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A threefold rise in children being trafficked into Scotland.

They're being forced to work on cannabis farms, in the sex

TRANSLATION: A person brought a gun to threaten me. He asked me to stay

inside, not make any noise. If someone hears me inside, they would

kill me. who've been trafficked,

in an exclusive report. Also on the programme:

A drink-driver admits causing the death of a woman in a crash,

as he fled from police She was on her way home

from her son's wedding. I thought 40, 50 or 60. At 80, that

set the whole family back, definitely.

sports decide a united approach is best, as they build

And conservationists and landowners team up, to learn more about

There's been a threefold rise in children being trafficked

into Scotland, with the highest numbers from Vietnam.

The BBC has also learnt that seven children subsequently

disappeared from care, thought to have been taken

In this exclusive report our political correspondent Lucy Adams

has been to meet some of those who've been trafficked.

This boy was sent to Scotland in the lorry when he was 15. As part of the

journey, he remembers walking through forest for days. When he

arrived, he had no idea what country he was in.

TRANSLATION: In the early days, my mind was full of fear and concern.

Two of the Vietnamese boys he was with then disappeared. Because those

two fled, I was even more scared. His story is not unique. Figures

obtained by the BBC show that over 100 children have been trafficked

obtained by the BBC show that over into Scotland in the past six years,

and more than half of them came from Vietnam. A quarter have been forced

to work in cannabis plantations, another quarter in the sex industry.

More than 10% became domestic slaves behind closed doors. Others are on

our high streets, forced to work in nail bars. I think it is a growing

problem because of the refugee crisis. There are many children on

the move. It is the tip of the iceberg, because we only see those

lucky enough to escape will be rescued from a situation. There are

probably a lot of children we don't know about that are being exploited

in different situations. For those trafficked into Scotland, the

nightmare does not necessarily end once they escape. Seven Vietnamese

children have since disappeared, thought to have been abducted by the

very gangs that brought them here. That includes a 15-year-old, feared

to have been abducted in Glasgow last summer. This boy's parents died

when he was ten. A gang found him and forced to work a shoeshine boy.

They then put him into the back of a lorry. We cannot show his face

because he lives in fear of the gangs who brought him here.

TRANSLATION: A person brought a gun to threaten me. He asked me to stay

inside, not make any noise. If someone hears me inside, they would

kill me. They said if I don't work, they would kill me. Scotland is a

long way from Vietnam, but experts say the global refugee crisis means

the numbers trafficked here will continue to rise, and that more

support is required to ensure that once rescued these children do not

go missing again. Lucy joins me now. How big a problem

in Scotland is this? Part of the problem is that by its very nature

this is a hidden crime. The charity say there is an estimated 13,000

victims of trafficking currently held captive around the UK. But

these figures show that this is something which is getting a bigger

problem in Scotland. Because Scotland is distant, geographically,

from some of the main smuggling routes in the south-east of England,

sometimes there is an assumption that we are exempt from the problem.

These figures show that is not the case. Experts also say that despite

seeing these figures, this is just the tip of the iceberg, because all

they know about is the children who have been rescued and found, mainly

in police raids. They don't know about those still being forced to

work behind closed doors. Couldn't they run away, many of them? A

number of them are working in nail bars in high streets around

Scotland. As you say, it is not as if they are held behind bars. But

whereas hundreds of years ago the bonds of Labour were shackles that

you could see, now they are invisible. They are being held by

fear. Many of them may be debt bonded to their captors, and they

are held by threats to their lives, to the lives of their families, and

the fact that they are children in a foreign country where they do not

speak the language. A drink-driver has admitted causing

the death of a woman in a crash, as she returned home

from her son's wedding. 57-year-old Marie Laurie had

just got into a taxi with her husband, when it was hit

by a car being chased Today the High Court in Glasgow

heard that the driver, 21-year-old Steven Bennie,

was travelling at 80 miles an hour Steven Bennie, in the suit, was 20

years old in November last year, with only a provisional licence

when, after drinking enough with friends to put him over the

drink-drive limit, he refused to stop when police tried to pull him

over. Marie Laurie had just got into a taxi with her husband, on their

way home from her son's wedding. The court heard that after Steven

Bennie, who was driving in an Astra, sped off from the police coming

switched off his headlights and was driving at around 80 miles proud in

a 30 mph zone. In the taxi, James was handing his wife, Marie Laurie,

the flowers she had been given at the wedding. When Steven Bennie's

car hit the taxi, it did so with such impact that the taxi spun

round. Marie Laurie lost consciousness a few minutes later

and despite the actions of the lease and paramedics, she died. Her

husband survived but sustained multiple injuries including rib

fractures and a laceration to his liver. Marie Laurie's family were

clearly shocked when they heard the speed that Steven Bennie was doing.

