01/04/2014 Reporting Scotland

Tonight, on Reporting Scotland. A 12-year-old girl dies at a school

in Edinburgh after an internal wall collapses on top of her. Somebody

has been killed or hurt. A lot of first years are in tears.

An investigation is launched and the school is closed for the rest of the

week. Also on the programme.

A group of doctors accuses the whisky industry of delaying life

saving legislation by continuing its legal action against minimum

pricing. Choosing your own care. People can

now decide what kind of service they want and who delivers it.

And how draining a Victorian swimming baths in Glasgow created an

unlikely music venue. Good evening.

Keane Wallis-Bennett went to school as usual this morning. Within an

hour ,she was dead. The 12-year-old was killed after a wall within the

PE block at Liberton High School collapsed. The accident comes just

weeks after Edinburgh City Council was fined for an incident at the

same school when a girl was injured after she fell down a lift shaft.

We'll be asking whether this raises wider concerns about school

buildings, but Catriona Renton reports on the events of the day.

It was the worst news. Parents rushed to Liberton High School. They

had been sent a text. 12-year-old Keane Wallis-Bennett button first

year and had been in the changing room.

Everybody was really upset. I just saw my friends crying. Just shocked.

It is a sad day. A lot of people have been in tears. First years

especially. There is a big wall in the changing rooms and it collapsed.

In the gym hall, the ball fell onto a girl. None of the other people

were injured. One pupil told us that she had already told the teacher

about the wall. There was a wall that has been shaky for months. And

now this has happened. The ball has just collapsed on top of her. At

this time of day, just after lunch, the school would normally be very

busy. Instead, senior PeopleSoft been sent home and younger ones

collected by their appearance. -- senior pupils.

At ten o'clock this morning, police and other emergency services were

cold to a school with regard to a 12-year-old pupil who suffered

injuries at that time. Unfortunately, that child was

pronounced dead at the school. Enquiries will now continue. Our

thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends of people at this

tragic time. This is obviously a very distressing time for all the

pupils and staff, and the community of Liberton High School.

Tonight, Flowers for a lovely friend who went to school this morning but

never came home. Our reporter Morag Kinniburgh has

been at the school most of the day. An investigation is underway?

Yes, investigators have been here for most of the day. Their job is to

work out what happened, what caused that ball to collapse and who, if

anyone, is to blame. Social media has seen many messages of

condolence. Tributes have been laid here during the course of the

afternoon. This school is grieving the loss of another pupil. A

13-year-old died whilst playing football for Tynecastle. Some of the

parents and pupils we have spoken to are extremely worried about the

structure of this building, especially because there had been

problems here before. In December 2011, a girl was injured when she

fell down a lift shaft. Investigators have to decide whether

this school is safe to be open after the Easter holidays.

Our education correspondent Jamie McIvor is with us. Jamie, does this

tragedy raise any wider concerns about the state of school buildings?

This report was discussed by councillors in December and the

recommended significant investment in Liberton. A separate report last

year proposed prioritised work on the building's fabric. But there is

nothing to suggest that anything at the school was considered dangerous.

The school was classed as being in a satisfactory condition. Across

Scotland, government figures suggest that school buildings are generally

in a better condition than they were a few years ago.

Now tonight's other news. The whisky industry has defended its

continuing court battle against minimum unit pricing of alcohol. It

follows a call from some senior doctors and health charities

accusing the oranisation of delaying life-saving legislation. The Scotch

Whisky Association says it's pursuing the case as a matter of

principle. Here's our political correspondent, Glenn Campbell.

Setting a minimum price for every unit of alcohol sold is intended to

reduce consumption by raising the cost of the strongest, cheapest

brands. This would cost ?7 50. At the moment, it is ?3 99. There would

be a big change in the price of this product. This man is one of 22

doctors, academics and health campaigners who have signed an open

letter to the Scotch Whisky Association urging them to stop

delaying what they see as life-saving legislation by fighting

minimum pricing in the courts. Had the minimum price been introduced by

year ago, campaigners say it would have resulted in...

We believe that a minimum unit price would do a lot of good in Scotland.

