:00:17. > :00:20.The First Minister has told BBC Scotland that a second independence
:00:21. > :00:23.That's after the Prime Minister announced that Britain would quit
:00:24. > :00:26.Theresa May promised to consider Scottish options,
:00:27. > :00:29.but warned she would do nothing to undermine what she called
:00:30. > :00:30.the precious union of the United Kingdom.
:00:31. > :00:33.In response, Nicola Sturgeon warned there must now be compromise
:00:34. > :00:35.or a further referendum appears all but inevitable.
:00:36. > :00:50.This from our political editor Brian Taylor.
:00:51. > :00:53.Theresa May spoke to Nicola Sturgeon before delivering her speech today,
:00:54. > :00:55.but she already knew the First Minister's terms.
:00:56. > :00:57.Nicola Sturgeon would prefer a second independence
:00:58. > :01:01.referendum if Britain stayed in the single market or helped
:01:02. > :01:31.What I'm proposing cannot mean membership of
:01:32. > :01:33.The Prime Minister categorically ruled out option one -
:01:34. > :01:36.Britain would not hold onto bits of EU membership.
:01:37. > :01:38.So, downfall for Sturgeon, option one.
:01:39. > :01:40.What about option two, a special deal for Scotland?
:01:41. > :01:43.Theresa May said she would consider a plan put forward by the
:01:44. > :01:44.Scottish Government, but there are clear limits.
:01:45. > :01:47.We won't agree on everything, but I look forward to
:01:48. > :01:49.working with the administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern
:01:50. > :01:52.Ireland to deliver a Brexit that works for the whole of the
:01:53. > :01:56.As we do so, our guiding principle must be to ensure that as
:01:57. > :01:59.we leave the EU, no new barriers to living in doing business
:02:00. > :02:05.Nicola Sturgeon concedes that doesn't sound
:02:06. > :02:07.like a special deal for Scotland is on,
:02:08. > :02:10.but she says she will persist, arguing that Theresa May's overall
:02:11. > :02:19.It is clear that Theresa May wants to take the UK
:02:20. > :02:25.been driven by the rational best interests of the country.
:02:26. > :02:27.It's clear it has been driven by the obsessions
:02:28. > :02:29.of Ukip and the hard right of our own party.
:02:30. > :02:32.Given what you say, does it bring an independence referendum closer?
:02:33. > :02:46.I said on the 24th of June that I thought it
:02:47. > :02:49.I have tried to compromise ever since, I put forward
:02:50. > :02:51.options in line with what I would do,
:02:52. > :02:54.examined the options, and I remain committed to exhausting
:02:55. > :02:56.those, but I am not prepared to allow Scotland's interests
:02:57. > :02:59.Does it make a second independence referendum all
:03:00. > :03:03.I think that is very likely the case.
:03:04. > :03:05.What I have heard today from the Prime Minister
:03:06. > :03:08.is an inability to engage in discussions that further compromise.
:03:09. > :03:09.There comes a point of democratic principle,
:03:10. > :03:19.I think, and that is that if there is going to be such
:03:20. > :03:22.a fundamental change to the kind of country we are going to be,
:03:23. > :03:26.and we're looking as if we're going to be taken down a path that
:03:27. > :03:27.wasn't what was contemplated in 2014, then
:03:28. > :03:31.it may be that the Scottish people want to do that, but they shouldn't
:03:32. > :03:34.be forced to do that without having the ability to choose between that
:03:35. > :03:44.But more bargaining to come first, and that Hollywood tonight, MSPs
:03:45. > :03:46.voted to endorse ministerial efforts to preserve
:03:47. > :03:51.Scotland's plays in the single market.
:03:52. > :03:53.Former Scotland international footballer David Goodwillie
:03:54. > :03:56.and his ex-teammate David Robertson have been ruled to be rapists.
:03:57. > :03:58.They've been ordered to pay ?100,000 in damages,
:03:59. > :03:59.despite never facing a criminal trial.
