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Ready to go head-to-head - Alex Salmond and Alistair Darling prepare | :00:00. | :00:12. | |
The first pupils to study for Scotland's new exams find out | :00:13. | :00:24. | |
Tommy Sheridan's conviction for perjury is to be reviewed. | :00:25. | :00:28. | |
And he won everyone over after winning gold in the boxing ring. | :00:29. | :00:31. | |
We catch up with Charlie Flynn back in his day-job. | :00:32. | :00:41. | |
Join me as I returned to work to see all the boys. | :00:42. | :00:52. | |
Within the next 90 minutes, the First Minister Alex Salmond | :00:53. | :00:56. | |
and the former Chancellor Alistair Darling will go head to head for | :00:57. | :00:59. | |
Both sides hope the live TV debate will re-energise the referendum | :01:00. | :01:02. | |
campaign after a two week lull for the Commonwealth Games. | :01:03. | :01:05. | |
Here's our political correspondent, Glenn Campbell. | :01:06. | :01:16. | |
The athletics are over. The venues are being dismantled. The final | :01:17. | :01:28. | |
stage of the referendum contest can begin. A busker competed for | :01:29. | :01:39. | |
attention with raw union speakers. -- with speakers in favour of the | :01:40. | :01:47. | |
union. With six weeks to go they are heartened that opinion polls suggest | :01:48. | :01:53. | |
they are still ahead. We have been taking our positive message about | :01:54. | :01:58. | |
Scotland's working within the United Kingdom. That is the end stink of | :01:59. | :02:08. | |
the people of Scotland. On the yes side, former MP Jim Sillars, evil | :02:09. | :02:21. | |
the memory of Margo MacDonald. -- spoke of the memory of Margo | :02:22. | :02:22. | |
MacDonald. spoke of the memory of Margo | :02:23. | :02:28. | |
The Deputy First Minister said she was confident that she could | :02:29. | :02:31. | |
persuade a majority that Scotland could take charge of its resources. | :02:32. | :02:39. | |
Do we wanted to on nuclear weapons? | :02:40. | :02:50. | |
Tonight leaders from the rival company 's will try to win over | :02:51. | :02:53. | |
voters who have not decided. Let's go to | :02:54. | :03:06. | |
our political editor Brian Taylor. Brian, how significant will the TV | :03:07. | :03:20. | |
debate be to the campaigns? This is one of a series of | :03:21. | :03:35. | |
debates. They are significant. It is not a head to head leader debate. It | :03:36. | :03:42. | |
is the two sides evangelising their cars. -- evangelising their views. | :03:43. | :03:59. | |
This is the final stage of the campaign. Those who do not know what | :04:00. | :04:04. | |
have to make up their mind soon. It has been a prolonged campaign. | :04:05. | :04:15. | |
This is the final phase. It is like a householder with a girl sitting on | :04:16. | :04:19. | |
the mantelpiece. Now they have to decide how to act. -- it is like a | :04:20. | :04:31. | |
householder with a Bill sitting on the mantelpiece. | :04:32. | :04:41. | |
The first pupils to study for the new exams | :04:42. | :04:43. | |
which have replaced standard grades today received their results. | :04:44. | :04:46. | |
The new qualifications, known as national 4 and 5s, | :04:47. | :04:48. | |
Our education correspondent Jamie McIvor reports. | :04:49. | :04:51. | |
A tense moment. It has been a nerve-wracking year. The biggest | :04:52. | :05:07. | |
change to qualifications in a generation. Very relieved. I was | :05:08. | :05:14. | |
worrying for the entire holiday. I have been going over the exams in my | :05:15. | :05:20. | |
head. Now that I have got the results I am pleased with how it | :05:21. | :05:23. | |
turned out. Some critics complained that pupils were guinea pigs. Some | :05:24. | :05:33. | |
parents were nervous. We knew there was change coming. We had to be | :05:34. | :05:36. | |
aware that there could be a change in the marking system. The National | :05:37. | :05:46. | |
5s is roughly equivalent to a standard rate. | :05:47. | :05:53. | |
Teachers are cautious about comparing these results to standard | :05:54. | :06:01. | |
grade results. But they will be real disappointment | :06:02. | :06:07. | |
in some homes tonight. The pass rate for the National 4 exam was 93%. For | :06:08. | :06:15. | |
National 5 it was even lower. Some teachers say that the last year was | :06:16. | :06:24. | |
the toughest of Theo Kelly. -- was the toughest of the two years. | :06:25. | :06:37. | |
Scotland now has an examinations system that is something that the | :06:38. | :06:43. | |
world is taking an interest in. Students are now looking forward to | :06:44. | :06:50. | |
