08/07/2014 Reporting Scotland

Kilda. The mystery of the stolen bowls: How

Scotland's gold-medal hope at the Commonwealth Games is coping with

the theft. An Edinburgh woman who is

charged with murdering her three-year-old son has made her

first public court appearance. 34-year-old Rosdeep Adekoya has been

accused of beating Mikaeel Kular on various occasions over a four-day

period and then murdering him. Arriving at court from custody,

Rosdeep Adekoya is appearing under her married name. This was her first

public appearance in court since she was charged with her son Mikaeel's

murder. In January the 16th, Mrs Adekoya had called the police and

reported her little boy missing, saying she thought he had climbed

onto a stool and unlock the front door of her Edinburgh flat. The

Crown says she did this knowing he will already dead. These were the

pictures of hundreds of Mikaeel's neighbours, members of the public,

police and coastguard who searched for the three-year-old. Then, the

news that was dreaded. Mikaeel's body had been found in woodland 25

miles away in Kirkcaldy, near a relative's has that Mikaeel had

lived in with his family 18 months before. I can confirm that we have

recovered the body of a young boy in Fife, shortly before midnight.

34-year-old Rosdeep Adekoya stood in the dock. She was dressed all in

black. She showed no emotion, and she did not say anything during the

hearing, which lasted just three minutes. She has entered no plea.

She was taken back to custody. In documents lodged with court, Mrs

Adekoya is accused of hitting her son over the head and body, hitting

his body against a hard object, and causing blunt force injuries to his

head and body in the family home. This was between the 12 and 15th of

January. She is accused of failing to seek medical attention for

Mikaeel, and murdering him. She is also accused of attempting to defeat

the ends of justice by wrapping Mikaeel's body in a duvet, putting

him in a suitcase, and then into the boot of her car, and driving to

Kirkcaldy. Mrs Adekoya is then said to have hidden the suitcase under a

bush in woodland behind her home. The case is being continued, and

there will be a further hearing here in Edinburgh on the 25th of July.

MPs are calling for a public inquiry into concerns

commercial pressure from oil and gas companies is putting

The Commons transport select committee launched

an inquiry following last year's fatal crash off Shetland.

In all 20 people have been killed in offshore helicopter accidents

James Nugent survived a Super Puma helicopter crash off Shetland last

August. Full of his colleagues died. He is still coping with the

after-effects. I don't have a broken leg or back or anything like that. I

had very supple injuries. I have had a constant headache since the

accident, I get migraines, anything up to three times a week. Those

cannot me out for four days. It will be Shetland crash that sparked the

enquiry by MPs. 20 people in total have died in offshore helicopter

accidents since 2009. The committee chair wants a full public enquiry to

investigate if commercial pressure is putting lives at risk. Do the oil

and gas companies have power that has led to cost-cutting and safety

measures? Has there been another enforcement of safety regulations?

Is there an openness that workers can express their concerns when they

feel these are correct? There are around 100 light into the North Sea

and west of Shetland every day. The oil and gas companies deny

helicopter operators are put under unsay pressure to make things work.

If the government called for a public enquiry, we will support one.

We will get intimately involved with that process. But it is not

something the oil and gas industry would support unless it was

ordered? We are not asking for it, but we would support it if it is

required. You don't think it is necessary? I didn't say that. I said

we would support it if there was evidence. Unions and relatives of

those killed in other helicopter crashes have long supported a public

enquiry. The UK Government says it will look at the committee's report.

James Nugent says he might return offshore one day, if he feels it is

safe. Now,

cast your mind back to last summer. Yes, it's the time of year again

when the panda-watch gets underway. Let's cross to Edinburgh Zoo

and join Julie Peacock. Yes, it certainly is, but staff here

at Edinburgh zoo are urging people not to get too excited about this

excitement that their panda has conceived, and that is because the

embryo has not yet implanted, meaning that technically she is not

pregnant yet. Staff here have good reason to be cautious, because life

and earths are still rare in captivity -- live panda births. And

we have been here twice before. Last year, she lost a foetus late in

pregnancy, and the year before, these two pandas failed to meet at

all. However, we are seeing this being welcomed as a positive

development. It is good news, and if all goes to plan, we could see a

baby panda here in late August. Already, lots of people have been

anticipating the arrival of a baby panda, including the First Minister

Alex Salmond, who tweeted: This is exciting news. It would be terrific

to welcome a baby panda. If we do nearly bit about our tiny beads

here, any time soon, you can be rest assured, we will be right here to

tell you all about it. Thank you very much.

You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC.

