:00:24. > :00:27.Nicola Sturgeon says she would put on hold plans for a second
:00:28. > :00:28.independence referendum if the UK government pursues
:00:29. > :00:32.The First Minister wants Scotland to remain in the European
:00:33. > :00:34.single market and if that happens she's made clear
:00:35. > :00:37.she would not call for another vote on Scotland leaving the UK,
:00:38. > :00:38.while Brexit negotiations are under way.
:00:39. > :00:40.The Conservatives are urging her to rule out another
:00:41. > :00:43.Here's our political correspondent, Glenn Campbell.
:00:44. > :00:45.Within hours of the EU referendum result, Nicola Sturgeon said
:00:46. > :00:47.it was highly likely that Brexit would trigger another
:00:48. > :00:57.I am pleased today to publish Scotland's Place in Europe.
:00:58. > :01:00.Six months on, she proposed a compromise, to accept
:01:01. > :01:02.that leave means leave, if Scotland, either on its own,
:01:03. > :01:06.or with the UK as a whole, is able to remain inside the European single
:01:07. > :01:14.market, in a Norway-style arrangement.
:01:15. > :01:18.On Radio Scotland this morning, the First Minister confirmed that
:01:19. > :01:25.accepting her single market proposal would put independence on hold.
:01:26. > :01:28.If we can find a way of protecting Scotland's economic interests,
:01:29. > :01:33.protecting our democratic interests within the UK, I am up for that.
:01:34. > :01:39.In terms of the timescale of Brexit, that is what I
:01:40. > :01:45.Am I going to stop believing in or arguing for independence?
:01:46. > :01:55.I am putting this forward in good faith, deliberately saying
:01:56. > :01:59.I will put my preferred option to one side and asking people
:02:00. > :02:04.if we can look at a consensus and compromise option.
:02:05. > :02:06.So Nicola Sturgeon will not push for another vote on Scottish
:02:07. > :02:11.independence within the next couple of years if Scotland
:02:12. > :02:16.or the wider UK is able to stay inside the European single market.
:02:17. > :02:19.That is what she means by soft Brexit.
:02:20. > :02:22.The snag is that that kind of arrangement does not seem very
:02:23. > :02:30.Unlikely, because the UK Government wants to curb the freedom of EU
:02:31. > :02:36.And that is not compatible with keeping full access
:02:37. > :02:40.Separately, the Chancellor has appeared to rule out a special
:02:41. > :02:53.Officially, Theresa May has said she will seriously consider
:02:54. > :02:55.Nicola Sturgeon's suggestions, even though some of them
:02:56. > :02:58.At Holyrood, the Scottish Conservatives called on the SNP
:02:59. > :03:03.Nicola Sturgeon has spent the last six months trying everything to make
:03:04. > :03:04.Brexit a reason to increase support for independence,
:03:05. > :03:13.Today was her giving herself an escape route.
:03:14. > :03:24.She should not be just taking an independence referendum off
:03:25. > :03:27.the table for the short-term, but altogether, so we can
:03:28. > :03:29.get on with growing business in Scotland.
:03:30. > :03:32.In the 2014 vote on independence, the No side won by 55% to 45%,
:03:33. > :03:35.and opinion polls suggest not much has changed.
:03:36. > :03:38.A manager at a plant hire firm has been jailed for two years,
:03:39. > :03:41.after a cherry-picker collapsed in the centre of Glasgow,
:03:42. > :03:44.killing one worker and seriously injuring another.
:03:45. > :03:46.Donald Craig, of Craig Services, was convicted of breaching
:03:47. > :03:49.health and safety rules following the incident,
:03:50. > :03:55.Craig Services was also fined ?61,000 and another
:03:56. > :04:01.39-year-old Gary Currie died and 38-year-old
:04:02. > :04:11.Doctors' leaders are urging the Scottish Government
:04:12. > :04:13.to target funding towards tackling health inequalities.
:04:14. > :04:16.The Royal College of General Practitioners says
:04:17. > :04:18.there should be a "sharper focus" on
:04:19. > :04:20.supporting GPs who work in the most deprived parts
:04:21. > :04:25.Here's our health correspondent, Lisa Summers.
:04:26. > :04:28.In our poorest communities, life expectancy is lower,
:04:29. > :04:38.and on average, people become ill younger.
:04:39. > :04:43.Health inequalities are stark, which is why the Royal College
:04:44. > :04:45.of GPs wants funding targeted at those working in
:04:46. > :04:49.The practices with most need not getting the resources they need,
:04:50. > :04:53.which means that patients are having to be seen more often.
:04:54. > :04:55.Rather than getting a longer time which they need,
:04:56. > :04:58.they are getting less time, and that seems wrong.
