:00:00. > :00:10.An MoD firing range in the Highlands is under lockdown tonight
:00:11. > :00:15.after a soldier was killed during a live firing exercise.
:00:16. > :00:18.There is still a big police presence and there are few details,
:00:19. > :00:20.although police say there is no risk to the local community.
:00:21. > :00:34.Although primarily a bombing range for the RAF,
:00:35. > :00:38.practice here the Tain range has increasingly been used by the army.
:00:39. > :00:40.Yesterday troops were taking part in a training exercise
:00:41. > :00:44.It is thought more than 20 members of the Black Watch
:00:45. > :00:46.based at Fort George near Inverness were involved.
:00:47. > :00:49.The death of their colleague has sparked an intensive investigation.
:00:50. > :00:53.We've got 30 detectives that we've allocated to the inquiry,
:00:54. > :00:56.we have initially resourced from Tain and we are taking more
:00:57. > :01:00.officers from across Scotland to support the inquiry,
:01:01. > :01:03.we also have more officers on the scene of controlling entry
:01:04. > :01:14.and monitoring the scene to support the investigation.
:01:15. > :01:19.Since 2000 135 UK Armed Forces personnel have died on exercises
:01:20. > :01:22.or training, 11 of them in live firing operations.
:01:23. > :01:24.Two months ago Black Watch Private Conor McPherson from Paisley
:01:25. > :01:28.was shot dead in a live firing exercise in Northumberland.
:01:29. > :01:38.I have a daughter serving in the Royal Air Force
:01:39. > :01:42.I know the training needs to be of the highest possible standard
:01:43. > :01:45.and this must include live firing but we had
:01:46. > :01:49.So I am saying this is to be an exhaustive inquiry.
:01:50. > :01:50.Whatever it takes to find out what happened.
:01:51. > :01:54.The local MP has called for a full inquiry to put community
:01:55. > :01:57.Meanwhile both the Prime Minister and First Minister have
:01:58. > :02:13.offered their condolences to the family of the victim.
:02:14. > :02:14.MSPs have voted to urge the Scottish government
:02:15. > :02:16.to repeal its Offensive Behaviour at Football Act.
:02:17. > :02:19.Opposition parties united behind a motion condemning the legislation,
:02:20. > :02:20.which was designed to tackle Sectarianism, as badly
:02:21. > :02:24.Our Political Correspondent, Andrew Kerr, watched the debate.
:02:25. > :02:28.Keeping an eye out for offensive behaviour at the football, but for
:02:29. > :02:31.how much longer will the police operate under the current laws?
:02:32. > :02:40.The opposition rounded on the government
:02:41. > :02:46.at Holyrood calling for legislation to be appealed in the appropriate
:02:47. > :02:49.their subs but would rather leave an injured player on the pitch
:02:50. > :02:51.rather than removing him for a benefit for their team.
:02:52. > :02:54.There are moments when a change in criminal law is
:02:55. > :02:56.appropriate and in this case the view of legal practitioners
:02:57. > :02:58.is that they were already adequate laws in
:02:59. > :03:00.place and those should be used to prosecute
:03:01. > :03:01.this behaviour rather than
:03:02. > :03:06.verifying football and its thousands of fans.
:03:07. > :03:08.Defending the government line, the minister said the powers
:03:09. > :03:14.I would point out that the statistics
:03:15. > :03:18.clearly demonstrate that the prosecution rate for the act is
:03:19. > :03:21.comparable to other prosecution rates.
:03:22. > :03:24.The latest information covers 2014-15 and shows that proceedings
:03:25. > :03:28.have been carried out so far in 19 places,
:03:29. > :03:33.76 people convicted, a conviction rate of 84%.
:03:34. > :03:36.Backed up from the backbenches, today's events
:03:37. > :03:41.have been described as an opposition ploy.
:03:42. > :03:45.That has nothing to do with trying to improve the legislation and
:03:46. > :03:47.everything to do with trying to defeat the government.
:03:48. > :04:03.But the opposition, still smarting, claimed the
:04:04. > :04:06.legislation was pushed through without regard women when the SNP
:04:07. > :04:09.It was introduced and believed by the Justice
:04:10. > :04:11.Secretary and by government showing scant regard
:04:12. > :04:12.for this parliament for
:04:13. > :04:14.civil liberties over the complexities of the problem they
:04:15. > :04:19.Time for an early bath for this legislation, he said, the
:04:20. > :04:29.Yes, 64, no, 63, the motion is therefore agreed.
