:00:00. > :00:00.and pleasantly warm and getting even warmer for the early part of next
:00:00. > :00:14.Tonight, on Reporting Scotland: Fears that diesel may be leaking
:00:15. > :00:16.from the oil rig that's run aground on The Western Isles
:00:17. > :00:20.Nicola Sturgeon says she's speeding up spending on major projects
:00:21. > :00:22.to boost the Scottish economy after Brexit.
:00:23. > :00:24.Migration from the rest of the UK boosts Scotland's population
:00:25. > :00:28.And later in the programme, a day of Scottish success at the Olympics.
:00:29. > :00:31.We're live in Rio where another Scot has a real chance
:00:32. > :01:10.Nicola Sturgeon has announced a ?100 million plan to help the economy.
:01:11. > :01:13.She has expanded the infrastructure spending following the Brexit vote.
:01:14. > :01:17.The Scottish Secretary replied by calling on her to rule out a second
:01:18. > :01:29.independence referendum to reduce uncertainty. Nicola Sturgeon is
:01:30. > :01:35.worried that the health of the economy will deteriorate following
:01:36. > :01:42.the decision to leave the EU. The First Minister promised to speed up
:01:43. > :01:45.major public works to help create jobs and economic activity. Her
:01:46. > :01:51.description includes a further ?100 million of capital spending in this
:01:52. > :01:56.financial year. That will be paid for by the Scottish underspend in
:01:57. > :01:58.the budget from last year. There was also a business support and
:01:59. > :02:02.information service. But the first minister wants
:02:03. > :02:12.the Treasury to increase capital UK Government does that, UK wide,
:02:13. > :02:16.delivering consequential funding to the Scottish Government, we will be
:02:17. > :02:20.able to do more than I am announcing. It is unacceptable that
:02:21. > :02:22.the UK Government has done pretty much nothing so far to try to allay
:02:23. > :02:29.uncertainty and boost the economy. Consulting businesses and other
:02:30. > :02:31.Scottish interest groups ahead of the Brexit negotiations,
:02:32. > :02:33.the Scottish secretary said infrastructure spending was a UK
:02:34. > :02:35.government priority but that there was something else the Scottish
:02:36. > :02:47.government could do. This talk of a second referendum is
:02:48. > :02:52.causing real uncertainty and I think if that was taken off the table,
:02:53. > :02:56.which the First Minister could do tomorrow, that, in itself, would be
:02:57. > :02:57.a major boost to the Scottish economy and I would encourage her to
:02:58. > :02:59.do that. Amid concern about a possible
:03:00. > :03:01.economic downturn, the Bank of England has cut interest rates
:03:02. > :03:04.to their lowest level. The chancellor has ruled out
:03:05. > :03:07.an emergency budget but he has said he's prepared to reset UK economic
:03:08. > :03:09.policy in his Autumn Statement And the decisions he takes then
:03:10. > :03:13.will affect us all. Glenn Campbell, Reporting
:03:14. > :03:31.Scotland, Glasgow. I'm joined now by Douglas Fraser.
:03:32. > :03:36.What impact will ?100 million have? It is clearly helpful. It is not a
:03:37. > :03:40.small amount of money. It won't do any harm. We should get it into
:03:41. > :03:45.context. It is less than half of 1% of the total Scottish open and
:03:46. > :03:48.budget. The total capital budget for the Scottish Government is 35 times
:03:49. > :03:53.bigger than the amount that is being talked about today. It cannot, that
:03:54. > :03:56.kind of scale, compensate for all of the problem is that the Scottish
:03:57. > :04:01.economy is going through. Whether they have today with Brexit, the
:04:02. > :04:04.problems we have with the oil and gas sector. It is also worth
:04:05. > :04:09.emphasising, and Glen referred to that, that this is not new money.
