22/02/2016 Reporting Scotland

Almost exactly four months from now Scotland will again take part

in a referendum on a question that will have an impact

on everything from our economy to our national security.

This time of course we'll be voting on the UK's place in Europe.

So, as the campaign gets underway how are the sides stacking up here,

More on that on a moment, but first to Westminster

where our correspondant David Porter watched the prime minister take HIS

So, what has the head to Mac ever done for Scotland? Supporters of

remaining in point to examples like these, infrastructure projects build

with the help of European cash. Those who want to leave are quick to

cite Scotland, arguing the interests of the fishing industry have been

repeatedly sacrifice to fall in line with Brussels. Despite some

defections the majority of his Cabinet support the Prime Minister.

Keen to buy in Scotland into the wider argument. Statement, the Prime

Minister. This afternoon David Cameron took that arguments directly

to MPs. We will be in the part of Europe that work follows,

influencing the decisions that affect us in the driving seat of the

world's biggest single market and with the ability to take action to

keep people safe but we will be out of the parts of Europe that do not

work follows, out of the euro, out of the Eurozone bailouts, out of the

passport free no Borders Schengen area and permanently as legally

protected from ever being part of an ever closer union. I want Scotland

and the rest of the UK to remain within the European Union, however

if we are forced out of the EU I have certain that the public in

Scotland will demand a referendum on Scottish independence and we will

protect our place in Europe. If we are going to have a referendum on

Europe I am excited on -- to make a positive case. Based on jobs and

opportunities for young people across Europe. Because it is so soon

we simply must get on with making the case for why you busy good thing

for people here in Scotland. Not everyone in Scottish politics

agrees. This is an argument that cuts across traditional party

boundaries. It is simple, everyone our sovereignty back the good thing

is it's got them get out of the European Union we will get a lot of

power back from Brussels, things like fishing, agriculture,

industry,... I think the political parties in Scotland should be

connect with the electorate and listen to the millions of people who

have had enough of Brussels corruption, incompetence and wasting

our money. I believe that when it comes to the vote of the 23rd of

June Scotland like England and the rest of the UK will actually vote to

leave. The clock is ticking, with a referendum just four months away.

Before then Scottish voters will be asked to choose the make-up of the

new Scottish parliament. The two campaigns in the future of Scotland

and more widely on the UK's relationship with Europe could

become inextricably linked. At this early stage, what are

perceived to be the key issues? Our political correspondent

Nick Eardley has been out I feel like we have lost a lot of

control and I think that with silly things, health and safety and that

kind of thing, if they focused on the important matters it would make

me more inclined to stay. If you are wanting to trade with others it is

easier if you are in it, so there are things to be discussed. The fact

that we rule the world as well as this point so we don't want to be

bullied by other countries so I think we are strong enough to be on

our own. We want more control over our own borders, that is one of the

issues. There's not enough information for me to make full

decision. That is the problem, a lack of understanding of the system

and how it works. I don't really have a grey understanding of how it

works was it is something that must be seriously addressed in the

referendum. Earlier, I spoke to our political

editor Brian Taylor A lot of variation in the issues and

as we saw before many people wanting clarity. They want clarity, and

uncanny echo particularly in the closing comments in Glasgow there,

and uncanny echo for me of September 2014, people are understandably

hoping that there is a formula that can calculate whether it is better

to stay in the EU ought to read, but there isn't. People must determine

what their own priorities are, security of the economy are

sovereignty, what's important is the attached tools, and they must make

their own calculations on that basis. We saw in this Robertson in

the Commons, how likely is it that the result of the European

referendum could lead to another referendum on independence year? You

could call Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP say they are in favour of the EU

in principle but even in that calculation, a British exit against

Scottish wishers could trigger a demand for a further independence

referendum. I do not believe it is guaranteed or automatic, there could

be some who would say that in the event of British exit there is a

climate of uncertainty, a huge climate of uncertainty and they

would not want to add to that. Nicola Sturgeon was to know for

certain as things can be, that folk are going to vote for independence.

She does not want to hold the referendum, she wants to win one.

Train services on the West Coast Main Line resumed today,

almost two months after storm damage caused the closure of a bridge

The Lamington Viaduct in South Lanarkshire

was close to collapse following Storm Frank on Hogmanay.

