:00:00. > 3:59:59the Zika virus is spreading fast and could have affected 4 million people
:00:00. > :00:00.by next At's all from the BBC News at Six,
:00:00. > :00:07.so it's goodbye from me, Tonight, on Reporting Scotland:
:00:08. > :00:09.An agreement to provide hundreds of millions of pounds
:00:10. > :00:11.of funding for the north east Also on the programme, Scotland
:00:12. > :00:15.prepares for Storm Gertrude. Widespread travel disruption's
:00:16. > :00:18.expected, as gale force winds Half a million passengers in less
:00:19. > :00:23.than five months. Will the success of the Borders
:00:24. > :00:26.railway line fuel hopes And Andy Murray looks to follow
:00:27. > :00:33.in the footsteps of brother Jamie and Gordon Reed to make it
:00:34. > :00:35.three Scots in the finals Hundreds of millions of pounds
:00:36. > :00:56.is to be spent in the north-east of Scotland to improve
:00:57. > :00:57.infrastructure like roads, railways and harbours -
:00:58. > :00:59.and to create jobs. The cash is coming from both
:01:00. > :01:02.the Scottish Government Visiting Aberdeen,
:01:03. > :01:06.the Prime Minister told BBC Scotland he is "100%" behind efforts
:01:07. > :01:10.to strengthen the oil industry. Here's our political
:01:11. > :01:24.editor Brian Taylor. 1975 and Her Majesty the Queen
:01:25. > :01:29.starts oil flowing from the dried oilfield in the North Sea. If we use
:01:30. > :01:33.it right, this flood of energy can without doubt much improved our
:01:34. > :01:40.economic well-being. For decades after that oil and Aberdeen helped
:01:41. > :01:46.to bankroll Britain. During those decades, Aberdeen's economy boomed.
:01:47. > :01:51.Falling oil prices have left the pool of Aberdeen anxious for their
:01:52. > :01:56.future. It is not just oil. This life sciences company and Aberdeen
:01:57. > :01:59.says the city needs help. Staff face high property prices while the boss
:02:00. > :02:04.says the city needs help. Staff face says she has two counter the
:02:05. > :02:07.prospect that the city is poorly served by public transport. There is
:02:08. > :02:10.a sense that we're served by public transport. There is
:02:11. > :02:16.frozen north and not very connected to the
:02:17. > :02:18.frozen north and not very connected deal combines council initiatives
:02:19. > :02:24.frozen north and not very connected The cash will provide infrastructure
:02:25. > :02:30.to boost investment. The good thing about the city deal as it can
:02:31. > :02:34.leverage in extra money which might total ?2 billion coming from other
:02:35. > :02:38.sources and the private sector. I believe it will make a real
:02:39. > :02:43.difference to the economy here in Aberdeen and the north-east. The
:02:44. > :02:49.deal includes expanding Aberdeen harbour. The package extends beyond
:02:50. > :02:54.the city into Aberdeenshire. SNP backbenchers have criticised the
:02:55. > :02:57.city deal as inadequate and short of expectations. Aberdeen deserves more
:02:58. > :03:03.from the UK government than the 125 million they have allocated,
:03:04. > :03:08.particularly considering the Treasury has benefited from over
:03:09. > :03:15.?300 million of North Sea oil revenues, that have flowed from
:03:16. > :03:19.Aberdeen to London. And so, in addition, the Scottish
:03:20. > :03:26.government announced that new investment in rail will form part of
:03:27. > :03:31.a ?244 million package from five to ten years. The First Minister in
:03:32. > :03:35.particular was concerned we should go further than the city deal would
:03:36. > :03:40.allow. These projects have been identified. We know they are rooted
:03:41. > :03:44.in what the local communities they are important. We are pleased to be
:03:45. > :03:46.involved in the city deal. We are contributing half the
:03:47. > :03:51.involved in the city deal. We are think it is important to go further.
