:00:00. > :00:00.Here, on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.
:00:00. > :00:14.An investigation has begun into the way police responded
:00:15. > :00:16.to calls from the public about a parked van in
:00:17. > :00:19.Stirlingshire in which a man's body was later found.
:00:20. > :00:23.It's the latest concern about call handling and comes as emergency
:00:24. > :00:25.services gear up for their busiest time of the year.
:00:26. > :00:32.Here's our home affairs correspondent, Reevel Alderson.
:00:33. > :00:36.The front line for police, calls from the public range
:00:37. > :00:38.from emergencies to domestic abuse, wildlife crime, and
:00:39. > :00:44.And this is the busiest time of the year.
:00:45. > :00:46.But how is public confidence in police call handling?
:00:47. > :00:49.Operators at the Bilston Glen call centre failed to tell officers
:00:50. > :00:54.about Lamara Bell and John Yuill, who lay in their car on the M9
:00:55. > :00:59.Four months later, police apologised to the family of pensioner
:01:00. > :01:02.Janet McKay after faults in their investigation
:01:03. > :01:07.Like the case of Inverness pensioner Albert Insch found
:01:08. > :01:10.dead two months ago, the independent police
:01:11. > :01:14.investigator PIRC was asked to review police actions.
:01:15. > :01:19.It is now also investigating the police response to calls
:01:20. > :01:22.about a van in which a man's body was found in Dunipace,
:01:23. > :01:26.Opposition parties are also demanding answers.
:01:27. > :01:28.We do need to find out what has gone wrong,
:01:29. > :01:31.whether it is the front line, with the pressure on front-line
:01:32. > :01:33.police officers, or Bilston Glen, with the old story about
:01:34. > :01:38.Whatever it is, we do need to understand what has gone wrong
:01:39. > :01:44.The Government says it'll await the outcome
:01:45. > :01:46.of the PIRC investigation, but the Justice Secretary says
:01:47. > :01:49.he is confident that police call handling procedures have improved.
:01:50. > :01:52.It is appropriate that we allow that investigation to take its course,
:01:53. > :01:55.but the staff within our call centres do a very good job
:01:56. > :01:58.and there have been significant changes in the way in which our call
:01:59. > :02:04.I am confident that over the coming weeks that we are making as much
:02:05. > :02:06.progress as we can to ensure that all of our emergency
:02:07. > :02:08.services are working in a coordinated fashion.
:02:09. > :02:12.Police say 30 recommendations made by the Inspector of Constabulary
:02:13. > :02:15.following the M9 incident have been implemented, with a new
:02:16. > :02:22.process to ensure high standards of call handling.
:02:23. > :02:24.What our process has done, though, is indicate that 99.996%
:02:25. > :02:26.of our calls were handled without any issue at
:02:27. > :02:30.So I am entirely confident in our process and the
:02:31. > :02:35.The force says it cannot comment on the incident in Dunipace
:02:36. > :02:37.while the investigation by PIRC is continuing.
:02:38. > :02:48.Security surrounding Edinburgh's Hogmanay
:02:49. > :02:49.celebrations are to be reviewed following the terrorist
:02:50. > :02:53.Police emphasise there's no specific threat but that the public
:02:54. > :03:00.Our correspondent Andrew Kerr reports.
:03:01. > :03:02.The joy of Christmas, bright lights, tasty food,
:03:03. > :03:05.and a seasonal atmosphere at Edinburgh's market,
:03:06. > :03:08.but those festive lights have been deemed at Berlin's Kurfuerstendamm
:03:09. > :03:14.after Monday's terrorist attack which left 12 dead.
:03:15. > :03:17.A delivery lorry was turned into a deadly weapon.
:03:18. > :03:23.But back in Scotland, people say you cannot live in fear.
:03:24. > :03:26.If something like that's going to happen, it is going to happen,
:03:27. > :03:28.and there's nothing you can do to stop it from happening.
