:00:00. > :00:00.Here on BBC One it's time for the news where you are.
:00:00. > :00:12.The former Labour MP for Linlithgow Tam Dalyell has died
:00:13. > :00:17.A family statement says the parliamentary veteran,
:00:18. > :00:22.who spent 43 years as an MP, died after a short illness.
:00:23. > :00:35.In these days of complaints about identikit politicians, Tam Dalyell
:00:36. > :00:40.Not many Labour MPs could boast that they had their own
:00:41. > :00:44.pride of peacocks living in their back garden.
:00:45. > :00:48.A 17th-century castle overlooking the Forth, but Tam
:00:49. > :00:51.He went to Eton, then onto Kings College, Cambridge,
:00:52. > :00:56.He served his National Service with the Royal Scots Guards.
:00:57. > :00:59.One of his ancestors set up the regiment.
:01:00. > :01:06.But the conditions experienced by the Scottish miners near his home
:01:07. > :01:09.were one of the reasons that brought him into politics.
:01:10. > :01:11.I founded the socialists both at home and in
:01:12. > :01:14.Cambridge all congenial people, because I suspect I am a bit of
:01:15. > :01:26.In 1962, he won a by-election in West Lothian and embarked on a
:01:27. > :01:28.unique political career marked by a willingness to ask
:01:29. > :01:32.If you are really doing your job well, and you believe in things.
:01:33. > :01:39.I know how much effort has gone into 500...
:01:40. > :01:42.An assiduous constituency MP, he never held
:01:43. > :01:49.Do you regret not having been offered ministerial office?
:01:50. > :01:55.Over a 43-year parliamentary career, he was famous for his numerous
:01:56. > :02:02.A fully paid-up member of the Commons Awkward Squad,
:02:03. > :02:06.he famously campaigned against Margaret Thatcher and her Government
:02:07. > :02:08.over the sinking of the Argentinian cruiser the Belgrano in the
:02:09. > :02:11.Ministers and the Prime Minister have told
:02:12. > :02:19.History has many examples of perfidy and deceit.
:02:20. > :02:31.He also campaigned against the first Gulf
:02:32. > :02:33.War and his challenges even won the admiration of opponents.
:02:34. > :02:43.Tam Dalyell asked the most devastating question
:02:44. > :02:45.had answered the question had Tam Dalyell stood
:02:46. > :02:48.It is devastating, and I have never seen anyone else do that.
:02:49. > :02:56.He also fell out with his own party over military action.
:02:57. > :03:05.I think going to war in Afghanistan and the bombing of
:03:06. > :03:13.On Lockerbie, he went against conventional thought
:03:14. > :03:15.and refused to blame the then Libyan leader
:03:16. > :03:17.Colonel Qaddafi for sanctioning the atrocity.
:03:18. > :03:21.But perhaps he is best known for his opposition to devolution.
:03:22. > :03:24.We will go down a motorway to a separate state,
:03:25. > :03:28.a journey which many others won't want to embark.
:03:29. > :03:30.He coined the West Lothian question, concerning the
:03:31. > :03:40.rights of Scottish MPs to vote at Westminster after devolution.
:03:41. > :03:42.He was a lifelong opponent of the Scottish Parliament.
:03:43. > :03:45.The difficulty is that if you have an institution that
:03:46. > :03:51.calls itself a Parliament, they want more and more and more.
:03:52. > :03:54.He was the most fearless and the most
:03:55. > :03:59.independent minded member of Parliament in my lifetime and the
:04:00. > :04:06.He also had this combination of persistence and courtesy.
:04:07. > :04:08.He was the most relentlessly courteous politician
:04:09. > :04:19.Like his peacocks, in life, Tam Dalyell was always
:04:20. > :04:27.willing to ruffle feathers if he saw fit.
