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Tonight on Reporting Scotland: As the SNP gathers for what it calls

the most important conference in its history, deputy leader Nicola

Sturgeon calls on Labour supporters to vote yes. She is. The SNP, vote

yes to reclaim the Labour Party. -- the message is clear.

We'll ask whether their plea could win them the referendum.

Also on the programme, Glasgow MSPs tell us they're concerned about the

Commonwealth Games' plan to demolish the Red Road flats.

50 years on from the typhoid outbreak that shut down Aberdeen, we

hear from the survivors. It's all about the hats and the

heels and the horses at the Scottish National.

Four teams have a chance of lifting this trophy next month. After this

weekend we'll know who'll be in the final. Join me for a Scottish cup

semifinal preview. Good Evening. The Deputy First

Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has urged Labour voters to back independence

to reclaim their party and to protect the welfare state. In her

address to the last SNP conference before the referendum she said UK

government welfare changes threatened the fabric of Scottish

society and could be stopped by a yes vote. From Aberdeen, here's our

political correspondent, Glenn Campbell.

For Nicola Sturgeon, independence is a route to protect and sustain the

welfare state which she argues is under threat from the

Conservative-led coalition. Your morality is not our morality. And

with a yes vote in September, we will put that beyond any shadow of

doubt. She promised to create a fund to help the disabled live

independently and more cash for food banks, to address what she called

the utter scandal of want. I did not come into politics to mitigate

miserable Tory policies. Like you, I came into politics because I wanted

to help build a better country and with independence, that is exactly

what we will do. She taunted David Cameron for turning down

independence debates. The Prime Minister, who promised to fight for

the union with heart, head, body and soul, is still struggling to locate

that part of his anatomy that will allow him to agree to a debate with

Alex Salmond. Instead of attacking Labour, Nicola Sturgeon are peeled

to Labour supporters to vote yes. Do not vote no to stop the SNP, vote

yes to reclaim the Labour Party. Nicola Sturgeon hopes underside of

Labour supporters who share SMP priorities like free university

tuition, no NHS privatisation and removing nuclear weapons from

Scotland can be persuaded to vote yes and help them win the

independence referendum. The vote comes 80 years after the SNP was

founded. Nearly 50 years after this by-election breakthrough. Decades

after oil fuelled the first SMP search.

CHEERING When Alex Salmond became leader for

the first time I generation ago, independence was a distant dream for

nationalists. Now, the SNP leadership are counting down to the

vote that could turn that to reality.

Earlier, we also heard from those against Scottish independence.

Here's what the Better Together campaign had to say.

I think what is surprising is the outdated and negative message that

we have had from the Nationalist conference. I do not find that is

working with underside ofs. Voters are far more receptive to the more

positive message that we have, which is about having the best of both

worlds, a strong Scottish Parliament but the security of being part of

the UK. We are joined by Brian Taylor. A

strong pitch for Labour voters by Nicola Sturgeon. What is behind it?

Customarily, keynote speeches are about walloping your opponents with

searing rhetoric and satire but these are extraordinary times and so

it was an extraordinary speech from Nicola Sturgeon. She is looking at

Labour not with anger but sympathy and Malcolm served. It is not the

Labour leadership she is pitching two, Labour voters, or Labour

identifiers, arguing that they can lend their vote and reinforced, if

you like, those priorities that have customarily been attached to the

Labour Party. She backs that up with two points. One by arguing that this

is not about the SMP, not about Alex Salmond, it is about a vote, as she

called it, for democracy. I expect Alex Salmond to underline that point

tomorrow in his own keynote address. Secondly, it is about a pitch to

those who are undecided, who will decide this referendum. It is

primarily Labour voters and sympathisers. That is about

pensions, welfare, benefits and childcare. In other words, arguing

that the sort of things that they are concerned about and customer Lee

Labour has talked about can and would be delivered through

independence. It is a strong argument and one that Weaver will

set out to counter in the beauty head. Also coming up:

