:00:09. > :00:13.Scottish Government plans to set a minimum price for alcohol
:00:14. > :00:25.The Court of Session in Edinburgh has ruled against a challenge
:00:26. > :00:29.to the legislation from the Scotch Whisky Association.
:00:30. > :00:34.It claimed the plans were a breach of European Law.
:00:35. > :00:37.The ruling now paves the way for the Scottish government
:00:38. > :00:40.It's four years since it was passed in Holyrood -
:00:41. > :00:43.where ministers argued it would save lives and reduce crime.
:00:44. > :00:44.Steven Godden was at the Court of Session.
:00:45. > :00:47.often troubled relationship with alcohol,
:00:48. > :00:49.?5 is enough to drink more in a week
:00:50. > :00:52.Those who deal with the consequences of problem drinking
:00:53. > :00:56.believe minimum pricing is the best way to tackle it.
:00:57. > :00:58.What minimum pricing targets is the cheapest,
:00:59. > :01:01.strongest alcohol, which is precisely the alcohol that is drunk
:01:02. > :01:03.by the people who end up in our hospitals
:01:04. > :01:06.and who end up dying from alcohol-related causes.
:01:07. > :01:13.It is not about your bottles of wine,
:01:14. > :01:18.it is about cheap cider, cheap supermarket vodka.
:01:19. > :01:21.A minimum price of 50p per unit would ensure a bottle
:01:22. > :01:28.or cheap, strong cider could double in price.
:01:29. > :01:32.MSPs approved the policy in 2012, but a court challenge, led
:01:33. > :01:38.by the Scotch Whisky Association, stopped it in its tracks.
:01:39. > :01:41.After four years of legal argument,
:01:42. > :01:43.here at the Court of Session in Edinburgh and
:01:44. > :01:46.at the European Court of Justice, the ruling boiled down
:01:47. > :01:48.to one key question - would increasing the tax
:01:49. > :01:51.on alcohol be as effective as minimum pricing -
:01:52. > :02:00.when it came to protecting people's help?
:02:01. > :02:04.Today, the panel of three judges ruled it wouldn't
:02:05. > :02:07.Obviously, we regret the ruling today, we believe
:02:08. > :02:11.it is a barrier to trade and not the most effective way to deal with
:02:12. > :02:28.But we will decide on it before the next steps.
:02:29. > :02:31.It has the overwhelming backing of Parliament and we need to move
:02:32. > :02:35.it will save lives and the evidence points us in that direction,
:02:36. > :02:38.so I would hope it does now spell the end of the legal delay.
:02:39. > :02:41.An appeal to the UK Supreme Court could be launched
:02:42. > :02:43.within the next month, but the Scottish Government said today's
:02:44. > :02:52.Their aim, to make minimum pricing a reality as quickly as possible.
:02:53. > :02:55.The man accused of murdering an Inverness-born policeman may have
:02:56. > :02:58.cooked and eaten parts of his body, a court has been told.
:02:59. > :03:00.The remains of 59-year-old Gordon Semple were found
:03:01. > :03:02.when investigators searched a south London flat.
:03:03. > :03:06.They discovered his DNA on cooking utensils in the kitchen
:03:07. > :03:11.who denies murder but admits dismembering
:03:12. > :03:18.Two people have been charged with human trafficking
:03:19. > :03:24.The arrests took place in the Gorgie area of Edinburgh.
:03:25. > :03:30.A 40-year-old man and 32-year-old woman
:03:31. > :03:32.will appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court next month.
:03:33. > :03:35.The charges follow a day of action by police to target trafficking.
:03:36. > :03:37.Police in Suffolk have released new CCTV footage
:03:38. > :03:39.of the missing Scots RAF man Corrie McKeague.
:03:40. > :03:41.He vanished after a night out in Bury St Edmunds
:03:42. > :03:45.This last confirmed sighting of the Dunfermline airman shows him
:03:46. > :03:52.in the town at half past three in the morning.
:03:53. > :03:56.A 21-year-old man has been sentenced to seven and a half years in jail
:03:57. > :04:03.for causing the death by dangerous driving
:04:04. > :04:05.of 57-year-old Marie Laurie from Glasgow.
:04:06. > :04:11.Steven Bennie had been driving at speeds of up to 80mph
:04:12. > :04:14.as he was followed by police in the East End of Glasgow,
:04:15. > :04:16.when he hit the taxi Mrs Laurie had just got into.
:04:17. > :04:23.This family have lost a mother, wife, a grandmother, because
:04:24. > :04:26.Marie Laurie was all of these things and more.
:04:27. > :04:28.They came to court hoping for a sentence which might begin
:04:29. > :04:32.It is never enough, compared to what we have lost,
:04:33. > :04:35.but we got enough for us to be happy today.
