:00:00. > :00:16.it's time for the news where you are.
:00:17. > :00:20.The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been forced
:00:21. > :00:23.to re-state his opposition to a second independence referendum.
:00:24. > :00:26.It came after he said in an interview he would
:00:27. > :00:28."open discussions" with the Scottish government on the issue
:00:29. > :00:32.The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have been
:00:33. > :00:35.voicing their opposition to a second vote, while the SNP leader's
:00:36. > :00:38.preparing to launch her manifesto tomorrow.
:00:39. > :00:48.Here's our political correspondent, Andrew Kerr.
:00:49. > :00:54.UK leader Jeremy Corbyn was in Scotland yesterday, caused
:00:55. > :00:58.controversy in one radio interview today. He said he would open
:00:59. > :01:03.discussions with the Scottish Government on independence if he
:01:04. > :01:06.became Prime Minister. Perhaps hearts sank for Scottish Labour
:01:07. > :01:11.campaigning in Edinburgh. They rushed out a statement saying they
:01:12. > :01:16.and Mr Corbyn were opposed to a second referendum. Speaking before
:01:17. > :01:20.Mr Corbyn made his latest comments, Labour's Iain Murray restated his
:01:21. > :01:21.opposition. We have been saying right through this election
:01:22. > :01:36.campaign, the best way to stop the SNP to get a second referendum of
:01:37. > :01:38.the table, is devote labour. The polls are very encouraging. Their
:01:39. > :01:40.vote will really count in the general election campaign. Revving
:01:41. > :01:43.up their opposition to a second referendum, the Conservatives were
:01:44. > :01:47.campaigning in Perthshire. Ruth Davidson said Jeremy Corbyn was
:01:48. > :01:51.willing to sell Scottish Labour voters down the river. But they
:01:52. > :01:55.denied they UK campaign was stuck in a rut as the poll suggested the gap
:01:56. > :02:00.between them and Labour had narrowed. The leader hit out at both
:02:01. > :02:03.camps. Yesterday we saw Nicola Sturgeon said she wanted to do a
:02:04. > :02:07.deal to put Jeremy Corbyn into Number Ten. We have already seen the
:02:08. > :02:22.Labour Party in Scotland do deal with
:02:23. > :02:26.the SNP in town halls across the country. We all know that would mean
:02:27. > :02:28.a second referendum and Jeremy Corbyn has said he would be fine
:02:29. > :02:30.with that. Only the Scottish Conservatives would stand up against
:02:31. > :02:32.the SNP and a second referendum. Nicola Sturgeon met women
:02:33. > :02:34.campaigning against state pension changes. The finishing touches are
:02:35. > :02:37.being put to the party's manifesto, launched tomorrow. Labour were
:02:38. > :02:41.dispensed with as the First Minister's focus was very firmly on
:02:42. > :02:45.the Conservatives. The reality of this election is even with the poll
:02:46. > :02:49.is narrowing it looks like the Tories are on course to win it. The
:02:50. > :03:00.question boss got them did how do we hold the Tories in check, how do we
:03:01. > :03:03.have strong Scottish voices? The only way to get that in Scotland is
:03:04. > :03:07.to vote SNP. And now the chance for you to ask the questions. The
:03:08. > :03:12.Liberal Democrat's Willie Rennie was at the BBC HQ for the first ask the
:03:13. > :03:16.leader programmes. He wants a referendum on the Brexit deal but
:03:17. > :03:20.not on independence. What did he have to fear, he was asked. The last
:03:21. > :03:23.time around the number of people I met who have fallen out with
:03:24. > :03:30.brothers, sisters, friends, neighbours over this issue, it
:03:31. > :03:34.caused huge division. And the huge economic uncertainty as well as the
:03:35. > :03:39.huge division, I don't want to go through all that again. I think we
:03:40. > :03:44.should reject the SNP's plan for another referendum. That is what you
:03:45. > :03:47.get with the Liberal Democrats. All the leaders will be in the hot seat
:03:48. > :03:50.this week. The have questions. The Scottish Greens have
:03:51. > :03:52.launched their manifesto They promise that any Scottish Green
:03:53. > :03:55.MPs will stand against a hard Brexit and in favour
:03:56. > :03:58.of a second independence referendum. They will push for what they call
:03:59. > :04:01."a new industrial revolution" - transitioning from fossil fuels
:04:02. > :04:02.to green industries. They also back
:04:03. > :04:15.a universal basic income. Now more than ever it is important
:04:16. > :04:18.that Scotland has a green voice at Westminster. Some of the many
:04:19. > :04:22.achievements that the Greens have built up at European level will be
:04:23. > :04:27.in the hands of the Westminster Parliament, from the capping of
:04:28. > :04:31.bankers' bonuses, to the control of toxic chemicals. We absolutely need
:04:32. > :04:33.to stand up for the social and environmental protections which have
:04:34. > :04:37.been won in Europe and will be in the hands of the UK Parliament.
