:00:48. > :00:51.Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight on your national news:
:00:51. > :01:01.�36,000 - the cost of a degree for students coming to Scottish
:01:01. > :01:06.universities from the rest of the UK. I think it is slightly unfair
:01:06. > :01:09.because Scotland students seem to get away with quite a lot.
:01:09. > :01:11.Later in the programme: Getting rid of waste - a warning to
:01:11. > :01:14.public bodies they could be overwhelmed by demand if urgent
:01:14. > :01:22.action is not taken. Also tonight, we look at how the
:01:22. > :01:28.island of Eigg cracked the problem of people leaving.
:01:28. > :01:31.Her physical record of a proud military history, the military of
:01:31. > :01:34.Scotland prepares to receive its new colours.
:01:34. > :01:37.Students coming to Scotland from the rest of the UK face paying up
:01:37. > :01:40.to �36,000 for their degrees. The Scottish government is planning to
:01:40. > :01:44.allow universities to charge up to �9,000 a year for fees - that's the
:01:44. > :01:47.same level as in England and Wales. Since degrees are generally a year
:01:47. > :01:50.longer here, it means some students may end up paying more than if they
:01:50. > :02:00.stayed in their home countries. Here's our education correspondent
:02:00. > :02:04.
:02:04. > :02:06.All smiles, graduation at Edinburgh University. But the gap between
:02:06. > :02:12.Scottish students and those from the rest of the UK has just got
:02:12. > :02:18.wider. Slightly unfair because I think Scottish students get away
:02:18. > :02:21.with quite a lot. We have Scottish students in our flat so it is a
:02:21. > :02:24.source of tension at times. I guess that is the difference between
:02:25. > :02:28.having a parliament up here and a parliament down there.
:02:28. > :02:31.education secretary has a black hole to fill in funding because got
:02:31. > :02:36.stoned pay. Scotland made it clear decision at the election that we
:02:36. > :02:41.would not charge students fees. Regrettably we have to charge fees
:02:41. > :02:43.for students from elsewhere and I am allowing universities to set the
:02:44. > :02:50.level themselves because they want to make sure they're competing
:02:50. > :02:57.effectively. The breakdown across borders. England, over �3,000.
:02:57. > :03:05.About to go up to �9,000. Scotland, no fees for Scots, but �1,800 for
:03:05. > :03:09.those from the rest of the UK, soon to rise to �9,000. For Scottish
:03:09. > :03:13.universities, it is welcome news. The Scottish government is doing
:03:13. > :03:20.exactly the right thing. We have been saying urgent action is needed
:03:20. > :03:25.to make sure Scotland doesn't become... We are still able to
:03:25. > :03:30.welcome people from across the UK, but that we protect the number of
:03:30. > :03:34.places available for Scottish students. But from student leaders,
:03:34. > :03:39.a different response. It is something of a double standard,
:03:39. > :03:44.with real increases possibly up to a level of �36,000 for students
:03:44. > :03:46.coming from the rest of the UK. We are particularly worried about the
:03:46. > :03:52.introduction of a market for students coming from the rest of
:03:52. > :03:58.the UK. That will price some students out of coming to Scotland.
:03:58. > :04:01.Many will be seeking assurances that getting a Scottish degree will
:04:01. > :04:06.not deter applications from talented youngsters from less well-
:04:06. > :04:09.off homes south of the border. There is also a risk of increasing
:04:09. > :04:19.resentment that Scots continued to pay no charges while others face
:04:19. > :04:22.
:04:22. > :04:26.higher charges whichever way they Nat Fraser's lawyer's has told
:04:26. > :04:32.judges he could not get a fair trial because of remarks made by
:04:32. > :04:34.Alex Salmond. He is to be retried for the murder of his wife Eileen
:04:34. > :04:37.after the UK Supreme Court in London has said his original
:04:37. > :04:42.conviction should be overturned, but his legal team says comments
:04:42. > :04:46.made by Mr Salmond made it look like he was guilty. BBC Scotland
:04:46. > :04:50.has been able to report this matter until now because of reporting
:04:50. > :04:54.restrictions. Tonight a spokesman said Mr Salmond had made no, what's
:04:54. > :04:57.the weather on the merits of Nat Fraser's case. -- whatsoever.
:04:57. > :05:00.Public bodies in Scotland need to work together and eliminate waste,
:05:00. > :05:02.according to a report for the Scottish government. Otherwise, it
:05:02. > :05:04.says, rising demand will "overwhelm" the system. The
:05:04. > :05:07.Christie Commission says the focus should be on earlier prevention of
:05:07. > :05:17.problems to avoid huge costs further down the line. Our
:05:17. > :05:17.
