19/01/2017 Reporting Scotland

A couple from Glasgow have died in a road accident

while on a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.

Mohammad and Talat Aslam were from the Newlands area

Four members of a Manchester family were also killed in the crash.

Mohammad Aslam and Talat Aslam are a couple from the Newlands area on the

South Side of Glasgow. Mohammad Aslam was in his 70s, his

wife in her 60s. They just completed their pilgrimage from Mecca. Their

minibus crashed. In that crash, they were killed. And also some members

of what is believed to be their extended family from Manchester.

This afternoon, I spoke to a very good friend of the family. And he

said he completely understood why such warm tributes have been paid

today on social media. Particularly to Talat Aslam, who he said was a

very warm and outgoing person. She was a ladies lady. All the

functions, charities. All the groups, she was there. The ladies

will be missing her. And Mohammad Aslam, a very helpful friend? To me,

like my own brother. And anything I needed, he would come over and help

me out. When I moved to this house, to put the windows in all bathrooms,

or whatever. He was a thorough gentleman. So they will be missed?

Definitely very much missed and I am really deeply sorry about it. For

other people, three adults and a baby, also died in that crash. Those

members of the family come from Manchester. Press have already been

said for the couple from Newlands. Thoughts very much with them

tonight. Environmental groups say Scotland's

draft climate change plan is too much of a "techno fix" with not

enough focus on changing behaviour. The environment secretary has laid

out a series of proposals for reducing greenhouse gas

emissions by 66% by 2032. Our environment correspondent

Kevin Keane reports. They are the three industries

responsible for our greenhouse gas emissions - energy,

transport and electricity make up 80% of the gasses

in the atmosphere. Today, a plan to fix

the damage they have caused. At the end of the day,

if we don't fix this problem, the negative impact will be on huge

numbers of people. On transport, the aim is to make two

fifths of all cars ultralow emission by 2032. Half of all buses will be

the same. There is a commitment to decarbonise

the electricity sector with increased capacity for energy

storage and for agriculture, better management of

the nutrient value of soil. NFU Scotland welcoming

the Minister's pragmatic approach. My message to Scotland's farmers

is clear, what is good for the planet is good

for your pocket and we will support The Conservatives accused

the minister of not fully costing the plan,

but gave it their backing. The announcement today

of the intention to reduce emissions by 66% by 2032 against the 1990

baseline, is a transformational The plan is a 178 page document

and the devil will be in the detail. There was no commitment

on a workplace parking levy like the one in Nottingham,

but it wasn't dismissed. And heat pump technology

made in Glasgow will be in area examined to help decarbonise

the heat supply from 2025. I don't think it goes

far enough on areas I think there is scope

for all parties to come up with good ideas on how the plan can be made

more specific and the steps can be James Watt's steam engine sparked

the Industrial Revolution and Joseph Black, the scientist

who discovered the gas Both Scots, both linked

to our climate's history. There are renewed tensions

between the Scottish and UK governments tonight over Brexit,

after the latest round of talks. The Scottish Government's Brexit

minister, Michael Russell, has accused the Prime Minister

of treating Holyrood It follows Teresa May's announcement

that she plans to take the UK out Here's our Westminster

correspondent, David Porter. Davos in Switzerland

and the World Economic Forum. The annual meeting of

the world's great and good. An opportunity to chew

the economic and political fact. This year, a key topic

on the menu, Brexit. Enter Theresa May, to articulate her

vision of the future. Britain is and will always be,

open for business, open to investment in our companies,

infrastructure, universities To coincide with that speech,

a direct message to Scotland It comes in the week Mrs May

explicitly ruled out remaining Today in Whitehall, more talks

on the nitty-gritty of Brexit. But the Scottish Government

is still angry with the Prime I think it is a breach of the terms

of this particular meeting. We were meant to be

involved in decisions not There will be a general view it

breached the process After two hours of talks which did

little to improve the mood It was the wrong thing

to say at the wrong time. It is fair to say, in great part,

the other administrations were very concerned she had

pre-empted the meeting. She made a pronouncement

on the single market, which is the wrong

pronouncement to make. She had done so frankly,

