:00:14. > :00:19.The owners of one of the last big electronics factories in the country
:00:20. > :00:23.Texas Instruments will phase out operations at their plant
:00:24. > :00:25.in Greenock over the next three years, putting hundreds
:00:26. > :00:29.They say production is being moved to more
:00:30. > :01:20.Instruments in Greenock this afternoon. They were called to a
:01:21. > :01:25.meeting to be told this plant is now on borrowed time. Production will be
:01:26. > :01:28.phased out in the next three years and the work move to more efficient
:01:29. > :01:31.plants in Germany, Japan and America. This plant owned by
:01:32. > :01:34.National Semiconductor and till five years ago has been a major employer
:01:35. > :01:37.for more than 40 years making semiconductor chips for computers
:01:38. > :01:40.and phones. It still employs 365. The site manager said this
:01:41. > :01:43.afternoon... The proper stuff Inverclyde was working himself here
:01:44. > :01:49.ten years ago. Today he is reeling from the news. This is a blow. Over
:01:50. > :01:54.the last 20 years, we have lost a lot of the manufacturing base. We
:01:55. > :02:00.had the shipyard. Even IBM, they've all gone. Throughout this whole
:02:01. > :02:06.period, this plant was always here. And it is a real body blow to lose
:02:07. > :02:11.it. Texas Instruments to says it will try to sell the site a visit
:02:12. > :02:15.growing concern but now this biggest manufacturer of semiconductor chips
:02:16. > :02:19.in the world has decided to pull out of fear it may be a difficult task
:02:20. > :02:21.to find another company keen to move in.
:02:22. > :02:24.Shareholders in Shell have approved the takeover of the energy
:02:25. > :02:28.83% voted in favour of the $49 billion deal.
:02:29. > :02:34.Both companies warn that the deal would lead
:02:35. > :02:40.More details are emerging of the Scottish Government's offer
:02:41. > :02:42.to help fund councils for the coming year.
:02:43. > :02:45.The local government organisation COSLA claims it includes "draconian"
:02:46. > :02:48.measures, which make it all but impossible for local
:02:49. > :02:51.authorities to put up the council tax.
:02:52. > :02:54.Any that did so would lose out on more government cash
:02:55. > :02:57.BBC Scotland understands Moray Council is now looking closely
:02:58. > :03:05.at whether its proposed rise of 18% is still a realistic option.
:03:06. > :03:08.Scotland's top law officer says he will not support attempts
:03:09. > :03:10.to bring private prosecutions against the drivers involved in two
:03:11. > :03:15.Frank Mulholland says in both the case of the Glasgow bin lorry
:03:16. > :03:19.crash in December 2014 and an accident four years earlier
:03:20. > :03:23.in which two friends died, he stands by his original decision
:03:24. > :03:30.The families involved can still ask the High Court in Edinburgh to allow
:03:31. > :03:36.A man has appeared in court charged with attempting to murder
:03:37. > :03:39.25-year-old Peter Blackwood is accused of shooting Naser Hussain
:03:40. > :03:43.on the leg and attempting to shoot him on the chest in the KOF
:03:44. > :03:47.Convenience Store in Dumbarton Road in Glasgow on Sunday.
:03:48. > :03:51.He is also charged with possessing drugs and a number of guns.
