15/03/2017 Reporting Scotland

Angry exchanges at Prime Minister's Questions over Brexit

Left out - families promised an investigation

into the deaths of their babies are excluded from

Is there a criminal turf war in Glasgow?

We look at the history of gang-related violence

And, we're at Ricky Burns' training camp as he shapes up

The Prime Minister claims Scotland will be leaving the European Union

regardless of whether or not we vote for independence.

Theresa May also told SNP MPs that "constitutional game-playing" should

not be allowed to break "the deep bonds" of the UK

after the SNP's Westminster leader Angus Robertson told Theresa May

she was breaking promises to secure a UK-wide agreement on Brexit.

Our political correspondent Nick Eardley reports from Westminster.

What future for the union? Theresa May does not want another referendum

to happen but at some stage the Prime Minister has to decide whether

she will allow it. In the Commons she was asked with reference to the

SNP manifesto pledge if it could hold one in Scotland was taken at

the EU against its will. Though she agreed that the Government should

stick to its manifesto promises and, if so, it she cannot object to the

First Minister sticking to hers? In response, a hint perhaps on what

might influence Theresa May's decision. I of course recognise

there was a boat that took place for the Scottish parliament and the

First Minister was returned as First Minister in a minority government.

Since September 2014, the Scottish people were given the opportunity to

vote on whether or not they wish to remain in the United Kingdom. They

chose that Scotland should remain part of the United Kingdom. The SNP

wants you to know they have tried to find a middle ground but they say

the UK Government is not listening. Another plea today for a compromise.

But... If she is not prepared to negotiate on behalf of the Scottish

Government and secure membership of the single market, people in

Scotland will have a referendum. The PM insists her deal will work for

the whole UK and says the union is more important than the EU. We have

been one country for over 300 years. We have fought together, worked

together, achieved together. And constitutional gameplaying must not

be allowed to break the deep bonds of our shared history and our future

together. There will be more conversations before Article 50 is

triggered but it seems I there will be a deal which meets the demands of

ministers in Edinburgh. The most important question that remains

tonight is will Theresa May allow another independence vote? Unlikely

we'll get a more substantive answer on that until after Holyrood debate

sit next week. As seasons change in Westminster, we will wait to see on

whether you will boat again. that they remain committed to full

independent membership But they acknowledged

that the position would only be completely finalised in time

for the planned referendum. The comments follow an academic

survey which indicated support for independence

is at a record high. This from our political

editor Brian Taylor. For Scotland, the campaign

continues, and the dream shall never die. And for the SNP, it never has,

although for the rivals that is a recurring nightmare. The latest

academic survey suggests independence is backed by 46%,

double the figure five years ago. Devolution attracts 42% while just

8% want no parliament at all. Among the options on the EU, 25% would

quit while 42% want to cut be you's our. It might be hard to win more

converts to independence with a pro-EU pitch. You'll agree if we

are, and if it is going to be based on somehow trying to get Scotland

back into the European Union, today's evidence shows it will be a

more difficult argument for the First Minister and the SNP to make

them we otherwise thought. There is no clarity about staying in Europe.

Nothing said about currency. It adds to the confusion. If Scotland were

on their own, stuff would get done and we would not get pushed to one

side. Do not get me started. I find the whole thing is like the

gramophone record. It is stuck. For some, Brexit is a driver for

independence and others the deterrent. What is being proposed at

the moment about leaving the UK is not independence. I think it should

go ahead. Yes. A lot more has changed since the last referendum.

