04/07/2016 Reporting Scotland

The chair of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry resigns.

It follows efforts by the Scottish Government to remove

Susan O'Brien from post following what they describe

as "unnacceptable comments" about the abuse of children.

But she says moves to dismiss her were based on misunderstandings

It was to be a four-year enquiry headed by one of Scotland's leading

QCs, and just what months ago it made this call. If you are in the

care of the state in any sense, then we would like to hear from you. But

comments from Susan O'Brien have nosiness investigation collapse

before it has got started. -- have nosiness investigation collapse

led to this investigation collapsing. The complaint came from

this child abuse expert who was advising on the appropriateness of

language. -- appropriate use of language. Claire Fyvie said:

in her resignation letter, Susan O'Brien said:

to write this, my concern has been to maintain the confidence of

survivors of sex abuse that they would have an enquiry that filly and

independently addressed the serious issues they have raised. --

throughout this. At the Fort Augustus Abbey School in the

Highlands, some boys were subjected to abuse by the very people who are

meant to be looking after them. The enquiry's remit is to investigate

abuse allegations at boarding schools, secured units and

children's homes. But it has already been criticised for having a remit

which is too narrow. I am sure the wall Scottish legal establishment

are appalled at two-day's development, added his unprecedented

in Scottish history to see this level of Government interference

into a badly resourced and handled enquiry. A balance enquiry needs to

have the cost of the survivors taking part. Many are angry, and

ministers now have to begin the difficult task of rebuilding

confidence. -- needs to have the trust of survivors.

Leaders of Scotland's fishing industry have met the Government

to discuss what happens following the UK vote

The industry has said for years that it has been treated unfairly

by the EU and many fishermen have welcomed the Brexit vote.

The Scottish Government, though, says it's working to maintain

The fish are still being landed at Peterhead port, but Scotland's

fishing industry says it has seen better days. It points to the Common

Fisheries Policy and the problem. But they feel they won't have to do

as much heavy lifting in the future after the UK voted to leave the EU.

There is just one problem. The Scottish Government is doing

everything it can to keep the country in Europe. Two-day

representatives from fishing industry met with the Government to

representatives from fishing put forward the case. Now is the

time when we can have back control. The Scottish fishing fleet has 2030

battles. Together they catch 480,000 The Scottish fishing fleet has 2030

tonnes of fish each year, valued at ?540 million. But leaders say fleets

have shrunk under the EU. The issue was a potent one during the

have shrunk under the EU. The issue referendum campaign. The Scottish

minister responsible says he has got to defend everyone's interests. Over

two thirds of our fish are exported to EU countries, and we need to

continue trade, and also we need in the processing site to continue

enjoy the benefits of the work of so many people that are from EU states

who are working in Scotland. The two sides will meet again in late

summer. At that point, we may know whether Scotland's relationship with

the EU has been frozen. Political leaders on opposing sides

in the Brexit campaign in Scotland continue to disagree

on the way forward. On a BBC One Scotland debate

tonight, the SNP maintained they would continue to look

at all options before considering a second

independence referendum. But the Leave campaign say

they believe a second independence referendum is part

of the nationalists' plan. Let's see what the options are, and

if we get to the stage that the only way we can maintain the level of EU

representation and interest that we want that we require independence,

then we would go back to Parliament. The problem would be, I think, and I

do not underestimate the problems of winning a second referendum, is that

an off a lot of people come to this issue on independence with an

emotional rather than a rational perspective. But let's make no

mistake. The reason the Scottish Government have raised this issue

about continued Scottish membership of the for one reason only, to only,

to try to engineer a second independence referendum, because

that is always the directly with nationalists. -- always the

priority. There are calls for jurors

to be given more support to cope with the effects

of traumatic court cases. It comes in the week Rachel

and Nyomi Fee are due to be sentenced for murdering

Rachel's son Liam. It's regarded as one of the most

distressing cases heard Our reporter Lisa Summers has been

speaking to one of the jurors. Alan Tait was the first excited

about being on the jury of a High Court trial. TV cameras, a

high-profile case. That view was short lived. I realised, this is

going to be a hard slog. This is something I would much rather not be

doing. The after day, the evidence against Rachel and Naomi fee

doing. The after day, the evidence extremely distressing. Accounts of

torture and injuries, images of his dead body. Allen remains haunted by

some of it. In the photograph you could not see real, just this mess

of towels, and then suddenly it came into focus and there was Lee

underneath the duvet. As quick as it appeared, it had gone again. I

cannot get a picture out of my head. cannot get a picture out of my head.

