13/07/2011 Reporting Scotland

Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight on your national news: The

Sun newspaper fights back. The newspaper denies that accessed

the medical records of Gordon Brown's son. It says this man gave

them the story. We felt it was too important. They had to know this

had happened. In the last hour, the former Prime Minister has launched

an astonishing attack on news International, accusing them of an

-- criminal wrongdoing on an international scale.

Cleared of blame for the mould of Kintyre helicopter crash. -- the

Mull of Kintyre. 17 years after the tragedy which killed 29 men, the

Government says sorry to the families of the pilots.

Guilty. The woman who helped her lover hide his wife's body under

the floorboards of the family home. And David will be here with the

sport. Could Scotland's cricket players attain the lines of Sri

Lanka? I will tell you later. Within the past hour, Gordon Brown

has launched a blistering attack on news International in the house of

Commons. He alleged that the organisation was guilty of law-

breaking on in done at -- on an industrial sell. This came as the

Sun newspaper hack back. The Sun newspaper released a video of a

father of a child with cystic fibrosis who say it was their

source. Gordon Brown in the Commons tonight

turned his guns again on news International, owners of the Sun

newspaper. He gave fuel -- full vent to his wrath. News

International descended from the gutter to the sewers. The tragedy,

Mr Speaker, is that the let the rats side of the Suez. Because of

what happened to my children whose privacy at all times I have tried

to protect, I have been sent, I've been offered and thrust upon me,

what is now for the police to examine a great deal of evidence

that is relevant to this debate. This morning, a screaming headline,

half the front page. Today's paper hitting Bacchic Gordon Brown. The

paper's is enraged with his claims that it had breached his younger

son's privacy by revealing in 2006 that he has cystic fibrosis. The

Sun newspaper denies attacked medical records. Their source, they

say another father with a son with cystic fibrosis. The paper

protecting his identity. It was sad to hear the news that his son had

cystic fibrosis. A man of that calibre are can make a few phone

calls and make things happen. I felt this was too important for up

people with cystic fibrosis around the country. They had to know that

this had happened. The Sun newspaper also claimed that story

about Fraser Brown helped for donations with children with the

condition. The cystic fibrosis Trust has issued the statement. The

release of any medical information to the media or anyone else is a

decision for patients or in the case of children their parents. The

cystic fibrosis Trust does not condone the release of publication

of such information without express permission regardless of their

motivation. It was still smiles between the

Browns and news International after the Sun's story. No one is smiling

now. Watching that debate was our

correspondent David Porter. Gordon Brown make the most of his moment?

He spoke in the Commons for something like 30 minutes. He does

not speak in the Commons very often since he ceased to be Prime

Minister in May last year. He gave a very powerful speech and a

stinging attack on news International, accusing them of

getting into practices they should be accused of law-breaking on under

a -- on an industrial scale. He said they push themselves as a

group that was in support of law abiding citizens. At the end of the

day they were on the side of people who were breaking the law rather

than going with the law that they should be. He said he would be very

happy to give any evidence to the inquiry that David Cameron is

setting up. Perhaps ominously he also said that he thought they were

far more victims who would be named in this will Saga.

17 years after an RAF Chernick helicopter crashed on Mull of

Kintyre killing all 29 people on board, the two pilots have been

cleared of blame. A review has overturned an earlier inquiry which

accuse them of gross negligence. Liam Fox apologise to the two men's

families. It has been a long time coming but

justice for two families finally arrive this afternoon. The

culmination of a long fought campaign to clear two well-regarded

pilots of blame and gross negligence. Today an apology from

the top followed --. I have written to the two families to express the

MoD's apology for the distress that was caused to them by the findings

of negligence. I also wish to express that apology publicly in

the house today. It is first class. It is extraordinarily good. They

were among 29 people who were killed in 20th June -- 1994 when

their helicopter crashed into this hillside. Also on board were 25

senior intelligence experts. Two RAF air marshals disagreed,

accusing the pilots. After a nine- month inquiry, a retired judge

sitting with a panel of senior politicians has concluded that

decision was wrong based on faulty legal advice. This is the report.

It is less than 100 pages long and it has taken 16 years but it clears

the two Highlands of blame for gross negligence. It accuses the

MoD of intransigence, for failing to rectify this much sooner.

Absolutely delighted. I was not expecting to get a much today to be

honest. I just understood we would get an idea of what the report said

and that was it. To get the fact that Liam Fox is supporting the

recommendations and that they are making an apology is really much

appreciated by both families. men's names have now been cleared.

Their reputations restored. What caused the cash will never be known.

