Marched out of their comfortable flat I do remember the fires the. Night far of synagogues. In case it fared there were 4 plus were miserable buildings in the sort of campus of synagogues playroom were destroyed the number of shop closures across Scotland's high streets accelerated in the 1st half of this year our reports by accountants P W C found 58 new stores opened in the main cities and towns while 107 closed that's a net loss of 49 the net loss in the 1st half of 2017 was 42 men's and women's fashion shops were among the worst hit. From today girl guides who will be able to work towards the 1st ever badge dedicated to digital skills the organization says it's introduced a new challenge to empower every girl to make the most of the opportunities technology offers Here's our innovation correspondent Laura Goodwin the new badge has been prompted by research that shows that science and technology continue to be perceived as male subjects with only 37 percent of girls saying they'd consider a job in tech the new badge aims to change that will teach young girls about computers algorithms and computational thinking and it's not just for guides Rangers Brandy's and even rainbows will also get a chance to explore new technology that's the news now the sports headlines with Phil Julien thank you funds attending football much as this weekend the being warned they'll be arrested if they're seen throwing missiles or cutting pyrotechnics and the grounds that follows recent incidents of current throwing of players officials and managers Police Scotland are Also this morning arching supporters to report any anti social behavior we witness including sectarian or racist chants Celtic and Rangers can still qualify for the knockout phase of the Europa League Rangers lost 43 with a Spartak Moscow last night but such just a point behind leaders valid. On their group Celtic mean pilot alongside 2nd place RB like seek after beating them 21 and Mark Allen has been the last semifinal spotlight sucrose Champion of Champions event that after beating former world champion. And rewards and has to travel news that he can Carson Aberdeen reports that in 1000 store and he even rode is partially blocked northbound So you are looking at cues because of an accident near Legate Ted is now in Renfrew one lane blocked on queuing traffic because of an accident on the $98.00 site by and just after you leave the earth's converts you just watch the approach coming off the bridge and run heavy traffic on the M one exit slip if you're south bend up the new bridge slip across at for Dumfries and Galloway the A 712 is close because of a landslip between Castle Douglas Wood That's the East 75 M B 7144 Korsak the train's reports which branch being caught in the overhead wires know how to waste train station that means North Koreans are able to go through the station until that is cleared that's affecting quite a number of Glasgow Logic's your services to check your journey that's B.B.C. Radio Scott the travel and eye to the weather forecasters Ralston is here and it's looking a bit wet. Yeah sure I mean. It's a boiling you know there's some heavy rain on the way later on today and strong winds too but the more we have this band of rain is fragmenting as it moves across the country the some heavy policies north of the central belt at the moment as it moves north and eastward for granted largely die a week leading for Orkneys well so it brightens up the north north plenty of dry weather here and largely dry for the Westerners on the far northwest as well something brighter for a while so quite a time for a bit for the next band of more persistent heavier impressions into Southwest Scotland and that extends across the country as we head through the evening accompanied by high winds we're looking at deals includes 2 areas today and temperatures in the Mt Hood event of a 12 Celsius just be aware that. It offers morning yellow warning in force for that heavy rain and strong winds for parts of the site and through Teesside western parts of Fife and I guess that's later today into tonight OK to the thanks very much for that 8 minutes past 89 You're listening to Good Morning Scotland the negotiations over Britain's exit from the European Union have been put on the back burner of the U.K. And her allies come together to Marcus and Tina Marie of the Armistice the prime minister to resign May has crossed Le Marche to partake part in the commemorations underway today in Belgium and France she's due to join the Belgian prime minister Cheryl Michel laying a wreath at the graves of the 1st and the last of the British soldiers to die in the Great War at the military cemetery in Mons then she'll travel to the heart of the Somme meeting the French president among your much in the town of Alberta close to the fitful memorial which bears the name of more than $70000.00 members of the armed forces who died in battle while playwright is bureau chief for the A.F.P. News agency in Paris and he joins me now alongside Benedict purview who is France 24 is correspondent in London good morning to both good morning good morning this meeting between a macron May comes in a remarkable setting I suppose. Looking to the past really 1st of all. Absolutely and I think. It's very clear that this is today and over the weekend as we see more commemorations and more world leaders coming to their manual macro as the host of these meetings is very clear to send a message this is all about remembering the past and trying to learn some of the lessons of course but as you mentioned in your introduction of course the issue of BRICS it. Is expected to come out as they meet for a working lunch in Alba and then it it does basically you know they they memoria the memory commemorations very much a forefront here but they will both want to you know to look forward to the current situation as well yes it's about remembering the past the huge sacrifice all the lost lives and the shared history and we gather the British prime minister trees in me will be talking about the shared presence the shared future which was indeed built on peace built on very close collaboration cooperation which I think it's a timely reminder as I wear my poppy and the French government the blue ray which will be combined in in the reeds that the prime minister lays and Mr McCauley in France. That France is extremely grateful to the