:00:08. > :00:10.The process that will change the United Kingdom's
:00:11. > :00:15.But just what will that mean for Scotland?
:00:16. > :00:17.The Prime Minister insisted she wanted to agree
:00:18. > :00:20.a deep and special partnership with Europe.
:00:21. > :00:23.But in response the SNP's Westminster leader Angus Robertson
:00:24. > :00:25.called again for a vote on independence,
:00:26. > :00:29.Our political correspondent Nick Eardley reports
:00:30. > :00:46.Another day of history in Westminster. Today's vote will that
:00:47. > :00:50.I commence will change the course of the United Kingdom. It will open a
:00:51. > :00:54.relationship that alter our relationship with Europe
:00:55. > :00:59.fundamentally. Will Brexit be good for Scotland? You think so, but
:01:00. > :01:03.these got his Government disagrees passionately. The Prime Minister
:01:04. > :01:06.arriving in Parliament, one of the most important statements she will
:01:07. > :01:12.ever deliver here, time to coincide with the divorce letter arriving in
:01:13. > :01:18.Brussels. Statement, the primary stuff. A message of unity and a
:01:19. > :01:21.pledge of more powers. It is the expectation of the Government that
:01:22. > :01:24.the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
:01:25. > :01:28.will see a significant increase in their decision-making power as a
:01:29. > :01:33.result of this process. Horseback still no specifics. But also this
:01:34. > :01:36.promise. When I sit around the negotiating table, and will
:01:37. > :01:41.represent every person in the UK, young and old, rich and poor, city,
:01:42. > :01:48.town, country, and the villages in between. ? The SNP said a duty wide
:01:49. > :01:53.agreement had not been delivered. The Prime Minister promised an
:01:54. > :01:57.agreement, there is no agreement. She has broken her promise. If she
:01:58. > :02:01.remains intransigent, and if she denies Scotland a choice in our
:02:02. > :02:10.future, she will make Scottish independence inevitable. And here it
:02:11. > :02:15.is, the letter that was delivered to present task LA today. It says the
:02:16. > :02:18.top should be constructive and respectful and admitted task ahead
:02:19. > :02:24.is momentous, but says it she be within the grasp of the UK and EU
:02:25. > :02:29.defied a deal within two years. If the message today from the
:02:30. > :02:34.Government one of optimism? It is very positive, we what to form a new
:02:35. > :02:37.relationship with the EU, and confirming that we will be European
:02:38. > :02:41.but not part of the youth, that we be looking to take these
:02:42. > :02:44.negotiations followed in a constructive fashion, get a deal
:02:45. > :02:49.that works for Scotland and the whole of the UK. Some disagree. They
:02:50. > :02:55.think today is a bad one, to make Scotland was. It is a sad day for
:02:56. > :03:00.Scotland and the rest of the UK and Europe, for a long time we have
:03:01. > :03:07.become wealthier, healthier, fairer and safer as a result of our
:03:08. > :03:11.partnership with the U. Enormously bad news, not just for Scotland but
:03:12. > :03:16.for businesses and people's jobs right across the length and breadth
:03:17. > :03:20.of the United Kingdom. We can't get off this boss, but we need to do is
:03:21. > :03:25.engage with this process, make sure that what we want is included in the
:03:26. > :03:28.negotiations and we are holding the Government to account. The Brexit
:03:29. > :03:33.process has begun. Where it takes the UK and Scotland, those questions
:03:34. > :03:36.will be answered in the coming years.
:03:37. > :03:38.The First Minister has warned that Brexit is a dangerous
:03:39. > :03:42.And Scottish Ministers say the Article 50 timetable makes
:03:43. > :03:45.the case for an independence referendum even more compelling.
:03:46. > :03:47.The call came as the UK Government turned down proposals
:03:48. > :03:52.But Conservatives insist a referendum would be
:03:53. > :04:02.This from our political editor Brian Taylor.
:04:03. > :04:08.Nicola Sturgeon says she wishes the Prime Minister well in her efforts
:04:09. > :04:15.to secure the best possible Brexit deal. Good luck. By visiting a
:04:16. > :04:19.Glasgow currently creating 300 jobs to do the links she wants that
:04:20. > :04:22.Brexit will be damaging. There's no doubt that what is happening does
:04:23. > :04:27.represent something of a leap in the dark, some nine months after the EU
:04:28. > :04:31.referendum, albeit article 50 has been triggered, the Prime Minister
:04:32. > :04:36.still cannot answer basic questions about what Brexit will mean for
:04:37. > :04:39.businesses, the economy. The First Minister had urged a distinctive
:04:40. > :04:44.deal involving Scottish access to the European single market, but
:04:45. > :04:48.David that David Davis says that is unworkable. Any letter to Mike
:04:49. > :04:52.Russell, his Scottish counterpart, he stresses shared ground and shared
:04:53. > :04:57.goals for the talks. Applicant is clearer than ever that Scotland will
:04:58. > :05:01.need very strong voiced standing up for Scottish interests. At the end
:05:02. > :05:06.of the process, which is not clearly delineated, will require to make a
:05:07. > :05:10.choice. We can put Scotland's future in Scotland by the hands are can be
:05:11. > :05:16.dragged along with a Tory high Brexit. We deserve that choice. The
:05:17. > :05:19.Conservatives say they would even conflict that I contemplate an
:05:20. > :05:22.independence referendum until Brexit has not fully side but settle down.
