well you wonder if you applied up to scotland design. democracy is invisible if people if people are part of a union they get it they get the great to say whatever they want whether they continue in that unit and that is no happening i think that the problem for the scottish government so far is it wants to take all the decisions itself but their new force isn't in train after the election people labor party are shaking their heads they want something different we have to have some form of reaching out which goes beyond simply the scottish government and having of addicts and i think we might need some kind of institution some kind of convention some kind of gathering of all the political forces goal of the say we want the right to self-determination and the people who are marching in the streets in scotland they need some kind of leadership as we've seen in catalonia say where they don't we told the politicians they organize themselves in the campaign themselves if there's going to really has a plan it is to start spending some money on

parliament for scotland's people to speak of it was not only the right honorable gentleman who leads the s.n.p. in this house it was also alex salmond and his protege nicholas sturgeon who said at the time of the referendum that it was a once in a generation to any city they said it did the right thing why they changed their mind here is that you know are these that in our area of democracy yes i'm still how is the impasse likely to be resolved alex asked political commentators this wishart and former s.n.p. m.p. george coven. professor welcome back to the alex salmond show thanks alec now in your pre-election forecasts of a month ago you were more or less spot on you said the s.n.p. would make substantial gains the unionist parties would suffer the vassals you didn't foresee the defeat of jewel swenson but apart from that you've got matters right what's happened since then and scottish politics there is a standoff as you know because the scottish national party has said it won't said referendum this year the government with mr has said no we and him that's where we stand at the mome

parliamentarians from scotland and with spencer for their views on with their scotland but 1st your tweets messages and emails in response to russia last week lynn says it's good to look back at the year now it's time to move forward and work towards scottish independence scorches says really love the shores of northern ireland catalonia and finland far surpassed that i put of p.p.c. . martin says love the show alex great to see all the folks at major issues so interesting over the year who'd have thunk it that limits predictions would be so i could it have you got in picking your horse is now andrea says can't wait until the day that programming like this is our mainstream scottish t.v. my favorite thing to watch thank you so much andrea and finally taria from finland says independent scotland soon i don't want to get a visa to get there now the general election provided the prime minister with a mind to get bricks it's done however north of the border things did not go according to the johnson fun with half the tory seats crashing and burning the other unionist parties did even worse wit

who decides scotland's future? so the people of scotland are going to get the right to choose our future, of that i have no doubt. the only question, really, is how long it is going to take the westminster establishment to a cce pt and resign themselves to that inevitability. i guess the other point i would take from the tory position here is that they are obviously utterly terrified of scotland's right to choose, because they know, as everybody else knows, that when we get that right to choose, as we will, the overwhelming likelihood is that the people of scotland are going to choose independence, because we have seen over the past three years in particular the price we pay for not being independent. and could a referendum still happen this year, with everything that's going on, or do you think that's kicked into the long grass for now? it is entirely possible for a referendum to happen this year, and that is very firmly my plan. people in scotland should have that right to choose. the timescale is important, beca

the prime minister or the people who live in scotland? mr speaker, i think the answer is very clear. it's the people of scotland who voted decisively, only four or five years ago, to stay members of the most successful political partnership in history by a decisive majority in a once—in—a—generation choice. mr speaker, today the scottish parliament will decline legislative consent to the withdrawal bill we are deliberating later today. why is this conservative government dismissing the will of the people of scotland? ignoring their voice and disregarding our parliament? mr speaker, i think the real question is why does the snp keep going on about breaking up the most successful union in history to distract from their abundant failures in government? in spite of getting an extra 9 billion, £9 billion a year from the uk exchequer, which of course they would lose if they were to break away, they are mismanaging their health care and you will see, i'm afraid, it is not the fault of scottish pupils, but you're seeing their schools falli

severe gales across scotland and northern england, we have a met office yellow warning in place, some disruption is possible. and with the wind also comes some heavy rain, particularly across scotland, likely to linger through much of the day. easing from northern ireland through the afternoon, some of that rain getting into northern england, north wales, maybe into south—west england through the afternoon. further south and east, things stay mainly dry if rather cloudy. a few brighter skies through the eastern side of england through the morning. but some very windy conditions through tuesday, particularly across scotland, gusts 60—70mph, maybe 75 for some northern and western coasts, but very mild, particularly to the east of higher ground. strong and gusty winds across northern england and north wales too, 30—a0mph gusts across much of central southern england and into wales, the strongest winds really are across northern england and scotland, but likely to bring some disruption. as we go through tuesday evening, we keep those strong winds across scotland, starting to ease fu

