27/09/2016 Reporting Scotland

Police have charged the Glasgow East MP Natalie McGarry

Ms McGarry has been under investigation after the Women

for Independence campaign group reported discrepancies

The MP stood down from the SNP group at Westminster last year

A report will now go to the Procurator Fiscal.

Our political editor, Brian Taylor, has more details.

Natalie McGarry, Scottish National Party, 24,000...

May last year, triumph - Natalie McGarry ousted Margaret

Curran of Labour in Glasgow East at the UK general election.

It was part of a clean sweep for the SNP in Glasgow.

Natalie McGarry was at Nicola Sturgeon's side to celebrate

And the sense of uplift continued when Ms McGarry made

her maiden speech in the House of Commons.

I am privileged to be here, serving the people of Glasgow East.

I was swept here on a tide of optimism.

That tide seemed to turn when concerns were raised about

funding within the campaign group Women for Independence.

Natalie McGarry was a leading member.

As those concerns emerged, Ms McGarry resigned the whip

in December last year, determined, she said,

Although no longer part of the SNP she has remained

She even wore her wedding dress for a Commons photoshoot of female

MPs after having her marriage blessed in a historic

Enquiries continued and her solicitor said his client

attended Govan police station this morning on a voluntary basis.

He said following an interview the MP

was charged with several alleged offences including embezzlement of

funds, breach of trust, and an offence under the Scottish

That is the statute which set out the rules

It is understood the charges against Natalie McGarry relate both

to Women for Independence and to the SNP Glasgow

From the outset the MP has stressed her innocence.

The first shipment of shale gas from America has arrived here -

but the tanker has so far been unable to dock at Grangemouth

But the fracked gas is highly controversial.

The Scottish government has a moratorium on fracking

while environmental studies take place.

The plant's owners - INEOS - say it's good

Here's our environment correspondent, Kevin Keane.

A new dawn breaks over the North Sea.

And a traditional water salute welcomes the first shipment of shale

On the tip of the bow, a lone piper heralds the

arrival of this controversial delivery.

The petrochemical giant receiving it says it is necessary for jobs.

It's cost effective today, and looking forward it will take

some time to develop the shale gas industry in the UK.

When that comes that's going to be a benefit.

In the meantime we will secure jobs to get the business running.

Ships come and go along the Firth of Forth but this

one was always going to attract attention.

And this is the iconic scene it's all about.

27,500 cubic metres of shale gas about to

disappear under the Forth Bridge on its way to Grangemouth.

The controversial shipment was meant to arrive at the quayside

with a fanfare, but high winds meant it couldn't dock.

When it's finally off-loaded, the ethane will be fed

into the many miles of pipes here, ultimately coming out as small

No Scottish minister was there to greet the ship today,

they are keeping their distance while their policy position on

It is important that we have a moratorium in place while we

in Scotland understand the science behind the proposed technology.

It's not for the UK Government to tell the Scottish Government

We are clear on our policy position in the rest of the UK.

We believe there is significant economic benefit that can come from

fracking, but in Scotland it is a matter for the Scottish Government.

In the States shale gas has boosted the economy but not

Seismic tremors and water pollution among the issues

Here protesters gathered, albeit in small numbers, to reflect

The impacts of fracking are devastating wherever it

happens, and the refrain of the global anti-fracking movement is not

For now the shale gas ship remains anchored in the Firth.

It will make a fresh attempt to dock on tonight's high tide.

A bin-lorry driver has admitted causing the death of an 80-year-old

Scott Hamilton reversed a Stirling Council recycling lorry

into a mobility scooter used by Peter Wills.

At the High Court in Stirling, the 44-year-old was banned

from driving immediately and will be sentenced in October.

The offence carries a maximum penalty of five

Scottish Labour is to get new powers to set its own policy

and send a representative to the party's UK executive.

The measures were agreed at the party's conference

in Liverpool, despite claims part of the package was undemocratic.

From Liverpool, here's our political correspondent,

A vote she hopes will help Scottish Labour

One that brought the party's power struggle to the fore.

whether Ms Dugdale should get a seat on the UK executive.

The package going forth will gerrymander the NEC and

allow for the decision made at the weekend to be vetoed.

That contested by Ms Dugdale's allies.

An opportunity to close the door on our opponents who make

the accusation that Scottish Labour cannot talk for Scotland.

