08/03/2014

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:00:00. > :00:00.with the latest news at 10.10. Now on BBC One, time for

:00:07. > :00:11.Good evening. Nearly 400 women from across Scotland are marking

:00:12. > :00:14.International Women's Day with a convention at the Scottish

:00:15. > :00:18.Parliament. Other events are being held across the country. One of the

:00:19. > :00:20.key speakers at Holyrood says women still face "significant obstacles"

:00:21. > :00:32.in education, employment and public life. Cameron Buttle reports.

:00:33. > :00:36.Women from all over the country are here to Mark International Women's

:00:37. > :00:41.Day, the theme is what women want, what women need. Today is very much

:00:42. > :00:44.seen as a celebration of the achievements of women, but for those

:00:45. > :00:51.campaigning for equality, there is a long way to go. There is still a lot

:00:52. > :00:56.to be done, and there is a total commitment in our country that we

:00:57. > :01:01.will continue that fight, until we get what is rightly ours, and

:01:02. > :01:05.deservedly so. Nearly 400 women are attending the event today.

:01:06. > :01:10.Organisers say they had to turn away at least another 400. They say that

:01:11. > :01:16.is proof that there is a growing interest in women's issues at

:01:17. > :01:21.grassroots level. Women are not a big, genus group, we have a very

:01:22. > :01:24.diverse, across the Scottish society, it is important that the

:01:25. > :01:31.voices of women are heard, that is as important particularly this year.

:01:32. > :01:35.It is fantastic that women are coming forward from all parts of

:01:36. > :01:38.Scotland, keen to get involved, and help to shape Scotland moving

:01:39. > :01:42.forward. The convention aims to influence the policies which

:01:43. > :01:47.directly affect women and their families. It is now planning a road

:01:48. > :01:49.show around Scotland this summer. Labour are calling for a

:01:50. > :01:52.Parliamentary Inquiry into the discovery of a radioactive fault at

:01:53. > :01:57.Dounreay in 2012, which was only made public two years later. The

:01:58. > :02:01.party want an investigation into the handling of the incident at the

:02:02. > :02:04.naval nuclear reactor in Caithness. It's asking why the Scottish

:02:05. > :02:06.Parliament wasn't informed, and why it was nine months before the

:02:07. > :02:10.Scottish Environmental Protection Agency was told. The Shadow Scottish

:02:11. > :02:13.Secretary, Margaret Curran, along with the Shadow Defence Secretary,

:02:14. > :02:21.have written to the Defence Select Committee. The MoD insists there are

:02:22. > :02:25.no safety concerns. Police say a body found by a walker

:02:26. > :02:28.on a beach in Dumfries and Galloway has been identified as that of a

:02:29. > :02:32.missing man from Annan. 30-year-old Ian Carruthers was last seen in the

:02:33. > :02:36.town in January. Police had released a CCTV image of Mr Carruthers. His

:02:37. > :02:41.body was discovered on the shore at the village of Portling on Friday.

:02:42. > :02:45.A 15-year-old boy has been seriously injured in a crash in Angus. He was

:02:46. > :02:49.in a car which left the road and hit a tree between Forfar and Carnoustie

:02:50. > :02:52.last night. Now sport, and in half an hour,

:02:53. > :02:55.Scotland kick off against France at Murrayfield, hoping they can build

:02:56. > :02:59.on their previous Six Nations victory in Rome. Duncan Weir's last

:03:00. > :03:02.gasp drop goal sealed a win for the Scots and restored morale in the

:03:03. > :03:07.squad, after its disappointing opening matches. It's the final game

:03:08. > :03:16.in charge for interim coach Scott Johnson. I am privileged to be

:03:17. > :03:21.invited to do what I am doing. I feel privileged to sit in that

:03:22. > :03:26.stadium. If you're not excited, you should be dead! It is not what I am

:03:27. > :03:29.about, I am really cited. And there's live coverage of the

:03:30. > :03:33.match on BBC Scotland TV, radio and online. -- I am really excited. Kick

:03:34. > :03:35.off is at 5pm. In football, it's quarter-finals weekend in the

:03:36. > :03:39.Scottish Cup. Aberdeen and Dumbarton are still playing their tie.

:03:40. > :03:41.Aberdeen are currently leading by 1-0. Championship side Raith Rovers

:03:42. > :03:44.scored an excellent goal from Joe Cardle, but they still lost 3-1 to

:03:45. > :03:47.Premiership St Johnstone. Steven Anderson scored the third goal.

:03:48. > :03:51.There are two more quarter-final matches tomorrow.

:03:52. > :03:53.Time for the weather outlook for tonight and tomorrow. Gillian's at

:03:54. > :04:02.the map. It has been a decent afternoon,

:04:03. > :04:08.mainly dry with Sergeant, and it has been mild but very windy. We have

:04:09. > :04:12.seen dust of up to 60 mph in places. You can see those tightly packed

:04:13. > :04:16.isobars. This evening, the winds will ease, then this rant comes into

:04:17. > :04:22.play in the West later. For the first part of tonight, mainly dry.

:04:23. > :04:25.Just a little patchy drizzle. More persistent rain pushing into the

:04:26. > :04:28.Western Isles and down western parts of the mainland. The winds will be

:04:29. > :04:34.strong for much of the night but will ease towards morning. And it

:04:35. > :04:37.lost a mild, temperatures holding at