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Forensic experts hunting for the remains of schoolgirl

Moira Anderson, missing for nearly 60 years,

Campaigners are optimistic that she could finally be found.

At long last we have the right kind of people in charge and I feel up

the, encouraged and hopeful. Willie Rennie outlines plans

to boost education spending, at the Liberal Democrat

Party conference. as the Scotland rugby team prepare

to face Italy in the Six Nations. And would you have enough puff to

inflate bagpipes made from a whole goat skin?

Forensic experts have narrowed the search area for the remains

of a schoolgirl who disappeared in North Lanarkshire

Moira Anderson was 11 when she went missing in Coatbridge

A convicted paedophile, Alexander Gartshore,

who died ten years ago, is suspected of her murder.

11-year-old Moira Anderson went missing on February 23, 1957. She

was never seen again after getting on a bus while going on an errand

for her grandmother. Her body has never been found. A local bus

strike, Alexander Gartshore, said he had been the last person to see her.

He was a convicted paedophile who died in 2006. Two years ago the Lord

Advocate said he would have been prosecuted for the murder if he was

still alive. And now, lands near Coatbridge has been pinpointed as

the place where the search should be concentrated. There will be

searchers over a number of areas where we think, on the evidence,

that the remains may be located. There is no guarantee we will find

that the remains may be located. them but I think we have a duty to

her family to search. Her sisters are still alive, her wider family is

still alive. It is believed the body could be in a site where a farm

worker claimed he saw a stationary bus on the night she disappeared.

Soil analysis is now a key tool in forensic science. Organic matter on

the feet of one of the victims found in a field in the world's end

killings formed part of the evidence that led to a conviction for the

killings formed part of the evidence murders of Christine Eadie and Helen

Scott. The professor who made that breakthrough is now working on the

Moira Anderson case. We are fortunate with the research and

capabilities we have in Police Scotland and their integrity in

getting credible evidence, coupling it with the physical information we

can find on the ground. There have been disappointments in the search

form Oier Anderson before. In 2013, a grave was exhumed in a cemetery

but fails to find the remains. Alexander Gartshore's own daughter

believes her father was involved in the death, and has fought for

justice for the missing girl for decades. She represents lost

children in Scotland. She is the longest unsolved cold Case, and I

feel she deserves to be found. It is exactly 59 years ago this week since

Moira Anderson went missing in this area north of Coatbridge. Of course,

it is a long time ago and the landscape has

Today, share prices fell to a three-year low. This is one of the

cornerstones of Scotland's financial history but since the bail out it

has failed to turn itself around. It is eight years now without making a

profit, despite repositioning itself globally and downsizing. So what is

going on? The bank is still having to set aside billions to pay for

previous mistakes. It set aside ?3.6 billion last year to pay for things

like PPI mis-selling and toxic American bonds. And ?2.9 billion for

restructuring. If you take that money out of the equation, the bank

would have made a profit last year, and the RBS boss argues they are

doing the right things. Well up on our lending in our commercial bank

since last year, also our biggest year of growth in home mortgages,

with 200,000 homeowners choosing to be with us. We are seeing some very

strong focus back on the customers, as opposed to just looking after the

bank. Nevertheless, the Chancellor has had to delay plans to sell off

the shares of the bank, which are worth far less now than the

government paid for them. How quickly can the bank get the

contract? The zero interest rate environment at the moment is

difficult as regards banking profitability, and the corporate

investment banking market, in which RBS has a reasonably sized business,

is a difficult market. Investors will expect RBS to make a loss for

the year we are currently in, but the market is that they will return

to profitability thereafter. The skeletons in the cupboard keep

coming, and many will be wondering how long it will be until these

outstanding problems are laid to rest.

All visitors are being turned away from Raigmore Hospital in Inverness

NHS Highland says 47 people have been affected by the sickness

and diarrhoea bug, and three wards have been closed to new admissions.

Hospital bosses say they hope the temporary suspension of hospital

visits will help prevent any further spread of norovirus.

They say exceptions to the visiting ban can be made in emergency

situations by prior arrangement with the nurse in charge.

Air gun owners have until the end of the year to apply for a licence

It's estimated there are half a million air weapons in Scotland,

and the Scottish Government says it will be a criminal offence

to own one without a licence after the 31st of December.

Our home affairs correspondent Reevel Alderson is here now.

