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Breakfast is up next. 5 and. We. Digital b.b.c. School. Hello good morning the time 6 o'clock it's weapons do the 20th of September welcome to Good Morning Scotland with I'm getting up and coming up on today's program earth quake strikes Mexico for the 2nd time in 12 days. You can tell it's for real. Shaking up Scotland schools school is not an option change is needed change is happening a move change is coming and shedding new light on Orkneys prehistoric past anyway here is rich and. Let's start with a summary of the news a powerful earthquake has struck central Mexico killing almost $150.00 people the $7.00 magnitude quake brought down dozens of buildings in the capital Mexico City including a school where children are believed to be trapped under no as a journalist in Mexico City there are people that have been trapped underneath buildings and have actually still had phone service so through social networks and through groups Whatsapp groups which is how a lot of the communication happens in Mexico but people actually have been rescued I've also seen reports where people have not been rescued that they're looking for family members they don't know where they are. Forecasters say hurrican Maria is approaching the Virgin Islands with extremely dangerous winds of up to 175 miles an hour Puerto Rico which is home to more than 3000000 people is also expecting a direct hit Mike Tice is a National Geographic photographer and storm chaser and is in for Jaya go in Puerto Rico it's not very far offshore now the winds are already picking up and in fact there are mentality go are winding doors are starting to go back and forth so soon not too long from now we're all going to be taking shelter in a totally enclosed room with no windows and will be riding out the storm the education secretary will today insist he's pressing on was major reforms in schools John Swinney is due to make a speech in Glasgow where his argue the case for giving head teachers and parents more freedom he's proposing a big shakeup in the way schools are governed but there are still few details of what this will actually mean in practice that's just when he will say empowering schools will be at the heart of the next phase of reform women who miscarriage ring the 1st round of I.V.'s for likely to have a baby fall following further treatment compared to those who don't get pregnant that's according to researchers at the University of Aberdeen Rachel Bell reports this study examines detail from more than one 100000 women who started I.V.'s treatments between 19920088 showed that those who Miscavige shooting in the 1st full cycle had a 40.9 percent chance of having a baby over 2 further cycles of i.d.f. That's compared with a 30 point one percent chance for women who did not get pregnant in the 1st cycle researchers behind the study hope the findings will provide reassurance to couples who are considering their options for continuing treatment. M s P's are to debate whether income tax should be increased to raise extra funds to invest in public services Scottish Labor has put forward a motion for talks at Holyrood 1st Minister Nicola Sturgeon says that she has an open mind about tax rises and a discussion paper will be published ahead of budget talks. Tourism a will use a speech at the United Nations in New York to urge Internet companies to take stronger action against online extremism she's expected to challenge them to take down terrorist material within one to 2 hours of it 1st appearing Google's chief exactly go officer Kent Walker will be responding on behalf of the industry of the General Assembly he's spoken to the b.b.c. Security correspondent Gordon Corera the big technology companies know they are under pressure to act for years they've defended the presence of extremist content on their platforms with arguments about free speech and the sheer volume of material they have to handle every day can't Walker said Google and other firms were now seeking to share information and develop new technology to deal with the problem to reason may want them to go further in terms of preventing the uploading of material or ensuring it's taken down quickly Mr Walker said it was not necessarily possible to catch everything on the Internet and that the problem was a shared responsibility that required partnership a study of teenagers born around the turn of the century has found that nearly a quarter of girls and one in 10 boys have experienced symptoms of depression researchers from University College London and the University of Liverpool examined data from more than 10000 children taking part in the Millennium Cohort Study Dr Provine 3rd paternally is one of the study's authors mental difficulties experienced earlier in life a child and lessons are predictive of mental health difficulties throughout your life ques when this young people become adults they're more likely to suffer from mental health problems and through that and so in terms of health care provision and public health this is a big sort of issue and we need to be thinking about this new trees are to be planted in areas of the highlands who are Scots pine is dying I had to the location being targeted have loaned trees known as Granny pines. Which are more than 200 years old Craig sworn reports these fragments of native woodland don't have new trees to succeed the old pines once they die off unlike other areas of Scotland where Caledonian pine woods have been successfully regenerated these are neglected remnants of ancient woodland that of effectively become cut off the conservation charity trees for life says the lone tree as it calls granny pines for the last generation in a lineage of trees the date back to the last ice age some are over 2 centuries old and the dying where they stand with new young trees to succeed them now the charity's begun an initiative to restore 50 acres determined he says to ensure the lone trees are not the last generation of Scots pine in these places and that's a news filled Goodlatte has this morning sports headlines morning hello good morning everyone Rangers and headset flew to the League Cup semifinals brain just needed extra time before beating Partick Thistle 31 last night Habs came from behind twice to see off championships a Livingston by 3 goals to 2 the 1909 Open champion Pallavi says it's getting harder to attract people to golf he was speaking after the recent industry reports show the 3 and a half percent drop and registered Scottish players and b.b.c. Sport has Latin that the British bobsled team set to withdraw funding from its women's team just 5 months before the Winter Olympics it's unclear where the team g.b. Will be represented in the women's bobsled vent and Pyong Chan Let's get our 1st look at the travel situations or a diamond here good morning good morning thank you very much I'll start on the 809 in sterling and the road is closed in both directions for resurfacing work and this is close to a car beneficiary and the close your will be in place until Friday the 809 driven road in Easton Barton share water main work taking place near Roman road in porn drive so that kids lead and later on this morning the 8 Greenock road in Port Glasgow others work taking place at Glasgow Road that say close to the 8761. So do watch out for that in Edinburgh the a 70 to fine tune bridge there's a lane closed here for work its water main work at Errol Grey Street and East find in bridge So again that could slow you down as we head into the morning rush hour that's b.b.c. Radio Scotland travel thanks so we know let's get the weather forecast to his Chilean smart morning Healy and it's acclaimed a day for most of us with outbreaks of rain spreading from the west the Northern Isles Mari in Aberdeenshire and the eastern borders will hang on to the best of the brightness on the Western Isles after a wet start will turn drier and brighter through the morning the rain will be heaviest over the West Highlands and Argyle this morning and then over the Glasgow area on the side West later this afternoon and this evening breezy around the coast the strongest winds will be over the Western Isles and highs today of 15 to 17 Celsius that's the forecast the time is 9 minutes past 6 on this is Good Morning Scotland a devastating earthquake has struck central Mexico killing more than 100 people among the more than 20 children who died when their school collapsed the 7 point one magnitude quake brought down nearly 40 buildings in the capital Mexico City Peter struck in compile this report I can see really right now my hardest still pounding it's a barely a week since this program reported an earthquake described as the most powerful to hit Mexico in more than a century hundreds of miles away in Mexico City our reporter Frank and traitorous felt the impact nobody knew for certain what was going to take place and then suddenly you could hear dogs barking and the building started to sway one friend told me he could hear a giant cracking sound in the cement in the building where he lives I could see family streaming out into the hallways one by one a father has been jammers in his little daughter Liz arms of people carrying their animals cats starves out into the streets just a lot of few right now 12 days on the earth shook again. This is the scene here in May. Because cd just you mean is up to here with 6.8 on the right a copy to live without seeing it on my things to say they don't exist and I'll do damage what I do know is that just and so people are desperate to be removing rubbish here because they believe someone who straps on how you the B.B.C.'s Latin American service was in the b.b.c. Bureau when the quake struck measuring 7 point one on the Richter scale bringing down buildings in the capital Daniel Lieberson was staying at the Hilton hotel in Mexico City but on the 26th floor it would swing back and forth all the glass we were worried that the windows would break but they didn't but it was really crazy and it only lasted I don't know or effect in Brevard we had to go down there and $26.00 floors on the stairs to quite a while to a lot of the monium the huge tremors struck around lunchtime in the capital prompting panic sending people running into the streets as I got to the middle of the street and look you could see the tall building lying in back or and there were a lot of powder coming up from between the building in fact that was like a big cloud of Jennifer swaddle is a teacher the British international school in Mexico City she was in her classroom when the 1st we've hit something to the track critique elected into something like a classroom shock and the students from trust a very quick program on this that as we were leaving the classroom and the outside my classroom walls and cell so it was a big kind of rubble and luckily some talk that may not even but it's incredibly frightening really and I'm about 100. Multistory residential building that collapsed we know either side is right you know to get Tasha Pizzi is a journalist based in the city where hundreds of volunteers rushed the scene but as you can imagine. Pretty chaotic people are physically grabbing rubble with. Other they've been shopping trolleys will likely be lucky and are trying to rush rubble away as the Deewar in tonight the death toll rose more than 100 killed many more trapped in the ruins of buildings brought down by the quake reports the disk who had collapsed children missing the emergency services helped by hundreds of volunteers searching through the rubble for survivors Peter struck in with that report it's 12 minutes past 6 now I know to Iraq quite a controversial referendum on independence planned for next week could still be called off the vote in Iraqi Kurdistan was due to play take place next Monday but it's been vetoed by Iraq's parliament now the Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani has given the government in Baghdad 3 days to come up with an alternative let's speak to the B.B.C.'s Middle East correspondent Syleena Bill who joins us now to tell us more about why this referendum was being planned in the 1st place actually the kids have long. Penned they are a step in this sea the sea they have their own language so it has been a long long dream and they said. It is long overdue and they also complained about being discriminated against by the Arab majority countries so they say it's time to have their own independence and set up their own state but actually there are a lot of divisions and dream even among themselves there are people who believe that it is it is time to declare independence but others say that the timing is not convenient because they are still fighting the so-called Islamic state country does not have a strong economy they have huge debts they have budget deficit even the armed forces called the Peshmerga forces they don't have the aviation force for example so they still lack only what it takes to have an independent state according to some people and this is caused huge divisions in the Iraqi parliament definitely among Kurds themselves among Arabs and Turkmens because it's not just about Kurds here Iraq is a very complicated country demographically complicated and within the Kurdistan region for example we have Arabs we have Kurds we have Turkmens and they are 3 separate its nest is the Kurds want. Most of them want independence the Arabs and Turkomans are afraid of it they are against the Iraqi parliament they rejected the whole idea of the referendum calling it a cost but on the other hand the Kurdish party meant here in Arab in the capital of the region where I am now they said they are planning to go ahead but the latest development we have is that the Kurdish leader must hold but as any he gave by that he gave the international community a free day 3 days to be able to come up with a satisfactory alternative otherwise he said he will go with his plans as casual as he said want to might be a satisfactory alternative to him. Actually he did not say but he said that we have demanded independence for decades so we want alternative that would be satisfactory to the Kurdish people because I believe there will be a very embarrassing situation for him if he just comes up and says the referendum will be the aid without explaining totally why it will be delayed and what alternatives would be also to the people here because of I've had a tour in our the and I've seen how people have been raising Kurdish flags raising but as I was pictures they're chanting perhaps the attic songs there is a lot of mobilization here pro that if I am so if he is going to delay it he has to give them the explanation why something to build the B.B.C.'s Middle East correspondent and Bill thank you very much for that 60 minutes past 6 the u.s. Hurrican Center is warning that hurrican Maria which devastated Domenica could have a catastrophic impact when she reaches the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico in the hours ahead Forecasters say the storm has again intensified with winds of more than 280 kilometers an hour late last night the governor of the British Virgin Islands Gus Jasper it was bracing himself give the message out for a message to the national media to tell everybody now's the time to stop doing what you're doing and to get him to say shelter myself No my team here will be there in likewise and hunkering down until the storm passes and then we'll be ready to go as soon as it's about to start the immediate relief and response well Gemma Hyundai's a journalist in and which lies to the northeast of the hurricanes predicted path Gemma Hi there what's the latest with you. The latest. We seem to have been largely it's that by Moran Thankfully as we were with. Just a few downed trees and really think very major We're told that o.c. Our thoughts of radio waves of Caribbean a this particularly on into Germany just just under 120 miles away from us lots of Dominique in people living on antique it who were desperate for news of friends and loved ones say that there right now the images we're saying it's not looking good it's looking like widespread devastation and unconfirmed reports of possibly 6 deaths so far maybe more to what was the much that people were able to do to prepare for Maria so soon after her to confirm a well I mean that's that's a good point and one thing that the storm did do was stripped away lots of vegetation which made mountainous places like Dominique a much more susceptible to much I'm Dominique a lot of houses that built into the mountainside even the slightest bit of rain can cause houses to come plunging down steep precipices some of the Category 5 storm that they smack and shoot one of the worst ever to hit the Atlantic I can only imagine what the island looks like today. And I mean. Been worried about you know all the breathe but by and mudslides because of heavy rains to we know whether you know that has caused more serious problems. I'm not hearing whether he has yet but I imagine so because obviously they would have been I mean they're just sort of sitting missiles I know that people are out there many islands doing a major cleanup in preparation for Maria but how much she can really do when there's something of a vessel magnitude coming at you I mean I don't know these are accidental storms that we're seeing right now indeed and where is Maria heading for now do we know what path she's on. Yes that best for Islands well all countries now into Iraq and warning British and u.s. Virgin Islands or shrink I'm sure many in Republic and I'm hearing that it's now starting to crawl in the Virgin Islands so they will be on look down right now and really hunkering down and taking the best they. Ok well. Listen to escape the worst of a German Hyundai thanks very much for speaking to us this morning 19 minutes past 6 leading forecasters warn that uncertainty over breakfast continues to loom over Scotland's economic recovery Let's get more a mess more business without a lot of acute morning we'll get a good morning believed to quarterly economic commentary from the freezer volunteer Institute says indicators suggest the economy improved in the 1st 3 months of 2017 following an exceptionally weak last 2 years that's their quote but it warns that the breaks that negotiations remain the greatest closed on the immediate horizon it says the economy faces severe risks if the u.k. Government can't reach a deal with the e.u. The report also calls for you key ministers to clarify which powers the envisage will be transferred to Holyrood after BRICs that seeing this would help enable prepare to treat discussions to take place between businesses and the devolved administrations the u.k. Government and the devolved administrations are currently locked in a dispute over what should happen to piracy neediest such as fishing and farming which are not currently reserved to waste minister but which are exercised in Brussels know in terms of growth in the Scottish economy Gary The institute says forecasts remain broadly the seam as its previous report in June no predicts growth of 1.2 percent for this year 1.4 percent next year and 1.7 percent in 2019 but it warned on balance our forecasts are based upon the assumption that a constructive deal between the u.k. And the e.u. Is reached should this not occur they see it comes towards the lower end of our forecast. Ange are more likely going to hear this morning what small business confidence has gotten We are the latest quarterly report from the Federation of Small businesses is that this morning and it suggests confidence failed steeply in the 3rd quarter of this year the f.s.b. Says its members have been pessimistic about prospects for the last 7 quarters no and they see that it's due to rising inflationary pressure and a weakening domestic economy will be heating from the f.s.b. Themselves at 23 this morning and the Court of the business pages of the tell us reports that the head of the Treasury Select Committee has demanded a feel explanation from the occasion watchdog for its decision to drop an investigation into keep G.'s role as auditor of course that studies also in The Scotsman as well this morning on the telegraph to the Telegraph also feature toys r us filing for bankruptcy in the us and Canada the financial tames me Piers 20000000000 euro e.u. Budget offer to break breaks it deadlock and the Herald this morning that if a speech story small business hit by plunging confidence I'll be back at 10 to 7 Ok Laura thank you for that they're turning to the front pages and the Guardian leads with their present champs the speech to the u.n. Yesterday a trump stuns un with threat to totally destroy North Korea one of the pretty diplomatic lines from that speech says the president calls on right just to stop Pyongyang that speech evokes specter of Bush on the axis of evil and Venezuela and Iran also coming in for fierce criticism you know lots of coverage of that speech in fact the front page of the Scotsman trump the u.s. May have to totally destroy North Korea the u.s. President describing North Korean leader Kim Jong un as a rocket man or a suicide mission following a series of weapons test by the regime in Pyongyang and our u.s. Threatens to talk Lee destroying North Korea the Express Trump I will