31/08/2016 Reporting Scotland

to one of Britain's Paralympians just ahead of those Games.

It's just eight miles from Ferguslie Park in Paisley

to the Whitecraigs area south of Glasgow, in East Renfrewshire.

Ferguslie Park is officially the most deprived area in Scotland,

The Government figures published today reveal a complex picture

It is one of 50 projcts operated by the council

Children get the best start in live life and their mothers can

access financial housing and benefits advice.

I have help from every aspect, talking about tax, benefit,

240 families have received support from the scheme,

organisers say it is successful because it is local.

I think the local focus is key, services that are Renfrewshire

wide, people for some reason don't access them.

With the school at the centre means people access financial advice,

housing advice, employment advice as well as their positive

This is part of a six million poverty fund.

Too late to influence this year's figures but a significant attempt.

This is not going to be an overnight success. It is long-standing issues

we are dealing with. This investment is for the long-term. It's for the

youngest in our community, supplied to be Google providing support for

families. We are seeing sluggish growth is in

the economy. We have inclusive growth, so we pay attention to

places, that all things being equal, don't benefit from expansion and the

economy. We make concerted efforts to tackle the barriers those places

face. The index is published as research

shows people from deprived backgrounds are paying

a premium for being poor, with utilities and services

costing them more. We found the premium exacerbates

the effects felt by people living at or near the poverty line,

there is big instances of cutting back on expenditure

and food worryingly. There are plans to boost employment

in Ferguslie Park with a new sports complex and Paisley's bid

for City of Culture status. The Prime Minister has ruled

out giving the devolved She's been meeting the cabinet

at her official retreat, Chequers. A statement after the meeting said

that while there is a "commitment to the Devolved Nations to make sure

that Brexit works for all" the timetable and terms

of triggering Article 50 are up First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said

