:00:07. > :00:10.A childminder has been telling the Liam Fee murder trial
:00:11. > :00:14.that she contacted social services a year before the toddler died
:00:15. > :00:17.because she thought somebody was hurting him.
:00:18. > :00:19.Heather Farmer told the court she'd become increasingly concerned
:00:20. > :00:23.about Liam after noticing bruises on his body.
:00:24. > :00:26.Rachel and Nyomi Fee deny murdering the toddler in March 2014.
:00:27. > :00:34.Lisa Summers reports from the High court in Livingston.
:00:35. > :00:44.Today the court heard from Liam Fee's child minder. Heather Farmer
:00:45. > :00:50.had looked after him since the summer of 2012. She kept diaries
:00:51. > :00:54.about the children in her care. She recorded developmental stages of
:00:55. > :00:59.Liam, such as speaking, walking and into acting. But she also noticed
:01:00. > :01:05.when she arrived with bruises on his body. By the beginning of 2013 she
:01:06. > :01:10.had contacted social services saying she got somebody was hurting him.
:01:11. > :01:15.Under cross-examination she acknowledged social services had
:01:16. > :01:18.visited the house, the same day she had called them and they had
:01:19. > :01:23.reported back that everything was fine. The childminder described on
:01:24. > :01:29.occasion in February 2014 when Liam had arrived at her house unwell and
:01:30. > :01:33.with a stiff neck. She called Rachel is suggesting she should make an
:01:34. > :01:37.appointment with the doctor. She said she had made one, but she said
:01:38. > :01:40.she did not believe the child would be taken to see the GP, so she drove
:01:41. > :01:46.she did not believe the child would to the surgery with her daughter and
:01:47. > :01:50.waited outside and there was no sign of Liam or Rachel. Rachel called her
:01:51. > :01:56.later on to say it was Liam's teeth and she was off to get some help
:01:57. > :02:01.all. Shortly after that Mrs Farmer said she could not looked after Liam
:02:02. > :02:06.any more because she could not trust Rachel. Rachel and Nyomi Fee deny
:02:07. > :02:10.Rachel and Nyomi Fee deny alarmingly in 2014.
:02:11. > :02:13.BBC Scotland can reveal part of this year's Higher English exam
:02:14. > :02:15.paper has been replaced at short notice because of concerns that
:02:16. > :02:17.some of the questions may have been leaked.
:02:18. > :02:19.Candidates across Scotland will be sitting the exam on Thursday.
:02:20. > :02:26.Our education correspondent Jamie McIvor reports.
:02:27. > :02:34.The exam season gets under way tomorrow. The Higher English exam is
:02:35. > :02:40.on Thursday and 35,000 candidates are due to sit the exam, but it will
:02:41. > :02:44.not be the original exam. One or two question papers have had to be
:02:45. > :02:49.replaced. There was a potential issue with one of the Higher English
:02:50. > :02:55.question papers. The paper was changed and a new one was sent out
:02:56. > :02:59.to schools and exam centres. BBC Scotland understands the issue is a
:03:00. > :03:04.concern that some of the questions may have been leaked. In this day
:03:05. > :03:09.and age with social media, any suggestion of a leak has to be taken
:03:10. > :03:15.seriously. In general there is always tight security around exam
:03:16. > :03:20.papers both here, at the printers and at the schools and exam centres.
:03:21. > :03:23.Normally the schools and the centres would store the papers carefully and
:03:24. > :03:30.only open them up a short time before the exam. The largest
:03:31. > :03:32.teachers' union says there needs to be an investigation to establish
:03:33. > :03:39.what has happened. It is natural some candidates may be feeling a bit
:03:40. > :03:45.nervous, while the SQA is reassuring candidate they do not need to worry.
:03:46. > :03:50.The new paper is at all the exam centres and they say it is up to
:03:51. > :03:54.standard. For the moment this story is either hugely embarrassing or it
:03:55. > :03:57.is a case of a potential disaster having been diverted.
:03:58. > :04:00.Friday's helicopter crash off the coast of Norway was probably
:04:01. > :04:02.caused by a technical malfunction, according to Norwegian authorities.
:04:03. > :04:03.The Superpuma 225 went down while en-route to Bergen
:04:04. > :04:07.Aberdeenshire man Iain Stuart was among the 13 people who died.
:04:08. > :04:12.The helicopter's manufacturers insist the model is safe.
:04:13. > :04:15.The campaign for the Scottish Parliament election
:04:16. > :04:20.The leaders of the main political parties have been out and about,
:04:21. > :04:22.across the country, trying to persuade voters to back them.
