:00:00. > :00:00.continuing wintry flavour. That's all from the BBC News at six and we
:00:00. > :00:07.can join Nicola Sturgeon launches
:00:08. > :00:10.the SNP's manifesto, describing it as her job application
:00:11. > :00:13.to be First Minister. We look at the state of the Scottish
:00:14. > :00:16.economy as the latest figures show a 20,000 thousand rise
:00:17. > :00:20.in the number of jobless. Ronnie Deila says he'll leave Celtic
:00:21. > :00:23.at the end of the season. One former manager says he'd be
:00:24. > :00:39.interested in coming back. Who wouldn't for a job like that?
:00:40. > :00:41.I'm not promoting myself for the job. I will leave that to the powers
:00:42. > :00:42.that be. Also on the programme,
:00:43. > :00:44.hundreds of mourners turn out for the funeral of the Clydebank
:00:45. > :00:47.teenager Paige Doherty a month And preventing type one
:00:48. > :00:51.diabetes in children - a major trial is set to begin
:00:52. > :00:54.in Scotland to try to find the root The SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has
:00:55. > :01:14.launched her party's manifesto for the Holyrood elections -
:01:15. > :01:19.stressing that she's out to win She said that improved education
:01:20. > :01:22.for all would be the "defining mission" of her government,
:01:23. > :01:26.if she is returned to power. But she also intends a new campaign
:01:27. > :01:29.to build support for independence. This from our political editor,
:01:30. > :01:43.Brian Taylor. Is a cute as if for a rock concert.
:01:44. > :01:51.The selfies, the programme from government. They loved the support
:01:52. > :01:58.act. Waiting in the wings, the boss. No, not Bruce Springsteen, Nicola
:01:59. > :02:02.Sturgeon. To the manifesto, big emphasis on early years and support
:02:03. > :02:08.for pensioners. They liked both but, from the soles of their shoes,
:02:09. > :02:14.Bayern Munich for independence. So how about that second referendum? --
:02:15. > :02:21.they yearn for independence. I would like that very much. But she won't
:02:22. > :02:25.contemplate it unless there is clear majority support or Scotland is
:02:26. > :02:29.taken out of the EU against the popular will, but she plans a new
:02:30. > :02:36.campaign to build the backing for men that you prefer independence.
:02:37. > :02:40.Among other policies, the manifesto pledges ?750 million extra for
:02:41. > :02:43.schools, aimed primarily at helping those from more deprived
:02:44. > :02:47.backgrounds. A large chunk of the money goes directly to headteachers,
:02:48. > :02:53.effectively bypassing local authorities. There is ?2 billion
:02:54. > :02:58.extra for the NHS, a real terms increase, according to SNP leaders.
:02:59. > :03:03.They will be a reformed practice for the NHS and more money for mental
:03:04. > :03:07.health care and there is ?20 billion for infrastructure to boost economic
:03:08. > :03:12.growth in Scotland, roads, railways, schools and broadband. -- ?20
:03:13. > :03:18.million. They have raised money from council tax and from scrapping a
:03:19. > :03:21.client cap on income tax for higher earners but they have phrased the
:03:22. > :03:26.standard rate paid by all and wouldn't increase the top rate. For
:03:27. > :03:33.Nicola Sturgeon, this is personal. This bold, ambitious manifesto is
:03:34. > :03:37.essentially my job application as I ask people to elect me as First
:03:38. > :03:40.Minister, and it is very much a programme for government. This
:03:41. > :03:46.election isn't a contest for second place. It isn't a game of chance
:03:47. > :03:50.with the electoral system. It ages -- it is a decision about who forms
