:00:00. > :00:09.Condemnation of the Conservatives at Holyrood over their support
:00:10. > :00:17.The Craig Whyte fraud trial hears that Rangers directors discussed
:00:18. > :00:20.the possibility of administration months before Mr Whyte took over.
:00:21. > :00:22.Food bank use has risen to record levels -
:00:23. > :00:27.according to one of the main providers of the service.
:00:28. > :00:30.From the cold waters of the west coast to your face cream -
:00:31. > :00:36.could seaweed be the crop of the future?
:00:37. > :00:50.And, the hunt for the best place to golf in Scotland.
:00:51. > :00:53.The Scottish Conservatives have been strongly condemned by MSPs
:00:54. > :00:58.from other parties for their support of the so-called "rape clause".
:00:59. > :01:01.In a debate at Holyrood the First Minister described
:01:02. > :01:02.it as "abhorrent", but the Conservatives said
:01:03. > :01:05.Nicola Sturgeon had the power to change it in Scotland.
:01:06. > :01:21.Our political correspondent Andrew Kerr has the story.
:01:22. > :01:31.Enough is enough. The First Minister pressing on with this policy in
:01:32. > :01:41.Edinburgh. The on two children receiving benefits, has a clause for
:01:42. > :01:45.a child conceived through rate. The implication of this policy as the
:01:46. > :01:52.rape clause illustrates are abhorrent. In a very need to provide
:01:53. > :01:56.an exemption for the two child cap for women who have been raped shows
:01:57. > :02:03.the callousness of these cuts in the first place. The Conservative leader
:02:04. > :02:07.tried to strike a conciliatory note. I know there are among us here who
:02:08. > :02:10.have been subject to sexual violence ourselves and to find the issue and
:02:11. > :02:17.even the word difficult to articulate. If the government here
:02:18. > :02:21.doesn't like it, they can change it, she said. The First Minister and her
:02:22. > :02:26.ministers uses words like shameful and she has the power to act. If you
:02:27. > :02:31.use a strong words and chooses not to act, that indeed would be
:02:32. > :02:35.shameful. But the First Minister wasn't for mitigating the effects.
:02:36. > :02:39.Let's forget the sticking plaster approach, let's devolve the control
:02:40. > :02:43.of tax credit and universal credit and let's devolve the budgets that
:02:44. > :02:50.go with them and then let's make our own decisions in this Parliament.
:02:51. > :02:56.The Labour leader read out a letter from a pass rape victim. It is a
:02:57. > :03:01.sickening state of affairs. But it is not the author of that letter or
:03:02. > :03:05.any other rape victim who should feel shame. It is those on the Tory
:03:06. > :03:14.benches here and in Westminster who refuse to act. If a policy nerve
:03:15. > :03:20.Billy McClure and associates that a woman has to prove they have been
:03:21. > :03:23.raped, such policy has no place in a civilised society.
:03:24. > :03:27.And the Green said Ruth Davidson's mask had slipped. Ruth Davidson has
:03:28. > :03:32.spent years trying to convince voters that Tories are the nasty
:03:33. > :03:36.party no longer. But when you cut through the bravado, you can see
:03:37. > :03:41.that Ruth Davidson is another crew member of other cruel party. It was
:03:42. > :03:45.a difficult afternoon for the Conservatives, although the First
:03:46. > :03:46.Minister has denied playing politics with the issue.
:03:47. > :03:49.MSPs have voted on the issue in the last few minutes
:03:50. > :03:51.and Andrew Kerr joins us now from Holyrood.
:03:52. > :04:06.The MSPs have been in the chamber voting. They voted 91-31 backing an
:04:07. > :04:10.amended Nicola Sturgeon motion, calling for the cap to be lifted and
:04:11. > :04:16.for the rape clause to be scrapped as well. It has been a very
:04:17. > :04:20.difficult afternoon for the Conservatives, with Holyrood
:04:21. > :04:24.rounding on them today. The debate is framed around the rape clause,
:04:25. > :04:29.but the cap and the child tax credit is quite fair and taxpayers would
:04:30. > :04:34.support it. They feel the issue has been politicised by the SNP and in
:04:35. > :04:37.fact Nicola Sturgeon has been accused of demonising the
:04:38. > :04:41.Conservatives. I asked the First Minister about that this morning and
:04:42. > :04:48.she said that charge cannot be levelled at the SNP. She said they
:04:49. > :04:51.had been campaigning against the rape clause since the day it was
:04:52. > :04:53.introduced and they will continue to do so. Thank you very much.