Just as the idea of leaving the European Union. And there should, I

think, be little doubt about this. Does that explain why Nicola

Sturgeon noted the final policy position on Europe would depend on

prevailing circumstances to be absolutely clear full membership

remains SNP policy for the big Scotland has been taken out of the

new, might the initial focus be upon retaining the single market? The

single market membership is really important for Scotland. Exports

depend on it, jobs depend on it. Respectable EU nationals and

Scottish jobs depending on them, we need the single market. The problem

is we have no clarity from the Brexit position from the United

Kingdom government. We need clarity. Just now it is looking worrying

indeed. If it is a running jump of a hard Brexit cliff said that is good

for Scotland and we an alternative. It is about having a Scottish seat

around the table to fix it. That is what we can do with independence. In

the 2014 referendum, 16 and 17-year-olds had a vote and they

were included in the survey for the first time with the young

substantially backing independence. Scotland's choice if and when it

arises again. Can we actually get any

clarity on this issue Clarity is a rare and precious

commodity in the miasma of uncertainty surrounding wrecks it

and the independence referendum. -- wrecks it. -- Brexit. I do not think

they will talk about the mantle of the existing UK membership. They

would be in favour of discussions and negotiations, either protracted

or according to the SNP, relatively easy with Labour leave Brussels

welcoming Scottish membership. There is the question of the objective. I

think it possible. You heard Fiona Hislop. She said it is impossible to

be precise because there is zero clarity from the UK position. Around

the time of the referendum they might be setting out something of a

route map which perhaps in the first instance might involvement the ship

of the single market as the top priority. It has to be stressed and

Nicola Sturgeon and others might be stressing they still see as the

objective Scotland as an independent member state of the European Union.

Thank you, Brian. Five of the six families,

promised an investigation following the deaths

of their babies, have been excluded The Health Secretary

ordered the review following the "unnecessary" deaths

of six babies at Crosshouse hospital in Ayrshire,

in the past nine years. The review team says it's

offered an open invitation But the BBC has learned it will only

formally look at cases that happened Our correspondent Lucy Adams has

been looking at the story. Good evening. The Scottish Cup and

has recorded a review of care at a Scottish hospital. The Government

ordered a review into six baby death at Crosshouse Hospital in command.

The six families, five have been excluded from the review. Some have

asked that we do not identify them. Babies a, B and C will not be

included. Police who died in 2009 and Campbell who died during

childbirth in 2012 will also be excluded for the Lucas Morton is the

only case from the original six who will definitely be included. He died

during childbirth in November, 2015. Rebecca Pringle who was not part of

the original six was born in December, 2011. She won't be

included in the review either. Rebecca was born at the hospital

five years ago. Her mother was told she would not survive. They told me

that Rebecca would be transferred to the hospital. At the hospital they

told me Rebecca would die on Christmas Eve at ten o'clock in the

morning and they took her ventilator off. What happened then? Rebecca

continued to breed. They do not know why. She should have passed away.

She has cerebral palsy and cannot walk or talk and finds Aquarians

soothing. I find it disgusting it takes families to dying children to

die before the Government listens. Dawn says her life was split apart

when her daughter died in 2009. We thought that this is finally a

chance. It is absolutely devastating to find out there is a cut-off

point. It is almost like our stories are not valued and the experiences

we have been through, they mean nothing. The reason that December

2013 was chosen by the health care Scotland as the date was many of the

cases had already been looked at during a previous review. They have

spoken to those families and any issues emerging from those

discussions, even if those cases that predated December 2013 should

be part of their report. Families like Rebecca's they may have always

wanted answers are not compensation. They want to ensure mistakes are not

needed. The H IS review is due to be published shortly. If the family do

not get answers, some believe the next step is public enquiry.

Unemployment in Scotland has fallen for the first time in four months.

The latest figures show the number of people out of work

between November and January was down by 16,000.

But there's a warning that political uncertainty is denting

Our correspondent David Henderson reports.

It is firms like this one which are driving up employment in Scotland.

Glasgow based Allied vehicles has found a booming market for its

wheelchair accessible cars and vans. And boosted its workforce with 200

new staff in just the last two years for the now it is looking to France

and Germany for new sales. So I asked the company's and if the

Brexit vote throws a spanner in the works. People come from the

continent, Europe. Sales wise we are seeing an increase in sales. Between

the two, we're in a better position at the moment, the Euro against the

pound and export is really good for us. This company is growing fast.

Others are more concerned about the road ahead. As the UK looks to leave

the European Union, some firms are holding off from making key

decisions on investment and employment. For now, the latest jobs

market figures are pointing in the right direction. The unemployment

rates and employment rates in Scotland are pretty much where they

were before the financial crash although those years ago. As always,

it is a mixed picture. There are some weaknesses in the labour

market. Wages are still below the prerecession level real terms. In

activity in the last year in Scotland has increased. That is

people who are not in work and not seeking work. So, what lies ahead.

The's economy? The survey suggests employers could be planning job cuts

in the coming months. We see two things. There will be a very large

financial services sector in Scotland which will begin to fall.

