26/07/2016 Reporting Scotland

priest. What can a democratic state actually do in this situation? Join

me on BBC Two. Here on BBC One, it's time

for the news where you are. Hundreds of North Sea workers

are on a 24-hour strike as part of an ongoing row over plans

to cut pay and allowances. It's the fist stoppage of its kind

in the sector since the 1980s. While onshore, workers have been

picketing the Wood Group's offices The platform operator Shell has

described the action Shame on you! Support onshore for

the strike offshore. Members of the RMT and Unite unions demonstrate

outside the Aberdeen headquarters of Wood group and Shell. On the

platforms, the striking workers spent their 12 hour shifts in a

designated rooms. It is thought around half of the 350 workers

involved in the dispute are currently offshore and taking part.

The majority of the protesters are sitting in on the safe accommodation

rig in Brent field. A far cry from the sit ins of the last industry

strike almost 30 years ago. We are being asked to do more for less. I

think it is significant that is far and they are prepared talk to about

how they can change. Simply because oil companies are not leaking as

much money, why should the workforce had to pay for that. -- making. They

appear as far apart as ever in this dispute but both sides say they want

to negotiate further to find some kind of solution. The reason we are

taking the action we are taking is we are being responsible about

sustainable jobs and cost bases in the future. That is tough to do.

What we do want to do is minimise the effect and in gauge in that

process and we will continue to do that. Shell says oil and gas

production has not been affected by this strike. More industrial action

is planned if no agreement can be reached. Stephen Dodd reporting.

A man has been charged with murder following the death of a bodybuilder

Michael O'Hanlon, who was 45, was found with serious injuries at

Moorpark Industrial Estate in Stevenston, in Ayrshire, on Monday.

The emergency services were called but he died at the scene.

Steven Kirkwood, 43, appeared from custody

He made no plea or declaration at the private hearing.

The First Minister has set out five key areas she believes must be

protected, even when the UK leaves the European Union.

But with so much unknown about what life will be

like after Brexit, how will Nicola Sturgeon be able

to keep the parts of the EU she likes

Here's our political correspondent Nick Eardley.

Nicola Sturegon wants Scotland to keep some of the best bits

At the heart of This Is Democracy, whether we respect the UK vote to

leave or the Scottish vote to remain and that, well it's up for

The EU also brings social protection, things like

They could be safeguarded in a variety of

The most obvious way of protecting the current level of

protection, guaranteed by EU law would be to enact legislation

post-Brexit, that sort of preserves the status quo.

Much of that, though, will be down to the UK Government.

Being part of the EU means cooperating on issues like

Does Scotland lose access to that cooperation?

have to ask ourselves - do we want to continue as part

And if so, we will need to negotiate with the EU to do

that, to ask - can we be part of these arrangements?

Or we will have to fall back on international

agreements to the extent that they exist and to the extent

that we have ratified or are willing to ratify them.

One of the biggest questions is the extent

to which we retain access to

the European single market and the free movement

For the First Minister, those issues are key for the economy.

It is conceivable that the UK stays in the

single market, after having left the EU.

If the UK leaves the single market, things get a lot trickier

because it would require a special status for Scotland if Scotland

If Scotland became independent, of course, it would be

The First Minister wants Scotland to not

only access the single market but to be able

Until now, that's something that only members of the European Union

So is there a chance of a deal which allows Scotland a say

In theory that is of course possible.

Everything is possible in politics, in theory but

there is no precedent for this, so it is unlikely such a thing

In particular for a country that would not, that is

That's of course unless Scotland is in the EU as an independent country.

On her wish list of five, well, it seems on most

of those aspects of EU life, there is room for negotiating

and testing the rules, and we'll of course

Two Canadian pilots charged with being impaired by alcohol

as they prepared to fly a passenger jet from Scotland to Toronto have

Captain Jean-Francois Perreault and Imran Zafar Syed were arrested

They were due to fly an Air Transat plane, with 345 passengers

Both were remanded in custody at Paisley Sheriff Court last week.

Today, they were granted bail on condition they

Edinburgh's festivals are worth more than ?300 million

to the Scottish economy, according to a study

Attendance at the 12 festivals held in the capital last year

topped four and a half million, matching the FIFA World Cup,

Our arts correspondent Pauline McLean reports.