allies for coming to its rescue and helping to liberate France I'm not I'm I wonder you know the truth I'm a might have liked to have been now heading across the channel at this point perhaps with a bricks a deal in hand but of course that isn't the case. Yes it's very clear the foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt was in was in Paris yesterday he was it was quite clear that it's. There were hopes of having a deal for a summit in Brussels later this month sort of. Dramatically in the last couple of days so there is still clearly work to do. And particularly if the issue of the Irish border and the backstop and Benedict. Was strongly aligned do you think the 2 countries are but you know we've had a president call recently. Trying to set a set out plans for what he would like to see for a future a European army I mean you know. Perhaps BRICS that is playing on his mind there as well but how closely aligned do you think the 2 leaders are while the 2 countries of very aligned and it is clear that whatever happens with Briggs it a Briggs deal that the prime minister manages to bring back the small measure of getting it through parliament and the possibility of a new deal Of course that's the most worrying the latter. Not to mention the admission yesterday some say a very honest admission by Dominic Robb the brags that secretary that he hadn't realised time Porton the divot Calley at this late stage he hadn't realised how important a divvy Kelly connection was and how vital it was for the United Kingdom but what is interesting it's a report by an Anglo French task force whose members include people like the NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson and importantly ex French prime minister Bernard Goetz nerve who worry that the cooperation in cyber security and also in counterterrorism could they say be imperiled if the U.K. Leaves in March without an overarching agreement but there is no doubt that the bilateral agreement the cooperation in defense in economic terms in cultural terms the grace great if I may be so bold cross-fertilization of French people coming to London either to visit or to to live which might be didn't of course by whatever happens to east it isn't here but also the many Brits who go to from. Months and who own houses there are wondering about their futures still as we speak depending on the outcome of breaks it but I believe that there will still be huge people to people corporation and interest of course and. The president of course will more want to try to make sure that the deal is is the best deal possible he won't want to to to weaken the E.U. In any way will he. No he certainly won't he certainly weren't as I mean it's a broader strategic calculation for manual Maclin here of course he was elected in May last year is very much on a pro European platform and he's vision it's for a much more deeply integrated E.U. And he's really the source in the whole negotiations is that the U.K. Mustn't have a better deal outside of the U. As it could have inside because that would be seen as a weakening the European Union which which might lose in very strongly I doubt one of the things that is of the Benedict's comments earlier about the sort of alignment of the countries. Will be talking about that military history today in the context of the warm commemorations I mean I think they are very aligned on the issue of defense and security I think that's one area of this with the BRICS occasions it's very clear on both sides of the channel there's a desire to have read that will close this relationship possible. In terms of how the countries cooperate with Europe's 2 biggest military powers and they continue with what is an extremely close relationship between the armed forces and intelligence services and Benedict it is significant to expose that the reef. And trees and they will lay at will both have the red poppy and blue they from France as well very much a sense of. Being a togetherness there yes very much so the lead the cornflower. The blue corn flour is very much the poppy the French Poppy although I should say there isn't quite the same way of traditional way of doing things but what is ever present as Adam will have seen throughout France and I think is very important as we share the past we remember that shared past the present and the future are what are called menu in just about every village up and down France which the monuments to the dead of the 1st World War and the 2nd world war and it's invite people British or or not as they go through France it's incredibly moving because you will see names and sometimes you can see huge numbers of people in one single family in a village who've been killed and that is just very extremely moving and I think that's a have that symbol and the remembrance of the sacrifice of the past amidst us as we go about our daily lives in France I think it's very important just a quick note about the European events army very briefly very simply this is not a new idea president make or has always made very clear and we are all extremely clear since Bragg's it that France and Britain have different ways of looking at the E.U. And different visions for the E.U. But the regret but the acceptance by the French and the rest of the E.U. As we say goodbye to to the U.K. In the E.U. Is that obviously there are different different pause but that within the E.U. Britain was not in Shang and not in the euro and had all kinds of differences and it's a pity of course there is a regret that the U.K. Will be leaving thank you both very much very good to speak to you this morning and Benedict have you are from France 24 and Adam Clymer right bureau chief for the A.F.P. News agency in Paris 17 minutes past the other politicians will take center stage today the focus this weekend will shift to the veterans the men and women who've served in the U.K. As armed forces. Is former Army Sergeant Ron freer was a war baby a 1st world war be very on Sunday at the age of $103.00 he leads a March of more than $100.00 comrades of the Senate tough just in beans as with the oldest of the Armed Forces charities the soldiers sailors and airmen Families Association other Whino otherwise known as suffer and she joins me now thank you for joining us what are the plans for this weekend Good morning I mean stuff is all over the country incredibly busy as you bite imagine