27/07/2016 Reporting Scotland

BBC Scotland can reveal that survivors of abuse at the former

Fort Augustus Abbey School have turned to England

It comes as the Government has announced a new chair to head

the independent inquiry into child sex abuse in care in Scotland.

Our Home Affairs Correspondent, Reevel Alderson reports.

It's just four short months until the independent inquiry

into the abuse of children in care held its first session

This inquiry is not just for survivors of abuse in the past,

it is also for some Scottish children yet to be born.

Yet earlier this month the chair resigned, leaving

Now in place of Ms O'Brien, one of the most senior

High Court judges in Scotland, Lady Anne Smith.

Survivor groups welcomed the speed of the appointment yet have

criticised the government for failing to consult

them and have demanded that the Education Secretary widens

We're a bit surprised, while we are pleased

that he hasn't able to indicate today that he is prepared to extend

remit and include a recommendation about redress in the inquiry.

Now we are seeking an urgent meeting with him with a view to resolving

not only this issue but a number of others as well.

Allegations of systematic abuse at the former school

run by the Benedictine order will be a part of the inquiry

but one survivors group is so disillusioned with progress

in Scotland it has been accepted as core participants in the English

In a notice published in the court she said...

This means the group, White Flowers Alba, is eligible

for redress, something it has pressed the government to offer

but so far ministers have resisted changing the remit.

I want to discuss that further with survivors groups and with

Lady Smith following her appointment.

These issues are under active consideration to make sure

we have an inquiry that can properly and fully address the issues

of concern, to summarise the awful experiences of individuals

and we can do that task properly on their behalf.

The government insists the inquiry will continue to operate

independently with no assistance from ministers.

Figures the BBC has obtained show that, in the last three years,

the amount of money healthboards have spent on overtime payments

to consultants has increased by almost 50% -

Doctors argue it's due to a lack of full time staff.

The Scottish Government says it's a very small portion

These figures have come from a UK wide Freedom Of Information request

by the BBC. Three years ago, the bill for consultants over time was

14.27 million. That had risen to nearly 21 million muster. This is

over time, so money consultants are in for extra shifts, often at the

weekend or evening. One consultant earns an extra ?135,000 last year.

-- 135 820. They said that this was to meet targets at of pressure due

to staff vacancies. They say there's something not enough staff to cope

cope with growing pressures on our hospitals in Scotland. We need

long-term solutions that create a sustainable NHS. Summary issues

faced deal with sticking plaster solutions are temporary solutions

that don't solve the problems. They may patch and meant for the short

term, but we need to think about not just the next five years but the

next 45 years. Three years ago, NHS Grampian said they spent nothing at

all for overtime for consultants, but Laster be spent more than ?1.5

billion. They say that spend is due to a lack of staff, particularly at

busy periods. -- million. They have said that the overtime bill could be

dramatically reduced if the right number of consultants could be

recorded. The latest figures show we are 162 short. In the meantime,

here's a suggestion. We have to sink a bit more sensibly and carefully

about simplistic targets for rating times alone. -- think. It's

important, both from the doctor and patient perspective, that we are

concentrating on the quality of care, that we're actually making

sure that the outcomes for patients, whether the operation is successful

or not, is what we are measuring rather than sticking solely to

counting the easy thing, which is how long it took to have the

operation in the first place. The Scottish Government said the

overtime bill in context is a tiny percentage of what it spends on

consultants and the number of consultants have got up by 40% of

the last ten years. Trading places are being increased, as well. The

Health Secretary takes on board there may be better ways of

prioritising care. Patients want to be seen as quickly as possible so

that remains important, however measuring outcomes is also

important, that perhaps some of their waiting time targets are a bit

of a blunt instrument and we want to listen to the professions and we

want to listen to patient groups about how we can perhaps focus more

on the outcomes for patients, but we need to see what the group comes up

with or what recommendations they need to make. The best way to

achieve that balance of delivering quality care but in an acceptable

time, at a reasonable price, is what it seems to be very much up for

discussion now. Independence supporters have LOST

a legal fight to remain camped A judge has ruled that

the the group can be evicted. Here's our political

correspondent, Glenn Campbell. Parliament welcomes protesters,

but not this eight month long occupation by supporters

of Scottish independence. It took these so-called IndyCampers

to court in what became one of the weirdest of cases.

There are unusual arguments heard in the case, the campers made the

declaration of Arbroath and tried to call the Queen

as a witness and actually claimed that Christ had returned to Earth

and was backing Scottish independence.

Yet at the end of the day the case was based on serious law,

human rights, whether the group at the right to stay

here and the right to freedom of assembly.

In a written statement Lord Turnbull has turned in favour of Parliament

and against the IndyCampers, whose position, he says,

is selfish or arrogant in that they seemed to assert that their right to

use this space is greater than the rights of others.