destroy North Korea rocket man came on suicide mission warns. The u.s. President. Elsewhere the times at least with their Boris Johnson are under their feet few of the pages this morning are pulling back from the brink of resignation yesterday it says after striking a backroom deal with number 10 before a key speech by the prime minister the foreign secretary threatened to quit of Theresa May open the way for a soft brick said during the speech in Florence and Friday he signaled that he would stay sources have said and claimed the cabinet was a nest of singing birds after Number 10 promised that Mrs May would not use the address to sign Britain up to a Swiss style relationship with the e.u. After breakfast at the Herald also leads in that story Tory tensions mount it says as Johnson threats to quit the other telegraph boy to step back from the brink is me Seal's cabinet breaks a truce that symmetries of me made peace with Boris Johnson by securing a cabinet truce over Britain's future payments to the e.u. The deal involves paying substantial sums to the e.u. Until at least 2020 but nor for the payments after Britain's transition period Mrs May confirmed that her speech in Florence on Friday will make clear the era of large payments will stop when the transition period ends and there's understood to be tweaking her speech to address some of the points that Boris Johnson raised in his article in the deal with Telegraph on Saturday the Nationals front pages given over to listing the $111.00 articles that says there are areas in which. The u.k. Would take back control after Breck's of the great power grab is the front page headline the Scottish Daily Mail I take don't hate videos in 2 hours or else this is Google and Facebook they are facing punishing fines unless they remove terrorist propaganda within the to our limit to reason May is going to use this summit in New York tonight to warn the technology giants say that failure to clamp down on jihadi groups world that result in heavy penalties let's look at the back pages with full mostly all focus who go. Addy on last night's football the Rangers beating Partick Thistle in the quarterfinals of the League Cup heads beating Livingston at the back page of The Sun Phil goes with Bruno and old from a k. All scared Rangers scraped into the best Fed Cup semifinals last night but it kept a terrible cost the crowd into the sun but I know I'll days facing an old fart I'm into the k. All the back page of The Daily Record across will make has 30 Rangers are facing an old photo into the sweat of the Boro Alvarez and Declan John limped off in last night's dramatic Cup win over Partick Thistle means Ross McCrory could play against Celtic this Saturday and elsewhere the back page of The Times their dad rugby correspondent or an slot the r.f.u. Is considering proposals for one of the most radical changes in the history of the 6 Nations Championship and the suggestion coming that England and France would begin their tournament a week after whales Ireland Scotland and Italy in when the fans want to play that much as in a 6 week block the 6 Nations since 2000 when it was expanded from the 5 Nations to play over 7 weeks but England and France want that changed and in The Scotsman today as well as the Daily Mail and I still page spread on Paul Lawrie whose pockets come loose the scene of his famous triumph in the 1990 Open Championship we'll hear from Paul Lawrie and in depth a little later this morning when just then through to the semifinals of the Scottish League Cup after $31.00 extra time victory away to Partick Thistle Lim a cloud has the story of the much it was harder work than perhaps you should you be prepared to concede your savior led you Carlos paid your school earlier the 2nd obviously but you were using through albeit just there was nothing before place you would call top justice we went in to. N.g.k. By the end of the 2nd I talked to the show's Mr goals for saying extra time but he needn't have bothered because Rangers boss thinks of the off at the start of extract I had d.s. Set up 10 years go smash told himself the 4 setting up here that I want as a substitute to make it free board from then on Rangers would in cruise control. Going situation between Granger's and b.b.c. Scotland we can't bring you the post much comments from anybody at the club. Archibald Meanwhile felt comments from Rangers boss paid to caution you about teams being too aggressive against us players had had an effect on the officials last night we stop for the bill chance to foster in. You can see that page was commentary on the fate of every 3050 we were in there when I was a disappointed you were disappointed not because it was an aggressive game it was aggressive in the day but there's a point officials later I think to a crack at this the road with Hibs coming from behind twice to be Championship side Livingston to the light of their boss Neil Lennon I want to criticize the internet not after it's fantastic and a great comeback from Saturday maybe I'm a tames getting old and grumbling about c. Or on board yet I don't like what I've seen on. The brilliant reactions and the later 2nd half we were until control in the English League Cup last that beat Liverpool to no Premiership side Stoke City lost to no away a Championship side but still City polo He says it's getting harder for golf to attract new players to the sport the 1900. Reports concluded registered players in Scotland had dropped in the latest yearly figure by 3 and a half percent we'll hear from Paul Lawrie later in the program Jonny Bairstow scored his maiden one day international century has England beat the West Indies by 7 wickets that in the opening much of the audience C.D.'s. And b.b.c. Sport has allowed the British bobsleigh set to withdraw funding for much women's team it comes just 5 months before the Winter Olympics in South Korea Phil thanks very much for that let's catch up to the child so it Diamond thank you very much so as starting just so I thought of for is the benign one is closed after an accident and there are diversions in place they are looking elsewhere the 82 bit in her bag at the route works near Tel accrued that that those are in place until 4 o'clock today but after that it should be clear in eastern Barton's your dream and ruled that the 8 o 9 there's water main work close to Roman road and Thorn drive so that could slow you down later on this morning on the trains there are alterations to services between Allo and Glasgow Queen Street and also between Edinburgh and this is because of a fault with the signalling system at Alloa So services may be terminated and start back from Stirling that disruption is expected until 8 o'clock that is b.b.c. Radio Scotland truck still to come in the next half hour reaction from the u.s. To President Trump's un speech and new details of Neil if a cork may have been revealed You're listening to Good Morning Scotland the time now is half past 6 summary of the news more than $149.00 people are reported to have died and many others are feared to be trapped under rubble after a powerful earthquake struck central Mexico the country's president says $22.00 bodies have been recovered from a collapsed school in Mexico City the magnitude $7.00 quake has caused widespread destruction as James Cook reports in Mexico they are scrambling to save lives in the capital alone dozens of buildings including homes offices and schools have been destroyed or damaged long into the night so the delicate difficult rescue work has continued distressing pictures show people running toward a collapse school where children were buried under the rubble and the damage extends well beyond Mexico City the epicenter of the quake was more than 70 miles to the southeast and soldiers and Marines have been sent in to help and reports of devastation and deaths are now coming in from outlying towns and villages. Residents of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico are bracing themselves for their arrival of hurricane in the area with us forecasters are saying it could have a potentially catastrophic impact the Category 5 storm has again intensified with winds of 175 miles an hour Maria is following a similar path to hurrican which caused destruction on several islands across the Caribbean Well Grant is monitoring events from Puerto Rico the tiny island of Dominica has reported widespread damage with the prime minister rules very scared it calling it mind boggling and saying the storm had ripped the roof from the homes of almost every single person who had spoken to in the loop at least one person was killed before the storm began to bed down on the u.s. Virgin Islands and point toward Rico around $60000.00 people in Puerto Rico are still without power after a hit or be it relatively modest Lee a week ago this time though the impact looks set to be much more significant with the storm likely to be the biggest to make landfall on the territory and 85 years Scotland's education secretary is chances that he'll press on with reforms in the country schools in a speech in Glasgow John Sweeney will say the Scottish Government plans to give schools and teachers more freedom it also say that empowering schools will be at the heart of the next phase of reform. Women who miscarried during the 1st round of i.v. Air for more likely to have a baby with further treatment than those who don't initially conceive a study by the University of Aberdeen find that those who miscarried in the 1st cycle had nearly a 41 percent chance of having a baby over 2 further runs compared to 30 percent for those who didn't get pregnant the 1st time one of the researchers is Natalie Cameron for women who have had a miscarriage in their 1st complete cycle they study their reassurance and hope and most of all some information to help them make the decision when they're thinking about whether or not to continue treatment hoping this is something that clinicians can show them to get more of hope and some actual facts to look at their work to help them get their decisions or studies find worryingly high rates of depression among teenagers across the u.k. Researchers say nearly a quarter of girls and one in 10 boys reported having mental health problems the B.B.C.'s health correspondent Dominic Hughes has more so far the Millennium Cohort Study which is following around 10000 young people born at the turn of the century has relied on parents to assess the state of their children's mental health up to the age of 11 reports of emotional problems were roughly the same for boys and girls at around 12 percent but at the age of 14 the young people were asked themselves 24 percent of girls reported problems with depression and anxiety compared with 9 percent of boys the National Children's Bureau which is part of the team running the project says the report is compelling evidence about the extent of mental ill health among children and the problem is reaching crisis point one of the most famous ships built in Clydebank is celebrating its 50th anniversary the Q e 2 was launched by her namesake the queen and became one of the most successful ships ever travelling 6000000 miles around the world b.b.c. Radio Scotland needs So what does the middle of the forecast hold in store Let's get details from Julian smart and a very different feel today Gary compared to yesterday a much. Milder start for most of us for one thing on the west coast NY temperatures are 14 or 15 Celsius we were 9 or 10 degrees lower than that this time yesterday so milder air is moving in but with it a lot of cloud and we'll see outbreaks of rain spreading from the West at the moment that rain just edging into western coastal fringes so most places are starting out dry the northern aisles Marian Aberdeenshire the eastern borders will hold on to the best of the dry weather and the brightness today the Western Isles after a wet start will turn drier and brighter through the morning the rain will be heaviest over the West Highlands Argyll this morning and then over the Glasgow area in the Southwest later this afternoon and this evening it'll be breezy around the coast with the strongest winds over the Western Isles and highs of 15 to 17 Celsius this evening cloudy with outbreaks of rain initially heaviest over Dumfries and Galloway the Glasgow area and Argyle quite a way to evening rush hour as we go through the night the heaviest rain tracks northwards across the country so most of us will see a wet spell overnight the Hebrides the one place that will remain largely dry and clear fairly mild 9 to 12 Celsius for most of us and then tomorrow a cloudy start with breaks of rain and the front bringing that rain takes its time to clear so much of the north and east will continue to see spells of rain for most of the day including some heavy pulses through the afternoon the heaviest rain becomes confined to Shetland and across western Scotland it will brighten up to give some sunshine albeit with a scattering of quite heavy showers as well as the forecast. To 9581 a medium wave and on digital radio b.b.c. Radio Scotland You're listening to Good Morning Scotland it's 24 minutes to 7 the status quo is not an option that was the warning from Scotland's education secretary John Swinney earlier this year when he promised to introduce radical changes to the way our schools are run at the heart of all of the reforms is a simple plan we want free of teachers to teach we'll put new powers in the high. Teachers we will ensure that peers families and communities play a bigger role in school life and in their children's learning. What I'm feeling is plans to shake up the system Mr Swinney promised to give head teachers sweeping new powers to run schools but the Scottish conservatives education spokesperson lists Miss argued that he should have been much more radical the cabinet secretary is quite right to say that the status quo is not an option and hope that anyone argue otherwise we do not believe these reforms go far enough particularly when it comes to extending choice underlying skills to opt out of local authority control if that's what parents and teachers want Well today John Sweeney is due to make a major speech in Glasgow underlining his determination to press on down the road of reform and education correspondent Jim Acosta is here morning t.j. Morning so tell us about these reforms What's he likely to point out of course the government is planning big changes to school governance as we were hearing there in They've been talking about this for a year or so when there will be a bill in the coming year now the broad notion will be that presumption that Powar will be at as low as local level as possible that's to say with the school or head teacher and it would only be at a higher level like the Council or the plan's new regional improvement boards when there's a good reason for it the government of course also wants payments to have as much input as possible but there's still a little to flay showed the Borden's as it where no talking to head of his speech Mr Sweeney saying that imposing the schools and feeding teachers to teach is at the heart of could it kill them for excellence and that of the next phase of school reform he also says he recognizes the challenges this will pause to the profession but he's likely to tell the audience today that there will be nor turn to either of prescription and top down Dick tat so his argument we will be the government is giving teachers more freedom to teach to do what the think is the right thing to get results but certainly there will be some skeptics and. Critics to win over so what does all of this mean in practice was the question some in their profession have Gaddy no critic you are in for excellence was always supposed to provide that sort of freedom judging by outcomes rather than prescriptive means of doing things now when it comes to farms what some heads are wondering is just what practical pose they will actually gain some believe the already have those powers at the need to help do that 8 things today is attainment through devolved local management structures so they wondered if this could just be an administrative shift to tick powers from directors of education and formally shift them to schools we also know that there will still be a major role for councils in the system because this won't be about schools leaving lock the authority control that's not in the agenda nor are things like grammar schools so perhaps as I say when we start to get some more flesh in the bones is this simply going to be a bit formalizing or building on what some would see is the good practice that exists in some areas or will there be an obvious impact which parents in the point of public would notice and that also raises a question of just what the extra put into the community involvement the government is keen on in principle is actually going to mean in practice and what about teachers and critics of the reform do we know what they want to hear from teachers who essentially still be Sunni still essentially be wanting more information about who they may think their own wrongs or their own jobs or their own schools could change actual critics though well they would point to the issues like numeracy and literacy the international piece of figures and the concern in some parts of the country about recruitment at the moment few I think Friend or foe of the government would pretend structural reform would lead automatically to improve performance the question is whether changes could provide opportunities for the current structure is make improvements more difficult to achieve but I think those reforms certainly have to be seen in the wider context of others. Efforts to raise the teen meant and to close the gap between how well children from relatively rich and poor backgrounds do at school critics I think would also point to clean a relatively high proportion of teachers are clean to be thinking of quitting the profession at the moment and problems became prove Ment's and basics like numeracy and literacy and perhaps wonder whether that's really a structural The suit Ok Jamie for the moment thank you we'll hear more from Jamie Lee turned the dean no doubt once Johns when he actually makes that speech in Glasgow the time is 19 minutes to 7 well perhaps as expected the president came out all guns blazing when he took to the stage to deliver his inaugural address to the general assembly of United Nations in New York the North Korean leader Kim Jong was mocked described as a rocket man on a suicide mission his view in Stuart that the international order is under threat and it's time for action it's gorgeous our planet today is a small group of rogue regimes that violate every possible on which the United Nations is based they respect neither their own services nor the sovereign rights of their countries. If the righteous many do not confront the wicked few then evil will try on one point he trained his fire on Iran Kalak to rise in the leadership in Tehran a murderous intent on exporting terror across the world threatening to renege on the deal agreed by his predecessor to rein in Iran's nuclear ambitions the former foreign secretary Jack Straw was directly involved in negotiations with Iran he warned the president's pronouncements could be harmful the only consequence of this kind of belligerent see from President Trump trying to tear up the deal with Iran well apart from splitting the West will be to play into the hands of the hardliners in Iran so they'll be elements in the Revolutionary Guards who will be cheering President Trump speech but the more democratic element will be undermined Well Larry I spoke to Francis sellers a senior writer with The Washington Post Well it certainly was an extraordinary speech. I think one of the things we've known for a while a not the 1st time that Trump or spoken out against North Korea he talked about bringing fire and fury against them before but that was when he was speaking off the cuff at a golf club and this presumably was a text that had been pored over by Trump and his advisors the White House so it's a huge escalation of rhetoric and we're not quite sure what it will ultimately mean but it certainly struck people as you know tough talk look back and previous American leaders have going back to Roosevelt talked about you know speaking softly but with a big stick and here comes trouble speaking very loudly and also with a very big stick Yeah he doesn't really do diplomacy does say I mean I notice that even before he spoke I we had a could be General Antonio good terrorist saying that we must not sleep or car way into war I mean right given President Trump was saying that you know America didn't want war but he certainly made it clear if there was probably cation that's that's what North Korea would get. Yet again. For using strong language I think one of the things you wonder about is how much this is a reflection of the number of generals he has leading him a sort of military zation of America's foreign policy his chief of staff General Kelly is a recent addition to his team he's also has general McMasters a national security advisor who plays General Flynn General Mattis in defense and. Joint Chiefs of Staff and so I think he surrounded himself with military figures and it