:00:08. > :00:13.Nicola Sturgeon is to be reappointed as First Minister of Scotland
:00:14. > :00:16.after MSPs backed her for the job in a vote
:00:17. > :00:21.Ms Sturgeon won 63 votes, compared to her only challenger,
:00:22. > :00:24.Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie, who picked up five votes.
:00:25. > :00:36.Here's our Political Editor, Brian Taylor.
:00:37. > :00:38.Team Sturgeon, the return First Minister says she relies
:00:39. > :00:41.on the support of her family to do the day job.
:00:42. > :00:44.Her parents, neice, nephews and a husband at her shoulder.
:00:45. > :00:47.Her nomination papers were signed by her deputy.
:00:48. > :01:19.We are all minorities here. Nicola Sturgeon said she was seeking her
:01:20. > :01:27.own mandate. 18 months on I am a little but older and a lot wiser.
:01:28. > :01:35.Finally Parliament divided on party lines. The number of votes for a
:01:36. > :01:41.Willie Rennie is five. The number of votes for Nicola Sturgeon is 63. I
:01:42. > :01:42.shall now recommend to Her Majesty that she appointed Nicola Sturgeon
:01:43. > :01:46.as the First Minister. Congratulations all round,
:01:47. > :01:48.her niece was delighted. Ruth Davidson didn't stand
:01:49. > :01:53.because her election pitch She accused the SNP of relying too
:01:54. > :01:57.much on executive power Is this Parliament, which holds
:01:58. > :02:07.the real unchallenged mandate. Kezia Dugdale from Labour said
:02:08. > :02:09.the new Administration would need support to govern
:02:10. > :02:13.and faced a blunt choice. She can look to the left
:02:14. > :02:15.where she will find allies and progressive parties who believe
:02:16. > :02:18.in the power of government Or she can look right
:02:19. > :02:22.to conservative forces to ask Patrick Harvie of the Greens
:02:23. > :02:27.warned Nicola Sturgeon against following UK
:02:28. > :02:32.Tory spending cuts. The First Minister must ignore
:02:33. > :02:34.the increased number Willie Rennie reminded Nicola
:02:35. > :02:43.Sturgeon she lacks a majority. Because we are minorities we need
:02:44. > :02:47.to hunt for agreement with others. There is, quite simply,
:02:48. > :02:54.no greater privilege than to be elected to serve
:02:55. > :02:56.as the First Minister She acknowledged the new balance
:02:57. > :03:01.of power. On the 5th of May, the people
:03:02. > :03:05.of Scotland gave me a clear mandate to govern, but also an instruction
:03:06. > :03:11.to do so inclusively. But then she indicated her approach,
:03:12. > :03:13.listing a series of issues where she disagrees
:03:14. > :03:15.with the Conservatives in describing her government as left
:03:16. > :03:19.of centre social democratic. I will do everything I can to ensure
:03:20. > :03:27.this moment in history marks the beginning of a new age
:03:28. > :03:37.of national self-confidence. After the vote, back to daily
:03:38. > :03:45.business as Nicola Sturgeon met up One of the women accused
:03:46. > :03:51.of murdering Liam Fee has been telling the court she had worries
:03:52. > :03:54.the two-year-old was self-harming. Nyomi Fee told the court
:03:55. > :03:56.she and her partner Rachel were concerned about changes
:03:57. > :03:58.in Liam's behaviour and believed Nyomi Fee on the right was giving
:03:59. > :04:07.evidence in her defence. She said she had an affair
:04:08. > :04:12.with Rachel Fee in 2010 and when Rachel became pregnant,
:04:13. > :04:16.they made plans to move to Scotland. Nyomi Fee said when the boy's father
:04:17. > :04:28.found out about the affair, They spent five weeks
:04:29. > :04:32.at the Travelodge in Glenrothes The couple were married
:04:33. > :04:36.in June the following year. Nyomi Fee said in the summer
:04:37. > :04:39.of 2012, Liam went to a childminder. But after that she said
:04:40. > :04:55.his behaviour changed, he didn't want to interact
:04:56. > :04:57.and he would pinch himself She said he began to freak out
:04:58. > :05:02.and he wasn't the same little boy. They googled the symptoms and feared
:05:03. > :05:04.he had autism. They discussed this with the health
:05:05. > :05:06.visitor and doctor, anybody She said it was upsetting to see
:05:07. > :05:11.Liam self-harming and not knowing She told the court that around
:05:12. > :05:16.the time she noticed changes in his behaviour they had concerns
:05:17. > :05:20.about a child they looked after because he was showing
:05:21. > :05:33.sexualised behaviour towards women. She said she would give him lines
:05:34. > :05:37.and smacking, but there was never They deny murdering Liam Fee
:05:38. > :05:41.and blaming his death The trial at the High Court
:05:42. > :05:44.in Livingston continues. An 18-year-old man has been
:05:45. > :05:47.arrested and charged following a crash in Edinburgh
:05:48. > :05:50.in which a 33-year-old nurse died. Jill Pirrie was hit by a car
:05:51. > :05:53.that was being pursued by police on Old Dalkeith Road last
:05:54. > :05:57.Thursday evening. Police Scotland said the man had
:05:58. > :06:00.been charged with a number He is expected to appear at
:06:01. > :06:04.the city's Sheriff Court tomorrow. The amount of whisky exported
:06:05. > :06:07.from Scotland fell last year and so did the value
:06:08. > :06:13.of overseas sales. The industry has blamed
:06:14. > :06:19.the decline on the instability of worldwide markets but says
:06:20. > :06:22.there are some positive signs. It might not be everyone's idea
:06:23. > :06:28.of a whiskey distillery but this is Scotland's newest
:06:29. > :06:35.on the edge of Glenrothes. Here is the first of
:06:36. > :06:37.the whisky flowing out. It will be years before this is
