:00:00. > :00:16.EU. Join me now on BBC Two, 11pm in Scotland.
:00:17. > :00:20.One of Scotland's oldest industrial sites is to close with the loss
:00:21. > :00:25.The Swiss owners of the Carron Phoenix sink factory in Falkirk
:00:26. > :00:29.are moving production to Slovakia leaving only a handful
:00:30. > :00:35.The Scottish TUC described the move as another huge setback
:00:36. > :00:40.Our reporter Andrew Anderson has the story.
:00:41. > :00:43.News that this factory is to close was broken
:00:44. > :00:46.to the workforce earlier today, and I am told it came
:00:47. > :00:50.In recent years, Carron Phoenix has manufactured sinks here,
:00:51. > :00:53.but this factory has a history going back more than 250 years,
:00:54. > :00:57.when it was established as an iron foundry.
:00:58. > :01:02.Cannons that were fired at Trafalgar and Waterloo are just part
:01:03. > :01:06.of the history at the current company in Falkirk.
:01:07. > :01:09.Since 1759, the narration is of workers also turned out iron
:01:10. > :01:13.baths, flat irons and Britain's famous red telephone boxes.
:01:14. > :01:17.At its height, the factory employed 5000 people.
:01:18. > :01:21.It even operated its own fleet of steamships.
:01:22. > :01:23.In recent years, granite sinks have been produced on this
:01:24. > :01:30.The work will be transferred to a factory in Slovakia.
:01:31. > :01:33.The majority of people have spent all their lives here.
:01:34. > :01:41.A lot of people, that is all they know, production in there.
:01:42. > :01:45.The Swiss-based group which owns Carron Phoenix plan to carry
:01:46. > :02:08.out a phased closure in the next 18 to 20 months.
:02:09. > :02:11.In a statement, the company said: the company says its decision has
:02:12. > :02:13.not been taken lightly, but it faces tough competition
:02:14. > :02:17.It is a decision, though, that will bring to an end 250 years
:02:18. > :02:20.of history here in Falkirk and leave more than 200 people looking
:02:21. > :02:29.As we heard, the Scottish TUC described the closure
:02:30. > :02:33.of Carron Phoenix as another blow to manufacturing here and urged
:02:34. > :02:35.the political parties fighting the Holyrood elections
:02:36. > :02:39.The congress also called on all the parties to raise their game,
:02:40. > :02:45.But the party leaders insist their programmes
:02:46. > :02:48.will resonate with all of Scotland - including union members.
:02:49. > :02:54.From Dundee, here's our political editor Brian Taylor.
:02:55. > :02:58.The trade unions gave birth to the Labour Party
:02:59. > :03:02.with an occasional Communist bloodline, but Scottish
:03:03. > :03:06.industry has changed and so has Scottish politics.
:03:07. > :03:11.The STUC reckons Labour's founder would be unimpressed
:03:12. > :03:14.with the offering from any party in this election.
:03:15. > :03:22.He would be asking for more and calling on politicians
:03:23. > :03:26.to raise their game, to be ambitious for Scotland.
:03:27. > :03:30.First up at the Congress, Labour's Kezia Dugdale,
:03:31. > :03:32.deftly avoiding the SNP stand, a reminder that many union members
:03:33. > :03:38.She promised a new body, skills Scotland, to promote both
:03:39. > :03:42.jobs and training with a key role for the unions.
:03:43. > :03:45.And higher taxation to back that up with spending.
:03:46. > :03:48.We choose to build an economy on higher skills, higher wages
:03:49. > :03:57.There is no future in low wages and low skills.
:03:58. > :04:00.Investing in education and skills is not a social expense,
:04:01. > :04:11.Starting young, Nicola Sturgeon in Glasgow, promoting her party's
:04:12. > :04:13.plans to help families, including a baby box
:04:14. > :04:17.She will address the STUC tomorrow, and says her party is more
:04:18. > :04:20.than ready to engaged with trade unions.
