14/09/2016 Reporting Scotland

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Nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who survived ebola, is cleared

of all charges of misconduct over claims she'd hidden

She is delighted the panel has made a decision that she has no case to

answer. Also on the programme,

The First Minister says Scottish interests must be embedded

in the plans to negotiate Brexit. The unemployment rate in Scotland

has fallen below the UK level. The Scots sniper fighting

with the Kurds on the front And Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers

says he's not embarrassed by the club's 7-0

defeat to Barcelona. The nurse, Pauline Cafferkey,

who contracted ebola while working in Sierra Leone, has been cleared

of misconduct over her return It had been claimed she allowed

an incorrect temperature to be recorded during the screening

process at Heathrow airport. But today a disciplinary panel

of the nursing and midwifery council in Edinburgh dismissed the charges

after hearing she'd been Public Health England, who raised

the complaint, have said they support the judgment.

Pauline Cafferkey looked visibly relieved as the disciplinary panel

cleared her of all charges. Her lawyer spoke of the effect the

prolonged investigation has had on her health. She would never have

knowingly put anyone in danger. Pauline was lucky to survive. Since

her return from Sierra Leone she has continued to suffer from ill-health.

The NMC disciplinary process has been upsetting and stressful for

Pauline, however, she was delighted the panel made the case she has no

case to answer. It has been almost two years since Pauline Cafferkey

left for Sierra Leone, working on the front line of the fight against

Ebola. One former patient recalls how she saved his life. She was a

kind lady. She gave advice and we listened to her and her colleagues.

And because of that we survived. Pauline Cafferkey was exhausted when

she arrived at Heathrow. The screening area managed by Public

Health England was chaotic and understaffed. What happened here is

key to this case. The panel here heard that in the chaos at Heathrow

that night some members of Pauline Cafferkey's team decided to take

their own temperatures. Although hers was high, she allowed somebody

in her group to record it as normal so they could pass through

screening. She heard that person say, let's get out of here. Ms

Cafferkey did then disclose her high temperature to start. Even then the

stakes were made. Hours later she was critically ill. The misconduct

committee ruled it would have been inconceivable a nurse of their

experience would have left the area without mentioning her temperature

so why was she put through this ordeal? I think what's clear today,

I have not apologised, in answer to your question, what's clear today is

very much what the panel said. Our overriding duty is to protect the

public and maintain confidence in the profession. There was support

for her at the practice where she hopes to return. She devoted herself

to do the fairly selfless work. It just seemed just. Fairly happy, yes.

It's high time she was back, yeah. Pauline Cafferkey wanted only to

help others. She risked her own life for that. She will hope today's

outcome will be the final hurdle in her long road to recovery.

The First Minister says Scottish interests must be embedded in plans

to negotiate Britain's departure from the European union.

Nicola Sturgeons was giving evidence to Holyrood's European Committee.

This from our political editor Brian Taylor.

Three parliaments today. In Strasbourg, Westminster and

Holyrood. One topic, Brexit. In Strasbourg, Jean-Claude Juncker

urged European integration including a new military headquarters. He

warned the departing UK could not expect to stay in the single trade

market without also allowing free movement of labour. TRANSLATION:

Only those can have unlimited access to the single market that accent

there will be free access for labour and goods. There can be no a la

carte access to the single market. But what's on the Westminster menu,

a la carte or otherwise? The SNP's Angus Roberts and urged the Prime

Minister to specify her name is post-Brexit. Again she sidestepped.

Is the Prime Minister in favour of protecting Visa free travel, yes or

no? There was a very clear message from the British people at the time

of the referendum vote on June 23, that they wanted to see an end to

free movement as it operated. They want to see control of movement of

people from the European Union into the UK and that's what we will

deliver. At Holyrood, the First Minister faced questions. She

reminded them and voters that Brexit hadn't happened yet and in her view

by far the West was yet to come -- the worst was yet to come. Nobody is

doing anybody any favours by suggesting we are through the worst,

we have not even started this process yet. The potential of a lost

decade for the UK should make us sit up and take notice and in Scotland

it should make us think very carefully about whether there are

better alternatives than accepting we just have to be part of that. She

castigated the UK Government for failing to clarify the consequences

of Brexit three months on from the referendum. She said it was:

gobsmacking, to use non-Parliamentary language. Later

the Scotland Brexit minister urged all MSP is to back full membership

of the single market. The Tories stressed any Scottish aspirations

must be agreed with the UK Government. And a Brexit meeting in

London tomorrow? Yes, we are expecting Mike Russell to meet David

Davis who is the UK minister responsible for enabling or

facilitating Brexit. And one thing I think they will be discussing, the

process, the terms of engagement between the UK and the Scottish

Government. One thing Mike Russell will be keen to remind Mr Davies of

is that in key European areas like fisheries and farming, that these

are devolved responsibilities. Mike Russell calls it distributed

democracy. Trying to stress the place of the Scottish Government

within these talks. And sure that it will become central tomorrow, I'm

sure it will be polite. Ultimately there could be tension down the road

because I think that UK ministers with regard to Scotland are keen to

consult, I'm not sure they will be so eager to embed. Thank you.

