30/12/2016

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:00:00. > :00:00.Now it's time for the news where you are.

:00:00. > :00:09.Previously secret files show, for the first time, the extent

:00:10. > :00:12.of a security breach at Faslane in 1988.

:00:13. > :00:16.Documents from the National Archives detail how, in October that year,

:00:17. > :00:21.three protesters were able to access a nuclear submarine's control room.

:00:22. > :00:23.Our political correspondent Nick Eardley has been looking

:00:24. > :00:25.through the documents and speaking exclusively

:00:26. > :00:38.Same pace in the night 1880s. At the period which saw regular antinuclear

:00:39. > :00:43.protest and remarkable breach of security. For antinuclear

:00:44. > :00:49.demonstrators broke into the submarine base in Scotland. One of

:00:50. > :00:53.them is reached to have reached a dry dock wearer submarine was

:00:54. > :00:58.birthed. That is how it was reported at the time. But now the extent has

:00:59. > :01:03.been revealed. Previously secret files show protesters gained access

:01:04. > :01:06.to the control room, leaving Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher furious.

:01:07. > :01:13.She demanded an urgent report into what happened. Few know better than

:01:14. > :01:20.Phil Jones. This is the first interview he is given about what

:01:21. > :01:24.happened. I expected to be arrested, almost in minutes. Phil and two

:01:25. > :01:29.others intended to act as a decoy for a friend. She was trying to swim

:01:30. > :01:33.to one of those submarines but is series of security failures meant

:01:34. > :01:41.they were free to roam. We were passed by a police van, close enough

:01:42. > :01:47.to recognise the driver. At one point it was literally meters away.

:01:48. > :01:52.All the time we were expecting to be arrested any moment. They weren't,

:01:53. > :02:00.and bashed again access. We were on the deck, there was an open hatch,

:02:01. > :02:04.we dived down it and we were in the control room. There was the

:02:05. > :02:14.periscope, things were operating the planes, the driving the subs, or we

:02:15. > :02:20.had was a marker pen. So we daubed a few peace symbols... The trio was

:02:21. > :02:23.eventually caught and detained. A court martial was avoided because it

:02:24. > :02:29.would have given activists publicity. Armed guards were given

:02:30. > :02:36.new powers. The rules of engagement governing armed guards have been

:02:37. > :02:41.amended to make clear they may open fire. We knew they would change.

:02:42. > :02:46.Phil and the others were eventually cleared in court on a technicality.

:02:47. > :02:47.He spent several further years living in a protest camp near

:02:48. > :02:49.Faslane. From midnight tomorrow,

:02:50. > :02:51.owners of air weapons are required to have a licence,

:02:52. > :02:53.following a tightening But more than 3,000 owners who've

:02:54. > :02:57.applied for a permit are being warned that it won't be

:02:58. > :02:59.processed in time for Thousands of air weapons

:03:00. > :03:15.have been surrendered These are the guns that by the 1st

:03:16. > :03:19.of January will be illegal unless their owners have a licence for

:03:20. > :03:22.them. Already 11,000 people have applied for in egg and certificate

:03:23. > :03:27.and anyone with a gun licence already can add elegance to it. But

:03:28. > :03:32.thousands of air gun owners have missed the deadline of the 31st of

:03:33. > :03:36.October to apply for a permit. Anyone who applied for a city forget

:03:37. > :03:45.before the 31st of October is OK. They applied early. Unfortunately

:03:46. > :03:48.those who played from the 1st of November up today and for the next

:03:49. > :03:50.couple of weeks will have to wait some time before their certificate

:03:51. > :03:52.is processed. They will have to make alternative arrangements for safe

:03:53. > :03:56.storage of their guns. Registered gun dealers like this one in

:03:57. > :04:01.Inverness are providing a safe house for our weapons whose owners want to

:04:02. > :04:03.keep them but won't be licensed by Sunday morning. Many of those in the

:04:04. > :04:08.gun trade think the clamp-down is using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

:04:09. > :04:13.Shooting people out of high-rise flats is illegal. You can't do that

:04:14. > :04:17.and you never could. This legislation is a piece of tokenism

:04:18. > :04:20.which will retrieve nothing. The people who will miss use air rifles

:04:21. > :04:25.are not the type of people who are going to go to the trouble of

:04:26. > :04:29.licensing them then anyway. But backers of the new law say our

:04:30. > :04:33.weapons are involved of half of all gun crime in Scotland and with an

:04:34. > :04:37.estimated half a million of them in Scotland, tightening legislation is

:04:38. > :04:42.justified. Thousands of airguns have already been handed in to police to

:04:43. > :04:46.be destroyed. The arguments about the new legislation will continue

:04:47. > :04:50.well into 2017 but the fact remains that if you have one of these and

:04:51. > :04:54.you don't have a licence for it, as from two morrow night you will be

