16/02/2016 Reporting Scotland

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Scotland's biggest nuclear power station at Torness in East Lothian

is to continue operating until 2030, seven years longer than planned.

The plant's owner, the French energy giant EDF, says the decision follows

thorough technical and safety reviews.

The company says it's also extending the life of three other nuclear

Here's our environment correspondent, David Miller.

Torness, a familiar landmark on the East Lothian coastline,

built in the 1980s amid huge controversy.

The Prime Minister was greeted by a throng of protesters...

But, at the opening, Margaret Thatcher insisted

the station would be good for the environment,

helping to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

This is reactor one at Torness, which has been powering Scottish

We now know that it will continue to generate electricity

And despite the age of the plant, bosses here insist

In the west of Scotland, Hunterston has already had its life

extended until 2016 and most recently until 2023.

In the east, Torness will operate for an additional seven years

and it is now due to be decommissioned in 2030.

We provide around a quarter of Scotland's power

We have regulators in place for nuclear safety and security

and environment and they rightly spend a lot of time

For a new generation of engineers the news has

With the guarantee of a well paid highly skilled job in Scotland.

I can stay in Scotland where I have been brought up and I don't have

to start looking elsewhere around the country because I still have

Climate change means Scotland's focus is increasingly on sources

of renewable energy but industry experts say nuclear still has

a vital role to play, providing a reliable,

More than a third of our electricity comes from the two nuclear power

stations we have and as the wind varies, we have that bedrock

of low-carbon generation from nuclear sources.

The Scottish Government is opposed to the construction of new nuclear

plants but said it supports life extensions

But critics argue the end of the nuclear era in Scotland

It is a private corporation saying that for another seven years

we will be investing in nuclear and that kicks the decision

about investing in renewables into the long grass.

Despite the protests it is now clear it will be many years yet before

the sun sets on Scotland's nuclear power industry.

The search for two young climbers missing on Ben Nevis was suspended

earlier this evening, because of

Rachel Slater and Tim Newton were last seen at the weekend.

The alarm was raised after they failed to return

Tim Newton and Rachel Slater, together on top of Ben Nevis

The picture could not be more different this evening as fears grow

for the safety of the two experienced climbers from Bradford.

They had been camping below the north face of the mountain

at the weekend but a search was launched after they failed

to return and to their abandoned tent.

We know they were camping, we have got their tent and their car

was here so they were on Ben Nevis but they have not left any word

of what they were going for and it is a very big mountain

The conditions have been so extreme today that over 30 members

of Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team had to go up the mountain on foot

because it was too windy for the helicopter but the search

was suspended this afternoon after they were beaten back by 90

mph winds and a small avalanche which narrowly missed

We are still looking in the area but we had some big snow slides

and two of the boys got caught in an avalanche,

they were OK, they walked away but it did scare them.

There are fears that the pair, who had been seen by other climbers,

could have been hit by an avalanche but rescue services

A couple of very experienced climbers and information has come

in from people who believe they might have seen them

and all light of inquiry will be followed up.

The search is due to resume tomorrow but with gale force winds and more

snow forecast it is feared that the desperate efforts to find

the young couple could be hampered further.

Over 90% of local shops experienced some form of theft last year,

according to a survey for the Scottish Grocers'

Many staff were also subjected to threats or abuse,

often after a sale was refused, or ID requested.

Catriona Renton has met one shopkeeper who was attacked

On 3rd January, Mohammed was working alone in this shop

We have paused the pictures as some people might find them upsetting.

He crept up and smashed on my face and started punching for no reason

and after that I realised, blood was everywhere,

he grabbed the till and walked away without taking anything.

I had three fractures on my cheekbone, one on my nose,

He has been off work on and off ever sincem,

and the experience has affected him and his family.

My confidence has been totally shaken, I come back and I feel

the same thing, the after-shock of the punches coming

92% of the 200 or so retailers who were surveyed say

they were stolen from in 2015 and they say the majority of abusive

and threatening incidents against staff happened

when customers were refused a sale or were asked to show ID.

Today he is attending a seminar held by the organisation who compiled

the survey and it Chief Executive also works in retail and he is today

launched a charter for save the business.

I have been spat on, called all sorts of horrible names,

threatened with violence and it is these issues that

We feel that it is time for a change.

The first thing anybody in that position should do is to keep

themselves safe and keep on line to the police at time will stop

if they are in their shop, and we talk about people working

on their own, it is important they look after themselves

and I would say that they are far better withdrawing from

a confrontational position because what is in the shop

Ali says he does not want this to happen to anybody else.

Police enquiries are continuing into his case.

A charity is calling for urgent action to tackle what it calls

It warns there's the risk of a generational gulf

between the housing haves and have-nots.

Paul Bradley-Law and his partner rent their property in Glasgow

but when it comes to buying a flat, he is frustrated

By the time we had the deposit we needed, house prices will have

gone up and we will need even more and that is an ongoing cycle

with increases in rent, bills and travel costs.

His experience is in stark contrast to his parents

who bought their first home at 21 for ?70,000.

Shelters Scotland say it's a generational golf between haves

and have-nots, just one strand in a wider housing crisis.

The numbers speak for themselves, 150,000 people on waiting lists,

Eddie 6000 people in Scotland applied as homeless last year,

10,500 families in temporary accommodation and 5000 children

tonight will be in temporary accommodation without somewhere

That is a crisis by any stretch of the imagination.

With the demand for housing set to grow, Shelter have published

what they are calling their manifesto for homes,

and a key plank of the document is a call to build many more

affordable homes for people to buy or rent like the ones taking shape

They want the next Scottish devilment to commit to building

12,000 affordable properties a year for five years,

not an entirely straightforward proposition.

What we saw with the recession is that a lot of builders went out

of business so there are fewer competitors able to deliver

and there is also a skill shortage in the constructive industry

so there is a lack of construction industry.

Also the planning system can sometimes slow down development.

In this Parliament, the Scottish Government say

they have exceeded their affordable housing targets,

With an election on the horizon, the discussion around Scottish

relationship with bricks and mortar has fresh impetus.

Football, and there were two Scottish Cup fifth round replays.

And at Rugby Park, Rangers beat the hosts Kilmarnock, 2-1.

And there's one result in the Premiership.

Well, it's over to Christopher now with the weather outlook for tonight

What a day of weather. This is ten hours worth of radar, just the

persistent nature of it our after our leading to seems like this. Wet

and windy with Wimdu weather tonight. This band of weather is

sandwiched between cold air and Walmart. Tomorrow morning, it is a

wet start don't be surprised to see street and snow although

predominantly on ground above 200 metres. It will be wintry to lower

levels at times, too. Dry to the north of Aberdeenshire. Wintry

showers to the West Coast and Hebrides, dry for the Northern Isles

and the winds will be lighter. Through the day, the wintry mix

slowly moves eastwards towards the North Sea. The afternoon is much

better. That band of rain is still with us through the north of England

in towards the Midlands, and the East. Brightening up for us in

Scotland, at quite chilly and then wintry showers in towards the

north-west. Elsewhere, dry, clear and cold. That troublesome prompt

still with us across the east, and wintry mix even to low levels

through parts of East Anglia down towards the Home Counties. Behind

it, grey skies which means for Thursday, a fair amount of sunshine

away from the weather front, crime bright. There will be some wintry

showers across the north-west. Highs of 5-7.

Our next update is during Breakfast at 6:25am tomorrow morning.

But, from everyone on the late team here in Glasgow and around