22/06/2016

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:00:09. > :00:11.The convicted drug smuggler Melissa Reid has returned

:00:12. > :00:14.to Scotland from Peru after being freed from jail in Lima.

:00:15. > :00:17.The 22-year-old, who's from Lenzie near Glasgow, was expelled under

:00:18. > :00:19.an early release scheme for first time drug offenders.

:00:20. > :00:23.She was caught with 11 kilos of cocaine in her luggage in 2013.

:00:24. > :00:35.Just before 10pm tonight, her plane touched down at Glasgow Airport.

:00:36. > :00:37.Aileen Clarke now has more on the story.

:00:38. > :00:41.Her report contains flash photography from the start.

:00:42. > :00:47.The centre of media attention as she leaves Lima.

:00:48. > :00:49.Out of jail through an early release scheme

:00:50. > :00:52.Every step taking her closer to

:00:53. > :00:58.Leaving her drug smuggling sentence behind her.

:00:59. > :01:00.Her father, Billy, was in Peru once more but

:01:01. > :01:03.this time to bring his daughter home.

:01:04. > :01:09.At the family house, this'll be a much hope for homecoming.

:01:10. > :01:11.It is almost three years since Melissa

:01:12. > :01:14.Reid was stopped at Lima airport with that consignment of cocaine.

:01:15. > :01:19.That is a situation that no parent wants to face.

:01:20. > :01:21.And this has been a very difficult episode

:01:22. > :01:25.Mr Reid took part in an anti-drug smuggling film

:01:26. > :01:38.Laying bear the heartache of the family.

:01:39. > :01:40.Events such as Christmas are nonexistent for us,

:01:41. > :01:44.It was in August 2013 that his daughter was stopped with friend

:01:45. > :01:45.Michaella McCollum from Northern Ireland

:01:46. > :01:47.with 11 kilos of cocaine in their luggage.

:01:48. > :01:49.Hidden inside food packets, they were heading for

:01:50. > :01:53.At first she protested her innocence, saying they were forced

:01:54. > :01:55.to carry the drugs but they later pled guilty, and receiving a

:01:56. > :02:00.sentence of six years and eight months.

:02:01. > :02:03.Today, at home, a range of views on her early release.

:02:04. > :02:12.Six years should be six years because all it will do is give

:02:13. > :02:14.people the incentive to think, well, if I

:02:15. > :02:18.can get three years, it is worth it for the risk.

:02:19. > :02:21.I hope she has learned her lesson and she makes

:02:22. > :02:28.up to her parents for all the distress she has caused them.

:02:29. > :02:30.In 1993, Sandra Gregory from Aberdeenshire was in the headlines

:02:31. > :02:35.for trying to smuggle heroin out of Bangkok.

:02:36. > :02:37.She served sentences in Thailand and Britain and using that

:02:38. > :02:40.experience, she visits schools to educate young women and says

:02:41. > :02:44.that Melissa Reid needs to come to terms with what she did and move on.

:02:45. > :02:49.My only advice to her would be to be honest.

:02:50. > :02:52.Apologise to the people you need to apologise to and maybe use

:02:53. > :02:55.it for other people, I am getting the truth to be

:02:56. > :02:57.going around schools so perhaps Melissa can do that

:02:58. > :03:04.Whatever Melissa Reid decides to do in Scotland, because her crime

:03:05. > :03:11.was committed abroad, she will have no official criminal record.

:03:12. > :03:12.Scotland's first ministers past and present

:03:13. > :03:14.have issued a joint statement backing a Remain vote

:03:15. > :03:18.But on this final day of campaigning,

:03:19. > :03:33.Here's our political correspondent, Glenn Campbell.

:03:34. > :03:35.A late surge of energy in an otherwise lacklustre

:03:36. > :03:46.A Remain dance at Holyrood, but Vote Leave say it is

:03:47. > :03:49.too early to party because UK opinion polls are close.

:03:50. > :03:58.So, on the last day, In campaigners gathered in

:03:59. > :04:02.Glasgow and a statue of Donald Dewar as his deputy and all of his

:04:03. > :04:05.successors as first Minister confirm support to remain.

:04:06. > :04:11.The current first Minister said that leaving the EU would make

:04:12. > :04:18.I want people to remain in the EU tomorrow

:04:19. > :04:21.with passion to protect the jobs and investment that come

:04:22. > :04:24.with being part of the single market, to protect

:04:25. > :04:28.freedom of travel but also to protect our place in the world.

