:00:00. > :00:00.A British man inspired by so-called Islamic State has
:00:00. > :00:08.Demonstrations are held across Scotland, in protest
:00:09. > :00:12.at UK government changes to the state pension age.
:00:13. > :00:14.Calls for more support for victims of asbestos-related cancer,
:00:15. > :00:20.The dramatic increase in demand for venison -
:00:21. > :00:36.Welcome to take the floor on radio Scotland with Robbie Shepherd.
:00:37. > :00:39.He's one of the most distinctive voices on Scottish radio,
:00:40. > :00:41.but now Robbie Shepherd is leaving the floor.
:00:42. > :00:51.I'm taking a break, that is for sure. But as they keep saying, I'm a
:00:52. > :00:58.wanted man! And Davis Cup defeat for Andy Murray after an epic
:00:59. > :01:02.five-setter. The man he defeated in the Olympics gets his revenge to
:01:03. > :01:13.give Argentina a winning start in the tie.
:01:14. > :01:16.Demonstrations have been held across Scotland in protest
:01:17. > :01:19.at the effects of the UK Government's alterations
:01:20. > :01:26.Women born in the 1950s say the changes mean they're losing up
:01:27. > :01:27.to ?40,000, because they're unable to retire
:01:28. > :01:39.Here's our social affairs correspondent Reevel Alderson.
:01:40. > :01:43.One of a series of demonstration against changes to state pension
:01:44. > :01:47.arrangements for women. They say they have paid into the scheme, but
:01:48. > :01:52.the changes mean they aren't getting a payout. Lynne has studied the
:01:53. > :01:58.figures, because she has had to go back to work, now she won't get her
:01:59. > :02:03.pension as she expected at 62. For people like myself born in 1954, I
:02:04. > :02:12.don't get my pension until I'm 66. That is a four-year... Period and
:02:13. > :02:16.this amounts to you know... Figures between 30 and 45,000. It is a lot
:02:17. > :02:26.of money to come out of your pension pot. This This has been a lengthy
:02:27. > :02:30.process. In 1995 the Government announced they would equalise the
:02:31. > :02:33.pension age for men and women and 12 years later, Labour said they were
:02:34. > :02:38.putting the age for both men and women up to 66. But they were
:02:39. > :02:46.spreading the transition over 22 years. In 2011 the coalition said it
:02:47. > :02:52.was accelerating that process, giving some women just two years to
:02:53. > :02:56.adjust their plans. Like Cathy, who contracted an illness, meaning she
:02:57. > :02:58.was happy to retire at 60. Now she has to continue working. I have
:02:59. > :03:06.was happy to retire at 60. Now she worked for 47 years. Looking forward
:03:07. > :03:11.to retiring at 60. When I took my illness, that made you know it
:03:12. > :03:17.imperative that I had to retire and got this letter saying it would be
:03:18. > :03:22.65, I was shocked. I couldn't believe that I had to work another
:03:23. > :03:26.six, nearly six years. This is a matter reserved to Westminster and
:03:27. > :03:31.the department for work and pensions said women retiring today can still
:03:32. > :03:32.expect to receive a higher state pension over their lifetime than any
:03:33. > :03:36.woman before them. Campaigners are calling
:03:37. > :03:38.for greater support for victims of asbestos-related cancer,
:03:39. > :03:40.who're fighting for It comes as an Inverness sufferer
:03:41. > :03:45.claims that his former employer, Highland Council,
:03:46. > :03:46.is deliberately ignoring The council says it can't comment
:03:47. > :03:52.but that communications would be made via a lawyer
:03:53. > :04:04.and not a claimant. Gardening and swimming have kept
:04:05. > :04:11.James fit and healthy in retirement. But recently the Inverness pensioner
:04:12. > :04:16.felt himself frail and underwent tests at hospital. I had to go up to
:04:17. > :04:26.the hospital and ask what was the results. It was all bad. No cure, Mr
:04:27. > :04:31.Nichol. In March he was diagnosed with mesothelioma, an incurable lung
:04:32. > :04:38.cancer, almost always caused by asbestos exposure. He this it took
:04:39. > :04:42.place when employed as a labourer. But while still in receipt of a
:04:43. > :04:48.council pension, he says the authority has turned its back on him
:04:49. > :04:51.by failing to reply to correspondence. I think they're
:04:52. > :04:57.giving me the run around, if you can term it like that. Or the
