22/02/2017 Reporting Scotland

have been let down by Governments in London.

The BBC has announced plans to launch a new dedicated TV

?30 million a year will be invested in the project with the service

It will include a news hour at 9 o'clock, after the BBC rejected

the idea of a so-called Scottish Six.

The element of surprise is an important ingredient

for any storyteller and, it seems, the Director

Tony Hall arrived in Glasgow promising to do more to reflect life

For Scotland, he revealed, that means a new dedicated TV channel.

The right way to give viewers in Scotland choice is to mirror

In the morning, I listen to the Today programme

or Good Morning Scotland and I believe that is what we are

I'm excited by that because I think this is an immensely,

If it introduces more work for the people of Scotland that's

It will be Mrs McDougal's missing cat or somebody stole my bike!

News coverage, a constant source of tension, is central to the change

and it sees the return of a traditional time slot.

But with a twist, a Scottish Nine, covering stories around the globe

For some people, it is a missed opportunity.

If you tune in at 6:00pm to a typical news programme

they will often lead on an English health story

Another thorny issue for those in charge is the licence fee -

compared to other devolved nations a smaller percentage

of the money raised in Scotland is spent in Scotland.

Which brings us back to Shetland, commissioned here for a BBC network

audience, an extra ?20 million a year is being invested to do more

So, could Scotland for example recreate a Welsh success story?

What we do want to do is attract some of our Scottish talent back -

the likes of Steven Moffat, the great Scottish

writer, maybe he'll do something for us in the future.

The Scottish Government welcomed the announcement today

but questioned the budget for the proposed new channel.

We estimated it would cost ?75 million to deliver,

so the ?30 million announced, however welcome, may fall short

So we welcome a new Scottish TV channel but it must not be

MSPs will be able to quiz Tony Hall tomorrow when he faces

The aim is to have the new channel up and running in 18 months' time.

Broadcasting and the Scottish Six have been a source of much

So does today's announcement address any of the concerns?

Earlier our political editor Brian Taylor gave us his analysis.

The response from the body politic has been notably warm. It can be

remarkably disarmed to say yes. Remember that the idea of a

distinctive Scottish channel was piloted by a commission set up by

these first SNP Government. That was demanded as recently as 2015 by the

First Minister. The BBC is searing yes, eventually. That is getting

good response at Holyrood. There are important caveats. For example, the

issue of money. Across the parties, the response is positive. The formal

statements by the Scottish Government and the SNP made no

mention of the Scottish Six. They were talking in work on terms. It

seems today they were smiling Lome on the BBC today. No doubt normal

service will be resumed soon. Weather warnings have

been upgraded ahead of the arrival of Storm Doris,

with large areas of Scotland due to be affected by snow

overnight and into tomorrow Travel disruption is expected

and Borders Council has already cancelled all school transport

for tomorrow morning, Morag Kinniburgh has been to see

the preparations being made They are tracking the weather

patterns here at the traffic Scotland weather Centre. Storm Doris

is due to arrive at 2am tomorrow. With me is Dean Connolly. How bad

will this be? We have the picture on here from the Met office that

integrates the weather. Most of the country is covered in it yellow,

wind and snow. Amber is covering southern Scotland. That is personal.

You expect severe weather and challenging conditions tomorrow. --

that is slow. How destructive will this be? Within the control centre,

we will have the multi-agency response team. We will try to ensure

that ever anything does happen it will be cleared up as quickly as

possible. What is your advice for the public. Our advice is the same.

Check out at the Traffic Scotland website. Give the extra space to the

current front of you. It can take ten times longer to stop in a car

than it does when it isn't snowing. Time to make another plan if you are

affected. You can keep up-to-date on the BBC Scotland website.

More councils have been setting their council tax

Aberdeen became the fifth council to voluntarily decide not to put

up the basic rate, even though this means they're

adding to the pressure on their finances.

In all but three council areas, the council tax should

People who live in the higher property bands face

automatic increases regardless of what

An independent watchdog has said Police Scotland has made

substantial improvements in its use of stop and search.

The Inspector of Constabulary says the controversial use

of so-called consensual searches has almost ceased.

There's been a 67% reduction in the practice,

with almost all carried out on a statutory or legal basis.

Almost half of Scottish charities saw reduced turnover last year.

A report from the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations also

reveals that charities are expecting demand for their

Our social affairs correspondent Reevel Alderson reports.

A face-lift for a daycare centre for dementia sufferers

The charity said it could not afford contractors to do the work outside.

So it called in volunteers, all former offenders.

The dementia sufferers benefit and the volunteers

A lot of people after they come out the other side of the criminal

justice system, they find it hard to find employment or

That is where we come in, we can offer that to them.

This scheme, operated by Apex, said by offering former offenders

work it takes the risk out of potential employers

Apex has learned it has lost its funding

It is a familiar story for charities, who a report says

Almost half of Scottish charities saw income falling last year.

Those who did record increases were mainly large organisations

with turnover of more than half a million.

72% of charities forecast increased demand for their services this year.

Nearly 75% said they could not adequately plan because

funding was invariably made on a short-term basis,

Apex said that this hand to mouth existence is ultimately wasteful. So

much time is spent looking out for funding and looking through the

reporting mechanisms in order to make these contracts happen. It's a

real problem because we would like to be spending time on working out

how to do the contracts better. The Scottish Council

for Voluntary Organisations, which produced the report,

is lobbying ministers to change the way charities receive funding.

The Scottish Government said it It's short-sighted, costing

a model that makes it easier for charities especially

smaller ones to become sustainable costing local and national

government lots of time and effort. We really need to rethink this

and go on to a three year cycle of funding a model that makes it

easier for charities especially The Scottish government said it

would like to develop a three year funding cycle to develop a strong

and dynamic third sector. Football - and Scottish Cup holders

Hibs are through to the quarter finals after a 3-1 win over city

rivals Hearts at Easter Road. The goals came from Jason Cummings,

Grant Holt and Andrew Shinnie. Tavares Cruz da Silva scored

a consolation for the visitors. Hibs now face Ayr United at home

in the quarter finals. It's over to Christopher now

with the weather forecast The amber warning first or has been

extended. Good evening. A winter storm is on the way. There is a bee

prepared one incredible risk of snow. It has just been extended in

the last hour including the central black. -- Central Belt and further

north. Low pressure has been named Storm Doris and it beats the cold

error which means that it will fall as snow. The amber ever is going

just shy of power. Some significant disruption as result of the snow.

Breezy on the east coast. Snow on the charger that is likely to have

severe disruption. This will affect high points of roads, and 77, and

eight, and 90 and a nine. Just a centimetre or two of snow if that.

You do not have to go too far out of the city to see a significant amount

of snow, however. Probably rain in Aberdeen. Dry for the Northern Isles

with some straw -- rain for the rest of the north. Perhaps some rain

later on in the day for the Borders. Winter is also an issue tomorrow.

That is further south. Amber warning across parts of Wales and East

Anglia. Some disruption likely from that as well. Pretty snowy tomorrow.

Windy for some. The bar sized, quieter and mother. For us, a winter

Thursday. The system. We and venture we rain comes eastwards. This time

tomorrow night and it would be mixed. Behind it is a mix of drive

pressure. Dreyer, camera, Brighton. Another spell of bread. Let's be

capped tomorrow morning. The amber every out we are unlikely to see the

greatest amount of stuff. Likely disruption on the committee

tomorrow. Our next update is during Breakfast

from 6:25am tomorrow. From everyone on the late

team here in Glasgow