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Two teenage girls from Barra are still missing after

Many Scots were caught up in chaos of the attack.

It was horrific seeing it. People were running for their lives,

jumping over chairs, falling down the stairs. People were obviously

terrified. We're in Manchester

and on the Island of Barra. Security is tightened and armed

police are deployed in Scotland's And politicians come

together at Holyrood to pay their respects as election

campaigning is suspended. Two girls from the island of Barra

are still missing after last night's 15-year-old Laura MacIntyre

and Eilidh MacLeod, who's 14, attended the concert by singer

Ariana Grande at the Manchester Arena, but since then they've failed

to make contact with their families. Other concert-goers from Scotland

have been speaking about their fears when they realised a

terror attack was under way. Here's our correspondent,

David Henderson. Still missing, Laura MacIntyre and

Eilidh McLeod, teenagers from the island of Barra, now feared to be

victims of a terrorist attack. Today Laura's Father Michael appeared to

help on social media. On stage last night, the American

star Ariana Grande. Fans had come from far and wide. Among them, many

Scots, like Lauren Baxter from Glasgow. It happened just add she

had went off stage. There were loads of people trying to squash out of a

tiny door. There were thousands of people inside this arena when it

happened. Did people start to run, did they start to panic? Yeah, loads

of people were running, screaming and crying. Running up the stairs,

trying to get out of any possible exit. Last night, it was Ariana

Grande. It was an audience of youngsters. Yeah. Young people,

quite young. I think it's just... Six. The person who's done it is

just a monster. -- I think it's just sick. The explosion caused a wave of

alarm of thousands of fans tried to flee the arena. Children, parents

and teenagers pushing in falling in their rush to get out. Among them,

two sisters from Stirlingshire. It was horrific seeing it. People were

running for their lives, jumping over chairs, falling down the

stairs. People were obviously terrified. But no one really knew

what had happened, because we were further away from it. So there was

no one to say there's a bomb gone off, or two maybe reassure us that

it was OK. Everyone thought that it with a balloon, because of the

billions that had fallen down during the concert. It was terrifying

seeing everyone that scare -- the balloons that had fallen down. All I

saw, because ten was in front of us, my mum and I heard the bang. Then

everyone turned around and heard the bang. Where we had the bang,

everyone just started running so fast. That's when people got scared.

If they didn't run, I don't think people would have been scared.

The attack claimed the life of 22 people. And almost 60 were injured.

Four more troubled home to Scotland before going to hospital here.

Last night in Manchester we witnessed a barbaric attack on

innocent people enjoying a music concert. My thoughts and those of

the Scottish Government, and indeed all of the people of Scotland, are

with all those who have lost loved ones or sustained injuries in this

dreadful atrocity. There can be nothing more cowardly than to attack

children and young people enjoying a night out.

Tonight, the police investigation gathers pace into how this, a night

of music, became a scene of horror. In a moment we'll be getting

the latest from our reporter, But first we cross to

Cameron Buttle who's in Castlebay People there must be desperate

for news of Laura and Eilidh? Absolutely. When you live in a place

like Barra in an island community, you can't think that you any further

away from the horror and tragedy of a terror attack. Tonight the entire

island is desperate for news of two young teenage girls. Laura

MacIntyre, who was 15, and Eilidh McLeod, who is 14 years old. They

travelled with family members down to the concert. Like many

concertgoers they were left at the venue by this family members. But

they haven't been seen since. That's despite an online campaign by family

members desperate for news. They've posted pictures online. Those

pictures have been shed tens of thousands of times. So far tonight,

there is no use. -- have been shared of thousands of times.

Even older people on the island who don't have children that age will

certainly know their parents or grandparents. Everybody feels it.

The mind is stop quarrying. They are very sorry for the families. --

their mind is stuck worrying. They demand to imagine the awful feeling

that they've got at moment. -- they don't want to imagine.

The teenagers were at the Castlebay School which has about 170 pupils.