The unemployment rate in Scotland has fallen below the UK level

and the number of people seeking work between May and July was

Meanwhile the number in work was also up.

Not much sign of a Brexit meltdown there.

Our business and economy editor, Douglas Fraser, is here with more.

There's been lots of business gloom about the economic impact

of that referendum result, but it's not backed up by these figures.

The number of Scots seeking work down 29,000 to 130,000.

That takes the unemployment rate to 4.7%, a low rate,

and it's below the 4.9% rate in early summer

The number of Scots in work: up by 51,000, a record

There may have been a data quirk earlier this year,

when survey numbers were much weaker.

But underlying this is a shift to more self-employment -

that's been almost all the jobs growth in Scotland over

And while the number of those in work has

risen over the past year, the number who are so-called

'economically inactive' - choosing not to work,

for various reasons - has risen by much the same

Often it's down to lifestyle choices. Lots of households these

days have more than one earner. So people can flex the number of people

with jobs in their household as circumstances can change. It may be

the type of work they are looking for simply isn't available at the

moment. Does this tell us anything

about the economic impact of But that's what's on the mind

of politicians concerned about future job numbers -

one of them today visiting Standard Life, a big

Edinburgh employer. We see from different places,

pension funds and others, concerns about future investment levels,

concerns over confidence. As these figures demonstrate we have been

building up to, I think, are very resilient economy in terms of

employment, but those things do represent danger. It's up to us to

make sure we mitigate any effect of Brexit. No question we'd be in a far

better position if we did not have the uncertainty that Brexit

represents. Part of the weakness in the jobs

market has been the downturn More evidence of that today,

with official figures showing a rise last year in output from under

Scotland's seabed: up 21% to 70 million tonnes,

ending a long run of decline, That's due to lots of investment,

peaking two years ago. But that's when the price plummeted,

so the value of that oil and gas Also news from the

shopkeepers today, with retail sales down more than 2

per cent last month. They can't blame the weather,

but non-food shop sales down by more, clothing

and shoes in particular. Analysts wondering if shopping

habits have changed for keeps, or if the summer fashion collections

were just a bit uninspired. A former Scottish soldier fighting

the so-called Islamic State in Northern Iraq has told the BBC

he wishes he'd gone there sooner. Alan Duncan left Scotland to fight

alongside the Peshmerga in He doesn't want it known exactly

where in Scotland he's from because of fears

for his family's safety. On the front line against so-called

Islamic State. These are Kurdish soldiers trying to drive back IS.

But among them, a Scot. Sniper Alan Duncan. I was fed up of watching the

world doing nothing, and I can help in a very small way. I'm nothing

here. The peshmerga are the ones. This is what IS has left behind as

they flee and advancing Iraqi army, burning oil wells. Shattered lives.

Children haunted by horrors they witnessed. These were enough to join

a war in a foreign land for one foreign soldier. The next step would

be nothing to what we would see, so this is the West's fight. The

peshmerga don't just fight for themselves. This area here is

Christian villages. These people are fighting and dying to take these

Christian villages. These people are villages back. They want people to

move back safely into their homes, no matter what your faith. They

don't care about faith. It is about humanity, this is humanity's fight.

And what of those he's fighting? Nothing, these people are nothing.

It is training, but also knowing what Daesh is, what they represent,

what they do. UK authorities have urged people not to join the

conflicts in Iraq and Syria. Alan Duncan, though, has only one regret.

That I didn't come sooner. You're watching BBC

Reporting Scotland. Nurse Pauline Cafferkey,

who survived ebola, is cleared of all charges of misconduct

over claims she'd hidden She feared she wouldn't make it to

Rio, but Scottish sprinter Libby Clegg is now the double Olympic

champion. Andy Murray says he's delighted

to be back in Glasgow, playing in an atmosphere

he describes as the best The Olympic and Wimbledon champion,

alongside big brother Jamie, are the backbone of

the British Davis Cup team. He's always in demand on trips back

home. Now more than ever. Practice pays off. He's one win then and

Olympic gold in what he describes as the best year of his career. Now

it's time to give back. Obviously unhappy to back. Obviously a lot of

good memories from this place -- obviously I'm happy to be back. Good

times here, big wins, amazing atmosphere. Probably the best

atmosphere you could play in the ever. Andy Murray is back in

Scotland after a terrific year not just for him but for big brother

Jamie, too. The Murray family trophy cabinet now boasts six grand slam

titles between them, two Olympic gold medals, and of course a Davis

Cup. I wanted to try to do as best I can in my career and make sure that

when I finish I could look back with no regrets. To come from a small

town, don blame, to be able to come through there is just brilliant, and

brilliant for the sport because it shows it can happen. It takes a lot

of work and dedication but it can happen. His success is inspiring

others. We all look up to him, a role model. He's really inspiring

for us because we see how hard it is to achieve what he has achieved. We

want to be like him when we are older, to get to that level.