The Scotch Whisky Association should be part of that, they should be part

of an industry that wants to do business but not harm consumers. But

the Scotch Whisky Association says it is important to test the law in

court. For us, it is a matter of principle. We do not think the

policy will work, there are better ways of tackling alcohol misuse. And

we are concerned about the impact on the Scotch whisky industry.

The Scotch Whisky Association lost the first part of its battle when a

judge here said minimum pricing was not incompatible with the new law.

No matter how the appeal goes, the wrangling is set to continue. It

could be years before minimum pricing takes effect and only if the

Scottish Government wins the case. The trial of a man accused of the

murder of Greenock teenager Elaine Doyle has heard that her parents

were spoken to by police as her body lay just yards away from the family

home. Ex-policeman William Carmichael told the High Court in

Edinburgh he cold at the Doyle household after a body was found in

a local lane in June 1986. He suspected it was Elaine after her

parents said she had not returned from a night out and described her

clothing. John Docherty, 49, denies killing 16-year-old Elaine in

Greenock. From today, people who need care

from their local council can choose to have the cost of it paid directly

into their bank account. Under the Self-Directed Support Act, they can

then organise their own care, deciding what they get and who

delivers it. Here's our Health Corrrespondent, Eleanor Bradford.

This woman has been organising her own care for many years. Instead of

the council arranging who comes in and when, it gives her the money to

employ her own personal assistance. It has made a huge difference. I

could make friends for lunch or dinner. It meant I could wash my

here. It meant that if I chose, but if I had -- it meant that I had more

choice in life. She is the boss of her carers. The most difficult

aspect of that is then getting up or going to bed and you need to argue.

If something is not right, you need to sort it and I am not one for

leaving it to the next May. It is difficult having personal care

delivered. Like many charities, the union Unison supports the idea. But

there is a concern that councils are giving people less money than they

need. They are being given budgets that are closer than the cost of

providing care. The care that they need. Controlling her own care

budget has allowed her to find people she trusts who have even

joined her on foreign holidays. For most of the time it is perfect, or

nearly enough perfect. After some damaging headlines in

recent days, pro union campaigners have once again insisted that

Scotland would not be able to share the pound if it becomes independent

and say that for Scottish ministers to suggest otherwise is untrue. But

the First Minister says the no campaign is in trouble and that

their position on the currency union is weak. Our Westminster

correspondent Tim Reid reports. Scotland's future is the subject of

several April fool's hoaxers today. But the possibility of Scotland

leaving the UK is no joke. Those opposed to independence and

reiterated their message today at this engineering firm after

appearing to suggest that people elsewhere in the UK should have

their say whether UK should have the pound. The leader of the no campaign

sought to clarify his position. There will not be a currency union

because it is not in the interests of Scotland or the UK. When Nicola

Sturgeon said yesterday about asking the people in the UK, it is a

hypothetical question that does not arise. These are serious headlines.

On a visit to Glasgow airport, the First Minister claimed his opponents

were in trouble with their core message. We think we should share

selling as part of currency union. -- sterling. We've now that are

named government ministers believe that as well. They are just trying

to bluff and scare the Scots. One independent expert following the

campaign says he believes that those fighting against independents are

playing into the hands of those who do. There are too many messages. Yes

campaigners want them not to have a credible narrative or message. This

is playing into the hands of the yes campaign. He believes today's April

full's stories show some of the apathy and indifference the rest of

the UK have towards the independence campaign.

An extra ?1 billion worth of investment in building projects like

schools and hospitals is to be found by extending a not-for-profit

funding method. The Finance Secretary John Swinney also

announced millions of pounds of extra spending for childcare, free

school meals and the help-to-buy scheme. But opposition parties

questioned the credibility of the plans and said they demonstrated

previous promises had not been fully funded.

This winter's heavy snowfalls in the hills may have brought joy for

skiers, but the conditions have led to a huge increase in the risk of

avalanches. Mountain safety experts say the build-up of snow has meant

the number of reported avalanches has more than doubled. Though the

number of accidents and casualties is down.

Craig Anderson reports. It may look spectacular, but it

poses a danger. There have been 345 and blanch -- avalanches this year.

