:00:07. > :00:10.The convicted drug smuggler, Melissa Reid, could soon be back
:00:11. > :00:14.in Scotland after spending almost three years in prison in Peru.
:00:15. > :00:16.Reid from Lenzie near Glasgow was jailed for trying to smuggle
:00:17. > :00:20.cocaine worth ?1.5 million pounds out of the country.
:00:21. > :00:23.A Peruvian judge will decide in the next few days whether she'll
:00:24. > :00:25.be released and expelled from the country,
:00:26. > :00:28.or transferred to a Scottish prison.
:00:29. > :00:34.Here's our home affairs correspondent, Reevel Alderson.
:00:35. > :00:45.It began on the Spanish island of IB felt when Melissa Reid and Michaela
:00:46. > :00:53.her friend were recruited to stay smuggle drugs. This was in 20 13 in
:00:54. > :00:57.Lima with cocaine valued at ?1.5 million in their suitcases.
:00:58. > :01:02.Initially, the pair Aspasia had been coerced as drug meals but later pled
:01:03. > :01:11.guilty. They were sentenced to six years and eight months. Michaela was
:01:12. > :01:15.freed last month but was ordered to spend part of her parole improved.
:01:16. > :01:24.Melissa returned to court yesterday were as judge considered whether she
:01:25. > :01:27.to be expelled from Peru. At this stage, although it is difficult to
:01:28. > :01:32.understand except what is happening to her, her family hope it is not
:01:33. > :01:40.too long for shall be back home. 18 months ago, her father took part in
:01:41. > :01:49.a Home Office video, warning of the dangers of smuggling drugs abroad.
:01:50. > :01:54.It's horrendous seeing the condition she has to put up with. There is no
:01:55. > :01:59.Christmas in our house, no Christmas tree until she comes home. If
:02:00. > :02:04.Melissa Reid is expelled, she will be able to come home without
:02:05. > :02:05.spending any time in prison -- more time in prison.
:02:06. > :02:08.A 38-year-old man has been arrested following the death of a woman
:02:09. > :02:10.at a house in Newton Mearns in East Renfrewshire.
:02:11. > :02:13.Police say 39-year-old mother-of-two Xin Xin Liu died following
:02:14. > :02:15.a disturbance at the property in Beech Avenue yesterday.
:02:16. > :02:29.A forensics team has spent much of today at this house in Beech Avenue
:02:30. > :02:33.in Newton merits. Police were called about midnight after a disturbance
:02:34. > :02:37.and the 39-year-old woman who lived here died. It is understood she was
:02:38. > :02:41.the mother of two young children and had lived here with her husband and
:02:42. > :02:45.the children for some years. Neighbours expressed their sadness
:02:46. > :02:50.and disbelief at what had happened. One handwritten a heartfelt tribute
:02:51. > :02:57.on the spooky. I felt I had to do this. We are in terrible shock.
:02:58. > :03:01.Nothing like this happens. Usually about it in other places that when
:03:02. > :03:06.it happens on your own street, it's kind of hits you. I'm very shocked.
:03:07. > :03:13.This is a very quiet area. You never hear about anything like this. I'm
:03:14. > :03:16.badly shocked. Police have been following a definite line of enquiry
:03:17. > :03:21.and it is understood that robbery is not thought to be a motive in this
:03:22. > :03:25.case. This is the kind of quiet suburban street when people smile
:03:26. > :03:28.and nod and pass the time of day. Free young mother to lose her life
:03:29. > :03:33.in such circumstances as shocked and deeply upset people here. -- for
:03:34. > :03:35.such a young mother to lose her life.
:03:36. > :03:38.The Liam Fee murder trial has heard claims that two women accused
:03:39. > :03:40.of murdering the toddler were panicking as they tried
:03:41. > :03:42.to dismantle a cage in which they allegedly
:03:43. > :03:46.The evidence was from a child witness who was in the house
:03:47. > :03:48.near Glenrothes when Nyomi and Rachel Fee realised that
:03:49. > :03:54.This was the third day of recorded evidence from the second child
:03:55. > :03:58.witness, who was asked about the day that happened on the day that
:03:59. > :04:04.He spoke about a makeshift cage in which it is alleged another
:04:05. > :04:08.boy was imprisoned by Rachel and Nyomi Fee.
:04:09. > :04:11.He said they were panicking about the cage and kept
:04:12. > :04:21.He was asked what happened to the cage.
:04:22. > :04:22.The court heard allegations that the
:04:23. > :04:25.child and another boy had been forced to hit each other.
:04:26. > :04:27.The young witness said that one of the
:04:28. > :04:29.accused, Nyomi Fee had encouraged the other
:04:30. > :04:32.boy to strike him with a shoe and a tube of skin cream.
