against the corporation today. martine croxall, annita mcveigh, karin giannone and kasia madera will start employment tribunal proceedings in london. the court listing indicates that the complaint includes issues relating to age and sex discrimination, and equal pay. let's speak to our culture correspondent, lizo mzimba. what have we learned so far? there's two day preliminary — what have we learned so far? there's two day preliminary hearing _ what have we learned so far? there's two day preliminary hearing into - what have we learned so far? there's two day preliminary hearing into an i two day preliminary hearing into an action brought against the bbc by these four female presenters that you have been talking about. this is something that goes back to decisions made by the bbc around a year and a half ago when it decided to merge its two news channels was dropping previously, the bbc had a

domestic news channel broadcasting within the uk and an international news channel which has been broadcasting to audiences around the world. made the decision to merge those into one single news channel and when that was made, fewer presenters were needed so existing news presenters like the four female presenters mentions, along with many others, are invited to apply to reduce the number of presented jobs. none of the four women in the tribune today got any of those jobs as part of that process and a flawed process, a wrecked process where things were predetermined from the start. they say there are also discriminated against on the grounds of age, sex and so are bringing pay action against the bbc. they say

they were discriminated against on they were discriminated against on the grounds of sex because they work women aged in their late 40s to their late 50s. they say they lost out on these presenter roles. they say they later learned that other presenters had been given assurances by a seniorfigure presenters had been given assurances by a senior figure on the bbc news channel that they would keep their jobs. the four centres in the tribunal today said they were given no such assurances and were taken off the air and replaced by less experienced broadcasters who were doing jobs that they wished to do. they said this had an adverse affect on them, being taken off the air in this way. they also said they had been affected by their trade union

activity. loud parade passing drowns out presenter. they say it has denied that the bbc has subjected the claimants to age orsex has subjected the claimants to age or sex discrimination or victimisation. there are not going to get a decision on the merits of the case, they will at some point set a date for a full tribunal hearing which could be weeks or months away. hearing which could be weeks or months away-— months away. thank you for struggling — months away. thank you for struggling through - months away. thank you for struggling through the - months away. thank you for l struggling through the noise, months away. thank you for i struggling through the noise, i think that was part of the may day celebrations taking place in london. we will be talking to you throughout the day and hopefully quieter. scotland's first minister says ending his power—sharing agreement with the scottish greens was the right thing to do,

but the way he did it meant he paid the price with hisjob. in his first interview since announcing his resignation on monday, humza yousaf told the bbc�*s scotland editor james cook, it's on me. look, i have made it really clear that ending the bute house agreement was the right decision, both my party and my country. but i have to acknowledge the manner in which i did it has caused great great upset, and that's on me. are you kicking yourself? i do of course reflect a lot and regret how this is ended, but equally, i will always be eternally grateful for having not just the opportunity to serve my country but also to lead my country. that has been the greatest honour of my life. you must be gutted, though? in one sense, you always know your time in office will come to an end. would i have liked a different ending? of course. but having led my country and served my country — i've been a government minister for almost 12 years — has been the greatest honour of my life. what changed ?

within 48 hours, you went from this agreement with the greens is worth its weight in gold to it's not serving any purpose. what specifically changed ? for me, the agreement was coming to an end anyway, possibly in a matter of days or weeks. that process had started with the greens going to its membership, there were votes of no confidence coming up... and patrick harvie, over gender? as you say. therefore, whichever way i looked at it, the bute house agreement was going to come to an end in any case. so, ending the agreement, to me, was the right thing to do for the party and the country but i accept fully the manner in which it was done clearly caused upset and i have paid the price for that. you alluded to something that i think is really important, this idea that perhaps the greens had, for you, gone too far on the gender issue in terms

of moving away from the science in terms of criticising the cass review? i made clear my position on the cass review but those comments made by patrick harvie did upset a lot of people in my group. equally, patrick is entitled to his view. the key thing is, was that a factor in your decision, their movement on that issue? not necessarily. i think the bute house agreement, the fact the greens were putting it to their members, to me, however i looked at it, in the coming days, weeks or mohts, the bute house agreement was going to come to an end. i wanted to make sure that we were the ones who were able to say, i think it's time part ways and i do not regret ending the agreement, although i do regret the manner in which i ended it. the point is that what's happened is that you have suggested the problem has been a split

between the snp and the greens, but on gender, on other social policy issues and on economic policy as well, there's actually a split in your party? we have a range of views and so that should be in any political party. we cooperated well with the greens for almost three years but it was clearly becoming the strained, the bute house agreement. that was there for everyone to see. the agreement was coming to its natural conclusion, which is why i do not regret ending it but i do regret the manner in which it ended. would john swinney make a good first minister? you and others will ask me questions aboutjohn and kate and others for weeks if there is a contest and my answer for weeks is going to be the same one, as current party leader, i am certainly not going to say anything which would suggest any interference interference or bias from my perspective over who will succeed me.