:03:52. > :03:54.He made no plea or declaration when he appeared at the city's
:03:55. > :03:58.Sheriff Court and was remanded in custody
:03:59. > :04:01.Engineers in charge of maintenance on the Forth Road Bridge wanted
:04:02. > :04:04.to replace the component which broke, causing its three-week
:04:05. > :04:09.A former chief engineer there has told the Holyrood inquiry
:04:10. > :04:13.into its recent closure that "funding wasn't available",
:04:14. > :04:16.because other issues, posing a greater safety risk,
:04:17. > :04:30.These were the scenes at the end of last as the Forth Road Bridge was
:04:31. > :04:35.closed because of a problem with one of the links. At the time, there
:04:36. > :04:40.were claims that planned work had been cancelled because of a lack of
:04:41. > :04:45.funding. Today, a former bridge-mac star told the inquiry he had put
:04:46. > :04:53.forward plans for improvements but other project had taken priority. We
:04:54. > :04:58.prepared the capital programme, the board approved it, and then we had
:04:59. > :05:02.to ensure that we got the money for that programme, and that involve
:05:03. > :05:05.negotiation and discussion of Transport Scotland. Did they pull
:05:06. > :05:09.the plug for the funding of this project? Well, the funding came from
:05:10. > :05:15.Transport Scotland and Scottish government, so I think the answer to
:05:16. > :05:19.the question is self evident. The Scottish government said that before
:05:20. > :05:23.the bridge authority was scrapped, it was responsible for prioritising
:05:24. > :05:27.repairs and it made no approach to Transport Scotland for funding
:05:28. > :05:29.emergency work to the trust 's end links. Ministers maintained that the
:05:30. > :05:32.problem leading to the bridge links. Ministers maintained that the
:05:33. > :05:39.closure couldn't have been predicted. Mr coffered agrees. We
:05:40. > :05:44.spent a lot of time looking at the links, we had a lot of engineers
:05:45. > :05:51.looking at them, and we didn't foresee the issue with the pins
:05:52. > :05:54.sticking, if that is what the mechanism for failure was. As the
:05:55. > :06:00.inquiry continues, engineers are working around the clock to try to
:06:01. > :06:05.strengthen the affected area. HGVs not allowed across still but the
:06:06. > :06:09.government hopes by mid-February it'll be open to all vehicles.
:06:10. > :06:11.Police have carried out a training exercise at a shopping centre
:06:12. > :06:15.near Glasgow to test their response to a major firearms incident.
:06:16. > :06:17.The operation at Intu Braehead involved all of
:06:18. > :06:22.Police Scotland say the exercise was not staged in response
:06:23. > :06:29.A mental health watchdog has called for a full review of services
:06:30. > :06:31.for adults with autism, following its investigation
:06:32. > :06:35.into the suicide of a woman in a care home.
:06:36. > :06:39.The woman, whom they refer to as Ms MN, had been placed
:06:40. > :06:41.in an establishment which only specialised
:06:42. > :06:46.It comes on the day that campaigners prepare to launch a new pressure
:06:47. > :06:56.Our health correspondent Eleanor Bradford reports.
:06:57. > :07:02.Ms MN had severe Asperger's syndrome yet she was placed in a care home
:07:03. > :07:05.which didn't specialise in autism but learning difficulties. No one
:07:06. > :07:10.from the hospital discharging her told the care home she had tried to
:07:11. > :07:15.take a life four times already. They were left to rely on the advice of a
:07:16. > :07:19.local GP who had never met her and didn't have her medical history. Six
:07:20. > :07:24.weeks after arriving, she took her own life. And there is concern her
:07:25. > :07:29.story might not be unusual. The services for people with autism and
:07:30. > :07:33.Asperger's syndrome are patchy, particularly for people with complex
:07:34. > :07:38.needs, like Ms MN, said the issue of her being a square peg in a round
:07:39. > :07:40.hole, fitted into services which weren't able to meet her needs, is
:07:41. > :07:44.something we think might be weren't able to meet her needs, is
:07:45. > :07:47.happening to other people. The most shocking aspect is that initially
:07:48. > :07:51.hospital bosses didn't think there was any need for an investigation
:07:52. > :07:55.and when they finally carried one out it was positive about the
:07:56. > :08:00.standard of care and felt there were no lessons to be learnt. It comes as
:08:01. > :08:07.campaigners prepare to launch a new pressure group. They want an
:08:08. > :08:12.independent NHS regulator with the power to prosecute if necessary. The
:08:13. > :08:18.mental welfare commission is saying we hope our recommendations will be
:08:19. > :08:23.taken up. Well, you know, I hope every week I'm going to win the
:08:24. > :08:28.lottery. We need more than hope. And we need more than recommendations.
:08:29. > :08:33.20 years ago, I was inspecting health care and care homes. And I'd
:08:34. > :08:37.look at this report and say, these are the type of incidents which
:08:38. > :08:42.should be eliminated with the application of the law along time
:08:43. > :08:46.ago. The Scottish government says it does have regulatory bodies of which
:08:47. > :08:50.the mental welfare commission is one. It's as much as changed since
:08:51. > :08:56.this case in 2012 although it recognises care with adults -- care
:08:57. > :08:58.for adults with autism could be improved.
:08:59. > :09:00.Fishermen have been protesting at Holyrood over
:09:01. > :09:01.the Scottish Government's plans for a network
:09:02. > :09:04.The issue's come under renewed scrutiny from MSPs amid warnings
:09:05. > :09:07.that fishing crews' livelihoods are at risk, and claims those
:09:08. > :09:10.in favour of the measures have been subjected to intimidation.