:04:58. > :05:01.solicitor's getting the run around. Hopefully they will shut up and days
:05:02. > :05:08.peer. It is for my family. It won't help me. Groups campaigning for
:05:09. > :05:15.victims say cases like his are on the increase and many women are now
:05:16. > :05:18.presenting with asbestos-related illnesses, which have traditionally
:05:19. > :05:22.been associated with men and Scotland's industrial past. We are
:05:23. > :05:27.seeing teachers and nurses, it didn't matter if it was in industry,
:05:28. > :05:35.during the war, when ever, women have always worked. So when you have
:05:36. > :05:42.someone perhaps a nurse who work -- walked through the corridors and the
:05:43. > :05:47.pipe were lagged with asbestos. They would be exposed. Law changes gives
:05:48. > :05:53.sufferers more rights than anywhere else in the UK. I know it will get
:05:54. > :06:00.worse. I have to think how bad is it going to get. Some like Annie a
:06:01. > :06:04.former factory worker, maybe eligible for a one-payment from the
:06:05. > :06:10.Government. But the fight for civil compensation is pe set by problems -
:06:11. > :06:18.beset by problems of gaining evidence. Sad. Frightened. Angry.
:06:19. > :06:28.Campaigners warn that the legacy of asbestos will continue for decades
:06:29. > :06:31.yet, with case numbers unlikely to peak for a few years.
:06:32. > :06:34.It's the start of the annual party conference season this weekend -
:06:35. > :06:36.kicked off by the Liberal Democrats in Brighton.
:06:37. > :06:39.In the first of a series of interviews with party leaders,
:06:40. > :06:41.the UK leader Tim Farron says the First Minister is using Brexit
:06:42. > :06:43.to drive a wedge between Scotland and
:06:44. > :06:46.He's accused Nicola Sturgeon of deliberately using
:06:47. > :06:49.the controversy over the UK's future relationship with Europe to boost
:06:50. > :06:52.Mr Farron has been speaking to our Westminster correspondent,
:06:53. > :07:07.The last few years have not been kind to the Lib Dems in Scotland.
:07:08. > :07:11.Falling ratings, mirrored by dire election results. Last year in the
:07:12. > :07:17.general election, the party was all but wiped out. There is now only one
:07:18. > :07:22.Scottish Lib Dem MP at Westminster. At Holyrood, once a party of
:07:23. > :07:29.government, the Liberal Democrats can only raise enough MSPs for a
:07:30. > :07:33.five-a-side team. But since June 23rd, everything has changed. Brexit
:07:34. > :07:39.as altered the political terms of trade. Like my constituency in the
:07:40. > :07:44.Lake District, Scotland voted to remain in the EU. That is something
:07:45. > :07:49.the SNP need to take note of. They're using that and we agree with
:07:50. > :07:55.them on that, but they're using that as a wedge issue in order to try and
:07:56. > :08:00.take the Scottish people out of the British family. Now, a call for
:08:01. > :08:06.voters to be give an further say on just what Brexit will mean. Our job
:08:07. > :08:10.collectively and I'm happy to work with the SNP, is to make sure that
:08:11. > :08:14.Theresa May presents the deal she comes up, good, bad or indifferent,
:08:15. > :08:20.to the people in a referendum, because it will be wrong for people
:08:21. > :08:24.anywhere in the UK to have deck Kated -- dictated to them a deal
:08:25. > :08:32.that no one voted for. The Liberal Democrat have dubbed their logo the
:08:33. > :08:34.bird of liberty. They will be hoping after the EU vote, Phoenix-like it
:08:35. > :08:40.can help them rise from the ashes. And we will be hearing from other
:08:41. > :08:43.party leaders as the autumn conferences take place,
:08:44. > :08:46.over the next few weeks. Scotland could lose out
:08:47. > :08:48.on a multi-million pound business, if more isn't done to support
:08:49. > :08:52.and encourage deer farming, according to experts trying
:08:53. > :08:55.to develop the industry here. UK sales of venison have grown
:08:56. > :08:59.dramatically in recent years, but local producers can't keep up
:09:00. > :09:02.with consumer demand. And so increasingly,
:09:03. > :09:14.imports from as far away They have been rearing deer for 12
:09:15. > :09:20.years at this farm in Aberdeenshire, and in that time the popularity of
:09:21. > :09:24.the meat in the UK has soared. It has become a very fashionable meat.
