:00:00. > :00:00.scientists have to say. That and a lot more on BBC Two now and that
:00:00. > :00:00.11pm in Scotland. ScotRail says its reached agreement
:00:00. > :00:10.in principle with the RMT union to end a dispute over driver
:00:11. > :00:13.only operated trains. The company says it includes
:00:14. > :00:17.a guarantee that a conductor will be kept as a second member of staff
:00:18. > :00:31.on new trains being rolled The dispute was about who operates
:00:32. > :00:36.the door is on trains. Do you need a guard or can the driver to
:00:37. > :00:42.everything themselves? The RMT union said having a second member of staff
:00:43. > :00:47.on the train was vital for passenger safety. ScotRail says the deal means
:00:48. > :00:51.that second person will be there. It should mean an end for the
:00:52. > :01:01.industrial action which disrupted some rail services earlier in the
:01:02. > :01:09.year. Cox have taken place. -- talks. ScotRail have welcomed the
:01:10. > :01:12.plans and say the officials will be reporting to the RMT National
:01:13. > :01:17.executive tomorrow and it will make its position clear after that. It is
:01:18. > :01:23.likely to mean a company wide ballot until the dispute can be formally
:01:24. > :01:24.settled. What we can predict, is that both sides will be claiming
:01:25. > :01:30.that they have one. -- won. Edinburgh airport says it has
:01:31. > :01:33.received thousands of responses to its public consultation
:01:34. > :01:35.on changing flight paths. The first phase ends today,
:01:36. > :01:37.a week later than planned after the airport was forced
:01:38. > :01:48.to apologise after losing Scotland's busiest airport is
:01:49. > :01:55.getting even more popular. Passenger numbers are up 12% on this time last
:01:56. > :02:01.year. It plans to expand. Just the sort of news owners of this golf
:02:02. > :02:04.club say they want to hear. Certainly, the airport expansion
:02:05. > :02:08.will raise the profile of the area and raise the profile of West
:02:09. > :02:12.Lothian. The more people and more awareness we can make of our golf
:02:13. > :02:17.club and others in the area, can only be good. To grow, Edinburgh
:02:18. > :02:22.Airport wants to attract more flights in, but it also wants to
:02:23. > :02:28.increase the frequency of outbound flights to one per minute. It wants
:02:29. > :02:32.to expand the flight path is it uses. This consultation gave the
:02:33. > :02:40.public it say on proposed envelopes of the space that could be utilised.
:02:41. > :02:44.In some parts of the countryside, like blackness, local residents say
:02:45. > :02:49.the tranquillity has already disappeared. We are fighting against
:02:50. > :02:54.a giant and we are a small group of people. Because of the rule area,
:02:55. > :03:02.they are not many people who live here. It is like David and Goliath.
:03:03. > :03:05.One is every two minutes the few thousand feet above you rattling in
:03:06. > :03:15.the area is very unpleasant. The error space here was designed in the
:03:16. > :03:21.1970s. -- airspace. It handles over 11 million now. The modernisation
:03:22. > :03:25.programme has had a bumpy ride. It cancelled flight path trial and an
:03:26. > :03:35.omission of lost data. The airport 's ABI listening. We have the chance
:03:36. > :03:39.to redesign the sky. We can look to alleviate the problems that are
:03:40. > :03:41.there already through a variety of things, modernising the Ritz or
:03:42. > :03:49.using different routes at different times. -- routes. No changes to
:03:50. > :03:55.airspace will take place before December 2000 and 17. -- 2017.
:03:56. > :03:58.A small number of children from the Angus area have been
:03:59. > :03:59.quarantined in hospital as investigations continue
:04:00. > :04:03.NHS Tayside says they're being treated
:04:04. > :04:05.within a dedicated area of Ninewells hospital in Dundee.
