:00:00. > :00:22.A committee of MPs at Westminster has recommended that the BBC set
:00:23. > :00:24.up its own hour-long news programme to replace
:00:25. > :00:25.both Reporting Scotland and the Six O'Clock
:00:26. > :00:29.The Scottish Six would be edited and broadcast in Scotland,
:00:30. > :00:31.and would cover Scottish, UK and international stories.
:00:32. > :00:37.Supporters say it's long overdue - opponents claim it's not necessary.
:00:38. > :01:01.Here's our political correspondent Glenn Campbell.
:01:02. > :01:10.Every week night, but in Scotland get half an hour of UK and world
:01:11. > :01:13.news from London, followed by half an hour of Scottish news from
:01:14. > :01:16.Glasgow. But now a cross-party committee of MPs is recommended a
:01:17. > :01:22.new hour-long programme combining stories from home and abroad. Repeal
:01:23. > :01:25.the time has come to have a single news that covers UK wide national
:01:26. > :01:27.news but is produced and edited and presented in Glasgow. That is what
:01:28. > :01:30.Scottish newspapers do. It already happens on BBC radio Scotland. But
:01:31. > :01:35.it would be a big change for BBC happens on BBC radio Scotland. But
:01:36. > :01:39.Scotland. For the first time it would no longer broadcast the six
:01:40. > :01:45.o'clock news and to see that, viewers in Scotland would either
:01:46. > :01:51.have to go online or use digital TV. Critics say the format is fine as it
:01:52. > :02:01.is. As far as I'm aware, there is no public demand for change in the
:02:02. > :02:06.format. It's not the talk in the places I frequent, nobody is saying,
:02:07. > :02:10.this is failing, let's change it. But supporters of the so-called
:02:11. > :02:16.Scottish Six say broadcast news hasn't kept up with changes in the
:02:17. > :02:21.way Scotland is governed. It is clear that many of the stories which
:02:22. > :02:25.used to be relevant because it came out of the network in London, are
:02:26. > :02:30.simply no longer relevant to Scottish society because of all the
:02:31. > :02:36.double dairies. The BBC is already considering changes to TV news in
:02:37. > :02:39.Scotland. We do need to review it and revise it and that's what we're
:02:40. > :02:43.in the process of doing, I don't think the status quo is any longer
:02:44. > :02:47.the model we can necessarily say will be the best model going
:02:48. > :02:52.forward. The corporation is trying different formats which are likely
:02:53. > :02:55.to be tested on audiences. It's good to have local news but at the same
:02:56. > :02:59.time we don't want to be too parochial. The last time I watched
:03:00. > :03:05.the news was maybe two or three years ago at six o'clock post I
:03:06. > :03:12.normally get my news online. I don't think they are is enough, they
:03:13. > :03:17.ignore us lot issues. A decision on her TV news will be delivered to
:03:18. > :03:19.audiences in Scotland in the future will be expected towards the end of
:03:20. > :03:21.this year. BBC Scotland has learned that fresh
:03:22. > :03:23.talks to avert further strike action by offshore workers have
:03:24. > :03:25.ended without agreement. Unions say a 48 hour stoppage
:03:26. > :03:28.WILL now go ahead later this week. Management at Wood Group said
:03:29. > :03:31.it was willing to SUSPEND changes to pay and conditions for further
:03:32. > :03:49.talks, but was not prepared A series of demonstrations on and
:03:50. > :03:55.offshore last week marked the first strike in the will and gas industry
:03:56. > :04:01.in nearly 30 years. Talks to avert more action have been going on
:04:02. > :04:07.between the Unite and RMT union 's and the Wood Group company. They
:04:08. > :04:12.ended without agreement this afternoon. Around 350 workers on
:04:13. > :04:16.seven North Sea platforms operated by Shell are claiming they face
:04:17. > :04:21.unacceptable cuts to pay and allowances. It's understood the
:04:22. > :04:26.unions offered to suspend industrial action if their employers, the Wood
:04:27. > :04:30.Group, remove the current proposal. No agreement was reached and 48 hour
:04:31. > :04:34.strike on Thursday and Friday is now almost certain to go ahead.
:04:35. > :04:37.Police numbers have fallen to their lowest level in five years.
