24/02/2017

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:00:12. > :00:15.The leader of Labour in Scotland has been setting out an upbeat vision

:00:16. > :00:19.for the future of the party, as part of a federal United Kingdom.

:00:20. > :00:21.By contrast Jeremy Corbyn, the UK leader, has been

:00:22. > :00:24.recovering from a bruising by-election defeat at the hands

:00:25. > :00:30.Our political editor Brian Taylor reports from Scottish Labour's

:00:31. > :00:45.It started with a kiss and a promise. Kezia Dugdale knows that

:00:46. > :00:49.the last thing that Labour wants to talk about is the constitution. But

:00:50. > :00:56.the argument persists and labour needs a new offer. Our vision, the

:00:57. > :01:02.Scottish Labour vision is for the radical reshaping of the UK that

:01:03. > :01:06.offers a post-Brexit solution that suits the four corners of the

:01:07. > :01:11.islands. It's time for a new, active union. Kezia Dugdale envisions a

:01:12. > :01:21.people's convention drawing up the details. On the fringe, she even

:01:22. > :01:25.suggested it could be put to the Scottish people. Another

:01:26. > :01:29.independence referendum is held? I don't want another referendum but I

:01:30. > :01:33.can certainly see a legitimate case for if there were to be a referendum

:01:34. > :01:38.you might put something as strong as a federal solution for the United

:01:39. > :01:43.Kingdom on the ballot paper. But this would require label to be an

:01:44. > :01:49.powder. This is not on the horizon according to one delegate. It has

:01:50. > :01:56.never been tougher to be a Labour member than it is now. From a UK

:01:57. > :02:02.perspective, it has never looked further from holding Government.

:02:03. > :02:08.Where is Jeremy Corbyn's leadership left after Copeland? Copeland is a

:02:09. > :02:13.very disappointing results and it is no doubt about it. I think that's

:02:14. > :02:17.Jeremy Corbyn is a leader. He has the support of the entire Labour

:02:18. > :02:23.Party. We cannot give documents to ourselves and we have to keep going

:02:24. > :02:35.forward. I didn't thought him but I will support. Unity? Absolutely. I'm

:02:36. > :02:41.100% hide Jeremy Corbyn. -- I'm 100% behind Jeremy Corbyn. I would

:02:42. > :02:45.continue to lead the Scottish Labour Party. The conference hears from

:02:46. > :02:49.Kezia Dugdale tomorrow and German Cochrane on Sunday. -- and Jeremy

:02:50. > :02:51.Corbyn on Sunday. There was more gloomy news

:02:52. > :02:54.for the Royal Bank of Scotland today, as it reported

:02:55. > :02:59.a ?7 billion annual loss, the ninth year in a row that it

:03:00. > :03:02.failed to make a profit. The bank is now looking to make

:03:03. > :03:05.savings of ?2 billion, which will mean job cuts

:03:06. > :03:07.and more branch closures. But its chief executive wouldn't be

:03:08. > :03:09.drawn on their scale. I have not put a number

:03:10. > :03:12.out and I will not. My view is to always talk

:03:13. > :03:15.to our people first and there will be job cuts in this

:03:16. > :03:17.organisation, there has to be, given that over the next

:03:18. > :03:20.four years we will take ?2 billion worth of costs out

:03:21. > :03:23.of the organisation to make These things are happening

:03:24. > :03:28.because banking is changing and it is changing rapidly

:03:29. > :03:32.as well and we need to be a Earlier I spoke to our business

:03:33. > :03:36.editor Douglas Fraser and I asked if these losses were better

:03:37. > :03:41.or worse than expected. They are a lot worse

:03:42. > :03:52.and the pain goes on for longer. There is a core bank in their

:03:53. > :03:55.somewhere struggling to get out. Set against that, you have

:03:56. > :04:06.?10 billion of fines and legal costs and restructuring,

:04:07. > :04:07.that is for mis-selling, for claims that they misled

:04:08. > :04:09.investors, rigging markets, ?2 billion for restructuring

:04:10. > :04:18.and a huge bill for trying to carve out a bit of Royal Bank of Scotland,

:04:19. > :04:21.which they called a different name, that has failed and they cannot sell

:04:22. > :04:24.it or float it and the costs of reintegrating it back

:04:25. > :04:28.into RBS and getting rid of the duplicating branches,

:04:29. > :04:30.that looks like billions more, effectively for

:04:31. > :04:32.achieving nothing at all. So, how does RBS hope

:04:33. > :04:35.to turn this around? There is that core bank,

:04:36. > :04:42.it is attracting customers as well. They need to get these fines

:04:43. > :04:48.and legal cases behind them, their plans have slipped for another