:09:25. > :09:29.It has a lot of things that people want. It is low in fat. It is high
:09:30. > :09:34.in iron. High in other things. And that is what people want to eat. And
:09:35. > :09:40.you see it a lot on TV, the chefs are using it now and that has
:09:41. > :09:46.attracted people to the meat and the demands has grown. Venison from wild
:09:47. > :09:50.deer shot in Scotland still far outweighs the amount from farms. But
:09:51. > :09:56.the wild kill it static and unlikely to increase. The gap between sup Mr
:09:57. > :10:03.And demand is -- supply and demand is being met by imports. It is a
:10:04. > :10:06.tragedy that deer farming in New Zealand and Scotland began at the
:10:07. > :10:11.same time and now in New Zealand they have over a million deer on
:10:12. > :10:15.farms. That is bigger than the beef industry here. In the UK we were
:10:16. > :10:20.held back by the fact there was no support from the Government no, subs
:10:21. > :10:25.dips, people -- subsidies, people preferred to stick with what they
:10:26. > :10:32.knew. This farm has been expanding over the past decade and now has 200
:10:33. > :10:36.breeding hinds. But those behind the development of industry say Scotland
:10:37. > :10:41.should have more farms if we are to meet the expanding appetite for
:10:42. > :10:44.venison. It would be good to see help for fencing coming through the
:10:45. > :10:47.grant scheme and that would encourage more people to get
:10:48. > :10:53.started. And I think the market is just going to keep moving on. If
:10:54. > :10:58.industry says if there is no help to just going to keep moving on. If
:10:59. > :11:02.expand, we will be importing twice as much venison in five years and
:11:03. > :11:08.Scotland will have lost out on a multimillion pound business.
:11:09. > :11:11.An 84-year-old man has died, after a house fire in Glasgow.
:11:12. > :11:13.The blaze broke out yesterday evening in the Partick
:11:14. > :11:17.Police and fire crews were called to a house in Crawford Lane
:11:18. > :11:21.An 83-year-old woman, who was also in the house,
:11:22. > :11:23.was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
:11:24. > :11:30.and is being treated for smoke inhalation.
:11:31. > :11:34.You're watching BBC Reporting Scotland.
:11:35. > :11:37.Demonstrations are held across Scotland in protest
:11:38. > :11:42.at UK Government changes to the state pension age.
:11:43. > :11:46.Collision course - Joey Barton says Rangers are wrong
:11:47. > :11:57.to send him home after a training ground bust up.
:11:58. > :12:05.Andy Murray has been defeated in the opening match of Britain's Davis Cup
:12:06. > :12:11.tie against Argentina. Juan Martin Del Potro won in five sets in Andy
:12:12. > :12:22.Murray's longest ever match. It is revenge for Del Potro, he was
:12:23. > :12:27.defeated last month. Relative calm outside for those arriving to see
:12:28. > :12:43.the home hero. Their peace would soon be disturbed. # Oh Andy Murray!
:12:44. > :12:51.He will do fiep. He's profession -- he will do fine. He has to bounce
:12:52. > :12:55.back from the US, no bother. He is a professional and I think he will win
:12:56. > :12:59.today. There is always the warmest of welcomes in Scotland for Andy
:13:00. > :13:10.Murray, but the fans are hoping for a repeat of the Olympic final
:13:11. > :13:19.against Juan Martin Del Potro. Could Olympic gold in Rio before Davis Cup
:13:20. > :13:25.glory in Glasgow. The Scot broke the serve. But Del Potro broke twice and
:13:26. > :13:31.took the first set. The Andy Murray response would be key. Fight or
:13:32. > :13:43.flight. Oh, that is brilliant. This shot suggested fight. What a shot!