:04:10. > :04:12.The Scottish Government does not have the borrowing power with which
:04:13. > :04:15.to conjure up money and be able to spend the way that the Westminster
:04:16. > :04:20.Government does. This is money that has been brought forward from last
:04:21. > :04:25.year. It was underspend money. Perfectly normal, a reasonable
:04:26. > :04:30.amount not to spend, given we have a budget of ?30.5 billion. They
:04:31. > :04:35.underspend by 135 million. The ?100 million is coming from that. It had
:04:36. > :04:38.to be spent somehow. It was announced to MSPs in June that was
:04:39. > :04:44.going to happen. Some of it has strings attached, ?150 million does
:04:45. > :04:49.not, of which this is 100 million. The key to the impact is what it
:04:50. > :04:55.gets spent on. It can easily and quickly be spent. They were talking
:04:56. > :04:59.about this at the Jubilee Hospital, they could spend it on laboratory
:05:00. > :05:03.and medical equipment. That is desirable, but does not create jobs
:05:04. > :05:06.in Scotland. It is often manufactured goods that are imported
:05:07. > :05:10.from manufacturers overseas. If you want to have impact on jobs in
:05:11. > :05:13.Scotland, you need to build roads and bridges. It is very hard to get
:05:14. > :05:26.a road or bridge project that is new. The problem with flooding, very
:05:27. > :05:31.hard to get them operational between now and the end of the financial
:05:32. > :05:33.year. So they have to find improvements on a small scale.
:05:34. > :05:34.The Russian news agency Sputnik has launched
:05:35. > :05:38.The organisation - which is funded by the Russian government -
:05:39. > :05:40.says it wants to provide Scots with alternative ways
:05:41. > :05:43.But critics says it's propaganda for the Kremlin.
:05:44. > :05:53.Nick Eardley has been finding out more.
:05:54. > :06:04.A promotional video for the Russian news agency, and the office in the
:06:05. > :06:11.West End where the first broadcast was made. News funded by the
:06:12. > :06:14.Kremlin, on your Airways. Offering people news and backgrounds that
:06:15. > :06:19.they may not necessarily get from anyone else. The people in Scotland
:06:20. > :06:22.deserve to have more news outlets. Others are not so sure, they are
:06:23. > :06:26.questioning whether what is going on in the building behind me is more
:06:27. > :06:30.about Russian power at a time of tension with the West. What this is
:06:31. > :06:35.not as a normal radio station, a normal broadcast outlet in the way
:06:36. > :06:40.you would have BBC radio Scotland. This is quite different. This is a
:06:41. > :06:45.propaganda machine for another country, operating within our own
:06:46. > :06:49.borders. Critics say state funded Russian media is guilty of spreading
:06:50. > :06:51.conspiracy theories. They point to stories like this one, suggesting
:06:52. > :06:57.the timing of the killing of Labour stories like this one, suggesting
:06:58. > :07:02.MP Jo Cox was convenient for the Remain side in the campaign. They
:07:03. > :07:11.point to Scottish samples as well. The predecessor agency for Sputnik
:07:12. > :07:23.was the source of rumours that the Scottish independence referendum was
:07:24. > :07:27.raped. Studio. -- was rigged. We produce content and sell it to
:07:28. > :07:31.Sputnik International. We get it from sales of content. Funded by the
:07:32. > :07:34.Sputnik International. We get it Russian government? Yes, but it is
:07:35. > :07:40.not funded by the Russian government, it is out of the budget.
:07:41. > :07:43.The UK Government is looking to invest in Eastern Europe as a
:07:44. > :07:47.counter. Some argue that is no different to what Russian media is
:07:48. > :07:54.doing here. Are they right? There are some parallels with the BBC, but
:07:55. > :07:58.I think it is much more clearly controlled by the Kremlin. Whether
:07:59. > :07:58.that control is seen in content broadcast from Scotland remains to
:07:59. > :08:04.be seen. A massive oil rig grounded off
:08:05. > :08:06.Lewis may be leaking fuel The Transocean Winner has more
:08:07. > :08:10.than 300,000 of litres of diesel on board and two of its fuel tanks
:08:11. > :08:13.appear to have been breached. It broke free from a towing line
:08:14. > :08:17.attached to a tug on Monday, and efforts to refloat it
:08:18. > :08:19.are being hampered by bad weather. Our reporter Jackie O'Brien is there
:08:20. > :08:33.and can bring us up to date. Three main developments to bring you
:08:34. > :08:39.up to speed. The news confirmed today that, as you say, two of the
:08:40. > :08:44.four tanks, containing 240 tonnes of diesel may have been breached. That
:08:45. > :08:48.could be explanation for the lower-level pollution some people
:08:49. > :08:51.reported earlier in the week. Environmentalists, prodded by that
:08:52. > :08:58.news, have been stressing the environmental sensitivity of the
:08:59. > :09:02.area where the rig has gone aground. Doctor Richard Dixon from Friends of
:09:03. > :09:11.the Earth has said that reinstating an emergency towing tug maybe one
:09:12. > :09:15.way of reassuring people something like this cannot happen again.