I know it was a 30 mph zone. I thought maybe 60 mph, but it set the

whole family back when we heard that. It was his wedding that Marie

Laurie had been at. The family are pleased that Steven Bennie has

admitted his guilt and they can be left to grieve. Marie Laurie was a

admitted his guilt and they can be much loved mother, stepmother,

grandmother and aunt. Peacemaker. My mum was just a very genuine woman.

Nice. She got on with anybody. I have said this many times. She got

on with anybody. She loved her family. Steven Bennie was remanded

in custody and will be sentenced next month. The judge told him he

will be given a prison sentence. The winner of the Labour

party's leadership contest between Jeremy Corbyn and Owen Smith

will be announced at a special conference

in Liverpool tomorrow morning. Our political correspondent

Nick Eardley is in Is a Jeremy Corbyn victory now seen

as inevitable, Nick? Sally, I think the expectation is

that Jeremy Corbyn will be confirmed Labour leader tomorrow in the

conference centre on the beautiful banks of the River Mersey. The

question is how big he will win, and whether or not it means his internal

opponents have two, at least for now, put their criticism to one

side. One thing to watch out for is whether the margin between Jeremy

Corbyn and his challenger, Owen Smith, is any less in Scotland.

People I have spoken to expect that Owen Smith will get a bigger margin

of the vote in Scotland, although there is not a sense that he will

necessarily win north of the border. What about the indications for

Scotland, because Kezia Dugdale publicly backed Owen Smith. What

might a Jeremy Corbyn victory mean for relations between the UK and the

Scottish party? Kezia Dugdale said last month that she did not think

Jeremy Corbyn had wide enough appeal to lead the Labour Party to a UK

general election victory. One of the questions that Kezia Dugdale will

face if Jeremy Corbyn does win tomorrow is whether she has changed

her mind, and if he is in power in the Labour Party leading up to a

general election, whether she thinks it is a lost cause. What I expect

tomorrow is that Jeremy Corbyn will say, we need to wipe the slate

clean, get behind whoever the leader is and move forward as a party. I

think you will hear something similar from Kezia Dugdale tomorrow.

She will want to give the message of unity to say, let's stop fighting

each other and spend more time fighting political opponents. But

the key differences and the key personalities are likely to remain

the same. And whether those differences can be solved moving

forward, that remains to be seen. A lovely sunset behind you in

Liverpool. Thank you. A woman has been charged

with culpable homicide, in connection with the death

of a man in East Ayrshire yesterday. 41-year-old Martin Gorman was found

with serious injuries at a home in Kilmarnock in the early hours,

but he later died in hospital. Lisa Burnett, who's 28,

made no plea or declaration at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court

and was released on bail, Rangers striker Kenny Miller has

been arrested in connection with an alleged disturbance

at a restaurant The incident happened at Da Luciano

in Bothwell on Saturday the 10th of September,

hours after Rangers lost Police Scotland confirmed that

a 36-year-old man had been arrested and was the subject of a report

to the Procurator Fiscal Edinburgh Council has ordered

a survey of its buildings, following the closure of 17 schools

earlier this year due ?500,000 has been set aside

for the checks on buildings constructed at about the same

time as the schools. It started with the collapse of this

wall, and similar construction flaws were discovered at other PFI schools

in Edinburgh. 17 were closed. Repairs done, pupils back in class,

Edinburgh Council have now ordered a survey of other city buildings to

check whether the problems are more widespread. The surveys will focus

on building is built around the same time using a similar design model as

the ones where problems have been uncovered. The council are refusing

to say exactly which buildings engineers will be looking at, but

there are dozens on the list. Described as precautionary, ?500,000

has been set aside for work councillors hope will reveal nothing

new. You can't rule it out and that is the reason for the survey,

although so far the buildings are perfectly sound. Nevertheless, it

seems prudent, having discovered problems in the school buildings, to

look at others with a similar design, to satisfy ourselves they

are completely safe. Last month a BBC investigation revealed

construction defects at schools elsewhere in Scotland. This

architect believes others should follow Edinburgh's decision to look

beyond the school estate. The incredible thing that Fiona Walker's

investigation threw up was the extent, the possible extent of how

many failings there are potentially in each of those schools. I am

many failings there are potentially puzzled but not surprised. I think

it is overdue. The surveys are expected to take a few months. All

the while, an independent enquiry into the school closures continues,

with a report due by the end of the year.

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A reminder of tonight's top story:

New figures show a threefold rise in children

Conservationists and landowners team up to learn more about the threats

Three of Scotland's most successful sports have

is best as they build for the future.

A record-breaking Team GB brought home 67 Olympic medals,

and at the Paralympics, another record haul of 147 medals

Now it's time to build on that success here in Scotland,

with a new approach to maximise results.