Still to come on tonight's programme:

In the first of two referendum reports, we take to the streets

And we meet the Scottish golfer who's come back home to show us

And the Scot who has become the most expensive player in championship

history. Tributes have been paid to

a 14-year-old boy who drowned at Bocharie Sonnah got

into difficulty while playing with Local people and the emergency

services were unable to save him. They gathered to pay their

respects. A silent tribute for a 14-year-old boy whose life was cut

short here at Torduff reservoir. Barker Rhys on, known to friends as

box, was mad about football. -- Bocharie Sonnah. There is shock and

disbelief at his death. Everybody loved him. You can see just from the

people leaving flowers and that, he was really taken too soon. Far too

soon. Gone but never forgotten. That is the. Rest in peace, pal. He got

into trouble last night in the water. One eyewitness said he will

be haunted by the screens echoing across the reservoir. A lady man

passed, saying a boy is drowning. My friend got on his mobile to phone

the emergency services. When we got to the water, the lad had

disappeared under. His other friend was trying in vain to get him from

the water, but to no avail. Locals have told me it is a very popular

area, especially during the summer holidays. Scottish water and this

reservoir, and there are signs up saying it is unsafe to swim here.

These signs warn people that they should not be swimming in the waters

behind me. Today, a community reflects and remembers one they have

lost. Scotland's first satellite has been

launched from a space centre UKube-One was built by

a Glasgow-based company. It's already in orbit, and it's

due to separate from its Russian Here's our science correspondent

Kenneth Macdonald. Not quite mission control Maryhill,

but even without live pictures, it felt a lot like it. Confirmation

that the satellite has launched. It is the first satellite fully

designed and built in Scotland, so it is a big step forward from that

perspective. The other benefit is, it is a different type of satellite.

It is a more off the shelf type of satellite. UKube-1 is the most

advanced satellite of its kind in the world. It is small, but backs

six experiments into just three metres, studying things like space

weather and satellite security, and giving school students a chance to

contact a satellite. More than that, it is blazing a trail for the

Scottish space industry. We are spending most of our time writing

proposals to people all over the world who are interested in doing

larger scale missions, and constellations of satellites.

Somebody is talking to us about hundreds! These scientists say the

buzz has already been good for business. The fact we have done it

with UKube-1, which is such a complex satellite in its own right,

that really as studies in good stead and allowed us to step up to the

plate where the customers are concerned. Today's rocket while an

updated version of the ones that once carried solely Soviet

cosmonauts into orbit. The world's first artificial satellite and the

first man in lifted off from here. Today, it was Scotland's turn.

Both sides in the Scottish independence debate have been

trading insults after campaign donations for

The figures show that the pro-union Better Together campaign raised ?2.4

million in big donations - twice the 1.1 million raised by Yes Scotland.

Our Political Editor Brian Taylor is here.

So, Brian, what are the Yes and No campaigns saying, then?

The complaints are familiar. We have heard them before. A lot of the

controversy is focusing upon the money that is going to the lead

campaigns, but organisations that have registered on each side. They

are looking to support the union, and 300,000 are going to business

Scotland and Christians For Independence. Better Together are

focusing on that money, saying there are effectively front organisations

working together with the league campaign. You can do that, working

together, but if you do so, it perhaps alters the amount that can

be spent. There are rules governing that. They say these upfront

organisations. In response, Yes Scotland say that is absolutely

untrue, they have obeyed the rules from the start, and they continue to

do so, and their response is fairly blunt to their rivals in Better

Together. They say, this is a bit rich coming from a movement that is

funded largely by wealthy landowners, bankers and rich Tories.

Many of whom live outwith Scotland and do not have a vote in the

referendum. Hankie. -- thank you. Scotland's streets have become a

campaigning battleground as armies of activists in the independence

referendum fight for your vote. For many, it's the first time

they've been involved in politics. Our Referendum Correspondent Laura

Bicker has been out with both sides Tonight, she's in Ayrshire with

Yes Scotland. It is good to see as many as are

here tonight. John Wallace leads the team in South Ayrshire. Keep it

simple, be courteous, and don't get into any trouble. The battle lines

are drawn. This army foot soldiers are now seeking targets. The

undecided voter. I am undecided. Undecided. The measure support for

independence on a scale of one to ten, where ten is a definite Yes.

Where would you say you sit on this scale? A nine. The team will visit

those who are undecided. I was born to do this. I had been wanting

independence since I was that high. My father and grandfather before me.

With a name like Wallace, the passion is there. John works 60

hours a week, and is also a husband and father. But he now spends most

evenings away from them, campaigning. What do you think about

spending all your hours on doorsteps? My wife loves it! She has

beaten quiet to watch the television. Straight from the

doorsteps, and time to feed the troops at a pie and pints night in

Prestwick. None of the speakers are elected officials. I believe a vote

for No will be a vote of No confidence in ourselves. Whereas I

think a vote for Yes will lead to an absolute renaissance in Scotland.

Much of this meeting felt like a rally. We are all discussing these

things, but we need to win that vote! Vote No is not an option. Vote

No is seriously not an option, it is just the mince we have had before.

