18/11/2015 Reporting Scotland

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The SNP sets out new plans for a vote at Westminster

In solidarity with the victims of the Paris attacks.

A special mass is under way in Glasgow this evening.

The Government calls on Scots to take more steps to

Andy Murray fails to cut it, losing to Rafael Nadal at the

And why this Aberdeenshire man, chose to sleep on the streets

It costs billions of pounds and is responsible for thousands of

Scottish jobs, but the Trident weapons system will take centre

The SNP will table a Commons motion on Trident

for debate next week, which is likely to call for the scrapping

It is the ultimate deterrent. At any one time Britain has at least one

submarine at sea carrying nuclear weapons. They and the missiles are

based at Faslane and Coulport on the Clyde. For the SNP, ridding Scotland

of nuclear weapons is an article of faith. Now as Westminster's third

largest party they have more opportunities to raise the issue in

prime parliamentary time. The issue of replacing Trident is one of the

biggest of this Parliament. It will cost over ?160 billion in its

lifetime, an enormous waste of money. It is difficult to know what

the position of the Labour Party is and perhaps this vote will tease

that out. The SNP knows it is opposed to it. Soon MPs will have to

decide whether to commit billions of pounds to renewing the sub means and

update a missile system. Opponents say it is a waste of money as they

will never be used. Supporters say it will guarantee long-term security

and protect thousands of jobs in Scotland. It is not just the world

situation now, it is what happens decades from now. Look at North

Korea which is developing missile systems that could strike us. We

have to keep that ultimate deterrent. The total vote in favour

of the motion was 70.3%. But the biggest problem is for Labour.

Jeremy Corbyn and Scottish Labour are against replacing Trident. The

UK party is looking afresh at defence, but the existing policy is

to back renewal. The Scottish Labour Party has said they are against the

renewal of Trident and I am against it and the UK Labour Party is going

through its own review. It is perfectly entitled to do that after

a new leadership team has come into place. They will come to a

conclusion in due course. Others take a different view in the party.

I am not sure what the SNP want to achieve, but I hope if they take up

Commons time they will use it to explain why they currently think

nuclear weapons are abominable, but want to remain under the protection

of other people like the United States. The final decision on

renewing Trident is due soon. Opinions are strongly held and few

An emergency assessment unit at Scotland's brand new hospital

is not big enough according to Scotland's Health Minister.

Earlier this month a man died on a trolley in the unit at Queen

Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow while waiting for a bed.

Hospital bosses say they are increasing capacity. Eleanor

It's a huge ?800 million hospital opened in the spring, but already

there has been an admission that part of it is not big enough. The

immediate assessment unit which receives referrals from GPs for

emergency care has been the focus of problems since the beginning.

Earlier this month, a man died on a trolley whilst waiting for

treatment. Today the health minister admitted that particular unit is not

big enough. Last girl has said very clearly it needs to be bigger than

the model that was done. They have been clear about that and they are

taking steps immediately to create the ambulatory care area and the

other changes I mentioned earlier to free up some capacity. They are

expanding the size of the unit and they have been given until

mid-December. Earlier she visited the emergency care area and saw new

so-called ambulatory care areas which has been set up to treat

patients who do not need a bed, but hopefully it will speed up the

through input of patients through the Department. Staffing should be

A mass is under way in Glasgow this evening in solidarity with

The Archbishop of Glasgow has offered prayers

for the 129 people who died in the attacks in Paris on Friday.

The mass is attended by Scottish politicians and the Honorary Consul

At Saint Andrew's Cathedral in Glasgow the congregation came

together to pray for the 129 people in Paris who lost their lives. Also

for the injured and bereaved. The Scots and French people were on. For

me it is terribly important to share their sorrow and pain. It is

Scottish people getting together for the French people and we will always

be behind them. The Lord province came to represent Glasgow and the

honorary Consul of France gave a reading. Whatever word you want to

choose, it is about being together and the church offering this

opportunity to be together. After a funeral you hug and no one does

together better than Glasgow and the Scots in general. The Archbishop of

Glasgow said he wanted to give anyone who wanted the opportunity to

bring their grief, shock, fear and anger before God and to let them

express their sense of common humanity. What happened in Paris was

not a random, tragic accident of the kind we have seen in Glasgow in the

last two years, which left us all bewildered. The difference is that

we know the why of the Paris atrocity. There is no mystery about

it. Men did it. They wanted it, they planned it, they carried it out. It

is now five days since the attacks in Paris and the shock and horror is

still raw. Some have said that this evening's mass has provided them

with some comfort and sends a message of support from the people

Still to come on tonight's programme:

The charity that's calling for a proportion of all new homes to

In sport, Andy Murray on his defeat by Rafa

And why Izzy's become an Aussie. The Scot who's switching her allegiance.