:09:16. > :09:19.Deputy First Minister John Swinney has been in direct contact with the
:09:20. > :09:22.Westminster Government, who are in charge of dealing with incidents
:09:23. > :09:27.like this, wanting to know why the rig was allowed to be towed through
:09:28. > :09:30.Scottish waters when such stormy weather was forecast. Finally, we
:09:31. > :09:33.have heard from the coordinated group in the Western Isles,
:09:34. > :09:41.confirmation it may take some time before the rig can be refloated,
:09:42. > :09:48.because it was a storm surge and high tide when it went aground.
:09:49. > :09:56.Still to come: the fringe show where writers, performers and members of
:09:57. > :10:09.the public tackle the Chilcot Report, all 2.6 million words of it.
:10:10. > :10:13.A detailed report about the death of a man in police custody last year
:10:14. > :10:14.has been submitted to the Crown Office.
:10:15. > :10:17.31-year-old Sheku Bayoh died in May 2015 after being restrained
:10:18. > :10:20.Prosecutors say the report from the Police Investigations
:10:21. > :10:22.and Review Commissioner will be carefully considered,
:10:23. > :10:25.but added that further work may be required before a decision is made
:10:26. > :10:29.Sheku Bayoh's family have called for a full public
:10:30. > :10:33.A man has appeared in court charged with raping a 14-year-old girl
:10:34. > :10:36.19-year-old Samuel Ciornei - who is originally from Romania -
:10:37. > :10:39.is accused of sexually assaulting the teenager in Barrhead
:10:40. > :10:43.Prosecutors allege he dragged the girl into bushes when she went
:10:44. > :10:46.to collect her bicycle after leaving the shop.
:10:47. > :10:48.Mr Ciornei made no plea or declaration and was
:10:49. > :10:53.There are more people living in Scotland than ever before.
:10:54. > :10:55.That's according to the latest figures from the National Records
:10:56. > :11:00.of Scotland which shows the country's population stands
:11:01. > :11:02.As Joanne Macaulay reports, the rise is largely down
:11:03. > :11:20.There is always an increase in population and this time of year, as
:11:21. > :11:23.visitors flock to festivals. But the figures show that a growing number
:11:24. > :11:29.of people are choosing to make Scotland their home. 85,000 people
:11:30. > :11:33.moved to Scotland in 2015, but 57,000 left, a net increase of 20
:11:34. > :11:39.8000. More people are coming to the UK than leaving, and more people
:11:40. > :11:42.coming from overseas than leaving to go to overseas. That is different
:11:43. > :11:46.from historical trends we have known in Scotland. These figures were
:11:47. > :11:51.before the Brexit vote. People that have come from abroad to make a life
:11:52. > :11:56.here believe it may affect future numbers. Immigration itself is a big
:11:57. > :12:00.move. For an individual. If there is any uncertainty, you know, it might
:12:01. > :12:06.put second thoughts into people's heads. Figures also show that
:12:07. > :12:09.same-sex marriages have almost entirely replaced civil
:12:10. > :12:16.partnerships. 2013 was the first full year that gay couples could tie
:12:17. > :12:18.the knot. More than 1600 of them took the opportunity. Statistics
:12:19. > :12:22.also show the number of households is rising and the population is
:12:23. > :12:25.ageing. These figures will be put to good use. They are invaluable to
:12:26. > :12:29.planning what services are needed. We need to know how many elderly
:12:30. > :12:36.there are for care homes, how many children there are. The population
:12:37. > :12:46.of working age, for transport links, resource allocation, population is
:12:47. > :12:50.used for that as well. Fewer children were born in 2013. But the
:12:51. > :12:57.population increased to its highest recorded level. It is predicted to
:12:58. > :13:01.rise to 5.7 million by 2039. These children growing up in Scotland can
:13:02. > :13:07.expect to live longer than previous generations. They are also living in
:13:08. > :13:08.a far more diverse Scotland, with ethnic minorities making up about 7%
:13:09. > :13:18.of the population. Now a look at other stories from
:13:19. > :13:22.across the country. The family of a man who has been missing from his
:13:23. > :13:26.Dumbartonshire home for three weeks is appealing for help to find him.
