:00:17. > :00:25.Tonight, workers at Govan and Scotstoun are sent home after
:00:26. > :00:35.hearing the jobs will stay open. 800 Scottish building jobs are to go. A
:00:36. > :00:39.lot of April will be worried. BAE Systems insists they opted for the
:00:40. > :00:45.ride and not Portsmouth for commercial reasons but workers there
:00:46. > :00:52.say it was a political decision. We build a veteran product than Govan
:00:53. > :00:59.but they have still old us out. But most of the managing directors are
:01:00. > :01:05.Scottish. Scotland 's population is predicted to rise even more quickly
:01:06. > :01:15.than expected. And I am in Amsterdam ahead of Celtic's Champions League
:01:16. > :01:18.match against hijacks. -- Ajax. BAE Systems have announced they are
:01:19. > :01:25.costing 800 jobs from Scottish shipyards. The company wants to be
:01:26. > :01:35.juiced its UK workforce by almost 800 -- wants to reduce. Workers on
:01:36. > :01:40.the Clyde have had to get used to setbacks over the years. The ships
:01:41. > :01:44.have come and gone and so has the work. So, they took today's
:01:45. > :01:51.announcement with this sort of calm that comes from X earrings. They
:01:52. > :01:56.know that one in four of the workforce is set to lose their job.
:01:57. > :02:00.They also note that these yobs have a future. The start of a difficult
:02:01. > :02:05.they for shipyard workers on the Clyde. This morning, staff were
:02:06. > :02:10.called to mass meetings at which company bosses laid out their plan.
:02:11. > :02:15.Around 800 jobs in Scotland are to go over the next three jeers. After
:02:16. > :02:21.that news, staff at home for the day. They are used to uncertainty
:02:22. > :02:27.here but this has been hard to take. It has been a good provided to me
:02:28. > :02:33.over the years. Very quiet, sub dude, everybody's taking it in. A
:02:34. > :02:38.lot of people will be worried, friends, family. It is quite hard
:02:39. > :02:48.for a lot of people --. The company is shedding 1775 jobs from its UK
:02:49. > :02:54.workforce. 85 members of staff Rosyth and Filton people will lose
:02:55. > :03:03.their jobs as well. Hammer blow for Portsmouth. She putting that will
:03:04. > :03:08.end next year. -- should dogging. It is very good news for the Clyde. We
:03:09. > :03:14.have now secured a contract for the money back during of three vessels
:03:15. > :03:19.for the Royal Navy which will take through work in this area through to
:03:20. > :03:24.2016. That contact is important because it fills a blank space in
:03:25. > :03:28.the Clyde yard order books. Right now, workers here are building a
:03:29. > :03:31.second aircraft carrier for the Royal Navy but when it goes, they
:03:32. > :03:38.need more work. Those two ships were machined five years ago and they
:03:39. > :03:47.will workers build a -- busy. Two whole years before work might start
:03:48. > :03:51.on new contract for Type 26 frigates. Today's deal to build
:03:52. > :03:57.offshore patrol vessels fills that gap. So, now, at least, some new
:03:58. > :04:02.business is coming this way but it will not be enough for all of the
:04:03. > :04:08.existing workforce. the mission is to preserve as many jobs as possible
:04:09. > :04:17.in the Clyde. We will come bouncing back. We didn't spend the last ten
:04:18. > :04:22.years ringing kids here to see them go out the door. That will not
:04:23. > :04:25.happen. I next Wednesday, most workers are excited to that who will
:04:26. > :04:34.keep faith jobs and who will not. A bitter blow for some but the yard
:04:35. > :04:38.still has a future. So, the future looks secure for three or four years
:04:39. > :04:45.because of the decision to award these yards contracts to build those
:04:46. > :04:52.coastal patrol vessels. The big Ashton, though, is once they are in
:04:53. > :04:58.it, what then. The decision has been greeted with anger at UK ministers
:04:59. > :05:02.have insisted the decision was a commercial one and hadn't been
:05:03. > :05:06.influenced by the referendum. The Scottish Secretary said it plans to
:05:07. > :05:15.build new oil Navy vessels in Glasgow could be endangered by a yes
:05:16. > :05:21.vote for independence. Nicola Sturgeon said any suggestion of
:05:22. > :05:27.contracts being clawed back were'. -- were preposterous. Portsmouth,
:05:28. > :05:31.the home of the Royal Navy and a major shipbuilding centre for
:05:32. > :05:37.centuries. But not for much longer. They have looked vessels here since
:05:38. > :05:41.the reign of Henry VIII. But BAE is moving in work to the Clyde.
