17/02/2012 Reporting Scotland

Well, to Reporting Scotland Tilstock elate call war was Craig

Whyte a fit and proper person to run a football club? The SFA will

hold an inquiry into the possibility that its rules were

breached. I am as surprised as the next man about the revelations. But

I would say that I am a Rangers supporter. I want answers. Craig

Whyte denies any wrongdoing and says that administration was the

right thing for the club. Also on the programme - the fire chief who

retired with a pension payment and was then back in the job one month

later. You should act now for future generations in the north-

east. Strong emotions as the redevelopment of a been a city

centre is debated. And, now the wicker man has been made into a

The Scottish Football Association has tonight announced a full

inquiry into the activities of a Rangers. It specifically wants to

investigate whether the club has broken League rules. And whether

Club La -- lawyers failed to share information which would allow them

to judge whether Craig Whyte was a fit and proper person to run the

club. A reporter is outside Ibrox Stadium. Another dramatic day and a

tumultuous week. This story continues to move at an incredible

rate. We have heard from key players today, and the manager, and

the chair man himself. And then an announcement from the SFA. It is

only nine months since Craig Whyte proudly made his way towards Ibrox

as the new owner of Rangers, welcomed by everybody. Today he

stepped back from the club as the SFA announced they would conduct a

full independent inquiry into a number of potential breaches of

their articles of association. This relates to information which has

emerged since this announcement. will emerge fitter and stronger.

is not just the SFA who have questions. I am as surprised as the

next person. I am a Rangers supporter and I want answers. Today

probably is not the right time to go into that in greater detail. The

game is the most important thing. Ally McCoist is as in the dark as

the rest of us. As he has not spoken to the owner since the club

went into administration. Further details as regards the owners

dealings with future season tickets continue to emerge. There at

finance company, Octopus, said This means that as long as Rangers

exist, even as a new entity, the company will continue to receive

the next three years of season- ticket sales. The administrators

admitted that the money is not visible but Craig Whyte today

claimed he had not taken a penny out of the club since becoming

chairman. As scrutiny Mounce Strathclyde Police are to examine

the ongoing situation. To that, Craig Whyte said, I have been

involved in no criminal wrongdoing whatsoever. He maintains the club

can come out of this process stronger. Since we have come on the

air there has been a response from Rangers about the SFA announcement.

We have just heard news of VAT. It has been issued by Paul Clark.

Their joint administrator of the club. He welcomes the announcement

of the SFA's saying it is for the good of Scottish football. He says

the club will co-operate fully. To be quite clear - the Scottish FA

were already looking into whether Craig Whyte met their fit and

proper person criteria. As I understand, the new inquiry relates

less to that. But there is also an investigation into the information

which has come to light since the administrators took over. Namely

the �9 million of unpaid VAT and PAYE. And also the �24 million from

the season ticket mortgaging deal. That, as the administrators said,

did not go through the club accounts. And a full house expected

for the Kilmarnock game tomorrow. It is strange, because football is

almost off the agenda. But Ally McCoist was keen to get focus back

on that. His players will play in front of a full house. The biggest

attendance at a Rangers game for a good couple of the heels. The

supporters, as far as I can gather, will be behind are the team. They

want to be defined. P it will be interesting to see how the team

Two men have been detained over alleged online threads to senior

Celtic FC staff. A 21-year-old and 18-year-old Manor were both

arrested. The police operation followed allegations of threats

being posted on the social An inquiry has been launched as to

how a senior fire chief attired and then it took his job on again one

month later after receiving a healthy pension package. Brian

Sweeney of Strathclyde Fire And Rescue is the highest profile fire

chief in Scotland. He came to prominence in May 2004 at the stop

line fire -- stop laying gas disaster. After seven years in the

job he retired on 14th July last year. One month later he was re

appointed to his old post on a three-year contract. When he

retired he was eligible for a lump sum from his pension. But there

were financial penalties involved in taking it because of his age,

only 50. Strathclyde Fire And Rescue's Joint Board set aside

�235,000 of public funds to pay these so-called unauthorised

payment charges. Including 206,000 due for Brian Sweeney himself.

