:00:00. > :00:00.Sunday it will turn called. Back to you. That is
:00:00. > :00:17.The Chancellor announces Scotland will receive an extra ?350 million
:00:18. > :00:20.as a result of his budget, but the Scottish Government says there has
:00:21. > :00:22.been almost ?3 billion worth of cuts over the past ten years.
:00:23. > :00:25.of rubbish on a landfill site looking for missing RAF
:00:26. > :00:34.His mother thinks it's only a matter of time before his body is found.
:00:35. > :00:39.It is not the agony of not knowing, because when you don't know, you can
:00:40. > :00:49.still believe they are alive. The agony is when you do know. We've
:00:50. > :00:51.just got to find him first. Also on the programme,
:00:52. > :00:56.a 14-year-old boy from Glenrothes dies after police warn prescription
:00:57. > :00:58.drugs are circulating 18 clubs in the Scottish Youth
:00:59. > :01:01.Football Association are suspended because their officials don't
:01:02. > :01:06.have the proper child safety checks. And how reading out loud
:01:07. > :01:08.to our four-legged friends can give The Chancellor says that Scotland
:01:09. > :01:39.will receive an extra ?350 million It's because of the so-called
:01:40. > :01:41.Barnett formula and follows plans to boost spending in England.
:01:42. > :01:43.Philip Hammond also announced measures to support the oil and gas
:01:44. > :01:46.industry which have been badly hit by plunging oil prices.
:01:47. > :01:48.But the Scottish government says despite today's funding boost
:01:49. > :01:51.there's been almost ?3 billion worth of cuts to the Scottish budget
:01:52. > :01:54.As our political correspondent David Porter reports,
:01:55. > :01:56.this is all being played out with the Brexit process
:01:57. > :02:10.The clock is ticking and the pace of events is speeding up, too. Today,
:02:11. > :02:14.it is all about the numbers. Like everything in politics at the
:02:15. > :02:20.moment, this is a Budget that has to be seen through the prism of Brexit
:02:21. > :02:25.and what it could mean for Scotland. For the Chancellor, the first
:02:26. > :02:30.opportunity to pose with the red Budget box outside number 11 Downing
:02:31. > :02:34.Street. Once in the Commons, a very direct message to Scotland and
:02:35. > :02:38.Scots. Our announcements today deliver additional funding of three
:02:39. > :02:46.and ?50 million for the Scottish Government. Cheers from his own
:02:47. > :02:50.side. From the nationalist benches opposite, a muted reaction. In
:02:51. > :02:54.Edinburgh, ministers were not so impressed. In the context of ?2.9
:02:55. > :03:00.billion worth of reductions since the Tories came into office, it is a
:03:01. > :03:04.reduction in terms of what we would have had. Of course, I would welcome
:03:05. > :03:09.Barnett consequential is around that. But it is a drop in the ocean,
:03:10. > :03:13.compared the resources we could have had. At Westminster, to coincide
:03:14. > :03:18.with the budget and International Women's Day, a noisy protest by
:03:19. > :03:21.female pensioners who say they have been unfairly treated. Likewise,
:03:22. > :03:26.opposition parties were less than complimentary of the Chancellor's
:03:27. > :03:29.handiwork. The Chancellor didn't mention Brexit, the biggest economic
:03:30. > :03:34.impact that the country will see for generations. Not one word. A really
:03:35. > :03:37.damp squib of a budget, it does nothing to help the big issues of
:03:38. > :03:40.wages and living standards in Scotland and across the rest of the
:03:41. > :03:52.UK. I think we would be much further ahead by not having a Budget at all.
