:00:18. > :00:21.?2.53 can buy the recommended maximum weekly intake of alcohol.
:00:22. > :00:24.That figure - from a survey carried out by a charity -came as appeal
:00:25. > :00:26.court judges in Edinburgh resumed hearing arguments about the Scottish
:00:27. > :00:29.government's policy of imposing a minimum unit price for alcohol.
:00:30. > :00:43.Our home affairs correspondent Reevel Alderson reports.
:00:44. > :00:56.It is a was four years since the Scottish Parliament legislated for a
:00:57. > :00:58.minimum price of alcohol. But the policy remains in the shell. The
:00:59. > :01:02.charity alcohol focus Scotland published a survey on how cheap
:01:03. > :01:04.alcohol can be and found 18p per unit which would always trouble if
:01:05. > :01:13.they policy of the government were unit which would always trouble if
:01:14. > :01:19.to be introduced. -- almost trebled. Wine could be bought for 32p per
:01:20. > :01:23.unit and vodka for 36p. Both would have to increase in price
:01:24. > :01:25.significantly. It is reignited the garden was before the Court of
:01:26. > :01:30.Session which resumed its hearing today. The price of most ranks has
:01:31. > :01:35.not risen in the five years since the last alcohol focus survey and
:01:36. > :01:39.then a recovering economy that makes it relatively affordable but the
:01:40. > :01:43.charity says in that period delays the invitation of the minimum
:01:44. > :01:47.pricing policy have led to further hospital admissions crime and deaths
:01:48. > :01:51.caused by article. Hundreds of people would not be dead and
:01:52. > :01:54.hundreds of families not grieving of this policy had been implemented and
:01:55. > :02:00.fundamentally the Scottish Whisky Association membership have to look
:02:01. > :02:05.in word and asked themselves as a continuing and prepared to continue
:02:06. > :02:12.to put profits before the health of the people of Scotland. " The
:02:13. > :02:13.government lawyer argued alcohol consumption has recently risen and
:02:14. > :02:18.ministers are concerned it could be a trend that the Scots Whisky
:02:19. > :02:21.Association said Wallace supports efforts to reduce the harm caused
:02:22. > :02:25.welcome whole the legislation of the government will not address it. We
:02:26. > :02:29.believe that lower unit pricing will not tackle the core of the problem
:02:30. > :02:32.and will not tackle those people in Scotland who drink too harmful and
:02:33. > :02:38.hazardous levels. There are better and much more targeted approaches
:02:39. > :02:41.and minimum unit pricing is a blended approach which does not
:02:42. > :02:43.differentiate between those who drink responsibly, most people in
:02:44. > :02:46.Scotland, and those who drink drink responsibly, most people in
:02:47. > :02:52.harmfully or hazardous lake and have a problem with alcohol. The Esther B
:02:53. > :02:56.Lee urges the court to rule that the government policy would go against
:02:57. > :03:08.the EU free trade laws and minimum pricing should be strapped.
:03:09. > :03:15.--The EWA. The minimum amount of our call we should drink each week is 14
:03:16. > :03:21.units but the unit found a bottle of strong cider at ?3 99 you could get
:03:22. > :03:24.a week and a House and take of alcohol for less than ?4 and the
:03:25. > :03:29.government argues that is causing harm to society.
:03:30. > :03:32.The RMT union says Scotrail guards have voted overwhelmingly in favour
:03:33. > :03:34.of strike action in a dispute over driver-only trains.
:03:35. > :03:36.No timetable's been set for industrial action.
:03:37. > :03:40.That's due to be considered soon by the union executive.
:03:41. > :03:46.But ScotRail management question the support for a strike.
