:00:09. > :00:11.The SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has launched her party's manifesto
:00:12. > :00:14.for the Holyrood elections, stressing that she's out to win
:00:15. > :00:18.She said that improved education for all would be the "defining
:00:19. > :00:21.mission" of her government, if she is returned to power.
:00:22. > :00:25.But she also intends a new campaign to build support for independence.
:00:26. > :00:32.This from our political editor Brian Taylor.
:00:33. > :00:40.They queued as a rock concert. The pre-gig itself is, the programme for
:00:41. > :00:50.Government. They love the support act. Waiting in the wings, the best.
:00:51. > :00:54.No, not Springsteen, Sturgeon. To the manifesto, big emphasis of the
:00:55. > :01:00.early years and support for pensioners. They liked both but from
:01:01. > :01:05.the soles of their shoes, a yen for independence. What about that second
:01:06. > :01:15.referendum? I would like that very much. But she went contemplated
:01:16. > :01:18.unless there is clear majority support or Scotland is taken out of
:01:19. > :01:23.the EU against popular well. She plans a new campaign to build
:01:24. > :01:29.backing for independence. This manifesto is about devolved powers.
:01:30. > :01:33.Among other policies, the manifesto pledges ?750 million extra for
:01:34. > :01:40.schools, aimed at helping those in more deprived backgrounds. A large
:01:41. > :01:44.chunk of the money goes directly to school headteachers, effectively
:01:45. > :01:51.bypassing local authorities. ?2 billion extra for the NHS. There
:01:52. > :01:55.will be from package for the NHS, particularly me for mental health
:01:56. > :02:01.care. There's also a ?20 billion for infrastructure to boost economic
:02:02. > :02:07.growth in Scotland, roads, railways, schools, housing and broadband.
:02:08. > :02:14.Nicola! They have raised money from council tax. Unlike some rebels,
:02:15. > :02:19.they have freeze the standard rate paid by all and would increase the
:02:20. > :02:25.very top rate. Nicola Sturgeon, is personal. This manifesto is
:02:26. > :02:29.essentially my job application as I asked people to elect me as the
:02:30. > :02:34.First Minister of Scotland. It is very much a programme for
:02:35. > :02:38.Government. This election is not a contest for second place, it is not
:02:39. > :02:42.a game of chance on the electoral system. It is a decision about who
:02:43. > :02:45.forms the next Government and who is the next First Minister of our
:02:46. > :02:51.country. I'm asking people on the strength of this manifesto to elect
:02:52. > :02:58.me to be the First Minister. They promise a fairer welfare system,
:02:59. > :03:03.including scrapping the bedroom tax. Seeking growth, they would it then
:03:04. > :03:09.the small business bonus so 100,000 small firms pay nothing in rates.
:03:10. > :03:11.Finally, on stage, the backing band. Seeking your support.
:03:12. > :03:14.The state of the economy is always a crucial part of the political
:03:15. > :03:16.agenda and today new figures were published showing the jobless
:03:17. > :03:19.total here in Scotland increasing by 20,000 in three months
:03:20. > :03:21.and remaining at a higher rate than the rest of the UK.
:03:22. > :03:30.Our business correspondent David Henderson has the details.
:03:31. > :03:36.This engineering plant is a long way from the north sea but it is still
:03:37. > :03:41.feeling the impact from the collapse in the price of oil. It makes
:03:42. > :03:45.high-tech parts for the offshore industry that buyers are saving
:03:46. > :03:52.their cash so jobs here have been lost. Things have got much tougher
:03:53. > :03:57.over the last year. We are a fraction of the turnover we have
:03:58. > :04:03.been doing before, we have lost six people from our workforce, I've had
:04:04. > :04:07.to make them redundant. Most of our competitors have done the same
:04:08. > :04:11.thing. The oil industry has been hit hard and that is bad news
:04:12. > :04:16.re-employment. The latest figures across Scotland showed the number of
:04:17. > :04:21.people out of work and looking for a job rose by 20,000. Scotland's
:04:22. > :04:27.unemployment rate is now higher than it is across the UK as a whole.