I think what's lovely at this time of year is that all the military charities come together and work very hard together to show their respect for those that have paid the ultimate sacrifice and looking at the rule after the 1st World War What role did you play stuff was actually quite fundamental to the war at the start we provided the government with the resources to deliver the separation allowances which just didn't exist at the beginning so for 1914 and once we were instrumental in making sure that the wives independence of those that were away fighting were actually looked after we helped over $3000000.00 people in the during the period of the war to the fall of about 2 and a half just have 2 and a half 1000000 pounds which in today's money would be worth 292000000 huge amount of work that went on and the people returning and the men returning from fighting what did you do there many returning with horrific injuries and mentally and physically Yeah that supporter 100 years ago is probably very similar to what we have today it's practical it's emotional and it's financial support so that may be now it may be somebody needs some financial help and it was the same then whether it's about clothing whether it's about housing that the problems were still the same and do you still have do you see an emotional connection with the commemorations over this weekend do you see an emotional connection between the generations regardless of when. He served Yeah I think when you've been in the military you have that part of you I mean my own husband was in the role Navy and that stays with you forever and those the even those that don't have a personal military link we find still want to come out and commemorate I think what we what we'd like to see more of itself is people doing something active to support the military we released a report earlier in the year. We found that people of I willing to say they support the military but actually don't do anything in that respect so if you come to suffer the hope that U.K. You could become one of our brilliant volunteers actually deliver they support or you can make financial donations just in Ben's thank you very much It's 20 past 8 and it's the biggest budget feature film produced in Scotland a little king which stars Chris Pine is Robert the Bruce and the cast which is a who's who of Scottish acting has released today on Netflix and in cinemas the film is expected to spark a boom in Scottish tourism and encourage those of us at home to learn a little more about one of our country's most iconic figures our arts correspondent Paula McClain has been to speak to some of those who are most excited about its release. Here's. Your product. I'm Charles remember the Bruce family with a lineal descendant of King Robert who were actually descended from his brother Edward who was briefly hiking on. This is been happening since Robert Burns wrote scores for Harry at the beginning of the French Revolution but in fact this year is a $200.00 anniversary of the King's body being discovered in turn for in February 1818 there was almost 2 years of commemoration of that discovery so there is a pattern for these events absolutely to do you Lord Bruce issuing a group around his family. Broom hole you didn't family we don't believe it was a sword that was used in battle because there's really no marks on the plate to indicate it's been used and it's packed full of historic artifacts including Bruce's sword which has been in the family since the 14th century pastime 332 generations who all have their own stories to tell members the family who are Jacobites members a family who became one of various and 761 when George was crowned or their correspondents what they did the stories community rated with real objects and that's what people are desperate to see and they also like to see things in the context of the family where they were collected and I think it's also a bonus that as a member of a family who's taking it to whatever course you are charting I choose. My husband. You know it's got. Also a pinhole to share their interest in Robert the Bruce members of struct leave an artist learns a history group from Dunbartonshire where Robert the Bruce lived laterally and we died Duncan Thompson is there chairman who was the new stage of people until people bit me was a good king he was there the terrible stories of him and he was happy to be terrible it is the things that help it is you know but there's other things a bit of you know I mean it was a good day was amazing it was now lavishing it that they spend money a lot of it it would have that people have stories of people being robbed the next give them all that money and horses and an assistant train robber die then read the risk of it reeling from of Revelation tyrant and help that could. And well the film might not urge too much perspective to this King it's at least more accurate than pretty fart and it left these visitors keen to find out more I find the history absolutely fascinating and I've recently been to see how it all King and I think I just get much more information available family. I just like to hear but most articles I go to school and over and over the versus what I was brought in and what was it was nice to be faithful to their faith that was passed on from ancient it were neighbors of the Bruces and I had told Charles for quite some time please put me on the list for a tour and it's just fascinating fascinating like you know. So long as you. Arse correspondent Pauline McLean not overclocking which is released today almost 25 per state now let's get more support with Phil Gillian Thank you Colleen throwing it's been the talking point of Scottish football over the past week or so as we get up for this weekend's fixtures Police Scotland bus morning warning that they'll arrest anybody D.C. Engaging in such acts beginning at tonight's Aberdeen heads game at petards So will that make players and officials feel safer at Scottish grounds former top flight referee Stephen Conroy this time last week called for more to be done to protect officials he joins us again this morning morning Stephen MONACO Well that's one thing from Police Scotland do the trick. Mark a call from where we were last week. You would have hoped that anybody engaging in through coins that play as an official with have been arrested before and I. Suppose we'll have to