20/07/2016 Reporting Scotland

at some of those. Join me now on BBC Two. That's Newsnight with Evan.

Here on BBC One it's time for the news where

A man and woman found dead in a tower block in the Tillydrone

area of Aberdeen last night were murdered.

A second man, thought to be the killer, fell to his death

from a balcony after police arrived at the scene.

The case has been referred to the police investigations

Last night, Aberdeen was basking in the summer sun, people here in

Tillydrone were sitting out and enjoying the weather. Children were

playing on the grass in the late summer sunshine. Then they heard

playing on the grass in the late screaming and shouting from one of

these flats. A short time later, they saw a man fall to his death.

I've spoken to some of those who witnessed those appalling scenes. It

is quite a big shock, to see it as well. This woman watched events

is quite a big shock, to see it as unfold last night from her bedroom.

She saw a man fall to his death. She is still in shock. It's been playing

in my head, I keep seeing the image of him falling, and what I heard

when he hit the ground. It keeps playing over and over. It's

horrible, it's a shock. I just looked out from the window... This

girl lives in the same block. The man passed her window as he fell.

There were two police cars, they tried to rescue him. But...

There were two police cars, they couldn't. It was another neighbour

who dialled 999 last night, after hearing shouting from the building

and a woman crying for help. Police arrived to find a man and woman dead

in a flat on the 12th floor. As officers entered the building, a

second ban fell from the balcony. Throughout the day, friends at teams

have continued with their investigations, looking at the

Work is going on inside of the flat Work is going on inside of the flat

-- forensics teams. Police say that the man and women

weren't -- woman were murdered. The man who fell, his death is being

investigated by the police watchdog. Because of the circumstances, they

have been issued to the Procurator Fiscal to have a look at the

Independent circumstances. There is no suggestion of any

wrongdoing on the part of the police. Events that unfolded here

last night have left many in the Tillydrone area in a state of shock.

They may be experiencing their own trauma, police had given assurances

that they will lend their support that they perhaps need with whatever

they have witnessed last night. Tonight, flowers lie in the shadow

of these flats. The events here having cast a shadow

of their own. Police have not yet named those who

died here last night, but they have said they were all known to one

another, and are not looking for anyone else in connection with the

murders. They stressed that the incident was

very much restricted to the flat and people here in Tillydrone, although

they may be traumatised, should have no fears for their own safety.

Andrew Anderson there. There was no growth in the Scottish

economy in the first three The latest official statistics show

Scottish output rose last year, at less than half the rate seen

across the UK as a whole. But unemployment has fallen

in Scotland, and across the UK Our business correspondent

David Henderson has been assessing what the figures mean

and reports from Aberdeen. This is Aberdeen Harbour, where the

vessels that support the North Sea oil platforms offshore are based.

But, this entire industry and indeed Aberdeen and beyond have been badly

affected by the fall in the price of oil. The end result? Scotland's

economy did not grow in the first three months of the year. And has

barely grown in the whole year. The effect has been felt not just by

those who are directly employed by the offshore industry. I've been to

speak to a farmer who was based just north of Aberdeen who has had to

change his expansion plans to cope with the impact of the downturn.

My name is David Stephen, I am a farmer, in Aberdeenshire.

We started with the soft fruit, growing solely raspberries,

We had to do something to salvage it, and so we decided to

make it into a set of apartments, the walls were falling in, the roof

was falling in, we did a lot of renovations.

The initial plan was to capture a Monday to Friday while

workers, people working in the oil industry who did not have

That market has disappeared completely.

We think now that we will focus more on the tourism side of things.

This is where your venue is going to be,

We were at a wedding four years ago, a similar

type building, farm buildings had been converted.

We thought it was a fantastic idea and something we would like to

Our business is hampered by the effects of the oil industry.

other markets we can tap into, we think

that we can overcome the shortfalls of the business side of Aberdeen at

A Scottish soldier who died while training in Brecon in Wales

had just finished an eight mile fitness test, according

Corporal Joshua Hoole from Ecclefechan near Lockerbie had

been training in preparation for the

Earlier, I spoke to our Wales reporter Caroline Evans in Brecon.

The news emerged this morning that Corporal Joshua Hoole died here

yesterday, we were told ambulances were called here in Brecon just

before nine o'clock and during the day we had learned that he had been

on this eight mile march, a fitness test that we are told is annual and

takes place where soldiers are expected to carry 25 kilos, around

the local roads here. Something the Ministry of Defence says is not

expected to be taxing. But you may remember that three years ago, three

soldiers died of heat exhaustion out on the Brecon Beacons while they

were trying to be recruited into the SAS. That, inevitably, has turned

minds to this. People are asking if lessons have been learned from that

situation will stop the Ministry of Defence has responded in a

statement, saying that they had implemented recommendations to make

training as safe as possible. But they say that the circumstances of

Corporal Joshua Hoole's death are different.

