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ShowA car thief who drove over a pensioner as he tried to stop him stealing his car has been jailed for life, after being found guilty of murder. Christopher Grenfell had admitted killing 76 year old James Simpson, but claimed it was an accident. After the verdict the victim's son said his father's "strong sense of right and wrong" resulted in him chasing Grenfell with terrible consequences, leaving his mother a "shattered, nervous and a lonely widow". In other news: Police underwater teams have joined the search for a missing father on Loch Gairloch. Ewen Beaton's been unaccounted for since Sunday's canoe tragedy, in which his two sons and another child died. Today books of condolence were opened in the Easter Ross communities where they lived. A deal agreeing the terms of the independence referendum has to be agreed within the next two months, according to the Scottish Secretary. Two men have been taken to hospital after a fire caused an explosion in a house in Edinburgh. Emergency services were alerted by neighbours who saw bedroom windows in the property in Longstone Road being blown out by a blast at eight o'clock last night. A twenty five year old man was taken to hospital with severe burns. A sixty year old went in for precautionary checks. A report into a train derailment near Edinburgh's Waverley station has recommended that Network Rail reviews its repairs process. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch found that a section of track should have been replaced in the days leading up to the incident but instead was repaired. The empty train came off the rails in July last year, causing disruption to services for two days. Parents of school pupils in Fife have criticised a road safety scheme, saying it could put children at greater risk. New markings, painted at junctions close to a primary in Kirkcaldy, are designed to encourage youngsters to walk to school - but there are concerns they'll draw children into the traffic. And in sports: Celtic will face the might of Barcelona in the group stage of the Champions League. The draw, which was made in Monaco less than an hour ago, has also paired Neil Lennon's team with Benfica and Spartak Moscow. Motherwell and Hearts are Scotland's other two clubs playing in European competitions this season, but both go into their games tonight on the back of first leg defeats. Craig Levein says he didn't include Kris Commons in his squad for next month's world cup qualifiers because he believes no player deserves to be dropped for the Celtic midfielder. This international version of STV News at Six is viewable world-wide. It has been edited for rights reasons, which also allows us to keep the programme online after the initial 24-hour broadcast window in the UK has passed. Viewers within the UK who want to watch the full episode 'as broadcast' should select the UK version of the programme.
