:00:19. > :00:20.A 16-year-old boy has been found guilty of killing the teenager
:00:21. > :00:23.Bailey Gwynne at an Aberdeen school last October.
:00:24. > :00:26.Bailey died after being stabbed in the chest after an argument.
:00:27. > :00:28.The killer, who can't be named for legal reasons,
:00:29. > :00:33.was not convicted of murder, but was found guilty of
:00:34. > :00:34.the lesser charge of culpable homicide.
:00:35. > :00:46.Bailey Gwynne's family leave court after the jury's decisions that the
:00:47. > :00:51.16-year-old was not the victim of murder, but instead the lesser
:00:52. > :00:55.charge of culpable homicide. Do you believe that any justice has been
:00:56. > :01:01.done today? Bailey died after being stabbed by a fellow pupil in October
:01:02. > :01:06.last year. The trial had heard that during the lunch break, Bailey and
:01:07. > :01:09.the other teenager started arguing and then fighting. The other
:01:10. > :01:13.teenager then took out a knife and stabbed Bailey in the chest,
:01:14. > :01:18.penetrating his heart. Despite efforts to save him, it Bailey died
:01:19. > :01:23.of a catastrophic loss of blood. The next day, the teenager was charged
:01:24. > :01:29.with murder. There are challenges when you are dealing with children
:01:30. > :01:34.who have witnessed one of their friends dying. And teachers who have
:01:35. > :01:38.assisted in trying to save Bailey's life. So real challenge is trying to
:01:39. > :01:44.manage witnesses and making sure we get the evidence we need, in terms
:01:45. > :01:45.of the investigation. In the days afterwards, hundreds of tributes
:01:46. > :01:52.were left outside the school gate in afterwards, hundreds of tributes
:01:53. > :01:57.memory of Bailey, who has been described as "A soft, caring boy.".
:01:58. > :02:01.There are no words that can sum this up for us. The emotional impact of
:02:02. > :02:05.what happened last year and it is so hard to make sense of Bailey's
:02:06. > :02:10.death. We should remember that, at the heart of this, where two
:02:11. > :02:15.children. And there can be no greater tragedy than the untimely
:02:16. > :02:18.death of a young person. The trial heard that the teenager who had
:02:19. > :02:23.killed Bailey had been seen in school in the months leading up to
:02:24. > :02:28.it with knives and knuckle-dusters. We also know the headteacher several
:02:29. > :02:32.years previously had had to warn the teenager personally about the danger
:02:33. > :02:38.of carrying knives. Can I ask you why the headteacher warned the
:02:39. > :02:44.teenager about knives? We are not taking any questions. Are you aware
:02:45. > :02:52.of what the state of knives in Aberdeen scores is? Do you have any
:02:53. > :02:56.statistics? -- Aberdeen schools. Despite his conviction and because
:02:57. > :03:00.of his age, the teenager who killed Bailey Gwynne still cannot be
:03:01. > :03:01.legally identified. He is being held in custody and will be sentenced
:03:02. > :03:03.next month. It's emerged that Bailey Gwynne's
:03:04. > :03:06.killer had attacked before. Parents of a boy he injured had
:03:07. > :03:08.warned the authorities that he would go on to commit
:03:09. > :03:11.a far more serious crime. Schoolmates at first shocked
:03:12. > :03:18.and numbed by what seemed to be the random killing of a gentle
:03:19. > :03:23.teenager by a fellow pupil. And he was quite a strong boy,
:03:24. > :03:29.so he'd be hitting the gym a lot. He didn't deserve anything
:03:30. > :03:35.like what happened. And everyone agreed Bailey
:03:36. > :03:38.was an innocent, quiet lad. So why did a killer plunge
:03:39. > :03:45.a knife into his heart? The jury heard that a fight started
:03:46. > :03:47.after he refused to hand And evidence that Bailey's attacker
:03:48. > :03:50.regularly had a knife What the jury couldn't be
:03:51. > :03:54.told was that the killer BBC Scotland has learned that
:03:55. > :04:00.concerns were raised repeatedly about Bailey's killer as long
:04:01. > :04:03.ago as primary school. In 2007, he attacked another people
:04:04. > :04:05.with rocks in this lane. The victim ended up
:04:06. > :04:12.in hospital with concussion. There were other concerns
:04:13. > :04:16.about his behaviour. The injured boy's parents contacted
:04:17. > :04:18.police and the school. In the years that followed,
:04:19. > :04:22.they became increasingly frustrated by what they saw as a lack
