Until manufacturing bases in the city and those manufacturing bases her have gone people in the United States are preparing to vote in the midterm elections which are being seen as a referendum on President Trump's 1st 2 years in office the Democrats are trying to regain control of the House of Representatives all seats in the house and just over a 3rd of the 100 seats in the Senate are being contested 35000000 people have already voted from Washington John Sopel reports Donald Trump has led from the front with a controversial campaign playing on fears of illegal immigration his most recent If that is Mitt deemed racist by opponents has been banned from nearly all T.V. Networks including the normally supportive Fox News Democrats have had nothing like the same levels of media attention but they've been quietly plugging away at many Americans concerns about health care and whether they'll get insurance for preexisting conditions polls suggest the Democrats could take control of the House of Representatives that would be an important victory the Senate will be much harder to win problems with Universal Credit or driving emergency food bank use according to the Trussell Trust the charity which supports a food bank network across Scotland says it seen a 15 percent rise in people coming for help compared to a similar period last year the U.K. Department for Work and Pensions says the reasons people use food banks are complex and that it's wrong to link the rise to just one cause. Research suggests women who are early risers are less likely to develop breast cancer than those who stay up late it also found that women who sleep longer than 7 to 8 hours a night at greater risk of the disease but the research team says nobody should change their sleeping habits because of the study Dr Rebecca Richmond who led the research told us it's not yet clear what the biological mechanisms for this are some hypothesized that there's a hormonal link which is related to light exposure so there's an argument say there artificial lights in the evening can actually increase risk. Largely through impacting on can biological daily clock and so that's one hypothesis and the other one is related to watch with sleep disruption in the quality of sleep that we're getting and that's another potential avenue for exploration the cabinet will meet this morning to discuss tourism A's latest attempt to finalize a bricks a deal the main sticking point is the so-called backstop the arrangements to avoid checks on goods at the Irish border if there is no trade deal. Scotland is to have its own $15800000.00 pound artificial intelligence Health Research Center looking at how they could improve patient diagnosis treatment and outcomes the same tour will be based in Glasgow but will bring together experts from across Scotland to explore using in the treatment of strokes and some cancers are innovation correspondent Laura Goodman reports based at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow the center will look at the potential for modern computers to analyze the huge amounts of information gathered in N.H. As clinics eeriest AI could be used include in the treatment of strokes reading chest X. Rays and partly automating mammogram analysis the hope is that using technology to process large amounts of data will allow the health service to operate more quickly and efficiently government funding of 10000000 pounds for the Center has been announced a further 5000000000 pounds will come from partner companies 5 men have been arrested after a video was posted online showing a model of grain fell tire on a bonfire Police say the man handed themselves in at a police station in south London last night. A conservation charity has expressed concern over the disappearance of 4 tagged hands in recent months R.S.P.B. Scotland said the birds were last located overland managed for go shooting when their satellite tags suddenly stopped transmitting they were last track to locations in Mari and pasture the Scottish game keepers Association condemned wildlife crime and said there were many possible explanations for the disappearance as well that's the main news sports headlines for good night Gary thank you hello again everyone Scottish football should ban managers from reacting to show from the crowd source says former Scottish F.A. Chief executive Gordon Smith had follows the recent incident where the Habs boss Neil Lennon was hit by a coin after reacting to Hart supporters this morning meanwhile the Daily Record newspaper is reporting the football authorities are planning to hold talks this week on how to combat violence at Scottish grounds and tennis Novak Djokovic 20 years world number one for the 5th time in his career and Cross Counter has become the 1st bit of the sharks and 157 years to win the Melbourne Cup life after sport and the help on offer for our athletes will focus on that shortly. Let's focus on some travel news now with Emery Watson the endless city bypass East burned Barberton there's a breakdown partially blocking one of the lanes and that's adding to routine congestion the police are dealing with it there on the scene at MIT North Bend all lanes are open following an accident heater and junction 6 old and still slowing those from Junction for moments I'm told the travel time is ending up to half an hour and southbound right about junction 7 hogs at the NE at $76.00 marriage there was a multi vehicle accident some Each T.V.'s involved and told us all moved to the side but only just so you've still got queues to deal with since law through this junction West Bengal is on the Amy at the Glasgow junction 13 to 17 get it western road and if you're Glasgow bound on the air. I'm 77 slowing down from before junction 4 Newton Mearns coming up to junction one break road with those 9095 double it B.B.C. Radio Scotland travel and the weather prospects Julian smart here with the forecast and is agree start Gary with mist and fog in places and I breaks of rain initially the rain focus mainly in the north and west and then this afternoon drier and somewhat brighter conditions will develop in the north the best of the sunshine today will be across Caithness Sutherland and the Murray Firth area eastern Scotland will see a decent amount of dry weather this afternoon as well but the west will continue to see smoke breaks have shown any rain it will be breezy with brisk south easterly winds strongest around North Sea coast and over the northern and western isles and highs $11.00 to $14.00 Celsius that's the forecast thanks very much for that Julian 8 minutes past 8 now you listen to Good Morning Scotland and as we've been reporting throughout the program the Mitchell entire factory in done deal which employs 850 people is to close by mid 2020 air later this year