10/05/2014 Reporting Scotland


10/05/2014

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Good evening. Military police are carrying out an investigation into

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two members of the RAF regiment based at Lossiemouth after graphic

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photos taken in Afghanistan were leaked online. They appear to show

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military personnel posing by the body of a Taliban fighter. Craig

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Swan reports. These are the photos that have

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caused the outrage. Amnesty International say they violate

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Geneva Convention rules on the treatment of their competence

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bodies. The RAF is investigating what it calls unacceptable

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behaviour. I do not agree with a view of Amnesty International, I do

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not agree that the situation that has been described is covered by

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Article three of the Geneva Convention. I think it is unwise to

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treat these particular circumstances as a war crime. The so-called trophy

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photographs appear to have been taken after Taliban fighters

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disguised as Afghan police attack Camp Bastion 18 months ago. RAF

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Regiment soldiers from Lossiemouth were heavily involved in the

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firefight that followed. Just yesterday, the squadron were

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welcomed back home after completing their latest deployment to

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Afghanistan. The two soldiers under investigation were brought back

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airily when the photos came to light. This ongoing investigation

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into past behaviour in Afghanistan has undoubtedly soured their

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Homecoming. A woman has been arrested in

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connection with alleged fraud after the deaths of a mother and daughter

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in Greenock. Nicola McDonough and her mother Margaret died after being

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found injured at a Premier Inn hotel last year. A 31-year-old woman is

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expected to appear at Paisley Sheriff Court on Monday.

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Protestors gathered in Glasgow to highlight the plight of more than

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200 girls kidnapped by an Islamic militant group in Nigeria. The event

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was organised through social media, as part of the international Bring

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Back Our Girls campaign. Nigerians in Scotland are concerned and we

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want to add our voice to the mothers who are going through this grief, to

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make them understand, we feel their grief, we feel their pain. We want

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them to know that we share their concerns.

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In football, there was one crucial game in the Premiership. It was

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Hibernian zero, Kilmarnock one. So Hibs go into the play-offs to try to

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avoid relegation. The airmen and women of the Royal

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Air Force in Leuchars have been exercising their freedom of St

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Andrews for the last time, by marching through the town. The Fife

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base is being taken over by the army next year. Gillian Sharpe watched

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the parade. next year. Gillian Sharpe watched

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In the town which has been closest to home, the men and women of RAF

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Leuchars parade through the streets, exercising their right to the

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Freedom of St Andrews for the last time before the base moves to the

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Army. This is the end of the need, chance for the RAF on the town to

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say goodbye. It is a sad day to see the last parade. I know that the

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Army are coming. The military presence will remain, but it is a

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Army are coming. The military shame to see the boys go. It is a

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shame they are moving. I do not think they should be moving, but I

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am glad to see them coming through. This was an occasion for

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acknowledgement by both the RAF and the wider media. It was

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acknowledgement by both the RAF and Homecoming for the squadron,

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recently returned from Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. Today's event was

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over all thank you and a farewell, after more than 100 years of

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history. Time for the weather outlook for

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tonight and tomorrow. And Christopher is at the map.

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tonight and tomorrow. And Thank you. There will be heavy

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showers through the central belt and in the south there has been a Met

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Office yellow weather warning. But the heavy showers will use as we

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head towards tonight. It will stay cloudy and there will be lighter

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showers around, but nothing to cold. Nine Celsius. Tomorrow morning will

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be cloudy and damp. The rain should break at times with bright and sunny

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spells. The further east that you are, the cloudier it will be. It

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will also be cooler. Into the evening, the showers will be heavy

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and perhaps, fund areas well. -- thundery.

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Good evening. We have seen plenty of showers scattered across the country

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today. There will be drier and brighter spells in between. Low

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pressure is sitting across the country, with some tightly packed

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isobars to the south. That indicates some strong winds. They will

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continue throughout the night, going up to gale force at

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