:00:00. > :00:09.Now on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.
:00:10. > :00:13.The First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has repeated her call
:00:14. > :00:17.Addressing her party's Spring conference in Aberdeen, she said
:00:18. > :00:23.the will of the Scottish Parliament "must and will prevail".
:00:24. > :00:33.Our Political Correspondent Nick Eardley reports.
:00:34. > :00:42.Nicola Sturgeon teams of signing off on it. The ironworkers back at the
:00:43. > :00:46.top of Scotland's political agenda. And on the issue that included her
:00:47. > :00:51.perky supporters like no other, she is not budging. There will be an
:00:52. > :00:56.independent referendum. APPLAUSE
:00:57. > :01:01.The UK Government disagrees. There is no sign it is about to change its
:01:02. > :01:06.mind. But Sturgeon knows she will win the Scottish Parliament's
:01:07. > :01:09.support next week and argues that can be ignored. To stand in defiance
:01:10. > :01:16.of that would be folly Prime Minister to shatter beyond repair
:01:17. > :01:20.any notion of the UK as a respectful partnership of equals. Let the Prime
:01:21. > :01:27.Minister be in no doubt, the will of our Parliament must and will
:01:28. > :01:31.prevail. Agreeing the referendum is only half the battle. Her side lost
:01:32. > :01:36.last time. She says she knows she had to do more to win votes, but he
:01:37. > :01:41.hits her proposition. It is down to us to make the economic case for
:01:42. > :01:45.independence. That is clearly the questions that people ask, and we
:01:46. > :01:50.will. But we should also be clear about this. Those who argue for
:01:51. > :01:55.Scotland to stay in the UK have big economic questions to answer to.
:01:56. > :01:59.There was also some policy, money for mental health care, digital
:02:00. > :02:01.skills and to pay childcare workers the living wage. But by far it was a
:02:02. > :02:07.skills and to pay childcare workers constitutional pledge that won the
:02:08. > :02:12.most passionate response. Scotland's future would be in Scotland's hands.
:02:13. > :02:15.Haas support is guaranteed, but what happens next? That is not so clear.
:02:16. > :02:18.The former Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has called
:02:19. > :02:20.for a new form of federal home rule for Scotland, to avoid
:02:21. > :02:22.what he called the "extremes" of independence and
:02:23. > :02:27.But the SNP and the Conservatives dismissed the idea.
:02:28. > :02:42.At the same time we shouldn't lose a membership of the British single
:02:43. > :02:49.market and that is not the SNP's policy, to take it out of that, 1
:02:50. > :02:52.million jobs depend on that. He says Scots must have more control of
:02:53. > :02:56.farming, fisheries and environment as well as banking and packs. The
:02:57. > :03:04.Conservatives say more powers will come to all part of the UK when we
:03:05. > :03:09.leave the EU. Mr Brown's speech does is highlight, they say, is widely
:03:10. > :03:12.bad for a referendum is so inconsiderate. Nasa has argued the
:03:13. > :03:18.Labour Party is so divided in Westminster and so weak in Scotland
:03:19. > :03:21.that they are in force. -- not a force.
:03:22. > :03:24.Rugby now, and the Scotland head coach Vern Cotter says he got just
:03:25. > :03:30.In his last match in charge, Scotland defeated Italy 29-0.
:03:31. > :03:38.Kheredine Idessane reports from Murrayfield.
:03:39. > :03:46.A full house roared its approval as Finn Russell scored just if for the
:03:47. > :03:53.half hour to add to an earlier penalty by Stuart Hogg, and in
:03:54. > :03:57.Scotland went on to have a 15-0 half-time lead. In this outscored
:03:58. > :04:02.and in perhaps the best was saved half-time lead. In this outscored
:04:03. > :04:08.for last as Stuart Hogg laid in Tommy Seymour 44 Scottish try and a
:04:09. > :04:17.29-0 win. Folly and going head coach Vern Cotter. I was a supporter
:04:18. > :04:23.before I came here and I will be a supporter now, but with additional
:04:24. > :04:27.emotional attachment. Vern Cotter's last match in charge of Scotland
:04:28. > :04:31.three wins and a six Nations campaign for the first time in over
:04:32. > :04:34.a decade. He hands over to Gregor Townsend feeling that he is less
:04:35. > :04:38.Scottish rugby in a much better position than he found it.
:04:39. > :04:40.Football,and here are all today's Premiership results.
:04:41. > :04:43.Aberdeen's victory over Hearts means that Celtic cannot
:04:44. > :04:50.Elsewhere, there were wins for St Johnstone and Rangers.
:04:51. > :04:52.Now before we go, let's get the weather outlook for tonight
:04:53. > :05:08.Invaded evening. We are looking at outbreaks of rain crossing the
:05:09. > :05:13.country tonight. Low pressure to the north of ours, generating these
:05:14. > :05:17.trailing whether France, updates and brains, and this is the remnants of
:05:18. > :05:21.storm Stella that not all that snow to America earlier this week. Try
:05:22. > :05:25.initially, but here is a band of rain sweeping and across the country
:05:26. > :05:27.tonight, accompanied by strengthening south-westerly winds
:05:28. > :05:32.in the south-west corner. When spec up in the north and as we head
:05:33. > :05:35.through the night in the rain does become confined to the south west
:05:36. > :05:39.but showers farther north and some rain across Shetland. Clear
:05:40. > :05:42.conditions feeding end but it will turn colder across more northern
:05:43. > :05:48.part around the four Celsius, milder in the south. A tale of two halves
:05:49. > :05:54.tomorrow, dry clear whether in the north with one or two showers, rain
:05:55. > :05:56.any south sinking southwards, a much improved day across south-west
:05:57. > :06:02.Scotland, the sunshine coming through. Across the UK, that weather
:06:03. > :06:05.front responsible for the rain is sinking southwards into the north of
:06:06. > :06:10.England, Northern Ireland and parts of Wales, but ahead of that a lot of
:06:11. > :06:15.dry weather, bright sunny spells and temperatures mild across the south,
:06:16. > :06:18.1314 Celsius. Colder in the sunshine across northern Scotland, but we
:06:19. > :06:23.will see its sunny spells coming through. Showers coming towards the
:06:24. > :06:29.west and the north, a lot of dry weather to be had to, and as we had
:06:30. > :06:32.was beginning next week. Sunshine and showers at times, it will turn
:06:33. > :06:34.notably colder as we head to next week. Hazard
:06:35. > :06:36.And that's all from Reporting Scotland for now.
:06:37. > :06:38.Our next update is tomorrow evening at 5:50pm.
:06:39. > :06:41.Until then, from everyone here, good evening.