:00:00. > :00:10.The First Minister has provoked fierce controversy by claiming that
:00:11. > :00:13.leaving the European Union would result in a Right-wing Conservative
:00:14. > :00:17.government imposing further austerity upon Scotland.
:00:18. > :00:20.Nicola Sturgeon said the outcome would be cuts in Scottish spending
:00:21. > :00:26.But Jim Sillars, the former SNP deputy leader, accused her
:00:27. > :00:28.of resorting to Tory-style scare tactics.
:00:29. > :00:32.This from our political editor Brian Taylor.
:00:33. > :00:42.Nigel Farage backing Brexit for a fishing fleet
:00:43. > :01:09.Back on solid earth, strange liaison is.
:01:10. > :01:10.Alistair Darling backs George Osborne as the Chancellor
:01:11. > :01:13.warns of tax rises and spending cuts after Brexit because the economy
:01:14. > :01:16.Nicola Sturgeon reckons it won't be down to him.
:01:17. > :01:19.She says Brexit would oblige the Prime Minister and Chancellor
:01:20. > :01:21.to resign, paving the way for Boris Johnson and Michael Gove
:01:22. > :01:26.I think that raises real concerns about workers' writes,
:01:27. > :01:29.about public spending and it would hit Scotland hard,
:01:30. > :01:33.so if you don't want to come out of the EU and use the benefits
:01:34. > :01:36.of the single market and workers' rights, but also if you don't
:01:37. > :01:38.want to see that kind of political direction,
:01:39. > :01:41.it is really important to vote Remain.
:01:42. > :01:44.This is about the future of our country and for young
:01:45. > :01:52.people and that's why I think we have to remain.
:01:53. > :01:54.For Nicola Sturgeon, this is a political tactic
:01:55. > :02:02.It is setting the Conservatives to one side and instead issuing
:02:03. > :02:09.a direct dog whistle appeal to those who dislike Conservative rule
:02:10. > :02:13.In essence, it is saying David Cameron and the Tory
:02:14. > :02:15.leadership must deal with their own camp and the others
:02:16. > :02:17.in Remain will appeal to those who are on intuitively
:02:18. > :02:25.That is not a sent the ball away -- sensible way...
:02:26. > :02:28.Enter a nationalist from the left and a former Tory MSP
:02:29. > :02:32.She is an excellent First Minister and I have respect for her
:02:33. > :02:39.That she is now adopting the same tactic as Cameron and company, which
:02:40. > :02:47.That she is now adopting the same is to try to bribe people into the
:02:48. > :02:51.Remain side. I don't think there has to be more right wing Conservative
:02:52. > :02:53.government. There will be a government that would have
:02:54. > :03:01.credibility because new people might come in who have not been making
:03:02. > :03:05.ridiculous scare stories. Questions to the Prime Minister. But this
:03:06. > :03:07.European question has already moved well beyond the Commons to the
:03:08. > :03:11.countries that comprise the UK. The number of people in work
:03:12. > :03:13.in Scotland has fallen, while it's risen across the UK
:03:14. > :03:16.as a whole. And one of the country's leading
:03:17. > :03:19.economic forecasters has warned that Our business correspondent
:03:20. > :03:25.David Henderson reports. Lorraine wants a job
:03:26. > :03:30.in a shop or cafe. Just got to keep trying,
:03:31. > :03:36.keep going and going at it. You don't get anywhere if you don't
:03:37. > :03:38.try, I suppose. It does, it does, because I would
:03:39. > :03:43.like better for my wee boy. It would be better with
:03:44. > :03:49.a job than on benefits. But the situation is made worse
:03:50. > :03:52.by the situation on the high streets Unemployment has fallen
:03:53. > :04:00.but Jobcentres like this The latest figures show 160,000
:04:01. > :04:04.people across Scotland are out Centres like this one in Glasgow
:04:05. > :04:12.have changed over the years. They advertise most jobs online now
:04:13. > :04:15.and help with training and matching In my area at the moment,
:04:16. > :04:27.we are seeing lots of jobs in the contact centre sector
:04:28. > :04:40.which call centre type jobs, We are seeing hospitality type of
:04:41. > :04:43.jobs, and we work with hoteliers in the centre, and we are seeing care
:04:44. > :04:45.jobs and retail vacancies. The crash in the oil price has
:04:46. > :04:47.hammered the offshore industry and led to thousands
:04:48. > :04:49.of job losses onshore. The result, a fall in
:04:50. > :04:59.Scotland's employment rate. The UK economy is performing better
:05:00. > :05:03.than Scotland as received from today's unemployment and a Labour
:05:04. > :05:08.figures. By and large, Scotland is doing quite a bit worse, and this is
:05:09. > :05:10.why the unemployment figure has risen in Scotland, and why the gap
:05:11. > :05:15.is now the widest since 2004. So can the new powers coming
:05:16. > :05:26.to Holyrood be used to boost Some warn it is an urgent challenge.