the tire making company warned it was struggling to compete with cheaper foreign imports and earlier in the program we spoke to the local M.S.P. Shawna Robson who told us the factory had been struggling recently the plant has had difficulties over the last few months you may be aware that the have taken a number of steps to change shift patterns the unknowns the reduction in staff numbers so there were clearly concerns googling last week that McI indicated that Mitchell in where in trouble and that he was travelling to France to meet the senior management team saw obviously they were concerns but yesterday when the announcement was made. We was overwhelming for unite regional officer Bob McGregor joins us now good morning to you good morning your union's been talking about this is a betrayal rather a strong word to use in the circumstances. Well I don't reverse the strong work. The company hold someone's week to through the media not several members and you know the union found this cause but as regards the closure itself do you understand the economic case that my children make no I don't believe the dumping of cheap Asian tires substandard players by the way. Has had an effect on the company but the least and last year in the sizes of the tires that made it this far thing that could be changed by a change of machine oh well according to Fleet news a trade website tire choice has been rising at a brain 10 percent a year it says in 1907 there were 19 tire sizes there counted for 90 percent of company car footman's today 120 tire size is a kind for 90 percent of the remaining 10 percent there's a staggering $1030.00 sizes in this clearly a huge range of demand here and it's going to be difficult for one factory to meet not demand that. The dunny factories always been good enough kind of demand because it's able to adopt and train sizes quickly and that's been one of the strengths so you believe that this could be the way forward for this plant. Yes well. I think with some investment to make the law just sizes and this point I think that would secure its future Well that has been quite substantial investment even only just you know a year or 2 ago there was. Quite a substantial investment of tens of billions of pounds for the Hazari millions of pounds for 4000000 pounds from Scottish Enterprise and about 12000000 from the company itself why do you believe that that investment didn't work and we're in this position I. Believe that the investment needed to be in larger sizes the factory deals with can 141516 and most cars no are above that size and the investment rate has been. Consistent steady investment and the point and they're also picking up the new and certainly a client to use the energy from they are so much one near really need to reconsider this because this is one of the most modern plants that have has a very low carbon footprint it's got one carbines and there's no going to take energy from the energy from West Point Next Door Well given all of that why do you believe rather than go down the road that you've suggested have the names that pulling the plug Well I have no idea why they've done because as we've had a relationship with a company for decades you know we've been the Union year since upon opening 71 and. The fact that not well we have been talking to them on a rescue plan but the fact that they just announced this or this was leaked to the media yesterday with the making us aware of I think is pretty disingenuous to be honest but I was shown a Roberson point today they have been saying recently that there are potential difficulties there in September they were talking about potentially laying. some walkers off and of reducing the number of tires that the manufacture we had they had about 8 derek the car i attending a meeting in france because again the company said that they were having difficulties what is your understanding of what these meetings have her actually generated so phone go we have knowing the understanding of what use means have generally it because we didn't realize these meetings were taken quist but all just see on the the tone ton and the production well you this happened back in 20072008 the gays in the fact we agreed to change of chef are there was and tailshaft weight toe in the heart of 3 and that was the plan that was been could in place and co yesterday you know to change the chef part on to take some of the workers over her heart 3 till to secure its feature the scottish government say they'll leave no stone unturned the u.k. Government say that there are reviewing the taste seti deal to see whether you know money needs to be moved arrived and on that what would be your message to both governments should they be investing public money in this plant Absolutely this point has been there for nearly 50 years and there's generations of families have what's in this plan and these these jobs have been already flung jobs and all that the whole working life people of what the knot point and these are the thing the jobs that the U.K. Needs to sustain its economy and I believe that this is what I couldn't some extra money into to make sure the plant survives Bamma Gregor from the Unite union thank you very much for about 14 minutes past 8 the founder of Celtic boys' club has been jailed for 6 years for sexual offenses against 3 boys in the 1980 S. And ninety's James Cotton Torbert was previously convicted of crimes against 3 other boys in the sixty's and seventy's sentencing him in the High Court in Glasgow the judge said the target had set up the club as a front for a recruiting ground to abuse boys who dreamed of playing for Celtic one of the men abused as Andrew Grey who died last year his sister Michelle get this reaction to the verdict as a family we are delighted that justice has been done. The brevity of Andrea and the others has been humbling we hope that it says a president for others to come forward know our beloved can finally rest in peace the last 2 weeks. Have been she is here. Myself and my mom and my brother and I'm just friends will be haunted by what we haven't under suffered at the hands of Mr Thorpe but. Mayor as with the Scottish Charity talk Nari which provides counseling and services to survivors of sexual abuse many of whom suffer abuse in a football setting good morning to you good morning what's your reaction to the verdict I'm absolutely delighted that you didn't get 6 years I'm so happy for the survivors and that family and that the to get their day in court and Tilikum and the ice Hopefully this will give them some closure but I'm absolutely delighted and from those involved in this case one of the you know the things that they they want to come out of a case like this if it does go to court is the fact that it's such a justification that they are