02/07/2014 Reporting Scotland

That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me and on

Fears for the future of Prestwick - the BBC's news teams where you are.

Just months after the Scottish Government nationalised

the Ayrshire airport, Ryanair is set to make a major announcement

Andy Murray's dream of back-to-back Wimbledon titles comes to an end, as

We'll be live at Wimbledon with reaction to

Also on the programme, Hazel North's killer is jailed for 20 years -

Her family describe John Davis as an evil individual.

Donald Trump pledges ?100 million to transform Turnberry

If we had a Prime Minister in Scotland, who would you like it to

be? And

in 1979 we spoke to school-children We hear their grown-up views

on the independence referendum. There are growing fears over

the future of Preswick airport. There's speculation its sole

remaining scheduled airline, Ryanair, will announce it's to

begin flying from Glasgow Airport. We'll cross to our transport

correspondent David Miller. Ryanair announced that it was to

make a major announcement about a year services in Scotland tomorrow

morning at two simultaneous news conferences, one in Edinburgh and

one in Glasgow. That immediately led to speculation that Ryanair is

planning to launch services from Glasgow International Airport at the

expense of Prestwick. In fact, Ryanair is Prestwick's sole

remaining scheduled airline. Tonight, there are strong

indications that the carrier will tell us tomorrow that it plans to

run services from both airport in future. That should be some relief

for staff at Prestwick this evening, but on the streets of their

sure this evening there is real concern. I think any business going

away from the area would be bad for local businesses. I think it would

be devastating, but it is the only airline to use the report now. There

are people who work in the report who will be incredibly worried. As

we said, the Scottish Government bought the airport for ?1 a few

months ago. Has there been any reaction from the Scottish permit?

In the last few moments, I have been handed this statement from Transport

Scotland. They say they are confident there is a place for

Prestwick Airport in the evolving and increasingly competitive

Scottish aviation market. We are committed to making it the success

we know it can be. As I said, the indications tonight are that Ryanair

will begin to serve Glasgow as well as Prestwick, and that should be a

relief, but clearly the Scottish Government has to balance the books.

Its pledge to return Prestwick to profitability and to the private

sector in the years ahead, that task will undoubtedly be made more if it

does not have that sole grasp on Ryanair's business, and clearly

Glasgow airport will be delighted if it has managed to woo Ryanair if

only in part. Thank you. The dream of back to back Wimbledon

titles for Andy Murray is over. The defending champion was

comprehensively outplayed in his quarter final by the number eleven

seed, Grigor Dimitrov, who took Our reporter Kheredine Idessane

is at Wimbledon tonight. The reaction here is one of shock

and surprise. Not so much because Andy Murray lost, but rather because

of the manner of BD feat. Andy Murray will not defend his Wimbledon

title, and unusual for him, he surrendered it somewhat meekly in

just a couple of hours. Young and old, tall and small, big or all

talking about one thing. Plenty of support as usual for the defending

champion. We have come from Edinburgh to support Murray. He is

definitely in for a win today, it will be great. I think it will be

more of a challenge, but he can still do it. I want him to win

because he is really good. Sentiments are shared in Scotland, I

am sure. But could he keep up his game so far? The Duke and Duchess of

Cambridge hope so, but in the sunshine it was Grigor Dimitrov who

dazzled, beating Murray 61. It was then forced to a tie-break, which

the Bulgarian took seven dashboard. Could the defending champion hold

onto his title from two sets down? Not with a double fault at break

point. The usual fight from Andy Murray was missing today. He could

not raise his game, and fell to a straight sets defeat. I am

disappointed. He made very few mistakes. He served well and made a

lot of returns. All of the percentages were in his favour. He

played a very good match. I just wish I had played a little bit

better and being a bit tougher for him. I at the beginning he looked a

little flat. Credit to Grigor Dimitrov. He was eager, he was on

top of his game, he was in full flight in my opinion. It is

interesting the last couple of days on to see the young guys come out.

They expect to win. I am not disappointed in him. I am

disappointed in the result. I am absolutely gutted. We came

especially to see him. Very sad and shocked. It is a shame, but maybe

next year. So it is farewell from the Wimbledon champion, much earlier

than he was hoping. Yes, Andy Murray's winning streak is at an

end. It is the first time since 2008 that he has not reached the

semifinals here. He has not lost a match here since Roger Federer beat

him here in 2010. He also famously won the title last year, but he

played poorly today by his own admission. And so the all England

club will have a new champion on Saturday. Thank you.

