:00:00. > :00:09.The Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has accused the SNP
:00:10. > :00:12.of talking Scotland down, and urged Nicola Sturgeon to talk up
:00:13. > :00:20.At the party's spring conference in Glasgow,
:00:21. > :00:23.on from an obsession with independence to concentrate
:00:24. > :00:26.Our political correspondent Nick Eardley reports
:00:27. > :00:41.She has won them over, and Ruth Davidson thinks Scottish voters
:00:42. > :00:44.agree. It is time to get back to the daily issues and take the
:00:45. > :00:50.agree. It is time to get back to the independence question off the paper.
:00:51. > :00:54.We said no, we meant it, are you listening, Nicola? No second
:00:55. > :00:59.referendum. So meeting for the first time since overtaking Labour at
:01:00. > :01:03.Holyrood, some suggestions on what focus on instead. The party will
:01:04. > :01:06.launch a review of the Scottish Government's curriculum for
:01:07. > :01:12.excellence and set up an excellent group -- expert group to look at the
:01:13. > :01:14.NHS and social care. We don't share the constitutional obsession when
:01:15. > :01:27.Scotland's children are being failed by your mishandling of schools, not
:01:28. > :01:29.when NHS waiting times are lengthening and tens of thousands of
:01:30. > :01:32.operations are being cancelled. We don't want the next year and the
:01:33. > :01:34.year after that and after that taken up with another independence
:01:35. > :01:36.referendum. We want you to do the job you were elected to do, to
:01:37. > :01:39.address the issues that really matter. At Westminster her party
:01:40. > :01:45.faces a constitutional question as well. How to deal with Brexit. Some
:01:46. > :01:49.say that, not the SNP, has put independence back on the agenda. The
:01:50. > :01:52.Scottish Tory leader admits it won't be easy but says Brexit is an
:01:53. > :01:58.opportunity to sell Scotland to the world. And they say to the SNP, stop
:01:59. > :02:04.talking Scotland down. Go out into the world and stop talking up our
:02:05. > :02:06.prospects for once -- start talking up. APPLAUSE.
:02:07. > :02:10.Her opponents accuse her of hypocrisy and say it is the UK
:02:11. > :02:15.Government approach to Brexit putting Scotland at least risk but
:02:16. > :02:19.Ruth Davidson thinks she has measures that resonates, no to
:02:20. > :02:25.another independence referendum, yes to focusing on education and the
:02:26. > :02:27.economy. Nick Eardley, Reporting Scotland In Glasgow.
:02:28. > :02:29.Detectives investigating the murder of a man in Renfrewshire believe
:02:30. > :02:33.42-year-old Steven Quail was found dead at his home
:02:34. > :02:35.in Johnstone last Saturday, hours after reports of a
:02:36. > :02:39.They also believe the killer may have confided in someone.
:02:40. > :02:47.A Young Man Has Lost His Life In A Particularly Violent Attack Here And
:02:48. > :02:52.His Family have significant difficulties coming to terms with
:02:53. > :02:57.that. I would appeal for these persons to come forward and give
:02:58. > :03:02.that information so we can pass this to the family to allow them to
:03:03. > :03:05.understand this and bring Steven 's killer to justice.
:03:06. > :03:08.It's being reported that merger talks between two of Scotland's
:03:09. > :03:09.largest companies have been held recently.
:03:10. > :03:11.The financial media says that Standard Life,
:03:12. > :03:12.headquartered in Edinburgh, has held discussions
:03:13. > :03:15.Neither company is commenting on the report.
:03:16. > :03:17.Put together, they would be Britain's biggest fund manager,
:03:18. > :03:19.controlling assets of more than ?600 billion.
:03:20. > :03:22.Tennis, and Andy Murray has won his first title of 2017
:03:23. > :03:24.by beating Spain's Fernando Verdasco in the final of the
:03:25. > :03:30.It was a comfortable enough victory for the Scot in straight sets.
:03:31. > :03:38.Joe Garner scored a second half hat-trick.
:03:39. > :03:41.Hibs are also through to the cup semi finals by beating Ayr.
:03:42. > :03:44.In the Premiership, Kilmarnock lost at home to Motherwell.
:03:45. > :03:46.Kilmarnock's Kris Boyd scored his 200th Premiership goal,
:03:47. > :03:52.Rugby, and Glasgow Warriors got a bonus point win
:03:53. > :03:56.against Newport Gwent Dragons in the Pro12 league.
:03:57. > :04:01.The final score at Scotstoun was 47-17.
:04:02. > :04:04.Well, it's over to Judith now with the weather outlook
:04:05. > :04:18.Thank you. Good evening. Many of us saw some rain today but also
:04:19. > :04:22.gorgeous sunshine over Shetland, but all change here overnight. We still
:04:23. > :04:26.have rain across northern Scotland, just about clear of the north-east,
:04:27. > :04:32.it has been fairly persistent here. It will be confined to Shetland
:04:33. > :04:36.tonight with gale force winds at times over Shetland. Elsewhere the
:04:37. > :04:40.wind light. Showers coming into night, some clear spells and clear
:04:41. > :04:46.skies towards the far north, temperatures close to freezing and
:04:47. > :04:50.maybe Frost, three or four Celsius. A cloudy start tomorrow with the
:04:51. > :05:01.showers but generally improving with the showers becoming fewer and more
:05:02. > :05:03.sunshine gradually developing through the day. Some showers on the
:05:04. > :05:04.West coast, the rain eventually clearing Shetland but not feeling as
:05:05. > :05:05.cold