:00:00. > 3:59:59be the favourite. For today at least Much more on the BBC News channel
:00:00. > :00:08.through out the Good evening.
:00:09. > :00:10.Thousands of cyclists have taken to the streets of Edinburgh demanding
:00:11. > :00:13.that the government improves safety on Scotland's roads. The "Pedal on
:00:14. > :00:26.Parliament" campaign wants more funding and better infrastructure.
:00:27. > :00:29.Laura Maxwell was there. Bells are ringing, spokes
:00:30. > :00:30.Laura Maxwell was there. Bells are all different shapes and sizes.
:00:31. > :00:37.Children were at the heart all different shapes and sizes.
:00:38. > :00:43.on parliament in a week where an extra ?4.5 million was announced for
:00:44. > :00:46.educational cycling project. We are grateful that money is being spent
:00:47. > :00:51.and the government is prioritising cycling in this way. But this is a
:00:52. > :00:57.drop in the ocean that has been spent, we are asking for 5% of the
:00:58. > :01:02.transport budget to be spent on cycling to make a transformation in
:01:03. > :01:06.the streets of the country. More than 4500 cyclists took part, even
:01:07. > :01:12.the new electronic bacon counter could not keep up. They made the
:01:13. > :01:16.streets in their own, freewheeling of the way to Parliament. This
:01:17. > :01:21.protest gives a whole new meaning to the phrase pedal power. They have
:01:22. > :01:26.come here in their thousands and it appears the politicians might even
:01:27. > :01:33.be starting to listen. I do not dispute the fact that we must do
:01:34. > :01:36.mortals -- we must do more. We have the aspiration to increase the
:01:37. > :01:44.number of journeys made by Bake by 2020. I do not suppose you can ever
:01:45. > :01:47.do enough. For many, the pedal on Parliament has become an enjoyable
:01:48. > :01:51.and you out. One with a serious safety message.
:01:52. > :01:54.Police are investigating claims that pupils at a private school in
:01:55. > :01:57.Edinburgh were assaulted during an Easter holiday camp. It is
:01:58. > :02:00.understood a number of teenagers from Edinburgh Academy alleged they
:02:01. > :02:03.had been restrained and beaten by other students at the army cadet
:02:04. > :02:06.camp. Police Scotland said it was "liaising closely with the school to
:02:07. > :02:16.determine the most appropriate course of action". A new study shows
:02:17. > :02:20.that poverty levels in Scotland are falling at a greater level than the
:02:21. > :02:26.rest of the UK. This is suggested that it is because more Scots live
:02:27. > :02:30.in council association housing. A British man who was jailed in
:02:31. > :02:33.Pakistan for posing as a Muslim has spoken for the first time since
:02:34. > :02:37.returning to live with his children in Glasgow. Masood Ahmad is part of
:02:38. > :02:40.a minority sect who were declared non-Muslim by the Pakistan
:02:41. > :02:42.government in 1974. He was arrested in November and locked up for
:02:43. > :02:52.sixty-five days under blasphemy laws but fled while on bail. The police
:02:53. > :03:03.came here and grabbed me from the neck and took me straight to the
:03:04. > :03:05.police station. Actually, anyone can be sent to prison, can be murdered
:03:06. > :03:09.any time. At Ibrox there was a minute's
:03:10. > :03:12.silence as a mark of respect to former Rangers player Sandy Jardine
:03:13. > :03:15.who died on Thursday, aged 65. The players wore black armbands for
:03:16. > :03:18.their match against Stranraer, which they won 3-0. Afterwards Rangers
:03:19. > :03:25.were presented with the League One trophy. They remain unbeaten
:03:26. > :03:28.throughout the league season. And here are today's Scottish
:03:29. > :03:31.Premiership results. With three games to play Ross County leapfrog
:03:32. > :03:36.visitors Kilmarnock, who replace them in the second bottom spot in
:03:37. > :03:38.the table. Scotland's Olympic Curlers have been
:03:39. > :03:41.honoured for their achievements in Sochi with a parade through
:03:42. > :03:45.Lockerbie. Team GB's mens skip David Murdoch is from the town. The men
:03:46. > :03:56.won silver and the women won bronze at the winter games. Ensures you
:03:57. > :04:00.that people are still interested. It shows how getting that Olympic medal
:04:01. > :04:03.Spurs on a nation and to show that you have so many people behind you
:04:04. > :04:05.in Scotland makes that medal even more worthwhile.
:04:06. > :04:13.Time for the weather forecast for tonight and tomorrow. And Judith is
:04:14. > :04:19.at the map. It was quite a pleasant afternoon, it got better and better.
:04:20. > :04:23.The sunshine is what we will see through this evening, some fine
:04:24. > :04:29.evening sunshine for many areas in eastern Scotland, and it will extend
:04:30. > :04:35.inland through the evening. First thing tomorrow morning we have a
:04:36. > :04:41.fair amount of cloud. There will be some bits and pieces of rain. We
:04:42. > :04:46.will see the odd spot of rain or drizzle pushing farther west but
:04:47. > :04:51.that will retreat by the afternoon. The best of the weather will be the
:04:52. > :04:57.north and north-west. It will be covert with eastern coastal areas.
:04:58. > :05:00.Up to 16 degrees for the north-west with the best of the sunshine.
:05:01. > :05:04.Thanks Judith. And that's Reporting Scotland. Our next update is at the
:05:05. > :05:13.same time tomorrow evening. Until then.
:05:14. > :05:21.Good evening. An area of low pressure has wrapped itself around
:05:22. > :05:25.the British Isles for this weekend. There have been a number of showers
:05:26. > :05:31.today, particularly in the south-west, and there is more to
:05:32. > :05:33.come overnight. You can see this swirl of cloud, the centre of it in
:05:34. > :05:34.the south-west of