:13:44. > :13:45.Del Potro could only hang on so long and Murray tied the match. And when
:13:46. > :13:49.Del Potro could only hang on so long Andy Murray isn't happy, he is happy
:13:50. > :13:53.to let the umpire know. But the world No 2 can feed off that kind of
:13:54. > :14:02.energy. This his response to a Del Potro set point. No! That is amazing
:14:03. > :14:09.from Andy Murray and like that final in Ghent last year. The fight back
:14:10. > :14:15.was complete and he edged ahead 2-1. Would it be straight forward then?
:14:16. > :14:22.Del Potro needed just a single break of serve to level it up at 2-2. The
:14:23. > :14:26.Murray momentum had stalled and he was able to save one match point on
:14:27. > :14:32.his own serve. When the second match point came, Del Potro made no
:14:33. > :14:41.distake for a famous -- mistake for a famous win. That is all he needed.
:14:42. > :14:52.Revenge for Rio. Misery for Murray. Delight for Del Potro. I think we
:14:53. > :14:58.did a great match. I won, but I still remember the Olympic final!
:14:59. > :15:01.But I think this is very important for me, for my team and we are
:15:02. > :15:07.looking forward to reach another finals in the Davis Cup.
:15:08. > :15:11.A ?10,000 reward has been offered for information
:15:12. > :15:18.about the murder of schoolgirl Caroline Glachan in 1996.
:15:19. > :15:21.The 14-year-old was found dead on the banks of the River Leven
:15:22. > :15:25.Her mother, Margaret McKeich, recently led appeals
:15:26. > :15:28.on the Crimewatch programme, as the inquiry reached 20 years
:15:29. > :15:33.The charity Crimestoppers said the reward would be paid if
:15:34. > :15:37.information is supplied which leads to an arrest and conviction.
:15:38. > :15:43.The Scottish SPCA is investigating, after a cat had an airgun shot
:15:44. > :15:45.up its nose in Blackridge in West Lothian.
:15:46. > :15:48.The two-year-old pet, called Max, now has a pellet permanently
:15:49. > :15:51.embedded in his skull, as a vet would need to remove his eye
:15:52. > :15:57.Officers have described the attack as "appalling".
:15:58. > :16:00.The amount of Scotch whisky sold overseas is up
:16:01. > :16:05.According to the latest industry figures, international sales
:16:06. > :16:11.More than half a billion bottles were shipped from Scotland
:16:12. > :16:13.in the first six months of this year.
:16:14. > :16:15.However, the statistics also showed a small fall
:16:16. > :16:21.The redevelopment of a historic railway station in Royal Deeside,
:16:22. > :16:24.which was destroyed in a fire, has been approved.
:16:25. > :16:26.The Old Royal Station in Ballater was ravaged by the blaze
:16:27. > :16:32.It had been the final stopping point for members of the Royal Family
:16:33. > :16:37.Earlier this year we told you about a research project looking
:16:38. > :16:40.at the viability of hops being grown in poly-tunnels
:16:41. > :16:47.The test crop is now ready for harvest.
:16:48. > :16:51.Initial indications are that it may well prove an attractive
:16:52. > :16:56.proposition for both local growers and brewers alike.
:16:57. > :17:04.This shows very clearly that we can grow hops in this country in this
:17:05. > :17:08.kind of environment. Under plastic, they grow very well. Plants outside
:17:09. > :17:16.of plastic are about a third of the size of these once. We have a crop.