:04:23. > :04:24.The focus today has been on the economy.
:04:25. > :04:32.This from our Political Editor Brian Taylor.
:04:33. > :04:43.First Minister. Doing business Aberdeen. Nicola Sturgeon argues a
:04:44. > :04:49.strong economy is a vital precursor to paying for public services. She
:04:50. > :04:54.said SNP policies such as red exemptions for small business would
:04:55. > :04:58.bolster economic development. I see it every single day. If we do not
:04:59. > :05:02.have a strong economy with good jobs, we will not have the revenue
:05:03. > :05:08.we need to invest in our public services. The economy, jobs and
:05:09. > :05:12.opportunities for young people is at the heart of everything we want to
:05:13. > :05:16.opportunities for young people is at do. In Glasgow Kezia Dugdale took to
:05:17. > :05:23.the track disdaining claims the Tories can catch. She says the way
:05:24. > :05:29.to boost the economy is to invest in education, funded by tax. The best
:05:30. > :05:34.thing we can do to drive up productivity is to invest in the
:05:35. > :05:38.skills and knowledge of our people. The Labour Party is the only party
:05:39. > :05:41.promising to protect education budgets to make sure every child in
:05:42. > :05:47.this country fulfils their potential. Ruth Davidson tries a
:05:48. > :05:53.marine simulator, but she takes to the skies for real in a coast to
:05:54. > :05:57.coast search for votes. She said the Conservatives have the right ideas
:05:58. > :06:01.on economy. We want to freeze business rates while the review is
:06:02. > :06:05.ongoing to give businesses the certainty they need. We want to make
:06:06. > :06:12.sure Scotland is not the highest taxed part of the UK so we can get
:06:13. > :06:17.jobs and investment. Willie Rennie in Paradise, or rather a play centre
:06:18. > :06:24.of that name. Another light-hearted photocall. But he says the Liberal
:06:25. > :06:28.Democrats are deadly serious about increasing tax to fund education.
:06:29. > :06:33.People are our best resource and every thing we can do to invest them
:06:34. > :06:38.and get them skilled and educated, we will be a magnet for companies
:06:39. > :06:43.across the world to come here and exploit those great talents and
:06:44. > :06:47.create business, opportunity, wealth and growth. In Edinburgh and across
:06:48. > :06:49.Scotland councils get ready for the election for the big night. Your job
:06:50. > :06:51.is to fill these ballot boxes. Your job is to fill
:06:52. > :06:53.these ballot boxes. The fiancee of a security guard
:06:54. > :06:56.from Argyll, who's been held in India on arms charges for almost
:06:57. > :06:59.three years, has met a Foreign Office minister
:07:00. > :07:01.as she campaigns for his release. Billy Irving was arrested in October
:07:02. > :07:04.2013 along with five other men while on an anti-piracy mission
:07:05. > :07:06.in the Indian ocean. Today, their families and friends
:07:07. > :07:25.gathered in Carlisle for a rally Bring our boys home! Families and
:07:26. > :07:27.friends say it is a miscarriage of justice and today they were
:07:28. > :07:34.determined to make their voices heard. Billy Irving, a former
:07:35. > :07:38.soldier, had been working on a US owned ship as a security guard
:07:39. > :07:44.protecting merchant shipping in the Gulf of Aden against Somali pilots.
:07:45. > :07:46.The ship was detained in Indian waters in 2013 and the men arrested
:07:47. > :07:52.on illegal weapons charges. In January the six Britons were
:07:53. > :07:59.sentenced to five years in prison. Today supporters held a gathering to
:08:00. > :08:03.highlight the case. It is a travesty of justice. It is important that
:08:04. > :08:09.Oban shows they are supporting him and we are doing whatever we can to
:08:10. > :08:13.help this dreadful situation. We need to act and that is demonstrated
:08:14. > :08:19.by the support today and the support shown in Carlisle and other places.
:08:20. > :08:23.Let's get them home. A bigger rally was held in Carlisle weather
:08:24. > :08:29.families were meeting a minister from the Foreign Office. It is very
:08:30. > :08:33.frustrating, the law in India takes a long time. But at the end of the
:08:34. > :08:36.day the politicians cannot interfere in that judicial process in India,
:08:37. > :08:42.any more we can in the UK. I am in that judicial process in India,
:08:43. > :08:46.frustrated. When it first happened we gave people time and got on with
:08:47. > :08:52.things and did things quietly like they asked, but enough is enough.