:04:49. > :04:55.year, they don't expect a profit from this year, 2017,

:04:56. > :04:57.and we are looking at ten years of losses,

:04:58. > :04:59.probably more than ?60 billion of losses by that time

:05:00. > :05:05.and because they have slimmed down from the one of the biggest banks

:05:06. > :05:11.in the world to focusing only by industry standards

:05:12. > :05:13.and they want to continue cutting costs, ?3 billion over

:05:14. > :05:20.the past two years. That means a lot of jobs, it means

:05:21. > :05:25.branch closures and that is partly Most of their customers use

:05:26. > :05:29.digital and mobile banking, one fifth use only that so financial

:05:30. > :05:31.technology is a threat and an opportunity and RBS wants

:05:32. > :05:34.to be at the forefront of it. The man who advises the UK

:05:35. > :05:39.Government on Scots law is to appear before a sheriff in Edinburgh,

:05:40. > :05:41.charged with a firearms offence. Lord Keen is accused of failing

:05:42. > :05:44.to secure a 12-bore shotgun It's understood Lord Keen

:05:45. > :05:49.was reported by police investigating Detectives investigating the death

:05:50. > :05:56.of a north-east man nearly a year Police had even turned to the BBC

:05:57. > :06:03.Crimewatch programme in what they described as a lengthy

:06:04. > :06:06.and complex investigation into the Brian McKandie's body

:06:07. > :06:14.was found here at his cottage The 67-year-old's death prompted

:06:15. > :06:23.a huge police investigation. Hundreds of motorists were stopped

:06:24. > :06:25.by officers in the weeks that followed and Brian's brother made

:06:26. > :06:29.an appeal on the BBC's Somebody must know what happened

:06:30. > :06:37.to Brian and we would ask them to look to their conscience

:06:38. > :06:40.and call the police. We have lost our brother and we just

:06:41. > :06:45.want to know what happened and why. With the anniversary

:06:46. > :06:46.of Brian's death approaching, On Monday this week,

:06:47. > :06:59.officers carried out a fresh surge -- fresh search on the roads

:07:00. > :07:01.and today they confirmed a 23-year-old man has

:07:02. > :07:03.been charged in connection with Brian McKandie's death

:07:04. > :07:06.and is expected to appear at The police says enquiries

:07:07. > :07:13.are continuing and a police hut has been situated

:07:14. > :07:18.here today for anyone with concerns. Police are in attendance at another

:07:19. > :07:20.property today as part Football and Inverness

:07:21. > :07:38.Caley Thistle moved off the bottom of the Scottish Premiership

:07:39. > :07:42.after beating Rangers two one Inverness took the lead just

:07:43. > :07:46.before half time through a Ranger hit back when Martyn Waghorn

:07:47. > :07:50.scored a penalty after Lee Wallace Inverness then missed a penalty

:07:51. > :07:54.before Billy MacKay hit an overhead shot into the Rangers net

:07:55. > :07:56.to seal victory. Rangers now sit six points behind

:07:57. > :07:59.Aberdeen who have a game in hand. Time now for the latest weather

:08:00. > :08:12.forecast, with Kirsteen. A cloudy and wet prospect across

:08:13. > :08:16.much of the country tonight. Persistent and at times heavy rain,

:08:17. > :08:20.especially across the west Highlands, DeVries and Galloway and

:08:21. > :08:27.the Northern Ireland. That will be accompanied by a stronger to give

:08:28. > :08:32.force winds. Becoming increasingly mild as the gold through the night,

:08:33. > :08:38.temperatures recovering to around 7-8 C for the most part. Tomorrow

:08:39. > :08:43.dawns with a lot of cloud and further outbreaks of rain and windy

:08:44. > :08:47.conditions for a time. However, the picture improves for most as he goes

:08:48. > :08:53.through the day, the bulk of the rain posted the south-east. The one

:08:54. > :08:57.exception tomorrow afternoon as the rain across the Southern uplands.

:08:58. > :09:04.Further north is a much drier prospect tomorrow as doomed. --

:09:05. > :09:10.tomorrow afternoon. Just a scattering of showers. Tomorrow

:09:11. > :09:15.morning will be very, very mild, especially in the north-east. Winds

:09:16. > :09:22.coming in from the west tomorrow afternoon. There will be a somewhat

:09:23. > :09:28.fresher feel. Across Northern Ireland tomorrow afternoon, that

:09:29. > :09:34.rain is clearing. For much of England and Wales, cloudy and

:09:35. > :09:46.outbreaks of rain. Brisk south-westerly winds. In contrast,

:09:47. > :09:51.clear spells and a touch of frost. Sunday, a dry stored in the east

:09:52. > :09:57.with some outbreaks of rain. -- a dry stored in the east.

:09:58. > :10:02.From everyone on the late team, goodnight.