20/11/2015 Reporting Scotland

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Could the House of Lords delay new powers for the Scottish Parliament?

Peers say they want more information on how Holyrood's

A week on from the Paris attacks, faith leaders call

for communities to unite amid fears of growing tensions.

I walked past and they mother pulled her child away from me.

The fatal accident inquiry into the death of this vulnerable

woman found in a bath hears the emergency call made by her carer.

Celtic's board face criticism from shareholders at

And recorded for ?50 in his bedroom - could this Glasgow artist's debut

album bag Scotland's second successive Mercury Music Prize?

A House of Lords committee has called for the Scotland Bill to be

halted until more details about its financial implications are known.

The Bill's due to give new tax and spending powers to Holyrood.

The Lords' Economic Affairs Committee also says the Barnett

Formula, which helps set the level of money Scotland gets, should be

scrapped, something both the UK and Scottish governments have ruled out.

More from our Political Editor, Brian Taylor.

The Scottish parliament is to get limited new powers over welfare and

from 2017 will set your income tax. It's a question of Allen 's. The new

powers mean Holyrood will raise much of its own money. It will control

Scottish income tax rates and bands, meaning a balancing cut in the block

grant from Westminster. The argument is over how to determine the size of

that cut. The Scotland Bill, providing new powers, is going

before the House of Lords. The economic affairs committee say they

cannot rule on it until there is a deal on the money. We are still in

the dark about what they will mean and how it will impact the block

grant that comes from the rest of the UK to Scotland. Under some

scenarios, that block grant could shrink dramatically. There is

obviously an intention that there should be no detriment, but on the

other hand there has to be an element of risk sharing. Until we

know the rules, we simply don't have a clue. The committee also says the

current Barnett Formula, which sets the Scottish budget, is not a

sustainable method to calculate funding. That has angered the

Scottish Finance Secretary, who says the Barnett Formula is a core

element of the entire package. The only conclusion you can arrive at

from the House of Lords report is that their Lordships have either

been sleeping well the Smith commission was being constructed and

reporting, or they are trying to use this as a means of raiding the

Scottish budget. We certainly will have no truck with the raiding of

the Scottish budget. I have made clear that the financial framework

that must be put in place must be fair to the people of Scotland. And

UK ministers say they will honour the Smith commission package in

full. Barnett stays. We are determined to make the Scottish

Parliament the most powerful devolved parliament in the world. In

parallel with that, we need to put in place a fiscal framework that is

fair to Scotland, fair to the rest of the UK and built to last. The

suspicion lingers at Holyrood that the Treasury may be trying to cut

Scotland's money using new powers as cover, but UK ministers are adamant.

They say they want a workable, fair deal and they do not want the delay

is fair to Scotland, fair to the rest of the UK and built to last.

The suspicion lingers at Holyrood that the Treasury may be trying to

cut Scotland's money using new powers as cover, but UK ministers

are adamant. They say they want a workable, fair deal and they do not

want the delays suggested the talks are continuing but will undoubtedly

now stretch into the New Year. Well,

tonight a group of leading academics have also questioned how workable

the new package of powers might be. This is the Institute for Fiscal

Studies as well as an economist at Stirling University, and they are

saying what we probably already knew. This is very complicated, more

complicated than politicians have been admitting. All the more so

because of two principles set out in the Smith commission nearly a year

ago. One is that if one parliament, either Holyrood or Westminster,

makes a tax change that impacts on the other, it should compensate for

that. The other one is that if either parliament raises a tax and

the other gets the benefit of extra spending from that without raising

the tax, that, too, should lead to compensation. These experts are

saying that is unworkable, that these principles conflict. It is

relatively easy to cut next year's block grant to Holyrood based on how

much income tax has been paid. But the years after that become very

much more complex. Depending on whether you calculate on the basis

of revenue or spending or population change as well, you can get very

different outcomes. They are calculating in this report that it

could be as much as ?1 billion after ten years adrift, depending on which

one you use, Scotland being up or down by ?1 billion. That is 1

billion out of 30 billion, which is a significant amount. Can they use

the existing Barnett Formula to help? That formula has been around

for 37 years. Because it limits the amount of haggling between

Westminster and Scottish ministers, it served its purpose is quite well,

but both the Lords committee and also these finance experts are

saying it is time to review and probably replace this. Finance

experts suggest a share out depending on need in different parts

of the UK. That is opposed across Scottish political parties, who

probably fear Scotland might come out of that assessment badly. The

Smith commission last year got agreement by parking a lot of these

difficult issues, but no one wants to lose out as a result of this, so

the financial and political stakes are high.

Police say there've been dozens of racially motivated hate crimes

in Scotland in the week since the terrorist attack in Paris.