Ministers are concerned the of incidents of anti-social behavior

involving air weapons, and also the deliberate and horrific attacks on a

number of wild and amours and domestic pets. There have been a

number of incidents in which people have been injured, notably in 2005

the death of two-year-old Andrew Morton, killed by somebody randomly

firing an air weapon. But ministers say they are not trying to ban air

weapons out right. They want their use to be regulated properly. They

say that from the 1st of July you will be able to apply for a

certificate to own one of these things. And if you have one of them

you will be all right when the law changes on Hogmanay. If you have not

you face a range of penalties up to and including a two-year jail

sentence. Police are also organising a campaign to try to persuade people

who might have unwanted air weapons to hand them in. Thank you.

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Still to come on tonight's programme,

calls for more help to get young people in care

In sport, we're in Rome on the eve of what one former Scotland captain

in our national rugby team's history.

And we're on the road to Rio with a Scots Paralympian

and the man she hopes can help her win another medal.

The Scottish Liberal Democrats will fight the Holyrood election

promising to put a penny on income tax for education.

The party leader, Willie Rennie, set out how the extra revenue raised

might be spent in his speech to the Lib Dem conference.

Delegates also voted to drop plans for a local income tax.

here's our political correspondent Glenn Campbell.

Willie Rennie was allowed to stay and play in this Edinburgh nursery,

but he knows Liberal Democrats and play in this Edinburgh nursery,

been expelled from Parliament by the voters in successive elections. He

is trying to rebuild the party's fortunes with a promise to put an

extra penny on all rates of income tax, to spend more on preschool

education, to reverse college cuts, and to introduce what he calls a

pupil premium for schoolchildren. It directs money towards children who

need extra help in secondary or primary school. With that, we can

close the attainment gap, lift the prospects of every young child who

close the attainment gap, lift the needs that extra help to get up and

get on. While the Liberal Democrats have decided to use Holyrood's

income tax powers to raise revenue for education, here at the

conference they are also reflecting on their long-standing policy of

introducing a local income tax. Delegates indicated their support to

drop a local income tax in favour of either a land or

drop a local income tax in favour of enthusiastic about that. Would it be

a mistake to drop it? From a personal point of view, I think it

would be a retrograde step but the point is not convinced either way. I

always liked the idea of a local income

always liked the idea of a local replacement, that if I aim, as long

build consensus. Willie Rennie said he wants to explore local tax

alternatives as the party prepares its broader Holyrood election pitch.

If you want to get Scotland fit the future, if you want Scotland to be

the best again, then back the Liberal Democrats. After a

controversial period in coalition at Westminster, the Liberal Democrats

have lost support. Willie Rennie hopes voters will be ready

have lost support. Willie Rennie to the party in the Holyrood

election on the 5th of May. Other stories from across the country:

The number of people claiming out-of-work benefits

has soared in Aberdeen in the wake of the falling oil price,

by the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.

Figures suggest the claimant count level

increased by almost 70% over the year.

Western Isles MSP Alasdair Allan says it is "deeply concerning"

that over 700 names have fallen off the electoral roll in

There has been a recent change to Individual Electoral Registration,

which is being blamed for about 100,000 people

disappearing from the register nationally.

Mr Allan is urging all eligible voters to register

in time for the Scottish Parliamentary election.

Model rail enthusiasts from around the country are gathering

in Glasgow this weekend, for the 50th annual show

of the Association of Model Railway Societies in Scotland.

At the moment, it is involving, incorporating things like the

smartphone to control some of the layouts on display this weekend. So

there is modern interaction along with traditional modelling.

Significant changes in the energy industry could alter plans

for a major power-line upgrade in southern Scotland.

SP Energy Networks, who want to build a new line

has published its report on public feedback.

It said a further round of consultation would be required,

but added that changes in the industry

could affect the scope of the project.

been saved, after firefighters came to the rescue

with the help of a local farming community.

The mare, named Flash Dance, became trapped at Flattmoss Farm,

near East Kilbride, on Tuesday afternoon.

She was freed after a local farmer used a JCB digger to scoop away mud,

which allowed fire crews to haul her clear.

There's a warning that thousands of young people in care

who are eligible to vote in the forthcoming Scottish elections

aren't being helped to get on the electoral register.

says it believes local councils failed to help youngsters

take part in the Scottish Referendum and doesn't want

the same thing to happen in this year's vote.

they're now staging election hustings

Living in care sometimes made 19-year-old Nicole feel no one

cared. My mum suffered with mental health issues. I was not going to

school. I was rebellious and got kicked out of secondary school.

