:00:10. > :00:12.Demonstrations have been held across Scotland,
:00:13. > :00:14.in protest at the effects of the UK government's changes
:00:15. > :00:19.Women born in the 1950s say the changes mean they're losing up
:00:20. > :00:21.to ?40,000, because they're unable to retire
:00:22. > :00:31.Here's our social affairs correspondent Reevel Alderson.
:00:32. > :00:34.One of a series of demonstration against changes to state pension
:00:35. > :00:39.They say they have paid into the scheme, but
:00:40. > :00:40.the changes mean they aren't getting a payout.
:00:41. > :00:42.Lynne has studied the
:00:43. > :00:45.figures, because she has had to go back to work,
:00:46. > :00:50.now she won't get her pension as she expected at 62.
:00:51. > :01:02.For people like myself born in 1954, I don't get my pension until I'm 66.
:01:03. > :01:13.That is a four-year period and this amounts
:01:14. > :01:15.to, you know figures between 30 and 45,000.
:01:16. > :01:18.It is a lot of money to come out of your pension
:01:19. > :01:22.In 1995 the Government announced they would equalise the
:01:23. > :01:26.pension age for men and women and 12 years later, Labour said they were
:01:27. > :01:28.putting the age for both men and women up to 66.
:01:29. > :01:30.But they were spreading the transition over 22
:01:31. > :01:34.In 2011 the coalition said it was accelerating that process,
:01:35. > :01:36.giving some women just two years to adjust their plans.
:01:37. > :01:40.Like Cathy, who contracted an illness, meaning she
:01:41. > :02:01.When I took my illness, that made you know it
:02:02. > :02:03.imperative that I had to retire and got this letter
:02:04. > :02:06.saying it would be 65, I was shocked.
:02:07. > :02:08.I couldn't believe that I had to work another
:02:09. > :02:17.This is a matter reserved to Westminster and
:02:18. > :02:21.the department for work and pensions said women retiring today can still
:02:22. > :02:24.expect to receive a higher state pension over their lifetime than any
:02:25. > :02:36.An 84-year-old man has died, after a house fire in Glasgow.
:02:37. > :02:38.The blaze broke out yesterday evening in the Partick
:02:39. > :02:42.Police and fire crews were called to a house in Crawford Lane
:02:43. > :02:46.An 83-year-old woman, who was also in the house,
:02:47. > :02:48.was taken to hospital and is being treated
:02:49. > :02:56.Campaigners have called for more support for victims
:02:57. > :02:57.of asbestos-related cancer, who are fighting
:02:58. > :03:02.It comes as a sufferer in Inverness claims that his former employer,
:03:03. > :03:03.Highland Council, is deliberately ignoring correspondence.
:03:04. > :03:05.The council says it can't comment, but that communications
:03:06. > :03:08.would be made via a lawyer and not a claimant.
:03:09. > :03:17.Gardening and swimming have kept James fit and healthy in retirement.
:03:18. > :03:20.But recently the Inverness pensioner felt himself frail and underwent
:03:21. > :03:30.I had to go up to the hospital and ask what was the results.
:03:31. > :03:40.In March he was diagnosed with mesothelioma, an incurable lung
:03:41. > :03:50.cancer, almost always caused by asbestos exposure.
:03:51. > :03:53.He is convinced it took place when employed as a labourer.
:03:54. > :03:56.But while still in receipt of a council pension, he says the
:03:57. > :03:59.authority has turned its back on him by failing to reply to
:04:00. > :04:05.I think they're giving me the run around, if you can
:04:06. > :04:11.Or the solicitor's getting the run around.
:04:12. > :04:13.Hopefully they will shut up and days peer.
:04:14. > :04:23.Groups campaigning for victims say cases like his are on
:04:24. > :04:29.the increase and many women are now presenting with asbestos-related
:04:30. > :04:31.illnesses, which have traditionally been associated with men and
:04:32. > :04:41.We are seeing teachers and nurses, it
:04:42. > :04:44.didn't matter if it was in industry, during the war, when ever, women
:04:45. > :04:53.So when you have someone perhaps a nurse who work --
:04:54. > :04:56.walked through the corridors and the pipe were lagged with asbestos.
:04:57. > :04:59.Law changes gives sufferers more rights than anywhere
:05:00. > :05:10.I have to think how bad is it going to get.