:04:54. > :04:56.Labour says that powers which come back from Brussels after Brexit
:04:57. > :04:58.will be expected to go to devolved bodies -
:04:59. > :05:01.The party's Brexit spokesman, Keir Starmer, made the commitment
:05:02. > :05:03.as he launched Labour's strategy this morning.
:05:04. > :05:08.Our correspondent, Nick Eardley is at Westminster tonight.
:05:09. > :05:17.What are the details of these proposals? When the UK leads the EU,
:05:18. > :05:23.powers will come back from Brussels. There has been heated debate about
:05:24. > :05:26.where they should go. In devolved areas, agriculture and the
:05:27. > :05:30.fisheries. The Scottish Government and the SNP want those powers to
:05:31. > :05:34.automatically come back to Edinburgh. The current Conservative
:05:35. > :05:39.government at UK level says many will, but some might come back to
:05:40. > :05:45.the parliament behind me if that system, as they judge it, would work
:05:46. > :05:49.better. Today, Labour made its first campaign pledge and evolution. Keir
:05:50. > :05:53.Starmer says the party's manifesto, which will be published next month
:05:54. > :05:57.will contain a pledge on this, which was said there will be a presumption
:05:58. > :06:01.for any powers coming back from Brussels on devolved areas, will go
:06:02. > :06:05.to Edinburgh rather than London. It is the first of a number of pledges
:06:06. > :06:09.we will be analysing over the next few weeks, all part of the pitches
:06:10. > :06:10.the parties will be making to Scottish voters. Thank you very
:06:11. > :06:14.much. Rangers's board of directors
:06:15. > :06:15.discussed the possible collapse of the club,
:06:16. > :06:17.months before it was That's according to the former
:06:18. > :06:21.finance director who was giving The jury's also been hearing
:06:22. > :06:24.about the club's dispute Our correspondent
:06:25. > :06:40.David Henderson reports. Craig Moore, scoring for Rangers, 17
:06:41. > :06:45.years ago. Today, a jury heard about the way the Ibrox club had paid him
:06:46. > :06:52.and some team-mates and the dispute its part with the tax authorities.
:06:53. > :06:55.Giving evidence for a second day, Rangers' former finance director,
:06:56. > :06:59.Donald McIntyre. He was questioned Rangers' former finance director,
:07:00. > :07:04.about the health of the club's finances in the months before it was
:07:05. > :07:09.sold to Craig Whyte. The court heard Rangers were facing a tax bill for
:07:10. > :07:17.more than ?2 million and another tax claim for much more, as much as ?50
:07:18. > :07:21.million. Because of the use of EBT is, or employee benefit trusts which
:07:22. > :07:25.were used by the club to pay players. The defence advocate,
:07:26. > :07:32.Donald Findlay, called this a nuclear missile heading towards
:07:33. > :07:36.Rangers. Craig Whyte bought Rangers in May 2011 and he faces a fraud
:07:37. > :07:43.charge. The Crown says he falsely claimed he had the money needed to
:07:44. > :07:47.fund the deal. Today, the court heard Rangers board of directors had
:07:48. > :07:50.discussed the possibility of the club folding and going into
:07:51. > :07:58.Administration in the months before that deal took place. Mr Findlay
:07:59. > :08:03.said the Donald McIntyre, like it or not, by the time Mr Whyte is trying
:08:04. > :08:09.to buy the club, the club was already heading for potential
:08:10. > :08:11.financial disaster. Mr McIntyre replied, we weren't contemplating
:08:12. > :08:21.the club being brought to its knees without the outcome of the EBT case.
