:00:08. > :00:11.The prospect of Britain leaving the European Union has dominated
:00:12. > :00:14.debate at both Westminster and Holyrood.
:00:15. > :00:16.Under challenge from the SNP, the Prime Minister said
:00:17. > :00:18.she would not give a "running commentary" on negotiations.
:00:19. > :00:20.But, in the Scottish Parliament, the First Minister said
:00:21. > :00:24.that was because Theresa May didn't have a clue what to do next.
:00:25. > :00:31.Our political editor Brian Taylor has the details.
:00:32. > :00:42.Is leasing or more to is absolutely because -- the single market is
:00:43. > :00:45.absolutely recall of the year the European Union. It is the single
:00:46. > :00:48.market that Obama is talking about when it said that it was worried
:00:49. > :00:52.that it would lose connections with its British investment and the
:00:53. > :00:55.remainder of the European Union. So, its epicentre of the old thing. Of
:00:56. > :00:59.course, there could be continued British membership of the single
:01:00. > :01:03.market if that is possible. There could be limited forms of access to
:01:04. > :01:08.the single market. The brightness of the challenged in the Commons by
:01:09. > :01:12.Angus Robertson of the SNP to see whether she supported full
:01:13. > :01:19.membership of the single market. She was asked that twice and twice she
:01:20. > :01:21.declined to answer. Here is a reply. The United Kingdom will leave the
:01:22. > :01:26.European Union and we will build a new relationship with the European
:01:27. > :01:31.Union. The new relationship will include control of the movement of
:01:32. > :01:37.people from the EU into the UK and it will include the right deal for
:01:38. > :01:40.trade in goods and services. And that formulation, that formula used
:01:41. > :01:47.by the prime minister did not and brisk the First Minister, Nicola
:01:48. > :01:52.Sturgeon. -- impress. She had a basement on what has moved with the
:01:53. > :01:56.guard to Brexit and Scotland's there on. She accused the primers are
:01:57. > :02:03.having a of clarity with regard to Brexit and, in particular, to the
:02:04. > :02:07.single market. Ad units to think it is acceptable to have a cloud of
:02:08. > :02:14.secrecy hanging over the UK's Government's negotiating decision.
:02:15. > :02:17.It's not ideal to have a Prime Minister who is unwilling to answer
:02:18. > :02:20.the question if we should be remaining in the single market or
:02:21. > :02:25.not. The UK, do not want a running
:02:26. > :02:29.commentary, they want the position to be formulated and then hard
:02:30. > :02:34.bargaining with the European Union. A bit of a row in the Labour Party
:02:35. > :02:41.connived with Jeremy Corbyn talking about free trade dogma and a
:02:42. > :02:45.spokesman later said that they would not necessarily back membership of
:02:46. > :02:48.the single market. It has caused a big rally Nicola Sturgeon pounced on
:02:49. > :02:55.it. Tonight, Kenya Dugdale stressed the cheat sheet and autonomous
:02:56. > :02:59.decision in her autonomous Scottish party. -- that she. She backed the
:03:00. > :03:02.Scottish Parliament and the Scottish element.
:03:03. > :03:04.If you thought finding a high street bank branch was becoming
:03:05. > :03:06.increasingly difficult, you'd be right.
:03:07. > :03:09.According to BBC research, Scotland has lost or is about to lose almost
:03:10. > :03:11.150 branches across six of the biggest names
:03:12. > :03:24.They've been familiar sights on our high streets for years but are
:03:25. > :03:30.disappearing fast. In Aberdeen alone, nine bank branches have
:03:31. > :03:34.either closed in your last year or are earmarked for closure. And it's
:03:35. > :03:39.not just there. BBC analysis has found that the country is losing
:03:40. > :03:44.almost 150 branches over 18 months. Edinburgh lost the nose, more than
:03:45. > :03:58.Moray. Another eight in the islands. Moray. Another eight in the islands.
:03:59. > :04:04.-- Highlands. This lack -- TSB has found the worst. Investment instead
:04:05. > :04:10.of going into a huge super range in the city centre. Rural banking is
:04:11. > :04:16.changing, too. The mobile banking to be replacing the brownish in many
:04:17. > :04:21.places. This basic paper-based service is about to be modernised.