may be that we're seeing a reflection of the sort of language they would use the other thing that has been sort of I think put forward as a thought here as a circle of madman theory of policy idea that goes back to the Nixon era when when Kissinger would say of him you know don't push him too far you don't want to force him into a crisis and you know there's a question here of whether. And Trump could possibly go to each other into a crisis interesting I mean even with their regard to Iraq there was a very clear. Stepping away from the Obama Iraq on the foreign policy that was pursued then with with regard to to Iran's nuclear program which President Bush calls an embarrassment yes yes big change you know I think 61 percent of Americans have said easy with. His ability to handle most career and probably the same true true of Iran here and. Come those years very much I don't think but you know I think one of the. Things we've seen is. Going up to trump speeches and you referred to this a little bit with terraces a notion that u.n. Is about global cooperation and stepping back from the sort of notion of suffering they should bring brinksmanship but. Taking us back to a sort of almost pretty World War 2 era in terms of his rhetoric talking very much about sovereign nations with strength to strength of individual nations and suggesting that the u.n. Relies not on the importance of cooperation so much as the. Strengths of each individual nation Yes And even though we heard Tony a good terrorist and Nikki Haley the u.s. Ambassador to the u.n. Almost. Seeming to be singing from from the same hymn sheet at times in terms of you know changing the u.n. And perhaps somehow it needed to to change slightly Do you think that that this nie sets America on more of a collision course with the u.n. And its you know its premise Trump has for a long time criticized us going back to when the panel of course is working with him this great hostility to multilateral deals to be global open eyes ations and so I think it's this is the sort of rhetoric was completely expected and that sense that Trump has not wanted to seem to play a. Significant role alongside others and police particular role in which the u.s. Pays so much. Such a high proportion of the budget that his and his like minded followers very much. That was Francis sellers a senior writer with The Washington Post It's 13 minutes to 7 the headlines you're waking up to this Wednesday morning an earthquake in Mexico has killed nearly 150 people including more than 20 school children the education secretary John Sweeney will to the underline his determination to press on with plans to reform Scotland's schools and a new study suggests woman who miscarry joining the forefront of i.d.f. Are more likely to have a baby was for the treatment than lose who don't get pregnant before 7 keeping the legacy of Scotland's granny pines alive the fight to restore the Caledonian force 1st an update on the travel front was there a Diamond thank you very much so I'll start on the benign or no this is just south of forests. The road is closed after an accident and there are very since in place looking at Inverness at their slow moving traffic on the $82.00 plan or current road this is in both directions at max will drive the 82 bit in for bag at roadworks close to Tulloch road there in place until 4 o'clock today but after that it's all clear there in eastern Barton sure the 809 Dreman rude water main work is taking place near Roman road and Thorn drive so do watch out for that and in Edinburgh the a 702 function bridge and lane closed for water main work close to Ariel Grey Street and East find bridge so again watch out for that as we head towards the morning rush hour on the trains there are alterations to services Scott real services between Alloa and Glasgow Queen Street and also between Edinburgh and Alloa this is because of a fault with the signalling system at Alloa services may be terminated and start back from Stirling and that disruption is due to be in place until around 8 o'clock that's b.b.c. Radio Scotland 11 minutes to 7 I know it's Scotland's national tree but it seems the Scots pine is in danger of dying out across vast areas of the country and parts of the Highlands so called Granny pines centuries old survivors of a lineage dating back to the last Ice Age stand alone when they go that's a. There will be no young trees to take the place of the somewhat bleak prognosis that in spite of the conservation challenge he trees for life to take action they launched the Caledonian pine wood recovery project the charity's chief executive Steve McCall right is on the line Ice-T. Good morning to you morning as you can with 50 E.D.'s for the Scots playing to disappear or what sort of it is we're talking about well they're pretty widespread they're the ancient Scots pine forest that would have covered much of the North of Scotland after the last I say these are the final remnants and they spread from a lot claimant out in the south of Manila pull out the rest to the west or in Aberdeen so cry big stretch of only for a conflict why so few left there very old trees there are 250 years old they're coming to the fall of legs and one of the main reasons that. Dying out is the same many deer in Scotland it's a story we hear a lot of the any young person is coming up around the world are unable to grow said the old grannies or they're not going to grandchildren to replace them well given that sometimes successful might you be replacing them well we need to talk to the landowners so we need to figure out what's happening to the remnants of the left and understand what the landowners feel they need to do with their land so one of the problems that we've had over such a little trial it's been a sense of conflict between conservation organize a is the organization of the land owning committee we need to break the cycle and say what can we do to help to restore the pines together but if if it is over grazing by d.r. In the danger of you whatever you do you. Lose afeard is being undermined by the same problems that have caused the most of the pine trees it's an issue we think there are clever ways of getting around this because all of the other problems that primes are facing is climate change they're actually the growth in quite colder climates and we all know it seems to be warming up it's called and now the pines probably need to move higher up the hill so they could be possibilities of keeping the granny pines actually open so they can go. In the winter time when. Young products can recover and grow in areas where there are actually granny probably very close by because the forest mainly made up with what with the loss of these pines mean to the wider ecosystem. Such an important part of Scottish Natural Heritage their home with a Catholic a. Many Red Cross bill the Scottish that we only see in Scotland actually the Caledonian forest is unique to the world is recognised by the unique kind of habitat so really this habitat something very precious to Scotland from. True history Steve Michael writes from trees for life thank you very much it is 8 minutes to 7 and I'm cavers back to take a look at the markets Healy the benchmark 5100 index struggled for momentum 1st yesterday before heading higher by the end of the day it was up no point 3 percent at 7275 super market shares were in favor of the the latest figures from research firm Cantor world panel who we heard from on the program yesterday morning the indicated that sales in the grocery sector rules by 3.6 percent in the 3rd quarter of the year shares in scenes but he's Morrison's and taste will following the news on the currency markets the pound was up not point one percent against the dollar at $1.35 but it was flat against the euro when you 12 u.s. Markets continue to rise yesterday lifted by telecommunication and financial companies reports that a merger between Sprint and t. Mobile us may be in the offing hilt to beast shares investors are also trying to anticipate decisions by the Federal Reserve it is letus today meeting which aims lead her to be here to discuss this and more Donald talks of Britain's often Good morning to you good morning thanks for coming in Dawn also a fairly calm day in London yesterday and investors in Elaine stock do seem to have been picked off by Ryan years issues this mean no they haven't I think if a market things that probably might lead to. A fairly done a fairly good job in explaining and marketing investors Kerr I'm not entirely sure whether it is the pilots or whether it's in holiday waters or whatever but the shares are only donor 6 percent since this group this problem started and easy to do you keep. The shares and e.j. Almost up 30 percent 2530 percent since the story broke and I each e group which includes British Airways as actually risen as well toys r us has filed for bankruptcy protection in the u.s. And Canada only is attempting to restructure its day what's gone wrong for the toy retailer I've seen one word a Muslim in the high street is a challenging place in the u.s. Just as much as it is in the u.k. And it's important to note that it's only the u.s. And Canadian operations of foil for filed for bankruptcy Kingfisher interim results are due this morning this is the owners would be in queue and screaming fix do you think we're likely to see any benefit yet from this company's big restructuring which has been moving towards the screwfix brand hasn't it Yes Well the main thing here quick question to ask is are they going to offload the screwfix business demerit it him or alternatively I was cast around going on going in France notified opponent every time or my career I've heard that Kingfisher going to restructure or be a rich man Kingfisher need to get a grip of the situation and deal with their problems cut costs and reorganize the business but we keep on telling a story that they're going to do it and at the next time and the markets obviously take takes the view that they can't wait now we get into streets and they went from the United States liter no changes expected this month no no it's not not this month in the us or the u.k. However I think the market expects a rate rise in the us probably November time Donald thanks for coming in this morning Donald tossed there of brutal fin in other business news this morning Tatar steel. Britain's biggest steelmaker is understood to have agreed the 1st stage of a merger of its uki business with a German rival face and croup the 2 companies have been in talks for months with the big sticking point in the negotiations the future of Tatar steals 15000000000 paned pension scheme recently having been resolved and India takes the owner of the fashion she says late for Lake seals rues by 6 percent in the 6 months to July with positive growth across all the countries it operates in total sales rose 11 percent to $11700000000.00 euros I'll be back with more business news are in $22.00 eat Laura thanks very much said coming up to 4 minutes to 7 know a study spearheaded by historic England has cast fresh light on new lithic life in Scotland's most northerly I've posed the research challenges the existing understanding of what prehistoric life was like on Orkney suggesting that all was far from sweetness and light between the rival communities living on the islands photos of years ago were Fessor Alex Bayliss is the leader of the Orkneys study and she joins us now morning to you Good morning Scott and good morning so what have you find here what have you uncovered Well this is really the culmination of 40 years of research you don't need by all sorts of great pro it's part of big European Union Project which is why it's taking vote in Scotland and we've gathered to get over $600.00 radiocarbon dates to try and work out the story of what happened when and it's quite interesting because all is rather different. Than in the farming comes to the u.k. Comes to suffer in Britain in sort of $4100.00 b.c. And so create very slowly across England and then about. 3800 it suddenly rates the critical mass and explode it goes all over Scotland you know it up into Orkney up into at the in in 3800 b. Say but it doesn't seem to cross the country and 1st it's obviously quite difficult to cross and I told him to get me into that maybe 3600 base say and then we just saw there was this thing called you know the nearly tickle me that was kind of say human it's what the research is going say but actually it was a very dynamic and to 1st mix of people you know the people who came in sort of 3600 probably came with a round bolt hole but very soon after sort of a 3100 you start to get flat based parts there are different kinds of burial teams you get strong fin ones that are compartments or you get the great passage with you know the Big Round Things like like maize how and everybody always thought these were successive one came before the other but now they're all part of a really tight furth mix and it's this sort of really dynamic mix of people in the heart of nearly sick all the that live together and build the great monuments of all make you go and say you're right Suzanne does that lead you to believe there and these would have been sort of you know rival communities Well I think we think that they probably worked together for a number of centuries but then it all collapses but it doesn't it's not like you know nobody lives in Orkney it's the people stop living in the Knesset brought in the place in the central part where the with the big monuments of the heart of need ethical make they stop living there and they probably should go back to their islands to their separate communities so the fact that it freshens like this the. The the great effort to build these things doesn't seem to carry on the suggest that you know there was tensions there but rivalries they decided to go back. To their communities and and what. That the heart of it wasn't done because actually. The Scottish universe Environmental Research Center. David Sanderson using a new technique called luminescent state has dated the construction of the ring of broke to about 200 years later 260-2500 b.c. So exactly the same date as the saucer going up at Stonehenge these communities are all still infested. It's fascinating isn't it we'll have to leave it there I'm sorry to cut you off Professor Alex Bayliss who's uncovered much more about. Or Orkney. 92 to 95 a frame. I don't digital radio b.b.c. Radio. 7 o'clock on Wednesday the 20th of September you're tuned to Good Morning Scotland with him getting reports and coming up in the summer the casualty toll mine says another earthquake shakes Mexico the ground was moving underneath you know just totally. Control it's a very very scary trumps tirade at the u.n. General Assembly if the righteous many do not confront the wicked few then evolve will try on and 50 years on from a red letter day kite bang it was like solving the lease was good we managed. To come 1st a summary of the news a powerful earthquake has struck central Mexico killing at least 220 people and toppling dozens of buildings in the capital Mexico City more than 20 children died when the primary school collapsed extensive damage has also been reported in other towns and cities it's the 2nd major tremor to hit the country and the for. Fortnight Jennifer swaddle was teaching at the British international school in Mexico City when the quake struck the trap and quickly cut back into something like a classroom to shock the students from their very quick program. But as we were leaving the classroom and the outlets my classroom wall and cell so there was a big pile of rubble and luckily on top that may not be but it's incredibly frightening really really. The next Caribbean territories in the path of Hurricane Maria the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico are bracing themselves for the potentially catastrophic impact of the storm forecasters say the hurrican is again intensified with winds of more than 170 miles an hour the education secretary will today insists that he's pressing on with major reforms in schools John Sweeney is due to make a speech in Glasgow where he'll argue the case for giving head teachers and parents more freedom he's proposing a big shakeup in the way schools are governed and there are still few details of what this will actually mean in practice. Holyrood will debate the use of its income tax powers today Labour's seeking support for the principle of tax increases to raise more cash for public services s.n.p. Ministers want more time for informed debate before deciding they've promised a discussion paper before the next budget here's our political correspondent Ben Campbell at the last holiday the election the s.n.p. Promised to freeze the basic rate of income tax but they didn't win a majority in the Scottish Parliament and need political rivals to help them pass a budget the 1st minister has promised to open a discussion about how best to use income tax powers today Labor's using an opposition debate to try and bones the government into backing tax rises in principle they won't at this stage but nor will they support the conservative position that there is no case for setting taxes higher than in the rest of the u.k. . The u.k. Economy will face severe risks of the Westminster government can't reach a deal with the European Union on BRICs it that's according to Scotland's leading economic forecaster the Fraser of aland or Institute in its latest quarterly report it's calling for ministers to make a clear statement on what powers will be transferred to Hollywood after breakfast at our business correspondent David Henderson has the details the Institute says Scotland's economy continues to recover after a slight don't turn last year but it warns the greatest cloud on the horizon for many firms is the BRICs it talks a year on from the referendum the Institute says very little progress if any seems to have been made on the U.K.'s key terms of exit from the e.u. Failure to reach a deal it says would mean severe risks for the economy with companies left outside the single market and Customs Union it says the u.k. Government could help by stating more clearly the powers they see being given to the Scottish Parliament after BRICs it woman who miscarried cheering the 1st round of i v f a more likely to have a baby with further treatment than those who don't initially get pregnant that's according to researchers at the University of Aberdeen The study examined data from more than 100000 women who started treatment between 19092008. To resume a will use a speech at the United Nations in New York to urge Internet companies to take stronger action against online extremism she is expected to challenge them to take down terrorists material within one or 2 hours of its 1st appearing Google's chief legal officer can walk or will be responding on behalf of industry at the General Assembly he says tackling extremism isn't easy it is a Computer Science Challenge when you're dealing with the scale and scope of the Internet and the number of different accounts that are at issue Twitter alone has removed more than a 1000000 different accounts Facebook is working very hard to remove problematic content from the services You Tube has has changed improve its policies and it's in force meant so we were all doing our part to try to move forward in concert with the government we can't do it alone when we can't do it on our own 4 people have been taken to hospital after what police say was a serious road crash and marry a merge and see crews responded to the accident involving a red Vauxhall Corsa shortly after half past 1 the small inning on the be 9010 forest to Raeford Road at Western new forests. Researchers have built up a picture of how different communities lived alongside each other in the Orkney Islands more than 4 and a half 1000 years ago a study published in unticketed Journal suggests that in the late Neolithic period between about 3002 and a half 1000 b.c. Differing cultures lived and work together and build monuments that have lasted until this day that's the news sports headlines now with full good lads Rangers and Habs are through to the bet Fred League Cup semifinals Rangers needed extra time before beating Partick Thistle 31 last night had came from behind twice to see off Championship side Livingston 32 the 91009 Open champion Paul Lawrie says it's getting harder to attract people into golf he was speaking after a recent industry report showed a few 100 percent drop and rate just that Scottish players will hear from Paul Lawrie shortly and b.b.c. Sport is Latin but British bobsleigh is set to withdraw funding for much women's team just 5 months before the one thrilling picks in South Korea it's unclear where the team g.b. Will be represented in the women's bobsled vent and Pyong chairman now let's get another travel update from Diamond thank you very much so as starting with that accident suggests that I think or is that a hilly mentioned the b 1010 is closed and there are diversions in place became the motorways the m 8 and we're slowly in slow moving traffic east by and junction for for Whitburn by the 90 their sides by and congestion on the approach to the Queen's ferry crossing at this is back to junction 2 at Masterton North bind