:03:53. > :03:54.We always knew it would be difficult, because the Chancellor
:03:55. > :03:57.doesn't have much spare cash. Became apparent is it is not just he lacks
:03:58. > :03:59.cash come he has no ideas and no ambition. Although few overt
:04:00. > :04:03.references to Brexit, it is clear the message that the Chancellor
:04:04. > :04:07.wants to get across. Our United Kingdom has a proud history. We have
:04:08. > :04:11.done remarkable things together. But we look forward, not backwards,
:04:12. > :04:20.confident that our greatest achievements are ahead of us. In the
:04:21. > :04:27.shadow of Big Ben, a paper plays. This time, mainly for the benefit of
:04:28. > :04:28.the tourists. With Brexit talks due to start soon, not everything in the
:04:29. > :04:33.future might be as harmonious. Our business and economy editor
:04:34. > :04:37.Douglas Fraser has been looking at the impact
:04:38. > :04:49.on Scotland's finances. How will it play down the Dog And
:04:50. > :04:53.Duck? A key question for any Budget. With business rates uproar in
:04:54. > :04:57.England, a giveaway for English pubs. A further ?100 million of
:04:58. > :05:03.capital available immediately for new triage projects at English
:05:04. > :05:06.hospitals. He is not just UK Chancellor, his finance minister for
:05:07. > :05:11.England. It said a lot about English schools, skills and social care. How
:05:12. > :05:15.does that translate into spending on Scottish public services? The ?350
:05:16. > :05:18.million is spread over four years and only partly mitigate the cuts
:05:19. > :05:24.that were already on the way. How is he going to pay for that? By raiding
:05:25. > :05:29.the income of self-employed people. In Scotland, that is one in eight
:05:30. > :05:34.workers. Their roles vary widely. Others, delivery drivers, offshore
:05:35. > :05:43.drillers and, like Gary Sharp, IT consultants. The rise in national
:05:44. > :05:48.insurance for those in self employment bring them into line with
:05:49. > :05:53.people who are employed. The Government don't understand the
:05:54. > :05:57.benefit of the wider economy of having a self-employed, flexible
:05:58. > :06:01.workforce, where businesses can bring in help and resources for
:06:02. > :06:04.short periods of time, which ultimately helps employers expand
:06:05. > :06:08.their business and take on more people. The Chancellor repeated his
:06:09. > :06:10.intention to help draw more investment into oil and gas to
:06:11. > :06:14.extend the life of older offshore investment into oil and gas to
:06:15. > :06:18.fields, although no decisions yet. By taking away the barrier we have
:06:19. > :06:22.highlighted, we think it will encourage assets to transfer more
:06:23. > :06:27.efficiently and effectively. We know when that happens we see more
:06:28. > :06:30.investment coming in, we see activity being stimulated, we see
:06:31. > :06:33.more exploration and development drilling which leads to more
:06:34. > :06:38.production later on. What was not spelt out in today's statement, cuts
:06:39. > :06:44.to welfare, previously announced, soon to bite with a cash freeze and
:06:45. > :06:47.benefits of those of working age, higher inflation hits. The economic
:06:48. > :06:50.outlook is not as bad as feared last year, but is the pain being delayed?
:06:51. > :06:53.outlook is not as bad as feared last It is still very uncertain. If you
:06:54. > :06:56.outlook is not as bad as feared last look at what is driving growth, it
:06:57. > :07:00.has been happening in consumption. Other levels of investment and
:07:01. > :07:04.greater stability in the overall economy remain relatively fragile.