:04:59. > :05:05.Figures showed GPs in the most deprived areas only receive an extra
:05:06. > :05:07.?3.79 per patient to those in the most well-off
:05:08. > :05:11.They need greater support and funding is a crucial
:05:12. > :05:17.The Greens want to see this addressed.
:05:18. > :05:24.There is not enough of a differential.
:05:25. > :05:27.In less affluent parts of towns and cities are not
:05:28. > :05:30.receiving a great deal more funding, in some cases less, than those
:05:31. > :05:33.In Scotland there is a huge inequality in life expectancy
:05:34. > :05:36.and we can start addressing if we look at GP funding.
:05:37. > :05:41.For most of us, our first contact with the health
:05:42. > :05:45.Some experts argue that more investment is vital
:05:46. > :05:51.It is not just resources, it is about restoring the balance
:05:52. > :05:52.in the health service between general and
:05:53. > :06:00.At the moment, it is unbalanced after a decade of preferential
:06:01. > :06:04.The ship is in danger of capsizing because there is too much
:06:05. > :06:09.The Government says it is taking steps to tackle health inequalities,
:06:10. > :06:13.funding deprived areas to support GPs and patients, but setting
:06:14. > :06:22.up GP hubs like this, where people should be able
:06:23. > :06:25.to access a range of health and social services in one stop.
:06:26. > :06:28.It is part of a ?500 million investment that they have
:06:29. > :06:31.The proportion of funding in primary care is rising to 11%
:06:32. > :06:42.who can develop and address these underlying problems is the most
:06:43. > :06:49.In the changing landscape of the NHS, the government wants
:06:50. > :06:53.more of us to access health services in the community.
:06:54. > :06:55.The call from doctors is for equal funding,
:06:56. > :07:03.A consultation on whether to give more powers
:07:04. > :07:08.The Scottish Government wants to give more powers
:07:09. > :07:10.to schools and parents - but some critics fear the changes
:07:11. > :07:13.risk reducing the role of councils in the education system.
:07:14. > :07:16.Firm plans are likely to be announced in the coming months.
:07:17. > :07:25.It's a new year, but the same story for tennis and Sir Andy Murray.
:07:26. > :07:28.Murray is in Doha, for the Qatar Open, where he beat
:07:29. > :07:30.the Czech Tomas Berdych in straight sets earlier this evening,
:07:31. > :07:34.It means the new world number one faces Djokovic in tomorrow's final,
:07:35. > :07:36.with the Australian Open just ten days away.
:07:37. > :07:40.Football now and Hibernian open up a four-point lead at the top
:07:41. > :07:43.of the Scottish Championship after beating closest
:07:44. > :07:45.rivals Dundee United at Easter Road tonight.
:07:46. > :07:48.Two first half goals from Jason Cummings put the home
:07:49. > :07:50.side in a strong position, and substitute John McGinn killed
:07:51. > :07:55.off a lacklustre United with a solo effort with nine minutes left
:07:56. > :07:58.in front of a crowd of just under 20,000.
:07:59. > :08:00.Over to Christopher now for the weather outlook
:08:01. > :08:16.It was fairly cloudy and for some wet day. Most of that rain has gone.
:08:17. > :08:25.The legacy is missed, Merck and low cloud particularly on the south and
:08:26. > :08:30.West coasts. For most it is a dry start. I cloudy start. Slowly
:08:31. > :08:34.brightening up. The best of the sunshine will be across the
:08:35. > :08:38.north-east tomorrow. Scotland are feeling quite well weather-wise
:08:39. > :08:45.tomorrow because south of the border it is grey, dismal, and cloud will
:08:46. > :08:49.stay for most of the day. Miles, yes, but a draughty. We will have
:08:50. > :09:00.something a touch brighter by the afternoon. But further north across
:09:01. > :09:05.Stirlingshire, Perthshire, towards Fife, Aberdeenshire, the Highlands,
:09:06. > :09:12.that this with the base of The Sun will be. Cooler but sunny. Towards
:09:13. > :09:16.the West Coast thicker cloud. Similar for the far north and the
:09:17. > :09:20.Northern Isles. Winds light from the south-west. The rest of the
:09:21. > :09:24.afternoon into the evening, little in the way of change. If you spot of
:09:25. > :09:31.light rain or drizzle in the West and north-west. High pressure in
:09:32. > :09:36.charge. It holds on into Sunday. Another drive but cloudy day. Low
:09:37. > :09:42.pressure is waiting in the wings, coming our way on Monday. Sunday,
:09:43. > :09:46.and other settles, largely dry day. Outbreaks of rain in the Highlands
:09:47. > :09:47.and other settles, largely dry day. and Islands. Patches in the West
:09:48. > :09:51.central belt but for many cloudy and dry.
:09:52. > :10:01.But, from everyone on the late team here in Glasgow