:00:00. > :00:00.Highland concerns are raised at Westminster over
:00:07. > :00:10.the future of Fort George as a working army barracks.
:00:11. > :00:14.Donald Trump's polarised America in his bid to become President,
:00:15. > :00:18.so how would Scots - who've met him - describe him?
:00:19. > :00:34.Stamina, determination, grit to overcome what ever the obstacles
:00:35. > :00:39.are. The most obnoxious man I have ever met in my life. So big headed,
:00:40. > :00:42.full of himself, and all he talks about is Trump and money.
:00:43. > :00:46.We look at the possible impact on Scotland of plans to reduce
:00:47. > :00:50.After his win at the Shanghai Masters, Andy Murray's
:00:51. > :00:52.within touching distance of becoming the world number one.
:00:53. > :00:55.And do not adjust your set - the pale imitation of a woodland
:00:56. > :01:12.creature that's come as a surprise to residents in Edinburgh.
:01:13. > :01:17.Political leaders from the Highlands have been meeting a UK defence
:01:18. > :01:19.minister to discuss the future of Fort George.
:01:20. > :01:22.The 250-year-old barracks outside Inverness
:01:23. > :01:25.is among a number of bases in Scotland at risk of closure
:01:26. > :01:29.as part of an MoD review, which is expected to report
:01:30. > :01:40.Here's our Westminster Correspondent, David Porter.
:01:41. > :01:48.Fort George, the army's most northerly barracks in mainland UK,
:01:49. > :01:53.and home to the Black Watch. For two and a half centuries the base has
:01:54. > :02:00.been an integral part of the Highlands' landscape. But for how
:02:01. > :02:01.much longer? Supporters insist its strategic military and economic
:02:02. > :02:04.much longer? Supporters insist its importance means it must be
:02:05. > :02:09.maintained. Anything else would be short-sighted, they say. This is
:02:10. > :02:14.proven to be one of the most efficient army bases in the MOD's
:02:15. > :02:20.portfolio. It has a great record of doing the kind of things we need in
:02:21. > :02:25.modern defence, and it makes no sense that after investing ?30
:02:26. > :02:32.million in Fort George, that they would look to close it on financial
:02:33. > :02:37.grounds. Fort George's future will be decided here, at the Ministry of
:02:38. > :02:41.Defence in London. Tonight, it had this to say. The MOD is one of the
:02:42. > :02:51.biggest landowners in Scotland, with an estate more than eight times the
:02:52. > :02:55.size of Glasgow. Every penny made from the sale of sites will be
:02:56. > :03:04.invested back into defence on things like the new maritime harbour of
:03:05. > :03:08.Lossiemouth. So many, that will not calm fears. We will be losing more
:03:09. > :03:13.jobs there then we've lost in the downturn in the oil and gas industry
:03:14. > :03:17.at the moment. So you put those two together, and you look at the
:03:18. > :03:21.uncertainty of exit, and it really would be a blow to Highlands that we
:03:22. > :03:28.can do without. We would be more than unhappy if the barracks and the
:03:29. > :03:32.people left us, but we were left with the bombing ranges and the
:03:33. > :03:37.nuclear submarines on our coast. This is part of a wider review of
:03:38. > :03:43.MOD sites across the UK, and just one big defence decision that will
:03:44. > :03:50.impact Scotland. The renewal of Trident, though controversial, would
:03:51. > :03:56.mean more investment in Scotland. The manufacture of type 26 frigates
:03:57. > :03:58.for the Navy would bring cash to the Clyde, but there are already
:03:59. > :04:06.concerns that delays to that programme could put jobs at risk.
