03/01/2017 Reporting Scotland

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Police investigating a house fire on New Year's day, which killed

a man and left his girlfriend critically injured say they want

to trace the occupants of a car, which was seen nearby.

23-year-old Cameron Logan died in the blaze, which police say

was started deliberately at the family home in Milngavie.

Teams of police officers searching hedgerows, bins and pavements along

the road where half a mile ago from the scene of the fire and this

investigation comes as detectives revealed that they are keen to trace

a dark coloured car parked in a lay-by about the time the car was

started. Unusually, the car had its engine running. There could be a

reason why it was there, but we are appealing for anyone to come forward

and say where that car was there. There may be a reasonable

explanation. Get in touch with those and give as information. The fire

that killed Logan, left his girlfriend in hospital. Her boss

said the thoughts with everyone at the company where with her family.

The crime scene is described as complex with officers also checking

local CCTV and talking to neighbours. Detectives say the fire

was started deliberately and was a targeted attack but they won't say

whether or not they think the man was the intended victim. We are

satisfied that it was not the wrong house that was picked, given that we

know this was a deliberate fire, we are satisfied that it was targeted,

however we're trying to work away to establish who intended to... The

police will be keeping a high-profile presence in the area.

Rescuers say a couple who survived a night in the Cairngorm mountains

Bob and Cathy Elmer from Leicester were caught out when a planned

They sheltered with their dog in survival bags in white out

conditions, before they were found by a mountain rescue team.

This was the moment members of the Cairngorm Mountain rescue team came

across Bob and Cathy. The pair had been hill walking in Scotland for

around 25 years, but they admit that despite their experience and

equipment they were unprepared for the conditions they were to face

when they ventured out on the first day of the year. We knew as winter

time, we probably didn't quite judge really how long it was going to

take. It became an issue when I got two thirds of the way down and Cathy

were struggling to keep up with me. Then I knew that it was going to

take a lot longer than what I had and has abated. With their collie

take a lot longer than what I had dog in tow, they found themselves in

deep slow in darkness and with the batteries in the head torches giving

out. -- in snow. The snow was of 12 batteries in the head torches giving

waste and we decided we couldn't go on any further because we didn't

know where we are going. You couldn't see a hand in front of your

face so we got the survivals bag out and got down in the night in them.

face so we got the survivals bag out Mountain rescuers say that despite

temperatures of -6 and high winds, their decision to stay put and

weight of the daylight probably saved their lives. It probably was

the decision that saved their lives to stay on Cairngorm even though it

wasn't attractive. You can go up and Nevis on a summers day and you can

be knee-high in snow. We've been there and done it. So, you have to

go equipped and have the right kit even if the sun is shining on the

ground. We are now well into the winter climbing season and while

Scotland's weather can be unpredictable at the best of times

that is especially the case or peer and during the winter months. The

message to anyone venturing into the hills is make sure you have the

right equipment, and skills and always be prepared to turn back.

A hill walker has been airlifted from the Cairngorms

It's understood two young mountaineers found the man

in the Northern Corries and carried him for

Mountain rescuers were flown in by helicopter to help,

and the casualty was given medical treatment and airlifted to hospital.

Compensation paid out by Police Scotland has reached

by the Scottish Conservatives through a freedom of

In the year to the end of last March, the force spent almost one

point three million pounds in damages claims.

A spokesman for Police Scotland said the sum paid out in compensation

was a tiny percentage of the annual budget of more than

Scottish Labour is rejecting the idea of joining up

with their arch-rivals, the SNP, to help defeat

Labour say they're "hated" by the SNP,

but nationalists say their door is always open to a deal.

This comes as a Labour-leaning think-tank said the party was too

Our political correspondent Andrew Kerr reports.

