03/04/2016

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:00:00. > :00:09.and I'll be back with late News at Ten.

:00:10. > :00:12.Police have confirmed that they are investigating threats

:00:13. > :00:14.against the human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar.

:00:15. > :00:17.Mr Anwar, who lives in Glasgow, said he received death threats

:00:18. > :00:18.after calling for unity within Scotland's Muslim community.

:00:19. > :00:25.Mr Anwar said he was taking the threats

:00:26. > :00:42.,. This is the versatile different types of Muslims and Christians have

:00:43. > :00:45.shared a platform. Many of you within this community will be

:00:46. > :00:49.wondering how it is possible for those fat on this platform today to

:00:50. > :00:54.be sitting beside each other whilst we have been so divided over the

:00:55. > :00:59.last few days, several weeks, months and years. The reason is simple.

:01:00. > :01:06.This beautiful city of Glasgow has seen another sectarian strife to

:01:07. > :01:14.lift it many lifetimes. The event was a call for unity in the wake of

:01:15. > :01:22.feeling off -- in the wake of the telling of the shopkeeper in

:01:23. > :01:26.Shawlands. It was also a week that allegations were made that two

:01:27. > :01:32.Scottish Muslim leaders, head over there on Lascaux Central Mosque, and

:01:33. > :01:36.the leader of the Polwarth mosque in Edinburgh, had links to a banned

:01:37. > :01:38.group which targets Shia Moslems and other Iraqi groups.

:01:39. > :01:49.Minority groups. -- minority groups. Over the past few weeks, Aamer Anwar

:01:50. > :01:51.says some have tried to whip up bodies and hatred against him on

:01:52. > :01:55.social media for speaking out against extremism. He also says he

:01:56. > :01:57.has received late-night phone calls. He said he has had threats on his

:01:58. > :02:05.life before but on this occasion... Police are investigating the threats

:02:06. > :02:11.against him. Scotland's outgoing

:02:12. > :02:12.Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland that a fatal accident inquiry

:02:13. > :02:16.will not be held into the M9 crash which claimed

:02:17. > :02:19.two lives last summer. after lying in a crashed car

:02:20. > :02:22.for three days after it was first

:02:23. > :02:34.reported to police. Opposition politicians are raising

:02:35. > :02:36.questions about a so-called "secret" agreement between the Scottish

:02:37. > :02:38.government and Chinese companies. Meanwhile, the Labour leader has

:02:39. > :02:41.been speaking publicly for the first time since making controversial

:02:42. > :02:42.comments about independence. With more on the Holyrood campaign,

:02:43. > :02:55.here's our political correspondent, Voting, the SNP leader is due to

:02:56. > :02:59.embark on a trip to the Northern Isles pledging millions more for

:03:00. > :03:03.mental health forecasting of. But Nicola Sturgeon's opponents are

:03:04. > :03:06.questioning why an agreement between Scotland and Chinese companies,

:03:07. > :03:11.which could be worth up to ?10 billion, was fined two weeks ago.

:03:12. > :03:16.The Chinese media knew about it but it seems that MSPs and the Scottish

:03:17. > :03:21.media did not. There is actually no agreement on the substance of any

:03:22. > :03:25.others at all. And if there is any proposals in the future to have

:03:26. > :03:27.investment into actual projects, they will be scrutinised in the

:03:28. > :03:33.normal way by the Scottish Parliament. The Lib Dem Leader was

:03:34. > :03:37.also campaigning for better mental health services are meeting people

:03:38. > :03:40.making a documentary on the issue. But he wants to if there is anything

:03:41. > :03:43.to hide about the Chinese deal. The But he wants to if there is anything

:03:44. > :03:48.Bill will expect to know, we'll expect answers from the government,

:03:49. > :03:51.as to what this is all about. -- people will expect to know. What has

:03:52. > :03:56.been given in return to the Chinese for this investment. Meanwhile, in

:03:57. > :04:00.Glasgow, the Labour leader was facing the cameras for the first

:04:01. > :04:04.time after she gave a controversial interview. She had said it is not

:04:05. > :04:10.inconceivable that she could support a yes vote is the UK leaves the EU.

:04:11. > :04:14.Labour got tied up in the issue as they tried to save the world only

:04:15. > :04:21.ones against austerity. She clarify the position. We are very clear in

:04:22. > :04:25.our manifesto opposing a second referendum on independence. If there

:04:26. > :04:28.ever was to be one, I would vote over the same reasons as last time

:04:29. > :04:37.but we have move on. An irresistible companion for the Tory leader! He is

:04:38. > :04:39.eating my ear! She pounced on her political opponents. The Labour

:04:40. > :04:42.Party is descending into a civil war. If people want is strong

:04:43. > :04:48.opposition to stand up for Scotland's plays in the UK and hold

:04:49. > :04:53.the SNP to account, the Scottish Conservatives are behind our union.

:04:54. > :04:56.Now possible vote on a busy campaign till today. -- no pause for thought.

:04:57. > :04:57.Football, and in the Premiership, Aberdeen beat Hamilton

:04:58. > :05:00.3-0 to cut Celtic's lead at the top back to four points.

:05:01. > :05:04.Let's get the weather forecast for this evening,

:05:05. > :05:11.It was a drying up process for most of us today. We even ended up with

:05:12. > :05:14.that of Britain but no sooner have which is one weather the underweight

:05:15. > :05:18.and we have got another approaching from the south-west and after a dry

:05:19. > :05:21.spell for most of us as evening, we see rain returning across southern

:05:22. > :05:27.and central Scotland. We hit the places through the early hours.

:05:28. > :05:30.Temperatures similar to last night, but tomorrow it is cloudy with

:05:31. > :05:33.outbreaks of rain for most of us. Some mist and hill fog in the mix of

:05:34. > :05:38.love. The best of the limited brightness for Shetland, the Western

:05:39. > :05:41.Isles and north-west coast of the entire spell. Brightening across the

:05:42. > :05:44.south later in the day, although we cannot rule out a few sharp showers

:05:45. > :05:47.over the borders. Temperatures nothing to right home about but

:05:48. > :05:52.winds at least will be mainly light. For Tuesday, it is rather cloudy,

:05:53. > :05:54.which start, improving gradually from the West as the day goes on

:05:55. > :05:56.with a bit of brightness.