:04:00. > :04:01.The civil case was taken by Denise Clair, who waived
:04:02. > :04:05.She said she was devastated when the Crown dropped
:04:06. > :04:07.the criminal case last year, but was determined to seek justice.
:04:08. > :04:18.Our correspondent Lucy Adams reports.
:04:19. > :04:20.David Goodwillie, scoring for his country in 2011.
:04:21. > :04:25.COMMENTATOR: It is a fantastic penalty from David Goodwillie.
:04:26. > :04:30.And his former team-mate, David Robertson,
:04:31. > :04:37.It was ruled today that both men raped Denise Clair in
:04:38. > :04:44.2011, and they have been ordered to pay ?100,000 in damages.
:04:45. > :04:47.She says she was incapable of consenting
:04:48. > :04:52.The judge found her to be cogent, and compelling.
:04:53. > :04:57.In a statement, Denise Clair said she is delighted,
:04:58. > :05:00.but feels let down by a justice system that dropped the criminal
:05:01. > :05:06.The Crown Office says there was not sufficient
:05:07. > :05:12.Experts say the threshold is different.
:05:13. > :05:15.If the Crown are going to take a case forward, they have to
:05:16. > :05:18.ask the question, have we got enough evidence to prove to a jury beyond
:05:19. > :05:41.a civil it is can we convince a judge on
:05:42. > :05:43.Experts say that today's result could lead to
:05:44. > :05:46.far more victims of rape coming forward.
:05:47. > :05:48.We know that most rape cases reported to the police never
:05:49. > :05:51.come to court, which can be devastating for the person reporting
:05:52. > :05:56.It is the first civil case in living memory for rape.
:05:57. > :05:58.I think people will see this case anything,
:05:59. > :06:00.there is another way that I can get justice and validation
:06:01. > :06:02.that what happened to me was raped and was wrong.
:06:03. > :06:04.Goodwillie currently plays for Plymouth Argyle, and
:06:05. > :06:07.Both clubs said today they are examining
:06:08. > :06:10.the judgment and that neither man will play in the meantime.
:06:11. > :06:17.It's thought a gunman, who shot a man outside a primary
:06:18. > :06:19.school yesterday, had been hanging around the school gates
:06:20. > :06:23.The shooting happened at St George's in the Penilee area of Glasgow,
:06:24. > :06:25.just as parents were dropping off their children.
:06:26. > :06:27.The victim was 35-year-old Ross Monaghan, who had been cleared
:06:28. > :06:29.of the murder of Kevin Gerbil Carroll in 2012.
:06:30. > :06:49.extra police patrols had been put in place here for the next few days.
:06:50. > :06:57.Forensics officers spent the day trying to find the casing from the
:06:58. > :07:04.at the man. It has been more than 24 hours since the shooting here in St
:07:05. > :07:06.George 's primary School in there is still a significant police presence.
:07:07. > :07:11.George 's primary School in there is What is forced does today is that
:07:12. > :07:16.the gunmen came round this corner here buggy, which we believe the
:07:17. > :07:21.firearm was inside. He crossed over the road, shot at the victim, who
:07:22. > :07:30.were standing around about here, at a range of about ten down the road
:07:31. > :07:34.where the police say he may have had a car waiting for him. Locals say
:07:35. > :07:38.the gunman may have been here before. There was a similarly
:07:39. > :07:44.described man with a buggy with no child in it do you think that he may
:07:45. > :07:57.have intended to shoot police are appealing to anyone
:07:58. > :08:11.with MSPS say urgent work is needed
:08:12. > :08:14.between Scotland's teachers and the country's exam body.
:08:15. > :08:16.A Holyrood committee says it heard eye-opening accounts of unclear
:08:17. > :08:18.guidance and mistakes in exam papers.
:08:19. > :08:19.The agency is promising improvements.
:08:20. > :08:21.Just under 88% of patients attending accident and emergency
:08:22. > :08:24.departments in the first week of this year were seen within
:08:25. > :08:28.454 people spent more than eight hours in an emergency department,
:08:29. > :08:38.The figures are the lowest since the same period last year.
