14/02/2017 Reporting Scotland

Claims that children and young people are being put at serious risk

You were not guaranteed to see the same person twice. You will tell

your story over and over again and you will not get anywhere with it.

It was spiralling out of control. Five months before I got a letter.

Concern about the man who will chair an enquiry into abuse in sport.

A boy who died on a The tiny parasites causing problems

for our salmon industry. And are we falling out of love with Gretna

Green? It's believed half of mental health

problems begin before the age of 15, however some young people

are waiting more than a year to access a mental health service

specifically designed to help them. Unlike the rest of the UK -

Scotland has no national strategy for school-based counselling

services. Charities and youth organisations

say there's a postcode lottery of provision and that the service,

called CAMHS - has consistently failed to meet

its waiting time targets. Our health correspondent

Lisa Summers reports. I have two parents who are both drug

addicts. Courtney says her mental health problems started at the age

of 12. Everything seemed to get worse. I was struggling with panic

attacks. Over coffee with fellow members of the Scottish youth

Parliament she talks about losing members of the Scottish youth

both parents to drug addiction and the struggle to get help. I accessed

CAMHS once but I did not go back. You are not guaranteed to see the

same person twice. You have to tell your story over and over again.

Every emotion you feel, you have to go through it again. I had seen

things that ten years old that no child should ever see in their life.

I was brought up to bottle up my issues. I suffered with an eating

disorder for some time and that battle has lasted and it is

something I live with still today. Erin McAuley got support at school

but felt stranded when she got to university. It was spiralling out of

control. I went for help. It was five months before got a letter and

I never went to my appointment because by that point I had finished

my exams and I was moving to Glasgow. The Scottish Government's

on targets for counselling services have been missed ever since they

were introduced. 22% of those referred to CAMHS were not seen

within 18 weeks and 708 children waited over a year to see a

counsellor. CAMHS was oversubscribed. It is difficult to

get an appointment. The threshold is pretty high. You have to be quite

distressed and quite ill to get to CAMHS at the moment. This is the

sort of early intervention that can make a difference. Cowdenbeath

primary school funded their mental health kit bags. Today I'm feeling

orange because I am feeling a bit angry but I am mostly feeling

really, really happy. Local authorities say budget pressures

have led to a lack of psychologists and support staff. The government

says it is investing in services to meet targets that says it is up to

councils to do more in schools. Guess, it is a postcode lottery.

There are some which have great mental health and well-being

strategy is already in place in their local authority areas. We are

not starting from a 0.4. There are good practices in many local

authority areas, we just need to good practices in many local

make sure that is uniform throughout the country. Back at the cafe, these

young people say it helps them to talk. Now they say it will -- they

hope it will help others too. Starts now than in generations to come you

will not have these problems. Young boys need to feel they can talk

about their problems. The more you can speak about it and the more I

hear other people's stories, it begins to give me hope for the

future. A 13-year-old boy who was found

in Edinburgh after going missing over the weekend has

died in hospital. Police say Blake Ross,

who's believed to have had diabetes, fell ill on a bus in the city centre

on Monday evening. An investigation into police

actions has now begun. Police now say that 13-year-old

Blake Ross, who was living in care and had gone missing and had been

missing since Saturday afternoon, was found ill on a bus here in

Leopold place in London Road in the middle of Edinburgh on Monday

afternoon at four o'clock. The driver of the bus called the police

when he discovered Blake was ill and also radioed into his own garage

control room for help. Blake was taken to hospital in Edinburgh but

unfortunately, he died on Monday evening at nine o'clock. Police say

the cause of death is unexplained but we understand it is linked to

Blake's underlying health condition for which he was taking medication.

The number four bus which Blake was discovered on travels across

Edinburgh from east to west, on a route which starts not far from

where Blake was seen on Saturday afternoon at Howden Hall at around

3:30pm. Police would like anybody who knows anything about Blake's

movements on Saturday afternoon, to get in touch as they proceed with

this investigation. A charity which supports survivors

of sex abuse is asking the Scottish FA to think again about the man

they have appointed to chair their review

of child abuse in football. The SFA announced earlier this month

that Martin Henry would take on that role but the charity says concerns

have been raised about his SFA match official Hugh Stevenson

and Partick Thistle physio John Hart. Both men now dead but the

anger and concern that allegations they had abused young footballers

were not dealt with properly, is still very much present. The

Scottish Government currently running their own enquiry into abuse

of children in care settings, urged the SFA to consider setting up a

specific enquiry about abuse in football as the FA in England has

done. To be more proactive in how we deal with matters... The SFA agreed

and announced Martin Henry is the man who will chair it. Mr Henry,

they explained, has over 40 years clinical and friends had experience

in the field of child and public protection and most recently was

national manager of the National programme for the prevention of

child sexual abuse. Mr Henry's I Greg Feek states: Martin's

professional expertise is in the investigation and assessment of

child sexual abuse and are working with men who have problematic sexual

behaviours, including those who offend online.

