:00:00. > :00:00.Here on BBC One it's time for the news where you are.
:00:07. > :00:09.Scotland's food standards watchdog says it believes 19 people
:00:10. > :00:11.who became ill during a recent e-coli outbreak
:00:12. > :00:17.Officials said most of those were known to have
:00:18. > :00:22.Food Standards Scotland has ordered a blanket ban
:00:23. > :00:26.on all products from the makers, Errington Cheese.
:00:27. > :00:44.To make a number of confirmed cases of E. Coli has risen to 22. The team
:00:45. > :01:01.at managing the investigation say 19 of those had eaten blue cheese.
:01:02. > :01:07.15 of those people infected with E. Coli are known to have eaten the Tom
:01:08. > :01:11.Sawyer blue cheese. What they will not reveal is whether the
:01:12. > :01:18.three-year-old girl who died during this outbreak is eating blue cheese.
:01:19. > :01:21.A small number of E. Coli cases in children are being investigated in
:01:22. > :01:24.the Angus area. Initial enquiries suggest these could be linked to
:01:25. > :01:27.this national outbreak. It is not just done sire blue which has been
:01:28. > :01:29.taken off the shelves. All six types of cheese made by the company in
:01:30. > :01:31.Lanarkshire were ordered to be withdrawn from sale by the food
:01:32. > :01:34.safety agency. There is criticism that that the move is perhaps
:01:35. > :01:37.overcautious. I am surprised that all the cheese being produced by the
:01:38. > :01:40.company has been withdrawn in a very peremptory survey. The company
:01:41. > :01:47.wasn't given a chance to respond to the withdrawal notice. So the Food
:01:48. > :01:53.Standards Agency is taking a very precautionary line. The
:01:54. > :01:58.investigation team is stoutly defending its decision saying they
:01:59. > :02:02.have taken a large number of cheese samples and these have identified a
:02:03. > :02:05.number of different cheeses produced by Errington cheese containing
:02:06. > :02:13.organisms with the potential to cause serious illness. Including the
:02:14. > :02:17.E. Coli bug. As for the producers, they have stuck to their position,
:02:18. > :02:23.saying all the testing they have carried out under their cheese has
:02:24. > :02:26.found no trace of E. Coli. They say that has been confirmed to them by
:02:27. > :02:28.various microbiological experts. A mother of two who had
:02:29. > :02:30.to crowd fund her treatment after being denied a new drug
:02:31. > :02:33.for breast cancer, is now to receive the medicine on the NHS,
:02:34. > :02:36.after she wrote to the First Tonight Anne Maclean-Chang said
:02:37. > :02:39.she was delighted , Nicola Sturgeon welcomed
:02:40. > :02:44.the Grampian health board U-turn, but warned that it was impossible
:02:45. > :02:47.to provide every patient with the medication
:02:48. > :02:51.they thought they required. This from our Political
:02:52. > :03:04.Editor, Brian Taylor. Yes, it is the First Minister, guard
:03:05. > :03:08.in pink. Nicola Sturgeon joint fellow leaders to back the charity
:03:09. > :03:16.breast Cancer now. Smiling together to help combat pain and anguish.
:03:17. > :03:18.Earlier, political conflict. The daily record highlighted the reality
:03:19. > :03:24.of cancer treatment under this government. The paper told of a
:03:25. > :03:30.woman, a mother of two, denied cancer drug which might prolong her
:03:31. > :03:34.life. The drug is not routinely prescribed to appeal for individual
:03:35. > :03:38.treatment was rejected. Alerted to the case, the First Minister's
:03:39. > :03:44.offers contacted the health board yesterday. This morning, following
:03:45. > :03:48.discussions with a clinician, NHS Grampian has agreed to fund this
:03:49. > :03:58.drug. I understand she has been informed of this morning. Satellite,
:03:59. > :04:03.probably a bit of surprise after the fight I feel I have had in trying to
:04:04. > :04:08.get to this point that there seemed to be a turnaround. I believe there
:04:09. > :04:14.are over 100 women like me in Scotland who have this disease and
:04:15. > :04:18.some of them may well benefit from the drug as well. So I am very
:04:19. > :04:23.conscious that although this personally is a great decision for
:04:24. > :04:26.me, it doesn't help these other ladies who are out there who are
:04:27. > :04:31.already diagnosed were about to be diagnosed. In a statement, the
:04:32. > :04:36.health board confirmed it was there a call. They said having considered
:04:37. > :04:37.the unusual circumstances of this case the medical director has
:04:38. > :04:42.sanctioned the use of the drug in case the medical director has
:04:43. > :04:47.this instance. Wonderful news, but what about the others in a similar
:04:48. > :04:54.plight? Can she assured the chamber that cases like this will never
