25/03/2016

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:00:00. > :00:07.Now, on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.

:00:08. > :00:11.A man has been arrested in connection with the fatal

:00:12. > :00:13.stabbing of a shopkeeper on the south side of Glasgow.

:00:14. > :00:17.Tonight local people held a vigil to remember forty-year

:00:18. > :00:19.old Asad Shah, who was found seriously injured outside his news

:00:20. > :00:25.agency and convenience shop in Shawlands last night.

:00:26. > :00:28.On Thursday, Mr Shah had posted a message on a social media page,

:00:29. > :00:33.Police say the death is being treated as "religiously prejudiced".

:00:34. > :00:36.They have also confirmed that both Mr Shah and the man arrested

:00:37. > :00:38.in connection with his death are Muslims.

:00:39. > :00:45.This is Asad Shah behind the counter of his store last August.

:00:46. > :00:50.Last night, when police were called, just after 9.00pm, they found

:00:51. > :00:57.Mr Shah in the street, not far from his shop,

:00:58. > :01:05.Today, as teams and police search teams

:01:06. > :01:06.continued their investigations, local people came to

:01:07. > :01:09.Every morning we shook hands and said good day,

:01:10. > :01:19.He told me he was saying prayers for my husband to get better again.

:01:20. > :01:24.I think his customers loved him as well.

:01:25. > :01:36.When police arrived last night they found another

:01:37. > :01:42.The local MP was one of Mr Shah's many customers.

:01:43. > :01:45.He was quite a character in this area.

:01:46. > :01:53.People here are are very shocked and saddened by what happened.

:01:54. > :01:57.Police have arrested a 32-year-old man in connection with his death.

:01:58. > :01:59.An investigation is underway to establish the full circumstances

:02:00. > :02:01.of his death and that they are treating it

:02:02. > :02:12.The imam of Scotland's largest mosque has expressed support

:02:13. > :02:14.for an extremist, executed in Pakistan for murdering the former

:02:15. > :02:21.The murder was carried out because of the governor's opposition

:02:22. > :02:25.Reformers at the mosque have condemned the messages

:02:26. > :02:32.Our Home Affairs Correspondent, Reevel Alderson reports.

:02:33. > :02:36.Thousands gathered earlier this month to protest at the execution

:02:37. > :02:41.in Pakistan of extremist Mumtaz Qadri much he had murdered

:02:42. > :02:44.a Punjabi politician who supported Christians persecuted under

:02:45. > :03:02.Many have been angered by the private messages

:03:03. > :03:04.from the image, Maulana Habib Ur Rehman ray on social media.

:03:05. > :03:07.We have obtained copies of his messages about the execution

:03:08. > :03:19.He writes "he's disturbed and upset."

:03:20. > :03:26.In another he agrees Mumtaz Qadri was a murderer but added:

:03:27. > :03:37.Ummat, the term for Muslims as a whole.

:03:38. > :03:40.The governance of this mosque, which is Scotland's largest,

:03:41. > :03:43.has been the subject of controversy for some time.

:03:44. > :03:47.It's currently under investigation by Scotland's charities watchdog.

:03:48. > :03:58.There is a deep rift between the older traditionalist

:03:59. > :04:03.members here and the younger reformers.

:04:04. > :04:04.Reformers at the mosque have been demanding more

:04:05. > :04:08.This is an Imam expressing such views what views is he expressing

:04:09. > :04:12.Why is it OK to say this about a terrorist in Pakistan,

:04:13. > :04:16.yet by the same hand to be offering prayers for the victims of terrorist

:04:17. > :04:45.his comments show conservatives at the mosque are failing

:04:46. > :04:55.to stampout extremist or ultra conservative views.

:04:56. > :04:57.at his home in Aberdeenshire, police have been questioning drivers

:04:58. > :05:05.They say a "heavy weapon" was used in what they call a "brutal" attack.

:05:06. > :05:08.Police are trying to trace two men seen talking to Mr McKandie

:05:09. > :05:13.It'll be ten years tomorrow since the introduction

:05:14. > :05:18.It's now an accepted part of Scottish life,

:05:19. > :05:26.The moment a decade ago smokers had to take it outside.

:05:27. > :05:28.Since then, this GP says he's witnessed first-hand

:05:29. > :05:32.the legislation's positive influence.

:05:33. > :05:35.I used to regularly get children coming in having been out

:05:36. > :05:40.to a restaurant or been out with their family and exposed

:05:41. > :05:43.to passive smoke and coming in to me with worsening asthma

:05:44. > :05:49.symptoms or worsening of their breathing.

:05:50. > :05:51.That seems to be thing that has really dramatically reduced.

:05:52. > :05:56.Tobacco-related illnesses have gone down and fewer people are smoking.

:05:57. > :06:01.Rates in Scotland are still higher than the rest of the UK.

:06:02. > :06:05.The pub trade say the ban has had a devastating effect.

:06:06. > :06:09.We were told at the time thousands more people will come into nour pubs

:06:10. > :06:11.now they are smoke-fry, people won't smell of smoke

:06:12. > :06:14.It's nonsense then, it's still nonsense.

:06:15. > :06:26.Scottish Government hope to create the first smoke-free generation.

:06:27. > :06:33.A measure of the smoking ban impact that the key battle ground for those

:06:34. > :06:35.who share the aim is no longer a pub like this.

:06:36. > :06:38.Let's see what weather we can expect for the rest of the Easter holiday.

:06:39. > :06:49.Good evening. A real change on its way, wet and windy all ready across

:06:50. > :06:57.the north-west, a far cry from the sunshine earlier today. The rain and

:06:58. > :07:01.strong wind continues to push west to east through the night. Some

:07:02. > :07:06.gales across the Western Isles and the worst of the rain across the

:07:07. > :07:11.West, dry in the East. Temperatures dipping to five to eight. Tomorrow

:07:12. > :07:16.morning, a wet and windy start, especially across western areas. The

:07:17. > :07:21.hills of Galloway, the heaviest of the rainfall and falling snow on the

:07:22. > :07:26.hills. Nine to 10 degrees, the best of the brightness on the east coast,

:07:27. > :07:32.11 or 12 degrees. Through tomorrow evening, the wind eases for a time

:07:33. > :07:37.but strengthen again to Easter Day. Some wet snow falling on the

:07:38. > :07:41.north-west Scotland by East today. On Easter Day, a mixture of sunshine

:07:42. > :07:47.and scattered showers, the showers are heavy at times, blustery wind,

:07:48. > :07:50.hail and thunder mixed in and temperatures eight or 9 degrees.

:07:51. > :07:56.Looking ahead to Easter Monday, an area of low pressure bringing storm

:07:57. > :08:00.Katie affecting Wales and England but it could brush past the East

:08:01. > :08:02.coast later in the day. Goodbye.