:04:28. > :04:31.Well, our political correspondent Andrew Kerr has an update on some
:04:32. > :04:44.Leading distributes, a Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said the
:04:45. > :04:49.labour movement had lost a giant. She said Tam Dalyell was one of the
:04:50. > :04:52.most influential MPs, writers and thinkers of his generation. She
:04:53. > :04:57.added that his legacy will live on in the Commons for decades. The
:04:58. > :05:02.former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he was widely respected
:05:03. > :05:06.and admired for his insight, integrity and eloquence. The First
:05:07. > :05:10.Minister Nicola Sturgeon paid her tribute saying he was a real giant
:05:11. > :05:14.of Scottish politics. Across the political spectrum he was admired
:05:15. > :05:19.with the Conservative leader Ruth Davidson saying he was unique and
:05:20. > :05:22.utterly tenacious. The Liberal Democrat leader said Tam Dalyell was
:05:23. > :05:24.a huge political character who will leave an even bigger impression well
:05:25. > :05:26.beyond his life. Child health in Scotland ranks among
:05:27. > :05:28.the worst in Europe, The Royal College of Paediatrics
:05:29. > :05:33.and Child Health says poverty remains the biggest cause and calls
:05:34. > :05:36.on the government to take "bold" The Scottish Government says
:05:37. > :05:41.it's making progress, Our Health Correspondent,
:05:42. > :05:49.Lisa Summers reports. At this community centre,
:05:50. > :05:52.this group is a valued weekly event. North Edinburgh faces problems
:05:53. > :05:55.with poverty and deprivation but these parents are determined
:05:56. > :05:57.to give their Is not easy and, you know,
:05:58. > :06:15.you are working but it didn't work out and
:06:16. > :06:17.now you are pregnant. The report looks at child health
:06:18. > :06:22.across the UK and it doesn't paint a good picture
:06:23. > :06:25.but, in Scotland, some of the statistics
:06:26. > :06:26.are 210,000 children are living
:06:27. > :06:32.in poverty and around 28% of In areas of deprivation,
:06:33. > :06:40.around 30% of women continued to smoke
:06:41. > :06:42.during pregnancy, but that figure falls
:06:43. > :06:43.to If a mother smokes, she's been
:06:44. > :06:50.addicted from an early age she wants to quit but she lives
:06:51. > :06:52.on the eighth floor of a sky rise, how can
:06:53. > :06:54.she possibly go outside
:06:55. > :06:56.to smoke was to mock life can be compensated
:06:57. > :07:05.for issues such as alcohol abuse, drug
:07:06. > :07:08.abuse, drug abuse domestic abuse. Added together, these
:07:09. > :07:10.make life very difficult for a large proportion
:07:11. > :07:11.of The report makes a series
:07:12. > :07:14.of recommendations including extending the smoking ban to schools
:07:15. > :07:18.and sports field, setting targets In Parliament today,
:07:19. > :07:28.the First Minister was challenged on why the
:07:29. > :07:30.government wasn't doing more after ten years
:07:31. > :07:32.in The report's view that, and I quote,
:07:33. > :07:36.there is much that the Scottish Government
:07:37. > :07:38.is doing to reduce there is much of Scotland that can
:07:39. > :07:43.be celebrated and learned from. That said, I agree
:07:44. > :07:46.with the report that there is much more required to be
:07:47. > :07:50.done and we cannot be complacent. The government points to successes
:07:51. > :07:54.such as tackling smoking and childcare provision so that parents
:07:55. > :07:57.can get back to work. It says it will be
:07:58. > :08:00.introducing a child poverty Bill, but the authors
:08:01. > :08:02.of this report say that children have to be
:08:03. > :08:04.at the heart of policy and decisions must
:08:05. > :08:07.be made if we are to secure a At Holyrood, there's a new row over
:08:08. > :08:17.whether the Scottish Parliament Our political editor
:08:18. > :08:24.Brian Taylor has the details. At Westminster, the bill to trigger
:08:25. > :08:27.Brexit is published. What ultranationalist MPs
:08:28. > :08:33.will challenge that bill because there is no detail yet
:08:34. > :08:36.in Scotland's Parliament The Scottish Secretary told Scottish
:08:37. > :08:47.ministers there would be no Holyrood vote on that trip the bill,
:08:48. > :08:51.but he said MSPs would asked to consent to the eventual great
:08:52. > :08:54.repeal bill, which will undertake detailed EU
:08:55. > :08:59.powers and return them to the UK. The purpose of the great repeal Bill
:09:00. > :09:04.includes incorporating into Scots law the laws which
