16/11/2015 Reporting Scotland

The country joins the rest of Europe to show solidarity with Paris in the

We hear from the Scottish woman who escaped the

horror of the Bataclan music hall by hiding in a cellar with her friend.

It was not our day to die. Someone was just looking out for us. At the

time you do not think that. You think, why have we trapped ourselves

in this tiny little room, this being the last place we are ever going to

be? Tonight, Nicola Sturgeon warns

against a backlash against Also on the programme, victims

of historical child abuse threaten legal action to force the remit of

a government inquiry to be widened. A charity says testing for HIV

should be as normal as getting your teeth checked after revealing

that one person is diagnosed with And Andy Murray wins

his opening match in the ATP World Tour Finals, beating

David Ferrer in straight sets. Aberdeen's Marischal College is

tonight lit in the colours of the French tricolore to honour

the victims of the Paris attacks. It is one

of many tributes paid today across Scotland, including joining

a Europe-wide minute's silence. As investigations

on the continent intensify, Police Scotland have warned that the

threat of an attack here is real and Catriona Renton looks

at the day's events. At 11 o'clock, Scotland stopped to

remember. This was the scene at Waverley station. And this was the

French consulate. In Inverness, the French flag was flying at half-mast.

Across the length and breadth of the country, the horror of Friday

night's attacks was still so hard to comprehend. In Glasgow, politicians

joined members of the public in the city Chambers. The First Minister

stood shoulder to shoulder with senior Muslim leaders following some

reports of incidents against Muslims in Scotland at the weekend.

Unfortunately there will always be a level of backlash. Over the weekend

we have already heard of some Islamophobic attacks in and around

Glasgow, which is unfortunate but yet we understand in a sense that

something of this tragedy, there will be those unfortunately ignorant

people who will go out and they will not distinguish the difference

between us Muslims here and the atrocities of those terrorists who

are not Muslims elsewhere, specifically in Paris. The First

Minister spoke of the first group of refugees from Syria due to arrive in

Scotland tomorrow. We must remember, the refugees are fleeing amongst

other things from the horrors which are committed by people in Isil.

They are fleeing that terrorism and that violence. Secondary, all of the

refugees who will be welcomed to Scotland and to the rest of the UK

have undergone robust and stringent security checks. Today, books of

condolence were opened to show solidarity with the people of Paris.

The messages which have been collected so far in the book of

condolences reflect the shock and horror felt by people visiting the

city Chambers here in Glasgow. One reads - thinking of the people here

in Paris. Our Celtic cousins and the Auld Alliance. This woman signed the

book in Edinburgh. She had been in Paris at the time of the attacks. I

simply put in my message, my heart is there. My support is with them,

to all the families and relatives and friends of those who died, you

know, our support and our love will never be enough to help them through

this. While Scotland offers its support to the Parisians, police

here say people should be vigilant. The severe threat level means an

attack is highly likely and collectively we need to be vigilant.

The way terrorism will be defeated is by everybody taking

responsibility for that. The atrocity in Paris has left the world

shaken. Tonight as Scots reach out to the French and the Auld Alliance

holds strong. It is thought that 89 people died

in the attack Two Scotswomen who were

in the hall spent three hours hiding One of them, Mariesha Payne,

gave her chilling account of what happened to

our reporter Andrew Anderson. That was the sign outside that we

took just before we went in. What should be memories of a happy

holiday and now a reminder of the horror which descended on Paris. She

and her friend were celebrating a joint birthday, a weekend trip to

see a favourite band. Then the nightmare began. I said to

Christine, it is gunfire, one. At this point I look over and that is

when I saw they were hitting the stage. Sort of below where the lead

singer's feet were. One minute everyone is just singing, dancing,

having a great time. To then just screaming. As confusion and chaos

reigned outside, inside the 2 were trying to escape and through a maze

of corridors they found themselves trapped in a cellar. How long did it

go on for? Three hours. What was going through your head at that

point? We were not walking out of that building. Just, you do not

survive things like this. All we could hear at that point was a

stampede, people were running and screaming, gunfire and floods. Which

could only have people hitting the floor, their bodies hitting the

floor. So you were fully aware that there was a massacre taking place?

People were being murdered just above our heads. Help did eventually

come, the French police storming the building where scores of music firms

lay dead and injured. It could have happened anywhere. It could be

Glasgow, it could be Edinburgh. You can't stop living your life, you

can't lock yourself away. If these attacks are going to happen they are

going to happen and unfortunately, this is the world we live in. It

just was not our day to die. Someone was just looking out for us.

