14/10/2013 Reporting Scotland

Tonight, on your National News. As talks begin to avert the planned 48

hour strike at Grangemouth, there is hope of an agreement to keep fuel

supplies running. The Church of Scotland minister

whose relatives were murdered in a Pakistan massacre, and is prepared

to forgive. I can't pray for them that may God give them with Don to

understand and realise that they are doing wrong things.

Also tonight, from this - to this. The hunt is on for the stolen Henry

Moore sculpture worth millions of pounds.

Unlocking the legacy - we're in Delhi to find out whether there was

a sporting legacy from the last city to host the Commonwealth Games.

And looking to the future - Scotland get ready for Croatia, with Gordon

Strachan saying that a return to major tournaments may not be far

away. Talks are underway to try to avert

the planned 48-hour strike by workers at the Grangemouth refinery.

Ineos, the company that runs the plant, says work has already begun

to shut it down, but it's hoped that fuel supplies won't be affected. Our

reporter Catriona Renton is at Grangemouth tonight. Catriona.

Since the union announced its intentions for the strike, it has

seen the relations between the union and the company getting worse and

more acrimonious over the weekend, but talks have been going on since

4pm today in Glasgow and I am told nobody has moved on or out from the

site and they seemed hopeful of a resolution today. Here at

Grangemouth, preparations are already underway to close down the

plan ahead of the proposed strike set to begin on Sunday for 48 hours.

At the weekend, Ineos wrapped up the stakes warning the strike could shut

down most of Scotland and the war of words called the union completely

irresponsible. They responded by accusing the company of gunboat

diplomacy. This afternoon the two saves arrived in Glasgow for talks.

We are looking for assurances from the union that they will support us

and maintain the fuel supply to the people of Scotland. We certainly

welcome the response and the decision to come here today so we

will be approaching the talks with an open mind. We will be trying to

look to have a resolution. The dispute centres on the treatment of

a union convenor involved in the selection of a Labour candidate in

Falkirk. It is also about the company's use of agency workers. The

plant produces 220,000 barrels a day and provides most of Scotland's

fuel. They say the site would cause by 2017 were both investment and the

company says the plan is losing ?10 million a month.

-- plant. The issue that people are concerned about is well there be an

you're around to keep cars on the road. Ineos made it clear going into

the meeting that they want an agreement that means fuel production

will not be affected. The Scottish and UK governments are working on

contingencies and they say that whatever happens, they hope

retailers will have enough stock already to meet demands.

The owner of a tug-boat which capsized on the River Clyde, killing

three crew members, has admitted health and safety failures. The

Flying Phantom sank in freezing fog in December 2007, while towing a

cargo vessel near Glasgow. At the High Court in Glasgow, tug company

Svitzer Marine Limited pleaded guilty to a series of health and

safety breaches. 33-year-old Stephen Humphreys from Greenock, 57-year-old

Eric Blackley from Gourock and Bob Cameron, was was 65 and from Houston

in Renfrewshire, all died when the tug sank.

A Church of Scotland minister, whose mother and and other close relatives

were murdered in a suicide attack on a church in Pakistan, has said he

forgives their killers. The Reverend Aftab Gohar's mother, nephew, niece,

and other relatives and friends were among 122 people killed last month.

The Grangemouth minister has just returned from the scene of the

massacre in Peshawar. Joanne Macaulay reports.

In the aftermath of the attack on the church where he was christened,

the Reverend returns to Pakistan to mourn his loss and offer comfort to

others. While the attack was happening, he was preparing his

Sunday sermon for his own congregation in Grangemouth. Among

the victims were his mother who was 79, his 11-year-old nephew also died

and his niece who was nine years old. Uncles and cousins and many

friends were killed as well. Here's earned by the events but says he can

forgive the killers. I can pray for them, that may God give them wisdom

to understand and realise that they are doing wrong things. The attack

came without warning as the people of the Church gathered for the

Thanksgiving feast. 122 were killed. His niece was paralysed from

the waist down and he is attempting to raise money to help her. They

will be paralysed for a long time and the people that have lost legs

and arms, they cannot do their jobs, so there should be a long term plan

to help them. He plans to resume his duties here on Sunday and says he

has been greatly moved by the kindness and support of both the

Christian and Muslim communities but he says those affected by the attack

in Pakistan will need help for a long time to come.

You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC. Still to come on the

programme. Unlocking the legacy - What were the

benefits of the last commonwealth Games? We're in Delhi to find out.