:08:39. > :08:41.Inverness born actress Karen Gillan has been back in Scotland this week,
:08:42. > :08:44.working on her first feature film as a director.
:08:45. > :08:46.The film, Tupperware Party, is the first of five being made
:08:47. > :08:49.by female directors for a new US company, which aims to promote
:08:50. > :08:59.The Scotland women's head coach Anna Signeul says she's had 12
:09:00. > :09:01.fantastic years with the SFA, but believes now is a
:09:02. > :09:05.Signeul will step down from her role in charge of the national side,
:09:06. > :09:07.after the European Championships in the summer.
:09:08. > :09:10.She'll take over as head coach of Finland, having led the Scots
:09:11. > :09:21.You may have heard of Mack the Knife, we are about to
:09:22. > :09:28.She's a fifteen-week-old Staffordshire bull terrier,
:09:29. > :09:33.The PDSA that treated her say it's not unusual for dogs to eat
:09:34. > :09:36.all sorts of unlikely objects, but this case, it's among the most
:09:37. > :09:44.Macie a 15-year-old old staffy was looking for treats today.
:09:45. > :09:46.Late one night in December, her owner thought
:09:47. > :09:48.this playful pup was choking on a toy.
:09:49. > :09:53.I thought there was something in her throat.
:09:54. > :09:55.I thought she was choking on the part, the
:09:56. > :10:03.She made a choking sound - like, this squeal came.
:10:04. > :10:11.X-rays clearly showed up it wasn't a toy she had
:10:12. > :10:14.swallowed, but an eight inch kitchen knife.
:10:15. > :10:20.I couldn't believe that she'd managed to swallow an entire knife.
:10:21. > :10:23.It was a knife I used to peel the potatoes.
:10:24. > :10:27.I don't know how she managed to get it out
:10:28. > :10:31.of the dish water, because it has a black plastic handle which the vet
:10:32. > :10:33.said would have been appealing to her.
:10:34. > :10:37.The Pdsa who took care of her said it's an amazing case and she's a
:10:38. > :10:43.If it had been the opposite way round and it had been
:10:44. > :10:45.this end first, it would have been fatal.
:10:46. > :10:50.She wouldn't be here to tell the tale.
:10:51. > :10:52.The only sign of the puppy's trauma is the scar where
:10:53. > :10:57.I'm so thankful that she's actually...
:10:58. > :11:05.Macie is not the only dog who is curious about
:11:06. > :11:10.As this family found out, that can be very
:11:11. > :11:21.Well, It's over to Chris now with the weather outlook
:11:22. > :11:44.gid evening. A lot of high pressure enclosure trapped he said Westerly
:11:45. > :11:48.throw means it will be mostly continental beach early. Clear
:11:49. > :11:52.conditions mean it will be quite chilly. Clear conditions also in the
:11:53. > :11:58.south-east. You can see the froth there on the chart. For many, if a
:11:59. > :12:01.mild night. Temperatures around seven or eight Celsius. Quite breezy
:12:02. > :12:06.around the western and Northern Isles. A cloudy start tomorrow. With
:12:07. > :12:17.a cloud is that enough, the odd spot of rain orders. That could continue
:12:18. > :12:21.for most of the day. Across perhaps even a wind is still strong and if
:12:22. > :12:23.you spot of rain on the way. To the cause of tomorrow, little in the way
:12:24. > :12:38.of change. Mostly the eastern Borders, improving at times
:12:39. > :12:42.as well. Became weather front trapped in the hive. A lot of cloud
:12:43. > :12:50.associated with it. So some sunshine just about holding on in the
:12:51. > :12:58.south-east, but cool highs of 910 degrees. The best of the the rest of
:12:59. > :13:06.the afternoon and into the evening, little in the way of change. Fairly
:13:07. > :13:13.cloudy, some spots of light rain and drizzle brighter moments in the east
:13:14. > :13:20.will be harder to come by. The on Friday, yes, the high pressure is
:13:21. > :13:30.still the wind going in a clockwise direction. Dragging in hopefully
:13:31. > :13:32.Our next update is during Breakfast at 6:25am tomorrow morning.