Two people have been injured in what police have described

as a "disturbance" in Fort William, which is understood to have

A 49-year-old man has been reported to the Procurator Fiscal

The 73-year-old man is in a critical but stable condition in hospital

in Glasgow, while a woman in her 60s has been released

Scotland is to introduce a new law to tackle child poverty.

The bill is expected to follow the recommendations

of the country's poverty tsar, and may include child poverty

targets based on household income, similar to those recently dropped

Our political correspondent Lucy Adams reports.

Nicola Sturgeon said that it is important

that the government's ambitions to eradicate child poverty

That underlines the seriousness of the

ambitions and means we are in a very formal

way held to account on the

delivery of those ambitions, tackling poverty and child poverty

in particular, making sure as far as we can

life because of the conditions they are born into and grow up into is

one of the most important things, perhaps the most important thing in

an overarching sense, that any government can do.

The aim of the new law will be to ensure better futures for

The announcement came as the First Minister said that

she was reappointing the Independent Poverty Adviser.

I feel very strongly that we can make it less

awful to live in poverty while at the same time reducing poverty.

More than one in five children in Scotland live in poverty,

it means they cannot obtain the kind of diet

or living conditions which are the norm in

For some, a little help has made all the

I was struggling to find what I wanted to do, I tried

I had been auditioned, but some people were more likely to get

it than me because they had higher grades but the Princes Trust

Political opponents welcome the focus on poverty, but they say

that the Scottish Government must take more responsibility.

What I would say to Nicola Sturgeon, the

government has been in power for nine years, they have seen

what has gone on for nine years, they have

the power coming to them, a new welfare reform, they can use

that to eradicate problems, it is not just

about blaming Westminster, they must look at their own backyard.

Consultation for the bill will be published over the summer, the

ultimate success will depend upon people working together.

Football - and Celtic made sure there was no repeat of last week's

embarrassment in Gibraltar, with a 3-0 victory over Lincoln Red

Goals from Mikael Lustig, Leigh Griffiths, Patrick Roberts

were enough for the Scottish champions to overcome

The Scottish champions will now play FC Astana of Kazakhstan in the next

round of the Champions League qualifiers.

Yesterday was the hottest day of the year so far,

but many parts of Scotland saw torrential rain, with thunder

Almost the whole country was affected.

There was a power cut in the Aberdeen area,

flash flooding in many parts, and travel disruption.

Tonight, drivers are being urged to be aware

And some North Sea helicopter flights have been grounded

as a precaution due to the risk of lightning strikes.

Yes, July in Scotland, flooded roads and lightning strikes!

Let's get the latest on the forecast from Kirsteen.

Thank you. Good evening. Very lively weather today across the country,

tonight we can offer something much calmer, it becomes dry for most of

us. Certainly with some clear spells. One exception to the rule

comes in the form of the ruminants of today's rain, just holding on

primarily across Shetland night, thundery downpours to come here. A

Met Office yellow warning remains in force until tomorrow morning.

Otherwise staying dry with clear spells. A more comfortable night

forced into night, I think. Temperatures of 10-14d for most of

us. Much less muddy. Tomorrow, largely dry with spells of

brightness and sunshine around. Especially around central and

eastern Scotland -- much less muddy. More cloud on Western and coastal

areas, spots of rain in the north-west, and in Shetland, the

rain still hangs on but will continue to clear as we go through

the morning. Looking at the country as a whole as we go through the day

tomorrow, most are under the influence of a bridge of

high-pressure, keeping conditions settled and mostly dry, a scattering

of showers, perhaps a mini on the way of heavy rain moving into

Northern Ireland as we had through the day. In the sunshine, the

temperature is widely reach the high teens into the low 20s, a feeling of

pleasant and sunny spells. Tomorrow evening in Scotland, cloud increases

in the West and followed by outbreaks of rain that will track

across the country during Thursday night. On Friday across the UK, this

week whether friend will move west to east, producing showers, perhaps

rain at times, -- weather front. There will be spells of brightness

and sunshine, and it pleasantly warm feel with highs of around 25

degrees. ??HOTKEY thank you. And that's all from

Reporting Scotland tonight.