:00:00. > :00:00.an iPhone belonging to killers. Whose side are you on? John
:00:00. > :00:12.A body discovered on the outskirts of Edinburgh over a month ago has
:00:13. > :00:14.been identified as a 36-year-old woman from London.
:00:15. > :00:17.Saima Ahmed was reported missing by her family in August last year.
:00:18. > :00:19.Police are trying to work out why she came to the capital.
:00:20. > :00:34.A single reminder of a mystery that has baffled police. These flowers
:00:35. > :00:37.were laid by Saima Ahmed's family after they learned her body was
:00:38. > :00:43.discovered here on the fringes of this golf course. The 36 she will
:00:44. > :00:48.part-time librarian was last seen at home in London. Her family had
:00:49. > :00:52.reported her missing on the 30th of August. Fast forward five months and
:00:53. > :00:56.police are cold out to an estate and golf course close to Edinburgh
:00:57. > :01:02.airport. Frantic officers and diving teams spent weeks looking for clues.
:01:03. > :01:06.The police were here for a month trying to establish who this woman
:01:07. > :01:08.was. Now they know there is no evidence at this point of
:01:09. > :01:14.criminality in her death, but they want to work out why she was here so
:01:15. > :01:19.far away from home. We want to hear from anybody who might have seen her
:01:20. > :01:20.on a rail journey. Detectives today launched an appeal for
:01:21. > :01:24.on a rail journey. Detectives today a coordinated effort by forces
:01:25. > :01:29.opened in the country. Anyone with information should contact Edinburgh
:01:30. > :01:31.CID. Her family insist she had no connection with Edinburgh. She was a
:01:32. > :01:36.quiet woman who would really stay away from home. This is not a murder
:01:37. > :01:40.investigation, but detectives will not rule out anything. I am not
:01:41. > :01:42.forecasting anything in particular. We just need to ascertain how she
:01:43. > :01:47.forecasting anything in particular. came to Scotland and how she came to
:01:48. > :01:52.hear from presumably Edinburgh city centre. Saima Ahmed was last seen in
:01:53. > :01:55.London on the 30th of August. She was captured on CCTV boarding a
:01:56. > :02:01.train from Wembley to Watford. On the 9th of January her body was
:02:02. > :02:04.found in Edinburgh. Officers believe she intended to travel by train to
:02:05. > :02:07.Birmingham and then to Edinburgh. They do not know why. We are looking
:02:08. > :02:12.to speak to anybody who has seen or They do not know why. We are looking
:02:13. > :02:17.spoken to Saima Ahmed on her journey from London to Edinburgh, whether
:02:18. > :02:21.that is ticket collector, a train conductor, perhaps a retail sales
:02:22. > :02:26.assistant in a shop or train platform. Police are hoping the
:02:27. > :02:28.appeal will jog somebody's memory and offer some clues as to how and
:02:29. > :02:30.why Saima Ahmed came to be here. The report into the sexual abuse
:02:31. > :02:33.carried out by Jimmy Savile, while working for the BBC,
:02:34. > :02:36.has found that incidents took place at virtually all of the
:02:37. > :02:38.corporation's premises, including Dame Janet Smith's report
:02:39. > :02:44.into what happened also gives details of one occasion when Savile
:02:45. > :02:47.sexually assaulted a 12 year old Scots girl, when she went
:02:48. > :02:49.to a recording of Top Scottish MP Natalie McGarry has
:02:50. > :02:56.been briefly detained The Glasgow East MP was elected
:02:57. > :03:14.in May last year for the SNP but now Natalie McGarry is the MP for this
:03:15. > :03:20.area, Glasgow East. She is currently in Turkey as part of the trade union
:03:21. > :03:25.delegation in the south-east of the country, about 100 miles from the
:03:26. > :03:28.Syrian border. That area has been a focus of conflict between the
:03:29. > :03:32.Turkish government and its Kurdish population. I spoke to Natalie
:03:33. > :03:35.McGarry on the phone earlier today. She told me she is fine. She
:03:36. > :03:39.confirmed she was questioned and detained and said she was not
:03:40. > :03:42.arrested. She said she was not entirely sure who was questioning
:03:43. > :03:46.her what thought it was special forces. Her lawyer said in a
:03:47. > :03:49.statement that she was questioned when she was recording the sound
:03:50. > :03:55.bombs from the Turkish forces falling on a Kurdish area. He said
:03:56. > :03:58.it appears that a member of the Turkish security forces became
:03:59. > :04:01.alarmed that she had her mobile phone out nearly security
:04:02. > :04:06.checkpoint. The Foreign Office said a British national was briefly
:04:07. > :04:12.detained and released in that area. Natalie McGarry was elected in May
:04:13. > :04:17.as one of the 56 SNP MPs. She now sits as an independent. She resigned
:04:18. > :04:22.as the SNP Web after it emerged that police were investigating her in
:04:23. > :04:27.connection with claims of funds missing from an independence
:04:28. > :04:29.campaign group, Woman For Independence. We understand that
:04:30. > :04:32.Natalie McGarry will be returning home from Turkey soon.