Thank you very much to stop -- that Labour will set out to counter in

the weeks head. The funeral of Margo Macdonald has

taken place in Edinburgh, attended by close family and friends. Flags

outside the Scottish Parliament were flown at half-mast as a mark of

respect. At the SNP conference, the First Minister led one minute of

applause in tribute. Margo Macdonald represented the SNP at Westminster

and Holyrood before becoming an independent member of the Scottish

Parliament. A celebration of her life will be held in Edinburgh on

the 25th of April. Almost half of Glasgow's MSPs have

told the BBC they have concerns about plans to demolish the Red Road

flats as part of the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. I'm joined

in the studio by our reporter Julie Peacock, who's been looking into the

issue for us. Julie, what have they been saying to you? Well, all 316

MSPs in Glasgow, I have managed to get the views 11. -- of the 16. That

assured us that half of them have concerns over the plans to demolish

the flats as part of the opening ceremony. They say that these

worries are shared by their constituents. An online petition has

already gathered more than 16,000 signatures opposing it. Some of the

comments that I got was that this was a terrible idea that showed

Glasgow in a bad light. That it was inappropriate and Bazaar. The only

two MSPs supporting it where Nicola Sturgeon, who said she thought it

was a good idea, and another Labour MSP. Of the MSPs and have concerns,

there are reasons vary greatly. I think there is a lot of people out

there, including people I have met today, thinking this is a weirdo

decision. It does not fit with the image we are trying to do. The

positive image that we want. There is a risk in it and so I think it

should be refused. My concern, on the of my constituents, is to make

sure that safety issues, like what they will be able to do on the day

of the demolition, with regard to the opening ceremony that they are

such an integral part of, have been thought about and considered. We

also heard safety arrangements being raised? People are usually not told

when demolitions like this take ways to make sure that people stay away.

Glasgow Housing Association say they're going to make sure that

happens by asking people to stay away and as for the organising

committee, they are saying that they are going to address the concerns of

people who are worried about it and are having a meeting with people

opposing it on Tuesday. A teenager's been arrested after a

woman was stabbed to death in her home in Glasgow earlier this week.

Isabelle Sanders died in the early hours of Wednesday morning in the

Crookston area of the city. Her 85-year-old partner, Norman Busby,

was also seriously injured. Police arrested a 19-year-old man in the

early hours of this morning. He's expected to appear at Glasgow

Sheriff Court on Monday. You're watching Reporting Scotland

from the BBC. Still to come on tonight's programme:

The sad story of Cabrach, the Aberdeenshire town left unpopulated

by the effects of the World War One. by the effects of

In sport, a big weekend of Scottish sport ahead. We'll have all the news

ahead of the Scottish cup semifinals.

And we're at Ayr Race Course with some of the runners, the riders and

of course the hats ahead of the Scottish Grand National. See you

soon. There's a warning from a former

director of Rangers that the football club is in danger of going

bust again. Dave King is accusing the board of acting in bad faith and

also says it's vital fans don't renew their season tickets but put

their money into a separate fund instead. Kheredine Idessane joins us

now from outside Ibrox Stadium. Kheredine, what's going on?

