:00:08. > :00:10.The girlfriend of the missing RAF serviceman, Corrie McKaig,
:00:11. > :00:12.has revealed she's pregnant with his child.
:00:13. > :00:14.April Oliver discovered in October she was having a baby,
:00:15. > :00:18.weeks after Corrie disappeared after a night out in the Suffolk
:00:19. > :00:25.She's always wanted to be a mother, but looking at the scan of her and
:00:26. > :00:27.Corrie's unborn child, she wishes circumstances could be different.
:00:28. > :00:30.The personal trainer first met him on an online dating site last summer
:00:31. > :00:36.and only discovered she was pregnant fortnight after the RAF gunner went
:00:37. > :00:48.Being a mother is something I always wanted to be, right from
:00:49. > :00:53.when I was younger, but it is just...
:00:54. > :01:02.It is just a horrible time, isn't it, really?
:01:03. > :01:04.Corrie's mother and April's parents have known about the
:01:05. > :01:08.pregnancy since the outset and they are supporting her.
:01:09. > :01:09.It's something I hoped he would be here to help me
:01:10. > :01:11.make the decision with, but he isn't, so it's
:01:12. > :01:17.Not the most pleasant thing to go through on your own,
:01:18. > :01:25.especially when the person you love is not present.
:01:26. > :01:27.Corrie was last caught on CCTV in the early hours of
:01:28. > :01:32.Saturday the 24th of September in the centre of Bury St Edmunds.
:01:33. > :01:35.The 23-year-old had been enjoying a night out
:01:36. > :01:40.left this nightclub alone in the early hours.
:01:41. > :01:45.After entering an area behind some shops, he disappeared.
:01:46. > :01:48.As this home video shows, Corrie McKeague is an extrovert and happy
:01:49. > :01:55.His family say he would talk to anyone.
:01:56. > :01:57.Every week, his mother flies to Scotland to coordinate the search
:01:58. > :02:10.It is difficult to balance the excitement of a new baby
:02:11. > :02:11.to what we are trying to focus on now and that is finding Corrie,
:02:12. > :02:16.We will get through this but just now I have
:02:17. > :02:19.got to, for my own sanity, just try to concentrate on trying to find
:02:20. > :02:30.Corrie and doing everything I can to find him.
:02:31. > :02:32.Preparations are already in place for the birth
:02:33. > :02:36.April now hopes to some personal privacy for her and her
:02:37. > :02:39.Both families are now determined that efforts are focused
:02:40. > :02:48.on finding Corrie, this unborn baby's father.
:02:49. > :02:50.Scotland's tougher drink-drive limits are still failing to deter
:02:51. > :02:52.motorists from drinking too much and getting behind the wheel.
:02:53. > :02:56.This festive period there was a 38% rise in the number of drivers
:02:57. > :03:21.Here's our home affairs correspondent, Reevel Alderson.
:03:22. > :03:30.The drink-drive limit is 50 mg of alcohol in 100 millilitres blood. It
:03:31. > :03:36.was previously 80 mg. How much is that? The new limit is probably less
:03:37. > :03:40.than a pint of beer or a glass of wine. But you should not take a
:03:41. > :03:48.chance, although drivers did. From December until this year, six and in
:03:49. > :03:55.25 motorists failed a breath test, an increase of 38.3% over the
:03:56. > :04:02.previous festive period. Worryingly, only 57 of the drivers who failed
:04:03. > :04:03.were only over the new limit, meaning 90.9% would have failed
:04:04. > :04:05.before the new levy came into force. Police tested more motorists over
:04:06. > :04:08.the festive period than in recent years, campaigners say that the only
:04:09. > :04:10.way to deter drivers who deliberately chose to take
:04:11. > :04:13.to the wheel after drinking The focus is on making sure
:04:14. > :04:19.the majority of people get the Unfortunately, the people breaking
:04:20. > :04:25.the limit now I fear don't take any They need to be caught
:04:26. > :04:32.by the police to And there is apparent support
:04:33. > :04:37.in this Edinburgh pub for the tougher limits and
:04:38. > :04:39.tougher enforcement. I believe there should be zero
:04:40. > :04:41.tolerance on drink-driving. I don't think you should get
:04:42. > :04:47.in your car after drinking. You are out of control
:04:48. > :04:50.when you've had a drink, so the answer should be quite simple,
:04:51. > :04:54.you shouldn't allow a limit, you If you drive, you don't
:04:55. > :05:08.drink and that's it. I think in their head they know
:05:09. > :05:09.is wrong, and I don't know how we can change that.