But for the families, at last justice has been done.

The number of people out of work in Scotland has fallen by 11,000 in

the three months to May according to official figures. The number of

people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance was over 140,000, a rise

of 1,500 on the previous month. The First Minister welcomed the fall

but said -- the STUC said many of the jobs are part-time and

temporary. Still to come before seven: Join me

to find out how this huge machine could tell Scotland win the race to

harness the power of the world's oceans.

In sport, it comes from the Grange in Edinburgh. Scollan's cricketers

will try and tame the lines of Strang cut. We will be hearing from

the Scots a golfer who says he has got what it takes to become the

next Open champion. A woman has been convicted of

helping her lover cover up the murder of his wife because she was

besotted with him. The High Court in Edinburgh heard that 57-year-old

Rita Heyster helped Harry Jarvis dumpers invalid's -- wife's body.

It heard that during their affair, he had persuaded her to live in the

garden shed. Jarvis murdered his wife and then

he did something much worse. He also betrayed his own children over

her death, subjected them to two agonising High Court trials and all

to save his own skin. They emerge from court today having seen his

girlfriend found guilty of helping their dad dispose of their mother's

remains. It is bad enough losing one parent but losing two, after

everything that has been said in court justice has been done as far

as I'm concerned. At the family home, Harry Jarvis told his

children their mother had moved to Dundee. An investigation by

forensic officers revealed the true is much closer to home. This is the

door to the space beneath the floor and where Harry Jarvis hit his

wife's body, discarded next to an unwanted TV set. Rita Heyster, cha

was's girlfriend at the time was living here in a shed in their

garden. But while those actions seem dreadful enough, it was

Jarvis's wised which caused the greatest harm to his children. Of a

two trials in the High Court in Edinburgh and with interviews with

the police, he conjured up many lies. But while he was lying in

public, private letters to Rita Heyster demonstrated murderous

intent. One read, drugs are doing job. Just took longer than I

thought but going faster now. See you in paradise soon. He is a cold

and calculating and cold individual. He thought he was going to get away

with his murder. He has pleaded his innocence and came up with an

excuse and the reason as to how his wife had died. Thankfully the jury

saw through his lies and his deceit and found him guilty of murder.

That is what he did. Despite weeks of evidence of a two files, the

children now realise they may never find out what happened to the

mother. Their father explained her death in three ways. Took Mac had

been of them have sexual so activities gone wrong. -- two.

An inquest into the death of a lame dog handler in Afghanistan has

ruled he was unlawfully killed. The inquest heard that Lance Corporal

Liam Tasker from Kirkcaldy were shot by insurgents. His stock is

Springer spaniel called Theo died of the seizure afterwards.

Scottish fishing leaders have warned that proposals for reform of

the common fisheries policy could lead to a loss of more than 1000

jobs in the industry and the scrapping of 400 votes. The

European Commission says it wants to end overfishing and the dumping

efficiency forcing skippers to land all their catch.

This man regards himself as one of the thousands of victims of a

discredited policy. He is now a driving instructor and Aberdeen.

Before that he was the skipper. His business takes its name from his

old vote. He hated the policy that changed his life. It was a total

disaster. The impact it had was then a major business impossible to

run. Because of the savage cuts and caught up. It was impossible to

carry on with the business legally and still break-even. The common

fisheries Prof slope -- Common Fisheries Policy has blamed. Today

the European Commission warned that some stocks could banish without

urgent action. -- vanish. Perhaps 10 years ago to close arise. We

cannot do it any more because if we do ate, I would like to be clear

about it, our children will see fish not in their plates but only

in pictures. If the proposals are approved,

there is to be more local management of stocks and a total

ban on discards. Fishing leaders are deeply concerned. To quote from

the commission's own impact assessment, a 20% downturn is the

worst case Nadya. If you apply the mass, that is about 400 votes. And

a possibility of 1000 jobs in the sector. It is not so long ago that

harbours such as Peter Head were packed with votes. Today it is a

very different story. The Scottish Government says a report still have

a future but the new reforms do not go far enough and conservation

Some of the other stories across Scotland this Wednesday...

