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Hundreds of women have continued to receive mesh implants -

despite calls for operations to be suspended following

You trust your doctors, you don't think you're going to be harmed.

We'll be asking why is this procedure still being done?

Also on the programme, The full report into the death

of Aberdeen schoolboy Bailey Gwynne is published -

but large sections are heavily redacted.

Plans for 600 jobs in the Highlands as the UK's last remaining aluminium

after the national side wore poppies to mark Armistice day.

And as Andy Murray wins Sports Personality of

the year for a third time - is there now a case

for considering tennis as Scotland's new national sport?

Hundreds of mesh implant operations have been performed

in Scotland despite ministers suspending their use

because of potential health complications.

Figures obtained by the BBC show that more than 400 women have

received mesh and mesh tape implants - usually used for pelvic

and incontinence problems - since June 2014 when the then health

secretary called for their suspension.

Our political correspondent Lucy Adams has this exclusive report.

Hospital treatment is meant to make patients feel better but not for

Gillian who needs crutches to get round. I thought I would be fined.

Gillian had a mesh implant in 2011. It is meant to be a standard

procedure. You trust your doctor. You don't think you will be harmed.

Life as I knew it completely changed. I lost my career and I lost

everything. Life was completely destroyed. This is polypropylene,

the same material used to wrap newspapers and to make mash

implants. It can contract, it can break up in the body, I know of

women who have lost their bladder and kidney. How they can put this

into bodies I have no idea. It was suspended back in 2014. That was

following pleas from women suffering debilitating side-effects. Figures

show that more than 400 women have had it since the recommended

suspension. The BBC has learned Greater Glasgow health board has

conducted 178 of such operations. For some procedures this is the only

choice. They either live with their symptoms or have these mesh

procedures. So it is their only chance of some benefit and of having

a benefit that lets them get out of the house. But this consultant who's

been advising the Scottish Government on these procedures says

there is at least two other forms of surgery which should be offered but

which ministers cannot stop the use of mesh. Only the MHRA could ban it

from the whole of the UK but the government could suggest to health

boards and clinicians to consider suspending these until we find

exactly where the problem lies, is it in the device, the procedure, the

surgeons or the patient's? Hundreds of women are taking legal action is.

They want answers as to why they received something which had been

directed as not to be used until further investigations were carried

out. Gillian and Oliver are working together to support other

out. Gillian and Oliver are working suffering as a result of these

operations. -- Olive are. Or than 400 are taking legal action against

health boards and manufacturers but if the procedure continues that

figure is expected to keep going up. So given the fact that the Scottish

government wants a stop to the use of mesh implants and legal

action is being taken why are surgeons still using them,

Lucy? It seems complicated on the face of

it and to understand it you need to look back at the history. From the

1970s through the 1990s surgeons tended to use what was essentially

stitches. This developed into using a person's human tissue to create a

sling to fix the bladder. 20 years ago, implants came on the scene,

they were seen as a great thing, much more effective and easier to

use, they could be done in surgery and it made them cheaper. But we had

this intervention by the government in 2014. The health board have taken

this as guidance. What we know from the responses that I got is some

health boards stopped altogether, they said they would wait until the

investigations had been done because while they were seen as a great

thing, we had women coming forward with severe complications, but the

government cannot actually stop them from using these. They can consult

with patients, tell them about safety risks and go through that but

in exceptional circumstances, if health boards want to go ahead they

can still do so. Thank you very much.

More doctors and nurses and more services in the community -

just a couple of the government's proposals to transform

They're contained in a blue-print for change published today.

It's a busy day in this West Lothian surgery. Increasingly busy and under

pressure, Doctor George Mackie says there are lots of good things about

the way the health service is changing but lots of challenges if

it is going to be a success. Personally where I work one of the

biggest challenges is recruitment. We've advertised recently for a

replacement partner and we had no applicants at all. That is where the

situation is now. That's the biggest challenge. Recruitment to enhance

security services is a priority, say the government. The NHS is going

through unprecedented change and the government want to see more people

living healthier longer lives at home but that puts a lot of pressure

on the front line and community services. It makes a real difference

to the character of the building and how you approach things. This is

what it may look like, GP hubs with all sorts of services, pharmacists,

Cancer support, all sorts of things can be accessed under one roof. The

NHS has always looked after people very well if you became sick. If you

became diabetic we would offer you good diabetic management. A more

interesting question might be, what could be done better to stop people

progressing to diabetes in the first place? The government wants to

reduce the number of unnecessary stays in hospital, a 10% drop in

delayed discharge. It will push forward with unpopular moves to

transfer specialisms to bigger centres. Local hospitals will still

have the services that people rely on, some of the more specialist

services that people might require once or twice in a lifetime, will be

organised on a regional basis, so we are asking and tasking boards to

plan these on a regional basis. 40% of the budget is spent on health.