:03:52. > :03:55.The Prime Minister pledged ?20 million to fund a new search for new
:03:56. > :04:01.finds in the North Sea. As he met apprentices, he said today the city
:04:02. > :04:05.deal added to tax incentives could kick-start the industry. How would
:04:06. > :04:12.you answer those critics who say by comparison for the amount of money
:04:13. > :04:16.Aberdeen has generated, it has perished? We had a tax cut for the
:04:17. > :04:19.oil industry worth ?1.3 billion, when you take into account all the
:04:20. > :04:24.things we were putting on to the table and the city deal comes on top
:04:25. > :04:28.of that. This demonstrates that the broad shoulders of the United
:04:29. > :04:32.Kingdom can get behind the oil industry, including the oil industry
:04:33. > :04:37.here in Scotland, when it faces difficulties. More generally, the
:04:38. > :04:45.hope is that private growth will follow this public investment and in
:04:46. > :04:48.the future, Aberdeen's oil links remain more than a memory.
:04:49. > :04:53.Brian Taylor joins us now. How significant a deal for the
:04:54. > :05:01.north-east is this? A big day for Aberdeen. The city deal was signed
:05:02. > :05:04.in the town house behind me. There has been cooperation and
:05:05. > :05:08.collaboration between the Scottish and UK governments, but you have
:05:09. > :05:14.also seen competition as each sought to stress their credentials in what
:05:15. > :05:19.is a ten industry in Scotland and across the UK. In terms of the
:05:20. > :05:24.impact, folk here in Aberdeen have another question, is any of this
:05:25. > :05:28.going to work? Will it boost the economy? Will it boost the oil
:05:29. > :05:33.industry? I spoke to a senior oil industry figure who said these
:05:34. > :05:36.announcements were hugely welcome but the attention on the city and
:05:37. > :05:41.the wider region was also very valuable, the one thing that would
:05:42. > :05:45.sort out and improve the oil industry was an increase in the oil
:05:46. > :05:48.price and that is not in the gift of the Scottish government, not in the
:05:49. > :05:50.gift of the UK government. Thank you.
:05:51. > :05:52.We're being warned to expect widespread disruption
:05:53. > :05:54.across Scotland tomorrow, as Storm Gertrude sweeps
:05:55. > :05:57.Many trains and ferries are already cancelled or planning
:05:58. > :06:10.Aileen, gale-force winds during the morning rush-hour?
:06:11. > :06:17.Well, it looks like Scotland is in for a fair battering tomorrow.
:06:18. > :06:23.The whole country is covered by a yellow warning for severe gales
:06:24. > :06:32.but then on top of that the Northern isles and down the west coast
:06:33. > :06:37.and then across the central belt all the way to Edinburgh,
:06:38. > :06:39.that's where Storm Gertrude is likely to make her presence felt
:06:40. > :06:45.Now because of the severe gales forecast Scotrail has taken
:06:46. > :06:46.the decision to cancel many services tomorrow morning,
:06:47. > :06:50.So, no trains north of Inverness for example, no trains to Oban
:06:51. > :06:53.or Fort William and even the very busy Glasgow-Edinburgh trains
:06:54. > :06:54.will be affected, cut to half-hourly -
:06:55. > :07:00.as the trains will be running more slowly because of the wind.
:07:01. > :07:07.We had seen in the past all types of things blown onto the railway which
:07:08. > :07:12.poses a safety risk to our trains and our customers. Some of these are
:07:13. > :07:16.trees, roofs of buildings, trampolines, garden sheds and the
:07:17. > :07:24.like. It really poses a derailment risk and therefore we have to slow
:07:25. > :07:27.our trains down under these circumstances.
:07:28. > :07:29.So they hope to have all their routes restored
:07:30. > :07:33.It's also expected there will be extensive disruption on the ferries
:07:34. > :07:36.tomorrow, as you can imagine, and the winds may also mean
:07:37. > :07:38.some restrictions or even closure of some road bridges.
:07:39. > :07:44.And schools will be shut in Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles.
