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A tragic week in Scotland's mountains as three men die

The search for two more missing climbers on Ben Nevis continues.

Also on the programme, police are investigating the death

of a five-month-old baby girl after an incident at a Fife flat.

We're out on the streets of Edinburgh and Port Glasgow

taking the temperature of our attitudes to Europe.

And, five more Celtic fans are arrested for their behaviour

at the Scottish Cup tie at Stranraer last month.

The fossils from this Borders river that help us understand a missing

Three people have died and two are missing, after being caught

in severe winter weather on Scotland's hills in recent days.

It's once again highlighted the dangers of climbing and walking

Two men in their 70s are now known to have died

after being stranded in freezing conditions on the Southern Uplands,

and a climber died in an avalanche near Spean Bridge.

Meanwhile the avalanche risk meant rescue teams were today unable

to resume a ground search for a young couple from Yorkshire

All this week's incidents have led some to question why people would

venture into the hills in winter conditions. The authorities insist

there's plenty of information to help keep them safe. I certainly

feel there is sufficient information out there for the climbers and

participants in outdoor sports in our hills. What I would say and urge

anybody taking to the hills is to pay particular attention to the

relevant weather forecast for that area and for the hills, where they

are going to be working at altitude, and not the ground forecast. This

afternoon a rescue helicopter made a further sweep of Ben Nevis looking

for any trace of Rachel Slater and Stuart from Bradford. They called

for anyone who may have seen the pair climbing over the weekend to

get in touch. Scotland's mountains are increasingly popular with

climbers and walkers but the same conditions, snow and ice which

attract so many people, can lead to tragedy. It is really hard when

people are on holiday and they've travelled a long way or made plans

to do something and have got excited about going to a particular place.

But most importantly you have not to stick to those plans in if you don't

feel comfortable. You've got to have a flexible plan and have different

options. Mountain experts will never try and dissuade people from

venturing out into the hills but they do insist that anyone heading

for the great outdoors, especially in winters, is experienced and

trained in winter climbing techniques and that they fully

inform themselves about the weather and avalanche forecasts.

Police are investigating the death of a five-month-old baby

Hayley Davidson was admitted to hospital on Sunday,

after officers went to a property in Buckhaven in response to a call

She died yesterday at Edinburgh's Royal Hospital

Police are now awaiting the results of a postmortem.

Outside her home in Buckhaven people arrived to lay flowers for Hayley

Davidson. The get well soon messages replaced by messages of shock and

sadness after locals in the Fife town discovered the critically ill

five month old had died. Smiling for the camera she was described by her

family as a beautiful baby girl loved by everyone who met her. It

was Sundays lunch time that police first arrived, responding to a

report of concern for a child. They discovered Hayley seriously injured.

Hayley was taken by ambulance to the sick Children's Hospital in

Edinburgh. She was critically ill and staff here cared for her for

three days until yesterday afternoon, when she passed away. Her

mother's flat remains cordoned off along with another property a few

doors down as police activity continues. As they await the results

of a post-mortem examination detectives are conducting a robust

investigation, describing it as an extremely tragic and sensitive case.

David Cameron is in Brussels, trying to agree a renegotiation

package before the country votes on whether to leave or stay

Is Scotland more likely to opt to remain than other parts

Our political correspondent Nick Eardley has been out

Hundreds of thousands of Europeans visit Scotland every year. They make

a substantial contribution to the tourism sector. The ones we spoke to

in Edinburgh seem happy to be here. Yeah, I like it. It's a nice place.

Are you enjoying being in Scotland Yes, it's a bit cold. But you're

having a good time? Yes. It is very good, the place. Only bad weather.

Most of Scotland's main political parties support remaining in the EU.

Only Ukip argue for an exit. Campaigners from other parties also

back leaving. Beyond the political bubble that support appears to

continue. Polls suggest most Scots are happy to raise a glass to

continued membership. There is no doubt Scotland is markedly more

pro-European, markedly more likely to say it is going to vote to remain

than is the UK as a whole. It is of the order of 12-14 points or so to

vote to remain than you will find in England or UK-wide opinion polls.

What is it that Scots are apparently so enthusiastic about when it comes

to the EU? We went to ask. I'm going to vote to remain in the EU. I think

things like the equal rights Act, maternity pay are big issues for me

at the moment. I don't like the administration for one but I do like

the ability to work together. We've been ripped off for years, with the

way they treat us, the money they took off us, the human rights bill.

