12/04/2017 Reporting Scotland

Pauline Cafferkey, the nurse who survived Ebola,

where she originally contracted the disease.

I think psychologically it is important that I go back, that is

where things kind of started for me, and things will come full circle for

me, a bit of closure. Also on the programme,

fewer people are looking for jobs - unemployment here has fallen below

the rate across the rest of the UK. We hear the Brexit concerns

of Scots living in France. After weeks of disruption

for drivers, the new section of the M8

will open ahead of schedule. to celebrate the first man

in space, Yuri Gagarin. Pauline Cafferkey,

the nurse who survived Ebola, is to return to Sierra Leone,

where she contracted the disease. She says the trip, to raise funds

for orphaned children, after what she's described

as a pretty tough couple of years. This is the image which has come to

define Pauline Cafferkey, being medevac to London under strictest

quarantine, the nurse who caught Ebola. The rear lights and the

meningitis it brought was the worst to get over. I was destroyed, my

body was destroyed, I could do very little for myself. I was in a

wheelchair initially when I got out of hospital, and then I was on

crutches, and it has been a long slow process, and I am still in a

stage of healing. Which makes it all the more surprising that she has

decided to go back to Sierra Leone next month - not to notice this time

but to take part in a run for cherry. I plan to run 10K, I

definitely wouldn't be up for the marathon, but I am planning to do

10K for fundraising while I am there. They have identified 1200

children who are particularly vulnerable, orphans as a result of a

Ebola. Helping the orphans that Ebola left behind is a cause very

dear to her. She particularly remembers a 12-year-old who's dying

mother she was nursing. He was just distraught, as you would be. And he

had lost other members of his family as well. I don't know what happened

to him after. Is he someone that you might be able to try and seek out

when you go back? He would be a little bit older now, no? It would

break my heart, I think. Arriving back home infected with a Ebola was

the start of a long battle for Pauline Cafferkey. To get back to

health and clear her professional reputation. Accused of allowing a

wrong temperature to be recorded for her during screening, the misconduct

charge was dismissed after the hearing heard she had been impaired

by the illness at the time. Pauline Cafferkey be the Michael Bay joined

by two nurse she met working in Sierra Leone. Going back is the

first step in leaving that image behind once and for all as she moves

on with her life. Psychologically it is important that I go back, I have

had a terrible couple of years since then, so it will be good to go back,

for things to come full circle for me, a little bit of closure. Aileen

Clarke, Reporting Scotland. fell over the winter months

to just over 120,000 That takes the unemployment rate

to below that of the UK as a whole. Our business and economy editor,

Douglas Fraser, Unemployment across Britain hasn't

been any lower than this since 1975. In Scotland, the jobless rate

is 4.5% of the workforce, That's with an estimated

15,000 fewer Scots seeking work between December

and February. But contrary to the wider UK trend,

the number of Scots in work while the number of working-age

Scots who are not in or available for work has continued to rise,

up 18,000. The figures, from the Office

for National Statistics, show employees' pay inflation

over the year running at 2.3%,

including bonuses - the same as the most recent figure

for rising prices. That means real spending power has

stalled. With unemployment solo, recruitment pricey, and growing talk

of skills shortages, it is all the more important to retain valued

staff, so how do employers do that? Meet the millennial boss, dropping

into his Glasgow office. His business offers experiences from

meals to balloon flights with more than 1 million members of its online

club. We have our hot air balloon and our magical tree, and all of

these things are reflected in the business, they all serve purposes.

The team sparkles every time a member joins, so typically 600 join

every day, so it has a subtle connection to what we do. When you

are young and growing a business, retention is one of the biggest

challenges you face, and we have grown up as a business and

understood a bit more about it, so retention is a key priority, so much

time is spent tried to find the right people, and maintaining them

is what you have to do to grow the company. While players rising no

faster than prices, there are other ways to keep workers from rebels -

at least where bosses have imagination, build 18, of a career

ladder. How are you doing? M round tie in the place of great

places to work. -- ranked high. We are doing things right, doing things

well, and having things in place that recognise the difference every

single one of our employees can make. Selling clothes may not be a

way for workers to get rich, but a happy worker can be fulfilled in

other ways. They invest in you so much as a person, and my confidence

has grown so much. People are amazing, they are so approachable

and great, always wanting to develop you, constantly push you to your

limits in a good way. Recent surveys suggest employers

are facing a big churn of workers, leaving because they're

bored or unfulfilled. In turn, workers,

and especially younger ones, expect jobs to be more flexible,

to give them more sense of control, and more should be done to

support health and wellbeing. Jackie.