A challenge that ultimately ended in failure.

Resolution one on NEC rule changes was carried.

This is about more than who has a say on which body within

The Scottish party spent years trying to fend off

claims that it's controlled by London.

And after days of wrangling here in Liverpool, this is a victory

She's got the autonomy she craves and she has more

A delighted Ms Dugdale says she'll take the seat

It's the biggest change to how the Labour Party organises

itself in a generation and it's been a long time coming.

How do you now persuade the country to vote for you?

I understand to a lot of people this might seem like navel gazing,

internal to the Labour Party, but it is clear that the Labour Party

speaks up for Scotland and puts Scotland first.

Tomorrow this man will be beating the drum for his

policies, but how closely will that be echoed by the Scottish party?

The sister of a man accused of the murder of a restaurant worker

in North Lanarkshire almost 20 years ago has told the High Court

in Glasgow that he claimed to have got away with "the perfect murder".

Margaret Chisholm was giving evidence at the trial

He denies fatally stabbing Surgit Singh Chhokar in Overtown

in North Lanarkshire in November 1998.

Now - do we have a crisis in keeping doctors in general practice?

It's a question MSPs have been discussing on the Health

Committee today - with one in four practices

The Health Secretary set out her vision for

Our Social Affairs Correspondent, Reevel Alderson, has been

Each Tuesday this GP surgery in Edinburgh

offers a handful of places on its patient list.

I think it's quite degrading a wee bit, making

When really you should be able to walk in when you want to register.

It's the third unsuccessful attempt to join the practice for this

I will say they are very uncompassionate.

Doctors' leaders say the shortage of GPs is affecting the

It will mean more pressure on hospital services,

It means it's increasingly difficult for patients to register with

We are beginning to see a situation where lack of GPs mean

there may not be a GP available outside of hours.

The Royal College of General Practitioners has

launched a campaign to persuade more medical students like these at

Aberdeen University to join the profession, emphasising it's not

I don't really know what it is about community medicine,

it's something you have to be passionate about to want to do.

I suppose you probably get to know your patients a lot

better in community medicine but I don't know.

I like the idea that you get to do a bit of everything

and build a community, build up a relationship with your patients,

You get so many people, families, stuff like that.

The GP crisis is especially acute in areas like Shetland.

Here patients can be seen by an advanced nurse practitioner

who can diagnose, prescribe and treat them without them seeing a

It cuts down my costs, obviously, and probably, I would

think, cuts down on the National Health Service costs.

Because Chris, our community nurse, can come along

and check me at his convenience and mine.

government has developed to free up GP time,

which is also seen as beneficial for patients.

It's about the choice and a better environment

I see the patients in their own homes which is a safe and

The other option is for them to go and visit

If we see them in their own home it frees up GP time.

It is all about cost and feasibility.

Nurses, pharmacists and other specialists are being recruited to

work in GP practices, which the government says is part

of an increased investment in primary care.

Well, it's over to Christopher Blanchett now with the weather

outlook for tonight and tomorrow...

Good evening. One word sums up the weather for the next few days,

windy. Low pressure pushing west to east and the north of the country

bringing windy and fairly wet weather. By the end of the week,

blustery showers. On the face of it it is a decent start to Wednesday,

some morning sunshine around. Temperatures around 11 to 13 Celsius

and at this stage winds moderate. The chance of one or two morning

showers towards Inverness and the far north-west but they are light

and well scattered. After the dry, find morning, things go downhill

fairly rapidly. You can see behind me that area of rain sweeping its

way inside and by late morning, lunchtime, meaning most areas

getting fairly wet through the early afternoon. Pushing through Northern

Ireland quite quickly, south of the border, dry and bright, some

sunshine, quite warm in the south, into the low 20s. It will be windy

and after the rain around lunchtime dryer through the afternoon, still

cloudy, but holes in the cloud, temperatures up to 19 or 20 in the

South West of Scotland. Another band of Wednesday evening moving

eastwards. With it, windy again. You can see on the southern flank of

that low front the tightly packed isobars, strong winds through

Thursday. We have a yellow warning for disruption on the travel, not

only the fairies but probably restrictions on bridges as well,

gusts likely around the gale force to severe gale force category, with

it blustery showers and a much cooler feel.

The next update is from 6:25am tomorrow morning. From the