Are people as keen on the European journey across the country? The

Ferguson shipyard on the Clyde lost contracts after being forced to

tender under EU law. We put our questions here. I would rather we

stayed in it. No, it will make us skint. Pardon? It will make us

skint. To leave? To stay in. I think it will be better for us if we stay

in the EU, become separate, if you know what I mean. Shetland was one

of just two areas to vote against membership of the European Economic

Community in 1975. Has the outlook here changed since the last

referendum? It is a bureaucratic mess. I hope we vote to leave Europe

and I will take my chances. It is not like everything will be

wonderful the day we leave, I'm not naive. It could be worse for a time

but I'm prepared the take that risk. My first thought is I would rather

stay, but I don't feel strongly either way yet. I think integration

is good, if we all work together, but on terms that every side is

agreed on. How Scotland and the rest of the UK votes won't be known until

the referendum itself. Only then will the country's future direction

be clear. How fossils found in this Borders

river could explain how life moved In sport: more Celtic fans

are arrested after an investigation into sectarian chanting

at a Scottish Cup match. Are Glasgow Warriors

about to go synthetic? A steel company interested in buying

Tata's mothballed works in Lanarkshire has told the BBC

they could still have a future. Liberty is looking at

using recycled steel Hundreds of people's jobs rely

on a buyer being found Aileen Clarke is outside

Dalzell for us tonight. Liberty threw their hat into the

ring for these steel plants last month and since then we understand

there've been several positive discussions with them about the

possibility of them taking over the plant here and also the collide

bridge plant. This is a company that's recently turned round a steel

plant down in Wales. The Newport plant. They took over, and now that

plant is rolling steel once more. They are clearly a company with an

idea what they want to do in the steel industry in future. When the

BBC spoke to them they weren't specific about their plans for these

plants but they gave us an idea of how their vision is developing for

the part they wish to play in the steel industry in Britain in the

come years. We are talking about recycling steel from domestic scrap,

selling products made, value-added projects made in the UK market. Cap

has no price, it follows steel. If you can recycle that into steel with

a sustainable energy source and add value and feed automobile or space

or aeroindustries, it has nothing to do with the price movement of the

commodity. Any deal that could be done for these plants can't come

quick enough. There was 270 employed here between the two plants. I

understand now there's only around 50 of our workforce being kept on.

Money has been put in from the Scottish Government as a fund to

keep people employed here, so it does retain that skill should they

find a buyer for these plants. But any deal people here would be seen

to see coming quickly. I understand from the union here they do believe

that Liberty has the right credentials to make a go of it here.

I think they like the cut of their jib very much, that's theism

pressing I'm getting. There is another meeting of the steel task

force scheduled for next Thursday. There are high hopes in Motherwell

there might be positive news about the future of these plants even

before people sit down for that meeting next Thursday. Aileen, thank

you. It's been reported that

a 15-year-old boy from Glasgow has been arrested for allegedly hacking

into US government computers. It's understood the FBI had been

involved in an investigation into hacking, and the boy

was questioned earlier this week They've confirmed that a teenager

was arrested, following the search of a property in Glasgow on Tuesday

under the Computer Misuse Act. He has since been released and has

been reported to the Secondary schools in

West Dunbartonshire were closed today, because of a strike

by some teachers over cuts. It's the second time in just over

a month that members of the EIS union in the area have walked out

over plans to cut the number The union has called council

proposals to solve The council argues that the system

it's proposing is similar to one Scottish prosecutors are attempting

to extradite a Filipino man in connection with the death

of a teenager blackmailed Daniel Perry from Dunfermline took

his own life, after being targeted Now a warrant has been issued

for the arrest of the gang leader. Our home affairs correspondent,

Reevel Alderson, is here now. Remind us of the background

to this story. The chain of events began in 2013

when 17-year-old Daniel Perry fell to his death from the Forth Road

Bridge. A year later Interpol raided premises in the Philippine capital

Manila where they discovered blackmailers were operating an

industrial-scale scam. Daniel thought he was in online

conversation with an American girl. In fact he was in conversation with

scammers posing as this woman. They say that they were recording his

conversations and that they would release details of them to his

family and friends unless he paid them money. He said he didn't have

any money. In which case they said, you should kill yourself. The

Interpol raid on the Filipino premises found operators in call

centre-style booths with white boards on the walls showing exactly

how much money each operator was making from the scams. It is a

desperately sad case. What's happening now? Following that raid

Scottish Police examined some of the computers seized and believe they've

established a link with these premises and Daniel's death. The

Crown Office has issued a warrant for the arrest of the man in charge

of the premises, a gang leader. They want his extradition to Scotland.

The problem is he and two others have been charged by the Filipino

authorities, they are awaiting trial, they are on bail. Once that

is over, the Scottish authorities may well be able to formalise the

extradition proceedings but it may take some time. Thank you.

A look at other stories from across the country.

