this is bbc news, the headlines scotland's first minister humza yousaf resigns , throwing the future of the scottish nationalist government into doubt england and wales care up for local elections, a taste of things to come in the coming general election. their talks over the tensions of the number of asylum—seekers head into northern ireland to stop a

photograph of the prince and princess of wales as they celebrate their 13th wedding anniversary. tampa sport and a round up from gabbing. england rugby union international billy vunipola has apologised and paid a fine after being charged in spain, following an alleged incident. the bbc understands he was tasered by police on the island of majorca after they were called to a bar in the island's capital. vunipola called it a "misunderstanding" and said there was no violence. our sports news correspondent laura scott has more. we know that this incident involving billy vunipola happened at a club on majorca in the early hours of sunday morning. the number eight, who has played for england on 75 occasions, described what happened as an unfortunate misunderstanding that got out of hand. we know police were called to the club, we understand he was tasered and arrested, and he was later charged and appeared in court.

however, he said in a statement released today that, "contrary to media reports, there was no violence, no fight, and i did not threaten anybody at any stage, with bottles or chairs or anything else. i was charged with resisting the law and, following an express trial, i have paid a fine of 240 euros." having paid that fine, we know the spanish police investigation has closed and billy vunipola is now free to fly back to the uk, and he is due back later today. what will now follow is an internal process at saracens and he says he will cooperate with that and he unreservedly apologises for any inconvenience he has caused during this incident. laura scott there premier league have clubs voted to move a step closer to the possibiliy of bringing in a salary cap. a majority of clubs were in favour of allowing the premier league to do the final economic and legal analysis of such a model, and draft the rules — with the aim of making the competition fairer. it's part of plans to reform the profit and sustainability regulations,

which resulted in both nottingham forest and everton being deducted points this season. top clubs would only be allowed to spend a sum linked to the television revenues of the bottom clubs in the league. the next stage will potentially be put to clubs at agm injune. the pfa have said they have always been clear that they would oppose any measure that would place a "hard" cap on player wages. let's bring you the latest from the madrid open, britain's cam norrie is up against the norweigen casper ruud. the world number six took the first set completely —— comfortably six games to two but cameron norrie currently leads in the second set, looking to level the match. cameron norrie won the last match between these two at the australian open earlier this year. and rafa nadal playing argentine pedro cachin. rough and adult to the first set,. earlier — danil medvedev came from a set down to beat american sebastian korda for a place

in the last 16 in the women's singles, number one seed iga swiatek is also through to the quarter finals after beating sara sorribes tormo in straight sets 6—1, 6—0. she'll face beatriz haddad maia next. let's take you to the world snooker championship in sheffield. the quarterfinal line up will be completed later today — kyren wilson advanced with a 13—6 win over debutantjoe o'connor. and ronnie o'sullivan has booked his place... he comfortably beat welshman ryan day, 13 frames to seven. a 52 break in his winning frame helped the �*rocket�* reach his 22nd world championship quarterfinal. the seven time champion is hoping to get an outright record eighth this year. after the match, he spoke about dealing with the pressure of being the favourite.— the favourite. ever since i was a kid, there _ the favourite. ever since i was a kid, there was _ the favourite. ever since i was a kid, there was exposition - the favourite. ever since i was a kid, there was exposition i - the favourite. ever since i was a l kid, there was exposition i would win every tournament i played, so i agree with that as a played. i have been conditioned to deal with that sort of pressure, so it doesn't bother me, more the pressure i put

on myself i knowing what i am capable of when i don't produce it. when i find this game hard, my life gets hard, when i finally give easy, life becomes a pleasant place again. that's all for this work. news from her ukraine. a russian missile attack has killed eight people and damage residential buildings and a civilian infrastructure in the southern city of odesa. according to a local official. we are here and in the last few moments the governments of odesa, two people have been killed in that incident, that russian missile attack. the ukrainian air force have announced what it announced as harder to intercept missile threats ahead of this strike, so to recap, the governor of audits that same two people killed

and others injured in a russian missile strike on a residential building and civilian infrastructure in the city of odesa. the national crime agency has issued an unprecedented alert to all schools in the uk, warning about the danger to pupils of so called sextortion. that's when criminals trick young people into sharing intimate images of themselves online and then blackmail their victims for cash. police say there's been an alarming increase in the number of cases, as angus crawford reports. just 16, murray dowey ended his life. criminals posing as a girl online tricked him into sending compromising pictures. then they blackmailed him. he couldn't bear it. they've totally destroyed our family. murray was a happy, normal teenager. he was driven to take his own life by whatever threats and awful things that the people that were trying to extort money out of him were saying to him.

