:00:00. > :00:12.A material change in unemployment figures,
:00:13. > :00:14.as the number of people out of work falls to its lowest
:00:15. > :00:18.Following a major operation to crackdown on human trafficking -
:00:19. > :00:20.police say they have found eleven potential victims.
:00:21. > :00:25.Nearly 20,000 people have signed a petition calling
:00:26. > :00:27.for Abellio to be stripped of their Scotrail contract
:00:28. > :00:29.because of their disatisfaction with the trains.
:00:30. > :00:32.We'll ask what level of service is acceptable?
:00:33. > :00:36.Something I have never seen before. Deaths and violence have gone up
:00:37. > :00:38.dramatically. The new Justice Secretary said making them safer is
:00:39. > :00:40.a priority, and she has announced plans to increase the numbers of
:00:41. > :00:43.prison staff after years of cuts. Sometimes it is late by ten minutes.
:00:44. > :00:44.It is standing there doing nothing. It gets me to my destination quick
:00:45. > :00:46.It gets me to my destination quick enough.
:00:47. > :00:50.It's a big game for Celtic as they prepare to take
:00:51. > :00:52.on Borussia Munchengladbach in tonight's Champions League match.
:00:53. > :00:54.And discovered off the Galloway coast -
:00:55. > :00:57.the first images of a German U-boat, sunk almost a century ago.
:00:58. > :01:16.Unemployment has fallen sharply again in Scotland.
:01:17. > :01:19.The number of people out of work between June and August was down
:01:20. > :01:23.And the unemployment rate here was lower than the rate
:01:24. > :01:36.Our business and economy Douglas Fraser is here with the details.
:01:37. > :01:39.These figures point to a significant improvement in the labour market,
:01:40. > :01:42.at least in the numbers out of work - down 25,000 to 127,000.
:01:43. > :01:45.That was the biggest fall of any part of the UK,
:01:46. > :01:50.and takes the Scottish unemployment rate to 4.6% - better
:01:51. > :01:57.But in those same summer months, the number of Scots in work fell
:01:58. > :02:00.by 8,000, while the UK saw 106,000 more people working.
:02:01. > :02:18.Scottish textiles were seen as dying and for aly finished but in
:02:19. > :02:22.Schofield the weaker pound has brought a new pattern of sales for
:02:23. > :02:26.the trade customers opening up foreign markets.
:02:27. > :02:30.They are obviously seeing an increase in the raw material costs
:02:31. > :02:36.in terms of buying yarn, but they are taking advantage of favourable
:02:37. > :02:40.exchange rates because they are exporting a lot to the Far East, to,
:02:41. > :02:47.some to Europe, quite a lot to America. So they are seeing some
:02:48. > :02:51.down side but some up side as well. Recover Friday the financial crash
:02:52. > :02:55.has brought in apprenticeship for some who had training programmes
:02:56. > :02:59.that collapsed back then. It has been difficult. I done a
:03:00. > :03:03.apprenticeship in joinery beforehand, and did that for a few
:03:04. > :03:07.years it went really well until the recession hit and things like that.
:03:08. > :03:12.Unemployment and things became an issue. But since coming here I felt
:03:13. > :03:17.my job has been quite secure and its as has went really good. Today's
:03:18. > :03:21.figures suggest there hasn't been such a simple shift. Many people,
:03:22. > :03:26.mostly women appear to be leaving the workforce, they are saying they
:03:27. > :03:29.are not available for work. That goes for 34,000 more working aged
:03:30. > :03:33.Scots women in the year to this summer We have seen a small increase
:03:34. > :03:36.in employment which is welcome, another significant decrease which
:03:37. > :03:41.is welcome, but unfortunately, both of these shifts are more than
:03:42. > :03:45.compensated for by a significant increase in economic inactivity. A
:03:46. > :03:47.labour market where unemployment is falling because people are
:03:48. > :03:51.withdrawing from the labour market rather than going into jobs isn't
:03:52. > :03:56.one we should be complacent about. After we learned yesterday inflation
:03:57. > :04:01.is on the rise, it is worth noting weekly pay increased by 2.3%, that
:04:02. > :04:10.is still well ahead of 1% inflation but it is not expected to stay that
:04:11. > :04:16.far ahead into next year. The job position looked worse than the rest
:04:17. > :04:22.of the UK. That was explained by the gas and oil industry. Oil in small
:04:23. > :04:26.reservoirs nearly 3-and-a-half billion barrels with no plans to
:04:27. > :04:33.extract them and at risk of being untapped. More than two thirds are
:04:34. > :04:36.strapped in small pools. Pools. The new industry regulator is
:04:37. > :04:39.challenging engineers to find new ways to extract that oil and gas, if
:04:40. > :04:43.they can lots more jobs long into the future.