Trying to survive gave her a little time for politics. People living at

home with their parents, their parents will vote for someone, so

they tell their kids why they do that, but I never had that. In the

run-up to the elections, the charity set up this workshop with the aim to

help young people in care express what matters to them. What can we

think about that might be stopping you finding your ideal career? In

the care system, you are more likely to go to prison than to university.

This is important on several levels, so politicians from every party

understand how important care is. A manifesto which every leader has

signed up to is that they will listen to 1000 voices in the next

Parliament and then look at what change we get. They also organise

daycare Question Time. How can you improve things for young people? It

really is the responsibility of the local authority to help children in

care register to vote, find the information to help them make an

informed decision and finally help them cast that vote no matter where

they live. But they freedom of information

request carried out by the charity in 2014 found that out of 32 local

authorities, only six had taken direct action and 19 were planning

on doing it. In a statement: People spoke, people listened, and

some came to a conclusion. Today seemed to mean a lot for everyone.

De Gendt people, they are special, and like what they have been

through, no-one will ever be able to understand as much as they do, so

they need this. More than anyone, basically.

Nicole Blain there, ending that report from Ena Miller.

from David, starting with the rugby? from David, starting with the rugby?

-- all the sport. Scotland are in Rome

for a Six Nations clash with Italy that could be the biggest

match in their history, according

to one former national captain. Without a championship win

for two years, the Scots are aiming

to halt their worst run of defeats in the tournament for

more than 60 years. Phil Goodlad is in the

Italian capital for us. It is not a bad view, is it? The old

part of the eternal city. Well, this is anything but a tourist trip for

the Scotland players. While the fans enjoy what Rome has to offer, one

former Scotland captain says that the present Murrayfield crop are

fighting for Scotland's rugby credibility. In a city that knows

her history, Scottish rugby seeks a break from its recent past. Keen to

witness a new dawn rise amid the glory of Rome. It has got to be a

win, just because it has to be! Not good. Decent World Cup, but we

flattered to deceive. Actually score points in the second half, in these

close games, hopefully we can close them down. Nine straight

championship defeats is the second worst run in Scottish history, and

that is why some field tomorrow is more than just another game. Are

members saying at the World Cup that the Australian game was the biggest

in history, I actually think that game pales into insignificance

compared to tomorrow. It is just unthinkable. And to go ten games

without winning in the Six Nations. This is all about credibility. --

for Scotland. But from the camp, believe that better times lie head.

If we win tomorrow, I can see us winning the next two games, we have

been working incredibly hard for it, and hopefully tomorrow will be beast

art of something special. Italy know how to beat Scotland,

art of something special. Italy know Murrayfield 12 months ago. Tomorrow,

though, seems to be about more than just a burning desire for revenge.

Scotland's standing in the game needs the kind of boost only a win

can deliver. has extended his contract

until the summer of 2018. His side face Kilmarnock

tomorrow and could be up

against their new signing. They've brought in the former

West Ham and Real Madrid midfielder Here he is showing off his skills

at Rugby Park earlier. The 32-year-old Frenchman

says he's determined to repay the faith shown

in him by his new boss. It takes some risk to pick me in the

team and to sign me, so that is kind of an action that makes me want to

play for him and for the club. I can break my neck for this kind of

manager, because he takes risks for you, and the best thing you can give

bacterium is to give your best on the pitch. -- give back to him.

with Hamilton versus Celtic on Sportsound tonight.

and there's coverage too on the Sport Scotland website.

for next week's World Track Cycling Championships in London.

Katie Archibald had to withdraw because of injury.

who will take part in the men's sprint team.

has gone in recent years, but he believes it will return.

Ever since Chris Hoy and Ross Edgar left and Craig MacLean moved to the

Paralympic team, it is not unusual to find myself as the only Scot on

the team. But that is changing, with the Commonwealth Games, the

facilities in Scotland, Scotland has the ability to produce great

sprinters in the future, it just takes a little while to trickle

through. She considered quitting athletics

a few months ago, but now Libby Clegg is determined

to win a medal at the Paralympics The sprinter took silver

in the 100 metres at London 2012 but has had a tough time of it

in the last year or so. on how she copes with the new man

in her life. Rhythm is a vital to Libby Clegg. So

is working in harmony. Registered blind, she relies on her guide dog.