:05:42. > :05:50.Scotland's aim is Portsmouth's pain. And that that jobs of loving here
:05:51. > :05:56.while Scotland's yard stays open. We do a better job than Govan. But most
:05:57. > :06:02.of the managing directors are Scottish, so what can you do? The
:06:03. > :06:08.Scottish workers will be quite happy. Everything has been taken
:06:09. > :06:13.away from here. It was built on ship repair. It is a disgrace. On the
:06:14. > :06:20.south coast, a feeling that they yard has become a victim of Scottish
:06:21. > :06:27.independent policies. Is sustained 1000 jobs. UK ministers say the
:06:28. > :06:36.commercial decision. But they are warning tonight that independence
:06:37. > :06:38.could alter everything. In the unlikely situation of Scotland
:06:39. > :06:49.removing yourself from the rest of the UK, the contracts will be made
:06:50. > :06:52.on the same basis. Scotland -- if Scotland is no longer part of the
:06:53. > :06:58.country, it is difficult to see how the work will go to Scotland. The
:06:59. > :07:02.fact remains that if we want to secure the future of our
:07:03. > :07:08.shipbuilding industry for the next 20, 30, 40, 50 years, we have to
:07:09. > :07:13.think differently about it. This is the future. So far, the new Type 26
:07:14. > :07:18.naval vessels only exist on a computer, and turning the designs
:07:19. > :07:25.into reality will offer the Glasgow jobs work for the kids to come.
:07:26. > :07:28.Scotland is quite rightly getting to be the centre of excellence for
:07:29. > :07:35.complex warship building. That has been because of the polity of the
:07:36. > :07:38.people in the Clyde. Tonight, some certainty for those workers on the
:07:39. > :07:46.Clyde. Yes, large-scale job losses but a realisation that things could
:07:47. > :07:51.have in far worse. But the politics will never be far away from this.
:07:52. > :07:55.Our political editor that joined us. What is your take on this suggestion
:07:56. > :08:03.that an independent Scotland could lose orders? Sources both in
:08:04. > :08:07.Whitehall and here are insisted tonight that the choice of a sole
:08:08. > :08:12.location for a warship construction yard was pretty well always heading
:08:13. > :08:16.to Glasgow over Portsmouth. That was the icing case but the impending
:08:17. > :08:23.referendum campaign concentrated minds and perhaps if they are
:08:24. > :08:28.sweetness for Scotland, it is not the choice of Scotland over England,
:08:29. > :08:32.it is the position of Govan. Philip Hammond was adamant it was a
:08:33. > :08:36.business case but he also pointed he said to MPs that the Type 26
:08:37. > :08:41.contract would only act to be faced after the referendum on independence
:08:42. > :08:45.has taken place. It was a sensitive statement on a sensitive issue so
:08:46. > :08:51.there was no crude fret from him. Others have not been so circumspect
:08:52. > :08:55.and they are saying the tab 26 order for Moscow is dependent on a no vote
:08:56. > :09:02.for the referendum. Nicola Sturgeon said that was preposterous and said
:09:03. > :09:10.Glasgow have won these jobs on merit and that would continue to be the
:09:11. > :09:15.case. Removing the political dimensional, is there a business
:09:16. > :09:19.case for what has happened today? It is a strange day we get this
:09:20. > :09:25.devastating blow, as it has been described, the biggest loss of jobs
:09:26. > :09:28.since the downturn 800 jobs to go from the Clyde, and at the same
:09:29. > :09:33.time, there was a slight of relief that the Clyde will be retained as
:09:34. > :09:36.the sole area for building complexes warships for the Royal Navy,
:09:37. > :09:42.retaining nearly two and a half thousand jobs. They have known for a
:09:43. > :09:45.long time there would be scaling down and this could have been a lot
:09:46. > :09:49.worse for the Clyde. Quite apart from the political considerations
:09:50. > :09:53.you have been hearing about, there was a business case. The workforce
:09:54. > :09:56.reckons they have won the right to keep building warships because of
:09:57. > :10:01.cost. They have the skills and they have been delivering on time. How is
:10:02. > :10:07.the future looking? the shipyards will continue to build warships.
