:00:07. > :00:12.A report on police call handling in Scotland says no more call
:00:13. > :00:15.centres should be closed for now, because of weaknesses in the way
:00:16. > :00:19.The review was ordered after the deaths of John Yuill and
:00:20. > :00:22.Lamara Bell who lay undiscovered for days in their car after it crashed
:00:23. > :00:54.Here's our Home Affairs Correspondent, Reevel Alderson.
:00:55. > :00:58.Here's our Home Affairs how no one responded to the
:00:59. > :01:03.emergency call. Win just constant reminders of what happened to my
:01:04. > :01:06.sister, what she went through. Those thoughts stick with me all the time,
:01:07. > :01:10.and I would hate to see anybody else have to go through that. Three days
:01:11. > :01:14.of suffering like my sister went through. It is just terrible. I do
:01:15. > :01:19.say, we just want to make sure there is change and make sure this can
:01:20. > :01:23.never happen again. This is the control room in Midlothian which
:01:24. > :01:26.handled the call about the crash. It is now dealing with calls which is
:01:27. > :01:31.to go to sterling, which is now closed. Agricole was handled was
:01:32. > :01:36.investigated by the director of Constabulary. He looked at how calls
:01:37. > :01:39.were dealt with a cross-party Scotland. He said oversight of the
:01:40. > :01:47.programme was inadequate and there were insufficient staff. Call
:01:48. > :01:51.handlers were sometimes on the under pressure to end calls, and some used
:01:52. > :01:56.scribble pad rather than inputting data directly into the computer 's.
:01:57. > :02:03.He said further closures should not go ahead without guarantees that the
:02:04. > :02:07.service will not suffer. The report recognises that we are in the middle
:02:08. > :02:11.of a long and complex programme of change and provides important
:02:12. > :02:15.assurances about our call handling capacity capability and processes.
:02:16. > :02:19.We of course acknowledged there had been challenges and issues and
:02:20. > :02:25.today's report recognises that we have made progress in addressing
:02:26. > :02:27.those issues. The Scottish Police Federation agrees things are
:02:28. > :02:32.improving banks to more investment but says problems were inevitable
:02:33. > :02:37.because the force has to save ?1.1 billion over 13 years. The almost
:02:38. > :02:40.singular focus on track to save money at the cost of every thing
:02:41. > :02:44.else was clearly one of the driving factors that resulted in such poor
:02:45. > :02:48.service being delivered to the public and can come as no surprise
:02:49. > :02:52.that on the back of an investment that enable people and personnel to
:02:53. > :02:57.be put in place that resulted significant improvements, which the
:02:58. > :03:05.report also highlights. Lee Scotland received 3.7 million calls a year on
:03:06. > :03:10.999 and nonemergency numbers. The report was called shopping and an
:03:11. > :03:14.indictment. But the Justice Secretary insisted it is working. We
:03:15. > :03:17.accept that the whole issue of local centres are sticking forward could
:03:18. > :03:21.have been handled better and the recommendation that have been made
:03:22. > :03:23.by the inspectors set out very clearly the need for improvement and
:03:24. > :03:27.how these types of changes are managed in the future. What we now
:03:28. > :03:31.have to do is make sure that the progress that the report highlights
:03:32. > :03:35.has been made in recent months, we build on that progress. And the
:03:36. > :03:39.report into how the incident itself was handled was ordered by the Lord
:03:40. > :03:41.Advocate and it will be published next year.
:03:42. > :03:44.The former Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael has said he
:03:45. > :03:49.didn't lie over a leaked memo in an attempt to protect his reputation.
:03:50. > :03:52.He said the reason he told the lie was to keep media attention
:03:53. > :03:57.focussed on the alleged double standards of the SNP in
:03:58. > :04:02.He was giving evidence for a second day at a special election
:04:03. > :04:05.court in Edinburgh which will decide whether he broke the law.
:04:06. > :04:15.Trying times for the former Scottish Secretary. Alistair Carmichael
:04:16. > :04:20.arrives at court this morning faced with accusations that he repeatedly
:04:21. > :04:24.lied about the leaked memo. The first time I became aware of this,
:04:25. > :04:27.and this is on record, was when I received a phone call on Friday
:04:28. > :04:32.afternoon from a journalist making me aware of it. He accepted he likes
:04:33. > :04:35.to Channel 4 television and to a newspaper reporter and misled the
:04:36. > :04:39.Cabinet Office enquiry into the leaked memo in a calculated move.
:04:40. > :04:40.Challenged repeatedly in court that he had lied to save his reputation,
:04:41. > :05:00.he said: He had authorised the leak of a
:05:01. > :05:03.memo, the basis of an article, which claimed the First Minister had told
:05:04. > :05:06.the French ambassador she wanted David Cameron to remain as Prime
:05:07. > :05:15.Minister after the election, something Nicola Sturgeon denied. A
:05:16. > :05:19.month after he was returned as MP for me and Shetland, but days later
:05:20. > :05:22.evidence emerged that he had lied about the leaked memo. His
:05:23. > :05:27.constituents have taken him to court, arguing he misled the public
:05:28. > :05:30.in the run-up to his re-election as MP. He was asked if this episode had
:05:31. > :05:35.taken its toll on him and his family. He replied it had been a
:05:36. > :05:40.difficult few months. Asked if he regretted his involvement in the
:05:41. > :05:45.leaks, he replied, "enormously." Alistair Carmichael left court this
:05:46. > :05:48.afternoon, is evidence finished. Tomorrow, more illegal teams are due
:05:49. > :05:52.to present more submissions. At stake is his political career. If he
:05:53. > :05:54.loses this case he could lose his seat.