Sally, Ibrox will be packed with well over 30,000 Rangers fans for

the biggest game of the season tomorrow, a semifinal against Dundee

United. Tonight, those fans face a stark choice, lose your seat or lose

your club. The warning comes from a man who once invested ?20 million in

Rangers, former director Dave king. He feels that he and the fans have

been deceived by the board. He claims assurances fans would be able

to see a full review of club business before they bought season

tickets have been ignored. Rangers had to get an emergency loans to get

to the end of this season after using ?40 million last year and 3

million in the first half of this. King says the club could well go

bust again and he says it is not a growing concern without access to

new season ticket money. Uses it is vital that fans do not renew season

tickets or merchandise. Instead, he wants that cash drip-fed from a

separate fans' account, overseen by him and former club captain Richard

Gough. 's thank you. It's 50 years since the Aberdeen

Typhoid epidemic. More than 500 people were infected and during the

summer months of 1964, the city was effectively closed down as health

officials battled to contain the outbreak. The source was eventually

traced to an imported tin of Argentinean corned beef. Rachel

Massie reports. Made 1960s Aberdeen, before any oil

boom. Within weeks, the Granite city became a closed city, the seized by

a typhoid epidemic. -- besieged. At hospitals, this was the only way

parents could see and speak to the infected children. By the end of the

outbreak, 507 typhoid cases confirmed. We were not allowed

through that door. Trina Blackhall, one of the many children get in

quarantine. The two will work terrified of getting it. People

would not come up to a parent's door because they were terrified they

would catch it. -- people where all terrified of getting. The source of

the outbreak, a tin of corned beef. The number of cases steadily

increased. Schools were closed, Aberdonians encouraged to stay at

home. Visitors to the city were discouraged. The mothers are taking

care of their children. They are keeping them in. There was nowhere

to go at night. I wash my hands after the toilet and all that.

Before meals and after. Street were disinfected. People became obsessive

about hygiene. The lessons from the outbreak still relevant today. The

supermarket was telling the court -- corned beef that was the source had

been saving it for longer than they should have. We would not do that

again. We would act sooner than later. Even if the suspicion was not

100%, we would still act. By July, the outbreak over, the Queen made a

high-profile visit. Remarkably, despite over 500 people infected, no

deaths were directly linked to the outbreak. The Queen declared

Aberdeen and open city again. A look at other stories from the

across the country. Passenger numbers at Edinburgh

Airport for March are up nearly 5% on the same period last year. Last

month more than 730,000 passengers travelled through the airport. The

increase has been attributed to the introduction of six daily services

to London Heathrow. Glasgow City Council has been fined

?20,000 after a pensioner was killed by a bin lorry. The authority

admitted Health and Safety breaches because workers in charge of the

lorry hadn't received adequate training. 71-year-old Malcolm

McCulloch was hit by the reversing vehicle in the city centre in August

2012. The National Museum of Scotland

closed this lunchtime when staff walked out in a dispute over pay.

The PCS union accuse management of creating a two-tier workforce by

refusing new recruits a weekend working allowance. National Museums

Scotland says it's regrettable that they chose to strike during the busy

school holidays. This museum is world-class and it is due to the

services of staff that work in it. It is inconvenient and we apologise

for that but if the management talked to us, this would not be

happening. The owners of the Eastgate Shopping

Centre in Inverness have revealed plans for an eight-screen cinema and

restaurant complex. F Reit want to expand the centre into Falcon

Square. The company claims the multi-million pound plan will create

more than 200 jobs - half of them at the construction stage.

A campaign to encourage more people to see dolphins off the country's

coast has been launched in Aberdeen. According to a wildlife charity, the

mammals were recorded in the mouth of the River Dee on an average nine

out of ten days last summer. You do not need to go abroad to see

dolphins. You have a fantastic ovulation visible from land and you

can come and join us and we can let you know what they are doing.

60 years ago, Scotland's largest charity for people with a learning

disability was founded. Then it was known as the Scottish Society for

the Parents of Mentally Handicapped Children. Today, they're better

known as Enable Scotland. Thanks to the work of those parents, the last

60 years has brought a huge transformation. Our reporter Ian

Hamilton looks back at the changes. For children and adults with

learning disabilities, 1950 Scotland was a very different place. They had

very few rates, back then these children would not even have been

entitled to an education. That was not law and tonic and so 1974. That

is why 20 years earlier in April of this week, 1954, 300 parents

gathered together in this building to fight for the rights of their

children with learning disabilities. The building behind me is now a

hotel but in the 1950s that was the headquarters of the Education

Department and Glasgow and it was here that the Scottish Society for

the Parents of Mentally Handicapped Children was formed. It is better

known today as a Naples got on. This hospital was one of 22 institutions

across Scotland were over 7000 people what they learning disability

lift for some cases for decades. Bell's .org Westley has a learning

disability. He fought to ensure that she had every opportunity to do

well. We were told to take her home and full of heart and not to have

any expectations. We decided that was not good enough for our child

and we investigated to see if we could get some help. As part of

reforms, Lennox Castle and hospitals like this were closed, a grim

reminder of its past still remains. Back in the 1950s, very little

services were available for people with learning disabilities.