:04:55. > :04:58.happen again? No, I cannot and I will not give an assurance that no
:04:59. > :05:03.patient will never again find that they cannot access a drug that they
:05:04. > :05:08.think, in all sincerity, they should, because in any system that
:05:09. > :05:11.is to assess drugs there will inevitably be hard decisions that
:05:12. > :05:16.are difficult for all of us where drugs are not accessible for a
:05:17. > :05:20.particular patient. There is a review under way into how patients
:05:21. > :05:24.can access new medicines in Scotland. At the core that is an
:05:25. > :05:28.attempt to persuade drug companies to charge lower prices to the NHS
:05:29. > :05:33.but from the general to the particular. Tonight, one mother is
:05:34. > :05:34.to receive treatment she hopes will give her a long time with her
:05:35. > :05:38.family. The Scottish and UK governments have
:05:39. > :05:40.held what they've called positive talks on the UK leaving
:05:41. > :05:42.the European Union. It was a first time meeting
:05:43. > :05:45.in Downing Street for the UK's Brexit minister David Davis
:05:46. > :05:47.and his Scottish Mr Russell, also met the scottish
:05:48. > :05:52.secretary David Mundell, and warned it was inconceivable
:05:53. > :05:55.for ministers in London to negotiate devolved issues
:05:56. > :05:56.on Scotland's behalf. Our Political Correspondent,
:05:57. > :06:10.Nick Eardley, reports. Today was the first time at Michael
:06:11. > :06:15.Russell and David Davies had met in their new roles. It was about two
:06:16. > :06:19.things. A chance for the Scottish Government to set out its key
:06:20. > :06:23.interests. The one we have heard a lot about in the past fortnight is
:06:24. > :06:27.membership of the European single market. The Scottish Government
:06:28. > :06:31.believes that needs to continue, the UK Government is yet to set out its
:06:32. > :06:35.formal position. Today was also a chance for the Scottish Government
:06:36. > :06:41.and the UK Government to discuss what role of ministers in Edinburgh
:06:42. > :06:45.should have in formulating the UK's brisk set strategy. In particular,
:06:46. > :06:50.they discussed what rule ministers in Edinburgh would have when it came
:06:51. > :06:54.to devolved issues. Devolution is massively embedded in the United
:06:55. > :06:57.Kingdom. We believe in moving on from that, but it would be
:06:58. > :07:02.inconceivable that the areas of devolved responsibility were
:07:03. > :07:05.negotiated on or negotiated away by anybody else, because they are the
:07:06. > :07:07.responsibility of the Scottish Government and parliament and I
:07:08. > :07:13.think we have to make absolutely clear. We are at a very early stage
:07:14. > :07:19.in the process. We have to understand how we take forward the
:07:20. > :07:22.respective interests of Scotland and other parts of the United Kingdom
:07:23. > :07:28.and how the negotiations are going to be struck. Mr Mandela also said
:07:29. > :07:31.he is open to Scotland having a slightly different relationship with
:07:32. > :07:36.the EU than the rest of the UK post-Brexit. That is not a view
:07:37. > :07:40.shared by everybody around the UK Cabinet table. I am told there would
:07:41. > :07:43.be more information about the former ruler of Scotland in this process in
:07:44. > :07:48.the next few weeks. There will also be more toxic one forward between
:07:49. > :07:51.the UK and Scottish governments as they try to find some common cars.
:07:52. > :07:53.It is unlikely that will be simple. Plans to make emotional
:07:54. > :07:55.and psychological abuse a crime have The proposals will also see
:07:56. > :07:59.a separate offence of domestic abuse Victims' groups have
:08:00. > :08:02.welcomed the move. They say for too long the focus has
:08:03. > :08:07.been on physical violence, while mental torture
:08:08. > :08:21.can often be worse. Covering yourself up. Nobody wants
:08:22. > :08:26.to look at you. Domestic abuse takes many forms. It can go on for years,
:08:27. > :08:34.gradually gnawing away at the sense of self. It made me feel worthless.
:08:35. > :08:36.Psychologically and sexually abused, this woman's former partner was
:08:37. > :08:44.eventually jailed. She is still suffering. Depressed, isolated,
:08:45. > :08:48.anxious, always feeling you had to run things past and ask for
:08:49. > :08:55.permission. Trying to separate me from my friends who could see
:08:56. > :08:59.through him. There tends to be a lot of self blame because they have been
:09:00. > :09:03.told over and over that this is only happening because they are not doing
:09:04. > :09:10.things right. They are not behaving in a proper way, they are not
:09:11. > :09:14.cooking, cleaning properly and so that sense of personhood is eroded.