:04:36. > :04:38.Marie Laurie was killed and her husband seriously injured
:04:39. > :04:41.when Steven Bennie crashed his car into the taxi they had just got into
:04:42. > :04:45.Steven Bennie, 20 at the time, was being followed by the
:04:46. > :04:48.police and driving at high speed when he drove through a red light
:04:49. > :04:55.The judge jailed him for seven and a half years.
:04:56. > :04:58.On sentencing, Lord Boyd said to Steven Bennie that Marie Laurie
:04:59. > :05:01.had been returning home with her husband from her son's wedding,
:05:02. > :05:03.one of the happiest days of her life,
:05:04. > :05:07.he said, and in an instant, that life was gone.
:05:08. > :05:10.He said it was difficult to imagine a more serious level
:05:11. > :05:16.You had no licence, he said, you weren't insured,
:05:17. > :05:18.you had taken alcohol, he didn't stop when the police
:05:19. > :05:21.signalled to you to do so and you reached
:05:22. > :05:25.You had even turned your headlights off,
:05:26. > :05:30.It was the wedding of her son Martin that Marie Laurie was on
:05:31. > :05:32.her way home from and although the two events
:05:33. > :05:35.are now intertwined, he says he can't dwell on Steven Bennie
:05:36. > :05:43.He is just a boy that had a bad experience
:05:44. > :06:02.To be honest with you, he could be ruined for his life as well,
:06:03. > :06:08.As I say, I do not want to be filled with anger.
:06:09. > :06:09.The first anniversary comes next month.
:06:10. > :06:14.I will never forget those two days of my life.
:06:15. > :06:19.You always remember your wedding day, it's the highlight of your life
:06:20. > :06:21.and to lose your mum the next day in such tragic
:06:22. > :06:26.it's going to be tough for the whole family, you know?
:06:27. > :06:29.Everybody was there, they had seen the happiness,
:06:30. > :06:36.The operators of the Fort William aluminium smelter have confirmed
:06:37. > :06:40.they're in negotiations to sell the plant.
:06:41. > :06:43.The operation employs around 170 people and is one of the largest
:06:44. > :06:51.There have been local fears that a review by owners Rio Tinto
:06:52. > :06:54.could lead to the closure of the factory, but it's
:06:55. > :06:56.believed the discussions could lead to its being sold
:06:57. > :07:04.with housebreaking and dangerous driving
:07:05. > :07:07.as part of police a crackdown against motorcycle theft
:07:08. > :07:09.and anti-social behaviour in Edinburgh.
:07:10. > :07:12.The two males aged 17 and 18 were arrested yesterday and appeared
:07:13. > :07:18.The Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Ross Murdoch,
:07:19. > :07:21.has lost his top podium level of funding for the Tokyo
:07:22. > :07:26.Instead he drops to what's called "podium potential", after missing
:07:27. > :07:30.out on a place in the 100m Rio Olympic final.
:07:31. > :07:33.There are four Scots named in the elite Podium category.
:07:34. > :07:36.They are the Olympic relay silver medallists Stephen Milne,
:07:37. > :07:39.Duncan Scott and Dan Wallace, along with the three times Olympian
:07:40. > :07:43.and multiple international medallist Hannah Miley.
:07:44. > :07:52.Let's get the weekend weather outlook now, from Christopher.
:07:53. > :07:59.A fairly settled day of weather today and tonight little in the way
:08:00. > :08:06.of change. Largely dry but with a view showers edging in from the
:08:07. > :08:10.North Sea affecting the eastern part of the country. A ridge of high
:08:11. > :08:15.pressure keeping most of the country dry and settled. It could be a
:08:16. > :08:23.chilly start in the Central Highlands with a patchy fog. It's an
:08:24. > :08:31.East West split tomorrow. Eastern areas cloudier than the West. That
:08:32. > :08:39.pattern repeated across the UK. It is always eastern parts that will be
:08:40. > :08:43.cloudier. Sunnier towards the west and south-west, central southern
:08:44. > :08:48.England as well. Dry and bright for Northern Ireland. They're in mind,
:08:49. > :08:53.with the easterly breeze, showers could come over to Central parts of
:08:54. > :08:59.the country. Lanarkshire, Stirlingshire, Perthshire and parts
:09:00. > :09:08.of Tayside. A beautiful afternoon across the Northwest. One or two
:09:09. > :09:19.showers towards Orkney and Shetland at times. Patchy fog and showers
:09:20. > :09:29.heading into wards the Borders later. Sunday, little change.
:09:30. > :09:34.Low-pressure staying away. Eastern areas more likely to see some cloud.
:09:35. > :09:38.A further west you are, try and brighter with some sunshine.
:09:39. > :09:45.A further west you are, try and Temperatures down a notch or two.
:09:46. > :09:47.Monday, all the same. An East - West split. Where we have the cloud, one
:09:48. > :09:52.or two showers. Our next update is during Breakfast
:09:53. > :09:58.at 6.25 tomorrow morning. But, from everyone on the late
:09:59. > :10:01.team here in Glasgow and around the country
:10:02. > :10:02.- good night.