:13:27. > :13:30.William McKenna was last seen near his flat in Clydebank. The
:13:31. > :13:35.39-year-old has not used his bank account and requires medication. He
:13:36. > :13:39.also left his dog. Everywhere he went, the dog was with him. We are
:13:40. > :13:47.really extremely worried. He has not been seen since Tuesday. He has not
:13:48. > :13:54.been collecting his medication. We would appeal to anybody that might
:13:55. > :14:03.see something, might know something, to please contact the police. Public
:14:04. > :14:06.access is being limited at the Highland's biggest hospital staff
:14:07. > :14:10.try to control an outbreak of norovirus. The number of patients
:14:11. > :14:16.are showing symptoms and visitors are urged to stay away. The Glasgow
:14:17. > :14:19.Subway reopened to passengers this morning, ten days late, after
:14:20. > :14:23.modernisation works overrun. The partnership for transport is
:14:24. > :14:27.undertaking a ?288 million upgrade of the Victorian underground
:14:28. > :14:32.network, improving and replacing trains, signalling, platforms and
:14:33. > :14:36.stations. Visitor numbers at Scotland's Whisky distilleries have
:14:37. > :14:40.hit a record level of ?1.6 million, according to the Scotch whiskey
:14:41. > :14:45.association. It says there was an increase of 7% between 2014-15, with
:14:46. > :14:48.total spending reaching ?50 million. At the Olympics there's been
:14:49. > :14:51.Scottish success in the pool and tonight another real prospect
:14:52. > :14:53.of a medal this time For all the news from the Games
:14:54. > :14:58.let's cross to Rio and our Olympics reporter Kheredine Idessane
:14:59. > :15:12.in the Carioca Arena. It's nice for once in Rio to be
:15:13. > :15:16.indoors because out doors, frankly, the weather is horrible. The entire
:15:17. > :15:28.rowing schedule was cancelled for the second time. It didn't help
:15:29. > :15:33.Scottish competitors. The tennis has been delayed. Andy Murray is not
:15:34. > :15:39.going to be on until much later. Rafa Nadal plays first then Andy
:15:40. > :15:45.Murray against Fabio Fognini for a place in the quarterfinals. Nice and
:15:46. > :15:51.calm in here and a smooth running for Sally Conway. A wonderful
:15:52. > :15:56.performance. She is the bronze medal winner from Glasgow 2012.
:15:57. > :16:02.Commonwealth Games. She has one all three of her bouts to date,
:16:03. > :16:10.particularly impressive against the world champion from France. Sailing
:16:11. > :16:15.through all three of her bouts. She will now play a Colombian in the
:16:16. > :16:21.semifinals at around 7:30pm here. That is for a place in the final.
:16:22. > :16:28.Terrific stuff from Sally Conway. Terrific from the Rugby sevens guys
:16:29. > :16:34.who had a terrific 21-19 win over New Zealand. Scotland's Mark Bennett
:16:35. > :16:38.was one of the try scorers. Their reward is a quarterfinal against
:16:39. > :16:46.Argentina coming at up at 10pm this evening. A potential medal in the
:16:47. > :16:54.rugby sevens. Definite medals in the pool last night. Three silver medals
:16:55. > :17:06.for Scots in Team GB. The first medals for Scots. The first from
:17:07. > :17:12.Duncan Scott and Stephen Milne. Two thirds of the Scottish contingent in
:17:13. > :17:19.the relay quartet. I asked one of them what it felt like to have a
:17:20. > :17:24.silver medal. I could go ballistic because it is not really like me. It
:17:25. > :17:33.is unbelievable. Like the best dream ever. So good. Duncan Scott doesn't
:17:34. > :17:38.have too much time to recover from that silver medal swimmer because he
:17:39. > :17:43.goes in the final of the 100 metres freestyle later tonight. Actually,
:17:44. > :17:47.in the wee small hours of tomorrow morning. The University of Stirling
:17:48. > :17:52.swimmer has been tipped as the next great thing in British swimming but
:17:53. > :17:56.his coaches at Stirling University are keen to protect him and maximise
:17:57. > :18:11.his potential. Back at Stirling University the
:18:12. > :18:18.prodigious talent of Duncan Scott Means amassed a plan for success
:18:19. > :18:23.must be put in place. The next few years must be critical. It is going
:18:24. > :18:27.to be important for his coaching team and mentors and the Institute
:18:28. > :18:32.because he is now going to be a household name and along with that
:18:33. > :18:37.comes pressure. It is a different dynamic and Synergy for Duncan
:18:38. > :18:43.himself. It is the limelight, the media, demands on his time. It's
:18:44. > :18:49.looking out for those added things outside of the pool. Tonight the
:18:50. > :18:53.19-year-old leaves his team behind for his first individual final and
:18:54. > :18:59.he is taking the pressure in his stride. I wouldn't have expected
:19:00. > :19:05.otherwise. He has had a fantastic time of going to European and world
:19:06. > :19:11.events. For him, it's not new. We know what his times are like.