i am just asking about the man's character. oh, i know what you're trying to do! i have dealt with the media for well over a decade and i salute your indefatigablity because you will ask me this question time and time again but my answer will be the same — bothjohn and kate — who are the only ones being spoken about, neither has confirmed thier potential candidancy — have many good confirmed their potential candidancy — have many good attributes but the only thing i would say to bothjohn, kate and to any other potential candidate is that our party needs unity. bearded dragons, lizards, and snakes are all popular exotic pets in the uk but not all owners are aware of what it takes to properly care for them. an animal refuge in lincolnshire says it has seen a 30% increase in the last six months of exotic pets which need rehoming. our reporter simon spark has more.

step inside the world of pam mansfield. there's a snapping turtle in here. they can bite your fingers off. they can take your fingers, yeah. so, asian forest scorpion. they're aggressive, but it's only like a wasp sting. on herfour acres of land, there are creatures from all over the world. over 300 of them. souawking. that's the parrots! her exotic pet refuge has been part of the family for 47 years, still managed by pam with the help of her son darren and animal manager caroline. they've seen different trends of buying exotic animals over the years, but over the last six months, there's been a 30% increase in the number of animals they're now having to take in. i mean, years ago, it was all the cuddlies, the monkeys and the raccoons

and coatis and things like that. then about probably ten years ago it went to reptiles and we got hundreds of reptiles in, and now it's sort of gone back to all sorts now. it's anything that's exotic. i don't think they realise how long they live. this is benny. he's our oldest capuchin. he's about 66 years old, our records show. and the cost of them, i mean, the electric... 0ur electric bill is £5,000 a month. exotic animals are sometimes bought as status symbols. but the family here say there's also an ease of purchasing, which can lead to spur—of—the—moment decisions, with some people having no idea what they're taking on. so this is george, he's a mississippi alligator. he's been kept in a bathtub by his previous owner. we took him on, he was only about 18 inches long at the time. to have an alligator in the back garden, you're going to need a big enclosure like this. and there's loads of health and safety to follow as well with him.

there's so much specialist care that they need, specialist diet, specialist veterinary treatment, specialist housing, different lighting, depending on the animal, humidity monitoring, temperature monitoring. so there's an awful lot involved with them. and i think status symbols is one reason and sometimes ill informed as well from places that are just trying to make money rather than looking after the welfare of the animal. it costs £100,000 a year to keep this refuge open. but once these animals are under pam's care, they're here for life. we're just we'rejust going to we're just going to finish with some breaking news, ranging you that the 14 breaking news, ranging you that the ia why are boy killed in the stabbing incident in hainault has been named locally as daniel anjorin. he died and it has been confirmed he was a pupil at bancroft�*s school in woodford green, east london. weather time now.

hello there. most of the misty, low cloud has been lifting this morning, leaving more sunshine for most of the country. it will feel quite warm in the sunshine, temperatures in east anglia up to 20 degrees. warm in the northwest of england and western scotland. some cloud heading our way producing the odd shower. rain in the wales and the southwest tends to fade away but a lot of cloud is coming from the near continent, over the channel, bringing rain across these areas in the afternoon. wetter across southern england, wales, the midlands, some rain and heading towards northern ireland. thundry downpours in the night in the south. but that cloud will not clear away from some areas and push inland overnight, keeping temperatures around 9 degrees. lively weather by the early hours across southern england and into wales, a lot of thunder and lightning, large hail, very heavy rain and gusty winds bringing destruction for a while. the worst of that moves

away in the morning. a lot of cloud in south wales and the southwest of england. as that rain clears, sharp showers moving across to the midlands. elsewhere, sunshine develops more widely, the misty, low cloud retreating but with the strong wind off the north sea, the east coasts could stay grey and cold all day. not particularly warm in the cloud across parts of southern england and south wales. high temperatures in northwest england, northern ireland and western scotland — could be 20 degrees here. some warmer air heading from the continent. moving over the cold north sea so a lot of mist and low cloud, but the warmer air moving northwards on friday and that will bring more showers and spells of rain further north across england and wales. a lot of cloud for northern ireland. more sunshine for scotland and southern counties of england but still temperatures only ia. in the rain, temperatures lower on friday. could make 20 again in western scotland for one more day.

even the weather here will change in saturday, more cloud heading northwards bringing rain to northern ireland and also scotland. keeping cloudy for northern england for sunshine in the south. not a bad start to the weekend with temperatures of 17, but we're back down to 15 in glasgow by saturday. live from london. this is bbc news violent confrontations at an american campus, the boy was killed in london is

named as daniel anjorin. violent confrontations at an american campus, as rival protesters clash at a pro—palestinian encampment in califonia. across the country in new york, police storm another university where students had been protesting the war in gaza. hello, welcome to bbc news. aia—year—old boy was killed at a knife attack in london yesterday has been named as daniel had angevin. two police officers were injured in the attack. 36—year—old man is in

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