severe gales across scotland and northern england, we have a met office yellow warning in place, some disruption is possible. and with the wind also comes some heavy rain, particularly across scotland, likely to linger through much of the day. easing from northern ireland through the afternoon, some of that rain getting into northern england, north wales, maybe into south—west england through the afternoon. further south and east things stay mainly dry if rather cloudy. a few brighter skies through the eastern side of england through the morning. but some very windy conditions through tuesday, particularly across scotland, gusts 60—70mph, maybe 75 for some northern and western coasts, but very mild particularly to the east of higher ground. strong and gusty winds across northern england and north wales too, 30—1i0mph gusts across much of central southern england and into wales, the strongest winds are really across northern england and scotland, but likely to bring some disruption. as we go through tuesday evening, we keep those strong winds across scotland, starting to ease fur

he's a iteration to anyone, and he ages in scotland because itjust shows anyone, and he ages in scotland because it just shows the all the ha rd because it just shows the all the hard work pays off. his status robert's former team—mate james steele are now coaches the town best of our club. he travelled to visit roberts at the height of his success. if he makes the nba we will go to his first game, and then he makes it to the nba. the second game to be washed was against the lakers, kobe bryant won the game on the game—winning shot and into the game 103 -- 102. it game—winning shot and into the game 103 "102. it was game—winning shot and into the game 103 —— 102. it was really horrible that we lost scotland's most prolific possible figure, and arguably the worlds. he left the nba 2004 and represented his team the london 2012 olympics. he passed away last week at the age of 39. sot can inspire others to follow in his footsteps and once again make it into the nba. his legacy should be that we provide opportunities to players to develop and be the best that they can be. at the f

scotland said no and meant it and he was right. and they thought it was a very - - and 9 billion pounds the come from the uk to scotland and the trade is with the rest of the uk and the best manufacturing from uk to scotland whether it is 1.5 billion or a fantastic investment in manufacturing. we support manufacturing in scotland. they support nothing except manufacturing grievances. [shouting] >> after being inundated with complaints would the prime minister -- the northern rail service is no longer fit for purpose? >> we have indeed started a process that strips northern rail of its franchising. >> the northern powerhouse minister are concerned power cables for the time are a real barrier to businesses for large renewable energy. will the prime minister through his good offices undertake to support the national grid's energy transmission grid for permanent removal of the cables and unlock the potential of the times. >> she is right to raise this issue. these decisions are independently made but i appreciate the problem she raises

compared to 8—9 for the north of scotland. a lengthy dry spell for many, this frontal system and using the cloud and some patchy rain into the cloud and some patchy rain into the far north and west of scotland later on monday. scotland and northern ireland, again cloudy and breezy, that bog slow to clear across parts of england and wales. there will be some spells of sunshine, probably not much we saw today. it could be quite cold where the fog lingers. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the queen attends church near sandringham after reaching an agreement with prince harry and meghan over their future. at a agreement with prince harry and meghan over theirfuture. at a libya peace summit, world leaders have agreed to uphold... the prime minister says he will raise the driving habits of military personnel with democratic footage emerged of another car being driven on the wrong side of the road close to where harry dunn died. china is banning plastic bags in its main cities in supermarkets and single use stores in restauran

weather front pushing into the north—west of scotland. could be as well because of the breeze mixing up the air, we could see some brightness for scotland and northern ireland but a rather cloudy day for most. those temperatures, 7—10. as you move through saturday night into sunday, that weather front begins to push eastwards, slowly sliding across the country and you'll notice more isobars on the chart for sunday. so it's going to be a breezeier day, or windier day, for us all, particularly in the north—west. this weather front moving eastwards will bring outbreaks of patchy rain, the odd heavier burst on it as it moves across england and wales. brighter skies in scotland and northern ireland but here there will have blustery showers and they will be wintry and quite cool over high ground, nine or 11 in the south—east. then as we head into following week could be unsettled. we could see a deep low bringing gales and a spell of wet weather early in the week. good morning — welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stay