believed really at the end of the day seems to be so important to victims Yes absolutely and yet the fact there and the survivors will be more empowered and also going to hear that Johnnie and overcovered the fact that the have been believed Yeah and what can it take to make people come forward and why you know to so many abuse victims I suppose wait so many years before that they do come forward yeah and what details as and gain support and know the odd believed and the court trust and the Football Association and the people who have been involved. And so that would certainly help their survivors to come forward and it does take a long time for survivors and to be able to take and all the information. What happened to them and it can take Trust is a huge back thang for them. Saw that's why you know it takes so long for somebody to be able to come forward. You know and we have those so we've had this interim report on the situation from from the S.S. a Young child protection policies which which is said then that they were not fit for purpose the Texan policies in Scottish football we have to have the the final report from from the S.F. a Yet but yes what do you want to see change as a result of that and I would like. I'd like to be there as far as the children are concerned who are coming forward to play football and I would like to see a lot of changes within the dressing rooms who's involved with a chaldron and also. Mothers fathers make sure that the people who are involved with their children have core P.V.T. And to make sure that they've been feted and. There's no way any criminal charges against them and it is a hard maybe for parents and children to know who they can talk to get into football clubs need to have or even S.F. They know someone who is responsible for this and someone who people know they can go to absolutely yeah absolutely for the children that would be if it is something somebody in place that children can trust and they can speak to and the parents can trust Israel and speak to that would be that would be a good state for what about it is positive step forward and that a direction and term Bailey the former children's commissioner was on the program earlier and he said the surf A have been guilty of intransigents and complacency on this issue Yes Do you agree with that absolutely you're totally yep yep and what why why is that the case do you think. And I thank the past and I thank all the any kingdom of abuse was all brushed under the carpet. And because it's all coming I was just know they are stuck there I feel as a 1st still trying to minimize or. The style trying to. Just brush under the carpet as if it never happened. Well thank you and then you teach responsibility for it well we shall see what happens I suppose when the final report is revealed thanks very much ever speaking to us this morning Mayor there from the Scottish Charity talk now I've almost 20 past 8 the prime minister holds her weekly cabinet meeting later with discussions expected on the U.K. Leaving the E.U. This morning The Times newspaper is reporting the European Union is preparing to back a compromise proposal on the Irish border Well let's speak to an Army high level political correspondent at The Telegraph and Jennifer McKiernan who covers Westminster for the Press Association Good morning to you both and I think when it comes to this backstop a lot of people's brains start to Hearts and the compromise they're talking about now is about at what point that's a backstop might end if indeed it's haven't implemented in the 1st place can you just explain it all for us that's right I mean the nice thing that's happened is to eat them and live right here. Agree that Britain could have a revision clause but the backstop which means that. They could trigger. To get to each or at least sure the surgeon. But I think you know your your point about it being called the case it is something that they could buy many M.P.'s in Westminster and indeed in the cabinet as well which is one of the problems. Indeed and the issue was that Dominic. The breaks that secretary wanted to make a unilateral decision potentially on when to end this and that was not something that the Irish could countenance Yes that's right he wants it he wanted this weekend that the U.K. Should be able to pull out after just 3 months and not need Brussels OK that that is something that would appeal to a lot of bricks. Mind that he may agreeing something which requires a. Signature from Brussels U.K. . And this arrangement is something that a lot of M.P.'s will be up in arms against and so I think they'll make rather try to be them. And Jennifer of those there are suspicions on the part of some pro Breck's that M.P.'s that actually this whole backstop might mean that we're tied to the E.U. For a long time potentially forever according to Boris Johnson as part of a customs arrangement so what are the chances of tourism a being able to sell any of this to the cabinet to the wider Tory party in the Commons sure I think that there's a bit of a problem with this in that it seems that no matter what the U.K. Does we're going to end up in some way tied to the Customs Union as you say and that means sticking to the rules for the for the E.U. Regulations. Even even if we get this sunset clause through my understanding is that that still means that yet OK the U.K. Can can leave the Customs Union but Northern Ireland has to still remain in it so neither of those situations are a comfortable for the BRICS it is and both of them seem to leave either the whole of the U.K. Or part of the U.K. Still under the jurisdiction affectively of the E.U. Because there is no way apparently around this if you want to avoid a hard border in northern Ireland So what do you believe Mrs May is trying to do here in terms of this cabinet meeting today is to be able to keep people on side. It's into the things that going on around the cabinet meeting so a couple weeks ago we had the pizza plot where we were looking at potentially the room was addressing nations from from the 3 bombshells a penny more than Andrew let's and Liz Truss Now that didn't come to pass actually last night what we had was it was a meeting apparently with no peace or involved but of the 3 remaining remain is in the cabinet including David Linton. So it looks like what they're hoping to do is be able to say to people listen in the event of a new deal that's going to be so catastrophic for the U.K. That we need you to just hold your nose and vote for this compromise deal that we know you don't like nobody in Parliament likes it but it's better than a no deal that's what should be trying to convince them to do so that they can get some kind of deal together and then some at the end of this month is parliament going to buy that. Well I think Joe has got it very correct. 