:00:00. > :00:00.the rest of us? Join me now on BBC Two, 11pm in Scotland.
:00:00. > :00:07.Here on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.
:00:08. > :00:12.Plans to half air passenger duty on flights from Scotland have been
:00:13. > :00:17.Ministers say it will encourage more direct links
:00:18. > :00:21.But environmental groups say the change would increase carbon
:00:22. > :00:35.Here's our political correspondent, Glenn Campbell.
:00:36. > :00:44.Edinburgh airport has grown to become the busiest in Scotland, with
:00:45. > :00:51.out big cuts in air passenger duty. Everybody says, you are growing and
:00:52. > :00:54.it is fine. He cannot have too much success. We need to get the lines
:00:55. > :00:59.here and connect Scotland to the rest of the world and then we can
:01:00. > :01:04.take advantage of that. If the passenger duty is halved, a study
:01:05. > :01:13.has suggested the Scottish economy could receive a boost. That would
:01:14. > :01:17.generate far more van would be lost in tax revenues. Ministers are
:01:18. > :01:24.consulting on plans to make that cut over three years between April 2018,
:01:25. > :01:30.if the wind the Holyrood election. We want to reduce the passenger duty
:01:31. > :01:35.with the objective of improving the economic performance of Scotland,
:01:36. > :01:41.creating employment within Scotland. Labour does not support a cut in
:01:42. > :01:46.duty. We think it is the wrong cut at the wrong time. It will benefit
:01:47. > :01:51.the wealthiest people and want to benefit those who are struggling to
:01:52. > :01:54.make ends meet. Environmental campaigners are also against. A
:01:55. > :01:58.transport is the highest place for campaigners are also against. A
:01:59. > :02:02.transmissions of climate emissions. If you cut the taxes then more
:02:03. > :02:07.people will be flying and more emissions and that is bad for the
:02:08. > :02:10.environment. More efficient planes are helping to offset the emissions
:02:11. > :02:16.caused by traffic growth. EasyJet are helping to offset the emissions
:02:17. > :02:23.says it intends to carry 1.5 million passengers per year to and from
:02:24. > :02:25.Scotland if duty is halved. That makes English airports envious. The
:02:26. > :02:29.Scottish Government are firming makes English airports envious. The
:02:30. > :02:33.on their plans. What we are doing is giving Scotland a
:02:34. > :02:37.on their plans. What we are doing is their competitors are places like
:02:38. > :02:45.the north-east. We want a level playing field. When you fly from a
:02:46. > :02:49.UK airport, duty adds ?73 to a long haul flight. It seems a cut would
:02:50. > :02:57.influence the plans of some Scottish travel lawyers. -- travellers. I do
:02:58. > :03:06.not think I would go there again. That would be great news. There does
:03:07. > :03:11.seem to be, should I say and unfairness that flights that are
:03:12. > :03:17.cheaper if you are travelling from Manchester or from London? Take the
:03:18. > :03:23.easier flight than need more expensive flight. The changes in
:03:24. > :03:28.Scotland are still two years away, after the tax is devolved. The
:03:29. > :03:32.Chancellor has exempted under 16 's anti-could choose to make further UK
:03:33. > :03:34.wide changes to the tax in this week's budget.
:03:35. > :03:37.The Health and Safety Executive is liaising with police over
:03:38. > :03:39.the deaths of twin brothers who drowned in a fish tank
:03:40. > :03:49.Rhys and Shaun Scott, who were two years old,
:03:50. > :03:52.It's understood the family rented the property from a man who'd run
:03:53. > :03:54.a business from there, selling ornamental koi carp.
:03:55. > :03:56.The Executive can prosecute landlords if tenants have been
:03:57. > :04:02.Universities will have to take in a fifth of their students
:04:03. > :04:04.from the most deprived parts of Scotland by 2030.
