22/12/2015 Reporting Scotland

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The Forth Road Bridge will reopen to all vehicles except heavy

lorries tomorrow morning - almost a fortnight

Traffic will be allowed back on the crossing from 6 am.

The bridge was closed almost three weeks ago,

when a crack was found in a steel support.

They have worked day and night in tricky conditions and ahead of

schedule, the work is complete. It's been 19 days now since this road was

closed to traffic and it's strange to be standing here on the empty

carriageway. Work has been going on 24 hours a day to fix the repair and

tomorrow morning the road will again become one of the busiest in

Scotland. This morning the transport minister gathered with the engineers

to relieve the news. I have approved the reopening of the Forth Road

Bridge to all traffic except HGVs. There was immediate delight. In the

catholic undertakings have been down. We are ecstatic that the

bridge being opened, it has been like a ghost town, we are hoping

tomorrow we will have more people coming in. They will come over and

see us. We are excited. In Fife, where there has been so much

disruption, the migration from rail to road can begin. 6am tomorrow

morning X they have done a great job to road can begin. 6am tomorrow

to get it open. The temporary repair is not strong enough to hold the

weight of HGVs. What we have been doing is developing a permanent

solution to replace the embers, that is anticipated to be finished at the

end of January, that will then move onto the site, that is where we are

anticipating the middle of debris, to have in place. The haulage

industry says it is dismayed, describing the bridge closure a

catastrophe that will costed millions. I'm told we will be back

on the bridge beginning of January, now it is possibly middle of debris,

we need to go and tell our customers something because the costs are

mounting daily, we really need to know. I really hope they will

prevent debris but I'm not convinced. But the transport Mr says

there will be support. There are discussions, but they are very keen

that we get access for them over the bridge that's what we're working to,

I'm very certain that HGVs will be across the Forth Road Bridge early

next year. As night fell and workers down tools, for one last evening,

the bridge remained silent. The six people who died

in the Glasgow bin lorry crash this time last year have been remembered,

at a special service Candles were lit for the victims,

and tributes were paid to all those who were injured and to

the emergency services who went to their aid.

Aileen Clarke reports. Those who were injured that day,

those who helped them, and those who witnessed it first hand, including

the crew travelling in the back of the bin lorry. They came together in

the city's Cathedral to remember and reflect. This ecumenical service

allows the opportunity for us all in our great city, to stand in

solidarity with one another and express our prayerful support for

all those affected by what happened. Six people died that day and this

first anniversary was always going to be a very difficult time for

their families. Queues were kept for relatives and friends but perhaps

such a large public occasion was just too much some of the bereaved

to bear, after many difficult days in the last year. Gillian Ewing...

Everyone who died was remembered as candles were laid. Erin McQuade.

Each one carried by a relative or friend. Jacqueline Sweeney. Lorraine

Sweeney. Jacqueline Morton. Stephenie Tait. The First Minister

gave a reading. The salt of the righteous are in the hand of God. I

know torment -- though, it will ever touch them. The Bishop admitted it

was hard to find the right words will only the people involved in

those long days since we know what it was like. What happened was an

accident, we now know an accident waiting to happen, but still, an

accident. Pointless, meaningless, a consequence of human folly and

responsibility. During the service contribute was paid to the emergency

services and those passers-by who went to help, and the closing prayer

was led by the Archbishop of Glasgow. Give us the strength of

compassion that we may never shield our eyes and hearts from pain, but

seek to heal and bless. The oil company, Tota,

has been fined over a million pounds for a safety breach that caused

a massive gas leak in the North Sea. 6,000 tonnes of gas escaped

from the Elgin Platform, over a period of two months

after the incident in March 2012. Aberdeen Sheriff Court

heard that workers ran, fearing for their lives,

after the sudden, uncontrolled release of gas.

Total admitted responsibility. A 48-hour strike by workers

on the Caledonian Sleeper service between Scotland and London got

underway this evening. The dispute is over union claims

of defects to trains - From Inverness, Jackie O'Brien

reports. The last sleep trying into Inverness

before Christmas arrived on time this morning. There was little

festive cheer among the passengers caught up in the industrial dispute

between the services operator Serco and staff across the country. It'll

be sad to see it go but I think the staff have a point. It's in a bit of

a state, the whole arrangement. I use it every day, it saves on my

carbon footprint and it just proves how flexible the sleeper service is,

not just serving customers from London coming to the Highlands but

also the local community. So we will miss it. The RMT claims that the

Caledonian operators have failed to fix a list of the defects.

The trains are running about a fire alarm is disconnected. That's a

blatant health and safety risk. The train wouldn't have run in those

circumstances. Serco are running the night after night. The sleeper

franchise was awarded to Serco by the Scottish Government in March.

The company has plans to replace the ageing rolling stock with new

state-of-the-art trains from says it is already addressing the repairs at

the centre of the dispute. The sleeper services are due to resume

on Sunday but the rail union is warning of further action in the New

Year and less the company meets its demands.

As you clear spells around overnight, a lovely picture sent in

by one of our weather watchers. But fairly frequent showers, quite

blustery at times, that's how we start tomorrow. Snow on the hills

and mountains. The showers are hit and miss, not everyone will hit

them. Further west, a little bit milder. To the east of the

Cairngorms, some dry weather. As we head through tomorrow, we will see

an improvement from the South, some sunshine through the Southern

uplands, ageing northwards, and across the UK, a lot of dry, fine

weather, city of sunshine. -- plenty of sunshine. Out West, the next

storm is waiting in the winds. Heavy rain and high winds, focusing across

the North West of Scotland as we head from tomorrow night. Tomorrow

night, very wet and indeed windy, the rain crossing the country West

to East, Met Office warnings in place for that. The rain clearing

through the high winds extending towards Orkney and Shetland, some

disruption on the berries and bridges. During Christmas Eve

itself, the rain is clearing away, still quite easy. -- breezy.

That's it from us. From everyone here, good night.