09/03/2017 Reporting Scotland

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The debate over oil and independence leads to furious exchanges. 400 jobs

offered to be lost at health care manufacturer in Livingston. Police

Scotland is urged to look again at its IT needs at the wake of the

collapse of plans to create a national computer system. We meet

the Scots veterans, as personnel and civilians who scope served in Iraq

and Afghanistan are honoured with a memorial. The memorial commemorates

particularly the dead and injured, but everyone who served in those

conflicts and they deserve that but everyone who served in those

commemoration. Also on the programme...

Goal! Dunfermline athletic's long held European record tumbles as

Barcelona staged a sensational comeback. Now they want to play the

Catalans Dragons. Scottish independence and declining

oil revenues led to furious Opposition leaders claimed

the slump in the North Sea undermined Scotland's

independent economic prospects. The arguments came as the First

Minister told the BBC that the autumn of 2018 might be

a "common sense" date for a second This from our political

editor Brian Taylor. Oil and independence, the two have

been twinned for 40 years, since the North Sea bonanza began and the SNP

first argued it was a Scottish resource. In a BBC interview Andrew

Wilson, who chairs the SNP's economic growth commission, said oil

well formed a key part of the referendum's offer in the 2014

referendum. The Chancellor's budget confirmed that oil revenues have

declined sharply, well below those 2014 forecasts, but Brexit means the

First Minister is seriously considering a second independence

referendum, possibly next year. Some of your colleagues now talk

about autumn 2018 as a likely date. Within that window I guess, of when

the outline of the UK deal becomes clear and the UK exiting the EU, I

think would be the common-sense time for Scotland have that choice, if

that is the road we choose to go for Scotland have that choice, if

down. You are not ruling out autumn 2018? Not ruling anything out. Oil

and independence, both confronted John Swinney as he deputised for the

First Minister, was in London commemorating the Iraq and

Afghanistan wars. Firstly, the Tories said all talk of a second

independence referendum should be dumped. This morning we had the

First Minister gunning for a referendum on independence next

year. She called it "common-sense". I call it nonsense because most

people in Scotland do not want it. Then, Labour spotlighted the North

Sea slump. The truth he can't escape from is the economic case for

independence is well and truly bust. John Swinney found this twin attack

familiar, as he recalled Labour and Conservative had worked together to

thwart independence. Isn't it revealing that the first available

opportunity, they've come back together again. APPLAUSE

It's, it's like... It's like they've never had a moment apart.

It was a magnificent performance by John Swinney, a rhetorical triumph,

but did he answer the question about John Swinney, a rhetorical triumph,

oil? No, not exactly, just to say Britain had received a bonus from

Scotland's oil. In a referendum campaign nationalists would argue

the fundamental Scottish economy remains robust and would be nurtured

by independence. Then, if, when there is another referendum

campaign, other things would also change direction. For example, you

can bet Labour and the Tories would be campaigning separately.

That debate about the importance of oil to the Scottish economy

is likely to feature if there's to be another independence

This week, we've been looking at the choices facing

the Prime Minister if she's pressed for another Scottish vote.

What about the choices facing the Scottish government?

Here's our business and economy editor, Douglas Fraser.

Listen to both! It's been 13 months since the last in Scotland voted on

independence plans. Brexit vote may not have changed everything, but

it's changed a lot. The debate has moved on. The big question now,

could or should Scotland get back into the European Union or its

single market, as the rest of the UK leaves? That raises a lot of

economic questions for the independence cause. Trade, the big

issue for Brexit. Three years ago the Independent 's proposal was for

Scotland have open border trade with the whole of Europe. Then including

the rest of the UK, simple. But Brexit would force an independent

Scotland to choose. Within the UK goods and people are set to face

customs checks, delays, maybe carrots that the border with Europe,

depending on how the negotiations go. If an independent Scotland were

to be back in the EU, those checks at, delays and tariffs could be at

the Scottish and European border with England. So which matters more?

