:00:00. > 3:59:59from the BBC News at Six. So it's goodbye from me, and on BBC One, we
:00:00. > :00:20.can Tonight on your national news...
:00:21. > :00:24.No deal - management and unions at the Grangemouth refinery fail to
:00:25. > :00:33.agree on a plan that would see the plant restart. Staff have 72 hours
:00:34. > :00:40.to either back or reject the proposals. I am just heartbroken.
:00:41. > :00:44.Also tonight... As anger over rising energy prices
:00:45. > :00:47.continues, the SNP say they will deliver cheaper fuel bills if Scots
:00:48. > :00:51.vote for independence. Labour say it is a desperate bribe.
:00:52. > :01:01.Danger ahead - the campaign to warn metal thieves that it could cost
:01:02. > :01:05.them their lives. And if you have always fancied clothing your own
:01:06. > :01:09.file, we have just got the thing for you.
:01:10. > :01:12.And you are never tutu old! The key to a longer, healthier life is
:01:13. > :01:17.ballet, as more pensioners than ever pirroutte to their heart's content.
:01:18. > :01:20.Good evening. Management and union leaders at the Grangemouth oil
:01:21. > :01:24.refinery have failed to reach a deal to restart the plant. Operators
:01:25. > :01:28.Ineos had asked Unite to make a commitment to no further industrial
:01:29. > :01:31.action this year, but the union said it would only do that if Ineos
:01:32. > :01:41.agreed not to impose its planned cuts on the workforce. Catriona
:01:42. > :01:45.Renton is at Grangemouth tonight. Despite the lights you can see at
:01:46. > :01:48.the plant, Grangemouth is shut and remains shut tonight. Grangemouth
:01:49. > :01:50.has been being powered down over the past week, since the union
:01:51. > :02:00.threatened industrial action for this weekend. We understand it is
:02:01. > :02:05.now operating at less than 50% and oil is still flowing in from the
:02:06. > :02:09.North Sea. There was a strike land for this weekend. The strike was
:02:10. > :02:13.called off, but the company says it will not fire it up, for safety
:02:14. > :02:22.reasons, if there is any risk of action to shut it down again. There
:02:23. > :02:32.were hopes today that it might be up and running again by tonight but,
:02:33. > :02:37.once again, talks failed. Workers here are holding daily vigils
:02:38. > :02:40.outside the management officers, protesting against proposed changes
:02:41. > :02:46.to the pensions and terms and conditions. The company say they
:02:47. > :02:52.will fire lit up again only if the union agrees not to strike over the
:02:53. > :03:00.60 day consultation period and there were hopes of a breakthrough. We are
:03:01. > :03:07.hopeful that the unions will be able to accept the offer we make today.
:03:08. > :03:10.We are looking for a very simple insurance, that there will be no
:03:11. > :03:18.strike action between now and the end of the year. The unions say they
:03:19. > :03:28.have already agreed not to strike over that period. They cannot impose
:03:29. > :03:38.a negotiator at the same time. This set that they are making right now
:03:39. > :03:48.is blackmail. Now, the company has appealed directly to the workforce.
:03:49. > :03:58.The plan process is barrels of oil each day. Employees have until
:03:59. > :04:03.Monday until forward. If they do not agree, the plant is threatened with
:04:04. > :04:10.closure. This man, who did not want to be identified, showed me his
:04:11. > :04:19.letter. I do not agree with what the company is doing. I have been here
:04:20. > :04:26.30 years. I came here after I left school. I am just heartbroken. I
:04:27. > :04:34.have got two boys it is hard on them. The kids have stopped asking
:04:35. > :04:43.about Christmas because they are so frightened. At the moment, it looks
:04:44. > :04:48.as if neither side is going to be backing down.