In the week the UK Government warned of terrorist-driven cyber crime,

and after a number of high profile criminal hackings, how protected is

Now the Scottish Government has launched a safety strategy aimed at

This is a digital age, we talk, and even conduct our social life online,

but a recent survey found 10% of us has experienced a breach of personal

data. Today the Scottish Government launched a new strategy aimed at

keeping us, our businesses and country safe. We know, and it is a

timely reminder at the moment, that there are terrorist organisations

that focus on cyber crime as a way of destabilising economies and

societies. With the hackers getting more sophisticated, how do we

protect our data? Create a strong password. Not your favourite

football team, but a combination of letters and numbers. Use screen

locks on phones and tablets. If you use public Wi-Fi, do not share

private details like a bank account number. Something I would never have

thought about is antivirus for a mobile phone or a tablet. Nowadays

it is just as critical for your PC or your laptop. We have seen

increases targeted at the Mobile smartphone and it is advisable to

put that security on it. Just last month TalkTalk was a victim of

hackers. The company set up to 28,000 credit and debit card details

were accessed. We asked people what they do to keep safe online. I try

to make different passwords with capitals and different things. Not

much to be honest, I do not install anti-virus software. I probably do

not do enough. I do quite well. The Scottish Government says around 80%

of cyber crime could be prevented by getting the basics right.

Sales at Scotland's shops have dropped again.

In October they were down 2.4% on the same time last year.

The Scottish Retail Consortium says shoppers might not be spending

as much because they may be holding out for better deals

And the demand for heavy coats and boots didn't come up to

expectations due, apparently, to the milder weather.

A report into the sinking of a Fraserburgh-registered trawler last

year has found that it capsized in heavy following seas, and that it

may have had too much sea water on deck that affected its stability.

Three people died when the Ocean Way capsized

in November a hundred nautical miles off the coast of Tynemouth.

The co-owner said he was unaware of potential problems with its

stability despite regular inspections.

This was the trolley that capsized and sank in November last year. It

took nearly three hours for a seeking helicopter to reach the

scene and pluck two crewmen from the water and the skipper James Noble.

He was later pronounced dead and a further two men were never found.

Everybody loved him, he was so laid back. He got on with everybody. He

loved his family. His friends all loved him. Today's report by the

Marine Accident Investigation Branch says the Oceanway Hank sank in heavy

following season and the sea water on deck reduced its stability. That

should have drained away, but there were no pause on the vessel and not

as many as was indicated. The owner says regular inspections never

flagged that up. There are no fisherman yet that I know of in

Fraserburgh who would compromise on safety. If they tell you to do

something, if you do not do it, you will not get to see. If we were told

they were less than the minimum size, we would have rectified it.

The loss of the Oceanway was deeply felt in Fraserburgh. The Maritime

and coastguard agency said it was changing its instructions to

surveyors who carry out inspections and it said it was developing a new

code of conduct for all fishing vessels which would look again at

their stability in all conditions. The report also found the rescue

response time would have been quicker if the trawler's emergency

radio beacon had been able to give its exact location, though it

probably would not have affected the outcome in this case.

A look at other stories from across the country.

A review of leadership and culture in a ward at Borders General

Hospital has been recommended by the public services watchdog after a man

in the final stages of lung cancer discharged himself and died at home

because hospital care was so poor. Oxygen equipment was not working and

he was left in considerable pain. A woman who died after being struck

by a car in Russia has been named a 77-year-old Margaret McLaren who

lived locally. The accident happened late last night.

The Trussell Trust which coordinates the work of food banks says there

has been a 17% rise in demand in Scotland. More than 60,000 emergency

food supplies were giving out between April and September this

year. A public hearing has been held into

plans to build more than 250 houses in Lossiemouth. The development site

is close to the RAF base. Many residents expressed concern at

increased traffic through the town. More than 100 cruise liners are

bowed to arrive in Orkney next season. That is believed to be a

record for any cruise destination in the UK. But with around 100,000

passengers, concerns have been raised about congestion at historic

sites. People wanting to become child

minders will have to undergo new training. It will include an

induction programme to be completed by candidates before they can

register. The Scottish Government says well-trained childminders are

essential to its plans to extend early learning and childcare will

stop everyone has gone through the same courses and everyone has the

same training and so that means the parents can safely go onto a

website, look at the register and no that they will be at least qualified

correctly to look after their children.

