:00:08. > :00:10.The Finance Secretary John Swinney has announced a multi-million pound
:00:11. > :00:13.programme to invest in new schools and health centres.
:00:14. > :00:16.But he's under pressure to defend services, as he copes with cuts
:00:17. > :00:18.in day-to-day spending, spelled out by the Chancellor.
:00:19. > :00:23.Also at Holyrood there were angry exchanges over the sharp decline
:00:24. > :00:40.The Wallace it was Mackie, now it is Brian Taylor.
:00:41. > :00:47.The Wallace it was Mackie, now it is John. John Swinney, that is. As
:00:48. > :00:50.Labour councillors protest at Holyrood against
:00:51. > :00:54.Labour councillors protest at suffer. We are trends and
:00:55. > :00:57.Labour councillors protest at it, but by the same
:00:58. > :01:03.Labour councillors protest at services are appreciated and we do
:01:04. > :01:07.it to the best of our ability. John Swinney says he is out to protect
:01:08. > :01:13.vital services like these affordable homes. Today, yet announced a ?330
:01:14. > :01:21.million of investments to build ten new schools and two health centres.
:01:22. > :01:25.At Holyrood, the Conservatives said the Chancellor had brought good news
:01:26. > :01:29.about capital spending. I thought you might have had a more cheerful
:01:30. > :01:33.disposition today. For years comic he has been calling for more money
:01:34. > :01:35.and the Chancellor has delivered a 14% increase. Be John Swinney said
:01:36. > :01:41.the capital plans are compensated for earlier cuts while
:01:42. > :01:45.day-to-day spending was being severely reduced. He will
:01:46. > :01:48.day-to-day spending was being plans in three weeks. Today, the
:01:49. > :01:51.guiding principles. B will be driven by the principles of establishing a
:01:52. > :01:58.system that is fair and progressive and sustaining our economy that
:01:59. > :02:03.shows opportunities for all in Scotland. Earlier, angry exchanges
:02:04. > :02:10.about the sharp decline in North Sea oil revenues. It would be bad enough
:02:11. > :02:14.if the Government responsible for collecting and increasingly large
:02:15. > :02:22.amounts of our taxes had been out by ten or 20%. But the First Minister
:02:23. > :02:26.was out by 6000%. 6000%, presiding Officer, on the money needed to fund
:02:27. > :02:30.our schools, hospitals and pensions. The day after George
:02:31. > :02:33.Osborne's budgets, a Budget that announced plans to choose the
:02:34. > :02:40.revenue Budget of this Parliament by ?1.5 billion in real terms over the
:02:41. > :02:44.remainder of this decade. What does she come to this chamber and do? Do
:02:45. > :02:50.she criticised the Conservatives? No, she wants to play politics with
:02:51. > :02:53.the SNP. A word in your ear. John Swinney will now consult for
:02:54. > :02:57.presenting his Budget on December 16.
:02:58. > :03:00.The SNP's leader at Westminster, Angus Robertson, has said his party
:03:01. > :03:03.will NOT vote for air strikes in Syria unless key questions are
:03:04. > :03:07.He was speaking as the Prime Minister made the case to MPs
:03:08. > :03:09.for extending military action, to target Islamic State extremists.
:03:10. > :03:17.Here's our Westminster correspondent, David Porter.
:03:18. > :03:25.Coaches leaving Glasgow airport recently, carrying some of the 100
:03:26. > :03:29.Syrian refugees who have been resettled in Scotland as part of the
:03:30. > :03:34.UK's programme for those affected by the Civil War. Cities such as Aleppo
:03:35. > :03:41.have virtually been raised to the ground by the ongoing conflict.
:03:42. > :03:45.Britain has been bombing Isis for two years. But there is no
:03:46. > :03:49.Parliamentary authority attack them in neighbouring Syria. After recent
:03:50. > :03:53.events in Paris, the Prime Minister believes that should change. The
:03:54. > :03:57.bomb in Paris, could have been a London. If they had their way, it
:03:58. > :04:02.would be London. I cannot stand here and say we are safe, we are not. I
:04:03. > :04:05.cannot stand the identity we will remove the threat through the action
:04:06. > :04:23.we take, but do I stand here with advice behind me that taking action
:04:24. > :04:28.will degrade and reduce that the SNP is highly sceptical. The Prime
:04:29. > :04:34.Minister has asked us to consider his plan. We have listened closely.
:04:35. > :04:38.However, key questions posed by the Foreign Affairs Select Committee
:04:39. > :04:43.remain unanswered. And unless the Prime Minister and unless the Prime
:04:44. > :04:47.Minister answers party will not vote for air strikes in Syria. Concern
:04:48. > :04:51.among others about air strikes could do more harm than good. We do need
:04:52. > :04:55.to be conscious of the risk of recruitment, the people who bombed
:04:56. > :05:02.London in 2005 and the people who bombed Paris lived here. We will not
:05:03. > :05:07.bombed them out of existence. We know this may well increase
:05:08. > :05:10.recruitment of extremists here. I do not believe he has yet and all
:05:11. > :05:14.questions adequately on issues such as ground troops or long-term
:05:15. > :05:18.strategy. Further to the comments by the chairman of the Foreign Affairs
:05:19. > :05:22.Committee, will he give commitment of it before the committee to give
:05:23. > :05:25.evidence for a motion comes before this house to approve military
:05:26. > :05:27.action? Ministers out of the committee to give evidence for a
:05:28. > :05:33.motion comes before this house to approve military action? Ministers
:05:34. > :05:39.it can win. That could come as early as next week.