:04:33. > :04:34.The Conservative MSP Margaret Mitchell has become
:04:35. > :04:37.the first Holyrood politician to call for the UK to leave the EU.
:04:38. > :04:39.That puts her at odds with her party leader,
:04:40. > :04:48.Here's our political correspondent, Glenn Campbell.
:04:49. > :04:55.Of the 129 MSPs, none publicly endorsed the campaign to take the UK
:04:56. > :05:00.out of the European Union until now. Margaret Mitchell is the
:05:01. > :05:04.Conservative justice spokeswoman. She is a former Scottish Tory
:05:05. > :05:08.leadership candidate and is the first MSP to back a British exit
:05:09. > :05:12.from the youth. We spent an inordinate amount of money just
:05:13. > :05:19.joining in being part of the club. We are a net contributor to the EU.
:05:20. > :05:23.Even with our re-met, it is 45 million a day that we are spending.
:05:24. > :05:28.I think that would be better spent by making our own decisions and
:05:29. > :05:32.making a run trade agreements. There may well be other MSPs who follow
:05:33. > :05:35.her example. But some of those who are minded to vote to leave the
:05:36. > :05:41.European Union don't want to get involved in this debate before the
:05:42. > :05:43.Holyrood election. And within the Conservative Party, some of the most
:05:44. > :05:51.Eurosceptic members here at Holyrood have already said they'll back the
:05:52. > :05:55.campaign to keep the UK in the EU. If I want to see a failing European
:05:56. > :06:00.project turnaround, if I want to CNN 's to fiscal and political
:06:01. > :06:06.convergence, if I want to see a Europe that works as a trading bloc,
:06:07. > :06:12.it is in our interest to be on the inside arguing our case for change
:06:13. > :06:16.instead of being on the outside. The Tories' Scottish leader backed and
:06:17. > :06:25.involved even before David Cameron had renegotiated the UK's membership
:06:26. > :06:28.terms. At Westminster EU is more divisive for the Conservatives.
:06:29. > :06:37.David Cameron is for continued membership. This clutch of ministers
:06:38. > :06:40.are among the Tories who want to leave. In the end it is not
:06:41. > :06:45.politicians who will determine whether the EU flag is flying here,
:06:46. > :06:49.whether or not the UK removes itself from the 20th country Alliance. That
:06:50. > :06:54.is the decision for voters in Scotland and across the UK.
:06:55. > :06:57.The BBC is set to run a series of off-air pilots to test how
:06:58. > :06:59.a so-called "Scottish Six" would work.
:07:00. > :07:01.The proposal is for a single integrated TV news programme
:07:02. > :07:05.covering Scottish, UK and international news from Glasgow.
:07:06. > :07:08.In a statement the BBC said no decisions had been taken yet,
:07:09. > :07:11.but that it was reviewing its news coverage.
:07:12. > :07:13.A number of Scotland's local authorities have been
:07:14. > :07:15.setting their budgets today, with big spending reductions
:07:16. > :07:20.In the Highlands the council has agreed a total cut of ?30 million
:07:21. > :07:22.in its budget, which will mean hundreds of redundancies
:07:23. > :07:25.and an impact on services including education,
:07:26. > :07:31.Craig Anderson reports from Inverness.
:07:32. > :07:36.The council tax freeze and extremely tight budget settlement imposed on
:07:37. > :07:39.local authorities by the Scottish Government are being blamed for what
:07:40. > :07:43.this council's finance director described as the toughest RJB had
:07:44. > :07:50.ever to consider. The ruling administration here says it has been
:07:51. > :07:51.painted into a corner. Some even staged a stunt this morning
:07:52. > :07:58.condemning the staged a stunt this morning
:07:59. > :08:01.decision-making. We were told if we do not have the right number of
:08:02. > :08:04.teachers that they tell from Edinburgh
:08:05. > :08:04.teachers that they tell from cannot operate under these
:08:05. > :08:11.conditions. cannot operate under these
:08:12. > :08:16.the politics of the bully. We're being bullied by Edinburgh and that
:08:17. > :08:20.is not the Moxey. MSPs were debating the local government finance
:08:21. > :08:25.settlement in Hollywood today. -- Holyrood today. The finance
:08:26. > :08:30.secretary insisted he protected Scotland's councils from the worst
:08:31. > :08:32.of Westminster imposed austerity. The baseline position of local
:08:33. > :08:36.government starts this difficult period at a much higher level than
:08:37. > :08:41.local government could haven't dissipated, and a significantly
:08:42. > :08:46.higher baseline than local governments the border. Which has
:08:47. > :08:50.been absolutely decimated. The reduction of the budget in resource
:08:51. > :08:54.terms amounts to less than 1% of local authority expenditure. That is
:08:55. > :09:02.why I think the claims that have been put around by the Labour Party
:09:03. > :09:06.are exaggerated. It is taking an entire day of bruising deliberations