:05:27. > :05:31.We need to be more innovative, have more fought for and ambitious
:05:32. > :05:38.management, make better use of the skills which would doubtless have in
:05:39. > :05:44.Scotland to make our business more competitive. Scotland's economy grew
:05:45. > :05:47.in size last year but is the future quite so bright? That is not so
:05:48. > :05:50.clear. The education secretary John Swinney
:05:51. > :05:52.says he wants unions to suggest ways Mr Swinney was speaking ahead
:05:53. > :05:57.of the result of a ballot Meanwhile the government has been
:05:58. > :06:00.hosting a summit on raising Opposition parties took part along
:06:01. > :06:04.with a wide range of people The government says it's seeking
:06:05. > :06:10.a consensus on the way forward, its critics believe this
:06:11. > :06:14.is unlikely. Police divers have been searching
:06:15. > :06:16.the River Clyde in Glasgow city centre as efforts continue to trace
:06:17. > :06:19.a deaf woman who has been Kirsty Aitchison, who's 30,
:06:20. > :06:23.left Campus Bar at three CCTV footage later showed
:06:24. > :06:28.the mother-of-four walking barefoot, "quickly and with
:06:29. > :06:32.purpose" by the river. Her family has thanked all those
:06:33. > :06:37.involved in trying to find her. An oil supply ship has been detained
:06:38. > :06:41.at Aberdeen Harbour for nonpayment The Malaviya Seven will stay at port
:06:42. > :06:46.until the workers are paid, according to the Maritime
:06:47. > :06:49.and Coastguard Agency. The RMT union says 15 people
:06:50. > :06:52.on board have not been paid A second vessel has been
:06:53. > :06:56.held in Great Yarmouth The Malaviya had been
:06:57. > :07:02.on charter to BP. A ?10,000 reward is being offered
:07:03. > :07:05.for information leading police to the killers of Aberdeenshire man
:07:06. > :07:08.Brian McKandie. The charity Crimestoppers
:07:09. > :07:11.is offering the cash more than three months after the body
:07:12. > :07:14.of the 67-year-old was found at his home near Rothienorman,
:07:15. > :07:17.on the twelfth of March. He'd been beaten to death
:07:18. > :07:20.with a heavy weapon. Police want to speak
:07:21. > :07:22.to two men seen speaking A long lost prehistoric figurine has
:07:23. > :07:28.been rediscovered after it went The object, which has been nicknamed
:07:29. > :07:35.the Skara Brae Buddo, Meet Buddo, over 5,000 years
:07:36. > :07:44.old he is one of the earliest representations of a human ever
:07:45. > :07:49.found in Britain. First discovered in the 1860s,
:07:50. > :08:04.just over 50 years later it had It is assumed it remained in a
:08:05. > :08:08.collection right the way up until the 1930s. But when that collection
:08:09. > :08:14.was disbursed among several museums, there was no record of it going to
:08:15. > :08:17.any of those museums and it has been presumed lost since then.
:08:18. > :08:19.It was found hiding in a previously unopened box and instantly
:08:20. > :08:23.recognisable for a sketch made by George Petri.
:08:24. > :08:30.It takes its name from an arcadian word for a friend.
:08:31. > :08:36.It is one of only two sites in Scotland were such figurines have
:08:37. > :08:39.The Orkney Venus was dug up back in 2009.
:08:40. > :08:42.At ten centimetres tall Buddo is the first discovered
:08:43. > :08:46.Archaeologists are now trying to work out what its
:08:47. > :08:59.This idea of something being an idol is something that is quite common in
:09:00. > :09:06.a lot of Victorian and 20th century thought. We're not really sure. It
:09:07. > :09:11.may have even been a toy. Or a representation of some of the or a
:09:12. > :09:14.form of household god or it could have been an idol.
