:00:00. > :00:12.Scottish exports are growing, but where we're sending them
:00:13. > :00:15.is fuelling the political debate on both Brexit and independence.
:00:16. > :00:20.Still no agreement at Holyrood as the budget deadline gets closer.
:00:21. > :00:24.David Goodwillie leaves Plymouth Argyle a week
:00:25. > :00:27.after he was judged to be a rapist in a civil case.
:00:28. > :00:29.Declassified CIA documents reveal that an American submarine crashed
:00:30. > :00:39.with a Soviet one in the Clyde at the height of the Cold War.
:00:40. > :00:45.It is an embarrassment, really, to the American and British forces that
:00:46. > :00:48.they could get that close in. Also on the programme,
:00:49. > :00:50.we'll be taking the bus - It's cutting truancy and improving
:00:51. > :01:05.performance at one Fife school. Scottish exports are up
:01:06. > :01:11.across the board in the UK, to the EU and other
:01:12. > :01:21.international markets. They also show that Scottish sales
:01:22. > :01:30.within the UK are four times Ministers said this could change
:01:31. > :01:32.after Brexit and that it is vital that Scotland stays within the
:01:33. > :01:33.single market. Here's our business and economy
:01:34. > :01:45.editor, Douglas Fraser. This factory has just hit four
:01:46. > :01:51.figure sales of its wind generators. Trade winds bring orders from all
:01:52. > :01:58.over the world, most used to go to UK customers, but now most customer
:01:59. > :02:05.is foreign. There is a lot of need in Britain and Europe but we also
:02:06. > :02:11.sell turbines in the United States. It could get mode of God to -- it
:02:12. > :02:16.could get more difficult to export their, and so there is a lack of
:02:17. > :02:19.clarity, but also new opportunities. The increase in wind power is one of
:02:20. > :02:23.the reasons why Scotland is selling more beyond its borders, the total
:02:24. > :02:31.increase in sales in 2015 was around 4%. Of that ?50 billion was sold to
:02:32. > :02:38.the rest of the United Kingdom, and beyond, the rest of the world, ?29
:02:39. > :02:43.billion, and within that, ?12 billion sold to the rest of the
:02:44. > :02:48.European Union. View from Holyrood, ministers said the figures prove
:02:49. > :02:53.that Scotland must maintain free access to the single market. We
:02:54. > :02:57.appreciate the extent to which our nearest neighbour is very important
:02:58. > :03:05.but that does not mean we should not have an eye on the potential we can
:03:06. > :03:08.have for our colony -- for our economy with the rest of the EU and
:03:09. > :03:15.jeopardise that with a high Brexit. jeopardise that with a high Brexit.
:03:16. > :03:19.-- hard. Four times as many exports go to the rest of the United Kingdom
:03:20. > :03:24.than go to the EU, but of course the EU is important. Let's focus on our
:03:25. > :03:27.partners and friends in the rest of the UK because that is where the
:03:28. > :03:30.really significant impact on our economy is coming and we should not
:03:31. > :03:37.be doing anything, anything at all to prejudice that. Most sales to the
:03:38. > :03:42.rest of Britain our services rather than goods, the biggest export
:03:43. > :03:48.figure is whiskey, showing it is the biggest net contributor to Britain's
:03:49. > :03:52.trade position. The biggest export market remains the United States. We
:03:53. > :03:57.are looking for a trade deal to improve the trade between our
:03:58. > :04:01.countries. Theresa May visits the White House on Friday and talks
:04:02. > :04:02.trade with President Donald Trump, not the man with a liking for
:04:03. > :04:05.Scottish wind turbines. In the wake of Brexit,
:04:06. > :04:18.these export figures take They are especially significant?