:04:22. > :04:26.We also offer cash transactions, both to pay money and take money
:04:27. > :04:32.out. But we will offer, also have things like broadband connection,
:04:33. > :04:35.Wi-Fi connection on the mobile brands. We will have iPad type
:04:36. > :04:40.tablets. The brown share will close next month minivan will become the
:04:41. > :04:47.only option. For villages, it's a big change. I have always been used
:04:48. > :04:53.to going into a branch. I would still like to continue doing that.
:04:54. > :05:04.It's so gave transferring but you can withdraw from a phone. In a
:05:05. > :05:11.shrinking retail sector, filling the empty branches is not easy. But this
:05:12. > :05:17.former Santander on Aberdeen's union Street has been turned into an
:05:18. > :05:21.estate agency. They say it's likely that retailers will snap them up.
:05:22. > :05:26.The big retailers are first and foremost going to look at shopping
:05:27. > :05:35.centres and retail outlets. I think the larger city centre bank branches
:05:36. > :05:40.lend themselves better to restaurants and two bars and coffee
:05:41. > :05:47.houses, nightclubs. The rate of banking is changing as people shift
:05:48. > :05:49.online. But that's changing the face of the high Street, to add more
:05:50. > :05:53.branches close for good. The chief inspector of prisons has
:05:54. > :05:55.highlighted two growing problems The number of prisoners serving
:05:56. > :05:58.sentences for sexual offences has And as many are convicted
:05:59. > :06:02.of historical crimes, there's also been a significant rise
:06:03. > :06:05.in the number of older prisoners. Our Home Affairs Correspondent,
:06:06. > :06:18.Reevel Alderson reports. It's Scotland's biggest jail and one
:06:19. > :06:22.of the oldest, the grand Victorian bowling present their own Rob and
:06:23. > :06:26.enjoy conditions you are acceptable in a 21st century. Now there's
:06:27. > :06:31.another challenge staff here. Growing numbers of six offenders.
:06:32. > :06:40.The number of prisoners at Scotland's gels or 7416 at the end
:06:41. > :06:45.of last week. Of these 1100 so, are convicted six offenders. --
:06:46. > :06:50.Barlinnie. The portion has quadrupled in the past year or so.
:06:51. > :06:52.Poses challenges for the sassy engines of arranging programmes and
:06:53. > :07:01.making sure case management is conducted properly. Of a segregated?
:07:02. > :07:05.Prisoners convicted of sexual offences are kept in one particular
:07:06. > :07:12.hall so they are separate for activities, education and work. Matt
:07:13. > :07:17.at convocation for the prison. Many convicted six offenders, like John
:07:18. > :07:21.Farrell, are elderly. He is 63 and is serving five years for abusing
:07:22. > :07:25.boys. Paul Kelly was jailed with him for ten years. The men are typical
:07:26. > :07:30.of all the prisoners serving sentences for offensive decade ago.
:07:31. > :07:35.12% of prisoners in Scotland are now over 50 and there are more than
:07:36. > :07:43.100/60 five. The prison service is now having to buy an social care
:07:44. > :07:49.services like those provided for elderly people. -- more than 100 are
:07:50. > :07:55.over 65. The age profile of the prisoners within the population have
:07:56. > :07:57.an increased considerably. These prisoners, all of the
:07:58. > :08:02.psychogeriatric problems that people of that age group have in the
:08:03. > :08:07.divinity and we are having to cater for that. Largely decided data for
:08:08. > :08:13.fit young inmates -- designs. There are more changes being made as more
:08:14. > :08:18.elderly people had installed real sentences. -- custodial.
:08:19. > :08:20.Police investigating the murder of Aberdeenshire handy man
:08:21. > :08:22.Brian McKandie say they could carry out a mass screening
:08:23. > :08:26.It's now six months since the 67-year-old was found dead
:08:27. > :08:29.Detectives say DNA profiles have been found at the house.
:08:30. > :08:34.However so far they have not been matched on any database.
:08:35. > :08:37.Campaigners are trying to save the East of Scotland's cleft
:08:38. > :08:40.Health managers want to shut the Edinburgh unit -
:08:41. > :08:42.which operates on children from Shetland to Selkirk -
:08:43. > :08:46.Protesters argue Scotland's children will be failed if this
:08:47. > :09:13.Alex has had many operations. He doesn't want the centre to shocked.
:09:14. > :09:22.I want it to stay. Why is that? Because I've still got my operations
:09:23. > :09:31.today. He was born with a cleft lip and palate. Surgery can help with
:09:32. > :09:33.eating and speech. This proposal is talking about dismantling a
:09:34. > :09:38.close-knit team who is multidisciplinary and surgeon lead.
