:00:19. > :00:20.The Scottish Government has published a consultation
:00:21. > :00:22.on a new Independence Referendum Bill.
:00:23. > :00:24.The First Minister said she'd been forced into the position
:00:25. > :00:26.because of broken promises from Westminster and
:00:27. > :00:30.But opposition politicians have argued that Nicola Sturgeon should
:00:31. > :00:37.Our political correspondent Lucy Adams reports.
:00:38. > :00:48.If you think for one single second that I am not serious about doing
:00:49. > :00:53.what it takes to protect Scotland's interests, then think again.
:00:54. > :00:56.It is not the first time the Scottish Government has launched
:00:57. > :01:07.But failed to get the result they wanted.
:01:08. > :01:09.Greenock, it is one of the few parts of Scotland that voted
:01:10. > :01:12.with the 50-50 yes-no split in the independence
:01:13. > :01:21.But in June of this year, 64% of the electorate here voted
:01:22. > :01:29.Today is not necessarily about securing independence,
:01:30. > :01:32.it is just a first step and might not even lead to a bill.
:01:33. > :01:34.In effect, it is the Scottish Government's insurance policy
:01:35. > :01:38.against a so-called hard Brexit and removing Scotland
:01:39. > :01:46.Well, it is important to protect Scotland's interests against a hard
:01:47. > :01:50.right Tory Brexit that could cost up to 80,000 jobs.
:01:51. > :01:53.So we are consulting on a draft Referendum Bill,
:01:54. > :01:57.should it prove that independence is the best way or indeed the only
:01:58. > :02:04.But opponents have said they should get on with running the country.
:02:05. > :02:06.They promised the people of Scotland that two years ago,
:02:07. > :02:10.if they came out and voted in the independence referendum,
:02:11. > :02:13.that their voice would be respected - this is not the respect that
:02:14. > :02:17.The majority of people in Scotland do not want another referendum,
:02:18. > :02:20.the majority of people in Scotland do not want independence and the SNP
:02:21. > :02:24.Experts have reflected on the legal status
:02:25. > :02:32.This time around, the Scottish Government has said that it will ask
:02:33. > :02:35.the UK Government to make an order under section 30 of the Scotland Act
:02:36. > :02:37.to authorise the referendum, that is what they did
:02:38. > :02:43.However, I doubt if the UK Government would agree to that.
:02:44. > :02:45.Parts of the waterfront in Greenock have been transformed
:02:46. > :02:51.It is people living in areas like this that the Scottish
:02:52. > :02:56.Government will need to persuade of the requirement for a second
:02:57. > :02:59.independence referendum and who they hope will be swayed
:03:00. > :03:04.by the UK Government's move to leave the EU and the impact they say
:03:05. > :03:11.Well, I voted to stay part of Europe, but I also voted
:03:12. > :03:20.I just think economically I would not vote to break the UK up.
:03:21. > :03:23.For me, Scotland being part of Europe is really important
:03:24. > :03:30.You know, I would vote accordingly for that.
:03:31. > :03:33.I would still vote for independence because I feel that Scotland did not
:03:34. > :03:44.The bill would have the support it needs to be passed,
:03:45. > :03:46.but questions remain as to whether it will get that far.
:03:47. > :03:53.Lucy Adams, Reporting Scotland, Greenock.
:03:54. > :03:56.ScotRail has unveiled an action plan, detailing how it's
:03:57. > :04:00.going to tackle the problems that have plagued the rail network
:04:01. > :04:04.It comes the day after a petition was handed into the Government,
:04:05. > :04:07.calling on the company to lose the franchise to operate
:04:08. > :04:16.Well, that petition yesterday was the result of enormous public
:04:17. > :04:19.pressure calling on Scotland to either improve its performance
:04:20. > :04:21.or give up the franchise, and they have had problems -
:04:22. > :04:24.reality and punctuality issues meaning that they have dropped below
:04:25. > :04:27.a certain standard of performance, that is 90.3% and that is what has
:04:28. > :04:29.triggered Transport Scotland to order the company to publish
:04:30. > :04:36.It has not been all bad because there have been significant
:04:37. > :04:38.successes over the past year for ScotRail, not
:04:39. > :04:42.least the introduction of the new Borders railway.
:04:43. > :04:45.But the company admits it does have problems and has said it will spend
:04:46. > :04:50.?16 million over the next two years putting those problems right.
:04:51. > :04:53.But they are under a lot of political pressure and I asked
:04:54. > :04:55.the company earlier today whether they were now
:04:56. > :04:58.involved in a PR battle with government ministers.
