11/01/2017 Reporting Scotland

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The Forth Road Bridge has reopened after strong winds overturned

a lorry and caused massive disruption throughout the day.

A 54-year-old man has since been charged with dangerous driving.

The bridge reopened late this evening after repair

work to the damaged centre reserve barrier.

More than 70,000 vehicles use the bridge each day.

Our reporter Morag Kinniburgh has been following the day's events.

The lorry had been travelling north in the early hours of this morning.

Winds of 74 miles an hour Blewett off balance growing at across the

central barrier. The driver wasn't seriously injured but he has been

charged with dangerous driving. The bridge had been close to high sided

vehicles because of the gale. The lorry had become entangled in the

steel so what we had to do is try to lift it up, tilt it and manoeuvre it

out which is not an easy operation so we have had an operational

resource out there with three recovery vehicles waiting for an

opportunity to take that. Instead of easing, the weather worsened during

the day. Traffic disruption across eastern central Scotland was

significant throughout the day and this evening and many drivers

diverted, being stuck in lengthy tailbacks. There hasn't been a lot

of movement. There's been frustration because of that. There

has been people late for work, and they are taking silly risks, cutting

each other up. Observing the roads network from the nearby operations

each other up. Observing the roads room, the Transport Minister says

the driver's lucky to be alive and the cost to the economy will be

high. An incident like this that has closed off traffic will have had an

impact financially for Scotland but our main objective is to ensure the

individual is safe. Secondly, to reopen the bridge to the best

possible way that we can. After hours of work in difficult

conditions, engineers righted the lorry. Others had been working on

replacement metal work to repair the damaged central barrier. This is the

worst crash damage to the bridge in its 53 year history.

Police will only be able to use stop search powers where they have

reasonable grounds to do so, under a new code published today.

If approved by parliament, the code will end so-called

"consensual" stop searches from May this year.

Our political correspondent Lucy Adams reports.

The aim was to cut violent crime but as the police use of stop search

search to more than 600,000 a year, questions were raised about who they

were searching and whiny. I'm going to make a strong statement and I'm

going to say here on in we should not be searching young children

under the age of consent on a consensual basis. Months later, the

BBC revealed that hundreds of children under the age of 12 were

still being consensually searched. That, in part, led to today's draft

code. It is extremely important that when stop and searches being used,

it is being used when it's necessary, proportionate and in a

way within the law and what the new code does is make sure the police

are clear about the powers they have. All officers are now being

trained to ensure the code is followed. Stop and search is a very

valuable tactic. When it is applied fairly and proportionately and

justifiably. It needs to be applied to the right people in the right

places and in the right times. But some say the damage has already been

done to public trust. It is hard to measure it but there is a strong

impression that it has caused damage to people's views of the police and

to community relations in certain areas where the so-called consensual

stop and search happened most often and also it was used in particular

on children and young people. It's groups of young people like these

that Police Scotland are now going to have to persuade that this new

code is going to make a difference. And build relations which might have

been undermined in the past. We were heading home from swimming. The

police says let's see your bags. It's quite intimidating. It is also

embarrassing being stopped and searched. They need to come into the

schools, go and teach them about stop and search laws. And what they

can and can't do. From this May, officers will have to record every

single stop and search on the grounds for doing so. The searcher

will be given the receipt but it will take more than this to rebuild

trust with the public. The finance secretary Derek Mackay

has faced tough questions Mr Mackay needs support

from at least one other party to get Earlier our political

editor Brian Taylor The standard rate of tax as it is,

it doesn't want to give such big tax giveaway to high earners as proposed

by the Chancellor. There one other number that matters which is the

Parliamentary majority. Derek Mackay needs a charm, at least to tolerate

his budget going through. A key point is there is a separate vote on

tax as well as the budget. There is a separate vote on tax. The Tories

and the Labour Party, Derek Mackay has given up on them. They are

standing firm against the SNP position. So he's looking to the Lib

Dems and the Greens. When he was defending his budget, there was very

sharp exchanges with the Greens overtaxation. Patrick Harvie

couldn't see why they had to be any giveaway whatsoever for those on

higher earnings. What we're doing is in line with inflation. We will take

tax -- decisions year-to-year. That is the figure in line with

tax -- decisions year-to-year. That inflation, that feels like the right

thing to do. It feels like the right thing? Why does it feel like?

Patrick Harvie has a different view on the structure of income tax. We

say that fits within our manifesto commitment. It commands the support

of the people, it is fair, and it gives certainty at this time. The

Greens are pushing very hard on tax and Derek Mackay doesn't want to

concede on tax as he regards it as and Derek Mackay doesn't want to

being a carefully balanced package. He points out the SNP won the

majority and they won more votes than the other parties. He wants to

make concessions on public spending rather than tax. The Lib Dems have

their concerns about the tax package. They might possibly be

persuaded on elements if public spending could be enhanced on a key

issue on them, which is the provision of mental health. Right

now, Derek Mackay hasn't got the votes. Winter is now making its

presence felt. Now with the weather outlook

for tonight and tomorrow. It has been a windy day for many of

us. Those winds are still with us but our attention turns to snow.

Strong to gale force north and north-west rive English hours in

affecting the higher parts of these roads. Not only these roads and

these higher parts. Many of us at sea level will have snow on the

ground. It is a cold night, icy in places. Tomorrow, windy, some snow

showers. There will be rain coming into parts of England and Wales. We

could get some snow. For us, a windy morning with those frequent snow

showers pushing their way across the country. They are showers are some

of you will wake up tomorrow and have no snow at all. Some of you,

several centimetres. Potentially difficult conditions on the roads,

icy in places. Driest towards the East. Further west, the showers more

likely and they will be heavy at times, perhaps with some Halen

thunder in the mix too. As we head through the course of the day, that

rain we saw in the south, that is going to open up the gradient. That

means for us the winds will ease but the showers hold on. And they will

be wintry in nature. The best of the sunshine likely in the east. There's

the rain edging northwards. Tricky mix. Potentially some snow on the

flank. Northern England and Scotland, it is cold and windy and

wintry. Those showers continue. Look at those temperatures mid-afternoon.

It is a bit afield. The winds are northerly and come Thursday evening

still some snow showers in the West End than a band of rain moving in.

As it meets the cold air, perhaps a significant spell of snow. Friday,

most of it will have gone and it is a crisp, dry and cold day. It

sprinkling of snow showers at times but quieter and calmer than the

weather we are likely to see tomorrow. That's the weather

forecast. And that is Reporting Scotland. Our next update is during

breakfast at 6:25am. But, from everyone

on the late team, goodnight.