11/10/2016 Reporting Scotland

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A stabbing at an Aberdeen school which led to the death

of a pupil was "potentially predictable and avoidable".

A report into the tragedy at Cults academy revealed it was known that

16-year-old Bailey Gwynne's attacker was carrying a knife -

October 28 last year, a day that will not be

forgotten by those involved, as the lunch break ends at Cults

Academy, two boys of 16 have an argument and then fight.

16-year-old Bailey Gwynne, a single stab wound to the heart

His killer now serving nine years for culpable homicide.

Today the findings of an independent report into what happened,

a picture is painted of an unexceptional argument that

Entirely, in my view, unpredictable, rose very rapidly

from an inconsequential argument that schoolboys might have every

day, a regular argument which suddenly became inflamed.

On events on the day of the stabbing Andrew Lowe says it was an unplanned

spontaneous conflict that emerged rapidly.

It could not have been predicted or averted on the day.

But he says the course of the conflict was fatally altered

This was potentially predictable and avoidable if those

who knew Child A, the killer, carried weapons to school,

The possession of a weapon by one boy was known by some people

and if they had brought it to the attention of teachers,

that may have enabled the event to be avoided.

All of my recommendations are around making sure that in future

we have a better chance of avoiding that.

There are 21 recommendations in the report.

Aberdeen City Council accepts them all.

I am very, very thoughtful about the impact on the well-being

of all children at Cults as a result of what happened, that

has been my focus for the last year, incumbent upon us all to be mindful

and to provide the support, this will prove to be a significant

dramatic event in the life of a number of those children.

Bailey Gwynne's family met with the author

He said they showed remarkable dignity.

Police Scotland revealed today that since the stabbing incident here in

October, 15 knife incidents have been reported in Aberdeen schools.