:07:05. > :07:09.We are still very much in wait and see. The main theme from Philip
:07:10. > :07:10.Hammond, uncertainty and caution, as government and economy face up to
:07:11. > :07:15.the Brexited challenges ahead. Let's go back to Westminster
:07:16. > :07:17.and David Porter is at David, will the key players be happy
:07:18. > :07:29.with how this budget has I think the people in the building
:07:30. > :07:33.behind me and those leaving the Treasury tonight will be fairly
:07:34. > :07:37.pleased with their handiwork. Of course, there will be acutely aware
:07:38. > :07:41.of how a budget goes down in the first few hours after it is
:07:42. > :07:45.delivered. It is different to how it might be seen in a few days or
:07:46. > :07:50.weeks' time. There will be clicked holding their breath. UK ministers
:07:51. > :07:53.are very keen to point out the extra funds going to Scotland. They have
:07:54. > :07:57.been getting calculator is out and say if you take into account the
:07:58. > :08:00.Autumn Statement last year and today's budget, since Theresa May
:08:01. > :08:06.became Prime Minister, the Scottish Government has received an extra ?1
:08:07. > :08:09.billion. Of course, that is phased over a number of years. There is a
:08:10. > :08:14.point of controversy tonight in the budget. That is related to the extra
:08:15. > :08:20.taxation for those that are self-employed. People in Scotland,
:08:21. > :08:21.such as taxi drivers, such as plumbers, hairdressers, relatively
:08:22. > :08:28.poorly paid, they could be paying far more money. The real elephant in
:08:29. > :08:31.the room remains Brexit and criticism of the Chancellor tonight,
:08:32. > :08:36.that he did not do enough to spell out how he manages to take on the
:08:37. > :08:37.challenges which will start with those Brexit negotiations, which
:08:38. > :08:43.will begin formally very shortly. Police say they're confident
:08:44. > :08:45.that the body of missing airman Corrie McKeague will be found
:08:46. > :08:47.at a landfill site He disappeared last September
:08:48. > :08:51.after a night out in the nearby It's now known that a bin lorry
:08:52. > :08:55.which collected rubbish from where he was last seen
:08:56. > :09:10.was carrying a significantly heavier Slowly and methodically, specially
:09:11. > :09:14.trained officers carefully raked through waste, mindful that just
:09:15. > :09:19.feet below them could lie the remains of Corrie McKeague. Nearby,
:09:20. > :09:26.a digger waits to collected after each search. Scented air is spread
:09:27. > :09:31.across the site to mask the spell Berlin smell. We are laying out the
:09:32. > :09:36.waste on the ground, carefully. Katie Elliott has led a five-month
:09:37. > :09:42.investigation. She is confident the team will find Corrie here. The site
:09:43. > :09:47.is massive. To the right, a site for household waste. Elaine, a compound
:09:48. > :09:54.for police teams, within access route leading to the search site.
:09:55. > :09:57.This is the last image of the 23-year-old airman in the early
:09:58. > :10:01.hours of the 24th of September. He went missing from this area of Bury
:10:02. > :10:05.St Edmunds. A rubbish lorry made a collection from here within an hour
:10:06. > :10:08.of his disappearance. The last movements of his mobile phone
:10:09. > :10:13.coincided with the route that the lorry topped the landfill. Nicola,
:10:14. > :10:22.who has led the Lubbock search for her son, steeled herself for this
:10:23. > :10:27.moment, but it is still devastating. That led the public search for her
:10:28. > :10:35.son. The agony is not the not knowing, it is when you do know. We
:10:36. > :10:36.have just got to find him first. Police say the error over the weight
:10:37. > :10:40.have just got to find him first. of the bin was made by the waste
:10:41. > :10:44.company that provided the data, but they say there was no intention to
:10:45. > :10:48.mislead the investigation. Had police known at the outset about the
:10:49. > :10:52.true weight of the bin, how different would the investigation
:10:53. > :10:56.have been? It also begs two other questions. First, why did it take
:10:57. > :11:02.more than five months for this fact to emerge? Secondly, if he was in
:11:03. > :11:07.that bin, how can a body be taken to a landfill like this and for nobody
:11:08. > :11:14.to have noticed? Yes, it bothers me, of course it bothers me. That is
:11:15. > :11:18.under the's Sun, it is Corrie. If that is what has happened, we need
:11:19. > :11:23.to understand how it has happened and understand the circumstances of
:11:24. > :11:28.what happened to Corrie. In five months, police only made one arrest.