:05:10. > :05:11.Police say although drink-driving has had a
:05:12. > :05:12.high profile during the festive period,
:05:13. > :05:14.it will continue to be a
:05:15. > :05:17.When not going to stop targeting drink-drivers
:05:18. > :05:19.simply because the festive period is over.
:05:20. > :05:22.There will still be a focus on it throughout the year because there
:05:23. > :05:27.is a hard-core element of motorists disregarding the safety of other
:05:28. > :05:29.people and we will continue to pursue those individuals.
:05:30. > :05:31.My message is still the same, regardless of
:05:32. > :05:38.whether it is Christmas or summer, don't do it.
:05:39. > :05:41.The figures also showed an increase in the people caught the
:05:42. > :05:46.morning after drinking, which police said was reckless.
:05:47. > :05:49.Campaigners south of the border have been calling for
:05:50. > :05:52.a reduction in the drink-driving limit there and have expressed
:05:53. > :05:55.concern to that with so many Scottish drivers being over the old
:05:56. > :05:57.limit, it may dissuade legislators from bringing England and Wales into
:05:58. > :06:09.The driver of a lorry which crashed into a house killing a woman had
:06:10. > :06:11.blacked out with what a court heard described as an
:06:12. > :06:15.55-year-old Catherine Bonner died and her partner, Jim McColl,
:06:16. > :06:18.was badly hurt in the crash in Fairlie in 2013.
:06:19. > :06:21.A Fatal Accident Inquiry heard from a doctor who said
:06:22. > :06:24.driver George Marshall had an underlying medical condition.
:06:25. > :06:26.A charge of death by dangerous driving was dropped after details
:06:27. > :06:33.The way skills are taught needs to be urgently overhauled to cope
:06:34. > :06:39.That's according to a think tank which is warning more needs done
:06:40. > :06:48.Here's our business correspondent, David Henderson.
:06:49. > :06:51.They are here to retrain and keep pace with changes at work.
:06:52. > :06:54.This class is popular with mature students who want to take on new
:06:55. > :07:01.skills for a career in nursery education.
:07:02. > :07:03.You learn to deal with people differently, your
:07:04. > :07:07.communication changes as you develop different
:07:08. > :07:08.working relationships with
:07:09. > :07:12.your mentors and lecturer and other classmates.
:07:13. > :07:18.I think it is vital that we keep learning and not give up at
:07:19. > :07:23.the age of 37, you know, decide to change your life for the better.
:07:24. > :07:26.Soon the owners classmates will take this training to where they work.
:07:27. > :07:34.Most of the students here are under 25
:07:35. > :07:38.but the average age is on the rise as more people look to renew their
:07:39. > :07:43.The college principal told me those skills
:07:44. > :07:45.are focused on the jobs that
:07:46. > :07:50.Employers help shape and design the courses in the
:07:51. > :07:52.programmes, in some cases helping deliver
:07:53. > :07:55.those programmes with us and
:07:56. > :07:59.They provide real live work experience and
:08:00. > :08:03.projects for the students studying in college so they are tapping into
:08:04. > :08:07.talent that exists in the College at the same time as preparing the
:08:08. > :08:14.Technology is becoming ever present in the workplace, like this robot,
:08:15. > :08:19.which was taught to sort clothes, and the gathering pace of change in
:08:20. > :08:25.so many lines of work means skills training may have to adapt.
:08:26. > :08:27.In Scotland there is an issue with people
:08:28. > :08:32.medium-skilled into more highly skilled positions and we've also
:08:33. > :08:35.found there is an issue around skills mismatch in Scotland, where
:08:36. > :08:38.the skills are not meeting the needs of employers.
:08:39. > :08:40.We feel the skills system needs to reform and become
:08:41. > :08:42.more flexible to meet these needs and to be
:08:43. > :08:44.able to be fit for the
:08:45. > :08:53.One the things we have done to respond to that particular
:08:54. > :08:58.challenge of helping people progress in their careers is extra funding to
:08:59. > :09:05.So working patterns are being redrawn and very
:09:06. > :09:09.Instead, change is the order for the day.
