:00:00. > :00:00.BBC One it's time for the news where you are.
:00:00. > :00:00.Good evening on Election Reporting Scotland.
:00:00. > :00:08.We'll have the latest from the campaign trail.
:00:09. > :00:10.And if you're suffering from election overload -
:00:11. > :00:21.we'll have some top tips on how to survive the next four weeks.
:00:22. > :00:29.Keep calm. Centre yourself in the morning. Do some yoga. Some hippy
:00:30. > :00:48.nonsense. Then turn the TV on and throw it out the window.
:00:49. > :00:53.Welcome to a shorter Election Reporting Scotland tonight -
:00:54. > :00:56.we're making way for Question Time, which is on next, from Edinburgh.
:00:57. > :00:59.Nominations have closed for candidates standing
:01:00. > :01:03.Our political correspondent Nick Eardley is here.
:01:04. > :01:10.Nick, what do the nominations tell us?
:01:11. > :01:19.They close this afternoon. We have the numbers. A a few days before we
:01:20. > :01:23.sift through them. We know tonight that everybody across Scotland on
:01:24. > :01:28.the 8th of June will have the choice of voting for someone from the SNP,
:01:29. > :01:34.Lib Dems, Tory and Labour. They stand in all 50 90s. We have spoken
:01:35. > :01:42.quite a lot about how Weans are outstanding and very few. You could
:01:43. > :01:44.buy standing in eight more. -- Greens is standing in very few.
:01:45. > :01:49.Theresa May will be taking her pitch to Labour's heartland?
:01:50. > :01:58.She will be on Jeremy Corbyn's one. She will argue in the north-east of
:01:59. > :02:04.England that Labour are abandoning working people. It's not the first
:02:05. > :02:07.time she has made a unashamed pitch to Labour voters. She will say
:02:08. > :02:09.tomorrow that you respect them and understands where families have
:02:10. > :02:16.voted Labour the whole lives. She asks them to change their mind.
:02:17. > :02:21.Libraries agrees and say that bills will go up under the Conservatives
:02:22. > :02:25.for the same families. -- labour disagrees and says that bills will
:02:26. > :02:28.go up. The Nationalists say it is disingenuous.
:02:29. > :02:30.Now Graham Stewart has the rest of today's news.
:02:31. > :02:32.A lawyer who handled Craig Whyte's takeover of Rangers in 2011
:02:33. > :02:37.has told a court that the club's owners were desperate to get
:02:38. > :02:40.Gary Withey's comments came as he gave evidence
:02:41. > :02:43.in the trial of Mr Whyte, who's accused of acquiring
:02:44. > :02:50.Our correspondent David Henderson reports.
:02:51. > :02:52.Gary Withey, the London lawyer at the heart
:02:53. > :02:57.He was back in court today, giving evidence for a second day.
:02:58. > :03:03.Six years ago, his client was a company run by Craig Whyte,
:03:04. > :03:10.which launched a takeover bid for the Ibrox club.
:03:11. > :03:12.Mr Whyte is on trial for fraud and accused of funding
:03:13. > :03:15.most of the deal with the club's season tickets.
:03:16. > :03:16.Rangers was being sold by the Murray Group,
:03:17. > :03:19.controlled by this man, Sir David Murray, and Mr Withey told
:03:20. > :03:24.the jury he came under pressure to get the deal done.
:03:25. > :03:27.One Murray Group director, he said, wanted reassured that this didn't
:03:28. > :03:32.turn into an almighty mess and embarrass everyone.
:03:33. > :03:35.Mr Withey said the sellers didn't ask how Craig Whyte's team
:03:36. > :03:39.They didn't seem to care, he claimed.
:03:40. > :03:43.This is the only deal I know where the vendor, the seller,
:03:44. > :03:49.He said, I have never been pushed so hard on any deal.
:03:50. > :03:53.They were desperate to get the deal over the line.
:03:54. > :03:56.Mr Withey said he was repeatedly asked for assurances that
:03:57. > :03:59.Craig Whyte had the money to buy Rangers.
:04:00. > :04:05.If I didn't trust my client, I would have walked away.
:04:06. > :04:07.But the prosecution claims the deal was mostly funded
:04:08. > :04:19.through the sale of Rangers' season tickets to accompany.
:04:20. > :04:20.-- tickets to a company called Ticketus.
:04:21. > :04:23.The prosecutor asked Gary Withey, were steps taken to conceal it?
:04:24. > :04:29.Gary replied, I was told that Ticketus must not be shown.
:04:30. > :04:32.Mr Withey told the defence advocate it was impossible to keep
:04:33. > :04:37.the involvement of Ticketus a secret when so many people were involved.
:04:38. > :04:42.Mr Findlay asked him, were people coming up to you saying,
:04:43. > :04:45.I hear you are in with Ticketus to do a deal for Rangers?
:04:46. > :04:50.Gary Withey returns to the witness box on Monday.
:04:51. > :04:58.Craig Whyte denies the charges and the trial continues.
:04:59. > :05:02.A former Catholic monk in Australia accused of abusing boys
:05:03. > :05:04.at a boarding school in the Highlands is eligible
:05:05. > :05:08.for extradition to Britain, according to a magistrate in Sydney.