But there were a few undecided voters. I came to the door, and I

said to my daughter, you fancy going along, see what it is about? She

said Yes, so we came. I never really knew anything about it, it was just

like Braveheart and haggis and that sort of thing! And then listening to

them really has convinced me to vote Yes, for definite. There is

determination here, steely purpose, but there is also emotion. It is

clear hearts will be broken in September. The next few weeks will

determine which side of this argument that will be.

Tomorrow evening, Laura will be behind-the-scenes with the No

And the latest in our series of Referendum Debates from across

the country is later this evening. Here's James Cook with the details.

With the referendum just ten weeks away, we've come to the Isle of Skye

to seek answers to the key issues. Our guests are the actor David

Heymann, business and John Boyle, and representatives from Labour and

the Scottish Government. Join us for the referendum debate, tonight at

9pm on BBC Two Scotland. Now, a look at other stories

from the across the country: A woman is in hospital

after being seriously injured when The collision happened

around 9 o'clock this morning The road between South St Andrews

Street and West Register Street A million square feet

of land has been released for It's the latest stage in the ?1

billion transformation of the site. It's thought the area, which will

also be home to the V A Museum, The Duchess

of Rothesay has officially opened She met community groups

and swimmers training The Duchess later conferred her

first degrees in her new role as A businessman from Skye says

the Scottish Government must put pressure on delivery companies to

implement a fairer charging system. Alasdair Martin says he was recently

quoted ?400 to have 1,000 DVDs delivered to the island,

but only ?15 for them to be sent to a friend's house ten miles away

on the mainland. There has to be political pressure

put on some of these countries, -- companies, because it doesn't seem

fair to charge such an exorbitant amount of money to deliver somewhere

that is not really far-away. Paul Foster is

a world champion lawn bowler hopes for a medal at the

Commonwealth Games. However, with just two weeks to go, he's been the

victim of theft. Some of his prized bowls have been stolen from his

Troon club. Is it a simple case of Is it a simple case of robbery,

or could it be international This is true then Portland Bowling

club, and with just 15 days to go before the start of the Commonwealth

Games, No surprise to see this man, Paul Foster, down here practising

this evening, but Paul, it has been a hard day for you, because last

night, you had to get a new set of balls. You'll agree Yes, I came down

to the pub last night, and they phoned up to say it had been broken

into, and my bag had been taken along with three balls. I was left

with one bowl. So, what is that suggest EU, foul play? It could be a

lot of things. It could be jealousy, people who don't want me to do well,

but I got on the case straight away last night, and luckily enough from

me, I have managed to get another set of bowls very quick. I suppose

with the game is just 15 days away, you need to be practising, but all

balls are not the same, so how significant is this in your run-up

to the games? There is not too much difference between this set of bowls

on the one I have stolen. It is psychological, but I am putting up

out of my mind, because I cannot come into the games with a negative

attitude, because it is not fair on my team-mates. I am gutted. I have

been training for three months solid now, and doing pretty well with

those bowls. It is a sad day that someone could do that to me, or

anybody. There are some sad people out there. Thank you for joining us.

We appreciate your time, and Police Scotland or on the case with this,

and if you have any information you think could help Paul find his

missing bowls, please contact them. Let's get better sporting news now

from David. I can't promise you better, but I

can promise you more! The Scotland international striker

Ross McCormack has set a new record. He's become the most expensive

player in the English championship. The 27-year-old has joined Fulham

for Tries a shot and scores! He cannot

stop scoring! With 28 goals, Ross McCormack is the top scorer for the

season just gone. Now, he is the English second-tier's most expensive

player. Scotland team-mate Steven Naismith in his native Ayrshire to

back his former boys club financially today, is backing

MacCormack to justify his ?11 million price tag. He is a quality

player, and he has proved that. He may be lost a bit of confidence when

he lost Rangers and was told by then he was not given up, but he has come

back and proved everybody wrong. MacCormack left Rangers eight years

ago after just 11 appearances. After a spell at Motherwell, he joined

Cardiff city, and then on to Leeds, where he became a favourite of the

fans. Now, he will lead the attack for one of their championship

rivals, and hoping to play his way into the Scotland team for the

European Championship qualifiers, which start in September. Scott

Brown is likely to miss Scotland's opening qualifier against Germany.

We have learned the Celtic captain is expected to be out around three

months because of a hamstring injury.