:09:11. > :09:19.Our environment correspondent, David Miller, has more.
:09:20. > :09:26.Making a living from Scotland's stormy seas isn't easy, and
:09:27. > :09:32.fishermen fear these plans will make it harder still. We were happy than
:09:33. > :09:37.the minister, for some reason, went against his own science and it makes
:09:38. > :09:41.me angry. It makes me angry the Scottish government is not
:09:42. > :09:46.supporting the fishing industry. Fishermen from across the West came
:09:47. > :09:50.to Holyrood to make their views known. Supporters of Marine
:09:51. > :09:55.protected areas were here, too. This is proved to be an increasingly
:09:56. > :10:00.bitter and divisive debate with strong views expressed on both
:10:01. > :10:08.sides. And, today, it is Holyrood's raw affairs committee that has found
:10:09. > :10:13.itself at the centre of the storm. The committee rejected a bid from
:10:14. > :10:16.Conservative MSP Jamie McGregor to scrap the planned fishing
:10:17. > :10:22.restrictions after hearing this morning. I've heard many people
:10:23. > :10:26.spoken to me to say they are too scared to speak out publicly when
:10:27. > :10:30.I've asked them to do so. That is a sad state of affairs. Campaigners
:10:31. > :10:36.who back Marine protected areas claim the support of anglers and
:10:37. > :10:40.creel fishermen, too. So, do they have something to celebrate tonight?
:10:41. > :10:47.I would be celebrating until we see a recovery in our inshore waters.
:10:48. > :10:50.And we see not only a more bio diverse marine environment but we
:10:51. > :10:56.also see fishermen on the West Coast and Clyde being able to catch fish,
:10:57. > :11:01.a good variety of species, and not be reliant on the prawns and Scholl
:11:02. > :11:05.'s we have seen for the last decade. Feelings are running high. The fight
:11:06. > :11:08.over the future of Scotland's sees seems far from over.
:11:09. > :11:10.Now, let's go over to Chris at the weather map to hear
:11:11. > :11:16.the outlook for tonight and tomorrow.
:11:17. > :11:22.It is a cold night and fairly showery at times with some of those
:11:23. > :11:26.showers wintry in nature, with some sleet and snow not only on high
:11:27. > :11:30.ground but to lower levels are mainly in the West. There's also a
:11:31. > :11:36.few icy patches around as well so there is a Met Office warning around
:11:37. > :11:42.through tonight and tomorrow. At around 80 across the South, a few
:11:43. > :11:46.showers. Eastern borders, East Lothian, Aberdeenshire, further dry
:11:47. > :11:52.but further west, those showers frequent. Dryer in towards Morrie
:11:53. > :11:57.and the north of Aberdeenshire. Showers frequent for the far north
:11:58. > :12:00.in Northern Ireland and those winds strong, and strengthening, we could
:12:01. > :12:05.see Gales through the day. Through the morning, the showers hold on.
:12:06. > :12:09.The further east you are, the dry it'll be with some sunshine at
:12:10. > :12:18.times. Further west, showers and cloud. For England, it is dry and
:12:19. > :12:21.bright with spells of sunshine. Showers in the north-west. This
:12:22. > :12:28.front sweeps in in the afternoon bringing a more persistent band of
:12:29. > :12:33.rain, we are likely to see issues with localised flooding. That rushes
:12:34. > :12:39.through the evening. There's a brief lull, then more rain arriving
:12:40. > :12:45.overnight. Again, some issues after that. It's because of the pressure.
:12:46. > :12:50.Not only very wet as we head into Friday, but very, very windy indeed.
:12:51. > :12:56.To start Friday morning, a lot of rain around, and those winds costing
:12:57. > :13:01.70 miles an hour even inland. Across the Northern Isles, maybe 80 miles
:13:02. > :13:04.or more. The afternoon, squally showers, some sunshine, and the
:13:05. > :13:08.temperatures taking a tumble through the day. As we head through the
:13:09. > :13:13.start of the weekend, the winds Easdale but this plunge of cold air
:13:14. > :13:18.likely to bring some snow showers to all levels and some ice, too. That's
:13:19. > :13:23.the forecast for now. That's all from us tonight. Graham Stuart will
:13:24. > :13:29.be here with regular news, travel and news updates drink breakfast
:13:30. > :13:32.from 6:25am. From all of us, have a very good night.