:10:08. > :10:10.They have a new order for three patrol vessels. Last week, the Royal
:10:11. > :10:14.Navy didn't seem to need them. They are going to get anywhere. That
:10:15. > :10:24.should lead on to the replacements for the frigate. And now, they can
:10:25. > :10:27.go yon one customer -- can go beyond one customer and compact look at
:10:28. > :10:31.export, looking beyond building warships and they will continue to
:10:32. > :10:35.have a skills which are important throughout the rest of the economy.
:10:36. > :10:43.Schools can be adapted for the energy sector, offshore oil, --
:10:44. > :10:47.skills can be adapted. This probably means a more mobile workforce for
:10:48. > :10:57.those who will be losing faith jobs, working on, track. -- working on
:10:58. > :11:04.contract. There is less job security. There is more analysis
:11:05. > :11:13.later tonight on Newsnight Scotland with Gordon Brewer. Still to come,
:11:14. > :11:19.the rise in rural fine as thousands of pounds worth of sheep or stolen
:11:20. > :11:23.in Perthshire. In sport, we announce they are down for the Champions
:11:24. > :11:29.League down -- match with Ajax. And we are with the wealth of my best
:11:30. > :11:35.speed skater. -- the world's best speed skater. Scotland's population
:11:36. > :11:40.is addicted to rise faster than previously expected top new
:11:41. > :11:46.projections expect a rise of half a million people by 2037. The change
:11:47. > :11:54.driven by inward migration. Five years ago, this man came to
:11:55. > :12:01.Edinburgh on holiday. He had lost his job in Poland and decided to
:12:02. > :12:06.stay, working as a chef. It turns out I love the country and the city.
:12:07. > :12:11.It is much easier to live here, much easier to find a job, that is why I
:12:12. > :12:17.decided to stay. It is a trend that is expected to come teeny. New
:12:18. > :12:27.migrants are making a big rise. -- expected to continue. By 2037, the
:12:28. > :12:32.figure of people living here will rise by 9%. There is an element of
:12:33. > :12:39.rest guessed from the registrar general nevertheless as firm
:12:40. > :12:42.conclusions. There will be an older population and the population will
:12:43. > :12:46.contain more older people than it does now and that will be a
:12:47. > :12:52.significant factor for policy makers and others to consider. By 2037, the
:12:53. > :12:57.working age population will increase but both men and women will be
:12:58. > :13:07.living on average five years longer. The over 75 racket up by 86%. -- the
:13:08. > :13:12.over 75 bracket. We need to encourage people to be active in
:13:13. > :13:20.their own communities. Lunch clubs, amenity transport and so on. These
:13:21. > :13:23.are under threat. These projections are based on coverage trends and any
:13:24. > :13:28.changes to the physical or cultural landscape have the potential to
:13:29. > :13:32.alter them significantly. The question for decision makers now and
:13:33. > :13:34.in the future is how to best to deal with the changing face of Scottish
:13:35. > :13:41.society. Celtic have urged fans in Amsterdam
:13:42. > :13:44.for the Champions League tie with Ajax to be "extra vigilant", after a
:13:45. > :13:48.group of supporters were attacked in a city centre bar. CCTV footage has
:13:49. > :13:55.been shown on a Dutch website, apparently showing the incident.
