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As Scotland prepares for the Christmas getaway, | :00:09. | :00:11. | |
it's also preparing for Storm Barbara. | :00:12. | :00:13. | |
Ferries to the Northern and Western Isles have been | :00:14. | :00:16. | |
cancelled - as have some train services tomorrow. | :00:17. | :00:18. | |
On the Clyde coast the ferry to Rothesay was working | :00:19. | :00:25. | |
normally this afternoon, much to the relief | :00:26. | :00:26. | |
My last chance of getting away to do my shopping today, | :00:27. | :00:33. | |
But it looks like tomorrow will be much more challenging. | :00:34. | :00:46. | |
Calmac say it is highly likely that there will be | :00:47. | :00:48. | |
cancellations on this route and other Clyde routes tomorrow. | :00:49. | :00:50. | |
Some services have been cancelled already, others will be | :00:51. | :00:52. | |
reviewed throughout the day, so their advice is keep | :00:53. | :00:54. | |
checking their website for the latest updates. | :00:55. | :00:58. | |
On the railways, teams will be standing by to clear storm debris | :00:59. | :01:00. | |
from the lines but some West Coast travellers hoping to head home | :01:01. | :01:04. | |
by train for Christmas will have an early start, | :01:05. | :01:07. | |
as ScotRail is suspending the most exposed routes from the morning. | :01:08. | :01:12. | |
On the Clyde Line and the Oban we are suspending services | :01:13. | :01:15. | |
We ask all customers to check the website carefully, | :01:16. | :01:22. | |
check what journeys you have and make alternative | :01:23. | :01:26. | |
We will reimburse tickets that have been bought and can't be used. | :01:27. | :01:34. | |
Here is Storm Barbara, bringing high winds and also | :01:35. | :01:38. | |
rain and snow on higher ground, so driving conditions especially | :01:39. | :01:40. | |
on roads like the A9 are currently testing. | :01:41. | :01:48. | |
Plan more time for your journey, let someone know when you are likely | :01:49. | :01:51. | |
to be at your destination, make sure you have a fully charged | :01:52. | :01:55. | |
mobile phone and some warm clothing with you so that you are safe | :01:56. | :01:58. | |
and prepared should you come into some difficulty. | :01:59. | :02:02. | |
They're certainly prepared in the food sense in Shetland, | :02:03. | :02:06. | |
nine massive containers of festive food arrived by ferry | :02:07. | :02:08. | |
today, with one more boat due before Christmas. | :02:09. | :02:12. | |
We planned ahead, got the stock in early, so we'll have more | :02:13. | :02:18. | |
than enough for everyone until Christmas Eve, | :02:19. | :02:20. | |
A reminder today from the Kirk to put comfort and safety | :02:21. | :02:26. | |
With the weather doing its worst, churches like this one in Falkirk | :02:27. | :02:32. | |
are streaming their services so you can join online | :02:33. | :02:38. | |
but you can get a sense of joining in not only with the worship | :02:39. | :02:48. | |
and the service but perhaps with your friends as well, | :02:49. | :02:50. | |
Not quite the same as being there but you still get that sense | :02:51. | :02:55. | |
Storm Barbara will bring travel problems so settling | :02:56. | :02:59. | |
in by the tree may be very welcoming when you finally | :03:00. | :03:01. | |
Aileen Clarke, Reporting Scotland. | :03:02. | :03:05. | |
The public spending watchdog says Police Scotland | :03:06. | :03:07. | |
and the organisation which oversees it - the Scottish Police Authority - | :03:08. | :03:11. | |
are facing a funding gap of almost ?190 million by 2020-21. | :03:12. | :03:16. | |
Audit Scotland says there's continuing concern | :03:17. | :03:18. | |
But the two organisations say they're working | :03:19. | :03:23. | |
Scotland's national police force and the authority that holds it | :03:24. | :03:28. | |
to account are two of the countries most high-profile bodies, | :03:29. | :03:34. | |
but now serious questions are being asked about how | :03:35. | :03:40. | |
they are managing their annual budget of ?1.1 billion. | :03:41. | :03:42. | |
This report published by the public spending watchdog says that | :03:43. | :03:48. | |
although Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority | :03:49. | :03:50. | |
have existed for three years they both suffer | :03:51. | :03:52. | |
The auditor general says that is not acceptable. | :03:53. | :04:00. | |
I think one concern has been that the focus of day-to-day | :04:01. | :04:11. | |
