our scotland correspondent lorna gordon is at the court of session in edinburgh. lorna?od day for the scottish government, frankly a bit ofa scottish government, frankly a bit of a mess, and the mess that will cost the taxpayer many hundreds of thousands of pounds. the scottish government today admitted it breached its own guidelines by appointing an investigating officer who had prior involvement in this case, and as a result conceding in the legal fight against alex salmond. alex salmond arriving at court for a hearing against the government he used to leave. a review into that government's handling of sexual misconduct allegations against mr salmond on allegations he denies. the last time mr salmond was in court room to in scotland's highest civil court he was being sworn in as first minister. today it was to his submissions by his legal team to the judge, lord pentland, that the scottish government acted unlawfully while carrying out their investigations, that the investigations, that the investigation be dismissed. the decision is unlawful in the respect that it was

our scotland correspondent lorna gordon is in edinburgh. lorna., alex salmond, a very well—known figure in scottish politics, in uk politics, is expected to appear here at edinburgh sheriff court in just a short while, after the news that he had been arrested by police. alex salmond, a former first minister, the man who led the snp into government, led the drive for a referendum on scottish independence. a titan of scottish politics. arrested and charged by police scotland and expected to appear here at edinburgh sheriff court later. it's not known what charges he will face. the news comes a fortnight since the former first minister attended a hearing in scotland's highest civil court, the court of session, in edinburgh, when the scottish government conceded that its internal investigation into complaints of sexual misconduct against him was flawed. that hearing focused on procedures followed, the substance of the allegations. not the substance of the allegations. a separate police inquiry into those allegations has been ongoing. mr salmond strong

lorna gordon has more.double hand transplant. i've got hands and i'm so excited. they‘ re absolutely brilliant and they look amazing. i'm so thrilled. thanks to the team. i've got fingers and they can move. i have managed to move them as well. i shouldn't be doing that but they have already moved and it's just absolutely incredible they can do that. the 47—year—old lost her hands and feet five years ago after nearly dying from pneumonia and sepsis. she set up a charity supporting others who have also lost limbs. climbing mountains, abseiling, skiing — she has been determined her condition never get in the way. her next challenge now lies much closer to home. she wants to hold her wee boy's hand. it's simple things as a mother. she wants to hold his hand again. she wants to sort his hair with her fingers rather than with a stump. hand transplants have only been performed six times in the uk. for corinne hutton, these are still early days. the charity ms hutton founded said the individual whose hands she rece

lorna gordon, bbc news, dunblane.dler from the side of the road. the entire incident ca ptu red the road. the entire incident captured on the bus's security cameras. it happened in milwaukee in wisconsin last month. the bus driver saw the little girl wandering on the street barely clothed in freezing weather. a passenger gave up her coat to keep the toddler warm. police said the girl had been left outside by her mother who may have been suffering from a mental health crisis and has reunited the toddler with her father. everyjanuary, bbc music starts the year by picking out a new artist as one to watch. the award goes to performers who've never had a top ten hit and aims to boost the profile of new musical talent. this year, the bbc music sound of 2019 is a 23—year old rapper from london who was previously homeless as a teenager. lizo mzimba reports. meet 0ctavian... # say my name now, say my name... ..one of music's most exciting new talents... # i got bigger, i used to be little. # my belly got full now i've got that

lorna gordon, bbc news, dunblane.ight to a judicial review into the way they have been paid universal credit. the women say their payments vary "enormously" depending on when they receive their salary, which can leave them struggling financially. the decision came as the work and pensions secretary amber rudd announced changes to universal credit — including making it easier for rents to be paid directly to the landlords of claimants. helena lee reports. universal credit is a new service that helps to ensure you are better off in work than you are on benefits... the government's reform of the welfare system was meant to make things easier for claimants, but it's proving complex and delays and problems have led to hardship for many. like sarah, who cares full—time for her disabled children, who are both adults. she says the system has left her emotionally broken. it's like you're standing on quicksand. it feels like everything is unreliable and then also when i'm on twitter or watching the news, you see all these horri