:13:56. > :13:59.Around 50 Celtic supporters were reported to be in the Old Sailor
:14:00. > :14:02.Cafe in the city when it was attacked by a large group of masked
:14:03. > :14:04.men. There were no serious injuries and a number of people were
:14:05. > :14:06.arrested. Other stories from across Scotland
:14:07. > :14:09.this Wednesday... A young woman who died in a
:14:10. > :14:12.two-vehicle crash in Peterhead, which left three others injured, has
:14:13. > :14:21.been named locally as 27-year-old Lisa Franklin. The crash involved a
:14:22. > :14:24.red Vauxhall Corsa and a white van. Being told you have lung cancer is
:14:25. > :14:26.one of the scariest things you will ever hear.
:14:27. > :14:30.Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is starring in a new
:14:31. > :14:33.campaign to help increase the early detection of lung cancer. The TV
:14:34. > :14:36.advert is part of the Government's ?30 million campaign to increase the
:14:37. > :14:39.early diagnosis of cancer by 25%. Both of Sir Alex's parents died from
:14:40. > :14:41.lung cancer. A campaign has been launched to
:14:42. > :14:45.improve helicopter safety following the fatal crash off Shetland. The
:14:46. > :14:49.industry says it is already tackling key issues, but a union survey found
:14:50. > :15:00.more than half of workers questioned had safety concerns. The aisle
:15:01. > :15:05.industry is very risk, so the question of investment should not be
:15:06. > :15:09.an issue. We are asking for them to invest in a proper fleet and proper
:15:10. > :15:12.training. Firefighters have spent the day
:15:13. > :15:15.damping down a huge fire at a hospital complex in Aberdeen. At one
:15:16. > :15:18.stage, 70 firefighters, with eight engines and four specialist support
:15:19. > :15:22.units, were involved in tackling the blaze at a derelict building on the
:15:23. > :15:24.site of Royal Cornhill Hospital. No-one was injured and nearby
:15:25. > :15:28.patients were not affected. The cause is not yet known.
:15:29. > :15:32.?2.5 million is being spent on Inverness Airport's main runway.
:15:33. > :15:35.Highlands Islands airports is spending almost ?1.5 million on
:15:36. > :15:38.resurfacing the runway which handles more than 30,000 flights a year. It
:15:39. > :15:46.will extend its operational life for another 20 years.
:15:47. > :15:54.And there are more stories, local and national, on BBC Scotland's
:15:55. > :15:57.website. Farmers and others living in the
:15:58. > :16:01.country are being urged to be vigilant, after a spate of sheep
:16:02. > :16:03.rustling. Thieves have struck several times in Perthshire, taking
:16:04. > :16:07.stock worth tens of thousands of pounds. As Andrew Anderson reports,
:16:08. > :16:19.agricultural crime appears to be on the increase across Scotland. Where
:16:20. > :16:23.can sheep safely graze? Not in their own fields, it would seem. This
:16:24. > :16:29.Perthshire farmer is out checking his flock. He has fallen victim to
:16:30. > :16:36.rustlers twice in September, losing animals what ?10,000. This spring
:16:37. > :16:43.was horrendous, with the rain and the weather. For someone to do that
:16:44. > :16:47.is wrapping your heart out. You do all the hard work and some decides
:16:48. > :16:52.to take it all from you. Billy used to count the sheep a few times a
:16:53. > :16:59.year and now he is having to do it every day, which takes up valuable
:17:00. > :17:06.time. Thieves have struck at other farms. Nearly ?50,000 worth of sheep
:17:07. > :17:11.has gone missing. So who has done it? Someone who is used to dealing
:17:12. > :17:19.with livestock and has got the facilities to be able to work with
:17:20. > :17:29.them. It is not just sheep. One survey said farming came cost ?2
:17:30. > :17:34.million last year, with the likes of agricultural machinery being the
:17:35. > :17:38.favourite theft. Livestock are dotted over tens of thousands of
:17:39. > :17:44.acres, so how do you tighten up on farm security? There are no easy
:17:45. > :17:50.answers. Billy is now looking to increase security, to protect his
:17:51. > :17:56.flock. Those living in the country are asked to be on the lookout for
:17:57. > :18:00.anyone suspicious. They are wondering they are wondering not if
:18:01. > :18:07.the rustlers will strike again, but when.
:18:08. > :18:09.To our sporting round up now and over to David.