:04:06. > :04:07.Some of the children are confirmed to have the infection while others
:04:08. > :04:13.The leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, Willie Rennie,
:04:14. > :04:17.has accused the SNP and the Conservatives
:04:18. > :04:19.of campaigning on "fear, not hope" in his speech
:04:20. > :04:22.Earlier, I spoke to our political correspondent David Porter
:04:23. > :04:26.in Brighton, and put it to him that they're not the party of government
:04:27. > :04:40.No, they are not. That is part of the reason the language we are
:04:41. > :04:45.hearing this evening. He is very keen like other Liberal Democrats to
:04:46. > :04:49.get people to hear his views. With the UK general election and the
:04:50. > :04:51.general election. It is fair to say that the Liberal Democrats are
:04:52. > :04:55.feeling marginalised at the moment. feeling marginalised at the moment.
:04:56. > :05:03.-- Scottish parliament elections. The only have one MSP at -- five MSP
:05:04. > :05:09.'s and one MP at Westminster. It will be out looking and optimistic,
:05:10. > :05:13.Willie Rennie says. He is aware that the only show in town at the moment
:05:14. > :05:19.is Brexit and the reaction to that, hence the comments he has been
:05:20. > :05:23.making today. He has accused both the SNP and the Tories of trying to
:05:24. > :05:31.make party political advantage of that EU referendum almost three
:05:32. > :05:38.months ago now. It is a dismal scene that has been visited upon us by the
:05:39. > :05:44.Conservatives and the SNP. Stalled investment, uncertain future for EU
:05:45. > :05:49.citizens, divided families, economic instability, tensions between the
:05:50. > :05:56.nations of the UK. This is the work of the terrible twins of divisive
:05:57. > :06:00.politics. I believe the former leader Lord Ashdown has been
:06:01. > :06:05.thinking out loud today Koziello yes, he has. Three months on from
:06:06. > :06:08.that EU referendum he has been thinking about what it means for
:06:09. > :06:14.Scotland and whether Scotland remains part of the UK. He believes
:06:15. > :06:21.the monks on the prospect of the union, are less dire than directly
:06:22. > :06:24.after that referendum. He believes that any moves for a second
:06:25. > :06:28.independence referendum, Nicola Sturgeon, in his words, will try to
:06:29. > :06:32.play things long. He does say that if Britain does not say part of the
:06:33. > :06:38.single market, he believes that will strengthen Nicola Sturgeon's hands
:06:39. > :06:43.and any calls for a second referendum in Scotland. --
:06:44. > :06:46.independence referendum. Depending on the way that the Brexit
:06:47. > :06:51.negotiations go, he thinks the Prime Minister could be tempted to call an
:06:52. > :06:56.early UK general election. Perhaps as early as May next year.
:06:57. > :06:58.Accusations of homophobic language have been made after a satirical Rap
:06:59. > :07:03.song was performed on Sunday at an Independence convention.
:07:04. > :07:07.using a word considered by some to be offensive to gay women.
:07:08. > :07:09.John McManus' report contains some language you may
:07:10. > :07:26.Westminster, you have not even wet your whistle. This was the satirical
:07:27. > :07:31.wrap sketch that was performed at the Independence Convention on
:07:32. > :07:35.Sunday. Singers representing Scotland's female leaders obstruct
:07:36. > :07:42.the stage, making jokes and innuendo. You are about to get hit
:07:43. > :07:48.with the wit from the Cabinet. What has caused controversy is that Ruth
:07:49. > :08:00.Davidson character is introduced as Ruth date deed. She called the song
:08:01. > :08:07.hilarious. The Conservative MSP also disagrees. She has written to them
:08:08. > :08:11.asking to apologise. In this day in age, we are trying to educate and
:08:12. > :08:15.have inclusive education for children with in our schools, yet,
:08:16. > :08:21.we have a member of Parliament saying that was OK. It was hilarious
:08:22. > :08:23.and it was just satire. It certainly was not. Ruth Davidson recently
:08:24. > :08:28.and it was just satire. It certainly announced she was engaged to her
:08:29. > :08:33.partner, Jennifer Wilson. She has made jokes about lesbians as well.
:08:34. > :08:38.The Labour and Green Party also have gay leaders. Stonewall Scotland says
:08:39. > :08:44.that homophobic language can still be heard in workplaces and schools.
