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and peter murrell the husband of scotland s former first minister nicola sturgeon has been arrested as part of a police investigtion into the finances of the scottish national party. 58 year old peter murrell was the snp s chief executive until he quite last month. in a statement, police scotland said they had taken a 58 year old man into custory for questionining over the party s funding and financing. the investigation was launched into donations raised by the party which was ostensibly to campaign for and hold a second independence referendum. it is alleged that money instead was used to help with the party s day running costs. in a short statement, the police had a 58 year old man has today, wednesday the 5th of april, been arrested. as part of an investigation into the funding of the scottish national party. he is being questioned by detectives. officers are also carrying out searches at a number of addresses as part of the investigation. they said i report wil ....
we start in poland where president zelensky is making his first official visit to the country, since russia invaded ukraine. the visit is proving more controversial than planned. the polish agriculture minister has resigned as farmers complain about cheap ukrainian grain. ukraine s leader has been welcomed by president duda at the presidential palace and he s expected to thank the polish people at the royal castle in warsaw later. poland has been one of the most outspoken and generous supporters of kyiv since the war started in february last year. it s taken in millions of refugees and sent more than 300 tanks. it was also one of the first countries to send fighter jets to ukraine. in a moment, we ll be speaking to our correspondent hugo bachega who is in the ukrainian capital, kyiv. but first, let s go live to warsaw where we can speak to the bbc s adam easton. despite the problems, which we will talk about in a moment, this is a hugely important and symbolic visit for ....
temperatures around ten to 12. going through the evening hours, these showers will run down through that kent coast. skies will then clear as high pressure starts to build and look at the difference, from a mild night to a colder night, frost is likely again in the far west of scotland. with that high pressure comes the sign of something quieter and sunnier, as we go into the longer easter weekend. there will be some weather fronts pushing longer easter weekend. there will be some weatherfronts pushing in longer easter weekend. there will be some weather fronts pushing in from the west, but probably not arriving until sunday or monday. not a bad start. we will be chasing some cloud rent, particularly in eastern england, but there will be some rain on sunday and monday as well. enjoy. peter murrell, the former chief executive of the snp, was released without charge tonight in an allegation that £600,000 donated for a second referendum campaign is missing. we ll be joined by t ....
in scotland. it is not clear exactly when she will leave office, but as i say, she has been head of the scottish government for the last eight years. she has been making headlines in recent weeks because of a wider debate on teenagers rights, calling for a wider debate on teenagers rights, she defended plans to allow i6 year olds to change their legal sex. scotland s gender recognition bill that she wanted to introduce into scotland brought her into conflict and a clash with the uk government based in westminster, which blocked scotland plus two gender recognition bill. the secretary of state for scotland alisterjack used a special order known as a section 35 order to prevent that there becoming law on the grounds it would have an adverse impact on the laws. those are laws that apply across scotland, england and wales. that was a claim disputed by the scottish government, butjust to remind you, that gender recognition bill was to allow i6 year olds to change their leg ....
disappearance. ais year old boy and are charged with the murder of the 16 year old girl who was killed in cheshire on saturday. inflation remains near a a0 year high. the uk s most expensive drug saves a toddler with a rare genetic condition, but it is too late to save her terminally ill sister. nicola sturgeon is stepping down as scotland s first minister and leader of the scottish national party. she will leave office as soon as her successor is chosen. she says she can no longer give the role the full commitment she believes that it needs, and she hinted that after eight years as scotland s first minister, efforts to broaden the appeal of scottish independence could be hampered by what she called polarised opinions about her work. 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 scotland s longest serving first minister, the first female to hold the position. and today, ....