eight or nine for the far north of scotland. and for scotland and northern ireland, monday is a cloudy, breezy day. some of that cloud extending down into northern england and some of the mist and fog i spoke about could well be slow to clear. but there will be further spells of sunshine across a large sway of england and wales. perhaps not as much as we saw through sunday, through east anglia and south—east england. light winds for many. away from northern and western scotland, those touch gusts could touch 50mph, maybe 55 mph. ten or 11 celsius though for the far north of scotland. 6—9 for most. and close to freezing where any fog is slow to clear. so through monday nightand into tuesday, the cloud thickens across northern and western scotland, with outbreak of rain sliding their way southwards. it runs into an area of high pressure and that rain will tend to fizzle out. clearer skies further south, still with some mist and fog. and again it will be a frosty start to tuesday for much of central, southern england but not as

we know that so far boris johnson's not scotland. we know that so far borisjohnson's not given any attention to requests for a new referendum in scotland, independence referendum, but that's not to say they won't keep trying if they don't feel co mforta ble keep trying if they don't feel comfortable with the new arrangements in the uk. interesting, mentioned in this article that the latest indie youguv paul banks scotland being an independent country for the first time since 20 for dean, 51% of people polled think that, but we should say the majority aren't in favour ofa the majority aren't in favour of a referendum and 2020 at this stage ———— 2015 —— poll backs scotland. let's move on and talk about the coronavirus and talk about the coronavirus and how it is affecting people around the world. this is interesting, the japan times has picked up on this line, and it is something we have heard anecdotally in london and other places too that chinese tourists are being shunned because of fears about the virus, is the world in

>> i have the highest respect for scotland, i have respect for the government of scotland which is currently because of its failures producing less growth in any part of the uk. >> this is the final prime minister's questions of our time, a member of the european union but i notice he shares my concern about the loss of biodiversity around the world. how it is possible to turn back to a fast recovery rain forest full of wildlife which can i ask him to ensure the work we are doing, that we step up the work we do, and in doing so help tackle climate change. >> it is an exceptionally important point and that is why we have a direct link between the chinese summit on biodiversity and the top 26 summit on climate change. >> thank you, mister speaker. avoiding hesitation, and repetition, would you agree that we should avoid hypocrisy because we won't be taken seriously on climate leadership as long as we are plowing taxpayers money into projects overseas that are emitting huge amounts of carbon. it is not just export finance but at the africa summit last year, last week, $2 billion would be plowed

also north east scotland. north—west scotland is in some outbreaks of rain and as we go through this evening that rain will spend its way in through the western side of scotland, getting in to northern ireland. in the early hours of the morning reaching parts of wales and england. ahead of that, large areas of cloud. the odd shower here and there. a breezy night and partly because of not an especially cold one with lows of three — 7 degrees. here is a weather front which will be crossing from the west towards the east, bringing outbreaks of rain but behind it, as you can see, the air is going to turn colder. we push our band of rain eastwards, moving through scotland, england and wales. east anglia and the south—east probably stay dry into the afternoon and behind it northern ireland is brightening up quite quickly through the morning. there's better conditions working a little further eastwards through the day but with some showers, wintry, even day but with some showers, wintry, eve n over day but with

sure, so the data lab is scotland's innovation centre for data science and artificial intelligence. and ultimately, it's about driving value for the country by leveraging our data better. and you've already had some life—changing partnerships, haven't you? tell me about the cancer one. we have, yes. so, we've been working with the beatson cancer hospital on using computer vision technology to help the radiologists dealing delineate tumours from healthy tissues and complex neck cancers. we've also worked across multiple of the health wards, using data to improve patient—reported experience measures and outcome measures and integrate that with the clinical treatment as part of their unfortunate cancer journey. but looking at some of the issues there are in scotland today, high unemployment is of course one of them, how do you perceive technology affecting that? because obviously there are pros and cons. that's right. and technology's definitely going to disrupt the job market as we know it, but on the other hand, we also know that the technology sector in scotland is constantly lo