:04:38. > :04:39.But the Scottish Government is still meeting its commitment
:04:40. > :04:42.to have 1,000 more officers than the total when the SNP took
:04:43. > :04:46.The figures have been published amid a review
:04:47. > :04:56.More from our Home Affairs Correspondent, Reevel Alderson.
:04:57. > :05:03.It was a commitment to the election of 2007, the SNP pledged to increase
:05:04. > :05:11.police strength by at least a thousand. There were then 16,234
:05:12. > :05:20.officers, in March 2007, the end of the Labour - Liberal Democrat
:05:21. > :05:25.coalition. In time to fulfil the SNP manifesto pledge to have at least
:05:26. > :05:32.1000 extra officers for the 2011 election. Today's figure exceeds the
:05:33. > :05:37.target but only by eight officers and that raises questions about
:05:38. > :05:42.future recruitment. All recruits must swear the oath of constable
:05:43. > :05:46.before they can be counted as police officers in Scotland. The numbers
:05:47. > :05:52.passing through the police college must keep pace with Mutai rules and
:05:53. > :05:56.resignations. But do we need as many officers as in the past? Police in
:05:57. > :06:03.Glasgow city centre at the weekend and requires a large number. But
:06:04. > :06:09.overall crime levels are deported low and detection rate at an
:06:10. > :06:11.all-time high. The union representing rank-and-file officers
:06:12. > :06:15.say despite that, it's essential police strength is maintained. The
:06:16. > :06:20.question I would ask is what do you not want police to do? That is the
:06:21. > :06:23.bigger question for stop would you expect the police service to do. We
:06:24. > :06:29.need to make sure government and petitions are behind us and from
:06:30. > :06:38.behind that, we can set of numbers instead of sticking a finger into
:06:39. > :06:44.the wind. Even the new chief had to swear the oath of constable when he
:06:45. > :06:46.joined police Scotland last January. Phil Gormley says he wants to create
:06:47. > :06:51.a sustainable operational model for Phil Gormley says he wants to create
:06:52. > :06:56.the force. But policing is changing. The Scottish crime campus offers
:06:57. > :06:59.high technology and science to crack new offences like cyber and economic
:07:00. > :07:05.crime in these require different levels of policing. The government
:07:06. > :07:09.is now consulting on Scotland's policing priorities and ministers
:07:10. > :07:14.say no conclusions have been reached on the future shape and size of the
:07:15. > :07:17.police workforce. Police Scotland say it is committed to maintaining
:07:18. > :07:25.police numbers in a way that ensures it can provide...
:07:26. > :07:27.Two people were injured when their light aircraft crashed
:07:28. > :07:34.The plane was about to stop to refuel at Oban airport
:07:35. > :07:36.when it came down close to the village of Benderloch.
:07:37. > :07:39.The two occupants - a man and a woman -
:07:40. > :07:41.were airlifted to hospitals in Paisley and Glasgow.
:07:42. > :07:43.Their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
:07:44. > :07:45.A review into the case of a Fife toddler murdered
:07:46. > :07:48.by her mother's boyfriendhas concluded her death could not
:07:49. > :07:52.Two-year-old Madison Horn was beaten to death by Kevin Park
:07:53. > :07:56.while he was babysitting her at her home in Kelty in 2014.
:07:57. > :07:59.A significant case review has found there had been no social work
:08:00. > :08:05.or health service concerns for her before her death.
:08:06. > :08:07.Over the last four decades the Western Isles has
:08:08. > :08:09.done well out of the EU, with social fund grants
:08:10. > :08:11.going towards major infrastructure projects.
:08:12. > :08:14.But many fishermen believe they've been restricted by European rules.
:08:15. > :08:17.Ian Hamilton has headed to the far north-west to see how the future,
:08:18. > :08:34.Here on the outer Hebrides, they have not always been big fans of the
:08:35. > :08:37.European Union. Just over 40 years ago, they were opposed to
:08:38. > :08:45.membership. At the referendum in June, they voted to remain. Across
:08:46. > :08:47.the business community, on these isles, there are documents for
:08:48. > :08:56.staying and going, which are complex. This is the first stage of
:08:57. > :09:01.the process... Here they spin the thread for home weavers. It could
:09:02. > :09:03.only be called Harris Tweed images made here in the Outer Hebrides.