:05:55. > :05:57.The UK Government has puts plan to relax Sunday trading laws
:05:58. > :06:00."on hold" while talks continue with opposition parties.
:06:01. > :06:08.The SNP had threatened to vote against the plans because
:06:09. > :06:11.of the impact on shop workers' pay across the UK, even though the plan
:06:12. > :06:20.The Scottish Government's decision to award ?150,000 to
:06:21. > :06:24.the organisers of T in the Park is to be reviewed by the public
:06:25. > :06:27.The culture secretary Fiona Hyslop was called before a parliamentary
:06:28. > :06:29.committee in September to be quizzed on the award.
:06:30. > :06:32.Audit Scotland says it will examine the funding as part
:06:33. > :06:37.Police in Edinburgh are hunting three men who attacked a shopkeeper
:06:38. > :06:42.They stole a four figure sum of cash and a large quantity
:06:43. > :06:43.of cigarettes from the Fernieside Newsagents around five
:06:44. > :06:51.The 41-year-old shopkeeper was threatened with a knife and hammer
:06:52. > :06:54.before being struck on the back of the head as the men made off.
:06:55. > :06:57.A private funeral is to be held for 16-year-old Bailey Gwynne, who died
:06:58. > :07:02.after being stabbed at Cults Academy in Aberdeen a fortnight ago.
:07:03. > :07:06.A 16-year-old boy - who cannot be named for legal reasons -
:07:07. > :07:09.was subsequently charged with murder and remanded in custody.
:07:10. > :07:12.MSPs are being asked to approve an increase
:07:13. > :07:16.in their expenses to allow them to employ an extra member of staff.
:07:17. > :07:18.The Parliament's management committee are recommending that
:07:19. > :07:23.staffing allowances increase by almost ?23,000 after the next
:07:24. > :07:27.election, to ensure all office staff are paid the living wage and to deal
:07:28. > :07:33.with the increased workload because of the new powers coming to
:07:34. > :07:38.Rugby, and David Denton is leaving Edinburgh after six years.
:07:39. > :07:40.The 25-year-old is moving south to Bath.
:07:41. > :07:43.The Scotland back-row forward should link up with the Premiership side
:07:44. > :07:47.later this week, following completion of a medical.
:07:48. > :07:52.Denton hasn't played for Edinburgh since returning from the World Cup.
:07:53. > :07:55.Well, it's over to Christopher now with the weather outlook
:07:56. > :08:05.Gleaming. Largely dry across the country tonight thanks to our
:08:06. > :08:09.weather watcher for this photograph. Cooler than last night.
:08:10. > :08:13.Some rain around tomorrow morning across the South am a number of
:08:14. > :08:18.showers for the Highlands and Islands, and breezy here, but for
:08:19. > :08:22.most of us it will be a dry start to the day, temperatures 1011 Celsius
:08:23. > :08:25.and winds later that may have been, wraps even some brightness to start
:08:26. > :08:32.things off. Some showers around the Great Glen area towards the Northern
:08:33. > :08:36.Isles. Through tomorrow, Armistice Day, the rain and the sewers does
:08:37. > :08:38.clearway. The showers in the North West can to make their way
:08:39. > :08:45.north-east words, a lot of sunshine for areas to the north, and cloudier
:08:46. > :08:51.to the South. You can see the wet weather down towards the South
:08:52. > :08:55.West. Cloudy conditions, some wet weather. For us in Scotland, 11 or
:08:56. > :09:03.12 Celsius. The wet weather across the course of the afternoon arrives
:09:04. > :09:07.for us. Difficult comment home with spray on the roads and difficult
:09:08. > :09:11.visibility. Thursday starts OK, dry and bright with some sunshine, but
:09:12. > :09:17.the cloud increases, the rain arrives and the winds strengthen, 11
:09:18. > :09:20.or 12 Celsius. The wet and windy weather is courtesy of this area of
:09:21. > :09:23.low pressure in the Atlantic. The Met Office has started to
:09:24. > :09:31.insignificant storm is coming our way, this is the first, Abigail,
:09:32. > :09:37.pretty windy conditions across the north-west as result, and we have a
:09:38. > :09:42.Met Office yellow bear where early warning in force. That is the area
:09:43. > :09:43.likely to be affected with gusts of 60 up to 80 mph overnight Thursday
:09:44. > :09:45.into Friday. Our next update is during Breakfast
:09:46. > :09:48.at 6:25 But, from everyone
:09:49. > :09:54.on the late team here in Glasgow