lorna gordon reports from dunblane. where it all began for sir andy murray, on the local courts in his hometown of dunblane. it was here at just three years old he began the journey that would take him to the top. i coached him when he was seven years old, and he wouldn't do what he was told by his mum. and we swapped children for the year and judy coached mine and i coached andy. what is his legacy for dunblane? when you think about tennis, you think about dunblane. by the time he was a teenager he was one of the bestjuniors in the world and setting out his ambitions. hopefully i will be playing in wimbledon in about four years in senior wimbledon and junior wimbledon, that is one of my ambitions. but the journey was not easy. he swapped scotland for spain in his bid to be the best. but whilst winning on the court he was supported by his family, including his mum judy, his dry scottish humour did not always endear him to some offer. but his popularity grew so much that he became the only person ever to be voted bbc spo

thanks for the update, lorna gordon. time for a look at the weather, with susan powell.lear skies will stay with us through this evening and overnight. northerly wind will also start to ease, and that is setting us start to ease, and that is setting us up perfectly for widespread frost to develop the the evening and overnight, still a chance of the odd shower drifting into northern scotland, a couple on the north sea coast bus is essentially a finite and by the small hours, the frost pretty widespread. not especially severe, lows of —3 in some more rural parts of scotland. some of the towns and cities will stayjust above freezing on wednesday. a good looking day with a lot of sunshine, more hazy towards the north sea, some rain eventually pushing it in the north west of scotland in the afternoon. temperatures sliding further down into single figures, and we must factor in the wind on wednesday. for many of us, it will feel close to freezing. this is bbc news. the headlines: scotland yard says the police presence outside parliament is to be boosted after some mps, includi

lorna gordon has more.re absolutely brilliant. they just looked like mine. they were amazing. i'm so thrilled. thanks to the team. i've got fingers and they can move! i've managed to move them. i shouldn't be doing that, right enough, but they have already moved. it's absolutely incredible. the 47-year-old lost her hands and feet five years ago after nearly dying from pneumonia and sepsis. she set up a charity supporting others who have also lost limbs. climbing mountains, abseiling, skiing — she has been determined her condition never get in the way. her next challenge now lies much closer to home. she wants to hold her wee boy's hand. it's simple things as a mother. she wants to hold his hand again. she wants to sort his hair with her fingers rather than with a stump. hand transplants have only been performed six times in the uk. for corinne hutton, these are still early days. the charity ms hutton founded said the individual whose hands she received and their family had changed the lives of many. they pr

many thanks, lorna gordon and chris page.use on the brexit coverage and get a quick update on sport with sarah. thank you. britain's dan evans is out of the australian open after losing in round two to roger federer. but he impressed the 20—time grand slam champion so much with his display, federer said it was like playing "himself in the mirror". evans previously missed a year following a drugs ban, but he took the first two sets to a tie break before eventually losing in straight sets. but this was a definite improvement on his prior meetings with the swiss. evans's single—handed backhand has seen his style likened that of federer in the past. i have high regard. i think he is a good player. i have seen him play some really good matches over the yea rs. some really good matches over the years. i see why he can cause difficulties to players. he has a nice slice, defends the court well, he has the variation which is always a hard thing to play against. and he was feeling it today i thought. it was feeling it today i thought.

