:00:00. > :00:14.More on the Ukip leadership crisis on the BBC News Channel.
:00:15. > :00:18.The Scottish Government is planning a radical extension of the ways
:00:19. > :00:20.electronic tags can be used on offenders.
:00:21. > :00:22.Sobriety tags, GPS tracking and tagging will be used
:00:23. > :00:28.as an alternative to remand for the first time here.
:00:29. > :00:34.Our political correspondent Lucy Adams has this report.
:00:35. > :00:43.It means offenders can stay at home rather
:00:44. > :00:48.Electronic monitoring has been used in Scotland
:00:49. > :00:51.for almost 15 years, mainly as a form of house arrest.
:00:52. > :00:55.Now it is fitted, that's when we would
:00:56. > :01:02.In future, these could be used as an alternative to remand
:01:03. > :01:05.and for those who offend under the influence of
:01:06. > :01:07.alcohol, and for the first time in Scotland it could be used
:01:08. > :01:09.to monitor the movements of offenders using GPS
:01:10. > :01:13.This is a typical screen we would see for a person that has
:01:14. > :01:27.There's more than 1,000 people currently tagged in Scotland.
:01:28. > :01:30.G4S says in future the numbers could be limitless.
:01:31. > :01:32.They warned there are still blackspots in
:01:33. > :01:38.reception for GPS and tracking but said overall it is effective.
:01:39. > :01:41.It is not a soft option, it is a
:01:42. > :01:46.restriction placed not only on offenders but also the families.
:01:47. > :01:49.Sobriety tags will be able to pick up on tiny traces of drink in
:01:50. > :01:55.people's sweat for those who reoffend when drunk.
:01:56. > :01:57.We spoke to one offender who has been monitored
:01:58. > :02:03.When I was in prison, I was embarrassed and
:02:04. > :02:07.ashamed, I didn't want my children to visit me in a place like that
:02:08. > :02:08.because every dad is Superman to their children
:02:09. > :02:11.so they don't want to be exposed as having any weaknesses.
:02:12. > :02:13.I was ashamed to be in prison and to have
:02:14. > :02:15.done that my family, so having
:02:16. > :02:29.the opportunity to be out meant the world to me.
:02:30. > :02:32.It's all part of a wider government review on penal policy.
:02:33. > :02:35.The objective is to be about thinking about the outcome we are
:02:36. > :02:42.If it is an individual where we want to monitor
:02:43. > :02:45.and restrict where they are at particular given times, GPS tagging
:02:46. > :02:51.could be the most effective way to do that alongside other measures.
:02:52. > :02:56.can use electronic monitoring more but we also have to be very careful.
:02:57. > :02:58.We have seen the SNP get soft on issues of justice,
:02:59. > :03:01.and whilst there is a role to play we have got to
:03:02. > :03:03.make sure victims don't feel forgotten.
:03:04. > :03:05.For the Scottish Government now, the job will be
:03:06. > :03:19.persuading judges monitoring is more effective than prison.
:03:20. > :03:21.A woman who suffered life-changing injuries in a car crash
:03:22. > :03:23.when she was sixteen has been warning teenagers about
:03:24. > :03:27.Laura Torrance has been a wheelchair user since the accident in 1999.
:03:28. > :03:30.With traffic accidents the biggest killer of young people in Scotland,
:03:31. > :03:31.she's hoping they'll learn from her experience.
:03:32. > :03:40.My friend passed his test on the Monday,
:03:41. > :03:44.this was Thursday night, we went for a drive, had a laugh
:03:45. > :03:53.We came up to the corner to quickly and rolled into
:03:54. > :03:58.the farmer's field and I don't remember much after that.
:03:59. > :04:00.I was 16 and I didn't think this would happen
:04:01. > :04:05.Hopefully they will look at me and think this can happen to me,
:04:06. > :04:10.One can have silly mistake and it can
:04:11. > :04:12.lead to something devastating and life changing.
:04:13. > :04:14.Demonstrating safety to those about to drive on our
:04:15. > :04:30.Young drivers up to 25 make up for 10% of drivers in Scotland
:04:31. > :04:35.and 20% of crashes, it is a disproportionate amount so we need
:04:36. > :04:41.to do engagement with them to make sure they are where they are
:04:42. > :04:43.vulnerable and need to work on their experience.
:04:44. > :04:46.This has been designed to show what a crash might feel
:04:47. > :04:56.That was a really nasty jolt and it was only six miles per hour.