wait and see if that's not an effect the S.P.F. Eleana statement to us say that those who throw coins at players coaches and referees should have the full force of the law applied to them they also say they'll be reviewing whether there's more that we can do to ensure that those who choose to misbehave are identified and punished. From from a referee's point of view and you're very much still in contact with but officials who take charge of matches currently. Do they feel safe at games. They sound like feel apprehensive when that when they're going to games you know when that and what if they're going to be the next one that gets the. Recordings that's really telling you here yeah yeah but you know the games themselves you're going to take in too much so it doesn't come into your mind but it does. And because there's been a lot of talk in recent years about the number of police officers who are now being replaced that much just by Stewart's. And and that the high visibility shooting that we know see it games do you think that that's an approach that should be continued or would you like to see more police muchas Personally speaking I think more police. The you know that because it took the 10 north fence to students but I do think that police aren't what will be more visible to the more effective. People who have may be inclined to do that kind of thing and it would set me players and officials feel a bit safer I think you see I asked that question because we had the Aberdeen monitored that of McInnis yesterday speaking ahead of tonight's much with with Hibs and he said that idiots can just get carried away with themselves wherever the are and that one or 2 finds could ruin a spectacle for everybody else and my point would be that given that it probably doesn't matter how many police or stewards you have a game you simply can't stop somebody from the raid must comes down doing what we've seen much as over the last 10 days or so you certainly can't legislate for us all who will do things like that but unfortunately in the past couple of weeks there seems to be an awful lot of soul at it and maybe have enough. More prominent police presence but maybe make these people listen claim to indulge in do you think from up from a referee's point of view and Stephen that. But we have seen and sentence happening because of the high profile nature of much of us are do you think that this is something that has been seen last weeks or somebody has had in their mind that of a decision goes wrong well I'm going to throw a coin at somebody yeah I think it's more more the law to not. Discussion with some of my colleagues that they recently had up against because they know that they're going to make decisions are going to. Get upset and people then again the law more inclined to do something like that so I think it's in the nature of the game that you're going to. Count because when people come to law and Columbus and to be assaulted people Stephen appreciates I'm just just finally what you're saying this morning is that over the last few days you've spoken to referees and they're telling you that there are more up ahead so if taking charge of a game no because of these coin throwing incidents but certainly in the in the mind that there could be next year. For my top flight referee Stephen Conroy Thank you I think it's fair to point out in the 70 what the police has done over the last few days they've said that last year 5000000 supporters went to ground to cross Scotland and there were only 300 arrests but that arching this morning that of any Find see any anti social behaviors over this weekend but there's to report them to the police OK Phil thanks. What's happening on the roads this morning I'm Mary Watson is travel course than Aberdeen a 90 store Haven road partially blocked North Bend but there's been an accident leg at TED as there's a lane blocked it's another accident this time it's on a mate's 98 scythe bend just after you leave the air bridge and in Glasgow a breakdown is blocking a lane on the site by and M. 74 at junction one that's the Kingston Bridge and a heavy going on the M A X that slips I spent at junction one new bridge some good news from the trains without overhanging L.-Y. Or problems a tree caught up in a branch of a tree caught up in a partly at Hamilton West. That's been sorted services will start running again B.B.C. Radio Scotland and still to come in the next half hour of the programme from baby boom to baby bust half past 8 a summary of the news stories of me is visiting France and Belgium to mark the centenary of the armistice that ended the 1st world war guns stopped firing along the western front 100 years ago this Sunday Mrs me will leave wreaths at war memorials in both countries here's our Paris correspondent Lucy Williamson after years of talking about their future relationship today Mrs May is heading to Europe to commemorate the past she'll begin in Belgium sent some 4 and symmetry laying a wreath at the graves of John Parr and George Ellison the 1st and last British soldiers to be killed during the war later the prime minister will meet President Emmanuel McCraw at the French town of Albury in the Somme before visiting the nearby memorial which commemorates more than 70000 British and Commonwealth soldiers who died there and stands as a symbol of Anglo-French cooperation the D U P has accused the Prime Minister of breaking promises over plans to avoid a hard Irish border post that the party has reacted angrily to a letter from to resign me to do you Peter Arlene Foster leak to The Times in it misses me explains the E.U. Wants a contingency of Northern Ireland staying in the Customs Union if no borders solution is found during the ports that breaks the transition period Downing Street reiterated Mrs May's own commitment to avoiding a hard border. The trumpet ministration says it will bar people who enter the United States illegally from claiming asylum an official said the aim was to funnel migrants through official border crossings human rights groups say they will challenge the new rule in the courts. Australian police say one person has been killed at least 2 others wounded by a man armed with a knife in the center of Melbourne the suspect has been shot and arrested the motive for the attack isn't clear as our correspondent how Griffith reports the incident happened in one of the city's