:18:10. > :18:13.Celtic are in the Netherlands to play Ajax in a match Neil Lennon
:18:14. > :18:16.says is pivotal to their chances of reaching the last 16 of the
:18:17. > :18:19.Champions League.His team earned their first points in Group H a
:18:20. > :18:22.fortnight ago, beating the Dutch champions in Glasgow. Alasdair
:18:23. > :18:25.Lamont is in Amsterdam and watch the start of his report for evidence of
:18:26. > :18:33.why some people call Celtic's group, the Group of Death. The Celtic do
:18:34. > :18:38.not come away with Amsterdam with something, it will not be for the
:18:39. > :18:44.lack of support, with even the Grim Reaper joining in. More than 10,000
:18:45. > :18:49.Celtic supporters are expected here than they know another victory will
:18:50. > :18:54.mean qualification is a distinct possibility and, more realistically,
:18:55. > :19:02.after defeats to Milan and Barcelona. We have recovered well
:19:03. > :19:09.after two defeats. We always knew that the double-header against Ajax
:19:10. > :19:13.would be pivotal for others. If we can stay in the group after this
:19:14. > :19:19.game, it gives us a great chance going back to Glasgow. In most in
:19:20. > :19:27.the Celtic side which won on their last visit here 12 years ago. I
:19:28. > :19:33.think Celtic think they can score. I think their weakest point of the
:19:34. > :19:42.Dutch side as the defence. They know that Ajax need to win this game. For
:19:43. > :19:50.me, I would be on our front foot in a positive manner. The roof will
:19:51. > :19:57.stay closed as Celtic go in search of the victory and that should add
:19:58. > :20:00.to a fabulous atmosphere and the Amsterdam Arena.
:20:01. > :20:03.And there is live coverage of tonight's match on BBC radio
:20:04. > :20:06.Scotland 810 medium wave and on digital on Sportsound.
:20:07. > :20:09.She is the number one speed skater in the world. But Livingston's Elise
:20:10. > :20:13.Christie still has to qualify for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia
:20:14. > :20:21.in February. She could make sure of her place in Team GB at this week's
:20:22. > :20:26.qualifying competition in Italy. It is all about separate, not just now.
:20:27. > :20:29.I do not see it as such a big deal at the moment.
:20:30. > :20:35.Now, fasten your seat belts for a journey around what is happening
:20:36. > :20:40.across Scottish sport. I do not want to put you off your dinner, at
:20:41. > :20:45.Murrayfield grounds that are dealing with an infestation of parasitical
:20:46. > :20:56.worms. They are treating it with garlic, which the little pests
:20:57. > :20:59.cannot stand. Kelly is set to captain Scotland once again after
:21:00. > :21:13.recovering from ankle surgery against Japan. I am just delighted
:21:14. > :21:19.that all the difficulties have been put behind me. Rangers have
:21:20. > :21:22.postponed the game a week on Saturday against Forfar because four
:21:23. > :21:35.of the players would be on international duty. Glasgow city 's
:21:36. > :21:40.Champions League match against Arsenal is likely to be a sell-out.
:21:41. > :21:48.Seated areas are already sold out. There are more sports stories 24
:21:49. > :21:53.hours a day on the BBC sport Scotland website.
:21:54. > :21:57.Finally, back to the fate of the Clyde shipyards. Over the decades
:21:58. > :22:03.the Govan yard, which began life as Fairfields, has been on the brink of
:22:04. > :22:06.closure on a number of occasions. But, as with today's announcement,
:22:07. > :22:14.it has always managed to survive. Reevel Alderson looks at its
:22:15. > :22:20.fluctuating fortunes. At Govan, the Queen arrives to launch the Empress
:22:21. > :22:27.and Britain. May God speed power and all who sail in her. This was the
:22:28. > :22:34.1950s, the heyday of ship loading on the Clyde. The industrial life of
:22:35. > :22:39.Scotland flowed down the river. In the 50s, there were eight yards in
:22:40. > :22:47.Glasgow alone and more downstream. No, there are just too. By the late
:22:48. > :22:55.1960s, Fairfields had been rescued by a possible closure, with the new
:22:56. > :23:02.venture. The first ship to be built in what amounts to be a laboratory,
:23:03. > :23:06.a laboratory to see if it can bridge the gap between them the bosses and
:23:07. > :23:12.others the workers. It did not last. It would be closed by the
:23:13. > :23:17.conservative government as a lame duck. Famously, the men took action.