We understand they were very well-known pupils. Tonight's Western

Isles councillors say they are standing by to offer support to the

pupils, school and wider community. Today friends and families are

expecting to hear stories -- were expecting to hear stories from these

girls about a fantastic night. But instead the entire island is just

desperate for news. Now let's go to Rebecca

Curran in Manchester. Rebecca, apart from the enormity

of the investigation, police are trying to help families

like those of Laura and Eilidh, Yes, absolutely. You join me in

Manchester city centre tonight close to where the attack happened in the

arena last night. And as we've heard, these two teenage girls from

Barra, 15-year-old Laura MacIntyre and her friend, 14-year-old Eilidh

McLeod, have been missing since that explosion just after half past ten.

More than 20 hours on, police can't give us any details of what may or

may not have happened, or where the girls could be. We know, as Cameron

said, that the girls attended the concert and that they had travelled

to Manchester with family who are all safe. But no one has talked to

the girl since then. Greater Manchester Police said officers are

supporting the families of the missing people and that does include

those families that have travelled from Barra today, desperately

seeking some news. But as Cameron also mentioned, the picture that has

been shared online of Laura and Eilidh, police officers have thanked

members of the public for sharing that information in an attempt to

try to reunite people with their loved ones. One other thing that a

Greater Manchester Police have said is that they do not believe there

are any unaccompanied children in any of the hotels in Manchester, as

a result of last night's explosion. They can't tell us how many people

remain missing, but it is understood to be several, including Laura and

Eilidh. This is a city still coming to terms with what happened last

night, that horrific act of terrorism which targeted children

and young people that were supposed to be having a good night out. But

it must be said that for those families that still don't know where

their children are, it's hard to imagine what they're all going

through. Thank you. Thanks to Rebecca Curran

in Manchester, and Police say they'll be reviewing

security at this weekend's Scottish Cup final at Hampden Park

following last night's They're also deploying more armed

officers onto the streets for what they say is reassurance,

and they insist there is no Our Home Affairs Correspondent,

Reevel Alderson, reports. Panic in the Manchester Arena,

confusion after a pop concert. Fans escaping after

the bomb went off. In the minutes following last

night's explosion, the focus of the emergency services

was on treating injured survivors, clearing the area in case

of a further attack, Now across the UK the

emphasis is on security. And increased police presence is

being deployed across transport areas and where large crowd should

be. A full Hampden Park for the semifinal of the Scottish cup.

Police are already reviewing security there. The Scottish cup is

a high-profile event in any case. What we'll do over the next couple

of days is just review the security in place. But don't be surprised if,

for example, we deploy armed police officers similar to what you see in

airports for that particular match. The fact that last night's atrocity

happened at a concert venue has prompted security reviews here at

Scotland's largest, the Hydro. Management so they are liaising with

police, but have no plans to cancel events. The motivation of the

Manchester bomb so far is unknown, but Islamic State have claimed

responsibility. Muslim groups here were quick to condemn the bombing

which they say was designed to create divisions in society. If we

turn on each other, then they have one. If we turn on each other, than

other groups that seek to capitalise on each other have one. What we have

to do as a community is come together. We need to express our

anger and express our disgust at these situations, and display a

solid, united front. Across the country, like here in Dundee, flags

have been flying in half-mast. A mark of respect for the 22 dead in

Manchester. We stand for a moment's

silence before press. And that the General Assembly

of the Church of Scotland, reflection as ministers and elders

prayed for the victim. So many young, innocent

lives taken away. So much sadness, hurt and pain not

only for the people of Manchester, Our prayers and support

is going to all of those caught up in this situation,

as well as for the One of the great things we see

at this time as people not running away from danger,

but running towards In the light of last night's attack,

the emergency services in Scotland's say they're constantly

testing their responses to such an incident,

although they emphasise there is no Vigils have been taking place

across the country to remember Dozens of people gathered

in Glasgow's George Square They left flowers, candles

and messages of condolence for those All election campaigning has been

suspended following the atrocity. At Holyrood, MSPs stood

for a minute's silence. The First Minister said

terror would not prevail. This from our Political

Editor, Brian Taylor. Nicola Sturgeon should have been

watching her election manifesto. Instead she began the day at Saint

Andrew's House, chairing an emergency meeting to review security

in Scotland. Down the hill at Holyrood, flags at half-mast

silently signalled sympathy and anguish. Rivalry and rhetoric that

aside, political leaders came to Parliament not in conflict, but in

solidarity. May I call on the First Minister.