should be furious. He left his job, was given a pension payout, and

then rejoined on the same salary. And now other bureaucrats are

saying that they are not sure Richard had been done? There is an

enormous amount of public money at stake here. There have been similar

practices at Lothian and borders and Grampian. The Accounts

Commission will now ask for investigation. As for the board,

the insist they have given legal advice and acted reasonably and

responsibly. Mr Sweeney is seen as a front runner in the job to lead

of the new National Fire and Rescue Service which the Government plans

to create by merging and regional Still to come - people in a rural

areas are warned of the dangers of an end of out of hours' work for

medical staff. And Rangers' first game since administration is

tomorrow, what can the team expect? We will also get reviews of other

Rural communities say they are facing a health care crisis because

many medical staff no longer walk out of arrows. The islands of

eyelash and due that are short of GPs and residence of the

Ardnamurchan peninsula say they will be left without emergency

medical care. Our Health Correspondent reports. -- Isla and

Jura. When 90-year-old and a hat hardhead the local nurse was with

her within minutes. But that may soon change. It is a worrying.

Really worrying. The nearest ambulance is more than one hour

away and if that is not available there is just the air ambulance.

But just a few minutes to given that would not have been possible

as a result of thick fog. The Health Minister will meet residence

next week. They're not really wants facing this problem. -- the only

ones. It seems that nobody wants the work of being on call one night

in five. Except this local boy who has just finished his retraining

and Return to the island. People ask me how I would deal with all

the things that present themselves. Well why not find it too quiet?

Will lie not miss city life? Adverts will soon be placed for

doctors. Lots of young doctors are not aware of how positive and

experience it can be to work in this situation, helping people get

through a very significant, serious time of their life. That can be

professionally rewarding. Reforms seem to have left these communities

behind Andy say that needs to be addressed in order for them to

thrive in this beautiful corner of A man has admitted posting an

offence of the picture of a schoolgirl killed in a gun accident

on a Facebook tribute page. Sophie Taylor was accidentally shot dead

by her boyfriend in April last year. Sean Duffy admitted it the offence

at Aberdeen Sheriff Court. Sentence The Heart of Midlothian player Ian

Black has been charged of possession of cocaine after key

witnesses failed to turn up to give evidence. The judge told him that

being a footballer made no difference to the court. He was

arrested at a nightclub last May and accused of possessing cocaine

worth �80. Neither he nor the football club made any comment. A

look at what else has been happening across the country - a

fire fighters have been tackling a major blaze in Perth. They found

100 tonnes of waste alight at a recycling centre. Nobody was

injured. We are limited in the amount of water that we have. The

means do not provide a good supply. Plans went on show today for a new

supermarket dividing opinion in Newton Stewart. Opponents say it

could undermine the high street. The airline boss, Richard Branson,

is issuing what he calls a dire warning for Scottish passengers of

the lack of competition of flights to -- for flights to London. This

deal must be looked at and stopped or there will need to be

significant remedies to protect consumers and preserve competition.

The Queen will hold a garden party at Balmoral in August to round off

her Diamond Jubilee celebrations. It will be the first time a garden

party has been held there since 2002. It has emerged that Gordon

Brown has earned more than �1 million since stepping down as

prime minister. He earned the money on global lecture circuit.

According to the House of Commons 0 the Highlanders Museum at Fort

George is home to the largest regimental collections outside

London. Hugh Grant's father and grandfather both served in the

Seaforth Highlanders. More on those on the BBC Scotland

website. The city of Aberdeen stands at a

crossroads and which road it takes will be decided in a referendum.

