15/06/2016 Reporting Scotland

The First Minister has provoked fierce controversy by claiming that

leaving the European Union would result in a Right-wing Conservative

government imposing further austerity upon Scotland.

Nicola Sturgeon said the outcome would be cuts in Scottish spending

But Jim Sillars, the former SNP deputy leader, accused her

of resorting to Tory-style scare tactics.

This from our political editor Brian Taylor.

Nigel Farage backing Brexit for a fishing fleet

Back on solid earth, strange liaison is.

Alistair Darling backs George Osborne as the Chancellor

warns of tax rises and spending cuts after Brexit because the economy

Nicola Sturgeon reckons it won't be down to him.

She says Brexit would oblige the Prime Minister and Chancellor

to resign, paving the way for Boris Johnson and Michael Gove

I think that raises real concerns about workers' writes,

about public spending and it would hit Scotland hard,

so if you don't want to come out of the EU and use the benefits

of the single market and workers' rights, but also if you don't

want to see that kind of political direction,

it is really important to vote Remain.

This is about the future of our country and for young

people and that's why I think we have to remain.

For Nicola Sturgeon, this is a political tactic

It is setting the Conservatives to one side and instead issuing

a direct dog whistle appeal to those who dislike Conservative rule

In essence, it is saying David Cameron and the Tory

leadership must deal with their own camp and the others

in Remain will appeal to those who are on intuitively

That is not a sent the ball away -- sensible way...

Enter a nationalist from the left and a former Tory MSP

She is an excellent First Minister and I have respect for her

That she is now adopting the same tactic as Cameron and company, which

That she is now adopting the same is to try to bribe people into the

Remain side. I don't think there has to be more right wing Conservative

government. There will be a government that would have

credibility because new people might come in who have not been making

ridiculous scare stories. Questions to the Prime Minister. But this

European question has already moved well beyond the Commons to the

countries that comprise the UK. The number of people in work

in Scotland has fallen, while it's risen across the UK

as a whole. And one of the country's leading

economic forecasters has warned that Our business correspondent

David Henderson reports. Lorraine wants a job

in a shop or cafe. Just got to keep trying,

keep going and going at it. You don't get anywhere if you don't

try, I suppose. It does, it does, because I would

like better for my wee boy. It would be better with

a job than on benefits. But the situation is made worse

by the situation on the high streets Unemployment has fallen

but Jobcentres like this The latest figures show 160,000

people across Scotland are out Centres like this one in Glasgow

have changed over the years. They advertise most jobs online now

and help with training and matching In my area at the moment,

we are seeing lots of jobs in the contact centre sector

which call centre type jobs, We are seeing hospitality type of

jobs, and we work with hoteliers in the centre, and we are seeing care

jobs and retail vacancies. The crash in the oil price has

hammered the offshore industry and led to thousands

of job losses onshore. The result, a fall in

Scotland's employment rate. The UK economy is performing better

than Scotland as received from today's unemployment and a Labour

figures. By and large, Scotland is doing quite a bit worse, and this is

why the unemployment figure has risen in Scotland, and why the gap

is now the widest since 2004. So can the new powers coming

to Holyrood be used to boost Some warn it is an urgent challenge.