And in sport, we've the latest from today's court room battle involving

Rangers and a group of unhappy shareholders. We'll also hear from

Gordon Strachan as the Scotland manager's already thinking ahead to

the 'challenge' of the next qualifying campaign, and we've also

rugby news. Police Scotland say the value of a

statue stolen from a park in south west Scotland is about three million

pounds. The 'Standing Figure' by Henry Moore was taken from the

sculpture park at the Lincluden Estate at Shawhead between last

Thursday and Friday. Three other valuable sculptures which had been

on display have now been put into secure storage. Willie Johnston

reports. A seven foot high sculpture by Henry

Moore cast in bronze in 1950. Until last week it stood on this rock part

of a large and unique collection of works displayed here. Beneath, torn

metal shows it was removed very crudely but why? We suspect this was

for obvious reasons. One is the high-value and the other as it was

sold for scrap metal value. Two other Henry Moore statues have been

vandalised here in recent years. The theft know of Standing Figure is a

crime to far for its orders and the decision has been taken to remove

the most high-value and accessible works for safekeeping. The statues

have been here for 60 years and have been enjoyed by many people. I am

sure that sadness will be tinged with anger that the actions of one

or two people will affect so many. It is a blow to art lovers who come

here from all around the world. I just cannot believe they are gone.

It is so nice to think they were here in the countryside and to think

someone has stolen one is just awful. If art is becoming a favoured

target of metal thieves, the man behind many hope I profile more than

sculpture than Scotland feels the consequences for his work. People

are worried that the craft and skill that went into that, these days

people can take it for granted. We take it as part of the furniture of

everyday life but the skill that goes into these things is phenomenal

and to have that snatched away is awful. If it has been taken for

scrap, they will pocket a few hundred pounds but that is only a

fraction of the stats you's value as a piece of art and how do you

quantify the loss of public access to an important collection in such a

stunning landscape. A former senior police officer has

been convicted of a sexually assaulting three women. Ian Paterson

was found guilty following a trial at Aberdeen Sheriff Court. He'd

denied the charges. The complaints were made after the 62-year-old had

left the police to take over as chief executive of an Aberdeen

charity. He'll be sentenced next month.

In ten days time, the people of Dunfermline will go to the polls to

elect a new MSP. In 2011, four candidates stood for election. This

time voters have seven to choose from giving them plenty to consider.

Our reporter Steven Godden looks at the new names and faces on the

campaign trail. In Dunfermline, these days there is

no such thing as a simple trip to the shops. Will you be voting? A

more congested ballot paper means a battle for candidates to get their

message across. Scottish Green party candidate is our rackets and is one

of the new names for voters to consider. People are very

disillusioned by mainstream politics and often feel they are only two

parties they can vote for. For us, it is really important to show

people in Scotland that there is another way. You can add another new

presence. -- UKIP. This candidate believes his stance against wind

farms will find favour with the electorate. We are paying millions

of pounds in subsidies and that is why we have pensioners trying to

decide whether to eat or heat. The leader of the Scottish Jacobite

party is standing as an independent candidate. There are lots of things

wrong with society in Scotland and people have to demand better. Rain

or shine, the next ten days will be a period of intense campaigning.

Each of the candidates here will measure success differently but for

all, the test of whether the message has hit home will come when the

votes are counted on Thursday will stop And there are seven candidates

in the Dunfermline by-election and you can find full details on BBC

Scotland's news website. Other stories from across Scotland

this Monday. Police investigating the death of a

man who was hit by an HGV and then dragged underneath it for three

miles have traced the vehicle's driver. Robert Finlayson was found

dead on a road in Lanarkshire last month.

The public spending watchdog has said that political instability at

Argyll and Bute Council has made the local authority's problems worse.

The Audit Scotland report was compiled before a new administration

was formed last month. The council has had three different leaders

since May 2012. The Health Secretary has told a

conference in Edinburgh that more must be done to make sure the NHS is

a seven-day service. Alex Neil outlined a pilot in five health

board areas of international approaches to the problem. The

safety of patients at the weekend is as good as during the week, so this

is not driven by patient safety but for the need to improve the flow of

patients through the hospital and more efficient use of resources and

the need to make sure that kid at the weekend is as good as during the

rest of the week. Designs for a new ?1 million mosque

in Aberdeen have been revealed. Planning permission has already been

granted for the building on Nelson Street.

And there are more stories from your area - and all the latest news, 24

hours a day on BBC Scotland's website.

Elegant and easy asked unsung sports clubs have called on the Scottish

Government to abandon plans to ban airguns. They say the new law will

deter people from taking up shooting as a sport.