The First Minister said it was particularly villainous, that the

victims were children. There can be nothing more cowardly

than attacking children and young people enjoying a fun night out.

Across Scotland today we stand in solidarity with the people of

Manchester. She urged Scotland to be vigil, and

more. She outlined plans to help young folk coped.

Many young people may feel particularly vulnerable at this

time. This is a time to ensure that we talk to our children at home and

at school. And when we hear them talking amongst their friends.

And she insisted be terror would not succeed.

As human beings, we cannot comprehend the twisted motivations

that lead people to carry out such atrocities, particularly when they

target children and young people. They will not succeed. Not now and

not ever. Ruth Davidson echoed that sentiment.

We must repeat that we will not be beaten by the twisted ideology of

terrorism. We must repeat that we will not ourselves descend into

hatred or rage. We will repeat at, and repeat, and repeat that we stand

tall. Kezia Dugdale imagined young girls

at the big, bright eyed, clothed in pink, sparkling.

For those children and young people who witnessed last night's

abominable act, there is no softening the blow, they making it

better, no suggesting that these things don't happen here, all to us,

or to people but we know. Other leaders stressed that her and

hate must not prevail. Our best response is to stand firm

in solidarity. That means ensuring that terrorism never achieves its

goal, but also that those who react to it out of hatred, prejudice and a

demand for retribution also never achieve their goals.

B the case that we said that we live for hope, joy and fellowship. We

will work to end division. To stand and to join together in

observing a minute's silence. With that off to sign the book of

condolence, down cast, yes, but resolute. Brian Taylor, Reporting

Scotland. A man has admitted abusing

and assaulting his student 21-year-old Angus Milligan,

from Edinburgh, admitted choking and slapping Emily Drouet at halls

of residence in Aberdeen. The 18-year-old University

of Aberdeen law student was found dead several days later

in March last year. She came to uni and just didn't know

how powerful a person she was. Drop dead gorgeous. Everyone will say the

same. She honestly had a heard are heart of gold. Today Angus admitted

slapping her. She asked for help. Days after the last assault, Emily

took her own life. He stole Emily's future leaving a gaping wound in all

our lives that will never ever heal. We misser every second of every day.

No-one should have to go through what Emily went through. That is why

we hope the courts will impose a custodial sentence, sending a strong

message that domestic violence not be tolerated. Friends wished they

had been able to help Emily. The university say they have enacted an

action plan to extend their support services. There is no regrets from

my time with her. The only regret would be knowing before hand, being

able to help her. Everyone will feel exactly the same way. Wishing they

could have done something. Wishing she had said something before hand.

I guess it's frustrating because she had so much going for her.

Milligan's lawyer said he will live with the knowledge he assaulted

Emily and she took her own life a week later. He will be sentenced in

July. Her family say they miss her every second of every day and want

to do all they can to prevent any other family from going through what

they're suffering. If you've been affected by any

of the issues in Fiona Stalker's report you can get help

and advice at bbc.co.uk/actionline. A drone has been involved

in a near-miss with a plane making its descent into

Edinburgh Airport. The incident happened

at lunchtime last Friday. The unmanned craft was flying

around 25 metres away from a Loganair flight,

at a height of around 4,000 feet. The pilot was forced

to take evasive action. No-one was injured and the plane

successfully landed. Police believe the drone

may have been piloted The majority of claimants suing

Royal Bank of Scotland at London's High Court have

indicated a willingness to settle the action,

a judge has been told. RBS has been trying to reach

a last-minute settlement with thousands of investors who say

they were misled over the bank's financial health in the run-up

to its near-collapse in 2008. The civil case was due

to begin on Monday, but it was adjourned to allow

settlement talks to continue. A man has been convicted of killing

a Mr Scotland bodybuilder 44-year-old Steven Kirkwood,

who had denied murdering bodybuilder Michael O'Hanlon,

was found guilty of the lesser Aileen Clarke's report contains

some strong language. Michael oh Hanlon was a well-known

competitor in body building events. He lifted the over all Mr Scotland

title. More than 20 years sense he first won it, a massive comeback to

form. Ian Robertson trained with Michael. I spoke to him, he was

presented his sword, he went backstage and buzzing. The relief

that he could still enter competition and be successful. He

was ebbing stackic backstage he was. His fiancee had will be been in a

long-term relationship with Steven Kirkwood they had been exchanging

abusive messages. That cull mill anywayed in a showdown.

