:00:16. > :00:22.A cancer survival gap is growing between people living in the most
:00:23. > :00:25.and least deprived parts of Scotland, depending on the type
:00:26. > :00:28.That's the warning from Macmillan Cancer Support,
:00:29. > :00:31.which says there needs to be better awareness of screening in poorer
:00:32. > :00:39.Here's our health correspondent, Lisa Summers.
:00:40. > :00:42.In Govan this cafe for the local community also doubles up as a
:00:43. > :00:45.Many people who come here do not have cancer,
:00:46. > :00:59.but for those who do it provides support.
:01:00. > :01:02.Mandy and Pauline are both local and living with terminal cancer.
:01:03. > :01:05.If you are feeling lost about what help is available,
:01:06. > :01:09.there are people who are here who deal with it every day.
:01:10. > :01:12.At 45 I didn't know what help there was.
:01:13. > :01:20.That is where it became very important to me.
:01:21. > :01:23.I knew there was somebody there I could phone if I needed to.
:01:24. > :01:25.Local informal services like this one seem to be
:01:26. > :01:27.making a difference, but across the country the analysis
:01:28. > :01:34.Macmillan looked at cancer survival rates over a five-year period
:01:35. > :01:41.and found quite startling variations for those living in poor communities
:01:42. > :01:43.compared to those living in our more affluent communities.
:01:44. > :01:46.With prostate cancer you are 98% more likely to die if you live
:01:47. > :01:48.in an area of deprivation and with breast cancer
:01:49. > :01:57.I think they are shocking and I am hoping the shock of it
:01:58. > :01:59.will help galvanise us to do something proactive.
:02:00. > :02:05.These days lung cancer does not have to be a death sentence.
:02:06. > :02:08.Adverts like this one are part of a targeted campaign.
:02:09. > :02:10.They have been successful, but the government's national
:02:11. > :02:15.clinical director says he is not surprised by the data.
:02:16. > :02:18.Late presentation is simply a matter of life and death.
:02:19. > :02:35.The earlier that diagnosis happens, the more chance of treatment,
:02:36. > :02:37.and now with modern techniques, often cure.
:02:38. > :02:40.GPs say there can be complex reasons that discourage people from poor
:02:41. > :02:51.Financial resources, ability to make a GP appointment,
:02:52. > :02:55.communication issues, like not having English as a first
:02:56. > :02:58.as a first language, education about what needs to be
:02:59. > :03:01.seen as important and perhaps even the likelihood of pushing your GP
:03:02. > :03:03.for that appointment if you are told there are none left.
:03:04. > :03:07.77% of its users come from deprived areas,
:03:08. > :03:09.but the fundamental question is still not answered.
:03:10. > :03:13.Geologists say there could be reserves of oil and gas in areas
:03:14. > :03:16.around Scotland's coast which have previously been dismissed.
:03:17. > :03:18.A team has been studying rock formations around Rockall,
:03:19. > :03:21.a tiny outcrop 300 miles off the Western Isles.
:03:22. > :03:31.Our energy correspondent, Kevin Keane, has this exclusive report.
:03:32. > :03:35.It has been an attractive destination for only the hardiest
:03:36. > :03:38.of adventurers and three years ago Nick Hancock broke the record for
:03:39. > :03:45.But now the focus is not so much on the rock above the water line,
:03:46. > :03:56.We hope oil and gas has been trapped in that bump.
:03:57. > :03:58.Geologist Nick Schofield has been studying data from below the sea bed
:03:59. > :04:02.Previous attempts to strike oil here have almost all failed,
:04:03. > :04:16.but now he has concluded they were looking in the wrong place.
:04:17. > :04:21.That is why you looked at areas like the North Sea where you get one
:04:22. > :04:23.discovery of every four or five wells that you drill.
:04:24. > :04:26.That led to the preconception of it not having anything there,
:04:27. > :04:29.but we think the wells were not drilled in the right place.
:04:30. > :04:32.His team has also been studying rock formations on Skye which are similar
:04:33. > :04:40.With all the data they now conclude that volcanic activity may have
:04:41. > :04:43.pushed oil reserves away from the rock itself, further away
:04:44. > :04:48.We are optimistic, but we are always very cautious
:04:49. > :04:53.and it is a very frontier area and it is a challenging place
:04:54. > :04:56.to work and it is potentially in the future going to be quite
:04:57. > :04:59.exciting but I would not get too enthusiastic just yet.