It is the amount of work which Mr Henry has done with offenders which

is concerning some abuse survivors. We could look at it and say yes, he

has the perfect background, he knows all about perpetrators and the

prevention agenda. It is how it feels to survivors which is the main

prevention agenda. It is how it issue. How does it feel to the

survivors who have raised concerns? They feel it is summer day who does

not understand their needs, they will only understand the

perpetrator's needs. They don't feel he is the right person to look into

what that means for survivors. Six years ago in Edinburgh, the men at

the centre of the largest child abuse network uncovered in Scotland

were sentenced to lengthy prison terms. One of them, James Rennie was

jailed for 16 years, sexually -- for sexually abusing her baby and

sharing pictures. He was the chief executive of LGBT youth and Martin

Henry was the convener of the board. Martin Henry was not involved in

anyway and youngsters who used the service were not among James

Rennie's victims. Some survivors believe having not spotted a

paedophile working in the same organisation, Mr Henry's position is

weakened as chair of a wide-ranging enquiry. Some may see it as unfair

that he could not be in that role, he did not pick up on something

which many of us would not have picked up on, but again it is the

whole nature of people having trust in this enquiry. It is how survivors

feel which is the most important thing. The most important thing is

for survivors to fully engage in the enquiry process and trust in it. We

have tried to reach Martin Henry but he is out of the country at the

moment. The Scottish FA said they consulted a wide group of

stakeholders, including survivors' groups. The chair has amassed

unrivalled experience in many facets of child protection in a 40 year

career, including his role as vice convener to the Scottish Parliament

cross party group on survivors of sexual abuse.

Janine Rennie and an abuse of either met with the SFA yesterday and she

said that was a constructive meeting but she waits to see how they

respond to the concerns they raised. This highlights the difficulty in

appointing the chair to such sensitive enquiries, which will be

acceptable to all of those who wish to take part, especially those who

have been abused. For them, the issue of trust is central.

Urgent safety checks should be carried out on hundreds of public

buildings constructed after the year 2000.

That's according to the Royal Incorporation

of Architects in Scotland, which says that a lack of scrutiny

It follows the publication of a report which raised concerns

about building standards at 17 schools in Edinburgh.

Well, our correspondent Andrew Kerr is in the centre of Glasgow tonight.

Andrew, a stark warning from the architects' body?

Yes, it is indeed. A very stark warning from the architects. They

say do not underestimate the report because lives are at risk here. I am

standing in front of one architectural gem, the city

Chambers, belonging to Glasgow City Council. Well built, well

maintained, standing here since Victorian times. But the architects

are laying down a challenge to every local authority, every health board,

every public body in Scotland, you need to carry safety checks on

public buildings which have been constructed since the year 2000.

This is in the wake of the coal report which was commissioned after

the incident at a primary school in Edinburgh January 2016, when one

wall collapsed, sending nine tonnes of masonry crashing down. Defects

were found in another 16 schools. The architects are saying that is

why it is very important that checks must be carried out, because it

would be naive to assume that there are not similar problems in other

buildings right across Scotland. But the architects' proposals are also

being seen as quite controversial? Guest-macro, it is quite a

controversial proposal. The main criticism is that this is

essentially a job creation scheme for them. I put that to the Royal

incorporation of up to when I spoke to them earlier. -- I put that to

the Royal Incorporation of Architects. They say quantity

surveyors, engineers and architects can all be called upon to carry out

the specialist checks on these buildings. They say local

authorities and public bodies must now muster all the specialists to

carry out these checks because it is a very stark warning, a very real

challenge for public bodies in Scotland.

Two footballers ruled to be rapists by a judge in a civil action have

begun an appeal process which could lead to a full legal

Former Dundee United team-mates David Goodwillie and David Robertson

were ordered to pay agreed damages of ?100,000 to Denise Clair

following a hearing at the Court of Session.

Neither man faced a criminal prosecution and both claimed sex

Both men are applying for legal aid for the appeal process.

The price of Scottish farmed salmon is standing at a record high.

That's partly because of demand, but also because the

It's due to sea lice, a parasite which has become

a serious problem for the industry, particularly in Scotland.