:04:30. > :04:32.Labour now say the act is dead in the water and want action.
:04:33. > :04:34.The government must therefore bring forward
:04:35. > :04:35.immediate plans on how they
:04:36. > :04:38.will repeal this act as a matter of urgency.
:04:39. > :04:41.The presiding officer said Parliament had made its view clear,
:04:42. > :04:48.it was up to the Scottish Government to reflect on how to respond.
:04:49. > :04:53.England and Scotland could face a points deduction if they defy
:04:54. > :04:56.a Fifa ban on players wearing poppies when the teams
:04:57. > :05:00.English Football Association chief executive Martin Glenn said both
:05:01. > :05:03.FAs will defy the ban and accept any punishment.
:05:04. > :05:05.Fifa general secretary Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura
:05:06. > :05:11.told the BBC any kind of sanction could follow.
:05:12. > :05:13.World football's governing body prohibits political,
:05:14. > :05:19.religious or commercial messages on shirts.
:05:20. > :05:21.Aberdeen City Council has become the first local authority
:05:22. > :05:25.The stock market bonds, worth ?360 million, will go
:05:26. > :05:27.towards the council's capital plan, which includes redeveloping the city
:05:28. > :05:34.centre, building schools and houses, and road construction.
:05:35. > :05:37.A Labour MP has been cleared of attacking a Yes campaigner
:05:38. > :05:39.in Glasgow on the day of the independence referendum.
:05:40. > :05:43.Marie Rimmer, who's the MP for St Helens South and Whiston,
:05:44. > :05:45.faced two charges following an incident outside
:05:46. > :05:48.Shettleston Community Centre on 18th September, 2014.
:05:49. > :05:50.Yesterday, the 69-year-old was cleared of a charge of abusive
:05:51. > :06:00.Today Ms Rimmer was acquitted of assaulting 52-year-old
:06:01. > :06:02.Patricia McLeish by kicking her, after a sheriff found the case
:06:03. > :06:07.I am absolutely delighted and very, very grateful and thankful
:06:08. > :06:10.for and support that everybody has put in with me.
:06:11. > :06:13.I want to really get back now to go on and do the job
:06:14. > :06:16.I was elected to do, representing my constituents
:06:17. > :06:23.A memorial service has been held to remember those who died
:06:24. > :06:27.when Aberdeen University's Zoology building collapsed 50 years ago.
:06:28. > :06:30.It was under construction on November 1st, 1966,
:06:31. > :06:34.when the steel and concrete frame failed, with tragic consequences.
:06:35. > :06:38.Our reporter Steven Duff has been speaking to two men
:06:39. > :06:49.When I arrived there, I was absolutely appalled
:06:50. > :06:56.and could not understand how we could deal with the situation.
:06:57. > :07:01.It was one pile of steel girders, steel pipes, concrete,
:07:02. > :07:13.I had seen the building standing, it was eight stories high,
:07:14. > :07:22.and suddenly there were eight stories, fallen on a house of cards,
:07:23. > :07:25.I felt that if you had stood on tiptoe you could have touched
:07:26. > :07:36.Five people lost their lives that day in 1966, the zooology building
:07:37. > :07:38.at Aberdeen University which was under
:07:39. > :07:41.92-year-old John Burgess was senior fire officer in charge that today.
:07:42. > :07:43.He helped to rescue one of three workers who survived
:07:44. > :07:45.after being buried in the rubble.
:07:46. > :07:49.We made a chain of human firemen to the entrance of it.
:07:50. > :07:52.I said, when I give the word Paul, you are coming out.
:07:53. > :07:55.I yelled at the top of my voice, pull, and I could shout
:07:56. > :08:14.And we all came out and the only injury he got was the abrasions
:08:15. > :08:24.we caused pulling him out of this little part with he was.
:08:25. > :08:26.Gordon had been a news reporter for only eight
:08:27. > :08:29.days when he was sent to the scene of the collapse.
:08:30. > :08:30.He remembers the final survivor emerging.
:08:31. > :08:33.I don't remember any emotion, none of the cheering or applauding
:08:34. > :08:42.somebody shook his hands, we were awfully glad
:08:43. > :08:45.After the tragedy, the construction was completed and the
:08:46. > :08:49.This evening 50 years on a service of remembrance at Aberdeen
:08:50. > :08:54.University for the five men who lost their lives.