Annoyingly his skills are not confined to the tennis court. This

is Andy Murray scoring and five-a-side the other day. Playing

on one of the five-a-side pictures the other day and I have not played

five-a-side football for it must be about two years now. That was the

first game we played, ten minutes each way. I've not lost it. If he's

that accurate this weekend, Argentina are in trouble.

NHS Tayside is investigating a number of linked cases of E. Coli

involving a small number of children in Angus. Possible sources are being

looked at. A playgroup has voluntarily closed well this

continues. The bug can cause stomach pain, fever and nausea.

Documents have been found that belonged to a Church of Scotland

missionary who died at the Auschwitz concentration camp, have been found.

Jane Haining is the only Scot to be officially honoured

for giving her life to help Jews in the Holocaust.

This was very exciting to open up the box and find this envelope with

Jane Haining's last will and testament too.

Her handwritten will meticulously lists what is to happen

The wireless to remain part of the home.

In 1932, she left her home to be a Church of

Scotland missionary in Budapest, working with Jewish children.

As the Nazis swept through Europe, the

church urged her to come home, but she refused, saying that

In 1944, she was arrested on suspicion of espionage.

Importantly, a typed up a report from the Bishop of the reformed

Church in Hungary... This discovery sheds

more light on her final Trying to get Jane out of the prison

before she was then moved She was so committed

to being in Hungary and so part of the Hungarian

people that she declared, I would stick to my

post no matter what. She died in Auschwitz

later that year. We have seen over

the last 12 months in particular, migrants

crossing into Hungary. The response of the Church,

especially Saint Columba 's Church in Budapest, to offer education,

accommodation and supporters of the It really connects us to some

of the work that Jane Haining These items are being placed

in the National library of Scotland, to ensure the memory

of Jane Haining lives on. A look at other stories across the

country. The operation to move

the Transocean Winner rig which ran aground last month on the west coast

of Lewis, will begin next week. The rig is now anchored

on the isle's east coast. A public meeting in Stornoway last

night, heard that the rig will be piggy-backed onto a heavy lifting

ship and transported to Turkey, A lot of preparation is to be done.

We are very minded of the weather but we will not take any chances. We

will make sure we are ready and do the operation as soon as possible.

A transport group has warned that congestion in Glasgow is behind

an increase in bus journey times and an alarming drop

Greener Journeys concluded that bus speeds in Glasgow were falling

faster than anywhere else in the UK, and services could be threatened

Bus operator, First Glasgow, has now called for action

A site on the shores of Loch Lomond could be turned into a

leisure resort, after Flamingo Land Limited

was appointed the preferred developer.

Plans for the 20 hectare site at West Riverside in Balloch -

which is within the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park -

include lodges, a hotel and glamping pods, as well as family

An independent inquiry has backed plans for parking permits in areas

around the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

Glasgow City Council proposed annual parking permits in a bid

Despite objections, an inquiry backed the principle,

setting the charges at ?15 for residents and ?210

for businesses - less than a third of the cost originally proposed.

70 individually designed sculptures of "Oor Wullie" have

fetched almost ?900,000 at a charity auction.

They were part of the comic strip character's Bucket Trail,

which saw 55 of the sculptures displayed across Dundee, with

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers says there was no embarrassment

in losing 7-0 to Barcelona in the Champions League last night.

Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick as the Spanish giants demolished

So where does it leave the Scottish champions?

Today's newspapers reflecting on Celtic's misery, but also looking

back at a Barcelona masterclass. It was a sobering night Scottish

football. The country's best completely outplayed and ultimately

taught a footballing lesson. Celtic wanted it to be over long before the

seventh went in. It was a long, long night in the Nou Camp. For our

players, this is a competition that is going to be a brilliant learning

season for us in the Champions League. Tonight is one of those

tough nights you take at this level. As I said, there can be no

embarrassment because they do that too much better teams than

ourselves. The lesson started early. Lionel Messi got them going. He

linked up with Neymar for the second. But it was after the break

that most of the damage was done. Cut the goalkeeper have done

anything better with a Neymar free kick? The fourth from Iniesta was

unstoppable. It was a Messi hat-trick before the hour. And Luis

Suarez swivelled to score the sixth look simple. Celtic Captain Scott

brand called it unacceptable. This graph shows the goal margins between

the teams since they first met in European competition. Above the

line, a couple of narrow Celtic wins. There have been some massive

defeats. 7-0 is difficult. There is no question there will be talking

about it today. The best thing is to get back out on the training pitch,

get back into the league campaign and get a result. It was Celtic's

worst ever European result. The man who helped to inflict the damage

laying bare ankles in quality that should come for no surprise. But for

Celtic and Scottish football it stings nonetheless.