the traffic moving Well the a 720 Edinburgh city bypass heavy traffic West by and this is just before Sheriff whole range about 8 in eastern Barton sure the 809 driven road water main work taking place in the earth or in drive in Roman roads to do watch out for that on the trains alterations to services between Alloa and Glasgow Queen Street and also between Edinburgh and this is because of a signalling fault at Alloa Sobel. Scot Rail services may be terminated and start back from Sterling that disruption could be in place until 8 o'clock I'm afraid that's b.b.c. Radio Scotland now let's get the weather forecast chilly in spots got the details certainly a milder starting yesterday Healy but a much cloudier one as well and we'll see I'm Briggs of rain spreading from the west the northern aisles Mari in Aberdeenshire the eastern border is hanging on to the best of the brightness today and the Western Isles after a wet start will turn drier and brighter through the morning but the rain will be heavy at times especially for the West Highlands Argyle this morning and then later on for the Glasgow area and the Southwest breezy around the coast with the strongest winds over the Western Isles fairly light winds inland and highs of 15 to 17 Celsius that's the forecast the time is 8 minutes past 7 and this is Good Morning Scotland so President Trump delivered his 1st address to the General Assembly of the United Nations pulling no punches when he set the sights on Pyongyang the United States has great strength and patience but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. The United States is ready willing and able Well Christopher Hill served as America's ambassador to size Korea and was the the country's chief u.s. Negotiator with North Korea a little earlier he gave me his reflections on the president's speech well I've worked for 6 presidents 11 secretaries of state and still sitting here on a beautiful Denver night with a cold compress on my forehead wondering what it is I just heard today I think for many Americans frankly speaking it's not presidential he has never achieved the right tone he has never found the right words and I think all in all he seems to want to see American leadership across the board but for many Americans may feel that as they watch North Korea you know launch these missiles almost deliberately goading America in a sense showing the power that they have perhaps many Americans feel that it is right to stand up to North Korea and to and to say you know we're not going to accept this. Well I'm one of those Americans I think it is utterly outrageous what the North Koreans have been doing but I would advocate a strategy with several elements to it reassuring our friends and allies and working intensively with the Chinese in developing options that may be in the space between peace and war that is ways to slow down their program through sabotage to cyber attacks whatever I am all in favor of a very robust policy toward North Koreans because I think this policy that North Korea has pursued It's not a joke it's not about some small little country that wants a couple of nuclear weapons it's about a country that is really trying to decouple the United States from South Korea and in their mind's eye somehow they can then unify the Korean Peninsula on their terms so I am all about dealing with the North Koreans but I think what the president did today was to call attention to himself and to rather empty words 'd at times and I think really has given the Chinese it out by saying Look children you all need to calm down and at the same time it has harmed our relationship with the South Korean people 'd who after all of the ones who live within artillery range of the North Koreans so I think it's very bad policy not to speak of just abominable states craft so do you think that jeopardizes their relationships with size with China and jeopardizes the chances of finding a more diplomatic means of dealing with North Korea we are not going to succeed with North Korea unless we are all together working together with the same approaches to things so in that sense I think along with his comments of a couple weeks ago where he referred to the South Koreans as appeasers and where he suggested that he would abrogate the u.s. South Korean trade agreement I think it does undermine the relationship. With that small and frankly heroic country and I think his America 1st message was particularly ill tuned for speaking at the United Nations I mean obviously as he pointed out every country pursues their national interests but I don't think there's any justification for the kind of bellicosity apart from kind of domestic politics and he has 3 years 'd and 2 months before he has to face real action as many Americans are counting Well both President Trump and Kim Young women do seem to be volatile characters I wonder just you know is there a real danger here of one trying to goad the other in the way that we're seeing I think they could be some miscalculation and obviously that's what people need to worry about I think what the president was trying to do to the extent there are some coherence underlying what he was saying was to somehow reach the North Koreans in a language that they presumably understand but I don't think it's particularly effective and I think over the weeks his words have been. Gradually dissipated and I don't think people take him seriously which is also not a very good quality to have as an American president I think a far more seriousness were of course the words of our secretary of defense General Mattis who knows a thing or 2 about the Korean peninsula and has also spoken very clearly and harshly about the North Koreans So what do you think this speech means then for for a future dialogue between these countries. Well 1st of all I'm not advocating dialogue with North Korea at this point I think we need to keep the door open to it but that's mainly a tactical issue to show the South Korean public and the Japanese public that we are committed where we can to a peaceful solution but I think it does set back our efforts with China because I think we need to demonstrate to the Chinese that we are utterly serious about this issue that it's not just some domestic political issue about which some politicians in the us including the president can have some thought but rather it's an extremely serious issue that we need to demonstrate seriousness with the with the Chinese who after all whether we like it or not need to be part of the solution it was Christopher Hill who served as America's ambassador decisive Korea and his country's chief u.s. Negotiator with North Korea it said quarter past 7 a new study suggests teenage girls are much more likely than boys to suffer from depression the survey of 10000 young people born at the turn of the century find the gender gap was much greater than previous We search had suggested with young girls almost 3 times more likely than boys to suffer emotional problems but charity the National Children's butyl was involved in this research and for Solomon is their director of external affairs Good morning to you good morning Heidi go by testing the question of teenagers that's a very good question that this study was based on easing a tried and tested methodology that 14 year olds 13 questions about how they'd felt over the previous 4 nights and girls who once a true or sometimes when when answering the questions that were identified as having high levels of depression and those who questions around whether they felt miserable whether they'd cried a lot whether they felt that they were no good anymore they thought nobody loved them or they hated themselves or felt lonely or felt that they were like a bad person. And answers to those questions. Or a way of identifying depressive symptoms amongst 14 year old girls and boys were you able to understand from that's the survey why it might be the case that teenage girls are more likely than boys to suffer from depression this research didn't look into that it was simply trying to ascertain the levels of mental health problems that exist amongst children but we do know from from previous work and emerging evidence and it only is emerging evidence that there's a whole range of factors which are coming into play issues around pressure to succeed at school exam pressure issues relating to social media bullying on social media issues around body image how particularly girls feel about themselves and feel about the way they look and the numbers here are quite stark aren't they because we're talking here potentially about a quarter of of girls aged 14 May be maybe 10 percent of boys minutes even though the number for girls is higher still there are a lot of boys as well it is yeah I mean this is this is a phenomenally high number and it equates to more than than over 100014 year olds in the population saying they're depressed of girls and tens of thousands of boys this is a very significant number and it really should raise serious concerns amounts to all those working to try and ensure that children and young people are happy whether in school or or whether in their own family environment and I think it sends a very clear message to the government to the n.h.s. That this is a very serious problem at the moment do you have sympathy for appearance who may not always recognise the symptoms he had been teenage years are are turbulent for many teenagers traditionally the stereotype is them of them being moody because of all the hormonal changes that they're undergoing Yes that's absolutely right and it's very difficult for parents and. Interesting finding from this research was that parents themselves when they were reporting on how they felt their 14 year olds failed didn't say the same as the 14 year olds themselves so so parents of girls thought that they were less likely to be depressed than girls said themselves and parents of boys thought they were more likely to be depressed than boys were saying themselves and that really reflects the fact that it's very important for 14 year olds and children of all ages and young people to have the opportunity to speak openly about how they feel and the problems that they might be facing any mental health issues that they have and for Solomon from the National Children's butyl thank you very much for that it's 718 and it's 50 years to the day since the eyes of the world settled in the Clyde massive crowds pouring through the streets on route to the John Brown shipyard. Your Majesty will you do actually on our sleeve of naming and launching Bush ships. I named the ship Queen Elizabeth the 2nd. Was. The God bless her and all the fading and now the queen goes to the world trying to go see the bottle is well and truly broken swung . Into it I think God wants the flag ship in Q Nords fleets the Q e 2 travelled round the world even serving as a troop carrier during the Falklands War Her reign came to an end back in 2008 when she set sail for device supposedly set for our future as a floating hotel but the memory of that great ship lives on Linda Bradford grew up and tried banking is no part of the Q e 2 story history group she joins us now morning Linda Oh good morning what's what's your connection to the Q e 2 then it well I was born and clay in buying candy it was clear that the train with the Q e 2 was being constructed and I can remember very clearly the same in the trial and in the build up to the launch. Unfortunately I was watching that the the and they're all been mortars just up the quiet but remember he hadn't the salute given to this the ship. Can miss it we would have dropped right there on the line and to sit you remembered you weren't there at the launch but you did you managed to sort of hear at least sense a bit of the atmosphere I did I could hear that the salute given by the ships in the ship so in that at the river clade at the moment when she was orange and it was that moment that must be quite a special ship Yeah and I need to get to visit the ship loaded do I don't in 1968 before I learned at least Ok this is Ok going the lines the drains dropping out of paper will try and bear with it Ok so it sort of but that's Ok. No I think losing it again. We'll just leave it there I think we'll try and that's technology for you know I'm going to do about that then to Bradford though they're talking about the Q e 2 we can build ships yet of a fallen star now it's 722 let's get thought for the day and with us in the studio this morning as more of the degree has the press are of Islamic and into her religious studies at New College Edinburgh University Good morning good morning an elderly family member is in the last stages of his life having suffered a stroke 26 years ago and then on kidney dialysis for the last 12 years his health is slowly deteriorated the last time I saw him it seemed to me that what his family wanted most was to give him the dignity and respect he had always had even when his gradual physical decline and inability to speak had caused so much anxiety and sadness for so many years in and out of consciousness he now lives on his bed to tell surrounded by his family and friends speaking to him touching him sharing joyful anecdotes but mostly praying for him the writer Scott Peck calls dying the final stripping away and that most of us fear a slow death because our egos can't bear the loss of dignity from watching our bodies waste away pecks arguments are relevant today as many of us are living longer lives but often with chronic illnesses the fear of being diagnosed with a debilitating illness is a fear of losing personal dignity that one day our lives will not be our lives anymore we were ceased to be individuals in our own right but just become people other people careful the fear many of us have is that there is no personal dignity without personal autonomy I too can't help but feel this and yet maybe it's a weakness in my own faith to think in this way to God to we belong and to him too we return is a defining message of the Koran traditional piety encourages us to see this world as transients that whatever our state our ultimate destiny is with God and yet still for many of us all that we hold precious all our desires and all that we are belong to this life as I see the family preparing themselves for that final breath I can sense in their prayers that for them death isn't the ultimate emptiness but rather a final letting go into God's hands. Thank you very much for someone today he with fought for that he the time now is 24 minutes past 7 it's sad. To say subhuman I think so and wants a way to begin to be easier to celebrate the release of hit the ground running Knutson are. Already joined the Free to use and credible performances directly from Pacific p. In the heart of Glasgow we are thrilled with an exciting up and coming young store to show our just beats a. Few sessions with body parts tomorrow from 992 to 95 b.b.c. Radio Scotland you listen to Good Morning Scotland 25 past 7 now let's catch up with sports with feel good law and order in just Hayley sorry I'll start again Hayley Rangers into the semifinals of the bet Fred Scott to be quite a thing if you made it into the series he would try to impress the person again shall we Good morning if you want Rangers or into the semifinals of the bet Fred Scottish League Cup but it took extra time at 1st whole jacket there says that there were darts across the field to carry still ball but can't be asked back to. 30 years or so surely going through the out through beating Partick Thistle 31 last night we can't hear from anybody at Rangers due to an ongoing situation between the club and b.b.c. Scotland manager Pedro thought did tell reporters afterwards that aside need to slow down and not rush things from trying to score more goals we'll hear from fossil boss bald in an hour's time Akaka Meanwhile at Easter Road with Hibs coming from behind twice to be Championship side Livingston Neil Lennon a happier man than last time out when the Habs boss accused the splash of playing like an under 8 team but I want to criticize the Internet not. It's fantastic and a great comeback from Saturday maybe I'm not saying he's getting those incomplete and. I didn't like what I've seen and got a brilliant reaction Sinead and I am elated 2nd off we were until control tonight cold of Celtic travel to dun de polo He says it's getting harder to attract people into Scottish golf and if you body within the sport responsibility to do more to encourage new players report earlier this month showed a 3 and a half percent year on year drop and rate just the players playing the game he had the 1900. More must be done to be vast that trying the training that sees people turning their back on the sport in the home of golf Scottish Golf is office the norm not going through a great time at the moment and as a lot of people do a lot of C.D.'s and. I think there are some things that need to be changed and some things that need to be done that everyone's working pretty hard I can assure you the players are not slack and they all want to win tournaments are just hasn't happened in 90 percent of course members are 35 and over and I know yourself and Stephen have you different dishes to try and drive youngsters to the game so anything else that can be done to try and and Tayshaun people to get involved in the sport we've seen a little bit of a drop off where the kid says there's less numbers than we had so even 3 or 4 years ago to be fair and I had this i Pads on the go no this could be on the go there's all sorts of things that when I was young we didn't have there was Football in the street or you went on the golf club golf all day when you had a day off but now that doesn't seem to happen as much as the dead so that's that's hard you know that fair enough kids I mean there's been a little bit of a stuffy should towards it for that we've Ireland people need to say you know take a step back and let kids kind of about fun and. I think a lot of people are working hard to try and change that it just takes time it doesn't happen overnight I think people have let it go the way it's gone for so long it's going to take a while to change it but I think we're slowly. Of all the sports that states I'm not that expensive I don't think anymore to get going but it still expensive it still if you're you know if you're a family and to your family want to take up golf it's not it's not it's not cheap to be fearful about a footballer going to build something but all I can adds up but it's just up to everyone to try and get together to make it more affordable and go to the games overstrained said to be born in grow the game a bit more New get people involved in the kids enjoy a good show or courses and even make the whole bag or something for kids just to get them to join a bit more they want Scotland to be enough to be better you want to stay home or go off you want Scotland to have good players and competing and winning things and. I don't think of one much in a good approach or challenge to mentor for a couple of years and we need to change that 1900. But I'm McLaughlin a couple of other lines to give you before I go in the summer Jonny Bairstow scored his maiden one day international century as England beat the West Indies by 7 wickets that in the opening much of the o.d.i. Series b.b.c. Sport to slam the British bobsleigh set to withdraw funding for much women's team just 5 months before the Winter Olympics in South Korea no less going to travel updates on a dime in his book thank you very much as starting again with that accident a scythe a forest the b 1010 remains closed there are diversions in place now looking at the most are ways the eights in Edinburgh brain I should say is busy especially arranged junction 6 for new heists for frequent burn 3 a for Bathgate and also at Junction 2 for claimants only am 90 there is site by and congestion on the approach to the Queens for the crossing but northbound still moving not too badly at the m 80 congestion is building north by and around a junction for for my own Sprint bill also actually between junction for injunction 6 say at Castle Cary the a 720 Edinburgh city bypass heavy traffic West by and this is just before Sheriff. All right debates and on the train still alterations to services Scott real services between Alloa and Queen Street and between Edinburgh and this is because of a signalling fault at that b.b.c. Radio Scotland thanks so we are still to come we'll be looking at territories amazing challenge to Internet companies to do more to tackle Dein to tackle online extremism issuing a call for stricter penalties if terrorists material isn't taking down within 2 hours of posting it's half past 7 a summary of the news rescuers are searching for survivors after a strong earthquake in central Mexico at least 220 people are no reported to be killed more than 20 children died when their primary school collapsed in the capital Mexico City Elizabeth back our lives there it was very very strong I had experienced. Really long weeks ago and it was long compared to I was on the 1st floor of my building and I quickly ran but I was running I felt everything moving it was terrifying Hurricane Maria is heading towards the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico authorities