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STV News at Six - Dundee Friday, May 20, 6:00pm

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Top story: Hundreds of bus passengers who were left stranded following wildcat strikes by drivers in Dundee are to be compensated. In other news: frantic efforts are underway tonight to prevent scores of pilot whales becoming stranded; thousands of elderly Scots are facing an uncertain future after the UK's biggest care home company plunged into financial crisis; learning lessons from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill; and in sport, out of contract Aberdeen striker Chris Maguire looks set to sign for Derby County. This is an international version that may have been edited for rights reasons.

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The Scottish Government has approved plans for the world's largest commercial wave-power farm off the Western Isles. <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong> Wednesday, May 22, 6:00pm
The First Minister has laid out the economic case for independence, claiming Scotland can more than afford to go it alone. <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong> Tuesday, May 21, 6:00pm
The Kirk's General Assembly has been debating whether to allow gay people to be ordained as ministers all afternoon, and is due to take a historic vote on the matter shortly. <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong> Monday, May 20, 6:00pm
The SNP has accused UKIP Leader Nigel Farage of losing the plot after he likened parts of Scottish Nationalism to fascism. <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong> Friday, May 17, 6:00pm
The Royal Bank of Scotland is cutting fourteen hundred jobs over the next two years. <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong> Thursday, May 16, 6:00pm
Police and other public authorities are being invited to respond to allegations they "overstepped" boundaries in relation to Donald Trump's golf resort in Aberdeenshire. <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong> Tuesday, May 14, 6:00pm
The former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has accused the SNP of being more interested in separation than creating a socially just country. <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong> Monday, May 13, 6:00pm
A controversial offshore wind farm at the centre of a bitter row with US billionaire Donald Trump has been thrown into doubt after the main backer put their shares up for sale. <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong> Friday, May 10, 6:00pm
They are the survivors of 'the worst journey in the world' - and today forty veterans of World War Two's Arctic Convoys received medals in their honour. <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong> Thursday, May 09, 6:00pm
Sir Alex Ferguson has announced he's retiring from the beautiful game. The Aberdeen Donside By Election will be held on Thursday 20th June. <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong> Wednesday, May 08, 6:00pm
One of Scotland's most notorious criminals has been released from jail after more than forty years - despite ministers recommending he should remain in prison. <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong Tuesday, May 07, 6:00pm
First Minister Alex Salmond payed tribute to Aberdeen Donside MSP Brian Adam at his funeral today. <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong> Friday, May 03, 6:00pm
Three soldiers from a Scottish regiment have been killed and six others injured after their heavily armoured vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong> Wednesday, May 01, 6:00pm
A man's in a critical condition after being knocked down by a lorry in Fife. <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong> Tuesday, April 30, 6:00pm
Sufferers from Motor Neurone Disease are appalled they'll now be forced to prove they're not fit enough to work, as part of controversial benefit reforms. <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong> Monday, April 29, 6:00pm
A woman who slashed her friend's throat in a drunken rage has been jailed for life. <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong> Friday, April 26, 6:00pm
Caithness has been dealt a major economic blow with the news that around seventy jobs have been lost after a freezer firm went into administration. <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong> Wednesday, April 24, 6:00pm
Moray farmers are counting the cost of freak sand storms that have wreaked havoc on their crops. <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong> Tuesday, April 23, 6:00pm
A man is being treated in hospital after spending more than an hour trapped in a crashed car. <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong> Monday, April 22, 6:00pm
The Labour leader Ed Miliband has launched a blistering attack on what he describes as the "blinkered, narrow nationalism of the SNP". <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong> Friday, April 19, 6:00pm
NHS Grampian have launched an urgent inquiry and a worker's been suspended after a body was left in a van taken to a garage for repairs. <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong> Thursday, April 18, 6:00pm
A Scottish woman who was 600 yards from the bomb attack on the Boston marathon has described her terror as she fled from the scene of the explosions. <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong> Tuesday, April 16, 6:00pm
Scotland's farmers are facing financial crisis as a result of recent severe weather and the continuing cold spell. The Scottish Government is promising continuing support. <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong> Friday, April 12, 6:00pm
A seventeen year old boy has been charged with breach of the peace and resisting arrest. <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong> Wednesday, April 10, 6:00pm
An Aberdeenshire councillor's been condemned by cancer charities tonight after claims he could cure illness and disease through the power of prayer. <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong> Tuesday, April 09, 6:00pm
Baroness Thatcher has died at the age of 87. The former Conservative leader passed away following a stroke. She was the first female Prime Minister. <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong> Monday, April 08, 6:00pm
A parliamentary watchdog says that financial regulators should consider banning three top bosses from the industry. <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong> Friday, April 05, 6:00pm
Perth based energy firm SSE fined a record ten and a half million pounds for mis-selling gas and electricity. <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong> Wednesday, April 03, 6:00pm
Firefighters are battling eight moorland blazes across the Highlands and Islands tonight. <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong> Tuesday, April 02, 6:00pm
An oil and gas strategy that aims to secure thousands of jobs and billions of pounds of investment has been announced by the UK Government. <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong> Thursday, March 28, 6:00pm
The UK Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has been branded a 'ratbag' by protestor complaining about plans to cut housing benefits. <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong> Wednesday, March 27, 6:00pm
US billionaire Donald Trump has reacted with fury to the decision to give the go ahead for a windfarm off the Aberdeen coast. <strong>This episode has been edited for rights reasons.</strong> Tuesday, March 26, 6:00pm
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