13/04/2017

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:00:00. > :00:10.Here, on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.

:00:11. > :00:14.A BBC investigation has found that construction faults have been found

:00:15. > :00:23.They are similar to those that led to the closure of 17 schools

:00:24. > :00:33.It was this time last year that parents discovered it wasn't just

:00:34. > :00:36.one school in Edinburgh that has been badly built, but 17.

:00:37. > :00:38.Now, in a Freedom of Information request, the BBC has discovered that

:00:39. > :00:44.71 more schools in Scotland have been found to have similar defects.

:00:45. > :00:53.These schools are located across 15 local authorities and that takes

:00:54. > :00:55.the total, when you include Edinburgh, to 89 faulty schools

:00:56. > :00:59.What has also emerged is that 11 local authorities

:01:00. > :01:01.say they have not yet carried out the more detailed

:01:02. > :01:04.intrusive checks on all their schools.

:01:05. > :01:06.These are surveys the report into the Edinburgh scandal said

:01:07. > :01:16.It was only when nine tonnes of wall came crashing

:01:17. > :01:19.into the playground at this primary school last January

:01:20. > :01:22.that they realised the school had not been built properly.

:01:23. > :01:27.The official report said it was lucky nobody was killed.

:01:28. > :01:29.It then emerged that 17 schools in the city

:01:30. > :01:36.But the number of schools we now know to have been affected

:01:37. > :01:40.It's actually frightening to think there are so

:01:41. > :01:43.many schools that potentially have the same problem.

:01:44. > :01:45.Let's not forget that, at that school, somebody

:01:46. > :01:54.Defective bits like this were part of the problem.

:01:55. > :02:16.Because the faults were not found in one

:02:17. > :02:23.that work is supervised and signed off.

:02:24. > :02:26.The whole industry has to look at the system and how we can manage

:02:27. > :02:29.that better than we have, as is indicated at the moment.

:02:30. > :02:30.As repairs continued today, councils were reminded

:02:31. > :02:33.of their duty to make sure their buildings are safe.

:02:34. > :02:35.It's vital that parents have the confidence and a guarantee

:02:36. > :02:38.that buildings are safe and secure for their children and that's why

:02:39. > :02:41.the obligation must be taken very seriously by local authorities,

:02:42. > :02:42.to ensure that buildings are properly constructed,

:02:43. > :02:45.that they are certificated in terms of the design and structure that has

:02:46. > :02:48.been undertaken and that the safety of young people can be guaranteed,

:02:49. > :03:00.This is where is all started, but where does it finish?

:03:01. > :03:03.83 of the 89 schools the buildings have been fixed.

:03:04. > :03:05.However, these problems may not just be confined to schools.

:03:06. > :03:08.In fact, the way that all public buildings are bought

:03:09. > :03:11.and built in Scotland is now the subject of review.

:03:12. > :03:14.It has emerged that Gerry King, who has been chairman

:03:15. > :03:16.of Celtic Boys Club, has been charged in connection with

:03:17. > :03:18.non-recent sexual abuse offences. Police Scotland confirmed

:03:19. > :03:20.that a 65-year-old man was charged on 15th February,

:03:21. > :03:26.and a report has been sent to the Procurator Fiscal.

:03:27. > :03:28.Mr King, a teacher at Glasgow's St Martha's Primary School,

:03:29. > :03:31.has been suspended from teaching duties by Glasgow City Council,

:03:32. > :03:37.pending the outcome of the police investigation.

:03:38. > :03:40.There is no information to indicate that the charges relate to any

:03:41. > :03:48.A protest took place in Glasgow tonight against a UK-wide change to

:03:49. > :03:52.tax credits that's become known as the "rape clause".

:03:53. > :03:53.The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has described

:03:54. > :03:57.But Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson

:03:58. > :04:00.has challenged the Scottish government to use its own

:04:01. > :04:03.welfare powers, if it wants to do things differently.

:04:04. > :04:08.Here is our political correspondent, Glenn Campbell.

:04:09. > :04:10.These protesters gathering in Glasgow are against the new policy

:04:11. > :04:16.restricting child tax credit claims to the first two children, and they

:04:17. > :04:18.are far from impressed by the exemption for women

:04:19. > :04:20.who conceive a third or subsequent child as a result

:04:21. > :04:27.In order to claim for the third child that has been

:04:28. > :04:29.conceived through rape, a woman has to fill this out

:04:30. > :04:33.and then she has to get a third party to sign it to say,

:04:34. > :04:40.This is an extreme measure that they are expecting women to go to.