I am here at Stirling, Scotland's University for sporting excellence,

and high-level talks are about to begin. The Chief Executive is of

Scottish athletics, cycling and swimming believe that a united

approach will better profit all of their sports. So who are the main

players? Mark Munro, interim Chief Executive of Scottish athletics.

Craig Byrne, Chief Executive of Scottish cycling, and the Chief

Executive of Scottish swimming. They Scottish cycling, and the Chief

firmly believe a united front could benefit their sports in the

organisation, participation, performance and also commercially.

By having a product, there is more choice for people, particularly if

you look at selling a family product. Not everyone wants to cycle

necessarily, or to run or swim, but hopefully if we can package and

promote something we will get best value for everybody's resource.

Athletics made a decision six years ago to focus on developing clubs,

supporting volunteers and support working with coaches, putting

coaching the athlete at the heart of sport, and we are starting to see

the benefits now. It is about starting to take advantage of those

results, the political and public opportunities they present to

promote sport. There are lots of good ideas in athletics but it is

good to look at what other sports are doing. Sometimes you think we

are doing similar things but slightly differently, so the slight

differences make you think, that is something we had not thought of. It

will take time to build the system into a Scottish regional, national

system and ultimately being selected on to GB. We know if we get them on

GB, they are in the best system in the world, as has been proven over

the last three Olympics cycles. Out of the meeting, something that has

been reinforced is the importance of our clubs, coaches and supporting

performance athletes. We will go away and double our efforts on that

front. The talks will continue. The three sports say they are committed

to a united approach for years to come.

Paralympic gold medallist Gordon Reid has told BBC Scotland

of being wheelchair tennis's world number one.

The 24-year-old is confident he can hang onto the ranking

he achieved following some brilliant form this year,

in which he's won four Grand Slam titles,

as well as Paralympic gold and silver in Rio.

It is a good pressure to have, yeah, it's not gone to be easy, there are

a lot of good players in our sport, at the top of the men's game, so it

is going to be tough, people are going to be gunning for me, but I

will do my best to try to stay at there.

Other stories from across the country:

Children who were treated at Dundee's Ninewells Hospital

after an E.coli O157 outbreak in Carnoustie have been discharged.

Some of the children were confirmed to have the infection,

A possible link with a national outbreak,

in which a three-year-old girl from Dunbartonshire died

and 21 other people were infected, is being investigated.

Plans to load the damaged oil rig Transocean Winner onto a giant

transportation ship have been postponed because of the weather.

Salvage experts had been hoping to begin the operation

but high winds mean it's no longer possible.

The rig ran aground on the island last month,

after breaking its tow line during a storm.

Six homes were flooded in the Liberton area of Edinburgh

this morning after a burst water main.

Other parts of the city lost water supplies or experienced low pressure

following the burst, which happened around 1am.

for a new conservation zone in the seas around Tiree and Coll.

The proposed Special Protected Area is being set up to protect colonies

of common eider duck and great northern diver,

which winter on the seas around the islands.

Carbisdale Castle in Sutherland, which was a youth hostel

for six decades, has been sold to a London investment fund.

The 40-room baronial mansion was completed in 1907

and first owned by the then Duchess of Sutherland.

It was described as the jewel in the crown of Scottish hostelling,

but was badly damaged by winter weather several years ago.

The castle had been on the market for less than ?1 million.

The Wigtown Book Festival got under way today.

The ten-day long event is now the second biggest of its kind

It attracts a host of top politicians, broadcasters

and literary figures, including Graeme Macrae Burnet,

who's been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

There is a lot more competition in the festival world now than there

was ten years ago, there are something like 300 book festivals

all over the country, so you always fighting for authors' time, fighting

for publishers' attention. The Old Firm rivalry is

the fiercest in Scottish football, but many believe

it's closely followed by the Aberdeen versus Rangers

fixture. The pair meet on Sunday for the

first time since the Ibrox club's financial meltdown four years ago,

so just why is there a deep rooted rivalry between two

clubs 150 miles apart? Here's our senior football reporter,

Chris Mclaughlin. Some say it was sparked after a

sickening tackle in this match in 1988. I remember there was a few

people around the ball, I was on the touchline, the ball squirted out

ball. He came straight through him. ball. He came straight through him.