:03:29. > :03:31.I feel a bit kind of isolated here in Scotland, so you feel
:03:32. > :03:37.If you look at it and think, "Are we going to get attacked today?"
:03:38. > :03:41.The Berlin attack comes as police are preparing
:03:42. > :03:47.The message that we keep constantly repeating is be aware
:03:48. > :03:48.of your circumstances and your surroundings,
:03:49. > :03:53.If you see something suspicious, if you feel uncomfortable
:03:54. > :03:56.about something, approach a police officer and tell them
:03:57. > :04:01.In Aberdeen, the organisers of the Christmas Village are working
:04:02. > :04:06.with police as the First Minister also says to be aware.
:04:07. > :04:09.We must be vigilant, the police will continue to be vigilant,
:04:10. > :04:11.the Scottish Government, working with their partners
:04:12. > :04:14.in the UK Government and with both the police and the intelligence
:04:15. > :04:16.agencies, will continue to make sure we are vigilant,
:04:17. > :04:20.but the public should also be vigilant as well.
:04:21. > :04:23.The threat level is still "Severe", defined as an attack
:04:24. > :04:39.But as the police said, people should not be alarmed.
:04:40. > :04:41.The second big storm of the winter is expected to cause
:04:42. > :04:43.widespread travel disruption in the run-up to Christmas.
:04:44. > :04:46.CalMac is advising ferry travellers to check for updates with winds
:04:47. > :04:50.of up to 90 miles an hour due to hit the west of the country on Friday.
:04:51. > :04:53.In Shetland, at Lerwick this lunchtime, travellers headed
:04:54. > :04:56.for the Aberdeen ferry which had been bought forward five
:04:57. > :04:58.hours to try to beat the worst of the weather.
:04:59. > :05:01.They were very keen to make it south for Christmas.
:05:02. > :05:03.I was supposed to be leaving on Friday -
:05:04. > :05:06.I'm working up at the gas plant - but due to the weather conditions,
:05:07. > :05:10.I have had to leave today otherwise I will be stuck in Shetland over
:05:11. > :05:11.Christmas, which I don't quite fancy.
:05:12. > :05:13.Sometimes we are delayed, sometimes we get away on time,
:05:14. > :05:19.You can see the wind is gathering, so effectively, these northbound
:05:20. > :05:20.straits will hit the Western Isles...
:05:21. > :05:22.At Loganair HQ, they are keen watches of the weather.
:05:23. > :05:25.They have been booking people onto flights going today
:05:26. > :05:27.and tomorrow to try to avoid the worst of the storm
:05:28. > :05:34.Friday will see the storm at its worst, and we have moved
:05:35. > :05:38.a number of flights earlier in the day to try and plan around
:05:39. > :05:40.the weather forecasts, and for a small number of flights
:05:41. > :05:46.later in the day we have decided to cancel them based on the forecast
:05:47. > :05:52.showing there is no reasonable prospect of being able to fly.
:05:53. > :05:55.Travellers here at Glasgow Airport are pretty relieved to be getting
:05:56. > :05:57.away today for Christmas, rather than leaving it
:05:58. > :06:00.to the end of the week, when that storm will be
:06:01. > :06:04.Were you always going to travel today?
:06:05. > :06:07.I was supposed to be travelling on Friday, I had to change it
:06:08. > :06:14.You wanted to get home for Christmas?
:06:15. > :06:17.I did not want to spend it in Glasgow.
:06:18. > :06:19.I had always planned to travel to Shetland today,
:06:20. > :06:22.My brother was travelling on Saturday, but he has
:06:23. > :06:25.So you will be both home for Christmas.
:06:26. > :06:31.In Kirkwall, it will be breezy on Friday.
:06:32. > :06:38.There has been a frenzy of changing of plans here too.