The decision to hold the next Old Firm match on Hogmanay has been

The Scottish Police Federation have called the decision "insanity",

and MSP Brian Whittle, the Scottish Conservatives'

sport spokesman, described it as "baffling".

Police Scotland have defended the decision saying it was reached

after discussions between police, football authorities

and the broadcasters, believing to be the best option

to minimise the wider community impact.

Double Paralympic champion Libby Clegg admits she never imagined

she'd make the Rio Games, let alone win two gold medals.

The Scottish sprinter completed a memorable double after she won

the 200 metres, four days after taking the 100 metres title.

Jane Lewis has more on Clegg's remarkable achievement.

And emotional night and little wonder. Already the 100 metres

champion, now the 200 metres champion. Her second Paralympic

final in Rio. Yet she feared she would not make these games after

missing the European and world Championships. She was in danger of

missing out and selection. Throw into the makes a change of coach and

guide, not to mention her deteriorating eyesight, which

resulted in reclassification. But she dealt with all of that and how.

Libby Clegg sprinting towards the line takes the gold for Great

Britain! I'm a bit shell-shocked. I could never have imagined this. I

wasn't sure if I would make an on the team. To be here is absolutely,

a dream come true. The Scottish sprinter has certainly had a

Paralympics to remember, adding to her medal haul. Her gold medals in

Rio follow a silver from London 2012, to go along with the silver

she won in Beijing in 2008. She also has five world championship and two

European medals to her name, as well as Commonwealth gold from Glasgow

2014. They make a noise. They are quite cool. They are a little bit

different. Two symbols of her remarkable achievement.

It grew out of the London Paralympics, but now a festival

celebrating the work of disabled artists is to make

The Unlimited Festival showcases art, music and dance,

with many of the best known performers working

Our arts correspondent Pauline McLean reports.

Clare Cunningham started out as a singer, but she is now better

She isn't limited by her use of crutches

and most of her work they are centre stage.

It is a duet and also in collaboration with a philosopher.

Looking at the subject of perception, one of

And yeah, it's looking at the idea of how we

perceive the world around us and how we are perceived within the world.

Raise your hands above your head, please.

It is one of a number of shows being staged as part of the Unlimited

Festival. Originally created alongside

the London Paralympics, a chance

to celebrate artistic achievements as well

as sporting ones. Scottish artists have

had a big showing. They went to London,

showed the work, and so many of those artists have now toured

the world with the work Work like a collaboration between

Scotland and Brazil which grew out of the first festival and has now

been premiered at this. At the moment it is important for it

to be seen on the main stages. This is a great opportunity for artists

to get their work seen online -- limescale venues.

For audiences, it's a chance to see brand-new work

For would-be performers, some inspiration to

Pretty gloomy today. There was some sunshine today in the south-west,

where we had warm sunshine. 21 degrees in Stranraer. Where we had

the clout it was rather cool. Tonight is largely dry, cloudy once

again. Quite mild. And also quite murky. Some wet weather across the

Western Isles and the Northern Isles. That should clear away. A few

showers towards Argyll. Mr and Mark around North Sea coast is extending

its way inland overnight. It is going to be a mild night.

Temperatures in the towns and cities in the mid teens. High teams in the

south-west. To start the day tomorrow it is dry but cloudy.

Fairly murky. Some outbreaks of rain around the west Coast and the

Hebrides. For much of the mainland, after a cloudy start, the cloud

should thin and break. Spells of sunshine. It will be pleasantly

warm. Further north, Highland Perthshire into Speyside, around

Inverness, 24, 20 five Celsius. It will be cooler. Still some rain for

the Hebrides. Fairly misty and murky for Orkney and Shetland. Through the

rest of the afternoon into the evening, the wet weather gets its

rest of the afternoon into the act together. It shuttles its way

further east as we head overnight towards Friday. It sounds fairly

intense at times. At the same time we have got a number of heavy

downpours pushing up from England. That means there is a recipe for a

lively start to the day for eastern Scotland on Friday morning. That

weather clearing away. Bright and breezy elsewhere. It is fresher.

Those bright and breezy conditions still with us for the first half of

the weekend. Saturday not too bad. Turning wet in the north-west later.

Now, a reminder of tonight's main news.

The nurse, Pauline Cafferkey, who contracted

Ebola while working in Sierra Leone, has been cleared of misconduct

over her return to the UK suffering from the virus.

It had been claimed she allowed an incorrect temperature to be

recorded during screening pat Heathrow airport.

Until then, from everyone on the team,