:00:00. > :00:07.That's Evan with Newsnight. Here on BBC One
:00:08. > :00:11.A last-minute deal has secured new tax powers for Holyrood.
:00:12. > :00:14.The agreement completes the so-called "fiscal framework"
:00:15. > :00:18.and follows a day of drama and behind-the-scenes negotiations.
:00:19. > :00:20.The First Minister says it means not a penny will be cut
:00:21. > :00:25.The Chancellor says Holyrood will now be answerable to voters
:00:26. > :00:35.Here's our political editor, Brian Taylor.
:00:36. > :00:41.After a day of intense negotiation, Nicola Sturgeon told MSPs tonight
:00:42. > :00:44.the deal had been done with the Treasury. As a result of these
:00:45. > :00:50.conversations I can report that there is now an agreement in
:00:51. > :00:53.principle that I believe we can recommend to Parliament. The plan to
:00:54. > :00:57.give Scotland control of all income tax rates and bands will now go
:00:58. > :01:01.ahead from next year. The deal sets out how and by how much the
:01:02. > :01:05.Westminster block grant is cut in Goodger. The Treasury had wanted a
:01:06. > :01:09.system which might have meant cuts in Scotland's budget if the Scottish
:01:10. > :01:13.population declined the tax take was Laura. But Scottish ministers
:01:14. > :01:17.resisted that fiercely. The agreement now is there will be no
:01:18. > :01:22.automatic cut in the Hollywood budget for six years and after that
:01:23. > :01:25.there will be a review, without prejudice or without defaulting to
:01:26. > :01:30.the Treasury plan. First Minister said the initial scheme would have
:01:31. > :01:35.cotton -- at the Scottish budget by ?7 million over a decade. -- ?7
:01:36. > :01:39.billion. There will not be ?7 billion of detriment, this deal will
:01:40. > :01:43.not allow a single pound or even a penny to be taken from the Scottish
:01:44. > :01:47.Government budget. It delivers on the bout we made to the people
:01:48. > :01:52.Scotland. It is better the taxpayers of all the UK. And it gives Scotland
:01:53. > :01:55.one of the most powerful devolved parliaments in the world. I think
:01:56. > :02:01.the debate will now shift from whether Scotland these taxes -- tax
:02:02. > :02:05.spending powers to how they are used to the benefit of the Scottish
:02:06. > :02:09.people. The agreement completes the package set out by the cross-party
:02:10. > :02:10.Smith Commission and opens the door to a new phase in Scotland political
:02:11. > :02:12.story. Well, earlier, Brian explained why
:02:13. > :02:21.making the deal had taken so long. It is a key part of a very big deal
:02:22. > :02:25.indeed. There have been concessions on both sides, the Scottish
:02:26. > :02:30.Government has got all it wanted in terms of paying for the costs of
:02:31. > :02:33.transition, they had to agree there will be independent scrutiny of the
:02:34. > :02:37.Scottish economy, not just fear is generated from within the Scottish
:02:38. > :02:41.Government, but on the other hand, the Treasury had to make big
:02:42. > :02:46.concessions as well, they have had to concede that the proposal they
:02:47. > :02:50.made, for their model, is not happen that way. It will be the model that
:02:51. > :02:55.is typically used but over the next six years it will be tweaked to
:02:56. > :02:58.ensure there is not a penny cut from Scotland's budget as a consequence
:02:59. > :03:04.of devolution. And after that, a review will be predicated upon, and
:03:05. > :03:10.open discussion between the two governments after the next round of
:03:11. > :03:13.elections. The big prize for both sides, the big prize for the
:03:14. > :03:19.Scottish Government and Hollywood, securing those tax powers, securing
:03:20. > :03:22.the control of welfare, securing borrowing powers, to transform the
:03:23. > :03:27.Scottish election into a debate over the use of those powers. The big
:03:28. > :03:32.game for the UK Government, they are able to argue that Scotland is now
:03:33. > :03:36.fiscally responsible. The Hollywood Parliament will be responsible for
:03:37. > :03:39.spending, responsible for tax, that builds a narrative whereby they say
:03:40. > :03:42.Scotland is determining how own affairs and not as they would argue
:03:43. > :03:44.reliant upon the remainder of the UK.
:03:45. > :03:46.The Lanarkshire nurse Pauline Cafferkey is in hospital
:03:47. > :03:47.in London this evening after suffering further
:03:48. > :03:52.She was originally infected whilst treating victims in Sierra Leone
:03:53. > :03:54.and survived a second infection last October,
:03:55. > :04:04.Our health correspondent, Eleanor Bradford, reports.
:04:05. > :04:10.The nightmare continues for Lanarkshire nurse Pauline Cafferkey.