:04:19. > :04:22.They precede the Brexit vote, there has been a slight slowdown since
:04:23. > :04:26.then, they also don't tell us about imports and there is a word to be
:04:27. > :04:30.cautious about sales of the UK that they give an indication of where
:04:31. > :04:35.Scotland's economic trading interests lie, although that can
:04:36. > :04:38.change. Indeed Britain is removing the key pillar of its trading
:04:39. > :04:42.relationship with a promise that there will be new pillars put in
:04:43. > :04:46.place underlined this debate in Scotland, the question of how the
:04:47. > :04:49.independence movement builds the economic case if there is to be a
:04:50. > :04:53.move to another Scottish independence referendum. We are told
:04:54. > :04:58.that is becoming more likely because of the working out of the politics
:04:59. > :05:03.of Brexit. One of the things the SNP and others will want to explain if
:05:04. > :05:07.there is to be another referendum, is how Scotland's trading
:05:08. > :05:12.relationships might work if Scotland was in Europe and outside the UK.
:05:13. > :05:17.There is so much uncertainty about Britain's trading relationships that
:05:18. > :05:21.it looks like a choice of two very uncertain futures cover these
:05:22. > :05:23.figures give some help, if only in locating the starting point for that
:05:24. > :05:27.choice. Thanks for joining us. A budget debate at Holyrood has
:05:28. > :05:29.ended in stalemate after MSPs were unable to agree tax
:05:30. > :05:31.and spending plans. Opposition parties set
:05:32. > :05:35.out their price for backing the Scottish Government's plan,
:05:36. > :05:38.but none of the motions before The Finance Secretary has warned
:05:39. > :05:41.that if the budget stalls, Here's our political
:05:42. > :05:54.correspondent Andrew Kerr. This is a talking mannequin.
:05:55. > :05:58.state-of-the-art dummy for trading medical staff, is the First Minister
:05:59. > :06:02.announced extra funding to support student nurses -- training. The
:06:03. > :06:08.Scottish Government is sweating it out in their budget as they cast
:06:09. > :06:12.around for another party's support. This dummy has suffered severe cuts,
:06:13. > :06:16.labour said the same fate awaits local services -- Labour full stop
:06:17. > :06:21.and have called on Holyrood not to back the budget. Labour are not
:06:22. > :06:24.behaving in a responsible way, they are being destructive and have not
:06:25. > :06:32.actually brought forward any reasonable suggestions. Labour want
:06:33. > :06:36.big changes. This ?327 million cut in this year's budget will mean more
:06:37. > :06:42.jobs going and even greater pressure on staff and services that are
:06:43. > :06:46.already struggling to cope. They want a penny on the basic rate of
:06:47. > :06:50.income tax but the finance sector to reward what would happen if the
:06:51. > :06:55.budget was not supported. It puts all of our public services at risk,
:06:56. > :06:59.crucial public spending, that pays for our teachers and doctors and
:07:00. > :07:04.nurses, and local government employees and emergency services.
:07:05. > :07:09.The Greens and the Conservatives set out their opposing positions on tax.
:07:10. > :07:14.What it delivers is a situation where Scotland becomes the most
:07:15. > :07:18.highly taxed part of the UK. There is a wide range of ways in which the
:07:19. > :07:24.Scottish Government could raise the revenue. And the Liberal Democrat
:07:25. > :07:29.leader said don't expect him to roll over and support it, everyone had to
:07:30. > :07:32.compromise or else. Those who have not lifted their shovels and made an
:07:33. > :07:36.attempt to reach an agreement on this budget will bear the
:07:37. > :07:46.responsibility of having an election forced. Yes, 63, no, 63. When it
:07:47. > :07:54.came to the vote, MSPs were not able to agree. The budget will still be
:07:55. > :07:57.made here at Holyrood and the first crucial vote is a week tomorrow and
:07:58. > :08:00.by then ministers will have had to find some support.
:08:01. > :08:02.The Scotland international striker David Goodwillie has left
:08:03. > :08:08.It comes eight days after a judge ruled that he and another
:08:09. > :08:12.footballer, David Robertson, had raped a woman.
:08:13. > :08:17.Mr Goodwillie asked to leave his club to focus on a possible appeal.
:08:18. > :08:19.I'm joined by our home affairs correspondent, Reevel Alderson.