:08:22. > :08:25.Later, you told the prosecution, he believed the Rangers owner, Sir
:08:26. > :08:28.David Murray, would have wanted to sell his controlling stake to
:08:29. > :08:35.someone who could take the club forward. This was the sale of a
:08:36. > :08:40.major Scottish institution, was that of importance to the seller? Yes,
:08:41. > :08:43.came the reply, a major consideration. Craig Whyte denies
:08:44. > :08:47.the charges against him and the trial continues.
:08:48. > :08:50.A former manager of Celtic boys club has been detained and charged
:08:51. > :08:55.in connection with alleged historical sexual offences.
:08:56. > :08:58.It's understood 81 year-old Frank Cairney will appear
:08:59. > :09:04.One of Scotland's biggest hospitals was forced to raise a major alert
:09:05. > :09:09.after 36 patients waited for up to 17 hours in the accident
:09:10. > :09:14.A memo sent to staff at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary last
:09:15. > :09:16.Thursday, raised safety concerns for patients urging
:09:17. > :09:21.Our health correspondent, Lisa Summers is outside
:09:22. > :09:34.We know this happened in the days after the Easter bank holiday
:09:35. > :09:38.because hospitals are busier than normal, perhaps because people
:09:39. > :09:42.cannot get to see their GP or perhaps it because it takes longer
:09:43. > :09:45.to get a care package in place. The managers who would have been
:09:46. > :09:50.prepared that this incident seems to have taken them by surprise. They
:09:51. > :09:53.said 20 patients, arrived at A within a short space of time and
:09:54. > :10:02.they didn't have the capacity in the rest of the hospital to admit those
:10:03. > :10:05.patients. They. They say they managed to get the situation under
:10:06. > :10:07.control within a matter of hours and it should be said that overall, this
:10:08. > :10:10.A Department is often the busiest in Scotland and it is generally
:10:11. > :10:15.performed pretty well when it comes to the target of seeing 95% of
:10:16. > :10:19.patients within the four hour period. But I do think it shows what
:10:20. > :10:23.the small margins are you are dealing with. It takes a few extra
:10:24. > :10:25.patients and the hospital is effectively in gridlock. It raises
:10:26. > :10:30.patients and the hospital is wider questions about how effective
:10:31. > :10:31.the community side of health care is, particularly during bank
:10:32. > :10:34.holidays. Thank you very much, Lisa. Police are investigating
:10:35. > :10:41.a suspicious package delivered Police set up a temporary
:10:42. > :10:44.cordon around the Townhead area in Kirkintilloch,
:10:45. > :10:46.although it has since been removed. The package has been taken away
:10:47. > :10:54.for examination by police. One of the main providers
:10:55. > :10:57.of foodbanks in Scotland says use Figures from the Trussell Trust
:10:58. > :11:01.suggest that low income has become the single biggest reason
:11:02. > :11:03.for a referral to one Here's our political
:11:04. > :11:12.correspondent, Glenn Campbell. The amount of food distributed by
:11:13. > :11:18.food banks in Scotland last year, was enough to feed the entire
:11:19. > :11:23.population of Dundee for three days. For many using a food bank, it is a
:11:24. > :11:31.last resort. I didn't want to have to use a foodbank. But I didn't know
:11:32. > :11:38.where else to turn, to be honest. I had already asked friends and family
:11:39. > :11:42.for enough money to help get me through. There are 52 food banks in
:11:43. > :11:50.Scotland operated by the Trussell Trust, which says it issued 145,865
:11:51. > :11:55.packages of three-day emergency food supplies last year. The charity says
:11:56. > :11:59.that is up 9% on the year before and that low income often linked to
:12:00. > :12:05.problems with benefit payments, is the main reason for foodbank use.