their Highers. Those on the National 4 qualification it can now study for | :06:51. | :06:57. | |
the National 5. She said pick the ones that you enjoy. Expats will | :06:58. | :07:06. | |
look at the details carefully. -- experts will look at the details | :07:07. | :07:07. | |
carefully. Still to come | :07:08. | :07:17. | |
on tonight's programme: In sport we hear from the Celtic | :07:18. | :07:25. | |
manager Ronny Deila and his plans to to overcome | :07:26. | :07:27. | |
a 4-1 deficit against Legia Warsaw. And Andy Murray says he's back to | :07:28. | :07:30. | |
100% fitness and looking The Justice Secretary, | :07:31. | :07:33. | |
Kenny MacAskill, has told MSPs police in Scotland | :07:34. | :07:40. | |
will not be routinely armed. He made a statement in Holyrood | :07:41. | :07:44. | |
following concern that a number of officers, wearing handguns, | :07:45. | :07:48. | |
have been seen carrying out normal Our Home Affairs Correspondent | :07:49. | :07:50. | |
Reevel Alderson reports. Armed police on the streets of | :07:51. | :08:04. | |
Scotland. These officers are carrying out a routine patrol. They | :08:05. | :08:09. | |
are to attend a firearms incident. Police will not say whether these | :08:10. | :08:15. | |
officers are based. They confirmed there are 275 armed officers across | :08:16. | :08:21. | |
Scotland. Total police strength is 17,000 officers. The proportion | :08:22. | :08:28. | |
carrying firearms is less than 1.6%. They are a small minority. They are | :08:29. | :08:34. | |
part of Police Scotland. They are part of the community. The community | :08:35. | :08:44. | |
recognises and accepts the needs for that small armed service. That has | :08:45. | :08:52. | |
not stopped political pressure. Opposition MSPs said there was | :08:53. | :08:57. | |
concern the policy could be expanded without local communities being | :08:58. | :09:01. | |
informed. There is apprehension that police officers routinely carry a | :09:02. | :09:06. | |
weapon and make the used for a reason other than that intended. | :09:07. | :09:14. | |
What information will be made available about the deployment of | :09:15. | :09:22. | |
armed police? Kenny MacAskill said the policy was an operational | :09:23. | :09:29. | |
manager for the chief constable. I understand the concern of the public | :09:30. | :09:33. | |
that we do not slip into a situation where officers become armed as a | :09:34. | :09:39. | |
matter of routine practice. That would clearly go beyond operational | :09:40. | :09:41. | |
matters into matter of policy. would clearly go beyond operational | :09:42. | :09:47. | |
want to give my assurance this will not happen. | :09:48. | :09:53. | |
Other officers are licensed to use firearms in emergencies. But the | :09:54. | :10:00. | |
number of Fame is free juicing. -- the number of those officers is on | :10:01. | :10:04. | |
the decline. A sheriff has told a skipper who was | :10:05. | :10:13. | |
drunk while in charge of a 1,300 tonne cargo vessel that he could | :10:14. | :10:17. | |
have caused an ecological disaster. The skipper was nearly four times | :10:18. | :10:20. | |
over the drink drive limit as he sailed his ship down the | :10:21. | :10:22. | |
River Tay last week. The Latvian sailor admitted | :10:23. | :10:25. | |
the offence at Dundee sheriff court and was | :10:26. | :10:26. | |
warned he's facing a jail sentence. Jewellery with an estimated value | :10:27. | :10:29. | |
of ?20,000 has been stolen A member of staff at | :10:30. | :10:31. | |
Northern Diamond on Union Street was injured in a struggle | :10:32. | :10:35. | |
during the morning raid. Police are looking for an | :10:36. | :10:37. | |
East European man in his 30s There was a slight struggle with a | :10:38. | :10:48. | |
member of staff. A member of staff is shocked. He has received in | :10:49. | :10:51. | |
injury. A ?100 million redevelopment | :10:52. | :10:57. | |
of a Speyside distillery has been Edrington Group wants to expand | :10:58. | :10:59. | |
production and warehousing at its Macallan distillery | :11:00. | :11:02. | |
near Craigellachie, as well Moray Council's planning committee | :11:03. | :11:04. | |
unanimously approved A police investigation's continuing | :11:05. | :11:07. | |
into an acid attack on a dog Corrosive liquid was thrown over | :11:08. | :11:11. | |
the five month old lurcher It's claimed a redevelopment | :11:12. | :11:15. | |
of two of Aberdeen's shopping Plans are being submitted to expand | :11:16. | :11:24. | |
the Bon Accord and St Nicholas The project would include | :11:25. | :11:27. | |