:04:38. > :04:39.The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been forced to re-state his
:04:40. > :04:42.opposition to a second independence referendum after he said
:04:43. > :04:44.in an interview he would "open discussions" with the Scottish
:04:45. > :04:46.government on the issue if he became Prime Minister.
:04:47. > :04:49.Last week Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said she was giving
:04:50. > :04:51.a "cast iron guarantee" that her party would oppose
:04:52. > :04:57.Our political correspondent Nick Eardley has the details.
:04:58. > :05:05.Monuments of Scotland's mining past. Discards from old shell minds, a
:05:06. > :05:11.reminder of the role the industry played here. A heritage remembered
:05:12. > :05:15.in local museums. There are whole communities which have grown up on
:05:16. > :05:19.the minds, fathers, grandparents were minors. Many in those
:05:20. > :05:24.communities would have voted Labour, but much has changed. There are
:05:25. > :05:29.still communities here who remember those days, the parents, the
:05:30. > :05:35.grandparents. In places like Livingstone here, there have been
:05:36. > :05:40.tremendous changes in population. Ria Wilson is a prominent supporter
:05:41. > :05:46.of Jeremy Corbyn in Scotland. I think for a long time communities
:05:47. > :05:49.like this were taken for granted and the SNP have something to offer
:05:50. > :05:53.which was independence but we have now seen the reality, Jeremy
:05:54. > :05:58.Corbyn's message is clear and I think that is cutting through. Is
:05:59. > :06:03.it? Some support for the Labour leader, the landmark of Livingston's
:06:04. > :06:07.new economy. I am of a socialist background that he has come back to
:06:08. > :06:11.the true grass-roots socialist principles. Down the road, another
:06:12. > :06:19.five sisters, this time a zoo built an old mining land. What about
:06:20. > :06:30.Jeremy Corbyn? The man is an idiot. Not a fan? No. Not tempted to vote
:06:31. > :06:32.for him? No. I hate the Tories. They are good for England, not
:06:33. > :06:36.necessarily for Scotland. The SNP candidates think she is best placed
:06:37. > :06:40.to serve voters here. I have done everything in my power to raise
:06:41. > :06:45.constituency issues on the floor of the House. There have certainly been
:06:46. > :06:49.big changes in Livingston and West Lothian and we are good at bouncing
:06:50. > :06:54.back. What the SNP have offered is support for new industries, the
:06:55. > :06:57.emerging industries. Other think the Labour Party have lost their
:06:58. > :07:04.understanding of this area. The Tories think they can beat them in
:07:05. > :07:07.this race. There two types of conservative, the bogeyman
:07:08. > :07:10.Conservatives and the real Conservatives, the likes of myself
:07:11. > :07:16.and I think at last the message has got out there that we are party for
:07:17. > :07:30.everyone. There is only one party that is standing up for the two
:07:31. > :07:34.unions that they believe in. Livingstone voted to remain in the
:07:35. > :07:37.UK back in 2014, Livingstone voted to remain in the EU. Back at the zoo
:07:38. > :07:38.the political debate is not for everyone. Do you know how you will
:07:39. > :07:41.be voting? Not sure? The Barra schoolgirl injured
:07:42. > :07:43.in the Manchester bomb attack which killed her friend has been
:07:44. > :07:46.able to talk to her parents According to her family,
:07:47. > :07:50.15-year-old Laura MacIntyre has made remarkable progress,
:07:51. > :07:51.despite sustaining horrendous Laura's parents said in a statement
:07:52. > :08:00.today that their daughter had been taken off a ventilator and had
:08:01. > :08:03.recognised them and talked to them. The charity Alzheimer Scotland
:08:04. > :08:05.says many people with dementia say they lose
:08:06. > :08:07.friends following diagnosis. It's released the findings
:08:08. > :08:09.of a survey to mark the start The charity says with around
:08:10. > :08:12.90,000 people living with dementia in Scotland,
:08:13. > :08:14.the public should become better informed and stand
:08:15. > :08:18.by their friends and family. Nature enthusiasts are being asked