They can be triggered by people, but rises in rainfall and temperature

can provide the trigger for the avalanche. You can see behind me and

those ridges, the cornices with the wind has blown the snow across the

bridge. They can be treacherous anybody underneath as they can break

away. They can also catch out inexperienced mountaineers who do

not realise they are not walking on solid ground.

These are huge amounts of snow and the drop onto the lowest slopes. We

tried to release the avalanches are not more often than not with

explosives. This year, I have done more cornice control than ever.

Members of Lochaber Mountain Rescue fell through the cornice file on a

search and rescue attempt. It is hard work to read through that snow.

It is not much fun and far more dangerous than people realise.

In April, the thought may be helping to stabilise the snowpack, but there

is still a serious risk these cornices collapsing. Beautiful, but

potentially deadly. A look at other stories from the

across the country. A 25-year-old man has been rescued

from a fire at a hotel in Aberdeenshire and taken to hospital

after breathing in smoke. 35 firefighters were called to the

Waverley Hotel in Peterhead early this morning.

The the go-ahead has been given through

flood prevention scheme for Celtic. The Borders council say will mean

nearly 600 properties will be taken at the National Flood risk register.

Work will begin in November, and it is due to be completed by the end of

2016. A man has been jailed for two years and five months for a bomb

threat to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness.

A dying patient and eight others who were critically ill in intensive

care had to be evacuated from the hospital following Gareth Benbow's

hoax call last year. A petition to rename Prestwick

Airport after the poet Robert Burns is being considered by the Scottish

Parliament. The petitions committee has been told re-branding the

airport could help reverse its falling passenger numbers. I think

Scotland has a great opportunity here to say something to the world

about who we actually are, and what is important to us as a nation. And

what heritage, culture and history mean to the people of Scotland.

The world's second oldest Rolls-Royce has gone on display at

Glasgow's Riverside Museum. The family who owned her called her "the

old girl" and left her to a trust to restore, on the condition that she'd

be on display in Scotland. Our arts correspondent Pauline McLean

reports. This is the story of one car's

journey. The world's second oldest Rolls-Royce. Six were built, and

only this one survives. For most of its life, it was a family car. Adam

and SBA were the last to own it. It was just part of the family, so it

was their baby. This was their girl. They went to different rallies in it

as well. It was lovely. When they die, the car was placed in trust on

the condition that it should remain in Scotland. It has taken 15 years,

and there is still work to be done, but this old girl is a survivor.

People fall in love with her and do what they can to preserve her, so

she's gone through the thick family who have preserved her, the Royal

Scottish automobile club are now doing their bit to preserve it, and

they have handed it to us to look after for the next step in her

life. And while her days of rolling around the Scottish countryside may

be over, she has a new lease of life, and a prime position in

Glasgow's Riverside Museum. Sport now, and problems mount at

Hearts. Rhona. They certainly do, Jackie. Thank you very much. Good

evening. The man running Hearts admits

liquidation could become a stark reality this time next week. Bryan

Jackson's told BBC Scotland he's reluctantly having to consider the

possibility of starting again. It all hinges on decisions beyond

Hearts' control as our senior football reporter Alasdair Lamont

reports. Fans have scarcely been allowed a

celebrating the pleasure of winning Sunday's derby. There is an

increasing threat to the club 's existence, drowning them out. The

crux of the matter is, bikes, but boils down to this, Herts' Ukrainian

shareholders, who won 50%, and another sponsor who own 25% and hold

ownership of the stadium. Both companies have collapsed, so they

need credit is to transfer the shares. If you don't have the answer

you are hoping for, do you have to then go to heart and say, we're

going to have to plant the worst, liquidation? Yes, I think that will

be the case. There are one or two other technical options, new options

we are exploring right now, but they will be difficult, could be costly,

and could be time-consuming, and just may not work for us. We're

looking at them, but you are mostly right. Come what may, Jackson has

determined hearts will pull down their fixtures, partly to avoid

harming any future request for a new company to be admitted to the

league. It is a prospect he is relentless and me having to

consider. If we can get the club through administration, I suppose

there is no real option but to start again. There is a precedent for it.