:05:23. > :05:24.We might we have been quite clear that now is not the time to be
:05:25. > :05:32.putting a second independence referendum back on the table. Now is
:05:33. > :05:39.not the time to be taught about a second independence referendum.
:05:40. > :05:44.Labour's Kezia Dugdale in Wales today set a plague on both houses.
:05:45. > :05:47.What do people want is not to be forced between two gymnast listens,
:05:48. > :05:52.and that is what we have got to get back to. Iron majorities quite
:05:53. > :05:57.happy. I've seen it for years. More and more blame. A play about Brexit
:05:58. > :06:00.text to the stage in Glasgow. But after lengthy rehearsals, the
:06:01. > :06:02.political drama has no open for real.
:06:03. > :06:04.Formal negotiations with Brussels aren't expected to begin
:06:05. > :06:08.So what do EU politicians and officials think about Scotland's
:06:09. > :06:18.Our political correspondent, Glenn Campbell reports from Brussels.
:06:19. > :06:29.There is no guide to the EU's capital city expert enough to say
:06:30. > :06:34.what Brexit will bring. I suppose it will not be a good thing and I hope
:06:35. > :06:39.that the Scottish lead the UK and then they can remain with us. I hope
:06:40. > :06:42.that the Scottish lead the UK and so. Because a majority in Scotland
:06:43. > :06:50.voted Remain, the First Minister wanted to keep ours, if not the
:06:51. > :06:54.whole UK, inside the EU. In a Norway style arrangement. But Norway's
:06:55. > :07:02.minister for the single market says membership isn't sure such a deal is
:07:03. > :07:10.possible. It could be both a part of the EU and part of the agreement. We
:07:11. > :07:13.are open for all solutions. When Scotland vote for independence,
:07:14. > :07:17.would it be welcomed into Norway style membership of the single
:07:18. > :07:23.market? That is the same answer. We would be open-minded. Cooperation
:07:24. > :07:27.between countries and Europe is important. Scottish ministers will
:07:28. > :07:30.be pleased to hear that opened my Guinness, because they are coming to
:07:31. > :07:37.think of a Norway style deal as a staging post to fuel EU membership.
:07:38. > :07:41.Scotland votes for independence after the UK has left the European
:07:42. > :07:45.Union. Theresa May once Brexit debate in before any fresh vote on
:07:46. > :07:53.independence, Nicola Sturgeon thinks we don't know enough in 18 months to
:07:54. > :07:57.two years. In Brussels, which is not the shape of any Brexit deal should
:07:58. > :08:03.be clear by then. I hope we will be able to manage to come to a
:08:04. > :08:07.compromise a deal that will cover the divorce Bill and also the future
:08:08. > :08:10.relationship. Nicola Sturgeon has put lots of effort and expanding our
:08:11. > :08:14.position on Brexit to European leaders. There is understanding
:08:15. > :08:18.here. But most senior figures are reluctant to be drawn into our
:08:19. > :08:23.debate. As far as Scotland is concerned, or those who voted to
:08:24. > :08:28.stay, of course they feel unhappy and that they consider racers were
:08:29. > :08:38.not taken into account, but it is totally up to the UK. It is not up
:08:39. > :08:42.to the people of Scotland,... Organising future live. Back in
:08:43. > :08:47.Brussels main square, a visiting leader who is decided his country
:08:48. > :08:52.should eventually join the EU will stop to get closer and closer to our
:08:53. > :08:55.family, where we feel we belong. Do you think it is funny that Georgia
:08:56. > :09:00.is try to get anywhere in the UK is coming out? One might think it is
:09:01. > :09:06.funny but there's nothing funny. It is a decision of the UK which you
:09:07. > :09:09.need to respect. Different countries, different choices.
:09:10. > :09:11.The opening of the new Queensferry Crossing has been delayed again.
:09:12. > :09:15.It's being blamed on bad weather affecting the construction work.