A man who saw two girls plunge to their deaths from the Erskine

Bridge has told a Fatal Accident Inquiry how they fell backwards arm

in arm like "divers going off a boat". Gary Cronin, a Ministry of

Defence firefighter, was driving across the Erskine Bridge when 14-

year-old Georgia Lowe and 15-year- old Neve Lafferty fell from the

bridge in October 2009. Both were residents at the Good Shepherd care

centre in Renfrewshire. The Hearts midfielder Ian Black is

to stand trial for possession of cocaine. The 26-year-old's

solicitor told Edinburgh sheriff court that his client intended to

plead not guilty to the charge. It's alleged that Mr Black was

found to be in possession of the drug at a city nightclub in May

this year. Police investigating the murder of

a teenage girl 25 years ago say they have had a "very encouraging"

response to a TV appeal for information. Elaine Doyle was

killed in Greenock in June 1986. Her body was found the next day in

a lane yards from her home. Police said a reconstruction of her last

movements, broadcast on the BBC's Crimewatch programme last night had

generated more than 40 calls. It's been hailed as a major step

forward for Scotland's renewable energy industry. It's a giant new

wave energy device, known as the Oyster 800, and it was unveiled

earlier today at a fabrication yard at Methil in Fife. Here's our

Environment Correspondent. Tate Gaelic at the future of

Scotland's wave energy industry. -- take a look at the future. They say

it will be big. Very big. This huge device is bigger, stronger and more

efficient than its predecessor. It is seen as a leader in the

international race to harness the power of Scotland's seas and the

seas right round the world. The first Oyster 800 was tested in the

stormy seas off Orkney. Work is already under way there for the

installation of its big brother, capable of generating 250% more

power at one-third of the cost. are taking a major step forward

demonstrating with this machine that you can produce continuous

power in the ocean. This is a very important step for Marine Power and

this industry. The device was built here in Fife and outside Stornoway.

Industry experts concede they face daunting challenges, but believe

exciting times lie ahead. Hold is the by Twenty20, this industry will

be a major supplier of energy in Scotland. Critics argue it could be

decades before that happens, but the first Minister, who unveiled

the device, says Scotland is already at the top of the league.

If a football team would be doing as well as a renewable energy

industry, they would be in the top three in the world! But renewable

energy, particularly Marine Energy, Scotland rules the waves. Capturing

the power of Scotland's stormy seas is not going to be easy, but the

prizes on the horizon. It's not often the weather plays

ball with our sporting intentions, but David's been enjoying a fine

day at Edinburgh's Grange. I have indeed. I am here where

Scotland's cricketers were playing Sri Lanka - the World cub winners -

in the Tri Nations series. A win for Scotland yesterday over Ireland

meant that if the Scottish could beat the Sri Lankans today, they

would win the series. Alas, it did not work out as planned. The

Scottish were take -- chasing a total of 284, but they were

skittled out by a world-class sure Lankan team for just 101 runs. Even

that could not spoil what turned out to be a tremendous day in the

sun for all the spectators here. They came from near and far, at sea

dumping up hard cash to see one of the world's biggest teams. --

stumping up hard cash. The view from here is not too bad, either!

So, how come you're out here watching? We could not get in. It

was sold out. But you get a beautiful view from here. Square on.

Sunshine out. Yes. I came all the way from Glasgow to Edinburgh.

is not far! Yes, but I like the game. For there is no rivalry and

no sectarianism. Everybody is mingling and everybody is relaxed

and just here for the love of the game. There are a couple of

interesting spectators here. Here is the mother and father of Richard

Derrington - the hero of the are for Scotland yesterday. How is he

going to do today? He will probably be expecting the same and we will

hope for the same ourselves. gentle jury cricket export.

Definitely not. Ritchie has just gone out. He played brilliantly

yesterday. Out for a duck? I think he was today, yes. Scotland did not

to prevent the today, but the future of the game in this country

is looking brighter. How is that?! I am joined by the

Scotland coach. Where did it all go wrong? You were only playing the

second best team in the world! was a tough day for us today. We

did well on the field. We restricted them to 280, of which we

were happy about. But they came out really hard. The first five or 10

overs for a really difficult. suppose yesterday's win over

Ireland was the highlight of the series. Was that which you were

hoping for, going into the series? That when yesterday was fantastic.

The Irish are ranked tenth in the world at the moment and it was an

important win for us. To Chasetown 320 with nine balls to spare was a

fantastic effort. We turned up today to cause an upset. We are

disappointed at the way it went. But over all, be can take a lot of

positives from it. Lessons for the future? We have to play more of big

games of cricket against top teams like this. The more we play, the

more we can adapt and react to what is happening in the game. Thank you.

Commiserations today. Golf now and the Open championship

gets under way at Royal St George's tomorrow, with six Scots hoping to

lift the famous Claret Jug. Previous winners include Sandy Lyle

and Paul Lawrie. Our reporter has been meeting another Scot who's

hoping to emulate his countrymen. Some of the most recognisable faces

in golf have made their annual trip to this course. And so has this man.