:09:15. > :09:16.Orkney has many famous sons, George Mackay Brown
:09:17. > :09:20.While Buddo might have been doing its best to avoid
:09:21. > :09:23.that list for a while, it looks like that might
:09:24. > :09:32.Scotland has its first female full-time professional rugby player.
:09:33. > :09:35.She's 22-year old Jade Konkel who's already for the national women's
:09:36. > :09:40.team, but says turning pro is a dream come true.
:09:41. > :09:44.Hundreds of professional rugby players have walked down
:09:45. > :09:47.the tunnel at Murrayfield, but until now they have all been
:09:48. > :09:55.My dream has turned into reality and it is a massive opportunity
:09:56. > :10:02.and one I did not expect, but I am thoroughly excited.
:10:03. > :10:04.There are couple of thousand rugby players who are female in Scotland
:10:05. > :10:12.and the RFU wants to increase number.
:10:13. > :10:17.It is about providing aspirational models for young girls in the game
:10:18. > :10:20.and the more we can do the creating full-time opportunities for women
:10:21. > :10:26.in the game and the success of our national team,
:10:27. > :10:28.that will drive participation in the game at grassroots level.
:10:29. > :10:33.Scotland's team lost all their matches last year,
:10:34. > :10:36.if Jade can inspire young women to take up the sport,
:10:37. > :10:39.perhaps in the longer term the results will improve.
:10:40. > :10:45.Our colleagues are looking to get more girls playing at school level
:10:46. > :10:50.and under age level and will allow them to start the journey early
:10:51. > :10:53.and end up at the same level as Jade and in the national team.
:10:54. > :10:57.Jade is giving up her job as a care worker for the life
:10:58. > :10:59.of a professional athlete and she says it is the beginning
:11:00. > :11:04.of a new chapter in Scottish rugby history.
:11:05. > :11:07.It is a massive step in the investment we are getting
:11:08. > :11:10.is huge and it is the beginning of a journey and it will have
:11:11. > :11:17.Well, it's over to Christopher with the weather outlook
:11:18. > :11:32.Good evening. It was fairly cloudy and wet for many of us, and not a
:11:33. > :11:38.lot of change overnight. Low pressure in charge. This means
:11:39. > :11:41.outbreaks of rain at the start of the day tomorrow. Let's take a
:11:42. > :11:47.closer look at 8am. The south-west, a dry start with the odd bright
:11:48. > :11:54.spell. Further east, the Borders, the Lothians, the capital, cloudy
:11:55. > :11:59.with some hill fog. Drier through Glasgow. North and west of here,
:12:00. > :12:04.cloudy with outbreaks of rain. The rain not as heavy persistent as this
:12:05. > :12:08.morning stretching up through Caithness and Orkney. Shetland dry
:12:09. > :12:12.at windy with a strong north-easterly. Through the day,
:12:13. > :12:17.cloudy and damp and staying that way. The rain is off and on through
:12:18. > :12:22.the afternoon. Across the UK, much like today with low pressure in
:12:23. > :12:24.charge, a rash of thundery downpours, some difficult conditions
:12:25. > :12:31.on the roads, some transport disruption. Northern Ireland and in
:12:32. > :12:35.Scotland, it'll be cloudy with some rain at times. Maybe the sunshine on
:12:36. > :12:38.Scotland, it'll be cloudy with some the Solway, but bright in the
:12:39. > :12:48.northern and Western Isles but windy. Through Friday, this weather
:12:49. > :12:52.front is still troublesome. Probably right on East coast. Aberdeen down
:12:53. > :12:54.towards Dundee, Edinburgh and the Borders. Further west, dry with the
:12:55. > :13:02.best of any sunshine through there. Borders. Further west, dry with the
:13:03. > :13:08.Maybe high teens. To the weekend, both Saturday and Sunday look dry
:13:09. > :13:12.with sunshine. The winds come from the North but it is lighter with
:13:13. > :13:17.temperatures from the mid-to like temperatures. A ridge of high
:13:18. > :13:21.pressure in charge on Sunday with more cloud around. More sunshine but
:13:22. > :13:24.it will be hazy. That's the forecast for now. And that is Reporting
:13:25. > :13:25.Scotland. Our next update is during Breakfast
:13:26. > :13:27.at 6:25am tomorrow. But, from everyone
:13:28. > :13:30.on the late team, goodnight.