:04:41. > :04:43.I think it shows a complete lack of understanding around rape, sexual

:04:44. > :04:51.assault and the impact it has on women.

:04:52. > :04:54.The Department for Work and Pensions says that women who have

:04:55. > :04:56.children through rape are specifically exempted from the two

:04:57. > :05:00.child policy so that they don't lose out on benefits, and they say that

:05:01. > :05:06.such cases will be handled with compassion.

:05:07. > :05:08.In America last week, the First Minister said the

:05:09. > :05:14.They have to prove, they have to prove,

:05:15. > :05:17.that the child was conceived as a result of rape.

:05:18. > :05:30.Now, it is a disgusting and disgraceful policy.

:05:31. > :05:32.On social media, the First Minister said it was shameful

:05:33. > :05:34.that the Scottish Conservatives defended the policy.

:05:35. > :05:40.Kezia Dugdale said it was terrible but Ruth Davidson

:05:41. > :05:43.Kezia Dugdale said it was terrible that Ruth Davidson

:05:44. > :05:46.They have housed in something they say they oppose

:05:47. > :05:56.but they are choosing not to do it because

:05:57. > :05:58.they would rather take the UK government than change

:05:59. > :06:00.the system in Scotland, and I think the First Minister

:06:01. > :06:03.choosing to do that and not putting forward proposals to changes

:06:04. > :06:04.opens after allegations of hypocrisy.

:06:05. > :06:06.It is cruel and it stigmatises not just the women but

:06:07. > :06:12.The SNP say the so-called rape clause and to child

:06:13. > :06:14.policy for tax credits should be scrapped across the UK.

:06:15. > :06:17.A man has died after a violent incident in the centre of Glasgow.

:06:18. > :06:20.Police said an assault took place just after four o'clock this

:06:21. > :06:24.The suspected assailant made off on foot towards West Nile Street,

:06:25. > :06:25.before inflicting injuries on himself.

:06:26. > :06:27.He died a short time later in hospital.

:06:28. > :06:35.It is understood the incident is not terrorist-related.

:06:36. > :06:38.Robots and advanced computer systems are set to transform the way work

:06:39. > :06:41.That is according to a report from Scottish Enterprise,

:06:42. > :06:44.which says automation will bring big changes to all parts of Scotland's

:06:45. > :06:48.Our business correspondent David Henderson has been to a dairy

:06:49. > :06:53.farm that relies on robots to do much of the work.

:06:54. > :06:57.This is a dairy farm with a difference.

:06:58. > :07:00.For hundreds of years, farmers have been milking cows but,

:07:01. > :07:04.here, it's a robot which does that job.

:07:05. > :07:10.It's helped the farm become more productive than many of its rivals.

:07:11. > :07:12.The benefits for the cows are unbelievable, because they can

:07:13. > :07:15.go on to the robots whenever they want.

:07:16. > :07:17.It's a stress-free atmosphere for them.

:07:18. > :07:23.To be honest, if the cows are happy, get more milk.

:07:24. > :07:25.As the cows eat, another robot gets to

:07:26. > :07:30.work, serving up the food like a helpful way to.

:07:31. > :07:34.In the last 100 years, farming has been transformed

:07:35. > :07:38.by technology, whether its tractors or robots, like this thing.

:07:39. > :07:40.These days, fewer people than ever work on

:07:41. > :07:46.farms, and yet they have never been so productive.

:07:47. > :07:49.The robots will tell us how much milk has been produced

:07:50. > :07:52.Machines are changing the way that farmers work,

:07:53. > :07:55.telling them what they need to know and taking over dull and

:07:56. > :08:01.The biggest benefit for us is being able to utilise the technical

:08:02. > :08:04.skill of our staff to the greatest of their ability.

:08:05. > :08:06.The robots allow us to deal with all of the

:08:07. > :08:13.repetitive jobs that can be automated.

:08:14. > :08:15.A new report from Scottish Enterprise spells out how

:08:16. > :08:18.almost every workplace in the country will face changes

:08:19. > :08:25.because of clever machines, so where do people fit in?