:03:51. > :03:52.the next government and who is the next First Minister. I am asking
:03:53. > :03:57.the next government and who is the people on the strength of this
:03:58. > :04:00.manifesto to elect me. With new powers for Holyrood, they promised a
:04:01. > :04:05.fair Row welfare system and scrapping the bedroom tax. They
:04:06. > :04:10.would cast desperate they would cut air passenger duty and they would
:04:11. > :04:15.extend the small business bonus so that 100,000 small firms would pay
:04:16. > :04:16.nothing in rates. Finally on stage, the backing band, seeking your
:04:17. > :04:17.support. The state of the economy is always
:04:18. > :04:20.top of the political agenda. This morning new figures
:04:21. > :04:22.were published showing that Scotland continues to have a higher
:04:23. > :04:23.unemployment rate The jobless total increased
:04:24. > :04:29.by 20,000 in three months. In a moment we'll find out
:04:30. > :04:32.the reaction of the politicians, but first our Business Correspondent
:04:33. > :04:44.David Henderson takes a look This engineering plant is a long way
:04:45. > :04:50.from the North Sea, but it is still feeling the impact from the collapse
:04:51. > :04:53.in the price of oil. It makes high-tech parts for the offshore
:04:54. > :05:00.industry, but buyers are saving their cash, so jobs here have been
:05:01. > :05:03.lost. Things have got much tougher over the last year. We are a
:05:04. > :05:10.fraction of the turnover we've been doing before, and we have lost six
:05:11. > :05:15.people from our workforce. We had to make them redundant. Most of our
:05:16. > :05:21.competitors have done the same thing. The oil industry has been hit
:05:22. > :05:24.hard, bad news for employment. The latest figures in Scotland show the
:05:25. > :05:31.number of people out of work and looking for a job rose by 20,000,
:05:32. > :05:36.and Scotland's unemployment rate is now higher than it is across the UK
:05:37. > :05:41.as a whole. But these problems go beyond the north-east and the
:05:42. > :05:44.offshore industry. Scotland's manufacturers have had a difficult
:05:45. > :05:51.year, with some of the best-known names like Texas instruments facing
:05:52. > :05:56.closure. And Scotland's service sector, which employs the most
:05:57. > :06:00.people, has barely grown. Perhaps surprisingly, given that you might
:06:01. > :06:04.think this would be concentrated in the oil industry, the figures for
:06:05. > :06:11.women are worse than for men. So this doesn't augur well going into
:06:12. > :06:16.the future. So, as our big employers faced big challenges, what scope is
:06:17. > :06:20.there for small-scale job creation? At this event in Glasgow today,
:06:21. > :06:27.entrepreneurs and community groups were talking shop, using old, empty
:06:28. > :06:30.buildings for new ventures and jobs in uncertain times. This is
:06:31. > :06:35.happening all over the world and maybe if we actually recognise that
:06:36. > :06:38.and go, we are living in one of the most volatile economic times, we
:06:39. > :06:43.need to be more flexible and allow innovation. We can't hark back to
:06:44. > :06:48.the past, with people saying, wouldn't it be good if Woolworths
:06:49. > :06:53.came back? That's gone. This engineering firm is taking up the
:06:54. > :06:57.challenge, looking for orders beyond the oil industry. The question now,
:06:58. > :07:01.can other Scottish employers and its workforce do the same?
:07:02. > :07:05.I'm joined now from Edinburgh by our political editor Brian Taylor.
:07:06. > :07:15.This a pretty key issue in the election, isn't it?