Seamless trade with a European market which has more than 400

million people in it or a UK market which currently buys four times more

from Scotland and the rest of Europe does? That is closely linked to the

question of which currency Scots would use. Probably the most heated

argument in the last independence campaign. Brexit makes that choice

more complex for an independent Scotland. Share the pound or shadow

it with power lying in London. Maybe face and EU requirement to you join

the Euro or perhaps a new Scottish currency. I think given the Brexit

debate and the idea of a relationship between Scotland in the

EU and the rest of the UK out of it and the level of this respect that's

been shown by the UK Government to Scotland's needs and interests in

the last few months, I think it makes it a currency union even more

the last few months, I think it unlikely and I think it strengthens

the argument for Scotland exploring what would be necessary to create

its own independent currency. The third big change raised at Holyrood

today is oil. Since the first independence referendum the price

has more than half. That sector has slumped. There is now next to no tax

revenue. The industry could revive but following cuts in tax rates

revenue is unlikely to bounce back. Where would that leave Scotland's

public finances? The most recent figures, having to borrow 9% of the

whole economy's Anya output in order to sustain public spending levels.

The most recent gap between tax revenue and spending, ?15 billion.

It's not a sustainable level. Taxation and spending two ways you

can address of the deficit. Taxation is not very popular, but it doesn't

mean taxes need to be increased. Economic growth will increase your

tax base and will increase your revenues from the same level of

taxes, so this is one way of addressing the deficit. The other

one is making choices about which expenditure items are not priorities

for the benefit of Scotland and which of them can be cut. The big

change from 2014 is there is no longer have the option of the status

quo. Out of the European Union or out of the UK union or out of

both... All these routes carry economic risk. Voters would have to

choose which set of risks they prefer and where the potential

rewards look more attractive. And later in the programme,

we'll have a special report from Brussels, where Theresa May

is meeting European leaders for the last time before the Brexit

negotiations are triggered. 400 jobs are set to be lost

in Livingston at a healthcare manufacturer owned by

Johnson and Johnson. It's planning to close

its Ethicon plant in the town. Our reporter Steven Godden

is there for us tonight. Another jobs hit for

West Lothian Steven? Another jobs blow for West Lothian

question it is. Most of the workforce here are local, involved

in that skilled production of medical sutures for surgery, but

owned by Johnson Johnson, they are a small part of a much bigger

operation. It seems as though size has counted against them. Today

staff or called in to meeting to be told if the company's intention to

close here. Part of a global restructuring that they announced

last year, which would see production moved to existing plants

importer Rico, Brazil and Mexico. What will follow now it is a 45 day

consultation but the Scottish Government say the focus is very

much on finding a new owner for the plant as well as supporting staff.

The union say they are shocked and angry, but local politicians have

been considering what it might mean for the area. We will be calling for

an urgent meeting with Johnson Johnson and also to meet any trade

unions, so we clearly want to do all we can and leave no stone unturned

to try and ensure a clear future for this plant. Clearly if that proves

to be impossible, then that will be a significant impact upon the local

economy in West Lothian. They have a long history as an employer in this

area. 14 years ago this plant survived when two others in

Edinburgh and a distribution centre here in Livingston closed, with the

loss of 850 jobs. Tonight though it seems like this plant's time is

nearly up. OK, many thanks. Anticipated savings of ?200 million

have been lost to Police Scotland after the collapse of a scheme

to upgrade all of its IT systems. Public spending watchdog,

Audit Scotland, is now urging the force urgently

to reassess its IT needs. Our home affairs correspondent

Reevel Alderson reports. This is the public face of policing

in Scotland. Officers visible to the community, keeping people safe. But

off the streets the police presence is just as important, with computer

technology driving communications and information handling. But the

eight former regional forces all had their own systems and in some cases

they didn't talk to each other. The solution with a new national system

called ice six. Work began in June 2013 on the project which was to

cost ?46 million and save 200 million. Less than a year later,

following disagreements between police Scotland and the developer,

the contract was change. In August 2015 the system was handed to

police, who discovered fundamental flaws and serious errors. A year

later, I6 was terminated, the contract are repaid nearly ?25

million the police had spent on it. contract are repaid nearly ?25

Although there is no loss to the public purse, Scotland's spending

watchdog says crucial savings can't now be made. The benefits that were

expected to come from the I6 project have been delivered yet and we don't

have plans from the police service on how they will achieve those

benefits. That matters because of the scale of the funding gap

policing is facing and because the changing nature of the work of the

police really does rely on them having much better and more flexible

IT systems than they currently do. That the body that oversees police

Scotland says savings are being made in a series of smaller scale IT

improvements. They have delivered 30 national applications since 2013.

