:00:13. > :00:15.The number of full-time armed police officers in
:00:16. > :00:18.Police Scotland say there is no specific
:00:19. > :00:20.threat but the move is
:00:21. > :00:22.needed to strengthen their response to major incidents, including
:00:23. > :00:27.The announcement was made before this afternoon's fatal attack
:00:28. > :00:29.on the Labour MP Jo Cox in Yorkshire.
:00:30. > :00:45.Police Scotland has been working on increasing its armed capability
:00:46. > :00:50.since the beginning/ year. This exercise shows counter-terrorism is
:00:51. > :00:55.a top priority. I review following the terrorist attacks in Paris and
:00:56. > :01:04.Brussels raised worries about their response capability. At that time we
:01:05. > :01:12.had a motor which was based on a much lower threat level and since
:01:13. > :01:17.that time world has changed and the capabilities of organised crime
:01:18. > :01:24.groups which reside in Scotland and travel to the country. 275 officers
:01:25. > :01:31.are dedicated to armed response vehicles, that will increase to 365.
:01:32. > :01:37.We say that is 3% of the total of Scottish police officers. The news
:01:38. > :01:41.was cautiously welcomed. The fight against terror does not just start
:01:42. > :01:48.and finish with our officers, it is very much in our communities.
:01:49. > :01:52.Arguably we could be seen to be working against ourselves which is
:01:53. > :01:56.why it is so important that the officers reappoint happy capability
:01:57. > :02:06.and ability to undertake routine duties when needed. -- reappoint
:02:07. > :02:12.happy capability. The attacks in Orlando cost grief throughout the
:02:13. > :02:20.world. This was a measured response to global circumstances the Minister
:02:21. > :02:23.said. Some MSPs wanted more reassurances. The Scottish police
:02:24. > :02:29.authorities said there would be no repeat. It was around some of the
:02:30. > :02:34.way those officers were deployed in communities, step was taken back
:02:35. > :02:40.from that. Are those officers patrol now is acceptable to the public. It
:02:41. > :02:47.is about the ability of Police Scotland to respond. The police say
:02:48. > :02:51.though that is no specific terrorist threat, we regularly host major
:02:52. > :02:55.international and cultural sporting events in Scotland with thousands of
:02:56. > :02:59.people gathering in public freely so they have to be able to respond
:03:00. > :02:59.appropriately to any terrorist incidents.
:03:00. > :03:04.Two Lanarkshire steel plants, which were mothballed last October
:03:05. > :03:05.are to resume production, with a contract
:03:06. > :03:07.to produce heavy duty steel for wind towers.
:03:08. > :03:10.The new owners of Liberty House say the former Tata plants at
:03:11. > :03:12.Dalzell and Clydebridge will begin making plates for the
:03:13. > :03:20.Secondary school teachers are set to take industrial action
:03:21. > :03:25.Members of the EIS union have voted overwhelmingly for a work
:03:26. > :03:29.to rule, over concerns related to the new qualifications that
:03:30. > :03:35.The action would target the exams body, the SQA.
:03:36. > :03:36.The Scottish Government says it's disappointed
:03:37. > :03:42.and is working to address teachers' concerns.
:03:43. > :03:44.Tributes have been paid from across Scottish politics
:03:45. > :03:47.to the Labour MP Jo Cox who was shot and killed near
:03:48. > :03:50.Police have arrested a 52-year-old local man.
:03:51. > :03:51.Jo Cox had served as chair of the
:03:52. > :03:54.Labour Women's network and was an adviser to Gordon Brown's wife,
:03:55. > :04:11.She was such a lively, bright and bubbly person. I very infectious
:04:12. > :04:14.sense of humour, always very positive and would always put such
:04:15. > :04:20.huge energy behind everything she did. Really committed to helping the
:04:21. > :04:27.most marginalised, poorest people around the world. She was a
:04:28. > :04:32.41-year-old woman with a young family and devoted her life to
:04:33. > :04:38.public service fighting poverty not just in the UK but around the world.