Lucy enjoys target practice. Right now she does not need a licence to

pursue her hobby but the Scottish Government has its sights set on

changing that. A new law would require amateur shooters to pay for

the right to hold a weapon after proving they had a good reason. Lucy

worries that could force her out of the sport. If they consider my

reason for having an air rifle not to be valid and I will not be able

to continue with the sport. Enthusiasts petitioned the Scottish

Parliament, calling on the Government to think again. They say

a licensing scheme will not reduce intended targets and responsible gun

users will be hit. The only people that will be affected will be those

who have to apply and pay for a licence. Those wishing to avoid the

law will continue to do so. Pressure came after the death of toddler

Andrew Morton in Glasgow in 2005. Eggen users say existing laws

already cover responsible airgun use. But the Scottish Government has

said they think a scheme is necessary and they have no intention

of changing their minds. There have been tragedies, lives lost and

communities damaged so action has to be taken. We are aware that there

are many responsible users and there is often need for the week use of

these weapons for sport or vermin control so we have factored that in.

I am cocking my rifle ready to load. Many of those are shooting for

Scotland in next year's Commonwealth Games started with this. Users say

that new licensing will stop new sports people getting into this port

but the Government say that the new law has a correct balance.

The Queen's Baton Relay has left Delhi, the city which staged the

last Commonwealth Games. In the second of his special reports from

India, Kevin Keane examines the sporting legacy left by the Games.

Think of sport in this country and this is what springs to mind. In a

residential part of Delhi, four separate cricket matches are crammed

into one small park. It might not be the national sport but cricket is

the national obsession. The high-end players get a lot of money and are

household names but of course, with any sport, to get to those top

players it has to start here at the grassroots. So that is what this

port institute at Delhi University hopes to do. It is the only one in

India and was kitted out using money from the Commonwealth Games. There

was less awareness and there was opposition. Now people are

considering that sports should be for all, maybe for competition, all

for fitness and lifestyle. All these changes have taken place. Less than

1% of people here are active in sport but brimming is one area which

has seen a rise in participation. -- running. People always used to say

what is he going to get from running the Mack now it is popular. We are

running all the time. Ahead of 2010 new venues were built like the new

velodrome. But nothing has happened here since the Games ended. The

problem is the venues were built for a specific purpose and cycling is

not terribly popular here in India. The velodrome has not been converted

for use for anything else and so since Delhi 2010 it has stood empty.

That said, the security guards have managed to find one unconventional

use for it. Cricket bats are not the only ones which dominate in the

capital. These creatures cast an eerie shadow over Delhi's streets.

The games cast an even bigger shadow but sport is providing a new Ray of

light in this largely inactive city. Let's hear about some sport nearer

home. Rangers have been forced to postpone

their annual general meeting planned for later this month after a court

victory by shareholders seeking changes at board level. Former Ibrox

secretary Paul Murray is leading the group and was at the court of

session. They argued Rangers had broken the law by failing to ensure

a motion to add four new members to their board was on their AGM agenda.

The judge confirmed Rangers had committed an offence and ruled in

the shareholders' favour. -- Rangers had not complied with all the

regulations and ruled in the shareholders' favour. This is a

football club and we are forced into court to get the club to comply with

its legal obligations. It is legally obliged to put valid notices on to

the AGM. They chose not to comply with that.

As Scotland prepare to face Croatia in their final game of a

disappointing World Cup qualifying campaign, the national manager is

already thinking about their next chance to reach a major tournament.

Gordon Strachan says he is relishing the challenge of leading his

Scotland squad into the European Championships qualifiers in a year's

time. The manager leading from the front

for Scotland on the training pitch and after three wins in his opening

seven matches Gordon Strachan is more than happy with the quality of

player at his disposal. There has been some pleasant surprises. It has

been nice. You expect them to do well and they do better than what

you think, so that has been good. It is almost a generation since

Scotland competed in a major tournament but there is hope for the

future. Especially with a record number of teams a dual -- teams able

to compete in France in 2016. It would be great to achieve that. But

as I say, the home form is the thing. We have got to try to improve

it. The captain has admitted mistakes were made but have been

learned from during this campaign. We have learned a lot in the last

few games. The manager has said how he wants us to play and what

positions, went to press and not to press. We have learned a lot. It was

this Robert Snodgrass goal that gave Scotland a 1-0 win over Croatia in

June. A similar outcome tomorrow night would have the Tartan Army

dreaming of France in three years time.

The former British and Irish John Beattie believes Scotland's

professional rugby team can make history by both reaching this

season's European quarterfinals. Glasgow lost their first group match

against Heineken Cup champions Toulon yesterday that Edinburgh had

what a former Scotland captain says is a hugely significant win.

