18/09/2016 Reporting Scotland

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Scotland's Deputy First Minister says the timescale for a second

independence referendum will depend on talks

John Swinney's comments came after the former SNP leader

Alex Salmond predicted another vote on Scotland's future

Getting fired up for independence. Two years on from the 2014

independence referendum supporters gathered to call for another vote.

You like these are always attended by people who already back

independence, the challenge for organisers in future is to attract

people who voted no in 2014 and perhaps now are thinking about

changing their mind. The movement hopes to win the new support after

Britain as a whole back to leaving the EU against a majority of voters

in Scotland. The former SNP leader, Alex Salmond, has guessed that a

second independence referendum might come in 2018. It is dependent, very

much, and negotiations taking place with the UK Government and European

union on the UK exit from the European Union. Those timescales are

difficult to nail down at this stage. Prounion campaigners say that

the SNP has blown the case. It is clear that their position is

independence at any cost. The pretence that we had two years ago

that somehow independence would be economically an official, that it

could lead to prosperity, it has been abandoned. If there is another

vote the result is now seen as too close to call. Nobody can be sure

what the outcome of a second referendum would be if it were to be

held in the next year or two but that the SNP therefore means that a

second referendum looks indeed like a substantial risk. But the truth is

that the Unionist side Scotland's position inside the UK does not by

any means look secure. What ever the timescale, these independent

supporters are already revving up their campaign.

Police in Edinburgh are investigating a suspicious incident

An object was thrown at the Central Mosque in Potterow,

just after 2 o'clock this morning, which caused fire damage

The Education Secretary John Swinney has told the BBC that

the Scottish Government may seek to give funding

directly to schools, rather than through

The Government's launched a review of school governance aiming

to "empower" teachers to make their own decisions.

In the Davis Cup, Andy Murray levelled the semi -

final tie between Great Britain and Argentina at two all.

But it was all in vain because Argentina won the deciding

Our Sports Reporter Kheredine Idessane was there.

Drained after two long days but determined to defend his Davis Cup,

could Andy Murray fight the fatigue and keep Britain in the time? The

equation was simple. Win or bust. A break of serve secure the start he

wanted, the first set taken 6-3. Maintaining the momentum would take

the overall score to 2-2 and force a decisive match. He was soon two

thirds of the way there. Approval from all sides of the house with the

Commons Speaker and the First Minister in attendance. It was not

the void of drama, he hooked itself in the third set and needed

treatment for nearly ten minutes. Playing through the pain was not a

problem, duly delivering a straight sets win.

How is the late? I don't know. I need a rest, I need now. No break

for this man. On Dan Evans assured us rest of the hopes of a nation.

The world number 53 against the us rest of the hopes of a nation.

world number 114, surprisingly brought in in place of Juan Martin

Del Potro. He started well, winning the first set, but his opponent came

back to take the next three, meaning ultimate disappointment for Great

Britain, Argentina go through to the final at the end of next month to

play Croatia. Andy Murray's next big target will be the end of season

final in London. In football, there were two

Premiership matches today. Dundee lost at home

to Aberdeen, 3-1. It is a largely dry. The reigning

you may have had this afternoon has clear to the North Sea but it could

well be chilly in the countryside. Dry and bright start to the day for

many tomorrow. Any mist of fog patches will quickly go.

Temperatures around 11, 12, with light wind. More cloud to start the

day across the Highlands and Islands, elsewhere, fine, dry,

bright and sunny to start the morning will stop as we had through

the course of tomorrow the cloud will thicken and bubble up in

Central and eastern parts heading through the afternoon, at the same

time, brightening in the north-west with sunshine coming and showers

fading away. The weather front that brought cloud and rain today is

still with us tomorrow, affecting parts of the Midlands down toward

the south-west. A touch writer toward the west of Wales and

Northern Ireland and here in Scotland for the movie a cloudy

afternoon can have with temperatures in the morning in the mid-to high

teams. A bit of a breeze as well from a south-west erection. Tuesday,

not much change, generally dry and bright, outbreaks of rain for the

Hebrides, and the central, southern England, more annoyed cloud, photos,

a decent day with temperatures in the mid teens. A deep area of low

pressure is moving in from the Atlantic ringing rain to the west of

the country but likely to stay away foremost until after dark.

Our next update's at 6.25am tomorrow morning during Breakfast Time.