A full-scale Military Tattoo proclaims it is once again festival

Edinburgh first branded itself as a festival city in 1947.

Not one but several festivals offering themselves as a

platform for film, international music and dance.

Today that's grown into 12 distinct festivals

staged across the year which between them, notched up 4.5

million attendances in 2015, that's on a par

with the Fifa World Cup and

We knew tickets sales had gone up by 20% in 2010 to 2015, the

We hoped the economic impact went up that

much so we were pleased to seat economic impact for Scotland has

The study found it wasn't just the fringe which

All 12 festivals staged across the year had grown, offering

over 6,000 full-time jobs and contributing over ?300 million

It is a timely reminder of the need for support and investment.

We are here to put on great events and it

is the quality of shows we put on that ensure we stay attractive to

visitors and locals but the economic impact is a really

important thing to remember that happens in Edinburgh, particularly

Festivals have carried on sustaining the economy right the

way through the recession and as we move into uncertainty

it will be slight tricky times over the next few years.

Just a reminder what we do here in Edinburgh does an

important job for Edinburgh and Scotland.

It is business as usual as the jazz festival draws

to a close and the fringe is about to begin.

Edinburgh's multi-million pound festival season is under way

Lews Castle in Stornoway is home to Scotland's newest museum,

opening its doors to visitors for the first time

The restoration project cost ?19 million.

It opened its doors on the 14th of July. The castle is a massive

restoration project. It cost 19 million. As well as a museum on the

ground floor the rest of the castle is being developed into a 26 bedroom

hotel. In front of us now is a large illuminated wall, filled with a lot

of photographs local people have sent in. Nicky Smith is the curator

of the museum. Standing in front of the fantastic... These objects on

display are on loan from National museums Scotland. There is also a

significant loan from the British Museum.

The Western Isles reserved a state-of-the-art museum

for quite some time is capable of holding objects

I think this means an awful lot at a Scottish level and

What I find wonderful about this museum, it

looks at the Western Isles very much through the experience of the people

It is all about bringing forward the stories that

people had to tell in order that we can best communicate their

The council expect a substantial return

It will become an attraction in itself. The weather is not always

good and it is good to have a place where people can come and go.

We see the expansion of people coming back from foreign countries

looking at their roots which is why we have that part of the

It attracted twice as many visitors as expected.

It's over to Kawser now with the weather forecast

It has been quite cloudy and a wet end to the evening for many have

that cloud will be with us for some time. The night at rain will

gradually clear up and we will start to see clearer spells developing in

more central and southern parts of the country. Still some heavy bursts

as it clears overnight. Clearer spells where we see temperatures in

rural areas down to 16 degrees. Towns and cities, 11 and 12. In the

far north-west, the Northern Isles, more cloud and shower conditions.

Tomorrow morning, quite a bright start to the day, especially in the

south and east of the great Glen with decent spells of sunshine, but

still cloudy in the far north-west and the Northern Isles where it

stays like this for much of the day. At eight o'clock in the morning,

plenty of fine and dry conditions. 13 and 14 degrees with light winds

generally. A fresh wind for a time coming from the West and for the

Northern Isles as well without eggs of rain which could be heavy at

times. For the rest of the UK the best of the bright conditions are

across Northern Ireland, southern Scotland and northern England.

Further to the south of England, cloudy with some showers. The

temperatures in the middle to high teens further north and low 20s in

the south. About average for the time of year. Feeling pressure in

coastal areas with westerly wind. As we take a look at Thursday, low

pressure is not far away and with that we will see some showers

pushing in. A lot of uncertainty about it. It looks like the bulk of

the rain will be across southern parts of Scotland. Northern England,

Northern Ireland and southern England as well. Elsewhere it will

be largely drive. We can see on Thursday that Scotland for most of

the day looks to be largely very dry. It could be heavy at times. A

lot of uncertainty. You can keep up-to-date with the forecast and

that rain could push further north to the central belt. We will keep

you updated. And that is Reporting Scotland. The next update is on

breakfast at 25 past six tomorrow morning. From everybody in the late

team in Glasgow and right around Scotland, good night.