:03:47. > :03:56.Nearly half of our people and not in him all of strike action. -- are not
:03:57. > :04:00.in favour. That is no surprise. I have already gone out and guaranteed
:04:01. > :04:05.the number of jobs for employees and no one will lose their jobs and pay
:04:06. > :04:09.and conditions will be gun teed as will the future of the role of a
:04:10. > :04:13.conductor in Scotland. It is about safety and we want to ensure that
:04:14. > :04:16.Scotland's trains will run safely and by removing the guard from the
:04:17. > :04:22.train that ensures that Scotland's trains do not run safely and if, God
:04:23. > :04:27.forbid, there is collision or the real meant there will be no one
:04:28. > :04:28.responsible on the train to ensure that passengers leave the train
:04:29. > :04:31.safely. A former head of the Navy has
:04:32. > :04:34.said the UK government "must come clean" -
:04:35. > :04:37.and admit a lack of money is delaying a ship-building
:04:38. > :04:40.programme on the Clyde. Unions have warned that
:04:41. > :04:44.if work on the new warships Here's our business correspondent,
:04:45. > :04:57.David Henderson. It is here they build
:04:58. > :04:59.the navy's warships, like this one, under wraps
:05:00. > :05:02.while it is under construction. But for workers on the Clyde yards,
:05:03. > :05:04.the The question on their
:05:05. > :05:07.minds is this - when will they start
:05:08. > :05:09.building the next generation Massive vessels designed
:05:10. > :05:11.to hunt submarines. They had expected to start cutting
:05:12. > :05:14.steel for those ships here later this year, but that
:05:15. > :05:17.timetable appears to have slipped. MPs want to know why,
:05:18. > :05:24.prompting this broadside There is almost no money extra
:05:25. > :05:31.available this year, and we are The Government are not
:05:32. > :05:40.coming clean about I think, if they did,
:05:41. > :05:43.people would understand. The British people are not stupid,
:05:44. > :05:46.but to pretend, no, we're going to order these,
:05:47. > :05:48.there are problems of design and things, it is being economical
:05:49. > :05:50.with the It has been a busy few years
:05:51. > :05:54.at the Clyde shipyards, building sections of
:05:55. > :05:57.two aircraft carriers. They have been moved
:05:58. > :05:58.to Now they are building much smaller
:05:59. > :06:06.ships for the Royal Navy, five of these offshore patrol
:06:07. > :06:09.vessels, but that work can The Government said 13
:06:10. > :06:15.frigates will be built by BAE Systems here
:06:16. > :06:16.on the Unions want a delay could be
:06:17. > :06:31.catastrophic, but the company made clear today they don't
:06:32. > :06:34.want to lay off staff. We are fortunate that we have
:06:35. > :06:37.the carrier programmes, and we would like to explore how we can
:06:38. > :06:40.use our employees on the Clyde to support those programmes
:06:41. > :06:46.if there were to be The UK Government says its spending
:06:47. > :06:51.?8 billion in the next decade on warships -
:06:52. > :06:53.much of it here. But that is unlikely
:06:54. > :06:55.to calm its critics. David Henderson, Reporting Scotland,
:06:56. > :06:59.Glasgow. Scotland's new Lord Advocate James
:07:00. > :07:01.Wolffe has been sworn in at a ceremony in the Court
:07:02. > :07:04.of Session in Edinburgh. He takes over from Frank Mulholland,
:07:05. > :07:06.who stepped down at The EU referendum debate has just
:07:07. > :07:15.over two weeks to go. The argument - to leave or remain -
:07:16. > :07:18.is raging in some But in Scotland it's
:07:19. > :07:25.far less visible. So, we sent our political
:07:26. > :07:27.correspondent, Glenn Campbell, Today in England, Boris and his bus
:07:28. > :07:34.are battling for Leave. With David Cameron
:07:35. > :07:39.countering for Remain. While Nigel Farage
:07:40. > :07:40.is campaigning for out,
:07:41. > :07:42.the Liberal Democrats are among Meanwhile, in Scotland,
:07:43. > :07:50.there is nothing like the Not much going on, nothing
:07:51. > :08:06.coming in the door. Election fatigue could be one
:08:07. > :08:22.factor, we have at the European Parliament election,
:08:23. > :08:25.the independence referendum, the UK general election, the Scottish
:08:26. > :08:28.Parliament election, and now this EU referendum, five big votes
:08:29. > :08:30.in less than two years. That is not to say that
:08:31. > :08:32.nothing is happening. A lonely flitter targeting Edinburgh
:08:33. > :09:04.commuters this morning, on the day Hollywood journalists heard this
:09:05. > :09:08.campaigner argue that leaving the EU would make the Scottish
:09:09. > :09:10.Parliament more powerful. Agriculture would come back
:09:11. > :09:12.and a GoalControl, but in fishing, when you start
:09:13. > :09:14.to manage fishing areas, then you have a real sign
:09:15. > :09:16.of the industry being totally But the Remain sides say staying
:09:17. > :09:22.within the EU is better for All of our business
:09:23. > :09:25.organisations, the farmers be' union, the whisky industry,
:09:26. > :09:27.they are saying they want to stay part of it, do not
:09:28. > :09:30.take us out of it. Two years ago, the independence
:09:31. > :09:31.referendum was There was so much vigour to that
:09:32. > :09:35.campaign, the public was so involved, and in Scotland
:09:36. > :09:38.you would barely know there is a EU A few reasons, the EU is not
:09:39. > :09:43.something that people feel as passionately about as Scottish or
:09:44. > :09:46.British nationalism, and I think it But both sides are
:09:47. > :09:49.arguing their case in local debates, like this one held
:09:50. > :09:52.by the Church of Scotland, which you can attend if you are anywhere
:09:53. > :09:55.near their London outpost. Scotland's largest solar farm has
:09:56. > :09:58.been officially unveiled.55,000 panels have been installed
:09:59. > :10:00.on the 70-acre site Scotland's largest solar farm has
:10:01. > :10:02.been officially unveiled.55,000 panels have been installed
:10:03. > :10:03.on the 70-acre site The 13-megawatt scheme on the Errol
:10:04. > :10:21.estate will provide enough It is key for Scotland have both
:10:22. > :10:24.solar and wind to balance the great so we have sold in the summer and
:10:25. > :10:27.winter in the winter predominantly and if you put them together it
:10:28. > :10:35.tells great more of a balanced grader. -- great.