:08:55. > :08:56.The Scotland manager, Gordon Strachan, says he didn't
:08:57. > :08:59.consider quitting his post following a disappointing
:09:00. > :09:04.start to the World Cup qualifying campaign.
:09:05. > :09:06.He's just named his squad for next week's World qualifier
:09:07. > :09:10.As expected, his former captain Scott Brown has been
:09:11. > :09:11.picked after coming out of international retirement.
:09:12. > :09:16.Back in Scotland and back in the national squad.
:09:17. > :09:19.Celtic's in form captain, returning home with his club at the
:09:20. > :09:26.Soon, he will be reunited with the Scotland manager,
:09:27. > :09:30.following a short lived international retirement.
:09:31. > :09:38.The backroom staff have done a final build-up conversation that went on.
:09:39. > :09:43.He was thinking about trying to get back in the squad and making
:09:44. > :09:50.From then, we checked it out and that is the case.
:09:51. > :09:57.We spoke on the phone and we are back together again.
:09:58. > :10:00.Is the reunion a long-term thing or a one night stand,
:10:01. > :10:04.beginning and ending with the game against England at Wembley.
:10:05. > :10:09.Hopefully it is a decision we are all happy with.
:10:10. > :10:13.Then after that we will decide what the future is for everybody.
:10:14. > :10:19.What about the manager's commitments?
:10:20. > :10:21.His resolve to stay in position is as strong,
:10:22. > :10:29.Here he is reacting to suggestions he considered stepping aside
:10:30. > :10:38.If you honestly think that from that moment,
:10:39. > :10:40.maybe 24 hours after the defeat, I was thinking about myself,
:10:41. > :10:48.I think at that point, how do I get this group of people,
:10:49. > :10:50.the fans, the players, the backroom staff into a major tournament?
:10:51. > :10:57.I am 59 years old, do you think I was thinking about myself
:10:58. > :11:03.The Scots are fourth in their qualifying group,
:11:04. > :11:08.Defeat at Wembley wouldn't kill Scotland's prospects of qualifying,
:11:09. > :11:12.but it would render them are pretty slim, with or without
:11:13. > :11:24.Well, now the weather outlook for tonight and tomorrow.
:11:25. > :11:32.Thank you. Good evening. This is a lovely picture from earlier,
:11:33. > :11:36.beautiful autumnal colours, but all change tonight with the rain moving
:11:37. > :11:39.in. In the bigger picture you can see the weather system moving in
:11:40. > :11:43.from the Atlantic, bringing outbreaks of rain overnight and
:11:44. > :11:47.thickening cloud. A different day the store tomorrow. It is chilly at
:11:48. > :11:52.the moment but with cloud building overnight temperatures will recover
:11:53. > :11:57.by dawn. These are the likely temperatures at 8am. Cloudy and
:11:58. > :12:05.damp. In the West the rain is heavy and persistent east you are, lighter
:12:06. > :12:09.and more patchy in nature but still fairly damp. Winds, from the South
:12:10. > :12:13.West. Shetland is not faring too bad. A few showers but the bulk of
:12:14. > :12:18.the wet weather is in the south. Through the course of Thursday it
:12:19. > :12:21.will be fairly wet in the West but further east the brain is often on
:12:22. > :12:27.through the course of the day but pretty cloudy. You can see the wet
:12:28. > :12:31.weather stretches through Northern Ireland and the north-west of
:12:32. > :12:33.England and North West Wales and towards Devon and Cornwall. South
:12:34. > :12:38.and east are fairly dry with some brightness. They could be for girlie
:12:39. > :12:46.on. Temperatures are feeling fairly chilly. The winner will be
:12:47. > :12:49.north-westerly by the end of the afternoon and it will drive in
:12:50. > :12:55.showers for a showery night overnight Thursday to Friday. On
:12:56. > :13:00.Friday low pressure is in charge with areas of rain in the south and
:13:01. > :13:03.the North. In the central lowlands dry and fine weather but quite
:13:04. > :13:10.chilly. Cold air moves in as the locals away. On Friday rain clears
:13:11. > :13:14.and a lot of sunshine in central Scotland. In the north another band
:13:15. > :13:19.of rain edges south through the day with snow on the hills. Saturday and
:13:20. > :13:25.Sunday, the cold plunge of their moves down and it is quite frosty
:13:26. > :13:26.overnight. Sunshine during the day in showers around the coast.
:13:27. > :13:29.Our next update is during Breakfast at 6.25am tomorrow morning.
:13:30. > :13:32.But, from everyone on the late team here in Glasgow and around