:17:17. > :17:18.We will take it to local brewers and see what they can do with the
:17:19. > :17:20.product. The Rangers midfielder Joey Barton
:17:21. > :17:23.has questioned the club's stance, after he was sent home from training
:17:24. > :17:26.following a bust-up this week. The 34-year-old has been told
:17:27. > :17:28.to stay away until Monday, after an argument about
:17:29. > :17:31.his side's defeat to Celtic. The club have so far remained silent
:17:32. > :17:34.on the issue - not so, the player. Here's our Senior Football
:17:35. > :17:47.Reporter Chris McLaughlin. Defeated 5-1 by your rivals on
:17:48. > :17:52.Saturday followed by a furious row with team-mates at training on
:17:53. > :17:58.Tuesday. Sent home and locked down. Not the best of weeks for Joey
:17:59. > :18:03.Barton or Rangers. I've been asked to re-evaluate the way I'm thinking
:18:04. > :18:08.at this moment. I don't think they are going to change. We've obviously
:18:09. > :18:12.lost to our fiercest rivals, we've come in Monday and Tuesday untrained
:18:13. > :18:17.and tried to pick the bones out of how we get better. We are asked for
:18:18. > :18:25.an opinion and I'm somebody who gives an opinion. That opinion
:18:26. > :18:28.sometimes stretches to politics. If the government could introduce
:18:29. > :18:34.something where people on low income benefits... Always keen to sell
:18:35. > :18:49.themselves as a pundit on issues off the field but there is no getting
:18:50. > :18:53.away from a chequered past. In 2012, he was given a 12 match ban for on
:18:54. > :18:58.field clashes with opponents as a he was given a 12 match ban for on
:18:59. > :19:03.QPR player. He has a controversial past but when Rangers signed him in
:19:04. > :19:07.the summer they were also signing someone named in the English
:19:08. > :19:12.championship's team of the year. The problem is, he is yet to show any
:19:13. > :19:15.signs of that here in Scotland and now there are doubts as to whether
:19:16. > :19:22.he will get another chance. He will meet managers at the club on Monday
:19:23. > :19:26.and only then will we find out if he has a future at Rangers.
:19:27. > :19:29.Staying with football and Scotland's women have qualified
:19:30. > :19:34.They just needed a point in their match against Iceland next week,
:19:35. > :19:36.but Portugal's win over Finland this afternoon means
:19:37. > :19:39.Anna Signeul's side have now secured their place at Euro 2017.
:19:40. > :19:43.The tournament takes place in the Netherlands next July.
:19:44. > :19:45.He's been described as a national treasure, who's changed the way
:19:46. > :19:48.we listen to our traditional music and kept our feet
:19:49. > :19:53.Now, at 80, Robbie Shepherd is about to bow out as presenter
:19:54. > :19:57.of BBC Radio Scotland's "Take the Floor".
:19:58. > :19:59.But he says he's no intention of retiring all together.
:20:00. > :20:02.We joined him in the studio, as he prepared for
:20:03. > :20:16.Hello and welcome to Take The Floor here on BBC Radio Theatre and. We're
:20:17. > :20:21.coming towards the end of a great series when we have been looking
:20:22. > :20:30.back and celebrating my 35 years as presenter of this very programme.
:20:31. > :20:38.One or two took quite some time to get used to the voice. In fact, in a
:20:39. > :20:46.magazine called the box and fiddle I was slated for my accident. Good
:20:47. > :20:51.afternoon, all. I didn't know an awful lot about Scottish country
:20:52. > :20:58.dancing. I was a village lad and I ran the dances in the village.
:20:59. > :21:06.Started with the foxtrot and the dashing White Sergeant, I built a
:21:07. > :21:14.programme like that. I liked to think that I am broadcasting to a
:21:15. > :21:23.lady in the top ten and in Glasgow at the same time as I'm chatting to
:21:24. > :21:27.a lady in a croft. He knows such a lot about music and he also loves
:21:28. > :21:32.it. They used to be quite a gulf between Scottish dance bees can folk
:21:33. > :21:36.music will stop it was too different scenes. Over the years, because he's
:21:37. > :21:43.into his music he has gradually brought the two things together. You
:21:44. > :21:47.can walk into a pub somewhere in the middle of nowhere and Robbie opens
:21:48. > :21:58.his mouth and they all turn around and say "Robbie!" It has been 35
:21:59. > :22:03.years of pleasure with the sheer cooperation of everybody. I'm taking
:22:04. > :22:10.a break, that's for sure. They keep saying, I'm a wanted man. I hope
:22:11. > :22:19.sincerely they haven't heard the last of this Doric voice. To one of
:22:20. > :22:25.the sporting world's legends now. The Brazilian footballer
:22:26. > :22:29.is in Scotland this evening - half a century after his
:22:30. > :22:30.only previous visit. Fans are paying up
:22:31. > :22:33.to ?900 to meet him Our reporter David Currie was hoping
:22:34. > :22:45.to speak to him for free. 40 years after hanging up his boots
:22:46. > :22:53.at the age of 75, the great Pele is making the news still despite not
:22:54. > :22:59.turning up. Younger viewers might wonder what all the fuss was about.