busiest areas at the end of the working day several mobile phone videos posted online show a car in flames and a man with what looks like a knife trying to attack police officers before he was shot by one of them he's been arrested and taken to hospital where he said to be in a critical condition paramedics say they've treated 3 people some with head and neck injuries the area remains cordoned off but officers say they are not looking for any other suspects a number of shop closures across Scotland's high streets accelerated in the 1st half of this year our report by accountants P W C found 58 new stores opened in the main cities and towns while 107 closed a net loss of 49 a net loss in the 1st half of 22017 was 42 men's and women's fashion shops were among the worst hit a 38 year old man has been arrested and charged with 2 attempted murders and a serious assault in Edinburgh it follows an incident outside the apex hotel in the city's grass market early yesterday 2 women aged 58 and 60 and a 37 year old man were injured the arrested man is expected to appear at Edinburgh show of court this afternoon. The finance secretary has revealed that the membership of the new Mitchell an action group saying it will do everything it can to save workers' jobs Derek McInnes I was speaking as he said that key figures in the group will include industry experts who've expedience of repurposing factories key Council development and trade union representative to tips are also included and you'll meet on Monday for the 1st time Mr Mkhize says he demeans optimistic I detected from Mitchell in management when they hear the things are going on in Scotland in terms of manufacturing innovation and investment internationalization they were interested although they don't want to read as a decision on the plan they are government of us chance and I was why I'm so in the Giants to so not squander opportunity to put the best possible proposition it too much with management unions representing cancel workers are due to meet their employers Representatives today to demand a better pay rise unite unison and the G.M.B. Have all rejected a rise where 3 percent and all 3 are at very point some parts which could lead to industrial action council body cause is likely to stress the need for a pay rise to be affordable and that's the news. Let's get the weather forecast and what's in store for the weekend it's still rather changeable come the weekend it sefer much of Scotland it's actually dry at the moment we have this band of troublesome rain just north of the central belt to the south west as well that will continue to move north and eastward picking up as it does as well then it's quieter for a while Dyer brighter we'll see some sunny spells as the up towards the northwest and across the north become dry with some sunny spells as well then we see the next band of more persistent rain heading into south west Scotland late this afternoon and that mean like stand across the country so for the it will be rather wet and indeed windy as well there's a Met Office yellow warning for the high winds and the driving rain for parts of southern Scotland western border to feature Teesside and western parts of Fife as well so be aware of that so that means across the country today we're looking at coastal gales as well later this afternoon and into this evening that he does eventually clear become a confined to the northern are these windy here the wind he's done quite a bit during the overnight period still windy wanted to blast the showers pushing into the West but generally clear skies as we approached on to more to lose of around about the Celsius mark so it's more the morning the heavy rain and strong winds across the north knowledgeable clear away and the winds will ease quite a decent spells with a few showers initially as there is tending to become more widespread has been had through the afternoon quite breezy highs of that and to Greece. Digital Radio $92.00 to $95.00 F.M. And each one all Medium Wave B.B.C. Radio Scotland time is 24 minutes to 9 from baby boom to baby bust the searchers say there's been a remarkable global decline in the number of children being born a study published in The Lancet claims nearly half of countries now have too few babies to keep up their populations Dr Chan a senior lecturer is in Rep productive engine endocrinology at Imperial College London and joins me now good morning good morning and what's the reason for this the drop in the number of women having babies Yes The overall I mean the big the the because defiance is actually female education and female participant in the workforce I mean so in studies if you compare data from the 1950 S. To present dates we can see that across all countries you know the 1950 S. Many countries actually only had women getting a maximum of 2 years of education whereas now most countries have you know in many countries have over 10 years as an average generation and the drop in the average number of kids per per woman has gone from about 7 to many cases 2 or 3 per person per kg per family and that's probably the main cause because instead of using kids as an insurance policy a means of actually supporting one in in all the life women are participating much from the work force earning their own money so there are good reasons behind it and you know it's not all a lot yet and we're talking about average figures but there are purely variations out there there are old there are and there are some hilarity as well because we know that in China there is another reason for falling birth rates in the I know you know they've had a policy. Sort of the the $11.00 child per family 31st years in the past but there's a worrying trend because in some countries such as China there is a shortage of girls and that you know there are for every 100 girls born $117.00 boys in the US Unfortunately suggests that there is a gender specific term abortions which is the legal of course taking place and that may be another reason why in some parts of the world the population is declining and how many children do. Do you need to have to support the population population what's what's the AFRICA. Well by their physician I mean it's good you know you're going to be bumping around you know to people you know to shoulder and Per Per couple but perhaps more simply because it's between 2 and 3 simply because a lot of there