From now on, when any weapon is found in a school in the city it

will be reported to police. Our reporter Fiona Stalker has

returned to Cults Academy one year on, to see how pupils and staff

there are coping. A memorial tree for Bailey Gwynne -

the willow a powerful symbol of recovery -

something that pupils and staff here at Cults Academy are working on,

memories of October 28 last I was in an English class

overlooking the car park. After the incident there were a lot

of rumours going around, Nobody could have predicted

that from a stab wound. I remember somebody saying

it was a bleeding nose and then so when all that was happening

no-one knew what had actually happened and there was

a lot of confusion. Then the devastating news that

Bailey had died, and then the questions -

had his killer brought knives At his trial, we heard

he had but where? At his trial, we heard he had

but were staff aware? There was an incident

when he was in the second year when I had to interview him,

as with school procedure - myself and another member

of management met with him and he emptied all his bags

and possessions and we had He was well aware of

the consequences and the school rule and indeed the legal situation

about carrying weapons and did not give us any reason to think

that he did not understand that. What happened at this school

is thankfully very rare but the report is calling

for changes to the law which would allow teachers to search

pupils without consent. It is being considered

but some do not agree. We think it would undermine

the teacher-pupil relationship, undermine trust, it would be almost

like being a prison warden If incidents arose, it

could possibly escalate them. And away from the glare of publicity

surrounding the report today, the family and friends

of Bailey Gwynne are quietly finalising plans for a stained-glass

window in his memory. The life and death of the gentle,

considerate young man forever woven New figures show that in recent

years more than one in ten children have started primary school

in Scotland overweight or obese. The statistics come

from Cancer Research UK which is urging the government to do

more to tackle the problem. Mother of three Kirsty Thomasson

wants to make sure that her She found herself four stone

overweight after consuming too much It was when I was in soft play

with my eldest son for his third birthday, I sat down

and my jeans ripped, I was really upset and could not

look at myself in the mirror. She now weighs a much healthier nine

stone, but that is not Cancer Research UK says Scotland

has one of the heaviest It says over the last decade almost

83,000 children have started school Now the charity wants

the Scottish Government to take direct action by restricting

the billboard advertising of junk food and cutting multi-buy

and sensible markets. food and cutting multi-buy

discounts in supermarkets. And cancer prevention specialists

say action is needed right now. We know overweight or obesity

is linked to 13 types of cancer, so unless we help those children

to become healthier in the future we'll have more overweight or obese

adults and that's a real worry. The Scottish Government says it

will consider taking action where it We would give consideration

to the multi-buy. We will look at that

as part of the obesity strategy going forward,

we've already begun to put some consideration into that

but there is obviously very limited We could do things around billboards

in the cinema but TV advertising, Ministers want all parents to help

their children eat healthily. The Queensferry Crossing has

set a new world record Officials from the Guinness Book

of Records have been to the bridge They are incredibly proud

of the record on this bridge for the longest free-standing

balanced structure anywhere Basically, it's like a massive

see-saw centred around that tower in the centre

section here of the bridge. Over here, this is the south

side of the bridge, but what is really quite unnerving,

right here on the very, very end of this section is,

there is the water down there. You can see how much

we are moving up and down. When the wind really picks up,

it can move a meter, Of course, the record will not stand

for very long because this That means that the record is gone,

because it's no longer Right now the record-breaking

centre deck team can brag across the gap to their colleagues

on the southern deck. The record was for Central Tower -

South Tower can't take much It's great to be able to talk

to the guys face-to-face rather than pick up the phone or the radio

you will a the time. than pick up the phone

or the radio all the time. The bridge was meant to be

opened by this December - delays and bad weather have meant

setbacks to the project. Nearly 40 days lost

between June and September. The Scottish Government is confident

it will now be finished After today there will be eight

pieces of deck to come up. There is very important work to be

done in terms of the wind shielding. It should mean it should never be

closed for high winds We have to put a structure, tarmac,

on the structure itself. That will be happening

at a difficult time of the year. We always said we are at

the mercy of the weather. The contractors are assuring us it

will be finished in May next year. Potentially tough times

ahead this winter. Today it was about basking in

the glow of being record-breakers. Scotland suffered their first

World Cup qualifying defeat in Group F as Slovakia

registered their first points. Alasdair Lamonts has just sent

this report from Trnava. You join me inside the news

conference hall at the city arena as we await the appearance of the

Scotland manager, Gordon Strachan. You have to imagine he will be

enormously frustrated after a second poor result in the space of four

days. There was a good deal of controversy about Slovakia's opening

goal. Steven Fletcher looked to have been bodychecked before the host

went forward. An initial header was kept out, but for's powered in the

rebound. Scotland played reasonably well and were still in the game

until more inadequate defender allowed plenty of time and space

inside the pencil -- penalty area for Slovakia to score a second. The

fragility of the visitors defence was shown even more starkly as

Slovakia scored their third. Scotland were emphatically beaten.

The result may be a little harsh on Scotland, but an inability to defend

or scoring goals is a bad mixture and it means the Scots face yet

another failed qualifying campaign. Now it's over to Judith

with the weather outlook At least the beginning of October

mix for the football results. A lovely starch to the month. Things

gradually starting to change as we had through the course of this week.

Here is a beautiful picture of a sunset. As we had through the

overnight period, we will see cloudy skies and eastern outbreaks of

showery rain. Clear skies in the West where it will be chilly.

Tomorrow morning. -- more morning, there is an east-west split.

Sunshine early on in the West, the East more cloudy with more of the

breeze bringing outbreaks of showery rain. First thing tomorrow, where

the sunshine is it will feel on the cool side if not cold. Toward parts

of the West Highlands, maybe an early frost. In the east,

temperatures are bit higher and across the Northern Isles, dry and

bright start with light winds. Staying that way for much of the

day. As for the rest of the morning, we will continue to see cloudy

skies. Cloud starting to increase further west as we have go through

the course of the danger the afternoon. One or two outbreaks of

showery rain though we hold onto clear skies in the west of the

Highlands. Northern Ireland faring well, the west of the UK seem good

sunny spells. We will see some blustery showers running along the

south coast tomorrow underline from linkage to North Wales. More cloud

across the eastern side the country where you will feel the noticeable

easterly, quite keen breeze making it feel cool. Scotland, temperatures

around 11 to 12 degrees in the East, perhaps 14 or 15 across the

north-west. As far as the rest of the afternoon and evening is

concerned, further outbreaks of showery rain feeding in. In the

West, largely dry. That cast-iron area of high pressure is still

there, but we see lower pressure feeding him from the south,

squeezing the isobars, bringing stronger winds. It will be windier

on Thursday with showery rain in the East and dry in the West.

Our next update is during Breakfast at 6.25 tomorrow morning.

But from everyone on the late team here in Glasgow

and around the country - goodnight.