They include online, verbal and physical abuse.

Today police, community and religious leaders came

together to call for the country to unite against such hate crimes.

Friday prayers at Glasgow Central mosque. This is Scotland's largest

mosque. Almost 2500 people worship here and today they welcomed the

local police commander as their guest. We all stand together in our

condemnation of these atrocities. Before prayers, united front from a

variety of faiths and the authorities against racist and

religious abuse. We must stand united against Islamophobia and

anti-Muslim bigotry, to ensure Muslims are not victimised for the

crimes of others. We will not hesitate to tackle anyone who

commits intolerant and prejudicial acts, and they will feel the full

force of the law. This woman says this week she has detected a change

in attitudes towards herself and her friends. You walk past, and someone

would mutter something under their breath, or I walked past and a

mother pulled her child away. My friend was racially abused, called

absolutely vile names when her child was with her. She reported that.

This retired GP has lived in Glasgow since 1977 but he is worried about

what he is hearing this week. This sort of thing did not happen before,

apart from 7/7, initially. But now it is happening more, as if

something is building up, and that is what we are worried about, that

the thugs will be getting very stronger and they have to do

something before they start to hurt innocent people. Police say they are

investigating 64 hate crimes which were reported since Friday.

Physical, verbal and another online through the internet. My message is

to encourage people, if you are subject to a hate crime, if you

witness a hate crime, don't dismiss it, don't think you can shake it

off, shrug it off, reported to police Scotland. Police say extra

patrols will be on Scotland's Street this weekend.

The officer in charge of Edinburgh's Hogmanay Street Party says police

are reviewing security in the wake of the the Paris attacks.

At the launch of the festive safety campaign, Chief Superintendent Mark

Williams insisted there was no specific threat to the event.

He urged people not to be alarmed, but to be vigilant,

Last year 75,000 people packed onto Princes Street

and the surrounding gardens to see in the New Year, the largest

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Still to come on tonight's programme:

We meet the island students who've become the first in the world to

In sport, the Celtic board stand by their Lord and accuse some fans

And can Scottish Tennis find the next Andy and Jamie Murray?

The Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of a vulnerable woman

who was found in a bath has heard the emergency call made by a carer.

50-year-old Margaret Gilchrist, who received full time care,

Catriona Renton reports from Glasgow Sheriff Court.

These pictures of Margaret Gilchrist when she was 20 have been shown to

the enquiry. She had severe learning difficulties and was registered

blind. She was 50 when she died. It was in this house in the East End of

Glasgow where she and another woman were supported by carers from the

learning disability organisation cap back enables.

On the night she died, a carer, usage was on her own with the women,

made a 999 call. She sounded upset and breathless and she said, she's

drowned in the bath. The operator can be heard to say, listen, I need

you to calm down so I can get some of you. Asked if Margaret was still

under water she replied, No, I have pulled the plug out. The operator

asked, is she awake. The carer replied, she is unconscious, as

white as a ghost. The carer said Margaret had been in the bath for

about 20 minutes to half an hour. The operator said, right, right, we

are going to try CPR on her, are you able to pull her right down so she

is flat on her back? The carer replied, I can't, I need somebody.

At that point the paramedic arrived. The carer carries on

talking and is heard to say, about 20 minutes ago I was down the stair,

trying to do stuff in the house. I'm so sorry, I can't believe this. I

don't know if I left the water on. There's been that much happening

tonight. I can't believe this. The first paramedic to arrive at the

house gave evidence to the enquiry today. He said he went into the

bathroom and found the woman lying in the bath. She showed no sign of

life. He said a tap was still running but not fast. He said there

was skin left on the sides of the bath and he formed the impression

that that had come from either her hands or her hips. Papers lodged for

the enquiry claim that Margaret was left alone for around an hour in the

bath when she was found, and she had been scolded. The fatal accident

enquiry continues in January. A former Syrian doctor jailed for

having a haul of explosive ingredients and recipes for bombs

will not be subject to police visits when he is freed. The High Court

agreed with his lawyers, who objected to a social services

request potentially allowing a supervising officer being

accompanied by the police. Typhoon fighter jets were scrambled

from RAF Lossiemouth last night intercept two Russian bombers. The

initially unidentified jets were detected flying over the Atlantic in

international airspace. The Russian planes were latex -- escorted by the

RAF jets. The Ministry of Defence says at no time did the Russian

aircraft crossed into UK airspace. CCTV image of a man police believe

may have information in connection with an assault at a 5 train station

has been released. A 25-year-old man was attacked shortly before midnight

at car called the station. Two people were rescued from a

burning fishing boat last night. No one was injured in the blaze. One

other man was rescued from the harbour but is not believed to be

aboard the fishing vessel. The cause of the fire is being investigated.