:04:49. > :04:51.Now the company here have taken this so seriously that their chief
:04:52. > :04:55.executive Jim Ratcliffe, who is in charge of Ineos' 51 sites around the
:04:56. > :04:59.world, has flown in to try and solve the situation, but for now, it looks
:05:00. > :05:06.like stalemate and the next planned phase in this dispute is for
:05:07. > :05:19.workers' responses on Monday. From there, it is down to the
:05:20. > :05:27.shareholders. People in Scotland will pay less for energy, that was
:05:28. > :05:39.the assurance made by Nicola Sturgeon at the SNP party
:05:40. > :05:44.conference. Rena rent a 2-room flat in peer. Because she only uses one
:05:45. > :05:51.of them, her housing benefit has been cut by ?40 a month. She says it
:05:52. > :05:55.is very hard to make ends meet. Sometimes, I only have one radiator
:05:56. > :06:03.on and just have to put on a blanket to keep warm. These changes to
:06:04. > :06:10.housing benefit are part of the focus of the SNP. As the government
:06:11. > :06:15.in Scotland, they help you for ?20 million to help the hardest hit. But
:06:16. > :06:23.Labour are challenging them to find even more money for next year. I can
:06:24. > :06:30.announce today that we will allocate ?20 million again next year so that
:06:31. > :06:35.we can continue to give vital helped to those hit by this despicable
:06:36. > :06:41.bedroom tax. They have already said they would abolish the so-called
:06:42. > :06:48.bedroom tax if people fought US in the independence referendum. They
:06:49. > :06:51.said they would also be able to find energy-saving measures to help
:06:52. > :06:59.households hit by increasing electricity and gas bills. We think
:07:00. > :07:05.this will cut bills by up to 5%, up to ?70 a year, not a short-term
:07:06. > :07:12.measure, but the real cut in the cost of energy bills in Scotland.
:07:13. > :07:19.This is the cancer to the Labour party 's proposals to impose a price
:07:20. > :07:28.freeze on energy should they get elected in a national election.
:07:29. > :07:33.Nicola Sturgeon barged activists. Resolve to do everything you can to
:07:34. > :07:42.ensure that our country says a resounding yes for an independent
:07:43. > :07:46.Scotland. Thank you. It went down well in the hall and leaves the
:07:47. > :08:01.first minister with a hard act to follow. Our political editor Brian
:08:02. > :08:08.Taylor joins us now. On one level, it is an offer on the too hot topics
:08:09. > :08:13.of the day. The bedroom tax and fuel bills. Of course, it is more subtle
:08:14. > :08:19.than that, it is meant to fit into the narrative of the SNP putting
:08:20. > :08:25.forward a choice of two futures. Nicola Sturgeon is offering what she
:08:26. > :08:33.knows will be popular with photos in Scotland, translating that with the
:08:34. > :08:42.situation as she regards in the UK Government. It is also trying to
:08:43. > :08:47.counter the Labour Party, trying to counter the offer made by Ed
:08:48. > :08:54.Miliband to freeze UK energy prices should the Labour Party when the
:08:55. > :08:58.next election. Also, the initiative is about the bedroom tax, that was
:08:59. > :09:04.put forward by the Labour Party for one year and the today have extended
:09:05. > :09:07.by another year. Air accident investigators say a
:09:08. > :09:10.reduction in air speed that caused the fatal crash of a Super Puma
:09:11. > :09:14.helicopter off Shetland went unobserved by the pilots. A special
:09:15. > :09:17.bulletin by the AAIB says there is still no evidence of any technical
:09:18. > :09:20.fault. Its investigation will now focus on the effectiveness of pilot
:09:21. > :09:23.monitoring of instruments and the training of flight crews. Four
:09:24. > :09:25.people died when the CHC-operated helicopter crashed near Sumburgh in
:09:26. > :09:30.August. You are watching Reporting Scotland
:09:31. > :09:34.from the BBC. Still to come on the programme...
:09:35. > :09:39.The Silver Swans - more and pensioners are taking up ballet and
:09:40. > :09:43.feeling the health benefits. In sport, why it is back to work
:09:44. > :10:05.after their Champions League heroics for Glasgow city.