Legal action is being threatened to force the Scottish government to

widen its inquiry into allegations of child abuse at institutions such

A survivors' charity is seeking a judicial review because similar

inquiries elsewhere in the UK have a broader scope and include places

Our social affairs correspondent Reevel Alderson

Meeting in Glasgow ahead of talks with members of the inquiry team

investigating the extent of child abuse in Scotland. But these members

of the group White Flowers Alba are angry their stories will not be

heard. I feel aggrieved that an injustice has been done. Some of the

lads from the same school as me have committed suicide. I have had

counselling with a foundation, who brought me back from suicide. I am a

strong person now. The inquiry was ordered after appalling allegations

emerged in BBC Scotland's's investigation of institutional abuse

at the former catholic boarding school at Fort Augustus. It is

headed by Suzanne O'Brien to seek and will take up to four years to

report. But White Flowers Alba says the remit is too narrow. While it

does include boarding schools and councils acute units, children in

foster care and private homes and young people in long-term care such

as full bottle as well. However it does not include many other places

such as by priests in local parishes, day schools such as

nurseries or primary or children's organisations such as the Scouts or

army cadets. It really is like a postcode lottery. If you happen to

be in an institution which the inquiry recognises, then Europe use

will be enquired into. If not, if you are abused in a parish or in any

other institution, the Boy Scouts yet of the church, then you are left

out of the inquiry. Surely that in itself is a massive injustice. The

Government said the inquiry was the widest it had ever ordered. For it

to succeed and reach clear conclusions, said a spokesperson, it

needs to focus on an explicit remit within a set time frame. The abuse

of children in Scotland has happened decades. Survivors say they now feel

let down and they are now considering legal action to be

included in it. It should be an open door on this. Scottish society

should not be watching from the sidelines. We are fighting out this

endless, horrific battle and we are being left to face it on our own.

Still to come on tonight's programme...

How personal tragedy spurred the wife of former Prime Minister Gordon

Brown to help improve the chances of children born prematurely.

In sport, Andy Murray has the best possible start at the

And a Mexican standoff for Russell Knox.

The Scot just denied back-to-back victories.

An HIV charity is warning that a worrying trend of late diagnosis

in Scotland is leading to preventable deaths from the virus.

5,000 people are living with HIV in Scotland but

despite treatments being highly effective, people are still dying.

The Terrence Higgins Trust is setting up new clinics

around the country to get more people regularly tested.

Here's Fiona Walker from our investigations unit.

This charity is scaling up. They are training up more volunteers to

become HIV test is in new clinics around the country. And this is why.

We passionately believe that that is at the bottom of the worrying

statistics. Late diagnosis as well. There are worrying trends about

people not getting diagnosed until they are actually quite ill. Getting

an early test is really vital. I would do a pinprick on your

finger... So, if Chris was to test me for HIV today I would get the

result in just 20 minutes. But the key thing is getting people in here

to get tested and getting them early enough. So, protect yourself and

read this leaflet when it arrives. We have come a long way since the

1980s, but at least one person every day is being diagnosed with HIV in

Scotland. Last year, 34 people died. Health protection Scotland says at

least 1000 people have HIV but do not know it, creating a risk to

themselves and others. It is thought one reason people do not get tested

is the stigma of HIV. This man knows all about that. He is HIV-positive.

You never see adverts for charities for HIV on TV. You just don't see

it. And it is because of the stigma, it is because it is a dirty

disease. You got it cause you had sex, not because you were

injecting. It still has that and people go, you deserved it. We got

some results this morning and one of them is reactive... At the charity,

their new postal testing service is becoming more popular. They want HIV

testing to become as routine as becoming more popular. They want HIV

going to the dentist to get your teeth checked.

A row over the way a college in Glasgow is run has taken a fresh

twist. The principal of Glasgow Clyde College Susan Walsh looks set

to return to her job - nine months after she was suspended.

The move comes weeks after the board in charge of the college was

Our education correspondent Jamie McIvor is with us.

Jamie - this isn't a straightforward dispute,

You're right, and it goes to the heart of the debate about the big

changes we have seen two colleges in Scotland. I am was suspended in

February. The reasons were never made public. Later, claims and

counterclaims were made about the board behind the college. Critics

claimed the college had effectively been left in limbo. Last month the

Scottish Government sacked the board and appointed a new one. And that

new board has now decided not to pursue any disciplinary action

against I am Walsh and to invite her back to work. Is this the end of the

matter? I doubt it. Many of the old board members are angry about how

they were treated and feel they acted properly. They want the

Scottish Parliament to hear their case. Tomorrow, the order which

dismissed the board will be scrutinised by Holyrood's education

committee. With the shake-up two colleges all over Scotland still

under scrutiny, this case could send ripples right across the sector.