:05:17. > :05:20.political editor Brian Taylor has This is the report.
:05:20. > :05:22.Anyone seeking a basic blueprint for public services will be
:05:22. > :05:26.disappointed. Today's report has little to say on structures and
:05:26. > :05:30.nothing to say on job numbers. Those weren't part of its remit.
:05:30. > :05:34.Instead, they ask HOW services might be delivered more effectively.
:05:34. > :05:38.They want public bodies to end overlap. So they want to transfer
:05:38. > :05:42.the Jobcentre Plus network to Holyrood control. They'd make
:05:42. > :05:47.public funding dependent on public funding dependent on
:05:47. > :05:51.integrating services. And their big idea? A new emphasis on early
:05:51. > :06:01.prevention. That means early help for people so that big problems
:06:01. > :06:03.
:06:03. > :06:06.don't develop later, landing the At play, youngsters being helped by
:06:06. > :06:11.the Glasgow regeneration agency. They are all deadly serious about
:06:11. > :06:15.the problems faced in finding jobs. I have been looking online for a
:06:16. > :06:25.lot of different jobs. So far I have filled out a lot of
:06:25. > :06:29.applications, but nobody has got back to me yet. I did a painting
:06:29. > :06:35.and decorating course and I have tried to get a job. Today's report
:06:35. > :06:39.says money spent giving youngsters a decent start saves much more
:06:39. > :06:46.later in social care and prison. Unfortunately a few of the clients
:06:46. > :06:49.we deal with have already been on the wrong side of the law. There
:06:49. > :06:53.should be some kind of structure for them to come to us directly
:06:54. > :06:59.from school and that would make a difference. Integrated services can
:06:59. > :07:03.help keep old folk out of hospital, the most costly option. But can we
:07:03. > :07:08.afford the start-up costs? We can't afford not to. We need to do it
:07:08. > :07:11.because if we don't, the demand in public services, with the
:07:11. > :07:15.increasing number of elderly, and not addressing problems we know
:07:15. > :07:18.exist in young people, we will overwhelm public services. It has
:07:18. > :07:20.to be done. But will it be done? There's widespread, if tentative,
:07:20. > :07:28.backing for today's report, but there's exasperation too that
:07:28. > :07:32.Scotland is still engaged in analysis rather than action. It is
:07:32. > :07:37.essential that these cuts are looked at seriously and immediately.
:07:37. > :07:41.There was a real problem during the election campaign in May when
:07:42. > :07:46.nobody talked about what cuts they would bring in. That was hit in the
:07:46. > :07:51.Sound Stuff. We have to undertake this programme right now. -- head
:07:51. > :07:53.in the sand stuff. Now it's over to ministers. With the Christie Report
:07:53. > :07:58.delivered, the Scottish government has set up a working group to
:07:58. > :08:01.implement change. And it held its first meeting today.
:08:01. > :08:06.Around 30,000 public sector workers in Scotland are expected to go on
:08:06. > :08:08.strike tomorrow over planned changes to their pensions. They're
:08:08. > :08:13.angry at proposals which they say would mean working longer and
:08:13. > :08:16.paying more. Travellers have been warned that they may face some
:08:16. > :08:25.delays at airports as immigration and customs officers walk out. Our
:08:25. > :08:32.reporter Gavin Walker is at Edinburgh airport. What impact will
:08:32. > :08:35.the walkout have? The strike itself hasn't started, but the good news
:08:35. > :08:39.for passengers hoping to travel out of Scotland internationally
:08:39. > :08:42.tomorrow is that the two main international airport, Edinburgh
:08:42. > :08:50.and Glasgow, say they are already under way in their efforts to
:08:50. > :08:54.offset the impact. Customs and immigration agency staff have been
:08:54. > :08:58.replaced by temporary staff and it is hoped that while there may be a
:08:58. > :09:01.delay in processing people arriving and therefore people going out,
:09:01. > :09:06.British airports Authority, which operates Edinburgh and Glasgow
:09:06. > :09:10.airports, say they expect minor disruption and no cancellations.