are warning of a potentially catastrophic impact with winds of up to 175 miles an hour here's the governor of Puerto Rico Ricardo Rosello we have not experienced an event of this magnitude in our modern history with major damage. Is Inevitable my administration has done everything within our power to prepare for this event and to protect the lives of everyone in the island including establishing over $500.00 shelters we know this will be tough the education secretary will today insist he's pressing on with major reforms in schools John Sweeney is due to make a speech in Glasgow where he'll argue the case for giving head teachers and parents more freedom he's proposing a big shake up in the way schools are governed but there are still few details of what will actually will actually mean in practice was just when he will see and polling schools will be at the heart of the next phase of reform. The u.k. Economy will face severe risks if the government can't reach a deal with the European Union on brakes that that's according to Scotland leading economic forecaster at the freezer of our institute in its latest quarterly report it's calling for u.k. Ministers to make a clear statement on what powers will be transferred to Holyrood after Bracks it women who miscarried in the 1st round of i.d.f. Are more likely to have a baby with further treatment than those who don't initially conceive a study by the University of Aberdeen find those who miscarried in the 1st cycle had nearly a 41 percent chance of having a baby over 2 for the Rimes compared to 30 percent for those who don't get pregnant the 1st time one of the researchers is Natalie Cameron for women who have had a miscarriage and I 1st got this cycle. Of reassurance and hope and most awesome information to help them make the decision when they're thinking about whether or not to continue treatment some questions can show. And some actual facts to look at to help them Ok That isn't to reason we will use a speech at the United Nations in New York later to urge Internet companies to take stronger action against online extremism she's expected to challenge them to take down terrorist material within one to 2 hours of it 1st appearing. Police investigating a vandal attack on the dim fleece burial site of poor Robert Burns have made an arrest the most only a month and Michael's church yard along with the kirk building and a number of gravestones were marked was goofy t. In the early hours of Monday morning officers say a man has been reported to the procurator fiscal. A study has cast fresh light on how different communities lived alongside each other in the Orkney Islands more than 4 and a half years ago the research challenges the existing understanding of what prehistoric life was like there we've been speaking to the leader of the study Professor Alex Billups Actually it was a very dynamic and to 1st mix of people there are different kinds of burial Tim if you get strong and fit in one compartments or you get the great profits. With you know the Big Round Things like like mates how and everybody always thought these were successive one came before the other but no they're all part of a really tight furth. That's Professor Alex b. Listen that's b.b.c. Radio Scotland the snows are in Smart has got the weather details and most places are starting drying this morning but it won't stay that way we've got a frontal system moving into the West is bringing milder air so temperatures for many it was a good 8 or 9 degrees up on this time yesterday nowhere near as chilly nowhere near as bright either unfortunately because there is a lot of cloud associated with that weather system the rain at the moment is just edging into western coastal fringes but we'll see it working its way eastwards across the country during the course of the day now some parts of the east will get a decent amount of shelter from the high ground so for Mari in Aberdeenshire the eastern borders you'll hang on to the best of the dry weather and the brightness today the Northern I also will have a decent amount of dry weather in a small inning rain moving in this afternoon the Western Isles Meanwhile after when Star it will turn drier and brighter through the morning but the rain will be heaviest over the West Highlands and Argyle this morning and then over the Glasgow area and save West later this afternoon and this evening it'll be breezy around the coast with the strongest winds over the Western Isles and highs of 15 to 17 Celsius so this evening it's cloudy with outbreaks of rain heaviest at 1st over done freezing Galloway the Glasgow area Argyle and then as we go through the night the heaviest rain tracks northwards across the country so most of us will see a wet spell overnight they have. Eddy's the one place that will remain largely dry and clear fairly mild $9.00 to $12.00 Celsius for most of us winds freshening along so we coast on the East Coast overnight so tomorrow it's a cloudy start with outbreaks of rain for most of us and the weather front bringing that rain takes its time to clear so much of the north and east will continue to see spells of rain for most of the day but the heaviest rain does become confined to Shetland across western Scotland it will brighten up to give some sunshine albeit with a scattering of Sherry's as well some of the showers across the Highlands will be heavy with the risk of under 15 Celsius at best to morrow that's the forecast. 90 to 95 f.m. 810 medium wave and on digital radio b.b.c. Radio Scotland You're listening to Good Morning Scotland guy Robertson and he Miller with you as always until 9 o'clock a study of more than $100000.00 women of on the go on in vitro fertilization has shared fresh light on the factors which can influence the prospects of success it suggests that women who miscarry joining the 1st round of i.v. Year for more likely to have a baby with further treatment than those who don't get pregnant but are David McLernon is involved in the research and he joins me now from our Aberdeen studio morning to you that morning so this is interesting in the perhaps does that lead to suggest which couples may have a greater success of they have more than one cycle of I.V.'s Yes So what we find is a couple see miscarry in their 1st full cycle a 5 year. If they go on that they continue to be 5 you have treatment that. 40 percent of them will have a baby over the following 2 cycles. And those who did not get pregnant at all in their 1st full cycle of a the f still have a 30 percent chance of having a baby over the 1st 2 cycles so it's very reassuring results for both groups. You think that those percentages are you know reasonably high I would have thought you know it's still quite a big risk a big risk of not having not getting pregnant that's true I mean these are this is 40 percent chance of having a baby chance of having a of getting pregnant while the c.b.l. Are a little higher but we all know that the success rates of 5 f. Are particularly high I think it's a little bit misleading so generally for the average i.d.f. Cycles of just one embryo transfer on average the chances of having a baby aren't 25 percent or so so it's the fact that if a woman is able to get pregnant in the 1st place it's almost you've overcome the 1st hurdle really and that maybe future cycles would then. You know you'd have more chance of success and when would you do if there's something that we knew before or didn't. Well. You know obviously having a baby involves many biological steps and couples have a miscarriage a few in the can meet the 1st few steps for example fertilization of the egg of the sperm and then implantation of the embryo in the womb so we know they can't get pregnant but for every reason then miscarried litter did the results show that if they continue with treatment they still have a good chance of having a baby and what difference do you think this research will make then for for people deciding via. Well. The study was looking at people who have already completed their 1st complete cycle we know that Miss cards can be a devastating experience for couples especially so for those who have already struggled with fertility issues and have gone through the stress associated with treatment we think that our findings will provide reassurance hope and encouragement for these couples and help them make a more informed decision and continuing treatment Ok And does this back up do you think the recent decision by n.h.s. Scotland to give people 3 rounds of treatment then Oh definitely our results show us previous work we've done earlier last year. The writs optimize after the 1st 33 cycles by the f. Treatment so these results further back up the National Institutes of Health and Care Excellence is recommendation to. Found 3 complete cycles of I the f. Are patients and Scott is leading the way for the u.k. And you know Indeed but it does suggest that even with that provision most people may not end up having a baby by I.V.'s until they have you know use their 3 free treatments and then have to pay for at least a further one that's true yes. But their results show that 3 full cycles as of are in the optimum. Number of treatments required to have a baby after 3 cycles the chances don't really increase that much but of course obviously it depends on the individual's characteristics of a woman has gone through 3 cycles and she's still quite young. You see me how still a good chance of getting pregnant in future cycles and it also depends on her type of infertility problems as well yes India. Ok Dr Dave McClellan thanks very much for joining us this morning he was involved in that to I.V.'s research brings the time to 19 minutes to 8 on the past few minutes the death toll in the Mexico earthquake has risen to over 220 but according to the country's interior minister 21 children are believed to be amongst that number after they were crushed beneath a primary school that collapsed Chad as his use is in the center of Mexico City when the earthquake happened we were looking at all the tall buildings around us way in back and forth where the lots of dust the blowing in between them and was very scary that the ground was moving underneath you when you're just totally know but our control it's a very very scary and it was hard not to get emotional a lot of people were get emotional alive to Mexico City and journalist Natasha Pitts a Natasha what did you feel when the South quake struck. Carol that person would say it's overwhelming feeling of and kids because everything around you is moving and it was so powerful that I didn't kill it I could just stand up a lot I felt like I'd be thrown and I did meet people today who had a little south of the account was trying to run out that they're all doing. And one of the worst part of it leaving all the sounds around you of things cracking and falling and breaking You just don't know how much you're going to be in so you know . You're hiking whatever that happens to be so what have you seen in the aftermath . Just absolutely shocking it's such devastation I live in central my skin city it's quite a nice e.t.c trendy part of the town and just a couple of books on my house that is a 7 story 7 floor built of flats that completely turned into debris Esky creature that all of the name is what it is and when I was a couple as good I still haven't found any survivors from that scene is about gated all around it is good to see and in neighboring cities as well are affected. By presume that rescue operation is continuing even though it's a late into the night there it is and I knuckly just got my power of an hour ago but I think many thought the city still didn't have power over internet so I can only imagine how difficult the rescue effort is hundreds of volunteers had in a congregated around the buildings that had been hit around cars that had been flattened by trees and they were clearly weather away with the high end of folding human chain to get our local away and trying to space that people are grabbing shopping trolley bucket whatever they can find to try and clear the way to find survivors that they hope to find a cause a time to is own. People something to to run out of height to finding any survivors under the rubble and deeds and I mentioned there that situation at a primary school confirmation of $21.00 children dead we believe when that school collapsed. It's devastating and we're hearing stories like this from all over the city Thankfully I haven't heard of any of the schools pacifically But you know you can imagine it in the middle of the afternoon families high people in their offices and it came just a couple of hours. Of an earthquake drill looking at protocols evacuation procedures with going off in on the. Must of us quit the trust in Mexico City in 1985 so many people didn't react immediately because they thought it was part of the drill that we had earlier in the day and he then there was on a large quake in the size of the country just about 10 days or so ago we reported on this program we spoke to a journalist in Mexico City about time who had felt damp exactly and to add to things the country also just being hit. By hurricane long Keiser it's really been a very devastating couple of weeks for Mexico and today's a day that everyone had a quick on their mind because of this and there are 3 but no one expected another one as this side which hit I mean you know they do and what about aftershocks are you feeling most. I am terrified they will feel them. Aftershocks can often be as strong if not stronger partly than the original earthquake and of course many buildings will have already been weakened and damage they can have devastating effects many people isto fraid to get back into the building that they're sitting out on because what I saw people with and to see cases just testing on the pavement waiting to see if any off shots would come in if they felt safe enough to go back in spent building but unfortunately that's just one of the things that will have to wait and see that can come. In a week after the vein quake partly what about your own thoughts as you go to bed tonight. I am so filled with adrenaline so that I'll be more aftershocks. Really quite sure they're going to keep you honest and I think a lot of people are feeling that way. I think what a very difficult thing if you're not entirely sure what to do when it shakes whether you've a rest falling down the very try and hide and cover yourself with question still even though I don't exactly have perfect of the best and that was given ages the Quaker way you happen to be so I think both thought it's an exam I had if you lay awake that I shop at say journalist in Mexico City thank you very much for that update It's 14 minutes on the news headlines this morning an earthquake has struck central Mexico bringing down dozens of buildings as we've been hearing the death toll is now being put around 250 the education secretary John Swinney Well today insists he's pressing on with major reforms and schools to give head teachers and parents more freedom and Internet giants will be challenge to block terrorists material within 2 hours of appearing when the prime minister makes a speech at the United Nations later coming up before 8 o'clock we'll be looking at tackling the problem of online extremism Travel News Now here's. Thank you very much so I will start to ease the 8 still busy particularly around junction 6 for new highs for frequent brain 3 a for Bathgate and junction to claim in Glasgow the congestion looks like this East by and slow moving between junction 29000 James and 27 are closed and also between junction 22 plantation and 19 understand and west by and between junction 13 for profit and 14 markets the 90 at South by and congestion on the approach to the Queen's free crossing it's back to junction 2 at Masterson but northbound is moving pretty well at the moment they're away from the motorways forest just south of forest I should say the b. 9010 is closed after an accident and there are variations in place. They are and on the train Scot Rail service is still alterations between Alloa and Glasgow Queen Street because the signal unfolds at Alloa services may tear a minute and start back from Starling that's b.b.c. Radio Scotland next on time travels pain relief in childbirth disorder any chase if you had the money you could afford pain relief if you did not you just had to go for it Mark your grades of radical Covenanters stories like this we're back to what they're saying is these people are all honorable and what happens when you find a skeleton for a skull if human remains are found then the police will still probably be the 1st port of call they might then bring in the archaeologists to go to wherever they're found to excavate and record them enjoying Susan Morrison for another expedition to the past time travels Tuesday from 130 on b.b.c. Radio Scotland it listening to Good Morning Scotland at the 11 minutes to 8 Now let's catch up with more business news as Lauren McKeever he's looking at a fall in confidence among small businesses Healy the latest quarterly report from the Federation of Small Businesses suggests confidence fail steeply in the 3rd quarter of 2017 the f.s.b. Says businesses in Scotland have been pessimistic about prospects for the last 7 quarters receipts Juta rising inflationary pressure and a weakening domestic economy Stuart MacKinnon of a face be Scotland is here with us good morning to you good morning thanks for coming in Stuart how do you account name for this steep fall in confidence for the 3rd quarter will we see Scottish confidence falling but we also see a very steep decline in confidence and we are when we ask our members they point to 2 key factors the 1st one being rising over Hades the sick political uncertainty in relation to overheads we're seeing impute costs increasing we're seeing utility bills going up we're seeing high fuel costs we're also seeing the cost of employment increasing saw if you. Lizzie hospitality business you're a small detail you're you're seeing a range of your bills going up including the compound impact of national living wage increases and policies like auto and that's right and these costs will be felt more strongly by smaller firms what other challenges are far more unique to smaller businesses well as we look towards Bragg's that we really need to all of the u.k. Government policies geared toward smaller farms as well as as well as large or larger organizations I think it's fair to say I've got nordo that they need chairs and large financial institutions will be able to find the right talent and in a poor world where they are smaller firms with fewer resources will be able to navigate complex immigration system still has to be seen and is that possibility of an impending lack of migrant labor a big concern Well there's 120000 known new key you know arsenals working in in Scotland many of whom run their own their own businesses I think we need to see. Plans Lito about how the economy is going to going to court if large swathes of them either choose to leave or are you know aren't allowed to aren't allowed to stay up a quarter of Scotch businesses have our nor new key member of staff so if you imagine one in 4 businesses in Scotland making the making tough decisions about who they're going to cope obviously that's going to feed through to confidence in the future you talk about 8 a weakening domestic economy yet unemployment set a record low the most recent g.d.p. Figures show Scotland's economy growing faster than the u.k. And just this morning the latest economic commentary from Freeserve Alan there is warning that while there is this great BRICs it uncertainty there has been growth and there will be growth ahead they predict so why the pace of business is the best and well you know obviously Scottish small business confidence has tracked the lower the u.k. . For some time and perhaps it's something to do with the scars that were just mystical gets. Actually I think what we have to recognize is that in the center x. Is a measure of St Amant So we're asking business owners whether they think episodes conditions are going to deteriorate or improved and what we see when you analyze our results computer to g.d.p. Data is there is a great predictor of where the economy is going to going to move not I'm going to suggest that the face of answer Institute has it wrong just when I remember a few pressure that feud feeds through to the white economy and how does it affect their decisions on investment on staffing one on scaling up well on a Yuki white b. Says this quarter one any business owners plan to dive in size hand on their business or close their business and obviously maybe that one that won't be born born when the when the chips are down but if businesses don't feel confidence that less likely to invest they're less likely to take on staff and perhaps they won't take the bold decisions that might be required to make the best of all of the poor Spraggs of situations and how is exploiting the king because he keep being told that the little pain does a good thing for companies who are exporting. Well you know about 6 of Scottish businesses exports but the figures from Scotland this quarter don't suggest that they're doing particularly well on a Yuki white