We often hear of the difficulties facing elderly people to adapt

their homes so they can lead independent lives, but there are

thousands of disabled people of all ages facing the same struggle.

Now a charity is calling on the Scottish Government to ensure

a proportion of all new houses are wheelchair friendly.

Aileen Clarke met one family who say such a move would be life-changing.

Robbie Martin is 11 now, but was diagnosed with muscular Dis Friday

six years ago, three years ago he could stand and walk, now this

muscle wasting disease has developed to the extent he depends on his

wheelchair and parents to move round. A low level extension out. He

would be able to come from his bedroom straight into the kitchen.

The cost for that new bedroom and bedroom will be ?40,000. The Martins

believe the local council should contribute 80% of that cost. That

has not been offered If I could get the 80% off them on that build, I

would be happy. We are looking for other funding. We do fundraising

ourselves, we would probably do a fund-raise to make the money for the

other 20%. We have some savings, the savings would go towards the other

20%. But the Martins who own this house have been offered 50% of the

cost by the council. A spokesman told us today, that offer was

limited by legislation, and what is allowed by council policy. We

continue to work with the family, and their representatives to help

explore funding options for the rest of the cost.

The Martins are not the only family struggling for funding to adapt

their homes. The charity argues building 10 pest % of new housing

stock to be wheelchair friendly would be a win If you start making

the changes now, you are investing for a long-term future that will

give you a bigger saving in the long run, because these houses would be

there, adaptations would be far less difficult, and therefore, I think it

is an investment more than a spend, if you see what I mean. But at the

moment, back in Lanarkshire Robbie is sharing a bedroom with his big

sister and that is an arrangement he is keen to change. This was to go

ahead, what difference would it make to you? I would give me a better

Let's get tonight's sports news from David.

Andy Murray's lost his second match at the World Tour finals in London.

He was beaten 6-4, 6-1 by Rafa Nadal.

However all is not lost for the Scot.

He could still make it through to the semifinals of the tournament.

More from our tennis reporter Kheredine Idessane at the O2 Arena.

Renewing the rivalry with Rafa, a real test for Andy Murray, given

Nadal's recent renaissance. It started well enough, an immediate

break of the Spaniard's serve. That is the end of that.

Parity was restored however as it became clear this would be a close

shave. Went for the change of direction

Andy Murray, finds the Met net At one point it almost turned into a

short back and sides. Is he taking a trim. Would Andy Murray lose his

powers. He was broken to love as Nadal made the first mark. Deflated

the Scot's next service game wasn't much better as the errors continued

to flow. Suddenly the Spaniard had taken four

games in a row and a real grip on the match.

There was one last Murray moment of magic.

But it was all too little too late. A Rafa rout in the second set

sealing the match. And that's it.

He is playing with understanding her and fire and finally some

confidence. I served very low percentage, maybe lowest percentage

I have served the year. That is not good enough against someone as good

as Rafa. It was a curiously flat finish from Andy Murray this

afternoon, losing seven of the last eight games, the good news was he is

still in the tournament. Next up for him on Friday, the French Open

champion Stan Wawrinka and if he can produce somewhere near his best

entennis Andy Murray has a chance of making Saturday's semifinals.

Andy Murray then is world number two and Scotland's and Great Britain's

But an up-and-coming young Scottish player has pledged her allegiance to

Inverness teenager Isabelle Wallace has decided to represent Australia.

Her dad's told us it's because there's not enough support

Is This is 19-year-old Isabelle Wallace. She is ranked 779th in the

world. To further her tennis ambitions, Izzy has become an

Aussie. At the family home her dad explains

why. Hopefully she will get the help and you know, from the Australia

governing body, advice as well, with some of the coaches and meeting up

with a lot of them in Europe and being part of that, more

professional I think set up. The Wallaces lived in Australia for a

time and Isobel represented the country at junior level.

But when the family returned home to open a bakery, she switched

allegiances to Great Britain. A perceived lack of support from the

Lawn Tennis Association, the UK Sports governing body, the reason

for reverting back to Australia. We do feel let down, we felt we were on

our own doing it. Where to go to, what tournaments to go to it when

somebody doesn't play too well, they are dropped like a hot potato. The

LTA said it provided Izzy with support such as tournament wild

cards and funded trips abroad through 2015 and the last few year,

player support in its many forms is always in relation to their overall

performance level. The wisdom of Isobel's decision will

perhaps be best meshiered by her future position in the world

The only Scot in the British men's hockey team is

preparing for the World league finals in India next week.