a seven-screen cinema. Former Scottish Socialist MSP Tommy | :11:28. | :11:35. | |
Sheridan is to have his conviction for perjury reviewed by the Scottish | :11:36. | :11:38. | |
Criminal Cases Review Commission. He was awarded ?200,000 | :11:39. | :11:42. | |
in damages after winning a defamation case against the News | :11:43. | :11:44. | |
of the World in 2006. He was later jailed | :11:45. | :11:47. | |
for three years for committing Tommy Sheridan's victory in his | :11:48. | :12:03. | |
defamation case against the News of the World saw him awarded ?200,000. | :12:04. | :12:09. | |
If you years later it was the former MSP who was jailed for three years | :12:10. | :12:14. | |
for committing perjury during the case. That sentence has now been | :12:15. | :12:17. | |
served. Tommy Sheridan has asked for a review of the case. Today the | :12:18. | :12:24. | |
Commission confirmed it was reviewing it. Tommy Sheridan said he | :12:25. | :12:28. | |
is confident this is the first step in getting his conviction quashed. | :12:29. | :12:34. | |
I was fighting the defence with one arm tied behind my back. We now have | :12:35. | :12:40. | |
the evidence to show it was a stitch up. Unfortunately the Crown did not | :12:41. | :12:52. | |
do a very good job either. But a review is a long way from an appeal. | :12:53. | :12:57. | |
Only a small number of cases accepted for a review I then | :12:58. | :13:01. | |
referred to the High Court. Of those less than 60% of cases are quashed | :13:02. | :13:10. | |
or reduced. It is anticipated that the | :13:11. | :13:12. | |
investigation will take several months. A decision is expected by | :13:13. | :13:14. | |
the end But this isn't modern Scotland | :13:15. | :13:26. | |
but the rarely told story of the The tale has been given | :13:27. | :13:29. | |
a new lease of life at the Our arts correspondent | :13:30. | :13:34. | |
Pauline McLean reports. Three Stewart claims in three very | :13:35. | :14:04. | |
different stories. -- Stuart Kings. Half of the country does not | :14:05. | :14:09. | |
recognise them as kings. It was like gang culture. You are the women I | :14:10. | :14:21. | |
saw in my dream. The plays are deeply political, or thought | :14:22. | :14:26. | |
admittedly at a distance of hundreds of years. These plays are not | :14:27. | :14:36. | |
dealing with the referendum, but the cultural moment. That is a healthy | :14:37. | :14:51. | |
thing for us to do. We may have to sell something. Borthwick king and | :14:52. | :15:01. | |
queen may be -- both of these actors may be familiar. I was shocked when | :15:02. | :15:19. | |
they open their mouth. I understood that that took place in Scotland. | :15:20. | :15:26. | |
But I read it as English. When we met at the first read-through I was | :15:27. | :15:37. | |
wondering what they were saying. Audiences can catch one play or the | :15:38. | :15:41. | |
entire eight-hour cycle at the Edinburgh International Festival. | :15:42. | :15:47. | |
Their poetry captured the horror of life in the trenches, | :15:48. | :15:54. | |
influencing how future generations viewed the First World War. | :15:55. | :15:56. | |
100 years on from the outbreak of war, there's renewed attention | :15:57. | :15:59. | |
on the role Edinburgh's Craiglockhart hospital played | :16:00. | :16:01. | |
in shaping the lives and work of Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen. | :16:02. | :16:04. | |
Porgy Sheets by personal experience. It was composed away from the | :16:05. | :16:30. | |
trenches. -- poetry sheet by personal experience. | :16:31. | :16:45. | |
They used to discuss each other's homes and criticise and analyse. -- | :16:46. | :17:04. | |
each other's poems. Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen | :17:05. | :17:08. | |
were amongst 1800 officers cheated here. -- cheated here. -- treated | :17:09. | :17:28. | |
here. Wilfred Owen returns to France and | :17:29. | :17:31. | |
was killed one week before the Armistice. This was one of the first | :17:32. | :17:41. | |
places to take up the ideas of Sigmund Freud. The idea that you | :17:42. | :17:49. | |
went to a Dr who listen to you in detail rather than who told you what | :17:50. | :17:56. | |
to do was a very different approach. Today this is a modern university | :17:57. | :18:00. | |
campus. But echoes of its past remain. | :18:01. | :18:32. | |
Celtic Park is still out of Commission after the common wealth | :18:33. | :18:36. | |
games so tomorrow's game will be at Murrayfield. | :18:37. | :18:41. | |
Celtic 's new manager already under pressure. Last week's defeat in | :18:42. | :18:56. | |