:04:23. > :04:24.of effective action. In documents that we have seen,
:04:25. > :04:26.those same parents make That their son's attacker
:04:27. > :04:33.would go on to commit a far The parents took their fears
:04:34. > :04:38.to this local councillor. She pressed senior education
:04:39. > :04:40.officials for action. In desperation, she took her fears
:04:41. > :04:44.to the authority's Chief Executive. Well, I passed it to senior
:04:45. > :04:54.staff, who carried out... And the information was already
:04:55. > :05:02.underway as an inquiry by the police, so we had to be very
:05:03. > :05:07.careful, as a council. And then, from there,
:05:08. > :05:11.it was quite a lengthy time. And the concerns were continually
:05:12. > :05:17.being raised and I kept raising them In desperation, the parents turned
:05:18. > :05:23.to their MP for help, frustrated by an apparent
:05:24. > :05:27.lack of firm action. There was nobody that had sufficient
:05:28. > :05:34.oversight of everything that was going on that
:05:35. > :05:36.could actually say, hold on, we are trying all these
:05:37. > :05:38.different things. But actually there is
:05:39. > :05:40.still a problem here. The couple who had approached me
:05:41. > :05:44.still weren't satisfied that their children were going to be
:05:45. > :05:46.safe going to school. That the attack that had happened
:05:47. > :05:50.once wasn't going to happen again. And I think that, and this is a much
:05:51. > :06:00.bigger issue, this is not just this is not just about Aberdeen
:06:01. > :06:02.or this particular incident, issue about what you do
:06:03. > :06:05.in the circumstances, where the normal mechanisms
:06:06. > :06:08.and normal protocols that have been We asked Aberdeen City Council
:06:09. > :06:15.to respond to these allegations. In a statement, the authority
:06:16. > :06:18.announced an independent review that It has been commissioned
:06:19. > :06:21.by the council itself, And it will be chaired
:06:22. > :06:35.by an independent expert, Bailey's death left a family, school
:06:36. > :06:41.and community grieving. And asking questions. And some are now asking,
:06:42. > :06:46.would he still be alive if authorities had acted more
:06:47. > :06:51.decisively? The matter needs to be investigated further. Just to ensure
:06:52. > :06:53.there is nothing we could have done, when that original assault took
:06:54. > :06:59.place, that would have stopped what when that original assault took
:07:00. > :07:05.happened. If nothing else, make sure we learn any lessons that have to be
:07:06. > :07:06.learned. It won't bring back Bailey, sadly, but hopefully it will prevent
:07:07. > :07:10.another Bailey in the future. Nato combat operations
:07:11. > :07:12.in Afghanistan ended more than a year ago, but Scots
:07:13. > :07:14.troops are serving still Soldiers from 2 Scots battalion have
:07:15. > :07:20.been operating in the capital city, In the first of two special reports,
:07:21. > :07:26.Cameron Buttle has been to Kabul, This deployment is part of an
:07:27. > :07:42.operation that is part of Nato's This deployment is part of an
:07:43. > :07:48.positive support mission. It is to train and develop Afghan security
:07:49. > :07:56.forces. That means that, once again, hundreds of Scots troops are back on
:07:57. > :07:58.the ground and Afghanistan. -- in Afghanistan.
:07:59. > :08:00.The ancient city of Kabul, where dynasties ruled
:08:01. > :08:03.Now one of the fastest-growing cities in the world,
:08:04. > :08:07.Edging through its jammed city streets, a unit of 2 Scots.
:08:08. > :08:10.They hardly blend in, but the armour of their new vehicles
:08:11. > :08:12.has already proved its worth against a bomb attack
:08:13. > :08:17.The only one of the tour so far. Thankfully, no injuries.
:08:18. > :08:20.In busy traffic like this, if there was someone out there,
:08:21. > :08:25.then it's going to be harder for them to get towards us.
:08:26. > :08:29.So, yeah, it means there's less chance of spotting them,
:08:30. > :08:32.but, at the same time, less chance of them getting to us.
:08:33. > :08:35.This move through Kabul passes not far from where a suicide bomber
:08:36. > :08:40.Any part of the Afghan government is perceived as a
:08:41. > :08:45.Supporting the Afghan security forces is not just about
:08:46. > :08:50.It's also about logistics and administration.
:08:51. > :08:53.Basics, like making sure soldiers get paid.