Douglas, thank you. are hoping for a comeback

in local government. They launched their council election

manifesto and with their opposition to Brexit and what they call another

divisive independence referendum, Our political correspondent

Andrew Kerr can tell us more. Trying to be at the cutting-edge of

photo calls, and other method of transport for the Liberal Democrat

leader. The party lost more than half their seats at the last council

election, voters expressed their anger after they went into coalition

with the Conservatives. We are fighting more seeds in this

campaign, we have got great by-election wins right across the

country, including in Scotland. We are confident we will grow in this

campaign, because we have a positive message about investing in mental

health services and education, ending the unfair council tax, and

also sending a clear no to a second device of independence referendum.

The party points out they allow local groups a lot of freedom when

it comes to policy, but to expand on what the leader said, they won't

mental health support to be quick, effective and locally available. On

education, they want investment and decentralising power to schools.

They also want an end to council decentralising power to schools.

tax. When it comes to this vote, the party is trying to make a

constitutional upset, campaigning against what they call a hard Tory

Brexit and the SNP's so-called obsession with independence. They

are not worried about prounion supporters being collected up by the

Conservatives. I think it has always been a challenge with council

elections, if there is big news nationally, it overshadows. What we

find is that people are raising Brexit and independent issues on the

doorstep, but because they are so upset about the state of local

services, so that helps us because we have credibility as local

champions. So after being punished by voters in the past, the Liberal

Democrats believe they have cultivated their grassroots and are

hoping for a better showing at cultivated their grassroots and are

ballot box this time around. Andrew Kerr, Reporting Scotland.

Scots living on the continent have urged European governments not

to use expats as bargaining chips while they negotiate

It's hoped member states can agree reciprocal rights for expats.

But they warn that the cost of health care and pensions

Jackie O'Brien has been hearing the concerns of some expats

Two highlanders living the dream and checking the grapes in their

vineyard in a village in the Minervois wine region. Look at the

grapes! Beautifully formed. Too far down. Guy and Liz Crawford have

immersed themselves in a French language, business and culture with

a Scottish twist. Britain's decision to leave the EU has cast a shadow

over their light until a deal is done on the rights of expats. We can

only hope that politicians on both sides will think about people who

have invested, as French people have invested in the United Kingdom,

before they start making decisions that could be detrimental. I am

incredibly disappointed with politicians. They should have taken

this issue off the table, and it should not be a bargaining chip, a

discussion chip. It just should have been, I think, resolved immediately

with reciprocal arrangements in both countries. In a neighbouring

village, a different couple with different concerns - retirees hilly

and Brian from Edinburgh there they may be forced to leave if existing

reciprocal health care funding is scrapped between Britain and France.

As you are getting older, you do tend to get more unwell, and amongst

all our friends that is the one big thing, will we be able to get health

insurance? Will we be able to use our cards in the UK? We thought we

would spend the rest of our lives here, all these reciprocal

arrangements in place as regards health and everything else, and we

didn't foresee any problems. We certainly didn't see anything like

this coming along. As expatriates living in villages like this one,

consider the allegations of Brexit, they also fear the prospect that

France could stage a EU referendum depending on the outcomes of the

country's elections next month. The French have fears too. Local

businesses depend on expat trade - in a region which loses its young

people to the cities. For me, it is dangerous for my business, 30% of my

clients are British. Others who have moved here from Scotland worry about

what awaits them at home. If we all go back, all us pensioners, then we

will be a drain on resources in the UK. We are not about age to put that

much back into the economy, we are not of working age. With Britain's

exit from the EU likely to take not of working age. With Britain's

years to negotiate, time is moving a little too slowly for the Scots who

came here to enjoy a certain pace of life. Jackie O'Brien, Reporting

came here to enjoy a certain pace of Scotland, in south-west France.

Pauline Cafferkey, the nurse who survived Ebola,

will return to Sierra Leone, where she originally

And still to come, transforming run down areas into eye-catching art.

A new section of the M8 will open to traffic this month.

The link between Newhouse and Baillieston will open

westbound on the 23rd, eastbound a week later.

It's a welcome end to diversions which have been

in place since February. Rebecca Curran reports.