:04:39. > :04:42.She went to do her job today, representing her constituents in a
:04:43. > :04:46.library and faced a violent act which took her life, we are utterly
:04:47. > :04:48.devastated. The First Minister added to those
:04:49. > :04:51.tributes describing Jo Cox as a brilliant young women, who has
:04:52. > :04:53.already contributed a huge amount in Earlier, Nicola Sturgeon
:04:54. > :04:56.confirmed that the Scottish government is preparing
:04:57. > :04:58.contingency plans, in case Britain votes to leave the European Union
:04:59. > :05:00.in the referendum next week. She told MSPs it was sensible
:05:01. > :05:02.to prepare for every eventuality and that
:05:03. > :05:05.included the prospect of a second Scottish Independence
:05:06. > :05:08.Referendum Bill. Ms Sturgeon insisted that Scotland
:05:09. > :05:17.benefits from membership of the EU. There are right now in Scotland more
:05:18. > :05:21.than 300,000 jobs that are associated directly or indirectly
:05:22. > :05:24.with Scotland's access to the single In addition, more than 40%
:05:25. > :05:30.of Scotland's international exports go to countries within
:05:31. > :05:35.the single market. Of the more than 2000 foreign owned
:05:36. > :05:38.companies in Scotland, 40% are owned by firms that
:05:39. > :05:48.are based in other European people will deeply damage
:05:49. > :05:53.the economy and our public services. To point out, as the fifth largest
:05:54. > :05:56.economy in the world, and the talented and innovative people,
:05:57. > :05:59.the UK is more than capable Well that prompted a row
:06:00. > :06:07.about those exchanges during First Minister's Questions
:06:08. > :06:09.this lunchtime - before news emerged And earlier I spoke to our political
:06:10. > :06:25.Editor Brian Taylor at Holyrood. Strictly speaking it means that
:06:26. > :06:30.public money and resources should not be spent on campaigning one way
:06:31. > :06:34.or the other. Kezia Dugdale push the boat out by asking a question about
:06:35. > :06:39.the current state of Scottish relations with the European union.
:06:40. > :06:44.Nicola Sturgeon said it was adding pages to Scotland's but both were
:06:45. > :06:49.very careful not to mention the referendum and the specific question
:06:50. > :06:53.so it was ruled an of -- in order by the Presiding Officer which is why
:06:54. > :06:57.Margaret Mitchell got up to make our point. That was also why there were
:06:58. > :07:02.some bad king of her during her comments. How serious are the
:07:03. > :07:07.contingency plans the Scottish Government ancient? It is a big
:07:08. > :07:13.decision, if Britain leads the European union there will be up to
:07:14. > :07:18.two years of negotiation. The Scottish government would have to
:07:19. > :07:23.prepare for that. Nicola Sturgeon confirming what is common sense,
:07:24. > :07:26.Scottish civil servants and Whitehall civil servants will have
:07:27. > :07:34.to prepare for that contingency. She also stressed that every eventuality
:07:35. > :07:37.would be considered. I asked a Scottish Government adviser if that
:07:38. > :07:44.would include a Scottish Independence Referendum Bill and the
:07:45. > :07:46.reply was, you bet. I Nicola Sturgeon is still saying it is one
:07:47. > :07:51.eventuality to be looked at but it Sturgeon is still saying it is one
:07:52. > :07:56.is significant that she chose to stress every eventuality. That could
:07:57. > :08:00.be the prospect of a second independence referendum. Brian
:08:01. > :08:02.The Bank of England has issued a warning
:08:03. > :08:05.that the prospect of Britain leaving the EU is the "largest
:08:06. > :08:06.immediate risk to global financial markets".
:08:07. > :08:10.The UK's export and import links to the rest of the world form a key
:08:11. > :08:13.part of the referendum debate, with the EU accounting for around
:08:14. > :08:16.Our Economy Editor Douglas Fraser has been to Grangemouth
:08:17. > :08:18.to take a closer look at our business links
:08:19. > :08:24.Scotland's busiest port, Grangemouth, handles 9 million
:08:25. > :08:33.From all over the world, goods are coming in
:08:34. > :08:35.to Scotland from these containers, through a hub at Rotterdam.
:08:36. > :08:37.Through that Dutch port Scottish goods are
:08:38. > :08:42.Also further field to North America and
:08:43. > :08:57.W, seafood, lamb and cheese for the three of the top
:08:58. > :08:58.five destinations are in the European Union.