A man has been jailed for a minimum of 20 years for

26-year-old John Davis pleaded guilty to the crime at the

Sentencing him today, the judge said Davis had committed

a motiveless crime which had caused Hazel's family indescribable pain.

Hazel North's family came to court to hear her murderer be sentenced.

Words cannot describe the feelings we have felt over these past

months, and although nothing will bring his full-back, we can take

consolation in the fact that such an evil individual has been removed

from our society. The family would like to thank everyone who has been

involved, and to have today prevented a truly brutal person from

walking the streets. We would like to thank everyone involved, who has

provided assistance and support to the family during this ordeal. We

asked people to try to remember his birthday she was, her beautiful

smile, and the tragedy that has unfortunately taken her life.

26-year-old John Davis had a history of violent crime. He had been

released from prison less than three months before he killed his all. Had

he not been released early, he would not have been free to murder his

all. The 19-year-old had gone to stay with John, her boyfriend, at

his flat in Colmar, when his family, had not heard from her, they

reported missing. Suspicion soon fell on Davis. His flat and garden

were searched. He was not to be found, but police discovered eight

speed that was covered in mud. They discovered he had run away to join

the foreign Legion. He came back and handed himself the police. He told

them where he had buried his all, in the town's Dean Park, just 300 yards

from his flat. He had wrapped in and a curtain and buried her in a

shallow grave. It is almost four months now since Hazel died here at

John Davis's flat. Sentencing him to date to a minimum of 20 years in

prison, before he can apply for parole, the judge said, this was a

wholly motiveless attack. She said he had destroyed the life of a young

woman in her prime, causing her family in describable suffering.

Tonight, his or's family know more about how she died, they just don't

know why. You're watching Reporting Scotland

from the BBC. Still to come

on tonight's programme: The Queen's Baton goes offshore to one of the

largest oil fields in Europe as it continues its journey to the Glasgow

Games. In sport, the wise and wherefores of

Andy Murray's exit from Wimbledon. Donald Trump has outlined plans

for the Turnberry golf resort this He also urges views on his ego and

the question of Scottish independence. The Trump helicopter

was getting a bit of a polished today. There is ?109 worth of

polished about to be spent by Donald Trump on this, his latest golf

resort. A sizeable investment in Scotland in the run-up to the

independence referendum. By doing that, it seems you are fairly

relaxed about the outcome of the referendum? It could be a bad thing,

but maybe it wouldn't. I don't know. It is very questionable. A lot of

people are very concerned about it, but that will not have any impact on

me going forward. I believe this is very negative for the economy and

for tourism, but it will not have any impact on what I do. The golf

course and will tell would now be known as Trump Turnberry. Not for a

vanity but for business reasons. The organisers of the open are clear on

the cause's official title. He was quoted in the paper saying he thinks

it is great, but that does not mean the trophy will seek Trump

Turnberry. He says it is not going to say that. But he begs the name of

the resort is great. The trophy will still be called Turnberry. His plans

to win back the open mean there will be some tweaking to the cause to

make it even more dramatic. We have got an opportunity to extend the

10th hole, and crucially growing further on, and that is really

assisted by producing a completely new 11th hole, and it will play

across a very dramatic B. Donald Trump says bringing the open back

here is very important to him personally, and it was one of the

considerations he brought into play when making this deal. But it is

unlikely that that will happen onto the 20 20s.

Well Donald Trump's plans feature in tonight's Scotland 2014.

Here's Sarah Smith with details of what's in the programme.

I have been speaking to Donald Trump about his fight with Alex Salmond

and his views on Scottish independence. We also have a special

investigation because we found out that several Scottish abattoirs are

failing to comply with basic animal welfare. That is on BBC Two tonight.

Well let's hear more on that special investigation

into some Scottish abattoirs and their treatment of animals.

A BBC investigation has discovered heavily pregnant cattle

being sent for slaughter, animals with broken limbs and slaughtermen

Our investigations correspondent Samantha Poling

In the last 20 years, the number of abattoirs in Scotland has halved.