some slightly more persistent rain moving across northern scotland, but through south—east scotland, central and eastern parts of england here, we should see a decent amount of sunshine, and those temperatures just showing signs of creeping upwards a little bit across western areas. io celsius in plymouth, for example. now, as we go through saturday night, we'll see more cloud rolling in from the west again, the odd spot of rain, some more persistent rain in northern scotland. we keep this band of rain here as we go through sunday. further south and further east, more in the way of drier weather, some spells of sunshine around. it is going to be a windy day again on sunday, particularly across northern ireland and scotland, but those temperatures, 10 celsius in glasgow, ii celsius in belfast. now, as we move into monday, we are going to see this band of rain pushing in from the west, and quite heavy rain actually. still some brisk winds with that. the rain unlikely to get to east anglia or the south—east before nightfall, and to the north—west, things will dry up a little bit as

the best of the brightness across south—east scotland a decent pa rt across south—east scotland a decent part of england. similar weather on sunday. the best of the rightness and southern areas. more cloud the north and west. sunday is a fairly windy day but a slightly milder one with temperatures for the likes of newcastle and glasgow getting up to around 10 degrees. as we head into next week, this is the jet stream and the winds are very high up in the atmosphere and they drive for weather systems across the globe and they will be powerful next week spinning up deep areas of low pressure and bringing them in our direction. it means next week will bring gales particularly in the north. rain at times but it will feel very mild. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm carrie gracie. today at two: tensions escalate between the united states and iran after us forces kill iran's top general qasem soleimani. he died in a drone attack as his convoy left baghdad airport. iran has vowed to take revenge. the foreign secretary has urged restraint. relief for around 1,000 residents and tourists

philip, i will get your thoughts on scotland, they still have the same coachin scotland, they still have the same coach in gregor townsend might new captain in stuart hogg. one of the things dominating the headlines for the scotland team has been the fly—half, finn russell, he has been taken away from the scot shot squad, essentially, in the build—up to their game against ireland for disciplinary matters. we will have adam hastings starting at fly—half, from the scotland head coach on decision. i think any team would wa nt to decision. i think any team would want to go into a team and try to upset the halfbacks, key for the opposition team. how they do that, obviously, it is their strategy. adam had a real balance to his game, he has learned this year of where to kick, went to kick. he is a very good passer of the ball and an excellent run out. he does have defensive options, we have real confidence in him, he has been playing some excellent rugby, i'm sure he is looking forward to his start. gregor townsend lead. philip, it has been a really tough time for scotland, it was not the

also on the eastern side of scotland. perhaps before the day is done, as much as 85 horsepower through the western isles so again that will be speed restrictions, travel disruption and ferries could have a real problem. at least the rank lose weight but the wind is an ever present feature. a bright start to tuesday in central and western scotla nd to tuesday in central and western scotland but not very long into the morning, the next pulse of mild air from the atlantic so that means a lot of cloud and rain gradually pushing its way up towards the central part of scotland. it is mailed to the south but further north, that rain may fall into cooler air. north of the central belt that could be some snow so very busy start to the week. the wind is seal that is a feature across the northern half of scotland into wednesday. showers, a weatherfront to get away from the south—east and then a decent sort of day. still mastery but nowhere near the strength we saw on monday and tuesday. the answer must begin to squeeze up on thurs

perhaps something a little bit brighter across the far north of scotland. some very heavy rain developing across central and southern parts of scotland, and it will be quite windy here. some rain into northern ireland at times, certainly some of that rain getting down into northern england. more cloud into wales in the south—west, producing maybe the odd spot of rain and drizzle. but further east, through the east midlands, east anglia, the south—east, holding onto some sunshine. and it's going to be milder than it has been. highs of ten or 11 degrees. now, as we go through wednesday night, this rain will pull its way northwards across scotland. further south, a lot of dry weather, yes, but an awful lot of cloud to roll its way in. could turn a little bit murky in places, damp and drizzly, but much, much milder. those are the temperatures as we start thursday morning. a bit of rain into the far south—west as well, you will notice, but all of that cloud coming up from the south—west. very moist and very mild airflow. see these orange colours spreadin

