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:00:00. > :00:00.earlier this evening. There will be more on that and any development on

:00:00. > :00:08.the BBC News Channel. Now it is time Hundreds of mesh implant

:00:09. > :00:11.operations have been performed in Scotland,

:00:12. > :00:13.despite ministers suspending their use because of potential

:00:14. > :00:17.health complications. Figures obtained by the BBC show

:00:18. > :00:21.that more than 400 women have received mesh and mesh-tape

:00:22. > :00:25.implants, usually used for pelvic and incontinence problems,

:00:26. > :00:28.since June 2014, when the then Health Secretary called

:00:29. > :00:31.for their suspension. Our political correspondent Lucy

:00:32. > :00:38.Adams has this exclusive report. Hospital treatment is meant to make

:00:39. > :00:47.patients feel better, but not for Gillian,

:00:48. > :00:49.who now needs crutches to get round. It's meant to be

:00:50. > :00:55.a standard procedure. Life as I knew it

:00:56. > :01:14.completely changed. This is polypropylene, the same

:01:15. > :01:22.material used to wrap newspapers This is really hard,

:01:23. > :01:37.it's got a sharp edge. It can contract, it can

:01:38. > :01:40.break up in the body, I know of women who've

:01:41. > :01:42.lost their bladder and kidney. How they can put this

:01:43. > :01:57.into bodies, I have no idea. The Scottish Government took action

:01:58. > :02:00.and it was suspended back in 2014. That was following pleas from women

:02:01. > :02:05.suffering debilitating side-effects. But figures show that more

:02:06. > :02:08.than 400 women have had it The BBC has learned

:02:09. > :02:14.the Greater Glasgow Health Board has For some procedures,

:02:15. > :02:22.this is the only choice. They either live with their symptoms

:02:23. > :02:29.or have these mesh procedures. So for some, it's their only

:02:30. > :02:34.chance of some benefit and of having a benefit

:02:35. > :02:37.that lets them get out of the house. But this consultant, who's been

:02:38. > :02:40.advising the Scottish Government on these procedures,

:02:41. > :02:43.says there's at least two other forms of surgery which should be

:02:44. > :02:48.offered but which ministers cannot Only the MHRA could ban it

:02:49. > :02:54.from the whole of the UK but the Government could suggest

:02:55. > :03:02.to health boards and clinicians and surgeons to consider suspending

:03:03. > :03:04.these until we find exactly Is it in the device, the procedure,

:03:05. > :03:14.the surgeons, or the patients? Hundreds of women are now

:03:15. > :03:20.taking legal action. They certainly want answers

:03:21. > :03:23.as to why they received something which had

:03:24. > :03:26.been directed as not to be used until further investigations

:03:27. > :03:31.were carried out. Gillian and Olive are working

:03:32. > :03:33.together to support other women suffering as a result

:03:34. > :03:35.of these operations. More than 400 are taking legal

:03:36. > :03:40.action against health boards and mesh manufacturers,

:03:41. > :03:43.but if the procedure continues, that The full report into the killing

:03:44. > :03:51.of 16-year-old Bailey Gwynne at his Aberdeen school has been

:03:52. > :03:53.published, but with much of the evidence and even one

:03:54. > :03:56.of the conclusions blacked out. Rebecca Curran reports

:03:57. > :04:00.from Cults Academy. 16-year-old Bailey Gwynne

:04:01. > :04:02.was stabbed during a fight with a fellow pupil here

:04:03. > :04:04.at Cults Academy His killer, who was also 16,

:04:05. > :04:08.is serving nine years A review conducted by child

:04:09. > :04:14.protection expert Andrew Lowe found Bailey's death was "potentially

:04:15. > :04:18.avoidable if those who knew his killer carried weapons

:04:19. > :04:22.had told a teacher". Mr Lowe made five conclusions and 21

:04:23. > :04:24.recommendations in total, But the full report was kept

:04:25. > :04:32.private due to data But today the city council released

:04:33. > :04:37.a heavily redacted version. In fact, much of the 67

:04:38. > :04:42.pages look like this. Well, the section on the background

:04:43. > :04:50.of Bailey and his killer, who's described as child A,

:04:51. > :04:53.has been fully redacted. All information about previous

:04:54. > :04:56.concerns raised about the killer and a complaint that was made

:04:57. > :04:58.have been withheld. The only apparent criticism

:04:59. > :05:02.is levelled at a city councillor for taking part

:05:03. > :05:10.in a media interview. Well, in October,

:05:11. > :05:12.when the recommendations and conclusions were released,

:05:13. > :05:14.the city council's chief executive Angela Scott said the full report