:07:45. > :07:54.With a bad forecast which includes winds in excess of 80 mph, high
:07:55. > :07:57.tides, we have decided to halt all transport, that includes public
:07:58. > :07:58.service transport, as well as school buses. So schools tomorrow will be
:07:59. > :08:01.closed. And all buses off in
:08:02. > :08:04.the Western Isles till 12 noon. So however you intend to get
:08:05. > :08:07.to where you are going tomorrow, listen to the travel news and check
:08:08. > :08:09.the travel websites, Many parents aren't fully
:08:10. > :08:15.aware of the dangers That's according to Scottish
:08:16. > :08:19.Government research, suggesting that a third of parents
:08:20. > :08:21.know little about how children can be exploited when they're
:08:22. > :08:24.using smartphones and computers. Now a new TV advert is being shown
:08:25. > :08:43.to alert them, Hello, enjoying your programme? I am
:08:44. > :08:50.having a great time messaging your daughter. This could easily be your
:08:51. > :08:59.child's phone but the message is sinister. Makes me feel grown-up,
:09:00. > :09:05.those pictures... The campaign is to alert parents to the dangers of the
:09:06. > :09:10.Internet. This helpline can advise parents how to support their
:09:11. > :09:14.children. Think of the Internet as a place, destination and that is where
:09:15. > :09:18.young people go. You would not let them out and not know where they are
:09:19. > :09:21.going and who they are going with. Parents used to be able to check up
:09:22. > :09:26.their Georgian as they used computers in the back room, but
:09:27. > :09:36.increasingly, tablets and mobile phones mean children can take them
:09:37. > :09:38.off to their bedrooms create a social, secure world. There are some
:09:39. > :09:43.very determined perpetrators out there. If they can get people to
:09:44. > :09:54.send a picture of themselves, that gets the chance to commit blackmail.
:09:55. > :09:58.Police have seen a 70% rise in the number of Internet investigations.
:09:59. > :10:04.The message of this campaign is simple, talk to your kids about what
:10:05. > :10:13.they do online. She is coming over tomorrow, cannot wait.
:10:14. > :10:18.A nine-year-old boy who suffers from dish and muscular dystrophy has met
:10:19. > :10:24.the First Minister to campaign for life-saving treatment. He is
:10:25. > :10:30.campaigning for a drug. He gave Nicola Sturgeon a letter asking to
:10:31. > :10:39.help him to have continued access to the medication which is still to be
:10:40. > :10:46.approved for use in Scotland. Would produce in Norwood is planning
:10:47. > :10:49.to double its capacity and safeguard around 130 jobs.
:10:50. > :10:51.The new Borders railway has carried nearly twice as many people
:10:52. > :10:54.The 500,000th traveller boarded the train from Edinburgh
:10:55. > :10:59.Campaigners who want the line to be extended say the bumper passenger
:11:00. > :11:08.numbers back their case, as Cameron Buttle reports.
:11:09. > :11:15.Sarah Eno, up from Selkirk to do lunch and take in an art gallery.