:09:10. > :09:17.Who else will be on strike tomorrow and what kind of effect might we
:09:17. > :09:20.expect from that? There are 30,000 members of the Public and
:09:20. > :09:25.Commercial Services Union in Scotland that work in a whole range
:09:25. > :09:29.of things, airports, courts, ports, government buildings, visitor
:09:29. > :09:36.attractions and so on. Tomorrow morning there will be pickets at
:09:36. > :09:39.many of these from Edinburgh Castle to the Scottish Parliament. The
:09:39. > :09:43.government there has mixed its messages about whether it is in
:09:43. > :09:47.favour or not. Generally it says it understands and sympathises, as
:09:47. > :09:51.does the Labour Party in Scotland, but the Scottish Labour Party today
:09:51. > :09:54.said that while it understands and respects the right to do so, it
:09:54. > :09:59.expects its own members to cross the picket line to be in parliament
:09:59. > :10:01.tomorrow. Thank you. You're watching Reporting Scotland
:10:01. > :10:03.from the BBC. Still to come before 7pm:
:10:03. > :10:08.The Inverclyde by-election enters the last few hours of campaigning
:10:08. > :10:15.by the competing parties. And picture this - marking the 80th
:10:15. > :10:18.birthday of one of the country's In sport, we'll be live at
:10:18. > :10:22.Wimbledon where Andy Murray is playing for a place in the last
:10:22. > :10:32.four of the men's singles. We'll have the very latest from his match
:10:32. > :10:35.
:10:35. > :10:38.against Feliciano Lopez on Centre We've already reported this week on
:10:38. > :10:41.the struggle to keep people on our small isles, but in sharp contrast
:10:41. > :10:47.to its neighbouring islands, population levels on Eigg are on
:10:47. > :10:50.the up. Ownership is a key factor and since life on the island was
:10:50. > :10:59.transformed by a community buy-out, Eigg is welcoming a steady influx
:10:59. > :11:04.of young folk. Jackie O'Brien Since it was bought by the
:11:04. > :11:08.community 14 years ago, Eigg's self-sufficiency has become a
:11:08. > :11:12.tourist attraction in itself. Scores of visitors come and go each
:11:12. > :11:20.day, but more people are also choosing to live here as life on
:11:20. > :11:24.the island becomes more viable. Cycle hire and crofting were not
:11:24. > :11:30.part of Sussex graduate Jamie's original life plan. But they are
:11:30. > :11:35.now after falling in love with an islander and her homeland. It suits
:11:35. > :11:39.me so well, I absolutely love it. The way of life -- way of life,
:11:40. > :11:43.slower than mainland time. Eigg powers itself and its green
:11:43. > :11:49.electricity scheme is seen as a main source of the community's new
:11:49. > :11:52.vibrancy. I was burning a barrel of diesel a month, which cost me �150,
:11:52. > :11:57.along with the handling, and that was for five hours electricity
:11:57. > :12:02.today. Now I have 24 hours electricity a day and it is �30 a
:12:02. > :12:06.month. Since the community buy-out there has been a 25% increase in
:12:06. > :12:12.the population here, with around 20 of the 90 residents on Eigg under
:12:12. > :12:16.the age of 30. Housing is a big issue. If they are going to invest
:12:16. > :12:20.in a place and stay a long time, they need security. That is
:12:20. > :12:24.something we have started addressing, we have been releasing
:12:24. > :12:29.house plots which have been taken up by several young folk who have
:12:29. > :12:32.bought houses here. What most of these young inhabitants will leave
:12:32. > :12:39.for further education, another generation of children is returning
:12:39. > :12:43.home to Eigg. Joanne was born here and has been lured back by the New
:12:43. > :12:47.Age range of residents. -- Joe. is like a catalyst of more and more
:12:47. > :12:51.young people being here. You make a connection with a few people and
:12:51. > :12:59.then, yeah, it is a domino effect and more and more people will come
:12:59. > :13:03.back. They will realise it is OK to live in the middle of nowhere!
:13:03. > :13:07.the day trippers leave, they will pass neighbour will -- neighbouring
:13:07. > :13:15.islands struggling to stem the depopulation, but for now Eigg's
:13:15. > :13:18.young folk are staying put. Voters in Inverclyde head to the
:13:18. > :13:22.polls tomorrow to elect a successor to the Labour MP David Cairns, who
:13:22. > :13:25.died in May. The four main parties - Labour, the SNP, the Lib Dems and
:13:25. > :13:27.Tories - are each contesting the seat, and UKIP has also fielded a
:13:27. > :13:32.candidate. Our political correspondent Raymond Buchanan
:13:32. > :13:38.reports on the final hours of campaigning.
