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There have been furious exchanges at Holyrood,

as the UK general-election campaign heats up.

The First Minister dismissed Labour's Jeremy Corbyn

And the Conservatives came under sustained attack over

This from our political editor, Brian Taylor.

It is absolutely despicable, disgusting and unacceptable...

Outside Holyrood, political leaders joined a protest

which wants women to prove that they have been

raped if they want tax credit for a third trial.

The First Minister challenged her Conservative opponent.

Do you support the rape clause in principle, or do you, like me,

If the First Minister does not like the two-child tax

Shame on Ruth Davidson and the Conservatives.

She broadened the attack, arguing that only the SNP

The rape clause has been introduced by a Tory government at Westminster

If that's what a Tory government can do with a tiny majority,

let's just think of the damage a Tory government, an unfettered,

out of control Tory government can do with a bigger majority.

Yesterday in Westminster, Nicola Sturgeon indicated she might

contemplate a progressive alliance with Labour if the

And we will say no to a second referendum so that Scotland can get

on with building better schools and public services.

The First Minister's very first intervention in this election has

been to say that she would put Jeremy Corbyn in Number Ten.

Labour's Jeremy Corbyn has ruled out a coalition with the SNP,

and Nicola Sturgeon steered clear of such talk today, arguing that

You only have to take one look at the polls to know that

Jeremy Corbyn ain't going anywhere near Number Ten Downing Street

on his own or with the help of anyone else.

The Labour leader said that they wanted the Tories

to win UK power to drive Scots towards independence.

It suits the SNP for the Tories to stay in power, because the only

thing the SNP has ever cared about is independence.

Willie Rennie wanted early sight of the SNP manifesto.

He suspected it wouldn't contain a firm commitment

We know what she and her government are up to.

She's trying to get Brexit supporters back onside,

Nicola Sturgeon said her manifesto would emerge in due course.

I support membership of the European Union.

Brian Taylor, Reporting Scotland, Holyrood.

As Brian said in his piece, the idea of a so-called progressive

alliance among Labour, the SNP, the Greens

and Liberal Democrats has been floated by those hoping for a united

But Labour has ruled out any deals with the SNP

Our political correspondent, Nick Eardley, reports.

The next Prime Minister of the UK, Jeremy Corbyn.

It is an ambitious aim if you believe the polls.

But Jeremy Corbyn thinks this election is still up for grabs.

That you might put him in Ten Downing Street

Much of the media and the establishment are saying, this

But of course they do not want us to win.

Because when we win, it is the people, not

Many think it is unlikely that will happen.

Especially without the help of other parties.

But what about an informal arrangement?

If we were to become the largest single party

but not have a majority, we would then set out our policies.

It would then be for the SNP, policy by policy, to decide

whether they thought they should vote with us or not,

But the Conservatives say it is a danger.

There is a very clear choice between strong and stable government

with strong leadership under Theresa May and the Conservatives,

or a coalition of chaos with Jeremy Corbyn propped up

by the Scottish National Party and the Liberal Democrats.

The SNP says it would be interested in alliances,

if that could keep the Conservatives out of government.

There is no prospect of Labour coming back into power

Of course, in the unlikely event that there were to be a way

we could oust the Tories from office and support a progressive

It is not just the Nationalists that have been mooted

The Greens say they are disappointed that Labour

I'm deeply disappointed, and people up and down the country

are disappointed because it is yet more of the same kind of politics

that puts their own political self-interest above the interests

Labour have ruled out a deal so early in this campaign

because they think that rumours of one seriously damaged

But that is exactly why the Conservatives will

Opinion polls suggest it is extremely unlikely.

But at the end of the day it is all down to you, the voters.

Jeremy Corbyn hopes this race is far from over.

Too many sweet puddings and not enough fresh vegetables -

that's the verdict of health campaigners on some

Obesity Action Scotland says improvements to school meals

could play an important part in reducing childhood obesity.

The Government is reviewing its guidance to local authorities

on what should be in the meals we give to pupils.

Here's our education correspondent, Jamie McIvor.

For some youngsters, their school dinner is the most

At this school, fresh fruit and vegetables are always an option.

It's important that you're always healthy and you get your five a day.

It's not OK to have pizza and chips every day because it's

Is it OK to eat sweets some of the time?

It is only for treats, not every day.