:07:16. > :07:22.That is right. You can see Edinburgh behind me, and the issue of the
:07:23. > :07:25.economy, the issue of employment and that of growth, those issues
:07:26. > :07:31.combined will play a very large role in deed in determining who forms the
:07:32. > :07:36.Scottish Government in the capital behind me. Today, the parties were
:07:37. > :07:39.setting out their stalls. The opposition parties saying the SNP's
:07:40. > :07:47.economic programme was wrong, that they had the balance wrong. The SNP
:07:48. > :07:51.dissent, not surprisingly. We are operating in a turbulent global
:07:52. > :07:54.economy and we can see all of the international reports about the
:07:55. > :07:58.difficulties. That has an effect on the Scottish economy but what we can
:07:59. > :08:03.try and do is take measures and initiatives that try and improve
:08:04. > :08:09.employment prospects of people here. We have been successful in a variety
:08:10. > :08:13.of areas, where we have staved off closures. It is a worrying set of
:08:14. > :08:16.statistics coming off the back of high profile job losses. We must we
:08:17. > :08:19.statistics coming off the back of double our efforts to support people
:08:20. > :08:23.who have lost their jobs, which is why the Labour Party is advocating a
:08:24. > :08:29.new agency to help people get into work and also support people in work
:08:30. > :08:33.to get on in work. The increase in unemployment is concerning. It shows
:08:34. > :08:36.how reliant we are on the North Sea and how much of a folly it would
:08:37. > :08:40.have been to rely on that for independence. That is why we need
:08:41. > :08:44.now to invest in the skills and talents of people who live and work
:08:45. > :08:49.in Scotland. That way, we can grow the economy. There is a clear
:08:50. > :08:54.difference between Scotland and the rest of the UK, and that will only
:08:55. > :08:58.get wider if we make Scotland the highest taxed part of the UK. That
:08:59. > :09:04.will put off the jobs, investment and growth that we need. We heard
:09:05. > :09:12.the SNP manifesto today. How many more to go? Just over two weeks to
:09:13. > :09:17.go. We expect the Labour manifesto a week today, just a week from
:09:18. > :09:21.polling. Today, the focus was primarily on the SNP, given that it
:09:22. > :09:26.was the launch of their manifesto, a big moment in the campaign. From now
:09:27. > :09:30.on, for the next two weeks in a day, all of the parties have their
:09:31. > :09:32.opportunity to convince people, to persuade and to cajole. After that,
:09:33. > :09:35.it is make your mind up time. Still to come on tonight's programme
:09:36. > :09:38.- the major medical trial aimed at preventing Type One
:09:39. > :09:51.diabetes in children. And tonight's sport comes from
:09:52. > :09:55.Celtic park as the Scottish champions begin their search for a
:09:56. > :09:57.new manager, but who are the potential candidates?
:09:58. > :09:59.The mother of Clydebank teenager Paige Doherty
:10:00. > :10:02.has urged those angered by her death to put their energy
:10:03. > :10:05.into remembering a "beautiful smiling girl".
:10:06. > :10:07.Pamela Munro paid tribute to her daughter during a funeral service
:10:08. > :10:10.at St Margaret's Catholic Church in Clydebank,
:10:11. > :10:12.which came almost a month after the 15-year-old's body was found.
:10:13. > :10:27.600 friends and relatives of Paige Doherty gathered at Saint Margaret
:10:28. > :10:32.'s Catholic Church in Clydebank for her funeral. Bright colour was the
:10:33. > :10:37.theme of the service, which focused on the happy moments of the
:10:38. > :10:41.15-year-old's life. My daughter had a smile across her face every day
:10:42. > :10:45.and that is how she should be remembered. There is no room for
:10:46. > :10:49.evil. There is no disputing that Paige was taken from us in a cruel
:10:50. > :10:52.way but they take comfort in knowing she is in a safe and happy place
:10:53. > :10:59.where nobody can hurt her. Sleep tight. Keep dancing in the sky and
:11:00. > :11:05.show them what an angel is. Paige's body was found in Clydebank on the
:11:06. > :11:07.21st of March, two days after she went missing. After the service, she
:11:08. > :11:12.21st of March, two days after she was taken for a private burial. A
:11:13. > :11:13.31-year-old man, John Leathem, has appeared in court charged with
:11:14. > :11:15.murder. A trial has heard a young boy
:11:16. > :11:18.describe how he was punished by two In a filmed interview,
:11:19. > :11:23.the child said Rachel and Nyomi Fee forced him to take cold showers
:11:24. > :11:25.if he wet the bed The women deny murdering
:11:26. > :11:30.two-year-old Liam Fee in Joanne Macaulay's
:11:31. > :11:46.report distressing. The jury watched a recording of the
:11:47. > :11:49.young boy when he was being interviewed by a police officer and
:11:50. > :11:57.a social worker in the weeks after the death of Liam Fee. This is the
:11:58. > :11:59.same child who earlier told interviewers he had strangled Liam
:12:00. > :12:03.but later said he had made it up. The child said he wasn't allowed to
:12:04. > :12:07.go to the toilet during the night but, if he wet the bed, he had to
:12:08. > :12:13.take a cold shower which made him shape. He said he had been smacked
:12:14. > :12:16.on the bare bottom and made to drip dry in the hallway and sometimes
:12:17. > :12:21.gets nothing to eat for the rest of the day. He described sleeping in a
:12:22. > :12:26.cot in his underwear with no cover. Earlier, the child spoke about when
:12:27. > :12:32.he realised that toddler Liam Fee was dead. The boy said, I saw it.