A fundraising campaign has been launched to help the family

Jack Donaldson was born in April last year with a rare heart defect,

Orkney Charitable Trust has set up a fund to support the family,

who have to make the long journey back and forth

Street lights on the Western Isles could be switched off for six months

of the year to help the local authority save money.

The council said it would be examining the impact of turning off

The idea was suggested after councillors

agreed where ?1.4 million of savings would be made

Plans that would have seen people in Orkney's smaller isles have

to travel to Kirkwall to register births, deaths and marriages

Moves to phase out the home-based registrars service

But a consultation found islanders to be overwhelmingly in favour

A rare medieval Scottish manuscript that was missing for 300

years has been bought by the National Library of Scotland.

The prayer book was written in Scotland 700 years ago

at the Sweetheart Abbey near Dumfries.

Very few such religious manuscripts exist as so many were destroyed

We think now that only 1% of all it will urge cal Catholic manuscripts

survive to this day and many of these are in fragments only, so for

this book to have come through all this as an entire volume is quite an

achievement and will tell us a lot about Scottish ecclesiastical

history. A record number of people visited

Scotland's national The three Edinburgh attractions -

the National, the Modern Art and the Portrait galleries -

saw visitor numbers increase by just Organisers say the surge is down

to two major exhibitions featuring and Pop Art pioneer,

Roy Lichtenstein. Let's get the sports

news now, from David. Five more Celtic fans have been

arrested for their behaviour at the Scottish Cup tie

at Stranraer last month. The investigation came into

sectarian singing. The news comes as Celtic wait

to find out if they face punishment for fans using flares at a match

against the Turkish side Fenerbahce. Five more fans were arrested in

relation to behaviour in Celtic's Scottish cup match against Armagh.

Four fans were arrested during the game following reports of sectarian

chanting and uses both bombs and players. After the game, Celtic and

three fans. -- use of smoke bombs. We are trying to eliminate it and

the individuals but I will stress again that the majority are

fantastic. It is just that tiny minority we have to weed out. The

fourth time any year, Celtic are facing a new way first action for

fan misbehaviour, the use of Blairs in a match against Fenerbahce. That

case was heard today but no verdict as yet. Recently, the club were

fined ?7,300 for trouble away at Dinamo Zagreb and had to paid ?9,500

for two charges of misconduct by supporters against Inter Milan. Of

course, Celtic are not the only club afflicted by fan misbehaviour but

how to deal with it is the burning issue.

It's back to the future for the League Cup,

the final of which will once again be played before Christmas

Make a note of this in your tablet or mobile.

The final will be on Sunday 27th November, the first time it's been

Aberdeen have suffered another blow to their hopes of winning a first

Winger Jonny Hayes will be out for about a month

He picked it up in their 3-1 defeat by Inverness on Monday

and was substituted during the first half.

His manager, however, feels he has enough strength

We have lost important players at different stages of the season. We

have to cope with that. There's no point in getting too down about it.

We know the importance of Jonny Hayes but it is important that

somebody else as an opportunity, maybe one or two who have not had a

run of games might get a chance in his absence.

Rangers top-scorer Martyn Waghorn says he's "gutted" he could be out

He has vowed to come back fitter and stronger after injuring his knee in

a midweek Scottish cup replay win at Kilmarnock. Rangers say he won't

need an operation. Glasgow Warriors head coach

Gregor Townsend is confident an artificial pitch will be laid

at their stadium in time Warriors have switched their Pro12

match against Munster tomorrow to Kilmarnock Football Club's

synthetic surface because their own Grass or artificial? At this time of

year in some Scottish sports, it is a topical discussion. But the

Glasgow Warriors, it seems, the argument is over. I'm very confident

we will have a 3G pitch at Scots do at the beginning of next season. I

know discussions are at an advanced stage and we hope to announce

something very soon. The pro 12 champions have not played at

Scotstoun so far in 2016, blaming, they say, bad weather. Now the

players are behind the move to bin the grass. I think it suits the way

we try to play the game down to the ground, to be honest. We try to play

a pretty fast game even when the underfoot conditions are maybe not

great. The grass against artificial debate is a current talking point in

Scottish football but there was a call only last week for more

research into how synthetic pitches affect players. But Gregor Townsend

feels it does not apply to rugby. I was chatting to some football

managers the other day and football want a wet pitch. They want the ball

to move quickly along the ground so a grass pitch that has a bit of damp

is OK. Obviously, the pitches are not as damaged by scrums and some

heavy people on them. This is a big match for Glasgow Warriors tonight,

with Gregor Townsend and his men sitting in the home end at Rugby

Park. It won't be too long before we see the green, green, artificial

grass of home at Scotstoun. I thought he was going to start

singing but mercifully he didn't! A collection of Scottish fossils,

that appear to solve the mystery of how vertebrate life came

to move from water to land, are to go on display

in an exhibition at the National The fossils were found

in the Borders and date from a missing period

in geological history, You might wonder what this river

near the village of Chirnside in the Borders has today with one of the

most fundamental questions of human evolution, how animals crawled out

of the water and onto the land. Well, scientists believe that

fossils discovered here, that date back 360 million years, provide the

proof that they have been looking for. What we have is a series of

raids, basically a rib cage. The fossils now form part of an

exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland. A very large animal as

well, we think it might have been a top predator so it's pretty cool.

