:00:14. > :00:17.Nicola Sturgeon has accused the Prime Minister of acting
:00:18. > :00:20.as a "road block", preventing Scotland from having a real choice
:00:21. > :00:25.But the First Minister's critics said she would use
:00:26. > :00:28.anything as "an excuse" to promote independence.
:00:29. > :00:32.The exchanges came during the first day of debate, over a demand
:00:33. > :00:34.for Theresa May to concede a second referendum on Scotland's future.
:00:35. > :00:45.This from our political editor, Brian Taylor.
:00:46. > :00:51.It is about time, timing, complex, political interplay.
:00:52. > :00:55.Theresa May is about to signal the start Britain's
:00:56. > :01:02.She doesn't want to contemplate a Scottish referendum
:01:03. > :01:09.But that strikes Nicola Sturgeon as unfair.
:01:10. > :01:11.She says Scotland should be given a choice
:01:12. > :01:15.before or just as Britain leaves the European Union
:01:16. > :01:21.between autumn 2018 and spring the year after.
:01:22. > :01:29.Nicola Sturgeon said it weighed heavily
:01:30. > :01:31.upon her to call a referendum, which many didn't relish.
:01:32. > :01:33.But she blamed the Prime Minister for
:01:34. > :01:35.refusing to compromise on continuing Scottish links with the EU.
:01:36. > :01:37.It will simply not be acceptable for the UK
:01:38. > :01:40.Government to stand as a roadblock to the democratically expressed will
:01:41. > :01:44.For the UK Government to stand in the wake of
:01:45. > :01:46.Scotland even having a choice, would be,
:01:47. > :01:48.in my view, wrong, unfair and
:01:49. > :01:53.But union supporters harked back to the
:01:54. > :01:55.Edinburgh Agreement, which paved the way for the independence
:01:56. > :02:01.They said the SNP had broken its pledge to respect the
:02:02. > :02:07.Most people in Scotland are sick to death
:02:08. > :02:12.Most people in Scotland don't want another
:02:13. > :02:15.referendum any time soon, three years after the last one and most
:02:16. > :02:18.people in Scotland see the common-sense
:02:19. > :02:21.Which is a second independence referendum shouldn't even be
:02:22. > :02:28.contemplated until Brexit is resolved.
:02:29. > :02:30.Labour's leader said she hated Tory rule, but...
:02:31. > :02:31.They want to replace Tory austerity with
:02:32. > :02:37.Because the truth of the matter is, separation
:02:38. > :02:42.would mean ?15 billion worth of cuts.
:02:43. > :02:45.Willie Rennie said those against the referendum had faced a
:02:46. > :02:47.torrent of abuse from Independence supporters.
:02:48. > :02:50.A second referendum would only make that worse.
:02:51. > :03:11.It is nice to be given such a warm welcome.
:03:12. > :03:12.Ironic groans greeted Patrick Harvie.
:03:13. > :03:15.Critics said the Greens have ruled out a referendum unless there was
:03:16. > :03:20.public demand, but Mr Harvey brushed that aside.
:03:21. > :03:23.It is, Presiding Officer, absurd to suggest we should
:03:24. > :03:31.not respond to and react to the situation and the fundamentally
:03:32. > :03:35.changed circumstances we find ourselves in.
:03:36. > :03:36.Outside Parliament, the attendant media, observing,
:03:37. > :03:41.There is sound, there is light and tomorrow, there is a
:03:42. > :03:50.vote on whether Holyrood demands another independence referendum.
:03:51. > :03:54.Meanwhile, it's understood MPs have delayed a final decision
:03:55. > :03:56.on whether to debate the issue of a future Scottish
:03:57. > :04:00.An E-petition calling for a ban in Westminster
:04:01. > :04:04.on the matter has attracted more than 200,000 signatures.
:04:05. > :04:08.The commons Petitions Committee failed to make a formal decision.
:04:09. > :04:11.The expectation is that a debate will go ahead,
:04:12. > :04:14.but linked to a counter petition in favour of a second
:04:15. > :04:24.Voters in Scotland have demanded answers to key questions on Scottish
:04:25. > :04:27.During a live BBC debate earlier tonight they raised concern
:04:28. > :04:30.about issues including future of EU nationals living in the UK.
:04:31. > :04:40.Our reporter Andrew Black was watching.
