01/03/2016 Reporting Scotland

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A murder trial has heard that a teenager died at a school

in Aberdeen after been stabbed in the heart, during a fight.

16-year old Bailey Gwynne was fatally injured at Cults Academy

Today another 16-year old boy, who can't be named for legal

reasons, went on trial accused of the murder,

Steven Duff reports from the High Court in Aberdeen.

The school date at cults Academy should have been like any other but

it ended as the pupils and teachers will never forget. 16-year-old

Bailey Gwynne stabbed to death in a lunch break. Today he fell

16-year-old pupil who can't be named went on trial charged his murder.

Bailey's family were in court when it was revealed for the first time

how he died. In a joint agreement on the facts between the prosecution

and defence, it was revealed that Baillie and the accused been

fighting inside school. Bailey was struck by a knife, the cause of

death, a single penetrating stab wound to the heart. The headteacher

spoke of the moment she saw Bailey Gwynne lying injured, pleading and

very pale. She said the accused was distraught, gesturing towards

bailey, indicating that was my fault. A boy who witnessed the fight

that led to the stabbing said it appeared the start in around over a

biscuit. If you remember the boys appeared the start in around over a

punching each other, holding onto each other. He said the accused

reached into his pocket and pulled out a knife, thrusting it towards

bailey, it went into his tummy. The fight stopped and they parted. The

accused denies murder. The trial continues.

Scotland is to get a new agency to handle 11 benefits

which are to be devolved to Holyrood.

The benefits include support for carers,

Ministers say the new agency will treat people with

The powers won't be transferred until after next year.

But already there's a political battle over the level of benefits -

This from our Political Editor, Brian Taylor.

For more than 20 years, visible in the centre in Glasgow has been

providing help and hope to people with disabilities. But always in the

providing help and hope to people background, worries over benefits.

They have come right down. And that is a worry, because we're going to

worry about how to pay bills and buy food. How are we going to live, pay

the rent, the council tax? Scottish ministers offer

the rent, the council tax? Scottish benefits will be paid promptly and

in full by a new Scottish welfare agency. By far the biggest budget to

be devolved to help people with disabilities but the benefits to be

devolved including carers allowance, winter fuel and cold weather

allowance and the maternity grant. There is no change to big benefits

such as child benefit and the state pension, those remaining in

Westminster control. In Edinburgh, Alex Neil meets carers from ethnic

minority communities, his promise to Alex Neil meets carers from ethnic

increase payments to carers and to scrap the so-called bedroom tax.

Social Security is about dignity, fairness, respect and entitlement

and none of us know when we're going to require the Social Security

system to see us through a bad patch. Labour will match the

ministerial offer and plans to double maternity grants. Visiting an

East Lothian School, K Ziad .gov promises a full grant pupils going

from care into higher education. She is ready to push up income tax by 1%

and wonders where the SNP would find the money. You can't make promises

you can't keep and the SNP had to explain how they are going to

increase their revenues and the money they have to spend on these

powers. In the debate this afternoon, the Conservatives warned

any reforms must discourage dependency on benefits. The Liberal

Democrats, they said Scotland was to work together to make the system

effective. Back to Glasgow voluntary Centre, they're listening closely

for signs of change. Sometimes disabled and vulnerable people, you

feel as though you were working and have the watch your back. The folk

here, it isn't political, it's personal.

Scotland's biggest fish farming company -

Marine Harvest - has confirmed its laying off eighty

workers, as part of a cost cutting drive.

Most of the jobs lost will be in Lochaber,

including office staff in Fort William, people working

But the company says the cubacks won't affect how much fish

they produce and sell in the coming year

An insurance company which was criticised

for its handling of claims arising from recent floods in Ballater,

has agreed to pay out to one of their policy holders.

had been unsure whether the company Integra would honour her policy -

because of questions about how close her home was to the River Dee.

Her story was featured on Reporting Scotland last night.

The company contacted her today to say her insurance policy

There were dozens of calls to the emergency services

across Scotland last night, after a fireball lit up the night

As Jackie O'Brien reports, experts say it was likely to be

a meteor about the size of a tennis ball, burning up, in

Scotland saw the light just seven o'clock last night. It only

lasted seconds but a number of people managed to capture it on

their dashboard cameras as they drove home from work. It was the

most surreal experience I've ever had, I looked at my son and I said,

what the hell was that? He looked at me and said, think it might have

been a meteor or something! It went bright and dark again. Absolutely

amazing sight to see, and it wasn't until I stopped the car and looked

at the footage that I realised, it actually might have been a meteor.