will be a proportion of people in in the population who don't go on to our families but we know in say Scandinavia and in some other parts of the world particularly Europe you know we know that. The average number is dropping and such technologies such as fertility therapy I.V.'s are increasingly supported by the government as a way of boosting the population and therefore boosting the tax base because governments are worried that we can have an Asian relation that needs taken care of there's no one to take care of them and treat migrants so make up for the the falling birth day in and countries are we seeing that yes so in countries where there is a lot of immigration then it's more difficult to tease out because say in the U.K. We know that migrants from who come from poor countries will will will have that you know the I guess the birth behavior off that countries are migrants will tend to have hard you know high numbers children than the local population particularly if they're from a poor country so that that but that that is undoubtedly a factor but in countries where there is less migration we're still seeing a trend we're very much seeing a trend. For juicing birthrates could there be a positive here is there because we talk a lot about climate change and the role that overpopulation please they are in that's not really a conversation that many politicians want to get into but it could be a positive knock on effect couldn't it yes I mean it's complex isn't it so yes we have a limited number of resources in economic pressures so you know one could. Reduce population is a good thing however on the other on the other hand of things there been economic studies research the showing that if you boost access to fertility treatments this in Southern Europe then the overall impacts on the economy is again because those people are more likely to use the economy and participate in jobs except trust so it's a complex thing and over all the evidence suggests it's. Certainly in developed countries in Europe there's actually boost rather than in the economy thank you very much indeed for your time this morning Dr Chan or jet senior there the time is coming up to 19 minutes to 9 and Stephen Jarvis joined us to tell us what he's kept coming up from 9 o'clock Good morning morning Healy you've already been talking about it this morning the commemorations to mark the arm is to start today in France this morning on the phone and I'll be asking come remembered Sunday come the 2 minute silence who will be in your thoughts also on the phone and we talk about the other big stories of the week U.S. Midterm elections are you beginning to warm to Donald Trump and Prince Charles 70th birthday next week big B.B.C. Documentary last night he says he won't be a meddling monarch what kind of king do you think Charles will make to eat $59295.00 double eagle to a 5 on the text of all the stories Also this morning a trip to Australia should be an unforgettable experience it was for David Muir for all the wrong reasons the Edinburgh man made the headlines in Australia trying to save a drowning father and son no happy ending to this. He shares the remarkable story with me after 10 this morning Scott's kids are going to be the 1st in the world to have. Inclusive education what will be the benefits of that and who's against it we'll talk about that this morning some festive hot drinks contain up to 15 spoonfuls the sugar you know these gingerbread White lynching of that in the paper this morning in the gym and sugar and when you add the mince pie alongside it it's a lot of sugar to take him so will talk about the hidden calorie bombs locking on the Christmas menu and I'm looking forward to this Brian is joining me this morning on the program he's advertised himself a Glasgow man I was ties themselves to do every you want 3 D. All he wants in return for it is a hug Why is he doing it will he do what I want him to do and we get a hug from 10 or. So and I don't know if it's all it really is a little. Thanks very much Steven all coming up with Steven from a 9 now after the 2nd world war the conflict may have been over but there was still serious tension between east and west that tension resulted in a massive but virtually unknown project which involved construction of secret I post deep underground manned by local volunteers they still exist and where ever you are you'll be only 15 miles from the nearest one project in the Northeast plans to make use of these facilities as a tourist attraction you know Michael race has been hearing more from the man who trained and prepared for an event no one wanted to happen. I'm of an age of remembering living. With the likelihood of a terrifying scenario the threat of a nuclear blast which hold the population during the long years of the Cold War. Part of the legacy of. Is a CD. Across the country left from the 1950 S. And sixty's. And. So we should join. The public. Welcome to A to push. 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Over local posts so you'd know who lived there were all over the US What Yeah. Court a story I've driven many times and never even given a 2nd thought. On the hill and the secrets that why with but it does make you think about the sacrifices of what Bill and George. And to be like that their services. Needed. I couldn't I did not know we would be only 15 miles from the nearest one of those you can see more on that story from land where tonight on B.B.C. One It's 13 minutes to 9 the headlines to reason me is to lay a wreath on the graves of the 1st and last British soldiers killed in the 1st World War In a ceremony to mark the centenary of the Armistice the U.P.A. Has accused the Prime Minister of breaking promises over plans to avoid a hard Irish border post said the number of shop closures across Scotland's high streets accelerated in the 1st half of this year according to reports by accountants P W C and coming out before 9 under threat from automation could the 2 of us heli be picking up our P 40 five's replaced by robots. It could never happen to some Surely the resistance is futile Hillier really in the long run what's going to happen to us all I think can cars then Aberdeen reports that the in 1000. And partially blocked with a was an accident at Legg or Ted is so that it is looking slow because of that Glasgow you could Alene blocked by a broken down vehicle on the