:08:19. > :08:20.to help save Scotland's smallest butterfly -
:08:21. > :08:22.the Small Blue. Changes to its habitat mean it's
:08:23. > :08:24.becoming increasingly rare. The wildlife charity
:08:25. > :08:28.Butterfly Conservation Scotland is asking volunteers to look
:08:29. > :08:31.for the butterfly at sites where work is being undertaken
:08:32. > :08:33.including Aberdeenshire, Sport now and one of Andy Murray's
:08:34. > :08:38.former coaches says despite his poor The player's first match
:08:39. > :09:06.at the French Open is tomorrow. After the five of opening -- after
:09:07. > :09:11.the fun of opening weekend, the serious work continues for the
:09:12. > :09:16.French Open's top seed. In a season soured by illness, injury and loss
:09:17. > :09:21.of form, those who know him best say he will bounce back. I think he is a
:09:22. > :09:25.terrific champion. He has a number visible mindset, he has a great team
:09:26. > :09:29.around him. I can see him working his way into this tournament and
:09:30. > :09:37.nothing would surprise me to see him going very deep ear. We know when it
:09:38. > :09:41.gets to the grass that he is playing very well on this surface. The
:09:42. > :09:46.service is very good for him. The problem is, Andy Murray hasn't
:09:47. > :09:51.reached the quarterfinals of any of this year's big tournaments. He lost
:09:52. > :09:54.in the fourth round of the Australian open, before falling at
:09:55. > :10:00.the first hurdle at Indian Wells. More exits followed in Monte Carlo,
:10:01. > :10:05.Madrid and Rome but the champion is not worried yet. The struggles are
:10:06. > :10:10.part of what makes the good times so enjoyable. I need to accept that I
:10:11. > :10:15.am struggling and then find a way to get through it. It all gets underway
:10:16. > :10:22.for Andy Murray here at Roland Garros tomorrow with the first round
:10:23. > :10:25.match against the world number 73 from Russia, Andre Kuznetsov.
:10:26. > :10:32.Well, let's get the weather forecast from Christopher.
:10:33. > :10:39.The evening. Very cloudy and damp across many parts of the country
:10:40. > :10:44.today. That is how we start tomorrow morning, fairly cloudy, grey and a
:10:45. > :10:47.little bit of rain around. There will be some brighter moments
:10:48. > :10:54.through the Borders and Edinburgh. For many of us, cloudy, great start.
:10:55. > :10:57.Towards the west coast and the Hebrides, some outbreaks of rain.
:10:58. > :11:01.Those will continue to head eastwards through the course of the
:11:02. > :11:06.day. Let's take a closer look at the course of the morning. You will see
:11:07. > :11:13.the rain in the West. A cold front is moving its way eastwards. A
:11:14. > :11:15.cloudy morning, expect some rain at times, but then it should brighten
:11:16. > :11:18.up by the afternoon with some sunshine for most. Across the UK as
:11:19. > :11:22.a whole, you will see that weather front draped across Scotland,
:11:23. > :11:26.through the North of England, Wales and the south-west. Ahead of it for
:11:27. > :11:31.the Midlands and South East, largely dry, fairly cloudy, some bright
:11:32. > :11:37.spells lifting the temperatures into the 20s. Behind the weather front
:11:38. > :11:42.some sunshine. A bright and breezy afternoon for Northern Ireland and
:11:43. > :11:45.Scotland. The winds will be strong making any showers for the
:11:46. > :11:50.north-west blustery. The rain clinging on through the north-east
:11:51. > :11:56.of Aberdeenshire. Plenty of sun for others and the rain eventually leave
:11:57. > :12:03.Orkney and Shetland by around dusk. High-pressure overhead. Low pressure
:12:04. > :12:08.over my shoulder, that is Thursday's weather. You will see it is largely
:12:09. > :12:13.dry with some lighter winds. Perhaps a more cloud for Shetland with a
:12:14. > :12:16.brisk north-westerly. Elsewhere, the sunshine lifting the temperature to
:12:17. > :12:21.the mid to high teens. First there gets off to a promising start. In
:12:22. > :12:25.the West the crowd gathers, rain arrives later. Temperatures up to 20
:12:26. > :12:28.degrees by mid-afternoon. That