:00:16. > :00:22.One person has died and 11 others have been injured two of them
:00:23. > :00:25.critically, after a bus collided with another vehicle in Ardrossan
:00:26. > :00:28.The emergency services declared the crash this afternoon
:00:29. > :00:36.Our correspondent Jamie McIvor was at the scene.
:00:37. > :00:48.The accident happened just north of Ardrossan. The bus was on the road
:00:49. > :00:55.from clinic to air. It was in a collision with another vehicle. One
:00:56. > :00:59.person was pronounced dead at the scene. There name has not been made
:01:00. > :01:05.public. Some others were in a scene. There name has not been made
:01:06. > :01:11.critical condition. Two people were taken by road and air ambulance to
:01:12. > :01:15.hospital. Others were treated at the scene or taken to hospital in, neck.
:01:16. > :01:27.The police are still trying to work out what happened. The bus company
:01:28. > :01:30.says the safety of staff and passengers as their top priority and
:01:31. > :01:30.they will become operating with the investigation.
:01:31. > :01:33.Police say an unidentified female body has been found
:01:34. > :01:34.in the West Dunbartonshire town of Clydebank.
:01:35. > :01:37.The discovery was made at lunchtime, at a location off Great Western
:01:38. > :01:40.The police said the death is currently being treated
:01:41. > :01:47.It was a blood contamination scandal that affected thousands of people,
:01:48. > :01:49.and an inquiry made just one recommendation -
:01:50. > :01:53.yet lawyers say that recommendation still hasn't been carried out.
:01:54. > :01:55.In the 1970s, 80s and 90s, thousands of people got deadly
:01:56. > :02:06.One year on from an inquiry into the disaster, nothing has been
:02:07. > :02:08.done to trace those who still don't know they were infected.
:02:09. > :02:11.Our Health Correspondent Eleanor Bradford spoke to one man who found
:02:12. > :02:15.out just weeks ago that he's one of them.
:02:16. > :02:18.Paul met me in his lawyer's office, he wants his identity hidden.
:02:19. > :02:22.He has just been diagnosed with hepatitis C.
:02:23. > :02:26.He now knows it's been in his system since May 1991 when he had a blood
:02:27. > :02:30.transfusion just before screening came in.
:02:31. > :02:41.I'm out of work at the moment because of it because I can't work,
:02:42. > :02:43.I physically can't work, I've not got the energy
:02:44. > :02:47.and the sickness every day is just another thing to try and deal with.
:02:48. > :02:52.A year ago the ?12 million Penrose inquiry into contaminated blood came
:02:53. > :02:55.to just one conclusion, that a look back exercise should
:02:56. > :03:03.That could be anyone who had a blood transfusion before September 1991.
:03:04. > :03:06.One firm of lawyers says people like Paul are still coming forward.
:03:07. > :03:18.All from accidents and being blood transfusions.
:03:19. > :03:22.So it seems kind of crazy, doesn't it, that you as a firm
:03:23. > :03:25.of solicitors have found three cases, and yet as far as you know
:03:26. > :03:28.the NHS hasn't proactively done anything?
:03:29. > :03:31.Not to my knowledge, they have not done anything proactively.
:03:32. > :03:37.The feedback from the clients is they feel out on a limb.
:03:38. > :03:39.Last week the Scottish Government announced increased support payments
:03:40. > :03:45.The Health Secretary says an expert group is working on tracing other
:03:46. > :03:49.victims and will produce a plan in the summer.
:03:50. > :03:53.There have been attempts in the past to try and trace people and get
:03:54. > :03:58.But Professor Goldberg is looking at what more we can do to meet
:03:59. > :04:13.I was a fit and healthy guy up until 15, 16 months ago.
:04:14. > :04:17.I had everything in life and now I've got to rely on the Government.
:04:18. > :04:20.How many other Pauls are out there is still unclear.
:04:21. > :04:23.They are yet to find out they are the last victims
:04:24. > :04:25.of the worst disaster the NHS has ever known.
:04:26. > :04:27.Eleanor Bradford, Reporting Scotland.