:09:39. > :09:41.The Cleft surgeon said he an end rat has a world leading reputation but
:09:42. > :09:44.health authorities want to close it down and try soliciting Vasco
:09:45. > :09:47.because they say the single-handed surgical service hair is not
:09:48. > :09:57.available. Control of Smoke Pollution Act Glasgow. -- Glasgow.
:09:58. > :10:01.Experts say quality of care will suffer as Glasgow's results are
:10:02. > :10:03.worse than Edinburgh's. If you look at the Freedom of information
:10:04. > :10:06.releases, you will find that unfortunately, if you are referred
:10:07. > :10:11.to Glasgow, you will end up with more operations. There are more
:10:12. > :10:15.problems relating to universe children who won't be able to
:10:16. > :10:19.develop normal speech by the age of five. The authorities stress this is
:10:20. > :10:21.not a cost-cutting exercise and rejected claims that Glasgow's
:10:22. > :10:26.results are worse. No option is off the table, we are considering all
:10:27. > :10:29.options. What is important to recognise is that if there are any
:10:30. > :10:36.moves, what is maintained locally as the services that provide
:10:37. > :10:41.reasonable. Alex's family say it is not about half what they have to
:10:42. > :10:43.travel to surgery but the joint annuity of quality for all of
:10:44. > :10:45.Scotland's cleft children. Scottish food and drink companies
:10:46. > :10:47.expect to create more jobs and increase their sales
:10:48. > :10:57.in the next five years. Many see Brexit as an opportunity to
:10:58. > :11:01.grow. 100 firms were questioned for a Bank
:11:02. > :11:03.of Scotland survey. It found companies expect
:11:04. > :11:05.to increase their turnover by an average of 24% over
:11:06. > :11:07.the next five years. It also forecasts 14,000 jobs
:11:08. > :11:10.will be created in that time. Let's get the weather
:11:11. > :11:22.from Christopher. Thank you. Good evening. Fairly dry
:11:23. > :11:25.and cloudy tonight but really only Allah, we will see some wet weather
:11:26. > :11:29.pushing in three Hebrides and approaching the West Coast. Nest and
:11:30. > :11:38.met around the west as well. A fairly cloudy that start. We get the
:11:39. > :11:46.temperatures at 8am, 16-17dC. Also windy from the south, a gale-force
:11:47. > :11:51.around the Hebrides. Rain coming your way later. Largely dry bizarre
:11:52. > :11:55.things are. Still some mist and low cloud for the Northern Isles.
:11:56. > :11:59.Through the cause of Thursday, during the morning at least, still
:12:00. > :12:03.the brain off and on as that weather continues to work its way north and
:12:04. > :12:08.leaflets. And windy for all. South of the border, plenty of dry, fine
:12:09. > :12:12.weather. Plenty of sunshine in the south east and vintages into the
:12:13. > :12:17.mid-20s. Rats if showers just was because the Wales. We will have
:12:18. > :12:19.challenged as well by the act and once the morning rain clears. Still
:12:20. > :12:23.with us at this point for Orkney and once the morning rain clears. Still
:12:24. > :12:31.Shetland but most of the mainland greedy with showers. Shall stay with
:12:32. > :12:35.us. Into Friday, still windy. You can see the tightly packed as a bar
:12:36. > :12:37.there but it is really drive. There is some wet weather coming our way
:12:38. > :12:42.there but it is really drive. There later but plenty of dry, fine
:12:43. > :12:45.weather foremost on Friday. You'll notice showers across the Highlands.
:12:46. > :12:50.The end to eat the day. Integers fresher than we've had of late but
:12:51. > :12:54.the rain will arrive and cross the country overnight Friday to
:12:55. > :13:00.Saturday. Come Saturday, it is well away from us. Certainly affecting
:13:01. > :13:03.England down to the south east. For 12 and Northern Ireland, and us in
:13:04. > :13:08.Scotland, reasonably bright on Saturday with showers in the
:13:09. > :13:11.north-west. As the Sunday, it starts fine but more rain arriving as he
:13:12. > :13:13.had toward the end of the day. Certainly overnight into money as
:13:14. > :13:16.well. That the forecast for now. Andy Murray has been playing
:13:17. > :13:19.for a place in the semi-finals He's playing against
:13:20. > :13:28.the Japanese world number