M $74.00 it's so spent at the Kingston bridges causing a few delays every going on the Glasgow a meter if your wife's been from the province junction that's junction 13 that's the marriage with the M E T to 17 Great Western North and he is taking anything up to 20 minutes to clear the stretch at the moment and receive the bypass westbound partially blocked out again it's a breakdown so the shed of whole roundabouts actually on the roundabout so watch the approach and expect to lease that's B.B.C. Radio Scotland travel a new social enterprise. To help tackle homelessness is launching in Glasgow today it's called Invisible Cities and aims to give people without a home the chance to become 2 guides off their city Good morning Scotland's Dominic Howell went along to meet one of the team. Money some 45 I'm really hope for reaching 46 I mean a lot of people who see anything about almost. Anything that don't have drugs and their drug addiction problems that wasn't the main is now became homeless was. Daniel has been clean for 7 years and he's now one of the 1st tour guides to be chosen for a new initiative called Invisible Cities but Daniel's tolls are just about historical facts he's also open about his personal past my partner's going into buying me money for the mortgage losing money for on a boat in the fall and before I come up with all these lies and. Never been about trying. To stop smoking out of the skin of his food in my twenty's they've never been back for football. It's just. All with they if you do decide to go on one of these tools prepared to see a side of the city you might not have experienced before so we're on quite Street and we've arrived at these kind of spiky metal gates and those shoes to be the dragon on his back at market and this is. Next to. God this is the stand on 3 or so years ago like I say everybody was thin and there they were the Canes all in the same life most intimate and problems. This is special story that you've got about the store Tower Bridge just for me you know so much for myself but sometimes when I was though after uplift of our school I was though taking drugs some didn't know where to go obviously were it in your drugs quietly a lot even some of the guys in the whole school they would jump there not be part of the broad jail. I mean not let's over 100 years old they say oh but you can go in London and I should be the old ways and share with the know what you said something. Change one was just need there was line of maybe I'd hate him to care and would gaze of because he could not spend all that so he go or jump then they ended up by not me but obviously God wasn't his intended purpose when the 4 winds of a bought that Saudi that US with it was getting his thumb. And has it been shut down now that we are what though if you want to jump in and see if you show me I'm certainly not part of my life either way below the brains behind the project is 31 year old Zakiya Malawi you now works on it full time with similar projects running in algebra and Manchester I spent a bit of time in Greece alongside the street paper they are called she the and what they would do is the vendors would sell you a copy of the magazine but they could also give you a tour of Athens and which I thought was a fantastic idea so when I came back to Scotland I saw if I approached the big issue here I could maybe help them said the up from simply kind of enabling that idea to happen it became the basis for a social enterprise that I would start but what exactly is the picture for homelessness in Scotland Fiona King from the charity Shelter Scotland admitted it wasn't going in the right direction the emerging picture of homelessness across Scotland is quite complex there's been a huge drive both nationally and locally to turn to tackle homelessness. They were $34.00 more than $34000.00 homeless applications last year and that's the 1st time that figure has gone up it's just a one percent increase but that is the 1st time it's gone since 20082009 we need more housing more affordable housing there social housing to be built but for Daniel he's hoping the torso might people think about those living on the streets in the run up to Christmas they guided it. As it was Christmas on the corner for the biggest YOU office missteps one of the biggest department stores and you know you can people go see the big banks did 10 years ago and they don't you know what but by goes the universal care that came in and the static. People. People can't afford to pay the rent for the chooses to live in the street. Patrols that you're around. Now in a half a cost you 10 pounds and tips are welcome. To win it Khalil reporting there the time is coming up to 7 minutes to 9 is the decline of the high street inevitable that in talking about a closed retail stores in the news this morning Jim in the covers got more now in detailing in the figures I have this morning suggest more shops are closing than opening P W C found that 58 new stores opened in Scotland's maintains and cities 407 closed flats a net loss of $49.00 and a worse figure than last year I've been chatting to Donald knew a Caillou from the local data company about the figures and what can be done to ensure that tone centers can have a future I began by asking him how the figures in Scotland compared to the rest of the U.K. Look at its overall vacancy rate now is that 11.3 percent and it's actually slightly know that what it was last year was 11.9 percent down no point 6 while the rest of G.B. Is in a slightly increasing because he'd have no point over the same period are the reasons for shop closures universe or things like the good author of Internet shopping and changing consumer trends and problems that individual companies or can local factors be at work to I think you get a combination of the 2 so yes they are some very common factors going across that we do see declines to clean and things like pubs fashion estate agents newsagents to those on the Comcast abuse which is in decline but they are some situational challenges of example Appetit has come up with a large number of net closures and that's to do with its full population impact of . Oil prices on it which is a key part of that city's economy when we're looking for the solution can government action really help the high street or do we need to turn to local communities and councils to to look at how to fill the