:00:00. > :00:10.Now on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.
:00:11. > :00:15.The funeral has taken place of the motor neurone disease
:00:16. > :00:20.This morning, leaders from across the Scottish political
:00:21. > :00:22.spectrum joined mourners at a crematorium in Edinburgh.
:00:23. > :00:24.As Huw Williams reports, the service was followed by a celebration
:00:25. > :00:27.of the life of the 31-year-old from Kirkcaldy in Fife,
:00:28. > :00:39.This celebration in Edinburgh this afternoon when Gordon Aikman's
:00:40. > :00:47.husband Joe Pike reflected on what life would be like without Gordon.
:00:48. > :00:52.He made me a better person, a kinder person because even when dyeing,
:00:53. > :00:57.Gordon taught us so much about how to live. He was a real inspiration
:00:58. > :01:00.to work with, a real motivator. Leaders from across the bottle
:01:01. > :01:04.spectrum remembered Gordon Aikman and paid tribute to the contribution
:01:05. > :01:11.he made to Scotland after learning that he contracted motor neurone
:01:12. > :01:14.disease. Instead of feeling sorry for himself as he would have had
:01:15. > :01:18.every right to do, Gordon decided to fight back, not because it would
:01:19. > :01:19.change the outcome for him, but because he wanted to make life
:01:20. > :01:35.better for others. Earlier, there was a service at
:01:36. > :01:42.Warriston Crematorium in the capital, the coffin to give in to
:01:43. > :01:47.Bob Dylan. Gordon Aikman had been working on yet another speech the
:01:48. > :01:50.evening before he died, part of a campaign for MND patients which are
:01:51. > :01:55.so honoured in the Queen's Birthday Honours list in 2015 and awarded and
:01:56. > :02:06.only doctorate by the University of Edinburgh. Dyeing has taught me a
:02:07. > :02:11.lot about living, life can be short. Cherish those you care about most,
:02:12. > :02:21.many of whom are here with us today. Be true to yourself and live your
:02:22. > :02:23.own life, and, if you can, fight to make things that little bit better
:02:24. > :02:28.for those that follow. A murder inquiry has begun
:02:29. > :02:30.after what police called a "brutal" attack on a man
:02:31. > :02:33.in his home in Glasgow. The 46-year-old's body was found
:02:34. > :02:36.by a friend in Castlemilk yesterday. ScotRail has paid out more
:02:37. > :02:38.than ?2,000 a day to compensate passengers for disruption
:02:39. > :02:40.to train services. Figures obtained by the Scottish
:02:41. > :02:42.Conservatives showed the company handed out more than ?587,000
:02:43. > :02:54.from April to December last year. ?135,000 was spent by
:02:55. > :02:57.the Scottish Government intervening in the Supreme Court hearing
:02:58. > :02:59.on who had the power The Scottish Government's legal team
:03:00. > :03:03.argued Holyrood should be consulted before the formal Brexit process
:03:04. > :03:06.began, a claim rejected The union that represents
:03:07. > :03:13.Jobcentre workers has called on the UK Government
:03:14. > :03:17.to rethink planned closures. Eight out of 16 centres that
:03:18. > :03:20.serve Glasgow are to shut A further 16 are to
:03:21. > :03:25.close in Scotland. The Department of Work and Pensions
:03:26. > :03:27.says Jobcentre services can still be accessed,
:03:28. > :03:29.whether that's in person, The PCS union claims thousands
:03:30. > :03:36.of jobs are being put at risk. In athletics, Scotland's Laura Muir
:03:37. > :03:38.has beaten the British 1,000m indoor record
:03:39. > :03:40.at the Grand Prix Dame Kelly Holmes set the previous
:03:41. > :03:48.best time, 13 years ago. Football, and Celtic
:03:49. > :03:51.extended their lead at the top of the Premiership to 27 points,
:03:52. > :03:53.by defeating Motherwell. Bottom side Inverness
:03:54. > :03:58.drew at Hearts. Now it's over to Christopher
:03:59. > :04:09.with the weather outlook Suzanne, thank you. Good evening to
:04:10. > :04:15.you. Some lovely spells of sunshine in the East and North East today,
:04:16. > :04:19.reaching 14 degrees in our danger. Tonight it remains mild but the wet
:04:20. > :04:21.weather in the North West edges southwards, touching the central
:04:22. > :04:26.Lowlands for a time but it will then clear and it is a largely dry second
:04:27. > :04:30.half of the night. Once again mild temperatures in towns and cities
:04:31. > :04:34.around about seven up to eight Celsius. Looking towards tomorrow
:04:35. > :04:53.and it is another fairly cloudy day, largely dry.
:04:54. > :04:56.The sunshine through central and Eastern Scotland but becoming
:04:57. > :04:58.confined towards the East coast. Further West, more cloud with
:04:59. > :05:00.outbreaks of rain later. Quite muggy conditions at times, particularly
:05:01. > :05:01.across the Western coasts and hills. Mild and double digits for all, 13
:05:02. > :05:23.degrees from Monday. It has been a mild day to day and
:05:24. > :05:27.some of us have seen some spring sunshine. Blue skies and sunshine
:05:28. > :05:29.here above the River