:05:15. > :05:16.wasn't being published because it contained a great deal of sensitive,

:05:17. > :05:19.confidential and legally Mr Lowe conducted 43 face-to-face

:05:20. > :05:28.interviews and over the past weeks each person is understood to have

:05:29. > :05:31.been asked if they were happy What is now apparent is that

:05:32. > :05:36.most of them said no. Now, what's not clear

:05:37. > :05:38.is on what grounds any of those If they were allowed to object only

:05:39. > :05:42.on the basis of legal or data protection grounds,

:05:43. > :05:44.or if they could refuse because they were upset

:05:45. > :05:46.or embarrassed to have The Prime Minister says

:05:47. > :05:54.she will look very seriously at proposals put forward

:05:55. > :05:56.by the Scottish Government on Brexit, but has stressed

:05:57. > :05:58.the negotiations to leave the EU Theresa May was speaking ahead

:05:59. > :06:04.of tomorrow's publication of the Scottish Government's

:06:05. > :06:14.priorities for Brexit. I took a call from the First

:06:15. > :06:17.Minister this morning, where I assured her we will look very

:06:18. > :06:20.seriously at the proposals the Scottish Government is bringing

:06:21. > :06:24.forward. I welcome the fact they've been looking at their priorities.

:06:25. > :06:28.We've been welcoming all the devolved administrations to look at

:06:29. > :06:30.those so they can be taken into account in the UK negotiations on

:06:31. > :06:33.leaving the European Union. Plans have been unveiled to create

:06:34. > :06:36.up to 600 jobs and invest ?120 million at the site of the UK's

:06:37. > :06:38.last remaining aluminium It's hoped the site could eventually

:06:39. > :06:43.manufacture alloy wheels for cars. It's the last remaining

:06:44. > :06:50.aluminium smelter in the UK, relying on its own hydro-power

:06:51. > :06:52.scheme to produce the massive amounts of electricity

:06:53. > :06:58.needed for the process. But a review of its assets

:06:59. > :07:01.by the previous owners led to concerns it could be closed,

:07:02. > :07:05.with the loss of 170 jobs. Now with the sale of the smelter,

:07:06. > :07:10.the future is not only bright, Our plan is not to stop aluminium

:07:11. > :07:18.but make components which are very That creates 300 direct jobs

:07:19. > :07:30.and many more indirectly. The First Minister was on hand

:07:31. > :07:33.to take part in a traditional Hindu ceremony to mark the takeover

:07:34. > :07:36.by the company which earlier this year bought the former

:07:37. > :07:41.Tata steel plants. With a ?120 million investment

:07:42. > :07:47.to be made, direct jobs in the supply chain,

:07:48. > :07:49.it's clearly a massive shot It doesn't just guarantee the future

:07:50. > :07:53.of the aluminium smelter and the power plants

:07:54. > :07:55.and all the jobs associated with those, it heralds a bright

:07:56. > :07:58.new future for manufacturing, given the plans to create

:07:59. > :08:01.a new manufacturing facility here, bringing many more jobs

:08:02. > :08:04.in the process, This smelter has been

:08:05. > :08:12.here since 1929 and remains one of the most important industrial

:08:13. > :08:15.employers in the Highlands. Especially myself -

:08:16. > :08:23.I'm in my fourth year here. The chance of me having a job

:08:24. > :08:28.in the future here is excellent Moving into making alloy wheels

:08:29. > :08:35.and car components could triple The ultimate aim is to bring

:08:36. > :08:43.steel-making to the Fort William The Scottish Football Association

:08:44. > :08:55.has been fined more than ?15,000 by the world governing body Fifa

:08:56. > :08:58.after the national side wore poppies during last

:08:59. > :09:03.month's World Cup qualifier Our reporter Alasdair Lamont gave us