perhaps something a little bit brighter across the far north of scotland. some very heavy rain developing across central and southern parts of scotland, and it will be quite windy here. some rain into northern ireland at times, certainly some of that rain getting down into northern england. more cloud into wales in the south—west, producing maybe the odd spot of rain and drizzle. but further east, through the east midlands, east anglia, the south—east, holding onto some sunshine. and it's going to be milder than it has been. highs of ten or 11 degrees. now, as we go through wednesday night, this rain will pull its way northwards across scotland. further south, a lot of dry weather, yes, but an awful lot of cloud to roll its way in. could turn a little bit murky in places, damp and drizzly, but much, much milder. those are the temperatures as we start thursday morning. a bit of rain into the far south—west as well, you will notice, but all of that cloud coming up from the south—west. very moist and very mild airflow. see these orange colours spreadin

on bbc one we watch scotland. —— a bit cold towards scotland. good afternoon. you're watching bbc news. i'm ben croucher with your latest sports update. getting to the business end now of the australian open tennis. there'll be a new winner of the women's singles after ash barty and simona halep were both surprised in their semi—finals. in the men's draw — well, can anybody stop novak djokovic? john watson is in melbourne for us. we have the women's final complete, we will come to that in a moment but let's just reflect on another novak djokovic victory in the semifinal to book his place in an eighth australian open final. he brushed the mighty roger federer aside in straight sets. federer clearly struggling as he received a medical timeout at the end of the first set, which he lost. and then it was co mforta ble which he lost. and then it was comfortable in the end for djokovic as he moved through in straight sets. djokovic hoping to successfully defend his title here. and we await who he will face in that final. the victor will come from the other semifin

is scotland's leading political party it's calling for open borders with england scotland's top trading partner as well as an independent scotland rejoining the e.u. if you do we have had a lot of extremely generous and friendly overtures from other european governments saying that if things pilot britain leaves the european union and scotland takes political control of the sort of affairs then scotland would be welcome in the european union but that would require a new referendum on scottish independence something the conservative government in london is keen to avoid. that referendum was a once in a lifetime once in a generation event that happened only 5 years ago rather than spending time as politicians going over and over having referendum after a from them after referendum well i don't see any but the scottish nationalists are not about to back down the protesters in glasgow have renewed calls for independence. the conservative government may have a majority in the union parliament westminster but its mandate stops at the scottish border it's a challenge for the prime minister and

with scotland jenny thank you. let's take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines this hour a leading figure in germany's far right party alexander gallagher is being investigated for tax evasion that after lawmakers lifted his program entry immunity the 78 year old is one of the most prominent figures in the populist alternative for germany party he was co-leader of the party until late last year in sweden thieves have broken into a stockholm art gallery installing at least 10 sculptures by the spanish surrealist salvador dali the sculptures are valued at between 20 and 50000 euros each they were on loan from switzerland however it appears i.d. documents that would help the thieves sell the stolen items those documents were not taken u.s. border control agents they have released footage of what they say is a one just ever tunnel used by smugglers between mexico and the u.s. they say the tunnel you see it there is 1313 meters long that's 400 meters longer than the previous record holder th

winds at their strongest perhaps in the western isles of scotland. given the direction and all the cloud, it will not be a cold day. a slightly milder day, i would have thought, then was the case in the first part of the week. thursday night and into the first part of friday, we complete the transition of introducing those cooler airs. it's not a raging northerly by any means for friday. brighter, yes. that's the thing you will notice across many parts of the british isles. a raft of showers getting into the far north of scotland and some of them wintry across the highest ground. but those temperatures really not plummeting away. yes, single figures for many, and just holding on for a time tu double figures in the south. starting the weekend with a ridge of high pressure that comes in to kill off some of that shower activity across northern scotland. for many, it's a reasonable weekend in prospect. a lot of dry and fine weather across the greater part of england and wales with more cloud for scotland, northern ireland and a wee bit of rain in the far