:08:54. > :08:55.And that's what a team of international mentors is doing
:08:56. > :09:00.And, outside, Scottish troops are watching
:09:01. > :09:06.The 2 Scots deployment is classed by the military as force protection,
:09:07. > :09:09.there for anyone working for the Nato mission.
:09:10. > :09:14.Since combat operations ended in 2014, the Afghans are in charge
:09:15. > :09:18.Since we've been here, we've conducted probably
:09:19. > :09:23.And we have been targeted in that time,
:09:24. > :09:28.The vast majority of incidents that do occur, and we wouldn't
:09:29. > :09:33.want to overstate the number that occur, happen against the government
:09:34. > :09:36.of Afghanistan or the Afghan National Security forces.
:09:37. > :09:39.They are very much in the lead and we are here to support
:09:40. > :09:43.And we get a lot of our protection from the Afghan national defence
:09:44. > :09:48.For around half of the troops deployed here, this was their
:09:49. > :09:53.For those that have served and fought before in Helmand,
:09:54. > :09:56.the threat level is lower and very different.
:09:57. > :09:59.But it is still very real and unlikely to change
:10:00. > :10:09.A coastguard search and rescue helicopter has been carrying out
:10:10. > :10:11.sweeps of the Cairngorms, as part of efforts to find
:10:12. > :10:17.James Robertson left Glasgow a week ago to head to the area,
:10:18. > :10:21.and was staying in a mountain bothy near the Mar Lodge Estate.
:10:22. > :10:23.He's said to be an experienced hillwalker, who's completed
:10:24. > :10:39.As mountain rescuers, you always have one eye on hope. I think we
:10:40. > :10:44.have to be pragmatic. He has been missing for some days now and, given
:10:45. > :10:48.the terrain and weather conditions we have experienced since we know
:10:49. > :10:54.he's been missing, we hold hope, but we have to be realistic that the
:10:55. > :10:56.chance of anyone surviving in such conditions will be minimal.
:10:57. > :10:58.Caledonian MacBrayne and Serco have submitted final bids
:10:59. > :11:00.for the new ?1 billion contract to run
:11:01. > :11:03.State-owned CalMac, which currently operates the services,
:11:04. > :11:12.and Serco, which operates services to the Northern Isles,
:11:13. > :11:14.are the only two companies competing for the work.
:11:15. > :11:17.The contract starts in September, and will run for eight years.
:11:18. > :11:19.Time now for the latest weather forecast.
:11:20. > :11:28.Good evening. It will be another cold night tonight. Especially for
:11:29. > :11:33.more eastern areas. Tonight, there is another chance we could catch the
:11:34. > :11:37.Northern Lights. But the specially for more than northern parts of
:11:38. > :11:43.Scotland. Further south, perhaps less likely than it was last night.
:11:44. > :11:50.We do still have clear skies further towards the east. Another weather
:11:51. > :11:56.front pushing in from the West. Fishing in rain and snow for the
:11:57. > :12:00.hills. The risk of icy stretches, temperatures below freezing. The Met
:12:01. > :12:05.office has issued a yellow beer were weather warning for the risk of this
:12:06. > :12:12.ice first thing tomorrow morning. -- a yellow we were weather warning.
:12:13. > :12:19.For Aberdeenshire, we could go down to minus five Celsius. A cold start
:12:20. > :12:24.for tomorrow, the rain, sleet and snow band will go eastwards. It will
:12:25. > :12:32.be a tricky commute by the morning. Showery outbreaks of rain here.
:12:33. > :12:35.Temperatures three to 5 degrees. The wind strongest for Western and
:12:36. > :12:40.northern coasts. Through the day, we will see that rain band going
:12:41. > :12:45.further eastwards. Across the UK, a much cloudier picture than the one
:12:46. > :12:54.day we had today. Temperatures around six to 9 degrees. As we go
:12:55. > :12:58.through the night, further wintry showers pushing in. Some outbreaks
:12:59. > :13:03.of showery rain and all of this is associated with an area of low
:13:04. > :13:07.pressure. It's a developing area of low pressure. Uncertainty over its
:13:08. > :13:12.position and where we will see the worst of the rain. It looks like it
:13:13. > :13:16.will be southern parts of the UK. Full Scotland for Wednesday, a
:13:17. > :13:20.cloudy start, but improving. Lots of sunshine in store for more western
:13:21. > :13:22.areas and temperatures around six to 9 degrees.
:13:23. > :13:25.Our next update is during Breakfast at 6:25am tomorrow morning.
:13:26. > :13:29.But, from everyone on the late team here in Glasgow