and keeping day-to-day policing going, but the focus of the reform | :04:12. | :04:13. | |
is making sure it is sustainable for the future given the financial | :04:14. | :04:16. | |
The report dominated Question Time at Holyrood. | :04:17. | :04:21. | |
Police Scotland is staring down the barrel of a ?190 | :04:22. | :04:23. | |
million budget deficit, we've heard all before. | :04:24. | :04:26. | |
In response the First Minister indicated the UK Government's | :04:27. | :04:28. | |
refusal to accept Scotland from a VAT bill. | :04:29. | :04:40. | |
Ruth Davidson won't have any credibility talking about police | :04:41. | :04:42. | |
until she backs us in telling the Tory colleagues in Westminster | :04:43. | :04:45. | |
to do the right thing and stop taking money out of the pockets | :04:46. | :04:51. | |
Away from Holyrood the Scottish Police Authority said | :04:52. | :04:55. | |
We acknowledge fully our standard of book-keeping could have been | :04:56. | :04:59. | |
improved and we agree with the auditor on that point | :05:00. | :05:04. | |
and we are taking steps to address that matter, | :05:05. | :05:06. | |
Police Scotland declined our request for a broadcast interview | :05:07. | :05:12. | |
but in a statement it shared through the Scottish Police | :05:13. | :05:21. | |
Authority, David Page, the deputy chief officer said | :05:22. | :05:23. | |
the force was committed to ensuring that the financial management | :05:24. | :05:25. | |
of the police budget was of the highest standard | :05:26. | :05:27. | |
and would continue to work to ensure that the appropriate resources | :05:28. | :05:30. | |
were in place to improve capacity and capability and make sure | :05:31. | :05:33. | |
That is likely to go down well with the auditor general - | :05:34. | :05:37. | |
after three years of asking, she is now expecting results. | :05:38. | :05:39. | |
Andrew Black, Reporting Scotland, Edinburgh. | :05:40. | :05:42. | |
A man has been convicted of murdering his former partner | :05:43. | :05:45. | |
Heroin addict Steven Jackson dumped Kimberley MacKenzie's remains | :05:46. | :05:50. | |
at a number of locations in the Angus town of Montrose. | :05:51. | :05:54. | |
A woman has been found guilty of helping him | :05:55. | :05:56. | |
Kimberly MacKenzie was repeatedly battered and stabbed by her former | :05:57. | :06:04. | |
Afterwards, as she lay dying, he went to buy heroin | :06:05. | :06:10. | |
with Michelle Higgins, the pair captured on CCTV | :06:11. | :06:12. | |
There's an element of drug addiction to the crime, but let's be clear, | :06:13. | :06:23. | |
nothing would allow for that level of brutality that's been dished out | :06:24. | :06:30. | |
to Kimberly MacKenzie and caused her death. | :06:31. | :06:35. | |
The next day, Jackson cut up Kimberly's body in the bottom | :06:36. | :06:38. | |
of the flat and then he and Michelle Higgins dumped body | :06:39. | :06:41. | |
parts in bins around the town and in another house. | :06:42. | :06:46. | |
The murder, described by police as brutal and callous, | :06:47. | :06:50. | |
led to a complex investigation, parts of Montrose sealed off and bin | :06:51. | :06:53. | |
collection suspended while officers carried out detailed searches. | :06:54. | :06:58. | |
During the five-week trial the two accused blamed each other. | :06:59. | :07:04. | |
Jackson was convicted of the crime and Higgins found guilty | :07:05. | :07:06. | |
Kimberly was a mother and sister, her family have clearly been | :07:07. | :07:15. | |
affected by these events and having to listen to the dramatic story | :07:16. | :07:23. | |
-- traumatic story unfolding through the trial, | :07:24. | :07:25. | |
our thoughts are firmly with her family. | :07:26. | :07:29. | |
Police say the crime traumatised the community of Montrose. | :07:30. | :07:32. | |
That was underlined today by the judge, who told Jackson | :07:33. | :07:34. | |
and Higgins that what they had done was horrific and depraved. | :07:35. | :07:36. | |
They will be sentenced at the High Court in | :07:37. | :07:39. | |
The former Rangers owner Craig Whyte has pled not guilty to two charges, | :07:40. | :07:48. | |
including one of fraud, in relation to his purchase | :07:49. | :07:50. | |
Mr Whyte's lawyer entered the plea during a hearing at the High Court | :07:51. | :07:55. | |
A trial is scheduled to begin in Glasgow next April. | :07:56. | :08:00. | |
An extra ?18 million to deliver superfast broadband | :08:01. | :08:04. | |
to some rural parts of Scotland has been described as disappointing. | :08:05. | :08:08. | |