hey. how are you doing? what happened to murray is called sextortion. gangs pose as young men or women, send explicit videos or pictures to targets they identify via social media. they demand the same in return. then... the film will be shared with your friends, your family, your workmates... everyone you know... unless you pay. today, in an unprecedented move, the national crime agency issued an alert to schools across the uk about this growing threat. the nca is warning that criminals are increasingly targeting young people, especially teenage boys. it's mainly done by gangs based in west africa or south east asia. their aim — terrify children into handing over as much money as they can. it can have an absolutely devastating effect on young people. this is why we are

issuing this alert. we want people to take it extremely seriously, but we don't want them to panic. so there are definitely things that parents can do, conversations that can be had. it's really important that children know that they're never to blame. we've been reporting on the dangers of this for years... how scared were you at the time? 0h, frozen. ..contacting the criminals online. so you're probably moments away from being scammed. yep, literally minutes away. in ivory coast, police showed us files full of british victims. we even met a man who made his living from sextortion. but you do real harm to the victims. but what's really disturbing for teachers and parents is how young the victims are now. keeping them safe on social media is a daily challenge. never presume it couldn't happen here. presume it could happen. i think be vigilant, set up some really good, clear parameters. allow students to be part of that process, so that it's not being done to them

but done with them. today's alert by the nca strikes a chord with 14—year—old josh. i think that's definitely a big step in the right direction, because i think people need to be made aware of this sort of thing. it is quite easy to get into these sorts of bad situations. from a mother who lost her son, a plea to other young people. my message would be, please don't do what murray did. nothing is worth taking your own life for — nothing. no matter how terrified and awful you're feeling at the moment, that will pass and this can be fixed. angus crawford, bbc news. now to politics — and there are just days to go until local elections take place across england and wales — a vote which will give the parties a sense of the political weather ahead of the next general election.

on thursday, voters will be asked to make their choices on police and crime commissioners. and mayoralties are also up for grabs in ten english regions. the general election could be imminent too — butjust how imminent we don't know yet. joining me now are pete saull, political editor at bbc east midlands, and bbc wiltshire's political reporter, dan o'brien. hello to both of you. i would begin with you, peter, in your area you don't have council elections but you don't have council elections but you do have mayoral elections and also police and crime commissioner, so what are the key issues for voters in those? , ., ., ., in those? everyone in england and wales will get _ in those? everyone in england and wales will get a _ in those? everyone in england and wales will get a vote _ in those? everyone in england and wales will get a vote on _ in those? everyone in england and wales will get a vote on thursday, j wales will get a vote on thursday, whether it be police and crime commissioner or mayoral elections, and we get the first east midlands mayoral election this week, which does not cover the entirety of the region, just denbighshire and nottingham, part of the country often feeling forgotten and overlooked, people focus more on what is happening down the road in the west midlands or in greater

manchester, ratherthan the west midlands or in greater manchester, rather than east midlands, so the hope is a brand—new mirror with ring added attention to this part of the world. it only covers derbyshire and nottingham, necessary or is not involved, some scepticism which people think is only one point while a politician to many, but it is a very interesting concept. in terms of the contest happening up and down the country people focus on nationally to give a sense of what white have been in the general election, it is a west midlands and tees valley and east midlands, because these areas can take parliamentary constituencies to decide who gets the keys to downing street and the general election. what we are happening here is a straight head between the labour party and the conservative party, the tory candidate is a well—known mp in ben bradley, then you have the former labour party mp, claire ward, andra tony blair and gordon brown,