It has been described as the M8's missing link. But now after two

months under construction, this section of newly built road between

Newhouse and Bellaston is most ready to open. It marks a major milestone

in the half ?1 million project to reduce congestion between Edinburgh

and Glasgow. Next week, the first part of the M8 will be complete,

coming westbound firstly, and a week later, eastbound. That will mean for

the road between Edinburgh and Scott the road between Edinburgh and Scott

-- Glasgow, is model where the whole way through. And all the way through

to Greenock. This is tremendous news on a substantial project. It may be

good news, but there have been delays while work has been under

way. It has been a long journey, and it's not over yet. This section may

be opening ahead of schedule, but drivers are warned to expect further

delays while some diversions remain in place. Once the road is fully

open, it is estimated journey times will be cut by around 20 minutes

during peak periods. Journeys will change for people. People who used

the travel whole junctions, they should visit Transport Scotland

website to gain an understanding of the new routes. As you say, the euro

Central junction, there will be diversions in place, so please

follow diversion signs and we will get the work complete as soon

possible. After weeks of diversions and delays, it seems the end of the

road is finally in sight for drivers on Scotlandbusiest motorway. Rebecca

Curran, Glasgow. Its been announced in the last hour

that the ferry service to Arran will continue

to operate from Ardrossan. The Scottish Government made

the decision after a specially commissioned study looked at issues

including reliability, fares, travel time and cost

to the public purse. ABP Ports had launched a bid to run

the ferry from Troon. Peel Ports, the company who own

Ardrossan harbour has pledged along with North Ayrshire Council

to invest in improved facilities. Masked raiders who threatened

a pensioner in her home, were The images were posted

to social media by the family of the 69-year-old victim,

in a bid to trace those responsible Fayyaz Rahman said the men forced

their way into his mother-in-law's Police said their

inquiries were ongoing. Scotland's cruise ship season

is just getting under way, and this year it's expected to bring

half a million cruise Invergordon is the busiest cruise

port in the country, and today welcomed its first ship

of the season. Craig Anderson was

there to meet it. Disembarking this morning, more than

a thousand passengers are getting into buses, taxis, hire cars and

even onto bikes to explore this part of the Highlands. The board of

Invergordon is looking forward to its busiest year ever, welcoming

more than 90 cruise ships, wringing over 140,000 people to the area. It

is very important indeed. It is a growing business, of course, and it

is a young business. It is important for the Highland economy. This year

we expected to deliver 14 to ?15 million. The age profile of cruise

passengers is reducing all the time. Coming to Scotland, they want

Cassells, distilleries, the landscape, and of course one

particular resident. We want to see Messi. The coast. Sightseeing. And

pictures of the landscape. It is fantastic. So much business comes to

the Highlands. It is an important revenue. It has transformed visiting

season. There is one going to the whiskey distillery, the veil of

tranquillity... Cruise passengers may spend only a few hours on shore

here, but there is every evidence that having had a taste of Scotland,

they will come back and spend more time and money here. Craig Anderson,

Invergordon. International street artists

are using walls and buildings in Aberdeen as canvases,

as part of a festival that's come The Nuart Festival -

held in Stavanger every year - is being hailed as a template

for transforming rundown urban areas.

Fiona Stalker reports. It's like seeing a city through a

fresh pair of eyes. The landscape is being redrawn. This building has

been concerned by some as an eyesore. Is a perfect canvas. I love

the fact people have a Burke smack referred to as one of the ugliest

buildings. It is exactly our job, to beautify it. It is the first time I

have seen a good reason for actually looking at that building instead of

walking past it! It is huge, it is beautiful and it catches the eye.

It's amazing. Creating an amazing thing in neglected places is what

this festival is about. 11 thing in neglected places is what

from around the world are leaving their mark. Not long ago, painting

on a building may have been seen as their mark. Not long ago, painting

vandalism. But it has been elevated to street art. And it is turning

heads. Areas surrounding the artworks are already busy. This is

pumping hopes of an economic spin off. -- prompting. When we are gone,

the word becomes the property of the city of Aberdeen. Its pieces become

landmarks for the city. -- the work. First-rate artists, wherever there

is a wall, there is a canvas, and the chance to change the look of a

city, perhaps forever. The new head coach of the Scotland

women's football team says the appointment is the

pinnacle of her career. Shelley Kerr, the former Arsenal

ladies and Hibs boss, will take charge in the summer

after the European Championships There is a wind of change blowing

through the women's game in Scotland. Well at national level,

anyway. Time to meet the new head coach. I think this is the pinnacle.