The wife of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has launched a research

project to improve the chances of children born prematurely.

It's funded by a charity set up by Sarah Brown following the death

of the couple's first child, who was born prematurely in 2001.

It's hoped the study lead to new treatments.

Sarah Brown spoke to our health correspondent Eleanor

Bradford, and there is some flash photography in Eleanor's report.

In 2001, when Gordon Brown was still Chancellor of the Exchequer, his

wife went into labour seven weeks early. Their daughter survived for

only ten days. Today, Sarah Brown told me why the charity she set up,

Their World, is setting up a new told me why the charity she set up,

study. With any luck we will be able to study these babies all the way

through to adulthood. We are starting with a study which will

take us through the first years of their childhood. Thank you to the

families who are supporting this study because it is quite a

commitment. But it will yield all kinds of amazing information. So so

what is the value in following children long-term like this? I

think we know that when babies are born prematurely or with

difficulties, with a hard start in life, that just those precious first

days in hospital are so critical. But there might be indications going

forward in life. We want to be able to have a study which looks at what

we know about the baby is now, what health support they have needed to

start them off in life, and as they go through that journey, what we can

learn with them both to support them and also to share that learning far

wider. From my experience, for Gordon and I, when we lost Jennifer,

one thing I realised was just how many families have experienced that.

It is something I was not aware of until it happened to me. If I look

back to the years since when Jennifer was born, so much has

changed in medicine already. The outcomes in a British hospital are

so different already. But of course we can do better than that. And we

want to make sure that every family has the chance to take home their

precious baby. Sarah and Gordon Brown went on to have two children,

now aged nine and 12. By the time THEY have children of their own, it

is hoped this study will already be improving the chances of babies born

early. Andy Murray got off to

a winning start at the World Tour Finals today, winning in straight

sets against David Ferrer of Spain. The victory

and performance banished any fears that preparations for next week's

Davis Cup final on clay have damaged From Great Britain, Andy Murray!

They know how to put on a show at the O2, the question was if Andy

Murray could follow suit given he had been practising on the question

was if Andy Murray could follow suit given he had been practising on

played ahead wrong with his serving. How about his ability to rally on an

indoor hard court? No problem either. Maybe his movement would not

be too good. Any doubts about that were also quickly dispelled. So when

his Spanish opponent chose the wrong moment to double fault, it was first

set to the Scot. It was not all plain sailing, he was broken at the

start of the second set. But that damage was quickly repaired as 3-1

Ferrer became 4-3 Murray. There was a real spring in his step, two

actually, as he maximised momentum to claim a straight sets win. All of

the players love this event, that is what it is staying here for a few

more years. The atmosphere is fantastic, my brother is playing

this year as well which is great. Yes, a winning start for both Murray

brothers here. Jamie is back in action tomorrow lunchtime and Andy

is back on Wednesday against the winner of tonight's match between

Rafael Nadal and Stan Wawrinka. Scotland's Russell Knox came

desperately close to winning his But this afternoon,

it went wrong for him in a sudden death play-off at the OHL Classic in

Mexico - Northern Ireland's Graeme Despite defeat for Knox,

it was another remarkable achievement, just a week

after his maiden win in Shanghai. Sideways wind and torrential rain in

Sunday's final round in Mexico. Hardly surprising a Scot and

Northern Ireland man topped the leaderboard, two clear as play was

abandoned. Into Monday and Knox had a birdie to take the outright lead.

At a dropped shot at the 14th moved him back to 19 under par. At the

15th, and incredible tee shot. But going into the final hole with a

1-shot lead, his tee shot found the bunker. That could be a problem.

That opened the door and both McDowell and American Jason Bohn

entered. A sudden-death play-off and the experience of McDowell shone

through. For Russell Knox, frustration, but clear signs of a

growing presence, another performance which cannot be ignored

when conversations come to the Ryder Cup.

Last year David Murdoch won an Olympic silver medal.

Now he admits he'll need to "train harder" to have a hope of

Murdoch's rink missed out on the chance to represent Scotland

at this week's European Championships in Denmark.