standing for the labour party. other parties looking to have an influence, like the reform party, a strong groundwork of support for them, their mp, lee anderson is in ashfield, effective from the conservatives not long ago and then the reform party have counsellors in derby, so there are concerns that the reform party is taken some support away and it would probably make that labour party the neighbours here but it will be a close run thing.— neighbours here but it will be a close run thin. , ., ., ., close run thing. then, in your area, ou have close run thing. then, in your area, you have council _ close run thing. then, in your area, you have council or— close run thing. then, in your area, you have council or elections, - close run thing. then, in your area, you have council or elections, tell l you have council or elections, tell us more about the flavour of it there. ,, ., there. indeed, here in swindon, where i am _ there. indeed, here in swindon, where i am at— there. indeed, here in swindon, where i am at the _ there. indeed, here in swindon, where i am at the moment, - there. indeed, here in swindon, where i am at the moment, one there. indeed, here in swindon, i where i am at the moment, one of there. indeed, here in swindon, - where i am at the moment, one of the west country— where i am at the moment, one of the west country key back to grounds between — west country key back to grounds between the labour party and the conservative party. normally, it's really— conservative party. normally, it's really close but this year for if you reasons, swindon consul, all sides_ you reasons, swindon consul, all sides agree — you reasons, swindon consul, all sides agree that they expect the labour_ sides agree that they expect the labour party to retain control. the

reason _ labour party to retain control. the reason for — labour party to retain control. the reason for that, if you different things— reason for that, if you different things at— reason for that, if you different things at play. firstly, last time round, — things at play. firstly, last time round, this— things at play. firstly, last time round, this time last year, the labour— round, this time last year, the labour party won big in swindon for the first— labour party won big in swindon for the first time in 20 years, taking control— the first time in 20 years, taking control from the conservatives, the combination of seats that are up this year. — combination of seats that are up this year, this coming thursday, are a combination that the labour party lost hack_ a combination that the labour party lost back when they were at a low ebb a _ lost back when they were at a low ebb a few— lost back when they were at a low ebb a few years ago. coming back now, _ ebb a few years ago. coming back now. they— ebb a few years ago. coming back now, they feel their only way is up, their— now, they feel their only way is up, their main— now, they feel their only way is up, their main opponents, the conservatives, feel it would be a minor— conservatives, feel it would be a minor miracle to keep hold of those seats, _ minor miracle to keep hold of those seats, that — minor miracle to keep hold of those seats, that is a mood at the moment. we do _ seats, that is a mood at the moment. we do have _ seats, that is a mood at the moment. we do have liberal democrats and green _ we do have liberal democrats and green party and others contended, but white _ green party and others contended, but while all sides feel a likely labour— but while all sides feel a likely labour party hold will continue in this town, — labour party hold will continue in this town, this time will be watched closely— this town, this time will be watched closely for— this town, this time will be watched closely for a different reason. it has so — closely for a different reason. it has so traditionally reflected national voting patterns that general— national voting patterns that general election times, when we elect _ general election times, when we

elect our— general election times, when we elect our mps, going back to last 40 years. _ elect our mps, going back to last 40 years, swindon has elected parties that end _ years, swindon has elected parties that end up in government. that's why. _ that end up in government. that's why, whether or not the lection results — why, whether or not the lection results for— why, whether or not the lection results for the consul are close this year. — results for the consul are close this year, the results will be poured _ this year, the results will be poured over in westminster, because swindon— poured over in westminster, because swindon so— poured over in westminster, because swindon so often follows the national _ swindon so often follows the national trends. swindon so often follows the nationaltrends. | swindon so often follows the national trends.— swindon so often follows the national trends. i think we have a time for a — national trends. i think we have a time for a quick— national trends. i think we have a time for a quick answer— national trends. i think we have a time for a quick answer from - nationaltrends. i think we have a| time for a quick answer from each national trends. i think we have a i time for a quick answer from each of you on the subject of the elections, dan, staying with you, how much are international issues like what is happening in the middle east plane into the local elections? truthfully, it is not being flagged as a particular issue on the labour party— as a particular issue on the labour party side — as a particular issue on the labour party side of things nor from the conservatives, yes we have elements of the _ conservatives, yes we have elements of the labour party who may be a bit upset _ of the labour party who may be a bit upset by _ of the labour party who may be a bit upset by the labour party stance on this but— upset by the labour party stance on this but it _ upset by the labour party stance on this but it is — upset by the labour party stance on this but it is not something i'm picking — this but it is not something i'm picking up— this but it is not something i'm picking up i thought of as plain into the — picking up i thought of as plain into the local vote this thursday. it into the local vote this thursday. it may— into the local vote this thursday. it may not — into the local vote this thursday. it may not be true come general election— it may not be true come general election time, but for the local