:04:44. > :04:46.Police have discovered a number of children thought to be at risk
:04:47. > :04:48.following a Scotland-wide crackdown on people trafficking.
:04:49. > :04:50.Six youngsters and five adults are being cared
:04:51. > :04:52.for after they were discovered working in nail bars.
:04:53. > :04:54.15 people were arrested or detained in connection
:04:55. > :04:55.with alleged trafficking and immigration offences.
:04:56. > :04:58.Hundreds of police officers took part in a series of operations.
:04:59. > :05:08.Our reporter Andrew Anderson joined one of them.
:05:09. > :05:15.In their sights those who traffic the vulnerable, using them as slave
:05:16. > :05:21.labour. These teams are about to carry out a series of swoops across
:05:22. > :05:24.Fife. This beach is the first stop today for police and immigration
:05:25. > :05:27.officials, there can sometimes be scores of people on this beach
:05:28. > :05:30.gathering shellfish and the agencies are concerned that among them there
:05:31. > :05:33.may be people who have been trafficked or who are working as
:05:34. > :05:37.slave labour. This beach is popular with people
:05:38. > :05:42.from the Chinese community. This is what they are looking for. The two
:05:43. > :05:46.main species they will be after will be the razor clams and the cockles,
:05:47. > :05:51.of which the razor clams are the more valuable.
:05:52. > :05:55.The police approach a Chinese family who a peer to be collecting razor
:05:56. > :06:02.clams. Criminal gangs use cheap labour to supply the catering trade.
:06:03. > :06:07.What language do you speak? Chinese? They tell police they Ron o will a
:06:08. > :06:11.day out. This operation in Fife was repeated across Scotland yesterday.
:06:12. > :06:17.500 police officers looking for the signs of trafficking.
:06:18. > :06:21.Sometimes people who just display fear or anxiety, on some of the
:06:22. > :06:23.worst occasions people could perhaps display injuries which are the
:06:24. > :06:31.result of being assaulted. display injuries which are the
:06:32. > :06:36.stop, a car wash. Is there anybody else we will find? These workers are
:06:37. > :06:40.mainly Bulgarian, everything here was above board. The owner told me
:06:41. > :06:46.the traffic Kerrs are bad for business. They are, we can't compete
:06:47. > :06:50.with people who are doing that, because it is hard for us to, you
:06:51. > :06:55.know, to pay the wages and pay the bills at the end of the month. It is
:06:56. > :06:59.quite hard. How big a problem is trafficking in Scotland? It is a
:07:00. > :07:02.very difficult to put a figure on the number of people out there being
:07:03. > :07:06.exploited because they could be exploited in a number of way, the
:07:07. > :07:09.key thing for that is that where it is identified it brought to the
:07:10. > :07:12.police attention. The police hope this latest operation will
:07:13. > :07:14.ultimately lead them to those criminal gangs, who deal in people,
:07:15. > :07:21.for profit. A petition demanding improvements
:07:22. > :07:23.to Scotrail services, signed by nearly 20,000 people,
:07:24. > :07:25.has been handed to the Government. Campaigners claim Scotrail provides
:07:26. > :07:27.a poor deal for commuters, with widespread delays
:07:28. > :07:29.and cancellations. In response, the company says
:07:30. > :07:31.it is working hard to improve customer satisfaction,
:07:32. > :07:33.and it is expanding its fleet Here's our transport correspondent,
:07:34. > :07:51.David Henderson. A symbol of sips content about the
:07:52. > :07:55.way Scotland's railways are run. In this box, a petition, backed by
:07:56. > :08:00.19,000 people. Among them, this woman who is fed up with being late
:08:01. > :08:04.for college. Sometimes it is late by ten minutes. It is standing there
:08:05. > :08:08.doing nothing, there was a day it started at nine, so we all got there
:08:09. > :08:13.late because it is my whole class is getting that train. The campaign's
:08:14. > :08:17.message to Government is simple. Get tough with ScotRail bosses or strip
:08:18. > :08:22.them of their contract. A delay sounds like a statistic but it has
:08:23. > :08:27.an impact on somebody's life. We have had stories from members who
:08:28. > :08:31.have missed appointment, interviews and there has been real impact on
:08:32. > :08:35.then from delays. Waiting to meet them today, the Transport Minister,
:08:36. > :08:39.last month he asked ScotRail for a performance improvement plan. He
:08:40. > :08:43.told me that should mean fewer delay, a better deal for passengers.