We need to be more innovative, have more fought for and ambitious

management, make better use of the skills which would doubtless have in

Scotland to make our business more competitive. Scotland's economy grew

in size last year but is the future quite so bright? That is not so

clear. The education secretary John Swinney

says he wants unions to suggest ways Mr Swinney was speaking ahead

of the result of a ballot Meanwhile the government has been

hosting a summit on raising Opposition parties took part along

with a wide range of people The government says it's seeking

a consensus on the way forward, its critics believe this

is unlikely. Police divers have been searching

the River Clyde in Glasgow city centre as efforts continue to trace

a deaf woman who has been Kirsty Aitchison, who's 30,

left Campus Bar at three CCTV footage later showed

the mother-of-four walking barefoot, "quickly and with

purpose" by the river. Her family has thanked all those

involved in trying to find her. An oil supply ship has been detained

at Aberdeen Harbour for nonpayment The Malaviya Seven will stay at port

until the workers are paid, according to the Maritime

and Coastguard Agency. The RMT union says 15 people

on board have not been paid A second vessel has been

held in Great Yarmouth The Malaviya had been

on charter to BP. A ?10,000 reward is being offered

for information leading police to the killers of Aberdeenshire man

Brian McKandie. The charity Crimestoppers

is offering the cash more than three months after the body

of the 67-year-old was found at his home near Rothienorman,

on the twelfth of March. He'd been beaten to death

with a heavy weapon. Police want to speak

to two men seen speaking A long lost prehistoric figurine has

been rediscovered after it went The object, which has been nicknamed

the Skara Brae Buddo, Meet Buddo, over 5,000 years

old he is one of the earliest representations of a human ever

found in Britain. First discovered in the 1860s,

just over 50 years later it had It is assumed it remained in a

collection right the way up until the 1930s. But when that collection

was disbursed among several museums, there was no record of it going to

any of those museums and it has been presumed lost since then.

It was found hiding in a previously unopened box and instantly

recognisable for a sketch made by George Petri.

It takes its name from an arcadian word for a friend.

It is one of only two sites in Scotland were such figurines have

The Orkney Venus was dug up back in 2009.

At ten centimetres tall Buddo is the first discovered

Archaeologists are now trying to work out what its

This idea of something being an idol is something that is quite common in

a lot of Victorian and 20th century thought. We're not really sure. It

may have even been a toy. Or a representation of some of the or a

form of household god or it could have been an idol.

Orkney has many famous sons, George Mackay Brown

While Buddo might have been doing its best to avoid

that list for a while, it looks like that might

Scotland has its first female full-time professional rugby player.

She's 22-year old Jade Konkel who's already for the national women's

team, but says turning pro is a dream come true.

Hundreds of professional rugby players have walked down

the tunnel at Murrayfield, but until now they have all been

My dream has turned into reality and it is a massive opportunity

and one I did not expect, but I am thoroughly excited.

There are couple of thousand rugby players who are female in Scotland

and the RFU wants to increase number.

It is about providing aspirational models for young girls in the game

and the more we can do the creating full-time opportunities for women

in the game and the success of our national team,

that will drive participation in the game at grassroots level.

Scotland's team lost all their matches last year,

if Jade can inspire young women to take up the sport,

perhaps in the longer term the results will improve.

Our colleagues are looking to get more girls playing at school level

and under age level and will allow them to start the journey early

and end up at the same level as Jade and in the national team.

Jade is giving up her job as a care worker for the life

of a professional athlete and she says it is the beginning

of a new chapter in Scottish rugby history.

It is a massive step in the investment we are getting

is huge and it is the beginning of a journey and it will have

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

Good evening. It was fairly cloudy and wet for many of us, and not a

lot of change overnight. Low pressure in charge. This means

outbreaks of rain at the start of the day tomorrow. Let's take a

closer look at 8am. The south-west, a dry start with the odd bright

spell. Further east, the Borders, the Lothians, the capital, cloudy

with some hill fog. Drier through Glasgow. North and west of here,

cloudy with outbreaks of rain. The rain not as heavy persistent as this

morning stretching up through Caithness and Orkney. Shetland dry

at windy with a strong north-easterly. Through the day,

cloudy and damp and staying that way. The rain is off and on through

the afternoon. Across the UK, much like today with low pressure in

charge, a rash of thundery downpours, some difficult conditions

on the roads, some transport disruption. Northern Ireland and in

Scotland, it'll be cloudy with some rain at times. Maybe the sunshine on

Scotland, it'll be cloudy with some the Solway, but bright in the

northern and Western Isles but windy. Through Friday, this weather

front is still troublesome. Probably right on East coast. Aberdeen down

towards Dundee, Edinburgh and the Borders. Further west, dry with the

best of any sunshine through there. Borders. Further west, dry with the

Maybe high teens. To the weekend, both Saturday and Sunday look dry

with sunshine. The winds come from the North but it is lighter with

temperatures from the mid-to like temperatures. A ridge of high

pressure in charge on Sunday with more cloud around. More sunshine but

it will be hazy. That's the forecast for now. And that is Reporting

Scotland. Our next update is during Breakfast

at 6:25am tomorrow. But, from everyone

on the late team, goodnight.