:04:07. > :04:08.Proof that defence is important to Scotland, and also that Scotland is
:04:09. > :04:11.important to defence as a whole. Police have said the family
:04:12. > :04:14.of a missing mother are "desperate" 29-year-old Farrah Fadli -
:04:15. > :04:18.who is also known as Farrah Gillespie -
:04:19. > :04:21.has not been seen since Friday when she dropped her two children
:04:22. > :04:24.off at a friend's house in Irvine. The family had initially gone
:04:25. > :04:26.missing from their home The new chair of the troubled
:04:27. > :04:34.Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry says she'll carry out her duties
:04:35. > :04:37.independently and thoroughly. Lady Smith took over in July
:04:38. > :04:41.after her predecessor resigned, Her message to abuse survivors comes
:04:42. > :04:47.as the Home Secretary faced an urgent question at Westminster
:04:48. > :04:51.on the child sex abuse inquiry Well, our reporter Steven Godden
:04:52. > :05:08.has been following the story, This was her first update since
:05:09. > :05:14.taking over, and given the trouble that's gone before, this was about
:05:15. > :05:18.offering steady reassurance. It is a progress report. She says that the
:05:19. > :05:23.enquiry continues, they are carrying out interviews in private and
:05:24. > :05:26.gathering documents ahead of the public hearings. Lady Smith says she
:05:27. > :05:31.is determined to find out what happened to children who were abused
:05:32. > :05:36.in care in Scotland, and urges anyone with information to come
:05:37. > :05:40.forward. Did Lady Smith say anything about the trouble that's gone
:05:41. > :05:46.before? Not directly, but she did make a point of saying she would
:05:47. > :05:51.carry out her duties independently and thoroughly, heading off a charge
:05:52. > :05:54.made by her predecessor, Susan O'Brien QC, who resigned citing
:05:55. > :06:01.Scottish Government interference, something ministers denied. They
:06:02. > :06:06.said they accepted her resignation because of comments she'd made in a
:06:07. > :06:09.training exercise, though she said she'd not said anything
:06:10. > :06:14.unacceptable. And the Scottish enquiry isn't the only one having
:06:15. > :06:19.problems. What about the parallel enquiry in England and Wales? This
:06:20. > :06:23.is the independent enquiry into child sexual abuse, now onto its
:06:24. > :06:28.fourth chairperson after the previous three resigned. Amber Rudd
:06:29. > :06:35.faced an urgent question in the House of Commons today. She stressed
:06:36. > :06:40.the independence of the new chair, Professor Alexis Jay, who has said
:06:41. > :06:45.she will not look to reduce or restrict the scope of the enquiry,
:06:46. > :06:48.and that she expects progress by the end of 2020. Thanks very much.
:06:49. > :06:50.Representatives of Donald Trump claim there's been a surge
:06:51. > :06:52.in investment at his Trump Turnberry golf resort in Ayrshire.
:06:53. > :06:54.They say it's now up to around ?150 million.
:06:55. > :06:57.That compares with accounts filed with Companies House which showed
:06:58. > :06:59.the Trump organisation had spent just ?18 million
:07:00. > :07:04.As well as Turnberry, Donald Trump owns a golf
:07:05. > :07:12.Our reporter Steven Duff has been to meet two people who have very
:07:13. > :07:15.different opinions of the man who aims to be America's next
:07:16. > :07:33.It's where my mother was born and raised, and it's a great place. Tell
:07:34. > :07:36.me when. The presidential nominee no stranger to Scotland, the
:07:37. > :07:41.acquisition of Turnberry golf courses. Trump International Golf
:07:42. > :07:47.Links in Aberdeenshire, his love of the Western Isles, from where his
:07:48. > :07:54.mother hails. Donald Trump is a real Marmite man and politician. Stamina,
:07:55. > :07:58.determination, grit to overcome what ever the obstacles are. The most
:07:59. > :08:04.obnoxious man I've ever met in my life. So big headed, full of self,
:08:05. > :08:12.and all he talks about is Trump and money. As the owner of a successful
:08:13. > :08:19.hotel chain, Charles Steen is an admirer of Donald Trump's business
:08:20. > :08:24.acumen. He believes the American's golf course in Aberdeenshire has
:08:25. > :08:28.been a masterstroke. We accommodate a lot of golfers coming to the
:08:29. > :08:33.north-east of Scotland, and they all say the same thing, the course is
:08:34. > :08:39.absolutely outstanding. This farmer is not a big fan. He defied Mr
:08:40. > :08:44.Trump, who wanted to buy up his land. He cut off our water. We had
:08:45. > :08:50.no water for five years. They built the road on top of it, they dug the
:08:51. > :08:55.pipe away, and we were drinking water off the road for five years.