Only 31 remain. Farmers like Ben are now having to send their animals are

hundreds of miles or the nearest slaughter. It is the lucky few who

are killed within 100 miles. I am doing my best to try and give these

picks the best life I can, because I care for them, but all of my good

work can be scuppered by the last 24 hours alive. It's those last hours

which are of most concern. Several of Scotland's slaughter houses

failed to fully comply with the regulations. They were marked week

in areas such as building structure and capacity. The humane handling of

animals, adequate maintenance of stunning equipment, effective

electric stunning settings, correct strength, correct licences. The bet

the board for an all switch arrived at slaughter houses don't

differentiate between locations across the UK, but highlight a

catalogue of animal welfare concerns, including heavily pregnant

animals sent first lot, stunning not effective, but handling, and broken

limbs. This man worked in the animal slaughter industry in Scotland for

ten years. The pigs were not being killed the right way, because

sometimes it was not the right voltage at all. You could see their

unborn calves, and the lambs as well. We took our evidence to a vet.

I think there are some things within these reports which are absolutely

unforgivable. Animals with a broken leg. Animals in the late stages of

pregnancy. Why would anyone send an animal that was heavily pregnant,

when the value of that animal is in the animals that it produces. The

slaughter houses of Scotland told as rigorous measures are in place, and

they would immediately investigate any allegations suggesting poor

welfare. A look at other stories

from the across the country: The policy

of routinely allowing specialist police officers to carry handguns is

unlikely to change in the near future, according to the Divisional

Commander for Armed Police. Chief Superintendent Elaine Ferguson

says that firearms officers are The comments follow last week's call

by Highland councillors council is in talks with a potential

investor - initially for two sites in Dumfries and Annan. If viable, a

further two solar farms could be Train operators First Scotrail add

a quarter of a billion pounds to the tourism economy. That's according to

a Fraser of Allander Insitute study which says the company is of

significant importance to economic Literary experts and local people in

Ayrshire are being asked to help solve a mystery surrounding Robert

Burns. Glasgow University researchers have discovered that the

bard was guided by a mystery mentor who signed themselves WR. Now

the quest is on to establish their This was not the product of a lonely

genius. It was teamwork, he was working with his friends and

associates in general are sure to produce this absolutely mind blowing

volume of poems published in command at in 1786.

the seventeen year old female EJ and her partner Odin at the RSPB's site

at Loch Garten. To mark the 60th anniversary of the ospreys return to

Scotland one of the chicks has been named Shess-cat - Gaelic for 60.

Meanwhile the Queen's Baton relay went offshore today.

They have also been meeting some of the people involved.

Meanwhile the Queen's Baton relay went offshore today.

It was flown to the Clair platform in one

Our baton correspondent Cameron Buttle joined it.

Of all the places the pattern has been, you would expect it to stop

here. You could not have brought the Olympic torch here, but you can ring

the Queen's Baton relay. The Queen's Baton relay soon drew staff from all

parts of the platform, one of 300 in the North Sea. These are just some

of the 30,000 offshore workers employed in the industry. We may be

50 miles out into the North Sea, but there are 100 people on this

platform, it is a community in itself, and there is a real sense

that they should also share in the experience. The crew are all very

excited. I saw it myself last night in Shetland, and to bring it out

here in the North Sea, which is thousands of people all the time,

that is really great. And the man in charge is here. You are in charge of

everybody here, about 100 people, what does it mean to have it here?

It is great. We don't often get involved in things like this, so it

is great to see. And he very much for doing that. Not many people have

an understanding of what the offshore like is like at all, until

you come and expands it for yourself, you can't understand it.

You have a very mixed community offshore, not just on the UK, but

also from other countries. I think everybody has embraced the visit.

This is a 24/7 industry. Work offshore never stops. Today was one

of the rare occasions when they got a break.

More sport now and more Wimbledon.

If you insist... Because it's not great news, is it? As you may have

seen earlier in the programme, Andy Murray the defending champion is out

of the men's singles at Wimbledon. Beaten in straight sets by the

eleventh seed Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria.

Our tennis reporter Kheredine Idessane joins us now from the All

England club. Evening Kheredine. A disappointing result but is it a

It was indeed. Certainly a surprise to me. I didn't think Andy Murray

would go out at this stage, certainly not in straight sets,

certainly not so meekly, really after just two hours of play. Of

course, Grigor Dimitrov is a top player, but Andy Murray would

normally bring a lot more to the table. He just had a really bad day

at the office to take, and by his own admission played early and made

too many mistakes. He brushes off any suggestion that there was

something wrong with him today. I felt fine. Obviously, I got off to a

bad start, so that was the disappointing part of the match.