Indeed, within six months of the I6 programme coming to an end, they had

rolled out a national custody system nationwide. That was a key element

of I6, so the work goes on. It is crucial it does, with the police

Scotland facing a Budget deficit of ?188 million over three years,

almost the same amount as the I6 system was supposed to save.

British military personnel and civilians who served in Iraq

and Afghanistan have been honoured with a memorial, which was unveiled

Thousands of Scots served in the three conflicts.

Many were injured or killed and Cameron Buttle now reports

The Queen's Piper, a Scots soldier who served and fought on the front

line in Afghanistan. He pays his tribute to those who never returned.

May this memorial commemorate the lives and service of all who took

part in the operation... He played at the unveiling of the National

Memorial in London to all those, military and civilian, who served in

Iraq and Afghanistan. Soldiers like Douglas Jung, who served in Douglas

storm, the first Iraq war. The -- Memorial commemorates the dead and

injured but also everyone who served in those conflicts and they deserve

that commemoration. The three rifles battalion has been based in

Edinburgh for more than a decade. It suffered terrible losses across the

complex. One tour of Afghanistan cost 16 lives. A lot of the guys who

were killed are and still do have a lot of friends, including me, and

eyes of my seniority, had friends who were killed on those tours. It

is very personal, but we are very family orientated regiment. Any kind

of loss, and I don't suppose we are different to any other regiment, we

consider ourselves a close family. There are no plans for a similar

Scottish memorial. All the names of those who lost their lives serving

in Scottish units are recorded at the National War Memorial in

Edinburgh. Is incredibly important, it's important for the families and

it definitely seems to be important for the younger generation is coming

along. It will be there for the future. There are many memorials

across Scotland marking service and sacrifice. This was the most intense

period of combat operations since the Second World War, but today was

all about recognition for all of those who served during three

conflicts that spanned a generation. You're watching BBC

Reporting Scotland. Furious exchanges at Holyrood over

independence and oil revenues. And still to come -

the young Scottish free-runner whose And still to come -

the young Scottish free-runner who's recreated the opening

scene from Trainspotting. Back now to Brexit and Theresa May

is in Brussels this evening for what's expected

to be her last European Council summit before the UK

starts the formal process But what role, if any,

is Scotland expected to play? Our political correspondent

Nick Eardley is in That meeting between the EU 28

continues at the moment and it should finish very soon. Theresa May

will continue to attend summits for some time, months, probably years

but when she triggers Article 50, she says within the next three

weeks, the relationship will start to change. I've been finding out

what the future may look like and what role Scotland might play in

shaping it. Welcome to Brussels, the epicentre

of European politics, a hub for European institutions, for

negotiating and political lobbying. Theresa May was not feeling chatty

as she arrived for talks with other European leaders. Almost certainly

her last at the top table before Brexit formally begins. At the end

of that process, the Prime Minister says the UK will be out of the

single market but the Scottish Government still hopes Scotland

could be allowed to remain in. As she gets ready to start the formal

Brexit process, what role is Scotland playing in this? What are

our politicians in Brussels doing? Is there any appetite for Scotland

to have different arrangements with the UK leaves? You know better about

Scotland's relationship with the EU than this man. David Martin has been

a member of the European Parliament for more than 30 years. I would say

at the moment, there is sympathy and understanding of what the Scottish

Government brought forward those understanding of what the Scottish

proposals but I don't think yet that translate into support. Not everyone

is convinced by a separate arrangement. The Spanish in

particular have reservations. In this building, lobbying for the EU's

regions takes place at the man who makes the case for nationalist party

says many are listening. Europe understands the Scottish people

wanted to remain in the European Union. I think Scotland needs to

take advantage of that. What happens in the end, we don't know because

nothing has been defined. But there's a limit to what Scottish

ministers can achieve. The EU negotiates solely with the UK

Government and there's little sign it is about to put Scottish demands

on the table. Nevertheless... There's a lot of water to flow under

the bridge yet. I'm conscious I may well sound like the last soldier

coming out of the jungle but I still think there are solutions. Others

think over just a Scotland are all part of your's game. The best deal,

they say, is one that works for the whole UK. We need to be absolutely

united to get the best possible deal because there are canny negotiators

on the other side who will do all they can to disunited the UK to

their own ends, to their ends, not too hot Scotland all the UK, but to

help themselves. Which of these views is reflected when UK ministers

start talks will be confirmed soon. Then the process of discussing where

Scotland and the UK stand in Brussels will officially begin.