-- there was Leon. Alan felt I was excused during the trial. He could

not share his experiences with family or friends. Experiences like

his have led to calls for more support. Some of the symptoms

experienced are similar to those experienced by people with

post-traumatic stress disorder. There are a number of symptoms. They

might experience flashbacks, imagery that they have witnessed during the

trial. They might remember some of the stress and testimony. They might

find that they are more irritable, prone to cheerfulness, feel that the

world is a different and perhaps a less safe place. When you are

selected for jury duty, there is no turning back. You cannot quit just

because the evidence becomes too distressing. Ultimately it is up to

you to decide the fate of the accused. No wonder it can have

lasting effects. There is a counselling service available for

jewellers in Scotland, but it is up to the judge whether to offer it or

not, and many would like to see help more routinely available during

difficult trials. -- a counselling service for jewellers. For the

jewellers, there are no opening speeches. They do not what is

happening, the type of evidence that is going to be given. For those on

the Liam Fee jury, they must now find a way to cope with the after

effects. It is the aftermath that I don't really understand. I am back

at work, and enough people there are aware of where I was, and it is

still not over. It is never going to be over.

A 24-year-old man has appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court charged

with murdering a pensioner in the East End of

Peter Telfer is accused of stabbing and killing 76-year-old John Baker

and also of robbing one woman and assaulting with intent

A campaign to improve the safety of farm workers is underway.

The farmers union NFU Scotland are concerned at the number

of deaths and injuries, and believe their members

The campaign highlights key dangers such as falls from height,

Andy Murray is through to the quarterfinals of Wimbledon.

He beat the Australian number fifteen seed Nick Kyrgios

Murray's next opponent will be the Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

He took the first set 7-5 and after that it was one-way traffic. The

second set was much easier. When match point came around, he was able

to get that on with one big serve to see him through to the quarterfinals

on Wednesday, and afterwards he was asked her years handling the of

being the favourite for this treatment after Novak Djokovic's

shock exit. It is not any different this year than any other year I have

been here. Obviously try my best to win my matches, go as deep as

possible, and I have been playing well so far in this event, but you

possible, and I have been playing know, the Mac is obviously as you

progress get tougher. -- the matches get tougher. It is Jo-Wilfried

Tsonga for the quarterfinals on Wednesday, but the head-to-head

between those two gives much cause for optimism for the Scot. In the

last 12 matches, Andy Murray has won 11 of them, so I think you will go

into this one on Wednesday as the clear favourite to make the

semifinals, and a whisper it, he has played four, 14, and yet to drop a

set this Wimbledon. -- 14. Well, it's over to

Kirsteen for the weather. Yes, a miserable day of weather

across much of Scotland, as illustrated by one of our Weather

Watchers in Fife. That rain will continue its journey into the North

Sea. It becomes dry for most of us, and clear spells. Just a few showers

holding on across northern and north-western coastal areas.

Tomorrow Dawn on a dry note over most of the country. A lot of dry

and bright weather to come across other and central Scotland. Mostly

and bright weather to come across light winds. Across much of the

north, much cloudier start, and showers will tend to become that bit

more frequent and heavy in nature, even by eight o'clock tomorrow

morning. Dry and brighter across the Northern isles, and like

north-westerly winds. Through the day, the showers will become more

frequent across the north and east. Some will be heavy with the odd

rumble of thunder as well. The driest and brightest conditions

tomorrow afternoon will be across western coastal areas in towards the

Glasgow area and the south-west, with highs of around 17 Celsius.

Across the rest of the UK tomorrow afternoon, across Northern Ireland,

dry and bright weather to come. Similar for much of Wales and

England, although we could see just a few heavy showers beginning to

feed their way into the north-east of England. In the south-west,

temperatures peaking at around 22 Celsius. Into the evening in

Scotland, a ridge of high pressure will essentially tell of many of

these showers, so it is find enter the day for most of us with spells

of brightness and sunshine. Looking ahead to Wednesday, across the UK,

dry and bright start across the board. Fairly quickly we will see

some rain pushing into Northern Ireland, reaching western Scotland

during the course of the day. Eastern areas will hold onto the

driest and brightest weather for the longest, and southerly winds will

strengthen that rain moving in. That is the forecast.

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

But from everyone on the late team, goodnight.