It represents only 4% of a ?440 million investment, | :08:09. | :08:12. | |
announced today by the UK Government for Britain. | :08:13. | :08:16. | |
Willie Johnston reports from one community where the broadband | :08:17. | :08:18. | |
A typical picturesque village and parish in rural Galloway. | :08:19. | :08:30. | |
Close to beaches and with a pub, school and community hall | :08:31. | :08:33. | |
there are many reasons to want to live in Borgue | :08:34. | :08:35. | |
but broadband connectivity is not one of them. | :08:36. | :08:37. | |
It depends what time of day you access it. | :08:38. | :08:42. | |
On a good day they get speeds of 4 megabits per second while some | :08:43. | :08:49. | |
neighbours struggle with 1 megabit, not enough, he says, | :08:50. | :08:52. | |
to thrive, even survive in 21st century Scotland, | :08:53. | :08:55. | |
Farmers, local businesses, individuals who want to continue | :08:56. | :09:03. | |
doing things in the local area, they increasingly find | :09:04. | :09:07. | |
that they need to have decent broadband and they can't do it. | :09:08. | :09:10. | |
I know of a number of examples of people who would like to be | :09:11. | :09:13. | |
working here, who have the IT skills but haven't got the infrastructure. | :09:14. | :09:20. | |
The UK Government says the cash, which comes from efficiency savings | :09:21. | :09:28. | |
and from money clawed back from the supplier BT, will connect | :09:29. | :09:30. | |
more Scottish homes and businesses by getting fibre connections | :09:31. | :09:32. | |
This is money being used to upgrade cabinets to make sure | :09:33. | :09:37. | |
we have the latest technology in them so that there is access | :09:38. | :09:40. | |
But the Hollywood Ministers say the amount earmarked | :09:41. | :09:50. | |
Very much on the low side, if the Barnett formula was applied | :09:51. | :09:55. | |
there would be a far higher share, would there not? | :09:56. | :09:58. | |
A concern shared in Galloway by one campaigner. | :09:59. | :10:02. | |
People often overlook this part of the world and I think | :10:03. | :10:04. | |
economically we are important and we should really | :10:05. | :10:07. | |
support local communities, so ?80 million doesn't seem | :10:08. | :10:12. | |
Glaswegian chef Gary Maclean has been named champion | :10:13. | :10:21. | |
He beat 47 other professional chefs over seven weeks of cooking | :10:22. | :10:27. | |
Gary Maclean's winning menu consisted | :10:28. | :10:34. | |
of a razor clams starter, a Highland roe deer main | :10:35. | :10:36. | |
course and a chocolate pistachio ganache pudding, | :10:37. | :10:41. | |
course and a chocolate pistachio ganache pudding. | :10:42. | :10:47. | |
But the amazing journey. This is the biggest competition that any chef | :10:48. | :10:55. | |
can go through. It was incredible. I've run out of words. I never | :10:56. | :11:00. | |
thought I'd would win. My wife and kids are going to | :11:01. | :11:07. | |
Let's get the all-important weather outlook for tonight | :11:08. | :11:09. | |
good evening. They can before the storm tonight with clear spells | :11:10. | :11:20. | |
across we can see that Storm Barbara is in the Atlantic and coming | :11:21. | :11:24. | |
towards us. It's bringing strong winds, especially for plenty of | :11:25. | :11:37. | |
warnings across DLO be of real weather this general warning will | :11:38. | :11:43. | |
extend to Northern the amber warning we should be most concerned about. | :11:44. | :11:56. | |
That is the north and icy stretches and defrost. By morning, giving full | :11:57. | :12:03. | |
spread through eight o'clock tomorrow morning and western areas | :12:04. | :12:11. | |
we will see heavy outputs the rainfall arrives later on in highs | :12:12. | :12:26. | |
of the rain and will be several be a line of very strong winds across the | :12:27. | :12:40. | |
gusts of as we head into you can see that the rain and wind will extend | :12:41. | :12:47. | |
all for all, temperatures will reach around double digits during the | :12:48. | :12:54. | |
course of the day. As we look blustery showers. It will be a | :12:55. | :12:56. | |
better day for travelling. The blustery showers. It will be a | :12:57. | :13:04. | |
showers will come with a risk of lightening, redbrick sovereign | :13:05. | :13:16. | |
across a deep area of low very windy again. Later in the | :13:17. | :13:23. | |
But, from everyone on the late team here in Glasgow and around | :13:24. | :13:28. |