:04:21. > :04:25.I look forward to speaking to the STUC tomorrow and outlining
:04:26. > :04:35.the plans of a re-elected SNP government if we win the election
:04:36. > :04:37.to work with trade unions to oppose Tories' anti-trade union Bill,
:04:38. > :04:43.but also to support the living wage and make sure
:04:44. > :04:46.Ruth Davidson was touring here, symbolic of Scottish
:04:47. > :04:52.She said Labour's thinking was puzzling.
:04:53. > :04:55.The Labour Party is confused at the moment.
:04:56. > :04:57.It says it wants to help businesses by combining agencies
:04:58. > :05:00.that the former First Minister said they should split up
:05:01. > :05:07.They also say they want to make Scotland the highest
:05:08. > :05:09.tax power of the UK, which we know were deterred the sort
:05:10. > :05:11.of jobs and investments that all the businesses
:05:12. > :05:14.For the Liberal Democrats, Willie Rennie spotlighted challenges
:05:15. > :05:20.He said the Labour offer on skills Scotland missed the point.
:05:21. > :05:24.I think organisational change is a distraction.
:05:25. > :05:28.There is a real challenge for the next five years,
:05:29. > :05:35.Back at Congress in Dundee, they persuade and cajole.
:05:36. > :05:39.But it is the voters as a whole across Scotland
:05:40. > :05:47.The organisers of a multi-faith peace campaign launched
:05:48. > :05:51.following the death of Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah say
:05:52. > :05:53.they're disappointed Glasgow's Central Mosque
:05:54. > :05:57.The campaign is sponsored by the Ahmadiyya Muslim community
:05:58. > :06:00.He was attacked outside his shop last month.
:06:01. > :06:19.Members of various faith and community groups came together
:06:20. > :06:20.in to lend their support to new advertising
:06:21. > :06:22.campaign being launched by the Ahmadi Muslim community.
:06:23. > :06:25.The message will be seen on 50 buses throughout Glasgow,
:06:26. > :06:29.Those backing this campaign are keen to promote peace, love and unity,
:06:30. > :06:31.but they are only too aware that comes against a backdrop
:06:32. > :06:34.of extremism not just on the world but dangerously close to home.
:06:35. > :06:37.Last month, 40-year-old Asad Shah was killed at his Glasgow shop
:06:38. > :06:41.in an attack described by police as religiously prejudiced.
:06:42. > :06:44.The man charged with his murder, a Bradford taxi driver,
:06:45. > :06:50.Tanveer Ahmed, was condemned after he released a statement
:06:51. > :06:53.claiming he had carried out the killing because he believed
:06:54. > :07:01.The Ahmadi are regarded by orthodox Muslims as heretics, but immediately
:07:02. > :07:03.after Mr Shah's deaths, Ahmadi, Sunni Muslims
:07:04. > :07:06.and Pakistani Christians put their differences aside.
:07:07. > :07:11.At today's event, however, members of Glasgow Central Mosque
:07:12. > :07:15.and attend despite being invited, and Ahmadi leaders say
:07:16. > :07:21.By not coming here today, they are giving signals
:07:22. > :07:28.to the extremists that they are with them, not with us.
:07:29. > :07:32.Glasgow Central Mosque's president told me he couldn't attend due
:07:33. > :07:35.to a prior commitment, but he denied he was sending out
:07:36. > :07:37.the wrong message by not joining the Ahmadis.
:07:38. > :07:39.It is nice that they are joining now.
:07:40. > :07:44.We have always had a big responsibility and we have always
:07:45. > :07:49.glad that we are against extremism and against all the other things
:07:50. > :07:56.we are not allowed as a good Muslim or a good citizen.
:07:57. > :07:58.Is part of the problem that you do not consider
:07:59. > :08:18.Shah's popularity in the community was evident among the floral
:08:19. > :08:21.It is hoped the day's campaign against extremism will offer some
:08:22. > :08:32.Parents in Edinburgh are calling for an independent inquiry
:08:33. > :08:34.into the temporary closure of 17 schools in the city.