:09:10. > :09:19.That presents challenges but opportunities too.
:09:20. > :09:21.The centralisation of the control rooms of the Scottish Fire
:09:22. > :09:24.and Rescue Service is being blamed for a series of call-out errors.
:09:25. > :09:27.Critics claim a lack of local knowledge has led to the mistakes.
:09:28. > :09:36.Fire brigade control centres in both Aberdeen and Inverness were closed
:09:37. > :09:39.down at the end of last year with the new North operations hub in
:09:40. > :09:42.Dundee part of a ?10 million reorganisation and investment in
:09:43. > :09:47.The closures were always controversial and in recent
:09:48. > :09:51.weeks it is alleged that emergency fire crews have been sent out when
:09:52. > :09:55.there were other crews close at hand.
:09:56. > :09:58.One crew was called out from Lairg to attend an incident on the
:09:59. > :10:08.Another station was asked to go to an
:10:09. > :10:15.address in Dundee and that defies belief, that in a life-threatening
:10:16. > :10:21.situation and a life safety service, these things are happening.
:10:22. > :10:25.Councillors in the Highlands have always been against the
:10:26. > :10:28.centralisation and are now calling for the closure of the local call
:10:29. > :10:32.Politicians are demanding answers to the current
:10:33. > :10:39.We need to sure that fire engines go to the right place right
:10:40. > :10:41.across the Highlands and Islands and that has
:10:42. > :10:43.not happened recently so
:10:44. > :10:47.Parliament should look into it and find out what went wrong
:10:48. > :10:47.and make sure the Fire Service operate as it
:10:48. > :10:51.Scottish Fire and rescue declined to be interviewed about the
:10:52. > :10:52.allegations, but in a statement, they said
:10:53. > :10:54.they had reviewed what were
:10:55. > :10:56.unsubstantiated claims and was set aside that in all cases the correct
:10:57. > :10:59.results have been sent to the incident involved.
:11:00. > :11:01.They added that in any area local knowledge came not
:11:02. > :11:04.just from control room staff, but also from
:11:05. > :11:30.We've had some outbreaks of rain, merging into longer spells and
:11:31. > :11:35.clearer spells to the east. That will be the case for the rest of the
:11:36. > :11:39.night along with brisk winds. Gail Folsom the Western Isles along the
:11:40. > :11:45.West course on for the Northern Isles. Through the night, fairly
:11:46. > :11:50.mild. Clear spells towards the east. By morning, showers for the far
:11:51. > :11:57.north, the Northern Isles and the North West. Temperatures, 4-5 C. Dry
:11:58. > :12:01.in the central belt and across the borders. As we head through the day,
:12:02. > :12:06.we will see improving conditions and this band of rain is continuing
:12:07. > :12:11.across the west coast in particular. Sunny spells along the east coast.
:12:12. > :12:16.The rain extends down south across towards north-western parts of
:12:17. > :12:19.England and into Wales and the South West of England. Brian is along the
:12:20. > :12:26.east coast all the way down into the south-east. Temperatures 9-10 C.
:12:27. > :12:30.Tomorrow evening, further rain for a time, but as this moves through, we
:12:31. > :12:34.get much colder air for tomorrow night into Wednesday. It is going to
:12:35. > :12:39.turn a very windy indeed, with night into Wednesday. It is going to
:12:40. > :12:44.severe gales for the North and gale force gusts across Scotland and
:12:45. > :12:50.Northern Ireland. Showers become increasingly wintry. Wednesday,
:12:51. > :12:54.those showers with sleet and snow in the North West. Brighter moments
:12:55. > :13:00.between these showers, but bitterly cold and temperatures of 5 degrees.
:13:01. > :13:04.But with the wind chill, it will feel extremely cold. The Met office
:13:05. > :13:08.have issued several warnings for the strength of the wind and for snow
:13:09. > :13:14.showers with snow falling readily to lower levels on Thursday. Those
:13:15. > :13:18.warnings across most of Scotland in the West on for Northern Ireland,
:13:19. > :13:20.too. Thursday, widespread across Scotland and extended to the coast.
:13:21. > :13:24.Our next update is during Breakfast at 6.25am tomorrow morning.
:13:25. > :13:26.But from everyone on the late team, goodnight.