:11:16. > :11:19.Little did she know when she set off that she would be the 500,000th
:11:20. > :11:24.passenger on the new Borders railway. It just shows how much it
:11:25. > :11:28.is needed and how much it is appreciated now it is there. We come
:11:29. > :11:36.up from Edinburgh much more than we used to because it is so read --
:11:37. > :11:42.easy. It took decades of campaigning to get the line reopened after it
:11:43. > :11:50.was shot in 1969. After the Queen reopened it, there were 500 journeys
:11:51. > :11:55.in one month alone. There are growing calls for the line to be
:11:56. > :11:59.extended. I think it is good for the local economy and people want to
:12:00. > :12:02.travel on sustainable travel will stop it has been the right
:12:03. > :12:06.connection and I think it has encouraged people to use the trains
:12:07. > :12:13.once again on what we thought would be a successful route. Cost ?350
:12:14. > :12:17.million to get the new railway down to Tweedbank. Now there is a growing
:12:18. > :12:23.campaign to get the line extended down through the borders, down to
:12:24. > :12:26.Carlisle, another 60 odd miles. That will cost hundreds of millions of
:12:27. > :12:32.Carlisle, another 60 odd miles. That pounds. The worst obstacles have
:12:33. > :12:37.been passed already between Edinburgh and Tweedbank, so let's
:12:38. > :12:40.get the railway beyond Tweedbank. The Scottish government said it
:12:41. > :12:44.would work with any interested parties who wanted to launch a
:12:45. > :12:45.would work with any interested feasibility study and will look at
:12:46. > :12:52.any plans put forward. Some interesting findings in this
:12:53. > :13:14.report. Sally, some interesting findings
:13:15. > :13:17.in this report from the parliament's It says if you come from an ethnic
:13:18. > :13:20.minority you're more You're also more likely to be
:13:21. > :13:23.unemployed despite often performing You're also highly unlikely to be
:13:24. > :13:27.a senior manager. I spoke to Zarina earlier
:13:28. > :13:29.she was born and brought up in Newcastle and now lives
:13:30. > :13:31.and works in Scotland. Her 18-year-old daughter has lived
:13:32. > :13:34.in Kilmarnock all her life but said she had problems
:13:35. > :13:36.when she was applying She was born and brought up in
:13:37. > :13:44.colour manna, she She was born and brought up in
:13:45. > :13:51.after-school activities, just like her other friends. -- bought up in
:13:52. > :13:56.Kilmarnock. When she applied for jobs she did not get an interview,
:13:57. > :14:00.her friends got ten interviews. They started working, she did not. She
:14:01. > :14:07.got a job and was being paid ?3 an hour and they were being paid ?6 or
:14:08. > :14:12.?8 an hour. Fire macro even though Zarina and her daughter are British
:14:13. > :14:15.or Scottish, they are not seen to be Scottish. They were born and brought
:14:16. > :14:22.or Scottish, they are not seen to be up here but still not fully accepted
:14:23. > :14:25.as full citizens in society. That is a problem and a huge problem for
:14:26. > :14:29.Scotland with the political rhetoric which says we are open and
:14:30. > :14:33.inclusive. She is from Poland and came
:14:34. > :14:37.to Glasgow ten years ago. She had no bother getting a job
:14:38. > :14:40.in retail when she arrived but then said she found out
:14:41. > :14:51.she was being paid less When I first moved to Glasgow, I
:14:52. > :14:56.found it easy to find a job. It was great. But actually, I was told that
:14:57. > :14:59.I am Polish so why will be working really hard because that is why they
:15:00. > :15:05.would employ me because before they had a positive experience with
:15:06. > :15:11.Polish employees. At that point I realised I would be paid less. There
:15:12. > :15:15.was the expectation that I would accept lower wages.
:15:16. > :15:17.It's now 40 years since racial equality legislation
:15:18. > :15:21.And - obviously - this report suggests that while much has changed
:15:22. > :15:23.for the better, it's calling for the Scottish Government
:15:24. > :15:25.to tackle what it calls some deep-seated issues.
:15:26. > :15:27.Tonight, the Government says it is completely unacceptable that
:15:28. > :15:29.anyone should face barriers to training or employment
:15:30. > :15:32.as a result of their race or religion and that its committed
:15:33. > :15:38.A row is brewing over plans to allow oil tankers to undertake
:15:39. > :15:45.ship-to-ship oil transfers in the Moray Firth.
:15:46. > :15:47.The proposal from the port authority there could see dozens
:15:48. > :15:50.of such transfers every year, with millions of tonnes of crude oil
:15:51. > :15:54.But campaigners fear it could cause an environmental disaster.
