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Tonight: The gap in the finances of an independent Scotland. A think | :00:17. | :00:28. | |
tank warns that spending will be cut off taxes will be raised. A tenfold | :00:29. | :00:36. | |
increase in hotel room prices for the Commonwealth Games. There did | :00:37. | :00:42. | |
not seem to be anything available, and what was available has several | :00:43. | :00:46. | |
zeros on the end of the normal price. | :00:47. | :00:55. | |
Also: The Aberdeen -based finance company that has become the largest | :00:56. | :01:03. | |
in Europe. He is one of the greatest rugby players from Scotland, we | :01:04. | :01:07. | |
speak to Gavin Hastings as he prepares to be inducted to the world | :01:08. | :01:14. | |
hall of fame. And we join the stars of film and television on the red | :01:15. | :01:20. | |
carpet. A highly respected think tank has | :01:21. | :01:23. | |
warned that an independent Scotland will need to cut public spending or | :01:24. | :01:31. | |
increase taxes. The Institute for Fiscal Studies says that an ageing | :01:32. | :01:36. | |
population and declining North Sea revenues will lead to severe | :01:37. | :01:43. | |
financial challenges. We already knew that the United Kingdom's | :01:44. | :01:46. | |
finances are in a bad way with the deficit to a high and debt rising | :01:47. | :01:53. | |
fast. The independent Scotland would inherit a share of that. Economists | :01:54. | :01:58. | |
say that the challenges would worsen. The amount that has to be | :01:59. | :02:03. | |
squeezed out of spending at nearly 2% of national income would you more | :02:04. | :02:09. | |
than twice that of the UK. To illustrate what that means, the | :02:10. | :02:14. | |
institute says there could be an 8% cut on public services spending or a | :02:15. | :02:22. | |
rise in taxes. That would be eight years from now, after completing | :02:23. | :02:32. | |
austerity measures. Jam tomorrow? What about today's evidence? An | :02:33. | :02:38. | |
ageing population with fewer immigrants is one reason that | :02:39. | :02:40. | |
Scottish finances look more challenging than Britain's. Oil | :02:41. | :02:45. | |
revenue would help for now but it does seem to be in long-term | :02:46. | :02:53. | |
decline. Something needs to be done. Something to cope with what we know | :02:54. | :02:57. | |
is highly likely to happen, in particular, the ageing of the | :02:58. | :03:04. | |
population. It is seen by some as evidence that nationalist promises | :03:05. | :03:10. | |
are too good to be true. You need to meet everyday costs as well as | :03:11. | :03:14. | |
meeting the cost of a rising population. Independence is all | :03:15. | :03:20. | |
about the opportunity to get out of that type of situation and create an | :03:21. | :03:25. | |
economic future based on greater prosperity for people in Scotland, | :03:26. | :03:28. | |
tackling the inherent inequality ovulated and. -- of the United | :03:29. | :03:39. | |
Kingdom. The Scottish government will look back more than 30 years | :03:40. | :03:44. | |
when setting out the case. It will make estimates on how much higher | :03:45. | :03:49. | |
incomes could have been if the model had been that of other small | :03:50. | :03:55. | |
independent nations. By the time of the recent financial crunch it would | :03:56. | :04:06. | |
have been 900 rounds Peterhead. -- ?900 per head. | :04:07. | :04:13. | |
You can see more on this on BBC Two at 11pm. | :04:14. | :04:19. | |
Visitors to Glasgow for the Commonwealth Games can expect to pay | :04:20. | :04:23. | |
up to ten times the normal price of a hotel. Organisers say they expect | :04:24. | :04:31. | |
prices to come down but as our Commonwealth reporter has been | :04:32. | :04:40. | |
finding out, they could be in for a shock. Construction work continues | :04:41. | :04:46. | |
in Glasgow. Another new hotel. One of many. 12,000 hotel rooms will be | :04:47. | :04:53. | |
filled across this city for the Commonwealth Games. But how much | :04:54. | :04:57. | |
will it cost and how easy are they to find? This fire secured tickets | :04:58. | :05:02. | |
for the boxing and has already booked his flights. -- this fan. But | :05:03. | :05:08. | |