:08:44. > :08:49.There is a plan in place over the franchise, to have more services
:08:50. > :08:53.running, to have high speed trains, longer trains so people don't have
:08:54. > :08:59.to be crowded on. Nothing is perfect. No. I hold ScotRail to
:09:00. > :09:04.account to make sure they deliver. It is 8 is month since the Dutch
:09:05. > :09:10.firm Abellio won the ScotRail franchise. It promised to invest
:09:11. > :09:15.millions to improve service. But not all their plans have stayed on
:09:16. > :09:20.track. ScotRail say that just under 90% of their services run on time,
:09:21. > :09:25.or less than five minutes late. That is just below their target but they
:09:26. > :09:29.say the huge increase in passengers travelling on the railways presents
:09:30. > :09:34.them with a challenge, and has caused some services to run slower.
:09:35. > :09:38.This hasn't helped either. ScotRail wants to improve the rail network to
:09:39. > :09:41.boost passenger numbers and speed up trains but that has meant
:09:42. > :09:46.large-scale repair work and disruption. So what do other
:09:47. > :09:51.passengers think? It was a nights mare when the works were getting
:09:52. > :09:55.done, other than that I am fine. It gets delayed every so often,
:09:56. > :09:59.comparing to other ways of travel I found it good I go back-and-forth
:10:00. > :10:04.from Glasgow to Edinburgh. It is regular and fine. ScotRail has been
:10:05. > :10:08.given time to improve its service by ministers and passengers wants an
:10:09. > :10:15.assurance that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
:10:16. > :10:18.The UK government has rejected a call from the SNP to give
:10:19. > :10:21.a guarantee that EU nationals can stay in the UK after Brexit.
:10:22. > :10:23.During a debate at Westminster, they claimed EU citizens
:10:24. > :10:27.But UK ministers say they can't make promises until similar assurances
:10:28. > :10:38.Here's our political correspondent, Nick Eardley.
:10:39. > :10:43.In the Highlands, Polish born nan has been in Scotland for ten years
:10:44. > :10:47.but for the first time she is considering her position after the
:10:48. > :10:53.EU referendum result I don't know if I will be able to stay, will I be
:10:54. > :10:57.able to, made to go, made to go or, yes, I just don't know, I think that
:10:58. > :11:01.is what makes me anxious, I have no idea what is going to happen. The
:11:02. > :11:06.Scottish Government says it will fight for EU citizens to stay. You
:11:07. > :11:10.remain welcome here, Scotland is your home. Today the SNP at
:11:11. > :11:15.Westminster called on the UK Government to guarantee the rights
:11:16. > :11:18.of EU nationals after Brexit. The status of millions of our fellow
:11:19. > :11:24.workers friends and neighbours is uncertain. Mr Speaker it is not good
:11:25. > :11:27.enough. Conservative MPs accused the SNP of scaremongering, saying they
:11:28. > :11:31.were the only ones raising the prospect of people being asked to
:11:32. > :11:34.leave. The UK Government says it wants to give assurances, but they
:11:35. > :11:39.will only come if there is a similar promise to British citizens living
:11:40. > :11:42.in Europe. There are over one million British citizens who have
:11:43. > :11:46.built their lives elsewhere in Europe that are counting on us to
:11:47. > :11:52.secure their future. We simply want a fair deal. But for some that is
:11:53. > :11:57.not enough. They say EU citizens may be worried so they will leave. There
:11:58. > :12:01.was a warning about the effect of post-Brexit rhetoric There are
:12:02. > :12:07.people who have been emboldens by the climate, who want to see EU
:12:08. > :12:10.nationals dispelled and worse. Back in Inverness she hopes there will be
:12:11. > :12:16.guarantees for people already here. I think people who are here for so
:12:17. > :12:20.many years, and, have mortgages, families, people, kids going to
:12:21. > :12:26.school and things, yes, I think they should be guaranteed really to stay.