:12:33. > :12:36.Rachel and Nyomi Fee deny murdering Liam Fee and hurting two other boys.
:12:37. > :12:38.The trial continues. The final pupils affected
:12:39. > :12:40.by the Edinburgh school buildings crisis have returned
:12:41. > :12:42.to classes this morning. Around 600 first to third year
:12:43. > :12:45.students from Craigmount High School were bussed to temporary locations
:12:46. > :12:48.around the capital. 17 schools have been fully or partly
:12:49. > :12:51.closed since the Easter break College lecturers have
:12:52. > :12:58.given their overwhelming backing Last month, they staged a national
:12:59. > :13:02.one-day strike over both the planned pay rise and the disparities
:13:03. > :13:05.between how much lecturers earn But members of the EIS
:13:06. > :13:11.Further Education Lecturers' Association voted by a margin of 96%
:13:12. > :13:16.to 4% to accept a revised A major medical trial
:13:17. > :13:23.is set to start in Scotland aimed at preventing type one
:13:24. > :13:25.diabetes in children. If successful the study
:13:26. > :13:28.could challenge long-established thinking on what lies
:13:29. > :13:31.behind the disease. Here's our Health Correspondent
:13:32. > :13:45.Eleanor Bradford. Kyle's dad has type one diabetes.
:13:46. > :13:50.Kyle is one of the first to sign up to a massive trial which wants to
:13:51. > :13:54.trace every child in Scotland who has a close relative with the
:13:55. > :13:59.condition. My dad has to take insulin lot of the time, three times
:14:00. > :14:06.a day, before he goes out. We were at the doctor's and then I saw the
:14:07. > :14:10.poster and I was like, hey Mum, we could do that. Kyle will have a
:14:11. > :14:16.blood test to see if he is at risk. It Kyle is at high risk of diabetes,
:14:17. > :14:21.researchers want to find out whether giving him a common diabetes drug.
:14:22. > :14:24.It is developing, offering the first real hope of a preventative
:14:25. > :14:30.treatment for childhood diabetes. It is all based on a new theory about
:14:31. > :14:33.what causes type one diabetes. Until now, it has been thought it is a
:14:34. > :14:40.disorder of the immune system which attacks cells in the pancreas. May
:14:41. > :14:43.be the immune system isn't at the front of the sequence that causes
:14:44. > :14:50.diabetes. Maybe it is at the back. And maybe modern living factors of
:14:51. > :14:55.modern life are stressing the beta cells and they are selling out --
:14:56. > :14:59.sending out signals to the immune system that, in certain people, is
:15:00. > :15:04.coming and attacking them and finishing them off. Scotland have
:15:05. > :15:08.the third highest incidence of type one diabetes in the world. If this
:15:09. > :15:13.trial shows drugs can be used to stop it developing, not only were
:15:14. > :15:14.thousands of cases be vented, but our understanding of the illness
:15:15. > :15:18.will be totally revolutionised. The Ukip leader in Scotland,
:15:19. > :15:20.David Coburn, has said his critics in the party
:15:21. > :15:23.should consider quitting. On the campaign trail in Inverness,
:15:24. > :15:25.Mr Coburn's hit back at the ten senior activists who wrote
:15:26. > :15:28.to party bosses calling for him Here's our political correspondent,
:15:29. > :15:44.Glenn Campbell. Ukip's larger leader in Scotland has
:15:45. > :15:49.Nigel Farage for company in Inverness. The UK party leader
:15:50. > :15:57.endorses David Coburn and has little time for those who have demanded his
:15:58. > :16:00.replacement. We are on the verge of establishing a toehold in Holyrood.
