16/01/2016 Reporting Scotland

finishing as it began, Joe Root at the crease steering England towards

a Snow and ice have been affecting

travel in many parts of Scotland. Daytime temperatures have stayed

below freezing after falling as low as minus ten Celsius

overnight in places. There's been disruption

to flights and ferries. Drivers have been warned to take

heed of the icy conditions, though no major routes

have been closed. The weather has also allowed

all five of Scotland's snow sports But the Met Office has issued yellow

be aware warnings for further snow for southern, north-east

and northern Scotland, and climbers and hill walkers have

been warned that the risk The Labour Party leader

Jeremy Corbyn is due to address the first-ever Unite Scotland union

policy conference in Glasgow, but his flight has been

delayed by the snow. Decisions on pay, pensions, working

hours and working conditions are serious. Never was that

unaccountability of management and big business more brutally displayed

than in this dispute, we must strengthen our trade unions, not

weaken our employment rights because that is the agenda the Tories are

following. The Scottish Labour leader

Kezia Dugdale also addressed the gathering, attacking the SNP

over cuts to council budgets, and pressing trade unionists

to fight against any reductions The SNP says Labour consistently

calls for an increase in spending, while steadfastly refusing to say

how that would be paid for. An SNP councillor is being

investigated after allegedly sending anti-Islamic texts

to a Muslim colleague. Dundee City councillor

Craig Melville is reported to have sent a number of messages

to an unnamed woman within the party a day after the Paris

terror attacks. He has been suspended from his role

as an aide to SNP deputy leader Police are hunting for a convicted

murderer who has failed to return to prison in Greenock

following unescorted leave. John Wilson is serving a life

sentence, and police say He was last seen outside

Central Station in Glasgow yesterday Two athletes, in what is billed

as Britain's most brutal race, have been rescued in freezing

conditions near Kirk Yetholm One man was treated for hypothermia

and another had an injured knee. The 268 mile Spine Race runs

along the Pennine Way from the Peak District

to southern Scotland. Football, the weather disrupted this

afternoon's fixture list. In the matches that were played,

Hearts thumped Motherwell 6-0. Dundee moved up a place

after their win at Partick. In the Championship,

leaders Rangers beat Livingston. Alloa's match against Morton

was abandoned before half time. In tennis, Andy Murray has been

getting ready to face Germany's Alexander Zverev

in the first round of But he's made it clear

that there are bigger things on his mind than

winning in Melbourne. My priority is my family. That is

what my priority is this year. Big change for me. And my wife. But,

yes, that is the current priority, really. And, then, we will see after

that. I have no idea how that might change things from me. But I still

love tennis. Parts of the country

have seen snow today. You can see some of the scenes

in and around Glasgow. The question is is

there more on the way? Here's Gillian with the weather

outlook for tonight and tomorrow. The snow is easing but the stuff on

the ground isn't going anywhere fast, posing its own problems. Lots

of scenes like this one of a snowy Lanark. Tonight, the snow Will

Claye, and our attentions turn to ice. We have a yellow be aware

warning. The services will simply freeze over. We have snow in the

south-west. Behind it, a few showers around, not many of them with most

places dry. A widespread frost again, severe in places with minus

eight where we have deep snow cover and that ice risk-taking is still

tomorrow morning. Tomorrow, brightness and eastern Scotland but

it tends to cloud over and we see showers for the West Coast mainly

falling as snow and sleet on the coast but snow inland because it'll

be another cold day. A little bit milder around the coast, and we pick

up more of the south-easterly breeze. Next week, we are sitting in

the cold air but we have this weather front threatening to bring

rain, sleet and snow. The best of the brightness over the Northern

Isles and in the south-east. And that's all from Reporting

Scotland this evening. We're back with the news

at 6:20pm tomorrow. Before that, you can

join Gordon Brewer for Sunday Politics Scotland

on BBC One at 11 o'clock. From everyone here,

enjoy your Saturday evening.