It is not good. We are doing absolutely everything we can to

avoid it. Obviously, I am mulling that plan, but I am trying not to

think about it too much until I know it is something we really have to

think about. That unpalatable precedent was set by Rangers, who

re-entered the league in the bottom level. Hearts very much want to

avoid this fate. The Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths

has been issued with a notice of complaint after he was filmed

mocking Hearts' predicament before Sunday's Edinburgh Derby. The former

Hibs player was recorded on a mobile phone singing "Hearts are going

bust". An SFA hearing has been set for April 24.

Now, a look ahead to some of tonight's Scottish football.

They did not enjoy their last visit north, but Motherwell can move into

second place if they produce a winter night at Inverness Caledonian

Thistle. A top three finish in the Scottish premiership will secure

their season target. Our main aim is to make sure we try to consolidate

European victories at the end of the season, but I saw comment after the

game on Saturday saying it is a must when game for the other team, and I

think we must approach this way as well. Nothing Celtic out of the

league cup was the highest point of the season, but Morton's lead place

has floundered. Relegation is certain to live if they fail to beat

Dumbarton. For all the ups and downs of tonight 's Scottish football

action, tune into ball sports sound on radio Scotland.

That is it for tonight. Jackie. It's one of Glasgow's most treasured

buildings - a Victorian swimming baths in the west end of the city.

People have been exercising and relaxing there since 1876, but as

Peter Watt reports, they've recently replaced the water with some water

music. Generations of adults and children

have come to the west and bass club, some relaxing, others swimming, and

a few even learning to swing on a trapeze overwater. But this week,

the pool has been transformed for a very different purpose. Organisers

are marking the run-up to a summer of sport and the city. Hosting the

Commonwealth games, we felt we wanted to celebrate a great year.

The last time we did this was another big event, in 1990, the year

of culture, and we try to celebrate big-city events. Draining the pool

is not as simple as it sounds, though. Clearing 345,000 Tbit meters

of water takes around 12 hours, but then, you need to find a way to fill

it all over again. We'd like to do a re-enactment of

the 1890 variety concerts that were held here at the Western bass on a

Sunday, but there was no concert hall in the West End of Glasgow.

This charity concert gave the Glasgow Phoenix choir a chance to

make use of the Victorian acoustics and BAE listed building. Having

taken the opportunity to fill the pool with music, next week they will

be filling it all over again. cloudy note, missed, low cloud,

coastal fog. It spells of sunshine for the first light towards the West

Highlands, and the Northern Isles not feeling too bad either.

Outbreaks of showery rain started pushing to the south-west in the

afternoon. A cloudy picture for the Hebrides, Dumfries Galloway, and

the borders, with bits and pieces of rain pushing up from south of the

border. Further north, it stays dry through the afternoon into the

central lowlands. Up into the Highlands as well, almost holding

onto the misty cloudy conditions. Sunshine from the West Highlands,

towards the north-west as well, and the Outer Hebrides. Eyes and may be

15 or 16 Celsius, quite a contrast to the east, so bad at all. So

really quite good weather for the time of year there. The rain across

southern part starts to move north and become more persistent, pushing

through the central lowlands and extending to most places overnight.

Largely liked easterly winds are bit fresher down to the south-west

corner, notably breezy here. For the rest of the week, we're looking at

these two weather fronts moving in tomorrow night, and again, a change

in wind direction, which is good news is in Scotland. We see the mist

and low cloud finally lifting. As far as the day is concerned, a

fairly cloudy day, outbreaks of rain, dry and brighter towards the

north-west. Some dry interludes as well. Highs of about 11 or 12

Celsius, with light winds. On Friday, we start to see some hopeful

weather for the West. Rain is initially confined to the east. Some

sunshine, Tebbutt has finally left in the East. Thank you.

Now, a reminder of tonight's main news.

A 12-year-old girl has died in Edinburgh after a wall collapsed on

top of Earth. Keane Wallis-Bennett was killed in the PE block at

Liberton high school. That is reporting Scotland. From all of us

here, good night. All across the country, millions of

families