:11:29. > :11:35.Last month, they questioned a man, reported to be from the bin firm, on
:11:36. > :11:39.suspicion of attempting to convert the course of justice. Another man
:11:40. > :11:42.was also questioned. Both men have been told they face no further
:11:43. > :11:43.action. The family are praying for the best, but are now more than
:11:44. > :11:52.prepared for the worst. A short time ago, Alec Dunlop gave
:11:53. > :11:57.us the latest from the site. The search is now in its third day, and
:11:58. > :12:02.could last up to ten weeks and cost ?500,000. You don't invest that sort
:12:03. > :12:05.of money unless you are pretty sure they result. If Corrie McKeague's
:12:06. > :12:10.remains are found here, it will be up to a pathologist to decide how
:12:11. > :12:14.died. And to see if there are any signs of third-party involvement. I
:12:15. > :12:18.have distressed, this is still a missing persons inquiry, until or
:12:19. > :12:21.unless he is found dead. The mood amongst officers here is pretty
:12:22. > :12:27.sombre. MSPs have defeated the Scottish
:12:28. > :12:30.government in a vote on education. Parliament backed a Labour motion
:12:31. > :12:32.describing the SNP's stewardship of education as "failing
:12:33. > :12:34.teachers, parents and pupils" The SNP has not had an overall
:12:35. > :12:38.majority at Holyrood It has also lost votes this month
:12:39. > :12:44.on NHS recruitment and university Police are understood to be looking
:12:45. > :12:49.into whether the death of a 14-year-old boy in Fife
:12:50. > :12:52.is linked with prescription drugs Liam McAlpine was found dead
:12:53. > :13:10.at home in Glenrothes. There have been warm tributes paid
:13:11. > :13:13.to Liam McAlpine, who was a pupil here. His family say they have been
:13:14. > :13:19.left devastated by what has happened. The headteacher here said
:13:20. > :13:23.everybody at the school was deeply saddened by what has happened. She
:13:24. > :13:26.described the 14-year-old as cheerful, pleasant and likeable,
:13:27. > :13:36.with an excellent attendance record. What we know is that Liam died at
:13:37. > :13:39.home in Glenrothes on Sunday. Police say an inquiry is ongoing, although
:13:40. > :13:42.there are not thought to be any suspicious circumstances. Police are
:13:43. > :13:46.following several lines of inquiry. We do understand that one in
:13:47. > :13:49.particular is a possible link between Liam's death and the
:13:50. > :13:58.circulation of prescription drugs among secondary pupils in
:13:59. > :14:02.Glenrothes. Police warned parents about the prevalence of three
:14:03. > :14:05.different types of drugs, one is an antidepressant, one is an
:14:06. > :14:10.antihistamine which is used to treat allergies, and the third is a type
:14:11. > :14:13.of beta-blocker, known for treating heart conditions. In the warning,
:14:14. > :14:17.the council said the tablets should not be taken and, in fact, it said
:14:18. > :14:21.that doing so could cause serious side effects and even have life
:14:22. > :14:25.changing consequences. At the school, support is being offered to
:14:26. > :14:31.any pupils who need it. Meanwhile, the police inquiry continues.
:14:32. > :14:36.The Chancellor announces Scotland will receive an extra 350 million
:14:37. > :14:43.But the Scottish government says there's been almost 3 billion
:14:44. > :14:45.worth of cuts over the past ten years.
:14:46. > :14:47.And still to come, Warren Gatland tells Scotland's players that
:14:48. > :14:56.beating England on Saturday will boost their Lions chances.
:14:57. > :14:58.Last night we looked at the arguments for and against
:14:59. > :15:02.Nicola Sturgeon calling a second referendum on Scottish independence.
:15:03. > :15:04.But if she does it's widely accepted she'll need legal
:15:05. > :15:11.In 2014, that happened under section 30 of the Scotland Act.
:15:12. > :15:13.But would the UK Government agree to another section
:15:14. > :15:29.Our political correspondent Nick Eardley explains.
:15:30. > :15:36.Both governments were ready then but what about now? The Edinburgh
:15:37. > :15:38.agreement paved the way for the independence referendum. The
:15:39. > :15:47.Scottish Government has published draft legislation but would need
:15:48. > :15:52.approval to press ahead with it. For that to go ahead, ministers need to
:15:53. > :15:58.agree. Would they? That is a question that will be answered in
:15:59. > :16:02.Downing Street. The UK Government is clear it does not see the need for
:16:03. > :16:08.another referendum but what if the Scottish Parliament disagrees?