with contempt. Anger from some of Northern

Ireland's politicians, but a more emollient tone

from the Scottish Secretary. The Prime Minister has set

out her plan for how Britain should exit from the EU,

which is what people voted for across the United kingdom

on the 23rd of June. Obviously, we will have differences

with the Scottish National I don't think people

would expect otherwise. The First Minister and the Prime

Minister are due to meet again soon and Brexit will be top

of the agenda. Further discussions will be held

between Scottish and UK Also next week, the Supreme Court

will make a key ruling on how the Brexit process should

get under way. But most are expecting a long,

protracted and difficult road ahead. Frail patients were left

on ambulance trolleys while waiting to be admitted to a hospital under

"extreme pressure," A team from Healthcare Improvement

Scotland said more needed to be done to address "patient flow"

and capacity at Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock,

after an unannounced A spokesman for NHS Ayrshire

and Arran said staff had a strong focus on ensuring that improvements

were made to deliver MSPs have been urged

to change the way Scotland's Right now, almost all buses

are operated by private firms and the Unite union claims that's

failing to serve communities Today, they brought a petition

to Parliament, calling Our transport correspondent,

David Henderson, has this report. The village of Banton

in North Lanarkshire is home to a few hundred people who rely

on buses to get them to work, The way they are going,

they are awful. If I want to go to Falkirk,

the thing is I have to get out at Forsyth and then wait

for another bus. They are talking about taking

the Falkirk won out as well. It is not fair on people

who don't drive. This village shop closed presenting

a problem for many of They have to travel to a nearby town

to do their shopping. But they don't have a car,

they have to go by bus. But what if there

isn't a bus to catch. Banton is away from the main road

and this bus, which goes through the village,

may not come here in future. It is a dismal prospect

for locals like this. I cannot get to work

and I cannot get to go out I won't be able to go

to college when I leave school Younger children may also be

affected, parents have brought their youngsters to this

play group in the village. They are entitled to more free hours

at nursery a few miles away, but without a bus,

they can't get there. My two sons are at nursery,

so I use the bus on a daily basis. I would like to take them

to playgroups and things Get shopping and things like that,

so it would have a massive Scotland's buses were deregulated

by Margaret Thatcher's by private firms and they are not

obliged to serve a bus route In a petition to Parliament,

the Unite union claims You can't have it that

you are handing over a vital service to the community to a private sector

and allowing the firm to dictate what it will and won't do

in terms of that service The Scottish Government has ruled

out what it calls the wholesale It says it is working to improve bus

services and spending more than a quarter of ?1 billion

a year, but campaigners want to see that many do more

for places like Banton. Time for the weather

now with Christopher. Good evening. Largely dry and cloudy

conditions across the country tonight but where it is clear, it is

cold. We still have high pressure over in charge of ahead, dragging in

cold continental air is so clear skies and frosty here. Elsewhere,

fairly cloudy but we have some clear skies across the north-east so

across parts of Grampian, temperatures subzero with a fog

patch around. For many tomorrow morning, it is a cloudy, dry start

with the odd spot of rain. Five or six Celsius. North of Perth and

Dundee, a cold start, scraping of the windscreens in places. Probably

towards Inverness as well. West of here, thicker cloud on a mild start.

And a breeze around the Northern Isles. Across tomorrow, a day the

today. In the north, some sunshine. And extending westwards. A brighter

day in store, then. South of the border, we have this weather front

here dying a death but leaving a legacy of cloud for the North of

England, Southern Scotland. South of it, plenty of sunshine. We will have

that sunshine, too, north of the Central Belt. Even where it is

cloudy, it is thin. It will be a cold day than we have seen of late.

Into the evening, where it is clear it is cold but for many largely dry

and fairly cloudy. For the weekend, a little bit more sunshine across

the west and south-west. Conversely across the East, some thicker cloud.

Sunday, another dry day, fairly cloudy and chilly under the cloud. A

few spots of rain in the West as well. Next week, the high pressure

still with us. Largely dry unsettled, going nowhere, keeping

those weather fronts at bay and putting a whole new meaning on dry

January.