lorna gordon has more. hands. i'm so excited, they're absolutely brilliant. they lookjust excited, they're absolutely brilliant. they look just like excited, they're absolutely brilliant. they lookjust like mine. thanks to the team. i've got fingers and they can move, i've managed to move them as well, sol and they can move, i've managed to move them as well, so i shouldn't be doing that right now, but they have already moved and it'sjust absolutely incredible. the 47—year—old lost her hands and feet five years ago, after nearly dying from pneumonia and sepsis. she set up from pneumonia and sepsis. she set upa from pneumonia and sepsis. she set up a charity supporting others who have also lost limbs. climbing mountains, sailing, skiing, she has been determined her condition to never get in the way. her next challenge now lies much closer to home. she wants to hold everybody‘s hand. it's simple things as a mother, she wa nts to it's simple things as a mother, she wants to hold his hand again. she wa nts to w

lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow.k it's this one. divers in hawaii got the chance to swim with their very own jaws. this huge great white shark is nearly six metres long and weighs in at an estimated 2.5 tonnes. it is believed to be a 50—year—old female called deep blue. she's one of the largest sharks ever recorded and this is only the third ever sighting of her. new research appears to have settled a long—running debate over the age of the rings of saturn. scientists have confirmed the planet's iconic rings are very young, no more than 100 million years old, and may have been formed during a time when dinosaurs still roamed on earth. the insight comes from the final measurements acquired by nasa's cassini probe, just before it drove itself to destruction in saturn's atmosphere in 2017. if your commute this morning looked a bit drab, it might notjust be the winter gloom to blame. and were 37% more popular last year. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon king. i have an orange sunrise four review this mor

lorna gordon reports from dunblane. it all began for sir andy murray, on the local courts in his hometown of dunblane. it was here at just three years his hometown of dunblane. it was here atjust three years old he began the journey that would take him to the top. i coached him when i was dashed when he was seven years old, and we swapped children throughout the year and judy coached mine andi throughout the year and judy coached mine and i coached andy. what is his legacy for dunblane? when you think about tennis, you think about dunblane. by the time he was a teenager he was one of the best juniors in the world and setting out his ambitions. hopefully i will be playing in wimbledon in about four yea rs playing in wimbledon in about four years in senior wimbledon and junior wimbledon, that is one of my ambitions. but the journey was not easy. he swapped scotland for spain in his bid to be the best. but whilst winning on the court he was supported by his family, including his mum judy, his supported by his family, inclu

lorna gordon reports from dunblane.home town of dunblane. it was here where just three years old he began the journey that would take into top. i coached him when he was about seven years old and how much turned out was, he wouldn't do as he was told by his mum. we swapped children for about a year. and judy coached mine and i coached andy. what is his legacy for dunblane, do you think? i think the legacy is, when you think about tennis, you think about dunblane. by the time he was a teenager he was one of the bestjuniors in the world and setting out his ambitions. hopefully i will be playing in wimbledon in about four years and senior wimbledon and maybe junior wimbledon in two years but that is properly one of the main ambitions to play in. but the journey wasn't easy, he swapped scotland for spain in his bid to be the best. where is mum? but whilst winning on the court, he was supported by his family, including mum judy, his was supported by his family, including mumjudy, his dry was supported by his family, includin

as the investigation into the cause continues, our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, has been findingus studios once again. it was a building that was distinctive and defining to glasgow, butjust over six months ago, the mackintosh building at the glasgow school of art was engulfed in fire for a second time. now, shrouded in scaffolding, this is what remains. you can see part of it from here, and it's much more extensive than last time, of course, that's true. a large part of the internal structures are gone. these pictures taken shortly after the second fire show the extent of the damage — hints of the world—renowned building, now just a hollowed—out shell. the investigation into what caused this fire is still ongoing, but within the next few weeks the hope is to start scooping out the debris from the bowels of what remains of the mack, so experts can start sifting through it and salvage what they can. this was a charles rennie mackintosh masterpiece, with its curves and angles, its shadows and light, the distinctive wooden panelling, wooden furniture, unique as a working art school

our correspondent lorna gordon is in holyrood. just how unusual is this?ened was a decade ago, back in 2009, when the snp, a minority government then, failed to get its budget through and that then first minister alex salmond threatened to call an election unless the deadlock was broken. again, it's a minority snp government, so again, it's reliant on at least one of the party here at holyrood to back its budget. the labour, the conservatives, liberal democrats, have all said they'll vote against the budget, so it comes down to the greens, who want millions more for councils. scotland's finance secretary derek mackay has said he's open to compromise to get the budget passed. he's also said the ongoing uncertainty, in his words, caused by brexit meant, that there has never been more need for msp ayes of all parties to act responsibly and not add to that uncertainty. talks have been ongoing all week the language has changed a little, i think. i think the talks look like they are coming toa think the talks look like they are coming to a deal with the first mi