:09:05. > :09:08.currently exist in the EU EU, there isn't a black hole
:09:09. > :09:15.in terms of the legal vacuum. I am sure that the
:09:16. > :09:17.parliament will want to ensure that that happens here
:09:18. > :09:21.in Scotland, and that is one of the main reasons that it's very
:09:22. > :09:26.important that we do get agreement The EU currently
:09:27. > :09:31.controls issues ranging The great repeal Bill would ensure
:09:32. > :09:36.that those laws were made in force initially by bringing them
:09:37. > :09:40.back into UK statute, Should those powers go
:09:41. > :09:45.back to Westminster, or should Hollywood be in charge
:09:46. > :09:49.of issues which are Take farming, a Hollywood
:09:50. > :09:57.power, but UK ministers are pondering whether there should
:09:58. > :10:00.be a Common Agriculture Policy for the UK once power is
:10:01. > :10:02.returned from Brussels. UK ministers suspect the industry
:10:03. > :10:06.might not entirely favour Then there is the one and only
:10:07. > :10:12.a question, the Belgian region which held up a European
:10:13. > :10:15.trade deal with Canada. The Prime Minister has made clear
:10:16. > :10:17.privately she doesn't want the same issue
:10:18. > :10:21.to a rise in Brexit UK. David Mundell says that the Scottish
:10:22. > :10:25.cup and will get new powers but Scottish
:10:26. > :10:30.ministers are suspicious. I think Theresa May's vision
:10:31. > :10:34.of the UK is a narrow, hard Brexit, Tory vision with everything
:10:35. > :10:37.centralised in London. That isn't the vision
:10:38. > :10:39.of the Scottish Government and it isn't
:10:40. > :10:42.what the majority of Scottish people voted for, so it isn't something
:10:43. > :10:44.we will There are policy questions
:10:45. > :10:48.but it's also a question of The UK Government is inviting
:10:49. > :10:53.the Scottish Parliament to talk about the details
:10:54. > :10:57.of life of Brexit. Scottish ministers say, hang on,
:10:58. > :11:00.that presumes we are accepting the shape, nature and
:11:01. > :11:04.outline of Brexit itself. It's over to Judith now
:11:05. > :11:25.with the weather forecast We had one of those beautiful days
:11:26. > :11:30.that made you smile and indeed that were sent in by one of our weather
:11:31. > :11:34.watchers. Look at these blue skies. Not everywhere saw those blue skies,
:11:35. > :11:38.across a good part of the south and we had very bleak weather. Minus the
:11:39. > :11:43.Celsius along the coast compared to what we saw in the Highlands. If you
:11:44. > :11:47.degrees higher than what we expected, this is the earlier
:11:48. > :11:51.satellite picture. It will be a cold night with Frost. It will be dry
:11:52. > :11:55.across the board tomorrow with mist and fog patches through the central
:11:56. > :12:00.lowlands, you may have to scrape your cars. Do wrap up warm.
:12:01. > :12:05.Temperatures below freezing a land, there will be more of a breeze and
:12:06. > :12:10.beverages will be above freezing. Wind across the Northern Isles,
:12:11. > :12:15.lasting too much of the day. A good sunny spells on first light, and we
:12:16. > :12:18.will see the best of the sunshine across eastern Scotland is cloud
:12:19. > :12:23.starts to increase across western areas with a fuse box of rain into
:12:24. > :12:26.the Western Isles. It when a fright is approaching from the Atlantic
:12:27. > :12:32.bringing rain into Northern Ireland and the far south-west of Wales and
:12:33. > :12:35.England. Cloudy skies hanging on generally in England but
:12:36. > :12:38.temperatures do start to rise as we draw our weather from the Atlantic.
:12:39. > :12:44.We could see double figures in temperatures tomorrow afternoon.
:12:45. > :12:47.They will struggle in inland parts with two or three Celsius at best.
:12:48. > :12:51.Though BBDO conditions further north. That weather front is the
:12:52. > :12:56.journey across the country turning to snow over higher ground. It was
:12:57. > :13:02.they can fight in the south and west with the north staying largely dry.
:13:03. > :13:08.It weather front is just printing across eastern Scotland on Saturday,
:13:09. > :13:12.but it does clear away. We will see showers with another weather front
:13:13. > :13:17.approaching. The rain were clear on Saturday, brightening up for the
:13:18. > :13:20.next band of showers feeds into the west and it won't be as cold as
:13:21. > :13:22.we've seen this week. Our next update is during Breakfast
:13:23. > :13:26.at 6:25 tomorrow morning. From everyone on the late team
:13:27. > :13:32.here in Glasgow, goodnight.