26/11/2015 Reporting Scotland

The Finance Secretary John Swinney has announced a multi-million pound

programme to invest in new schools and health centres.

But he's under pressure to defend services, as he copes with cuts

in day-to-day spending, spelled out by the Chancellor.

Also at Holyrood there were angry exchanges over the sharp decline

The Wallace it was Mackie, now it is Brian Taylor.

The Wallace it was Mackie, now it is John. John Swinney, that is. As

Labour councillors protest at Holyrood against

Labour councillors protest at suffer. We are trends and

Labour councillors protest at it, but by the same

Labour councillors protest at services are appreciated and we do

it to the best of our ability. John Swinney says he is out to protect

vital services like these affordable homes. Today, yet announced a ?330

million of investments to build ten new schools and two health centres.

At Holyrood, the Conservatives said the Chancellor had brought good news

about capital spending. I thought you might have had a more cheerful

disposition today. For years comic he has been calling for more money

and the Chancellor has delivered a 14% increase. Be John Swinney said

the capital plans are compensated for earlier cuts while

day-to-day spending was being severely reduced. He will

day-to-day spending was being plans in three weeks. Today, the

guiding principles. B will be driven by the principles of establishing a

system that is fair and progressive and sustaining our economy that

shows opportunities for all in Scotland. Earlier, angry exchanges

about the sharp decline in North Sea oil revenues. It would be bad enough

if the Government responsible for collecting and increasingly large

amounts of our taxes had been out by ten or 20%. But the First Minister

was out by 6000%. 6000%, presiding Officer, on the money needed to fund

our schools, hospitals and pensions. The day after George

Osborne's budgets, a Budget that announced plans to choose the

revenue Budget of this Parliament by ?1.5 billion in real terms over the

remainder of this decade. What does she come to this chamber and do? Do

she criticised the Conservatives? No, she wants to play politics with

the SNP. A word in your ear. John Swinney will now consult for

presenting his Budget on December 16.

The SNP's leader at Westminster, Angus Robertson, has said his party

will NOT vote for air strikes in Syria unless key questions are

He was speaking as the Prime Minister made the case to MPs

for extending military action, to target Islamic State extremists.

Here's our Westminster correspondent, David Porter.

Coaches leaving Glasgow airport recently, carrying some of the 100

Syrian refugees who have been resettled in Scotland as part of the

UK's programme for those affected by the Civil War. Cities such as Aleppo

have virtually been raised to the ground by the ongoing conflict.

Britain has been bombing Isis for two years. But there is no

Parliamentary authority attack them in neighbouring Syria. After recent

events in Paris, the Prime Minister believes that should change. The

bomb in Paris, could have been a London. If they had their way, it

would be London. I cannot stand here and say we are safe, we are not. I

cannot stand the identity we will remove the threat through the action

we take, but do I stand here with advice behind me that taking action

will degrade and reduce that the SNP is highly sceptical. The Prime

Minister has asked us to consider his plan. We have listened closely.

However, key questions posed by the Foreign Affairs Select Committee

remain unanswered. And unless the Prime Minister and unless the Prime

Minister answers party will not vote for air strikes in Syria. Concern

among others about air strikes could do more harm than good. We do need

to be conscious of the risk of recruitment, the people who bombed

London in 2005 and the people who bombed Paris lived here. We will not

bombed them out of existence. We know this may well increase

recruitment of extremists here. I do not believe he has yet and all

questions adequately on issues such as ground troops or long-term

strategy. Further to the comments by the chairman of the Foreign Affairs

Committee, will he give commitment of it before the committee to give

evidence for a motion comes before this house to approve military

action? Ministers out of the committee to give evidence for a

motion comes before this house to approve military action? Ministers

it can win. That could come as early as next week.

The former first minister, Alex Salmond, has been criticised

for unveiling a new portrait of himself on the day MPs discussed

Mr Salmond, who's the SNP's international

affairs spokesman, wasn't present when the Prime Minister set out

Labour said his absence from the Commons was "ridiculous".

But the SNP said criticism of Mr Salmond was crass, as he's been in

the Scottish Parliament, hosting an evening reception for war veterans.

Pressure is growing for the Scottish government to widen the scope

of the inquiry it announced a year ago, into historical

Labour says the inquiry won't be able to investigate many cases

of abuse, unlike similar investigations in other countries.

The Scottish government said that for the inquiry to reach clear

conclusions and recommendations, it must focus

The Government have the discretion to change the remit. That is why we

are seeking an urgent meeting with the Education Secretary to attempt

to get her to change the remit so it should not delay it in any way.

The former Rangers chief executive, Charles Green has lost

his battle with the club over the payment of his legal fees.

Mr Green and a number of others face trial next year

in connection with the takeover of the club in 2012.

Charles Green argued his contract at Rangers covered all legal expenses

But a judge at the Court of Session ruled that Rangers don't have to pay

Plans for a rail link between Glasgow Airport and

A previous proposal was scrapped six years ago.

There are two plans being considered,

one using tram-train carriages running from Glasgow Central.

The other would see a new light rail system installed

If approved, the link could be up and running by 2025.

Football and a 2-1 defeat at home against Dutch side Ajax has

ended Celtic's hopes of progressing to the knockout

Celtic had a dream start when Callum McGregor gave them

But a spectacular bicycle kick from Milik drew the visitors level

The match was heading for a draw when Cerny grabbed

the winner with three minutes of normal time remaining.

Time now for the latest weather forecast with Gillian.

Good evening. Aberdeen was the warmest place in the UK today at 15

degrees. But it is set to change as we pull in a much colder air across

the country during the course of tomorrow. It is not here yet,

tonight is mild, it is cloudy for most of us, damp and bits and pieces

of rain and more persistent rain in the Western Isles and the north-west

by the end of the night. South-westerly winds, touching gale

force of the aisles and the north-west coast. Tomorrow morning,

heaviest of the West Highlands where we have a Yellow Weather Warning

from the Met office. If you're heading out around 8am, nothing too

heavy rain wise, but cloudy, damp start and an exceptionally mild one,

10-11 11 Celsius. There is the rain extending from Argyll to the

Highlands and on top of the rain we have seen, we could start a season

issues is localised flooding. That rain linked to a very active cold

front that will sink South and eastwards across the country during

the day, squally winds go with it and behind it, into the North West

the day, squally winds go with it for the afternoon, clear but colder

air. Rain from Northern Ireland, rain for Northern England and Wales,

central and eastern Scotland staying ahead of that cold front and still

in a milder air, but the north-west Scotland, by the end of the

afternoon, we will be into low single figures. Into tomorrow

evening, it turns colder still. The showers to an increasingly wintry

and we will see snow to about 100 metres across the North, 200 metres

for central and southern Scotland, taking in some high-level roads and

combine with a strong winds, potentially Chitty conditions.

Wintry showers to start on Saturday, and a wet day, but snow becomes

increasingly, fined to the hills, but it will be windy.

We're back during Breakfast at 6.25 tomorrow morning.

But from all of us on the late team here in Glasgow