:16:01. > :16:05.Some people who didn't make it are jealous. It happens in every walk of
:16:06. > :16:12.life will stop among the critics, Ukip's former treasurer in Lothian,
:16:13. > :16:17.who says he acted out of concern for his party's reputation. I look at
:16:18. > :16:21.David Coburn in that position and I think that whoever made the decision
:16:22. > :16:27.that he is a good candidate, because he clearly isn't, in terms of his
:16:28. > :16:32.character and competence. Mr Cockburn's opponents say Ukip is
:16:33. > :16:36.dysfunctional in Scotland and, in a letter to party HQ, they blame him
:16:37. > :16:41.for bad publicity. After appearing on a BBC debate on immigration, Mr
:16:42. > :16:47.Cockburn make comments comparing an SNP government minister to the
:16:48. > :16:54.terrorist supporting cleric Abu Hamza. It was a stupid thing to say,
:16:55. > :16:58.inappropriate. He apologised but the activist's letter describes this as
:16:59. > :17:09.a major gaffe. The document also raises concerns about a strategy to
:17:10. > :17:17.undermine the SNP Euro candidate. Tasmania. I will tell you what she
:17:18. > :17:21.says. I am sorry, love, I am a patriot. Today, the Cockburn
:17:22. > :17:26.insisted he hadn't realised he had used the wrong name. Before arriving
:17:27. > :17:33.in Inverness, David Coburn dismissed the criticism as nonsense. He said
:17:34. > :17:39.those responsible were a disgruntled minority and that half the group of
:17:40. > :17:44.ten had already left the party. Now he wants the other half to think
:17:45. > :17:47.about going, too. They should consider their positions. They
:17:48. > :17:51.haven't been doing very much for the party. They certainly didn't help me
:17:52. > :17:54.get elected and they are not doing anything in this campaign, so quite
:17:55. > :18:01.honestly what is the point of them being in the party? David Coburn is
:18:02. > :18:04.keeping his job and he doesn't think his party critics will harm his
:18:05. > :18:06.chances of hosting future election success.
:18:07. > :18:09.The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards has dropped
:18:10. > :18:11.an investigation into former Scottish Secretary
:18:12. > :18:19.In a report into the leaking of a Scottish Office memo
:18:20. > :18:21.aimed at damaging SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, Kathryn Hudson said
:18:22. > :18:29.Tonight's sport is dominated by events at Celtic Park,
:18:30. > :18:36.so let's go there now and join David Currie.
:18:37. > :18:41.Good evening. The Scottish champions are in the market for a new manager.
:18:42. > :18:45.The club announcing that Ronny Deila is stepping down at the end of this
:18:46. > :18:49.The man he took over from, Neil Lennon says he's interested
:18:50. > :18:51.in returning to the job - while another former Celtic
:18:52. > :19:01.favourite says there is no shortage of big name candidates.
:19:02. > :19:11.It's all quiet outside Celtic Park this evening but inside the search
:19:12. > :19:14.is on for a new boss. Ronny Deila's days at Celtic were probably
:19:15. > :19:20.numbered before they were knocked out of the Scottish cup by Rangers
:19:21. > :19:22.but with only three of them between that and the announcement that he is
:19:23. > :19:40.quitting, saying,... The team are eight points clear in
:19:41. > :19:46.the title race with five games to play. Ronny Deila led them to the
:19:47. > :19:52.premiership title in his first season. Crucially, under him, they
:19:53. > :19:57.have failed to qualify for the Champions League. Have performances
:19:58. > :20:00.been good enough this season? They haven't. Europe, Celtic have failed
:20:01. > :20:08.time and time again in the big games. His predecessor played in a
:20:09. > :20:18.charity golf event today, throwing his hat into the ring as a potential
:20:19. > :20:24.successor. I think you're far better of with experience at both clubs. As
:20:25. > :20:30.five and a half years as a manager, I have the experience. Another
:20:31. > :20:35.former Celtic favourite says there are plenty of candidates. David
:20:36. > :20:47.Moyes is one of the big beasts out there. He is out of work and after a
:20:48. > :20:52.big statement in Spain, he has been tremendously successful in Everton.
