:00:00. > :00:10.Rail passengers across Scotland are facing the first in a series
:00:11. > :00:12.of strikes tomorrow after talks at the conciliation
:00:13. > :00:16.The RMT union says Scotrail wants to water down and wipe out
:00:17. > :00:19.the safety role of the guard on long distance journeys,
:00:20. > :00:22.ScotRail say this is nonsense and the majority of services
:00:23. > :00:37.Here's our correspondent, Andrew Kerr.
:00:38. > :00:46.Raising a flag about rail safety. The RMT protested outside ScotRail
:00:47. > :00:49.'s HQ this morning. At the moment, on long-distance diesel trains there
:00:50. > :00:54.is a driver and a guard. On the electrified suburban routes where
:00:55. > :01:02.59% of journeys take place there is a drive around ticket examiner. The
:01:03. > :01:11.union says ScotRail ultimately wants to reduce the safety role of the
:01:12. > :01:16.guard. When trains have to be evacuated, they are not trained to
:01:17. > :01:19.evacuate a train. And people like to see guards on trains were all sorts
:01:20. > :01:31.of reasons but it is a critical role. ScotRail have expressed their
:01:32. > :01:36.frustration saying safety and jobs are not at risk. They are calling
:01:37. > :01:40.for the RMT to get a crown the table with no preconditions in a row that
:01:41. > :01:47.appears to be over who opens and closes doors. We have operated a
:01:48. > :01:51.safe system of work big Zachary which the RMT says is not safe. For
:01:52. > :01:56.30 years we have operated that in Scotland. 59% of our customers today
:01:57. > :02:02.travel with that safe system of operation. It is so disingenuous, so
:02:03. > :02:09.avoidable and so unnecessary. Final efforts to resolve the strike failed
:02:10. > :02:12.at the conciliation service ACAS in Glasgow at lunchtime. The prospect
:02:13. > :02:16.of a strike can be annoying for travellers in any part of the
:02:17. > :02:18.country but for commuters in the central belt, it is but a grievous
:02:19. > :02:21.trading out as they are facing long central belt, it is but a grievous
:02:22. > :02:27.journeys already because of the improvement works. It has taken 15
:02:28. > :02:31.minutes to come through. It is putting me off. It was always a
:02:32. > :02:35.nightmare when the trains were delayed or cancelled. It is not
:02:36. > :02:39.good. It is not going to affect me at all. I am going down to
:02:40. > :02:46.Yorkshire. It is always frustrating. You hope your day is good to be what
:02:47. > :02:54.you planned. So, the first strikers tomorrow. Another six days of action
:02:55. > :02:58.are planned, with passengers being urged to check their journeys online
:02:59. > :03:00.before travelling. With just days to go to the vote,
:03:01. > :03:04.both sides of the EU referendum in Scotland have stepped
:03:05. > :03:05.up their campaigning. The First Minister told nurses that
:03:06. > :03:08.leaving the EU would end up But UKIP's Scottish leader said
:03:09. > :03:11.Nicola Sturgeon couldn't be trusted. This from our political
:03:12. > :03:24.editor, Brian Taylor. The referendum is dominant and so
:03:25. > :03:27.addressing the Royal College of Nursing congress in Glasgow, the
:03:28. > :03:32.First Minister took care to make her own position plain. I will be voting
:03:33. > :03:37.to remain in the EU on Thursday and I hope others will do so too. She
:03:38. > :03:41.told the nurses were dished exit would damage the NHS come as
:03:42. > :03:46.economic decline would result in spending cuts and she broadened her
:03:47. > :03:49.case. I think it is still looking very close across the UK, which is
:03:50. > :03:53.right it is really important that everybody who wants to remain part
:03:54. > :03:58.of the world's biggest single market, protect our own freedom of
:03:59. > :04:01.travel across the EU, to protect workers' rights and this notion that
:04:02. > :04:03.independent countries in the modern world come together to work together
:04:04. > :04:08.for the greater good. If that is all world come together to work together
:04:09. > :04:12.important to you, it is vital to get out and vote remain on Thursday. In
:04:13. > :04:20.Edinburgh, voters seek backing from the public. Ever obliging, Ukip
:04:21. > :04:25.Scottish leader follows photographic advice. He says Nicola Sturgeon
:04:26. > :04:29.cannot be trusted on the NHS as her own record is poor. For him, this
:04:30. > :04:34.referendum is about choice and about the UK regaining control. My
:04:35. > :04:39.campaign message is vote to leave the European Union. It is best for
:04:40. > :04:43.Scotland's interests. We get to decide who runs our country, not run
:04:44. > :04:52.by an unelected bureaucracy in Brussels but by our own Parliament
:04:53. > :04:56.in Holyrood and in Westminster. Make sure that we make our own decisions
:04:57. > :05:03.and we can throw people out of cash every five years. In the Commons
:05:04. > :05:09.this afternoon, tributes to the late Jo Cox MP, who was shot dead. MPs
:05:10. > :05:15.united today, each wearing a white rose of her native Yorkshire. But
:05:16. > :05:15.they and voters will divide once more for the referendum this
:05:16. > :05:19.Thursday. In a debate on Reporting Scotland
:05:20. > :05:22.earlier, key figures from both sides of the EU referendum clashed
:05:23. > :05:24.on what a leave vote With more, here's our political
:05:25. > :05:38.correspondent, Nick Eardley. Less than three days until the polls
:05:39. > :05:43.open, what would staying in or leaving the union for Scotland? Key
:05:44. > :05:47.topics which have dominated the UK wide campaign so far were prominent.