:04:41. > :04:46.Debating before twilight audios... Won at the Prime Minister due to
:04:47. > :04:51.officially begin the process of leaving the EU next week, voters say
:04:52. > :04:58.there are many unanswered questions. What impact for Brexit have on EU
:04:59. > :05:03.nationals working in the UK? Should Theresa May be allowed to deliver
:05:04. > :05:08.Scottish referendum because Brexit? On that, the Prime Minister says now
:05:09. > :05:13.is not the time to authorise the legally binding referendum because
:05:14. > :05:20.Brexit talks, so when the Scottish Government go-ahead one anyway. Were
:05:21. > :05:24.one of action which is to take the will of the people of Scotland is
:05:25. > :05:30.democratically exercised through this and... We have eight days to go
:05:31. > :05:35.and none the wiser of the content of the Brexit letter that is going to
:05:36. > :05:40.drag Scotland out of the EU against our wishes. Won the Conservatives
:05:41. > :05:44.have said no to another referendum before April 2019, but could they
:05:45. > :05:51.strike a deal to hold it in the in between? The principle of the thing
:05:52. > :05:54.is the same as it was in 2012, and that it would be unfair to ask the
:05:55. > :05:59.people of Scotland whether they want to be in an independent state remain
:06:00. > :06:03.in the United Kingdom while at the UK relationship to the rest of the
:06:04. > :06:09.European Union is unclear. Won the comments provoked a strong response.
:06:10. > :06:19.I'm getting sick of hearing Scotland voted to stay in. As she said that.
:06:20. > :06:26.62% said it. The vote was not a Scottish vote, it was United Kingdom
:06:27. > :06:34.votes. Brexit is a sham. It was sold on a lie. Sold a total lie. On the
:06:35. > :06:39.whole thing is the whole point is it is part of the Tory power grab for
:06:40. > :06:43.agriculture and fisheries in Scotland. You can shake your head
:06:44. > :06:50.all you want, there is a reason. There was concern about the future
:06:51. > :06:54.of EU in the UK. My husband is French and has lived a full 27 years
:06:55. > :06:59.and we have been married for eight years. I am British, and if Theresa
:07:00. > :07:05.May does not accept that EU residents are here, he would have to
:07:06. > :07:10.go. I am Bulgarian and there's been lots of negative and distressing
:07:11. > :07:12.things coming out. I teach at the University there is a lot of
:07:13. > :07:17.international students and there is real distress and worry. We have
:07:18. > :07:22.been called bargaining chips, citizens of nowhere... Won on that,
:07:23. > :07:26.the two sides agreed respect their rights was vital, but with a
:07:27. > :07:29.Hollywood vote tomorrow expected to back Scottish calls for the legal
:07:30. > :07:31.powers to hold another referendum, there is plenty of division head.
:07:32. > :07:33.Scotland's First Minister has paid tribute to Martin McGuinness,
:07:34. > :07:36.the former deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, who died today.
:07:37. > :07:40.Nicola Sturgeon says without his "hard and brave work"
:07:41. > :07:43.to bridge the divide, peace would not have been achieved.
:07:44. > :07:47.Ms Sturgeon got to know Mr McGuinness through their work
:07:48. > :07:55.She said he was optimistic about the future but also
:07:56. > :07:58.understood the "fragility" of the peace process.
:07:59. > :08:00.Martin McGuinness' death has brought intense reflection both on his role
:08:01. > :08:03.as former IRA commander and as one of the architects of
:08:04. > :08:10.Tonight, while he received praise from a former Scottish MP who served
:08:11. > :08:16.at the Northern Ireland Office, the family of a soldier murdered
:08:17. > :08:18.by the IRA said they hoped Martin McGuinness would be
:08:19. > :08:20.remembered as a terrorist and not a statesman.
:08:21. > :08:34.This man was killed by the IRA in March 1971.
:08:35. > :08:36.He'd only been in the province a few weeks.
:08:37. > :08:38.It was a honey trap, along with two other Scottish soldiers,
:08:39. > :08:41.teenagers John and Joseph McCague, her was lured to a remote spot and
:08:42. > :08:45.It was a pivotal moment and shattered their families.
:08:46. > :08:47.His cousin David was just three
:08:48. > :08:53.No one has been convicted of the murders and an inquest returned
:08:54. > :08:57.But David said the scar on his family has never healed.
:08:58. > :09:01.He is convinced that as an IRA commander at the time, Martin
:09:02. > :09:04.McGuinness must have known who was responsible.