Health experts are warning that levels of Lawro virus are

increasing. Nor row virus occurs all year round but becomes particularly

virulent in winter. The public are being asked to stay at home 48 hours

after symptoms have stopped to reduce the spread of the virus.

Detectives hunting an Edinburgh rapist are looking for names of

people who were acting suspiciously at the time of the attack,

It's been three months since a 19-year-old woman was

It has been three months but officers are still waiting for that

breakthrough. Back at the crime scene today, the lead detective is

no further forward. The attack happened in late August at half past

no further forward. The attack midnight. A major investigation was

launched, forensic teams spent days scouring this field, which runs

alongside a suburban estate. They built up a full DNA profile of the

suspect and now they want to rule people out. I am asking the public

for anyone who knows who was responsible, or suspect they may

know, to get in touch. Through the DNA process, they can be quickly

eliminated or otherwise from our enquiry. After finishing work, the

woman got off a bus at the end of the road and was walking down this

pavement when the man grabbed her from behind, pulled her across the

road and grabbed her -- dragged her into this field where he raped her.

After subjecting her to the violent attack, the man ran back up towards

the main road. The suspect is described as white, around six foot,

with a slim build and possibly long hair. He may speak with an Edinburgh

or an English accent. A few weeks earlier in another part of the city

a 21-year-old woman was sexually attacked. Police believe the two

incidents are likely to be linked. Earlier this week, the case was

mentioned on Crimewatch. It led to only one call. With so little to go

on, police are now casting a wider net. In the meantime, they ask

people to remain vigilant. Pupils at a Tobermory High School

are among the first students in the world to try out

a new way of learning which involves them teaching, and

even planning their own lessons. Jackie O'Brien has been to find out

how it works. It may look and sound like any

classroom but pupils and teachers here at Tobermory High School are

embracing a very different style of education. You get the chance to

learn from people in your own age and you get a say in what you learn.

A number of senior pupils known as lead learners act up to help

organise class in this new approach known as Visible Learning where

teachers give pupils more say in how they are taught. We decided we would

focus on things like feedback, to try to prevent students being

spoon-fed, for more dialogue in the classroom and we wanted to look at

how we observe learning and teaching because research shows that just

observing teachers does not necessarily impact so we wanted to

make sure people were reflecting on themselves and what they are doing.

The school is one of just 15 schools across the globe to be featured in a

new book written by Professor John Hattie, the respected educationalist

who developed the new method credited with helping to improve

outcomes for young scholars, clearly happy to see an end to some of the

more traditional teaching concepts. I think you have to think a lot more

about what you're going to do, especially to finish a task instead

of just asking the teacher what to do next, you get a different

activity like planning, and making questions and ideas is a better way

of learning rather than just doing what everybody tells you to all the

time. The initiative is already said to be improving results and has

helped put this school onto the world map of education.

Let's get the Friday night sports round-up now from Rhona.

The Celtic chairman Ian Bankier says some of the online abuse directed at

the club's director, Ian Livingston, has been criminally racist.

Lord Livingston, who recently voted in favour

of cuts to tax credits, has been the subject of a fans campaign to

Here's our Senior Football Reporter Chris McLaughlin.

At football AGM for Law, the shareholders are fans and facing

them is the board of directors. This director is also a Conservative Lord

and some fans want him out for his recent stance on tax credits.

Stepping into that I'd went today with the Celtic chairman who hit

back at an online campaign -- into that argument. He said...

Lord... You're quite happy with him? Delighted. He represents Celtic and

he has to represent the core values of Celtic. The manager was also the

focus of some attention given the club's recent European

disappointments but Chief Executive Peter Lawwell back Tim, saying... --

backed him. I talk with pizza every day so it is

nothing new for me. -- with Peter. I have good communication with

everybody in the club. There were three main issues up for discussion

today, the manager, Lord Livingston and, once again, the living wage.

The club say they will not sign up to it but insist they already pay

it. Some shareholders say that is not enough, and believe that the

club founded for charitable reasons should lead by example.

The new incoming chairman of Tennis Scotland says plans are in place to

Blane Dodds has spoken exclusively with BBC Scotland,

responding to comments from the Murrays that not enough has been

done in Scotland to make the most of their international success.

If practice makes perfect Andy Murray gets closer every day. A top

20 player for nearly a decade, he broke into the top four in 2008.