:04:11. > :04:15.Today she was for the third time on her way to specialist care in
:04:16. > :04:18.London. She appeared to be walking unaided but was still surrounded by
:04:19. > :04:24.the highest infection control measures as she was transferred to
:04:25. > :04:30.an aircraft. It marks yet another twist in her extraordinary story.
:04:31. > :04:35.Pauline was admitted to hospital with Ebola at the end of 2014
:04:36. > :04:39.following her return from Sierra Leone. After a month, doctors said
:04:40. > :04:44.you had made a full recovery. Speaking in early autumn she hoped
:04:45. > :04:50.the worst was behind her. There were thyroid problems to start with. It
:04:51. > :04:57.has taken me a good few months to recover from that. You just don't
:04:58. > :05:03.know long-term idea there. Hopefully this is it. -- either. But nothing
:05:04. > :05:07.could have prepared her for the turn of events. In October the virus
:05:08. > :05:12.re-emerged, having lived on in her brain and spinal fluid and caused
:05:13. > :05:17.meningitis. She survived, for a second time, but was monitored more
:05:18. > :05:21.closely. That routine monitoring picked up something unusual, which
:05:22. > :05:25.has led to did a's admission to hospital. Probably more has been
:05:26. > :05:29.learned about Ebola from Pauline than any other person on this
:05:30. > :05:37.planet. She is probably the most investigated case of Ebola on the
:05:38. > :05:42.planet. That investigation will help our, it will help the medical and
:05:43. > :05:49.nursing team look after her, it will help the rest of us gather knowledge
:05:50. > :05:52.about this infection. Specialists at the Royal Free Hospital in London
:05:53. > :05:56.have said only that Pauline Cafferkey is suffering from another
:05:57. > :06:00.late competition of Ebola. The outbreak in Africa may have been
:06:01. > :06:01.declared over but Pauline's case shows how much we still have to
:06:02. > :06:03.learn. A key report on the oil and gas
:06:04. > :06:06.industry has warned that exploration is at an all-time low and investment
:06:07. > :06:10.in the North Sea is facing collapse. The survey says that
:06:11. > :06:12.unless the oil price rises, almost half the UK's North Sea oil
:06:13. > :06:18.fields will fail to make a profit. Our business correspondent,
:06:19. > :06:31.David Henderson, reports. This is how an oil firm saves $50
:06:32. > :06:36.million. The boss of Chevron talks to the team on one of his offshore
:06:37. > :06:43.platforms. To maximise production. However things going offshore?
:06:44. > :06:45.platforms. To maximise production. Improving. The company has
:06:46. > :06:47.platforms. To maximise production. more than 300 jobs
:06:48. > :06:51.platforms. To maximise production. plummeting oil prices.
:06:52. > :06:53.platforms. To maximise production. hating us from a number of angles.
:06:54. > :06:55.platforms. To maximise production. It is important we continue to work
:06:56. > :07:05.collaboratively. We work with It is important we continue to work
:07:06. > :07:12.over time. The industry It is important we continue to work
:07:13. > :07:20.to adapt the low oil prices. Last year, it cost nearly $30 to produce
:07:21. > :07:23.a barrel of oil. But now, thanks to efficiencies, and tens of thousands
:07:24. > :07:31.of job losses, that cost has been driven down to around $20 a barrel.
:07:32. > :07:37.But is still not enough. Around half of all the oil fields are still
:07:38. > :07:40.running at a loss and if that is worrying, consider future investment
:07:41. > :07:47.plans. It gives an idea about the future. Over the last five years,
:07:48. > :07:52.the industry has spent around ?8 billion a year on new projects, that
:07:53. > :07:57.is the level of investment. This year, they only plan to invest
:07:58. > :08:00.around ?1 billion. With everything that means for jobs and production.
:08:01. > :08:05.around ?1 billion. With everything And that has prompted a clear
:08:06. > :08:08.warning. The industry is trying to fight for survival in the years
:08:09. > :08:12.ahead. What we see is investment falling so that new investment has
:08:13. > :08:18.come to an all-time low, and indeed exploration is very low. A more
:08:19. > :08:22.positive view, production is up and getting better, but unless we keep
:08:23. > :08:26.investing, we have a very stark future. So, what help does the
:08:27. > :08:31.industry need to cope with the low price of oil? There are growing
:08:32. > :08:36.calls for cuts in the rate of tax which are paid by oil producers.