the far north and staying windy in northern scotland. colder from the north—west with temperatures 7—11 degrees. as we go through friday night we will lose most of the showers from the south—east and we see more showers pushing in across scotland and these will be wintry to slightly lower levels at this stage. it stays windy in northern scotland but for many, the thing you will notice on saturday morning is a colder feel. widely around freezing and some spots will be below. an overnight frost will be a feature of the weekend but we will also see a lot of dry weather and a lot of bright weather. much calmer weather because the areas of low pressure that has been dominant through the week get muscled out of the way by this big, strong, powerful area of high pressure that is going to build its way in on top of us and really suppress all of the shower activity for the most part. so there is going to be a lot of dry weather around. i think still some showers blowing in across scotland on saturday, some of which will be wintry. still win

hills of wales, northern england, northern ireland, and in scotla nd england, northern ireland, and in scotland there is snow notjust affecting the hills but potentially also at lower elevations. we could see five centimetres just about anywhere, perhaps eastern scotland more at risk, and ten centimetres also at higher elevations. combined with low temperatures to start the day on tuesday, that means the risk of slippery conditions with snow and ice, potentially bringing some disruptive weather to scotland for a time. through the rest of tuesday, essentially a day of sunshine and showers, but the air is pretty chilly, so the showers will continue to be wintry, with more snow in the high ground in scotland. further south, seven or 8 degrees, and you won't get snow with that. tuesday night time, showers continue thick and fast in the north—west, driven in bya and fast in the north—west, driven in by a continuation of those rather blustery conditions. some further snow accumulating in the hills of scotla nd snow accumulating in the hills of scotland and, in the countryside, temperatures dippin

similar for northern ireland western scotland. but eastern scotland not doing too badly for some sunshine. a windy day tomorrow, while the one as well, particularly across the northern half, 10—12d. the high pressure that has been with us will retreat into monday to allow the system in. that will bring outbreaks of heavy rain moving eastward through the day. that way and unlikely to get to the south—east until after dark and behind that, western ireland, scotland are seeing something drier. highs of nine — ii degrees, quite windy on monday but when they are still on tuesday as this area of low pressure passes to the north—west. a lot of white lines squeezing together, we are likely to see severe gales across northern areas. outbreaks of heavy rain here as well. not as wet or windy the further south and east you look but are the wind gusts. when across parts of scotland, 60—70 mph or more also to the eastern side of the pennines. but look how mild it it will be. 12 to 15 degrees. through the week ahead, more rain and gale

parts of scotland's awesome project —— saw some spectacular sunsets. and this continues under this area of high pressure. but notice the isobars are slightly closer together across northern ireland and scotland — an increasingly windy day here, and a much cloudier day across the uk. the cloud could be thick enough for the odd patch of drizzle but for most will be dry, best chance of any brightness across eastern counties of scotland and england, maybe north wales, too. later gentle winds for most, away from the western and northern isles of scotland, where the winds will be strengthening through the day, perhaps gusts of 40—50 miles an hour. still critical fields of the uk across the day, 10—11 for northern scotland in south—west england. cloud cover stays with us to the evening and overnight again we could see some patchy drizzle. for most, it's dry although iran will start to approach far north—western scotland on the west of northern ireland as we head towards thursday morning. underneath the cloud cover, temperatures will stay above freez

scotland as a cheap this far without any any kind of. any major kind of conflict and i still think it's a negotiated thing that can be negotiated but i do think that the time has come that scotland does move on and move away because it's gone on far too long and media really has gone on want to i mean i look at on a recent convert i mean i'm you know i only i only came. to scottish independence really in the just at the time of the referendum when i realised that when i look to my own history and i saw how scotland had been treated and it's been treated shamefully absolutely shamefully by you know. but i'm probably not going to. train some of former every page i cease to be in any pain to live this year under in trade with you know your support for the referendum and particularly old said nicholas. assessment that just by breaking up the union she can then take scotland back into the and yet the has made it absolutely clear that scotland doesn't meet the criteria certainly on the economic side to become a member again so can you somehow

and in scotland, an alternative take on new year's celebrations — a flaming, spinning spectacular, you shouldn't try at home. gareth barlow, bbc news. just taking you back to new york times square is around i million people there are celebrating new year's, it just hit people there are celebrating new year's, itjust hit new york on the east coast of the united states, lots of people enjoying the ball drop at the stroke of midnight there. they would have been gathering for many, many hours to get a good view and we saw some fireworks there as well. people i'm sure would be celebrating into the night for new year's in the united states. and if you want to catch up with how the world have been celebrating the beginning of the new year, you can go to our website bbcnews.com. you can see what has been happening around the world. as well as the world leaders's new year's message. including, of course, from london — the new year message from the uk's prime minister boris johnson. that's at bbcnews.com. the united states has announced the immediate deployment of 750 troops to the middle east

