Graham Fraser
BBC Scotland

That is it for today's Scotland Live. Join us at 07:00 tomorrow for more.

Good evening.

Rory: It would appear the Ineos' chairman has lost faith in the company's own "long term survival plan" despite a £300m investment and a £230m loan from the government, for the specific purpose of processing Ethane from the US. Is this incompetence or an empty threat? We too have a long term survival plan. Unlike Ineos we wont give up on it after a few months.

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Dry and cloudy for many tonight, lows 2/5C. Clear spells across Caithness, Grampian and Borders with a frost. Lows 0/-3C.

Kevin Keane
BBC Scotland reporter

BBC forecaster saying NE Scotland warmest place in UK today and will see highest AND lowest UK temps in next 24 hours.

On the government help for the Royal Alexandra Hospital (18:21), NHS Scotland Chief Executive Paul Gray said: "This has been a challenging winter for A&E departments across Scotland. I want to apologise to patients who have waited longer than they should to be seen and treated.

"I recognise that all staff have been working extremely hard in our NHS to ensure patients get the best possible care.

"However, I'm concerned that performance is not recovering as quickly as it should at the Royal Alexandra Hospital and it is clear to me, through our performance monitoring and management, that the board needs support to help them ensure patients are seen and treated in A&E within the appropriate timescale."

The chief constable of Police Scotland has called for a "consensus" on the practice of stop-and-search.

Sir Stephen House was responding to a letter from rank-and-file police officers, which defended stop-searches.

It said they were carried out "in an effort to combat crime and to keep the public safe".

Sir Stephen said Scotland needed to find the right balance between keeping people safe and the rights of the individual.

The Scottish Government will provide a support team to work with the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley to help improve performance in its Accident & Emergency.

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From today, unscheduled care managers from the Scottish Government will be working with the hospital to identify immediate measures and key actions to support improvements.

Tonight, on Reporting Scotland at 18:30 on BBC One Scotland.

• The controversy over stop and search - calls for a wholesale review of how Police Scotland is governed.

• Claims that thousands of children across Scotland could be missing out on free nursery education.

• We'll also be looking into the confusion over Scotland's diet. Are butter, cream and cheese really not bad for you?

• And the "Home of Golf" announces the first women to become members of the Royal and Ancient.

On Sportsound at 18:10 Kenny Macintyre is joined by Richard Wilson and Partick Thistle midfielder Ryan Stevenson.

Listen on BBC Radio Scotland 810MW or digital.

The former chief executive of City Link - which collapsed at Christmas with the loss of more than 2500 jobs around the UK - has said he understands why some people may feel that a bonus he received was not "value for money."

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David Smith was giving evidence to the Scottish Affairs committee at Westminster. Mr Smith was asked about his income rising during 2013 from more than £370,000 to £640,000.

He said it was a bonus for the successful sale of City Link to equity firm better Capital - but added "It was the contractual terms on which I was employed but I can understand that people might not see that that was value for money, in their eyes."

He said "most" of that was invested in shares in City Link, much of which he said he lost when the firm collapsed.

A fisherman has died after falling into the water 20 miles west of Shetland.

He was working on board the Banff registered 'Beryl' fishing boat.

The crew of a nearby offshore supply ship, Caledonian Victory managed to recover him from the water using their fast rescue craft.

He was then transferred by Coastguard helicopter to hospital in Lerwick. Police say his name won't be released until the next of kin are informed.

Douglas Fraser
Business and economy editor, Scotland

So the entire annual TV rights deal for Scottish Premiership is worth less than only two matches in England's Premier League #spfl

The Marine Accident Investigation Branch says it's now completed initial surveys of the wreck of the cargo ship Cemfjord.

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The vessel is believed to have overturned in storm force winds in the Pentland Firth in January, sinking around two days later.

No trace was found of the eight crew who were onboard. A side sonar scan and an ROV survey of the wreck have now been carried out.

A spokesman for the MAIB said that the information would form part of the ongoing investigation into the sinking.

The man accused of murdering Jean Campbell at a park in Glasgow has been deemed unfit to stand trial.

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At the High Court in Glasgow, judge Lord Matthews set an examination of facts to take place.

Paul Ward, 21, who is accused of the murdering Mrs Campbell on 13 December 2013, at Cranhill Park, will be not be present at the hearing.

The hearing, which is not a trial, is expected to last two weeks and will take place without a jury.

A woman who dropped a baby head first onto a pavement while she was drunk has been ordered to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work.

Rachel McIntyre, of Balloch, near Inverness, was looking after the four month old child in June last year when the incident occurred.

The former nurse had been holding the baby by its ankles over her shoulder.

Inverness Sheriff Court heard that the child, who suffered a fracture to its skull, has made a fully recovery.

Martin Dowden
BBC Scotland

Rearranged Scottish Premiership match @dundeeunitedfc v @ICTFC will take place on Tuesday 24th Feb with a 7:45 kick off

BBC Scotland Weather
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This evening and tonight it will remain predominantly dry, although cloudy in the west and south.

Where we have had sunshine today in the north-east, temperatures will fall away under clearer skies. It will drop to -3 Celsius in the countryside with frost and perhaps some pockets of fog appearing.

Elsewhere, we'll see lows of around 2 or 3 Celsius, with 4 or 5 Celsius for the west and north coast and the Isles.

Winds from the west or south west will remain strong across the far north, and light elsewhere.

Wasps have signed centre James Downey on loan from Glasgow Warriors until the end of the season.

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The former Munster and Northampton Saints back, 33, will provide cover at the Ricoh Arena for injured pair Chris Bell and Alapati Leiua.

"I can't wait, it's obviously exciting times here at Wasps and I'm looking forward to hopefully getting some game time," Downey told the Wasps website.

"I'm looking forward to playing in front of some of the big crowds."

Steven McKenzie
BBC Scotland Highlands and Islands reporter

Health Secretary Shona Robison has approved NHS Highland's plan for a new hospital on Skye.

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The proposal also involves upgrading Portree Hospital to make it a smaller "spoke" hospital to the hub facility in Broadford.

The new set up will serve patients on the island and also Lochalsh on the mainland.

Islanders in the north of the Skye campaigned last year to have Portree developed as the main site.

Jane Lewis
BBC Scotland

Lee McCulloch offered 2 match ban by SFA (1 immediate 1 suspended until next Scottish Cup match) over stamp on Dale Carrick of Raith Rovers

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