:10:06. > :10:16.And why it is standing room only for fans of rugby's Warriors. All the
:10:17. > :10:18.details later. One of Scotland's biggest
:10:19. > :10:20.electricity supply companies is launching a new offensive against
:10:21. > :10:23.metal thieves. ScottishPower Energy Networks will place radio and
:10:24. > :10:32.newspaper adverts to highlight the dangers the thieves face and the
:10:33. > :10:36.consequences of their actions. This is a look at a target for thieves,
:10:37. > :10:45.but the risks associated with stealing it are huge. These may have
:10:46. > :10:52.been disconnected, but the substation was still live in the
:10:53. > :11:02.network. The poster campaign unveiled by Scottish Power pools no
:11:03. > :11:09.plans answers. -- pools no punches. We have already had a couple of
:11:10. > :11:12.fatalities involved with metal fest and multiple injuries, considering
:11:13. > :11:29.such a small amount of money is at stake. The danger extends to the
:11:30. > :11:32.public. Cable charges could disable domestic appliances, but in the
:11:33. > :11:42.worst-case scenario you could have this. The isolator switch from the
:11:43. > :11:49.shower caught alight and it ended up with the house burning down. And
:11:50. > :11:56.Abraham Lincoln on the outdoor saved their lives. You do not realise it
:11:57. > :12:00.when you are asleep. It could have been a lot worse, a hell of a lot
:12:01. > :12:05.worse. Other stories from across Scotland
:12:06. > :12:08.this Friday... A new ?200 million concert and
:12:09. > :12:18.conference venue could be on the cards for Aberdeen. Council leaders
:12:19. > :12:21.want to invest in a replacement for the current Aberdeen Exhibition and
:12:22. > :12:23.Conference Centre. BBC Scotland understands that it could be built
:12:24. > :12:25.close to Aberdeen International Airport.
:12:26. > :12:29.Edinburgh's West End is to re-open to traffic tomorrow, following the
:12:30. > :12:33.completion of tram works in area. It will be the first time in six years
:12:34. > :12:35.that the entire city centre will be free of roadworks related to the
:12:36. > :12:39.controversial tram project. The UK government has asked the EC
:12:40. > :12:42.for permission to extend a scheme which allows island motorists
:12:43. > :12:45.cheaper petrol and diesel. People living on Scotland's islands
:12:46. > :12:48.currently qualify for the 5p a litre fuel duty discount, but the Treasury
:12:49. > :12:53.also wants some rural mainland areas to benefit.
:12:54. > :12:58.The Royal National Mod will be held in Inverness next year and at venues
:12:59. > :13:01.in Lochaber in 2017. This year's celebration of Gaelic music, dance,
:13:02. > :13:11.drama, arts and literature is taking place in Paisley. The Mod was last
:13:12. > :13:18.held in Inverness 17 years ago. We are into the more detailed planning
:13:19. > :13:24.now. We are doing the organisation for the competitions, stewarding. We
:13:25. > :13:30.need hundreds of volunteers supporters and there is still money
:13:31. > :13:35.to be gathered and collected. All of this helps us deal of a successful
:13:36. > :13:39.festival as possible. And there are more stories from your
:13:40. > :13:43.area and all the latest news, 24 hours a day, on BBC Scotland's
:13:44. > :13:45.website. The agricultural revolution
:13:46. > :13:48.transformed farming, but now it seems in the search for
:13:49. > :13:51.sustainability and to save money more smallholders and crofters are
:13:52. > :13:55.turning back the clock. Tomorrow near Crieff the British Horse
:13:56. > :14:08.Society is showing how things used to be done - Aileen Clarke watched
:14:09. > :14:13.the preparations. Those who still plough in the traditional way will
:14:14. > :14:22.tell you, as trade school, it is a very skilled one. Man has much to
:14:23. > :14:25.learn from horses. Once you get them going and they get used to you, you
:14:26. > :14:33.speak to them all the time. They listen to you all the time. Better
:14:34. > :14:37.than a tractor? Far better any time. It was just a few decades ago that
:14:38. > :14:44.most agricultural work was done this way. ETU wrote Jim Wallace still
:14:45. > :14:57.remembers the thrill of getting a horse and cart. You enjoyed that,
:14:58. > :15:02.you are better than everybody else. It seems there is a bit of an
:15:03. > :15:08.upsurge in interest in the ways of working and it is not just
:15:09. > :15:13.nostalgia. It is also financial. If you have a small holding, using your
:15:14. > :15:23.own horse makes sense. It is sustainable and affordable and fun.
:15:24. > :15:30.You can also diversify into carriage driving and funerals. The more
:15:31. > :15:34.different things you do, the more interesting it is for the ponies.