People were isolated. They were left to cope on their own and that this

gene significantly. Today get what they learning disability have more

rates. BT -- they say that things are not perfect, they still are

bullied, but they recognise the progress that have been made thanks

to those parents 60 years ago this week.

Thousands of people once lived in the Aberdeenshire town of Cabrach,

which is now unpopulated. World War One brought a double blow to the

community, when harsh winters drove many of the remaining families to

abandon their crofts and homes. It's a community which has never

recovered. Dougie Vipond has been hearing the story.

Before the war, Enable -- Cabrach had a population of 7000 people. I

am a journalist and author Norman who has chartered the impact of

winter and Mr Maude landscape. More than 800 men and boys went off to

war within the first four weeks. Julie chatted now and wonder if they

could barely muster 80, but 800, it is a tremendous thing for a small

team and wonder if they could barely muster 80, but 800, it is a

tremendous thing for a small committee about this.

For the men and boys who were so willingly, many never came back.

Those that are left behind at their own battle with the elements. After

a year of trying to survive they had the winter of 1516, blizzards and

address, Dean blocked ten weeks on end with animals dying. They had to

make a decision that was forced upon them. It was the only decision they

could make. They went to work for accommodation and the surrounding

towns and villages. They abandoned the crafts. Weight 100 years on,

mail upon mile of this empty landscape, scattered with humbled

don't crafts and farms. He called him uniquely abandoned. The

buildings are poignant reminder of the price Celia Peachey for World

War One. And there's more on that in Landward

over on BBC Two Scotland at 7:30 tonight.

Here's David with the sport and more silverware.

I've got the Scottish Cup with me because it's semifinal weekend. And

Rangers will be without their first-choice goalkeeper Cammy Bell

for their tie against Dundee United. He suffered concussion at training.

United's manager Jackie McNamara is appealing against a touchline ban so

will be in the technical area. The other match is between St Johnstone

and Aberdeen... So let's consider both ties with someone with ties to

all four clubs. He played for them all. And he's scored for all of

them. And he has still got it. Well, some of it. But can the Queen of the

South coach become the king of the cup tipsters? Let us get some words

with Billy Dodds. I would have to say Aberdeen that will be

victorious. But I believe it will be much closer than people think.

Everyone else believes it is a foregone conclusion. They think

Aberdeen Harbour favourites. That suits us down to the ground. Saint

Johnstone are very good seed, I have worked with a lot of the players and

I know how motivated and that they are. They will see it as a great

chance for them to get to the final. Time for some more odds with Billy

Dodds. I think Dundee United are favourites against Rangers. Rangers

players have a lot to prove this week. There is an advantage for

Rangers playing at home but I'm confident in my player is' ability

that every go there we can cause them problems. I just have the

feeling it will be an Aberdeen versus Dundee United final.

Find out if he's right by following BBC Scotland's comprehensive

coverage of the semis on BBC Radio Scotland, online and on TV,

including live coverage of St Johnstone versus Aberdeen on Sunday.

Both Scottish golfers at the Masters have finished their second rounds in

Augusta. Stephen Gallacher and Sandy Lyle both went round in 72 - level

par. So world number 38 Gallacher stays on one-under-par for the

tournament, while Lyle is on four over. The leaders are currently on

four-under-par. It's the Scottish Grand National

tomorrow afternoon at Ayr Racecourse. The Scottish-owned and

trained Green Flag is picking up plenty of support for the ?100,000

prize, but he faces some stiff competition. Jonathan Sutherland's

been at the races. Here at Ayr Racecourse that is only

question that matters, who were one tomorrow's Scottish Grand National?