If so he'll miss all of Celtic's Champions League qualifying

And Mo Farah has pulled out of this weekend's Diamond Lead athletics

event in Glasgow. The reason appears unclear, but he is still expected to

compete at the Commonwealth Games later this month. The build-up

continues to be Scottish open golf, which start on Thursday. It will be

something of a homecoming for Inverness golfer Russell Knox left

Scotland But this week marks the first time

he's come back as a pro to play. From Royal Aberdeen,

here's Phil Goodlad. welcome home, Russell knocks. We had

been expecting you. This is my debut, and I have been pro for seven

years. I am delighted to make it here to Royal Aberdeen, and

hopefully, I will do well. You may not recognise the face or indeed,

the accident, but the 29-year-old from Inverness is making a name for

himself on the PGA Tour, already earning $1.3 million this season. It

is an extremely difficult job to crack. This is an important week, I

would love to play well, and if I don't, it is not going to be the end

of the world. I will still love every minute of being home in

Scotland. If you are following him around this week, you will notice he

is accompanied by his lucky dolphin mascot. I quite often over in the

United States get asked, are you from Australia? I say No, but I can

have a kangaroo on my back! It is all good. So, it is all about

reacquainting himself with being back home this week. Perhaps

rebuilding important relationships. I am staying with my best friend

this week, who lives in Aberdeen. I haven't seen him for a long time. He

used to be my best friend, it has been so long, he probably hate me

now! You've earned $1.3 million so far this season. He will still be

your best friend! More on the golf for the rest of the week, whether

you like it or not! Thank you very much, David. Let's get the details

now and what is coming up on Scotland 2014 tonight.

Tonight, an exclusive story about how quickly you will get an

ambulance if your life is at risk. The Scottish Government has set a

target response time of eight minutes for the most severe cases,

but we hear from staff who say they are being pressured to distort the

figures by downgrading some of the more serious cases just to make it

look like the Tigers are being that. We will also talk about how it is

money the Yes And No campaigns have received, and wondering whether

Scotland's future might be in space. To the Commonwealth baton relay now,

and today it's been on St Kilda. It flew from Benbecula airport by

helicopter to the most remote part of the UK, uninhabited St Kilda.

Never far away, was our reporter. St Kilda, known as the island on the

edge of the world. Beyond it, the Atlantic and America. Around 30

people work here year round. They are used to the odd visitor, but

this was exceptional. A couple of weeks ago, our team, including

myself, try to swim from Harris out here, but we had to give up after

five or six swells. We were doing it to raise money for a few different

charities. St Kilda is actually a small chain of islands, and we are

on the biggest right now. In the old days, during an emergency, people

used to climb to the highest point here and light a fire and hope a

passing ship would see it and come to their aid. The history of the

island is a sad one. The population abandoned it in 1930. Now there are

hopes to promote more of an understanding of its story. People

do want to experience St Kilda, they want to learn about the history and

culture of St Kilda and the past, and there are plans to have some way

to interpret that much closer to the mainland of the UK. Hopefully, that

will happen within the next two or three years. The Queen's baton has

travelled the Commonwealth, going to some amazing locations, but few

could rival this truly stunning island.

And from Cameron on St Kilda to Tarbert on the Isle of Harris now,

Thank you very much. Good evening. We have been enjoying some lovely

weather across much of the Western Isles today, as the battle continues

its journey from South to North. It is due to arrive here in Stornoway

very shortly, and as you can see, the celebrations continue behind me.

Not all of us have been as fortunate with regards to the weather today.

Heavy, thundery showers across eastern parts of the country. This

evening, we are looking at the showers easing, and there will be

some fine spells of brightness and sunshine to end the day. Looking

ahead to the overnight period, it stays largely dry, and there will be

some clear spells around in the West. Further east, cloudy, misty,

murky conditions, and we will also see some rain working its way into

Shetland during the course of the night. Temperatures generally around

10 Celsius, perhaps slightly lower in rural spots, and under clearer

skies in the West, and the winds will remain light. Into tomorrow, we

start on a largely finance, especially in the West. We see the

cloudy, misty conditions gradually burning off towards eastern coastal

areas, and we will hold onto that reign in Shetland. Tomorrow

afternoon, for the likes of the Southwest and Glasgow, we will see

some fine spells of brightness and sunshine, and in the sunshine here,

temperatures will climb to around 22 Celsius. Another fine day to come

across the west coast, the Outer Hebrides, and here, temperatures

will reach 17 Celsius, and there will be very little to speak of in

terms of wind, so it will be a fairly pleasant. We held on to the

fairly cloudy, wet weather across Shetland. Some brightness perhaps

across Orkney. A fine day across Inverness and the Murray closed,

although eastern coastal areas in sharp contrast, will be cloudy and

cooler, around 14 Celsius. Tomorrow evening, it stays cloudy and cruel

towards eastern coastal areas, with the best of the weather around in

the West. Into Thursday, we see a warm fronts moving its way into

eastern coastal areas. In the West, the best of the weather here, and it

will be feeling warm in the sunshine, with highs of 23 Celsius.

That is the forecast. Indeed it is Stornoway!

I'll be back with the headlines at 8 and the late bulletin just

Until then, from everyone on the team, right across the