May be but why so important? This animal's nickname comes from it

reads -- its ribs which are really important because they are like the

scaffolding that supports the bones. You need to have a good support to

draw air into your longs online. To the uninitiated, they could be

mistaken for just rocks but scientists use state-of-the-art

technology to make a best guess as to what the creatures might like.

This gap when backboned animals moved onto land, we had really no

clue until very recently. There are one or two fossils in the world. We

could not really interpret them to tell us what the environment was

like at the time that the things moved onto land. This is, for the

first time, something we can do. It may not look like much but this

rock, and if you have a little look, there is a black smudge at the end

of it, that is the oldest land animal ever to be discovered in the

world. It was found in Stonehaven. Scotland's geology makes it one of

the richest places to study ancient life. Back in the Borders, the

tetrapod pods were crawling out of the water here, 100 million years

before even a hint of a dinosaur. But the find has now sparked a major

research project into the mystery of this pivotal moment in evolution.

Lisa Summers, reporting Scotland, Chirnside.

Now here's David with details of Scotland 2016.

Tonight, David Cameron is in Brussels, trying to seal a deal to

give Britain a new relationship with Europe. But we will ask why it

appears Scottish voters are keener to remain in Europe than voters in

England? And we will hear from the comic book writer from Coatbridge

who is taking Hollywood by storm. So join me on BBC Two at 10:30pm.

Let's see how the weather is shaping up.

Good evening. Sunshine and showers today. Some of you probably had more

sunshine than others. Tonight, clear skies so cold and

frosty and once again a risk of ice across western parts of the country,

a Met Office yellow warning in force anywhere from the Northern Isles

down towards Galloway. The showers will push in, one or two over

towards Edinburgh potentially but many central and eastern parts dry,

clear and cold, frosty with temperatures close to freezing.

Rural Aberdeenshire perhaps as low as minus six. Tomorrow, all change,

after quite dry start, cloud increasing and the rain following,

pushing its way from west to east through the course the day,

accompanied by strong to gale force southerly winds, the gales in

exposure around the coast. Snowfall across higher ground and latterly

the mountains but for most, just a wet and windy day. By mid-afternoon,

the rain tends to ease off and turns more patchy in nature. Temperatures

up on today, seven or eight Celsius but with the cloud, the rain and

wind, not feeling particularly present. The wind direction means

some shelter towards the north of Aberdeenshire and Inverness so

little if any rain here but certainly pretty wet across Orkney

and Shetland and the rain taking a good while to clear Shetland. In the

evening, wintry showers following behind again, snow down to fairly

low levels for areas to the north of the central belt but elsewhere, just

rain. In the weekend, we have a waving weather front, the dividing

line between cold air to the north and mild air to the south. We are in

the cold air so it will be a cold weekend but there will be a spell of

rain across southern parts of the country, persistent at times. For

many, breezy, a strong westerly winds and fairly frequent showers,

wintry at times. The driest weather in the East, five or six Celsius,

feeling rather cool. Into Sunday, the weather front continues to stay

with us but taking most of the rain further south in towards Wales and

the North of England. We are in the cold air once again, fairly showery

but the wind is a bit lighter than Saturday. However, it will still be

rather cool at times. That is the forecast for now.

Now, a reminder of tonight's main news.

David Cameron says he is "battling for Britain" at a crucial EU summit.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said he's

"quite confident" European leaders can reach a deal with Britain

over its future membership of the EU.

Mr Cameron aims to return with a reform package he can put

to the British people in a referendum in June.

Three people have died and two are missing,

after being caught in severe weather on Scotland's hills in recent days.

Two men in their 70s are now known to have died,

after being stranded on the Southern Uplands,

and a climber died in an avalanche near Spean Bridge.

Avalanche risk meant rescue teams were unable to resume a search

for a young couple from Yorkshire missing on Ben Nevis.

I'll be back with the headlines at 8pm, and the late bulletin just

Until then, from everyone on the team - right

across the country - have a very good evening.