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sure, so the data lab is scotland's innovation centre for data science and artificial intelligence. and, ultimately, it's about driving value for the country by leveraging our data better. and you've already had some life—changing partnerships, haven't you? tell me about the cancer one. we have, yes. so, we've been working with the beatson cancer hospital on using computer vision technology to help the radiologists dealing delineate tumours from healthy tissues and complex neck cancers. we've also worked across multiple of the health wards, using data to improve patient—reported experience measures and outcome measures and integrate that with the clinical treatment as part of their unfortunate cancer journey. but looking at some of the issues there are in scotland today, high unemployment is of course one of them, how do you perceive technology affecting that? because, obviously, there are pros and cons. that's right. and technology's definitely going to disrupt the job market as we know it, but on the other hand, we also know that the technology sector in scotland is constantly

weather front pushing into the north—west of scotland. could be as well because of the breeze mixing up the air, we could see some brightness for scotland and northern ireland but a rather cloudy day for most. those temperatures, 7—10. as you move through saturday night into sunday, that weather front begins to push eastwards, slowly sliding across the country and you'll notice more isobars on the chart for sunday. so it's going to be a breezeier day, or windier day, for us all, particularly in the north—west. this weather front moving eastwards will bring outbreaks of patchy rain, the odd heavier burst on it as it moves across england and wales. brighter skies in scotland and northern ireland but here there will have blustery showers and they will be wintry and quite cool over high ground, nine or 11 in the south—east. then as we head into following week could be unsettled. we could see a deep low bringing gales and a spell of wet weather earlier in the week. welcome to bbc news, i'm mike embley. our top stories: a city in lockdown

scotland said no, and we meant it. not only does the prime minister not have the legislative mandate for this bill, but he does not -- as those on the government benches bray, it is clear that this place simply does not accept the reality that the scottish parliament speaks for the people of scotland. the devolution settlement must be respected. prime minister, all three devolved parliaments, and even the house of lords, have called on you to end your government's attack on devolution. will the prime minister stop the attack on our parliaments? pm johnson: mr. speaker, i agreed for a second with the right honorable gentlemen because he said that scotland said no and it meant it. he was right. the people of scotland said no to independence in 2014 and they meant it. they meant it because they were told it was once in a lifetime, both by alex salmond and his protege nicola sturgeon, and indeed by the right honorable gentlemen, they were told that it was a once-in-a-generation event. the people of scotland did this becaus

severe gales across scotland and northern england, we have a met office yellow warning in place, some disruption is possible. and with the wind also comes some heavy rain, particularly across scotland, likely to linger through much of the day. easing from northern ireland through the afternoon, some of that rain getting into northern england, north wales, maybe into south—west england through the afternoon. further south and east, things stay mainly dry if rather cloudy. a few brighter skies through the eastern side of england through the morning. but some very windy conditions through tuesday, particularly across scotland, gusts 60—70mph, maybe 75 for some northern and western coasts, but very mild, particularly to the east of higher ground. strong and gusty winds across northern england and north wales too, 30—a0mph gusts across much of central southern england and into wales, the strongest winds really are across northern england and scotland, but likely to bring some disruption. as we go through tuesday evening, we keep those strong winds across scotland, starting to ease fu

the far north and staying windy in northern scotland. colder from the north—west with temperatures 7—ii degrees. as we go through friday night we will lose most of the showers from the south—east and we see more showers pushing in across scotland and these will be wintry to slightly lower levels at this stage. it stays windy in northern scotland but for many, the thing you will notice on saturday morning is a colder feel. widely around freezing and some spots will be below. an overnight frost will be a feature of the weekend but we will also see a lot of dry weather and a lot of bright weather. much calmer weather because the areas of low pressure that has been dominant through the week get muscled out of the way by this big, strong, powerful area of high pressure that is going to build its way in on top of us and really suppress all of the shower activity for the most part. that is going to build its way in on top of us and really suppress all of the shower activity for the most part. so there is going to be a lot of dry weather a