:08:37. > :08:40.Right now the industry is paying 30% corporation tax, which is 10% more
:08:41. > :08:44.than the normal rate. Everyone else pays 20. On top of that there is a
:08:45. > :08:50.supplementary tax which was introduced on account of higher oil
:08:51. > :08:54.prices and what they called excess profits. It doesn't make sense to
:08:55. > :08:57.have both of these. So if less than a month -- with less than up until
:08:58. > :09:02.the Chancellor unveils the budget it is clear where oil firms want George
:09:03. > :09:05.Osborne to go and stop further tax breaks may we on their agenda but it
:09:06. > :09:07.is not yet clear if they are on his. A 16-year-old boy is to go on trial
:09:08. > :09:10.at the High Court in Aberdeen next week, charged with
:09:11. > :09:13.the murder of a pupil The youth, whose identity
:09:14. > :09:16.is protected by law, appeared during a preliminary
:09:17. > :09:18.hearing in Glasgow this morning. Here's our home affairs
:09:19. > :09:30.correspondent, Reevel Alderson. 16-year-old Bailey Gwynne was a
:09:31. > :09:34.pupil at Cults Academy in Aberdeen when he was fatally stabbed at the
:09:35. > :09:39.school in October last year. Today another 16-year-old, whose name is
:09:40. > :09:42.protected by law, appeared before the High Court in Glasgow charged
:09:43. > :09:48.with Bailey's murder. In an eight minute hearing at the High Court in
:09:49. > :09:53.Glasgow, the judge was told that the teenager, who appeared in the dock
:09:54. > :09:59.wearing a grey sweater and black trousers, admitted killing Bailey
:10:00. > :10:04.but denied murdering him. Alec Prentice QC, the prosecutor, told
:10:05. > :10:07.the court, the Crown declines to accept that offer of guilty to the
:10:08. > :10:13.culpable homicide charge and will proceed to trial on the murder
:10:14. > :10:16.charge. The accused youth is alleged to have carried knives and
:10:17. > :10:21.knuckle-dusters into the school on various occasions over a two-year
:10:22. > :10:25.period. He denies the charges and also fighting with Bailey and
:10:26. > :10:28.murdering him with a knife. His trial, which is expected to last
:10:29. > :10:32.five days, will begin in Aberdeen next Tuesday.
:10:33. > :10:35.Celtic have been fined 13,000 euros - just over ?10,000 -
:10:36. > :10:39.That's after supporters set off flares during a game
:10:40. > :10:45.It happened during their Europa League match against Fenerbahce.
:10:46. > :10:48.Part of the fine is for the conduct of the team,
:10:49. > :10:54.Staying on football, and in the Premiership,
:10:55. > :11:01.And Dundee won their Scottish Cup replay against Dumbarton 5-0.
:11:02. > :11:07.Dundee will face Rangers at Ibrox in the quarterfinals.
:11:08. > :11:10.Well, it's over to Christopher Blanchett now with the weather
:11:11. > :11:25.Thank you. Good evening. Those sunny skies LME increased hours tonight,
:11:26. > :11:29.quite chilly and frosty. A lovely picture from one of our weather
:11:30. > :11:37.watchers. Not only cold and frosty but also if you wintry showers. -- a
:11:38. > :11:39.few. Most of those shows confined to northern parts of the mainland. A
:11:40. > :11:45.couple pushing down towards the West Coast. Here is what we expect to
:11:46. > :11:50.happen. Showers continue, the yellow warning for the risk of snow showers
:11:51. > :11:53.and icy patches. But for many Central, southern and eastern parts,
:11:54. > :11:58.dry, clear and cold with freezing temperatures. Tomorrow morning, rain
:11:59. > :12:03.showers in the South West and risk of ice. Wintry showers continuing in
:12:04. > :12:10.the far North. But for many, a dry and start. More cloud across the
:12:11. > :12:14.South West. Further East, a sunny and bright start to the day, similar
:12:15. > :12:18.to most of the central lowlands. Further North, more cloud with
:12:19. > :12:23.wintry showers continuing. A cold start to the day. The wind coming
:12:24. > :12:28.from the Northwest. As we head through the course of the morning,
:12:29. > :12:33.showers continuing for a time and again cloudy conditions in the South
:12:34. > :12:36.West compared with today. But for Central, southern and eastern parts,
:12:37. > :12:40.or other sparkling day of sunshine. Across the UK, we have a weather
:12:41. > :12:43.front producing some cloud and showers for Northern Ireland towards
:12:44. > :12:49.the North of England. Further South, largely dry and bright. More cloud
:12:50. > :12:54.across parts of East Anglia. We are a little bit below average but with
:12:55. > :12:59.light winds, you get the sunshine but showers continuing across the
:13:00. > :13:02.far North and the Northern Isles. Looking ahead towards Thursday, very
:13:03. > :13:06.few isobars on a charge so little in the way of wind. Another largely dry
:13:07. > :13:11.and bright day with sparkling sunshine. A few showers around, most
:13:12. > :13:15.across the far North and the Northern Isles. For most, dry and
:13:16. > :13:16.bright. Chilly but if you get the sunshine and the light winds,
:13:17. > :13:18.feeling rather pleasant. Our next update is during Breakfast
:13:19. > :13:22.at 6:25 tomorrow morning. But from everyone on the late team
:13:23. > :13:26.here in Glasgow