Michael oh Hanlon showed up and brought a pal. Mr Cowen is a former

competitor in the World's Strongest Man contest. He could hear Michael

and Steven shouting then they started fighting throwing punches.

He saw that Kirkwood had an eight inch knife in his right hand.

Michael had dropped to his knees. He went and trieded to hold him up. He

was unresponsive and bleeding heavily from his wounds. Kirkwood

denied murder the jury found him guilty of cull pabl homicide under

provocation. Michael had dead educated much of his life to

training and competing. He would do five days training... He is being

remembered for much more than his physique. He was holding his

daughter in hi hands when she was born. A big cuddly toy, to body

building and his family he was a larger than life character. Kirkwood

will be sentenced next month. Scotland's largest health board has

been fined ?100,000 pounds after two patients took their own lives

in their care. 44-year-old Kenneth McRae

and 27-year-old Louise Docherty were admitted to separate NHS

Greater Glasgow and Clyde hospitals The health board has admitted health

and safety failings. Around 350 women in Scotland die

from ovarian cancer each year, but often the symptoms are spotted

too late by women and their GPs. New research from the charity

Target Ovarian Cancer suggests more than a third of the women they spoke

to, diagnosed with the disease, had to visit their doctor three

or more times before being referred Here's our health and social care

correspondent, Shelley Jofre. I had an update meeting with my

surgeons. What they are will do is an incision - Fiona is keeping a

vlog of her cancer treatment. It involves removing my womb. Fiona was

30 when she went to her GP in the summer of 2015. The doctor thought

her symptoms were from recent surgery. Fiona was convinced it was

ovarian cancer. I kept pursuing it and went back and forward and kept

getting told, no it was the result from the surgery. I was referred to

a gynaecologist and went through that same process of being told that

it wasn't ovarian cancer until I did get diagnosed. It's a story we hear

too often, women going to the GP, the symptoms being missed. It's

important to remember that no GP wants to miss a cancer diagnosis. We

do a lot of work with GPs here m Scotland raising awareness of the

guidelines in place and the symptoms so they can make the early

diagnosis. The charity Target Ovarian cancer is at Holyrood today.

They found just 17% of women could name bloating as a symptom of

ovarian cancer. 31% of women thought it could be detected through

cervical screening. It can't. A woman diagnosed with the disease,

36% had to visit their GP three times or more before being referred

for tests. It took six visits for Fiona. GPs in Scotland, unlike the

rest of the UK, can refer women on for blood tests and an ultrasound to

be done together quickly. But that only helps if it's done early

enough. I wasn't diagnosed until it was very advanced. My cancer is

incurable. I want GPs to be I aware that young women ghetto rarian

cancer and eliminate it initially rather than eliminating everything

else. F Oi iona and the campaign have the backing of the Royal

College of GPs in Scotland who say that clearly there are improvements

to be made. More health news for you.

NHS Shetland patients travelling to Aberdeen to attend

appointments will still be able to travel by plane.

The health board had planned to send the majority of people

by ferry, in an effort to save ?1 million.

It would've meant a 12-hour trip instead of a one-hour flight -

which sparked a number of public petitions.