Lord Turnbull said it would not be disproportionate for Parliament

to seek the removal of this independence vigil.

I think it's shocking. Basically it has walked all over

human rights in Scotland. Hopefully we have the right

to appeal and stay during the appeal because the vigil

is a good thing. We are not a bad thing,

we've never had any reported incidents to the police.

There's been no drink, no drugs, we are known as middle aged teacher

linkers. -- tea drinkers. Parliament officials welcomed

the judgment and hoped to persuade them to leave peacefully.

We have to have those conversations with them,

clearly Lord Turnbull has said the onus is on them to remove

themselves, if they don't we will seek to remove them.

After 244 days of occupation, today's judgment should mean

that the days of IndyCamp are numbered yet the campaign hope

that they can still stay put until Scotland becomes

an independent country. ?110 million is being invested

in GSK's operations at Montrose. The pharmaceutical giant says it

will provide a new, state-of-the-art The firm employs 450 people

at the site in Angus, where it makes respiratory,

HIV and vaccine products. It's also investing at its plants

in County Durham and Hertfordshire. It's good to be investing to build a

new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility that will make products

which are part of GSK's spirit to rate per photo. These active

ingredients go into drugs that treat problems such as asthma.

Edinburgh's become the first Scottish city to impose a 20 mph

The limit, which will begin being rolled out this weekend,

Critics argue it's an unnecessary and damaging move.

The Council insists a network of arterial roads will still have

30-40 mph limits, to keep traffic flowing.

Celtic earned a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their qualifier

John Barnes has the story of the match.

Having suffered humiliation in Gibraltar in the last round,

Brendan Rodgers was hoping his side would produce a result more worthy

of note in Khazakstan. It was Celtic who had

the first real chance, Leigh Griffiths finding space for

this shot. But Astana were quick on the break

and Mikael Lustig had to be alert to deal with this cross.

But from the resulting corner, Astana made the breakthrough.

Craig Gordon flapping at fresh air as Kazakhstan champions

were headed in front. Astana unbeaten in their last seven

Champions League ties at home came close to adding a second.

But this time Gordon was up to the task.

There was another fright for the Scottish champions

early in the second half, a striker clipping the crossbar.

But 12 minutes from the end, Celtic got the equaliser,

and it might prove to be priceless. Leigh Griffiths!

Leigh Griffiths, last season's 40-goal hero coming up trumps

for the new Celtic manager. It was Celtic's only shot on target

and sets them up nicely for the second leg

in Glasgow next week. A number of Hibernian fans have been

banned from the club's home ground, following the pitch invasion

at the Scottish Cup final in May. BBC Scotland has learned the ban

will remain until the supporters involved have a meeting

with Hibs' safety officer. The club identified each fan

as being on the pitch The club is refusing to comment

and wouldn't say how many fans have Now here's Kawser with the weather

outlook for tonight and tomorrow. Thank you, good evening. It's been

quite a fine end to the evening for many of us, late spells of sunshine.

This lovely picture was sent in from one of our brother watchers. We will

continue to seek mostly dry conditions, with clear spells

developing. One or two scattered showers up over the hills and across

the far northwest, the Northern Isles, cloudy with outbreaks of

rain. You can see from the map, cloud thickening coming from the

southwest as we end the night. Temperatures holding onto double

figures for towns and cities, but under the clear spells for rural

areas, down to six or 7 degrees, making it quite a cool start here.

As we head through the course in the morning, the rain continuing to push

in the rain continuing to push and across Dumfries Galloway. It will

gradually spread eastwards as we had through the day. Holding onto drier

weather across the Lothians and we will see some brighter spells across

Tayside and interpret each or through the course of the morning.

Still cloudy am afraid across the northwest, and for the Northern

Isles and the winds of victory zero here, come in from the West. A wider

look at the rest the UK, the rain progressing eastwards across most of

the country, north of the central belt. Further towards the north of

Scotland, we will see some brighter spells. Double figures, up to 20

here, the 13 or 14 here, disappointing. Further towards the

south of England holding 20-22dC. This weather system will clear away

south-eastwards as we head through tomorrow night and we will start to

see the winds turning more northwesterly, drying and fresher

air, so for Friday it looks as if it will be quite fresh with some

showers around across the Northwest, drier and brighter elsewhere but

some sunshine but by the afternoon though showers will become more

widespread, there will be some decent sunny spells around the

sheriffs, temperatures holding on maybe 17-19dC. For the weekend, a

very similar story, sunny spells, feeling fresher. After forecast for

very similar story, sunny spells, now. Thank you very much.

That's all from Reporting Scotland tonight.

There are bulletins from 6:25 tomorrow morning, during Breakfast.

From all of us here on the late team, a very good night to you.