This place has been a bit of rugby fortress for Glasgow this season.

They are the pool 12 league leaders having one macro five out of five.

But yesterday in France, they had to battle for European champions. And

is a dazzling first half, they reminded us how they won the

Heineken Cup, too long. But Glasgow fought back well. They lost 51-28 in

the end but did enough to convince some they can regress to the

tournament's latter stages. I think both Edinburgh and Glasgow could

make it out of their groups. They could win their home games. They are

up against some very good sides. If they play the way they did this

weekend they will. Both teams in the quarterfinals would be a first.

Edinburgh's defeat by Munster is viewed by some as hugely

significant. You need to win your home games and pick up what you can

away from home. So Edinburgh, to get that first big to be under their

belt in that first game is great and what that gave them is huge

confidence to take to Perpignan on. Edinburgh reached the semifinals two

years ago but there will be many more Murrayfield celebrations if

they can do it again. Elsewhere, in sport, there has been

plenty happening involving Scots. Eilidh Child is among 12 Scottish

athlete who have been given a funding boost from UK Athletics.

They are being viewed as potential medallists at the Rio Olympics and

Paralympics in 2016 and at the Games four years later. Striker Callum

Elliot says Raith Rovers reaching the cup final is massive. His gourd

in their win. They will play Rangers or Stenhousemuir in the final.

Edinburgh cyclist John Paul admits he was surprised to be tame his

Scottish sprint track cycling title. The championships at the Sir Chris

Hoy Velodrome do not guarantee Commonwealth Games places but he is

delighted his form is returning. I have just come off from the

championships and I have had a week and a half holiday. This is my first

session back. I was feeling rusty and I was tired but I am really

surprised. I am happy to come awake with a title.

Show-jumping Olympics gold medallist won the series opener in Oslo.

Afterwards he paid tribute to his horse.

More sports stories plus all the latest news 24 hours a day on the

BBC Sport Scotland website. It was a busy day and plenty more

tomorrow, I am sure. Let's find out how the weather is

looking this evening. A lot of us have seen a fair amount

of cloud today, but not everywhere. Some lovely sunshine across southern

Scotland and also the Western Isles. But that band of rain did produce

some rain and we have more to content with in the North East

tonight. Becoming lighter and patchy in nature as well. But across the

South East some patchy rain edging in during the course of the night.

Elsewhere, dry. Clear spells across western Scotland. Possibly some mist

patches coming through here as well. Temperatures in the West about four

Celsius but come inland to seven or eight Celsius. Excuse me, I have a

frog in my throat. As we head into tomorrow, some patchy rain or

drizzle initially across South East Scotland. And improving day for most

of us. We will see some good spells of sunshine across western Scotland.

Some lovely sunshine for the South West and a better day for the

Glasgow area. Towards North Argyle we see some good spells. The Western

Isles faring well once again, fair sunshine here. Blanket cloud for the

Northern Isles may be producing the odd spot of rain or drizzle. Across

the North East sunshine coming through. Maybe a few showers over

the Cairngorms but nothing to write home about. Around Edinburgh and

eventually into the Borders, just the odd shower. Very little changes

as we head into the evening. Tomorrow night looks cold. Wind

light for most of us. For the middle of the week on a change. This

weather front brings out persistent and heavy rain across a good part of

the country but high-pressure holds to the north keeping things drive.

It starts off dry and bright on Wednesday but then the rain is

gathering force across the country and it gets a little breezy as well.

Now, a reminder of tonight's main news: Police investigating the

disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal six years ago say it's

vitally important that they speak to a man seen by eye-witnesses at the

time. They've issued two e-fit images of the suspect. The family

who saw him say he was carrying a blonde child towards the harbour.

Talks are under way to try to avert the planned 48-hour strike by

workers at the Grangemouth refinery. Ineos, the company that runs the

plant, says work has already begun to shut it down, but it's hoped that

fuel supplies won't be affected. The investigation into Jimmy

Savile's alleged abuse of patients is to be extended to include more

NHS hospitals. The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, says new information

has come to light. At present the enquiry is focused on three

hospitals, Broadmoor, Stoke Mandeville and Leeds General, and a

further ten trusts. MINISTER A Church of Scotland minister whose

mother and other close relatives were murdered in a suicide attack on

a church in Pakistan has said he forgives their killers. The Reverend

Aftab Gohar's mother, nephew, niece and other relatives and friends were

among more than 100 people killed last month.

And that is Reporting Scotland. I will be back with the headlines at

8pm and the late bulletin just after the ten o'clock news. Good night.