:00:28. > :00:31.After a long and at times uneventful campaign,
:00:32. > :00:35.brought its share of surprises and drama.
:00:36. > :00:39.winning an unprecedented third consecutive Holyrood term.
:00:40. > :00:42.Nicola Sturgeon returns as First Minister,
:00:43. > :00:45.but she won't have an overall majority.
:00:46. > :00:48.The Tories, whose leader Ruth Davidson predicted they'd come
:00:49. > :00:51.second during the campaign did so and by a fair margin.
:00:52. > :00:54.It was another disastrous night for Labour,
:00:55. > :00:57.their worst result in Scotland in more than a century.
:00:58. > :01:03.Our political editor, Brian Taylor, reports.
:01:04. > :01:10.But just clock that grin from the Conservative leader,
:01:11. > :01:21.as they gained from a constituency swing across Scotland.
:01:22. > :01:23.But on the roundabouts, the list seats, they fell back,
:01:24. > :01:29.they're still dancing, but now without an overall majority.
:01:30. > :01:32.Nicola Sturgeon remains First Minister, with, she says,
:01:33. > :01:35.the right to implement her manifesto programme.
:01:36. > :01:39.We won a clear and unequivocal mandate, and I secured the personal
:01:40. > :01:46.mandate I sought to implement the bold and ambitious programme
:01:47. > :01:52.for government that I asked the country to vote for.
:01:53. > :01:58.I can confirm that when we reconvene in the coming days, I will ask
:01:59. > :02:01.the Scottish Parliament to formally re-elect me
:02:02. > :02:07.On independence, she said that she will continue to make
:02:08. > :02:15.Our aim is to persuade, not to divide.
:02:16. > :02:18.That applies to other areas of government as well.
:02:19. > :02:20.The First Minister will seek support from other parties
:02:21. > :02:25.for health and education reforms, and for the annual budget.
:02:26. > :02:29.As First Minister, I know that I have a duty to rise above party
:02:30. > :02:36.politics and to govern in the best interests of all of our country.
:02:37. > :02:41.My pledge today is that I will always seek to do that.
:02:42. > :02:44.But no coalition - not necessary, say the SNP,
:02:45. > :02:53.placed third in Scotland for the first time in a century.
:02:54. > :02:56.Kezia Dugdale consciously avoided challenging independence,
:02:57. > :03:01.trying to move the debate onto tax and spending.
:03:02. > :03:04.Overnight, she conceded that had not worked with voters.
:03:05. > :03:07.In my determination to try to move the Scottish debate on,
:03:08. > :03:09.it will have cost me and my party votes.
:03:10. > :03:17.For Labour, a fundamental rethink, but not a new leader.
:03:18. > :03:22.and get the Labour Party in Scotland fit to the future once again.
:03:23. > :03:28.For the Tories, triumph, after years of genteel decline.
:03:29. > :03:38.but, more, they depicted themselves as sole defenders of the Union.
:03:39. > :03:42.Today, Ruth Davidson warned against a second referendum
:03:43. > :03:45.She said that she stood ready to serve as the principal
:03:46. > :03:49.That is one which will hold the Government to account,
:03:50. > :03:51.saying no to a second independence referendum and making them
:03:52. > :03:53.concentrate on the things that matter - schools, hospitals,
:03:54. > :03:59.Popping the corks, the Liberal Democrat celebrated
:04:00. > :04:07.winning two mainland constituencies, to add to Orkney and Shetland,
:04:08. > :04:12.as the Greens overhauled them on the list.
:04:13. > :04:15.Their leader remains a perpetual optimist.
:04:16. > :04:20.Not only have we won in Fife, where I am now the MSP,
:04:21. > :04:24.but also in Edinburgh West, with Hamilton,
:04:25. > :04:26.and a stonking big majority up in Orkney and Shetland.
:04:27. > :04:30.People were writing us off before the election,
:04:31. > :04:40.A winners' hug, because lest we forget,
:04:41. > :04:42.the Greens took one seat more than the Lib Dems overall.
:04:43. > :04:44.Patrick Harvie certainly has not forgotten.
:04:45. > :04:46.We will be able to continue to bring constructive pressure
:04:47. > :04:50.to sometimes put them beyond their comfort zone.
