01/03/2017 Reporting Scotland

Hundreds of people have attended an event in Pakistan held in honour

of the killer of Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah.

Crowds chanting sectarian and Islamist slogans gathered

at the family home of Tanveer Ahmed in the city of Mirpur on Monday.

Ahmed is serving a life sentence for the murder of Mr Shah,

whom he claimed had insulted the Prophet Muhammad in videos

But, as our Pakistan correspondent Secunder Kermani reports,

he continues to inspire extremists in his home country.

Outside the family home of Tanveer Ahmed in the city

of Mirpur, a 400-odd-strong crowd shouting slogans praising him.

But he's not here, he's in jail in Scotland.

Last year he killed Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah,

who is from the persecuted Ahmadiyya sect.

He believed Asad Shah committed blasphemy by claiming in online

For many here, though, that killing was justified.

TRANSLATION: Before, nobody knew who he was,

now after what he did, God has made him so famous

that the whole of Pakistan and even people abroad have heard of him.

This gathering has been organised by a hardline but popular Pakistani

cleric who leads the anti-blasphemy movement in Pakistan.

But he is not here either, he is under house arrest.

We met him at another rally earlier this month, where he got

They are chanting, prophet of God, I am here.

It has become the rallying cry of the anti-blasphemy movement,

but it is also the slogan Tanveer Ahmed shouted defiantly

at a court in Scotland as he was sentenced.

The cleric's social media pages heavily promote Tanveer Ahmed,

and have even released audio messages sent by him

Like this one, where he says the penalty for blasphemy is death.

Rizvi says he has spoken to Tanveer Ahmed from jail

TRANSLATION: We are proud of the fact he has killed,

I'm proud of the fact that we are in contact.

Lots of Muslims would say one of the central characteristics

of the Prophet was to show forgiveness and he forgive

Even if the Prophet forgave somebody, it was his personal

right to forgive them, but his followers do not

have the right to forgive someone who has insulted him.

The Scottish Prison Service has put a stop to Ahmed's audio messages,

but Rizvi says his support in Pakistan will continue to grow.

In Asad Shah's mosque in Glasgow there is real concern

Pakistan has got a problem and this problem is being

The events which happened in Glasgow is an example of the same.

Tanveer Ahmed's crime was carried out in Britain, but was inspired

Now it seems it's his turn to inspire others.

Police in Suffolk investigating the disappearance of Scots airman

Corrie Mckeague have arrested a man on suspicion of attempting

It comes as officers prepare to search a landfill site

in their search for Mr McKeague, who was based at RAF Honington.

Alex Dunlop reports from the landfill site

Suffolk police are giving a few details except to say they have

arrested a 26-year-old man this morning.

They are interviewing him on suspicion of attempting

to pervert the course of justice, relating, they say, to information

Significantly perhaps, he's the first, the only person

to be arrested since Corrie McKeague went missing from the market town

The 23-year-old airman from Fife were stationed at an RAF base

near Bury and was last picked up on CCTV in the town centre

after a night out with friends on the 24th of September.

Police say the arrested man is not the driver of the bin lorry

which delivered refuse to this massive landfill

It had collected a bin from the area where Mr McKeague was last seen.

The theories he may have fallen into or been placed in one of these

commercial bins in this car park behind some shops.

Police accept there is a real chance that Corrie McKeague has died

and that his body may be buried somewhere in this

for officers to start their search, which will happen in

It is a grim task and will take several weeks.

MSPs have been hearing how a school support worker who wanted to find

out about Asperger's Syndrome so they could help

a child was told to watch an American comedy programme.

The claim was made to a committee investigating whether children

with additional support needs are getting the help they need.

There's concern the quality of provision and staff training

Here's our education correspondent, Jamie McIvor.

Park Hill School in Glasgow helps youngsters who need

This replica of a hotel bedroom is for courses which could lead

All of the pupils have faced real challenges

What would you like to do after school?

I would like to work in the Hilton and from there become manager.

The presumption nowadays is for youngsters with additional

special needs is to remain in mainstream schools,

but for some the better option is a specialist

MSPs are examining the issue and heard from a parent of a child

who had a difficult experience in a mainstream school.

My son was in primary six and played with the primary twos,

which led to the other primary sixes making fun of him.

