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For trans people to change gender, but uk ministers say it would have a significant impact on equality laws. we can speak now to our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon. lorna, how significant is this intervention? it really is a major intervention. westminster has successfully challenged legislation passed by hollywood before on the basis that msps exceeded their powers. this is the first time they are blocking a law passed in holyrood on the basis they believe it will have a negative impact o...

They are saying, no, we are going to stop this becoming low because we are worried about the impact it is going to have. the message we are getting from uk ministers, certainly once i have been chatting to, is that they are open to the scottish parliament looking at this legislation again and saying, can we make some changes? that way, it can become a low. that may not be easy. there is some concern about whether that would effectively make the bill pointless. but i also get the impression chatt...

Scotlands gender recognition reform bill, to simplify the process for people to change their legal sex, was voted through just before christmas, but not without controversy. thank you. the next... shame on you! and now the uk government has put the brakes on and the bills come to a screeching halt. its the first time westminster has ever used a section 35 order, effectively blocking the legislation from becoming law. some lgbt campaigners have described it as an attack on transgender people and ...

A widespread hard frost tomorrow morning. the reason little stronger tomorrow but it is going to stay very cold. daytime temperatures single figures through the week, and night—time temperatures sub zero. im back in half an hour. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. our headlines today. the metropolitan police is investigating 800 of its own officers over sexual and domestic abuse claims, after a serving constable admitted 49 offences, including dozens...

There is a brilliant site in blyth, it hopefully will become a giga factory, but unless the government has a real strategy to attract the investment required to do that to the uk, we risk losing what is three quarters of a million jobs in the automotive sector in the long term in the uk. the government stressed £100 million worth of support was still available to future investors with a credible plan to build a plant that everyone accepts is needed. simonjack, bbc simon jack, bbc news. the uk g...