:05:48. > :05:48.There was disagreement on whether wide campaign so far were prominent.
:05:49. > :05:52.leaving would cause an economic shock. I think it would be a very
:05:53. > :05:57.significant shock. It would be very serious and we would see the results
:05:58. > :06:01.of it almost instantly as the markets open on Friday. It will be a
:06:02. > :06:05.free trade agreement, all common sense tells you that will be the
:06:06. > :06:11.case. And the shock will not in fact occurred. Debate two on the impact
:06:12. > :06:13.of immigration. I think we need to challenge the myth that is what is
:06:14. > :06:18.creating pressure on our public services in the United Kingdom is
:06:19. > :06:21.migrants from the EU, it is not. We do need to have migrants coming to
:06:22. > :06:25.our country but we need to be able to control the numbers so that we
:06:26. > :06:30.are able to match the services for the schools, health service,
:06:31. > :06:35.housing. Questions to over what a UK wide lever but a Scottish vote to
:06:36. > :06:39.remain would mean for the independence debate. I believe very
:06:40. > :06:41.strongly as I did throughout the independence referendum that
:06:42. > :06:45.Scotland's future best lies within the United Kingdom and especially if
:06:46. > :06:48.we were to leave the European Union and I sincerely hope that we don't,
:06:49. > :06:55.that relationship comes even more important. The SNP said it would
:06:56. > :06:58.leave to a groundswell of opinion for another referendum but in such
:06:59. > :07:04.circumstances, would her party want an independent Scotland to use the
:07:05. > :07:09.pound or the EU row? It would need to look at the economic conditions
:07:10. > :07:11.at the time. We would not want to be tied to the pound if it nosedives
:07:12. > :07:16.at the time. We would not want to be after a Brexit. The party 's former
:07:17. > :07:20.deputies leader said there was no mandate for another referendum.
:07:21. > :07:27.Nicola had the opportunity to add words they're saying in the event
:07:28. > :07:32.Brexit turning out this way, I ask you a mandate in order to hold a
:07:33. > :07:38.second referendum. She does not have the mandate. And Lord Forsyth called
:07:39. > :07:43.on UK Unionists to back leave. The simple message to anyone who wants
:07:44. > :07:45.to keep the union is that you should vote to leave in Scotland, otherwise
:07:46. > :07:50.it will be used as a nation to make the case for another referendum. On
:07:51. > :07:54.Thursday, the decision is down to voters across the UK.
:07:55. > :07:56.There's been a further fall in crimes reported
:07:57. > :08:00.They fell by just over 3% in the year to the end of last March.
:08:01. > :08:03.There were fewer murders but overall violent crime was up by 5.6%,
:08:04. > :08:06.with serious assaults rising by just under a quarter.
:08:07. > :08:08.Sexual crimes also increased, although police say many of these
:08:09. > :08:15.offences were historical, and there were fewer rapes.
:08:16. > :08:18.More than ?11,000 has been raised online for the family of deaf
:08:19. > :08:19.mother-of-four Kirsty Aitchison, whose body was recovered
:08:20. > :08:23.The online fundraising drive is asking for contributions
:08:24. > :08:32.towards her funeral costs and to support her children.
:08:33. > :08:34.Minimum staffing levels in Scotland's NHS are to
:08:35. > :08:37.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon outlined the plans
:08:38. > :08:39.at the Royal College of Nursing Congress in Glasgow.
:08:40. > :08:41.She says discussions will begin over the summer,
:08:42. > :08:43.with the aim of putting health staffing on a statutory basis.
:08:44. > :08:45.The Royal College of Nursing welcomed the promise,
:08:46. > :08:48.but said it would only work if it was backed up
:08:49. > :08:53.A new fundraising appeal is being launched to look
:08:54. > :08:56.after the remote islands of St Kilda, to mark the 30th
:08:57. > :09:00.anniversary of their designation as a World Heritage Site.