3 The mayor were banking on the fact that Parliament will be almost pressured into pushing this through off the back of fears of a no deal. She is expected to use cabinet. Just the extent. Of preparations allowed the fast bottom is all planning for an ideal Breck said that again will start to make some people very nervous we have Philip Hammond Yes in Parliament significantly comparing Elodea broke it to a collapse of the banking system. So you know they're really trying to but pressure on M.P.'s and say if you don't go with a compromise you will be faced with a bad situation if there is an interesting point in the sun today which mention it which quite a cabinet minister saying that. Only 15 Labor M.P.'s expected side government and vote for a deal which means that the numbers just don't add. It will even take to get the appeared on board and they're going to push the OK let me thank you both for your time this morning Vance who is political correspondent the Telegraph Jennifer McKiernan from the Press Association $825.00 Time to catch up with more support Phil good luck as the latest managers he'll have to be banned from making gestures at football funs So says the former chief executive of the Scottish F.A. Gordon Smith in the wake of recent incidents involving current throwing Smith has told the sport's sun programme that while he thinks it was terrible to see Habs boss Neil Lennon struck by a coin last week at Tynecastle his actions towards the Hearts supporters in the stand behind him were wrong there's no board as yet from the Scottish Professional Football League amid reports this morning that they are to hold talks this week on the recent violence seen at grounds the Daily Record reporting that clubs the S.F. A and the police will and told the Scotians before the weekend. Now away from that Saudi hood you can see more of our website on it's all about how did what and sacrifice the code for budding sportsmen and women as they try and make it so much focus on that goal that sometimes we are told life skills can fall by the wayside the organization next step Foundation is trying to change that what can with fleets who leave their sport suddenly Julio Donal said that I acted with the chocolaty nextstep foundation I think of the idea this misconception that schools people can't be vulnerable and don't need support. Without it very much so the case that they do so and give aid and waistcoats of aid in that one be the what sort support groups or support the 4 am We are Eamon and we do support the child gushing from sport and to another unfairness of to the apostle if you hold in a cookie program at Hearts Football Club today yeah yeah Do we really need a child to teach footballers how to how to boil potatoes and how do you prepare food so I think that the biggest thing as you know just absolutely the idea and play missing is to use your kin as the kin of the the the catch and it's time stable scales that's the bike that we're trying to get across to the program as other you police go been able to kind of look after their own nutrition and hydration be able to take thing back to someone support them with kind of creatures and the train and plans and but there's a big part of that talk on this all about employability skills and as I mentioned the timetable scales so that the Learn and say we're very do we translate that into what we're Julie I'm not meaning to the kind of what the phone Deshon does but I'm just wondering what people might might think of this when the heat about. Sports stars who have led up to life to such an extent chasing that could be is that the they don't know simple skills in the in the kitchen absolutely if you imagine much like any overs if you go a little dreaming that you're into or that becomes your sole focus that becomes your one thing that you're prepared for your knowledgeable though and you understand really as something happens that being pushed into to expand and it's at that point that you need that Plan B. You need that alternative so by 2 they do nearly intervene intervention to they can support before the need. For Law and plea that this time the action becomes much easier Giulio Donna lead with next step a foundation and we've had that already this morning but after 157 years of trying I think it's only fair that we hear that again a pretty good airing of the 200 that I will get down to then I could jump on the inside of here comes 1st count 1st Care to tell me to trust tell us like you have got it at last count there is from the Open Cup from Marbella prick severity cross counted a British trained horse winning the Melbourne Cup for the very 1st time. Well let's get the latest on the travel front what's happening on the roads as morning Annmarie Healy in Edinburgh looking at congestion and delays across much of West End by this morning templates and quality cheap Quality Street affecting the A 90 works in Jena progression affecting a 70 and a breakdown on the east bend city bypass Barberton affectingly bypass itself as well as the a meet the M 9 and the A 71 and Stevens been on the phone talking about an accident on the Glasgow Ameet westbound around junction 16 calls what block you go in to watch the approach and expect delays for no and if you're Glasgow bound on the M 77 looking at delays from before junction for Newton Mearns the junction one to break will it be B.C. Radio Scotland travel in the next half hour will be spicing up the programme a bit with 4 of the original 5 by reforming It's half past 8 so many of the news the tire maker Mitchell in has been accused of betraying its 850 strong workforce and done Di after announcing plans to close the plant there within the next couple of years the company has blamed a slump in demand for the smaller type of tires that are me that the plant the Scottish government says they'll leave no stone unturned to save the site and the U.K. Government C They will review the T. Cities deal Bob McGregor the regional organizer for the Unite union is calling for more public money so the plant can adapt to produce new products these jobs have been already flown jobs and although the whole working life people of what the not quite and these are the thing the jobs in the U.K. Needs to sustain its economy and I believe that this is what could and some extra money into ready to make sure the plants of ice voting in the U.S. Mid-term elections will begin Lita is being seen as a referendum on Donald Trump's presidency and campaigning has at times been heated David Harrison horn is from the news website political what we're seeing at the moment United States at least right now is not a particularly decent or time to reach of President Obama's Fellini in this campaign remarkably campaigning