:04:57. > :04:58.I'm learning to drive so this makes me more
:04:59. > :04:59.aware of my situation and
:05:00. > :05:04.I don't think it will put off anyone from driving,
:05:05. > :05:09.but I think it will make everyone more cautious about it.
:05:10. > :05:11.If you're going faster, what would it be like?
:05:12. > :05:19.One person is killed every week on our roads,
:05:20. > :05:22.campaigners want people to belt up, slow down, and not use mobile phones
:05:23. > :05:32.Police in Suffolk searching for a missing airman from Fife say
:05:33. > :05:35.they still haven't found his phone after checking the contents
:05:36. > :05:39.Detectives believed his handset may have been lost or discarded
:05:40. > :05:45.Corrie McKeague, who's from Dunfermline, went missing ten
:05:46. > :05:47.days ago after a night out in Bury St Edmonds.
:05:48. > :05:55.There has already been huge publicity about the disappearance of
:05:56. > :05:58.Corrie, who went out ten days ago on a Friday
:05:59. > :05:59.night, a few beers, into
:06:00. > :06:06.the early hours of Saturday, last seen on CCTV, after that nothing.
:06:07. > :06:09.Police trapped his mobile phone from Bury St Edmunds to this area about
:06:10. > :06:15.They tracked by using massed in the area.
:06:16. > :06:17.The theory is it could have been lost or discarded,
:06:18. > :06:20.mixed in with rubbish, and got into the back of the bin lorry.
:06:21. > :06:22.Police seized that vehicle and found there
:06:23. > :06:38.They say they are going through hours of fresh CCTV footage.
:06:39. > :06:41.They are hoping for a fresh glimpse of
:06:42. > :06:57.BBC Scotland has obtained the first exclusive pictures of an oil leak
:06:58. > :07:02.Around 95 tonnes of oil leaked from the Clair field on Sunday,
:07:03. > :07:06.BP says three surveillance flights flew over the slick today and it
:07:07. > :07:12.The company says it believes the environmental impact
:07:13. > :07:17.of the spill is likely to be minimal.
:07:18. > :07:19.Senior Tories have tonight turned their fire on the SNP,
:07:20. > :07:22.accusing the First Minister and her party of using Brexit
:07:23. > :07:24.as a lever to try and bring about independence.
:07:25. > :07:27.The prospect of a second referendum has been described as a Sword
:07:28. > :07:28.of Damocles hanging over the Scottish economy.
:07:29. > :07:36.Here's our political correspondent, David Porter.
:07:37. > :07:38.Separate but inextricably linked, since that vote in June Brexit and
:07:39. > :07:41.Scottish independence, issues both vying for attention and causing
:07:42. > :07:57.From Scotland, no such verbal pitfalls but strong
:07:58. > :07:59.rhetoric nevertheless on how Brexit is being portrayed.
:08:00. > :08:02.Using it as an excuse to threaten a second
:08:03. > :08:04.independence referendum, that's not what the people of Scotland want,
:08:05. > :08:06.it is a sort of Damocles, the single
:08:07. > :08:07.biggest threat to Scotland's economy.
:08:08. > :08:09.And a very direct message to the Government.
:08:10. > :08:11.We will negotiate as United Kingdom, leave as the
:08:12. > :08:14.United Kingdom, and face the future together as the United Kingdom.
:08:15. > :08:16.Elsewhere at the conference, time for the Conservative leader to meet
:08:17. > :08:20.Most of the stuff I got was, you are from who?
:08:21. > :08:22.They liked that, but again the issue of Brexit,
:08:23. > :08:26.It becomes the post of First Minister, the way she has
:08:27. > :08:29.tried to exploit the vote to get independence back on the table, I
:08:30. > :08:32.think even she has realised she went too far.
:08:33. > :08:33.The First Minister will
:08:34. > :08:35.take issue with that and probably this as well.
:08:36. > :08:37.Who would we like to see Ruth in Theresa May's cabinet?
:08:38. > :08:40.Look at that, will you be disappointing these people?
:08:41. > :08:44.So she doesn't want to be in Theresa May's
:08:45. > :08:47.cabinet but tomorrow Ruth Davidson will share a platform with the Prime
:08:48. > :09:01.It becomes the post of First Minister, the way she has
:09:02. > :09:04.tried to exploit the vote to get independence back on the table, I
:09:05. > :09:07.think even she has realised she went too far.
:09:08. > :09:08.The First Minister will
:09:09. > :09:10.take issue with that and probably this as well.