:15:55. > :16:07.It is beyond these two headlands that they harbour authorities want
:16:08. > :16:11.to allow crude oil to be pumped between tankers. The practice is
:16:12. > :16:15.already licensed for vessels moved at this oil terminal but the
:16:16. > :16:19.facility's future is in doubt because the North Sea fields which
:16:20. > :16:23.supplies it has been decommissioned. The port authority argues that
:16:24. > :16:27.moving oil transfers into the open seas will not significantly increase
:16:28. > :16:32.the risks. It is properly managed and controlled. There are proper
:16:33. > :16:37.procedures, with certified ships and systems in place to make sure it is
:16:38. > :16:40.done safely. It is prevention rather than cure. This part of the Moray
:16:41. > :16:46.Firth is renowned for its natural beauty. It has golf courses,
:16:47. > :16:50.brilliant waters for sailing, wildlife including dolphins and poor
:16:51. > :16:55.poisons. And it is all this that critics believe could be under
:16:56. > :17:00.threat through the oil transfer plan. -- poor poisons. Putting aside
:17:01. > :17:04.the fact that we have an internationally important colony of
:17:05. > :17:09.bottlenosed Dawsons, we also have bird and seals in the area. --
:17:10. > :17:15.bottlenosed dolphins. Tourism in the area is very lucrative. Any oil
:17:16. > :17:20.spill at all, God forbid, any oil spill at all would be devastating. A
:17:21. > :17:24.plan for ship to ship oil transfers in the Firth of Forth several years
:17:25. > :17:28.ago was scrapped after cross-party condemnation. And now a political
:17:29. > :17:36.head of steam is building up against the Cromarty proposals. Why take the
:17:37. > :17:41.risk? No-one has complained about the practice tied to the Deeside.
:17:42. > :17:45.Why add to the potential for something to go wrong by taking it
:17:46. > :17:49.into the open seas? The port authority insists that part of their
:17:50. > :17:52.remit is the environmental protection of the area. The public
:17:53. > :17:56.now has less than a fortnight to register their views on the issue.
:17:57. > :18:00.Gorgeous guys. Here's David now with all the sport,
:18:01. > :18:05.including the latest from Australia. Two Scots are through to finals
:18:06. > :18:09.at the Australian Open tennis. Jamie Murray and Brazilian partner
:18:10. > :18:19.Bruno Soares will play the pairing of Nestor and Stepanek
:18:20. > :18:23.in the doubles. Gordon Reid's made it
:18:24. > :18:25.too in the wheelchair singles. Andy Murray meanwhile can
:18:26. > :18:38.clinch his place in the final And that is all she wrote. Utterly
:18:39. > :18:44.convincing performance. Is the case for the camera or for his mum, Judy?
:18:45. > :18:49.Maybe it is just to celebrate reaching his third consecutive grand
:18:50. > :18:55.slam final. Unfortunately I lost two last year. It is not a great
:18:56. > :18:58.feeling, to do that. Of course you are proud of yourself for getting
:18:59. > :19:04.that far, but once you get there, you want to win. And on Saturday
:19:05. > :19:08.night, we will be laying it all on the line and doing our very best to
:19:09. > :19:13.try to win the trophy. Gordon Reid, seen here giving it his all in the
:19:14. > :19:16.gym, is determined to do all he can to win the wheelchair singles. After
:19:17. > :19:23.beating the Argentinian today, he will play Joachim Girard tomorrow
:19:24. > :19:27.for the championship. It is the first time I have played a final, so
:19:28. > :19:33.I will go out and try to enjoy it. I will try and do what I have done in
:19:34. > :19:38.the last few matches, try and use my game plan and enjoy it. So to the
:19:39. > :19:43.third member of the trio in Melbourne. Andy Murray faces Milos
:19:44. > :19:47.Raonic of Canada in the semifinals of the singles tomorrow and if he
:19:48. > :19:53.wins that, it will be Novak Djokavic in the final.
:19:54. > :19:55.The Hearts winger Billy King is close to completing a loan
:19:56. > :19:59.The twenty-one year old has been in Glasgow for a medical.
