17/04/2012 Reporting Scotland

Tonight on Reporting Scotland... Calls to change the way female

offenders are treated, by demolishing the country's only

women's prison. But American tycoon the Donald Trump raises concerns

about the future of this development in a big hit danger

Also on the programme... Where did we all come from? The

project tracking the diverse origins of has Scots. -- us Scots.

And up as the search for a buyer for Rangers falters again, Ally

McCoist says he is concerned about the time it is taking to secure the

club's future. The demolition of the country's

only women's prison is one of the recommendations of a special

commission. It was asked to look at way women are treated in the

justice system, Ahmed concern about the growing numbers being held in

jail. -- amid concern. Our Home Affairs correspondent Reevel

Alderson is here with more details. This is not a new problem. There

have been ten reports in the UK in recent years into the way women are

treated by the criminal justice system. Now, according to they all

independent commission, it is the time to act.

The investigation they carried out found women and men are treated

differently by prosecutors and courts.

25% of the women in jail are on remand, a higher proportion than in

men's prisons, but 70% of them will not actually receive a custodial

sentence when they come before the courts.

The vast majority of female prisoners have mental health

problems, which short prison sentences can actually exacerbate,

while the commission bound 30% of children of women jailed will

develop their own problems, including the risk of going to jail

themselves. Soul, what is to be done? Not fit for purpose -

Scotland's only women's problem does it should be demolished. Most

women serve sentences of six months or less and did will say they get

little help in preventing them returning. You go in and watch your

particulars are taken, you get paid in a a man totally forgotten about.

Unless you are needed for doctors or nurses, you are left to your own

devices. Be a new project in Glasgow could be an alternative.

Women come here to be educated and to learn to look beyond any life of

crime. A you learn that yes, they are vulnerable, but you also find

they have skills. What we are try to do is to try and turn their

lives around and walk that the view society in a different way. Do the

report has called for a vast change in the criminal justice system for

women. 80 % of these women have severe mental health difficulties,

drug addiction or alcohol problems. Unless this is a dress, they will

be kept imprisoned continually, but any civilised society, we know that

there is evidence that shows how it works. We have simply not been able

to do it. Why do we need to do this? Well,

consider this figure - over a ten- year period, the cost to society of

each woman who commits further crime is �75,000. So any change

which reduces reoffending could ultimately benefit us all.

An Ayrshire teenager who killed a teenage girl and her parents after

she spurned his advances has been jailed in Australia for at least 35

years. Jason Downie, who is now 20,

stabbed his victims dozens of times, having become obsessed with 16-

year-old Chantelle Rowe after he emigrated from Kilmarnock with his

mother. Jason Downie moved with his mother into 2010 and became

obsessed with Chantelle Rowe. Then 18, he broke into the family warm

and shan't stabbed Chantelle and her parents. Today at court, her

brother Christopher was too upset to speak. And relatives spoke for

him. A long we are thankful for today is that we have escaped the

pain of a trial. I can only try and keep the memory alive of Chantelle

and my mum and dad. A I would be cautious as to how to describe that

crime scene. There are not adequate words to describe that. It is

something that everyone will have nightmares about in the years to

come. To tonight, Jason Downie knows he will be well into his

fifties before he is eligible for parole.

American billionaire Donald Trump claims Scotland is committing

financial suicide by creating a wind farm landscape. It is apart of

Mr Trump's submission to a Scottish Parliament inquiry into renewable

energy, to which he is due to give evidence next week.

Mr Trump is opposing plans for a wind farm off the coast of his

proposed golf course in Aberdeenshire. All reporter Steven

Duff is there tonight. Strong words again from Mr Trump. The finishing

touches are being put to the golf course here that they should open

in the summer, but the Patel and holiday homes have been stopped.

The reason is that Donald Trump is concerned about the future view out

there. There is a win found went far turbine plant proposed that he

is not happy about it. He said it would be financial suicide his

column turned into a wind farm landscape. He will appear before

the committee will next week. That should be a very colourful day.