:04:29. > :04:33.To remain a country that is outward-looking.

:04:34. > :04:35.Remain campaigners like the first Minister think that continued

:04:36. > :04:38.membership of the EU, with access to its single market,

:04:39. > :04:49.those on the Leave side believe that outside the European Union, the UK,

:04:50. > :04:55.including Scotland, could trade more freely around the world.

:04:56. > :04:57.The EU is an important market but not the most

:04:58. > :05:04.into the single market, we would not have to burden every

:05:05. > :05:05.single company in Scotland with a regulation that

:05:06. > :05:13.To give the UK more control over fishing, farming

:05:14. > :05:23.The EU is a catastrophe, it is undemocratic,

:05:24. > :05:27.commissioners ruling the bureaucracy, or that has no power,

:05:28. > :05:36.We are not ruled by Parliament, we are ruled by property.

:05:37. > :05:41.Fresh from her television clash with Boris

:05:42. > :05:43.Johnson, a Scottish Tory leader argued this

:05:44. > :05:45.was not a referendum on border control.

:05:46. > :05:47.You are more likely to be treated at hospital by

:05:48. > :05:50.somebody from the EU then be behind them in the queue, you don't solve

:05:51. > :05:58.Coming out of the EU will damage the economy.

:05:59. > :06:00.Tomorrow is not the date to cast a protest vote.

:06:01. > :06:04.In London, a final plea from Labour while on the

:06:05. > :06:09.doorsteps in former Scottish Labour heartlands, the last push to trade

:06:10. > :06:12.Whichever side wins, in this referendum the public

:06:13. > :06:23.If you're thinking Scotland has heard a lot from its politicians

:06:24. > :06:25.over the past couple of years, you're right.

:06:26. > :06:28.Voters are being asked to make a choice for the fifth time

:06:29. > :06:35.With another trip to the ballot box tomorrow, here's our political

:06:36. > :06:38.correspondent Andrew Kerr with a summary of the main issues

:06:39. > :06:50.It has been a tough fight with some controversial elements.

:06:51. > :06:54.The campaign has been characterised by some well-worn arguments.

:06:55. > :06:57.Those wishing to remain in the EU have focused on the

:06:58. > :07:01.economy, they say a quarter of a million Scottish jobs are linked

:07:02. > :07:05.with EU trade and voting to leave, they say,

:07:06. > :07:09.would be catastrophic for the economy.

:07:10. > :07:11.Those who wish to leave take the opposite view,

:07:12. > :07:14.calling the EU's system failing and dysfunctional, saying UK trade

:07:15. > :07:16.and jobs will thrive after a vote to leave.

:07:17. > :07:30.You will be familiar with the phrase "Take back control".

:07:31. > :07:33.The belief is that we will not be able to control our borders

:07:34. > :07:36.or the level of immigration by staying in the EU and a number of

:07:37. > :07:39.people coming to the UK is putting a strain

:07:40. > :07:41.But the Remain camp says immigration is

:07:42. > :07:45.good for the economy and a new deal means in-work benefits for a new EU

:07:46. > :07:48.migrant worker will be limited for the first few years.

:07:49. > :07:56.For us in Scotland, this vote has a constitutional dimension.

:07:57. > :07:58.The Prime Minister urges vote to Remain to

:07:59. > :08:05.save the UK, while the First Minister, who wants independence,

:08:06. > :08:07.backs that vote also, but she has warned that

:08:08. > :08:12.could be triggered if the rest of the UK votes to leave

:08:13. > :08:18.However, some who advocate Brexit want Scotland to

:08:19. > :08:22.remain in the UK while others want the UK out of the EU and

:08:23. > :08:31.Votes will be cast tomorrow, but as we have seen

:08:32. > :08:34.in Scotland, it might be up for debate whether a referendum actually

:08:35. > :08:39.An offshore oil and gas company has announced up to 430

:08:40. > :08:43.Subsea Seven expects most of them to be from its Aberdeen operations,

:08:44. > :08:49.It plans to axe 1,200 roles worldwide.