:05:40. > :05:41.The former first minister, Alex Salmond, has been criticised
:05:42. > :05:44.for unveiling a new portrait of himself on the day MPs discussed
:05:45. > :05:46.Mr Salmond, who's the SNP's international
:05:47. > :05:50.affairs spokesman, wasn't present when the Prime Minister set out
:05:51. > :05:55.Labour said his absence from the Commons was "ridiculous".
:05:56. > :06:00.But the SNP said criticism of Mr Salmond was crass, as he's been in
:06:01. > :06:07.the Scottish Parliament, hosting an evening reception for war veterans.
:06:08. > :06:09.Pressure is growing for the Scottish government to widen the scope
:06:10. > :06:12.of the inquiry it announced a year ago, into historical
:06:13. > :06:19.Labour says the inquiry won't be able to investigate many cases
:06:20. > :06:22.of abuse, unlike similar investigations in other countries.
:06:23. > :06:25.The Scottish government said that for the inquiry to reach clear
:06:26. > :06:27.conclusions and recommendations, it must focus
:06:28. > :06:43.The Government have the discretion to change the remit. That is why we
:06:44. > :06:47.are seeking an urgent meeting with the Education Secretary to attempt
:06:48. > :06:53.to get her to change the remit so it should not delay it in any way.
:06:54. > :06:55.The former Rangers chief executive, Charles Green has lost
:06:56. > :06:58.his battle with the club over the payment of his legal fees.
:06:59. > :07:00.Mr Green and a number of others face trial next year
:07:01. > :07:03.in connection with the takeover of the club in 2012.
:07:04. > :07:05.Charles Green argued his contract at Rangers covered all legal expenses
:07:06. > :07:11.But a judge at the Court of Session ruled that Rangers don't have to pay
:07:12. > :07:14.Plans for a rail link between Glasgow Airport and
:07:15. > :07:17.A previous proposal was scrapped six years ago.
:07:18. > :07:19.There are two plans being considered,
:07:20. > :07:24.one using tram-train carriages running from Glasgow Central.
:07:25. > :07:27.The other would see a new light rail system installed
:07:28. > :07:34.If approved, the link could be up and running by 2025.
:07:35. > :07:38.Football and a 2-1 defeat at home against Dutch side Ajax has
:07:39. > :07:40.ended Celtic's hopes of progressing to the knockout
:07:41. > :07:45.Celtic had a dream start when Callum McGregor gave them
:07:46. > :07:50.But a spectacular bicycle kick from Milik drew the visitors level
:07:51. > :07:56.The match was heading for a draw when Cerny grabbed
:07:57. > :08:00.the winner with three minutes of normal time remaining.
:08:01. > :08:08.Time now for the latest weather forecast with Gillian.
:08:09. > :08:15.Good evening. Aberdeen was the warmest place in the UK today at 15
:08:16. > :08:19.degrees. But it is set to change as we pull in a much colder air across
:08:20. > :08:23.the country during the course of tomorrow. It is not here yet,
:08:24. > :08:27.tonight is mild, it is cloudy for most of us, damp and bits and pieces
:08:28. > :08:31.of rain and more persistent rain in the Western Isles and the north-west
:08:32. > :08:35.by the end of the night. South-westerly winds, touching gale
:08:36. > :08:44.force of the aisles and the north-west coast. Tomorrow morning,
:08:45. > :08:46.heaviest of the West Highlands where we have a Yellow Weather Warning
:08:47. > :08:50.from the Met office. If you're heading out around 8am, nothing too
:08:51. > :08:54.heavy rain wise, but cloudy, damp start and an exceptionally mild one,
:08:55. > :08:59.10-11 11 Celsius. There is the rain extending from Argyll to the
:09:00. > :09:04.Highlands and on top of the rain we have seen, we could start a season
:09:05. > :09:08.issues is localised flooding. That rain linked to a very active cold
:09:09. > :09:12.front that will sink South and eastwards across the country during
:09:13. > :09:16.the day, squally winds go with it and behind it, into the North West
:09:17. > :09:19.the day, squally winds go with it for the afternoon, clear but colder
:09:20. > :09:22.air. Rain from Northern Ireland, rain for Northern England and Wales,
:09:23. > :09:26.central and eastern Scotland staying ahead of that cold front and still
:09:27. > :09:35.in a milder air, but the north-west Scotland, by the end of the
:09:36. > :09:37.afternoon, we will be into low single figures. Into tomorrow
:09:38. > :09:40.evening, it turns colder still. The showers to an increasingly wintry
:09:41. > :09:42.and we will see snow to about 100 metres across the North, 200 metres
:09:43. > :09:46.for central and southern Scotland, taking in some high-level roads and
:09:47. > :09:49.combine with a strong winds, potentially Chitty conditions.
:09:50. > :09:53.Wintry showers to start on Saturday, and a wet day, but snow becomes
:09:54. > :09:56.increasingly, fined to the hills, but it will be windy.
:09:57. > :09:59.We're back during Breakfast at 6.25 tomorrow morning.
:10:00. > :10:03.But from all of us on the late team here in Glasgow