:08:20. > :08:30.It certainly doesn't look good for a man who was capped for Scotland
:08:31. > :08:34.three times, scoring one goal. It was the subject of a move from
:08:35. > :08:39.Dundee United to Blackburn Rovers a few years ago. He has been playing
:08:40. > :08:46.for Plymouth Argyle in the English League 2, and in a statement this
:08:47. > :08:49.afternoon the club said that he would ask them to terminate his
:08:50. > :08:55.contract so he could focus his time on a potential appeal. Don't know
:08:56. > :09:01.what the grounds of appeal will be, but that is likely to come before
:09:02. > :09:05.the court later on. Given the verdict, how difficult would such an
:09:06. > :09:09.appeal be? It would be difficult, bearing in mind that David
:09:10. > :09:13.Goodwillie was not in court in a criminal case, you was in court
:09:14. > :09:18.because a woman, Denise Clair, claimed that he and David Robertson,
:09:19. > :09:27.a former team-mate, had raped her during a party. She was suing them,
:09:28. > :09:30.it was a civil action, and the judge ruled that he believed they had
:09:31. > :09:36.raped her and he awarded her ?100,000 in damages. David
:09:37. > :09:39.Goodwillie could appeal against the level of damages being awarded, but
:09:40. > :09:46.it emerged that he had offered Denise Clair something more than
:09:47. > :09:50.that, more than ?100,000, to avoid going to court, and that will be
:09:51. > :09:53.difficult. It will be difficult if he is trying to get the finding of
:09:54. > :09:57.the judge overturned because the judge ruled that he found neither
:09:58. > :10:03.footballer to be credible or reliable in their evidence. Appeal
:10:04. > :10:07.judges would have two second guess the original judge, effectively,
:10:08. > :10:10.when he made his decision. Save the time being David Goodwillie is
:10:11. > :10:17.without a club and he is concentrating on his appeal -- the
:10:18. > :10:20.time being. He has 21 days to lodges appeal from a days ago and we will
:10:21. > :10:24.see what happens but it doesn't look as if it will be playing football at
:10:25. > :10:28.any level at any time soon. Thanks for joining us.
:10:29. > :10:30.In the week that an unarmed missile fired from a Faslane-based submarine
:10:31. > :10:33.caused huge political debate, how about the news that two enemy
:10:34. > :10:35.submarines actually collided off the west coast of Scotland?
:10:36. > :10:40.It did happen, but it was more than 40 years ago.
:10:41. > :10:44.Details of the inciden involving a US and a Soviet vessel
:10:45. > :10:46.were contained in a top-secret CIA memo which has just
:10:47. > :11:08.This is Scottish CND's appeal... Antinuclear protesters up protesting
:11:09. > :11:15.against the presence of American nuclear submarines. Details are one
:11:16. > :11:18.series encounter have come to light. A top-secret memo sent to the
:11:19. > :11:23.Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the event the 1974, which has
:11:24. > :11:27.just been declassified by the CIA, revealed a crash between a US and
:11:28. > :11:33.Russian submarine, very close to home. What we know from the memo is
:11:34. > :11:38.that when this incident took place, the US ballistic missile submarine
:11:39. > :11:46.James Madison was leaving its base here at holy Loch to head out to sea
:11:47. > :11:49.on patrol. Lying in wait near the mouth of the port, a Soviet
:11:50. > :11:54.submarine hoping to follow it, and it was at that point when the two
:11:55. > :11:59.collided and they both surfaced before the Soviet submarine then
:12:00. > :12:04.once again submerged, and that, as far as we know, was the end of the
:12:05. > :12:08.incident. It is thought that James Madison suffered minor damage, but
:12:09. > :12:12.the issue experts are now pondering is, how much worse could it have
:12:13. > :12:18.been? It would have been a diplomatic incident, have that
:12:19. > :12:25.submarine not been so deep into our home waters that it was an
:12:26. > :12:29.embarrassment really, to the American and British forces, that
:12:30. > :12:34.they can get that close in. The US continued its presence at the base
:12:35. > :12:39.until the Cold War ended in the early 90s, and who knows how many
:12:40. > :12:40.more stories will emerge from one of the most fascinating periods of our
:12:41. > :12:46.modern history. You're watching BBC
:12:47. > :12:47.Reporting Scotland. Scotland's exports to both the UK
:12:48. > :12:52.and EU continue to rise, according We meet the Scots sisters who've
:12:53. > :13:05.topped the classical music charts with their take on the works
:13:06. > :13:11.of Rabbie Burns. At some schools, the number
:13:12. > :13:13.of children arriving late or playing But a primary school in Fife says
:13:14. > :13:19.it's found a way to help solve this. It's a surprisingly
:13:20. > :13:24.simple and cheap idea - encouraging the children to walk
:13:25. > :13:26.together to school in In just three months,
:13:27. > :13:31.it's had a dramatic impact, as our education correspondent
:13:32. > :13:42.Jamie McIvor reports. You are ready. Liam is getting ready
:13:43. > :13:48.to get the bus to school, but the bus doesn't have an engine or a
:13:49. > :13:53.driver. It is a name for a group of friends going to school together.