:08:26. > :08:28.The opportunity, the big prize is to help develop

:08:29. > :08:31.individuals, to redeploy people, to get that higher value work and to

:08:32. > :08:34.harness machines and, if we can do that, that will improve

:08:35. > :08:46.At Dundee and Angus college, they are rising to that challenge.

:08:47. > :08:48.Students here learned to control a new generation

:08:49. > :08:55.Digital technology now is all around us.

:08:56. > :09:00.It touches every single sector that we work in.

:09:01. > :09:01.Without preparing young people and older adult returners

:09:02. > :09:04.with these skills, we won't have the workforce that we need

:09:05. > :09:13.Without advanced robots, farms like this one would find it

:09:14. > :09:16.much harder to operate and today's report makes it clear that

:09:17. > :09:18.technology is creating jobs where it didn't exist before,

:09:19. > :09:32.but few workplaces will remain untouched in the years ahead.

:09:33. > :09:34.Rangers chairman Dave King faces a legal fight,

:09:35. > :09:37.after ignoring an order to make an offer for the remaining shares

:09:38. > :09:41.King is deemed to have breached Takeover Panel rules and was given

:09:42. > :09:44.until yesterday to bid for two thirds of Rangers' shares.

:09:45. > :09:47.The businessman said such an offer was not in the interest of either

:09:48. > :09:52.Rangers or shareholders. Alasdair Lamont has more.

:09:53. > :09:54.This all relates to purchases or attempted purchases of Rangers

:09:55. > :10:01.Effectively resulting in the overthrowing of the previous

:10:02. > :10:03.board and Rangers coming under the control of the current

:10:04. > :10:10.chairman, Dave King, and like-minded fans and investors,

:10:11. > :10:15.including Douglas Park. Because they acquire more than 30%

:10:16. > :10:18.of Rangers' shares and the takeover panel deemed them to be working

:10:19. > :10:23.as a concerted party, King was told he needed to make an offer to other

:10:24. > :10:31.shareholders of more than ?11 million.

:10:32. > :10:35.to yesterday to do that. When that appeal failed,

:10:36. > :10:43.he went to Edinburgh, to try to have the order enforced.

:10:44. > :10:49.It is difficult to predict exactly how the court might view this.

:10:50. > :10:51.Dave King has so far argued that any offer would not

:10:52. > :10:57.represent value for money for shareholders, as the 20p he would be

:10:58. > :11:01.offering is below the current value of Rangers shares.

:11:02. > :11:03.Regardless of how the court looks at it, the takeover

:11:04. > :11:08.panel has their own potential sanctions if it continues to refuse

:11:09. > :11:12.to comply with the orders, the most serious of which is called financial

:11:13. > :11:13.cold shouldering, which prevents city institutions

:11:14. > :11:22.Now, we can catch up with the weather outlook

:11:23. > :12:26.Temperatures really struggling in the north tomorrow, with fresh

:12:27. > :12:30.westerly winds making for quite a chilly though. Across the rest of

:12:31. > :12:35.the UK, again, quite a lot of cloud. Outbreaks of rain across the North

:12:36. > :12:39.and north-west of England and perhaps some parts of Wales. A highs

:12:40. > :12:44.of around 16 Celsius around the London area, given that we do see

:12:45. > :12:48.some brightness or sunshine. Into tomorrow evening, back on home turf

:12:49. > :12:51.again that mixture of bright sunny spells and some showers. Really

:12:52. > :12:57.quite frequent and heavy across the North and falling snow -- falling as

:12:58. > :13:02.snow on the heels. Saturday, the best day for many areas of the

:13:03. > :13:05.weekend with lots of brightness and some sunshine. Brisk north-westerly

:13:06. > :13:11.winds across the North of Scotland feeding in a number of showers.

:13:12. > :13:15.Really quite a raw feel in exposure to these winds. For Easter Sunday,

:13:16. > :13:20.quite a lot of dry weather. A fair amount of cloud. We may see some

:13:21. > :13:22.showers affecting the far north of Scotland, and these could well be

:13:23. > :13:26.showers affecting the far north of wintry in nature over the hills on

:13:27. > :13:31.the high ground, and still feeling chilly.

:13:32. > :13:33.Thanks very much. From everyone on the latest team, good night.