:23:00. > :23:06.This might help explain. COMMENTATOR: Pele! He's got it. That
:23:07. > :23:10.is Brazil's 100th goal in the World Cup. The greatest footballer of all
:23:11. > :23:20.is Brazil's 100th goal in the World time, Farhat. The only three times
:23:21. > :23:24.World Cup winner. His only other visit to Scotland was 50 years ago
:23:25. > :23:31.during preparations for the 1966 World Cup. Does the man who inspired
:23:32. > :23:38.generations of footballers have any advice for aspiring Scottish
:23:39. > :23:42.football superstars? Fans are spending up to ?900 for an evening
:23:43. > :23:50.with Pele. He is donating some of that to charity. He doesn't need the
:23:51. > :23:59.money. For his super fans, meeting Pele is priceless. Unfortunately,
:24:00. > :24:04.David still hasn't managed to speak to the great man. Here's ever
:24:05. > :24:09.hopeful. The press conference has been delayed but tune in at 10:25pm
:24:10. > :24:11.to hopefully see more of Pele in Glasgow. Now, let's have a look at
:24:12. > :24:32.the weather with Christopher. A fuchsia hours but for many it was
:24:33. > :24:39.a lovely day with bright sunshine and blue sky and more of that on the
:24:40. > :24:45.way tomorrow. There will be some long clear spells so cooler than the
:24:46. > :24:48.nights we have seen of late. In towns and cities, perhaps 8-9dC. In
:24:49. > :24:57.nights we have seen of late. In role areas, down to a chilly three.
:24:58. > :25:00.That is because high pressure is building bringing clearer skies. A
:25:01. > :25:08.good chance of seeing the harvest moon. Plenty of sunshine, perhaps a
:25:09. > :25:13.chilly start in the countryside but things soon warm up and with light
:25:14. > :25:19.winds conditions very pleasant indeed. Perhaps, the wind building
:25:20. > :25:26.in the West by afternoon and evening but for many it is just a pleasant
:25:27. > :25:31.afternoon with Fairweather cloud. Temperatures are fairly pleasant as
:25:32. > :25:37.well. Always a touch cooler around the coast. But very pleasant for
:25:38. > :25:44.most. A bit of cloud towards the north-west. In Orkney, plenty of
:25:45. > :25:56.sunshine. Cracking visibility for hill walking or climbing. Winds are
:25:57. > :26:02.light, casting a little bit further. Similar for the Eastern Rangers.
:26:03. > :26:11.Into Saturday evening, it is staying dry. The cloud building in the West
:26:12. > :26:14.and the first hint of change afoot. There is another weather front
:26:15. > :26:19.moving in from the Atlantic so for some it will be cloudy and wet,
:26:20. > :26:25.mainly in the West and the Hebrides. Elsewhere, fairly cloudy compared
:26:26. > :26:31.with Saturday with the best of the sunshine in the east. The wind
:26:32. > :26:37.starting to increase in the South. Taking a while to move inland.
:26:38. > :26:45.Reaching eastern Scotland by the end of Sunday night.
:26:46. > :26:48.Now, a reminder of tonight's main news.
:26:49. > :26:50.Demonstrations have been held across Scotland in protest
:26:51. > :26:52.at the effects of the UK government's alterations
:26:53. > :26:58.Women born in the 1950s say the changes mean they're losing
:26:59. > :27:00.up to ?40,000, because they're unable to retire
:27:01. > :27:04.There have been dire warnings about the state of the EU,
:27:05. > :27:07.as the 27 leaders meet - minus the UK - to map out
:27:08. > :27:11.The German chancellor Angela Merkel said the EU was in
:27:12. > :27:23.That's reporting Scotland. Alistair Fraser will be back with the
:27:24. > :27:25.headlines at