There is a lot of uncertainty now, both with the referendum for

independence and also with Brexit. Some employers see that uncertainty

as grounds to be cautious, to batten down the hatches. For others, it is

business as usual. You're watching BBC

Reporting Scotland. There've been angry exchanges

at Prime Minister's Questions over Brexit and an independence

referendum. An ?8 million fund is

launched to help restore Scotland's peatlands and reduce

greenhouse gas emissions. Police say they're investigating

whether a series of shootings in the Glasgow area in the past few

weeks are linked. They're also trying to establish

if they're part of a turf war Our Home Affairs Correspondent

Reevel Alderson reports on the history of gang-related

violence in west central Scotland. It is 2006 and this garage in North

Glasgow is where a feud between two Glasgow families erupted. Police

animation revealed to a jury web two men, working for the Daniel family,

had shot dead a member of the Lions clan and badly winded two others. In

January, 2010, a man he worked for the Daniel family was gunned down in

a supermarket car park. A convicted kid came dealer was charged with the

murder. He was cleared. For a short time there appeared to be a truce in

the war. It sparks up and then it dies down. I am sure they do not

through intermediaries have a proper truth but they backed off from time

to time. What we are seeing now is it is all about business and drugs

and it is for control of the hugely lucrative drugs market. In recent

months, it has appeared the truce has ended. The Duchess bug in

September 2015, a man was shot outside Bishopbriggs primary school.

A drug dealer was murdered at traffic lights in Kelling Park. That

is a Park. I'm shot outside a primary school. There was another

shooting outside Shawlands. Police say they cannot rule out links

between the shootings and organised crime. The reality is there are

serious organised crime groups. These groups do have access to

weapons and are not afraid to use these weapons in public places

against each other. We need to investigate that to try and

determine a motive. There are a number of activities that these

organised crime groups become involved in, the money-laundering or

drugs or that the types of things we need to look at to establish whether

there are links between the incidents that have taken place.

Detectives say all the shootings have been targeted but gathering

evidence to establish if they are linked takes time.

The murderer of teenager Paige Doherty is to have his

deli business dissolved and its assets seized.

32 year old John Leathem stabbed the 15 year old 61 times

at his shop in Clydebank before dumping her body.

Companies House has now given two months notice that his business

will be struck off the register and its assets handed to the Crown.

The driver of the lorry which overturned on the Forth Road Bridge,

in January, blocking it for 19 hours,

has been fined ?1000, banned from driving for two years

and ordered to re-sit the driving test.

Aleksander Niemiec pleaded guilty to dangerous driving by failing

to comply with prominent road signs showing the bridge was closed

to high-sided vehicles due to strong winds.

Meanwhile a Lithuanian lorry driver whose vehicle overturned

on the Forth Road Bridge yesterday, causing major traffic disruption,

56 year old Juozas Zilvys denied dangerous driving by failing

to comply with road signs prohibiting high sided vehicles.

He was granted bail and his trial was set for June.

An ?8 million fund to help restore Scotland's peatlands has

been launched by the Scottish Government.

The restoration work will help reduce the country's

Our environment correspondent Kevin Keane reports from Perthshire.

Almost 2000 feet above sea level and these two figures are we sculpting

the landscape. They are covering over the beer patches of peatlands

being exposed like this means carbon is escaping into the atmosphere.