:09:05. > :09:07.Martin McGuinness played a part in the republican
:09:08. > :09:18.If anything happened on the streets, Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness
:09:19. > :09:24.Today, some of those who worked with Martin McGuinness
:09:25. > :09:26.during the peace process say he played
:09:27. > :09:27.a crucial role in forging the
:09:28. > :09:33.There was a good Martin McGuinness and a bad
:09:34. > :09:37.He fought the bad fighter but then went on to fight
:09:38. > :09:40.Because of that, we have the situation in Northern
:09:41. > :09:48.There is a peace process there and he is a big feature of that.
:09:49. > :09:52.46 years on, still campaigning for a public inquiry into the deaths of
:09:53. > :09:54.the soldiers, David says he remains convinced that Martin McGuinness
:09:55. > :10:02.People will look on him as a statesman, other people will look
:10:03. > :10:11.Moves are under way to extradite a retired priest from Canada
:10:12. > :10:13.to Scotland in connection with child abuse claims.
:10:14. > :10:16.The Crown Office has been granted a petition warrant for the arrest
:10:17. > :10:18.of Father Robert MacKenzie, who lives in Saskatchewan.
:10:19. > :10:25.Fort Augustus Abbey School before moving to Canada in 1988.
:10:26. > :10:29.Papers are now being prepared in the Crown Office to submit
:10:30. > :10:35.an extradition request to the Canadian authorities.
:10:36. > :10:38.A plumber is to face trial accused of causing a gas explosion in 2013
:10:39. > :10:42.which saw the owners of this home buried in the rubble.
:10:43. > :10:45.Craig Hall is alleged to have failed to properly install a boiler
:10:46. > :10:48.at Robin and Marion Cunningham's house in Callander.
:10:49. > :10:55.Rugby and Scotland's third most-capped player is to bring
:10:56. > :10:58.an end to his 17-year career at the end of the season.
:10:59. > :11:00.Sean Lamont - seen here scoring against Italy -
:11:01. > :11:04.The 36-year-old also helped Glasgow Warriors to their first ever
:11:05. > :11:15.Well, it started out with snow for many of us this morning.
:11:16. > :11:17.Let's go to Christopher now for the weather
:11:18. > :11:34.It is cold and frosty tonight. Icy patches, too. Largely dry central
:11:35. > :11:40.parts of the country, but you can see we have this trough in the North
:11:41. > :11:44.producing wintry showers. And also, this low pressure bringing snow
:11:45. > :11:49.across the Pennines. That could edge into the southern parts of Scotland
:11:50. > :11:53.tomorrow morning. At 8am, you can see it is fairly cloudy in southern
:11:54. > :11:57.parts, patchy rain, perhaps lead and snow even to lower levels. It is a
:11:58. > :12:00.fine run of Scotland tomorrow morning. At 8am, you can see it is
:12:01. > :12:03.fairly cloudy in southern parts, patchy rain, perhaps lead and snow
:12:04. > :12:06.even to lower levels. It is a fine run thing. Generally, the central
:12:07. > :12:09.Lowlands get a dry and cold start. Sunshine in Argyll and Western
:12:10. > :12:14.Aberdeenshire and in toward the far North. Still a fewer showers in
:12:15. > :12:20.Orkney and Shetland. With the north-east breeze, quite chilly.
:12:21. > :12:31.Through the day, cloudy in the south, wet weather tending to fade
:12:32. > :12:34.away. South of the border, the low-pressure means cloudy and down
:12:35. > :12:41.day of the good parts of the North of England and Wales and insert East
:12:42. > :12:47.Anglia and the south-east. Hampshire and daughters, showers and bright
:12:48. > :12:51.spells. 9-10 C. We will have 6-7 C and even with sunshine in the
:12:52. > :12:56.north-east breeze it will feel cold. Showers fading away as we head
:12:57. > :13:03.through to this time tomorrow night. That signals a change as we head to
:13:04. > :13:08.Thursday. Largely dry, fine and bright. Winds much lighter.
:13:09. > :13:16.Temperatures 9-10 C. Showers for Shetland. High-pressure stretching
:13:17. > :13:21.up to us here in Scotland. That will be with us through the weekend and
:13:22. > :13:23.it will be largely fine, dry, bright and sunny, mild by day and chilly by
:13:24. > :13:25.night. That is over now. Our next update is during Breakfast
:13:26. > :13:29.at 6.25am tomorrow morning. But, from everyone on the late
:13:30. > :13:32.team here in Glasgow