Time, his mum feels, has been wasted by those running the sport. Those

sons could win the Davis Cup next week but she fears Scotland will not

capitalise. My biggest fear is that we missed the boat. I feel much

better because I'm now going out and I feel like I'm doing the things

that need to be done but we could do more with more backing. My biggest

fear is that Andy retires in two years' time and we have started to

late. There was agony for Judy and her elder son last night, a bad miss

from partner John Peers denied Jamie my place in the last four of the

World Cup finals. The Bryan brothers advanced with Jamie sharing his mum

's fears for tennis legacy in Scotland. It would be a shame not to

make the most of it and capitalise on the interest in the sport. I

guess I just hope that when we stop playing there is something to show

for it. The good news for the Murray brothers, who are still here in

London, is that change is coming to Scottish tennis. The new and an --

the new man at the helm has revealed he is planning a shake-up. We need

to make sure that we have opportunities at all levels of the

community in Scotland to participate, increased

participation, and we also want to increase the performance and

standard, coaches and facility development. And that is resources

as well in terms of commercial resources and partnership resources.

We are very excited about the planned in place in those areas and

I'm sure they will make a big difference in developing the Andy

and Jane Pollard macro of the future. Andy Murray has done all he

can. -- the Andy and Jamies. Gregor Townsend says

his players have trained hard this week in anticipation

of a difficult game against English Glasgow Warriors begin

their European Rugby Champions Cup They'd been due to play

their opener against Racing 92 last Townsend says now it's important

to make a good start. I think the initial two games you

have to do well. If you can pick up maximum points, brilliant, if you

get the win and something from the away game you still in the

tournament when it comes to the back-to-back games. We want to play

well and we know we will have two to beat Northampton because they are a

quality side. And good luck to Edinburgh tonight, playing in the

European challenge cup. Could the winner of the

Mercury Prize for the best album made by a British

or Irish act hail from Scotland Glasgow singer-songwriter C Duncan

recorded his first album Our Arts Correspondent Pauline

McLean reports. Many a musician starts out like

this. But Chris Duncan created a whole album here in his Glasgow

home, thinking, playing all the instruments and mixing it himself. I

really like recording, in my studio in my bedroom. I work late into the

night and I can play a few instruments, not very well but

enough to be able to record so I can play around with layers. I always

wanted to do it from home so I have as much time as I needed. Now his

album is one of 12 nominated for the prestigious Mercury Prize. Young

Fathers! Like lasted's winners, Edinburgh band Young Fathers, is a

rank outsider but that is no bad thing if a prize which celebrates

the wide range of music being made. I have always loved the idea that

you can have someone who has made something in their bedroom without

reference to the industry but also someone who is also a huge pop

star, someone like Florence and the Machine. Although he will be back in

his bedroom to make a second album, he is branching out on tour a live

band. It is nice to be out of my bedroom and to the people! You have

got the balance 18 being alone and composing and also performing? --

between being alone. Yes, it's perfect.

Now, much colder this weekend than last,

Spot on. We have been talking all week about this arctic blast,

whatever you want to call it, it is just cold. Snow on the mountains in

this picture and more by the end of tonight with a Met Office warning in

force. An arc from the Northwest down the eastern side, snow on the

hills, the high road routes and a few centimetres in lower levels. Try

further west and still cold, and really quite windy on the south-west

coast. A mixture of rain, sleet and snow, perhaps some sleet showers

around Glasgow and Edinburgh. Most of that will clear in the early

hours with clearing skies and plummeting temperatures behind it

and risk of ice, particularly on untreated and services. A cold and

chilly start the weekend but plenty of sunshine for most. A few showers

on the north-east coast the western side but for many it is a sunny and

crisp day and by mid afternoon the warmest part of the day. Not exact

the warm! The wins will be lighter than tonight but still a bitter,

cold feel. Rain showers on the West Coast, turning to snow across the

hills, perhaps some wintry showers across the hills but most will have

a dry and bright day. The cloud increases the further north you are.

If you are walking or climbing, expect a few snow showers in the

mountains. The winds coming from the west and north-west. Steady speeds

but gusting up to 35 mph. Away from the north-west, largely dry with

plenty of sunshine and great visibility but still the risk of

some showers. In the south-west, a force seven but easing to force

five, must sees at times but generally good visibility with a few

rain showers. In the East, the wins from the Northwest again, forced

six, easing to force for. Largely dry to end the day but still cold

with a few showers in the West edging inland. Looking ahead to the

second part of the weekend, high-pressure coming in which will

kill off a lot of the showers, another dry day but cold on Sunday.

Some sunshine: A few light showers in the north and down the East but

for most dry and sunny, temperatures four or five Celsius but lighter

winds. And it will be cold. Thank you.

And that's all from Reporting Scotland for now.

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

From everyone on the team, right across the country, bye for now.