:04:05. > :04:06.That's the target set by the Scottish government
:04:07. > :04:08.in response to a major report on widening access
:04:09. > :04:13.But as our education correspondent Jamie McIvor reports,
:04:14. > :04:15.helping more young people from disadvantaged areas get
:04:16. > :04:34.Gary Patterson never expected to end up in university. He grew up in a
:04:35. > :04:40.deprived area and left school at 16. Now, ten years on, he is president
:04:41. > :04:44.of the student union. Growing up in a socially deprived environment it
:04:45. > :04:49.is not something that you think of. I think that's a shame. The Scottish
:04:50. > :04:56.Government said helping more people to overcome barriers is the
:04:57. > :05:00.priority. The Government is setting new targets or universities will
:05:01. > :05:05.have to get more students from disadvantaged areas. By the time
:05:06. > :05:10.these youngsters are grown up, it will be one in five. We want to make
:05:11. > :05:13.further and faster progress in widening access because it is not
:05:14. > :05:19.just the right thing to do but it is the smart thing to do to tap into
:05:20. > :05:24.all talents. We have to recognise that all the talent and the young
:05:25. > :05:28.people that we have, that talent exists in every community in
:05:29. > :05:35.Scotland. The targets were one recommendation made by a special
:05:36. > :05:41.commission. The report has taken one year to produce. Nobody is
:05:42. > :05:45.pretending they are easy answers. One is addressing misconceptions of
:05:46. > :05:52.who goes to university. People do want this to happen but we do not
:05:53. > :05:57.know how to do it. We know a lot now about how this could be done. One
:05:58. > :06:01.suggestion is a special commissioner to it make sure there is progress.
:06:02. > :06:05.Pupils also have to work hard to make sure they get to university.
:06:06. > :06:09.These girls hope they will be the first and their families to get in.
:06:10. > :06:16.When I was younger that there was nothing that made me want to go. It
:06:17. > :06:21.was just the opportunities that it would bring, like the opportunities
:06:22. > :06:26.of employment. Nobody would pretend that helping young people to fulfil
:06:27. > :06:34.their potential is a good game but the Government is questioning
:06:35. > :06:39.whether it is helping it. It comes out at a time when we have seen half
:06:40. > :06:46.?1 billion of cuts to schools and services. Back at Strathclyde
:06:47. > :06:49.University, Gary uses his story to help others. Widening access is a
:06:50. > :06:51.long-term, complex problem. A lorry has overturned prompting
:06:52. > :06:54.the closure of part of the M8 motorway between
:06:55. > :06:56.Edinburgh and Glasgow. Police Scotland said
:06:57. > :06:58.the incident happened The westbound carriageway was closed
:06:59. > :07:02.with diversions in place. It's almost three months since homes
:07:03. > :07:04.and businesses in the Aberdeenshire town of Ballater were damaged
:07:05. > :07:07.by severe flooding. Today a sign that things
:07:08. > :07:10.are returning to normal with the reopening of the first shop
:07:11. > :07:13.in the flooded High Street. But as John McManus reports there's
:07:14. > :07:16.still concern about the way one insurance firm has been
:07:17. > :07:30.dealing with claims. This is an institution on Deeside,
:07:31. > :07:37.even the Queen orders her meet here. It was closed in the floods. Now it
:07:38. > :07:42.is leading Ballater's revival. The thing is, we got in here early and
:07:43. > :07:48.got things dried out. We did a refit in a few years ago and there were
:07:49. > :07:50.plans for the refit. We were straight to them. Down the street,
:07:51. > :07:55.other shops are rushing to get ready straight to them. Down the street,
:07:56. > :08:05.for the two wrist season. This is the heart of Ballater and it is
:08:06. > :08:07.slowly returning to normal. Like today, it is hard to feel
:08:08. > :08:17.enthusiastic for the future. It is a long time since the flooding. If you
:08:18. > :08:23.weeks ago Karen told us how her insurance policy was voided but she
:08:24. > :08:29.is still fighting. They have been in contact and giving us lots of good
:08:30. > :08:35.advice and communications with them. They are helping us as much as they
:08:36. > :08:39.can. It has been very tough. I do not sleep very well. Every night you
:08:40. > :08:44.go to bed and there is something else to think about. Around the
:08:45. > :08:49.coroner David has been renovating his hands himself after his
:08:50. > :08:58.insurance firm voided his policy. I am waiting to bite the bullet and
:08:59. > :09:03.think this was a disaster. This was flooding from two kilometres away,
:09:04. > :09:09.not from my neighbour. Everything came down and went towards. Even
:09:10. > :09:14.during the height of the flood, the water level here was higher than in
:09:15. > :09:19.the river. Some have gone to the reverend David Bara. There are about
:09:20. > :09:27.ten families that I know of and the range from old people to people with
:09:28. > :09:33.children and everything in between. Emotional and people are resilient
:09:34. > :09:38.but it is taking their toll to be told you are getting nothing. I do
:09:39. > :09:43.not care if the hear this from me because, do you know what? My boss
:09:44. > :09:49.is bigger than anyone else's boss and I hope they have a good look at
:09:50. > :09:52.themselves. I hope they do. We asked them for the side of the story but
:09:53. > :09:59.they said they would not discuss details with the media.
