living, getting the services that they need from the nhs, and just basically surviving, when they cant heat their houses, they need, financially, it is such a higher priority now, rather than solving the independence question. with regards to independence, there is a couple of questions that has never been answered. one is the currency, are we still going to retain the pound or are we going to have the euro? or is theyre go...

Had scotlands first minister, Nicola Sturgeon. For the scottish conservatives, Ruth Davidson. For the Scottish Labour party, Kezia Dugdale. Representing the scottish liberal democrats, Willie Rennie. This Ukip David Coburn and for the scottish greens, Patrick Harvie. Applause we also want all of you to join in at home. You can argue along with the debate using social media. The hashtag is Leaders Debate. We will come back shortly and take opening state m e nts come back shortly and take Opening ...