when he tried to book accommodation... I was in a daze. | :05:09. | :05:18. | |
What is available has several zeros at the end of the price. | :05:19. | :05:24. | |
Comparing availability with ten random hotels outside of games time, | :05:25. | :05:33. | |
the difference is huge. The average price is ?75 90 outside of the | :05:34. | :05:37. | |
games. On the day of the opening ceremony, it goes up to ?362. The | :05:38. | :05:51. | |
average jump is 410%. The hotels have allocations with | :05:52. | :05:59. | |
companies. Touring groups. Those allocations will come back into the | :06:00. | :06:06. | |
market. We expect that from January. But not all hoteliers are looking to | :06:07. | :06:14. | |
cash in. Increasing prices is against our philosophy. This city is | :06:15. | :06:24. | |
trusting and friendly, I think it gives a different picture. | :06:25. | :06:30. | |
Big prices go hand-in-hand with big events. Just how big they are in | :06:31. | :06:36. | |
Glasgow will only be known once the games are over. | :06:37. | :06:45. | |
Still to come: Attempts to attract more visitors and boost income by | :06:46. | :06:49. | |
helping tourists research the Scottish roots. | :06:50. | :06:54. | |
A place in the Scottish squad for enthusiasm and finishing, we hear | :06:55. | :07:02. | |
from Kris Boyd. And Gavin Hastings talks to us about the greatest | :07:03. | :07:10. | |
regret of his career. A decade ago the company was on the | :07:11. | :07:15. | |
brink of collapse. Today, Aberdeen asset management became Europe's I | :07:16. | :07:21. | |
kissed independent fund manager. Their takeover of the Scottish | :07:22. | :07:24. | |
Widows investment arm from Lloyds bank is the nickel so far in the | :07:25. | :07:29. | |
career of Martin Gilbert, once described as a government committee | :07:30. | :07:32. | |
is a sophisticated snake oil salesmen. -- is the pinnacle of the | :07:33. | :07:46. | |
carrier. The company grew from being three | :07:47. | :07:49. | |
men in an office to being the largest in Europe. It now manages | :07:50. | :07:58. | |
funds worth ?350 billion. I never thought we would reach 1 | :07:59. | :08:06. | |
billion, let alone 350. It is just staggering. In those days you did | :08:07. | :08:13. | |
not think that so much wealth existed in the world. It has been a | :08:14. | :08:18. | |
fantastic journey. But in 2002 the company faced near | :08:19. | :08:23. | |
financial collapse. Investors lost millions. Martin Gilbert appeared | :08:24. | :08:29. | |
before a Commons select committee accused of being a sophisticated | :08:30. | :08:36. | |
snake oil salesmen. We put a low risk warning on it. How you react to | :08:37. | :08:43. | |
adversity is what makes you as a person. That is what made us as a | :08:44. | :08:50. | |
company. It made us the resilient company we are today. The deal with | :08:51. | :08:57. | |
Lloyds banking group means it can now compete with the largest | :08:58. | :09:02. | |
American fund managers. But any takeover will lead to concerns over | :09:03. | :09:06. | |
job cuts in Edinburgh, were both companies have headquarters. Martin | :09:07. | :09:11. | |
Gilbert however says the deal is good for Scotland and will bring | :09:12. | :09:16. | |
more business to the city. The law is to be changed on school | :09:17. | :09:20. | |
closures. The Scottish government says it wants to make the process | :09:21. | :09:25. | |
more transparent. Our education correspondent is with us. What is | :09:26. | :09:31. | |
changing? It follows concerns about removal school closures. The | :09:32. | :09:36. | |
government wants to make sure parents and communities are better | :09:37. | :09:46. | |
informed. -- rural school closures. The changes include clearer | :09:47. | :09:49. | |
financial information to set out the case. It is to guarantee confidence | :09:50. | :09:54. | |
amongst parents and communities regards the decision making process, | :09:55. | :09:59. | |
even if the decision is inevitably going to be controversial. There is | :10:00. | :10:05. | |
also the question of how to appeal against a decision to shut a | :10:06. | :10:09. | |
school. The government want to establish an independent review | :10:10. | :10:15. | |
body. The thinking is to try to offer reassurance. The real test | :10:16. | :10:25. | |