He is now in a class where there are mixed ages

and abilities and gets on great and has a peer group.

Almost a quarter of children need some additional support.

The phrase covers everything from serious physical

handicaps to coping with bullying or bereavement.

It was even claimed one support worker was told to watch this

TV comedy to find out about a form of autism.

Just this once you can count me as people too.

I was in a school and asked a member of staff working

specifically with the children with Asperger's syndrome

what training had she had in Asperger's syndrome and she said

she was told to watch the Big Bang theory.

That is the level of training we have got now in schools.

And some teachers have worries about whether the right help

And again, that's down to, obviously, budget cuts.

Our school has seen educational psychologists for one or two

hours a month if you're lucky, that's not good enough.

Few would say it's wrong in principle principle to try keep

Students at Park Hill are the exception, not the rule.

But nationally, there are questions over how things sometimes work out.

The Scottish Government's plans to abolish the Scottish Funding Council

board have suffered a setback after MSPs voted

It's yet another defeat for the SNP, who are a

Ministers want to boost economic growth and are streamlining the

four enterprise agencies, putting them under

The Conservatives, who lead the debate, said it would put

university autonomy under threat and smacked of centralisation.

There's been a 12% fall in the termination rate of pregnancies

Glasgow University researchers also found expectant mothers in Scotland

are more likely to continue these pregnancies than those

At 14, he already has plans for the future.

In Scotland, over 50 children a year are born

with Down's Syndrome and it is often a struggle for support.

We're having a battle now having him starting to transition

We are having difficulties trying to get a social worker for him

because there are not many in the area.

With better testing, more women can find out

if they have a chance of a baby with Down's Syndrome.

In Scotland, the proportion of women who decided to terminate a pregnancy

following a diagnosis of Down's Syndrome has

We welcome the report, but from our membership

we are hearing that families are not always getting unbiased

and up-to-date information, so we call on all health

professionals to be properly trained so they are able to give families

up-to-date and accurate information about the life chances of people

Since Daniel was born in advance as a medical services have increased

options for people born with Down's syndrome.

I didn't think I'd be able to cope with it at all and actually he has

made me a much better person for being his mum.

Football, and Rangers scraped a 3-2 win at home against St Johnstone,

with a last-minute goal winning the match for the Ibrox side.

Elsewhere, Dundee lost 1-0 at home to Partick Thistle,

while Hearts lost by the same scoreline to

Celtic romped to a 4-0 victory in Inverness, with Scott Sinclair

opening the scoring before Moussa Dembele took advantage

of a goalkeeping error to double the lead.

Stewart Armstrong scored with a free kick and Dembele

Now it is time for the weather outlook for tonight and tomorrow.

Good evening, plenty of sunshine across the country today. Clear

skies of the many us tonight, leading to a fairly widespread frost

and temperatures around freezing, if not just below. Some insurers

continue to affect the north western isles and Northern highlands. When

tree in nature across high ground as specially. Winds in the west and

north waste will strengthen across the north through the night. A risk

of icy stretches on untreated roads. Enter tomorrow, a fair amount of

showers across the north west, otherwise a lot of dry, bright

weather, with spells of sunshine, although a chilly start for most of

us. Some showers and affecting southern and central areas at times.

Eastern areas dry with sunshine. The jurors continue to affect the likes

of Argyll, into the Western Isles, the north west Highlands, again,

when tree, over the hills and high ground, with a mixture of rain and

sleet to low levels. As we head through the day, brisk, westerly

winds driving these showers through central and eastern areas too.

Generally, fairly well scattered and brightness and sunshine in between

the showers. Highs of eight Celsius for us tomorrow, though feeling

colder in exposure to the winds. Across the UK tomorrow, a bright and

breezy day, and improving picture across England and Wales. Although

some rain beginning to knock on the door of Northern Ireland during

tomorrow afternoon and evening. Looking ahead to Friday, a fine day

in prospect across Scotland, a future was affecting the north at

times, plenty sunshine, lighter winds, so a pleasant feel in the

sunshine. Across the UK, a cloudy prospect with outbreaks of rain at

times, and highs of around 11 Celsius. That's the forecast.

Thank you for that that's Reporting Scotland. Next update is at 6:25am

morning. From all of us, good The idea of having hot running water

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