:13:54. > :13:56.The walking bus runs to a fixed timetable and youngsters joined at
:13:57. > :14:07.the stop nearest their house. What you like most about it? Lots of new
:14:08. > :14:11.friends? Yes. Your friends are there and you, instead of walking to the
:14:12. > :14:16.school by yourself, you are walking with them and it is fun. A number of
:14:17. > :14:19.schools have got schemes like this to encourage children to walk to
:14:20. > :14:25.school, but here the effect has been quite extraordinary. The primary
:14:26. > :14:29.school here covers areas officially classed as disadvantage, a
:14:30. > :14:33.relatively high number of children were arriving late or absent, and
:14:34. > :14:39.that in turn was making it harder to improve academic performance. The
:14:40. > :14:43.data tells us that we have gone from an average of 25 lates in a day to
:14:44. > :14:47.ten, sometimes less than that, so that is a huge improvement. Not
:14:48. > :14:51.perfect but it is an improvement already. Teachers can get started in
:14:52. > :14:56.the morning first thing without thinking, I going to have 30 people
:14:57. > :15:00.coming in late? They can get started straightaway. It is helping the
:15:01. > :15:05.schools strengthen links with the community. We waved to people who
:15:06. > :15:09.are sitting in their houses and we have been chatting to parents for
:15:10. > :15:14.the parents who I would not have engaged with previously. The
:15:15. > :15:17.Scottish Government talks of closing the attainment gap and they have
:15:18. > :15:26.schools like this one in mind. He school is getting government money
:15:27. > :15:30.to help it reach another STUDIO: -- to reach a number of other
:15:31. > :15:35.measures, but the school bus, the walking bus, costs virtually
:15:36. > :15:36.nothing. Liam loves it and he is able to get out of his wheelchair
:15:37. > :15:41.for some of the journey. A look at other stories
:15:42. > :15:52.from across the country. A man has been charged following a
:15:53. > :15:59.collision on Aberdeen's union Street after which three people needed
:16:00. > :16:03.hospital treatment. The incident happened on Monday when a bus hit a
:16:04. > :16:10.scaffolding. The 18-year-old man will appear at court at a later
:16:11. > :16:13.date. Unite says that action must be taken to address a shortage of
:16:14. > :16:21.emergency ambulance cover in the Highlands. They say that the service
:16:22. > :16:25.is stretched and point to the routine use of emergency ambulances
:16:26. > :16:30.for routine transfer of patients to Inverness. The Ambulance Service say
:16:31. > :16:35.they are aware of pressures and are working with NHS Scotland.