virtual reality images have been released showing what the restoration will look like. 0ur reporter lorna gordon and defining to glasgow, butjust over six months ago, the macintosh building at the glasgow school of art was engulfed in fire for a second time —— mackintosh. now, shrouded in scaffolding, this is what remains. you could see part of it from here, and it's much more expensive than last time, of course, that's true. a large part of the internal structures are gone. these pictures taken shortly after the second - show the pictures taken shortly after the second show the of the second fire show the extent of the damage. hints of the damage9 hintsof the wetldtrenewnedl 9 just damage9 hintsof the wetldtrenewnedl fijust a damage9 hintsof the wetldtrenewnedl § just a hollowed damage9 hintsof the wetldtrenewnedl fijust a hollowed out building nowjust a hollowed out shell. the investigation into what caused this fire is still ongoing, but within the next few weeks, the hope is to start scooping out the debris from the bowels of what remains of so experts, can start sifting through it and salvage

lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow. now, for a new generation of entrepreneurs.s music, i can do better than these djs. i‘m going to go up there and i‘m going to show everyone that i can be just as great. when i started djing i didn‘t actually have in mind what to charge people. it was taking that leap from there to saying actually if you want to book me these are my rates, this is what i charge now. i think at first when i got into it i didn‘t quite know what i was in for to be able to take on djing and managing i was djing in the eveflrngs-l 555555555555555 5 55 ' being able 133535 "w and being able 133535 ”71 and have great people skills in my work has helped me to be a dj. you do not think you are performing in a room full of strangers and there is nothing to prepare you for that. it sta rts nothing to prepare you for that. it starts off in the bedroom, practising and suddenly you are in a clu b practising and suddenly you are in a club that is dark and being in a role here where i get to meet so many people and even just my collea g u es many people and even

our scotland correspondent lorna gordon is at the court of session in edinburgh. lorna.s, and caught on camera as well so people who were not in the courtroom see the arguments, the submissions being made. this was a specially convened hearing today and tha nkfully specially convened hearing today and thankfully the scottish government —— and the scottish government did not come out of it looking positive. they were ordered to pay alex salmond's costs. today, the scottish government admitted it breached its own guidelines by pointing an investigating officer that it acted unlawfully and conceded in his legal fight against alex salmond. alex salmond arriving at court for a hearing against the government he used to lead. a review into that government's handling of allegations of sexual misconduct against mr salmond — allegations that he denies. the last time mr salmond was in court room two, in scotland's highest civil court, he was being sworn in as first minister. today, it was to his submissions by his legal team to thejudge, lord pentland, that the scottish government

our scotland correspondent lorna gordon was in court.cedurally unfair and tainted by apparent bias. their motion was the case be dismissed, and the two sides agreed to it. that clancy, mr salmond's qc, said the investigating officer in this case had prior involvement in the case before being appointed to investigate. he said documents had shown there was a significant amount of direct personal contact with the complainers about the substance of the complaints before the investigating officer was appointed." said this was bordering on encouragement to proceed with formal complaints. he also said the investigating officer was actively involved in drafting the scottish government's new complaints procedure. these arguments were accepted procedure. these arguments were a cce pted by procedure. these arguments were accepted by the scottish government's lawyer team in the sense that they said, emphasised this had nothing to do with the merits of the complaints against mr salmond, complaints mr salmond denied but they are except in relation to