There will also be a rally against wind farms. He said it would be the

equivalent of putting the six the story apartment block on the

Prince's Gardens or Arthur's seat. A as the been a reaction from the

Scottish parliament? The Scots his government have said today that

they dispute what Mr Trump says, because tourism is growing and

renewables are becoming heavily invested in. But they say they

welcome the debate. You are watching Reporting Scotland

from the BBC. Still to come on the programme...

A slice of Highland history is saved, as Prince Charles helps

rescue these Caithness cottages. And do not try this at home - we

catch up with the man behind this daring jump from Britain's highest

cliff. And in sport, another twist in the

Rangers story, as the club's administrators pursue Craig Whyte's

lawyers for �25 million. All and Andy Murray starts the clay

court tennis season in style, but what is under the bunnet? Find out

Labour has been spelling out how it believes councils can play a part

tackling unemployment and poverty. At the launch of its local election

campaign, the party has been stressing the vote on May 3 should

not be about the independence referendum. Our local government

correspondent Jamie McIvor reports. 16 days until the polls open and

the local election campaign should be blossoming. But it is hardly the

first thing on the minds of many people. Even those who say they are

interested in politics. If think when it is the general election

people think it is the government, but when it is local elections,

people do not sure as much interest. I wanted a candidate who shows

compassion for the community and is also realistic. The main theme was

the putting out the message from the Labour Party about their

intentions. Services, child protection and services for the old

people in our society. That is what people are worried about. The man

of vestal as some common themes, such as supporting families in

tough times. We Labour says that councils will take action on jobs

and training and the seat tackling fuel poverty and support for carers

are also high on their agenda. They got the most first preference votes,

but the Scottish National Party go there was councillors over all.

years ago, it was a fantastic result, but not so much last year.

I am committed to going out and making the case for the Labour

Party. We are looking to connect with residence across the whole of

Scotland added these tough times, we want local councils to work in

the best interests of families and communities. The campaign is being

seen as a crucial time for the new leader of Scottish Labour. They

have to win back the voters who have gone elsewhere.

A pedestrian has been killed after being struck by a lorry at

Clarkston Toll in East Renfrewshire. The 67-year-old man was hit by the

HGV on the A727, just before 11 o'clock this morning. The 47-year-

old lorry driver was unhurt. The road was closed for accident

investigations, but has since reopened. Police have appealed for

witnesses. A look now at what else has been

happening across the country this Tuesday. An investigation is under

way to establish the cause of any early morning fire in May a hell.

Eight people were taken to hospital, two of them seriously injured.

Around 50 firefighters fought a blaze at a pub in Edinburgh last

night. No one was hurt. Police suspect that eight supported

missing from the Swan's nest may have been taken illegally by

drunken revellers. Ed De Beer cans were found near by. Disturbing be

sworn's nest is against a lot. A series of new apprenticeships are

being created in the forestry industry. Forestry chiefs say

trained workers have an excellent chance of full-time employment.

What so much going on with environmental concerns and tourism,

and try to get people on to the site, so it is not all about just

planting trees, there is a lot of diversity. To abuse have been paid

to the film-maker David Peter who has died. On the film, big banana

feet, he followed Billy Connolly through a tour of Ireland during

the height of the Troubles. The chairman of Queen of the South has

rejected a bid for a shareholding from an English-based consortium.

The chairman said he would not be selling his shares to any potential

buyer. Ross County have launched a plan to get France to help upgrade

the stadium to Scottish Premier League standards. They are

appealing to fans to contribute �20 each to the upgrade. There is more

of these stories are all these stories 24 Raza day on the BBC

Scotland website. 20,000 years ago, at the depth of

the last Ice Age, Scotland looked something like this. The landscape

was in deep freeze and it was too cold for human life. 10,000 years

on, the country had thawed out and people had started to return. Now

analysis of the DNA of 1,000 modern-day Scots has been able to

trace where their ancestors came from. Seonag Mackinnon has been

looking at what the researchers found. After the Ice Age, frozen

landscapes retreated Neuss. The warmer climates attracted tribes

from all over the globe. The I found my mother's DNA is from

Cyberia. I am related to royalty, apparently. Considering I was

adopted and did not know who my father was, that was amazing use.