:23:18. > :23:24.This shop stewards representing the workers are in control of this yard.
:23:25. > :23:33.There will be no hooliganism, there will be no vandalism, there will be
:23:34. > :23:40.no babying. Over the next 30 years, it over with many name and changes.
:23:41. > :23:49.Now, it will continue building ships. This is the boardroom
:23:50. > :23:55.Fairfields of. The newly refurbished Victorian offices shall have it
:23:56. > :24:02.remains a symbol of Scottish industry. It was the home of
:24:03. > :24:06.Scottish shipbuilding. It was the most successful shipbuilding firm in
:24:07. > :24:12.the world and the status of this building reflects that. It is
:24:13. > :24:18.costing ?5.8 million to restore the offices to the former splendour.
:24:19. > :24:22.They will open again next year, to house local businesses and to
:24:23. > :24:28.reflect the industrial heritage of the place. It is also hoped they
:24:29. > :24:34.could look forward to a ship future of shipbuilding here in Govan. Time
:24:35. > :24:45.now for the weather. We are settling into something of a
:24:46. > :24:50.pattern, with blustery showers, with crisp autumn sunshine for Eastern
:24:51. > :24:57.Scotland. That was a picture this afternoon. This evening, a feat of
:24:58. > :25:03.showers will continue in western Scotland. A few of the showers
:25:04. > :25:10.getting across to the east, but overall in the east, it will be dry,
:25:11. > :25:17.with long clear spells. Debbie just good debt overnight below zero, so
:25:18. > :25:25.the risk of ice in the likes of Aberdeenshire. Becoming windy across
:25:26. > :25:37.the North, with deals for the Northern Isles. -- deals. Frosty in
:25:38. > :25:42.parts of the East, but through the day, bands of showers pushing and
:25:43. > :25:46.through the West, some of them very heavy, particularly in the North
:25:47. > :25:54.West Highlands. Some of them will get across to parts of Aberdeenshire
:25:55. > :25:59.on the back of the strong winds. But the best of the sunshine in the
:26:00. > :26:06.East, particularly in eastern Aberdeenshire. Feeling chilly
:26:07. > :26:18.though, with high temperatures of just eight degrees Celsius. The wind
:26:19. > :26:23.continue to bring plenty of showers in across the West well into the
:26:24. > :26:31.evening tomorrow. Some of them will make it into central Scotland. We
:26:32. > :26:35.hold onto that for Friday. Once again, western Scotland will be the
:26:36. > :26:39.brunt of the showers, with the best of the weather the East.
:26:40. > :26:53.Now, a reminder of tonight's main news... Around 800 shipbuilding jobs
:26:54. > :26:59.article in Scotland, as it the company seeks to reduce its national
:27:00. > :27:01.workforce by 1,800. In England, shipbuilding will come to an end at
:27:02. > :27:05.Portsmouth. Police say the mother of a four year
:27:06. > :27:08.old girl who was mauled to death by the family's bulldog desperately
:27:09. > :27:11.tried to save her daughter by stabbing the dog with a kitchen
:27:12. > :27:15.knife. Lexi Branson was off school sick yesterday when she was attacked
:27:16. > :27:18.in her home near Loughborough. The family had only got the dog two
:27:19. > :27:20.months ago from a local rescue centre.
:27:21. > :27:23.Five disabled people have won their court battle to stop the UK
:27:24. > :27:25.Government closing a scheme which provides them with money and
:27:26. > :27:28.support. The Independent Living Fund, which is claimed by around
:27:29. > :27:32.20,000 severely disabled people, was due to be shut in 2015.
:27:33. > :27:36.And that is Reporting Scotland. I will be back with the headlines at
:27:37. > :27:38.eight o'clock and the late bulletin just after the ten o'clock news.
:27:39. > :27:40.Until then, have a good evening.