I am not really sure if most of them know who I am! But more people

than ever know the name after he claimed the last open spot at

Castle Stuart. Has he done it? It looks good. Oh, well done! I did

not know that it would get me in 100%, but if I missed it, I would

not be here. Once I got in and they told me, it was a great feeling.

The 27-year-old is in his rookie year on the European Tour, but has

already risen around 300 places in the world rankings. He is one of

six men flying the flag for Scotland in Kent. It has been an

excellent season so far for the Glaswegian, but high Kenny to here

against the best in the business? want to win. You have to shoot for

the top. Obviously there's a lot of great golfers here. If I could be

in contention on Sunday, but would be great. If he can tame the wind

as he has done the Greens, who could do very well indeed.

Let's hope he does. So the cricket might be over, but the golf is just

beginning. Over the past few days, we've been

reporting on the tall ships which left Greenock yesterday and will

now sail around the west coast of Scotland before arriving in

Shetland next week. But what is life on board the ships like? Our

reporter joined the crew of the Wylde Swan to find out.

Leaving Greenock with 22 trainees - this Dutch registered ship is

reassured by the sight of crowds waving goodbye from the quayside.

And they gathered there in their thousands. For these young sailors,

a learning experience lies ahead. For some, that requires a strong

head for heights, as the first cricket is sent to climb the

rigging to unfurled a sale. It is terrifying. You have nowhere to put

your hands. You just standing there on this little rope that is moving.

You do not feel like you're attached to anything. You set the

seal by hoisting on a halyard... This lady is not a race but the

trainees are taught about sailing as if it was. That often involves

hard work in conditions more challenging than this, but there

are up for it. It is a fantastic experience. Just have a really good

time and need some new people. There are people from different

countries year, which is really interesting. The for those running

the show, there was also a more serious message. For what we're

trying to do is provide them the opportunity to discover themselves

as much as anything else, to realise that there are chances in

life which need to be faced and there is no better way of providing

that opportunity than putting them in a hostile environment which is

perceived. Many of these young trainees and the 200 or so who are

on a full suite of ships have not sailed before. For them, it is

about encouraging them to swap the Not such a bad week weatherwise for

the ships. Let's get the latest forecast from Christopher.

It was pleasant across many parts of the country today. The cloud

bubbles up and their afternoon. And we did have a West - East split in

terms of temperatures. 21 in Glasgow and just 15 done the East

coast. It will be dry tonight for most of us but cold. Here is the

match at 7pm. Some late sunshine, and as to go for it into the night,

it will break leaving some clear skies. Temperatures for many of us

down to eight degrees. One or two spots across the Highlands could be

as chilly as two. Into tomorrow, and a dry, fine, bright start

across the country. Very similar to today. Through the afternoon, the

cloud will bubble up again. The chance of one a two showers. By

mid-afternoon across the south, temperatures to 21 degrees. Quite

warm and the sunshine. Further North and west, some sunshine and

this line of showery rain fishing and as well. Further East, a warmer

day than what we have seen already. Highs of 19 a 21 degrees. The rest

of the after noon tomorrow and into the evening - all de Nantes this

try picture. The cloud will bubble up again and pigeon from the West.

A lot of cloud around on Friday and some rain as well. Temperatures not

back as well. Looking at the pressure charge, a beacon see our

weekend visitor - it is low- pressure that is here on the side a

-- Friday, Saturday and Sunday. It brings rain and cloud. On Saturday,

fairly wet. Some of this frame will be heavy and temperatures will be

15 degrees at best. A similar story through the weekend to Sunday. A

lot of rain and cloud. A plea that low-pressure will move away so an

improving picture. Tonight is the programme for you if this interests

you. The great British weather - Now, just before 7 o'clock, a

summary of tonight's top stories... Rupert Murdoch has withdrawn his

plans to take over the broadcaster BSkyB after days of allegations

over phone hacking and corruption. The announcement from News

Corporation came as the House of Commons prepared to vote for a

motion supported by all major party leaders calling for the bid to be

scrapped. The two pilots blamed when an RAF

Chinook helicopter crashed on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994, killing

all 29 people on board, have been cleared. A review has overturned

the findings of an earlier RAF inquiry which found them guilty of

gross negligence. Today the Defence secretary Liam Fox apologised to

the two men's families for the distress caused by the original

findings. A woman has been convicted of

helping her lover cover up the murder of his wife because she was

besotted with him. The High Court in Edinburgh heard that 57 year old

Rita Heyster helped Harry Jarvis dump his invalid wife's body under

their home at Bathgate in West Lothian.