Remember this man, it will be 20 years in May since Tony Blair swept

to power, but now a think tank closely linked with the new Labour

movement warns that the party is too weak to win... Posters certainly

agree with that analysis. This position in the opinion polls seems

to be weaker than in 2015, to that extent we're asking ourselves how

badly can they do not whether they have any prospect of winning the

election. The idea from the Fabian Society is for the leader, Jeremy

Corbyn to win enough MPs to former governing partnership with other

parties. If Labour can gain some more MPs, but not get an majority

Iniesta think about working with the Lib Dems or the SNP. Winning more

Iniesta think about working with the seats might be a distant goal for

one former Labour MP who was ousted in 2015, while a partnership with

the SNP is ruled out. This is a party who hates the Liberal party,

who views the destruction of the Labour Party as their way of gaining

independence. -- who hates the Labour Party. The message of

solidarity means to take hold. The Conservatives used this to warn

about the SNP calling the tune in the 2015 election. The nationalists

insist they are ready and waiting in Labour want to come forward. As far

as the SMP concerned the door has always been open, but Labour need to

as the SMP concerned the door has decide whether staying on their own

is more important than forming progressive alliances to oppose the

right wing, Tory government that we see just now in Westminster. Labour

says it comes down to a straight choice for the SNP, back a Labour

government or a Tory one. But, as the Labour think tank says in the

polling evidence indicates, Labour in power is still a very distant

prospect. The number of oil and gas companies

in the UK going out of business is at an all time high,

It follows a slump in A report by accountancy firm

Moore Stephens said a total of 16 firms became insolvent last year,

up from two the year before, Nearly one year on, residents

in a flood hit area of Aberdeenshire say they're living in fear it

could happen again. Almost one hundred people living

in Inverurie and Port Elphinstone had to leave their homes,

when the river Don burst Rebecca Curran has been

to meet some of them. The residents in Inverurie and Port

Elphinstone and it was an unforgettable start to 2016. Heavy

rain caused the river to burst its banks and roads tend to leave their

homes. The river was getting higher and there was no less tasty or

heating so we had to get her out. -- no electricity. Kevin and his family

moved back in July, but the past year has been hard. Even when we got

back here it took was a while to settle back, especially my son

because every bit of rain, he thinks Wiggin to flood again. There's no

point of talking to him, you're better letting him cry and sit back

to him when he is, and tell him it is only a wee bit of rain, it's not

going to happen again. It came careering down here and Dell use, it

was like this in arming, as I call it. This woman's home was badly hit

and her friend was trapped inside surrounded by rising water. Within

minutes the water came up past our ankles and we had to evacuate as

well. This is where the water came from, a bank has now been installed

to protect the area from a future Lord. Some fear it's not enough.

That's all they've done, I think, they need to be doing more

especially round by the canal. It could quite easily happen again. No

qualms about that. As we building work here continues Aberdeenshire

Council says a study to identify that the plug prevention options is

underway and is expected to be completed in the summer 2019. --

further flood prevention options. Hundreds of diseased or dead trees

are to be felled across Aberdeen. The trees include

a large number infected Aberdeen City Council says

about four hundred trees They're mainly beside roads,

but others are in parks, Time now for the latest weather

forecast, with Judith. Thank you very much, and a very good

evening to you. 2017 has got off to a nice, quiet start, good news if

you are heading back to work tomorrow. Here is a picture of lobby

hues in the sky. We have gales across the northern isles, they are

about to reduce. The weather front with clouds and patches will sink

southwards to south of the border. So tomorrow morning it will be dry

for both those -- from most of us. Elsewhere, good sunny spells. We

could see a touch of frost for the Southern Highlands, it inland

Aberdeenshire and across the far north. Fresh to strong North

westerly wind. Actually, a lovely day to come across the country,

lovely spells of crisp winter sunshine. In the North some cloud

but not spoiling things. It does all clear away, the cloud. Elsewhere the

cloud will break and we will see some sunshine. Really, a quiet day

of weather. It will feel colder tomorrow in Scotland, but winds will

be like a cross the board. Into tomorrow evening, a cold night under

clearing skies and quickly we will see a sharp frost across the country

continuing with one or two showers across Shetland. Elsewhere, dry with

light winds and lows of -5 in the Highlands and freezing for the rest

of 's. I pressure dominating things Highlands and freezing for the rest

on Thursday, this weather front introduces some rain. A cold start,

maybe freezing fog patches. Stays cold all day.

Our next update is during Breakfast at 6.25am tomorrow morning.