:08:56. > :09:00.The Trump Organisation says that claim is untrue. The water supply
:09:01. > :09:06.was restored within hours. Both men have had their brushes with Donald
:09:07. > :09:11.Trump. Charles Steen bumped into him in New York. We had a chat for about
:09:12. > :09:15.five minutes. He was very friendly. I went back, finished the mill,
:09:16. > :09:23.called for the bill, and the waiter said, Donald has paid for it. I
:09:24. > :09:31.said, if I'd known that, I would have ordered everything on the menu!
:09:32. > :09:38.Have you met him? I have, yes. I nearly knocked him out. We will find
:09:39. > :09:41.out soon whether Donald Trump will have more time for golf!
:09:42. > :09:43.Scotland's Westminster constituencies could be re-drawn.
:09:44. > :09:44.The Boundary Commission will soon announce its proposals.
:09:45. > :09:47.The UK Government wants to cut the cost of politics
:09:48. > :09:50.by reducing the number of MPs from 650 to 600.
:09:51. > :09:56.The total reduction could save ?12 million,
:09:57. > :09:59.and aims to evenly distribute the number of voters
:10:00. > :10:04.There's been a critical reaction from the opposition,
:10:05. > :10:07.as some MPs could face a fight for survival.
:10:08. > :10:11.Our political correspondent Andrew Kerr reports now
:10:12. > :10:19.from Gretna Green, one of the southern-most boundaries.
:10:20. > :10:25.In the olden days, the border between England and Scotland in this
:10:26. > :10:30.part of the world was pretty fluid. It moved around a bit, but for the
:10:31. > :10:34.past few centuries it's been set very firmly in stone. But there
:10:35. > :10:39.could be changes to the political boundaries in this area and across
:10:40. > :10:45.the rest of Scotland, as the number of MPs are being cut as Westminster
:10:46. > :10:49.in a bid to save money. Beside the bridge, time for a late breakfast at
:10:50. > :10:55.the nearby cafe. It is possible folk here could end up living in a
:10:56. > :11:00.different constituency. Scotland's only Conservative MP represents the
:11:01. > :11:08.people of Gretna, but if there are six fewer MPs, it affects the
:11:09. > :11:15.biggest party. One expert Dick 's musical chairs for the SNP. We know
:11:16. > :11:21.the SNP won 56 out of 59 seats, so we know that the lions share of
:11:22. > :11:26.losses will be out of the SNP. The interest lies in the three MPs who
:11:27. > :11:31.didn't come from the SNP. Those three were Alastair Carmichael, the
:11:32. > :11:36.Lib Dem in Orkney and Shetland. We also have Labour's Iain Murray in
:11:37. > :11:42.labour south, and Devon Mundell in the Clydesdale. It doesn't look
:11:43. > :11:47.good, based on previous proposals. Both David Mundell and Iain Murray's
:11:48. > :11:54.seats could be carved up into constituencies which are no longer
:11:55. > :11:59.ones we would assume that Mr Mandel or Mr Murray would have won in 2015.
:12:00. > :12:04.MPs don't like to comment on what would happen in their patch. The UK
:12:05. > :12:09.Government says they are committed to ensuring fair and equal
:12:10. > :12:17.representation for the voting public, as well as cutting the cost
:12:18. > :12:20.of politics. I do regret that the Conservatives are pushing this
:12:21. > :12:25.through on a register that is missing so many people. We should be
:12:26. > :12:29.using the register of the right number of people. And they are
:12:30. > :12:32.plugging all their cronies into the number of people. And they are
:12:33. > :12:39.house of Lords. As for musical chairs in the SNP... we don't know
:12:40. > :12:43.what the proposals will be as we have not seen the proposals yet. We
:12:44. > :12:50.don't know what constituencies are at risk. I think we will have issues
:12:51. > :12:55.with geography, and that will be our key concern, making sure everyone is
:12:56. > :13:00.adequately represented. So back to where we started. It's not all water
:13:01. > :13:05.under the bridge. MPs in the House of Commons will have the final say
:13:06. > :13:10.on the proposals. It looks like Labour and the SNP will go against,
:13:11. > :13:14.but it is possible that conservative rebels whose seats might be at risk
:13:15. > :13:15.could end up thinking the entire plan.