will be the next time any council proposes widespread closures. Let's | :10:26. | :10:30. | |
wait and see. Some of the country's most historic | :10:31. | :10:35. | |
courts have begun a move to cut costs. The Sheriff Court in Rothesay | :10:36. | :10:41. | |
had one of its last sittings today. There are claims that the closure | :10:42. | :10:49. | |
could compromise security. The ferry to the mainland takes 45 minutes. | :10:50. | :10:54. | |
People have a strong sense of community and self-sufficiency. They | :10:55. | :10:58. | |
mounted a campaign against proposals to close the Sheriff Court and | :10:59. | :11:03. | |
transfer cases to Greenock, a ferry and train ride away. The campaign | :11:04. | :11:08. | |
was led by the island newspaper which said that justice will not be | :11:09. | :11:12. | |
seen to be done as it cannot cover cases in Greenock in the future. It | :11:13. | :11:19. | |
is just another example of the best interests of the local community | :11:20. | :11:22. | |
being disregarded in favour of financial arguments. Which are | :11:23. | :11:27. | |
debatable at best. Quite apart from the financial arguments there was | :11:28. | :11:32. | |
also the public safety implication. Both sides in a case must travel to | :11:33. | :11:37. | |
court on the same ferry. Bute could become a less safe place to live as | :11:38. | :11:42. | |
a result. The court is not busy, healing on | :11:43. | :11:48. | |
average two criminal cases per week. Closing it will save around ?6,000 | :11:49. | :11:54. | |
every year. But local solicitors say that will be far outweighed by | :11:55. | :11:57. | |
increased costs to police in having to go across to Greenock for trials | :11:58. | :12:02. | |
in the future, and witness expenses from the legal aid budget. Lawyers | :12:03. | :12:08. | |
reject Court service claims that video technology could help some | :12:09. | :12:11. | |
witnesses avoiding having to travel to Greenock. That, interim, will | :12:12. | :12:18. | |
lead to less people reporting crime and cooperating with the police. The | :12:19. | :12:24. | |
police are concerned. It will have a huge impact on a struggling police | :12:25. | :12:31. | |
force on the island. The flatpack furniture is put up when the local | :12:32. | :12:34. | |
council is not using the room. The court service insist the closure | :12:35. | :12:39. | |
will improve services across Scotland. It is about investing in | :12:40. | :12:45. | |
the proper facilities, about making sure that in future we have the | :12:46. | :12:49. | |
right technology to allow people to play a role in the justice system. | :12:50. | :12:55. | |
He has rejected a last-minute campaign to keep some court cases in | :12:56. | :13:03. | |
Rothesay. A priest who wrote about a culture | :13:04. | :13:09. | |
of homosexual bullying in the Catholic church has been suspended. | :13:10. | :13:16. | |
Father Matthew Despard Is now the subject of a disciplinary process. | :13:17. | :13:19. | |
Dozens of parishioners walked out of John Ogilvie Church in protest at | :13:20. | :13:31. | |
his treatment. A patient slipped off an operating table at the Western | :13:32. | :13:36. | |
general in May, whilst unconscious. In another incident a surgical swab | :13:37. | :13:42. | |
was left inside a patient. More than 1000 staff will now undergo training | :13:43. | :13:47. | |
measures. Licensing boards in the south-west | :13:48. | :13:52. | |
being asked to call time on the new pub and of licence applications in | :13:53. | :13:59. | |
Dumfries and Stranraer. NHS Dumfries and Galloway say they are spending | :14:00. | :14:03. | |
about ?40 million every year dealing with drink related illness. Bus | :14:04. | :14:09. | |
users in Edinburgh have been using the country's first smart ticket | :14:10. | :14:13. | |
John Ogilvie first smart -- first smart ticket | :14:14. | :14:29. | |
app. It starts with the bosses. When the tram enters the service, the | :14:30. | :14:37. | |
same app can be used regardless of whether you are on a bus or a tramp. | :14:38. | :14:44. | |
A campaign to showcase the world-famous border horse festivals | :14:45. | :14:49. | |
has been launched. It will bring together the events from the 11 | :14:50. | :14:56. | |