The first of a fleet of five warships being built on the Clyde

A bottle of whisky was broken over the bow of the 90-metre

offshore patrol vessel in a christening ceremony this

morning at BAE Systems' Scotstoun shipyard.

She's expected to go into service next year and will be used

for counter-terrorism, anti-smuggling and

The MoD say work on HMS Forth and her sister ships is sustaining

Rangers are a step closer to announcing their new head coach.

Pedro Caixinha has been given permission to come to Glasgow

by his club in Qatar, Al-Gaharafa.

He's been heavily linked with the vacancy following last

Orginally from Portugal, Caixinha quit playing football

at the age of 23 to study sport science, and has

since coached in Mexico, Greece and the Middle East.

Scotland play England in the Six Nations on Saturday.

With three rounds of matches already playedm both sides have a chance

With three rounds of matches already played both sides have a chance

of going on to win the Championship, but only Vern Cotter's Scotland can

stop England under Eddie Jones equalling a world record.

He's transformed England's rugby team from underachievers to second

top of the world rankings. He's Australian. He's Eddie Jones. He's

made the adjustment, beautiful strike. His first match in charge

was against Scotland in 2016. Eddie's England won that, as they

have every subsequent game. Leading to a six Nations grand slam and a

3-0 Test series win in Australia. If England win on Saturday, they will

equal New Zealand's world record of 18 straight wins. 17 in 17 matches

equal New Zealand's world record of under Jones. Every week, it gets

harder, and that is the great thing. You know, we have got some good

players coming back. Probably the strongest 23 we have picked for a

long time. This is the man who wants to stop the Jones juggernaut. Eddie

is very competitive, they are a competitive team, they are playing

for something that is important to them and an appeal that is important

to them. So there will be a number of reasons why it will be a tough

game. This is Vern Cotter's third and final Six Nations before he

makes way for Gregor Townsend. In 2015, Scotland lost all five

matches. Last year, they won two. They have it called that already

this season, and if they upset the odds on Saturday, they could go on

to be champions. To be perfectly honest, it has not been discussed a

lot within the team. Neither has the Calcutta Cup, the triple Crown,

nothing, all that has been discussed is the content of the game, trying

to get the content right, trying to keep the organisation, the

structure, so we can perform at our best. In a way, you could say on

Saturday it is an Aussie against a key way, or maybe Jones against

Cotto. It is definitely England against Scotland. -- and Aussie

against a kiwi. After the greatest comeback

in Champions League history, Barcelona have been

challenged to a friendly... Both clubs managed to overturn

a 4-0 first leg defeat. The Spanish giants

did it last night. The Pars have to look

a little further back, Look at the forward line you know,

we had some great players, Jackie Sinclair, George Peebles, fantastic

players. Trip down memory lane for one of five's favourite folk. Do a

time when Jock Stein was the Dunfermline manager. December 1962

trailing 4-0 from the first leg, the Pars beat the Fairs Cup holders

Valencia 6-2. It was the start of the halcyon years and we had 41

games in Europe at that time and it was a great time for Scottish

football, Rangers and Celtic doing really well but Dunfermline were up

there with them. The scores, the teams we were beating in Europe,

fantastic time. Over half a century on from the European pioneers of

eastern part, stars of the present like Messi, Suarez and Neymar also

had a 4-0 deficit to turn around. Paris Saint-Germain had scored,

meaning 551 would not be enough. Good Barcelona find a sixth? As the

fans celebrated, Dunfermline tweeted, "Congratulations, guys,

fancy a friendly to say sorry for taking our record?" If the invite is

taken up, Barcelona can see the cup that commemorates the defeat of

Valencia. In Scottish football history, it must rank as among the

best results. You can't take it away from the likes of Celtic, Rangers

Aberdeen who have won European trophies. But their resources are

much greater than Dunfermline's and four Dunfermline to, as you say,

beat Valencia 6-2, it just wasn't really credible at the time and it

is very hard to believe it now as well. It is nearly 55 years since

Valencia were vanquished on this patch of turf in Fife. But unlike

Barcelona last night, there was no happy ending for Jock Stein's side.