It is a sight for sore eyes, trains back on the West Coast mainline. At

Glasgow Central they were -- there were a celebratory cupcakes for

every passenger. Just before the end the northbound and Vanessa sleeper

crossed the viaduct for the first time in seven weeks. I go down every

week and come back every week so I have deleted it is back on. Very

pleased but I did enjoy the travel at the other route. I got stuck

during the floods and I was supposed to come back in the Sunday but do

not get back till Wednesday. On Hogmanay the viaduct was damaged, it

was the way -- the foundations were washed away. It has taken hundreds

of people working 24 hours per day to repair the bridge. There are

hundreds of engineers working around the clock to get the linebacker

open, he difficult job given the nature of the location. Working

under the waters of the River cloud. They have been lucky to get a break

in the weather over the course of February, water levels have dropped.

And this is where it is going to happen, here in the river bank

barred rocks should help stop erosion. , The essential works have

been completed but there are other works to be done upstream which will

improve the flow of the river and that work involves placing rock

armour on the river bank against the real whale in Abbey National offer

protection. The work to the viaduct is complete, the West Coast Main

line is open but teams will remain here to shore up the river bank to

strengthen it and prevent it from eroding.

A man has died in a two car crash in Dumfriesshire.

It happened shortly after midday on the A701 Dumfries to Moffat

Police say the driver of the second car taken to hospital

The road was closed all afternoon for crash investigations

He began his life in Leith and ended it as our most decorated pilot.

Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown died at the weekend at the age of 97.

In an extraordinary career he flew more types of plane than anyone

else, survived being torpedoed and helped to liberate survivors

Joanne Macaulay looks back at his life.

Eric Brown was born in Leeds in 1919 and his passion began when he sat in

a play with his father as a child. He flew to -- 487 different types of

playing off endangers conditions. For example in aeroplane in Germany

would crash in the United Kingdom, if it was not badly damaged we would

put it together and I would fly at and be able to tell the boys in our

squadrons what to expect when they come up against it. Eric Brown

survived 11 plane crashes and eight Peter ship. He was known as twinkle

because he was short but what he may have lacked in stature he made a

foreign skill, knowledge and bravely. E-mail aviation safer

because as a test pilot he did so much to understand what is cold the

trans-sonic zone, going from below the speed of sound through the sound

barrier at a time when nobody knew what was going on. Captain Brown and

cloud the harrowing scenes at the Billson concentration camp and he

interrogated and why. He answered everything precisely and never tried

to avoid anything, and was really quite charismatic. In a horrid way.

Eric "Winkle" Brown continued to write and give talks on aviation

throughout his life and it was hard to give up flying in his 70s. I

suspect it was rather like a drug addict having withdrawal symptoms. I

was not good to live with for the next year. Just last month 100

pilots joined him to celebrate his 97th birthday. He died yesterday

after a short illness, ending a remarkable life is full of action

and courage. What a man.

Two sides of the coin this weekend, settled in nature and during the day

a lot of dry weather and the other side of the coin, cold with

widespread frost. Here is one of our pictures sent in from South Uist,

the beautiful atmospheric scene. Tonight the forecast is to be cold

and frosty, wintry showers in the North planning to snow in lower

levels and ice risks. A cold start tomorrow with that Irish risk across

northern Scotland, and those wintry showers piling in from first light.

Tomorrow morning around the freezing mark across the board but good sunny

spells, frosty start since chilly as you step out the door. He met offers

you will be aware warning for ice and snow across Scotland tomorrow

morning. As for the rest of the day there will be very little changes,

the showers keep coming and there is a lot of dry and sunny weather in

between the showers. As for the rest of the UK, one or two showers

fringing the course of Northern Ireland, a lot of dry weather here

and across the western side of England and Wales looking very good

as well, dry and dusty further south you go the higher the temperatures

will be. More in the way of cloud for Eastern areas with one or two

showers peppering the east coast which will feel quite chilly with

the brisk wind. Back in Scotland we are holding the dry conditions the

self, or when the ratio was for the course of the afternoon and into the

evening before northern Scotland get another ice risk with a widespread

hard frost forming tomorrow night, temperatures falling well below

freezing. We could see down to -10 for parts of the Highlands where

snow continues to lie. Brotherly winds drive the cold air across

Scotland but it is fresh and cleaner so not all bad. This good spells of

sunshine for the South. When the showers in the North.

Good night.