:00:09. > :00:12.The leaders of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, which is mourning Glasgow
:00:13. > :00:13.shopkeeper Asad Shah, has condemned yesterday's statement
:00:14. > :00:18.Community leaders have called on all religious leaders
:00:19. > :00:30.Asad Shah was a much loved local shopkeeper who had served people
:00:31. > :00:36.in the Shawlands area of Glasgow for many years.
:00:37. > :00:39.His death has been widely mourned and a statement issued yesterday by,
:00:40. > :00:41.the man appearing in court charged with his murder,
:00:42. > :00:44.claiming Mr Shah had disrespected the prophet, has deeply troubled
:00:45. > :00:49.This is deeply disturbing, it sets an extremely
:00:50. > :00:52.dangerous precedent, as it justifies the killing
:00:53. > :00:54.of anyone, Muslim or non-Muslim, whom an extremist considers having
:00:55. > :01:05.Ahmadiyyas, they follow the Prophet Muhammad,
:01:06. > :01:12.So there is no way that an Ahmadiyya would cause
:01:13. > :01:17.Last week, religious leaders came together
:01:18. > :01:23.Today they are being asked to publicly condemn the statement
:01:24. > :01:35.This is the stage where we expect all imams to come out to condemn it,
:01:36. > :01:37.so that we know that, yes, they are all
:01:38. > :01:40.Tonight, we put that request to a representative
:01:41. > :01:42.We condemn it without any reservation.
:01:43. > :01:49.It was a very annoying statement from this gentleman.
:01:50. > :01:52.I mean, Islam never allows anything which is like that or killing
:01:53. > :02:00.There are around 600 Ahmadiyya Muslims in Scotland.
:02:01. > :02:09.We have been advising our members to take extra precautions,
:02:10. > :02:14.although we do not have any threat from the majority of the Muslims.
:02:15. > :02:17.The Ahmadiyya community leader said today that it's very important
:02:18. > :02:20.at times like this that all Muslim communities come together.
:02:21. > :02:21.They themselves are launching a poster campaign
:02:22. > :02:29.It's slogan - United Against Extremism.
:02:30. > :02:32.A Bulgarian man has been found guilty of murdering
:02:33. > :02:42.31-year-old Nikola Zhulev killed Alan Gardner at his home
:02:43. > :02:45.He hit Mr Gardner over the head with a frying pan.
:02:46. > :02:54.This is Nikola Zhulev, caught trying to pawn items,
:02:55. > :02:59.after he had robbed and killed jeweller Alan Gardner.
:03:00. > :03:01.Zhulev is from Bulgaria and was living in Perth,
:03:02. > :03:07.He got to know Alan Gardner, who ran a jewellery business
:03:08. > :03:14.He was sometimes sent special parcels of jewellery to repair.
:03:15. > :03:16.On the 14th of April last year, Zhulev was short
:03:17. > :03:23.He promised landlord he would have it in a few days' time.
:03:24. > :03:27.In the interim, Zhulev carried out a series of Internet
:03:28. > :03:36.This graphic shows the injury to Mr Gardner's head
:03:37. > :03:43.The imprint matched the base of this heavy 1.5 kilograms frying pan.
:03:44. > :03:51.Mr Gardner's feet were also bound with tape and it's believed
:03:52. > :03:54.After Mr Gardner's death, Zhulev was seen in this
:03:55. > :04:05.money shop in Perth, trying to pawn jewellery.
:04:06. > :04:07.He pawned other items from Mr Gardner's home
:04:08. > :04:13.and he also bought food with Mr Gardner's credit cards.
:04:14. > :04:15.He even tried to sell the dead man's car.
:04:16. > :04:17.And with this money, he paid his landlord.
:04:18. > :04:20.The court heard from Zhulev's friend, he confessed he had hit
:04:21. > :04:23.Mr Gardner over the head with a pan and killed him.
:04:24. > :04:30.Zhulev had been planning on disposing of Mr Gardner's body.
:04:31. > :04:33.He bought a spade from Home Base and dug a shallow grave
:04:34. > :04:36.in the woodland, but he ran out of time and police
:04:37. > :04:41.The judge said in her view this was a cold and calculated killing.
:04:42. > :04:43.Zhulev now faces a life sentence for murder.
:04:44. > :04:46.He will learn next month how many years he has to serve
:04:47. > :04:48.in prison before he can be considered for parole.