17,000 spectators are expected tomorrow to witness the spells and

thrills of the Scottish Grand National and dreams like as the

favourite. This horse has not run more than four males, so there is a?

Regarding that. Hopefully his jumping monkey and the race. If he

does do that, he has a very good chance. Title The fell last weekend

but could pose a problem for a green flight tomorrow. -- green flight.

That is not all about the wedding. It is about the collar, the

location, the outfits. But a Scottish winner, picking up the

?100,000 prize would be nice, not so for the bookies. At the Green Flag

wins, it would be the white flag for us, it is swings and roundabouts.

Give me a cap for tomorrow. Time to saddle up for a round-up of

what else is happening in Scottish sport: after getting the fastest

time in a world this year, Michael Jamieson reveals he has given his

medal to a young supporter. There was a few children from local

clubs asking for some photographs and they seemed really excited to be

easier to watch the swimming. You know, I thought it would just be a

nice gesture and they were all excited about it. Glasgow-born

errors are often arguments for their match against Munster tomorrow.

Edinburgh play Cardiff Blues Thanet. Both go into fixtures on the back of

wins. No Scottish team has one this since 2008. We know how difficult it

will be. We would like to keep that momentum, of course, but we

appreciate that this is a very good team that we are playing. It is a

huge challenge for us and we must perform well. If that is not enough

rugby for you, tune in to BBC's Scotland annual tournament tomorrow

starting at... Keep up with all the sport news as

it breaks on our websites... And that's the sport, Sally, but

I'll let you get your pictures taken with the cup later...

You know me so well! Rain, sun - what's it to be this

weekend? Here's Gillian. Today we have been steadily losing

the sunshine to increasing cloud. You can see on the satellite picture

were it has been moving across from the West. That will bring outbreaks

of rain from the North West through tonight. Eddie and persistent father

North West Highlands and Tynedale. Like and patchy enforced and ensure

and the alia of Glasgow. Winds will pick up and become stronger along

the West coast. Touching gale force in the far North West. Not a cold

Thanet, temperatures around seven Celsius. And who to model and was

strong to gale forced winds touching severe gales for the islands. That

one will move South eastwards during the morning. It is a fast-moving

feature and all clear from the South Carolina afternoon. Then becomes an

improving picture what sunshine for central and Southern Scotland. Just

one or two showers creating and to the coast of Galloway. A lovely

afternoon for Dumfries and Galloway will stop through the central belt

interface, Angus and Aberdeenshire. From Northern and gale, through much

of the Highlands into the Western Isles and the Northern Isles, they

will be showers through the afternoon. The old one will be heavy

and it will be the rest of hail and snow to mountains as well. Across

Western ranges we could see blizzard conditions with storm like ones. The

bobby gusts of 90 mph across the Cairngorms and even 4%, severe gale

force winds and temperatures close to freezing. Both to the West, five

or six. CS2 be very rough at times. Out to the East from

Berwick-upon-Tweed, the ones South westerly bearing force five at

times. Visibility mainly good. For the rest of the afternoon to model

towards evening we keep that feed of showers going from the North to the

West. Very strong winds. Enter Sunday, stole that the risk of

breast westerly earful. Western Scotland, cloudy with outbreaks of

rain, heaviest and most frequent and the North West. It will be a cold

feeling the everywhere on Sunday. Enter Monday, things will improve,

high pressure builds, winds and sunshine. That is the forecast.

Now, a reminder of tonight's main news: The Deputy First Minister,

Nicola Sturgeon, has urged Labour voters to back independence to

"reclaim their party." In her address to the last SNP

conference before the referendum, she said UK Government welfare

changes threatened the fabric of Scottish society. I'll be back with

the headlines at 8pm. Join me then, goodbye.