:13:16. > :13:17.You're watching BBC Reporting Scotland.
:13:18. > :13:20.Concerns are raised at Westminster over the future of Fort George
:13:21. > :13:27.And still to come - after his win at the Shanghai Masters,
:13:28. > :13:30.Andy Murray could be within touching distance of becoming
:13:31. > :13:40.Although suicide rates have dropped in Scotland
:13:41. > :13:42.over the last decade, hundreds of people still end
:13:43. > :13:44.their own lives every year - leaving their family
:13:45. > :13:54.At particular risk are men - and now in an effort
:13:55. > :13:56.to reach out to them, Motherwell Football Club
:13:57. > :13:58.is spearheading a new drive to encourage people
:13:59. > :14:13.This is how we are used to sing Motherwell in action. Today the
:14:14. > :14:19.first team took on a challenge in a different arena, highlighting
:14:20. > :14:22.Scotland's suicide problem. At a special workshop players were
:14:23. > :14:27.encouraged to talk about a subject many shy away from. The training
:14:28. > :14:30.particularly emphasised nobody should be nervous about asking
:14:31. > :14:36.friends if they might be feeling suicidal. That struck a chord. I
:14:37. > :14:46.have friends and family who have a lot of different experiences. One
:14:47. > :14:50.recently was very public and it's torn the family apart. The person
:14:51. > :14:51.who did it wishes they could have come to speak to them, to talk and
:14:52. > :14:54.get the help he didn't know was come to speak to them, to talk and
:14:55. > :14:58.there. The workshop today wasn't just about those who are feeling
:14:59. > :15:04.suicidal, it was also about helping those around them to spot potential
:15:05. > :15:09.fines. This subject is very personal for Motherwell FC. One of their own
:15:10. > :15:15.players took his own life in 2009. The reasons why people like Paul
:15:16. > :15:20.kill themselves are so varied and ultimately only known to themselves.
:15:21. > :15:26.There were 632 suicides in Scotland last year, and the rate for men is
:15:27. > :15:33.two and a half times the rate of women. -- 672. That is why this
:15:34. > :15:38.expert is using football to try to reach them. It is fantastic we had a
:15:39. > :15:44.of young football players today, so they can be role models, so the fans
:15:45. > :15:50.will feel it's located talk about suicide, if the players are. First
:15:51. > :15:54.the footballers, then the fans, so hopes the local council. After this
:15:55. > :16:00.we have an event in November were all the fans are welcome to come
:16:01. > :16:06.along and learn more about suicide prevention and the things you can do
:16:07. > :16:10.in the community, to help your friends or family, or yourself. It
:16:11. > :16:13.is that kind of support that can make all the difference.
:16:14. > :16:21.A look now at other stories from across the country.
:16:22. > :16:28.An NHS health board has been fined ?8,000 for failing to ensure the
:16:29. > :16:34.health and safety of a dementia patient who died after escaping from
:16:35. > :16:38.a hospital ward. 69-year-old Alexander Gerard left Bonnybridge
:16:39. > :16:45.Hospital in May 2011 and was found a week later in a canal. The NHS board
:16:46. > :16:50.apologised to his family and pleaded guilty to failing to assess the
:16:51. > :16:54.risks to the pensioner after he made an earlier escape attempt.
:16:55. > :16:59.213-year-old boys have been charged an earlier escape attempt.