:04:28. > :04:31.These problems go beyond the north-east and the offshore
:04:32. > :04:35.industry, Scotland's manufacturers have had a difficult year with some
:04:36. > :04:42.of the best-known names facing closure. Gollum's service sector
:04:43. > :04:49.which employs the most people has barely grown in recent months. You
:04:50. > :04:52.think this would be concentrated in the oil industry, the figures for
:04:53. > :05:02.women are worse for those than men. This doesn't augur well going into
:05:03. > :05:06.the future. So as our big employers face big challenges, what scope is
:05:07. > :05:10.therefore small-scale job creation? As the offending God today,
:05:11. > :05:15.entrepreneurs and community groups were talking shop, using old empty
:05:16. > :05:21.buildings for new ventures and new jobs in uncertain times. This is
:05:22. > :05:26.happening all the world. Maybe if we actually recognise this and go, we
:05:27. > :05:38.are looking in on the most volatile economic times. We need to allow the
:05:39. > :05:42.innovation. This engineering firm is taking up that challenge, looking
:05:43. > :05:45.for orders beyond the oil industry. The question now, can other Scottish
:05:46. > :05:49.employers and its workforce do the same?
:05:50. > :05:51.Well, the employment figures were the hot topic on the election
:05:52. > :05:54.With a round-up, here again is our
:05:55. > :06:05.Today, the parties 's role setting out their stalls. The opposition
:06:06. > :06:09.party thing that the SMB 's economic programme was wrong, that they had
:06:10. > :06:17.the balance wrong. The SNP do not agree. We can see all of the
:06:18. > :06:21.International reports about the difficulties that have been exposed.
:06:22. > :06:27.Odyssey that has an effect on the Scottish economy. We can try to make
:06:28. > :06:33.measures and initiatives that try to improve the employment prospects of
:06:34. > :06:39.people within our country. We have managed to stave off closures. It is
:06:40. > :06:42.a very worrying number of statistics. We must redouble our
:06:43. > :06:46.efforts to support people have just lost their jobs and that is why the
:06:47. > :06:49.Labour Party is advocating for a new agency to help people out of work
:06:50. > :06:54.get into work. It will also support people in work to get on in work.
:06:55. > :07:00.The increase in high point is deeply concerning. It shows how we aren't
:07:01. > :07:03.we are on the north sea and how much a Bollywood have been to rely on
:07:04. > :07:08.that for independence. That is why we really need now to invest in the
:07:09. > :07:13.skills and the talent of people who live and work in Scotland. That way
:07:14. > :07:16.we can grow the economy. What we see today, there is a clear difference
:07:17. > :07:20.now between Scotland and the rest of UK. That will only get wider if we
:07:21. > :07:24.make some parties want in this election, make Scotland the highest
:07:25. > :07:29.taxed part of the UK. It will put off the jobs investment and growth
:07:30. > :07:32.that we need to catch up. We expect the Labour manifesto week today, we
:07:33. > :07:34.that we need to catch up. We expect got from the polling. The focus was
:07:35. > :07:39.primarily on the SNP, the launch of got from the polling. The focus was
:07:40. > :07:44.their manifesto, a big moment in the campaign for any party. From now on,
:07:45. > :07:49.all the parties, all the parties, have the opportunity to convince
:07:50. > :07:51.people and persuade. After that, it is make your mind up time is for the
:07:52. > :07:52.voters. The funeral service has been held
:07:53. > :07:55.for 15-year-old Paige Doherty who went missing in Clydebank
:07:56. > :07:57.in West Dunbartonshire last month. A man has been charged
:07:58. > :07:59.with her murder. Hundreds of mourners gathered
:08:00. > :08:02.at St Margaret's church in the town and afterwards the teenager's coffin
:08:03. > :08:04.was taken to the cemetery During the service Paige's mother
:08:05. > :08:19.paid tribute to her daughter. She had a smile across her face
:08:20. > :08:26.every day. That is how she should be remembered. She was taken from us in
:08:27. > :08:27.the most cruel way imaginable. I take comfort in knowing that pages
:08:28. > :08:31.are now happy place. Keep dancing in the sky
:08:32. > :08:34.and show heaven A major medical trial is set
:08:35. > :08:38.to start in Scotland aimed at preventing type one
:08:39. > :08:40.diabetes in children. If successful, the study
:08:41. > :08:43.could challenge long-established thinking on what lies
:08:44. > :08:44.behind the disease. Here's our health correspondent
:08:45. > :08:48.Eleanor Bradford. Kyle is one of the first
:08:49. > :08:53.to sign up to a massive trial which wants
:08:54. > :08:57.to trace every child in Scotland who has
:08:58. > :09:02.My dad has to take insulin a lot of the time.
