two 15 year olds appear in court charged with the murder of brianna ghey. the death toll from the earthquakes in turkey and syria rises to more than 40,000 but people are still being rescued alive nine days on. and more turmoilfor welsh rugby, as players threaten strike action over uncertainty about their playing contracts. and coming up on the bbc news channel. welsh rugby players will consider strike action had of hosting england in the six nations in cardiff next week due to contract disputes. hello, and a very good afternoon. nicola sturgeon has resigned as scotland s first minister and leader of the scottish national party. she says she can no longer give the full commitment she believes the job requires and says it s time for a new leader to take both the country and her party forward. the snp leader hinted that after eight years as leader what she called polarised opinions about her, may be getting in the way of broadening the appeal of the case for an independent
Trail, and understandably, the focus has been on preventing future terrorist attacks, after the grim events of saturday night. Jeremy corbyns been campaigning in the north east, saying hed back calls for the Prime Minister to stand down. That she was responsible as Home Secretary, for cuts in Police Numbers. But he clarified his comments in an interview with our alex forsyth. Im not backing away from anything. What im saying is there is an election on now, theres a choice before everybody. Im articulating what is a deep anger amongst those people that have seen 20,000 Police Officers lose theirjobs and firefighters lose theirjobs, seeing Ambulance Crews unable to cope with the services theyre under. I think she as Home Secretary needs to think about what she did when she was Home Secretary. So she shouldnt resign . I just want to be clear. She shouldnt resign . Lets be very clear, there is an election on, everybody has a choice and a lot of people are very angry and a lot of people wou
as scotland s first minister and leader of the scottish national party. she says she can no longer give the full commitment she believes the job requires and says it s time for a new leader to take both the country and her party forward. the snp leader hinted that after eight years as leader what she called polarised opinions about her, may be getting in the way of broadening the appeal of the case for an independent scotland so it s time for someone else to carry that case forward at a critical time. nicola sturgen will stay on until a new party leader is elected. we ll look back at her career and get political reaction from edinburgh and london, but first lorna gordon on nicola sturgeon s resignation. she is scuttled s longest serving first minister, the first female to hold the position. and today nicola
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