:15:35. > :15:39.The other thing is, not everyone gets married, but everyone makes
:15:40. > :15:46.that final journey, C can catch them all. But as well as your wellies,
:15:47. > :15:51.you'll need to pack quite a bit of patience.
:15:52. > :15:55.From the big beasts of farming - to some fleet-footed footballers,
:15:56. > :16:00.here's David. Glasgow City will face one of the
:16:01. > :16:03.best teams in Europe in the last 16 of the women's Champions League.
:16:04. > :16:07.Their 5-3 aggregate win over Standard Liege earning them a tie
:16:08. > :16:14.against the English club Arsenal. A big test for the part time players
:16:15. > :16:18.of City - as Heather Dewar reports. For many footballers, the day after
:16:19. > :16:25.a champions league victory would mean well and stay off. But for a
:16:26. > :16:30.Glasgow city, less than 24 hours after making it through is the last
:16:31. > :16:33.16, is back to work as usual. It's just such a good feeling in the
:16:34. > :16:39.changing room afterwards. Everyone was totally buzzing. Trying to get
:16:40. > :16:46.to sleep last night was a task in itself. I was still at work at
:16:47. > :16:52.2:30am -- I was still awake at 2:30am, so trying to get to work was
:16:53. > :16:58.difficult. Earning a living while competing at the highest levels is
:16:59. > :17:09.difficult. But the task ahead is tantalising. Emma Mitchell is
:17:10. > :17:13.probably the one we know most about. We have seen how come through as a
:17:14. > :17:19.young player and now she's doing really well at Arsenal, but
:17:20. > :17:24.similarly, they know a lot about us, so it is level pegging. One thing
:17:25. > :17:31.that isn't level pegging is the amount of money invested in the
:17:32. > :17:35.women's game here, something she hopes will change. I took the gig
:17:36. > :17:41.gets the same financial backing and it will lead it to take it into the
:17:42. > :17:43.next level. Until then, London is calling.
:17:44. > :17:47.Glasgow Warriors are proving so popular with rugby fans in the city
:17:48. > :17:49.and beyond they've increased the spectator capacity of their
:17:50. > :17:53.Scotstoun stadium to 6,500. So when they play Exeter Chiefs in their
:17:54. > :17:59.first home match of the Heineken European Cup - it'll be standing
:18:00. > :18:06.room only. We have sold out the last couple of games, we have added more
:18:07. > :18:10.seats and terracing this weekend. We're hoping it will be cracking
:18:11. > :18:17.game. Now, a look at what else is
:18:18. > :18:21.happening across Scottish sport. Cyclist Katie Archibald is part of
:18:22. > :18:31.the new team celebrating a world record, set at the European track
:18:32. > :18:38.championships in the Netherlands. Edinburgh Rugby have not been going
:18:39. > :18:44.well in the pro 12 league. But a win against Perpignan on Sunday would
:18:45. > :18:57.take them forward. We just try improve each week.
:18:58. > :19:03.It is the biggest event in prison for judo this year. Hopefully it is
:19:04. > :19:18.a good precursor for the games next year. More sports stories on the BBC
:19:19. > :19:21.sports Scotland website. More news about Katie Archibald. Her and her
:19:22. > :19:29.team-mates have taken gold in the European Championships. A happy
:19:30. > :19:33.ending from me for once. More and more pensioners are heading
:19:34. > :19:36.to the barre to take up ballet that is. According to the Royal Academy
:19:37. > :19:40.of Dance, it's the result of the popularity of TV programmes like
:19:41. > :19:43.Strictly Come Dancing - and it could be the key to a longer, healthier
:19:44. > :19:49.life. Emma Ailes reports. All bingo for these ladies. For
:19:50. > :19:57.them, Thursdays mean ballet. Today, it is Swan Lake. Alysia dance
:19:58. > :20:07.when she was young. Now nearly 80, she is back. Why do you come to
:20:08. > :20:12.ballet lessons? I tried to keep fit classes, but I find them boring. It
:20:13. > :20:18.makes you feel young. It doesn't make you look young, but it makes
:20:19. > :20:22.you feel young inside. The Royal Academy of dance has seen a 70% rise
:20:23. > :20:30.in adult dancers in recent years. Their oldest ballerina is 102. Many
:20:31. > :20:34.had never danced before. The amazing thing about these ladies is they
:20:35. > :20:39.have grown. They have stopped slouching and it is fantastic to see
:20:40. > :20:43.the difference in them. The lessons have proved so popular they have
:20:44. > :20:50.added extra classes. More people are joining all the time they still have
:20:51. > :20:55.a waiting list. But it is not just the physical challenge the ladies
:20:56. > :21:00.are after. A number of us have lost husbands this year and the support
:21:01. > :21:06.of the other ladies is fantastic. For others, there are more gentle
:21:07. > :21:12.options. In some of the care homes, there are people who have to be
:21:13. > :21:17.seated, the entire class, but they have a great dance class. There are
:21:18. > :21:24.lots of movements that can be adapted to people 's needs.