:04:59. > :05:05.People are expressing their frustration and that is fine,
:05:06. > :05:07.we would not be critical of anyone for doing that.
:05:08. > :05:11.But for us, it is just about how do we make sure that we do everything
:05:12. > :05:14.as well as we possibly can to make sure that we provide our customers,
:05:15. > :05:17.at the end of the day, with the best experience
:05:18. > :05:20.that they can have on Scotland's network as they go to their jobs,
:05:21. > :05:23.go and see their family and their friends?
:05:24. > :05:26.Well, there is a lot of promises in this report, not least,
:05:27. > :05:28.for example, things such as bringing online new electric trains
:05:29. > :05:31.and upgrading existing older rolling stock with new doors
:05:32. > :05:36.Upgrading stations and spending more money on all of the services
:05:37. > :05:48.For example, 200 carriages over the next two years.
:05:49. > :05:50.Senior investigators have warned that an "extremely violent" Scottish
:05:51. > :05:52.fugitive is likely to be hiding in Spain's ex-pat community.
:05:53. > :05:55.36-year-old Jonathon Kelly is one of ten people featuring
:05:56. > :05:57.on a new "most wanted" list, revealed by the National Crime
:05:58. > :06:02.Kelly, from Glasgow, absconded after being released
:06:03. > :06:09.Our reporter Aileen Clarke has more details.
:06:10. > :06:11.Armed police surrounding a Glasgow tenements two years ago.
:06:12. > :06:13.Officers poured into the Govanhill Street in a bid
:06:14. > :06:16.to capture a violent career criminal with a string of assaults to his
:06:17. > :06:27.They'd been looking for Jonathan Kelly since he had gone
:06:28. > :06:30.on the run almost two weeks earlier, but if he'd been here,
:06:31. > :06:34.When Kelly was released from prison on licence in August 2014,
:06:35. > :06:36.one of the conditions was that he would turn up
:06:37. > :06:39.here at his local police station in Drumchapel every day.
:06:40. > :06:42.That lasted less than three weeks, and then he cut his electronic tag
:06:43. > :06:46.Two years on, the police have still to catch up with him.
:06:47. > :06:49.Now detectives believe he has fled to Spain and is one of ten fugitives
:06:50. > :06:51.the National Crime Agency is targeting in this latest push
:06:52. > :06:57.We are hoping people who know the whereabouts of some
:06:58. > :06:59.of these fugitives get in touch through Crimestoppers.
:07:00. > :07:04.We can then get in touch with our Spanish counterparts and arrest
:07:05. > :07:10.Kelly is not the only one on the list Scottish
:07:11. > :07:16.There is a European Arrest Warrant out for Mark Quinn,
:07:17. > :07:20.It is believed he was involved in a multi-million pounds drug
:07:21. > :07:28.The authorities hope that more raids like these will result from tip-offs
:07:29. > :07:31.Previous campaigns have flushed out more than 70 fugitives.
:07:32. > :07:34.Amongst them, William Paterson, who fled to Spain but is now serving
:07:35. > :07:37.at least 22 years in jail for the murder of Kevin Carroll
:07:38. > :07:40.in this supermarket car park in Glasgow six years ago.
:07:41. > :07:43.Over the years, some arrests in Spain have come just
:07:44. > :07:45.hours after the mug shots have been publicised.
:07:46. > :07:54.But detectives say they play a long game.
:07:55. > :07:56.We are very determined, we never give up.
:07:57. > :08:00.We will keep looking for these people for as long as it takes
:08:01. > :08:13.In the case of such a dangerous criminal as Jonathon Kelly,
:08:14. > :08:16.police hope their tenacity will pay off sooner rather than later.
:08:17. > :08:17.Glasgow's top police officer says the behaviour of some
:08:18. > :08:19.Celtic and Rangers fans is an "embarrasment"
:08:20. > :08:22.to the city and the country, and he's promising more on-the-spot
:08:23. > :08:24.arrests for any serious misbehaviour at Sunday's League Cup semifinal.
:08:25. > :08:26.Chief Superintendent Brian McInulty is deploying extra officers,
:08:27. > :08:29.claiming the police and the public "have had enough".
:08:30. > :08:33.From the national stadium, Kheredine Idessane sent this report.
:08:34. > :08:45.Preparations are well underway here at the national stadium for two
:08:46. > :08:48.big football matches this weekend - Morton against Aberdeen on Saturday,
:08:49. > :08:51.Rangers against Celtic on Sunday, up for grabs a place
:08:52. > :08:54.in the League Cup final and it's particularly the match
:08:55. > :08:56.between the Glasgow teams on Sunday which is exercising
:08:57. > :09:03.They are promising extra resources, additional officers here
:09:04. > :09:11.There will be extra searches and a change in emphasis as well.