Our business and economy editor, Douglas Fraser, has been

Scottish salmon sells on a clean pristine environment. Fish grown

here could be exported to 50 countries. Demand has leapt and so

has the price because the mind has dropped. That is because of sea lice

which floated on the tide. With warming waters, they are becoming

more of a problem. They have become resistant to the chemicals used in

fish food to combat them. They are very hard to eradicate and for

growing salmon they make them more vulnerable to disease. What should

be done? Options include chemical treatment. Marine Harvest saw its

use of hydrogen peroxide saw 15 fold over four years without getting on

top of the problem. There are cleaner fish which eat nice. Or a

warm bath which shocks the life and knocks them off but it is not that

easy. Last year on at least one occasion it went badly wrong. This

is a new piece of equipment we have acquired and we tried it on one of

our farms and unfortunately we lost a lot of fish, 460 tonnes of fish in

that process. That is nearly 100,000 fish killed. It is a lot of fish and

it is extremely regrettable. The evidence suggests this is a problem

which has got out of control. I would not agree with that. Some

areas are worse than others. Some farms have had very little impact at

areas are worse than others. Some all. For us as farmers, the

important thing is to monitor the fish on a regular basis. Our aim is

to use mechanical methods and to use cleaner fish to get rid of lice on

our fish. The tonnage of salmon produced last year slumped. Average

fish size is down. Many are slaughtered before an infestation of

life can take hold. It is a serious economic problem right now. Although

price of salmon is really high. Most farms do not have any problem

covering the additional cost. For farms do not have any problem

the salmon industry, it is a much bigger challenge that they have a

parasite, that they cannot handle well now. What about the consumer,

will the lice put people off? It is a national phenomenon. It is all

part of the national process. It is a farming environment. All livestock

and farms, be they terrestrial or marine are encountering some kind of

either a parasite or a kick or whatever if it is sheep farming. And

they are dealt with and that is part of livestock farming.

It's a problem that will have to be sorted and quickly if Scotland is to

hit the industry's new target of doubling salmon production within 13

years. Douglas, Frazier, Reporting Scotland.

Claims that children and young people are being put at serious

On Valentine's Day, are we falling out of love with Gretna Green?

One of the most high-tech archive centres anywhere in Britain has

The ?21 million Nucleus complex in Wick has been purpose-built

to house all the records, photos and film footage

which document the development of the UK's civil nuclear industry.

NEWS REEL: Dominating the site on the northern

coast of Scotland is the #re8 actor... This is what the early days

of Britain's nuclear power industry looked like. The construction of the

fast reactor in the 1950s placed Britain at the leading edge of

nuclear technology. The history of this and other nuclear power

projects is being collected here in this space age complex. The

knowledge generated during the research as well as at other sites

like Sellafield remains highly valuable to scientists around the

world. Academics picking up the strands of research, carried out

here in Caithness, and are other companies and whatever it may be.

It's open to all. These records will also be vital for the engineers now

tasked with dismanteling the first wave of Britain's nuclear power

plants. The Nucleus Centre will provide a home for the historical

records of the County of Caithness, provide a home for the historical

stretching back centuries. Everything is stormed in

temperature-controlled conditions. The boxes here house the

photographic collection. Over several years all of the archives in

Britain's nuclear plants will be sent here. That will create an

archive which is priceless in scientific terms, but in social

history terms it will be valuable, too. It was a small fishing town

before the nuclear industry. You can see the growth that took place and

ended up with 2,500 well-paid jobs in the area. They will be hard to

replace, I have to say. Some of the earliest innovations in the nuclear

industry happened here. NEWS REEL:

Visiting scientists from all over the world have travelled thousands

of miles to this remote corner of Scotland to see the experimental

reactor establishment. Scotland to see the experimental

Anderson, Reporting Scotland, Wick. A look at other stories

from across the country. A ?3 million teacher training

fund has been announced Speaking at a learning

festival in Aberdeen, John Swinney pledged training

for an extra 371 teachers At the start of this school year

there were more than 500 teaching This is a very strong boost to the

recruitment of teachers within Scotland and it builds on the

recruitment campaigns that we've being taken forward to advertise the

attractiveness of the teaching profession and create new routes for

people to come into teaching to understood undertake the

transformative impact on young lives in Scotland.

A union says the treatment of redundant oil workers

being denied jobs in other industries is tantamount

BBC Scotland revealed yesterday that evidence has been passed to the UK

Government that some companies are specifically denying jobs

to former oil workers because they might leave

The quality of care at an Aberdeen nursing home has been criticised

A report by the Care Inspectorate found that some residents

at Kingsmead Nursing Home had lost significant weight and that some

staff were failing to treat people with dignity and respect.

In certain cases, inspectors said residents were being

Edinburgh trams are to be fitted with defibrillators as part

of a campaign to save the lives of heart attack victims.

