:00:00. > :00:09.Now on BBC1 it's time for the news where you are.
:00:10. > :00:13.The Scottish Liberal Democrats have reversed last week's conference vote
:00:14. > :00:16.Party leader Willie Rennie now says the party's election manifesto
:00:17. > :00:18.will include a promise to ban the controversial method
:00:19. > :00:33.Fracking stateside, the idea of drilling down into the earth and
:00:34. > :00:37.using high pressure to extract gas here has proved highly
:00:38. > :00:40.controversial. Delegates at the Scottish Liberal Democrat Conference
:00:41. > :00:45.voted to court to an end to Kurdish elections, but now that has been
:00:46. > :00:48.overturned. And campaigning today, the Scottish leader of the Butlins
:00:49. > :00:53.maintains a change was needed. We had a vigorous debate last week
:00:54. > :00:56.and we have had a number of debates, including the pre-manifesto
:00:57. > :00:59.discussion, which looked at our overall ambitions on the
:01:00. > :01:03.environment. The Lib Dems feel so strongly about our commitment to the
:01:04. > :01:27.environment that we are making it clear that we are opposed to
:01:28. > :01:31.fracking. I recognised it as a change, but
:01:32. > :01:33.what you must make clear is that the Lib Dems are so committed to the
:01:34. > :01:34.environment that they are now clearly opposed to fracking.
:01:35. > :01:37.at Hollywood this week. at Hollywood this week.
:01:38. > :01:40.-- Holyrood. No fracking in Scotland because that is what the moratorium
:01:41. > :01:47.means, it will not happen. A Scottish Government moratorium is
:01:48. > :01:50.in place whilst fracking investigations are carried out. It
:01:51. > :01:52.looks likely to cause controversy leading up to the elections in the
:01:53. > :01:54.month of May. The Scottish Green Party
:01:55. > :01:56.is holding its pre-election conference this
:01:57. > :01:57.weekend in Edinburgh. The party's co-convener
:01:58. > :01:58.Patrick Harvie criticised the Scottish Government's record
:01:59. > :02:01.on land reform and council tax, and called for more radical
:02:02. > :02:02.policies on housing, He said that a Green MSP
:02:03. > :02:07.in all eight parliamentary regions would see "better,
:02:08. > :02:19.bolder" opposition. Over the next couple of months, we
:02:20. > :02:23.have a real opportunity to demonstrate that Scotland can be a
:02:24. > :02:28.better society and for that, we need a border Holyrood on a range of
:02:29. > :02:31.issues. The Greens have shown it already but just a tiny group of
:02:32. > :02:36.MSPs how we can push the Scottish Government beyond that safe
:02:37. > :02:37.conference on and to adopt the policy is that Scotland really
:02:38. > :02:40.needs. A planned two-day strike
:02:41. > :02:42.by secondary teachers in West Dunbartonshire next week
:02:43. > :02:45.has been put on hold. Members of the EIS union have
:02:46. > :02:47.already held two one-day strikes. The dispute is over a planned
:02:48. > :02:50.shake-up, which would cut the number of principal teachers
:02:51. > :02:54.of individual subjects. Tennis, and the Murray brothers
:02:55. > :02:57.teamed up again in the Davis Cup doubles to give Great Britain
:02:58. > :03:00.a 2-1 lead over Japan. After their crucial role in last
:03:01. > :03:02.year's long-awaited victory, they powered through today's match,
:03:03. > :03:14.winning in straight sets. Once again, it was a Dunblane Davis
:03:15. > :03:19.Cup family affair in the doubles against Japan. Once again, the
:03:20. > :03:24.Murray brothers rose to the task, taking the first set 6-3 against
:03:25. > :03:27.their lives opponents, Yoshihito Nishioka and Yasutaka Uchiyama. Just
:03:28. > :03:32.the one break of serve in the first set, the brothers fashioned another
:03:33. > :03:38.in the second as Jamie Murray self to put them in frame of the victory.
:03:39. > :03:43.The mission was accomplished in just one hour and 53 minutes.
:03:44. > :03:49.Jamie is one of the best net players in the world, singles or doubles, he
:03:50. > :03:55.isn't asked that up there, so... That obviously helps a lot in
:03:56. > :03:59.doubles and when I get a few returns together, we play some good tennis
:04:00. > :04:04.and it would good victory today. It is all set up nicely for Andy
:04:05. > :04:05.Murray. If he can beat Kei Nishikori tomorrow, Great Britain, the Davis
:04:06. > :04:08.Cup champions, will be through tomorrow, Great Britain, the Davis
:04:09. > :04:13.the quarterfinals once again. Football, and in the first of two
:04:14. > :04:15.Scottish Cup quarterfinals, Rangers thumped Dundee 4-0,
:04:16. > :04:17.with Harry Forrester scoring Lee Wallace sealed victory
:04:18. > :04:22.with the last goal, seven In the other match, Dundee United
:04:23. > :04:26.beat Ross County 3-2 The other two quarterfinals
:04:27. > :04:33.will be played tomorrow. In the Premiership,
:04:34. > :04:35.Motherwell are up to seventh, after winning the Lanarkshire
:04:36. > :04:36.derby against Hamilton. At the foot of the Championship,
:04:37. > :04:44.Livingston won and Alloa lost. Time for the weather now. Here is
:04:45. > :05:00.Gillian. Good evening to you. This nice
:05:01. > :05:04.picture captured earlier by one of our Weather Watchers. Tonight there
:05:05. > :05:08.are showers of a wintry nature. They will add to the risk of ice, the
:05:09. > :05:14.devil weather warning from the Met office. Where we have those showers
:05:15. > :05:17.bolving, there will be the task of slippery surfaces. Temperatures in
:05:18. > :05:21.towns and cities getting down to around freezing and it will be older
:05:22. > :05:26.than that in the countryside. Tomorrow it is a cold start with
:05:27. > :05:29.that risk of ice in places but a lot of fine and dry and bright weather.
:05:30. > :05:34.Especially in the morning, plenty of Christ sunshine. The cloud will
:05:35. > :05:39.develop as the day continues. It will turn cloudy over Northern
:05:40. > :05:43.Ireland and South West England. -- crisp sunshine. There will be
:05:44. > :05:49.thickening cloud and spots of rain. Someone Creagh showers in Northern
:05:50. > :05:53.and Eastern parts but they will be fewer and lighter. The winners will
:05:54. > :05:58.be lighter. Even though temperatures are only for mac or five Celsius, it
:05:59. > :06:05.will not feel too bad. Dry weather tomorrow morning. We have this
:06:06. > :06:09.weather front locking out to the West and during Monday, that will
:06:10. > :06:13.introduce some thicker cloud to Western and coastal parts. Rain for
:06:14. > :06:17.the high ground, not amounting to much, for most, another fine and dry
:06:18. > :06:21.day. It will turn more and settled on Tuesday, freshening winds and
:06:22. > :06:23.outbreaks of rain. That is the forecast.
:06:24. > :06:26.Don't forget, Sunday Politics Scotland is on the air at 11
:06:27. > :06:32.We're back at ten to seven tomorrow evening with a roundup of the day's