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I was elected as first minister for a five year term and that is the term i intend to serve. Can i ask you to clarify post about them is to date the date you are sending the letter to the prime list . Yes. It will be going any time i should say, i dont know how much time you have had to read the document but it clearly says that today we are requesting the transfer of Power Production document is effectively the request and it will be sent by letter to the Prime Minister later on today. You said...

Weather, possibly 15 or 16 even. To the north, chilly, the shower is a tad wintry on the tops of the scottish mountains but that milder air will move northwards again as we head towards the end of the week. We are looking at the prospect of some 16 and welcome to scotlands largest town, a stones throw from glasgow. Historically, it was a Labour Stronghold until the partys rout in scotland in 2015, when the snp had a spectacular win here. So with a general election looming, what are the preoccupa...

its wednesday 31st may. rail passengers are facing disruption this morning, as more than 12,000 train drivers walk out in a row over pay and working conditions. its the start of several days of industrial action on the rail network, which will affect people travelling to this weekends epsom derby and the fa cup final. heres our transport correspondent, katy austin. once again, train services have come to a stop in many parts of the country. this music bar in london thinks punters stayi...

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allegations are and what questions have yet to be answered. did you switch off your lights in the last hour? up to a million people are paid to use less electricity to avoid blackouts. and manager frank lampard is sacked by everton after just a year as the team faces relegation. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel... no stopping novak djokovic — chasing a record extending tenth title in melbourne — he cruises into the quarter finals of the australian open. good evening a...

to south africa. and britains prime minister orders an investigation into how the chairman of the governing conservative party settled a multi— million dollar tax dispute. lets start with the war in ukraine. eu foreign ministers have been meeting in brussels — amid an ongoing row about whether to send tanks. member countries are putting pressure on germany to provide some of its leopard two tanks, to help fight off russias invasion. estonias foreign minister has been at those talks...

everything, to investigate the matter— everything, to investigate the matter fully. but labour says mr zahawis position is "untenable" and he should be sacked immediately. also tonight... the choice of richard sharp as chairman of the bbc is to be investigated following allegations that he helped organise a loan for borisjohnson shortly before his appointment. alexa, kitchen lights alexa, kitchen li-hts off. alexa, kitchen lights off. a scheme that pays households in england, wales a...

I suppose, what do you think . You understand its a fiction, its a drama, so you might think they might be taking some liberties, but you do assume it is very mu. Very. Its sticking to the truth. And when we were talking about it last week and we were planning that section of the programme, of course we invited netflix to take part, and it chose not to put a guest into the programme. So the only time weve actually heard from someone at netflix talking about this was to a parliamentary committee,...

Of stalking that he underwent and says he underwent in real life. And a lot of the controversy revolves around what happens right at the start of the first episode, where were told by netflix, by the producer of this programme, this is a true story. Exactly. Because it is unusual. You know, were used to seeing these kind of programmes where it might say, this is inspired by true events, or, this is based on a true story. Its very rare to see, this is a true story. And as a viewer, when you watch...

womans voice: hi. well, were going to start this weeks programme by coming back to a story that actually we covered last week concerning netflix and the controversy around its latest hit, baby reindeer. now, katie, for people who didnt see the programme last week, who perhaps havent been following all this, although its been a high—profile story, what is baby reindeer? why is it getting so much attention? well, baby reindeer first of all is a hit show across the world. many millions,...