STV News at Six - Dundee Friday, November 02, 6:00pm

The Scottish Government is being urged not to water-down new legislation aimed at supporting victims of crime. The new Victims and Witnesses Bill is intended to improve the way criminal cases are managed. There were emotional reunions at the Moray base, as family and friends waited in sub-zero temperatures until the early hours of this morning to greet their loved ones. A charity campaigning for the rights of gay people has defended its decision to name Cardinal Keith O Brien it's 'bigot of the year'. The widow of right-to-die campaigner Tony Nicklinson has voiced her support for a change in the law in Scotland. Jane Nicklinson was attending a conference organised by Margo MacDonald, the independent MSP who has launched a second attempt to legalise assisted dying. The Royal Bank of Scotland's set aside a further 400 million pounds to cover the costs of claims for mis-sold payment protection insurance. The bank's total bill for mis-selling PPI is now 1.7 billion pounds. The cost of a computer glitch that saw many customers locked out of their accounts has risen by 50 million to 175 million pounds. Investigations are continuing into a three car crash on the A9 which claimed the life of a pensioner. The eighty four year old man died in the collision North of Dunkeld yesterday afternoon. A Fife man has been fined twenty thousand pounds after one of his employees fell to his death through the roof of a warehouse. Students at St Andrews University have been reliving the moment they rescued an elderly woman who was drowning. The Beano comic strip, which features characters like Plug and Fatty, is set to be honoured with the creation of a real Bash Street in Dundee. This international version of STV News at Six is viewable world-wide. It has been edited for rights reasons, which also allows us to keep the programme online after the initial 24-hour broadcast window in the UK has passed. Viewers within the UK who want to watch the full episode 'as broadcast' should select the UK version of the programme.