:19:12. > :19:15.There's possibilities. We will just have to see what happens. Let's hope
:19:16. > :19:24.he got enough rest and food today. If he was a drug tested it didn't
:19:25. > :19:30.take forever to get it done. Will you be calm while he is waiting for
:19:31. > :19:35.an Olympic final in his own right. I think so. It is up to him. We have
:19:36. > :19:41.helped him along the way but he has to do it for himself and he seems to
:19:42. > :19:49.do incredibly well. If you want to set your alarm, the final is at 3am.
:19:50. > :19:54.Could be another late night. We've got Duncan Scott in the wee small
:19:55. > :20:00.hours of the morning, Andy Murray will be on in two or three hours'
:20:01. > :20:06.time. The rugby sevens boys are on at 10pm. Sally Conway in the
:20:07. > :20:12.semifinals in just over 45 minutes. She is now a serious medal prospect.
:20:13. > :20:20.Yet another for the Scots as part of Team GB. Things are ramping up in
:20:21. > :20:27.Rio. Just a few weeks to go to the Paralympics and there are more Scots
:20:28. > :20:31.in Team GB than compared to London 2012. Campaigners say there is more
:20:32. > :20:40.interest and awareness than ever thanks to the success of athletes
:20:41. > :20:46.like Gordon Reid. It's hard to do anyway but try this and moving
:20:47. > :20:56.around in a wheelchair. It's second nature to Wimbledon champion Gordon
:20:57. > :21:02.Reid. He is in Glasgow to show anyone can do it. It's where I had
:21:03. > :21:06.my first ever wheelchair tennis session in 2005. To be back here
:21:07. > :21:12.today introducing the sport to kids is fantastic. Moving the chair is
:21:13. > :21:18.the most difficult part of the sport. It takes a lot of practice
:21:19. > :21:25.and getting used to. The kids did an amazing job and hopefully it will
:21:26. > :21:27.help spread the message. He was there along with fellow Paralympian
:21:28. > :21:32.Sam Ingram to highlight this ability there along with fellow Paralympian
:21:33. > :21:38.sport. It was the first time in a wheelchair for most of the kids.
:21:39. > :21:43.It's been a lovely time doing judo, tennis, so many great sports out
:21:44. > :21:50.there that you should try. How did you find moving the chair? It was
:21:51. > :21:58.quite easy. Hitting and moving at the same time? That's very hard.
:21:59. > :22:04.There will be 16% more Scots in Team GB than in London 2012. The 32
:22:05. > :22:13.athletes compete in 12 sports, more than four years ago. Caroline
:22:14. > :22:19.Johnson of -- works in disability sport. Any club can open its doors
:22:20. > :22:26.to any athlete regardless of ability. If you are unsure, people
:22:27. > :22:30.are there to train your coaches. Part of the masterclass is to get
:22:31. > :22:36.everybody to try wheelchair tennis. I'm going to serve 28 Wimbledon
:22:37. > :22:42.champion. Then it was the turn of the journalists to have a go. Gordon
:22:43. > :22:44.is off to Rio soon and is open for a podium finish.