scotland's people. does the prime minister accept that by ignoring scotland, imposing brexit with his pursuance of cruel and punishing policies, that he is strengthening the case for scottish independence? mr speaker, it was not only the right honourable gentleman who leads the snp of this house, it was also alex salmond and his protege nicola sturgeon, who said at the time of the referendum, that it was a once in a generation event. he said it, they said it, they were right then, why they changed their mind? he is the denier, he is the denier of democracy. mr speaker, the prime minister's party, the conservative party, signed up to the smith commission, that recognise the right of the people of scotland to determine their own future — that's the reality. the prime minister lives in a fantasy land, the people across scotland know the reality of this prime minister's broken brexit britain. and the truth is, the only union that the prime ministers truly interested in is his union with donald trump. a pa

eight or nine for the far north of scotland. and for scotland and northern ireland, monday is a cloudy, breezy day. some of that cloud extending down into northern england and some of the mist and fog i spoke about could well be slow to clear. but there will be further spells of sunshine across a large sway of england and wales. perhaps not as much as we saw through sunday, through east anglia and south—east england. light winds for many. away from northern and western scotland, those gusts could touch 50mph, maybe 55 mph. ten or 11 celsius though for the far north of scotland. 6—9 for most. and close to freezing where any fog is slow to clear. so through monday nightand into tuesday, the cloud thickens across northern and western scotland, with outbreak of rain sliding their way southwards. it runs into an area of high pressure and that rain will tend to fizzle out. clearer skies further south, still with some mist and fog. and again it will be a frosty start to tuesday for much of central, southern england but not as cold

light or gentle winds for most away from the western and northern isles of scotland, where the winds will be strengthening through the day, perhaps gusts of 40—50 miles an hour. still, quite a cool feel to the day across the uk, 5—9 celsius, the top temperature, perhaps 10—11 for northern scotland and south—west england. cloud cover stays with us through the evening and overnight. again we could see some patchy drizzle. for most it's dry, although rain will start to approach the far north—west of scotland and the west of northern ireland as we head towards thursday morning. but underneath the cloud cover, temperatures are going to stay above freezing. and actually, as we go through thursday, it is a milder day. these yellow, and in places orange, colours just indicating the milder air flooding across the uk. but with it comes a set of fronts, and that's going to bring some wetter, windier weather initially across scotland and northern ireland, and slowly it slides its way south and eastwards through the day, but weakening as it does. but potentially some very heavy rain acr

russell has 46 caps for scotland. the former chairman and owner of saracens, nigel wray, has apologised for the "ill—considered approach" to salary cap compliance, which led to saracens' relegation. wray said he took "full responsibility" for saracens being described as reckless by the panel. but said he didn't deliberately breach the cap. he made reference to property investments and image rights. premiership rugby announced saracens would be relegated at the end of the season. it comes after they were docked 35 points and fined 5.3 million pounds for breaching salary cap regulations. to cricket — as england captainjoe root has dismissed criticism from kevin pietersen about the way pace bowlerjofra archer is treated within the camp. this comes ahead of their final test against south africa, which starts tomorrow. the former england batsman, appeared to suggest that archer had been the victim of leaks in the squad, which reminded him of his own treatment in international set—up. there have been a number of learn

storm brendan sweeps into the uk, battering northern ireland and scotland with winds of 90mph. and thejoker in the pack leads the nominations for this year's oscars. coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, trouble at the top — we'll get the latest from barcelona and their managerial situation. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. in the last hour, the queen has issued a statement about the future of prince harry and meghan. her majesty, princes charles, william and harry have been in talks at sandringham today to try to agree a plan. in her statement, the queen has made it clear she would have preferred harry and meghan to remain full time working members of the royalfamily but she is fully supportive of their wish to live a new and more independent life — and a final decision will be reached in the coming days. in the meantime, there will be a period of transition in which the couple will spend time in canada and the uk. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has the latest from sandringham. within the seclusion of sandringham house, a family s