border towns. There are more stories from your | :14:57. | :15:00. | |
area and all the latest news and analysis on BBC Scotland's website. | :15:01. | :15:07. | |
So-called ancestral tourism could earn Scotland billions of pounds. | :15:08. | :15:13. | |
Tourist chiefs have been told that capitalising on the growing number | :15:14. | :15:15. | |
of foreigners researching their roots and those drawn by next | :15:16. | :15:19. | |
year's major events like the Ryder Cup could mean big business. A case | :15:20. | :15:23. | |
of who do you think you are and how much do you think he will spend? | :15:24. | :15:30. | |
-- you will. Scotland's cultural heritage is already a big draw for | :15:31. | :15:35. | |
visitors. There is increasing in charge -- interest. This museum in | :15:36. | :15:44. | |
Sutherland is already capitalising on the interest, only this year at | :15:45. | :15:49. | |
attracting 2000 visitors to a series of events. Over the last ten years, | :15:50. | :15:56. | |
we have seen a significant increase, not just in the numbers of | :15:57. | :16:02. | |
people involved in ancestral research, but also the age. It has | :16:03. | :16:09. | |
become of its trendier. Something like 50 million people worldwide can | :16:10. | :16:14. | |
claim Scottish ancestry and that is a big market. Go to the places, it | :16:15. | :16:23. | |
makes it much more exciting. A lot of people said they get a sense of | :16:24. | :16:27. | |
the family spirit in that particular area. Museum exhibitions are all | :16:28. | :16:35. | |
well and good, but one thing that strikes people who come here soon -- | :16:36. | :16:41. | |
seeking their roots is the desire to establish a personal connection with | :16:42. | :16:44. | |
the place they have chosen to visit. It could be -- it could be a | :16:45. | :16:49. | |
Matheson from Canada. Within ten minutes, we could be on the phone to | :16:50. | :16:54. | |
them and you will be sitting in our cafe having a cup of the with new | :16:55. | :16:59. | |
relatives you did not know about. Next year, visitors will be flooding | :17:00. | :17:03. | |
into Scotland for events like the Ryder Cup and the Commonwealth | :17:04. | :17:07. | |
Games. Attracting some of them to research their roots could spread | :17:08. | :17:13. | |
the economic benefit further afield. Let's have a look at the sport. | :17:14. | :17:21. | |
Good evening. Scotland manager Gordon Strachan says he has turned | :17:22. | :17:25. | |
to Kris Boyd for his enthusiasm and finishing. Three years after he last | :17:26. | :17:30. | |
played for his country, the Germanic striker admits it is a great | :17:31. | :17:33. | |
surprise to be back in the national squad. -- kill my neck. | :17:34. | :17:42. | |
He was back amongst the goals for Scotland, although it was only a | :17:43. | :17:51. | |
training session. As a footballer, there is nothing prouder. It is a | :17:52. | :17:59. | |
great honour. I look forward to it. That wasn't always the case. He | :18:00. | :18:05. | |
didn't want to play for his country under George Burley, he last played | :18:06. | :18:09. | |
three years ago. He feels he has learned a lot since then. I have a | :18:10. | :18:13. | |
better appreciation of the game. It is not just about you. It is about | :18:14. | :18:23. | |
the 14. -- 14. There's no doubting his prowess. With Rangers, he was | :18:24. | :18:29. | |
the all-time top scorer with 164 goals and then 18 games for | :18:30. | :18:33. | |
Scotland, he scored seven times. His return to his club team followed | :18:34. | :18:37. | |
unsuccessful spells in Turkey and America. I think he brings | :18:38. | :18:43. | |
enthusiasm. It is great. And he is finishing. We all know he has | :18:44. | :18:51. | |
limitations, we all know what he likes. He wouldn't be starting | :18:52. | :18:55. | |
tomorrow, he knows that. But he could get on. Chances of that have | :18:56. | :18:57. | |
improved, with... Six Australian players including | :18:58. | :19:14. | |
Nick Cummings had been suspended for Saturday's test against Scotland. | :19:15. | :19:20. | |
They had been out drinking the night before their match against Ireland. | :19:21. | :19:24. | |
The Scots are still licking their wounds after a punishing defeat to | :19:25. | :19:28. | |