:09:16. > :09:18.The bridge now won't be open to traffic
:09:19. > :09:26.until July or August, as Morag Kinniburgh reports.
:09:27. > :09:34.Weather is blamed for the delay. Scottish Government's flagship
:09:35. > :09:39.projects was the open before and it now. Now it will be July or August.
:09:40. > :09:42.What is important we have an iconic structure which can't properly see
:09:43. > :09:45.today, we have to have it completed safely to the correct standards. The
:09:46. > :09:51.contractor faces fines for these delays. We took the effect of
:09:52. > :09:57.whether immediately leading up to it, and added some additional
:09:58. > :10:00.factors. What we have found especially in the last two or the
:10:01. > :10:03.monster that weather has been far greater than we expected. The
:10:04. > :10:08.Scottish Government tested it will be no extra cost to the public purse
:10:09. > :10:13.because of this further delay. It says a six-year project will come in
:10:14. > :10:17.at around a quarter of the billion pounds below budget. Opposition
:10:18. > :10:20.politicians are critical. They wonder if the timetable is where
:10:21. > :10:26.ever realistic. Why wasn't the Scottish Parliament told earlier?
:10:27. > :10:31.When exactly did they know about this situation, and was it regarded
:10:32. > :10:36.by the Scottish garment as a good day to bury bad news because the was
:10:37. > :10:43.elsewhere? Lorries on the existing bridge cost closes this winter, but
:10:44. > :10:43.drivers will be hoping there's no further disruption to either
:10:44. > :10:45.crossing. A report into an outbreak
:10:46. > :10:48.of Ecoli O157, in which a three-year-old child died,
:10:49. > :10:51.has concluded Dunsyre Blue 17 people required hospital
:10:52. > :10:56.treatment as a result of the outbreak between July and
:10:57. > :10:59.September last year. It led to further investigations
:11:00. > :11:02.of cheese produced by Errington Cheese in Lanarkshire,
:11:03. > :11:05.and of the production processes The company said there
:11:06. > :11:08.was nothing found linking their cheese
:11:09. > :11:10.to the outbreak, and that more detailed investigations
:11:11. > :11:12.into the cause were needed. Well, It's over to Christopher now,
:11:13. > :11:24.with the weather outlook Cloudy conditions across the country
:11:25. > :11:28.tonight, damp at times, and misty and murky with it too. It will be
:11:29. > :11:34.relatively mild. The next few hours you see the heaviest of the rain
:11:35. > :11:38.heading northwards, behind it the witness is fizzling away. A legacy
:11:39. > :11:45.of cloud and some mist and Merck and health not only on the hills, but
:11:46. > :11:47.elsewhere too. Tomorrow morning, Don is relatively dry but cloudy, parts
:11:48. > :11:52.and brighter moments on higher ground. Not on the Pentlands and
:11:53. > :11:57.part of Edinburgh. Up to was Northern Aberdeenshire, and the far
:11:58. > :12:01.north. Password is cloudy, the odd spot of drizzle, still if you
:12:02. > :12:05.showers in Orkney and Shetland. To the course of the morning, much like
:12:06. > :12:10.this morning, outbreaks of rain in the south, edging northwards into
:12:11. > :12:14.the central belt by lunchtime, but that every of rain is likely to
:12:15. > :12:18.clear away eastwards. If you glad we can see that whether connected to a
:12:19. > :12:24.weather front stretching all the way to parts of the IVC across the Isle
:12:25. > :12:29.of Man down to Wales and south west. To the south and east of that line
:12:30. > :12:33.of rain, it is dry and has a quite warm. Tempters in the low 20s. It
:12:34. > :12:38.would be cool for us but it will be cloudy and damp. Damages up to 15
:12:39. > :12:42.Celsius. This time tomorrow night, yet more rain on the way pushing up
:12:43. > :12:48.from the south, and that moves its way across the country as we head
:12:49. > :12:53.overnight. Low pressure means Friday gets after a rather soggy start.
:12:54. > :12:57.Most of the rain on Friday will be in the west and a little further
:12:58. > :13:00.west and pictured here in the chart. Central eastern parts, relatively
:13:01. > :13:05.dry, cloudy, some brightness at times. The afternoon is more
:13:06. > :13:09.promising for all with sunshine and planners batter pleasant warm
:13:10. > :13:13.temperatures. Any weekend, we welcome April with hefty April
:13:14. > :13:14.showers on Saturday. Sunday, dryer and brighter full stop it will be
:13:15. > :13:17.feeling fresher for all. Our next update is during Breakfast,
:13:18. > :13:21.at six 6:25 tomorrow morning. But, from everyone
:13:22. > :13:23.on the late team here in Glasgow and around
:13:24. > :13:32.the country, goodnight.