but basis sectors like manufacturing and I could culture seem to be holding up there says hospitality proffered but. We can we have to understand that business is the export often part of international supply chains saw a good example given to me would be a small craft brewer who might sell their their beer overseas but they'll have to import say hops from from another part of the wall they might have to import glass from another part of the war world and thus fluctuations and currency uncertainty regarding future trade deals will have a big impact with them on them and it might not be completely caught compensate by the by the by the fall in Stormont and Caister thank you so much for coming in and speaking to us this morning that was Stuart MacKinnon there of a face be Scotland there talking about drinks the drinks maker Diaz you has given a trading up the ahead of its e.g.a. I'm seeing it expects the business to deliver in line with expectations based cure and energy has provided an update on its tax dispute in India seeing arbitration proceedings are well advanced and the tribunals and parties have agreed the process and timetable for finalizing documents submissions and hearings and finally being Q On or Kingfisher has reported an overall 1.3 percent fall in like for like seals the sea following disruptions at their French or pretty sure the company is merging its product lines and introducing a new id system in France which is say like for like sales don't they're almost 5 percent in the 6 months to July overall the total sales rose $300000000.00 to $6000000000.00 pounds profit slipped a bit by $25000000.00 pounds down to 402000000 I'll be back with more business news airing Taynton angry to be talking about diesel cars Ok Thanks very much Laura 5 to 8 know the prime minister. Theresa May set to challenge Internet companies to do more to tackle online texting us and she's expected to use a speech to the United Nations in New York to urge them to develop technological fixes capable of taking down terrorist propaganda within one to 2 hours of the thank tank the Henry Jackson society has been exploring the role played by the online platforms in the spread of terrorist ideology Let's speak to Tom Wilson senior research fellow with the society Tom good morning to you good morning what's your view on this how much is extremism spread online Well look I think let's just start by saying that real world relationships play an important part in terrorism and radicalization. People can be socialized into terrorism but nevertheless I don't think in this day and age we can underestimate the row the online plays in spreading the ideology something like 90 percent of people who become involved in violent extremism have some kind of online activity with extremist material prior to being about in terrorism and on these online sites taking their own things that are reported to them fairly quickly already. I mean from just our preliminary research I would I would say not not only is it not coming down quickly in some cases it's not coming down at all but I do think that maybe partly because the online companies have a different definition and understanding of extremist material than say the government does or perhaps even than British public might do as well you can government and tourism is trying to do this of course today exact influence over these companies Well I think initially it's happening by talking to them behind closed doors I think that they are very conscious they don't want to have a reputation with the public being responsible for furthering terrorist activity but of course eventually you could get to a stage that the German government is now exploring which is actually putting penalties and fines in places for companies you failed to remove material that's been flagged there and within quite a pro. Let me bring in Alison Jamison of the stage author of radicalization and terrorism a teacher's handbook for addressing extremism and also talking about terrorism Allison do you believe that much of what we see in terms of extremist propaganda is coming from from websites. I'm sure a lot of it is and I think the government can be make specific intervention in changing the laws for example to. Categorize material that glorifies terrorism which is not currently a car a little tacitly But also I'm often when we hear about young people who've been radicalized in the aftermath of some time terrorist atrocities there's talk of them being rather caused by people that they knew Rob overnight actually going online Well I think there is a radicalization it's very complex process and it's not linear and it's different for every single person. In most cases there's always face to face so she human intervention is not a very rare that someone is completely radicalized on their own online so I think the radicalization process will start 1st of all by human communication. And they recruited a very very cunning about this they they they play to vulnerability to loneliness to aspirations especially young people have to try and draw people into a world where they can show their worth find identity find comradeship and we're also told sometimes and so we're told from visiting to a sense of grievance of the way governments behave in tourism is obviously focusing on these online companies but the she need to look at foreign policy is not a reason given by people there's a whole range of things that it's really need to look at but it starts off at such a low level if it starts off as a kind of friendship level people it's wanted to create a network of friends and that's how it starts and the impossible to legislate against that kind of online contact because that happens all the time for any kind of network so I think it's easy to say you can take down the vetting videos and so on because or they do. The You Tube. People can make that much more cheap for which I think everyone pillage green Ok And you can address some of the things we have to try think Allison Jamison we have to leave things there but thank you very much for your time thanks also to Tom Wilson there from the Henry Jackson society. $92.00 to $95.00 anything he'd want to media and on digital radio b.b.c. Review Scott. It's 8 o'clock you're listening to Good Morning Scotland with Kerry Robertson and Hayley Miller still to come after the quake this city is still in shock I was from just 3 recently and the scene was one of unmounting desperation Scotland Scottish Labour's would be leaders join us in the studio and we've been seduced by the smart phone you know I didn't really understand it until I actually held one in my hand and it's amazing Ok away I read it. B.b.c. News more than $200.00 people are no reported to have died and many others are feared to be trapped under rubble after a powerful earthquake struck central Mexico at least 20 children were killed when their school collapsed 20 Levy described the moment the quake struck while he was at work in Mexico City everything began to shake and we were like oh my gosh there's an earthquake so we went from the office. Building starts shaking so we got scared and we go to the street and we saw a wall you know window falling down so that really scared us then the entire city run out of light so what really frightening Hurricane Maria has begun battering the u.s. Virgin Islands as it sweeps across the Caribbean Forecasters say the category 5 storm has intensified with winds of more than 170 miles an hour they warn the impact. Could be potentially catastrophic Mike Tice is a storm chaser Anderson Puerto Rico it's not very far off shore now the winds are already picking up and in fact the room I'm in now the go are winding doors are starting to go back or so soon not too long from now we're all going to be taking shelter in a totally enclosed room with no windows will be riding out the storm the education secretary will today insist he's pressing on with major reforms in schools John Sweeney is due to make a speech in Glasgow where he'll argue the case for giving head teachers and parents more freedom here is an education correspondent Jim Acosta the government plans a big shake up in the ways schools or government that are still few details of exactly what this will mean in practice although the principles are clear more power for schools and teachers and parents the government argues this will play a part in driving up attainment and today John Swinney will argue that imposing schools will be at the heart of the next phase of reform you'll see the government wants to give teachers even greater freedom to teach but critics highlight ongoing problems including the difficulties some councils have hired filling teacher vacancies Holyrood will debate the use of its income tax powers today labor seeking support for the principle of tax increases to raise more cash for public services as m.p. Ministers want more time for informed debate before deciding they promise to discussion paper before the next budget the u.k. Economy will face several risks of the Westminster government can't reach a deal with the European Union on BRICs it that's according to Scotland's leading economic forecaster the freeze that of Eleanor Institute is calling for u.k. Ministers to make a clear statement on what powers will be transferred to Hollywood after Britain leaves the block. Treason Mia will use a speech at the United Nations in New York to urge Internet companies to take stronger action against online extremism she's expected to challenge them to take down terrorist material within one to 2 hours but 1st appearing Google's chief legal officer can't walk or says tackling extremism isn't easy it is a Computer Science Challenge when you're dealing with the scale and scope of the Internet and the number of different accounts that are at issue Twitter alone has removed more than a 1000000 different accounts Facebook is working very hard to remove problematic content from its services You Tube has has changed improved its policies and it's in force meant so we're all doing our part to try and move forward in concert with the government we can't do it alone and we can't do it on our own new light has been shed on factors which can influence the chance of success for women undergoing i v f the Aberdeen University study involving 105000 women suggests those who miscarry during the 1st round of treatment are more likely to have a baby with future cycles than those who don't initially get pregnant Dr David McCloughan was involved in the research we looked Miss cards can be a devastating experience for couples especially so for those who have already struggled with fertility issues and have gone through the stress associated with treatment we think that our findings will provide reassurance hope and encouragement for these couples and help them make a more informed decision continue in treatment researchers have built up a picture of how different communities lived alongside each other in the Orkney Islands more than 4 and a half years ago a study published in antiquity Journal looks at the Neolithic period between about 3002 and a half 1000 b.c. . Has the details your research puts together more than $600.00 radiocarbon dates to show where each of the settlements and burial tombs were built and used the big surprise is that different styles of building and artifact. Seem to co-exist suggesting culturally different communities living side by side but these people work together nonetheless to build the great monuments in the heart of nearly think Orkney this suggests there was scope for the competition and conflict between different groups so all these enduring monuments arise from a period of great change in the island's history about them a new sports headlines here's feel good let's go to a thank you good morning once again the Rangers manager Pedro cushion year says he'll only know in the next couple of days have defended Bruno Alvarez and Declan John will be fit for this weekend's League clash with Celtic both were taken off for treatment last night in the 31 League Cup quarter final victory over Partick Thistle halves boss Neil Lennon meanwhile says he may be getting all the grumpy but he had nothing but praise for the Seders they came out of the came from behind to book their semi final spot at the expense of Livingston Lennon had blasted his players should recall last time out for playing like 8 year olds and 1900. 80 s. This morning calling for all involved in Scottish golf to work harder and a bit to the vessel fall in the number of people playing the game he had felt thank you for that day what's happening on the roads now here's the way Diamond thanks very much as starting in the motorways we've taken a call about congestion on the m 77 at North by and close to failing turns out as an accident between junction 5 a made in hell and 6 came as well stationary traffic there I'm told so do you watch out for that snow looking elsewhere the m 8 is busy and heading towards Edinburgh particularly around junction 6 for new highs for Whitburn 3 a back gate and 2 clay limbs in Glasgow there's congestion in the ammeters well at West bind between junction 13 for profit and 14 freight market and East by and between junction 29000 James and 27 Articles 10 and 22 plantation and 19 understand only traffic is queuing south by and between junction one acre and junction one for an. Bridge away from the motorways now forest the b. 9010 still closed after that accident earlier on this morning diversions are in place and on the train Scot Rail services between Allo and Glasgow Queen Street could be subject to alterations because of a signalling fault Alloa services may terminate and start back from Stirling that disruption I'm afraid will be in place until around 830 this b.b.c. Radio Scotland and Julian Smart has Wednesday's weather forecast and it's a dry start for most of us Danny but it won't stay that way we'll have Briggs of rain working their way in from the west the Northern Isles Mari in Aberdeenshire and the eastern borders will hang on to the best of the dry and bright weather today the Western Isles after a wet starts will turn dry and brighter through the morning and the rain will be heaviest over the West Highlands and Argyle this morning and then over the Glasgow area in the Southwest later this afternoon and this evening breezy around the coast highs of 15 to 17 Celsius that's the forecast Julian thanks for that just gone 8 minutes past 8 now you're listening to Good Morning Scotland a strong earthquake has struck central Mexico killing more than 220 people dozens of buildings in the capital Mexico City have collapsed including a screw where more than 20 children have died many more people are believed believed to be trapped under the rubble across the city in a televised address President and Ricky Payne yetto said soldiers are being deployed to set up electricity points in areas where buildings have collapsed to allies searches to continue through the night David Iger in a journalist based there says large numbers of volunteers have joined emergency services and searching for survivors it's a surreal experience you don't know how to react but one heartening things I saw a lot of people really rallying to zones that were badly hit in the city were buildings that collapsed and you could see them walking with but big bottles of water or meals to give out and so is there's a lot of solidarity as well well I've just been speaking to Jennifer swaddle from Northumberland who teaches at the Britain. International School in Mexico City had a class of yes. 11 to 12 year olds. It 1st it's quite a shock we didn't entirely know what was happening. Obviously everything was happening very quickly students are fantastic quickly evacuated the room but it's one of those terrifying situations you don't really know how much the tremors are going to escalate. And as we were kind of descending this to our part of our walk laps of the classroom. Only a few feet from my colleagues and other students and thankfully everybody was safe and obviously was so lucky because of the other school in Mexico that is suffering at the minute just such a terrifying ordeal was really really surreal because I can imagine and I mean what we're hearing of course as as you say there are a whole thing has collapsed elsewhere no doubt with or a number of casualties of children amongst others I know it's horrific I think I think really because you know there's a lot of us you know foreigners essentially in Mexico a lot of big tight community you know I think we all pull together which is incredibly grateful you know the destruction we saw you know frightening kind of scenes we saw were nothing in comparison to what other people saw and what Ventura and I just really really grateful the students you know were intact everybody was safe but it was really terrifying for quite a little while we didn't know if they were going to be well indeed a must big you know really terrifying for 7 year olds where are you in your students now and I mean what did you manage to get to safety quite quickly Yeah so thankfully nobody you know was in a situation where they were kind of traps or anything horrific like that we evacuated them to the top of the school and we had a difficulty because understandably we don't want students taking possession so they shouldn't be taking bags and so on so. A lot of them didn't have the phones but given that actually the communication and the parents' quick reactions in picking them up was really quite impressive So we have activated to the top of the site and promptly parents pick them up teachers stayed with those who aren't and thankfully me and my colleagues and we've we've been able to get home safely but I do have a friend staying with me a colleague staying the case he's not sure you know he has an apartment or 2 very sadly my goodness and been aftershocks or more expected what's the advice been given out or it's funny you should say that because this there's been nothing . There's been a. Can you still hear me. Sorry And there's been nothing it's been quite an ominous silence so we're expecting it after you are expecting an aftershock Yeah I think we haven't heard you know any kind of communication to let us know if that's the case and not Ok under what what's what state is the city in no. And quite lucky to live on the outskirts of the metropolis like where I am it's a little quieter and a Hell there's bedrocks a safer stop a stretch but in the city from what we can see the darkest. Big patches of the city you know obscured by these clouds and the buildings are standing we're not entirely sure how you know how long they are going to to stay there for. That was Jennifer swaddle there from not from Berlin and who is there currently teaching in Mexico City and safely home after that 2nd earthquake and 12 days it's 30 minutes past 8 know the battle for Scottish Labor leadership hots up tonight with the hustings in the center of Glasgow comes on a day when Labor is seeking support at Holyrood for the principle of tax increases to raise more cash for public services and so as vying for the leadership with fellow m.s.p. Richard Leonard we're speaking to both candidates now beginning with Richard Leonard good morning to you Molly Haley So you're seen as the candidate on the left really what is your vision for Scottish Labor Well the June general election this year the Labor Party stood on our money festival which I think contains the seeds of the vision that we want to paint for Scotland it said that we wanted to end austerity and that's really what today's depict promoted by the Labor Party in the Scottish Parliament is about. What we wanted to extend public ownership which is a founding principle of the Labor Party and I think that's a renewal of interest in public support for that and I also said that we wanted to redistribute power from the few to the many so I think we need to convert that into the Scottish context in the lead up to the 2021 Scottish Parliament elections and I think if we do that we'll infuse people and will get people behind us so what is that you know moving power from the few to the many what does that involve in Scotland Well I think. It means for example instead of the Scottish Parliament powers up we should be looking at how we can devolve and decentralize powers to local authorities who've been stripped of a lot of their powers over the last 10 years but also looking at how we can roll that out to communities and to workplaces my own background is in the trade union movement and one of the ideas which I've been promoting is the idea that working people should be given the option of buy in the business they work in when it's either. Put up for sale or facing closure that's quite a mainstream idea in the rest of Europe and that would in turn hand power to those creating the wealth for to allow them to become the owners of the wealth and I think that's quite a progressive idea how would you pay for that well it wouldn't there would be some initial capital cost but it would be a loan that would be repaid by the enterprise and over the course of the summer I visited a couple of companies actually both based in East Kilbride Klansmen dynamics being one of them where there has been a process over time where the