also on the programme. lucy letby goes on trial accused of the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of ten others at a hospital in chester. she pleads not guilty. in aberdeen nicola sturegon tells the snp that the economic case for scottish independence will be published in a week s time. and how councils across the uk are supporting warm hubs where people can keep snug at a time of rising energy bills. and coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, there s a premature end to the w series season. the championship for female drivers scraps its last three races because of financial reasons. good evening. parts of ukraine have suffered the biggest bombardment by russian forces since the early weeks of the conflict. more than 80 missiles have struck both industrial and civilian buildings. it s the first time the capital kyiv has been targeted in months. president putin says the strikes on ukraine are retaliation for saturday s attack on a key bridge linkin
Patrick harvie and lorna slater were given Government Minister Rolls and they were summarily sacked last week in the early hours of the morning. And then turfed out onto the street to face the media, something that made them extremely angry with humza yousaf. The party had been planning to have a meeting at which their own members would have potentially brought that agreement to an end but obviously it would have been on their own time so some felt on the was under pressure to push them out before he jumped was under pressure to push them out before hejumped but the manner in which he did so, he perhaps underestimated the strength of their fury and im not sure if he did the sums and he left himself in the position of requiring the support of ash regan from the albot party which is led by alex salmond, she is the only msp and she defected from the msp ansell humza yousaf was left needing her boat and i believe he would have got her vote but within his own party it was unacceptable to be
decision to make about who has power and influence in westminster. you get the opportunity to have your say in the election onjuly the 4th. on monday, we heard the prime minister, with the leader of this cash nationalists scottish party. first minister, welcome. my premise at the start of this interview is that what you say in the next half hour will be broadcast in full. i want you to have the chance to make your case to people. do your best to do answer the questions and to confirm they are new to you. seven weeks ago, you probably thought you were going to be relaxing, putting yourfeet probably thought you were going to be relaxing, putting your feet up, scotland play germany and the euros, and then the snp leader quits. you become first minister, party leader, and now this. i become first minister, party leader, and now thie and now this. i didn t expect to be in a situation and now this. i didn t expect to be in a situation i and now this. i didn t expect to be i