The huge flash of bright light illuminated the sky is right across

The huge flash of bright light the north of Scotland. It was seen

by thousands of people here in the the north of Scotland. It was seen

Highlands and spotted as far south as County Durham. Suddenly there was

this enormous flash type it up the sky, and of course a new it wasn't

something like a firework or even lightning, it was something very

different, so I called the police, and the officer I spoke to said they

had had several calls, he was able to tell me it definitely wasn't an

aircraft and they were investigating. The earth's

atmosphere creates all kinds of different light but experts are

convinced that this display was caused by small lump the space rock

heading towards Scotland. Millions of pieces fall on the earth all the

time, every so often you get a larger chunk, the one last night was

probably the size of a tennis ball and we estimate that about half a

million objects like that burn up in our atmosphere every year so it's

not uncommon although it is uncommon to see them as spectacularly as last

night. The identification of this flying object does end some of the

more far-fetched speculation that it could have been extra terrestrial or

even tempi trying to brighten up a long, dark Scottish night! -- Tim

Peake. Football now, and there were matches

in the Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock have failed to get out

of the bottom two after a 2-0 defeat Hibs lost 1-0 to

Queen of the South - Now, reaching the top in any sport

requires dedication. But one young figure skater

from Stirlingshire is having to do more than most - as she chases her

dream of selection Christie Shannon gets up at

four o'clock every morning - and makes a round trip

of one hundred miles - to where she trains.

Rhona Macleod has the story. A gold medal performance at the

British Championships. Christy Shunin has a growing reputation in

the ice skating world. -- Christine Shannon. But this success comes down

to an exhausting regime of days which begin at four a.m.. I have

kind of got used to it now, I think which begin at four a.m.. I have

it's worth it in the end. If I'm doing what I love, hopefully I get

to do it for the rest of my life. I would like to go to the worlds and

Olympic Games some day, that's probably my biggest goal. A hurried

breakfast in the dark then they make the journey from West Stirlingshire

to Murrayfield for their first training session of the day. Then

the 55 mile return journey along the canine at rush hour,. We're trying

to get her to school in time. With five hours of activity behind her,

it's in the school for nine a.m.. We went to an assembly and then it was

it's in the school for nine a.m.. We on the big screen so we were all

confused. She is the most modest on the big screen so we were all

person I know of after-school, back in the car, and to Braehead for the

second coaching session of the day. Back home again for the night and

after homework, a short time to relax. Elizabeth and early to rise.

She hasn't pushed me, she is always taking a step back and saying, you

don't have too. But I really want to Underwood and quit. Then the alarm

will ring at 4am and heard they begins all over again.

Time now for the latest weather forecast, with Judith.

It may be the start of the meteorological spring but winter is

not quite finished with us yet. A yellow warning for snow and ice

across much of Scotland away from the North-East tomorrow, frequent

heavy showers feeding in, Muntari in nature. -- wintry in nature. It will

heavy showers feeding in, Muntari in be largely dry across southern and

eastern areas with some showers in the North. That icy theme continues

for Northern Ireland and northern England, the band of rain, sleet and

snow pushing in across parts of northern England and Wales. Further

south, some showers, they will tend to be falling as rain but we will

see the band of showers feeding in across south-eastern areas later in

the day. Wins strengthening across Scotland, making it feel cold. As we

head through the course of the afternoon, we will see one or two

showers across southern areas, mainly over the Southern province,

you will notice the strong north-westerly winds, frequent

showers for Northern areas including the Grampians. So whether for

Shetland and very few if any showers. Tomorrow evening, more

showers to come and the risk of ice overnight, the shadows dying away,

for Thursday, looking more promising. High pressure building in

briefly and that means a lot of dry weather. The North, prone to the odd

wintry shell but a lot of dry weather. The North, prone to the odd

weather forecast for Thursday and some good spells of sunshine.

That's it from us. We're back tomorrow morning. Good night.