:09:04. > :09:13.the reaction at Hampden Park. The decision isn't an entirely

:09:14. > :09:15.surprising one, but nonetheless, the reaction has been

:09:16. > :09:17.one of disappointment. The Scottish FA, along

:09:18. > :09:26.with the English FA, had requested permission ahead

:09:27. > :09:29.of the match to wear the poppies in the match,

:09:30. > :09:31.which was denied. Fifa said there was a rule over

:09:32. > :09:34.the banning of wearing Players wore poppies regardless

:09:35. > :09:39.of that ruling, and there The Scottish FA has been discussing

:09:40. > :09:47.the matter with its English counterparts but also

:09:48. > :09:51.the other home nations. All of them have been fined

:09:52. > :09:53.for similar reasons. In terms of the fines,

:09:54. > :09:58.the Conservative MP Maurice Corrie Frankly I'm appalled

:09:59. > :10:07.at the decision. It's disgraceful they've come

:10:08. > :10:09.to that decision when you think of the commitment many football

:10:10. > :10:16.teams and players made in the wars. I quote the Heart of Midlothian

:10:17. > :10:20.club, who went as an entire team to fight in the Great War,

:10:21. > :10:23.and sadly many did not come back. Certainly strong feeling over

:10:24. > :10:32.the issue, and the English FA are standing their ground,

:10:33. > :10:37.saying that they will appeal. The Scottish FA stood

:10:38. > :10:41.shoulder-to-shoulder it would be surprising

:10:42. > :10:52.if they backed down. I would expect an appeal

:10:53. > :10:55.to go in in the New Year. An appeal to restore

:10:56. > :10:57.the fire-damaged Mackintosh School of Art has been boosted

:10:58. > :11:00.with a ?450,000 donation It's the largest grant

:11:01. > :11:03.to a non-science project in Scotland The cost of restoring

:11:04. > :11:06.the school of art is estimated With this latest donation,

:11:07. > :11:11.the appeal has now Now Judith has the weather outlook

:11:12. > :11:25.for tonight and tomorrow. Thank you. A very good evening to

:11:26. > :11:29.you. The jet stream is about to take control of our weather for the

:11:30. > :11:37.coming week. It is that incredibly fast moving ribbon of wind above the

:11:38. > :11:41.atmosphere, already pushing areas of low, deep pressure towards us, so we

:11:42. > :11:45.could see some very stormy conditions come Christmas weekend.

:11:46. > :11:50.You might wonder what the fuss is about because at the moment things

:11:51. > :11:55.are quiet and dry and we will have a fairly widespread frost tonight. A

:11:56. > :11:59.dry start, bright once we see the sun rising with spells of sunshine,

:12:00. > :12:05.and temperatures at around three or 4 degrees across much of southern

:12:06. > :12:12.Scotland. In rural sparked -- parts, temperatures around the freezing

:12:13. > :12:15.level. The wind really picking up across the Western Isles and

:12:16. > :12:18.Northern Isles and temperatures here higher first thing tomorrow as well.

:12:19. > :12:23.For the rest of the morning, we are holding onto dry weather, and then

:12:24. > :12:27.the arrival of that change with the band of rain feeding in across

:12:28. > :12:31.western Scotland with strengthening southerly winds and gales up towards

:12:32. > :12:34.the north-west. We will see the rain edging into Northern Ireland but a

:12:35. > :12:40.much brighter day than we've seen of late across much of England and

:12:41. > :12:43.Wales, losing the mist and fog we've had lingering over the last few

:12:44. > :12:48.days. Temperatures cooler than of late as well. It will feel that bit

:12:49. > :12:54.cooler tomorrow across Scotland as well. Holding onto dry weather for

:12:55. > :12:59.most of us and then the rain sweeps in as it moves across the country.

:13:00. > :13:03.Generally lighter and patchy in the east. Then the last of these showers

:13:04. > :13:07.feeds into the West and this is the next sign of change. These frequent

:13:08. > :13:12.blustery showers feeding in coming all the way from Canada mean it will

:13:13. > :13:18.feel cold with a wintry Mr those showers across western and northern

:13:19. > :13:24.Scotland, with hail and thunder as well. -- a wintryness.

:13:25. > :13:28.Our next update is during Breakfast at 6.25am tomorrow morning.

:13:29. > :13:31.But from everyone on the late team, goodnight.