At a special meeting today, it was agreed

Now the weather: I want to show you the pressure chart for the week

ahead. It shows high pressure building over the next few days. We

will see increasingly dry, sunny weather and increasingly warm

weather as we drag in the warm continental air. Mid 20s

temperatures by Friday is likely. Back to the here and now. Cloud and

rain to get through. You can see on the earlier satellite and radar

picture wet weather further east than we forecast today. A wet

afternoon for some. The best of the sunshine to Shetland. Lovely picture

from our weather watchers. Elsewhere it was cloudy and at times quite

damp. That theme conditions over the next few hours with the rain to

central and western parts, murky through Argyll, the Highlands and

Islands, particularly around the coast. Further east, dryer. There

will be clear spells to Aberdeenshire. Look at the

temperatures overnight. No lower than 13 or 14 for central and

southern Scotland. Mild indeed. We start the day tomorrow it will be a

cloudy, grey start for many. Again drizzly across the north-west. Early

sunshine to the north-east, cloud will build, come and go at times. By

the afternoon the wet weather in the north-west will clear. Many areas

will be dry. If we take a closer look around 4.00pm. You will notice

that whilst it is mostly dry across the south there could be one or two

showers across the southern uplands. Cloud, sunshine, but temperatures

20-22. Further west cooler, but dry. There could be one or two showers in

the Cairngorms and moving east. Different day in store for vet

Shetland compared with today. Cloudy and damp for you tomorrow. The rest

of the afternoon into the evening the rain with us across Shetland.

Elsewhere largely dry. Late spells of sunshine. Thursday, the wind

direction starts to change. It's more sorely. That means we are

introducing dryer air, less cloud, warmer air. Temperatures into the

low 20s. Come Friday the temperatures continue to rise. We

could be up to 25, maybe 26 degrees at times with a fair amount of

sunshine and that sunshine extending towards Shetland as well which will

have a fairly and at times damp week up until that point.

Our next update is after the Ten O'Clock news.

Two girls are still missing from last nights attack. They attended

the concert at Manchester Arena they have failed to make contact with

their families who travelled to Manchester to spend the day there.

We will keep you up dated. Our next update is after

the Ten O'Clock news. Until then, from everyone

on the team - right Below me, hundreds of people have

just been leaving Albert Square It is just one of the many ways this

city is coming to terms The newly elected Mayor

of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has said the city will show

it's true spirit. As our special correspondent

Fergal Keane reports now Our cities cannot live in constant

fear of terror, however So when the night

is torn by violence, there is shock, there is strength

and there are questions. Is today we asked the

Mancunians we met to speak Kind of, when's it

going to end, really? It's incredibly sad and our way

of life, you know, is sort of being controlled by it now,

as much as we don't want it to be. We're such a united

city and it's just It's quite harrowing to think

what happened last night. It's very devastating and how young

people are that fell victim to it, You wouldn't expect it for anywhere,

but of Manchester, it's a welcoming You don't expect things

like this to happen here, but It makes you scared

at first, but you just realise you can't let fear win

and you get on with it. You thank the emergency

services for all they've done and, yeah, it's

Manchester, life goes on. Yet also a place of

emphatic declaration. We ask that you allow the

perpetrators of this evil, evil action, ala, bring them to justice.

It's hard. How can I, if I had one of the victim's fathers, let's say,

or someone who lost their daughter or son in yesterday's attack and I'm

saying to him, George, Alan, this is nothing to do with us. He knows the

person who did it adhered to a so-called faith. It's hard to talk

to a person like that, to say this is nothing to do with the faith. I'm

saying to people publicly and privately, we have to distance our

faith from these barbaric terrorists. That's what they are.

They are criminals with criminal mind sets. People here already knew

what it meant to face and recover from terrorist violence. An IRA bomb

devastated Manchester City centre i 1996. Three years earlier, in nearby

Warrington, an IRA bomb killed three-year-old Jonathan Ball and

12-year-old Tim CAP Parry. Tim's father, Colin, became a peace

campaigner. Today he was thinking of the burden of parents' grief.

Closing a child is the most awful event in anybody's life and there's

no easy way to say you'll one day get over it, you will one day

recover. You might, you might not. The feelings are deep, deep, they

are almost animal-like. You lock everything down. You go inside on

yourself. The fact that terrorism is part of the collective memory of

this city does nothing to reduce the sense of raw shock felt here today.

Manchester's past experience does remind us of the resilience of

democracies in the face of terrorist campaigns. And of the strength of

the bonds of community. After terror attacks the word "defiance" is often

used. There is that here, but the communal sense of grief that is most

profound. Ferg app Keane, BBC News, Manchester. Huw uw Edwards will be

back here with the latest from the BBC's news at ten. That's all from

us. Before we go, I'll leave you with some of the images of the day.

A day of emotion, deviance and solidarity. Goodbye. Always

remember, never forget, forever Manchester. Choose love, Manchester,

thank you.