:09:04. > :09:07.only be called Harris Tweed images This is the final stage of the
:09:08. > :09:11.process. Before it leaves the island This is the final stage of the
:09:12. > :09:17.it is given the seal of approval. The company was in favour staying in
:09:18. > :09:22.the EU but does admit to fall in the value of sterling after the exit
:09:23. > :09:26.boat could boost exports. There may be opportunities because they
:09:27. > :09:31.effective devolution of the pound, I think the message from us to
:09:32. > :09:34.government is if there is good to be any growth in the British economy,
:09:35. > :09:38.it's good to come through exporting and therefore exporting companies
:09:39. > :09:43.like ourselves are the ones who need encouraging. Some community leaders
:09:44. > :09:48.believe that leaving the European Union will damage the long-term
:09:49. > :09:53.welfare of the utter Hebrides. We are dealing with major European
:09:54. > :09:59.funds, structural funds, rural development funds, it's very hard to
:10:00. > :10:04.imagine how the whole funding arrangement is good to turn around
:10:05. > :10:08.and be replaced somehow or another by the UK Government taking on the
:10:09. > :10:14.obligations which are already being met by Europe. Many have told me
:10:15. > :10:16.here they have done well out of the European Union, particularly when it
:10:17. > :10:21.comes to infrastructure projects, like new harbours, peers and
:10:22. > :10:28.crofters. But for those working in the fishing industry, they can see
:10:29. > :10:33.opportunities being outside the EU. There is on the southern tip of the
:10:34. > :10:38.Outer Hebrides, 95% of the fish they catch here in is up in Europe.
:10:39. > :10:44.Despite these, many of them voted to leave the European Union. We have
:10:45. > :10:49.been hammered with a whole load of restrictions, and the fishing
:10:50. > :10:54.industry has suffered a lot from Europe because they have been using
:10:55. > :10:59.the fishing industry as a bargaining tool. The UK has contributed a lot
:11:00. > :11:04.of money into Europe so they're not putting that into Europe now, they
:11:05. > :11:08.can put it into projects in Scotland or vice versa elsewhere in the
:11:09. > :11:13.country. Like everywhere else across Scotland, here on the Western Isles
:11:14. > :11:19.they are maximising the opportunity that an exit offers.
:11:20. > :11:31.We have had some quite lively, heavy downpours this evening, especially
:11:32. > :11:36.across more western areas, as we had through the night, we will continue
:11:37. > :11:43.to see some rain for a time, some about catching some late brightness.
:11:44. > :11:47.Overall, that will clear but mild and muggy conditions for all of us,
:11:48. > :11:55.with an area of low pressure edging towards us, some strong winds coming
:11:56. > :12:02.in and the North-East as well, some strong winds overnight. For the
:12:03. > :12:09.Northern Isles, some clear spells developing elsewhere with some
:12:10. > :12:17.scattered showers around but the temperatures, we had minus one
:12:18. > :12:21.Celsius last night. For tomorrow morning, some dry weather around but
:12:22. > :12:26.scattered showers too and you can see the next batch of showery rain
:12:27. > :12:30.pushing in across the West coast. Somehow breaks of rather heavy rain
:12:31. > :12:33.pushing in across the West coast. tomorrow morning along the West
:12:34. > :12:41.Coast, dry and brighter towards the East, for the far north, with the
:12:42. > :12:48.Northern Isles some fabrics of showery rain. Some strong gusts
:12:49. > :12:54.coming in across Northern Ireland tomorrow, North-West England and
:12:55. > :12:58.also for Wales. Some strong gusts for Galloway as we had through the
:12:59. > :13:04.day and outbreaks of showery rain still with us across Scotland.
:13:05. > :13:14.Temperature wise, still on the warm side. Quite mild, quite humid for
:13:15. > :13:18.tomorrow as well. That area of low pressure will slip further towards
:13:19. > :13:22.the east, a wet rush hour for Wednesday evening, for Thursday,
:13:23. > :13:23.some sunshine, heavy showers, the odd rumble of thunder and still
:13:24. > :13:27.feeling warm.