:05:11. > :05:13.former factory worker, maybe eligible for a one-payment from the
:05:14. > :05:18.But the fight for civil compensation is pe set by problems -
:05:19. > :05:25.beset by problems of gaining evidence.
:05:26. > :05:34.Campaigners warn that the legacy of asbestos will continue for decades
:05:35. > :05:46.yet, with case numbers unlikely to peak for a few years.
:05:47. > :05:48.Rugby and Glasgow lost their 100% Pro 12 record, losing
:05:49. > :05:54.Edinburgh took on Leinster at Murrayfield, where the Irish side
:05:55. > :05:57.notched a four try bonus point by half-time.
:05:58. > :06:01.Edinburgh fought back in the second half, with tries from Hamish Watson
:06:02. > :06:03.and Magnus Bradbury, but it wasn't enough -
:06:04. > :06:13.Pele, one of the most famous sportsmen of all time,
:06:14. > :06:16.Half a century after visiting here as a player,
:06:17. > :06:18.the Brazilian footballer is at a dinner in the city,
:06:19. > :06:20.where fans are paying up to ?900 to meet him.
:06:21. > :06:26.Our reporter David Currie got to speak to him for free.
:06:27. > :06:29.40 years after hanging up his boots at the age
:06:30. > :06:30.of 75, the great Pele is
:06:31. > :06:32.making the news still despite not turning up.
:06:33. > :06:34.Younger viewers might wonder what all the fuss was about.
:06:35. > :06:54.That is Brazil's 100th goal in the World
:06:55. > :07:01.The greatest footballer of all time, Farhat.
:07:02. > :07:03.The only three times World Cup winner.
:07:04. > :07:14.His only other visit to Scotland was 50 years ago
:07:15. > :07:15.during preparations for the 1966 World Cup.
:07:16. > :07:17.Does the man who inspired generations of footballers have any
:07:18. > :07:19.advice for aspiring Scottish football superstars?
:07:20. > :07:26.Fans are spending up to ?900 for an evening
:07:27. > :07:37.You never think that you are the best and you know everything. You
:07:38. > :07:42.have to always tried to do better. Never think you know everything.
:07:43. > :07:48.That is the advice my father gave me when I was young.
:07:49. > :07:51.He is donating some of that to charity.
:07:52. > :07:54.For his super fans, meeting Pele is priceless.
:07:55. > :07:58.Unfortunately, David still hasn't managed to speak
:07:59. > :08:05.It's over to Christopher now with the weather forecast
:08:06. > :08:20.The evening. Plus a lovely day. It will be rather chilly overnight
:08:21. > :08:24.tonight. You can see why, this ridge of high pressure building its way
:08:25. > :08:32.keeping things dry and settled. Temperatures in towns and cities
:08:33. > :08:37.will be around seven, but cold in the countryside. A chilly start the
:08:38. > :08:40.day for some tomorrow morning. Mist and fog patches quickly going and
:08:41. > :08:44.then dry and bright with spells of sunshine lasting for most for most
:08:45. > :08:48.of the day. A different story if we had said that the border, there is
:08:49. > :08:55.thicker cloud, thanks to an old weather front across eastern
:08:56. > :08:58.England. Some sunshine coming through for Wales and Cumbria,
:08:59. > :09:04.Northern Ireland as well. We will have temperatures of a similar note
:09:05. > :09:08.by mid-afternoon. With light and variable winds that will feel quite
:09:09. > :09:12.pleasant at times. Some cloud coming and going across the Highland
:09:13. > :09:22.region. Figure cloud for the Western Isles and perhaps at times. The
:09:23. > :09:26.winds will tend as that weather front arrives bringing thicker cloud
:09:27. > :09:30.and Harry Briggs of rain. A very different day in store for western
:09:31. > :09:34.parts of the country on the second half of the weekend. You can see it
:09:35. > :09:39.will be cloudy for many central western areas. That brain just
:09:40. > :09:43.getting into words the West Coast. Dreyer to the east and brighter with
:09:44. > :09:47.spells of sunshine. The rain will come into words Glasgow and
:09:48. > :09:53.Inverness late afternoon and march its wheat used with overnight.
:09:54. > :09:54.Eventually it will reach most parts of the mainland. But the forecast
:09:55. > :09:57.Thanks, Chris. And that's Reporting Scotland.
:09:58. > :09:59.Our next update is tomorrow evening at 5.25pm.
:10:00. > :10:03.But, from everyone on the late team here in Glasgow, good night.