:00:08. > :00:12.The SNP's national executive has ruled not to endorse two sitting MPs
:00:13. > :00:15.as candidates in the general election in June.
:00:16. > :00:19.Michelle Thomson and Natalie McGarry, who were elected as SNP
:00:20. > :00:22.MPs but now sit as independent members, were told by
:00:23. > :00:25.the party's ruling body that they would not be selected.
:00:26. > :00:27.With less than seven weeks until poling, all the political
:00:28. > :00:29.parties have been out campaigning across the country.
:00:30. > :00:40.This morning SNP members met to sort out their candidates for the UK
:00:41. > :00:47.election. After the party's success at the last Westminster election
:00:48. > :00:52.that was an easy job, mostly. All of the party's 54 sitting MPs were
:00:53. > :00:56.reselected with immediate effect, but Michelle Thompson and Natalie
:00:57. > :01:02.McGarry, elected SNP members in 2015, has been ditched by the party.
:01:03. > :01:05.Both politicians withdrew from the party amid separate investigations
:01:06. > :01:09.into their financial affairs. In a statement Mr Thompson said she was
:01:10. > :01:23.very disappointed with the decision. The Edinburgh West MP added:
:01:24. > :01:26.Miss McGarry, the number for Glasgow East, also insisted she has done
:01:27. > :01:40.nothing wrong. The SNP now needs to find five
:01:41. > :01:46.candidates here in Glasgow East and Edinburgh West and for the three
:01:47. > :01:51.seats the party did not win in 2015. That process is due to be completed
:01:52. > :01:57.by the end of the week. Scotland's other parties have set out similar
:01:58. > :01:59.timescales. Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has been eyeing up
:02:00. > :02:04.candidates, which me include former parliamentarians. The Conservatives
:02:05. > :02:08.made that up several current and recipes to stand at Westminster, and
:02:09. > :02:13.the Liberal Democrats say the selection process is well underway.
:02:14. > :02:16.In any case, it looks like the election campaign in Scotland will
:02:17. > :02:17.be fully up and running in the next week.
:02:18. > :02:21.A 33-year-old man is critical in hospital with a serious head
:02:22. > :02:23.injury, after a fight in Paisley in the early hours of this morning.
:02:24. > :02:25.Police are treating the incident as attempted murder.
:02:26. > :02:28.It happened in the town's New Street, near the junction
:02:29. > :02:30.Football, and Aberdeen have booked their place
:02:31. > :02:32.in the Scottish Cup final, by beating the holders
:02:33. > :02:35.Our senior Football reporter Chris McLaughlin
:02:36. > :02:47.It was a real roller-coaster cup semifinal. Aberdeen are through, but
:02:48. > :02:51.they did at the hard way after a quite stunning start. They were
:02:52. > :02:57.ahead after just 13 seconds, a mistake from the Hibs midfield, and
:02:58. > :03:01.there was Adam Rooney to punish. What a start. It was 2-0 before the
:03:02. > :03:06.half-hour, Ryan Christie with this cheeky free kick after the Hibs wall
:03:07. > :03:12.crumbled. Hibs fought back. Substitute Grant Holt on them hope.
:03:13. > :03:19.The Reds after that look rattled, and on the hour Dylan McGeouch
:03:20. > :03:24.levelled. Just when extra time was looming, how about this from Jonny
:03:25. > :03:32.Hayes? A wicked deflection, but they all count in the end. At times, at
:03:33. > :03:37.2-2 you're not sure how it going to go. It went our way. We got a break
:03:38. > :03:40.with the goal and we are delighted to get out of the final. Aberdeen
:03:41. > :03:45.are through to the Scottish Cup final for the first time in 17
:03:46. > :03:49.years. They will face either Celtic or Rangers and will play here at the
:03:50. > :03:56.National saving tomorrow. Vincente won the Scottish
:03:57. > :04:05.Grand National at Ayr. A 20-foot-long whale has been
:04:06. > :04:07.refloated, after it became stranded on a beach in Fife,
:04:08. > :04:09.west of Elie. The minke was spotted on the beach
:04:10. > :04:12.yesterday afternoon by a passer-by. Coastguard teams from St Andrews
:04:13. > :04:16.and Leven, and divers from Marine Life Rescue lead
:04:17. > :04:19.a rescue operation last night, and helped the mammal back
:04:20. > :04:25.into deep water at high tide. Paisley has been filled
:04:26. > :04:28.with the sound of saxophones, The singer - who died in 2011 -
:04:29. > :04:36.would have been 70 this week. There was an outdoor
:04:37. > :04:40.rendition of the iconic sax solo from the hit song,
:04:41. > :04:42.Baker Street, to celebrate one It's been a simply beautiful
:04:43. > :04:51.day for most parts - Judith's here with the outlook
:04:52. > :05:01.for the rest of the weekend. I hope so. As far today was
:05:02. > :05:08.concerned there was plenty of sunshine as you can see. There is
:05:09. > :05:13.some more stubborn cloud in the north-east it was much cooler. For
:05:14. > :05:17.the showers to come across northern Scotland tonight. Elsewhere cloud
:05:18. > :05:20.will tend to increase. The best chance of any clear skies will be
:05:21. > :05:23.across eastern Scotland, we could even see a touch of frost.
:05:24. > :05:30.Temperatures around the freezing mark. For most of us for- 5 degrees.
:05:31. > :05:33.The big change tomorrow, the wind is back in the West, making it feel
:05:34. > :05:38.milder. More cloud towards western Scotland. It starts drying bright.
:05:39. > :05:44.The best sunshine will be across eastern areas. Some patchy rain
:05:45. > :05:47.showers across the West and North, those wins will strengthen through
:05:48. > :05:52.the course of the day. The rest of the UK and Northern Ireland very
:05:53. > :05:57.similar, cloud increasing. I pressure dominating things further
:05:58. > :06:03.south. The highest temperatures around 17 Celsius. Back in Scotland
:06:04. > :06:08.we are looking at 15 degrees in eastern Scotland, you live in- 12 in
:06:09. > :06:11.the West. In the evening winds pick up across the northern islands with
:06:12. > :06:16.a band of rain spreading into Shetland. Patchy rain in the West.
:06:17. > :06:23.Change on Monday as this weather front sinks south we draw in much
:06:24. > :06:27.colder arctic air. For the first two days of next week it will be a
:06:28. > :06:30.wintry spell of weather, some snow in the forecast, and turning colder.
:06:31. > :06:34.Sunday Politics Scotland is on later than usual tomorrow, at 3.15,
:06:35. > :06:36.that's because of coverage of the London Marathon.