:04:28. > :04:32.A woman who was jailed after trying to extort money from a mother
:04:33. > :04:35.and daughter, who died in an apparent suicide pact,
:04:36. > :04:41.Linsey Cotton was sentenced to three years last October.
:04:42. > :04:45.Margaret McDonough and her daughter Nicola died in hospital
:04:46. > :04:49.after being found critically injured in a Greenock hotel in May 2013.
:04:50. > :04:51.Police Scotland said they're investigating the death
:04:52. > :04:55.of a 33-year-old woman in Saughton prison.
:04:56. > :04:58.A 57-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death
:04:59. > :05:02.of another man in Coatbridge 17 years ago.
:05:03. > :05:04.Owen Brannigan died in a house in the North Lanarkshire town
:05:05. > :05:08.The man in custody is expected to appear later at Airdrie Sheriff
:05:09. > :05:16.Glasgow's Queen Street Station has faced its first test since start
:05:17. > :05:19.of new arrangements for closure of the tunnel out of the station.
:05:20. > :05:21.It's used by Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Stirling services
:05:22. > :05:25.This morning's rush hour went smoothly but this evening
:05:26. > :05:28.it was a different story with queues and confusion.
:05:29. > :05:35.Is just after 5pm and the rush-hour at Queen Street looks
:05:36. > :05:40.Major engineering works have shut a tunnel so trains
:05:41. > :05:44.There were a few ruffled feathers but most of the date seems
:05:45. > :05:52.I came a bit earlier to try and get a train.
:05:53. > :05:56.Unfortunately due to there being so many queues and confusion
:05:57. > :06:01.It is not ideal but the trains are busy anyway because we are
:06:02. > :06:04.on the Edinburgh line so it means more of a delay getting home.
:06:05. > :06:08.I don't think I will take the train anymore if it is like this.
:06:09. > :06:10.So far this is the first day, not much problem.
:06:11. > :06:28.You have two minutes to catch the train.
:06:29. > :06:31.The works at one of the main tunnels, track is being renewed,
:06:32. > :06:32.platforms lengthened and preparations made
:06:33. > :06:37.If you are travelling to Inverness or Aberdeen you'll have to go
:06:38. > :06:41.For all other trains use the low level platforms at Queen Street.
:06:42. > :06:43.It's only the second day in and we are very pleased.
:06:44. > :06:45.Our customers flow through the station very well.
:06:46. > :06:48.And our customers seem to have understood our message that
:06:49. > :06:50.Queen Street is not closed, it's only the high level that's
:06:51. > :06:53.unavailable and we are running many, many services through the low-level
:06:54. > :06:54.and all destinations are still served.
:06:55. > :06:57.The concourse is really quiet today, normally thronged with the sound
:06:58. > :07:01.This is one of Scotland's's busiest railway stations with around 80,000
:07:02. > :07:02.people coming through here every day.
:07:03. > :07:05.So far people are being good-natured and understanding
:07:06. > :07:07.about the engineering works but today is only day two
:07:08. > :07:11.Suzanne Allan, Reporting Scotland, Queen Street Station,
:07:12. > :07:17.The cost of restoring one of Aberdeen's most prestigious civic
:07:18. > :07:21.buildings appears to have jumped by ?2 million.
:07:22. > :07:26.The 19th century town house has been undergoing extensive repairs.
:07:27. > :07:29.But late today, the City Council revealed the cost was nearly
:07:30. > :07:34.?3.5 million - significantly more than previous reports.
:07:35. > :07:36.The authority says the works are part of a wider investment
:07:37. > :07:40.Protesting fishermen have called on Aberdeen City Council to do more
:07:41. > :07:45.to help them in a dispute with a landowner.
:07:46. > :07:47.Pralhad Kolhe has used boulders to prevent them getting access
:07:48. > :07:56.The authority says it will do what it can to help.
:07:57. > :07:59.An ice axe has been found in an area of Ben Nevis where mountain rescuers
:08:00. > :08:04.have been looking for Rachel Slater and Tim Newton from Bradford.