:06:38. > :06:45.bottled and sold around the world. The Scotch whisky industry
:06:46. > :06:56.is a long-term industry. You cannot worry about
:06:57. > :06:59.next week's numbers. You cannot live like that,
:07:00. > :07:02.you have to look long term and have Today saw the latest health check
:07:03. > :07:09.on the state of the industry. Exports were down last year
:07:10. > :07:12.but there are signs of recovery, especially amongst
:07:13. > :07:18.the high-value, single malts. The total value of Scotch whisky
:07:19. > :07:20.exports in 2015 was close The number of bottles exported,
:07:21. > :07:26.more than a billion. Down by nearly 3% but the equivalent
:07:27. > :07:31.of 34 bottles every second. Exports slumped to countries hit
:07:32. > :07:35.by the downturn in oil prices, but Mexico saw growth,
:07:36. > :07:37.with the USA and France remaining 90% of Scotch whisky is exported,
:07:38. > :07:44.so we are dependent on what happens Obviously, the last couple of years
:07:45. > :07:51.have not been brilliant. Some of the big markets have
:07:52. > :07:54.declined, some have done well. We are, to some extent,
:07:55. > :07:59.at the mercy of those conditions. In Fife, the first of the whisky
:08:00. > :08:02.from this new distillery The malts won't go on sale
:08:03. > :08:09.until the end of the next decade. No one can predict what the state
:08:10. > :08:14.of the market worldwide will be by then, but they are hoping
:08:15. > :08:16.there will be a taste Pupils face a lottery
:08:17. > :08:23.in the number of exams they can sit in fourth year
:08:24. > :08:25.according to a report Here's our education correspondent
:08:26. > :08:37.Jamie McIvor. Back in the day and academically
:08:38. > :08:39.able students typically sat eight O grades at the end
:08:40. > :08:42.of their fourth year. These youngsters are just
:08:43. > :08:48.starting their courses. I am doing seven National fives,
:08:49. > :08:56.English, mathematics, chemistry, biology, modern
:08:57. > :08:57.studies, history and food. I am doing German,
:08:58. > :09:04.national maths and English. Youngsters do seven qualifications
:09:05. > :09:08.in fourth year. At a few schools they do five,
:09:09. > :09:16.but at a few others, they do eight. There is no Scottish policy
:09:17. > :09:18.to reduce the number in some aspects of curriculum
:09:19. > :09:34.for excellence guidance and the interpretations which have
:09:35. > :09:36.been put on that guidance locally. These views may resonate
:09:37. > :09:38.with some parents. Last year, we told you about a row
:09:39. > :09:41.at the school in Helensburgh when nobody sat exams
:09:42. > :09:46.in fourth year. The council has relaxed the system,
:09:47. > :09:49.but this parent remains unhappy and moved his son
:09:50. > :09:52.to an independent school. It should be every student's
:09:53. > :09:54.right in Scotland to It shouldn't be down
:09:55. > :10:01.to the headteacher of the local But across Scotland,
:10:02. > :10:23.are youngsters losing out Many in education argue what really
:10:24. > :10:28.matters is what students have achieved by the time
:10:29. > :10:30.they leave school. 85% to 90% stay on to fifth
:10:31. > :10:33.year and a good number This should be the focus
:10:34. > :10:36.on the exit qualification The school should be building
:10:37. > :10:39.towards that to maximise attainment Standardising fourth-year isn't
:10:40. > :10:42.currently on the cards, but this report reflects concerns
:10:43. > :10:44.of at least some parents. Scot Dan Wallace booked a place
:10:45. > :10:47.in tomorrow night's 200 metre medley final after finishing
:10:48. > :10:49.seventh in the semis at the European Swimming
:10:50. > :10:51.Championships in London. silver for Team GB in the 100
:10:52. > :10:57.metre breaststroke final, finishing behind world
:10:58. > :11:12.champion Adam Peaty. he is tattooed race. I have two up
:11:13. > :11:20.my game as well. It's over to Christopher now
:11:21. > :11:38.with the weather forecast Another clump of cloud coming our
:11:39. > :11:49.way on Thursday. Tonight it is cloudy and damp for most. Reasonably
:11:50. > :11:55.mild. Some morning brightness around the West and south-west. One or two
:11:56. > :12:02.showers at times. Not a cold start. Still fairly cloudy. That wet
:12:03. > :12:12.weather across northern Aberdeenshire and the Highlands and
:12:13. > :12:15.Islands. As we head through weapon States some brighter conditions
:12:16. > :12:21.through Central Scotland and towards the south-west. Slow moving showers
:12:22. > :12:28.developing. The same story across the UK. Those showers are thundery
:12:29. > :12:34.across England. Best of any brighter weather in the West. Decent spells
:12:35. > :12:41.of sunshine across the West and south-west by mid afternoon. Where
:12:42. > :12:46.you have to cloud it will be cooler. Slow moving showers could be there
:12:47. > :12:50.for some time. Marquee on the north Sea coast to start Thursday. That
:12:51. > :12:56.second clump of closed bringing rain by Thursday afternoon. England
:12:57. > :13:03.staying reasonably dry until later in the day. Friday, the weather fans
:13:04. > :13:09.have cleared but low pressure still in charge. Fairly frequent showers
:13:10. > :13:13.and quite windy at times. That cloud across the United States, this is
:13:14. > :13:15.what it is likely to look like on Saturday and Sunday. Wet and windy
:13:16. > :13:15.spell of weather. Our next update is during Breakfast
:13:16. > :13:22.at 6.25 tomorrow morning. But from everyone on the late team
:13:23. > :13:26.here in Glasgow and around