:00:17. > :00:20.The Prime Minister claims Scotland will be leaving the European Union
:00:21. > :00:22.regardless of whether or not we vote for independence.
:00:23. > :00:24.Theresa May also told SNP MPs that constitutional game-playing should
:00:25. > :00:28.not be allowed to break the deep bonds of the UK
:00:29. > :00:32.after the SNPs Deputy leader Angus Robertson told Theresa May
:00:33. > :00:38.she was breaking promises to secure a UK-wide agreement on Brexit.
:00:39. > :00:40.Our political correspondent Nick Eardley reports
:00:41. > :00:48.Theresa May does not want another referendum
:00:49. > :00:52.to happen but at some stage the Prime Minister has to decide
:00:53. > :00:58.In the Commons she was asked with reference to the
:00:59. > :01:04.SNP manifesto pledge if it could hold one
:01:05. > :01:09.Though she agreed that the Government should
:01:10. > :01:13.stick to its manifesto promises and, if so,
:01:14. > :01:18.In response, a hint perhaps on what might influence
:01:19. > :01:29.I of course recognise there was a vote that took place for
:01:30. > :01:31.the Scottish parliament and the First Minister
:01:32. > :01:33.was returned as First Minister in a minority government.
:01:34. > :01:35.Since September 2014, the Scottish people
:01:36. > :01:41.vote on whether or not they wish to remain in the United Kingdom.
:01:42. > :01:43.They chose that Scotland should remain
:01:44. > :01:49.The SNP wants you to know they have tried to
:01:50. > :01:52.find a middle ground but they say the UK Government is not listening.
:01:53. > :02:00.If she is not prepared to negotiate on behalf of the Scottish
:02:01. > :02:04.Government and secure membership of the single market, people in
:02:05. > :02:12.The PM insists her deal will work for
:02:13. > :02:17.the whole UK and says the union is more important than the EU.
:02:18. > :02:21.We have been one country for over 300 years.
:02:22. > :02:27.We have fought together, worked together, achieved together.
:02:28. > :02:30.And constitutional gameplaying must not
:02:31. > :02:33.be allowed to break the deep bonds of our shared history and our future
:02:34. > :02:52.There will be more conversations before Article 50 is
:02:53. > :02:54.triggered but it seems unlikely will be a deal
:02:55. > :02:56.which meets the demands of
:02:57. > :02:58.The most important question that remains
:02:59. > :03:00.tonight is will Theresa May allow another independence vote?
:03:01. > :03:02.Unlikely we'll get a more substantive answer
:03:03. > :03:04.on that until after Holyrood debate sit next week.
:03:05. > :03:07.As seasons change in Westminster, we will wait to see on
:03:08. > :03:12.Meanwhile, Scottish Government ministers have told BBC Scotland
:03:13. > :03:14.that they remain committed to full independent membership
:03:15. > :03:18.But they acknowledged that the position would only be
:03:19. > :03:21.completely finalised in time for the planned referendum.
:03:22. > :03:23.The comments follow an academic survey which indicated
:03:24. > :03:26.support for independence is at a record high.
:03:27. > :03:31.This from our political editor Brian Taylor.
:03:32. > :03:34.For Scotland, the campaign continues, and the dream shall never
:03:35. > :03:42.And for the SNP, it never has, although for the rivals that is a
:03:43. > :03:47.The latest academic survey suggests independence is backed by 46%,
:03:48. > :03:56.Devolution attracts 42% while just 8% want no parliament at all.
:03:57. > :04:01.Among the options on the EU, 25% would
:04:02. > :04:05.quit while 42% want to cut be you's our.
:04:06. > :04:08.It might be hard to win more converts to independence with a
:04:09. > :04:16.You'll agree if we are, and if it is going to be based
:04:17. > :04:19.on somehow trying to get Scotland back into the European Union,
:04:20. > :04:29.today's evidence shows it will be a more difficult argument for the
:04:30. > :04:31.First Minister and the SNP to make than we otherwise thought.
:04:32. > :04:34.There is no clarity about staying in Europe.