They DNA has been taken from 1,000 people. The most exciting thing has

been how diverse the Scottish people are. We have seen hundreds

of different types. I was not expecting that at all. Sort white

so diverse? Researchers believe it is because Scotland was on the

north of Europe. We think Our ancestors travel to up from Asia to

fennel and, from Pakistan and then to hear. Scottish actor Tom Conti

has discovered links to Napoleon Bonaparte. The and this man was

apparently captured by pirates. And there are more projects planned to

answer the age-old question, who Prince Charles has stepped in to

help save two tiny Caithness cottages. The prince who has been

visiting the area since childhood has long seen in interest in the

company's flagstone industry. House Trust are restoring the last stone

homes of quarry workers. Memories of a bygone age when the

flagstone industry brought hundreds of jobs to the Caithness village of

Castletown and much-needed housing for employees and their families.

These last surviving cottages built by quarry workers at the time are

to be brought back to life. Right now we're in that what was the very

day of. Just two rooms in every property and this room was where

you eat and washed and cleaned. The front room was be good run. As you

can see here, we have a box bed where people slept and probably a

pull-out bed underneath depending on how many there where. Literally

layers of history have been uncovered in the restoration. This

shows what domestic life was like in the 19th century. A very hard

life. An open fire in the small room where you diddle your cooking

and that was it. No electricity in those days. You have to milk the

cow and make-up that the butter occasionally. It was all hard work.

It is also hope that the project led by the Prince of Wales

Regeneration Trust will help preserve castle town's industrial

past. Caithness's flagstone paid the world. For over 40 years from

Miss Harbour it was sent to America, Australia and even India. Before

the Flaxton Industry came, Castle 10 consisted of five houses. There

was nothing before that. The fact that is now a thriving village and

was in the 19th century a flourishing community and

production area with a port, that is something that we have to

preserve. The project and its past is of particular interest to Prince

Charles himself who is a regular visitor to the area and is said to

be keeping a close eye on progress. A 15-year-old Glasgow schoolboy

said he is incredibly proud to have designed the official tartan for

the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. This follows a nationwide

competition. Their new creation was modelled at Shawlands Academy by a

former World Highland Games champion. The tartan is expected to

be received by over one million people worldwide when the Games

come to Glasgow in two years' time. More pressing sporting matters now.

Another development in the Rangers story. The club's administrators

are seeking damage of �25 million from the legal firm Craig Whyte

used when he was taking the club over Collyer Bristow. Chris,

another legal case. A multi- million-pound one. What is it all

about and what a Collyer Bristow saying about it? Just when we

thought we wouldn't get a daily twist in this tale - a boom - at

�25 million claim from the Rangers administrators. This is about that

ill-fated takeover from last summer. There saying that that Collyer

Bristow because their rights and obligations and that deal and are

accusing them of professional negligence. Collyer Bristow are

denying the claims saying that they are highly speculative and they

will be vigorously contested. The administrators are due to release a

statement this evening saying they had been in a further discussion

with the two brothers - the US consortium and the Singapore

consortium led by Bill Ng. They have been in discussions today and

are hoping to announce a preferred bidder by the end of the week.

may be music to the years of Ally McCoist who I gather was expressing

concerns today regarding lack of clarity over the preferred bidder.

He has not really said much in recent years -- recent weeks, the

Rangers manager, so it shows how important a preferred bidder is. He

says it is very worrying as he has plenty of planning to do forced up

the manager has the pre-season to think about so as he looks to get

things right on the part, the administrators look to get it right

off the park. It has been described as a mess and a sadder, but a month

this, a Rangers football club is fighting for its existence. -- saga.