There's a lot on stake in getting the future of the NHS right.

A heavily redacted report into the killing last year of a boy

at an Aberdeen school has been released.

The conclusions and recommendations were released in October.

Our reporter Rebecca Curran is live at the school

where Bailey Gwynne was killed, Rebecca.

Remind us of the circumstances of this tragedy.

16 year old Bailey Gwynne was stabbed during a fight

with a fellow pupil here at Cults Academy

His killer, who was also 16, is serving nine years

A review conducted by child protection expert Andrew Lowe found

Bailey's death was "potentially avoidable if those who knew his

killer carried weapons had told a teacher."

Mr Lowe made 5 conclusions and 21 recommendations in total

But the full report was kept private due to data

But today the city council released a heavily redacted version.

In fact much of the 67 pages look like this.

Well, the section on the background of Bailey and his killer

who is described as child A has been fully redacted.

All information about previous concerns raised about the killer

and a complaint that was made have been withheld.

The only apparent criticism is levelled at a city

councillor for taking part in a media interview.

So why has the report been so heacily redacted, Rebecca?

Well, in October when the recommendations and conclusions

were released, the city council's chief executive Angela Scott said

the full report wasn't being published because it contained

a great deal of sensitive, confidential and legally

Mr Lowe conducted 43 face to face interviews

and over the past weeks each person is understood to have been asked

if they are happy to have what they said published.

What is now apparent is that most of them said no.

Now what's not clear is on what grounds any of those

If they were allowed to object only on the basis of legal

or data protection grounds, or if they could refuse

because they were upset or embarrassed to have

Plans have been unveiled to create up to 600 jobs and invest ?120m

at the site of the UK's last remaining aluminium

It's hoped the site could eventually manufacture alloy wheels for cars.

It is the last remaining aluminium smelter in the UK, relying on its

own hydropower scheme to produce the massive amounts of electricity

needed for the process. A review of its assets by the previous owners

led to concerns it could be closed with the loss of 170 jobs. Now with

the sale of the smelter the future is not only bright spot could be

positively booming. Our plan is not to stop aluminium but make

components which are very high value products. The first phase is alloy

wheels. That creates 300 jobs and many more indirectly. The First

Minister was on hand to take part in a traditional Hindu ceremony to mark

the takeover by the company which earlier this year bought the former

Tata steel plants. With ?120 million investment to be made, direct jobs

Tata steel plants. With ?120 million in the supply chain, it is clearly a

massive shot in the arm for the area. It does not just guaranteed

the future of the aluminium smelter and the power plants and all the

jobs associated with those, it heralds a bright new future for

manufacturing given the plans to create a new manufacturing facility

here, bringing many more jobs in the process. So this is fantastic. This

smelter has been here since 1929 and remains one of the most important

industrial employers in the Highlands. A good thing for us and

the area. Especially myself, I'm in my fourth year here. It is a lot

more positive. The chance of me having a job in the future here is

excellent and really positive. Moving into making alloy wheels and

car components could triple the workforce here in Lochaber. The

ultimate aim is to bring steel-making to the Fort William

Plant using recycled steel. That could create even more jobs.

The Scottish Football Association has been fined more than 15 thousand

pounds by the world governing body Fifa after the national side

wore poppies during last month's World Cup qualifier

Our reporter Alasdair Lamont is at Hampden Park for us tonight.

What's been the reaction there, Alasdair?

The decision was not an entirely surprising one but nonetheless the

reaction has been one of disappointment. The Scottish FA,

along with the English FA, had requested permission to wear the

poppies in the match which was denied. Fifa said there was a rule

over the banning of wearing political symbols. Players wore

poppies regardless of that ruling, there was a display among

supporters. The Scottish FA has been discussing the matter with its

English counterpart but also the other home nations, all of them have

been fined for similar reasons. An appeal is increasingly likely. In

terms of the finds, the Conservative MP Maurice Corrie gave us this

reaction. Frankly, I am appalled at this position, it is disgraceful

they've come to that decision, when you think of the commitment many

football teams and players made in the waters, the Heart of Midlothian

club who went as an entire team to fight in the Great War and sadly

many did not come back, I think it is utterly disgraceful. Certainly

some strong feeling over the issue and the English FA are standing

their ground, saying that they will appeal. The Scottish FA stood

shoulder to shoulder with the English, it would be surprising if

they backed down. I would expect an appeal to going. -- go end.

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Hundreds of women have received mesh implants -

despite calls for operations to be suspended following

A look at how work is progressing to restore the Glasgow School of Art

after it was devastated by fire two years ago.