:04:35. > :04:44.If Scotland were on their own, stuff would get done
:04:45. > :04:46.and we would not get pushed to one side.
:04:47. > :04:52.I find the whole thing is like the gramophone record.
:04:53. > :04:56.For some, Brexit is a driver for independence and others the
:04:57. > :05:02.What is being proposed at the moment about leaving the UK is
:05:03. > :05:13.A lot more has changed since the last referendum.
:05:14. > :05:17.Just as the idea of leaving the European Union.
:05:18. > :05:22.And there should, I think, be little doubt about this.
:05:23. > :05:24.Does that explain why Nicola Sturgeon noted the final policy
:05:25. > :05:27.position on Europe would depend on prevailing circumstances to be
:05:28. > :05:42.absolutely clear full membership remains SNP policy for the big
:05:43. > :05:44.Scotland has been taken out of the EU, might
:05:45. > :05:46.the initial focus be upon
:05:47. > :05:48.The single market membership is really
:05:49. > :05:51.Exports depend on it, jobs depend on it.
:05:52. > :05:53.Respectable EU nationals and Scottish jobs depending on them, we
:05:54. > :05:58.The problem is we have no clarity from the
:05:59. > :06:00.Brexit position from the United Kingdom government.
:06:01. > :06:08.Just now it is looking worrying indeed.
:06:09. > :06:12.If it is a running jump of a hard Brexit cliff said that is good
:06:13. > :06:18.It is about having a Scottish seat around the table to fix it.
:06:19. > :06:20.That is what we can do with independence.
:06:21. > :06:23.In the 2014 referendum, 16 and 17-year-olds had a vote and they
:06:24. > :06:26.were included in the survey for the first time with the young
:06:27. > :06:37.Scotland's choice if and when it arises again.
:06:38. > :06:40.Five of the six families, promised an investigation
:06:41. > :06:42.following the deaths of their babies, have been excluded
:06:43. > :06:46.The Health Secretary ordered the review
:06:47. > :06:49.following the unnecessary deaths of six babies at Crosshouse
:06:50. > :06:54.hospital in Ayrshire, in the past nine years.
:06:55. > :06:57.The review team says it's offered an open invitation
:06:58. > :07:02.But the BBC has learned it will only formally look at cases that happened
:07:03. > :07:16.The Government ordered a review into six baby death
:07:17. > :07:27.The six families, five have been excluded from the review.
:07:28. > :07:31.Some have asked that we do not identify them.
:07:32. > :07:42.Babies A, B and C will not be included.
:07:43. > :07:44.Elise who died in 2009 and Campbell who died during
:07:45. > :07:46.childbirth in 2012 will also be excluded
:07:47. > :07:47.for the Lucas Morton is the
:07:48. > :07:50.only case from the original six who will definitely be included.
:07:51. > :07:52.He died during childbirth in November, 2015.
:07:53. > :07:55.Rebecca Pringle who was not part of the original six was born in
:07:56. > :08:02.She won't be included in the review either.
:08:03. > :08:07.Rebecca was born at the hospital five years ago.
:08:08. > :08:09.Her mother was told she would not survive.
:08:10. > :08:13.They told me that Rebecca would be transferred to
:08:14. > :08:17.At the hospital they told me Rebecca would die on
:08:18. > :08:19.Christmas Eve at ten o'clock in the morning
:08:20. > :08:39.She has cerebral palsy and cannot walk or talk and finds Aquarians
:08:40. > :08:42.I find it disgusting it takes families to dying children to
:08:43. > :08:52.Dawn says her life was split apart when her daughter died in 2009.
:08:53. > :08:55.We thought that this is finally a chance.
:08:56. > :08:57.It is absolutely devastating to find out there is a cut-off
:08:58. > :09:02.It is almost like our stories are not valued and the experiences
:09:03. > :09:07.we have been through, they mean nothing.
:09:08. > :09:12.The reason that December 2013 was chosen by the health care
:09:13. > :09:14.Scotland as the date was many of the cases
:09:15. > :09:16.had already been looked at
:09:17. > :09:21.They have spoken to those families and any
:09:22. > :09:24.issues emerging from those discussions, even if those cases
:09:25. > :09:35.that predated December 2013 should be part of their report.
