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:00:16. > :00:18.The headlines on Reporting Scotland this Monday lunchtime -

:00:19. > :00:22.Calls for a minimum school clothing grant to help low income families,

:00:23. > :00:25.and a teenager who knocked down and killed a nurse is jailed

:00:26. > :00:35.Anti-poverty campaigners are calling on the Scottish Government

:00:36. > :00:38.to introduce a minimum school clothing grant.

:00:39. > :00:42.They say the cost of uniforms means low-income families are having

:00:43. > :00:44.to cut back on essentials to afford them.

:00:45. > :00:53.Our reporter Andrew Black is in the newsroom this lunchtime.

:00:54. > :01:00.Andrew. With schools across Scotland about to return from summer

:01:01. > :01:04.holidays, parents have been getting children kitted out with new

:01:05. > :01:11.uniforms, but at an estimated cost of at least ?130 per child, that can

:01:12. > :01:15.be expensive. There is a system in place to help low-income families

:01:16. > :01:20.pay for uniforms, run by councils, but the amount of cash available

:01:21. > :01:27.varies widely between local authorities, from ?20 per child and

:01:28. > :01:30.Angus up to ?110 per child in West Lothian. A coalition of

:01:31. > :01:33.anti-property groups has called on ministers to bring in a minimum

:01:34. > :01:39.school clothing grant, saying it would be an important step to

:01:40. > :01:41.tackling inequality. We understand the Scottish Government and local

:01:42. > :01:45.authorities are under financial pressure but it is a question of

:01:46. > :01:51.priorities. The Scottish Government and many local authorities have said

:01:52. > :01:54.their priority is to include reducing child poverty and the

:01:55. > :01:58.attainment gap and the introduction of minimum school clothing grants is

:01:59. > :02:04.a practical way of taking a step to achieving those things. This is very

:02:05. > :02:08.timely given that the Scottish Government has today proposed

:02:09. > :02:11.legislation which it says wants to eradicate child poverty. Earlier

:02:12. > :02:16.this year ministers gain new powers to introduce minimum school clothing

:02:17. > :02:20.grants, and they are about to start talks with other groups representing

:02:21. > :02:26.councils to see who would be entitled to claim and how it could

:02:27. > :02:30.be paid for, with the aim, says the government, of ensuring all children

:02:31. > :02:37.have the clothes they need to help them private school. Thank you very

:02:38. > :02:38.much. A salvage operation is getting under way in the western isles

:02:39. > :02:42.after, a 17,000-tonne oil rig has run

:02:43. > :02:45.aground after being blown ashore The Transocean Winner

:02:46. > :02:48.was under tow west of Lewis It became detached from

:02:49. > :02:51.the tug boat overnight, before running aground at Dalmore

:02:52. > :02:58.beach in the Carloway area. it had more than 70,000 gallons of

:02:59. > :02:59.diesel on-board and is being monitored by the Maritime and

:03:00. > :03:04.coastguard agency. A teenager who knocked

:03:05. > :03:06.down and killed a nurse on her way home from work has been

:03:07. > :03:09.jailed for six years. Dylan Jenkins was being

:03:10. > :03:11.pursued by a police car when he lost control of his vehicle

:03:12. > :03:13.and struck Jill Pirie. She was taken to the

:03:14. > :03:16.hospital she worked at, the Edinburgh Royal

:03:17. > :03:17.Infirmary, for treatment, Suzanne Allan reports

:03:18. > :03:25.from the High Court in Glasgow. It was around eight o'clock on

:03:26. > :03:27.Thursday, May 12 20 oh was walking home having finished dish it as a

:03:28. > :03:35.nurse at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary nurse at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

:03:36. > :03:41.-- finished a shift. Dylan Jenkins was driving a Ford car he bought

:03:42. > :03:47.from ?40 from the Internet. He was trying to exquisite -- escape police

:03:48. > :03:52.and driving at excessive speed when he ploughed into the back of Jill

:03:53. > :03:57.Pirie. She was taken to hospital but died from her injuries. Dylan

:03:58. > :04:01.Jenkins escaped but handed himself in to the police next day. In court

:04:02. > :04:06.the judge talked about the toll it had taken on Jill Pirie's family and

:04:07. > :04:11.how it had robbed a five old boy of his mother. He added although Dylan

:04:12. > :04:15.Jenkins showed remorse, to him there were no mitigating factors. Dylan

:04:16. > :04:18.Jenkins wept as he was led away in handcuffs to start his six-year

:04:19. > :04:21.sentence in the Young offenders institution, and he is disqualified

:04:22. > :04:22.from holding a driving lesson for seven years.

:04:23. > :04:25.Great Britain won their first medals at the Rio Olympics last night

:04:26. > :04:28.with gold and silver in the pool for Adam Peaty and Jazz Carlin.

