:00:16. > :00:21.More than 30 million images depicting child sexual abuse
:00:22. > :00:23.have been uncovered in a massive Police Scotland investigation.
:00:24. > :00:26.Children as young as three are among more than 500 young people
:00:27. > :00:29.identified as victims or potential victims
:00:30. > :00:34.of online sexual abuse. Police say it's a growing problem.
:00:35. > :00:39.Our correspondent Lucy Adams reports.
:00:40. > :00:42.Police Scotland say there is a massive increase
:00:43. > :00:49.These individuals want to be wherever children are,
:00:50. > :00:50.so they are using websites, forums, chat rooms
:00:51. > :00:57.These men, predominantly, are using the profiles of children,
:00:58. > :01:00.pretending to be children effectively to communicate
:01:01. > :01:06.with younger children, to groom them online,
:01:07. > :01:12.In an unprecedented six-week operation earlier this summer,
:01:13. > :01:20.523 child victims were identified, and more than 30 million indecent
:01:21. > :01:25.and child sexual abuse images were recovered, and there were 392
:01:26. > :01:30.charges, including rape, sexual extortion and grooming.
:01:31. > :01:35.This is children being sexually abused, the images being shared,
:01:36. > :01:39.real victims in Scotland and elsewhere, and it is about these
:01:40. > :01:41.horrific acts that ruin peoples lives, and we need to make
:01:42. > :01:51.One computer alone led to the recovery
:01:52. > :01:58.Police say it will take four full-time officers six
:01:59. > :02:02.Another suspect had communicated with more than 110 children.
:02:03. > :02:06.As well as cracking down on crime online, police are keen to prevent
:02:07. > :02:13.online abuse from happening in the first place.
:02:14. > :02:19.These young people in Clydebank are learning how
:02:20. > :02:29.Many have been victims of cyber bullying.
:02:30. > :02:32.It is the side of the internet you do not know if it is
:02:33. > :02:35.going to stop, it did, but then it did not too long ago.
:02:36. > :02:38.But the best thing I done was actually talk to someone.
:02:39. > :02:41.I think it has went to that stage where no-one knows how
:02:42. > :02:44.to cope with it sometimes, whereas we have got groups like this
:02:45. > :02:47.that you can come to and talk with them, it is not
:02:48. > :02:50.like they are not going to help you a lot.
:02:51. > :02:54.Reputation, safety, responsibility...
:02:55. > :02:57.Police say the scale of the problem is far higher
:02:58. > :03:05.They are warning parents and children to be vigilant.
:03:06. > :03:09.Two batches of cheese are being recalled by a manufacturer
:03:10. > :03:11.in Lanarkshire, after 16 people contracted E-coli.
:03:12. > :03:17.Two batches of Dunsyre Blue Cheese are possibly affected,
:03:18. > :03:20.according to Food Standards Scotland.
:03:21. > :03:22.The manufacturer has recalled the cheese as a precaution
:03:23. > :03:34.and said no confirmed link had been shown.
:03:35. > :03:40.As a responsible company we took the voluntary decision last night to
:03:41. > :03:45.recall two batches of cheese which we were concerned about, and we have
:03:46. > :03:52.done that, so at the moment we are doing a lot of testing ourselves and
:03:53. > :03:53.investigation to see whether there is in fact any evidence of a
:03:54. > :03:58.connection. RBS may have to raise more capital
:03:59. > :04:01.after a Europe-wide stress test The test found that RBS, which is
:04:02. > :04:05.73% owned by British taxpayers had the one of the worst responses
:04:06. > :04:08.to a series of adverse scenarios, The Scottish Government plan to cut
:04:09. > :04:15.air passenger duty could force other taxes to rise to fill a hole
:04:16. > :04:17.in the budget. That's according to some of those
:04:18. > :04:20.who have responded to But others say reducing the cost
:04:21. > :04:24.of flights will bring more visitors
:04:25. > :04:27.to Scotland and boost the economy. Here's our business
:04:28. > :04:40.correspondent David Henderson. Anyone flying in and out of Scottish
:04:41. > :04:46.airports has toupee Air Passenger Duty on top of the price of the
:04:47. > :04:51.flight. It is a UK tax on flying and set at different rates were just --
:04:52. > :04:56.different journeys. If you're flying short-haul to Europe and who travel
:04:57. > :05:02.economy class, you pay an extra ?13. But a passenger on a long-haul
:05:03. > :05:05.flight pays far more, at least ?73 and double that if you travel
:05:06. > :05:07.business class. The Scottish Government wants to cut VAT tax in
:05:08. > :05:13.half. -- at that tax in half. It is the busiest time of year
:05:14. > :05:15.at Scotland's airports as holiday-makers head for the sun,
:05:16. > :05:17.but they are paying As Holyrood gains new powers,
:05:18. > :05:21.air passenger duty will come under the control
:05:22. > :05:23.of the Scottish Government, and ministers here