:04:51. > :04:53.We will give them credit where it is due, but we will be
:04:54. > :04:55.unrelenting and challenging where we think they have
:04:56. > :04:59.Ukip forecast they would take seats across Scotland,
:05:00. > :05:15.After a tepid campaign, an interesting outcome.
:05:16. > :05:18.Uncertainty to come, but one clear, sharp facet tonight,
:05:19. > :05:20.an historic third victory for the SNP.
:05:21. > :05:25.In other news, the mother of the toddler Liam Fee
:05:26. > :05:27.has described hearing a blood-curdling scream,
:05:28. > :05:34.The jury has been listening to a police statement by Rachel Fee
:05:35. > :05:39.From the High Court in Livingston, Lisa Summers sent this report.
:05:40. > :05:42.the ways the jury heard a police statement made by Rachel Fee,
:05:43. > :05:52.accused alongside her partner Nyomi of murdering Liam. She said she
:05:53. > :05:56.thought it was around seven o'clock when Nyomi said she was going to
:05:57. > :06:02.check on Liam, and she heard a bloodcurdling cry as Nyomi shouted,
:06:03. > :06:05.Rachel, racial, she said she panicked and ran into the bedroom
:06:06. > :06:10.and could see that he was pure white and lifeless. She said Nyomi was
:06:11. > :06:14.putting him on the floor, she screamed at him to get an
:06:15. > :06:19.unbalanced. Rachel Fee told officers she came out of the bedroom, shouted
:06:20. > :06:25.at another child, what have you done? He gestured, she said, putting
:06:26. > :06:28.a hand to his mouth and around his neck. Her lawyer questioned the
:06:29. > :06:32.detective who took a statement. The court heard an ambulance had been
:06:33. > :06:38.called. He asked if it was possible Rachel was estimating the time of
:06:39. > :06:43.events. The detective agreed. Rachel and Nyomi deny murdering Liam Fee.
:06:44. > :06:58.The trial continues. The Tangerines went 3-0 ahead
:06:59. > :07:01.against Inverness Caley Thistle, but two goals ensured a nervy final 20
:07:02. > :07:03.minutes before the visitors could claim the points.
:07:04. > :07:13.with the weather outlook for tonight and tomorrow.
:07:14. > :07:20.Good evening, pleasant conditions across many parts of the country
:07:21. > :07:24.today, some sunshine, some cloud, some hazy sunshine, 18 degrees on
:07:25. > :07:29.the Solway coast. Tonight is dry and cloudy, mist and low cloud halve
:07:30. > :07:34.forming by tomorrow morning, a murky start at times, cloudy for many.
:07:35. > :07:38.Some sunshine coming out across western parts of Scotland. Across
:07:39. > :07:43.the UK as a whole, largely dry through the course of the morning,
:07:44. > :07:46.but notice this showery weather working northwards, Banbury
:07:47. > :07:52.downpours through parts of the Midlands, the North of England into
:07:53. > :07:55.Wales as well. Warm in the south, temperatures around the mid to high
:07:56. > :08:02.teens in the West, shall re-rain approaching in mid-afternoon.
:08:03. > :08:06.Further east, cooler with a combination of the breeze from the
:08:07. > :08:09.sea. Towards the north-west, a cloudy afternoon compared with the
:08:10. > :08:14.sparkling sunshine today, and a chilly feel if you are close to the
:08:15. > :08:19.coast. The showery rain arrives through Saturday evening and works
:08:20. > :08:23.its way northwards, so a cloudy, murky, damp night. But as we had
:08:24. > :08:28.through the early hours towards Sunday, the system that is producing
:08:29. > :08:34.this starts to pull away, and at the same time drags in that warm air
:08:35. > :08:39.that they have had down south. One or two showers in the West, then for
:08:40. > :08:43.many plenty of sunshine and warm sunshine at that. In the West,
:08:44. > :08:48.temperatures into the low or mid 20s. Cooler further east,
:08:49. > :08:51.particularly on the coast. Monday, cranking up the temperature, maybe
:08:52. > :08:59.24 degrees in the West, cooler in the East. That is the forecast for
:09:00. > :09:01.now. That is it for tonight, have a good