Team GB are one of eight teams who've qualified.

Alan Forsyth scored on his Great Britain debut last month.

And he's hoping a good showing in India could help him win

a place in the squad for the Olympics next year.

Asured by her future position in the world rankings.

Just getting to know a lot more of the boys within the team. I think it

is important, obviously going out to a tournament with obviously, it will

come next year. The main thing is focus on this tournament and make

myself better and get involved more in the team. Never say never.

That is all tonight's sport. A man who once lived

on the streets because of a drink problem has spent 30 nights living

rough in cities througout the UK. Gordon Cruden is raising money

for a rehabilitation centre he helps Steven Duff spoke to him

in Aberdeen, as he prepared Really tired. A bit exhausted now.

Really really just wanting this 30 days to end, but I think I am

running on, I have a bit of adrenaline going. Gordon Cruden

close to the finishing line in Aberdeen after almost 30 days

sleeping rough The homeless can be a volatile subculture, they can be

aggressive and I wanted to walk in their shoes, and try and understand

where they were coming from. So that is what I set out to do. I have

taken no money with me, no credit cards, no change of clothes and I

haven't contacted any friends for help. I have tried to live as a

homeless person, in all these different cities. A bit panicking, I

am soaked to the skin. My feet are wet. My boots are leaking, and I

don't have a clue where I am going to sleep or what is going to happen.

The UK capital first Gordon blogged through Cardiff, Dublin, Belfast,

Edinburgh. Well, here I am, in Edinburgh. Very wet, extremely wet

and windy night. His final two nights on the streets of Aberdeen. I

am not hopeless, so at the end of this I am going back to my family,

any nice warm house and my job, going back to all that, and so

although I was on the streets, walking in their shoe, I didn't have

that hopelessness and not knowing what was going to become of my

situation. A lot of these people didn't have a plan. I didn't

experience that in any depth. Gordon works with people with addiction,

his 30 day experiment has given him a greater understanding of why

homelessness and addiction often go hand in hand. I could understand why

these homeless people take the substances that they do, and take

the amount of alcohol they do, just, just to get out of the pain, just to

escape from the pain. One more night on the streets before Gordon can do

this for the last time. OK, folk, thank you.

Here is Kirsteen to tell us what's happening to the weather.

Good evening. It has been a day of changeable conditions, across much

of the country. This picture from our weather watcher in Dingwall

highlighting the places nicely. For this evening and a time tonight

frequent and heavy showers across much of the country, severe gale

force winds for south-west coastal areas with gales across much of

central and southern Scotland leading to disruption to ferry,

temporary bridge restrictions and hazardous driving conditions.

Through the night the winds will tend to ease and the showers will

become fewer and light in the south. Temperature-wise, round five or six

Celsius, something a little chillier in parts of Tayside under clearer

sky, tomorrow it is something of a north-south split. Across southern

Scotland, a lot of dry weather to come, just a few showers, especially

in the morning, bright or sunny spells, a different story in the

north, often cloudy with showery outbreaks of rain. Taking a closer

look tomorrow afternoon, across much of southern central Scotland, a lot

of dry weather, with some bright or sunny spells. Still breezy with

westerly winds. Not as windy as this evening. Across the north a lot of

showers or longer spells of rain. In the Northern Isles we will have

something drier and clearer, just a few showers in Shetland, which may

well turn wintry tomorrow afternoon, gusty northernly winds here and

feeling cold. As we head into Thursday evening the showers will

continue in the far north of the country. Fewer and lighter further

south. Taking a look ahead to Friday and Saturday, we begin to introduce

a much colder air mass across the UK really, with some strong northerly

winds, so into Friday, across Scotland we will have showers or

longer spells of rain in the north and North East. Falling as snow on

the hills and mountains initially, although that snow level will

readily come down during the day. By evening we could have lying snow to

lower levels, drifting across the high ground with strong winds and a

bitterly cold day to come for all. The non-news. The dawn police raid

on a flat in Paris left two terror suspects dead and seven under arrest

as the hunt for the man who is thought to have Master Minded

Friday's attacks in the city continues.

The SNP will table a commons motion to debate Trident next week. It is

thought they will call for the scrapping of the nuclear weapons

system. And that is reporting Scotland. I am

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