:09:36. > :09:36.Families like Rebecca's have always
:09:37. > :09:44.They want to ensure mistakes are not needed.
:09:45. > :09:47.The review is due to be published shortly.
:09:48. > :09:51.If the family do not get answers, some believe the
:09:52. > :09:55.The murderer of teenager Paige Doherty is to have his
:09:56. > :09:57.deli business dissolved and its assets seized.
:09:58. > :09:58.32-year-old John Leathem stabbed the 15-year-old 61 times
:09:59. > :10:02.at his shop in Clydebank before dumping her body.
:10:03. > :10:04.Companies House has now given two months notice that his business
:10:05. > :10:11.will be struck off the register and its assets handed to the Crown.
:10:12. > :10:13.The driver of the lorry which overturned on the Forth Road Bridge,
:10:14. > :10:15.in January, blocking it for 19 hours,
:10:16. > :10:18.has been fined ?1,000, banned from driving for two
:10:19. > :10:23.years and ordered to re-sit the driving test.
:10:24. > :10:26.Aleksander Nyemyets pleaded guilty to dangerous driving by failing
:10:27. > :10:31.to comply with prominent road signs showing the bridge was closed
:10:32. > :10:35.to high-sided vehicles due to strong winds.
:10:36. > :10:37.Meanwhile a lorry driver whose vehicle overturned on the
:10:38. > :10:40.Forth Road Bridge yesterday, causing major traffic
:10:41. > :10:45.The 56-year-old denied dangerous driving by failing
:10:46. > :10:48.to comply with road signs prohibiting high sided vehicles.
:10:49. > :10:52.He was granted bail and his trial was set for June.
:10:53. > :10:55.A revamp of Aberdeen's Union Terrace Gardens has been approved.
:10:56. > :10:58.The project will see better access to the sunken park
:10:59. > :11:02.in the city centre as well as a cafe and gallery space.
:11:03. > :11:06.In 2012 a ?120 million proposal from businessman Sir Ian Wood
:11:07. > :11:12.to raise the level of the park was scrapped by the council.
:11:13. > :11:14.Well, it's over to Christopher now with the weather outlook
:11:15. > :11:32.Good evening. It is pretty mild and cloudy tonight. Maybe some fog
:11:33. > :11:36.around the coast. We are between the warm front and cold fronts. Breezy
:11:37. > :11:39.around the West Coast and that is how things start tomorrow. Fairly
:11:40. > :11:47.cloudy conditions and some spots of rain. At eight o'clock, it is
:11:48. > :11:52.reasonably dry through the central belt and some brightness towards the
:11:53. > :11:57.Borders. Temperatures around 10 Celsius. The warmest part of the day
:11:58. > :12:02.tomorrow at 8am. Further north and north-west, outbreaks of rain
:12:03. > :12:06.continuing. Cloudy and breezy here. As we had through the course of the
:12:07. > :12:09.morning, that rain will start to edge its way south Andy Swiss. We
:12:10. > :12:14.will see a spell of weather for a time and turning heavy. Quite a
:12:15. > :12:29.soggy start of the afternoon. The Midlands and the south-east,
:12:30. > :12:39.low teens. Behind that rain, telling low teens. Behind that rain, telling
:12:40. > :12:42.-- turning quite cold. The temperatures fall away to four
:12:43. > :12:48.Celsius. It will feel really quite cool. Overnight, further showers and
:12:49. > :12:54.some of them wintry and a further spell of rain as we head towards
:12:55. > :12:59.Friday. For the end of the week, pretty wet and some snow across the
:13:00. > :13:05.high ground. Reasonably dry but it will be called for all in the
:13:06. > :13:10.central belt. Looking ahead towards the weekend, the unsettled theme
:13:11. > :13:15.continues. There will be some rain and wind at times to stop Sunday,
:13:16. > :13:25.that is the case of showers the most. -- foremost. Our next update
:13:26. > :13:26.is during breakfast from 6:25am. From everybody here in Glasgow, good
:13:27. > :13:28.night.