:04:29. > :04:31.But the Scots in Team GB are still waiting

:04:32. > :04:33.for their first medals, and there was deep disappointment

:04:34. > :04:37.Kheredine Idessane was courtside watching them, and joins us now

:04:38. > :04:52.Kheredine. Alistair, what an amazing night of drama we had in the Olympic

:04:53. > :04:57.tennis centre behind me, out went Serena and Venus Williams in the

:04:58. > :05:02.doubles, out went Novak Djokovic in the singles, beaten by one Martin

:05:03. > :05:07.del Potro, out unfortunately also from a Scottish perspective, when

:05:08. > :05:11.the Murray brothers, who played an epic match against their Brazilian

:05:12. > :05:17.opponents, losing in straight sets but going out in the end 16-14 in

:05:18. > :05:24.the second set tie-break, saving six match points but couldn't say the

:05:25. > :05:26.seventh, and are naturally disappointed Andy Murray spoke to me

:05:27. > :05:30.giving his reaction afterwards. You don't get this opportunity often.

:05:31. > :05:35.Another four years until the next one, who knows where we will both be

:05:36. > :05:41.then. And obviously the way the match went, it's a tough one to lose

:05:42. > :05:45.as well. It wasn't meant to be today. We saved some chances but

:05:46. > :05:50.when we had an opportunity, it didn't quite go for it, and the way

:05:51. > :05:56.the match finished, the net cord, just one of those days

:05:57. > :06:00.unfortunately. Yes, deep disappointment for Andy Murray in

:06:01. > :06:04.the doubles. He played well in the singles, though, safely through to

:06:05. > :06:10.the second round tomorrow where he plays Juan Monaco of Australia. A

:06:11. > :06:14.disappointing weekend for the Scots. Hannah Miley missed on a bronze

:06:15. > :06:19.medal on Saturday in the pool. Could Richard Kruse do better in the

:06:20. > :06:25.individual foil fencing? He was in the bronze medal bout but lost out

:06:26. > :06:30.in a match in which he was always behind, couldn't get back on terms,

:06:31. > :06:34.and again, and understandably annoyed and frustrated Kruse who

:06:35. > :06:38.talked with afterwards. I was trying to play him to physically and he is

:06:39. > :06:43.stronger than me, so I started to relax and enjoy the chest game but a

:06:44. > :06:51.few decisions went away from me and the match was gone at 10-5. Did

:06:52. > :06:57.those decisions affect your tour? Eight cost me a bronze! You can see

:06:58. > :07:03.the replay up there. It could have gone either way. There were close

:07:04. > :07:07.calls and they went to him. Yes, Richard Kruse prostrated there. He

:07:08. > :07:12.still has chances in the team event later. Not the start we had hoped

:07:13. > :07:17.for four Scottish athletes in Rio so far. Maybe forgings will change in

:07:18. > :07:21.the water, we will get our first glimpse of Heather Stanning later at

:07:22. > :07:25.the rowing lakes, the defending champion in the women's pairs, she

:07:26. > :07:29.and Helen Glover have not lost on 36 races and there is action in the

:07:30. > :07:34.canoe Stal, David Florence through to the semifinals in the singles

:07:35. > :07:39.tomorrow, in the two man canoe. Fiona Penny in the single kayak as

:07:40. > :07:41.well, plenty to come later this afternoon. Kheredine in Rio, thank

:07:42. > :07:43.you. This year's Glasgow International

:07:44. > :07:45.Piping Festival has It's the 13th year of

:07:46. > :07:48.Piping Live, a celebration 200 events will take place,

:07:49. > :07:52.with over 50,000 people expected Now let's get the weather

:07:53. > :08:08.forecast, and Judith It has been unseasonably windy spell

:08:09. > :08:12.of weather, this deep area of low pressure to the north-east of us but

:08:13. > :08:15.we still have gales in the Northern Isles, the isobars still tight and

:08:16. > :08:19.will open during the afternoon, but still a brisk wind across the

:08:20. > :08:24.country, a good drying afternoon, and those brisk winds bringing

:08:25. > :08:27.showers, mainly across northern and western parts but a lot of dry

:08:28. > :08:31.weather is still in the forecast and bright with good sunny spells as

:08:32. > :08:46.well. We have a yellow weather warning for severe gales at times

:08:47. > :08:50.across Shetland this afternoon lasting into the evening, possible

:08:51. > :08:52.gusts of 55 mph with rain as well not going away till evening.

:08:53. > :08:54.Temperatures north- south, 12 Celsius in Celsius, in the south we

:08:55. > :08:56.could see 18 or 19. Through the evening the showers die away, lovely

:08:57. > :09:00.sunshine actually, so windy across Shetland 's -- still windy,

:09:01. > :09:06.gradually easing, and gradually stepping down overnight. Clear skies

:09:07. > :09:10.although showery rain in the north-west by dawn tomorrow.

:09:11. > :09:14.Temperatures inland could fall to seven Celsius, more typically around

:09:15. > :09:19.ten. Tomorrow starts dry and bright, still breezy, with this weather

:09:20. > :09:23.front introducing showers for the the west, cloudy here but bright

:09:24. > :09:26.elsewhere, clouding across much of the country through the day with

:09:27. > :09:30.everywhere at risk of a shower, still brightness in between, the

:09:31. > :09:32.wind easing and still feeling on the cool side. That's your forecast.

:09:33. > :09:36.We'll be back with more news sport and weather

:09:37. > :09:37.in Reporting Scotland at 6:30 tonight.

:09:38. > :09:48.From everyone on the lunchtime team, have a very good afternoon.

:09:49. > :09:50.interviewing key figures. There was a decisive moment in this campaign.