:17:00. > :17:08.after a huge fire at Banchory's hospital. The grade a listed
:17:09. > :17:10.building which had been a marked for demolition to make way for flats was
:17:11. > :17:16.almost completely destroyed. Lyc e almost completely destroyed. Lycee
:17:17. > :17:20.the two teenagers will be reported to the youth justice management
:17:21. > :17:26.unit. Four people have been rescued after getting into difficulties in
:17:27. > :17:29.the Grampians. They were walked to safety by members of the Braemar
:17:30. > :17:36.Mountain rescue team in the early hours of this morning. A helicopter
:17:37. > :17:41.sent to the scene was unable to lift the group because of poor weather
:17:42. > :17:48.conditions. Staff working for Orkney's council could be taking
:17:49. > :17:52.industrial action over cost proposals. Members have been
:17:53. > :17:58.balloted on the plans which include some pay rates. No decisions have
:17:59. > :18:09.yet been made. A ferry summit has been held on
:18:10. > :18:19.Isla after disruption in July. Members of the local community met
:18:20. > :18:24.with ferry bosses to discuss the need for fallback plan when ferries
:18:25. > :18:34.to the island go out of service. A 77-year-old man died in a crash on
:18:35. > :18:41.Moray Road. He was the driver of one of two cars that crashed on the road
:18:42. > :18:44.on Sunday. A woman and the driver of the other car remain in hospital
:18:45. > :18:53.with non-life-threatening injuries. Andy Murray is catching up on Novak
:18:54. > :18:59.Djokovic in the world tennis rankings. He is now less than 2500
:19:00. > :19:05.points behind the Serbian as he aims to gain the hot spot for the first
:19:06. > :19:14.time in his career. He claimed his sixth title of the year after
:19:15. > :19:21.beating Roberto Baptie tug at in the Shanghai Masters. A victory in
:19:22. > :19:27.Shanghai for Andy Murray. Valuable ranking points in the battle to be
:19:28. > :19:33.the world's number one. How can he reach the world's top spot by the
:19:34. > :19:39.end of the year? He will play three events, here, Paris and the season
:19:40. > :19:44.ending ATP world tour finals in London. Djokovic will only play two.
:19:45. > :19:49.Andy Murray could win the 500 points in Vienna while Djokovic rests.
:19:50. > :19:55.Djokovic one Paris and the world finals last year so he has 2300
:19:56. > :20:06.points to defend or lose if he doesn't win the titles this year.
:20:07. > :20:12.Murray only won 800 in the last year so he has many to gain. Andy Murray
:20:13. > :20:15.is in the better form. In fact, he admits when there was a turning
:20:16. > :20:20.point that led to his current career's best form. Winning
:20:21. > :20:28.Wimbledon was a big boost my confidence after I'd had quite a few
:20:29. > :20:33.tough losses in a Slam in the last few years. Since the French Open,
:20:34. > :20:39.it's been the best three months of tennis in my career. It's a huge
:20:40. > :20:46.achievement to be world number one in any sport, not a feat achieved by
:20:47. > :20:55.many Scots. Takes a lot of hard work and determination and love for the
:20:56. > :21:02.sport you play. I don't think Andy will have any problems if he
:21:03. > :21:07.continues playing like he is now. Scotland's football team is 44th in
:21:08. > :21:13.the world. The rugby team fares better at eight. Russell Knox is the
:21:14. > :21:16.highest ranked golfer at 20th. In boxing, historically, we have
:21:17. > :21:21.punched above our weight with Ricky Burns the latest to be crowned
:21:22. > :21:23.number one. So we'll Andy Murray add to that list? He's certainly burning
:21:24. > :21:29.a path in his mission to succeed. Grey squirrels are one of the most
:21:30. > :21:31.common woodland animals. Their cousins, the red squirrel
:21:32. > :21:34.are much rarer. But have you ever seen a squirrel
:21:35. > :21:36.that's completely white? Well a family of them
:21:37. > :21:40.has moved into a garden in a suburb of Edinburgh,
:21:41. > :21:55.and our reporter Cameron Buttle has There are thought to be more than
:21:56. > :22:00.2.5 million scribbles in the UK. Cute, cuddly, fun to watch and
:22:01. > :22:06.mostly grey. It's incredibly rare to see one like this. So the chances of
:22:07. > :22:13.seeing this, too white squirrels are even rarer. This is a family of at
:22:14. > :22:18.least four that have made a corner of Edinburgh their home. The guys
:22:19. > :22:22.working here said that there were white squirrels but we were
:22:23. > :22:27.reluctant to believe them until we saw them. My friends wouldn't
:22:28. > :22:35.believe it either until they saw them. This is one of the white
:22:36. > :22:40.squirrels. There are three. Around the corner for nature lover Ronnie
:22:41. > :22:45.Stevenson, it's a dream come true. Really happy. We've become so used
:22:46. > :22:53.to them that we take it for granted. At the end of the day, about 8:30am
:22:54. > :22:59.in the morning they come. Then they flipped back and forward. Ronnie had
:23:00. > :23:06.travelled around the North Scotland in search of a white squirrel but
:23:07. > :23:17.never saw one. I'm a nature lover. Suddenly to see a white screw, --
:23:18. > :23:22.squirrel. But we never saw them and now we see them every day.