:09:12. > :09:17.There is going to be more arrests say police.
:09:18. > :09:20.This comes off the back of a match last month at Celtic Park
:09:21. > :09:23.in which effigies were hung from one part of the ground and some
:09:24. > :09:28.severe vandalism was done to toilets in another part.
:09:29. > :09:30.It becomes an embarrassment for Scottish football fans,
:09:31. > :09:33.it becomes an embarrassment for Scottish people.
:09:34. > :09:39.We should be talking after a football match about the game.
:09:40. > :09:42.We should not be talking about these senseless acts by a minority
:09:43. > :09:44.of people who tarnish the event for everybody else.
:09:45. > :09:47.For that reason we will be focused on doing everything we can
:09:48. > :09:49.to prevent it from happening in the first place.
:09:50. > :09:53.If people do engage in that type of behaviour, we will be looking
:09:54. > :10:04.There is possibly a more controversial Rangers and Celtic
:10:05. > :10:12.match later in the year at Hogmanay, will the template be
:10:13. > :10:15.set for that this weekend, are you happy for that match
:10:16. > :10:21.The fixture is being held at Ibrox, Rangers home ground,
:10:22. > :10:24.which is a different environment to the national stadium but again
:10:25. > :10:27.we will learn from every game but the focus at the moment
:10:28. > :10:29.is absolutely on the two games this coming weekend.
:10:30. > :10:33.The last big club match held here at Hampden Park was the cup
:10:34. > :10:41.final involving Hibernian and Rangers, and we saw
:10:42. > :10:45.the disgraceful scenes afterwards with fans on the pitch behind me
:10:46. > :10:48.and the subsequent enquiry into the goings on and the failings.
:10:49. > :10:51.Police say they have learned and are continuing to learn lessons
:10:52. > :10:54.from that match and they will put procedures in place here at Hampden
:10:55. > :10:57.on Sunday to try to best preserve public order and make sure
:10:58. > :11:13.the majority of fans come here and enjoy the football in safety.
:11:14. > :11:19.Let us get the weather outlook for tonight and tomorrow from
:11:20. > :11:24.Christopher. Thank you, Sally. Dry and settled
:11:25. > :11:33.conditions. A lovely sunset earlier that was taken by one of our Weather
:11:34. > :11:38.Watchers in the dross. That was overlooking the Isle of Arran. For
:11:39. > :11:44.many, it is a dry start on Friday. Here are the temperatures at a tall
:11:45. > :11:51.are light. A little bit of showery. are light. A little bit of showery.
:11:52. > :11:56.-- Ardrossan. That should clear. Similar for the North West. Through
:11:57. > :11:58.the Central Highlands could be quite a chilly start to the day with
:11:59. > :12:00.temperatures not for freezing but they should recover. One or two
:12:01. > :12:04.showers across the Northern Isles. Through the course of Friday, that
:12:05. > :12:11.wet weather will clear and for most of the mainland and most of the day
:12:12. > :12:16.it is dry and bright, much like today but fairly cloudy. Across the
:12:17. > :12:26.UK as a will be still have that area of low pressure across the new
:12:27. > :12:30.continent and that will feed in showers across parts of
:12:31. > :12:35.Lincolnshire, East Anglia and down towards Ken. Brighter in the West,
:12:36. > :12:39.some fog for the South. Elsewhere, bright and pleasant. Temperatures
:12:40. > :12:46.around 11 or 12 Celsius. Light winds but freshening for a time. For the
:12:47. > :12:49.weekend at a fairly busy synoptic chart but not really affecting us
:12:50. > :12:52.too much. Pressure to the South and low pressure to the East. The rain
:12:53. > :12:57.away from us but we need to look at the wind direction because if we
:12:58. > :13:00.zoom in and you can see it as coming from the East. Picking up some
:13:01. > :13:02.moisture and that will mean a cloudy weekend across the Eastern parts of
:13:03. > :13:06.the country. The further West that you are, the brighter it will be.
:13:07. > :13:09.We'll be have the cloud, one or two showers but they will still be some
:13:10. > :13:17.brightness. Temperatures around 12, 13 Celsius. Similar story for
:13:18. > :13:21.Sunday. And East West split. The best of the sunshine in the West,
:13:22. > :13:22.light winds and temperatures are around 11 or 12 Celsius for most.
:13:23. > :13:30.That is the forecast for now. Thank you for that, Christopher.