against his successor in a way that we've never seen 2 presidents face off. One of the U.K.'s biggest food bank charities says the problems with universal credit and other welfare payments such as waiting times are leading to more people using it services the Trussell Trust says demand for its American says supplies in Scotland between April and September this year was 15 percent up on the same period last year the D.W.P. Says there are complex reasons why people use food banks. The Metropolitan Police say 5 men have been arrested after a video was shared of a model of Grenfell tower being burned on a bonfire $72.00 people died in a fire at the west London Tara block last year the 5 who handed themselves in are being questioned on public order offenses more than a Samuels from the Justice for Grandfather group is disgusted it's appalling at a time like this especially when the survivors and the bereaved families are given evidence that actually people have chose to make fun of you know the deaths of 72 women men and children. Research suggests women who like getting up early in the morning are less likely to develop breast cancer than those who prefer to stay up late the reasons are unclear and the researchers say nobody should change their sleeping habits because of the study James Gallagher has more we all have a body count which governs how our body works in a roughly 24 hour pattern it affects everything from when we sleep to our mood and even our risk of a heart attack morning people or larks are early to rise and peak earlier in the day while owls find it harder to get up in the morning and are productive later into the evening the study by the University of Bristol found people who were genetically programmed to be larks were less likely to develop breast cancer in the course of an 8 year study 2 in every 100 women who are was developed breast cancer compared with just one in every 100 locks from today women will receive their state pension when they're 65 which is the same age as men the move to equalize male and female pension ages excuse me began 25 years ago the women again state pension inequality group or was be campaigns on this issue for those women it says are being unfairly affected by the changes Rosie Dixon is from the Glasgow Atlantic shore Dunbartonshire and Renfrewshire branch we are asking for the pension age to go back to 60 what we're asking for was feeder transitional arrangements when they excel it at the time table nobody could see that was fear nobody get enough notice nobody any notice in many cases speaking to retired teachers N.H.S. Workers nurses these public sector workers and they've actually had to subsidize themselves during those years many of them have we mortgaged their houses equity least 3 houses and dipped into their savings so they're there to some compensation for this and that's B.B.C. Radio Scotland news let's get the weather forecast straight what's in store his Gillian smart well low pressure dominating our weather over the next few days making for brisk winds and weather from bringing rain in off the I'm. Dick this morning is a fairly mild start but agree one with Mr unfold in places and some outbreaks of rain no 1st that rain may mean affecting the North Highlands the Northern Isles parts of western Scotland as well this afternoon some drier and brighter conditions will develop in the north and in fact the best of the sunshine today will be across Caithness Sutherland and around the money for it coast eastern Scotland will see a decent amount of dry weather this afternoon as well though still a lot of clouds around and a few pockets of drizzle for the west rain never too far away today it will be showy still some drier spells in between but especially later in the afternoon and into this evening some more persistent rain will push into the West as the next weather front moves in breezy with brisk south easterly winds strongest around north sea coasts and over the northern and western isles and temperatures $11.00 to $14.00 Celsius perhaps 15 in the best of the brightness towards the Mari coast tonight will bring Shadi bursts of rain for most parts winds will ease in the West but it will stay breezy for central and eastern Scotland a fairly mild night $8.00 to $12.00 Celsius and to morrow we'll see we're still firmly under the influence of low pressure a lot of clouds a lot of wet weather during the morning rain will affect most of the country in the afternoon the heaviest and most persistent rain will be focused in the West else where the rain will turn a bit more showery but still a lot of cloud and strong winds especially in the east of the forecast. In digital radio 92 to 95 F.M. And each one of the medium waves B.B.C. Radio Scotland You're listening to Good Morning Scotland 24 minutes to 9 the energy regulator off Jim has made good on its proposal to introduce an energy bill price cap which it says will protect $11000000.00 households on poor value default tariffs the new energy price cap will come into force on the 1st of January saving $11000000.00 customers an average of $76.00 pounds a year on their gas and electricity bills and the. Craig from Moneysupermarket joins us now morning to you morning we were expecting this. Is this bridge of $76.00 pounds is that what most people will save then as a result of this so it's based on the average bill value so what you see is some people could save more some people could save less It also depends on who you're currently with so actually on average if you with Scottish Power for example you can save about $120.00 pounds instead of the average of $76.00 pounds so what would be the sort of talk rate of energy bills then you know that the cost is over a year do we know we know how much we would expect to pay so what we're saying at the moment is just saying on average is about 76 pounds and it goes up to 120 pounds on the average bill consumption because if you've got someone who leaves their lights on all day and has a washing machine constantly go and then actually funded their energy bill is just naturally more expensive so they may end up saving more whereas on the other end of the spectrum if you've got someone who doesn't really use their energy that much on this time if they will save less so does that mean what is the cap you know is is there a price at which bills will be capped there so the cap is based on and it is it gets a bit complicated as to how it's how it works but it baby can lay your lot today more than you know what So no and then unfortunately can't because it's based on the actual original cost of the energy rather than your energy bill OK or because of a bit more complicated than that that sounds perhaps exactly what Watts or me what's the the logic behind this and why of off done this so the