:05:09. > :05:12.The decision whether to send Father Denis Alexander back
:05:13. > :05:15.to Scotland for trial now rests with Australia's attorney general.
:05:16. > :05:19.Father Alexander denies allegations of sexual abuse at the former
:05:20. > :05:24.He's been refused bail and remanded back into custody in the hospital
:05:25. > :05:30.Hopes are rising that there could be a resolution to an industrial
:05:31. > :05:37.Today, lecturers across the country have been holding their fourth
:05:38. > :05:38.one-day strike over pay and conditions.
:05:39. > :05:41.The EIS says progress is being made in talks with the colleges
:05:42. > :05:46.More strike action is still scheduled for next week.
:05:47. > :05:49.Poorer people are more likely to die or become ill
:05:50. > :05:53.Researchers at Glasgow University examined the health records of
:05:54. > :06:00.They say the stress of poverty can lead to a less healthy lifestyle,
:06:01. > :06:07.The reason that poor people experience greater levels of alcohol
:06:08. > :06:11.harm is not because they are drinking more.
:06:12. > :06:15.Actually, it seems that even if someone who is more
:06:16. > :06:18.disadvantaged in society drinks the same amount of alcohol
:06:19. > :06:21.as someone who is richer, they are still at
:06:22. > :06:25.Even accounting for things like binge
:06:26. > :06:36.Now lets take a quick look at how the campaign's been
:06:37. > :06:49.The major offence in Scottish politics and they were First
:06:50. > :06:52.Minister's Questions and the close of nominations for the general
:06:53. > :06:57.election. Confirmation that Greens will only run if he candidates in
:06:58. > :07:03.the election and a point of order was raised in the chamber saying
:07:04. > :07:08.that they should not have a question if they are now a wholly owned
:07:09. > :07:17.subsidiary of the SNP. Ross Gray hit back at this and said that the
:07:18. > :07:21.Tories, Mr Fraser's party, are a owned subsidiary of Ukip. The other
:07:22. > :07:26.Tories, Mr Fraser's party, are a point of interest was the Labour
:07:27. > :07:31.manifesto leaking in entirety. Alex Salmond is familiar follows is an.
:07:32. > :07:37.He treated that Labour have become a magpie party copying key policies
:07:38. > :07:43.the SNP. I don't think Labour would agree that those years have been
:07:44. > :07:46.such a success. Kezia Dugdale wasn't very impressed with the league. She
:07:47. > :07:56.was thinking more about dogs and magpies. She took this self of
:07:57. > :08:04.contenders often. Another party taking ideas from previous campaigns
:08:05. > :08:10.was the Liberal Democrats. They make reference to Ed Miliband's stone.
:08:11. > :08:15.That was at the end of the general election campaign in 2015. Finally,
:08:16. > :08:22.we are used to seeing the Presiding Officer ringing order to unruly
:08:23. > :08:27.proceedings but we saw him don a republic and glasses for Stroke
:08:28. > :08:31.Scotland. I would suggest he keeps the wake for future proceedings in
:08:32. > :08:32.the chamber. Four weeks tonight,
:08:33. > :08:34.the polls will have closed Maybe you can't wait
:08:35. > :08:37.for the prospect, but if electioneering
:08:38. > :08:39.is getting you down... Here's political satirist
:08:40. > :09:01.James Devoy with his top tips JAWS THEME PLAYS. We did this last
:09:02. > :09:09.week, there can be another election. Fine, let's do it. -- there can't be
:09:10. > :09:17.another election. Yes, we are having another general election. Here are
:09:18. > :09:23.my top tips for surviving. I protection. Seeing so many
:09:24. > :09:37.miserable politicians grinning as enough to give anybody eyestrain.
:09:38. > :09:42.Neck support. No matter what side of the argument you're on, you will
:09:43. > :09:50.either be nodding or shaking your head. Constantly until the next
:09:51. > :10:02.general election. Bend at the waist. Look stupid, keep
:10:03. > :10:10.your neck twisted. Don't bend at the waist for your shaking. Just shake
:10:11. > :10:18.the head for that one. Keep calm. Listen to someone else
:10:19. > :10:21.on, do some yoga or some other hippy nonsense. Before turning on your TV
:10:22. > :10:30.and throwing it straight out the window.
:10:31. > :10:41.Stay hydrated. Remember fruits and vegetables. This is a good trip
:10:42. > :10:50.because I care about your health. Yup, stay hydrated.
:10:51. > :10:54.And the number one top tip for surviving this snap general election
:10:55. > :11:01.is just be nice to everybody. It's not hard. Just a bit of basic
:11:02. > :11:07.civility. Yes, Twitter will say things that you don't agree with but
:11:08. > :11:14.keep your cool. Depending who brings obviously! -- depending who wins
:11:15. > :11:15.obviously! Just before we go our
:11:16. > :11:17.picture of the day. This was yesterday's,
:11:18. > :11:19.with our favourite caption. We'll have another
:11:20. > :11:28.picture on Monday. We will be hosting a series of
:11:29. > :11:32.special as clearly do debates with elite before the general election.
:11:33. > :11:41.If you'd like to put your questions to the party leaders, visited the
:11:42. > :11:46.next. Back on Monday. I buy for now. next. Back on Monday. I buy for now.
:11:47. > :11:47.-- goodbye for