:12:06. > :12:09.The decision maker will send you a letter to the post. You'll have to
:12:10. > :12:15.wait for that. My kids will have to start school tomorrow. The movie,
:12:16. > :12:21.Eye, Daniel Blake highlighted problems with the system. And its
:12:22. > :12:25.director, in Aviemore today, is convinced welfare reform is leaving
:12:26. > :12:31.people hungry. It is no surprise food banks are handing out even more
:12:32. > :12:37.food, a record high. The policies of this government producing poverty,
:12:38. > :12:40.the horrific sanctions regime through people's lives into chaos
:12:41. > :12:44.when their Social Security is stopped. The increase in foodbank
:12:45. > :12:50.Ute Police and Crime Commissioner use has been sharp in Glasgow. But
:12:51. > :12:55.the Department for Work and Pensions says the reason for foodbank use are
:12:56. > :13:02.complex and it would be misleading to blame changes to the benefit
:13:03. > :13:05.system for growing demand. There are a huge variety of different causes
:13:06. > :13:10.as to why people are suffering from low income. But 80% of people in
:13:11. > :13:15.Scotland who use food banks use them only once. We're not talking about
:13:16. > :13:20.people relying on food banks over a long period of time. Foodbank use
:13:21. > :13:24.has gone down in some parts of the country. But in Scotland, as a
:13:25. > :13:25.whole, the number of people seeking emergency food aid continues to
:13:26. > :13:29.grow. The Scottish Conservatives
:13:30. > :13:35.have been strongly condemned for their support
:13:36. > :13:38.of the so-called "rape clause." Ruth Davidson said the SNP had
:13:39. > :13:41.the power to change it in Scotland. The woman who built a multi-million
:13:42. > :13:45.pound business after being turned down for a job at Tesco
:13:46. > :13:51.receives an OBE. Trials are under way near Oban
:13:52. > :13:54.to create one of the UK's first Harvesting wild seaweed has been
:13:55. > :13:59.happening in our waters for centuries, but researchers say
:14:00. > :14:02.there's huge potential to create an industry as we have the ideal
:14:03. > :14:07.habitat to cultivate the crop. Our environment correspondent,
:14:08. > :14:20.Kevin Keane, reports. Between the islands of Lissemore and
:14:21. > :14:27.the mainland, sits this small seaweed farm. Here, scientists are
:14:28. > :14:28.trialling the commercial use of seaweed in the hope of stimulating a
:14:29. > :14:37.whole new industry. This is seaweed in the hope of stimulating a
:14:38. > :14:43.materials, you can see. These materials were seeded in October and
:14:44. > :14:48.the seaweed is almost ready for harvest. It seems the cold waters
:14:49. > :14:51.around Scotland are ideal for harvest. It seems the cold waters
:14:52. > :14:56.seaweed with just the right levels of nutrients. But less than 1% of
:14:57. > :15:01.the world's commercial production is farmed here. This entire site is
:15:02. > :15:06.just 100 metres by 100 in the sand all of the seaweed like this is just
:15:07. > :15:10.below the surface of the water. But as small as it is, all of this can
:15:11. > :15:17.produce anything up to 100 tonnes of seaweed. Much of the current use is
:15:18. > :15:23.in beauty products, most of that comes from overseas or in harvested
:15:24. > :15:27.wild seaweed. But demand is high. It is in pretty much everything you
:15:28. > :15:31.turn your hand to now. Nine times out of ten, there isn't an awful lot
:15:32. > :15:37.you will be able to pick up in the beauty industry that doesn't have an
:15:38. > :15:40.extract of seaweed in it. Researchers at the Scottish
:15:41. > :15:43.Association of Marine science at Oban are studying the Celts to see
:15:44. > :15:48.which grows best and they are trying to work out how this process can be
:15:49. > :15:52.mechanised to make it commercially viable. We're working on a number of
:15:53. > :15:58.different projects and they are aimed mainly at production but
:15:59. > :16:02.working with companies who are using it for food or for companies
:16:03. > :16:07.interested in using it for animal fodder as well. So there is many
:16:08. > :16:11.different uses for this crop. It is hoped the work it can help Scotland
:16:12. > :16:13.tap into this industry, which globally is said to be worth ?4
:16:14. > :16:17.billion a year. Enter Exports of farmed salmon
:16:18. > :16:20.from Scotland rose 17% by value last year, but there was another steep
:16:21. > :16:22.drop in the volume The year also saw a big recovery
:16:23. > :16:26.in exports into the European Union, The industry has also issued
