18/02/2017 Reporting Scotland

Now on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.

The funeral has taken place of the motor neurone disease

This morning, leaders from across the Scottish political

spectrum joined mourners at a crematorium in Edinburgh.

As Huw Williams reports, the service was followed by a celebration

of the life of the 31-year-old from Kirkcaldy in Fife,

This celebration in Edinburgh this afternoon when Gordon Aikman's

husband Joe Pike reflected on what life would be like without Gordon.

He made me a better person, a kinder person because even when dyeing,

Gordon taught us so much about how to live. He was a real inspiration

to work with, a real motivator. Leaders from across the bottle

spectrum remembered Gordon Aikman and paid tribute to the contribution

he made to Scotland after learning that he contracted motor neurone

disease. Instead of feeling sorry for himself as he would have had

every right to do, Gordon decided to fight back, not because it would

change the outcome for him, but because he wanted to make life

better for others. Earlier, there was a service at

Warriston Crematorium in the capital, the coffin to give in to

Bob Dylan. Gordon Aikman had been working on yet another speech the

evening before he died, part of a campaign for MND patients which are

so honoured in the Queen's Birthday Honours list in 2015 and awarded and

only doctorate by the University of Edinburgh. Dyeing has taught me a

lot about living, life can be short. Cherish those you care about most,

many of whom are here with us today. Be true to yourself and live your

own life, and, if you can, fight to make things that little bit better

for those that follow. A murder inquiry has begun

after what police called a "brutal" attack on a man

in his home in Glasgow. The 46-year-old's body was found

by a friend in Castlemilk yesterday. ScotRail has paid out more

than ?2,000 a day to compensate passengers for disruption

to train services. Figures obtained by the Scottish

Conservatives showed the company handed out more than ?587,000

from April to December last year. ?135,000 was spent by

the Scottish Government intervening in the Supreme Court hearing

on who had the power The Scottish Government's legal team

argued Holyrood should be consulted before the formal Brexit process

began, a claim rejected The union that represents

Jobcentre workers has called on the UK Government

to rethink planned closures. Eight out of 16 centres that

serve Glasgow are to shut A further 16 are to

close in Scotland. The Department of Work and Pensions

says Jobcentre services can still be accessed,

whether that's in person, The PCS union claims thousands

of jobs are being put at risk. In athletics, Scotland's Laura Muir

has beaten the British 1,000m indoor record

at the Grand Prix Dame Kelly Holmes set the previous

best time, 13 years ago. Football, and Celtic

extended their lead at the top of the Premiership to 27 points,

by defeating Motherwell. Bottom side Inverness

drew at Hearts. Now it's over to Christopher

with the weather outlook Suzanne, thank you. Good evening to

you. Some lovely spells of sunshine in the East and North East today,

reaching 14 degrees in our danger. Tonight it remains mild but the wet

weather in the North West edges southwards, touching the central

Lowlands for a time but it will then clear and it is a largely dry second

half of the night. Once again mild temperatures in towns and cities

around about seven up to eight Celsius. Looking towards tomorrow

and it is another fairly cloudy day, largely dry.

The sunshine through central and Eastern Scotland but becoming

confined towards the East coast. Further West, more cloud with

outbreaks of rain later. Quite muggy conditions at times, particularly

across the Western coasts and hills. Mild and double digits for all, 13

degrees from Monday. It has been a mild day to day and

some of us have seen some spring sunshine. Blue skies and sunshine

here above the River