ownership of the company has transferred from the owner to the workers and I think that provides a useful template for other parts of the economy to follow so it is talking about a greater sense of equality then across the country yes well I hope that if you were to put the Labor Party through its middle the thing that would be shining out from it would be equality is that it's a founding principle of the Labor party source so I am absolutely clear that the kind of Scotland we need to feel not only to be more healthfully or installed at the moment we've had a decade of the s.n.p. In power and we see in here in a situation where in Scotland the top one percent wealth on has on more wealth than the whole of the bottom 50 percent put together that's a profoundly only class citing an intolerable lie on the only equality issue I mean the s.n.p. Has been in power for some time now but if you take Glasgow for example where Labor are in power for years and women weren't given equal pay they had to take the kinds of course in order to be paid the same amount as I say explain over all my background is in the trade union movement and the very 1st case I took as a trade union organizer was an equal pay claim for the head chef resized dockyard So I you know I'm absolutely clear that the labor movement has always fought for equality always for equal treatment for women workers especially And now all of us are going off a long time so all of us need to face up to the fact that there is a long. And in gender pay gap in the economy which is not just about equal pay it's also about the value we put upon women's jobs and I think as a society we need to revisit that it's especially urgent that we revisit it because there's got to be a significant investment in care in social care for the elderly in care for the vulnerable and at the moment the people working in that sectors are hugely undervalued we need to pay for it for greater public services really and it brings us also to the issue of tax rises now you're in favor of tax rises I take it to pay for public services that the nanny not the few idea well yes I am I mean I campaigned when I worked at the Scottish too you see in the 1990 s. For a Scottish Parliament not just to create an institution but to create an institution that would legislate differently from the Westminster Parliament so why not however I do you think would you would also involve all walk against Tory fiscal policies Ok let's say no but we all know that school policy is there because there are very few people in Scotland on the on the the upper tax Yan's or under say 7 percent are paying 40 percent tax and of the additional raise less than one percent so you know why would you possibly get so few people to pay for so many well because we've set out our case that there should be an increase in the basic rate of taxation too precisely to address the fact that there aren't enough people on the higher only bracket to make up for the huge shortfall which there isn't in funding for public services in Scotland as a result of Tory policies of austerity but the problem is that they're very sorry we're out of time we've got to hear from your rival as well Richard Leonard thank you Sarwar is here with us the other candidate in this leadership election Good morning to mind you know we have they are of the picture in terms of ending austerity extending public ownership redistributing Powar in. What we're you different from actually not look I think I would I wouldn't agree with all those points paid by Richard but I don't want to just redistrict problem I think we need to redistribute wealth Bill so going back to the tax question I think the tax question is really important I don't think it's our nurses our teachers our hospital porters our local government workers that have caused the financial crisis and been the reason we have a stereotype but they are the ones being the heaviest place for the standard to that's why I think it's right for us to have a progressive tax system where we asked those with a broader shoulders to pay more what you're asking everybody acts paying more aren't you because you're asking basically taxpayers to pay more to what the we are see is a progressive taxation to have to be taxed by and for those earning 150000 pounds we have a one p. Tax uplift but if you look at those are pin the praise our n.h.s. To pay for example $1000000000.00 pounds of cuts over the next 4 years are going to happen to our n.h.s. Our child much money does that raise less than $20000.00 people pay that to what we said all right across the board is that say our Or $1000000000.00 pounds are going to be raised by between the one p. Tax plan and the 50 tax plan over the last 2 years and so that move in fundamental increase in terms of public services is it isn't your big problem passionately when it comes to all this talk of the many not the few that actually you are one of the few no I don't accept that at all the reason why I'm in the Labor Party is because look Scotland has created my family it's not to my family it's given a success the suggestion only of yours that your shares in your company were 4800000 pounds you send that you're saying to children to private school that's that's not the many and that's the few begad of the reason why I'm in the Labor Party is because I don't choose to be opt out of politics I choose to fight for equality of fate for opportunity that's why I'm in the Labor Party the Labor Party is we have I belong to someone who's been brought up with seeing racism seeing fascism seeing the activities of the far right I want to stand up against those forces and you asked earlier about the vision for our country I don't accept Scotland and we're looking small divided nation I want school to be an open diverse United Nation and that's why I'm fighting for but would not have more credibility were it not for the revelations about your own company just recently about whether or not you pay the living wage to those who. Actually Work with your company should start at home should you not get over the differences I don't support voluntary living wage I support it mandatory real living wage I don't think it's right that the market dictates what I fear disappears and that's why I wanted to be a compulsory policy so no more likely why do you start with your family slump anie Well the reason is because it's not a voluntary scheme I want to be amended to skim milk is that you know that surely if you can't influence it you cannot influence the people who run your own company how do you influence government policy makers got if you let me answer the question one I am a minority children the company 2nd I have no influence as in all on the company I'm not a direct on the company I'm mostly on how the country company or put it but I have heard assurances from the company that they do want to transition to a real living wage for all employees need to have welcome to fight the Liberal government would introduce if you're living wage much quicker than the current you can government meaning to be able to. Implement it quicker and also so it's compulsory in every company I don't care who this year holder of any company is I don't care which company as I want every company to do mandated by the government to pay the real living wage and not use the market as an excuse so just be clear then as far as your company is concerned you take the money but you don't influence at all. No I take no diminution from the company I'm a shareholder in the company or a minority share on the company on whom that's clear I think rather than the dividend from the shares I don't take a dividend and if you're not making any money from this company at all I don't take remuneration from them as far as you or your decision to educate your children privately is concerned again many people might look at that and say that it's not for the many that's for the few to well again I would rather you focused on the on the policy 100 I'm sure you. Get a lot of people but if I were you don't want to focus on policy with one kindly not the other which I think is unfortunate but directly answering the question on that is a decision that my wife and I took that as a decision we made as a couple I'm sure people respect decisions that are made by any couple in the privacy of their own home or what I would see is the fact there's too many of us. Bills aren't good enough in Scotland too many of our teachers aren't getting the resources they need we have 4000 fewer teachers in our school system that's not acceptable I want opportunity for all children and that's why we need to increase the tax base a bit more money. Is such a big issue for you and for your colleague here how embarrassed are you by the fact that women at Glasgow City Council have to take the council to court to get equal pay from your Labor colleagues I think it's completely unacceptable that as a gender peek at a gender big gap I think it's completely settled why did you leave a colleague drag their heels in and settling that well look I'm a I'm a 34 year old in politics I've never been elected member having been in government . I'm relatively new and I'm told the youngest bit and polled explicitly under 34 year old in politics I don't think the gender pay gap is acceptable I don't think is total and that's why I think it's great that every local authority looks at itself as the private sector to make sure there's equal be your gender and that's why I've already said through this contest we will be Commission to end the gender pay gap once and for all Ok thank you very much indeed for joining us this morning and a sorry we also have there from Richard Lynn of the times 24 minutes past that time to catch up on more sports here's feel good lead. Hayley through to the semifinals of the League Cup after the 3 want to access time victory away to Partick Thistle last night live McLeod has the story of the March it was harder work than perhaps it should you be prepared to piss in your sorry view where the card was played your score where early in the 2nd how the right you were using through albeit just there was nothing before close you would talk to just as we went to to tell you at the end of the 2nd how hard the session was missed our goals forcing extra time but you needn't have bothered because Rangers 4 sticks of the off at the start of extra time. Taking your score smash told himself before setting up and our order is a substitute to make it 3 point from then on Rangers would in cruise control at Rangers then winning 31 Jew to an ongoing situation between the club. In b.b.c. Scotland we cannot hear from anybody at Rangers manager paid the thought told reporters after the game that has say need to slow down and not rush things when trying to score more goals he also confirmed he has an anxious wait to see of course Bruno Alvarez and Declan John will be fit for this weekend's League clash with Celtic both hobbled out of last night's action 31 defeat then 4th hole manager Alan Archibald felt comments from paid to caution you before the game about being too aggressive against his players had an effect on last night's officials over the b. a Chance to force the other film in. Or it went over see that period was commentary on the fate of issues every 5050 we were in there when I was a disappointed you were disappointed not because it was an aggressive game it was an aggressive human the day but there's a point if issues later I think that. At Easter Road this Habs came from behind twice to be Championship side Livingston 32 and after blasting his players for playing like 8 year olds last time out manager Neil Lennon was a happier man but I want to criticize the internet not after it's fantastic and a great comeback from Saturday maybe I'm a tames getting old and grumbling about c. Or on oh yeah I don't like what I've seen on. Brilliant reactions and I'm elated 2nd half we were Intl Council. Neil Lennon there speaking to our own organ grumpy Brian McLaughlin I hope he's a friend of mine so I can say about Kunta Levy boss David hope can label some of the decisions given against his team by a referee Bobby modern At least the road is baffling including the late penalty that led to Hibs when a piece of wood you know in a smaller setting it in its decision for against it is perhaps an extremely color thought come to what I thought was the future of chances but I thought with it with no it the 3rd quarter final in the best fed League Cup takes place tonight the Danes potholder Celtic away a done deal with us live coverage on Sports Radio Scotland it begins after news drive at half past 6 in the English League Cup less than to beat Liverpool 2 nil Premiership side still a loss to know a way to Championship side Bristol City there's a call this morning for all connected with goal from Scotland to what carved out to improve the game's fortunes last week an industry report revealed a 3 and a half percent drop of people registered to play the game he and that's a figure of 6 those in $700.00 now in 1900. More has to be done because he's seeing at 1st hand what the downturn is doing at his own foundation we've seen a little bit of a drop off for the kids there's there's less numbers than we had so even 3 or 4 years ago to be fair in the head there's i Pads on the go in there this computer is on the go there's all sorts of things that when I was young we didn't have there was Football in the street where you were then the golf club golf all day when you had a day off but now that doesn't seem to happen as much as the dead so that's that's hard that's more from Paul Laurie at her website he was speaking to a reporter but I McLaughlin at Carnoustie Jonny Bairstow scored his maiden one day international century as England beat the West Indies by 7 wickets that in the opening much of the o.d.i. Series and b.b.c. Sport has led the British bobsleigh set to withdraw funding from its women's team that comes just 5 months before the Winter Olympics and South Korea. Ok Phil thanks very much for that now let's catch up with a travel news that we Dimond thank you very much so starting in the motorways at that accident on the m 77 north by and at Fenech is night Cleary So we're looking good they are but on the m 8 still busy heading towards Edinburgh particularly arranged junction 6 for new heists and also junction 2 it claims in Glasgow on the m 8 there is congestion East bind between junction 20 ninth's and James and the 27 for our coast and also slow moving West Bank between junction 13 for profit and 14 freight markets on the m 9 traffic is queuing scythe bind between junction one acre and junction one for new bridge and at the 90 sites by and congestion just on the approach to the Queens free crossing particularly around junction one a but north by and just routine congestion there at the moment and no let me see where else for is the be 9010 that road remains closed after an accident that are still diversions in place there and at the in 1000 Queensferry road just seeing this at reports of queuing traffic because of an accident they say is only a 90 Queensferry road in both directions at Park Grove Road it's around the entrance to dental surgery so do watch out for that if you intend to head that way that's b.b.c. Radio Scotland travel thanks so a lot still to come in the last half hour of the program we're going to be talking more about the 2nd earthquake in Mexico in the past 12 days not as severe as the 1st one but it appears to have caused an awful lot more damage we'll hear from a seismologist as to why this might be the case it's help us state somebody of the news at least 220 people are dead after a powerful earthquake in central Mexico 20 children died and 40 are missing after a school collapsed Jennifer swaddled teaches at the British international school in Mexico City she told us her students were lucky to class that year 7 to 12 year olds. It 1st it's quite a shock we didn't entirely know what was happening obviously everything was happening very quickly as students are sometimes to quickly evacuated and descending the stairs are out of parts of our walk laps of the classroom. A few feet from my colleagues and other students and thankfully everybody was safe in Maria has begun lashing the u.s. Virgin Islands residents there and a nearby Puerto Rico had been warned that the impact could be catastrophic the storm intensified as across the sea with winds of 175 miles an hour recorded many years following a path similar to hurricane Arma which cause destruction on several islands across the Caribbean the battle for the Scottish Labor leadership holds up tonight with a hustings in the center of Glasgow it comes on a day when labor seeking support of Hollywood for the principle of tax increases to raise more cash for public services and asar was vying for the leadership with fellow m.s.p. Richard Leonard Richard Leonard told this program he wants to redistribute power from the few to the many means for example instead of the Scottish Parliament looking powers up we should be looking at how we can devolve and decentralize powers to local authorities who've been stripped of a lot of their powers over the last 10 years but also looking at how we can rule that out to communities and to workplaces Scotland's education secretary is to insist your press on with reforms in the country schools during a speech in Glasgow John Sweeney will say the Scottish Government plans to give schools and teachers more freedom you'll also see that imposing schools will be the heart of the next phase of reform. Women who miscarry joining the 1st round of I.V.'s are more likely to have a baby with further treatment for those who don't get pregnant that's according to researchers at the University of Aberdeen as we call Bell reports this study examines detail from more than 100000 women who started i v f treatments between 19920088 showed that those who Miscavige Judy in the 1st full cycle had a 40.9 percent chance of having a baby over 2 further cycles of i.b.s. That's compared with a 30 point one percent chance for women who did not get pregnant in the 1st cycle researchers behind the study hope the findings will provide reassurance to couples who are considering their options for continuing treatment a study of teenagers born around the turn of the century has found nearly a quarter of girls and one in 10 boys have experienced symptoms of depression but researchers examined data from more than 10000 children the National Children's butyl was involved in this research and for Solomon from the charity says the figures are what he says a very significant number and it really should raise serious concerns amounts to all those working to try and ensure that children and young people are happy whether in school or whether in their own family environment and I think it sends a very clear message to the government to the n.h.s. That this is a very serious problem at the moment one of the most famous ships built in Clydebank the Q e 2 is celebrating its 50th anniversary it became one of the most successful ships ever travelling 6000000 miles around the world more than 30000 people lined the streets of Clydebank in 1967 to watch the queen launch the liner when the Bradford's part of the Q e 2 story history group was born and in Claybanks and it was there that the train with the Q e 2 was being constructed and I can remember very clearly the same in the tone in the build up to the launch I could hear. With the salute given by the ships in the ship so in that the river claimed at the moment and she was orange and it was all in the future must be quite a special ship and that's b.b.c. Radio Scotland news now let's get the weather forecast as Gillian smart and most places are starting the day dry but it won't stay that way we've got a frontal system moving into the waste is bringing milder air but it's bringing a lot of clouds and I brigs of rain as well the rain at the moment is in across the West Highlands elsewhere across the west coast but we'll see it working its way eastwards across the country during the course of the day though some parts of the east will get a decent amount of shelter from the high ground so for Mari in Aberdeenshire the eastern borders that's where we'll see the best of the dry weather and the brightness today the Northern Isles will have a decent amount of dry weather this morning and then rain moving in this afternoon the Western Isles after when starts will turn drier and brighter through the morning the rain will be heaviest over the West Highlands and Argyle this morning and then over the Glasgow area and the Southwest later this afternoon and this evening breezy around the coasts today with the strongest winds over the Western Isles and highs of 15 to 17 Celsius this evening it's cloudy with a Breaks of rain heaviest at 1st over dimply some Galloway the Glasgow area and Argyle quite wet conditions for a time and then as we go through the night the heaviest rain tracks northwards across the country so most of us will see a wet spell overnight the Hebrides the one place that will remain largely dry and clear fairly mild $9.00 to $12.00 Celsius for most of us so tomorrow is a cloudy start with Iraq's of rain and the weather from bringing that rain takes its time to clear so much of the north and east we'll continue to see spells of rain although the heaviest rain becomes confined to Shetland and across western Scotland it will brighten up to give some sunshine albeit with a scattering of showers heaviest in the northwest as the forecast. 