:16:09. > :16:15.Ministers have not made a firm decision about what their answer
:16:16. > :16:23.will be. It will depend on what they ask for. Sources say there could be
:16:24. > :16:29.protracted negotiations. The Prime Minister set out the prounion case
:16:30. > :16:38.in Glasgow. We are-4-mac nations but we are one people. She will have a
:16:39. > :16:48.lot to weigh up if Holyrood calls for another vote. There is demand
:16:49. > :16:51.for that to happen in 2018. It is the dominant issue for the UK
:16:52. > :16:55.Government in the sense because we don't know how long Brexit will
:16:56. > :17:01.take. There is the triggering of Article 50, kick-starting the
:17:02. > :17:08.negotiation process. Then, there is a transition and an implementation
:17:09. > :17:12.and all of that will be huge. Some have speculated permission from
:17:13. > :17:17.Westminster could be conditional as long as the referendum is held after
:17:18. > :17:24.Brexit talks. Some believe all the focus should be on leaving the EU.
:17:25. > :17:27.The system is pretty stretched. The idea of agreeing to another
:17:28. > :17:34.referendum on top of all this seems inconceivable. Some might see that
:17:35. > :17:41.as an example of Scotland's voice being ignored. The SNP say rejecting
:17:42. > :17:45.a request would be inconceivable. If the Scottish Parliament votes for a
:17:46. > :17:49.referendum it should get one. The Tories got the worst general
:17:50. > :17:58.election results in Scotland since 1865. The UK Government's next move
:17:59. > :18:01.will depend on what government ministers in Edinburgh Zoo. Will
:18:02. > :18:03.they ask for the power to put forward a referendum again?
:18:04. > :18:06.A number of youth football clubs have been suspended
:18:07. > :18:08.from their leagues due to their coaches not having
:18:09. > :18:11.It follows the Scottish Youth Football Association's promise
:18:12. > :18:12.to tighten up procedures after our investigation found
:18:13. > :18:16.thousands of coaches were working without the necessary disclosure.
:18:17. > :18:18.Our senior football reporter Chris McLaughlin is here -
:18:19. > :18:38.This was always possible and we're now seeing the from the
:18:39. > :18:45.investigation. To enter half thousand coaches were working
:18:46. > :18:50.without checks -- 2500 coaches. We said, OK, you have until this point
:18:51. > :18:57.to get your house in order and then we will get tough. The deadline has
:18:58. > :19:03.passed. 488 coaches have been suspended. The fallout is 18 clubs
:19:04. > :19:09.have been kicked out of the league. That is a revised figure. The
:19:10. > :19:16.obvious fallout is we believe 350 children will be impacted. They
:19:17. > :19:25.should have had a game of football this weekend and they will not. Who
:19:26. > :19:30.is to blame? That is the question. SY FA have got to get their house in
:19:31. > :19:35.order. Behind us we need to look at the SFA because they are the
:19:36. > :19:43.governing body. That is where we need to be looking. Anticipatory
:19:44. > :19:50.action from them. What is the youth Association saying? They said it is
:19:51. > :19:56.disappointing but player safety is the priority. They spoke to the
:19:57. > :20:01.chairman of the club and he said the SYFA is to blame, they cannot deal
:20:02. > :20:02.with the backlog and honest coaches are being suspended and it is
:20:03. > :20:03.unfair. Scotland's rugby players have been
:20:04. > :20:05.given an extra incentive - if one were needed -
:20:06. > :20:07.to beat England at The British and Irish Lions head
:20:08. > :20:11.coach Warren Gatland says a win will help Scottish players get
:20:12. > :20:14.into the Lions squad for the summer Gatland's in Scotland and has been
:20:15. > :20:29.speaking to the BBC, Lab coat on but Warren Gatland is
:20:30. > :20:36.not the type to experiment, not when choosing the squad. He was at
:20:37. > :20:39.Edinburgh University doing some promotional work. He has been
:20:40. > :20:46.keeping a close eye on the rugby players. I was impressed by the
:20:47. > :20:56.intensity, the organisation. A comparison to what I saw four years
:20:57. > :21:00.ago, there was no comparison. If only his assistant was on the
:21:01. > :21:06.coaching staff, they would be plenty of Scottish players in the team.