:12:27. > :12:32.A cup of tea for now but she is not ready to completely relax just yet.
:12:33. > :12:34.Meanwhile, Scottish government ministers have been in Brussels
:12:35. > :12:36.to discuss Scotland's future relationship with the EU.
:12:37. > :12:38.Scotland's minister for Brexit, Mike Russell, and external affairs
:12:39. > :12:40.minister Fiona Hyslop had a series of meetings at the
:12:41. > :12:47.They say their aim is to try to keep Scotland inside the single market.
:12:48. > :12:52.It is very much? Scotland's interests to be parts of the single
:12:53. > :12:56.market. There is no doubt about that. We have to make sure that we
:12:57. > :12:59.are part of the single market. That is the objective we have, and we
:13:00. > :13:04.will go on arguing for that through the process and we will do it within
:13:05. > :13:06.the internal UK negotiations but it is important it is understand here
:13:07. > :13:10.You're watching BBC Reporting Scotland.
:13:11. > :13:15.The number of unemployed people in Scotland has fallen to its lowest
:13:16. > :13:22.It's all smiles now with these two boxers despite the heated fighting
:13:23. > :13:36.A charity believes Scotland can eradicate youth homelessness
:13:37. > :13:39.in a decade if it adopts a Canadian approach.
:13:40. > :13:45.The Rock Trust argues early intervention and prevention work
:13:46. > :13:47.with schools, social workers and families will stop young
:13:48. > :14:05.My mental health was going down a lot. I wanted to just be back with
:14:06. > :14:11.my family, but I couldn't. AJ left care aged 16. Ended up being the
:14:12. > :14:15.college drop out a lot. I couldn't cope with doing so many thing, I
:14:16. > :14:20.would leave a job because I couldn't do it because I had issues going on,
:14:21. > :14:24.so it was, everything just went, it was like a roller coaster. This
:14:25. > :14:28.charity offers practical support as was like a roller coaster. This
:14:29. > :14:35.well as advice. It thinks homelessness can be wiped out in ten
:14:36. > :14:42.years if Scotland follows a Canadian model of early intervention. We are
:14:43. > :14:48.asking for teachers and educators for family workers to identify young
:14:49. > :14:51.people who are likely to become homeless. Want to make sure they
:14:52. > :14:55.there are housing options goods for young people. The charity wants
:14:56. > :14:59.councils to help. Local Authorities are willing but argue more action is
:15:00. > :15:05.needed tackling underlying problems like poverty and mental health. I
:15:06. > :15:09.left at 16, coming on 17, and it was the worst time to leave, you are not
:15:10. > :15:14.fully adult yet. You might think you are but you are not. So, use the
:15:15. > :15:20.time you have got, while you have got it, because once you have left,
:15:21. > :15:24.there is no way back in. In. Voluntary work and part-time study
:15:25. > :15:27.have come from this help, the charity believes identifying and
:15:28. > :15:28.supporting vulnerable teenagers sooner could end youth homelessness
:15:29. > :15:33.in a decade. Three appeal judges have heard
:15:34. > :15:37.arguments about a court ruling to evict a group of independence
:15:38. > :15:39.campaigners from their camp in the The Indycamp was set up outside
:15:40. > :15:44.Holyrood in November last year, with supporters pledging to stay
:15:45. > :15:48.until Scotland became independent. The judges have said they will issue
:15:49. > :15:57.their written judgment later. The judges have said they will issue
:15:58. > :16:01.their written findings later. A woman from the Highlands credited