:05:00. > :05:17.The oil and gas industry has long been looking for new fields.
:05:18. > :05:21.The Clare Field and others have seen production expanded
:05:22. > :05:24.into the harsh waters of the North Atlantic, so there
:05:25. > :05:27.I am confident there are companies looking at the information
:05:28. > :05:30.and there will not be a Klondike rush, this is a very
:05:31. > :05:33.expensive area to play in, but with the right companies,
:05:34. > :05:35.we will be looking hard at the outcomes.
:05:36. > :05:36.This is the first significant discovery
:05:37. > :05:42.With 18 months to go the geologists say there could be
:05:43. > :05:46.Floral tributes and messages of sympathy have followed the death
:05:47. > :05:48.of a two-year-old boy, whose body was recovered
:05:49. > :05:50.from the River Ericht at Bridge of Cally near
:05:51. > :05:54.The child was reported missing yesterday morning from a property
:05:55. > :06:00.He was found just over an hour later by a fire and rescue crew
:06:01. > :06:06.One of the leading charities representing survivors of child sex
:06:07. > :06:09.abuse has been told it hasn't been granted official representation
:06:10. > :06:12.at the inquiry set up by the Scottish government.
:06:13. > :06:16.Wellbeing Scotland says it's concerned more than a thousand
:06:17. > :06:18.victims which it has helped will now be deterred
:06:19. > :06:21.Earlier I spoke to our social affairs correspondent,
:06:22. > :06:43.Co-participant status allows an organisation
:06:44. > :06:45.and its members to receive financial and legal assistance
:06:46. > :06:47.and to cross-examine witnesses in the inquiry.
:06:48. > :06:50.The charity says it is the largest organisation in Scotland dealing
:06:51. > :06:52.with historical allegations of child sex abuse and has
:06:53. > :06:55.It says it was concerned new guidelines which meant any
:06:56. > :06:58.perpetrator named in the inquiry would then be told that had
:06:59. > :07:00.happened, they feel that could deter many survivors from coming forward
:07:01. > :07:04.and therefore it was imperative that it as a charity should be able
:07:05. > :07:12.It pointed out that one Catholic organisation has got core
:07:13. > :07:22.Wellbeing Scotland says it has been left wondering whether the size
:07:23. > :07:25.of the organisation meant that it would cost a lot more and perhaps
:07:26. > :07:28.elongate the inquiry, which is due to report in late 2019.
:07:29. > :07:31.The inquiry itself said that Wellbeing Scotland had not met
:07:32. > :07:34.the stringent criteria for organisations to play
:07:35. > :07:39.a significant role, but that was being reviewed.
:07:40. > :07:41.Police have been searching the roadside near an Aberdeenshire
:07:42. > :07:43.village as part of an ongoing investigation into the murder of
:07:44. > :07:52.The 67-year-old was found beaten to death with a heavy
:07:53. > :07:55.weapon in his home in Rothienorman on the 12th of March last year.
:07:56. > :07:58.Police say the search is not in response to new information.
:07:59. > :08:00.A 25-year-old man has appeared in court accused of causing
:08:01. > :08:07.Dean Yeats from Forfar is alleged to have started the blaze at a water
:08:08. > :08:13.He made no plea or declaration and was released on bail.
:08:14. > :08:15.Exports of single-malt Scotch whisky topped a billion pounds
:08:16. > :08:19.The United States remained the biggest market by value,
:08:20. > :08:23.while France was the biggest by volume.
:08:24. > :08:32.And there was a significant increase in the amount bought by India.
:08:33. > :08:34.A footballer says he's fighting to save his career, after admitting
:08:35. > :08:37.betting on his own team to lose games in which he played.
:08:38. > :08:40.Dean Brett is currently suspended by Cowdenbeath and is to be charged
:08:41. > :08:43.by the Scottish Football Association for placing thousands of bets.
:08:44. > :08:45.The player, who's come through recent personal tragedies,
:08:46. > :09:00.Dean Brett at home with his dog Maisie.
:09:01. > :09:04.It has been a rough couple of years in the Brett household with
:09:05. > :09:07.the death firstly of a baby daughter and just a few months later Dean's
:09:08. > :09:10.It has just been tough moments and when you see
:09:11. > :09:13.something that reminds you of it, it is really tough.