There are government guidelines to try to make sure that the meals

Councils are responsible for the local service.

Scottish Government have strict legislation

Chips only appear on the menu once a week.

What is most important is making sure that the other options that

are available are healthy and enticing for the young people.

Many schools and councils would highlight what they

But although there are national guidelines, is there

The quality of school meals that are offered across Scotland

Local authorities tended to offer puddings more often than soup,

and they regularly serve processed food and red meat.

They also want schools to cut down on processed foods,

and say vegetables, soups and salads should take priority over puddings.

The Government is currently reviewing the guidance.

What I would say to parents is that the standards that we have

in place are enforced by statute, they are of the highest quality,

they guarantee that young people are getting high-quality,

high-nutritional-value food in our schools,

but we are constantly considering and assessing those

regulations to make sure that the high standards that we set

are able to be delivered in practice and we set up inspections to make

Back in this dining hall, healthy choices seem

Councils can be held to account for the quality

and the council elections are just a fortnight away.

The campaigners say candidates across the country should

The former Rangers owner Craig Whyte has gone on trial,

accused of a fraudulent acquisition of the club.

The 46-year-old faces two charges relating

Earlier, I spoke to our business correspondent, David Henderson,

who was at the High Court in Glasgow.

The case got under way here today. No evidence was led but the jury was

selected, made up of eight men and seven women. Craig Whyte faces two

charges relating to the way the club changed hands six years ago. He is

charged with fraud and a breach of the companies act. The first charge

alleges that he pretended to the then owner of Rangers, Sir David

Murray, that he had sufficient funds to take a controlling stake in the

Ibrox club. The Crown complains that in fact Mr Whyte did not have

sufficient money but funded the deal through a loan taken out against

future season-ticket sales of the second charge centres on the ?18

million payment between Mr Whyte's company and Rangers to clear a back

debt. Mr Whyte has pleaded not guilty to both charges. There has

been a lot of publicity. What did the judge have to say about that?

That is right. The judge asked the jury to consider matters before

evidence was to be heard. She said, did you know Craig Whyte, were you a

Rangers shareholder or season-ticket holder at the time of the deal? Is

there any good reason why you can't be impartial? In the event none of

the juror 's had to be excused and the first witness is expected to

begin giving evidence here tomorrow in a trial that could last up to 12

weeks. A gang of seven men have been jailed

for blowing up cash machines ATMs in Aberdeen, Carnoustie

and Perth were targeted during the year-long crime spree,

along with others in England. The gang stole hundreds

of thousands of pounds in total. They were convicted at Liverpool

Crown Court earlier this month, and today received sentences ranging

from ten years to life imprisonment. As many as a hundred jobs could go

at Diageo bottling plants in Glasgow and Fife,

with plans by the drinks giant to move some packaging to Italy,

where its bottling plant 70 jobs are expected to go

at Shieldhall by the end That's unless new bottling contracts

can be won from other companies. Now the weather outlook for tonight

and tomorrow. Good evening, fairly cloudy

conditions tonight and some outbreaks of rain at times as well,

particularly in the North West, but relatively mild away from Shetland.

Tomorrow morning you can see where the wet weather is, in the north

West, but we expect our breakthrough parts of our trial, Strathclyde,

Ayrshire and Galloway. Further north, about rakes of rain to start

the day and quite windy a long northern coasts, especially if you

the day and quite windy a long are walking in Shetland. There could

be wintry showers in Shetland. The zone of wet weather edges southwards

but the further south and east you are any wet weather is light and

patchy, so dry in Edinburgh than Glasgow. Across the UK as a whole,

the North of England is cloudy but dry. In the south, temperatures into

the teens. We are to the north of this cold front so we are getting

colder air. It is an improving day with the rain clearing southwards

and things brightening up but it will be a cold day. Perhaps 11 at

best. At the weekend we still in the colder zone of air but high pressure

nearby so reasonably settled. Still a north-westerly wind which will

feed in some showers particularly through the North Highlands into the

north-east. When Tory on the tops. The many a dry day and some sunshine

coming in but probably 10 degrees at best. -- for many. Sunday, quite an

active area of low pressure bringing wet and windy weather for some. This

is what happens as we head towards next week, the locally as, opening

the floodgates to cold arctic air, meaning it will be cold by night and

by day, April showers and wintry, a mixture of rain, sleet and some

snow. this super-sized hospital has been

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