:16:02. > :16:03.with inventing the disposable nappy and transforming the lives
:16:04. > :16:06.of millions of parents has Shortly after the Second World War,
:16:07. > :16:14.Valerie Hunter-Gordon, from Beauly, made her first disposable nappies
:16:15. > :16:16.using an absorbent inner pad and a waterproof outer
:16:17. > :16:18.from parachute nylon. The design was patented and sold
:16:19. > :16:24.worldwide as Paddis. Celtic are hoping to take a huge
:16:25. > :16:31.step towards securing European The Glasgow side have one point
:16:32. > :16:40.so far in Group C and the Germans are bottom with no points,
:16:41. > :16:42.so tonight's outcome Here's our senior football reporter,
:16:43. > :16:52.Chris McLaughlin. Celtic go into this with lots of
:16:53. > :16:58.confidence after that 3-3 match a couple of weeks ago. Can they do it
:16:59. > :17:02.again this evening? Two former Celtic players join me now. I
:17:03. > :17:06.mentioned the word confidence, is it well-placed? Yes, it's here in
:17:07. > :17:08.mentioned the word confidence, is it abundance at the moment. Another
:17:09. > :17:13.good performance at the weekend against my team. In Europe they've
:17:14. > :17:16.been doing quite well off the back of that 3-3 and I expect them to go
:17:17. > :17:20.into this game with that abundance of confidence and I think they'll
:17:21. > :17:24.get three points tonight. We know the Germans are struggling with
:17:25. > :17:27.injury and illness, four first team players missing this evening -
:17:28. > :17:31.should that make much of a difference, this is still a top and
:17:32. > :17:39.a sleek aside? Yes, and the German league is one of the top leagues in
:17:40. > :17:44.Europe. -- top Bundesliga side. This is a team who close you down,
:17:45. > :17:51.fossils wrong and fit and fast with Sung-Yueng players, and they will
:17:52. > :17:57.play on the counterattack so so basaltic will have to be very wary.
:17:58. > :18:02.So, how will it go this evening? I think Celtic will win, but it will
:18:03. > :18:08.be close. I will say 2-1. I will say 2-0, Celtic start fast, as they
:18:09. > :18:10.usually do at home. It could be another memorable night here this
:18:11. > :18:13.evening. It will certainly be another noisy night and the game is
:18:14. > :18:17.live on BBC Radio Scotland. Glasgow Warriors' European match
:18:18. > :18:19.with Munster goes ahead as planned on Saturday,
:18:20. > :18:21.the day after the funeral of the Irish side's head
:18:22. > :18:24.coach Anthony Foley. He died suddenly at the weekend,
:18:25. > :18:28.with his counterpart at Warriors, Gregor Townsend, describing
:18:29. > :18:43.the subsequent few days as "a tough Permitting the game - perhaps more
:18:44. > :18:46.difficult for Glasgow's players in a week when rugby mourns monster's
:18:47. > :18:51.head coach Anthony Foley. The 42-year-old died suddenly at the
:18:52. > :18:54.weekend, but his side's match against the Warriors this Saturday
:18:55. > :18:59.goes ahead as planned. There will be a lot of emotion at the game. I
:19:00. > :19:03.think it's a game to remember. To remember what Anthony did and helped
:19:04. > :19:08.create at Munster. They've got a 28,000 seater stadium and he was one
:19:09. > :19:12.of the key players who got them that success. I was looking forward to
:19:13. > :19:18.catching up with him. It's such a loss for our game, a huge loss for
:19:19. > :19:22.Munster rugby, so our thoughts go with them and Anthony's family.
:19:23. > :19:27.Anthony Foley's funeral is on Friday, the day before the match.