:06:39. > :06:41.We go south for Christmas, we were due to go on Christmas Eve,
:06:42. > :06:44.then we changed it to Friday because of the weather,
:06:45. > :06:48.Spare a thought for around 100 staff on this oil
:06:49. > :07:04.The seas will be too high for the helicopters to operate
:07:05. > :07:07.there, so it looks like they won't now get home for Christmas.
:07:08. > :07:15.For others still heading for that family reunion, though,
:07:16. > :07:17.the advice from ferry operators like CalMac is keep
:07:18. > :07:24.checking the websites, because there will be disruptions.
:07:25. > :07:27.Storm Barbara is bearing no gifts - only very high winds.
:07:28. > :07:29.And we will have a full weather forecast at
:07:30. > :07:34.Aircraft and drones have been banned from flying over a house in Inverkip
:07:35. > :07:36.which is being searched by police looking for missing
:07:37. > :07:40.The 36-year-old was reported missing by her carers eight weeks ago.
:07:41. > :07:42.It's 17 years since she was last seen in public.
:07:43. > :07:44.Police Scotland have been searching the house
:07:45. > :07:47.Today they said there is now an air restriction zone over
:07:48. > :07:51.Let's take a detailed look at the weather from Kawser.
:07:52. > :07:55.Thank you. The only good news I have is that from the model the days will
:07:56. > :07:58.be getting longer. We have had some wintry showers today and we will
:07:59. > :07:59.continue to see them as we head through the night. There were some
:08:00. > :08:02.continue to see them as we head clear spells across Murray to allow
:08:03. > :08:04.one of our Weather Watchers to capture the Northern Lights error of
:08:05. > :08:09.this evening. Tonight, though showers are mainly across the North
:08:10. > :08:13.West, falling as low over higher ground, Suite four Bob levels and
:08:14. > :08:20.strong winds. Gales with a mate of in yellow BA were warning enforced
:08:21. > :08:23.throughout the model across the North West and the Northern Isles.
:08:24. > :08:25.Showers elsewhere. If you are heading out around it or call
:08:26. > :08:27.tomorrow morning there will be wintry showers and possibly icy
:08:28. > :08:30.stretches where overnight temperatures could follow to
:08:31. > :08:35.freezing for many inland areas and towards the North East. For the
:08:36. > :08:38.central belt, some wintriness and showers for a time but more in the
:08:39. > :08:43.way of dry weather as we head through the day. If you are heading
:08:44. > :08:46.out anywhere tomorrow with travel plans, a lot of dry weather across
:08:47. > :08:50.England and Wales and for Northern Ireland we will see some wintry
:08:51. > :08:57.showers and stronger winds. Across the South of England, ten or 11
:08:58. > :09:01.degrees. As you have heard, so far Storm Barbara is heading towards us
:09:02. > :09:04.and by Friday morning it will bring some heavy rain, strong winds, in
:09:05. > :09:10.particular across the North West of the country, but that strong wind
:09:11. > :09:12.warning is across Northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland, a
:09:13. > :09:19.yellow BA were weather warning with gusts of up to 70 mph widely. There
:09:20. > :09:23.could be up to 80 or 90 mph through the middle part of the day.
:09:24. > :09:26.Transferring across to the Northern Isles by the end of the day, so
:09:27. > :09:31.there could be likely disruption. Here is the map for Friday. Rain
:09:32. > :09:35.pushing across the West, heaviest across the Southern and Western
:09:36. > :09:41.Highlands, Dumfries and Galloway as well, Easter Road is the only breaks
:09:42. > :09:45.but also wintriness. That could cause problems for transport. Some
:09:46. > :09:49.structural damage is likely across the very fast North West, where
:09:50. > :09:51.gusts could reach up to 80 or 90 mph. Whatever your plans, take care
:09:52. > :09:54.gusts could reach up to 80 or 90 if you are heading up. That is your
:09:55. > :09:58.forecast. But, from everyone
:09:59. > :10:04.on the late team, goodnight.