:04:33. > :04:34.He said the other boy kept whacking him
:04:35. > :04:40.The young witness also said before the police came,
:04:41. > :04:43.the accused told him he would go to prison if he didn't
:04:44. > :04:47.tell them what the other boy had done to him.
:04:48. > :04:54.Nyomi and Rachel Fee deny murdering Lee and mistreating two other boys.
:04:55. > :05:03.The Scottish Labour Party has launched its manifesto
:05:04. > :05:05.saying it's a return to Labour's roots.
:05:06. > :05:08.Labour plans to increase income tax in Scotland to boost
:05:09. > :05:09.spending on schools, the NHS and other services.
:05:10. > :05:12.Party leaders say the richest will pay most while the low paid
:05:13. > :05:15.will be helped by a UK increase in the point at which
:05:16. > :05:24.Here's our political editor Brian Taylor.
:05:25. > :05:32.Gathered in Edinburgh's Grassmarket, awaiting Labour's waiters manifesto.
:05:33. > :05:36.It the mix comes Kezia Dugdale, arguing Scotland can choose spending
:05:37. > :05:41.cuts or higher tax. The message is deliberately blunts and even iced
:05:42. > :05:50.and cupcakes. Scottish Labour has struggled of late and sold them
:05:51. > :05:55.these are summoned history and links the NHS to a promise to protect
:05:56. > :06:02.spending. This is a manifesto in the best traditions of the Labour Party.
:06:03. > :06:07.The key policy, 1% on all tax rates plus a new 50p top rate to boost
:06:08. > :06:11.public spending, particularly education. You cannot get a
:06:12. > :06:16.world-class education system on the cheap. Someone has to pay, so we are
:06:17. > :06:19.going to ask the witch just 1% to pay more sleet and invest in our
:06:20. > :06:28.school but we will also put a penny on the basic levels so we can stop
:06:29. > :06:33.the cuts. If we fail to do that, we are faced with ?3 billion of cuts
:06:34. > :06:37.yet to come to our schools, to the care for elderly, all the public
:06:38. > :06:42.services that we hold dear. We have a chance to stop the cuts, invest in
:06:43. > :06:45.the future and our schools with Labour's plans. Within the package
:06:46. > :06:47.that comprises Labour Party Labour's plans. Within the package
:06:48. > :06:52.education policy, they offer a prayer breakfast club for every
:06:53. > :06:56.primary school. For the NHS, as guaranteed appointment within 48
:06:57. > :07:02.hours October not make not be with an GP and they want to build 60,000
:07:03. > :07:07.affordable homes plus extra help for first-time buyers. Among other
:07:08. > :07:10.policies, Labour plans police reform with greater local accountability.
:07:11. > :07:15.They would band fracking, unconventional drilling for gas and
:07:16. > :07:18.they would use Holyrood powers to top-up pensions for women born in
:07:19. > :07:21.the early 90 50s who have lost out under UK changes. Kezia Dugdale
:07:22. > :07:30.holds out another referendum on under UK changes. Kezia Dugdale
:07:31. > :07:33.independence -- ruled out. The manifesto reflects Scottish Labour's
:07:34. > :07:36.confident decision that the new converted territories not be news
:07:37. > :07:43.even though Ms Dugdale takes a different line. Sign she says that
:07:44. > :07:49.this is about party policy, not the personal choice of the leader. Final
:07:50. > :07:51.major manifesto finally launched, final week.
:07:52. > :07:53.Union officials have travelled to Westminster to call on MPs
:07:54. > :07:56.to give assurances that jobs will not be lost at the Clyde
:07:57. > :07:59.shipyards as a result of delays in the order to build eight
:08:00. > :08:04.The UK Government says it remains committed to building new warships
:08:05. > :08:07.But the SNP, Labour and the Liberal Democrats
:08:08. > :08:16.are demanding job guarantees from Conservative ministers.