:08:50. > :08:51.The company is cutting more than ?200 million

:08:52. > :08:55.from its costs, and taking some ships out

:08:56. > :09:01.The footballing world is talking about Euro 2016 in France,

:09:02. > :09:02.including the Scotland manager, Gordon Strachan.

:09:03. > :09:05.He says his team is better than some of the sides at the finals.

:09:06. > :09:07.That's even though the Scots didn't qualify.

:09:08. > :09:09.He's already looking forward to the challenge of reaching

:09:10. > :09:17.He'd rather be in France, but his team didn't

:09:18. > :09:20.make it to Euro 2016, so Gordon Strachan was in Aviemore

:09:21. > :09:25.promoting a novel sport of 'foot golf' and putting a positive spin

:09:26. > :09:32.on Scotland's absence from the main event.

:09:33. > :09:36.At that tournament we are as are as good as the ones that are

:09:37. > :09:43.I know that if we got there, between the fans and

:09:44. > :09:47.ourselves and the players, we can make it a better tournament than it

:09:48. > :09:52.The captain of the national team is also doing

:09:53. > :09:56.homework, this time for Celtic's pre-season match against Leicester.

:09:57. > :10:01.On our day, we have played Germany and Poland

:10:02. > :10:06.Ireland and Northern Ireland, we have given them

:10:07. > :10:09.great games in the last couple of years.

:10:10. > :10:19.Scotland will have a chance to prove themselves

:10:20. > :10:22.against two teams who qualified for Euro 2016 when the World Cup

:10:23. > :10:30.On the whole, I've probably got the best goal of

:10:31. > :10:36.Maybe Spain, France, Slovakia a few times.

:10:37. > :10:46.It's going to be a heck of a tournament.

:10:47. > :10:52.We'll find out how good Scotland are when the Russia 2018 campaign

:10:53. > :11:05.That's the football, not the foot golf.

:11:06. > :11:12.Well, It's now time for the weather outlook for tonight and tomorrow.

:11:13. > :11:19.It has been largely dry so far this evening, especially towards the

:11:20. > :11:23.south and east, but have been heavy showers across the north and West.

:11:24. > :11:27.As we head through the night, those showers or is often fade back to the

:11:28. > :11:31.Western Isles, elsewhere, largely dry with clear spells developing for

:11:32. > :11:36.central and eastern parts. Low pressure is not far away, but it is

:11:37. > :11:39.gradually shifting across the country. Heavy downpours across the

:11:40. > :11:42.south-east of England and there is a Met Office Amber were the in force

:11:43. > :11:47.as some of the showers could become quite lively over the next few days

:11:48. > :11:52.and could cause some disruption. But as we head to the cause of the

:11:53. > :11:56.morning, a good deal of sunshine. One or to by Chris Carter Charles,

:11:57. > :12:01.but for the most part, largely dry. Tomorrow morning, defined by

:12:02. > :12:07.weather. Sunshine and temperatures already 14-15d. One or to showers

:12:08. > :12:10.across the west coast and the north-west as well. Temperatures

:12:11. > :12:16.towards the north will tend to rise to the low 20s as we head through

:12:17. > :12:24.the day. A bit of Mr crossed Shetland on the coastal as well. --

:12:25. > :12:28.mist. The amber Met Office be prepared weather warning in the

:12:29. > :12:33.foreseeable also see showers across Northern Ireland and western parts

:12:34. > :12:39.of Scotland, but elsewhere, dry with sunshine. Across Scotland,

:12:40. > :12:44.temperatures of 20-21d, further south, 20-23dC so warm for all.

:12:45. > :12:48.Tomorrow evening, decent service polls, clear spells, but those

:12:49. > :12:52.showers continued towards the north and west and become a bit more

:12:53. > :12:56.widespread across the West Coast. Thursday into Friday, an area of low

:12:57. > :13:01.pressure moves across others and with it some further showers. Some

:13:02. > :13:04.of the showers on Friday could be quite lively across Scotland. Across

:13:05. > :13:08.the West at first but gradually shifting east as we had through the

:13:09. > :13:14.day, the risk of thunder and hail mixed in as well, but winds will be

:13:15. > :13:18.lights but showers slow-moving and temperatures in the hit -- mid to

:13:19. > :13:19.high teens. Our next update is during Breakfast

:13:20. > :13:22.at 6:25am tomorrow morning. But from everyone on the late team

:13:23. > :13:26.here in Glasgow and around