Should they vote for an ambitious multi-million-pound redevelopment

of the city centre, or should they view that as a threat to their

heritage and vote for the status quo? It is a choice which has

excited deep emotions, most of which were on display at a BBC

debate. A debate on the future of one of

Aberdeen's Grand attractions is bound to attract an audience. There

were strong emotions on both sides as supporters and opponents

gathered. A should act now, be ambitious and visionary for our

future generations. I just see an Edinburgh trams t a school headed

away. This is the man who started it, while tycoon Sir Ian Wood was

to create a new civic hard for Aberdeen. He has pledged �50

million of his own money. I can understand the heritage at the

gardens. But we cannot cling to the past. The world is changing too

much and we have to change with it. Honestly, if you say no to this,

it'll be a very negative decision for the future of the city and for

young people, and people outside it will see it as a very strange to

season. The plan would mean replacing the sunken Victorian

gardens with this, and you project called the Granite Web. The plans

have gone out to public vote. a car park in a great city, do not

destroy it. -- it is a Pride Park. Many have concerns about tampering

with Aberdeen's heritage. Others believe the new plan will attract

money to revitalise the city. would ask people, try and think of

Aberdeen, how others see it, and not have the remember it 40 years

ago. Because it is not like that anymore. Everyone in this room

wants to improve our City. But the arrogance of those who say that me

and we alone know how to do it, and you either go down are rude or you

are not going down the route at all, that is a mistake. The public will

now have their say. The referendum result will be announced on March

2nd. And you can hear that debate on BBC

Scotland's news website. And now, David with the sport.

Craig Whyte will not be at Ibrox tomorrow, but tens of thousands of

Rangers fans will be, to cheer on their team in the first match since

going into administration. They are at home to Kilmarnock and as a

limit their reports, supporters seem defiant, determined and

undaunted. It will be the biggest football

crowd in the UK tomorrow. Tickets have been flying out of Ibrox all

week. By this morning, undaunted die hard supporters were snapping

up the few remaining seats in anticipation of been present at the

moment in the history of the club. It will be electric. A full house

tomorrow. We will be a long to support our team in the crisis they

are in. Docked 10 points when the into administration, Rangers stand

14 points behind Celtic. An end to the campaign hopes? Not according

to the manager. The story has come out, fans abroad buying tickets. It

is just a real rallying call. The support have always been the most

important people at this football club and the will sure there were

tomorrow,. The man who conducted the service after the Ibrox

disaster it said in Newark because times, the Rangers family comes

together. Rangers comes together and has a great reputation for

dignity, it has none tragedy and disasters, as well as triumph. As

fans, we get through these things together. Inside the stadium, the

atmosphere will be elected. Fans promise they will put on and noisy

show of solidarity for the team. After the events of the past week,

the game tomorrow will be a highly emotional affair. There is barely a

ticket left, but still on sale at Ibrox today, the Rangers lucky bags.

Supporters, staff and players will be hoping it is time for their luck

to change. Some more bad luck or disappointing

used at least for Rangers fans, this has just come in. The SPL have

rejected a bid by the club to register the striker Daniel Chris

Eyre so he will not be eligible to play against Kilmarnock tomorrow.

But Rangers can appeal against the decision.

Some other Premier League clubs' managers have been having their say

on Rangers' predicament. Wrong then Neil Lennon, who sympathises with

his opposite number. Le Tissier from him now. And the couple of

other bosses. -- let us hear. People who think the SPL can do

without Rangers are talking nonsense. For a club to be in that

sort of situation is, you know, it is nonsense. They are in trouble

financially. But they can still play with a very strong team.

Scotland to lose a club like Rangers would be devastating. The

two games we played, we sell the TV money, the sponsorship. We think -

I I do not think they will have a weak team. I think there will be a

stronger Rangers next season. have a lot of sympathy for Ally

McCoist and what he is having to go through. Particularly in my first

season as a manager, but as regards sympathy for the people who brought

this on, I do not have much. Golf, and Kirkcaldy's Peter

Whiteford is the leader at the halfway stage of the Avantha

Masters in New Delhi. The 31-year- old who has never won a Tour event

is two strokes clear of the field on 10 under par. The world No. 200

per T6 shot an eagle and five birdies. -- the world No. 236.

