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The controversial Beauly Denny powerline has been switched | :00:10. | :00:12. | |
It's been described as a "power super highway" between the Highlands | :00:13. | :00:18. | |
But its opponents continue to question the cost | :00:19. | :00:21. | |
Our environment correspondent, David Miller, reports. | :00:22. | :00:38. | |
Our journey starts here. There are 640 more ahead of us. It is only | :00:39. | :00:48. | |
when you take to the skies it at a rail view on this project. There are | :00:49. | :00:57. | |
pylon cables and hell tracks as well. We headed south. -- Hill | :00:58. | :01:06. | |
tracts. It is massive. It is one of the longest lines in the United | :01:07. | :01:12. | |
Kingdom and it crosses a number of passes. It is 2500 feet above sea | :01:13. | :01:18. | |
level. The line can resultwas a day | :01:19. | :01:27. | |
from wind farms in thenorth It's a privilege argue | :01:28. | :01:29. | |
that we are seeing the industrialisation | :01:30. | :01:35. | |
of Scottishmountain landscapes. Very few people would claim | :01:36. | :01:35. | |
now that they've is just You can see that it is having | :01:36. | :01:36. | |
a major impact particularly from the tracks that were built | :01:37. | :01:40. | |
to put these pylons in. One of the major | :01:41. | :01:45. | |
conditions was that these tracks would be removed from these | :01:46. | :01:45. | |
places and that is not happening Environmentally, it | :01:46. | :01:47. | |
will have a big impact. Power companies insist they have | :01:48. | :01:59. | |
worked hard to minimise the impact, especially in the | :02:00. | :02:02. | |
Cairngorms National Park. In total we have moved | :02:03. | :02:06. | |
109 kilometres of line But this half of the length | :02:07. | :02:06. | |
of the Beauly to Dennyline. That is something that | :02:07. | :02:15. | |
people do not recognise. It was a significant | :02:16. | :02:17. | |
reduction in landscape The power line might need | :02:18. | :02:18. | |
conducting but the debate goes Tomorrow, we headed south | :02:19. | :02:28. | |
following the line as it heads towards Scotland's | :02:29. | :02:29. | |
industrial heartland. The UK Government's been accused | :02:30. | :02:32. | |
of failing to respond early enough to warnings about a crisis | :02:33. | :02:38. | |
in the steel industry - where 270 jobs have been lost | :02:39. | :02:38. | |
in Scotland in recent months. The workers were laid off | :02:39. | :02:40. | |
in October, after the closure of Tata steel plants | :02:41. | :02:42. | |
at Dalzell and Clydebridge. But ministers insist they did | :02:43. | :02:47. | |
all they could to protect steel makers here from cheaper | :02:48. | :02:47. | |
Chinese imports. The steelworks have wound down for | :02:48. | :03:10. | |
the fast Tech -- Hephaestus break. 270 jobs were going, the firm | :03:11. | :03:19. | |
blaming cheap imports and high electricity costs. Now MPs say that | :03:20. | :03:22. | |
other European countries took steps to protect their steel workers while | :03:23. | :03:30. | |
ministers in the UK failed to react. We have had examples recently where | :03:31. | :03:37. | |
the government stepped in. What we are seeing quite clearly, we have to | :03:38. | :03:41. | |
make sure we have sustainability of the steel industry in the UK that | :03:42. | :03:47. | |
gives value, because if we lose this industry, all that happens is that | :03:48. | :03:50. | |
we import. Nicola Sturgeon has pledged to leave no turned an turned | :03:51. | :03:59. | |
to save the industry. -- no stone unturned. The unions maintain that | :04:00. | :04:05. | |
up to four potential buyers have shown interest but it is too late | :04:06. | :04:09. | |
for the workers who have already taken a redundancy deal. Across | :04:10. | :04:16. | |
Europe, Steelworkers have faced huge challenges. China has been accused | :04:17. | :04:20. | |
of... The UK Government says it is doing all he can to help the | :04:21. | :04:26. | |
industry. There is no-one simple solution but it is taking clear | :04:27. | :04:30. | |
action on relief for energy costs. The steel energy has played a vital | :04:31. | :04:36. | |
role in the history of Scotland for more than 150 years. Its fate might | :04:37. | :04:40. | |
be sealed in a matter of weeks. When a worker 's return after the festive | :04:41. | :04:47. | |
break they will be hoping that the new year rings festive news, but the | :04:48. | :04:50. | |
return and generate could see them finishing up orders and continuing | :04:51. | :04:51. | |
to prepare for closure of the plant. A company's been fined ?200,000 | :04:52. | :05:06. | |