South Africa. The players know where improvements need to be made before | :19:29. | :19:33. | |
meeting in Australia. It would be a massive game. Gilbert have a | :19:34. | :19:37. | |
dominant display. It will be tough, there's no question about that. The | :19:38. | :19:42. | |
solution for us is simple, fix the set piece and breakdown and we are | :19:43. | :19:48. | |
capable of beating them. The 30-year-old has reached the third | :19:49. | :19:52. | |
round up at Wimbledon and the Australian open and enjoyed 12 years | :19:53. | :19:56. | |
of Team GB in the Fed cup. It has not been easy. It has taken time to | :19:57. | :20:04. | |
finally decide to retire, but I think when you have on your body | :20:05. | :20:08. | |
around the court the way I have for 16 years, I think my body is saying | :20:09. | :20:14. | |
that it is time to pack it in. Just one Scottish premiership game at the | :20:15. | :20:18. | |
weekend source and Mirren beat Ross County by 2-1. | :20:19. | :20:25. | |
It was a controversial game. You can see more of the goals and | :20:26. | :20:29. | |
action from that game plus more sport stories and all the latest | :20:30. | :20:35. | |
news on BBC sport Scotland's website. | :20:36. | :20:46. | |
What happened there? Here we are. Gavin Hastings has achieved so much | :20:47. | :20:50. | |
in world rugby. There is one standout moment that he says is his | :20:51. | :20:55. | |
biggest regret. He is being inducted into the World Hall of Fame, 61 caps | :20:56. | :21:01. | |
for Scotland. He went on to captain both his country and the British and | :21:02. | :21:05. | |
Irish Lions in a glittering career. He has been reliving the highs and | :21:06. | :21:10. | |
lows with our reporter. It is a walking made countless | :21:11. | :21:15. | |
times, both as a player and a leader. Murrayfield, a home from | :21:16. | :21:22. | |
home. Running out here with the pipes and | :21:23. | :21:28. | |
drums and the crowd is an amazing experience. After coming through age | :21:29. | :21:34. | |
grade and university teams, he made the jersey his own. His greatest | :21:35. | :21:38. | |
moment came in 1990 when the grand slam decider against England. No | :21:39. | :21:46. | |
secrets or hidden gems. It was a conviction that we were going to | :21:47. | :21:47. | |
win. 18 months later, the glory turned to | :21:48. | :22:04. | |
personal despair in the World Cup semifinal. If I could change one | :22:05. | :22:10. | |
thing, it would be that kick. Whether we would go on to win that | :22:11. | :22:17. | |
game, we will never know. Could you have won the World Cup? Probably. | :22:18. | :22:22. | |
Nearly 20 years after his retirement, the rugby world still | :22:23. | :22:27. | |
fondly remembered as one of Scotland's greatest players. It is a | :22:28. | :22:33. | |
thing that puts a smile on your face. You can give yourself a pat on | :22:34. | :22:40. | |
the back and say, it is lovely. And it is lovely, it is fantastic. I | :22:41. | :22:46. | |
feel very honoured. Some great memories there. | :22:47. | :22:53. | |
We stay with awards. It may have rained a bit on the red carpet, but | :22:54. | :22:57. | |
some of the biggest names in film and television attended last night | :22:58. | :23:04. | |
the Scottish BAFTAs. Many were among the stars. | :23:05. | :23:12. | |
From Brian Cox to Kelly MacDonald. From the big to the small screen and | :23:13. | :23:16. | |
all those who work behind the scenes. This is a celebration of the | :23:17. | :23:21. | |
whole industry. It was a strong year for | :23:22. | :23:25. | |
documentaries. This one about motor neuron disease won best director. | :23:26. | :23:32. | |
Another 13 behind BBC's Scotland's documentary Sins Of Our Fathers. | :23:33. | :23:41. | |
This film based on the memoirs of a former Glasgow gangster won the | :23:42. | :23:45. | |
audience vote. I don't make films for critics. I | :23:46. | :23:49. | |
make them for people who go and enjoy cinema. This is much more | :23:50. | :23:56. | |
important. Handing out the prizes, the star of one of the most talked | :23:57. | :24:02. | |
about stars in Scotland. He stars in outlander. There are 20 million | :24:03. | :24:13. | |
people that have bought the books. There are a lot of followers around | :24:14. | :24:20. | |