:04:49. > :04:50.Detectives investigating the disappearance of
:04:51. > :04:52.a Metropolitan Police officer, who's originally from Inverness,
:04:53. > :04:56.PC Gordon Semple was last seen on April the 1st
:04:57. > :05:06.Officers have informed the 59-year-old's family
:05:07. > :05:09.about the discovery of human remains at a property in Southwark.
:05:10. > :05:11.A 49-year-old man was arrested at the address on suspicion
:05:12. > :05:15.A postmortem will be held in due course.
:05:16. > :05:18.On the Holyrood campaign trail, the party leaders have been setting
:05:19. > :05:20.out rival plans to fight poverty in Scotland.
:05:21. > :05:22.As our political editor Brian Taylor explains,
:05:23. > :05:24.it's an issue that's been at the forefront of
:05:25. > :05:35.And go they did, but with slum clearings,
:05:36. > :05:42.For thousands, disadvantage and dismay remain entrenched.
:05:43. > :05:45.Nicola Sturgeon commissioned a report on poverty but has yet
:05:46. > :05:48.Can I get a big smile, can we see your teeth?
:05:49. > :05:51.She insisted she has already acted on key findings and will do
:05:52. > :05:56.Today the SNP leader visited a centre in Glasgow, helping
:05:57. > :06:03.She pledged to cut council tax for the poorest,
:06:04. > :06:06.to extend free school meals, to increase cash support for those
:06:07. > :06:10.with young children and to build the nurseries needed
:06:11. > :06:12.to meet her pledge to double free childcare for three
:06:13. > :06:19.This is a transformational commitment.
:06:20. > :06:22.It will take us the next Parliament to build up to delivering
:06:23. > :06:25.that commitment in full, but I think it is the most important
:06:26. > :06:26.infrastructure project that we will undertake
:06:27. > :06:38.With a little help, Kezia Dugdale counts out the cash she says
:06:39. > :06:40.struggling families would save under Labour's council tax plans.
:06:41. > :06:43.Visiting a credit union in Paisley, she insisted Labour would outpace
:06:44. > :06:47.the SNP's anti-poverty plans, funded by a penny on all income tax
:06:48. > :06:52.rates, plus higher tax for the very top earners.
:06:53. > :06:54.Risk taxing the millionaires, risk asking the wealthiest
:06:55. > :06:57.to pay a bit more tax, because the price of not doing that
:06:58. > :07:00.will be paid by the poorest people across Scotland.
:07:01. > :07:03.Nicola Sturgeon says Labour's plans could penalise the poor.
:07:04. > :07:11.Kezia Dugdale says she would protect the lowest earners.
:07:12. > :07:20.Ruth Davidson spreads the goodies evenly and likewise the Conservative
:07:21. > :07:26.leader says there is such a thing as society, her party's manifesto
:07:27. > :07:27.will feature policies to help the poor.
:07:28. > :07:29.We are looking at issues surrounding housing,
:07:30. > :07:32.surrounding child care, because we know that particularly
:07:33. > :07:34.for people from deprived areas, that gap opens up before
:07:35. > :07:43.We will look at more flexible childcare for one and two-year-olds
:07:44. > :07:46.Who's said never work with animals or children?
:07:47. > :07:49.Not Willie Rennie, anyway, as he keeps this African fish eagle
:07:50. > :07:52.He was advocating action to help rural Scotland,
:07:53. > :07:55.but he says more money for education would help tackle
:07:56. > :08:02.Liberal Democrats believe the route out of poverty can be guaranteed
:08:03. > :08:06.That's why we're going to invest ?475 million in nursery
:08:07. > :08:10.schools and schools, but also in colleges,
:08:11. > :08:13.to give people the skills and education they need to be
:08:14. > :08:21.And the word on the street - it's your election,
:08:22. > :08:29.The UK Independence Party leader, Nigel Farage, has published
:08:30. > :08:32.a manifesto for the Holyrood election at an event in Edinburgh.
:08:33. > :08:38.From there, our political correspondent, Glenn Campbell.
:08:39. > :08:41.Nigel Farage arrives with no protesters to greet him,
:08:42. > :08:43.just journalists, some Ukip supporters and a kilted
:08:44. > :08:52.I'm quite pleased to say I suppose that there wasn't the usual
:08:53. > :08:55.Here is what happened a year before the Scottish
:08:56. > :09:09.Ukip campaigned to keep the UK together and wants
:09:10. > :09:14.no further devolution of power from Westminster.
:09:15. > :09:18.The party exists to get the UK out of the European Union.