elections. _ election time, but for the local elections, both sides are trying to talk about— elections, both sides are trying to talk about local issues as much as possible. — talk about local issues as much as possible, the state of the town centre. — possible, the state of the town centre, been collections, and other issues _ centre, been collections, and other issues the — centre, been collections, and other issues. the conservatives are downbeat _ issues. the conservatives are downbeat about the impact national politics _ downbeat about the impact national politics are having on their perceptions, but in terms of things like gaza. — perceptions, but in terms of things like gaza, i'm not picking it up as a major— like gaza, i'm not picking it up as a major issue. like gaza, i'm not picking it up as a major issue-— like gaza, i'm not picking it up as a major issue. and peter, we have seen issues _ a major issue. and peter, we have seen issues of _ a major issue. and peter, we have seen issues of candidates - a major issue. and peter, we have seen issues of candidates for - a major issue. and peter, we have seen issues of candidates for the l seen issues of candidates for the conservative party not focusing on their literature, the fact that there on the conservative party, is it something you've come across your reporting? ben it something you've come across your re-aortin? �* �* . , ., it something you've come across your re-aortin?�* a, , ., �*, reporting? ben bradley, though he's a conservative _ reporting? ben bradley, though he's a conservative party _ reporting? ben bradley, though he's a conservative party mp, _ reporting? ben bradley, though he's a conservative party mp, he's - reporting? ben bradley, though he's a conservative party mp, he's not i a conservative party mp, he's not begin up those credentials, talking more about what he has achieved in those two rows, rather than what about the parties do nationally. he's aware of the fact that the tories are struggling, a long way behind the labour party in national opinion polls. similar to what andy street, the tory incumbent in the west midlands has been doing, and

also in tees valley, so in a way we will not be able to read too much into the results nationally because the local conservative consuls have distanced themselves from the party on a national basis. the difference between ben bradley and andy street, he does already have a record to speak of, he is well—known, that might help them, it might hinder him as well. the labour party are confident they will be able to win the east midlands mayoral, but turnout will be key. the talk about the sense of disillusionment here, the sense of disillusionment here, the idea of having a mere, and if it's the lower mayor —— turnout, it helps the conservatives, but it would make the labour party favourites.— would make the labour party favourites. ., ,, , ., ., favourites. thank you peter and dan o'brien, favourites. thank you peter and dan o'brien. thank _ favourites. thank you peter and dan o'brien, thank you. _ you can view the full list of candidates running in the local elections for england and wales on the bbc news website by typing your postcode into this web page about the local elections.

you'll also find details on all candidates running for mayor and police and crime commissioner. mps in the uk have been debating whether assisted dying should be legalised for people who are terminally ill. it was triggered after a petition — backed by dame esther rantzen who has terminal lung cancer — secured more than 200,000 signatures, calling for dying people to be able to ask for medical assistance to end their lives. dame esther rantzen, the broadcaster who secured more than 200,000 signatures calling for a change in the law argues that uk should the situation as to assisted dying is changing around the world. there'll be lots of evidence discuss because wearing a worldwide situation where other countries like australia and canada and the netherlands, bits of america, have already reformed their own laws to allow assisted dying legally under very carefully regulated circumstances. and the evidence is that far from damaging