:08:05. > :08:07.The couple, who are both in their 20s, were reported missing
:08:08. > :08:09.five weeks ago when they failed to return from a trip
:08:10. > :08:16.The Scottish government is seeking views on a new code of practice
:08:17. > :08:18.for police powers of stop and search.
:08:19. > :08:20.It follows controversy about the number of people searched
:08:21. > :08:29.So-called consensual searches are being phased out,
:08:30. > :08:33.Ministers are also considering new powers to allow police to search
:08:34. > :08:36.people under the age of 18 for alcohol.
:08:37. > :08:38.Teachers in West Dunbartonshire are to go on strike again
:08:39. > :08:40.after they rejected a plan to settle the dispute.
:08:41. > :08:43.Members of the EIS at local secondary schools will go on strike
:08:44. > :08:46.They're also planning strikes at the end of April.
:08:47. > :08:50.The dispute is over a plan to shake up the way local secondary schools
:08:51. > :08:55.are run which would reduce the number of principal teachers.
:08:56. > :08:57.They began as a social outlet for the partners
:08:58. > :09:03.But TV fame and hit singles have propelled military wives choirs
:09:04. > :09:06.throughout the country into the limelight.
:09:07. > :09:10.Now, choirs from Scottish bases are enjoying their fifteen minutes
:09:11. > :09:13.of fame on stage too - as part of a UK-wide tour
:09:14. > :09:29.In a church hall at an army barracks these women are rehearsing.
:09:30. > :09:31.The Kinloss military wives are preparing
:09:32. > :09:37.There are 70 military wives choirs around the UK offering support
:09:38. > :09:39.to the partners of soldiers and airmen whose duties often take
:09:40. > :09:44.It is the best thing I ever done in my life.
:09:45. > :09:58.Singer Lulu has recorded a charity single and at every show on her 35
:09:59. > :10:04.date tour a local choir will join her on stage.
:10:05. > :10:08.The excitement and anticipation is mounting.
:10:09. > :10:20.We are nervous because Lulu has been 50 years in show business and knows
:10:21. > :10:23.what she is doing and we are just a military wives choir
:10:24. > :10:26.so it is quite daunting but we are excited.
:10:27. > :10:29.I did not think I would get the opportunity to join a military
:10:30. > :10:31.wives choir when I saw it happening on television.
:10:32. > :10:35.I thought I would have to be really good at singing.
:10:36. > :10:38.I did not realise how friendly and open it would be.
:10:39. > :10:47.With some nerves jangling it is time to take the stage with the star.
:10:48. > :11:02.They have their trials and tribulations.
:11:03. > :11:08.Lulu's tour continues this month than throughout April
:11:09. > :11:10.while the popularity of the military wives choirs shows no
:11:11. > :11:34.Here is the weather. It has been a quiet picture over the last few
:11:35. > :11:36.days. There will be a gradual breakdown in those settled
:11:37. > :11:52.conditions through the remainder of the week. Tonight predominantly dry.
:11:53. > :12:04.Missed until Falkirk. Clearer skies in Aberdeen and Perthshire. It cold
:12:05. > :12:12.start in places. More in the way of cloud. That will be the pattern. A
:12:13. > :12:21.cloudy start a Northern Ireland, Wales and Western England. Where you
:12:22. > :12:28.do have the sunshine it will be a cold start in places. Cloud building
:12:29. > :12:32.up. Still some good sunny spells on the South coast. North of the border
:12:33. > :12:39.much like to date, the best of the sunshine will be across Angus, Fife,
:12:40. > :12:49.Lothians and the Borders. He is of 12 or 13 Celsius.
:12:50. > :12:55.Rain for the north and Western isles and north and West coasts. That will
:12:56. > :12:59.continue into tomorrow evening. Waiting state, a weather front
:13:00. > :13:08.approaching from the West. A narrow band of rain. Eastern parts stay
:13:09. > :13:16.largely dry. Any rain here will be right and patchy. As we head into
:13:17. > :13:20.Thursday it is looking more and settle for all of us. Outbreaks of
:13:21. > :13:29.rain, persistent and heavy at times in the north-west.
:13:30. > :13:33.That is all for now. Good night.