It is one of the greatest horror films of its era, but now the

wicker man is the unlikely inspiration for a new show from the

National Theatre of Scotland. It has been co-written by comedy actor

a great temple of Chewin' The Fat free. Speaking during rehearsals,

he told Polina claimed that the play was a tribute, not a send-up.

-- he told Pauline McLean. It is a play within a play. If the

story looks familiar, that is because the players are revisiting

the 1973 horror film, the wicker man. It includes songs and strange

goings-on. A young policeman investigating disappearances on a

remote Scottish island. For a self- confessed horror geek, it is a

dream project. What we have written is not a pastiche or lampooning. It

is really about the noble failure have tried to stage the film as a

stage of. We are mining humour from their ambition.

SINGING. The film itself has stood the test

of time and become something of a cult classic. Since his release, it

has inspired further films, plays, music and even a festival in

Dumfries year. It is part of the public consciousness, it is a

phrase that people use now who have not even seen the movie. If you see

some strange, you might say, he has a bit of old wicker man. The film

has survived because it is incredibly good and very effective

in his Sanday. It sneaks up on you. Ah, that famous ending involving

the hero and a giant wicker man. One of the most shocking in horror

film history. Why they are giving nothing away, they promised they

will make a song and dance at that. Setting the political heather on

fire this weekend is Isabel Fraser with Sunday Politics Scotland.

The former Chancellor Alastair Darling on the economy and the

referendum. The Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill on the fall in my

crime. And what does the series Baughan tell us about Scottish

women in politics? It tells us it is very hard work!

It tells us it is very hard work! Now let's get a look at the weather.

A reminder that it is still February. Tonight, but Bobby fairly

wet and windy across to whole of the country. -- it will be. Some

pretty heavy rain across parts of the Highlands. Behind a weather

front, much colder Arctic air. A wet and windy night and a much

colder night than of late. Temperatures down to two or three.

Tomorrow, snow in the forecast. A yellow warning from the Met Office.

Mainly affecting Highlands and Grampian. Tomorrow morning, still

wet down to the Borders. That rain should clear quickly. Improved

conditions all the way down the east coast and the south. We will

see one or two snow showers across the south-west. The significant

accumulation will be through the Highlands. We could see perhaps 15

centimetres or so. Also some strong to gale force winds. A similar

story through parts of North Grampian and the Cairngorms. Down

the east coast, totally different. Dry and find with blue sky, but

cold. If you are out and about in the hills or climbing, this says it

all. Snow across all western ranges. The risk of hypothermia. 50 mph

wind speed. The best conditions through parts of patcher, Angus and

the Borders. -- Perthshire. If you are thinking about skiing, Saturday,

blizzards and gales, but Sunday, much better. Sunday itself,

fantastic visibility. As we go through the rest of the afternoon

on Saturday, that snow shifts towards parts of the North East.

Ice will then be a problem towards the south-west. Frosty overnight

overnight into Sunday. Plenty of sunshine across the board. One or

two showers in the West Coast and the North. The wind will be lighter

compared to Saturday. That's the story, cold weather is on the way

but it will not last into next week. but it will not last into next week.

Turning wet and windy once again. Now, just before 7 o'clock, a

summary of tonight's top stories: Scottish football has tonight

announced a full and independent inquiry into the activities of

Rangers Football Club. The governing bodies as a

specifically wants to investigate whether the club has broken any

rules anthems that Rangers have lost the lawyers failed to share

information which would allow them to judge whether Craig Whyte was a

fit and proper person to run the club.

Rupert Murdoch warned staff at the Sun newspaper that he will not

protect anyone found to have broken the law. He has also posed support

to the paper, saying a Sunday edition will be launched soon.

An inquiry has been launched into how one of Scotland's most senior

fire chiefs retired then got his old job back again a month later

while receiving a �200,000 pension payment in between. It was made to

Brian Sweeney of Strathclyde Fire and Rescue was eligible for the

pavement when he turned 50 last year. -- was eligible.

A woman and her grandson have been found dead in a pond in

Lincolnshire. The alarm was raised by the boy's mother. The bodies