Mrs May's lack of detail on Brexit is an 'increasingly unacceptable

and irresponsible position'. Our Political Correspondent Glenn

Campbell reports from Chequers. If the Cabinet reached any firm

conclusions on what form Brexit should take they are not giving much

away, after meeting of the political cabinet this afternoon,

Downing Street did confirm the desire to push ahead

with the exit process, and it seems that Theresa May

is looking for a bespoke deal for Britain, rather than some kind

of off the shelf solution. What does this all mean for Scotland

and the other devolved nations? Apparently ministers spent some time

discussing the Prime Minister's commitment to make Brexit work

for all, there is also clearly an emphasis though on the fact

that the UK will take decisions about what form the negotiations

will take, and they seem to be ruling out any kind of veto

for Scotland and the other devolved nations on the timing

of when that process begins. It will only begin though,

when ministers agree what the future relationship between the EU

and the UK they want will look like. The first advanced warship to be

built in Glasgow in almost five It's been hailed as a rebirth

of Clyde shipbuilding, but unions say there's

still uncertainty about The Navy's newest patrol vessel

and the first advanced warship built on the river in almost five year,

the project has been hailed as a return to traditional Glasgow

shipbuilding but using modern This is the first of three offshore

patrol vessels being built on the Clyde for the Royal Navy

and with negotiations on going to potentially build two

more, management say Eight of these type 26 frigates

are also due to be built on the Clyde, but the order has been

delayed by the UK Government, Unions want that work to start

as soon as possible, to avoid skilled workers having

to transfer to other UK shipyards. What we really need is the type 26

programme to start earlier than the dates that were speculated

on which was late 2017 early 18. We need to get the manufacturing

phase of that starting earlier so we can use the workforce we have

on the Clyde. However, the shipyard

operators say the work that is going on at the moment,

lays the ground for future success. The offshore patrol vessels

are a great example of us building It's a great path into type 26,

these vessels are helping us own that capability and make us,

you know, puts us in a good position The patrol vessel programme is due

to last until autumn 2018. But then it is hoped

new contracts will be in place, to secure the future of this

Clyde workforce. Did you know Scotland has

an international Council They've been having

their first meeting. And as part of a government drive

to reduce the so-called attainment gap in schools,

with children from low income households do significantly worse

at school than those The experts gathered at a primary

school in East Lothian, from where our political

correspondent, Andrew Kerr, reports. It is a challenge for the kids

at this primary school. The daily mile raises

their fitness levels. Setting a challenge of our own

the First Minister wants to improve Aided by advisers from across

the world, she wants Schools should be places

where we support children to overcomedies advantage,

and that makes it all the more important we focus on what schools

can do, to help young people overcome any disadvantage they come

across and that is why we are putting emphasis

on the attainment gap It is a modern school,

far cry from the Victorian classrooms in perhaps

many of which were educated. During those time Scotland's

education system was top of the class: So to improve

the system, excellence and equity are said to be

the guiding principles, One adviser from Boston in the US,

says they don't want to close the attainment gap by meeting

in the middle but by If you give attention to everybody

the range in a class narrow, it becomes easier to teach

the kids to engain them, because you are not distracted

with behavioural problems with kids who are finding the learning too

difficult and so on. The Conservatives say

the Scottish Government must take note of what the advisers

actually say. I would be very concerned

if the meetings with international advisers were A smoke screen to hide

the fact that the SNP have cut education budgets every

single year, that we have over 4,000 fewer teachers in our school,

that teacher training funding Involving these advisers means

the First Minister is looking A senior social worker has told

a hearing that a child protection team which dealt with the murdered

toddler Liam Fee was The hearing is investigating

the conduct of Lesley Bates, who faces charges involving 16

children, including Liam. She was a member

of the team in Fife. They were social worker

with the Child Protection Team She said Miss Bate that were given

task that were not done or there was no record

they had been done. In one case she said she had left

a child in a vulnerable position. Leslie Bate and the team

were involved in It is alleged Miss Bate failed

to take the steps to protect him from harm and 15 other children

between December 2011 Sharon Bar told the hearing

there was a split in the Child There were personality clashes

and it was divided into two camps. Some staff wouldn't speak to others

unless they had to. She agreed that had an effect on two

case, although neither was that Liam's mother and partner

were jailed for his murder, concerns had been raised with social

work for his safety but their trial That evidence came from

the leader of the Child She is due to give

evidence tomorrow. Lesley Bate is not attending this

hearing and she has given up her social work registration,

she does not admit to any The airline Jet Two has

announced a recruitment drive as it expands services,

including 160 new jobs based A total of 1,000 new flight

and ground crew jobs are being Well, time now to get the weather

prospects from Kirsteen. Thank you. Good evening. A settled

night on the cards. Mostly dry with clear spells. Showers across the

North, fairly breezy two. A relatively mild night. Tomorrow we

have the beginning of the meteorological autumn, decent start

across the country with brightness, especially across eastern areas.

However, for Western and coastal areas we will continue to see cloud

thickening. One or two showers across the North West and across the

Northern Isles and freshening south to south-westerly winds. It's going

downhill as we go through the course of the day. Much of Northern Ireland

and Scotland will see rain moving in through the course of the day.

Generally, that rain will be persistent. Strengthening southerly

winds. Much of England and Wales, a dry, bright day with sunshine and

temperatures comfortably around 23 Celsius at best. That bit fresher

elsewhere. Into the evening, across Scotland wheezy outbreaks of rain

moving west to east, that eventually clears and by Friday we see a

mixture of sunshine and showers across Scotland and Northern

Ireland. Heavy showers in the north-west with the odd rumble of

thunder, and a cloudy prospects across England and Wales with

outbreaks of rain. A fairly fresh feel. Saturday, we have various

frontal systems sitting in the Atlantic, and this feature, ex had

recurring cast on which introduces topical area to the mix. That in

turn adds to the potency of the heavy rain we are expecting, some

uncertainty regarding the track of that rain. I'll keep you posted.

Our next update is during Breakfast at 6:25 tomorrow, but from everyone

on the late team here in Glasgow, and around the country, good night.