:08:59. > :09:00.A single open European market means goods,
:09:01. > :09:03.services and people can cross boundaries
:09:04. > :09:04.with limited hassles and
:09:05. > :09:10.That makes it easier for us to buy German cars.
:09:11. > :09:11.The free trade ought to benefit everyone, each
:09:12. > :09:25.For individual companies the openness to low-cost competition can
:09:26. > :09:28.be painful. If Britain votes to come out
:09:29. > :09:30.of the European Union open market, it is back to
:09:31. > :09:39.the trade negotiating table. There they want to expand sales
:09:40. > :09:43.across the It is a difficult
:09:44. > :09:46.trading time for all businesses within
:09:47. > :09:48.the textiles industry. more difficult for ourselves
:09:49. > :09:51.if we can help it. Up the Tweed Valley, at Ballantines,
:09:52. > :10:07.the boss does not think We export to military units
:10:08. > :10:14.across Europe and we also export to military units
:10:15. > :10:16.in the Commonwealth. The whole way we used to trade
:10:17. > :10:18.through middlemen, distributors, wholesalers,
:10:19. > :10:22.has disappeared. We can now trade as a small
:10:23. > :10:24.company right around the It seems to fit really big
:10:25. > :10:32.companies, multinationals, people with lobby groups who push hard
:10:33. > :10:35.and speak to Brussels directly. For little guys like us,
:10:36. > :10:37.they seem Will Britain be better
:10:38. > :10:54.off as a member of the open market club
:10:55. > :10:55.or looking to a future
:10:56. > :10:59.across the oceans? The Scots studio star,
:11:00. > :11:01.Stephanie Inglis, has spoken for the first time
:11:02. > :11:03.since she was badly injured in The 27-year-old's
:11:04. > :11:06.parents, Allison and Robert described the latest step
:11:07. > :11:08.in her recovery is absolutely Stephanie is now being treated
:11:09. > :11:11.in an Edinburgh hospital after being flown back
:11:12. > :11:15.from Thailand earlier this week. Time now for the weather
:11:16. > :11:27.with Christopher. Good evening. It has been another
:11:28. > :11:30.cloudy and damp day for most. Here is the latest satellite. You will
:11:31. > :11:38.notice outbreaks of rain affecting the north-east. Tonight will be a
:11:39. > :11:43.cloudy night, damp for some, mild but missed and Mark around the East
:11:44. > :11:48.Coast. Low pressure in charge. This is where the front heading
:11:49. > :11:53.southwards, bringing rain in the East overnight and tomorrow.
:11:54. > :11:59.Elsewhere a cloudy start, the further west you are either drive it
:12:00. > :12:05.will be. Some drizzle. Towards the Borders, the capital and
:12:06. > :12:08.Aberdeenshire, a cloudy and wet start. Winds will be fresh around
:12:09. > :12:16.the north coast. Dryer towards the West, the odd wet moment across
:12:17. > :12:21.Argyll. That weather continues across eastern regions. It is
:12:22. > :12:27.heading southwards but another dull and dismal day for eastern parts of
:12:28. > :12:33.the country. Further south, a rash of thunderstorms across England and
:12:34. > :12:39.parts of Wales. Edging further south. Some sunshine coming through
:12:40. > :12:43.elsewhere cloudy for Northern Ireland and northern England the
:12:44. > :12:51.further west you are, the best chance of brightness. In the east,
:12:52. > :12:55.the rain clears away. An improvement for the weekend, thankfully. This
:12:56. > :12:57.ridge of high pressure on Saturday means largely dry unsettled
:12:58. > :13:02.conditions with some sunshine as well. The winds are still coming
:13:03. > :13:11.from the north but lighter and therefore milder. It will be dry.
:13:12. > :13:17.The rate is still with us on Sunday, keeping this weather system at B. A
:13:18. > :13:19.few light showers in the West, the further east you are more sunshine,
:13:20. > :13:21.at last. That the forecast. Our next update is during Breakfast
:13:22. > :13:25.at 6.25 tomorrow morning. But, from everyone on the late team
:13:26. > :13:29.here in Glasgow and around