logic behind it is people who haven't switched their energy in more than a year and you're talking that over 50 percent of the population that haven't switched their energy are spending too much effectively Now what that means is the less engaged of us. The 2 don't actually realise they can save the money of Gemma printing in the cap in order to protect them a bit now what you'll find is an object of said that if you switch your energy to a different provider or to a different term if Actually you'll save even more money so you can save up to about 200 pounds instead of the 76 pounds that they're saying that you can save by doing nothing I wonder though if this will make people you know. More complacent maybe even than before and we will see maybe more inertia because people might think oh well rather go to the hassle of having to change an oversupply or at least you know RB saving some money if I just stay where I am exactly which is it's a little bit of a shame because by switching supply you do ensure that you're saving the most amount of money in that year on the best deal so actually I said I sat down with my boyfriend yesterday prepping for this and saying OK will if I say to you let's switch our energy What does that make you feel and he just lay out the biggest Sayyid ever hurt so it's one of those where it's viewed as a really complicated thing to do but it's actually quite simple you can go to price comparison website such as money supermarket or somewhere else to have a look and see a K. Is what I'm paying at the moment a good enough deal am I on one of the standard variable tires that are costing people so much more money OK Well thanks very much for joining us this morning Emma Craig there from money supermarket 2029 Scotland as they have its 1st artificial intelligence health center with funding of over 15000000 pounds the center will bring together researchers from Glasgow University N.H.S. Staff and artificial intelligence experts who work together to come up with new ways of diagnosing illnesses more quickly and accurately while Professor Dame. Is the vice principal at Glasgow University and joins us now good morning to you and morning one of the benefits of AI in this field I think the benefits are enormous and it really is a platform for us to boot. Pan Scottish activities there when Scotland precision medicine excellence so this ability to use computers to use that official intelligence for the very early days noses precised diagnosis correct diagnosis and then to say they get a treatment is really what Scotland can do best and I think I need to acknowledge that this is not one center this is a pan Scottish activity so I will not work in practice so we have Professor David Harrison from the University of St Andrews who is the director of that whole activity the principal investigator he's also a visiting professor with us in Glasgow and we have the 1st biggest hub which is the imaging Center of Excellence at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital he had in Glasgow but the idea is to very quickly spread to other centers and the 2nd have is in Aberdeen so sharing that technology the numbers also didn't numbers of patients the numbers of X. Rays the numbers of scans the numbers of pathology some pills that need to be digitalized and then the machine the need to Lerone in order to create that support for clinicians so the fantastic name that was coined by our collaborators in industry Canon is the clinical cockpit. So if you think about it now the clinician will be like a pilot of the plane doing something extremely precise very quickly and there are many diseases when this is necessary so this is what you're saying is that the AI is is much better at diagnosing them and humans are just you know doesn't make the mistakes potential that a human might learn or I think we need both Fed as the machine needs to lead and the machine will be led an incredible human so of course there would be checking very experienced clinicians before this can be truly implemented so I think this is machine and human working together in harmony rather than machine replacing the humans but also allowing clinicians that are geologist the pathologist to do much more complex things more most of their time were used to do the routines things for example 2nd observer for every mom a good AM for screening could be done by the machine to mentally but I think the most exciting thing is that we brought industry national health service colleagues so several holes but are working Greater Glasgow and clade has been hugely accommodating to facilitate this project but divest of colleagues across the whole Scotland joined in and that's where we when I can understand what's in it for industry I can also understand what isn't it in terms of research for their universities What about the health boards themselves because we know they're under a lot of financial pressure how expensive is this technology and is it something that is going to be easily affordable in the future I think with all this modern technologies we've looked and we will be looking at health economics of it so far doing things using modern technology actually makes it cheaper and we have very elegant evidence that was recently presented at the precision medicine summit on the 10th of September in Perth to all colleagues debt. Huge savings could be made because the diagnosis is precise because we don't to use drugs done to work and very importantly for peace since the advent of reactions will be removed greatly reduced so things that cost a lot of money hospital admissions and necessary investigations could be removed or reduced sounds like a real game changer fairy very important then the game changer for all of us thank you very much for coming in to tell us about it that's Professor Dame check who is the vice principal of Glasgow University thank you it is quarter to 9 so let's find out what's coming up later with Kay Adams from 9 o'clock Good morning that was fascinating stuff very exciting I love this time of the clinical cockpit. Doesn't it right on the phone in this morning we're talking pensions because this is the 1st day that men and women's pensions are in concert both qualify at the age of 65 so if you're a woman you are 65 today happy birthday here. Not sure if you will be celebrating or not is this a quality. Is this the way it should be that men and women get their pension at the same age give us a call or not and of course the pension qualification age will rise for both men and women from know or are you ready for it. 59295 double or from what I'm starting here at 900 indeed indeed. Probably surgery is opened today Brian go more is with us of course for many people of a certain generation they said well my property is my pension that's not necessarily going to be the case for future generations who will speak to Brian about that but he's here to answer any questions at all you have about renting sailing letting whatever to do with with property and of course it's a name to place. So 1st clue 130 or so I could. Clean 130 I will get a 2 minutes to 12 it matters of you. It's a very complicated thing. OK I'll come up with K. From 9 It is 40 minutes to 9 and this morning's headlines talks are expected to take place this morning following the decision by Mitchell and to close its Dondi tire factory in the next couple of years people in the United States are preparing to vote in the midterm elections which are being seen as a referendum on President Trump's 1st 2 years in office the problems of the universal creditor driving emergency food bank use according to the charity the Trussell Trust coming up before 9 the 1st of a series of events marking the 17 array of the disaster. 