Speedy use of the devices is said to increase survival

The machines can be used to help passengers on trams and can also be

A song written by a teacher at Kinross High School with help

from his pupils has failed to be chosen as Romania's entry

Jason Blyth's song, Tear Up The Dark, didn't make it

Football, and Derek McInnes says he is completely focused on his job

However, he is considered to be among the candidates to fill

the vacant manager's post at Rangers, where he

He was asked if he could reassure Aberdeen supporters if he'd remain

at Pittodrie for this season and beyond.

No. I think that, for me, I think everybody sees how.

Much I love this club and how much I love my job. The only guarantees and

reassurance I can give is that I give everything. The players will

give everything. We've got so much to try and achieve here.

So, how was your St Valentine's Day - card, chocolates, flowers,

maybe a special meal with your loved one tonight?

23 couples tied the knot at Scotland's romance

As the country gets more and more secular, today was also

a special day for Humanist weddings in Scotland.

Love was in the air as 23 couples came to exchange vows in Gretna on

this, the most romantic day of the year. Among them, the new Mr and Mrs

Simons from Suffolk. It's a special day for us because we've known each

other six... Seven. Seven years and we met on Valentine's Day. It's a

special and meaningful day for us. Definitely. Why Gretna? It''s

romantic and on our own, I We didn't want think. The hassle. We have too

many families members, we were there to impress them. We thought we will

do Runaways have been ourselves. Coming here for years. Gretna's

romantic history remains the attraction for many. Lots of

stories. People have anecdotes about this place. That is part of the

attraction. They love the story and the romance that goes along with

those stories. Numbers were down last year from last year's 32 and

the 84 Valentine weddings in 2003. last year from last year's 32 and

That was when civil marriages were allowed outside registration offices

outside Scotland. Today there walls another first. Humanist weddings

have been legal here since 2005, but only under temporary legislation.

The Humanist Social of Scotland was prescribed under law.

We are the nonreligious body to be prescribed in Scotland under the

Marriage Act. It's hugely significant and reflects the change

in position, the rise of nonreligious people in Scotland.

It's now rightly reflected by a change in law. Be the ceremony,

humanist, religious or civil there is of course a common tradition - to

seal it with a kiss! A group of kayakers had

an unexpected encounter as they paddled in the Firth of

Forth. They were filming their trip

when they were approached by this inquisitive seal near Inchcolm

Island. To their surprise, the animal

decided to join them. It seemed to be quite relaxed

and stayed with them for some time. It was so at ease that at one point

the kayakers said it looked like it Look. Aw! It was clever. It was

having ha little rest. Let's get the weather

from Christopher. Lovely spells of sunshine for some

of us today. In fact, 14 degrees was the top temperature on the Isle of

Skye. Thicker cloud to the east coast. Or weather watchers, blue

skies on the West Coast. The east coast, grey skies. For many tonight

largely dry and cloudy. There will be some patchy outbreaks of rain

around the west and south-west as a we can weather front works

northwards. Many areas dry. There will be clear conditions to the east

highlands up towards Murray. We will have the coldest weather overnight.

Frost in the countryside. Elsewhere five Celsius, that will cover it.

Tomorrow, a largely cloudy day. Reasonably dry, but once again, a

weak weather front to the west, bringing spots of rain to the

Glasgow area, edging northwards. Best of the sunshine to North

Aberdeenshire. For central and southern Scotland largely cloudy and

nine to ten Celsius. Brightening up for a time around the account Firth

of Clyde. There is the best of the sunshine, Murray, up towards

Caithness and Auckney. Into the evening and overnight another second

heavier band of rain accompanied by a strengthening sorely wind,

potentially touching gale force for the western isles later. Low

pressure will work across the north of the country as we head through

towards Thursday. That means Thursday will be unsettled. By that

we mean cloudy, wet and breezy. Because the wind is coming in from

the west you will feel it through the central belt as it funnels

through. Once again, mild. Friday, high pressure sitting overhead

keeping things largely dry, mostly settled. Some sunshine to the east.

Once again, mild. That's the forecast for now. Thank you,

Christopher. Now, a reminder of

tonight's main news. It's believed half of mental health

problems begin before the age of 15, but some young people are waiting

more than a year to access a mental health service specifically

designed to help them. Charities and youth organisations

say there's a postcode Donald Trump's presidency is just

24-days old and already a key member of his team has been

forced to resign. Michael Flynn quit overnight

after it emerged that he'd misled the administration about the extent

of his conversations with Russia's I'll be back with the headlines

at 8.00pm and the late bulletin just Until then, from everyone

on the team - right across the country -

have a very good evening.