:09:03. > :09:11.And then I saw the poster, then I said, come on, Mum,
:09:12. > :09:16.He will have a simple blood test to see if he is
:09:17. > :09:21.If he is at high risk of diabetes, researchers want to
:09:22. > :09:25.find out whether giving him a common diabetes drug could
:09:26. > :09:27.stop it from developing, offering the first real hope of a
:09:28. > :09:32.preventative treatment for childhood diabetes.
:09:33. > :09:35.It is all based on a new theory about what causes type 1
:09:36. > :09:39.Until now, it has been thought it is a disorder of the
:09:40. > :09:43.immune system which attacks cells in the pancreas.
:09:44. > :09:48.Maybe the immune system is not at the front...
:09:49. > :09:50.Of the sequence that causes diabetes, maybe
:09:51. > :09:55.And maybe modern living factors in modern life are
:09:56. > :09:57.stressing the beta cells and they are sending
:09:58. > :10:05.certain people with certain genes, it is coming and attacking the beta
:10:06. > :10:11.Scotland has the third highest incidence of type 1 diabetes in the
:10:12. > :10:15.If this trial shows drugs can stop it developing, not only will
:10:16. > :10:18.thousands of cases be prevented, but our understanding of the illness
:10:19. > :10:32.Football now and Celtic is in the market for a new manager.
:10:33. > :10:35.Ronny Deila has announced he's standing down at the end
:10:36. > :10:37.of the season after two years in charge.
:10:38. > :10:44.Former boss Neil Lennon says he's interested in the job.
:10:45. > :10:50.I thoroughly enjoyed my four years. The 18 months Appleton as well which
:10:51. > :10:54.is totally different spectrum of the game. I think I'm far more better
:10:55. > :11:00.off with the experience of both ends, both clubs. That's five and
:11:01. > :11:04.half years as a manager now so I have got the experience. I know what
:11:05. > :11:10.I'm walking in as well. If I were to speed to the board. -- speak.
:11:11. > :11:12.And one football result tonight in the Championship.
:11:13. > :11:14.Hibernian moved within three points of second-placed Falkirk
:11:15. > :11:17.Well, after a lovely day for most of us,
:11:18. > :11:26.time for the weather from Christopher.
:11:27. > :11:33.Chile at times but YouTube rural part of the south. Thick cloud as
:11:34. > :11:38.we're seeing today against the far north. One or two light showers but
:11:39. > :11:42.most the mainline, getting off to a bright, sunny start the Thursday
:11:43. > :11:46.morning. The temperatures at eight o'clock, early miss passes well gone
:11:47. > :11:49.by this point. Thick cloud to start the day to parts of northern
:11:50. > :11:54.Grampian, over towards the north west and a few light showers. Orkney
:11:55. > :12:02.and Shetland starting the day sunny and staying that way. As we head to
:12:03. > :12:07.the cause of Thursday, improving and brightening up against the final.
:12:08. > :12:14.Also, sunny, the cloud building up more so than did today. Across the
:12:15. > :12:20.UK a whole, high carb across England and Wales. Temps is for many in
:12:21. > :12:26.between the mid-teens, including us in Scotland. Always cooler the
:12:27. > :12:30.further north you are. They're looking ahead towards Friday, low
:12:31. > :12:34.pressure in the southern approaches. A band of rain towards the
:12:35. > :12:37.south-west of the UK. It is the high pressure that we are looking at
:12:38. > :12:40.because it is to thing its way westwards and actually that means we
:12:41. > :12:44.don't start to see another they will develop. Around the high-pressure,
:12:45. > :12:49.the winds will drag and those cold winds. Looking at the detail for
:12:50. > :12:53.Friday, cloudy across the good part of England and Wells. Rain in the
:12:54. > :13:02.south-west. There will be some showers. Temperatures, five or six
:13:03. > :13:06.Celsius. We are going to be mid-teens tomorrow. Into the
:13:07. > :13:10.weekend, the showery theme continues. Best of the sunshine in
:13:11. > :13:15.the west. One or two showers here as well. Sunday, fairly frequent
:13:16. > :13:20.showers. Just five or six Celsius in the north. Temperatures up to nine
:13:21. > :13:24.or 10 Celsius. That is the forecast for now.
:13:25. > :13:25.It was nice wasn't it? Our next update is during Breakfast
:13:26. > :13:29.at 6.25 tomorrow morning. But, from everyone
:13:30. > :13:32.on the late team, goodnight.