The Pars lost to the Spaniards in a deciding play-off match.

A free-runner has recreated the opening scene from Trainspotting.

16-year-old Robbie Griffith runs, jumps and somersaults around

Choose life. Choose a sport. music is the same, the place is the

same but it's not an actor. It is a schoolboy from Coatbridge. Robbie

Griffith was not even born when the first film came out but he has put

his own spin on the opening scene, calling it, Choose Parkour. It's

becoming huge it, Robbie is one of the UK's leading parkour athlete.

He's been doing it since he was ten and has an agent. Despite this,

there's astonishment at how many hits the video has got. I had no

idea it would go up as much as it did. I'm really surprised. Next

morning I woke up and it was over 100,000 views. It's insane. I don't

the governor had that many. I hope it helps parkour grow to a bigger

audience people recognise it so it is not about hoodlums hanging on

street corners. The boys, who is not about hoodlums hanging on

friends through a love of the sport, wanted to show it is fun, athletic

and not dangerous. The video wanted to show it is fun, athletic

shot in a weekend by Johnston, a film student. It took us about two

days to shoot. Then it took me a while afterwards to edit. It was a

simple idea that Robbie came up to me on the Friday night and the next

day, the next morning, we went into Edinburgh and shot it. Parkour has

been criticised for being risky but this video is opposed to show how

controlled and precise the movements are. This isn't just about having

fun. Parkour has been recognised as a sport in the UK for the first

time. It is about discipline, control and focus. Suzanne Allen,

Reporting Scotland, Coatbridge. That is brave and there is much more on

the making of that film on tonight Timeline where the star and director

will be live in the studio on BBC Two Scotland at 7:30pm. Will the

weather hammers jumping for joy or heading for the hills?

It was not bad today. Good evening. Lovely spring day for many today.

Plenty of blue skies around. Tonight, largely dry. Some rain on

the way. This is the chart and you can see we have a ridge of high

pressure overhead tonight but rain out in the Atlantic which will edge

its dawn tomorrow. In the next few hours, largely dry. The showers we

have had across the far north and Northern Isles easing down and the

wind as well. There will be some clear spells. For some, a chilly

night, temperatures in towns and cities around 2-4. In the

countryside, perhaps approaching frost. Wet weather edging in for

tomorrow morning. It will be a cloudy day compared with today. Most

of the wet weather are fairly light and in the West. Further east,

of the wet weather are fairly light morning sunshine but expect the

cloud to streaming and it will turn hazy. Briefly from the south, a

moderate southerly but fresh at times on the West Coast. By

mid-afternoon, a very different data today, fairly cloudy and quite murky

at times with some hill fog and low cloud around the west Coast.

Temperatures there around seven or eight, and further west, nine or

ten. Some holes in the cloud, perhaps around the Moray Firth and

East Lothian. But also a lot of cloud and rain. Most likely in the

West and north-west. Shetland probably staying dry until dusk. As

we head through the rest of the afternoon and into the evening, we

start to see a more persistent band of rain arriving. This is overnight

Friday into Saturday. It works its way in across the country. That

means the weekend gets off to a cloudy and wet note but it will

improve. On Saturday, cloud and rain swinging out towards the North Sea.

The afternoon, a vast improvement, dry, bright with some sunshine,

12-14, with light winds, and it will feel quite pleasant. The weekend in

general, fairly mild, certainly on Saturday and Saturday itself will be

an improving date with sunshine by the afternoon. On Sunday, some

bright spells around but also a few showers at times. That is the

forecast. I'll be back with the headlines at 8

and the late bulletin just Until then, from everyone

on the team - right