:19:28. > :19:31.The players have so much respect for him than they try and get on with it
:19:32. > :19:35.and try and do the job the way we think and no Anthony would want us
:19:36. > :19:40.to go on with it. And that's what drives us. Glasgow started their
:19:41. > :19:43.European campaign by claiming the Leicester tigers, and handling their
:19:44. > :19:47.own emotions could be key this time. This is not the first time recently
:19:48. > :19:53.the Warriors have had to deal with difficult circumstances away from
:19:54. > :19:55.rugby. Last year they had a much postponed against Racing following
:19:56. > :20:05.the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris. This time to the match goes
:20:06. > :20:10.ahead as planned, but they say they hope to be representative at the
:20:11. > :20:11.funeral of Anthony Foley, or make an appropriate gesture and the stadium
:20:12. > :20:13.otherwise. Boxing now, and there were angry
:20:14. > :20:16.exchanges at a news conference ahead of the first professional fight
:20:17. > :20:18.for the Commonwealth Games His manager, the former world
:20:19. > :20:22.champion Barry McGuigan, was clearly angered by comments made
:20:23. > :20:34.by his opponent's trainer, Dave Ryan and Josh Taylor were in
:20:35. > :20:39.Edinburgh to promote Friday's bought. The fighting talk was not
:20:40. > :20:47.coming from the boxes. On Friday night, when it's on, we'll see.
:20:48. > :20:53.Coming into your backyard, into your house, and I'm going to put your
:20:54. > :20:58.pants down and spank you. I'm going to put your arms off, put your legs
:20:59. > :21:03.off, and I'm going to drown you. Was it a step too far? For me, it's a
:21:04. > :21:07.line crossed. Clifton is loud and he likes to be heard. It's always a
:21:08. > :21:11.step too far with Clifton Mitchell. He tends to be vociferous on behalf
:21:12. > :21:17.of his voters. You notice that his fighter was not as garrulous. Dave
:21:18. > :21:20.Ryan is a tough kid, but that's what he is. This kid is world champion
:21:21. > :21:26.written all over. Taylor proved himself on the international stage
:21:27. > :21:30.at amateur level at the Commonwealth Games two years ago. He accepts Dave
:21:31. > :21:34.Ryan is his best opponents of. This fight is a massive step up for me.
:21:35. > :21:40.proven that he's tough and durable. proven that he's tough and durable.
:21:41. > :21:43.-- best opponent so far. He's been Commonwealth champion, he's been the
:21:44. > :21:50.British champion. So he's definitely got the pedigree. He's a good
:21:51. > :21:54.fighter. That I believe I'm the man for the job on Friday, to claim that
:21:55. > :21:58.title. Any ill feeling had disappeared by the time the boxes
:21:59. > :22:01.went head-to-head. Friday's meeting will be less cordial.
:22:02. > :22:04.A German U-boat which sank almost a century ago has been discovered
:22:05. > :22:11.It was found by engineers laying underwater power cables.
:22:12. > :22:17.It's been claimed that the submarine's crew abandoned
:22:18. > :22:18.the boat after being attacked by a monster.
:22:19. > :22:31.The waters of the Irish sea off the coast of Galloway. During World War
:22:32. > :22:34.I, German U-boats used this place as their hunting ground. Royal Navy
:22:35. > :22:38.ships were trying to find and destroy them. Now, engineers laying
:22:39. > :22:46.cable say they have found the wreckage of one of them. This might
:22:47. > :22:52.be UB-85, a 45 metre long submarine which was sunk in 1918, one of about
:22:53. > :22:57.12 German and British World War I submarines which met their end in
:22:58. > :23:01.the Irish sea. Sonar images from the sea bed sureties virtually intact.
:23:02. > :23:05.We do really detailed surveys of the sea bed so that we can look out for
:23:06. > :23:08.obstacles which might be in the way, boulders and things like that. What
:23:09. > :23:11.we did not expect to find was a German U-boat. It's probably the
:23:12. > :23:17.most amazing thing I've ever come across in the whole of my
:23:18. > :23:22.construction experience. The sub submarine surfaced and was captured
:23:23. > :23:23.by a Royal Navy vessel. The German crew said they had just survive to
:23:24. > :23:29.fight with a sea monster! Could it crew said they had just survive to
:23:30. > :23:32.have been a relative of Nessie? We don't know what is down there. Loch
:23:33. > :23:36.Ness itself is twice the depth of the North Sea. Who knows what is
:23:37. > :23:42.down there, in maritime and geological terms? What could have
:23:43. > :23:45.actually attacked the submarine? We will just never know.