A panel was discussed -- convene today discuss seven charges against

Craig Whyte. Craig Whyte is boycotting the hearings which

relate to his fitness to run a club and charges of bringing the game

into disrepute. The hearings could run until Friday.

Andy Murray has started the clay- court tennis season in style. He

beat the Serbian Viktor Troicki in state sets today in the second

round of the Monte Carlo Masters. The clay-court season culminates in

a French Open at Paris at the end of next month. A new-look Andy

Murray said a good showing at Monte Carlo could be the key to a

successful French Open. Monte Carlo - playground of the

rich and beautiful. Where better to launch a new lip? Ladies and

gentlemen, here it is also up his new haircut. The French are

referring to it as a military cut. His new Barnet was well hidden by a

baseball cap for the rest of the match. Andy Murray's tennis today

was a cut above. The newly shorn Scott made short work of Serbia's

Viktor Troicki, winning the first set 6-0 in less time than it takes

for the average short-back-and- He's made it, that is sheer

brilliance will stop money had dropped just three games in the

second set. A stylish first performance of the clay-court

season celebrated with a flourish. Apologies to any French viewers

there for! After the disappointment of their six Nations campaign, the

chance to it in their losing streak. They play Fiji and Australia in

June which allows us to show pictures of a Scottish team winning,

as last time they played Australia the one back in 2009.

Those were the days. It is called Base jumping. You're

not to try this at home. It involves jumping from a great

height and opening a parachute ideally just before you land. Simon

Brentford had a goal and Orkney and that is the first time someone has

tried it of the highest vertical cliff in the UK.

Whatever the camera angle, it is plain to see this is not a place

for the faint-hearted. This was the view at more than 1100 ft up. This

was the view from across the way and this was the point of no return.

I was nervous, very nervous indeed. It is an unknown, the first jump of

its type. Whenever you're doing something as a first jump, you

cannot account for everything. He had been planning the jumper months

and needed perfect weather. To keep my jump successful, I needed no

winds to get into a landing area OK without being affected by

turbulence. Even then, things nearly went wrong. The parachute

opened to face the cliffs and it is meant to face out in the direction

I jumped. Sometimes these things happen and the parachute opens

facing the class. Then my skills a really important and how quickly

second-term the parachute back out. It is thought he is the first to

base jump from this Clough and his intentions are now switching to his

next death-defying week. A classic day of sunshine and

showers and tomorrow looks the same. They will start to lose those

showers and most places the last few will linger towards Kintyre and

the sole way Coast and parts of the southern borders. The north of the

country will keep cloudy conditions with some patches of the end but in

between, a lot of dry weather and light wind and I skies will mean

and fog patches. Quite breezy across the northern isles but a

cold night. Temperatures widely down to two Celsius. Any mist and

fog patches tomorrow will clear quickly. By the afternoon, it will

be a drier prospect for likes of the Inner Hebrides and Kintyre. One

or two passing sours and the south- west. -- showers. A few showers and

the Glasgow Media button yet the Hebrides, a better day here.

Maintaining quite cloudy conditions across the far north coast and the

Northern Isles. Six Celsius in Shetland. The north-east will see

some showers. It will turn wintery over hills and parts of the Angus

hills. One or two showers for fight and the Edinburgh area and the

south-east. -- Fife. Those showers will continue into the evening but

we will then lose them with most places becoming dry. The outlook -

this weather front approaches us on Thursday bringing in outbreaks of

rain across eastern Scotland. A lot of bright weather across more

western parts. Patchy rain and Just before 7pm - a judge has ruled

that radical preacher Abbottabad can be returned to jail pending

deportation. -- Abu Qatada. A previous attempt to send him to

Jordan failed after the European Court of Human Rights equity would

not get a fair trial. Anders Brading has told the House -

- Anders Breivik has told his Tyler nozzle that he carried out his

actions to defend his people and his country.

The demolition of Cornton Vale, the country's only women's prison, was

recommended. Concern over the growing numbers of women being held

in jail. The trial of inertia teenager

charged with killing a 16-year-old teenager and her mother has been