let‘s speak to our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon.nded a three station in central scotland. —— a police station in central scotland. i was released on condition i came to the court to database the charges against me, and i have now done that. still let me say at the outset, i am innocent of any criminality whatsoever. as you will remember in the long process ofjudicial review, i made a clear order to respect the court, i will make no comment until proceedings are concluded. that i did in the statement i made on the steps of the court of session two weeks ago. now that these criminal proceedings are live, it is even more important to respect the court and therefore, the only thing i can say is that i refute absolutely these allegations of criminality and i will defend myself to the upmost in court. i have great faith in the court system of scotland, i have cause to have faith in the court system of scotland, and that is where i will state my case. i am informed that court rules are that your questions and my answers might breach court

lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow. thank a lot of the weather. here's ben rich.ch. it is pretty cold here but not everywhere apparently. it feels like winter is just getting going here, but in the summer as the it is now much summer. it is felt like this in australia. not a lot of cloud in the sky. it gets hot in australia at this time of year. temperatures by day here have been in the mid to high 40s of some parts of the interior. night—time temperatures, thursday night inland parts of australia have got up to 36 celsius, i say up, they got down to 36 degrees, the overnight low. that isa 36 degrees, the overnight low. that is a record, the highest low temperature recorded on record. by day the heat builds even more. in canberra we have been up into the 405. i was surely the temperatures from the last few days in canberra. we have been up above 40 cel5ius, the last four days, the first time we have had such a long run since records began in the 19305. an exceptional 5pell records began in the 19305. an exceptional spell of hot weather. why is this happening? this

lorna gordon is at the scottish parliament in edinburgh.sjust stage one of the scottish budget but within the last 20 minutes or so it passed by 67—58 votes with one abstention, but ten minutes before the budget, that vote was never in doubt. that was when scotland's finance secretary tweeted to say that a deal had been reached with the scottish greens. three key areas of interest in terms of what was said in the debating chamber earlier, he said the measures today with the most significant empowerment of local authorities since devolution. he talked about devolving down power to implement a transient visitor level, tourist tax to local authorities, something keenly watched in edinburgh, they are keen to pursue such a measure because the city has an awful lot of tourists all year round but especially in the summer, that would be one way to raise local revenue. he talked of devolving down power to introduce parking levies for workplace parking and there would be exclusions for areas like the nhs. and he said the present council tax system an

let‘s speak to our scotland correspondent — lorna gordon — who is outside edinburgh sheriff court.edinburgh sheriff court shortly before two o‘clock for a short hearing which took place in private. he was charged last night after attending a police station with his solicitor. as he arrived, some members of public shouted freedom, others shouted shame on you. he shook hands with some members of public, but because proceed rgs live, he didn‘t speak or take questions, although he made a statement later protesting his innocence of the charges. s he now faces. how are you feeling, mr salmond? alex salmond, a former first minister of scotland, facing criminal charges in the scottish courts. among the 1a charges, two of attempted rape, nine of sexual breach of the peace. charges he strongly denies. i refute absolutely these allegations of criminality and i will defend myself to the utmost in court. i‘ve got great faith in the court system of scotland. i‘ve got recent cause to have great faith in the court system of scotland. that is where i‘ll state my case. the former first minister is t

last blaze which gutted the iconic mackintosh building continues, our scotland correspondent, lorna gordonctive and defining to glasgow. just over six months ago, the mackintosh hoarding at the glasgow school of at was engulfed in fire for a second time. now shrouded in scaffolding, this is what remains. you can see part of it from here and it is much more extensive than last time. a large part of the internal structure is gone. these pictures taken shortly after the second fire show the extent of the damage. images of the world—renowned building, nowjust a hollowed out shell. the investigation into what caused the fire is still ongoing. within the next few weeks the hope is to start scooping out the debris from the bowels of what remains of the mack soap experts can start sifting through it and salvage what they can. this was a charles rennie mackintosh masterpiece. curves and angles, shadow and light. the distinctive wooden panelling, wooding furniture, unique is the work of at in the working at school. now a chance to experience the least pa rt now a chance to experience the least part