:08:35. > :08:37.They want to know why faults were found in the buildings
:08:38. > :08:39.which were only constructed about ten years ago.
:08:40. > :08:41.Most of the children hit by the crisis will resume their
:08:42. > :08:43.education tomorrow in other schools, temporary classrooms
:08:44. > :08:47.Some of the biggest names from the entertainment world have
:08:48. > :08:49.paid their respects at the funeral of Ronnie Corbett.
:08:50. > :08:54.The Edinburgh-born entertainer died last month aged 85 having been
:08:55. > :08:56.diagnosed with a suspected form of motor neurone disease.
:08:57. > :09:00.Famous faces of stage and screen turned out to remember
:09:01. > :09:04.Ronnie Corbett at a church near his South London home.
:09:05. > :09:08.Becoming his friend was one of best things that's happened in my career.
:09:09. > :09:17.He would say, see me on something and be encouraging.
:09:18. > :09:26.For the entertainment he has given for 50 years.
:09:27. > :09:38.I can't think of him without smiling.
:09:39. > :09:48.But it wasn't just the well known who paid tribute.
:09:49. > :09:51.Members of the local community wanted to remember the man
:09:52. > :09:59.We used to see him around in his Rolls-Royce.
:10:00. > :10:04.Been watching him for years and I have seen his wife a few times.
:10:05. > :10:13.We saw him at the petrol station, he would stop and chat
:10:14. > :10:32.Edinburgh-born Corbett was regarded as a comedy hero.
:10:33. > :10:34.He was best known for his partnership with Ronnie Barker.
:10:35. > :11:00.Despite the sombre tone today, it was a time to remember someone
:11:01. > :11:04.who made people laugh for many years and probably
:11:05. > :11:12.Well, it's over to Christopher now with the weather outlook
:11:13. > :11:29.Thank you. Good. It is bright and most of the week ahead it is dry and
:11:30. > :11:33.settled in light winds. High pressure building and staying put.
:11:34. > :11:41.Tonight any last showers turning to lead away. It is dry. Wind is much
:11:42. > :11:49.lighter. We have seen severe gales. A dry start tomorrow, but chilly at
:11:50. > :11:55.daybreak. We will post the sun comes up, and the other. Temperature is
:11:56. > :11:59.around five or seven Celsius. A tad cooler in this countryside and to
:12:00. > :12:03.the bright with some decent spells of sunshine to get Tuesday going.
:12:04. > :12:09.Some cloud around bedtimes and the wind much later. Still a freshman
:12:10. > :12:13.north-westerly with the the day the winds continue to ease through the
:12:14. > :12:16.course of the morning. As we hit through Tuesday the cloud will tend
:12:17. > :12:22.to bubble up but it shouldn't spoil things. You can see the
:12:23. > :12:26.high-pressure indicated by the isobars firmly in charge of
:12:27. > :12:32.conditions. Dry, sunshine, but workload through West Midlands and
:12:33. > :12:37.the south-west and Northern Ireland. Most of us dry and write. Here in
:12:38. > :12:43.Scotland, 11 or 12 or 13 Celsius. As we head through Tuesday afternoon,
:12:44. > :12:50.staying largely dry. Perhaps a few showers in the north-west. High
:12:51. > :12:55.pressure still with us but in the Northwest the week by from bringing
:12:56. > :12:57.some cloud and a few spots of light rain and drizzle. The most of
:12:58. > :13:01.central, southern and Eastern Scotland dry and fight. Light winds
:13:02. > :13:07.and temperatures of 212 or 13 Celsius. Thursday and the weather
:13:08. > :13:12.front slips southwards. Perhaps one or two like showers in the North.
:13:13. > :13:19.All changed by Friday and the weekend. A cold plunge of Arctic
:13:20. > :13:20.air. Turning quite chilly some possibly wintry showers. That's the
:13:21. > :13:22.focus. Our next update is during Breakfast
:13:23. > :13:25.at 6:25am tomorrow morning. But from everyone on the late
:13:26. > :13:34.team - goodnight.