:16:36. > :16:48.Meanwhile, unprecedented budget savings are needed, to cut over ?100
:16:49. > :16:50.million from its budget by 2020. Historic items belonging to a crew
:16:51. > :16:52.million from its budget by 2020. member who sailed with Captain Scott
:16:53. > :16:59.million from its budget by 2020. have been donated to the museum in
:17:00. > :17:08.Dundee where his ship Discovery is now in birth. The memorabilia was
:17:09. > :17:13.donated by the family of one of the sailors on board. I wanted to make
:17:14. > :17:17.sure it was gathered together for posterity for the family members and
:17:18. > :17:19.anybody else to be able to see it. If it was broken up, it is
:17:20. > :17:23.historical, it is unique. Vern Cotter is preparing
:17:24. > :17:26.for his final Six Nations campaign And he's told BBC Scotland he wishes
:17:27. > :17:32.he could stay on in the job. The New Zealander will be replaced
:17:33. > :17:35.by Gregor Townsend this summer. The first match of the tournament is
:17:36. > :17:49.against Ireland in ten days' time. This is the Hurlingham club in
:17:50. > :17:56.London and today is the official launch of the RBS six Nations 2017.
:17:57. > :18:02.For Vern Cotter it's the final time to take part in this traditional
:18:03. > :18:06.campaign opening event but before travelling south, he spoke
:18:07. > :18:11.exclusively to BBC Scotland, beginning with Scotland's top opener
:18:12. > :18:17.against Ireland. Under Joe, they are one of the top teams in the world.
:18:18. > :18:22.You don't beat the all Blacks through luck. A really big
:18:23. > :18:25.challenge. When they see as individualist, they know they come
:18:26. > :18:31.to the game as favourite and very confident they will beat as. So, our
:18:32. > :18:37.job is to surprise them somehow. While collectively Scotland may need
:18:38. > :18:42.the element of surprise, individually there are some standout
:18:43. > :18:52.performers. Vern Cotter believes up to ten are worthy of joining the
:18:53. > :18:56.Lions tour. If fit and close, they are right up there. The grey
:18:57. > :19:03.brothers. Greg could be somebody who is great for the team. Finn is
:19:04. > :19:08.playing great rugby. Taylor played very well last year. Alex Dunbar.
:19:09. > :19:13.You never know what Jones and those guys are going to throw out. Tommy
:19:14. > :19:21.Seymour has been a good performer. And we finish up with Hogg. I don't
:19:22. > :19:27.think he's done any harm to himself to perhaps get a starting position.
:19:28. > :19:34.Vern Cotter admits disappointment that his tenure is almost over.
:19:35. > :19:44.Would I have liked to have continued? Yes. Probably would. You
:19:45. > :19:48.go out, National anthem, that's a great moment for players and it is
:19:49. > :19:53.for coaches and people involved in the game. It's been a privilege, the
:19:54. > :20:00.whole thing. I've only got fond memories of it. Vern Cotter.
:20:01. > :20:02.A piece of footballing history could be made
:20:03. > :20:07.The champions take on St Johnstone in the league and if they avoid
:20:08. > :20:08.defeat, they could equal a significant club record.
:20:09. > :20:11.It's not the only game of importance tonight, though.
:20:12. > :20:15.Here's our senior football reporter, Chris McLaughlin.
:20:16. > :20:21.Celtic are 19 points clear of second place Rangers and are cruising
:20:22. > :20:27.towards their sixth league title in a row so you would be forgiven for
:20:28. > :20:30.thinking this midweek match against Saint John Stone would be
:20:31. > :20:36.run-of-the-mill. You would be wrong because this was Scott Sinclair
:20:37. > :20:40.scoring in a 3-0 win over Albion Rovers in the Scottish cup at the
:20:41. > :20:54.weekend, Celtic's 25th domestic match in a row on Beaton. The club
:20:55. > :21:00.record is 26, set by the famous Lisbon Lions captained by this man
:21:01. > :21:12.Billy McNeill back in the 1960s. That would give them the chance to
:21:13. > :21:16.break the record against hearts at the weekend. They are also involved
:21:17. > :21:25.in the Scottish cup replay against Raith Rovers. This was a result at
:21:26. > :21:30.the weekend that leaves Ian Katz wrote, the hearts boss, under
:21:31. > :21:35.pressure. Two huge matches this evening for very different reasons.