:09:14. > :09:16.Anniversaries, birthdays, events that happen in
:09:17. > :09:19.other people's lives that can relate to you.
:09:20. > :09:23.You get upset about that and it is tough.
:09:24. > :09:26.Even before those tragedies Brett had made no secret
:09:27. > :09:33.of betting on football despite knowing it was against SFA rules.
:09:34. > :09:49.His social-media posts eventually came to the authorities' attention.
:09:50. > :09:51.He will answer charges that he placed 2000 bets
:09:52. > :10:09.Cowdenbeath say most concerning for them are the figures
:10:10. > :10:11.of 65 of their matches - Dean Brett played in
:10:12. > :10:14.Since I went home on Thursday I was just thinking what
:10:15. > :10:19.I have had the opportunity before, but I have
:10:20. > :10:23.Now that I have let them down, for them
:10:24. > :10:28.What I have done is not acceptable, and if that is the way
:10:29. > :10:32.Of the other players who have fallen foul of the SFA rules on
:10:33. > :10:34.gambling, only Ian Black had bet against his own team.
:10:35. > :10:37.He served a three-match ban and was fined ?7,500.
:10:38. > :10:42.None bet on as many games as Brett, who faces a
:10:43. > :10:46.None have faced the personal drama Brett has -
:10:47. > :10:54.not an excuse, but a poignant twist to a tale of human frailty.
:10:55. > :10:56.Rugby, and Edinburgh have appointed former Leicester Tigers director
:10:57. > :11:00.of rugby Richard Cockerill as head coach from next season.
:11:01. > :11:03.Cockerill, who was sacked by Leicester last month,
:11:04. > :11:06.is working as a consultant with French side Toulon.
:11:07. > :11:09.The former England hooker has signed a two-year deal with Scottish Rugby.
:11:10. > :11:15.Well, let's get the weather forecast, and it's over to Kawser.
:11:16. > :11:24.Good evening. It has been quite an breezy evening and quite cold out
:11:25. > :11:31.there but earlier it was exceptionally mild, temperatures
:11:32. > :11:35.reaching 15 Celsius in some areas. We have had pictures sent in of
:11:36. > :11:40.flowers blooming. Tomorrow it will be largely dry and bright but then
:11:41. > :11:46.we see some rain and stronger winds, indication us that winter is not
:11:47. > :11:50.done just yet. Tomorrow the showers will continue across the north-west,
:11:51. > :11:54.wintry over the hills. Clearer skies in more central and eastern areas
:11:55. > :12:02.and temperatures colder tonight than last night, dipping to four to six
:12:03. > :12:05.areas in cities and closer to freezing in rural areas. Eastern
:12:06. > :12:10.areas tomorrow will see the best of the brightness but at eight o'clock
:12:11. > :12:15.in the north we will see thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain. Central
:12:16. > :12:21.and eastern areas will continue to see drier and brighter weather.
:12:22. > :12:25.Driest for longest across the East, thicker cloud pushing in across the
:12:26. > :12:32.south-west. The best of any sunshine along the east coast, but thicker
:12:33. > :12:35.cloud along Northern Ireland and Wales and the south-west of England.
:12:36. > :12:40.The rain will continue to push across western parts of Scotland
:12:41. > :12:44.throughout the day tomorrow. Temperatures of ten or 11 Celsius.
:12:45. > :12:48.Tomorrow evening the rain will progress further eastwards and the
:12:49. > :12:51.winds will strengthen, perhaps touching gale force to severe gale
:12:52. > :12:55.force across the far north, the Northern Isles and the north-east
:12:56. > :12:59.coast. There will be a scattering of wintry showers by the end of the
:13:00. > :13:04.night. By Wednesday blustery showers, wintry over the hills, even
:13:05. > :13:08.down to low levels at times, sunny spells in between and much cooler,
:13:09. > :13:13.seven or eight Celsius. We are keeping an eye on this area of low
:13:14. > :13:17.pressure heading towards us by Thursday morning and there is the
:13:18. > :13:20.potential of snow for northern parts of England and southern parts of
:13:21. > :13:25.Our next update is during Breakfast at 6.25 tomorrow morning.
:13:26. > :13:27.But from everyone on the late team here in Glasgow and around
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