:13:38. > :13:43.The you are watching a little piece of history being made. This ferry
:13:43. > :13:50.service ends today. It is a sign of changing times, but other things
:13:50. > :13:54.are becoming familiar. Alex Salmond has now been the constituency five
:13:54. > :13:57.times, he says the party are getting a good reception from
:13:57. > :14:01.locals, ever confident he is betting on winning another seat
:14:01. > :14:05.from Labour. I think this is earthquake proportions if we win
:14:05. > :14:09.this seat. This is one of the very few seats we did not win from the
:14:09. > :14:17.Labour Party in last month's elections, albeit by only 500 votes.
:14:17. > :14:22.The political impact of SNP victory here would be sued. Labour have
:14:22. > :14:26.sought to reinforce their vote by bringing in Lord Prescott. I came
:14:26. > :14:31.here on the Queen Elizabeth. former Deputy Prime Minister was
:14:31. > :14:35.once a ship's steward. Today he was in Ferguson's shipyard hoping to
:14:35. > :14:39.sink Alex Salmond's hopes. He did not win the last by-election we had
:14:39. > :14:43.here. He went prancing around saying we're going to win. He is
:14:43. > :14:47.doing it again, he is a street fighter, but the people give the
:14:47. > :14:50.answer. Do they want the national government to be Labour or Tory?
:14:50. > :14:55.The last time this seed was concerted -- contested the Tories
:14:55. > :14:59.came fourth, but they hope they because on jobs and staying in the
:14:59. > :15:03.UK will lead to a different outcome. That is a positive message we have
:15:03. > :15:06.been delivering and I think people like getting a bit weary of a
:15:07. > :15:12.constant bicker between the SNP and Labour. That is negative and
:15:12. > :15:16.distracting. The Lib Dems have had a low-key campaign, little wonder.
:15:16. > :15:21.They were humiliated a month ago. am confident we will do well and we
:15:21. > :15:26.will get up a good vote from the people we have spoken to over the
:15:26. > :15:31.last three weeks. Does well mean win? I would be very, very pleased
:15:31. > :15:35.if we won. What Inverclyde tells us politically we will find out after
:15:35. > :15:41.polls closed tomorrow, but there has already been a clear message
:15:41. > :15:44.from people here and that is they expect their politicians to start
:15:44. > :15:49.delivering and in communities like this, that means creating jobs and
:15:49. > :15:52.quickly. And here is a full list of all of
:15:52. > :15:54.those standing in the Inverclyde by-election. You can also see the
:15:54. > :16:04.result live in a specially extended edition of Newsnight Scotland
:16:04. > :16:08.
:16:08. > :16:13.Some of the other stories. Services on the Glasgow subway were
:16:13. > :16:17.disrupted after a man was killed at Gubden station. The incident
:16:17. > :16:21.happened just after 9am. British Transport Police are not treating
:16:21. > :16:25.it as suspicious. Services are now back to normal.
:16:25. > :16:32.A schoolboy and a man have played guilty to killing Nattalie Muir
:16:32. > :16:38.during a gang attack in West Lothian. The 15-year-old and George
:16:38. > :16:44.Stewart admitted culpable homicide. Emma Merrilees has already admitted
:16:44. > :16:46.stabbing a Nattalie Muir to death. They will be sentenced later.
:16:46. > :16:49.Representatives of the six big power companies have said they want
:16:49. > :16:53.to work with the Scottish government to eradicate fuel
:16:53. > :16:58.poverty in Scotland. Companies have been giving evidence to the Economy
:16:58. > :17:01.Committee. Scottish Power announced steep rises in the cost of gas and
:17:01. > :17:07.electricity, which they claim is the result of a hike in wholesale
:17:07. > :17:12.prices. This weekend, thousands of serving
:17:13. > :17:16.and former soldiers will gather in Edinburgh for a unique event. The
:17:16. > :17:20.Queen will present the Royal Regiment of Scotland with newcomers.
:17:20. > :17:28.Regimental flags carried on parade in special at -- on special
:17:28. > :17:31.occasions. Two sets of tassels at the front.