circumstances. and the evidence is that farfrom damaging palliative care, which is one of the things doctors fear, or some doctors fear, the ethnic —— the effect is you get better palliative care in some places and patients like me are far more comfortable —— confident that we can look forward to good deaths, not to fear a bad one. let's get more from our correpsondent ellie price. that debate got under way about half past four, give us a sense of the tone of the debate. you past four, give us a sense of the tone of the debate.— past four, give us a sense of the tone of the debate. you won't be surrised tone of the debate. you won't be surprised to _ tone of the debate. you won't be surprised to hear _ tone of the debate. you won't be surprised to hear it _ tone of the debate. you won't be surprised to hear it was - tone of the debate. you won't be surprised to hear it was at - surprised to hear it was at times very emotional, number of the mps have had personal experiences themselves, many described the deaths of loved ones, including parents. a number have said that they have had constituents get in contact with them about their own experience. there is a sense that public opinion has perhaps shifted, at least for those in favour of a change in law, but against say it is something that obviously has been talked about many times before and

ultimately it's far too much of a complicated piece of legislation to get through, and not least, is frankly not the right thing to do, obviously, for those against it. it is worth saying, it a debate whether there is no binding vote, so nothing will change in effect tonight, the legislation won't change, but there was the opinion that the evidence needs to be discussed. dame esther rantzen talked about the uk not keeping up with the rest of the world on this issue. for those in favour, those seat there would have to be strict controls and the eligibility would be very important in terms of who was allowed to do it, those terminated is or hide their mentalfaculties it, those terminated is or hide their mental faculties being able to make the decision. those against a change in the law, said it would leave the door open for many vulnerable people to be pushed into it, if you like, in terms of being forced into their own suicides. there was quite an interesting

intervention by the father of the house, the oldest mp in the chamber, the mp been there the longest, who said he felt it would essentially increase the suicide rate here in the uk by threefold. on the other side, there are mps who said their opinions have changed over the years having heard from their own constituencies and having heard really terrible stories of peoples very painful deaths, and how the idea that if you could make someone's death more their own decision, obviously that would be preferable and kinder thing to do. this is very much part of the political debate, and i think it is something will hear minor —— more and more about. but nothing will shift in terms of legislation today. thank you, ellie price. as of today, companies are facing new import checks and charges for food and plants

from the european union — because of brexit. the bbc�*s ben boulos has been visiting businesses around the country to find out what the changes mean for them. weighing up the cost of importing cheese. this shop in south london has been doing it for 30 years, but new charges for checks at the uk border, due to brexit, are pushing up those costs from today. as a business, we will have to maintain our margins. so we'll probably have to put our prices up. the new import charges will affect all fresh produce coming from the eu to the uk. that's meat, fish and dairy products. each type of product in a single shipment will face a charge of up to £29. if a business is importing multiple types of products, say, cheese and meat, it'll pay for each category, up to a maximum of £145 per consignment — extra costs that could well be passed on to us as customers. the charges also apply to plants, seeds and flowers imported from the eu. that'll affect businesses like this garden centre in surrey. so what worries them most?

financially, and waiting times. waiting times are the biggest. our business model is based on speed and efficiency, and if that's taken away, that's only going to be more detrimental to the company. and there are similar concerns at this cafe and deli in tunbridge wells, which imports food and wine from italy. i will have to pay high prices to bring my goods in and those prices will be passed to the consumer. the products we sell, i can't go and buy anywhere else. the government says the charges will help to pay for world—class border facilities, adding that the checks are needed to ensure the quality and safety of imports to protect food supply, farmers and the environment. ben boulos, bbc news. migraines can be debilitating for the six million people in the uk who suffer from them. but now the migraine trust wants employers to make adjustments to help those staff who are affected. tim muffett went to meet one

woman who has been living with migraine for years — but has only recently reached out for help at work. maria has a greatjob, which she loves, but her migraines have had a huge impact on her life and her career. she's such a lovely girl, isn't she? it was a tightening in my neck and then a really heavy, severe, throbbing pain all across my forehead. you feel almost like your heads in a clamp and it's being really squeezed — that happens sort of 30% to 50% of the time. what impact has this had on your life? a huge impact. there are so many, there are so many occasions and events, conversations... sorry. ..that i don't remember couldn't fully participate in, have just felt like, you know, i've not really been able to contribute in the way that i would typically.