:08:45. > :08:48.Not everyone believes language brings discrimination. There is a
:08:49. > :08:52.difference between people saying things or cracking crude jokes and
:08:53. > :08:56.people being violent and we should get back to recognising there is a
:08:57. > :09:00.great different and one does not directly lead to the other.
:09:01. > :09:07.great different and one does not Cherry MP has released a response
:09:08. > :09:22.airing, I thought yesterday's performance as...
:09:23. > :09:26.She says she regrets the offence that was caused and will continue to
:09:27. > :09:29.champion gay rights. A massive transport ship
:09:30. > :09:31.is preparing to head for Lewis to move the stricken oil
:09:32. > :09:34.rig Transocean Winner. The heavy lifting vessel the Hawk
:09:35. > :09:36.is due to transport the structure Football and Rangers have suspended
:09:37. > :09:40.Joey Barton for three weeks following a training-ground dispute
:09:41. > :09:42.with a team-mate. The midfielder was sent home last
:09:43. > :09:45.Tuesday and returned to Ibrox Our senior football reporter
:09:46. > :10:00.Chris McLaughlin can tell us more. The player was sent home from the
:10:01. > :10:05.club's training ground last week following words that were exchanged
:10:06. > :10:10.between players and the manager, Mark Warburton. He was told to stay
:10:11. > :10:14.away from the club until today. This morning, he met with the manager
:10:15. > :10:17.here at Ibrox Stadium and following that meeting, the club released this
:10:18. > :10:47.statement. They said... That could be interesting. Why's on
:10:48. > :10:57.Thursday, Joey Barton releases his book titled No Nonsense, over the
:10:58. > :11:02.next 48 hours he has a number of radio interviews and TV interviews
:11:03. > :11:05.all to highlight the break. The controversial nature of his past
:11:06. > :11:14.will no doubt be mentioned in that book. The big question, relating to
:11:15. > :11:16.Rangers, has this latest bus stop ended his career here before it even
:11:17. > :11:17.got started? Well, It's over to Chris now
:11:18. > :11:27.with the weather outlook Did evening. It is dry tonight and
:11:28. > :11:33.the cloud will continue to thin and break, making things quite chilly
:11:34. > :11:40.with those clear skies. Temperatures in towns and cities are nine or 10
:11:41. > :11:46.Celsius. Cooler in the countryside. By tomorrow morning at around eight,
:11:47. > :11:54.up to 11 and 12, generally a bright morning. Cloud around the lowlands.
:11:55. > :11:58.Mist patches lifting. More cloud for the Hebrides and some shower here.
:11:59. > :12:04.For most of us, it is dry and bright Tuesday morning. Like today, the
:12:05. > :12:09.cloud will build and bubble up but we will hold onto some bright and
:12:10. > :12:14.sunny spells. The winds are generally light away from the West
:12:15. > :12:19.Coast. Across the UK as a whole, we have a weather front across east
:12:20. > :12:26.Anglia and Kent, Sussex and Hampshire producing cloud. Further
:12:27. > :12:30.west is drier and for the north of England and Scotland and northern
:12:31. > :12:34.Ireland, some bright spells and sunshine. The cloudy afternoon
:12:35. > :12:39.compared with the morning. The wind strengthening around the West Coast.
:12:40. > :12:43.Those showers managing to give one or two showers pushing up the east
:12:44. > :12:49.coast as well. Inland is chilly but come Wednesday morning, it is dry
:12:50. > :12:52.for most. You can see across the UK, fairly settled conditions but this
:12:53. > :12:57.weather front is just pushing through Wales and some strong winds
:12:58. > :13:01.towards the West Coast of Scotland and some outbreaks of rain. As we
:13:02. > :13:10.Wednesday, turning west in the west Wednesday, turning west in the west
:13:11. > :13:14.-- wet in the west. As we look ahead to Thursday, that rain clears away
:13:15. > :13:18.and largely bright and breezy for most. Some showers in the west and
:13:19. > :13:23.turning and settled for the end of the week. Fried into Saturday, windy
:13:24. > :13:25.at times. -- Friday into Saturday. Our next update is during Breakfast
:13:26. > :13:30.at six twenty five tomorrow morning. But, from everyone on the late
:13:31. > :13:32.team here in Glasgow