16/11/2015 Reporting Scotland

Tributes to the victims of the Paris attacks

have been paid today across Scotland.

It's emerged that a 24-year-old man from Fort William

is in an induced coma after being caught up in the attacks.

As investigations on the Continent intensify,

Police Scotland have warned that the threat of an attack here is real and

Catriona Renton looks at the day's events.

At 11 o'clock, Scotland stopped to remember.

This was the scene at Edinburgh's Waverley Station.

In Inverness, the tricolore flew at half mast

and the lowered Shetland flag marks respect.

Across the length and breadth of the country, the horror

of Friday night's attacks still so hard to comprehend.

In Glasgow, politicians joined members of the public

And the First Minister stood shoulder to shoulder with

senior Muslim leaders following some reports of incidents against

Unfortunately, there'll always be a level of backlash.

Over the weekend, we've already heard of some Islamophobic attacks

that have happened in and around Glasgow, which is unfortunate,

but yet we understand, in a sense, that something of this tragedy,

there will be those unfortunately ignorant people who will go out

and they will see, they will not distinguish the difference

between us Muslims here and the atrocities of those terrorists -

Who are not Muslims! - elsewhere, specifically in Paris.

The First Minister spoke ahead of the first group of refugees

from Syria due to arrive in Scotland tomorrow.

We must remember that refugees are fleeing, amongst other things,

from the horrors that are committed by people in Isil,

so they're fleeing that terrorism and that violence.

who will be welcomed to Scotland, and to the rest of the UK,

have undergone robust and stringent security checks.

Today, books of condolence were opened

to show solidarity with the people of Paris.

The messages that have been collected so far

in the book of condolences reflect the shock and horror

felt by people visiting the City Chambers here in Glasgow.

One reads, "Thinking of the people in Paris,

"our Celtic cousins and the Auld Alliance."

At the French Consulate in Edinburgh,

She'd been in Paris at the time of the attacks.

I simply put in my message, "My heart is still there."

To all the people and the families and the relatives and friends

of those that died, er, you know, our support and our love

will never be enough to help them through this.

Whilst Scotland offers its support to the Parisiens,

police here say people should be vigilant.

The severe threat level means that an attack is highly likely

and therefore, collectively, we need to be vigilant.

The way that terrorism will be defeated is by everybody

The atrocity in Paris has left the world shaken.

Tonight, as Scots reach out to the French,

Catriona Renton, Reporting Scotland.

It's thought that 89 people died in the attack

spent three hours hiding from the gunmen.

One of them, Mariesha Payne, gave her account of what happened

That was the sign outside that we took just before we went in.

What should be memories of a happy holiday for Mariesha Payne

now a reminder of the horror that descended on Paris.

She and a friend were celebrating a joint birthday,

a weekend trip to see a favourite band.

I said to Christine, "It's gunfire - run!"

I just pushed her, but, at this point, I sort of looked over

and that's when I seen they were hitting the stage,

um, sort of below where the lead singer's feet were.

One minute, everyone's just singing, dancing, having a great time,

As confusion and chaos reigned outside the Bataclan,

inside, Mariesha and her friend Christine were trying to escape.

they found themselves trapped in a cellar.

How long did that ordeal go on for? Three hours.

What was going through your head at that point?

We weren't walking out of that building.

Just you don't survive things like this.

Um, all we could hear at that point was a stampede, people running

and screaming, gunfire, and the thuds, which could only have been

people hitting the floor, their bodies hitting the floor, um...

So you were fully aware that there was a massacre taking place?

People were being murdered just above our heads.

SIRENS BLARE, EXPLOSION

The French police storming the building,

where scores of music fans lay dead and injured.

It could've been Glasgow, you know, it could be Edinburgh, um...

You can't stop living your life. You can't lock yourself away.

Um, if these attacks are going to happen, they're going to happen

and, unfortunately, this is the world we're living in.

Um...just it...it wasn't our day to die then.

Just someone was just obviously looking out for us.

Andrew Anderson, Reporting Scotland, Perthshire.

Legal action is being threatened to force the Scottish Government

to widen its inquiry into allegations of child abuse

at institutions such as boarding schools.

Our Social Affairs Correspondent, Reevel Alderson,

Meeting in Glasgow ahead of talks with members of

the inquiry team investigating the extent of child abuse in Scotland.

But these members of the group White Flowers Alba are angry

I feel aggrieved. I feel an injustice has been done.

There's other lads from the same school as me have committed suicide.

I have personally went through counselling,

who brought me back from suicide. I'm a strong person now.

The inquiry was ordered after appalling allegations emerged

in BBC Scotland's investigation of institutional abuse

at the former Catholic boarding school at Fort Augustus.

and will take up to four years to report.

But White Flowers says its remit is too narrow.

such as Fort Augustus and council secure units,

children in foster care and private homes

and young people in long-term care, such as hospital,

it doesn't include many other places where abuse had happened,

such as by priests in local parishes,

day schools, such as council nurseries or primaries,

or children's organisations, such as the Scouts or army cadets.

If you were abused in a parish or in any other institution,

the Boy Scouts or whatever, or the church, then, you know, you're left

out of the enquiry, and surely that in itself is a massive injustice.

In a statement, the government said the enquiry was

The abuse of children in Scotland has happened over decades.

Survivors who welcomed the O'Brien Inquiry say they now feel let down

and they're considering legal action to be included in it.

Let's get the weather outlook for tonight and tomorrow from Gillian.

Some stormy conditions to come for the southern heart of the UK, at

strong winds in the North of Scotland, up to 70 miles an hour for

the Northern Isles and North West coast, some snow for the hills, and

it will be chilly. When they start tomorrow in the far north but easing

through the morning, scattered showers for the Highlands and

Islands, but dry and bright weather through the morning, ahead of this

system on the afternoon, it is Storm Barney, although its main focus will

be across England and Wales. Some dry and bright were towards Fife,

Angus and Aberdeen. Still some showers for the Northern Isles and

the west Highlands and brisk wind for Orkney and Shetland, although it

eases through the afternoon. The rain progressing as far north as the

central belt and feeling chilly and the cloud and rain. By contrast,

parts of the South will warm up once the sun comes out. But gusts of

70-80 miles an hour for Wales and south-western coasts, and even

damaging gusts inland of 60-70 miles an hour as that system moves

through. Heavy rain sweeping northeastwards on Wednesday in

Scotland, brighter skies behind it, but heavy and blustery showers, and

even severe gale force winds. That is the forecast.

Our next update is during Breakfast at 6.25 tomorrow morning.

From everyone on the late team, goodnight.

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