:23:23. > :23:30.Conservationists say it is very rare to see even one white squirrel. One
:23:31. > :23:36.reason is, they don't blend in. That makes them easy targets for
:23:37. > :23:41.predators. But the Edinburgh white squirrels seem to be surviving fine.
:23:42. > :23:42.With neighbours looking out for them, hopefully, there's more to
:23:43. > :23:46.come. Amazing. Now here's Graham Stewart,
:23:47. > :23:56.with details of Scotland 2016. Nicola Sturgeon fought back tears at
:23:57. > :24:01.the SNP conference when she spoke about the experience of children in
:24:02. > :24:06.care. As the First Minister launches a root and branch review of the
:24:07. > :24:08.system, we ask why it is failing so many children.
:24:09. > :24:16.Time now for the weather forecast - with Kawser.
:24:17. > :24:23.It's already dark out there but a reminder of the weather we have been
:24:24. > :24:30.seeing. Some heavy showers in the West. Those drifting towards the
:24:31. > :24:36.East but by the end of the day, the cloud thinning and breaking to allow
:24:37. > :24:43.some hours of sunshine. We had a lovely picture setting. This in
:24:44. > :24:52.parts of Aberdeenshire. Some beautiful rainbow spotted as well.
:24:53. > :24:56.This in Argyll and Bute. As we had through the night, we will see a
:24:57. > :25:01.band of organised rain spreading from West to East and it will turn
:25:02. > :25:07.cold and breezy, especially for western areas. Then, gradually
:25:08. > :25:10.spreading eastwards. Some strengthening westerly winds falling
:25:11. > :25:18.as wet snow over the highest hills and mountains. Behind it, clear
:25:19. > :25:23.spells and turning quite cold. In the countryside, some sheltered
:25:24. > :25:31.glens could go down to freezing. On the highest roads, there may be some
:25:32. > :25:40.patches of ice around. Tomorrow morning, a cold start. Showers
:25:41. > :25:47.mainly in the West. The wind is more of a north-easterly, gusting along
:25:48. > :25:51.the West Coast and for the aisles. Tomorrow afternoon, some sunshine
:25:52. > :26:00.for Shetland, some scattered showers elsewhere. Still quite breezy for
:26:01. > :26:03.coastal areas in the West, temperatures 11-12d, around average
:26:04. > :26:12.for the time of year. The showers will still be with us. More in the
:26:13. > :26:17.way of clear and dry weather because high pressure is starting to build
:26:18. > :26:22.from midweek onwards. For a few days, some decent sunny spells,
:26:23. > :26:28.settled conditions and lighter winds. Wednesday looks as though
:26:29. > :26:32.there will be a few showers. For the bulk of the country, sunny spells,
:26:33. > :26:42.temperatures 12-13 sorties. Feeling less cold. Thursday, the showers
:26:43. > :26:45.more likely in the East this time but temperatures not too bad.
:26:46. > :26:49.Now, a reminder of tonight's main news.
:26:50. > :26:55.Political leaders from the Highlands have been meeting a UK defence
:26:56. > :27:05.minister, to discuss the future of Fort George.
:27:06. > :27:11.The 250-year-old barracks, outside Inverness
:27:12. > :27:14.is among a number of bases in Scotland at risk of closure
:27:15. > :27:17.as part of an MOD review - which is expected to report
:27:18. > :27:29.I'll be back with the late bulletin, just after the ten o'clock news.
:27:30. > :27:31.Until then, from everyone on the team -
:27:32. > :27:35.right across the country - have a very good evening.