The Prime Minister says she will look "very seriously"

at proposals put forward by the Scottish Government

The Prime Minister says she will look "very seriously"

at proposals put forward by the Scottish Government

on Brexit, but has stressed the negotiations to leave the EU

Theresa May was speaking ahead of tomorrow's publication

of the Scottish government's priorities for Brexit.

Our political correspondent David Porter is at Westminster tonight.

Jackie, tomorrow as you say the Scottish Government will publish its

proposals for Brexit, and crucially it will look at the area of the

single market, and the idea that perhaps Scotland could remain part

of the single market, while the rest of the UK leaves the European Union.

Now that is very important, because a recent study suggested that 80,000

jobs could be lost in Scotland, if Scotland was forced out of the

single market in the future. Ahead of the publication of that document

today the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon rang the Prime Minister

Theresa May and it is likely she outlined in very general terms the

Scottish Government will be putting forward tomorrow. Coincidentally in

the Commons this afternoon, the Prime Minister was answering

questions on all things Brexit, and she was challenged to fully engage

with the Scottish Government over the whole issue. The Prime Minister

has said she will seriously engage with the Scottish Government, which

is to be welcomed. She says she has a respect agenda so will the Prime

Minister to meet with the First Minister to incorporate priorities

of the Scottish Government in the UK negotiating position? I took a call

from the First Minister this morning where I assured her we will oppose

seriously other proposals the Scottish Government is bringing

forward. I welcome the fact they have been looking at their

priorities. We have been encouraging for the devolved administrations to

look at their priorities so they can be taken into account in the UK

negotiations on leaving the European Union. The Prime Minister says she

is keen to hear the ideas of the devolved administrations and they

can go forward to something called the joint ministerial committee that

will be meeting early again next year. But Jackie tomorrow we will

get a far clearer idea of how the Scottish Government sees this

process going forward. A look at other stories

from across the country... 2016 has been a record year for fish

landings in Shetland. More than 357,000 boxes have been brought

ashore between the markets. Such high levels have not been seen since

1987. Shetland is the second biggest port in the UK for white fish

landings after Peterhead. A controversial flood prevention

scheme for white sands in Dumfries has been approved by Dumfries and

Galloway Council. The project to build an embankment and glass wall

along the ribbon if that considerable opposition because of

the impact on the Riverview and the loss of car parking. A rogue plug

fitted to an Edinburgh bench excluding the members of a golf club

which bans women from sitting on it is to be removed by the council. The

sign on the Princes Street bench said it was fitted on behalf of the

female population of Edinburgh. Muirfield golf club decided against

allowing women to become members last summer. More than 17,500 air

weapons have been handed into Police Scotland over the last six months as

part a nationwide amnesty. Legislation comes into force next

week, which requires anyone wanting to keep for an air weapon to apply

for a licence. Over 10,000 applications have been made so far.

Prestwick airport could have loans totalling ?40 million from the

Scottish Government by 2018, after ministers port the struggling

business for a time three years ago. business for a time three years ago.

-- bought the struggling business. It is hoped the airport could become

the UK's first spaceport launch site and benefit from the new Heathrow

runway by becoming a logistics hub. It's been quite a year

for Andy Murray. As well as becoming a father

for the first time, he's become the world's number one,

won Wimbledon for a second time, won a second Olympic gold and become

the first person to win the BBC's Sports Personality of

the Year for a third time. It's also been a year to remember

for Scottish tennis in general. So is there a case to be made

for considering Tennis And the BBC Sports Personality

of the Year 2016 is Andy Murray. CHEERING

Another win for Andy Murray, but he's not our only tennis world

Another win for Andy Murray, but beater. Brother Jamie is one half of

the top doubles pairing, and Gordon Reid is another one in the

wheelchair singles, so should tennis be our national sport? At this club

was actual drum's Christmas party, a unanimous if partial view. The

National sport Scotland should be tennis. Because we are far more

successful at it than any other sport. Yet there is unlikely to be a

Big Bash proclaiming tennis the national sport because of a national

obsession. I think the criteria for a national sport is the one that

garners most interest across every community, and football scores

hugely high on that. We know for example that per capita more people

go to professional football in Scotland than any of the other

European league. A pity our football team is six to seventh in the world

rankings, just beneath Bening, but still above Guinea-Bissau. If

criteria, bowls would be a criteria. criteria, bowls would be a criteria.