:16:27. > :16:36.a warning about the impact on jobs if tariffs are introduced
:16:37. > :16:38.and on the wider industry if migrant A woman who built a multi-million
:16:39. > :16:44.pound business in Scotland after being turned down for a job
:16:45. > :16:47.by Tesco has received an OBE Indian-born Poonam Gupta
:16:48. > :16:50.started her company, PG Paper, She's been recognised
:16:51. > :16:53.for her contribution How are we doing with the
:16:54. > :17:09.shipments... Poonam Gupta runs hers How are we doing with the
:17:10. > :17:15.growing fwris her office in Greenock. We deal with a variety of
:17:16. > :17:21.paper products. From office paper, tissue papers, newspapers, papers
:17:22. > :17:27.for magazines and catalogues, restaurant brochures. It is exported
:17:28. > :17:31.to countries around the world. Success didn't come easy shech moved
:17:32. > :17:35.from India to Scotland in 2002 after marrying her husband, but struggled
:17:36. > :17:42.to find work. I went to Tesco to try to get a job, even at the till, if I
:17:43. > :17:47.corks to keep busy. Everywhere I was went I was told I didn't have any
:17:48. > :17:53.experience in the UK and or I was over qualified for the job. And,
:17:54. > :17:55.after a while I just decided that I'm going to do it for myself. I'm
:17:56. > :18:04.going to run my own business. I'm going to do it for myself. I'm
:18:05. > :18:11.business is now a successful company and Poonam is keen to share her
:18:12. > :18:17.success through charity work. I have adopted children in India, girls,
:18:18. > :18:23.who want to study and who want to get education, but their parents
:18:24. > :18:30.can't afford it. Is Mrs Gupta for services to business and to charity.
:18:31. > :18:33.At a ceremony at Buckingham Palace today she was awarded her OBE. She
:18:34. > :18:36.feels excited and honoured to be today she was awarded her OBE. She
:18:37. > :18:44.recognised in such a way. This country is the reason I have a
:18:45. > :18:47.career. I never felt ever that I was, you know, discriminated against
:18:48. > :18:52.for being an Indian or being a woman. I've always had everybody's
:18:53. > :18:58.support and it was just so exciting anded I'm so grateful. Rachel Bell,
:18:59. > :19:01.Reporting Scotland. Scotland have been drawn
:19:02. > :19:04.against Switzerland and Poland in qualifying
:19:05. > :19:06.for the Women's World Cup in 2019. Albania and Belarus
:19:07. > :19:08.are also in Group 2. Some of the squad were on hand today
:19:09. > :19:11.to launch new dedicated girls' football centres and to highlight
:19:12. > :19:14.this summer's European Championship in the Netherlands, which precede
:19:15. > :19:29.the World Cup qualifying campaign. I think it's a really good draw. We
:19:30. > :19:34.could have had, kind of, the worst teams. Switzerland are a good team
:19:35. > :19:36.but certainly a team that we are very familiar with. So, yeah, I
:19:37. > :19:40.think overall its with a good draw. Still on a sporting theme,
:19:41. > :19:42.Scotland is well known across the world as the home of golf
:19:43. > :19:46.and a few courses could lay claim But what is the nation's
:19:47. > :19:49.favourite hole? The tourism organisation,
:19:50. > :20:06.Visit Scotland, held a poll of 3,000 Golf attracts thousands of visitors
:20:07. > :20:10.to Scotland every year, including the occasional Hollywood big hitter
:20:11. > :20:15.like this star of Marvel's Avengers series. Is this one of your
:20:16. > :20:19.life-long ambitions? It's on the bucket list. Being here it's fun to
:20:20. > :20:24.be able to see it and walk the course that's been walked for over
:20:25. > :20:30.200, 300 years. A A huge economic driver. New figures last week show
:20:31. > :20:35.that golf tourism is Scotland is up, it's a significant increase in the
:20:36. > :20:40.last eight or nine years. Every visitor will have their own
:20:41. > :20:43.favourite golf hole but Visit Scotland commissioned a poll to find
:20:44. > :20:50.out the best in a number of categories. For example, this
:20:51. > :21:00.spectacular 12-hole at Kings Barnes has been voted the best par-a 5. And
:21:01. > :21:11.this is the best opening hole. The postage stamp in Troon where earny
:21:12. > :21:17.Els holed in one a few years ago, the finest par-3. Which is the
:21:18. > :21:23.nation' favourite hole. According to the poll, it's this one. One of the
:21:24. > :21:30.most iconic in world golf. COMMENTATOR: This for a three. The
:21:31. > :21:34.18th on the old course at St Andrews where many an Open Championship has
:21:35. > :21:38.been won by many a great player like Seve.