-- his eye. He still went on to have a very good career, but he could

have had a very good career. Ian Durant sustained ligament damage and

was out of action for two years, but one Aberdeen legendary members

asking a local about the rivalry years before. I said, what is it

with Rangers, Rangers and Celtic, who do you hate most? One of them

says, in the Aberdeen dialect, we don't mind Celtic, but we hate

Rangers. So even then, there was a kind of vitriolic hatred against

Rangers. Some believe it was down to the arrival of another Glaswegian to

the north-east. When Alex Ferguson took over, made Aberdeen the team it

became a 1980s, it very unusual for Rangers to beat Aberdeen, and so you

could imagine that the potential for resentment there on the brain just

fans, of course, that was reciprocated, if you like, by the

Aberdeen fans. Today the rivalry has taken it was - some Aberdeen fans

are planning a minute's applause in mock memorial of a club they believe

are planning a minute's applause in died in 2012. They wind us up. It is

just football banter, really, I do not think it should cause any

offence. But even a former captain of England

admit it is a game not to be underestimated. A lot of people say

about the rivalry between Rangers and Celtic, but Aberdeen against

Rangers is pretty intense, real hatred, that is, right at there.

Where once league titles were at stake, and Sunday it is purely about

bragging rights, that and the renewal of old rivalries.

A research project has been trying to find out

why so many hen harrier nest sites fail in Scotland.

Shooting estates have long been accused of disturbing the nests.

Now land managers are working with conservationists

to better understand what's happening.

And they've made some unexpected discoveries.

Dougie Vipond has been finding out more.

Hen harriers always build their nests on the ground. This project

involves placing hidden cameras at their nest sites to find out what

threats they face. Brian Etheridge has worked for RSPB for 30 years.

Why do think numbers are so low? Unfortunately, I find in most cases

it is the land management that is the problem, which is mainly driven

grouse moors. But many landowners say they try to provide a safe haven

for wildlife. By keeping it small, you have got... Tim Baines as a

spokesman for Scottish Land and Estates, the body that represents

most of the grouse shooting moorland.

You always painted as the bad guys, is that frustrating? People get

angry, because they are out every day, taking responsibility for

balancing all the different things that they have to do in managing

moorland. It is the end of the breeding season, and the nest

cameras are coming down. Initially, there are five chicks on the nest,

and the camera records the temperature, it is particularly

cold, and only one of the original five survives due to the extreme

temperature ranges. At another site in the South of Scotland, you can

see the chicks are relaxing, and over the next couple of shots... A

fox, my goodness, look at that! Really aggressive, feisty reaction.

Unfortunately, we learn later on that in this case the chick was

nipped by the fox and was found dead. The partnership between

landowners and conservation agencies has revealed some of the many

challenges facing birds of prey, but this collaboration might also holds

the key to their future. And you can see more

of Dougie Vipond's report on Landward tonight

on BBC One Scotland at 7:30. The titles and theme tune

for the popular comedy Still Game have been revamped ahead

of the launch of a new series. The programme will be back

on BBC One next month The new titles show the main

characters Jack and Victor, played by Ford Kiernan

and Greg Hemphill, from the 1960s, The title music has

also been re-recorded Let's hear the worst

about the weekend weather now. , Yes, the rain has set in during

the course of the day in the north and north-west, and for a good part

of tomorrow it will go nowhere, persistent and heavy pulses of rain.

The Met office has issued a yellow warning, a risk of flooding and

hazardous driving conditions, and it will be accompanied by heavy winds.

Dry and cloudy for the east overnight, lows of around ten or 11

Celsius. Tomorrow dawns cloudy, the rain continues across the

north-west, and that will continue to spread its way further south and

east as we go through the course of the day. Again, accompanied by

strong to gale force southerly the day. Again, accompanied by

winds. But with that southerly wind direction, there will be sheltered

from the hills across the likes of the Borders, Lothians, Edinburgh,

Aberdeenshire and the Moray coast, where temperatures will peak at

perhaps 20 Celsius, given any sunshine. That is very much the

exception to the rule, most of us will be under a blanket of cloud,

persistent and heavy outbreaks of rain. Something of a clearance

towards the Western Isles, late tomorrow afternoon, and the winds

easing here. Across the far north-east, any rain will be light

and patchy, although the winds will remain strong to gale force here.

For hill walking and climbing, for the more Western Rangers, heavy

outbreaks of rain to come, and southerly winds, severe gales, if

not storm force gusts of wind is. Extensive hill fog, temperatures up

to nine Celsius on the hilltops. In the east, the dry conditions across

the Borders, severe gale if not storm force gusts of wind from the

south. For tomorrow evening, then, heavy persistent pulses of rain for

a time, that gradually pulls away to the east during the overnight

period, and the winds will ease for all. Into Sunday, we still have low

pressure in charge, and we have a westerly airflow and Sunday which

will bring in a number of showers across the west and north-west

especially, with the best of any drier and brighter interludes found

towards eastern areas, a fresher feel, and indeed Monday will be a

very similar day. That is the forecast, Sally.

There's been a threefold rise in children

being trafficked into Scotland, with the highest

The BBC has also learnt that seven children subsequently

thought to have been taken by their traffickers.

I'll be back with the headlines at eight and the late bulletin

Until then, from everyone on the team,

right across the country, have a very good evening.