-- a contender. Scotland are third in the world rankings. It is a

massive sport in this country. We are very successful one the world

stage. Could that be a national sport? Yes, it could. And that is

from a woman who won gold at the Olympics in another quintessentially

Scottish sport. Curling, 13,000 members, and very successful in the

world stage. Golf has the strongest historical claim. It has been played

here in one form or another for hundreds of years, but there has not

been a Scots major winner since 1999. There is one sport at which

Scotland alone excels, that's right, Sinn T. -- that is right, shinty. As

a national sport you have to play other countries and that is where

shinty falls down. We don't have an official national sport and we

probably don't need one but at least we have an undisputed national

sporting hero. An appeal to restore the fire

damaged Mackintosh school of art has been boosted with a 450

thousand pound donation. Eighteen and a half million

pounds has now been raised and our Arts correspondent,

Pauline McLean has been to see how The Macintosh library ball the brunt

of the fire of May 2014, and wildly stone pillars survived, today is the

day to remove them and assess the damage. Surprisingly, some bits are

OK but other bits are really badly cracked. Some of these stones are

about a metre by a meter, so they are massive, like, lumps of stone,

so they can be cut down and you can maybe get two or three smaller

stones out of it that you could use another parts of the job. But wildly

stone can be reused from other parts of the restoration are more

challenging. Many of the materials Macintosh used are now no longer

available. A good example is the Timbers that by going into the roof

behind us. They are Southern yellow pine, which is not indigenous to

Scotland, but it was quite prevalent in Scotland when the building was

built in the 1900, and we have discovered somewhere in

Massachusetts where there is an old mill that has been demolished, which

has Timbers of a similar age, similar scale to what we need, and

we are going to transfer them over. As the restoration continues onside,

the library's contents are being replicated offside. Join is working

from previous photos and designs, lamps salvaged from the debris

providing templates for the new lights. But it will look a little

providing templates for the new different. Those would panels, dark

and overtime, will look much more like the original Ron McIntosh

created. This will be a dark forest of enlightenment, as Macintosh

described it, but it will be different and it will actually be

assembly would have looked into it in 1910 but not in 2012. So it will

be a shock but I think a really beautiful experience. It is a slow

process, though, and one that will take at least another two years to

complete. Let's get the weather

now from Judith. A very good evening to you, big

changes coming our way during the A very good evening to you, big

course of this week, but as far as this evening and the night is

concerned, it is a predominantly dry picture. Just one or two showers

over the Western Isles, clearing skies allowing temperatures to fall

away, could be -3 or four through parts of the Highlands and inland,

Aberdeenshire. We will see frost, some mist and fog patches, typically

around two to three degrees but will start to see wind is picking up

along the West Coast of the morning, a sign of things to come. Let's take

a look at the pressure chart. First of all, high-pressure moves away,

opening the floodgates for Atlantic blows, wet and windy conditions.

Behind it, we take our air source all the way from Canada, cold air,

westerly wind bringing frequent, blustery showers. Tomorrow morning

it starts off dry, bread, some sunshine, cold and frosty as well.

For most of us it stays dry for Match of the Day and then the

weather front pushes across much of Scotland with winds. Some -- for

much of the day. We will see Gales developing across the north-west

corner well. During daylight hours, Orkney and Shetland should stay dry.

Not much daylight at this time year. For the north-east, dryer, a colder

feel as well, cloud lingering towards Eastport coastal areas,

particularly down towards the borders with a few spots of rain in

the Southern uplands. That rain in the West starts to make inroads

across western Scotland during the course of the evening and overnight.

Strong winds for West along coastal areas. Come Wednesday morning,

frequent blustery showers. They will feel really quite cold on Wednesday

with the wind chill. The wintry mix of showers, hail and thunder, the

Met office have issued a yellow warning the difficult conditions

across the north-west but dry for the south and east for Match of the

Day. Now, a reminder of

tonight's main news... The Russian ambassador to Turkey,

Andrei Karlov, has been shot dead Mr Karlov was speaking

at a reception at an art gallery I'll be back with the headlines at 8

and the late bulletin just Until then, from everyone

on the team - right This is all nonsense - it's highly

entertaining, nonetheless it's... I'm starting this new job, I'm

taking over a really tough school. Where is it?

You're not going down south...? Huddersfield? I know. That's like

the dark side of the moon. You do know that this house

is haunted? This is all nonsense - it's highly

entertaining, nonetheless it's... 'The Halifax Players

have asked me and Alan to step in.' These are sophisticated people. They

live in Kent, for goodness' sake. 'Don't miss

the two-part Christmas special...' Last Tango In Halifax. Starts

Monday 19th December on BBC One. First in the spotlight tonight

is the chef Paul Rankin. His specialist subject,

Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy. She'll be answering questions

on the human body. takes as his subject

Chelsea Football Club. And the undisputed star of CBBC,

Hacker T Dog, Hello, and welcome to

Celebrity Mastermind with me, John Humphrys,

and four famous faces in their different ways

over the years. But are now about, perhaps,

to face a more testing challenge. One of our contenders is even going

to be allowed on the furniture. 90 seconds of questions

on their specialist subject and two minutes on

general knowledge. So, let's ask our first contender

to join us, please.