92 to 95 f.m. 81 a medium wave and on digital radio b.b.c. Radio Scotland You're listening to Good Morning Scotland 24 minutes to 9 and back to our top story that at least 220 people are thought of died after a powerful earthquake struck central Mexico dozens of buildings have collapsed in the scap atoll Mexico City a reporter one pi is in the B.B.C.'s office in Mexico City and he was there when the 1st tremors hit this one friend from the beginning whites front and so I realized it was it was the moment to. Grab my phone grab my computer and brown downstairs part of the ceiling struck me on the head. Sorry for the road to Rio and as I wasn't sure I was going to make it through to to the streets. I made it negatively and I joined us you're going imagine dozens and dozens of people that were. Shaking crying many of them and trying to reach loved ones well it struck exactly 32 years on from the day of the devastating 1985 quake which killed 10000 people and less than 2 weeks after a powerful tremor claimed the lives of close to 100 people in the south of the country the seismologist Stephen Hicks is on the line from the University of Southampton Good morning. To just put this into context how significant is this earthquake it's very significant in terms of the damage cause I think it will be. Dangerous for this type of earthquake we will hear about. It probably much. The devastation will be lasting a long time I think. Is it connected to the earthquake that hit Mexico 10 days ago because of the earthquake. To go about 10 days ago was located. 600 kilometers to the south. Or 100 miles and based on that the uncertainty it's slightly less likely that 8 point one earthquake actually triggered yesterday 7 point one earthquake we it's possible there might have been a slight increase the stress caused by the 8 point one of and above the phone today that I must have already been placed aside anyway in months possibly years leading up to it all why why do we understand that this earthquake the 2nd one caused has caused much greater damage even though it wasn't quite as strong Why would that be the case for your husband Parker as a quick my 27 point one is that 30 times less energy released than one or quite the sources but however when we consider the effect on the surface we need to think about how far is it away from population centers how people. Quite critical yesterday occurred much closer to the Mexico City area sorry about my there is a lot more damage in that region and you know given the area I mean how do you know about Mexico's earthquake safety planning and what precautions might have been in place as we know that Mexico City is a region of high fives Matanzas what we mean by that there's a lot of strong earthquake that has occurred in the past in Mexico particularly along the Pacific and. Because of Mexico City itself has been on an old lake bed so it's been on the quite thick layers of very least oil and what happens is when that went sideways approach the area from a nearby and really shake up the land because I think I'm ready to fight them out the shake and my messages. What we call a quite a little unclear. What. We call both the people. Who live how much time. Before the stronger. I believe. About. Which might be some people may be like that but. Ok Well thank you very much for joining us this morning at the seismologist Stephen Hicks there speaking to us from the University of Southampton it said just gone 229 let's find out what case talk about at 9 Good morning good morning Garrett Well the question this morning should childhood vaccinations be mandatory perhaps even carry a fine if their parents don't have their children vaccinated yesterday on the Victoria Darbyshire show on b.b.c. a Woman called Jaw Walton her daughter had measles when she was 11 months old but then 24 years later. The disease came back and left her SUV dearly disabled and because of their experience too is calling for vaccinations to be mandatory and France has recently introduced there's Italy's looking at it in America you can't get into elementary school unless you have your full day of vaccinations So should we have some element of compulsion potentially a fine. If the parents don't vaccinate their 2 kids so it wait 59295 w. Is the number to call on that naff guns anyone with children of a certain age or who buy presents for children of a certain age will be familiar with these. Guns basically fire these form form bullets there's some concern about these and a call in certain quarters that you would have to. We're goal goals for using them which is going to be very interesting Please thing that. I would imagine and we're off on a city escape that we do on a Wednesday to we're going somewhere next well here we go we're going to a city that has the all the cinema in the world golf. Dog And you know pewter little money tree that I think is a place you like knowing you knowing me doing it you know like excellent We look forward to hearing all about it from 9 o'clock. Do you get your calls in early if you want to take part in the fall in its Minutes tonight 3 nurses have been ordered to pay more than $4000.00 pounds and charges to the parking operators at Dundas 9 wells hospital Indigo parking services you can limited launched a civil action done dish out of court after claiming the Arsis part with a valid tickets 3 nurses claim the charges were unreasonable and signs stating the terms of the charges were unclear when the sheriff ruled in the parking company's favor what exactly are the rules and regulations when it comes to these private car parks in Scotland solicitor Angela McCracken is on the line Angela Good morning to you good morning so when it comes to these private parking fines What is the law in Scotland the lower. Your. The charges. Are. Can be seen and there are clear and you know where when you go in the car park that is a turn to parking or going beyond a certain turning. Your life. It's interesting because a you will have seen this I'm sure many of us have seen on social media someone saying But equally in a in a supermarket for instance or got a parking ticket what do I do lots of people recommending that she just ignore that the company will ultimately go away because it's on forcible but that doesn't seem to be the case no no at all it's no under forcible but in some circumstances the company's me you. Nor seek to enforce the on legally and to. Come after you for the money and on. The release of all the. For the owners of cars. 4 years ago. And so the company's name of access to who own car so they could make can contact you directly and say you were part here and here is the fine that we're Levy yes yes and if and if you see where I wasn't driving. You have to tell room who was at the curb. Otherwise you'll find yourself ultimately in court if they determine who we are and in this particular case with these 3 nurses Ninewells and on the the sheriff ruled in the parking company's favor. How do courts normally view these filings that the company's lead time because sometimes the fines are quite excessive Yes if the excessive and if he is still for 40 hours. Within the park and you were over. Feet there 2 minutes and they were trying to charge you 100 for that they're 2 minutes the court said in the past but successive but we're you gave circumstances such as the nurses. I think it was for to pay it started off and. Then that so reasonable that's a reasonable pain I would think and did in the that the recovery charges of $96.00 planes each of these which again the court obviously felt was was reasonable given the the trouble the company had to go to try so the recovery charges would be on top of the original fine and again reasonable miss a is the key. So you can of these come charging an absolute fortune but unfortunately. You get warning later saying you have 8 if you don't be within certain number of doubling or whatever and they are in take 2 to do that we know of course in the main hospital car parking fees were abolished in Scotland in 2008 but 9 wells Glasgow Royal Infirmary and the royal family of Edinburgh still charge because they are signed up to private contracts to manage their parking facilities now in the face of it some people might look at that and think that slightly unfair on and on these nurses and one wells and perhaps those that these other hospitals too but it's not something the court would ever be able to take into consideration no you know they could in on for me and I'm sure the sheriff feel very uncomfortable about this case but you cannot look at the personal circumstances have been developed to. You have to look at the law. Unfortunately and there are many telling. When decisions have to be me that one fear. You can't make exceptions it just kind of beyond the law and the hard facts over the contract just so your advice to people is of you receive one of these fines do not ignore it to. Your peril. Thanks for speaking to us Angela McCracken solicitors thank you for that it is 13 minutes to 9. Now let's go to we're going to speak to Graeme Keeley a journalist at The Times no Spain's a guardian a civil police. We've just lost him welcome back to him very shortly let's bring you this morning's news headlines rescue workers in desperate families are searching through rubble following a huge earthquake which has killed at least 200 people in central Mexico how can Rio has begun lashing the u.s. Virgin Islands residents there under nearby Puerto Rico have been warned that the impact could be catastrophic and the education secretary John Sweeney will insist he's pressing on with major reforms and schools when he gives a speech in Glasgow later before 9 we're becoming a nation of smart form zombies know what's happening on the roads Here's the way Diamond thanks very much for starting out with the motorways on the m 8 towards Edinburgh the heavier traffic around junction 4 for which Bryn and in Glasgow on the m 8 there is Eastbourne congestion between junction 20 plantation and 19. Looking at the Queens for the crossing so traffic is easing slightly at back to the m 90 a junction one at the moment North by and there is no delay bill so that's good news on the. Away from the motorways forest the be 9010 that's still closed after an accident there is a diversion in place looking at the trains delays to services between air and Glasgow Central are dross and harbor and Glasgow Central and also Largs and classical central because of a fault with the signalling system around look Winnick So it's affecting the line towards Glasgow at disruption expected until a range $930.00 so that's on the rail services this morning that b.b.c. Radio Scotland travel you're listening to Good Morning Scotland is coming up to 10 to 9 Spain's Guardian civil police have arrested the Catalan vice president's right hand man the rest of us said Maria way the secretary general of the Catalan vice presidency comes amid mounting tensions. Of the Catalonians plans to hold an independence referendum on the 1st of October deemed to be illegal by Madrid we can speak now to the Times journalist green Keeley who is in Barcelona Good morning to you to morning hi Graeme just a Bring us up to date on what's happened. Ok the Spanish Civil Guard of carried out raids this morning at the Economy Ministry of the Catalan regional government they've also raided the presidency that's the president. Offices and the Foreign Ministry now Catalonia trying to have a foreign minister ministry. I should explain and the raids are ongoing they're looking for evidence connected with the proposed referendum planned for over the 1st it's a serious is it comes after a series of raids across the region in the past 2 days or so looking for electoral material. In connection with this poll and as you say there have been raids before now but is this the 1st arrest. Is the 1st arrest and it's over quite important figure right hand man of the number 2 in the castling government over the old John Kerry says is the deputy. President of the castle and government and the man arrested this morning as it was called marriage of a and he's the number 2 figure in that ministry the economy ministry Ok and that was what sort of reactions have been to the seris. Well already there are processed outside economies ministry organizations who are promotion this referendum of calls for a bigger demonstration outside the offices and I'm sure that will happen later on previously or earlier this week when the police seized material from locations across the region there were similar protests outside the offices which were raided Ok Well thank you very much for that update we'll keep up to date of anything else that develops on that story that's Graeme Keeley a journalist or at the Times brings the time here to 8 minutes to 9 and appetite for diesel cars is still strong despite both u.k. And Scottish Government policy heading towards electric vehicles Let's get more from Laura McHugh Gary Scotland currently has more diesel drivers than any other region in the u.k. According to all true traders letus market reports they see a 10th of diesel winners have been influenced to sail by negative media coverage surrounding diesel engines but when asked which fuel type they were going to buy next almost half said they would return to diesel 17 percent said they'd switch to Peytral only 2 percent said they were considering buying an electric and 5 percent a hybrid school in printing of auto trader is here to tell us more in good morning to you good morning what's going on here why we attached to diesel engines Well these legends through very appropriate choice for a lot of consumers driving on our roads today they are today and I'm sure they're going to stay that way what's happened recently since the confines of diesel and somewhat sort of a one sided debate is taking place which is tarred all these and I should say with the brush of all diesel and the the pollution emissions by the rage the last couple of years so there's a big difference is there in the newer diesel engines in terms of emissions completely the year 6 engines which are on sale now on. That that So regulations been in place since September of 2015 actually have a c o 2 level which is half that of petrol have a good bottom and is virtually equivalent in terms of nitrogen oxide and particulates it is it is exactly identical so those vehicles are equipment to petrol but they're also 2 thirds less polluting than the euro for generation and prior which of the vehicles targeted by the current scrap schemes which many manufactures of launch just recently well even being all that in mind as it as we say that the government policy now is heading towards a late very ambitious targets that that's going to be the case what seems to be putting people at the moment going for an electric or hybrid vehicle Well as you say many consumers are very concerned about diesel and the effect of pollution generally on on from cars on the U.K.'s roads fact 74 percent so they're very concerned but there's a significant disconnect between that level of concern and their actual actual practical action at an individual level and in fact your search is sure people are still predominantly searching for a used diesel car and you would think the resale maybe further a few years down the road that that would be something we'd be where you debate well as you say our data of 55000000 monthly users want to try to show that there are still more people searching for diesel than any other fuel type that has been a big spike typically on the day of recent announcements from government sources and so on about to the journey we're taking towards electric towards people searching for electric but diesel remains the fundamental choice for most and values as you mentioned have held firm those searches and values are less strong in terms of evolution than the petrochem trend we've seen over past time since about May of this year these are now stable stabilized and the values are increasing like for like by 2 percent this year and of the demonization is not actually having effect in reality on these or do you think that might change though no going forward now that we're learning more about the kind of targets that. That are going to have to be made in this country in the latest figures from the car dealer Arnold Clark suggested used car sales were up while new car sales were day and you think buyers are just a bit cautious just no waiting to see what's going to happen they are cautious and are statistics from the 13000 people who responded to our survey the summer filled us that half of them are more concerned by the you know the situation this is seeing with regards to this these liberate than they were previously but the concern that confused and they're not quite sure what to do their owners or potential buyers and most of the distance from on the clock are equivalent equal for the rest of the you tell you the newcomer market is slightly down the used car market is holding strong but the barriers we need to deal with are to try and sort of rebrand the gap between reality and perception where currently vehicles suffer a negative perception on cost infrastructure and reliability in thanks so much for joining us in printing there or to treat or 4 minutes to name it's nearly a decade since Steve Jobs unveiled the world's 1st so-called smart phone today we're introducing 3 revolutionary products. 3 things a widescreen i Pod with touch controls a revolutionary mobile phone and a breakthrough Internet communications device. Had to have. These was 3 separate devices this was. Thank God I'm here. I follow. My lead list to see the idea caught on according to a survey this morning by Deloitte to more than 40000000 people in the u.k. Now all access to smart phones the study suggests they're playing an increasingly central role in our lives most of us barely to get it all to get out of bed without checking in with our screen so in danger of becoming a nation of smart form zombies Tom She's right as a technology expert morning to you Tom Good morning I'll kick this. Off the answer is yes isn't it. I don't think it is I think we are these phones who got them but they're still relatively new but human terms 10 years old yes but that's not very old we're still adapting to the culture and the context in which we use them so are the useful yes but I don't think we're quite zombies Well we've all got stories I'm sure of sitting at home looking at them rather than talking to the people that were in the room with Likewise when you know for dinner thing of waking up in the morning the 1st thing you do is check your form that's something that I do when I wake up at 415 should be a coachman but that phone is usually a conduit to other people what you do when you're taking to the middle of the night or in the morning you usually communicating whether it's Facebook Twitter whatsapp or tendu we use these things to connect with other human beings albeit in a different way I wonder about how you see all of this developing. I think we're probably going to go more down this route here walking around with a phone in front of you like Del Boy with is his Filofax is not ideal I think we're to see the phone disappear into a pair of glasses at some point and will probably spend 10 to 12 hours a day looking at the real world through a screen rather than at the screen and ultimately they changing the way we interact with people or take on board what you said they had a bite. Using you know social media etc to to stay in contact with people but. For many people that means seems to be at the expense of human contact having that definition if the etiquette I think dating is really interesting now where people tell you that they never actually approach someone is that bar unless they've done it through a dating app we almost change the etiquette to dating but the advent of smart phone so yes they are changing the way we behave sometimes the better sometimes not and are the companies keeping up with the technology and we've seen the latest one the the new i Phone is going to be over are going to be a 1000 pardons I mean these things are becoming extremely expensive pieces of kit. The top end of it can be very expensive but the bottom end of the community extraordinarily cheap you can now pick up a really powerful smartphone for under under $200.00 pounds significantly less sometimes and that's why so many people have access to them now they're incredibly affordable Ok Tom we shall email or call you thank you very much indeed for speaking to us Tom She's right technology expert and that's all from Guy me for this morning will be back to do it all again from 6 tomorrow to join us then in the meantime here's Kate thanks very much Ali Well this morning on the do you think childhood vaccinations should be compulsory they are in Italy France has also got plans to introduce new legislation around this and in America kids can start their elementary schools on.

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