:08:53. > :08:56.They cannot stay five years in prison, they have to come home. The
:08:57. > :09:01.hope is an appeal will be heard in the Indian court next month, but
:09:02. > :09:05.there are no guarantees. For the moment the families want to make as
:09:06. > :09:08.Tennis, and Andy Murray is through to the third
:09:09. > :09:12.He beat the Czech Radek Stepanek in straight sets.
:09:13. > :09:15.He's defending his title in the clay court tournament.
:09:16. > :09:17.As things stand tonight, Mixu Paatelainen remains
:09:18. > :09:23.His chairman Steven Thompson has issued a statement promising
:09:24. > :09:25.radical changes at the club as well as cost-cutting.
:09:26. > :09:28.He's also apologised for the side's relegation, which was confirmed
:09:29. > :09:42.It was painful last night. The realisation for United fans that
:09:43. > :09:53.after 20 years in the top flight their team were going down.
:09:54. > :09:54.Relegation and a 2-1 defeat at the hands of their derby rivals as the
:09:55. > :10:03.final and humiliating nail in the coffin. Relegated at the hands of
:10:04. > :10:08.their rivals. The big question was Mixu Paatelainen, would he walk away
:10:09. > :10:12.from United, or would he be pushed? We have got the knowledge regarding
:10:13. > :10:19.the players and some other issues that have to be sorted out. Only a
:10:20. > :10:24.fool would put that to waste. The club made a statement around four
:10:25. > :10:29.o'clock in which the chairman, Steven Thompson, made Mixu
:10:30. > :10:33.Paatelainen's future no clearer. He said, I have back managers with the
:10:34. > :10:38.third biggest budget in the league, but the results have not been
:10:39. > :10:42.acceptable. In the near future radical changes will be made. There
:10:43. > :10:48.will be fundamental changes, starting with the boardroom. There
:10:49. > :10:51.is not a clear strategy going forward and on the part the results
:10:52. > :10:54.have been terrible and the performances have been poor, so
:10:55. > :11:00.there needs to be a change in the head coach's position as well. Under
:11:01. > :11:12.scrutiny is the coach's record since taking over. They have 14 and lost
:11:13. > :11:17.16. Steven Thompson warned of tough times ahead. But what are his
:11:18. > :11:18.intentions for the club in the Championship next season?
:11:19. > :11:21.It's over to Christopher now with the weather outlook
:11:22. > :11:34.It is fairly quiet overnight. It is dry overnight and it is a dry start
:11:35. > :11:39.to the day tomorrow. We have this weather front producing outbreaks of
:11:40. > :11:45.rain and a fair old breeze from the south. For many it is a bright start
:11:46. > :11:49.to the day. The wind in the south means if you are in the central
:11:50. > :11:56.belt, you will not feel it as much as if you work on the post. Inland,
:11:57. > :12:01.perhaps one or two spots of drizzle over south facing hills, but for
:12:02. > :12:07.many it is a dry day. Those wins remain strong to gale force and many
:12:08. > :12:09.areas will be dry and cloudy, but there will be some brightness,
:12:10. > :12:16.particularly around the married first. South of the border there is
:12:17. > :12:21.plenty of sunshine for England and Wales and the temperatures are in
:12:22. > :12:26.the high teens. Temperatures for many in Scotland are around 12 or 13
:12:27. > :12:31.and there is a cool feel in the breeze and under the rain. That wet
:12:32. > :12:36.weather starts to make inroads on Wednesday evening, crossing the
:12:37. > :12:40.country from west to East. It clears away, but a second one is waiting in
:12:41. > :12:46.the wings as we head through to Thursday. For many Thursday is dry
:12:47. > :12:52.and bright with spells of sunshine. In the north-west there will be
:12:53. > :12:54.patchy outbreaks of rain. But if you get sunshine, the temperatures for
:12:55. > :12:59.patchy outbreaks of rain. But if you many art in the mid teens and it is
:13:00. > :13:01.feeling quite pleasant. On Friday plenty of sunshine once again and
:13:02. > :13:06.the trend for the temperatures plenty of sunshine once again and
:13:07. > :13:10.rising continues. We could see a high of 17 degrees in the
:13:11. > :13:15.south-west. In the weekend we continued to drag in that south
:13:16. > :13:21.easterly, so it is quite warm in southern parts of the UK. We will
:13:22. > :13:23.see a high of 17, but around the coasts it will be colder.
:13:24. > :13:28.Our next update is during Breakfast at 6.25 tomorrow morning.
:13:29. > :13:31.But, from everyone on the late team here in Glasgow and around