:09:19. > :09:21.At Holyrood, they aspire to lower income tax and introduce a new 30p
:09:22. > :09:22.middle rate when economic circumstances allow.
:09:23. > :09:28.What we are saying is that we will in Holyrood campaign actively
:09:29. > :09:29.against tax increases because we believe that will make
:09:30. > :09:33.Ukip's only elected politician in Scotland says he'll stand down
:09:34. > :09:35.from the European Parliament to focus on Holyrood
:09:36. > :09:42.Would you keep free personal care for the elderly?
:09:43. > :10:11.How would you find all of that when you also want to cut taxes
:10:12. > :10:14.and cut the block grant that Holyrood receives from Westminster?
:10:15. > :10:16.Well, I can tell you quite simply, although rest of them don't
:10:17. > :10:24.referendum, rather than in next month's Holyrood vote.
:10:25. > :10:26.Ukip has never had anyone elected to the Scottish Parliament before.
:10:27. > :10:29.They used to want to close it down, but at this election,
:10:30. > :10:31.Nigel Farage is predicting a breakthrough that some
:10:32. > :10:33.of his controversial un-politically correct candidates will win seats
:10:34. > :10:39.An investigation is underway, after a 37-year-old woman was raped
:10:40. > :10:43.Police said the woman was subjected to a serious sexual
:10:44. > :10:53.assault in Queen's Park, near the Shawlands area
:10:54. > :10:55.of the city, at about 11pm on the 30th of March.
:10:56. > :10:58.Police have appealed for anyone who was in the park that night,
:10:59. > :11:01.and who saw anyone acting suspiciously, to get in touch.
:11:02. > :11:02.The last surviving resident of St Kilda, a remote
:11:03. > :11:04.archipelago evacuated in 1930, has died.
:11:05. > :11:08.Rachel Johnson, seen here third from the right,
:11:09. > :11:12.was born on the main island of Hirta in July 1922.
:11:13. > :11:19.Now the weather outlook for tonight and tomorrow.
:11:20. > :11:26.Thank you. Good evening. We have showers stating away tonight and we
:11:27. > :11:31.will see largely clear skies. Today we had some heavy showers, but also
:11:32. > :11:36.some sunny spells. This from one of our weather watchers. We could see
:11:37. > :11:39.some largely dry and fine images with beautiful sunshine in store as
:11:40. > :11:46.well. The showers will continue to fade away. Lingering only four more
:11:47. > :11:50.Easter in coastal areas. Temperatures dipping, especially for
:11:51. > :11:55.Northern areas, temperatures could be below freezing. We could see a
:11:56. > :12:00.frost with lighter winds. Quarter to share were still around for me as
:12:01. > :12:04.well. For tomorrow morning, largely dry, sunshine around, Dumfries and
:12:05. > :12:08.Galloway get sunshine as well. A bit more cloud around for the Borders in
:12:09. > :12:12.the morning, the risk of water to showers here. Along the eastern
:12:13. > :12:15.coast, with the risk of one or two showers. Elsewhere, largely dry and
:12:16. > :12:21.find, especially across more northern parts of the country, a
:12:22. > :12:24.start. The rest of the country, largely dry and fine for most of us,
:12:25. > :12:30.a few scattered showers around and later in the day by the afternoon we
:12:31. > :12:34.will see a weather front pushing in across Northern Ireland by lunchtime
:12:35. > :12:38.and the Western fringes of Scotland and Wales and England as well into
:12:39. > :12:41.the afternoon. Temperatures could reach double figures, but for
:12:42. > :12:45.eastern parts of Scotland, maybe or only eight or nine Celsius at best.
:12:46. > :12:50.He continues to progress tonight from West to East, some snow for the
:12:51. > :12:54.Grampians for a time is possible, temperatures down to four or five
:12:55. > :13:00.Celsius, quite a wet and cloudy starch of the weekend. J starts off
:13:01. > :13:05.damp, the weather front will move northward, and improving story
:13:06. > :13:09.through the day. Some sunny spells, scattered showers, but the rain band
:13:10. > :13:16.lingers in the northern and eastern coastal areas. Temperatures on the
:13:17. > :13:19.cooler side, seven to 10 Celsius. Some uncertainty because of this low
:13:20. > :13:22.pressure to the southwest of the UK, but for Scotland it looks largely
:13:23. > :13:24.dry and fine. Our next update is during Breakfast
:13:25. > :13:29.at 6:25 tomorrow morning. But, from everyone on the late
:13:30. > :13:31.team here in Glasgow