:05:24. > :05:24.wants to cut that tax and make it cheaper to fly
:05:25. > :05:27.to and from Scotland. Some business leaders
:05:28. > :05:32.say it is a good plan. The case is very clear
:05:33. > :05:36.for a reduction in APD. We have one of the highest rates
:05:37. > :05:39.in the world, and a signal to reduce that rate in Scotland would send out
:05:40. > :05:43.a massive boost to business in Scotland and send out a signal
:05:44. > :05:46.to the rest of the world Environmental groups
:05:47. > :05:55.say if more people fly, there will be more greenhouse gas
:05:56. > :05:58.and harm to the environment. And some are sceptical that this tax
:05:59. > :06:04.cut would boost the economy. We are not sure, for example,
:06:05. > :06:09.that if APD were cut, that the revenues that the Scottish
:06:10. > :06:11.Government might make from any increase in economic activity
:06:12. > :06:16.would compensate for the loss from air passenger duty,
:06:17. > :06:17.and then the consequence of that might be that other taxes
:06:18. > :06:20.would have to be raised. That looks like a gamble
:06:21. > :06:24.the Scottish Government is prepared to take as it bids to boost
:06:25. > :06:38.Scotland's links So there is no agreement on whether
:06:39. > :06:42.Air Passenger Duty should be cut, what ministers at Holyrood say that
:06:43. > :06:48.they will push ahead with their plans for a replacement. For those
:06:49. > :06:52.of you making travel plans, the new tax is set to take effect in April
:06:53. > :06:57.2000 and 18. We are told that within three years the tax will be cut by
:06:58. > :07:00.50%, and the government wants to abolish the tax entirely when public
:07:01. > :07:01.finances allow. Workers on seven Shell installations
:07:02. > :07:04.involved in a dispute with their employer,
:07:05. > :07:05.the Wood Group, have announced This week, members of the Unite
:07:06. > :07:11.and RMT unions staged the first strike in the North Sea for nearly
:07:12. > :07:14.30 years in response to a long-running row over pay
:07:15. > :07:16.and working patterns. The next strike will begin
:07:17. > :07:22.on Thursday morning. The John Muir Trust has conceded
:07:23. > :07:25.defeat in its legal battle with the Scottish Government and SSE
:07:26. > :07:27.over plans for The Trust successfully stopped
:07:28. > :07:33.the Stronelairg development near Fort Augustus in a judicial
:07:34. > :07:37.review at the Court of Session. But last week that decision
:07:38. > :07:39.was overturned Today, the Trust said
:07:40. > :07:43.after considering all the options, they had reached the end of the road
:07:44. > :07:46.with their legal action. Well, it's over to Judith now for
:07:47. > :07:57.the weekend weather forecast. Thank you very much, Sally. It was a
:07:58. > :08:03.beautiful end to the day across parts of southern Scotland. And here
:08:04. > :08:12.is a picture from one of our Weather Watchers. Any showers will become
:08:13. > :08:16.confined to the north tonight, and you will see clearing skies pretty
:08:17. > :08:21.much across the country. First thing tomorrow, largely dry and bright to
:08:22. > :08:25.start with in Central, southern and eastern Scotland in particular.
:08:26. > :08:30.Showers across the north-west as we had through the course of the
:08:31. > :08:33.morning. Some cloud bubbling up and those showers becoming more
:08:34. > :08:38.widespread, but in saying that, if you catch a shower it should pass
:08:39. > :08:45.quickly so there will be lots of dry, bright weather in between times
:08:46. > :08:47.as well. As for the rest of the UK, Northern Ireland seeing some
:08:48. > :08:51.showers, western parts seeing some showers by the middle of the day and
:08:52. > :08:55.as we head through the afternoon, showers becoming widespread across
:08:56. > :09:00.England and Wales. Still lots of dry, bright weather in the forecast.
:09:01. > :09:08.In Scotland, we should see highs of around 19 Celsius in Edinburgh, Fife
:09:09. > :09:12.and Perthshire. Always cooler in the north with a fresh north-westerly
:09:13. > :09:18.wind. It looks like brightening up for the Northern Isles, too. Then
:09:19. > :09:22.those showers will become confined to northern parts as we head into
:09:23. > :09:27.Saturday night and it will feel cold, with long, clear spells and
:09:28. > :09:33.showers continuing in the north. Those showers linked to low pressure
:09:34. > :09:39.to the north of us. And that cold, north-westerly airflow as well.
:09:40. > :09:43.Showers for the North and pushing into the West on Sunday, still lots
:09:44. > :09:48.of dry weather as we head through the day in southern and eastern
:09:49. > :09:52.Scotland. On Monday, high pressure builds, were still some showers in
:09:53. > :09:57.the far north. And that is your weather forecast.
:09:58. > :09:59.From everyone on the late team here in Glasgow
:10:00. > :10:06.MUSIC: Not Gonna Break Me by Jamie N Commons