Poland still hurting. That is life. There are some hard days. Last | :18:57. | :19:09. | |
week's 4-1 defeat was not what Ronny Deila wanted, but he and his players | :19:10. | :19:13. | |
are confident they can come out on top tomorrow at Murrayfield. We have | :19:14. | :19:26. | |
the team to score three goals. We need to step up the game a little | :19:27. | :19:40. | |
bit more. We need to fight for each other. We need desire to be 18. -- | :19:41. | :19:46. | |
we need desire to be a team. Andy Murray has said he's putting | :19:47. | :20:05. | |
special importance on this week?s Toronto Masters | :20:06. | :20:07. | |
as part of his build up to the Murray is still seeking | :20:08. | :20:10. | |
his first title Tomorrow he'll face either | :20:11. | :20:13. | |
the Australian Nick Kyrgios, who ended Rafa Nadal?s Wimbledon | :20:14. | :20:17. | |
dreams this year, Murray says news is good, | :20:18. | :20:19. | |
regarding his fitness. Now I can start training again. I am | :20:20. | :20:52. | |
not holding back. Physically I feel very strong. | :20:53. | :21:00. | |
Four Scots are bedding in at Valhalla in preparation | :21:01. | :21:02. | |
Russell Knox, Colin Montgomerie and Marc Warren all looking for | :21:03. | :21:06. | |
success, but Stephen Gallacher must impress if he's to be a Captain?s | :21:07. | :21:09. | |
That's despite what he calls "persistent" interest from Rotherham | :21:10. | :21:22. | |
Any possible deal would not affect the game on Thursday. He wants to | :21:23. | :21:43. | |
It?s Alan Stubbs' first competitive match in charge tonight. | :21:44. | :21:47. | |
Hibs open their season against Rangers in the first round | :21:48. | :21:49. | |
Stubbs will field a new look Hibs side. | :21:50. | :21:52. | |
And also taking to the Ibrox pitch tonight will be | :21:53. | :21:55. | |
The Commonwealth Games silver medallist will be guest of honour | :21:56. | :22:00. | |
as Rangers also open their competitive season. | :22:01. | :22:03. | |
And for TV it?s on BBC Alba. Sportsound on Radio Scotland 810MW. | :22:04. | :22:13. | |
Tonight's other first round tie is an all-Fife clash between | :22:14. | :22:15. | |
Of all the new Scottish sports stars, C Flynn was one of the most | :22:16. | :22:54. | |
memorable. -- Charlie Flynn was one of the most memorable. | :22:55. | :23:01. | |
He boxed his way to the lightweight Commonwealth gold medal. I have | :23:02. | :23:22. | |
delivered. All the boys in there. Two days he went back to the Royal | :23:23. | :23:38. | |
Mail plant. It is not just here that people are | :23:39. | :23:45. | |
making a fuss of him. I walked into the park and there was a big uproar. | :23:46. | :23:52. | |
People were chanting. I would like to thank the school for embracing | :23:53. | :24:06. | |
me. -- thank Glasgow for embracing me. I talked to him about it two | :24:07. | :24:22. | |
years ago. We would be eating chips and he would be eating grapes. What | :24:23. | :24:30. | |
did you think of your name check? It was amazing. It is clear that | :24:31. | :24:41. | |
Charlie Flynn is not just the post man that delivered for himself and | :24:42. | :24:45. | |
Scotland. He delivered for all his friends. | :24:46. | :25:01. | |
Here is the weather. Rather wet at the moment. This rain | :25:02. | :25:09. | |
has been working its way across the South West. That rain continues to | :25:10. | :25:30. | |
work its way northwards. Overnight nothing to calls. Tomorrow it does | :25:31. | :25:37. | |
start wet across the Southern Appelmans. -- the Southern uplands. | :25:38. | :25:50. | |
Showers in the Highlands and Islands. Teeside rather wet through | :25:51. | :26:14. | |
the afternoon. Shetland will have sunshine for most of the day. The | :26:15. | :26:27. | |
rain continues to move northwards. Low pressure still on the chart on | :26:28. | :26:39. | |
Thursday. Some sunshine prosperity. -- for Thursday. Largely dry on | :26:40. | :26:56. | |
Friday. The weekend looks rather unsettled. | :26:57. | :27:03. | |
Now, a reminder of tonight's main news. | :27:04. | :27:08. | |
The Foreign Office minister, Baroness Warsi, | :27:09. | :27:09. | |
has resigned saying British policy on Gaza is morally indefensible. | :27:10. | :27:19. | |
In just over an hour, the first minister Alex Salmond and the | :27:20. | :27:21. | |
former chancellor Alistair Darling will go head to head for the first | :27:22. | :27:24. | |
Both sides hope the live TV debate will re-energise the referendum | :27:25. | :27:28. | |
campaign after a two week lull for the Commonwealth Games. | :27:29. | :27:39. |