is working in harmony. Registered Libby Clegg gets the gold

is working in harmony. Registered the track, she depends

is working in harmony. Registered runner. Winning gold at the Glasgow

2014 Commonwealth Games, but she split from her guide in 2015 in what

was a difficult year for her. I had quite a few different injuries, I

also changed coach, and unfortunately at the World

Championships in Doha last year, in unfortunately at the World

October, I had an injury just before I competed, which meant I had to

pull out of my race, I wasn't able to compete. Now she is back with a

new member of Team league. My name is Chris, I am 26, I am the new

guide runner. I don't really have a dominant, crazy running style. Libby

and Chris have had just a few training sessions together, but is

the new partnership working? It is great to have the two athletes

helping one another along, because the relationship is key. They got

more rights than they got wrong, which is success. If they have more

success than failure between now and the Paralympics in Rio in September,

it might just be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. And the very

best of luck to both of them. We tend to think of bagpipes

as being somehow uniquely ours. But plenty of other countries

have them, of course, That international heritage

is being explored in Glasgow over the weekend,

as Huw Williams reports. They are bagpipes, Jim, but not as

we know them! Bulgarian pipes are made from a whole goatskin,

typically played by shepherds or at weddings. The mountains, they were

full of bagpipes, hundreds of pipers playing together. There are bagpipes

all over the world, from the Middle East, Tibet and India. They all have

bags, they all have pipes, and they make a range of different sounds.

Some of them, after ten minutes, you cannot bear it any more, too fast,

too screechy, but some of them are very beautiful, they give a sense of

joy, and for a lot of people they are related to home, and their

identity, and whether it is Scotland or Bulgaria or even in Spain, when

they hear that sound, they are back home straightaway, wherever they are

in the world. The National Piping Centre in Glasgow say they are

delighted to be hosting the weekend concert. It is a great learning

experience, and in the summer we run an international festival, and this

puts us in touch with a lot of people performing abroad at the top

level and their own piping traditions. Belgium, bagpipes,

rather refined a little things, designed for aristocratic chamber

music. We still have the bag, we still have the drones, that is the

main important thing of the bagpipe. And the difference is that it is

much softer, it is not that loud, because this was played inside of

rooms, inside of castles, inside of rooms for chamber music. Conference

topics include a discussion of the value of piping and a chance to hear

archive recordings of old Paul -- Polish pipes.

Now, with the weekend almost upon us,

let's see what we can expect from the weather.

Plenty of fine and usable weather to come over the weekend with high

pressure very much remaining in charge. Certainly, we saw some

bright and sunny spells today, illustrated quite nicely by one of

our weather watcher is in Fraser broke. To make it stays mostly dry

with clear skies leading to a widespread frost. Some showers

peppering coastal areas in the east, and perhaps some isolated freezing

fog patches. For most of us it will be just below freezing level

tonight, although in sheltered parts of the Highlands, lose around minus

six Celsius with light winds. Into tomorrow, another cold and frosty

six Celsius with light winds. Into start, albeit dry for most of us,

and dry is how it stays through the day, and we will see lovely spells

of brightness and sunshine. Tomorrow afternoon, there will be more in the

way of cloud, and in towards the eastern borders, East Lothian and

into the Fife area too, just one to wintry showers, an easterly breeze

making it feel rather cold on the coast. Coming further north, plenty

of brightness and sunshine around, and with light winds in the

sunshine, but most of us it will not feel too bad for the time of year,

just a few showers moving into the Northern Isles as we go through the

day. If you are going hill walking or climbing, plenty of sunshine in

the western Rangers, light to moderate easterly winds, and

temperatures on the summits generally below freezing level. For

more eastern ranges, more of the same, a few light snow showers

affecting the border hills and across the ranges excellent

visibility. If you are planning on going skiing at the weekend, looking

good, light winds and a generally good snow cover. Into tomorrow

evening across Scotland, little in the way of change, staying mostly

dry, another widespread frost, temperatures across some parts of

the Highlands falling as low as around minus nine Celsius. Into

Sunday, high pressure staying with us, although this weather front is

set to move in as we head into Monday. So for Sunday, another

largely dry day with fine spells of brightness and sunshine, one or two

showers around coastal areas, highs of five or six Celsius. For Monday,

after a dry start, this area of rain falling as snow over high ground and

a strengthening southerly winds. That is the forecast, Sally.

Now a reminder of tonight's main news.

Fifa have elected Gianni Infantino as its new president,

The new president will be hoping to restore the reputation

And forensic experts have narrowed the search area for the remains of

schoolgirl Moira Anderson, who disappeared in North Lanarkshire

nearly 60 years ago. And that is Reporting Scotland, I will be back

with the late bulletin just after the ten o'clock news. Until then,

from everyone on the team right across the country, good evening.