:17:31. > :17:40.In every stitch, hundreds of years of proud and passionate military
:17:40. > :17:45.history. Even today, every detail means so much to every soldier on
:17:45. > :17:49.parade. The regimental colours are the rallying point for each
:17:49. > :17:52.battalion. They encapsulate the history of the regiment in terms of
:17:52. > :17:58.what has been achieved down the centuries by those who came before
:17:58. > :18:03.us. They may just look like rags on poles, but to soldiers who served
:18:03. > :18:13.behind them, they are a rallying point. They are treated with due
:18:13. > :18:17.deference. We take them whenever we are the poet. -- deployed. To there
:18:17. > :18:27.is only one in Vinci Regiment in Scotland now. The colours have
:18:27. > :18:32.encapsulated colours from them all. We carry more than 2500 years of
:18:32. > :18:39.accumulated history, tradition and reputation, and I am sure that we
:18:39. > :18:42.have got a good embodiment of that extraordinary history. You cannot
:18:42. > :18:47.rehearse this kind of thing too much. The Queen will present the
:18:47. > :18:51.regiment with their newcomers here at Holyrood Park on Saturday. One
:18:51. > :18:55.battalion will be missing, they are serving in Afghanistan, but this
:18:55. > :18:59.will be raised huge day for the Army in Scotland. For the first
:18:59. > :19:06.time ever, soldiers from six battalions will be on parade. That
:19:06. > :19:13.is unlikely to happen for many years.
:19:13. > :19:17.Big news at Wimbledon. Yes, our timing is perfect. It is
:19:17. > :19:23.better to be lucky than good! Andy Murray has been playing for a place
:19:23. > :19:32.in the quarter-finals, sorry, the semi-finals. He was playing
:19:32. > :19:37.Feliciano Lopez. It is a fine evening here in
:19:37. > :19:41.Wimbledon. Another fine performance from Andy Murray on Centre Court.
:19:41. > :19:47.He is celebrating an excellent victory over Feliciano Lopez in
:19:48. > :19:54.straight sets, a really impressive performance, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. He did
:19:54. > :19:58.not put a foot wrong at all. When you think of what was at stake, a
:19:58. > :20:02.very good performance indeed. No wonder he is milking the applause
:20:02. > :20:08.on Centre Court, because we already had a surprise, Roger Federer went
:20:08. > :20:13.out of the tournament, having been two sets up. Rafael Nadal is still
:20:13. > :20:17.plagued, he is winning. Andy Murray has done superbly well to get
:20:17. > :20:22.through in straight sets. The way things look, with Rafael Nadal
:20:22. > :20:29.leading, it will be Andy Murray against Rafael Nadal, and in the
:20:29. > :20:35.other semi-final, Novak Djokovic against Joe will Fritz longer.
:20:35. > :20:41.Rangers are preparing an offer of �1 million for Lee Wallace. Last
:20:41. > :20:45.week Rangers had a bid at �300,000 turned down. Rangers have been in
:20:45. > :20:51.fresh contact with Hearts. Wallace is in the final year of his
:20:51. > :20:57.contract. Breaking news. Dundee United have
:20:57. > :21:03.rejected a bid by Rangers for David Goodwillie.
:21:03. > :21:06.We have more transfer news. Aberdeen have signed Chris Clark
:21:06. > :21:12.for the second time. He left for the English club Plymouth three
:21:12. > :21:16.years ago, but he is back, and he is modelling the new home strip. He
:21:16. > :21:21.had offers from other clubs but he is thrilled to return to Aberdeen,
:21:21. > :21:27.where his career began. When I sat down and considered
:21:27. > :21:34.everything, I am from this area, I have always supported Aberdeen, I
:21:34. > :21:39.had a fantastic time before, it all adds up. I am really looking
:21:39. > :21:48.forward to what is ahead. The moment we have all been waiting
:21:48. > :21:54.for, what is the First Minister about to reveal? Place your bets. I
:21:54. > :21:58.will keep you waiting for a few more seconds. It is the new
:21:58. > :22:03.Scottish Open golf trophy. Some of the world's best golfers, including
:22:03. > :22:07.Lee Westwood and Luke Donald, will compete for it next week. The
:22:07. > :22:11.course is also new. The event is being held at Castle Stuart for the
:22:11. > :22:18.first time. He I have not been there yet, but
:22:18. > :22:22.everybody says it is magnificent. A wonderful setting up. We are being
:22:22. > :22:28.rewarded, because advance ticket sales are excellent, much higher
:22:28. > :22:34.than expected. We have got a good field. It is an exciting new
:22:34. > :22:37.development. One of our best-known and most
:22:37. > :22:41.prolific artists has been celebrated in the exhibition to
:22:41. > :22:46.mark the 80th birthday. Six decades of work by Elizabeth Blackadder
:22:46. > :22:52.will go on show from Saturday at the National Galleries of Scotland.
:22:52. > :22:56.Despite several awards, 18 Hurd and an appointment with the Queen, she
:22:56. > :23:01.remains modest about her achievements.