:04:55. > :04:56.breaking the law. There will be a possible penalty of up to two years

:04:57. > :04:59.in prison. Small investors in Royal Bank

:05:00. > :05:02.of Scotland are pushing for the bank to set up a shareholder committee,

:05:03. > :05:06.to give them a bigger say in areas Groups representing small

:05:07. > :05:11.shareholders argue they should be involved in ensuring

:05:12. > :05:13.good corporate governance. Investors hope RBS will serve

:05:14. > :05:17.as a test case, so that other companies will consider installing

:05:18. > :05:21.a shareholder committee. The bank said it had

:05:22. > :05:22.not seen full details, but pledged to "look

:05:23. > :05:25.closely" at the idea. Edinburgh's tram network is running

:05:26. > :05:28.at only a quarter of capacity, Passenger numbers almost doubled

:05:29. > :05:33.between 2014 and 2015 to just over 5 million,

:05:34. > :05:37.but the services have the potential to carry 21 million

:05:38. > :05:39.people each year. An Edinburgh Trams spokesman said

:05:40. > :05:43.the figures are from last year, and that 2016 is expected to show

:05:44. > :05:49.a significant increase. Three days of Hogmanay celebrations

:05:50. > :05:51.begin in Edinburgh tonight. 10,000 torchbearers,

:05:52. > :05:55.led by Up Helly Aa Vikings from Shetland, will illuminate

:05:56. > :06:13.the streets of the Old Town, with Normally you expect to see these

:06:14. > :06:17.fearsome looking characters on Shetland but tonight they are in the

:06:18. > :06:21.centre of Edinburgh, helping to kick off the city's Hogmanay

:06:22. > :06:26.celebrations. Just a few final photos before, at seven o'clock,

:06:27. > :06:38.they head out at the head of the torchlit procession. 33 Kings -- 30

:06:39. > :06:44.Vikings will walk the route along to Carlton Hill. Along the route there

:06:45. > :06:48.will be third -- crowds of 30,000 people. This is the outset of a

:06:49. > :06:52.three-day festival and crowds are helping to generate what will be ?42

:06:53. > :06:59.million for the local economy. The main event comes tomorrow, that is

:07:00. > :07:05.the concert in the gardens, headlined by Paulo detainee, and

:07:06. > :07:09.then the fireworks display from the castle watched by 75,000 people at

:07:10. > :07:12.the street party below. The pictures will be beamed across the globe but

:07:13. > :07:13.before then it is the turn of these guys.

:07:14. > :07:15.Police are investigating damage to fossilised dinosaur footprints

:07:16. > :07:20.Plaster was poured into the prints on Staffin Beach.

:07:21. > :07:24.Police believe a man driving a white camper van may be responsible

:07:25. > :07:30.A second ?5 note, engraved with a tiny portrait of Jane Austen

:07:31. > :07:33.and said to be worth up to ?50,000, has been found in Scotland.

:07:34. > :07:37.Four of the special fivers were put into circulation

:07:38. > :07:44.The first was found in a South Wales cafe, earlier this month.

:07:45. > :07:49.Now let's get the weather forecast now, from Judith.

:07:50. > :07:55.Thank you. And a good evening to you. South-westerly winds brought a

:07:56. > :08:01.lot of clout across the country but that Claridge did break as indicated

:08:02. > :08:07.by one of our weather watchers. Tonight it stays very mild and will

:08:08. > :08:11.hold onto brisk winds as well. We have a band of rain line across the

:08:12. > :08:15.north of the country, it is persistent and there are some heavy

:08:16. > :08:21.bursts within it. There will be a yellow warning for the Northwest in

:08:22. > :08:27.force from midnight tonight till six tomorrow evening. Elsewhere it is

:08:28. > :08:30.try, breezy, around 8010 Celsius. Tomorrow morning starts largely

:08:31. > :08:35.driver the south and east. The rain line across the North sinks

:08:36. > :08:45.southwards, it is a slow-moving affair, heavy rain fairly persistent

:08:46. > :08:47.starting to change. We will see cleaner air across the North and

:08:48. > :08:54.that is a sign of things to come tomorrow night. Brisk winds tomorrow

:08:55. > :09:00.and Miles during daylight hours. Colder as we head towards dusk. The

:09:01. > :09:04.weather front heading southwards. Sofa the bills it will be

:09:05. > :09:09.predominantly dry with clear skies, a chilly nights to come, the risk of

:09:10. > :09:12.ice and we start to see some wintry showers heading into the North as

:09:13. > :09:16.the northerly winds pick up. New Year's Day will be cold and windy

:09:17. > :09:23.with some sunshine particularly in the West, frequent wintry showers.

:09:24. > :09:28.If you're still up, I'll see you then.

:09:29. > :09:37.What's the very worst thing you can do to your very best friends?