the world. We will see how it goes, it is a massive world and Scotland | :24:21. | :24:27. | |
gets to present it. From one of Scotland's best known actors to | :24:28. | :24:31. | |
another. Richard Wilson has appeared on stage and screen for the best | :24:32. | :24:34. | |
part of 50 years, most famously as Victor Meldrew. Last night, he did | :24:35. | :24:42. | |
not believe it. It is very special. It is so nice to have this towards | :24:43. | :24:50. | |
the end of one's career. But my career, I am still working, I'm | :24:51. | :24:53. | |
still going strong. I hope it does not mean the end, as it were. | :24:54. | :25:06. | |
As winter weather descends that have a look at the weather. | :25:07. | :25:11. | |
Technically it is still autumn, but it will feel like winter. A lot of | :25:12. | :25:17. | |
talk about snowfall. Most of us won't see the white stuff, it is ice | :25:18. | :25:21. | |
that we are concerned about. There is a yellow warning in place. We | :25:22. | :25:30. | |
still have these showers pushing in which will be wintry. Some sleet and | :25:31. | :25:34. | |
snow on high ground, occasionally to low levels. It will be clear and | :25:35. | :25:40. | |
cold for most of the country. A widespread frost. Temperatures sub | :25:41. | :25:44. | |
zero for most. Maybe holding up around the coast. A cold start | :25:45. | :25:49. | |
tomorrow. It will be icy and frosty. Then we tend to lose the showers | :25:50. | :25:53. | |
across the west coast and the North East. There is a lot of sunshine in | :25:54. | :25:58. | |
the forecast. Don't let that fool you, it will be a cold day. By mid | :25:59. | :26:04. | |
afternoon, maybe just two or three Celsius at best. Add on a wind, | :26:05. | :26:09. | |
it'll feel colder. Then we will see cloud working in from the Highlands. | :26:10. | :26:14. | |
The sunshine will hopefully last the further east you are and the cloud | :26:15. | :26:17. | |
rolling into wards Orkney and Shetland and Inverness as we had | :26:18. | :26:22. | |
through the afternoon. As the rain comes in, it will meet the cold air | :26:23. | :26:26. | |
and initially turned to snow over high ground, then turned back to | :26:27. | :26:30. | |
rain. The wind is the next big feature. We have another warning in | :26:31. | :26:35. | |
force, a yellow warning, it is early as it is for Wednesday, but we will | :26:36. | :26:39. | |
see some storm force gusts across the northern and western isles. It | :26:40. | :26:46. | |
is all thanks this pressure system. Notice the tightly packed isobars. | :26:47. | :26:49. | |
The rain in the South Clays on Wednesday. A number of showers | :26:50. | :26:55. | |
around. The winds will be very strong on the west coast. | :26:56. | :27:00. | |
Temperatures will be seven, but will feel colder. Thursday is better, | :27:01. | :27:07. | |
were less windy for a start. My goodness, tomorrow is going to be | :27:08. | :27:12. | |
very cold. That is the forecast. A reminder of tonight's main news. | :27:13. | :27:17. | |
Two leading Internet companies are to introduce changes to make it | :27:18. | :27:20. | |
harder for people to access images of child sex abuse. | :27:21. | :27:23. | |
Google and Microsoft says that it means that more than 100,000 search | :27:24. | :27:28. | |
terms will not direct people to illegal content. | :27:29. | :27:34. | |
A highly respected think tank has warned that an independent Scotland | :27:35. | :27:38. | |
would need to cut public spending or increase taxes to ensure that its | :27:39. | :27:43. | |
economy was on a sustainable footing. | :27:44. | :27:45. | |
The Institute for Fiscal Studies said an ageing population and | :27:46. | :27:50. | |
declining revenues will lead to severe financial challenges. A woman | :27:51. | :27:53. | |
has pleaded guilty to murdering three men and dumping their bodies | :27:54. | :27:56. | |
in a stitch. Joanna Dennehy from Peter Brock also | :27:57. | :28:01. | |
admitted the attempted murder of two other men. Victims were found in | :28:02. | :28:06. | |
March and April and all three had been stabbed. That is Reporting | :28:07. | :28:09. | |
Scotland. From everyone around the country and | :28:10. | :28:13. | |
on our Glasgow team, enjoy your evening. | :28:14. | :28:16. |