:21:36. > :21:38.I suppose it's fitting this Burns Night that some of the Bard's
:21:39. > :21:40.well-known works are currently topping the classical music charts.
:21:41. > :21:43.They're performed by two sisters from Bearsden whose rise to fame
:21:44. > :21:46.includes catching the attention of one of the world's most
:21:47. > :21:48.successful pop music producers with their version of one
:21:49. > :22:07.The haunting melodies of some of Scotland's best known works. And the
:22:08. > :22:21.sisters performing them at Glasgow's Royal concert Hall. Laura and Sarah
:22:22. > :22:32.Ayoub, whose Egyptian parents give them a special Scottish inheritance.
:22:33. > :22:36.Their new album contains some of Robbie Burns best known works. The
:22:37. > :22:42.sisters have been making music since they were young, often performing
:22:43. > :22:46.for visiting relatives. We grew up with these melodies and one thing
:22:47. > :22:49.led to another and we strung them along into a medley and thought why
:22:50. > :22:56.not release it in time for Burns night? They don't just have musical
:22:57. > :23:09.talent. They are adept at spotting opportunities. After they uploaded
:23:10. > :23:14.their own version of Mark Robinson's Uptown Funk to the Internet, they
:23:15. > :23:22.came to the attention of the producer himself. We recorded a new
:23:23. > :23:25.version that he ended up producing. A fantastic opportunity. Now the
:23:26. > :23:30.sisters are making use of their first album, making full use of
:23:31. > :23:36.their musical talents. And after using him as inspiration, how will
:23:37. > :23:40.they be celebrating Burns night? Eating haggis. Most definitely. We
:23:41. > :23:43.had haggis last week but we will probably have it again. The bard
:23:44. > :24:01.would be proud. It's been a predominantly dry day.
:24:02. > :24:10.We had this beautiful sunset sent in by a weather watcher on Shetland. We
:24:11. > :24:16.do have a bit of patchy rain out towards the far north-west. There is
:24:17. > :24:22.a brisk southerly wind. Indeed, across the Northern Isles as well. A
:24:23. > :24:26.combination of cloud and clear spells. Clear skies towards the
:24:27. > :24:33.north. Temperatures falling away sharply tonight. In contrast,
:24:34. > :24:38.temperatures well above 6 degrees for the likes of Shetland and the
:24:39. > :24:42.Western Isles. Tomorrow, a slight change in wind direction. It is
:24:43. > :24:48.coming from the near continent and will be a much colder day. You will
:24:49. > :24:54.notice it first thing tomorrow morning. Quite a breezy day. The
:24:55. > :24:59.wind strongest always across the West and the Northern Isles. Come
:25:00. > :25:09.the afternoon, a dry picture for the south-west, North Argyll. Some
:25:10. > :25:17.sunshine at times. The best of the sunshine in the north-west. A bit
:25:18. > :25:25.more cloud in the way for Shetland. Orkney fairing fairly well. A brisk
:25:26. > :25:30.south easterly wind will make it cold in the wind. Towards the rest
:25:31. > :25:37.of the afternoon, nothing really changes. It will be a cold night.
:25:38. > :25:41.Winds falling a bit lighter with a frost developing as we head into
:25:42. > :25:46.Friday morning. Low pressure across the Atlantic and high-pressure
:25:47. > :25:51.across Europe. It means we are seeing a lot of dry weather. A cold
:25:52. > :25:52.start on Friday but spells of sunshine but it will stay on the
:25:53. > :26:09.cold side. Thank you very much. Scottish exports are up across the
:26:10. > :26:15.board. Sales from Scotland to the rest of the UK are four times as big
:26:16. > :26:19.as those to the EU. That's reporting Scotland. I'll be back with an
:26:20. > :26:25.update in our main evening news bulletin just after the ten o'clock
:26:26. > :26:27.news. Until then, from everyone on the team, enjoy the rest of your
:26:28. > :26:30.evening. Goodbye.