:00:09. > :00:12.The Maltese shopkeeper whose evidence was key in convicting
:00:13. > :00:16.Abdelbasset Al-Megrahi of the Lockerbie bombing has died.
:00:17. > :00:21.Tony Gauci played a crucial part in linking the only man
:00:22. > :00:23.convicted of the crime with the explosion.
:00:24. > :00:30.Tony Gauci ran a clothes shop in Malta and said he recognised
:00:31. > :00:35.Abdelbasset Al-Megrahi as the man who bought clothes from him, clothes
:00:36. > :00:36.which investigators claim were in the suitcase containing
:00:37. > :00:40.the bomb which blew up over Lockerbie in
:00:41. > :00:45.This direct link was key to him being
:00:46. > :00:53.But people who believed he was wrongly convicted always doubted
:00:54. > :01:00.this evidence and continue to campaign to clear Al-Megrahi's name.
:01:01. > :01:09.I think a distorted his evidence by saying someone look like them and
:01:10. > :01:11.how he modified his response to the various opportunities he was given
:01:12. > :01:14.by the police to do what he did. I think it is better
:01:15. > :01:16.to say his evidence was The Crown Office previously insisted
:01:17. > :01:23.no-one was offered any inducement by them or the police and that no
:01:24. > :01:26.evidence any other law enforcement Two years ago the then
:01:27. > :01:32.Lord Advocate said he after being released
:01:33. > :01:38.from jail in Scotland He denied he ever had
:01:39. > :01:45.seen Tony Gauci or ever The family of boxer Mike Towell has
:01:46. > :01:53.made an official complaint to NHS Tayside about the medical
:01:54. > :01:55.treatment he received The Dundee fighter suffered a brain
:01:56. > :02:02.bleed during a televised fight last Scotland's higher education minister
:02:03. > :02:08.has said there'll be a fresh look The comments came amid calls
:02:09. > :02:13.to reform the system which helps those from less well-off
:02:14. > :02:15.backgrounds go to Borders College, like
:02:16. > :02:22.Scotland's other colleges on students from less well-off
:02:23. > :02:27.backgrounds who need The principle here argues
:02:28. > :02:32.the system could be better. For one, she says college
:02:33. > :02:35.and university You would be able to apply for
:02:36. > :02:44.a loan if you were going into higher education, but not trying to do
:02:45. > :02:47.a college programme. For example, someone training to be
:02:48. > :02:50.a teacher can access a loan and go to university,
:02:51. > :03:05.but someone who wants to be a joiner He figures out this week shortly
:03:06. > :03:11.total amount of paid to student in bursaries and grant us down by more
:03:12. > :03:14.than 35% since just before the SNP came to power and at the same time
:03:15. > :03:21.the value of student loans was up by more than 160%. Scottish students
:03:22. > :03:25.get free tuition but one expert argues that does not solve the
:03:26. > :03:30.problem. When you cut grants the people who take on the extra debt is
:03:31. > :03:36.the whose families cannot help them out so the more you push your money
:03:37. > :03:40.into subsidising fees further up the income scale the less money you have
:03:41. > :03:46.to help those further down the scale from having to take out larger
:03:47. > :03:52.student loans. The Government recognises the concerns. Changes we
:03:53. > :03:56.made in 2013 to the student support package were built with stakeholders
:03:57. > :03:58.to ensure students had the maximum amount of money and their pockets
:03:59. > :04:03.to ensure students had the maximum and that is what we delivered and
:04:04. > :04:09.that is a combination of bursaries and loans. Now stakeholders have
:04:10. > :04:13.concerns that balance has not reflected well on students.
:04:14. > :04:18.Ministers have launched an independent review into student
:04:19. > :04:19.support and say they are committed to give everyone access to
:04:20. > :04:24.education. In Tennis, Andy Murray has
:04:25. > :04:26.won the Vienna Open, meaning his quest to be the world's
:04:27. > :04:28.top-ranking Murray beat the Frenchman
:04:29. > :04:32.Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets. The Scot will replace Novak Djokovic
:04:33. > :04:34.as world number one if he wins the Paris Masters a week
:04:35. > :04:42.today, as long as the Serb I have never won in Paris before and
:04:43. > :04:47.sometimes struggle there with the condition that sort I needed to play
:04:48. > :04:49.better this year and keep improving and learning and if I do that I give
:04:50. > :04:49.a chance. Let's get the weather
:04:50. > :05:00.forecast for this evening Good evening. The weather has been
:05:01. > :05:06.kind and quite settled. This beautiful weather watcher pictured.
:05:07. > :05:11.Doing this week it is set to turn colder and here's why. This weather
:05:12. > :05:16.front lying across northern Scotland and that will journey southwards
:05:17. > :05:22.bringing rain and crossing Scotland tomorrow night. Behind it the winds
:05:23. > :05:27.introduce a much colder air. Tomorrow morning, a bright picture
:05:28. > :05:33.for most, nothing too cold with a band of rain in the far north, quite
:05:34. > :05:40.persistent. A bright picture across the UK with some missed in Northern
:05:41. > :05:46.Ireland and Northern England. Thence forward in the Midlands may cause
:05:47. > :05:50.destruction. -- missed in the Midlands. The rumour slowly heading
:05:51. > :05:56.southwards body temperature is still warm for the time of year, back in
:05:57. > :06:03.Scotland, around 12 Celsius at the best before the colder air moves
:06:04. > :06:10.end. Through the evening that rain journeys southwards and a clearer
:06:11. > :06:15.whether feeding and behind it. Come Tuesday that rain will have cleared
:06:16. > :06:23.and some lovely fine sunny spells. My Celsius, a noticeable drop. Some
:06:24. > :06:25.showers in the north and those showers wintry over the hills.