:20:00. > :20:02.He's made almost ninety appearances since breaking into the Hearts team
:20:03. > :20:04.three years ago, but the club are looking to give him
:20:05. > :20:14.Ross County, who face Celtic on Sunday, are looking
:20:15. > :20:15.to reach their first League Cup final.
:20:16. > :20:18.If the men from Dingwall prevail against the cup holders it'll be
:20:19. > :20:22.But County have a number of players with experience of pulling off cup
:20:23. > :20:32.Getting the standard up should help but this might inspire a bit more
:20:33. > :20:42.relief in Dingwall. Six years ago, the biggest upset in the club's
:20:43. > :20:46.history, a 2-0 victory over Celtic in the cup semifinal. There is a
:20:47. > :20:50.belief in the squad is similar to 2010, that we can compete at the
:20:51. > :20:55.highest level. We definitely believe that we can go there and get a
:20:56. > :21:01.result. Not convinced? Next up, the captain. He was part of the Bradford
:21:02. > :21:05.side that came from two down to beat Chelsea 4-2 in one of the FA Cup's
:21:06. > :21:11.biggest ever upsets. That game was unbelievable but the lads have been
:21:12. > :21:16.in massive upsets before. You have to take inspiration from them. And
:21:17. > :21:19.we will take it this week, definitely. We will have to bring a
:21:20. > :21:23.level of performance that is right up there to win the match but I know
:21:24. > :21:28.we're capable of beating any team on the day. History dictates that their
:21:29. > :21:29.quest for this is far from impossible. And that is all your
:21:30. > :21:31.support for tonight. Here's Christopher now to tell us
:21:32. > :21:41.all about Storm Gertrude. Good evening, yes, some very stormy
:21:42. > :21:47.weather on the way. We have an amber preprepared warning in force. That
:21:48. > :21:54.is in force from 4am tomorrow morning. -- be prepared warning.
:21:55. > :21:57.Difficult conditions on the roads, and the wind is strengthening. The
:21:58. > :22:00.rain and wind is courtesy of this deep area of low pressure pushing to
:22:01. > :22:07.the North. The latest storm, Gertrude. And this means a very wet
:22:08. > :22:13.and windy start to tomorrow. The amber warning area will see gusts of
:22:14. > :22:18.70 or 80 mph at times and for the Northern Isles, 70 or 80 mph, with
:22:19. > :22:22.gusts prance in excess of 90 mph. Even where we don't have the
:22:23. > :22:32.warning, there is a yellow warning. It wet and windy start. Potential
:22:33. > :22:34.disruption to power supply and some small-scale structural
:22:35. > :22:40.disruption to power supply and some well. A very wet morning. Certainly,
:22:41. > :22:44.there will be a lot of water and spray on the roads. This is the
:22:45. > :22:48.picture at 8:00am. White arrow indicates a steady wind speed but it
:22:49. > :22:51.is those gusts that cause the most damage and disruption.
:22:52. > :22:59.is those gusts that cause the most around western coasts and for the
:23:00. > :23:04.Northern Isles, big waves. The potential for overtopping at times.
:23:05. > :23:14.Heading through the morning, it will brighten up with showers around. The
:23:15. > :23:18.but the Northern Isles, very windy. but the Northern Isles, very windy.
:23:19. > :23:24.By the mid-afternoon, temperatures five or six. Very chilly in those
:23:25. > :23:29.winds. Heading overnight, there is Gertrude. Off she goes. But the
:23:30. > :23:33.isobars are still tightly packed, and we drown in cold air for the
:23:34. > :23:39.start of the weekend. On Saturday, a windy day with frequent snow
:23:40. > :23:50.showers. At low levels, a separate warning in force. Gale or severe
:23:51. > :23:53.gale force at times. I will be back with headlines at eight o'clock and
:23:54. > :23:57.the late bulletin just after the ten o'clock news. Until then, from
:23:58. > :24:01.across the neck in the team, right across the country, goodbye.