I have been involved for such a long time. I mentioned before how proud I

was to captain my country, but to be sitting here today and to be the

national coach, it is a dream, grow true. The former head coach of

Arsenal ladies has been around football for more than 30 years. She

has 59 caps for her country. She has played for the likes of Hearts, Hibs

and Spartans. She has been in charge at the Scotland under 19 level,

Arsenal and Stirling University. Her appointment comes before the squad

head off for the European Championships in the summer, and

although she will not be involved, she will be there. Shelley will

concentrate on everything after the European Championships and we were

planned for everything going forward after that. The team were planned

for everything between now and going to the Euros. Shelley will be going

on watching bases. When Shelley Kerr takes over in the summer, it should

be from a position of strength. Top tournament status will have been

be from a position of strength. Top achieved. For men, it is about

growing the game and qualifying a World Cup. Few at Hampden Park need

growing the game and qualifying a any reminders of how difficult that

will be. A semiprofessional footballer in

Glasgow has scored one of the fastest goals in world football.

Maryhill midfielder Gavin Stokes scored what is one of the fastest

goals in world football, when he netted from the kick-off

Stokes' drive from the halfway line took 3.2 seconds to fly past

the Clydebank goalkeeper in Saturday's 3-0 win in the West

of Scotland Super League First Division, which is part

of the Scottish semi-professional junior football set-up.

You might not have it in your diary, but tonight is Yuri's Night -

named after Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space.

It's a global celebration of space exploration,

and at Edinburgh's Usher Hall they're holding a concert.

The bill includes a band that mixes music with recordings

Kenneth Macdonald is awaiting lift-off.

On this day in 1961, Yuri Gargarin went on a journey, first by bus,

then out of this world. He was the first human being to leave the

planet, and that's why worldwide this night is celebrated as Yuri's

Night. And this year, the Edinburgh science Festival has decided to

market in a rather special way. Just science Festival has decided to

across the road in the Usher Hall. The band public service broadcasting

rehearsing for tonight's commemorative concert. Their most

recent album mixes music with samples from the golden age of human

space flight. They have taken the excitement of

the 1960s and interpreted it for a new generation. It is music with a

message. I just find it really depressing that people kind of

doubted it happened. It is the world we live in and the nature of

humanity, I suppose. This is our attempt to push back against it. If

people are becoming excited by some of these events again, that's great.

Yuri's Night has been described as a world space party, a celebration of

space flight and in particular of the achievement of one man. Yuri

Gargarin was never allowed to fly into space again. He died in a plane

crash aged just 34. What struck me watching the footage of him was that

he was a superstar, he was the Soviet mascot, a great propaganda

victory. But with himself, you could see this kind of warmth and

genuineness, and a very cheery looking guy. It made his early

demise all the more saddening, really. He seems to have lightened

the presence in the world. Public service broadcasting will play their

album in full, commented by strings and acquire. By then a light show

and a giant model Sputnik will be in place for one of the more unusual

events of the festival. Good evening. Today has brought a

mixture of sunshine and showers. Looking glorious in Portobello

earlier today. Thank you to one of our Weather Watchers. I suspected

distinctly chilly feel as it has been across the country today. Plus

free north-westerly winds. This evening and tonight that showery

theme continues. Mainly in the West and north. The showers being driven

in on fresh to strong north-westerly winds, only gradually easing as we

go through the night. A lot of dry weather in eastern Scotland. Some

clear spells allowing perhaps a touch of grass frost to develop in

clear spells allowing perhaps a some sheltered glens. Otherwise

though, for the most part, temperatures holding up at four to

five Celsius. Tomorrow dawns with a lot of dry weather in the East with

spells of sunshine. Generally though as we go through the day, it will

cloud over from the West. These showers continuing to affect western

and northern areas primarily. The best of any sunshine tomorrow

afternoon reserved for the eastern borders and some eastern coastal

areas, where temperatures will peak at 13 Celsius. Generally though, a

lot of cloud and showers. They will merge across the north-west

Highlands and the Northern Isles give longer spells of rain.

Generally tomorrow, the winds will be that bit later than in recent

days. Although it won't feel too much milder given the cloud and the

showers. Into tomorrow evening, that showery theme continues,

particularly across the north, where they will be very frequent and

heavy. Looking ahead to Good Friday, again, there will be a good deal of

cloud with showers and affecting much of the West and the war. The

best of the sunshine will be towards eastern areas. A cold feel on Friday

again, with brisk westerly winds. On Saturday, the weather is stuck...

Showers, some bright spells, called winds.

Wintry showers at Easter, Shirley? winds.

Not unusual. I'll be back with the headlines

at eight, and the late bulletin just after the ten O'Clock News.

Until then, have a good evening.