ijust haven't been able to fulfil my potential in life. i do feel robbed. morning, everyone. i work from home, but i have meetings all of the time. apologies, i've got a bit of a migraine today, so i'm just going to have my ice pack on. i am very confident to have ice packs on the back of my neck or my head during meetings. people are very understanding. itjust helps to be able to just continue with meetings rather than change them or reschedule them. brightness and glare can be triggering, but also can make the pain worse when you have a migraine. so it were able to kind of access my machine remotely and look at what those settings were, show me how to change them myself so that during a migraine attack, i might want to change them beyond what the normal settings are, if that would help. they talked about the importance of background lighting. i think it's really important that other employers consider this. if you've got a great employee and you want to keep them employed,

you want to help them to do a good job, then it's really important to build in some flexibility if you can. for maria, her migraine is really extreme. i've got massive sympathy for her trying to cope. hopefully some food for thought. how important is it, do you think, that other employers do what this place is doing? it's hugely important. it's just normalising that this is a condition many people live with and they need to do certain things to just get through the day. just feeling understood often is what allows me to better cope and manage the condition. that's it from bbc today, stay with us on bbc news. hello there. it's been a much better day today for much of eastern england with some dry weather and some warmth in the sunshine as well. further west, though, things have shaped up very

differently because we've got lower pressure here, and that has been bringing with it this swathe of cloud, which has brought some outbreaks of rain as well. and through the afternoon, itjust got wetter really across scotland. that rain pegging back the temperatures here, but the rain should be clearing away from scotland during this evening, leaving behind some clearer skies and a few showers overnight. still got this zone of thicker cloud threatening some rain for northern england, especially into wales in the southwest, and we get wet weather arriving in northern ireland by the end of the night. but still got those clearer skies towards the southeast and minimum temperatures of six or seven degrees. heading into tomorrow, differences again, east—west. in the west, more clouds and more rain moving in as well. in the east, it's going to be drier and warmer with some sunshine. but some wet weather in the morning for northern ireland will be followed by sunshine and showers. we've got this band of rain pushing into south west england and wales, just grazing western scotland. further east, a lot of dry weather, some sunshine. the chance of the odd light shower later in east anglia in the southeast, with a bit more cloud arriving here. but we've got a southerly breeze

bringing the warmth, and that warmth is moving northward. so temperatures will be higher than today in the midlands and northern england and also scotland, where we could reach 16 or 17 degrees. this weakening weather front will slide a few showers northwards along those north sea coast. and we've still got low pressure as we head into wednesday to the west of the uk. that very weak weather front not producing much rain at all. still, the odd shower may be around some of those coastal areas. some sunshine around, too, but you can see it's clouding over across a good part of england and wales from the south with some rain heading up from the continent later on. but those temperatures widely i6, 17 degrees. cooler for eastern coast of scotland and the north east of england. could be some misty, murky weather even as we head into thursday. we're picking up an easterly wind that's going to bring some warm air, but it's moving over the cold seas. now, we may well see some sunshine developing across more of scotland on thursday, perhaps the far north of england, maybe even northern ireland as well. but there's cloudy skies elsewhere, maybe some more rain hanging around from overnight.

cooler in the southwest, warmer further north, with the highest temperatures in western scotland. could make 20 degrees in the west coast and the highlands.

tonight at six we're live in edinburgh on a tumultous day for scottish politics. humza yousaf has resigned

after little more than a year as first minister. he was at risk of losing a confidence vote after ending the snp's power sharing agreement with the scottish greens. i am not willing to trade my values and principles or do deals with whomever simply for retaining power. attention turns to who will succeed him. among the likely candidates, party grandeejohn swinney and former leadership rival kate forbes. we'll hearfrom our scotland editor and our political editor about what this means for the future of the snp and politics in scotland and the uk. also on the programme, an alert to schools about pupils falling victim to sextortion. it follows a shocking rise in criminals tricking young people into sharing intimate images then blackmailing them. two men appear in court charged with murder after a man's torso

is found at a nature reserve in salford.