:21:25. > :21:30.They hope to get even more people to spend their twilight years doing
:21:31. > :21:32.ballet. Let's see how our weekend weather is
:21:33. > :21:42.shaping up from Gillian. It is a fairly unsettled spell of
:21:43. > :21:47.weather over the next couple of days and certainly a very wet spell
:21:48. > :21:56.tonight. Low pressure to the west of us. This weather front bringing
:21:57. > :22:05.rain. Tonight, it will continue its march northwards. It will be heavy
:22:06. > :22:11.at times. A yellow warning for heavy rainfall. Difficult conditions on
:22:12. > :22:16.roads, potentially localised flooding. Strong winds, potentially
:22:17. > :22:25.gale force. Unsurprisingly, with all that going on, a fairly mild night.
:22:26. > :22:33.Tomorrow, up nearly wet and windy start. In the afternoon, the
:22:34. > :22:38.heaviest rain and strongest winds become confined to the far North.
:22:39. > :22:50.Elsewhere, things will dry up a little. Still some rain for Lewis
:22:51. > :22:57.and the North West and rain hanging on over Courtney and Shetland. Poor
:22:58. > :23:07.conditions throughout the afternoon. Some sunshine coming through for
:23:08. > :23:11.Aberdeen shower. If you are hill walking, the clueless conditions
:23:12. > :23:16.will be over the hills of Caithness and Sutherland. Lighter, patchy rain
:23:17. > :23:24.for the Angus hills and the Cairngorms, still blowing gales
:23:25. > :23:30.across the tops. Winds are lighter at the further south you go. Fairly
:23:31. > :23:37.mild. For savers and fishermen in Scottish inshore waters, there will
:23:38. > :23:47.be heavy and possibly thundery showers. Visibility otherwise good.
:23:48. > :23:53.See is rough in the North at first. Through the rest of the day towards
:23:54. > :23:58.evening, those showers banding together. Another wet spell of
:23:59. > :24:05.weather across the country tomorrow night. Into Sunday, the wet weather
:24:06. > :24:06.hanging around in the north. Elsewhere across the country,
:24:07. > :24:14.sunshine with heavy showers. Now, a reminder of tonight's main
:24:15. > :24:17.news. Management and union leaders at the Grangemouth oil refinery have
:24:18. > :24:21.failed to reach a deal to restart the plant. Operators Ineos had asked
:24:22. > :24:24.Unite to make a commitment to NO further industrial action this year.
:24:25. > :24:28.But the union said it would only do that if Ineos agreed not to impose
:24:29. > :24:31.its planned cuts on the workforce. A coroner has ruled that neglect
:24:32. > :24:34.contributed to the deaths of five elderly people at a residential home
:24:35. > :24:37.in Sussex. She said there was institutionalised abuse throughout
:24:38. > :24:40.Orchid View Care Home and nobody did anything about it. The coroner said
:24:41. > :24:43.those involved in the neglect should be ashamed.
:24:44. > :24:45.People in Scotland will pay less for energy if they vote for
:24:46. > :24:49.independence. That was the claim made by the Deputy First Minister,
:24:50. > :24:51.Nicola Sturgeon at the SNP conference in Perth. And that's
:24:52. > :24:55.Reporting Scotland. I'll be back with the headlines at eight - and
:24:56. > :24:59.the late bulletin just after the ten o'clock news. Until then, from
:25:00. > :25:01.everyone on the team around the country, have a good evening.