:09:15. > :09:19.It is this type of abuse the new offence is designed to tackle as the
:09:20. > :09:22.justice minister hurt when he visited a support centre. It is not
:09:23. > :09:27.just the physical aspect, it is the coercive and controlling nature of
:09:28. > :09:31.the psychological abuse associated with it. We have in existing law
:09:32. > :09:36.provisions to do with the physical aspects. What this new legislation
:09:37. > :09:39.will do is help us deal with the psychological consequences that go
:09:40. > :09:43.with domestic violence. Cases of physical domestic abuse are pretty
:09:44. > :09:47.prosecuted under existing criminal laws like breach of the peace or
:09:48. > :09:52.assault. Experts say they do not give sufficient powers to bring
:09:53. > :09:55.abusers to justice. The new law coming into place in Scotland will
:09:56. > :09:59.allow police officers to go to incidents and look at the whole
:10:00. > :10:02.story of what is happening in that relationship. It is not just about
:10:03. > :10:06.the physical assault, the sexual assault, it is about the isolation
:10:07. > :10:13.and controlling behaviour, the bad times. These can be packaged up and
:10:14. > :10:16.put to the court. We are offering protection also offering police
:10:17. > :10:20.officers or two in the war against domestic abuse. It is estimated a
:10:21. > :10:26.woman will be physically or emotionally abused at least 30 or 40
:10:27. > :10:28.times before she reported. MSP is voted unanimously to ensure the lot
:10:29. > :10:30.will be on her side. The UK government's
:10:31. > :10:32.Culture Secretary, Karen Bradley, says it's for the BBC to decide
:10:33. > :10:35.whether Scotland should have an hour long TV news
:10:36. > :10:37.programme at six o'clock. BBC Scotland's producing pilots
:10:38. > :10:39.for a programme which could replace Reporting Scotland
:10:40. > :10:41.and the Six o'clock News. As she announced a new BBC Charter
:10:42. > :10:44.for the next eleven years, the Culture Secretary said
:10:45. > :10:47.the BBC should represent The MP for Midlothian,
:10:48. > :10:53.Owen Thomson has called for the UK government to act urgently to allow
:10:54. > :10:56.a nine-year-old Syrian boy, Mohammed Karou, who was feared dead
:10:57. > :10:58.in the country's civil war, to be allowed to join his
:10:59. > :11:01.parents in Scotland. The couple fled from north-east
:11:02. > :11:04.Syria earlier this year, But after they settled in Penicuik,
:11:05. > :11:10.they discovered he's still alive, Time now for the latest weather
:11:11. > :11:24.forecast, with Christopher. Good evening. There was warm
:11:25. > :11:28.sunshine around today for some of us. An official looking over at Loch
:11:29. > :11:34.Ness. You needed to be away from the coast for the heat. 26 degrees in
:11:35. > :11:37.Aberdeenshire. Cooler where we have the frontal cloud around the east
:11:38. > :11:41.coast. Cody for Northern Ireland. Most of England and Wales have
:11:42. > :11:48.sunshine. The heat now kicking off a number of thunderstorms. We have
:11:49. > :11:52.trained moving north west across Scotland. The Southeast will see
:11:53. > :11:54.disruptive weather. The torrential downpours likely to cause
:11:55. > :11:58.significant travel impact if you are travelling to the south-east of
:11:59. > :12:02.England tomorrow by plane or by train. And amber be prepared one is
:12:03. > :12:07.in force. Tomorrow it is a west start. Only thunderstorms are at
:12:08. > :12:11.sea. Elsewhere it is a dry, bright start and through the morning that
:12:12. > :12:14.sunshine butchers ring away. Improving for all but lingering for
:12:15. > :12:23.Shetland and the far north-east of Aberdeenshire. If you light showers
:12:24. > :12:26.in the West but dry and bright. Across the UK as a whole you can see
:12:27. > :12:28.the wet weather stretching to the south-east. Some torrential
:12:29. > :12:32.downpours here. West of here it is great and deprived by the odd
:12:33. > :12:37.shower. Fresher comparator too late. Temperatures in the mid to high
:12:38. > :12:41.teens, maybe 20 Celsius. Forget the circumstances we have seen. Remember
:12:42. > :12:47.today we saw areas reaching the mid-20s. Tomorrow around 17 or 18.
:12:48. > :12:50.Friday night, any showers fade away it is dry and clear and chilly in
:12:51. > :12:54.the countryside as a ridge of high pressure builds on overnight. That
:12:55. > :12:58.is with us for the first of the weekend. Saturday looks set the. Try
:12:59. > :13:02.fine weather in store. That fees plus sunshine is perhaps a little
:13:03. > :13:06.more cloud building across the far north-west. The odd spot of rain.
:13:07. > :13:10.Many areas try and fight. A different story come Sunday. They
:13:11. > :13:14.were different version of the Atlantic bringing outbreaks of
:13:15. > :13:16.Linford West of Scotland and Northern Ireland and that will
:13:17. > :13:19.slowly make its way for the south-eastward as we had its
:13:20. > :13:19.Ridgewood Sunday night. That is the forecast for now.
:13:20. > :13:24.Our next update is during Breakfast at six twenty five tomorrow morning.
:13:25. > :13:27.But, from everyone on the late team here in Glasgow and around