:21:39. > :21:44.COMMENTATOR: Do you think he enjoyed that one? It's such an iconic golf
:21:45. > :21:48.hole. The history and tradition of the game. They can follow in the
:21:49. > :21:54.footsteps of the great champions that have walked over the bridge. Of
:21:55. > :22:01.course, you don't have to be a great champion to play Scotland's finest
:22:02. > :22:07.hole. David Currie, Reporting Scotland. A calm day it was.
:22:08. > :22:09.Just before the weather, some incredible video
:22:10. > :22:11.of a Caledonian MacBrayne ferry being struck by a freak wave.
:22:12. > :22:14.The company say the incident happened yesterday in the Minch
:22:15. > :22:16.as the ferry, the MV Loch Seaforth, travelled between
:22:17. > :22:20.Calmac describe the wave as unusual and say it was caused by high winds.
:22:21. > :22:23.They say it was ably handled by the ship's master and the vessel's
:22:24. > :22:37.Easing down through the course of the week. It's been a wintry start
:22:38. > :22:42.to the week so far weather wise. Actually, if you have had the
:22:43. > :22:46.sunshine still quite chilly even if you haven't had the snow. Change a
:22:47. > :22:51.foot because we cut off the cold, Arctic wind and we scoop up west or
:22:52. > :22:55.south-westerly air coming in from the Atlantic. So milder.
:22:56. > :23:00.Temperatures will recover over the next few days. Not tonight. We have
:23:01. > :23:06.the cold Arctic air. It will be a cold one with a widespread frost and
:23:07. > :23:13.showers around, mainly for northern parts of the mainland and down the
:23:14. > :23:23.coast. That could give rise to icy patches for eastern parts. Most of
:23:24. > :23:28.us a dry and clear night. Rural parts of the north-east minus three
:23:29. > :23:32.to five. A cold start tomorrow but a bright and sunny one. Showers coming
:23:33. > :23:36.in on the winds. Mostly of rain. Through the course of the day the
:23:37. > :23:41.cloud will tend to increase. It's not too bad. Mid afternoon, 4.00pm,
:23:42. > :23:45.temperatures, eight, nine, ten Celsius. More cloud compared with
:23:46. > :23:49.the morning, some brightness will come through at times. Further north
:23:50. > :23:53.cooler, still a number of showers. Really, anything wintry confined to
:23:54. > :23:59.the highest hills and mountains. The winds lighter tomorrow, not feeling
:24:00. > :24:03.as cold. Thicker cloud for the Northern Isles. As we head through
:24:04. > :24:06.the latter stages of Wednesday to Wednesday night the rain will edge
:24:07. > :24:13.southwards and the cloud will thicken. Not as cold as this coming
:24:14. > :24:19.nightle. Thursday, well, still some showery outbreaks of rain. Elsewhere
:24:20. > :24:24.will be cloudy, temperatures, 10, 11, 12 Celsius. On Friday, weather
:24:25. > :24:28.wise, fairly similar, cloudy, some brightness, a few showers. In the
:24:29. > :24:33.south, perhaps just about creeping into the low teens. That's the
:24:34. > :24:36.forecast for now. Tropical. Thank you, Christopher.
:24:37. > :24:38.Now, a reminder of tonight's main news:
:24:39. > :24:41.The Scottish Conservatives have been strongly condemned for their support
:24:42. > :24:45.Ruth Davidson said the SNP had the power to change it in Scotland.
:24:46. > :24:50.Our next main news is the late bulletin just
:24:51. > :24:58.Until then, from everyone on the team, right across the country,