after a worker was gassed to death Dundee Sheriff Court heard there had | :05:07. | :05:06. | |
been inadequate safety precautions. Xervon Palmers Ltd admitted health | :05:07. | :05:12. | |
and safety breaches. MSPs have called for a controversial | :05:13. | :05:16. | |
type of gambling machine to be New powers to limit the spread | :05:17. | :05:18. | |
of fixed odds betting terminals are being debated by MPs, | :05:19. | :05:21. | |
but Holyrood's Local Government Committee wants all gaming | :05:22. | :05:27. | |
and betting powers to be That is what these fixed odds | :05:28. | :05:27. | |
betting terminals offer MSPs have been told that ease | :05:28. | :05:41. | |
of access means that this can become Never any trouble at all, | :05:42. | :05:58. | |
no previous trouble, had me that much that I would do | :05:59. | :06:00. | |
absolutely anything for a bet. That was some other things | :06:01. | :06:08. | |
going down that road, getting caught with that, | :06:09. | :06:08. | |
I did all sorts of things, anything that would, | :06:09. | :06:11. | |
my hands on money to feed these He was tempted by the opportunities | :06:12. | :06:17. | |
to play roulette and blackjack MSPs say that this type of gambling | :06:18. | :06:27. | |
should not be left to chance and they want these machines to be | :06:28. | :06:40. | |
banned from the high Street. Many people describe these machines | :06:41. | :06:43. | |
as the crack cocaine We have heard from people | :06:44. | :06:49. | |
across Scotland who responded to our survey who have | :06:50. | :06:50. | |
related their experiences They have become addicted | :06:51. | :06:52. | |
to these machines. We have to look at what they have | :06:53. | :07:01. | |
said and recognise that this is a very big problem and that | :07:02. | :07:06. | |
action must betaken. Bookmakers said that they have | :07:07. | :07:16. | |
developed measures to help those who may develop a problem | :07:17. | :07:16. | |
with their gambling. They say the committee proposals | :07:17. | :07:25. | |
would limit choice for the vast majority of customers | :07:26. | :07:29. | |
to gamble responsibly, But MSPs are urging the Scottish | :07:30. | :07:35. | |
and Westminster governments More than 700 sightings of basking | :07:36. | :07:44. | |
sharks were recorded in the sea around the Inner Hebrides | :07:45. | :07:53. | |
between April and October this year. The wildlife tour company | :07:54. | :07:54. | |
Basking Shark Scotland said the bulk of the sightings were made | :07:55. | :07:57. | |
in the seas around Mull, It's almost three times the number | :07:58. | :07:59. | |
spotted in the previous year. Time now for the latest weather with | :08:00. | :08:08. | |
Judith. That evening. As we approach the shortest day, it is looking | :08:09. | :08:15. | |
rather wet and windy. It is predominantly dry at the moment but | :08:16. | :08:17. | |
a weather front is approaching very soon, introducing outbreaks of rain | :08:18. | :08:22. | |
tonight, coupled with gusty south westerly winds. We are looking at | :08:23. | :08:25. | |
driving rain and the morning. We westerly winds. We are looking at | :08:26. | :08:28. | |
have warnings for Southwest Scotland. The western borders could | :08:29. | :08:39. | |
also see this terrain. It moves away quickly. The wind is going | :08:40. | :08:40. | |
also see this terrain. It moves away West as we headed towards the course | :08:41. | :08:43. | |
of the day. It brightens up and we West as we headed towards the course | :08:44. | :08:49. | |
western and northern Scotland. A better picture, the rain... | :08:50. | :09:01. | |
Sensitive ground here, so there are some Met Office warnings here, and | :09:02. | :09:04. | |
arena for the Southwest as well. Mild across South East England, | :09:05. | :09:15. | |
14-15dC. Everywhere is windy. In two the evening time, further showers | :09:16. | :09:18. | |
coming in from the southwest and some of them will be heavy during | :09:19. | :09:24. | |
the overnight period. Wednesday night into Thursday, have a very | :09:25. | :09:29. | |
active area of low pressure pulling him towards us, bringing some wet | :09:30. | :09:32. | |
weather but also strong winds. We could see some gale force winds | :09:33. | :09:37. | |
towards the northwest of the mainland. The calm before the storm, | :09:38. | :09:45. | |
there will be some showers in the north, but gradually, a lot of dry | :09:46. | :09:48. | |
and bright sunny weather. The wind is picking up to towards the end of | :09:49. | :09:59. | |
the day. Think you, that is all. We will be back at 6:25am tomorrow | :10:00. | :10:03. |