:23:46. > :23:49.actually attacked the submarine? We explanation just muddies the waters,
:23:50. > :23:56.says this historian. This submarine was caught on the surface at night
:23:57. > :23:57.recharging its Patrice. It saw the HM Drifter Coreopsis coming, it
:23:58. > :24:01.attempted to do a crash dive to get HM Drifter Coreopsis coming, it
:24:02. > :24:04.away, and the young officer whose job it was too shocked the hatch at
:24:05. > :24:07.the top did not show it properly. And so once the submarine was
:24:08. > :24:12.underwater, it rapidly started flooding from above. So they had no
:24:13. > :24:14.option but to blow all the compressed air out, bring the
:24:15. > :24:19.submarine to the surface and surrender. Seems that the idea of a
:24:20. > :24:24.watery creature defending Britain's shores may have been sunk. I like
:24:25. > :24:27.the idea of Nessie doing her bit for shores may have been sunk. I like
:24:28. > :24:28.the war effort, but I think in reality, the real sea monster is the
:24:29. > :24:32.U-boat. Now, here's Graham Stewart
:24:33. > :24:45.with details of Scotland 2016. Reports suggest the Prime Minister
:24:46. > :24:50.may consider a separate deal to allow the City of London to remain
:24:51. > :24:53.in the single market after Brexit. Well, as Scottish ministers met in
:24:54. > :25:02.Brussels today, we will ask if Scotland could get a similar deal.
:25:03. > :25:11.To the weather now, and Christopher has got the latest. It was a lovely
:25:12. > :25:18.day for many, largely dry. Best of the sunshine in the west and
:25:19. > :25:24.south-west. The cloud in the east was broken, with sunshine coming
:25:25. > :25:28.through there as well. Tonight, dry and chilly with any showers around
:25:29. > :25:35.the Borders clearing away. It will be colder than last night. In the
:25:36. > :25:42.countryside, rural parts of Highland and Grampian, subzero. Tomorrow,
:25:43. > :25:45.high pressure still with us, no pressure across the near continent
:25:46. > :25:50.and this weather front trying to come in several really slow
:25:51. > :25:55.progress. For many, after a chilly start, it will be a dry and fine
:25:56. > :25:57.day. One or two early showers around East Lothian and the eastern
:25:58. > :26:06.borders, but those should clear away after lunch. By mid-afternoon, it
:26:07. > :26:12.should feel fairly passant. The cloud will be thickening around the
:26:13. > :26:14.west coast, especially for the Hebrides and the Western Isles,
:26:15. > :26:24.where that weather front is approaching. But the rain will stay
:26:25. > :26:28.away until after dark. Into the rest of the afternoon and the evening,
:26:29. > :26:34.that cloud and rain starting to edge in, and it will be a cloudier day.
:26:35. > :26:43.This weather front edging in towards the north-west. There will be some
:26:44. > :26:52.outbreaks of rain. Fairly light and patchy in the name. High cloud, so
:26:53. > :26:56.still reasonably bright at times. Into the weekend, and it sent
:26:57. > :27:11.easterly wind. That's the forecast. Our main headlines... Unemployment
:27:12. > :27:15.has fallen sharply again in Scotland. The number of people out
:27:16. > :27:19.of work between June and August was down 25,000 on the previous quarter.
:27:20. > :27:25.It's now at its lowest level since 2008. A call by Conservative MP
:27:26. > :27:29.David Davies to carry out dental checks on child refugees to
:27:30. > :27:33.establish their age has been criticised as unethical. It follows
:27:34. > :27:39.claims that some who say they are children are actually over 18.
:27:40. > :27:44.That's Reporting Scotland. Join me again just after the Ten O'Clock
:27:45. > :27:45.News. Until then, from everyone on the team, enjoy the rest of your