:00:00. > :00:09.The Maltese shopkeeper whose evidence was key in convicting
:00:10. > :00:17.Abdelbasset Al-Megrahi of the Lockerbie bombing has died.
:00:18. > :00:20.Tony Gauci played a crucial part in linking the only man
:00:21. > :00:21.convicted of the crime with the explosion.
:00:22. > :00:23.But doubts had been raised over his reliability.
:00:24. > :00:36.Tony Gauci ran a clothes shop in Malta and said he recognised
:00:37. > :00:41.Abdelbasset Al-Megrahi as the man who bought clothes from him, I comes
:00:42. > :00:46.in which investigators claim were in the suitcase containing the bomb
:00:47. > :00:53.which blew up over Lockerbie in 1988, killing 270 people. This
:00:54. > :00:57.direct link was key to him being found guilty. People who believed he
:00:58. > :01:04.was wrongly convicted always doubted this evidence and continue to
:01:05. > :01:10.campaign to clear Al-Megrahi's name. I think you distorted his evidence
:01:11. > :01:14.and the way in which he modified his response to the various photo
:01:15. > :01:18.opportunities you was given by the Scottish police. I think it is
:01:19. > :01:25.better to say his evidence was warped by the hope of riches. The
:01:26. > :01:30.Crown Office previously insisted law, one was offered any inducement
:01:31. > :01:33.by them or the police and that is no evidence any other law enforcement
:01:34. > :01:40.agency offered payment. Two years ago the them Lord Advocate said he
:01:41. > :01:45.believed Al-Megrahi was guilty. Al-Megrahi bag in 2012, three years
:01:46. > :01:51.Scotland's on compassionate grounds. Scotland's on compassionate grounds.
:01:52. > :01:53.-- died in 20 foo -- 2012. He denied he ever had seen Tony Gauci or ever
:01:54. > :01:56.bought clothes from him. The family of boxer Mike Towell has
:01:57. > :01:59.made an official complaint to NHS Tayside about the medical
:02:00. > :02:01.treatment he received The Dundee fighter suffered a brain
:02:02. > :02:06.bleed during a televised fight last A 58-year-old man has died
:02:07. > :02:17.after falling onto a road before being hit by a car
:02:18. > :02:19.in South Lanarkshire. Scotland's higher education minister
:02:20. > :02:25.has said there'll be a fresh look The comments came amid calls
:02:26. > :02:31.to reform the system which helps those from less well-off
:02:32. > :02:43.backgrounds go to Borders College, like Scotland's
:02:44. > :02:46.other colleges and universities take on students from less well-off
:02:47. > :02:52.backgrounds who need financial support. The principle here argues
:02:53. > :02:55.the system could be better. For one, she says college and university
:02:56. > :03:02.students are not treated equally. You would be able to apply for a
:03:03. > :03:06.loan if you were going into higher but not trying to do a college
:03:07. > :03:11.programme. For example, someone trading to be a future can access a
:03:12. > :03:13.loan and go to university but someone who wants to be a joiner
:03:14. > :03:19.does not have that same opportunity. does not have that same opportunity.
:03:20. > :03:21.-- someone who wants to be a teacher.
:03:22. > :03:26.Figures showed the was paid adversaries and Grant is done by 35%
:03:27. > :03:34.just since before the SNP came to power and the value of student loans
:03:35. > :03:38.was up by more than 160%. Scott is students get free tuition and one
:03:39. > :03:42.expert argues this does not solve the problem.
:03:43. > :03:45.When you cut plans the people taking on extra debts are the poorest
:03:46. > :03:51.students, those whose families could help out so the more you push your
:03:52. > :03:55.money into the subsidies further up the income scale the less money you
:03:56. > :03:59.have to help people further down the scale from having to take out larger
:04:00. > :04:04.student loans. The Government recognises the
:04:05. > :04:10.concerns. Changes we made in 2013 to the student support package was
:04:11. > :04:15.built with stakeholders to ensure students had the maximal amount of
:04:16. > :04:21.money and that was what we delivered and that is a combination of
:04:22. > :04:25.bursaries and loans. I know now stakeholders have concerns that
:04:26. > :04:29.balance has not reflected well on students. Ministers launched an
:04:30. > :04:31.independent review into student support and say they are committed
:04:32. > :04:34.to giving a access to education. In Tennis, Andy Murray has
:04:35. > :04:36.won the Vienna Open, meaning his quest to be the world's
:04:37. > :04:38.top-ranking Murray beat the Frenchman
:04:39. > :04:43.Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets. The Scot will replace Novak Djokovic
:04:44. > :04:46.as world number one if he wins the Paris Masters a week
:04:47. > :04:49.today, as long as the Serb Let's get the weather
:04:50. > :05:07.forecast for this evening It was mild today and we saw 17
:05:08. > :05:12.Celsius and Braemar. 7 degrees above the average. For the next few days
:05:13. > :05:17.this weather front introduces rain in the north and gradually pushing
:05:18. > :05:22.southwards to model and behind it is colder air sweeping in from the
:05:23. > :05:27.North is turning things colder. Tonight we have a band of rain in
:05:28. > :05:32.the North extending into Aberdeenshire. Drier further south
:05:33. > :05:37.with clear spells and cloud. Nothing to call tonight. That dream first
:05:38. > :05:43.thing I knew far north with northerly winds and gradually
:05:44. > :05:49.pushing southwards. -- that rain. At best the sunshine will be for the
:05:50. > :05:51.South East and Fife and the rain moving southwards. Highs to model of
:05:52. > :05:53.13 Celsius. That is your forecast. Our next update is just
:05:54. > :06:02.after the ten o'clock news.