:10:36. > :10:37.The Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Erraid Davies will face
:10:38. > :10:40.a medical panel tomorrow to assess whether she is eligible to take part
:10:41. > :10:43.The 15-year old swimmer from Shetland became
:10:44. > :10:47.the youngest-ever Commonwealth Games medallist at Glasgow 2014.
:10:48. > :10:50.Davies has a disease, which affects her hip bones and joints.
:10:51. > :10:53.She was told by a classification panel in April that her impairment
:10:54. > :10:55.was not serious enough for her to compete.
:10:56. > :10:57.Flash flooding has affected parts of Scotland disrupting roads
:10:58. > :11:03.and some rail services.These pictures were taken
:11:04. > :11:05.in Penicuik in Midlothian - where heavy rain led to streams
:11:06. > :11:08.of water running along roads and pavements before entering some
:11:09. > :11:13.Train services between Inverness and Perth were disrupted for a time -
:11:14. > :11:18.It's over to Judith now with the weather forecast
:11:19. > :11:36.Tonight it is dry with cloud increasing everywhere and it will be
:11:37. > :11:41.fairly mild. This is so tomorrow morning starts and we will see some
:11:42. > :11:44.coastal mist towards West Coast. Low cloud affecting many parts of the
:11:45. > :11:48.country be quite quickly that starts to burn off as we had through the
:11:49. > :11:51.morning. It will be quite mild and muddy start of the day through
:11:52. > :11:58.southern Scotland central lowlands the North feeling fresher. For the
:11:59. > :12:01.Northern Isles it will be a predominantly dry day with some
:12:02. > :12:05.sunshine for Shetland but we will see one or two showers for me. As
:12:06. > :12:10.far as the rest of the morning goes, it stays merely dry with better
:12:11. > :12:13.sunny through but then we start to see a few sharp showers picking at
:12:14. > :12:17.the West mainly over the high grounds with the likes of the
:12:18. > :12:20.Galloway hills and the Southern uplands and the West Highlands so to
:12:21. > :12:25.all intents and purposes it will be a dry and by day with a wee bit of
:12:26. > :12:29.coastal mist along these coast. A lovely day for Northern Ireland was
:12:30. > :12:32.a line of quite potent showers across western areas and again
:12:33. > :12:37.mainly high ground feature but for most will be dry and sunny with warm
:12:38. > :12:42.temperatures as well across southern England around 24 or 25 Celsius or
:12:43. > :12:46.26 for London. The lad nagging could not easily breeze egging
:12:47. > :12:51.temperatures right back in the same goes here back in Scotland. But for
:12:52. > :12:56.us we will see high is potentially of 23 Celsius for the south-west and
:12:57. > :12:59.a pleasant 18 or 19 degrees. As far as the rest of the afternoon and
:13:00. > :13:02.evening goes a few shows which will die away and will be dry overnight
:13:03. > :13:05.with some cloud. He was the picture for the rest of the week.
:13:06. > :13:08.High-pressure holding for Thursday and is a lot of dry weather but then
:13:09. > :13:13.waiting in the wings quite a switch to pressure weather with Atlantic
:13:14. > :13:17.blows coming and bringing outbreaks of rain. Let's enjoy Thursday while
:13:18. > :13:18.we can. It will brighten up with sunny spells and another warm day
:13:19. > :13:25.pretty much everywhere. Our next update is during Breakfast
:13:26. > :13:29.at 6.25 tomorrow morning.