They hold the equivalent of about a years of our emissions from

Scotland, all the industry, so it's important we are holding it in

place. If it goes into the atmosphere it is going to exacerbate

climate change and that is why we are doing this, to cap it and keep

it in place. This wonderland contains about 12 kilometres which

is being rebuilt. We keep pushing down. Keep pushing until it

basically stops. This shows that the peat is deep and the more the is the

more carbon in the land contains. peat is deep and the more the is the

Without the restoration it's released into the atmosphere,

contributing to climate change. Work like this is still in its relative

infancy, so far 10,000 hectares have been restored and the plan is to

have 20,000 text ears restored every year until 2032. The restoration

here cannot go ahead without the consent of landowners and for many

it seems counterintuitive. I did think that sounds very odd because

back in the 70s my mother got grants to do a lot of training and this

seemed to be going completely the opposite way. But thinking on it,

it's going to benefit wildlife. Around 1.7 million hectares in

Scotland is covered in people tweet peat land. Covering it will take a

while but should have a significant impact on our climate change

targets. A revamp of Aberdeen's Union Terrace

Gardens has been approved. The project will see better access

to the sunken park in the city centre as well as a cafe

and gallery space. In 2012 a ?120 million proposal

from businessman Sir Ian Wood to raise the level of the park

was scrapped by the council. A Glasgow-based artist

has won this year's Gareth Reid beat off competition

from 54 other artists to win His prize was a commission to paint

the TV presenter Graham Norton During the process,

the pair discovered Reid - who's originally from Belfast

- teaches life drawing Environment set job well for this

kind of competition where you are drawing in front of a lot of people

within a time frame as well. That's the kind of day job, it helped. The

greatest part of it was never mind meeting Graham Norton and everything

which was great, but to have that picture in a national collection is

just the icing on the cake. Motherwell have appointed Stephen

Robinson as their new manager The 42-year-old from

Northern Ireland had been interim boss since the sacking

of Mark McGhee last month. Robinson's had one win and one

defeat in his two matches in charge. St Johnstone visit

Fir Park on Saturday. Coatbridge boxer Ricky Burns

will defend his world super-lightweight title

against Namibia's Julius Indongo next month, but BBC Scotland has

been to his Essex training base to see what it takes to get

ready for such a clash. It provided a snapshot

of the intense physical and mental preparation required before stepping

into the ring in Glasgow in April. Early morning and Ricky Burns is

hundreds of miles from home. It's the first of many gut-wrenching runs

in the streets of Brentwood NSX. 12 weeks, that's how long I usually

come down for. Maybe a week or two weeks and then home for a weekend.

You are training to three times a day so you have no time for anything

else so it's good being down here because you are away from all the

distractions. First test of the day, the dreaded triangle. Just under 1.2

kilometres, there are some hills involved as well. You do it once,

get unaddressed, go again, and another minutes rest, that's the way

they like to work it. The camp is run by trainer Tony Simms. Is good

to work with, he's the ultimate professional. He loves training,

always doing the right thing, always eats well. He lives well. He trains

really hard. Back, had breakfast, just chilled out for a couple of

hours and now we are on our way to the gym for the second session. Once

that's done, same again, same routine, home, chill out for a bit

and then back to the gym tonight. The intense training programme is

geared towards victory and unification of the WBA and IBF light

welterweight titles. Expecting a hard fight, big tall southpaw, big

long-range, but if it all goes to plan I'm up for that. Every minute

counts in Ricky Burns preparations, the big fight in Glasgow on the 15th

of April. The gloves are off for the forecast because we are expecting

some snow? In the hills, don't get excited. It

was not too bad today, some sunshine around, cloudy conditions for many,

the atmosphere at a picture from our weather watcher. High-pressure to

the south, low pressure to the north, warm sector conditions

meaning it will be a wild night, -- mild night. Quite breezy around the

West Coast, light rain and drizzle across the north-west and at times

elsewhere as well. Some hill fog and perhaps some mist and Mark around

the coast. The overnight temperatures in towns and cities

around 7-9dC for many so quite mild. That's how we start tomorrow, a mild

and fairly cloudy morning with some outbreaks of rain. As we head

towards lunchtime the wet weather turning heavier and more persistent

so a soggy lunch and early afternoon but it is clearing through,

brightening up behind it but also turning colder. Let's look at

mid-afternoon, still across parts of Lanarkshire, Lothian and Borders

still quite cloudy and wet but further west towards part of Galilee

and ears are drying up, some sunshine. North of the central belt

it's pretty bright, some sunshine but it will be thoroughly blustery,

temperatures falling away. It's going to feel chilly, and the snow

as well but it's in the hills and mountains. As we head through

towards the evening, the rain clears, it remains breezy and

showery and further wintry conditions across high ground.

Looking ahead towards the end of the week on Friday still fairly breezy

and then we have this area of rain edging and from the Atlantic. Let's

take a closer look, for the central belt and South it's pretty wet and

great, further north some sunshine but where we have the wet weather it

will be quite cold, 4-6dC, breezy as well in the south-west. That's the

forecast. Now, a reminder of

tonight's main news. The Prime Minister claims Scotland

will be leaving the European Union regardless of whether or not

we vote for independence. Meanwhile the SNPs Westminster

leader Angus Robertson told Theresa May she was breaking

promises to secure a UK-wide The Chancellor Philip Hammond has

been forced into a U-Turn over last week's budget plan to increase

National Insurance contributions It follows a backlash both

inside and outside parliament. I'll be back with the headlines

at 8pm and the late bulletin just Until then, from everyone

on the team - right across the country -

have a very good evening.