:10:00. > :10:01.The firm which operated the helicopter that crashed
:10:02. > :10:05.into the Clutha pub in Glasgow has had its contract renewed by Police
:10:06. > :10:07.The seven-year deal with Bond Air Services includes
:10:08. > :10:10.a helicopter fitted with a cockpit voice and flight data recorder.
:10:11. > :10:12.Ten people died and 32 people were injured after the helicopter
:10:13. > :10:15.crashed into the roof of the Clutha pub in November 2013.
:10:16. > :10:19.No black-box recorder was fitted to that aircraft.
:10:20. > :10:21.Police Scotland is investigating reports of historical abuse
:10:22. > :10:26.The private school is one of the most exclusive in Scotland.
:10:27. > :10:29.Its former pupils include Tony Blair and Sir David Murray.
:10:30. > :10:31.A spokeswoman for the college says it has co-operated fully
:10:32. > :10:35.Britain's most decorated Olympian says the commitment shown
:10:36. > :10:37.by the Scottish Government and Sportscotland is helping ensure
:10:38. > :10:40.a lasting legacy from Glasgow's Commonwealth Games.
:10:41. > :10:43.Sir Chris Hoy visited Drumchapel Sports Centre
:10:44. > :10:46.in the city, lending his support to community sports hubs.
:10:47. > :10:49.There are 153 of them, and ?6 million will be
:10:50. > :10:57.invested over 4 years in the hope of increasing that number.
:10:58. > :11:04.The more people who are participating in sport, there is
:11:05. > :11:08.more chance of someone being an Olympian champion, is Scotland
:11:09. > :11:14.champion, who knows? That is the exciting thing. That is not what it
:11:15. > :11:19.is about, it is about participation and enjoyment. If we create an
:11:20. > :11:21.Olympian of the back of it, even better.
:11:22. > :11:26.Well, let's get the weather from Judith.
:11:27. > :11:38.It was a beautiful day across Scotland. Quite a contrast in
:11:39. > :11:39.temperatures. A warm 16 Celsius towards the west and eight along the
:11:40. > :11:46.east coast. It is staying with us towards the west and eight along the
:11:47. > :11:51.over the next few days. Tonight it stays dry with clearing skies and a
:11:52. > :11:55.touch of frost integral parts. We will start to see hard drifting in
:11:56. > :12:04.by the time we reach tomorrow morning. It starts off dry tomorrow
:12:05. > :12:10.with grey skies. It may be some frost across rural parts. Cold first
:12:11. > :12:16.thing with four Celsius in towns and cities but in rural parts close to
:12:17. > :12:24.freezing. Those grey skies in the Northern Isles. The rest of the day
:12:25. > :12:28.fears well. Sunny spells across western Scotland and clouds in the
:12:29. > :12:33.east. Some will be pushing through the lowlands by the end of the
:12:34. > :12:40.afternoon. A lovely end towards the end of the day. Brightening up
:12:41. > :12:47.around the Norfolk coast towards the south-east. Cool along the east
:12:48. > :12:51.itself. Tomorrow, apart from the east coast where it will stay cool,
:12:52. > :12:58.the highest temperatures across Scotland. Possibly the highest of
:12:59. > :13:01.this year so far. Widely up to 14 or 15 Celsius in the west. The rest of
:13:02. > :13:12.the day will be good in the west. High-pressure in charge of our
:13:13. > :13:16.weather right through the working week. Easterly breeze starts to
:13:17. > :13:22.bring in more cloud across the country. By Wednesday a cloudy
:13:23. > :13:24.start. Still plenty of sunshine in the west. There is your forecast.
:13:25. > :13:28.Our next update is during Breakfast at 6.25 tomorrow morning.
:13:29. > :13:46.But from everyone on the late team here in Glasgow and around
:13:47. > :13:49.So this is where you sleep every night? Yes. Hm.