empty spaces I think there's 2 ways to look at it the 1st U.S. Government can practically. Take steps to help towns and high streets survive and some of the steps will be taken so one of them is mostly business rates which is a big challenge and a big cost of occupancy for a lot of independents but also the national chains and I think secondly that is also providing them with support in terms of give them space or even flexible leases and I think that's where councils are looking for it is common to support independence and try to push local traders to open up with butchers or local stores or pharmacies or something which can strengthen the look munity the run of New York you know they are from the vocal data company very briefly S.S.E. Shares their own 4 percent this morning all this after the news that its merger with the of the retail business of rival and parent could be divvied all over to do all of over the cap on default energy prices OK Jamie thank you very much 5 to 9 up possibly some morning news for the to fuss we've got competition they should quiet news agency in China has unveiled not one but 2 new presenters artificially intelligent news presenters my voice and appearance are modeled on a real anchor within one or the development of the media industry calls for continuous innovation and deep integration with the international advanced technologies I will work tirelessly to keep you informed as texts will be typed into my system uninterrupted I look forward to bringing you the brand new news experiences. Wow Is this the kind of brand new news experience the world is waiting for will we be picking up our jotters Jillian never plays by robots in the not so distant future Dr Matthew eyelet does chief scientific officer for their base company Sarah proc which specializes in speech since the synthesis and he joins me now good morning to you good morning to me anyway that sounds pretty flat is there is that is as good as it gets at the moment to Matthew So at the moment speech synthesis has being changing very rapidly the 3rd type of speech since this year here there is based on neural networks your networks which has been changing industry and it can sound a bit boring a bit flat. It doesn't have to go it depends very much you can also get systems it's got a motion in and will both things in a more expressive manner but the big problem is that the system behind that doesn't really understand what it's saying and that's really the problem so can instruct the system to be more expressive because it doesn't really know the meaning of any of the words that it's saying so it's the lack of emotional intelligence then that is the stumbling block here isn't yes so it's possible to produce expressive synthesis and to to. You know to render senses which could be more engaging but you have to be able to tell it tell citizenship when it should do that and it can only do that if there's a deeper understanding of what it produces So for example there are conversational systems which do much better in that respect there recently Google had a system which full the hairdresser into thinking that it was a real person. Communicated with text with speed speech. In addition of course what they've been doing is also the same with the image so you can see the person talking in a way suffers from the same problem which is the image. This is really a kind of default ticking over image it looks Corson but it doesn't really understand the concept and you know. I was going to ask if if with an artificial intelligence and or this you know synthesize. Speech that we have now is that I mean is the emotional intelligence something that you think companies maybe like yours will be able to crack at some stage. Well there's no question that with systems that understands more deeply what they're saying they can instruct the synthesis to be more expressive and I'm and that's good examples of that but for this use case in a way I mean I often said this was sentences you can use decent sister synthesize an audiobook but you wouldn't use it to produce a new Dan Brown you would get an X. Ray to do X. A better but if you were going to produce a Wall Street report number 23984 then maybe it would be good and remember in China often what they want to do is produce news across many many different languages very very quickly learned against it but it may well have its uses than in some regards thanks very much for speaking to us this morning Dr Matthew eyelet from Sarah proc and that's it from us for This Morning Good Morning Scotland back next week my it's my stab now it's time for Stephen. Bang thank you very much indeed on the phone in with me this morning as we move towards Remembrance Sunday this weekend who will you remember during the 2 minute silence Prince Charles 70 next week will make a good king and following the midterm elections are you warming to Donald Trump. On the Radio 1995 days each one of the media and we B.B.C. Radio still on. The phone and starts after the news 9 o'clock with Duncan Kerr cope thanks very much Stephen good morning to resume a is laying wreaths on a military cemetery in Belgium to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the 1st World War The tribute and mourns will be made at the graves of the 2 men believed to be the 1st and last British soldiers killed on the Western Front thousands of Scottish troops were sent to Flanders and Belgium where there was bitter fighting to stop the Germans taking ports in the north and cutting off supplies to the front Stephen Vanden bushes the director of the zone a big museum where a large network of trenches has been really recreated to give a glimpse into what life was like on the front line they were here. With so many soldiers near the front line they were in constantly fear of getting killed and they have to kneel down as well they have to live in outdoor circumstances which were wet weather. Through Elias and also and what is what is important to say as well is the mental Heald of the soldiers they were here constantly hearing bombardments and it was a very bad period for that the Democratic Unionist Party has accused to reason me of breaking a promise that she'd never sign up to breaks a deal that treated Northern Ireland differently from the rest of the U.K. Do you feel has a letter from the prime minister to the party leader Arlene Foster indicate she be .