25/08/2016 Reporting Scotland

The candidates for the leadership of the UK Labour Party have both

ruled out forming any deals with the SNP at Westminster.

Jeremy Corbyn and Owen Smith were taking part

Our political correspondent Nick Eardley was there.

Tonight's debate was one of a number around the UK but the first in

Scotland and the first chance to set their pitch to Scottish voters.

We also need to take to task the SNP who are underfunding college places

and there is a deficit in the Scottish Government's accounts. I

have come to say that the Scottish air of the new Deal, the ?200

billion that I would spend across the UK on infrastructure and skills,

20 billion of that would go to the Scottish Government to spend as they

see fit within Scotland. It comes after a torrid time for the Scottish

all bar one Westminster seat that Ms all bar one Westminster seat that Ms

-- one Westminster state to the SNP. Both candidates had a say as to what

they thought I'd gone wrong. In the last year, with Jamie as the leader

of the Labour Party, we have gone from second to third behind the

Tories. Under his leadership, we have gone backwards in Scotland. I

think Kezia Dugdale is doing a brilliant job, she is a fantastic

role model. I have worked with her since she was a candidate and I

campaigned with her in elections and on the European referendum and I

will work with her again straight this election... The SNP are very

good at pretending to adopt the close of the Labour Party in

Scotland. The reality is very different on what they actually do.

Both men also ruled out any electoral pacts with the SNP. The

Both men also ruled out any most fiery exchanges of the night

came about Europe and what should happen now. I'm not sure that Jeremy

did vote in. Owen, I thought we had grown up and we were not going to

use those kind of questions or remarks. Scottish Labour voters and

Labour voters across the UK will get to say which vision they prefer next

month. An investigation by BBC Scotland has

found that exploitation of workers is commonplace in the heart

of Govanhill in Glasgow. In the second of her special

reports, our political correspondent, Lucy Adams,

also found that exceptional levels of poverty in the area

were being exacerbated In the south side of Glasgow,

we find two women taking food from bins and filling an empty pram

with bags of clothes The company which looks

after the banks says that these incidents are so commonplace

they have had to make They actually dropped a child

inside the clothing bank to pass the stuff out and when someone came

to chase them away, the child was left there

and the police had to rescue it. A study obtained by the BBC found

of 300 Roma people and Govanhill, -- that of 300 Roma people in

Govanhill, most were working but almost a third

earned less than the minimum wage. These people say low wages were one

reason why women steal Some do not have money

for food for baby. Too many ladies are not going

working, only husband goes working. They need the money to buy

everything for the child. Volunteers say the

solution is education. If their English is not good enough,

they don't know their rights, they're working for less

than the minimum wage. The solution would be more English

classes in the area, so if their English

is getting better and better, I am teaching English in Govanhill

because we have people from 42 These English lessons in the Church

on Daisy Street started last year Learning some English

does not guarantee Are you happy to work for less than

the minimum wage? The poverty here

echoes Glasgow's past. What we saw was a community

which reminded me of growing up in the 1960s

in the East End of Glasgow. You had workless men

standing on street corners. They by and large tend to have large

families, so the men are standing out to get away

from the wife and children. You have flats where there

are infestations we have not seen in this country for many generations

- bedbugs, cockroaches, Figures obtained by the BBC show

in Govanhill in the past four years, there have been 1,500 instances

of mites, bedbugs and fleas and almost 2,000 cases

of cockroaches, although recent Quite often your clients have red

pockmarks and they are scratching The landlords will pick up

mattresses in the street and put If there are fleas or bedbugs

they will be transferred support agencies believe the

problems could worsen. There is an increase in migrants

after the referendum in May. We have definitely seen

an influx of migrants. They see it perhaps is the last

chance and they are coming here. It is new migrants which have made

Govanhill what it is. All of the things that people

see as the bad things Being so busy means there

is always something going on. The low rents also bring

in artists and students. There are lots of things

happening in Govanhill. There are lots of people doing

things to address problems It is events like this world music

night which really reflect the diversity

and vibrancy of the area. The group of young people I work

with just want to work. They want to express themselves,

some want to be famous, they want to rap and perform,

they just want to make They are not here to leech,

or to rob or harm anyone, This diverse community

has its fair share of problems. But talk to people here,

they tell you they Scotland's colleges have been

through a massive shake-up, with several mergers and a cut

in the number of part-time students. But according to the public spending

watchdog, more work is needed to understand what impact

the changes are having. Our education correspondent

Jamie McIvor reports. Stephan is getting

ready for college. He is about to begin a two-year HND

course in mechanical engineering. After college I will go

to university and get a job Colleges now focus

on full-time courses More school-leavers and young adults

are getting full-time places. It is the result of a deliberate

policy move. But there is another

side to the coin. Overall budgets were cut

by nearly a fifth in real Jobs have gone and the number

of part-time students is down dramatically,

nearly half in eight years. One of the issues

remains about funding. A number of colleges are facing

significant financial The sector is one which does not

have problems to sue. One big change is the

merger of colleges. City of Glasgow College

is hailed as a good example. Nationally, the public spending

watchdog says it needs to be easier to show if reforms

are getting results. It is not possible for

the government to report on the costs and benefits

of the reforms they It is not clear if they have been

fully achieved or what the cost was. The shake-up has sometimes

seen difficulties. This year saw a national pay strike,

but colleges claim overall It is only right the government puts

the funding in and wants to see good If that means we have to do

more data collection, that is fine as long as it does not

detract from the impact Some working in colleges have real

worries about their futures. The former Education Secretary,

Mike Russell, has been appointed to a new post as minister for Brexit

in the Scottish Government. He'll lead discussions with the UK

Government to put forward Scotland's interests ahead of negotiations

on leaving the EU. The First Minister made

the announcement on the steps The draw has been made for the group

stage of the Champions League and Celtic have a tough task

if they're to progress. The Glasgow side will face

Barcelona, Manchester City and German side Borussia Monchengladbach

in Group C. The first fixtures will take place

on the 13th or 14th September. Now the weather outlook for tonight

and tomorrow from Christopher. Good evening. Fairly cloudy, murky

conditions for some today but the north coast of Sutherland looked

like this. Our weather watchers captured it. Tonight, all eyes on

foundry downpours pushing through the north of England. This band

pushing through Northern Ireland and heading through the Hebrides over

the next few hours and marching northwards. Most of the mainland

reasonably dry. Some rain around the east coast and misty and murky but

by tomorrow morning set fair for most of central, southern and

eastern Scotland. Lovely spells of morning sunshine. With the winds

backing more south-westerly, that should push the low cloud back

towards the east coast, if not sure. Some showers in parts of Argyll, the

Highlands and Islands, heavy for a time but heading northwards. In the

daytime, the showers become lighter in nature. The heavy sell-through

Orkney and Shetland. For most of the north-east, central belt, bright

with some sunshine. In England and Wales, plenty of sunshine and

temperatures in the south-east towards the mid-20s. Similar

conditions in Northern Ireland to what we will see in the north and

north-west of Scotland. Elsewhere, sunshine and temperatures in the

20s. At the weekend, there's been a few headaches weather-wise, but we

are more confident that the heavier rain should stay to the south of us.

We are told it looks fairly dry, reasonably dry on Saturday. One or

two microlight showers around but dry spells. Looking ahead towards

the second half of the weekend, a cooler, fresher feel with winds from

the north. That heavy rain pushing off towards Scandinavia. One or two

showers around but it will be cooler.

Our next update is during Breakfast at 6:25am tomorrow.

But, from everyone here in Glasgow and around