But he's determined to get back to his best, and doesn't need to look

On the ice and fully focused on the future. David Murdoch is determined

his European Championship setback will not set him back. We are

disappointed we are not there, we have to show we are the top team in

the country but that is up to us to prove. Going forward, we will have

to put a lot more focus and train harder and try to get to the top of

the tree. And if he is after any advice, that is close at hand.

That's it, well done. His brother and sister are also involved in the

sport, all introduced to it by their mum. I started David off until he

was about 14 or 15 and he became very good then and got into a good

team. Then you have more elite coaches to take over and they take

them further. I'm quite drought to have started him off in his early

years. Tess quite proud. -- quite proud. It was a lot to do with her,

pushing me on to try to be better. As the recipient of this year's

sport Scotland coaching lifetime achievement award, her skills have

been agonised. Another accolade for the Murdoch family.

Although sites are also set on another prize in two and a half

years. A proud mum. That is the sport.

Emma Thompson and Ken Stott were among

the winners at the Bafta Scotland awards in Glasgow last night.

And there was a special award for Outstanding Contribution to Film

and Television for one of our most successful and enduring actors.

Our arts correspondent Pauline McLean reports.

It is the biggest night of the year for the Scottish film and television

industry and after one of the busiest years on record, you would

think the stars would be out in force. Get off! Robert Carlyle was

still working on his directorial debut, The Legend of Barney

Thomson, so neither he nor Emma Thompson were there to see it picked

up two awards. It is massive for all of us, across the pond, for us to

receive this. No one person was able to make this film, we made it

together and we made it together and we're all very proud. And it's nice

as a writer to get out of the house! And the winner is David Elliot. Real

people and real stories were a theme this year. Actor David Elliott

shared his win with the family of the soldier he portrayed. You can't

tell any older stories than things that are true. Especially this story

-- boulder. If you did no one would fund it, they had to push to get it

made, it really hard but these stories are unbelievable but true.

And good stories are the key to get all according to director will

Forsyth who presented an award to his long-term friend and colleague,

Will Patterson. -- Bill Paterson. He said we had to forget about the

paymaster giving us the money for doing a commercial, you go out and

tell stories about people. It was an inspiration, what Billy and his

generation were doing. We just hung on to their coat-tails and decided

to put some of it on film. Now here's Andrew Kerr with

details of Scotland 2015. Tonight we should learn more about

the Prime Minister's thinking on Isis and Syria in the wake of the

Paris attacks as he makes a keynote speech at the Lord Meadowbank with.

As we look at what to do a broad, we will also consider what issues this

throws up close at the home -- the Lord Mayor's banquet.

What do we have installed the weather? A bit of everything! Today

we had sunny spells and scattered showers. This picture captures a bit

of both. Tonight the showers across southern and eastern Scotland will

ease but we still have low pressure in the north-west which will keep

the show was coming into northern and western parts, some heavy with

hail and thunder and falling as snow over the hills. Gusty winds up to 70

mph on the Western Isles and north-west coast. Elsewhere, they

gradually ease and it will be a chilly night with temperatures close

to freezing in places with a touch of frost. A chilly start tomorrow,

still windy in the far north but the strongest winds will ease and

foremost it will be a day of light winds. A scattering of showers

across the north, some brightness and later on some rain sweeping in

from the south. That is a snapshot around 3pm, heavy rain in some

places. That could get as far north as the central belt by the end of

the afternoon. North of that, a lot of dry and right weather with a

scattering of showers, the best of the sunshine in the north-east and

with those lighter winds, not feeling too bad. Tomorrow evening,

that heavy rain coming in from the south pulls away that it is followed

by another deep area of low pressure moving in off the Atlantic to bring

more heavy rain or when state. Most of us start dry and bright but

strengthening winds will bring heavy rains sweeping north-eastwards.

Behind that in the afternoon, brighter conditions with scattered

showers but some of those will be heavy and we could see Gail or

severe gale force winds in central and southern Scotland for the second

half of the afternoon. On Thursday, the winds become northerly and we

pull in colder air. There will be showers on a wintry in the Northern

Isles and the north of the mainland, some for eastern Scotland as well

with the best dry and I in the south-west.

Now, a reminder of tonight's main news.

Security Francis in France believe a Belgian national may have

masterminded the attacks in France -- security forces. The French

president Francois Hollande is looking to extend the state of

urgency in the country by three months and promised no spike in the

military effort against so-called Islamic State.

I'll be back with the headlines at 8pm and the late bulletin just

Until then, from everyone on the team right across the