:22:45. > :22:47.It's one of the smallest and most unusual shows on the fringe.
:22:48. > :22:49.Between now and the end of the month, performers, writers,
:22:50. > :22:53.politicians and ordinary members of the public will read the Chilcot
:22:54. > :22:55.report aloud - all 2.6 million words.
:22:56. > :23:01.Our arts correspondent Pauline McLean reports.
:23:02. > :23:10.Many fringe shows have an element of audience participation but this
:23:11. > :23:18.needs thousands of them to keep the show going seven days a week, 24
:23:19. > :23:24.hours a day. The report of the Iraq enquiry, volume one. Comedian Arthur
:23:25. > :23:30.Smith was the first to take his turn in this marathon reading of the 12
:23:31. > :23:35.volumes of the Chilcott report. To six people will go into the garden
:23:36. > :23:40.shed at any one time. They will rotate around and share the reading
:23:41. > :23:49.for an hour. That will continue over and over again until it is read, all
:23:50. > :23:57.2.6 million words. For comedians at the fringe, it is a way of keeping a
:23:58. > :24:01.serious issue in the news. There was a day when the Prime Minister's
:24:02. > :24:06.resignation was the third item on the news. We live in interesting
:24:07. > :24:11.times. We have moved on and we shouldn't be doing that. It might be
:24:12. > :24:18.one of the least dramatic shows but that is what gives it impact. It is
:24:19. > :24:23.not about vengeance and Reggie Bush in and grabbing someone and saying,
:24:24. > :24:34.you see. It's about being quiet and reflective. -- and retribution. We
:24:35. > :24:38.will be here for at least two weeks. If we have got it wrong, there's
:24:39. > :24:51.still a chance we will be here in September. To the weather now.
:24:52. > :24:58.Katrina as our forecast. A rather wet end to the day. This picture was
:24:59. > :25:05.sent in by a weather watcher in Fife. But this was the missed the
:25:06. > :25:12.picture elsewhere. That is how it is set to continue. Heavy and
:25:13. > :25:17.persistent rain with a yellow warning for heavy and persistent
:25:18. > :25:27.rain in the West. Into sky and Lochaber. This will run until
:25:28. > :25:33.tea-time on Friday. It is a wet picture across the country with
:25:34. > :25:39.heavy rain. Heaviest in the north-west Highlands. Some mist and
:25:40. > :25:44.fog here as well. It will be a mild night with temperatures ranging
:25:45. > :25:51.between 11 and 13 Celsius. Cool and dryer in the Shetland with clearer
:25:52. > :25:56.skies. A blustery evening along the West Coast. Tomorrow, a cloudy and
:25:57. > :26:01.wet picture with rain crossing the country. A weather warning still in
:26:02. > :26:07.place for rain along the north-west Highlands. A giant picture in the
:26:08. > :26:12.North East and South later. And improving picture across the South.
:26:13. > :26:17.Some outbreaks of rain, cloudy in the east but heavy and persistent
:26:18. > :26:25.rain up the north-west Highlands, and rather blustery conditions here
:26:26. > :26:30.as well. Also in the Northern Isles. For the rest of the evening, it will
:26:31. > :26:34.remain wet in the north-west Highlands as weather warnings are
:26:35. > :26:39.still in place with rain returning to the east coast. A rather blustery
:26:40. > :26:45.evening. Looking ahead to Friday. Rain continuing in the north-west
:26:46. > :26:55.Highlands. A drier picture further east with a humid feel with highs of
:26:56. > :27:01.21 sources. A reminder of the main news. Nicola Sturgeon announces a
:27:02. > :27:05.?21 million to help the economy with infrastructure spending. She is
:27:06. > :27:11.urging the UK Government to do the same. Donald Trump has sparked fresh
:27:12. > :27:16.controversy by appearing to suggest that gun owners could use violence
:27:17. > :27:18.to prevent the Democratic party candidate Hillary Clinton from
:27:19. > :27:28.taking away their right to bear arms. Critics said this amounted to
:27:29. > :27:37.an assassination threat, denied by Donald Trump. An oil rig with
:27:38. > :27:44.300,000 litres of fuel on board is drifting towards the Western Isles.
:27:45. > :27:48.I'll be back with the headlines at 8, and the late bulletin just