:09:07. > :09:11.for the council here to agree on a package of ?30 million of cuts to
:09:12. > :09:14.services and staff. Other councils through the country are going
:09:15. > :09:20.through the same process. For those involved the SNP's government
:09:21. > :09:21.because my promise of local government finance cannot come too
:09:22. > :09:23.soon. Calvin Harris, Red Hot Chilli
:09:24. > :09:26.Peppers and The Stone Roses will play at this year's T
:09:27. > :09:28.in the Park festival. It's the second year the music event
:09:29. > :09:31.has been staged at Strathallan Last year's event was marred by
:09:32. > :09:35.problems with congestion and delays. Our arts correspondent
:09:36. > :09:47.Pauline McLean reports. It remains the country's biggest
:09:48. > :09:51.music festival, even if it is now in a new location, the grounds of
:09:52. > :09:56.Strathallan Castle. Today, organisers of tea in the park allows
:09:57. > :10:00.this year's line-up which includes the eighth appearance at the
:10:01. > :10:04.Festival of Scots DJ Calvin Harris. I'm relieved pleased. It is one of
:10:05. > :10:12.the most diverse we have had for years. They have already announced
:10:13. > :10:19.Stone Roses come The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Calvin Harris. There is a
:10:20. > :10:23.real balance between those. While the line-up is confirmed the event
:10:24. > :10:26.is not as it requires a public entertainment licence, and Perth
:10:27. > :10:29.Kinross Council wants substantial reassurance and evidence of
:10:30. > :10:35.improvement following problems last year with the flow of people and
:10:36. > :10:38.traffic from the site. A critical report listed 36 recommendations,
:10:39. > :10:44.but T in the park say they are already underway. It will be
:10:45. > :10:48.approximately 25 per cent bigger than last year. We have proposed to
:10:49. > :10:54.move around some of the stage is to increase the site, improve the flow
:10:55. > :10:59.of traffic coming into the site, separating buses from cars, putting
:11:00. > :11:03.in a new bus station. Quite a lot of improvements which are into the
:11:04. > :11:05.council for their approval. And like the osprey who were carefully
:11:06. > :11:10.monitored on-site, the festival is here to stay. Tickets for this
:11:11. > :11:12.year's festival which takes place from July the eight are now on sale.
:11:13. > :11:20.Well, it's over to the weather outlook for tonight and tomorrow.
:11:21. > :11:25.Disappointing amounts of cloud around today. There was some
:11:26. > :11:31.sunshine. This picture from Caithness. Tight as cold and dry for
:11:32. > :11:35.most. Ruby 's showers in the south-west with it could be wintry.
:11:36. > :11:41.One or two in the Northwest. The coldest weather across parts of the
:11:42. > :11:44.north-east. Tomorrow morning at 8pm those wintry showers still with us
:11:45. > :11:47.across the south-west. A little dusting at times in some places
:11:48. > :11:54.perhaps as far north as Kintyre. For dusting at times in some places
:11:55. > :11:58.most it is a dry, cold and cloudy start. Some early brightness across
:11:59. > :12:02.the north-east and up towards the north-west, but it is freezing cold
:12:03. > :12:05.that it up tomorrow morning. A few rain showers for the Western Isles
:12:06. > :12:09.and Northern Isles, and the winds are late. Through the course of
:12:10. > :12:12.Friday the showers started preserving northwards but with an
:12:13. > :12:17.easterly drift they will push offshore. For most of Friday, the
:12:18. > :12:20.best of the sunshine across northern parts of Scotland. Across the UK as
:12:21. > :12:23.a whole, large settled. Fairly cloudy for England Wales,
:12:24. > :12:28.temperatures similar to today in Scotland. Low pressure across
:12:29. > :12:34.Ireland, and that will mean some fairly loudly" for Northern Ireland,
:12:35. > :12:37.moving northwards. Thicker cloud across western parts of Scotland
:12:38. > :12:40.with showers pushing up towards the Western Isles. For many this time
:12:41. > :12:44.tomorrow night it will be dry, clear and cold, a widespread frost and if
:12:45. > :12:49.anything cold us and this coming night. The low pressure is off again
:12:50. > :12:52.the other way then, further south, and it is subsumed by the speaker is
:12:53. > :12:56.here at low pressure over towards the Mediterranean that means high
:12:57. > :13:01.pressure pushing them from the north Saturday and Sunday for the entire
:13:02. > :13:03.UK, but with an easterly drift a few showers are likely across eastern
:13:04. > :13:13.parts of Scotland with some clothes for the West. Generally dry,
:13:14. > :13:17.temperatures four or five Celsius. Sunday is dry, some bright spells
:13:18. > :13:19.and sunshine. Slight winds and feeling pleasant.
:13:20. > :13:26.But, from everyone on the late team here in Glasgow and around