:21:07. > :21:15.Stuart Hogg has been the player of the Championship so far. Let's not
:21:16. > :21:24.forget Greig Laidlaw. Then we are on to the forwards. Scotland have one
:21:25. > :21:29.two out of their three matches so far. Saturday's trip to face the
:21:30. > :21:35.defending champions could be the most significant game of the
:21:36. > :21:44.tournament. A lot of players over the next couple of weekends, and for
:21:45. > :21:49.us, you will get 50-50 calls and a toss of a coin. We need to see who
:21:50. > :21:56.will potentially make the difference. Warren Gatland was also
:21:57. > :21:59.in charge for the Lions tour of Australia four years ago. Only one
:22:00. > :22:06.in charge for the Lions tour of Scot made the team then. He has a
:22:07. > :22:10.replacement. This Twickenham triumph could swing the Scots contingent.
:22:11. > :22:13.An Inverness Primary school has drafted in dogs to some reading
:22:14. > :22:15.classes to help boost the confidence of pupils.
:22:16. > :22:18.Teachers reckon that reading to dogs rather than adults helps nervous
:22:19. > :22:37.Meet the teacher's pet that chrome primary school. They have been
:22:38. > :22:46.drafted in to provide a sympathetic ear for pupils reading aloud in
:22:47. > :22:51.class. He jumped down and ran... The dogs don't speak to you and they
:22:52. > :23:07.don't say things like read that sentence again. It is much more
:23:08. > :23:15.relaxing. You get to stroke and hug them. Reading lessons have never
:23:16. > :23:29.been so popular. The new recruits are lapping it up. When I read two
:23:30. > :23:35.other people I feel uncomfortable because they want me to get
:23:36. > :23:40.everything right. The pilot scheme was launched after the probationary
:23:41. > :23:46.teacher researched the benefits of reading to dogs to boost confidence.
:23:47. > :23:49.The kid that read to dogs improved significantly more than the ones
:23:50. > :24:00.that read to me. The children read to the dogs enjoyed the reading
:24:01. > :24:02.experience. That suggested that not only does it have a direct impact
:24:03. > :24:24.but it also impacts their enjoyment. As much as we are comfortable having
:24:25. > :24:32.this, you have grown ups steering at you, saying, how dare you. To the
:24:33. > :24:40.cupboard, I say. In this business they say never work with children or
:24:41. > :24:52.animals but this is bliss and my reading is improving.
:24:53. > :24:56.Quite a few stars. Good evening. It would not be a Scottish spring
:24:57. > :25:06.without showers and we saw a few today. But look at this beautiful
:25:07. > :25:12.picture. As far as tonight is concerned, the low pressure moves
:25:13. > :25:16.away. The good news is the high-pressure building behind. For
:25:17. > :25:27.much of Scotland it looks like being a fine day. It starts off cloudy
:25:28. > :25:31.with a few showers in the North. It's going to be heaviest across
:25:32. > :25:37.with a few showers in the North. western parts. It clears away. It
:25:38. > :25:41.stays windy with showers come morning especially across the
:25:42. > :25:50.Northwest. Temperatures around 2-4dC. Tomorrow starts off cloudy
:25:51. > :25:52.but as this builds on it will ease. As we head towards the afternoon we
:25:53. > :26:00.still see showers in the north but As we head towards the afternoon we
:26:01. > :26:06.they will be lighter and fewer. We lose the gales and it will be a
:26:07. > :26:19.fresh wind. It will feel quite pleasant in the shelter. Right
:26:20. > :26:23.across the country, I head towards dusk and it will be a nice end to
:26:24. > :26:29.the day. It will be a cold night tomorrow. Widespread frost in rural
:26:30. > :26:34.parts and we will see the beginnings of that change feeding in with the
:26:35. > :26:38.weather front starting to approach from western Scotland by Friday
:26:39. > :26:46.morning. The rain across the West will be patchy. Damp and drizzly
:26:47. > :26:48.conditions. Any rain crossing the country will be not having too much
:26:49. > :26:55.weight to it.