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No let's catch up with some more business news director bank as we head into the most crucial time of the year for retailers Well we certainly are heading that way Haley and I'm afraid to say it's been a lot Kloster a few weeks for retailers according to reports this morning from the British Retail Consortium that says the all important golden quarter for retail sales has got off to a fairly flat start as cautious consumer spending has been continuing still to to reste retail sales still went up by 1.3 percent year on year across the U.K. Barclaycard has also been telling us about credit and debit transactions in October and I hope things are going from its point of view it from spending was certainly healthy but it also found that consumer confidence was more I've been speaking to me Harwood who's are directed at Barclaycard but over the summer we saw a bit of warm weather and some feel good event strafe spending upwards and now what we're seeing is a return to more modest levels of Great say we saw 4.4 percent increase in spending year on year in Octavia and what we see in the data is a real distinction between what's happening in the retail sector which continues to struggle and the experience economy which continues to do well any thoughts of why that might be when if we look at the specific categories we see the entertainment spending gree by 10.8 percent and that was driven by a strong performance among pubs restaurants and a key to a large Chile as ticket sales where there was 20 percent great year on year and we think what might be driving that is things like Glastonbury tickets going on sale and some really big hits at the box office but perhaps inevitably there is relatively little consumer confidence just know. In part at least because of breaks it on Sampson to what into the most important time of the year for retail no confidence has got to be I want to. Say we are staying at dipping consumer confidence around the U.K. Economic environment with just one. And 3 of us saying we're confident that not such a the lowest since our records began what we see in the data is something we've seen for a long time actually which is an underlying cautiousness So as we run up to the Christmas period around half of us a saying we're going to spend less this year than we did last year and we when we look forward into next year one in 4 of us are worried about what our wages will be next year and even among these who have experienced a recent increase in income a lot of them are paying off debts or increasing less savings or simply setting aside more for the festive period is that it that I grew ations between consumer confidence and how much people you will be can comfortably have on their credit cards in tradition would suggest one of 2 things either the few confidence that they can take on some debt safely or if you become to comb the debts with the company for it in cash they will get it at all so it's important to recognize that our data covers both debit card spending and credit card spending and there's also a distinction between how people feel about the U.K. Economy as a whole where 28 percent of us say we're confident in that and that's likely influenced as you say by that wider political and economic environment in the UN sesson to is that when it comes to our own personal situations actually around 60 percent of people are confident in their finances and what we're seeing in our data for example is that 65 percent of people are seeking out more value for money on the patches that they make so while we may on occasion be treating ourselves as I mentioned before there is an underlying cautiousness and sensible ness to the way we approach our spend it's interesting when you get a mismatch between hope people feel about their own financial situation and how the few of the countries Yes that's right and and I think when we come into Christmas it will be very interesting to see how can see misspending changes and of course what may happen to the retail sector as a result as me harboured there from bark regarded apologies for the hissy quality in the line. Some news from the city this morning a profits warning from the betting giant William Hill it's warmed over through your airings after regulated tax changes hit its online growth while we could football and football and racing results as well as challenging conditions in the High Street have also been taking a toll More business news tomorrow 8 minutes tonight in the 1st of a series of events marking the centenary of the oilier disaster have begun more than 200 men returning home after the 1st World War died when the ship was wrecked off the coast of Lewis on New Year's Day 1900 many of the artists making work for the project of personal connections to the tragedy as arts correspondent Polly McLean reports and all the passing can see when you get there but it will be there where he says well it's a short but blustery walk to the shoreline and the sight of one of the washed monotone disasters in Yuki waters in the 20th century we are at the site of the air disaster which occurred just behind me here Roddy money is director of the art center and lantern in Stornoway one morning of the 1st of January 919 which resulted in the loss of 201 lives 174 came from the Isle of. Cataclysmic. Unspeakable tragedy which took generations to finally work its way through to her we are today. And Linda and $1418.00 know the U.K.'s arts program for the 1st 4 wars and teeny have commissioned a programme of events and exhibitions leading up to the on a vast city on January the fyrst every community on the island was affected and it remains a deeply personal story for most of the artists involved my great grandfather turned in there and either so his name is John John Morris and. Years 44 and