:09:01. > :09:03.The National Trust for Scotland, which owns the islands,
:09:04. > :09:05.spends ?270,000 a year preserving the historic remains
:09:06. > :09:09.Celtic's new manager Brendan Rodgers and his squad had their first
:09:10. > :09:13.There was an immediate focus on the European Champions League
:09:14. > :09:14.as the qualifying draw was made this morning.
:09:15. > :09:30.Monday afternoon and Brendan Rodgers gets his first chance to look at the
:09:31. > :09:33.Celtic players and he must hit the ground running. Success vital in the
:09:34. > :09:38.Champions League campaign, which begins in just over three weeks. He
:09:39. > :09:42.is a very experienced individual. He has worked at top clubs and he
:09:43. > :09:46.understands and knows what this club is about. He grew up supporting the
:09:47. > :09:51.club. He understands the pressure that comes with the job. The demands
:09:52. > :09:57.to perform and win. Celtic will face a trip to either Flora Tallinn of
:09:58. > :10:07.Estonia of Lincoln of Gibraltar in the second qualifying round. The
:10:08. > :10:12.more likely opponents to emerge from the first qualifying round tie will
:10:13. > :10:15.be Flora Tallinn. The club was established in 1990 and has never
:10:16. > :10:28.been relegated from the stony and top division. But also battling to
:10:29. > :10:33.meet Celtic are Lincoln. We will make sure we do our homework and we
:10:34. > :10:36.have to make sure we are to speed and fit and strong and the team is
:10:37. > :10:39.fully prepared going into the game because we want to be in the
:10:40. > :10:42.Champions League, so we can take no because we want to be in the
:10:43. > :10:46.chances. Celtic have lost in the final play-off round for the past
:10:47. > :10:52.two seasons. The immediate pressure, spoken or not, is for Brendan
:10:53. > :10:56.Rodgers to meet the -- reach the group stage.
:10:57. > :10:58.And Scotland has three other teams in European action next season.
:10:59. > :11:00.The draw for the qualifying rounds of the Europa league
:11:01. > :11:03.In ten days' time, Aberdeen will be at home
:11:04. > :11:06.to Fola Esch from Luxembourg, while in Edinburgh, Hearts play
:11:07. > :11:09.Hibernian will meet Valur Reykjavik or the Danish side Brondby.
:11:10. > :11:12.That's in the second qualifying round in mid-July.
:11:13. > :11:15.Well, it's over to Judith Ralston now with the weather outlook
:11:16. > :11:28.Thank you. Indeed, the summer solstice, the longest Day, an
:11:29. > :11:37.awesome sight if you do catch the sun going down. It is happening
:11:38. > :11:41.about now across the far North. It is a drier look for Scotland through
:11:42. > :11:44.the evening and overnight period. We will start to see a weather front
:11:45. > :11:47.edging into Aussie far North West, introducing more cloud and summer
:11:48. > :11:53.edging into Aussie far North West, showers by tomorrow morning. First
:11:54. > :12:00.thing tomorrow, some lovely sunshine. Mild as well. Good sunny
:12:01. > :12:05.spells across Scotland. The Northwest, Argyll, cloudy skies.
:12:06. > :12:15.Showers here but it will be quite breezy. Dry the first thing. Those
:12:16. > :12:18.showers keep coming in across the far north-west. In the afternoon
:12:19. > :12:23.becoming more concentrated. Elsewhere, a scattering of light
:12:24. > :12:28.showers. The emphasis on a lot of dry weather tomorrow with sunny
:12:29. > :12:34.spells. It is quiet UK wise. A better day for the southern end of
:12:35. > :12:43.the UK. No rain here tomorrow. Sammir stand low cloud lingering
:12:44. > :12:55.along the channel. It will be launched -- warm across Scotland. We
:12:56. > :12:58.are expecting 19 Celsius. We should see sending brighter coming through
:12:59. > :13:00.for the Western Isles. And just a few showers edging into the Northern
:13:01. > :13:05.Isles as we head through the afternoon. Those showers keep coming
:13:06. > :13:11.in across the Northwest in the evening. Low pressure to the
:13:12. > :13:14.north-west of us. Generating weather fronts, brushing the Northwest over
:13:15. > :13:18.the next couple of days. Some showers. That is what we will see on
:13:19. > :13:21.Wednesday but brighter skies in general for the Northwest. Feeling
:13:22. > :13:23.pleasantly warm. Our next update is during Breakfast
:13:24. > :13:26.at 6:25 tomorrow morning. But from everyone on the late
:13:27. > :13:30.team, good night.