:08:17. > :08:21.There have been a number of promises given to the workforce at the Clyde
:08:22. > :08:24.about building frigates and there was a huge amount of investment
:08:25. > :08:28.supposed to be coming into the Clyde. That investment has not
:08:29. > :08:31.happened and what we are seeing is a constant slippage in the frigate
:08:32. > :08:37.building programme. What we have been told very clearly by BAE
:08:38. > :08:42.Systems is that the Government is pushing them to cut the work and
:08:43. > :08:44.send some of it down to England. Prince Charles has been
:08:45. > :08:47.in the Highlands to present medals to soldiers from
:08:48. > :08:48.the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The prince is royal colonel
:08:49. > :08:50.of the Black Watch, which is based at
:08:51. > :08:54.Fort George near Inverness. Seven members of the regiment
:08:55. > :08:56.as well as one civil servant received medals
:08:57. > :08:58.during a ceremony at the base. Storm Frank may have
:08:59. > :09:00.wreaked environmental havoc back in December,
:09:01. > :09:02.but much of the debris it left behind has been a big problem,
:09:03. > :09:06.especially in Aberdeenshire. Today, the Army has been in Ballater
:09:07. > :09:09.lending a hand to clear it, The raging torrent caused
:09:10. > :09:14.by Storm Frank didn't many of them damaging
:09:15. > :09:20.bridges and leaving Some jobs require that
:09:21. > :09:29.extra bit of muscle and that's why the Army have
:09:30. > :09:31.come here to help clear
:09:32. > :09:43.debris from this bridge. It is a slow job, though,
:09:44. > :09:50.which requires a lot of patience. We are about five hours
:09:51. > :09:54.into our first day, managed to make quite
:09:55. > :09:55.a lot of progress. Once we are done with
:09:56. > :09:58.the caravan behind us, on the far side,
:09:59. > :10:01.we are going to try to This is just one place
:10:02. > :10:06.that Storm Frank has Aberdeenshire Council has over 300
:10:07. > :10:13.damaged bridges from Storm Frank. through that prioritised
:10:14. > :10:22.programme of repairs. We started with the
:10:23. > :10:24.Inver Corbridge, we were We are now working
:10:25. > :10:29.our way through, and this is one of the major
:10:30. > :10:33.ones we are keen and we are very pleased
:10:34. > :10:36.the Army has tackled. There's only so much
:10:37. > :10:38.a winch can do, though. Sometimes you just need to get hands
:10:39. > :10:42.on to finish the job. Hargreaves, the operator of opencast
:10:43. > :10:53.coal mines in Scotland, is to accelerate the closure of
:10:54. > :10:56.six out of its seven sites, leaving only the House
:10:57. > :10:59.of Water site in Ayrshire. The company says it plans to spend
:11:00. > :11:02.more than ?3 million on the Scots closures,
:11:03. > :11:03.across Lanarkshire, It blames the slump in coal prices
:11:04. > :11:08.and the closure of Well, let's get the latest
:11:09. > :11:26.weather from Christopher. Yes, Scotland in springtime, what a
:11:27. > :11:30.joy (!). Clear skies so it will be called everywhere. Frosty to, towns
:11:31. > :11:33.and cities close to freezing and the countryside perhaps as low as -5 in
:11:34. > :11:36.the saddle highlands. A cold start countryside perhaps as low as -5 in
:11:37. > :11:42.to the day tomorrow, but a sunny one. A few showers around the West
:11:43. > :11:46.and north coast and at eight o'clock tomorrow morning, some sunshine and
:11:47. > :11:52.blue skies but still perhaps two or three Celsius. Winds should be
:11:53. > :11:59.relatively light. Towards Perthshire and intermarry, still freezing or
:12:00. > :12:03.sub zero at 8am. If you showers for Orkney and Shetland. As we have
:12:04. > :12:05.through the morning, cloud bills from the West are spoiling some of
:12:06. > :12:11.that early sunshine followed by outbreaks of rain and this weather
:12:12. > :12:15.surgeon of rights. It will journey eastwards around lunchtime. It
:12:16. > :12:18.stretches the southern Scotland into the north-west of England, through
:12:19. > :12:22.Cumbria and perhaps the Lord of Wales though clearing Northern
:12:23. > :12:27.Ireland. Reason the dry and write some sunshine and double digit
:12:28. > :12:34.temperatures. Not only rained here but snow. That's only on the hills.
:12:35. > :12:38.North towards Angus, generally dry, elsewhere cloudy and wet through the
:12:39. > :12:42.afternoon, feeling cool into the evening and its wings its way
:12:43. > :12:46.northwards but its exact tracks and position is open to doubt. A best
:12:47. > :12:50.guess is it will affect part of Tayside down towards the capital.
:12:51. > :12:55.That could change, it could be further morphed or south. I'm
:12:56. > :12:58.keeping a close eye on it. The Friday morning, potentially
:12:59. > :13:02.destruction to travel if the snow which is lower levels. For most of
:13:03. > :13:04.the day on Friday, showers and some bright spells. But whether it is
:13:05. > :13:08.pushing towards the north of England but for most of the Midlands, Wales
:13:09. > :13:12.and Northern Ireland, relatively dry, sunshine. Cloudy on the south
:13:13. > :13:16.coast, the Southern counties some rain just affecting the coastline
:13:17. > :13:18.near as well. Temperature is a little bit higher, but one to watch
:13:19. > :13:20.without snow. More tomorrow. Our next update is during Breakfast
:13:21. > :13:24.at 6:25 tomorrow morning. But from everyone on the late
:13:25. > :13:27.team here in Glasgow