he left our family of it musician in Morrison collaborated with artist a Alan Scullion to make a new multi-media performance called sell which was premiered in Stornoway recently it'll be performed again in December just days before the anniversary the either story has been on or never talked about it it was very much on my radar and as a musician and an artist I guess that the story has been ingrained in me and the sea has played a big part in my own life. And market focus and also has a passion connection her great uncle died in the aisle here he's one of $100.00 portraits she's painted for a new exhibition one for each year of the Centenary arts studio packed full of canvases is an overwhelming sight and that's less than half the number who died in the aisle there and it's not just the scale ranking 2nd only to the Titanic but the fact the men were so close to home after years of war and a New Year's Day She believes that's why communities here have taken so long to talk about it people were absolutely overwhelmed then there was the losses through McLeish and shortly afterwards there were widows there were girls who never Mattie some of them infant I think it's roots things in the. Pockets coming home just talking a post it was so with that people caught it I think and it's taken so is 3 generations at least before we've started to commit a threat Margaret hopes her portraits will remain together after the exhibition in December perhaps in a memorial center the community is currently discussing building back on the shoreline a mile from Stornoway harbor a new sculpture will also be unveiled a New Year's Day created by Arthur Watson Mattie 11 and Will McLain it's a sit alongside the existing memorial and at last include the name of every man who died Polly McLean reporting It's 4 minutes to 9 now let's go back to the factory the tire manufacturer Mitchell and where meetings between management and the 850 workers have been taking place this morning a reporter under Anderson a spent the morning outside the plant and rejoins us again and you've been able to speak to some of the workers I believe. Yes good morning Haley about half an hour ago workers who turned up this morning started leaving the plant to was a long stream of vehicles driving away and there's going to be no work here no until Thursday to allow workers to come to terms with the shocking news frankly that they've been given the small orning both the night shift and the day shift with cults together for what appears to be a very brief meeting workers told me at last to know more than 5 minutes for the Michelin plant manager here to tell them to confirm news that they had already heard that the intention is to close this massive factory by 2020 and some of the workers didn't want to speak to us when they came out but others. Said there was a mixture of anger and shock come that they were gutted Here's a flavor of what they had to say to us was paid much at all I tossed and stuff but people when the market was up and the age of going on to Scully so young office what you felt from a 2020 that's what that even for for the quarter the points all I got for it was stalled all the city months employment they'll give a stay all that sort of the jobs you know I mean so when you have an idea of something's going on that your light your noise body just it's just going to have a few bad things you know but when I thought again yes. So there will be a lot more going on then later today on no doubt in the days to come. Yes indeed so I don't think you can overplay the significance of Michelin's decision 850 jobs here the the workers themselves say they're well paid jobs the Michelin's worth about 45000000 pounds to the local economy here so government souls' other agencies are all going to be involved to finance sexually Mkhize coming here for meetings later on today the unions have pledged to fight to fight this decision but workers I spoke to I think they're resigned to the fact that this factory is not going to be here beyond 2020 it opened in 1971 it's the areas biggest industrial employer it's difficult to see at the moment how you can replace these high value jobs easily I mean those plants for done D. To get a slice of the decommissioning work for the NOR see presumably efforts on that front are going to be stepped up Michelin themselves are pledging enhanced redundancy early retirement schemes and intensive support for those people that are losing jobs but a real sense of shock here at the Michelin plant this morning and I suspect throat Bundy and the surrounding area under Granderson many thanks for that much more on that obviously throughout the day here on B.B.C. Radio Scotland but that's it from us for this morning time for Kate thank you very much Gary we're talking pensions this morning on the phone and today November the 6 March the 1st time that men and women's qualification age for the state pension is the same 65 for both is that equality tell us how you feel about that way to wait 5 to 95. On the Radio 198295 each one of the medium we B.B.C. Radio stuff. Is here with a news thank you good morning Michelin workers in Dundee have been told the factory is to close by 2020 the decision was announced to the 850 staff at a short meeting at the plant around an hour ago workers leaving the factory said they were gutted and angry they'd 1st heard about the closure decision from the media the Scottish government say they'll sleep no stone unturned to save the site and the U.K. Government say they'll review the taste cities deal. People across the United States are preparing to vote in midterm congressional elections which are being seen as a referendum on Donald Trump's presidency voter turnout is expected to be high as people decide whether Mr Trump's Republican Party should keep control of Congress the Democrat Senator Tim Kaine says the elections could have existential consequences for the U.S. When we say the Pledge of Allegiance every day in this country the last 2 words are her all liberty and justice for all we're living in a moment where frankly the leadership of the country does not demonstrate a for all mentality it's more of a for mayor for a few or for some and I really think sort of that's the question on the ballot is are we going to be true to that for all value that has always been kind of at the heart of the American equality promise problems with Universal Credit are driving emergency food bank use according to the Trussell Trust which supports a network across Scotland and the U.K. The charity says use of food banks in Scotland is up 15 percent on a similar period last year Linda Sinclair reports that they provided nearly 88000 imagines to supplies in Scotland between April and September this year the shock he says while universal code.