:20:53. > :21:02.Celtic supporters clearly have their own views on succession. Neil Lennon
:21:03. > :21:10.leaving broke me. If anyone comes back, I hope it is him or Henrik
:21:11. > :21:20.Larsson. Ronny Deila retained the premiership title would afford him
:21:21. > :21:26.one last hurrah. -- if he retained. Has this act acknowledged that the
:21:27. > :21:33.experiment with Ronny Deila has failed? I think it probably does.
:21:34. > :21:42.The question is why it has failed. He was unveiled two years ago and it
:21:43. > :21:46.was seen as a bold, gamble. He was progressive, he had ideas about diet
:21:47. > :21:50.and bringing young players through. As a Celtic manager, you have two
:21:51. > :21:55.win the league, play attractive football, the fans demand it, you
:21:56. > :22:00.have to regularly make the Champions League group stages. He is going for
:22:01. > :22:05.the second lead in a row. The fans weren't keen with the football being
:22:06. > :22:08.played here but, most importantly, the board were unsure whether Ronny
:22:09. > :22:17.Deila could make the Champions League this year. That is probably
:22:18. > :22:22.the catalyst why he is leaving. What are you hearing regarding
:22:23. > :22:27.succession? There will be no manager named until Ronny Deila has gone.
:22:28. > :22:32.Celtic want to concentrate on the league. There will be a list. Some
:22:33. > :22:37.names will be further up than others. Pretty near the top or at
:22:38. > :22:42.the top will be David Moyes. He is the favourite. If he wants the job,
:22:43. > :22:48.I suspect he will get the job. Aston Villa are also keen on him. We have
:22:49. > :22:54.heard from Neil Lennon, Robbie Keane, Malki Mackay. There is
:22:55. > :22:57.pressure on the board to get it right. Because their experiment
:22:58. > :23:07.hasn't worked, they need to get it right. Time to go and get your cap.
:23:08. > :23:12.Plenty more on this on BBC Radio Theatre. That's it from me. As that
:23:13. > :23:19.taxi disappears into the sunset, so will I.
:23:20. > :23:21.Well you can hear lots more discussion on who might be
:23:22. > :23:25.the next Celtic manager on BBC Radio Scotland's
:23:26. > :23:30.Now here's Shelly with details of how you can be part
:23:31. > :23:33.of the audience in a forthcoming Scotland 2016 debate.
:23:34. > :23:42.I will be holding our last debate, this time on the subject of housing.
:23:43. > :23:48.If you want to go on the debate, fill out an application form on our
:23:49. > :23:57.website. What can I say? What a day. Did we all share such a nice day
:23:58. > :24:01.today? Was it just Scotland. Beautiful blue skies like this one
:24:02. > :24:07.and our weather watchers have been sending in their snaps from the
:24:08. > :24:12.North to the south of the country. The clear skies will mean it is
:24:13. > :24:18.rather chilly in the countryside tonight. Through northern parts, a
:24:19. > :24:24.few spots of light rain or drizzle. Most of the mainland is dry and
:24:25. > :24:29.clear and at times chilly. Town and city temperatures around three or
:24:30. > :24:33.four Celsius. In the countryside, colder than that. High pressure is
:24:34. > :24:41.still with as tomorrow. Another largely dry day. Some sunshine on
:24:42. > :24:50.offer for Central and eastern parts of the country. In the north and the
:24:51. > :24:56.Highlands and Islands, a bit of cloud moving in. The cloud building
:24:57. > :25:04.up through the Borders and in towards the central belt, in towards
:25:05. > :25:14.Tayside. After a cloudy start, bright and sunny in the north-east.
:25:15. > :25:18.Not as warm, as areas further south. Into the evening, the cloud melts
:25:19. > :25:24.away. Some evening sunshine and a great sunset. The high pressure that
:25:25. > :25:31.has been our friend the last couple of days turns into our foe. It moves
:25:32. > :25:37.westwards. In doing so, it drags in colder air from the north. That is
:25:38. > :25:44.going to bring in the cold northerly wind. A different feel to the end of
:25:45. > :25:50.the week. A few showers possible in northerly areas. Holding into double
:25:51. > :25:53.the week. A few showers possible in digits in the south-west. Chilly to
:25:54. > :25:58.start the weekend. A number of showers in the East. That's it from
:25:59. > :26:02.others. Good night.