:23:01. > :23:11.We have been compiling a report about her, but we do not have it
:23:11. > :23:12.
:23:12. > :23:16.just yet. Is it there? I fear it is not. But Christopher is getting
:23:16. > :23:26.himself ready for the weather. He has warned us that we are not to
:23:26. > :23:29.
:23:29. > :23:38.get too excited, but there is good Today, a fairly cloudy day across
:23:38. > :23:42.many parts of the country, and showers around. A dappled seen. As
:23:42. > :23:50.we go up to what this evening, the cloud will thin and break. The
:23:50. > :23:56.showers will ease. From 7pm, we can see what is going on more precisely.
:23:56. > :24:06.Late sunshine for many of us. The showers melt away, leaving a dry
:24:06. > :24:09.
:24:09. > :24:14.night for most of us. One or two Tomorrow, a day of sunshine and
:24:14. > :24:20.showers. Towards lunchtime and the afternoon, the temperatures rise,
:24:20. > :24:28.triggering more showers. By mid- afternoon, across the south-west,
:24:28. > :24:33.parts of Dumfries and Galloway, Strathclyde, some sunshine. A lot
:24:33. > :24:39.of the showers are concentrated along the east coast. Some of them
:24:39. > :24:45.will be heavy. The rest of the afternoon tomorrow and into the
:24:45. > :24:50.evening, the showers melt away. Late sunshine for some of us. This
:24:50. > :24:56.is the good news, high pressure is back. This will bring a settled and
:24:56. > :25:01.bright conditions for Friday. The high pressure has squeezed out the
:25:01. > :25:07.showers, and there will be sunshine on the cards. It will feel quite
:25:07. > :25:14.pleasant indeed. Towards the weekend, for Saturday, more of the
:25:14. > :25:20.same. Good spells of sunshine. It will feel quite pleasant. The
:25:20. > :25:30.Sunday, the same again. Can you believe it?! A pleasant weekend on
:25:30. > :25:33.
:25:33. > :25:43.the cards. Tomorrow, sunshine and We can now bring you the report on
:25:43. > :25:45.
:25:45. > :25:49.the exhibition to mark the 80th A rare moment in the limelight for
:25:49. > :25:54.an artist two prefers to let her pictures do the talking. Today she
:25:54. > :25:58.returned to the galleries where her career began in the 1950s, from
:25:58. > :26:04.personal portraits to landscapes and drawings. Much of the
:26:04. > :26:09.exhibition has not been seen in public for decades. It is amazing.
:26:09. > :26:13.Some of them I have not seen for a very long time. Gathering of this
:26:13. > :26:18.diverse work has been a huge challenge. Work has been snapped up
:26:18. > :26:24.and tracking it down has not been easy. Some of the paintings have
:26:24. > :26:29.not been exhibited for 20, 30, 40 years. One painting in particular
:26:29. > :26:33.that I was looking for, it was in a house, I did not know it was there,
:26:33. > :26:39.I went to see another painting that I knew the owner had, and I saw one
:26:39. > :26:43.of the paintings that I had not been able to find. Her eye for
:26:43. > :26:50.detail, especially in her flowers, is famous, but fame has so far
:26:50. > :26:56.eluded her. Maybe it is because she is a woman, maybe it is because she
:26:56. > :27:02.is Scottish, maybe it is because of the apparently easy charm of a lot
:27:02. > :27:06.of her work, plants, flowers, cats, interiors. But it would be a
:27:06. > :27:11.mistake to write off her work as purely decorative or purely about
:27:11. > :27:18.pleasure, because she has tackled some of the key issues of modern
:27:18. > :27:22.art. She has won a string of awards, a royal appointment included. She
:27:22. > :27:26.was the first woman in that job. The first woman to be elected to
:27:26. > :27:35.the Royal Academy and the Royal Scottish Academy. But I do not
:27:35. > :27:39.think about that. No. I am just thinking of the next painting.
:27:39. > :27:47.now, in her 80th year, painting remains her passion, and something
:27:47. > :27:50.she does every day. Just before 7pm, a summary of the
:27:50. > :28:00.top stories. Students coming to Scotland from
:28:00. > :28:01.
:28:01. > :28:05.the rest of the UK face paint up to �6,000 for their degrees. -- paying
:28:05. > :28:10.up to �6,000. Travellers have been warned to
:28:10. > :28:13.expect delays at UK ports and airports tomorrow as thousands of
:28:13. > :28:20.immigration and customs officers prepare to join the public sector
:28:20. > :28:23.strike. Some staff are already on strike this evening. Already around