I've found a way to get myself back into it at the end of the second

set, but the start was not good enough, you need to start better. I

am sure many people might be asking what's next for Andy Murray, well

year is going to take a few days off to recover, and he is already saying

he has a lot of things he wants to work on. He will be back in practice

within the next few days. He was asked about Amelie Mauresmo, which

he continue with her as his coach? He says he would like to, but they

will discuss together. We will come back to that later. I can tell you

what is happening in Scottish cricket. Scotland's cricketers have

won the rain interrupted second match against the Netherlands. They

were set a target of 260 runs, and the Netherlands only scored 115. It

is now one all in the series. Now it is a look at what else is happening

in Scottish sport. Ryan Gauld has completed

a ?3 million move to Sporting Lisbon from Dundee United,

signing a six year contract. It includes

a ?48 million release clause. Midfielder Kenny McLean's signed

a two year contract extension with The Buddies have also signed

Manchester City defender Ellis British and Irish Lion Stuart Hogg's

been drafted into the Scotland He replaces Tommy Seymour who has

a neck injury. Jamie Murray and Casey Dellacqua are

through to the third round of Wimbledon's mixed doubles

after a straight sets win over Jesse Happy. And fortunately we did not

close it out last night in the last light of the day, but we came back

and we managed to win. And you can read more about

Andy Murray's wimbledon woe and more It's time to put on your flares

on and think back to 1979. A time when it was 18 pence

for a pint of beer, the most popular car was a Ford Cortina, oh

and there was a referendum to decide During the BBC coverage a number of

eight-year-olds from Mount Florida Our Referendum correspondent

Laura Bicker looks to the past As the Bee Gees hit the high notes

on their way to number one, his political drama was unfolding in

Scotland. But amongst the archives was this little gem. What would you

like to see in Scotland? Lots of more sweet shops. What do you know

about abolition? Nothing really. They want to do things by

themselves. We have been with the England -- English too long. We want

to be with ourselves. Linda Boyle is one of the people interviewed who

still lives in Glasgow. Very feeling now? As soon as you walked in the

door, you could smell the girls toilets. Everyone is far more aware

of what is going on now. You have got the media now. Back then, there

was only three channels on the TV. There is more of an arena now. We

couldn't leave without asking what these eight-year-olds think this

year. What do you know about the independence referendum? That

Scotland wants to be separate from England so that England doesn't get

to tell them what to do. Who would you like to be leader of Scotland?

My dad. What do you think you would do a few were leader of Scotland?

More chocolate Fountains. I would let Scotland have a free entry to

the World Cup every single time. Well you can't argue with that. Now

for the weather. We have had a band of rain tracking

south and eastwards across the country, of the sky has cleared

across part of the country. Quite a damp field to things, and it will

clear overnight, then it will be dry with clear spells, still breezy in

the north, still a few showers for Shetland, but it will be drier and

more fresh than yesterday. Temperatures in single figures for

oral spots. Into tomorrow, and we will be predominantly dry, with a

good deal of cloud around. Patchy rain in the northern isles. Not a

lot in the way of brightness, but the best of it will be towards

eastern parts, and if we take a closer look around 3pm, that is

certainly the case. Decent sunshine for the Borders and the Lothians.

Across the West, more in the way of cloud, but it will be predominantly

dry. Just some drizzly rain, and brisk winds in that part of the

country. For Shetland, we will still see some rain and some winds. 19

Celsius, and the best of the sunshine will be towards Inverness,

where the Queen's Baton relay will be tomorrow. Maybe a little bit of

sunshine at times. Through towards tomorrow evening, that rain will

gather pace towards the rest. It will also try to make inroads across

the rest of the country. It is linked to this weather front, so

there will be some heavy rain for the Western Isles. Into Escher and

Greece and Galloway. Eastern Scotland, getting away with a lot of

dry weather. Not a lot of rain, but it will be windy, and not a lot in

the way of brightness. Certainly on the cool site. Into the weekend,

that weather front careers but low pressures days nearby, and it shall

relate to things. The best of the brightness in the east. That is the

podcast. Never a remainder of the main news.

Ryanair will announce that it will be running services from Glasgow

airport, leading to fears for its future at Prestwick. That is all

from us. Enjoy the rest of your week.