:09:11. > :09:12.Who would we like to see Ruth in Theresa May's cabinet?
:09:13. > :09:19.Look at that, will you be disappointing these people?
:09:20. > :09:28.So she doesn't want to be in Theresa May's
:09:29. > :09:31.cabinet but tomorrow Ruth Davidson will share a platform with the Prime
:09:32. > :09:42.charged in connection with child pornography offences.
:09:43. > :09:45.Scottish Labour councillor David Fagan,
:09:46. > :09:47.who represents the Airdrie South ward, is due to appear
:09:48. > :09:52.A Police Scotland spokeswoman would only confirm a 52-year-old
:09:53. > :09:56.man had been arrested on the seventh of September.
:09:57. > :09:59.An MSP is calling for a fatal accident inquiry to be held
:10:00. > :10:06.into the death of the Dundee boxer Mike Towell, who died on Friday,
:10:07. > :10:08.after being knocked out in a fight the previous evening.
:10:09. > :10:10.The 25-year-old had been in a bout with Dale Evans
:10:11. > :10:14.The Conservative MSP Brian Whittle says it would be
:10:15. > :10:17.silly to ban boxing, but there needs to be a full
:10:18. > :10:20.investigation to establish if Mr Towell had a brain injury
:10:21. > :10:34.In this instance, my concern is around whether there were steps are
:10:35. > :10:38.missed, we understand he was having headaches beforehand and if that is
:10:39. > :10:43.the case, why was that Mr? Other steps that are not there that should
:10:44. > :10:46.be there. It is incumbent upon the sport to ensure that every caution
:10:47. > :10:51.is taken to ensure tragedies like this don't happen and lessons have
:10:52. > :10:55.Two Scottish-born scientists have won the 2016
:10:56. > :10:59.Professor David Thouless - who was born in Bearsden -
:11:00. > :11:00.shares it with another Scottish-American,
:11:01. > :11:01.Michael Kosterlitz of Brown University.
:11:02. > :11:04.Together with the third recipient, Duncan Haldane, they've been
:11:05. > :11:06.recognised for their work in condensed matter physics.
:11:07. > :11:09.At the announcement in Stockholm, a member of the Nobel Prize
:11:10. > :11:11.organisation attempted to explain the phenomenon by tearing a hole
:11:12. > :11:22.Now for the weather. Good evening. Many of us started the day on a
:11:23. > :11:25.beautiful note and ended on a lovely note, too. Some glorious sunrise
:11:26. > :11:31.pictures set and ten from weather watchers. And sunset pictures as
:11:32. > :11:38.well. The rest of the night will be largely dry. Breezy proposal areas
:11:39. > :11:42.and some clear spells towards the north west of the country. Low cloud
:11:43. > :11:47.across parts of Aberdeenshire, Angus and the eastern Borders.
:11:48. > :11:55.Temperatures likely to drop to around four or five Celsius. By
:11:56. > :11:59.morning it will be around nine, 11 Celsius. The fine and dry stout in
:12:00. > :12:04.the day. Sunny both developing and if you're heading out around 8am, it
:12:05. > :12:09.will be fine, settled and with the best of the sunshine across the west
:12:10. > :12:14.coast up to the north-west. The east will be cloudy, still fine and dry.
:12:15. > :12:18.Temperatures around 12 or 13,000 years. The wind still quite strong
:12:19. > :12:22.coming in from the south-east. The north sea coasts and the Northern
:12:23. > :12:28.Isles as well. But the wider look at the rest of the UK, fine, settled
:12:29. > :12:31.and dry for much of the country. Some decent spells of sunshine to
:12:32. > :12:36.England and Wales. A bit more in you will cloud for England and southern
:12:37. > :12:43.Scotland. Damage is around average for the time of year. A shade cooler
:12:44. > :12:46.than it was today. This settled weather is courtesy of an area of
:12:47. > :12:50.high pressured word Scandinavia and around it we're getting some fresh
:12:51. > :12:54.winds coming in from the east by the time we reach for their estate. That
:12:55. > :12:59.high pressure is keeping the Atlantic weather systems at bay. For
:13:00. > :13:02.most of us on Thursday we are looking at fine, dry set of
:13:03. > :13:08.conditions continuing, although it will feel cooler with the wind is
:13:09. > :13:11.coming in from the east apart from England and Wales. The best defence
:13:12. > :13:16.Temperatures best across the UK here.
:13:17. > :13:21.From everyone here on the late team in Glasgow, goodnight.