10/03/2016 Reporting Scotland

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Fireman Ewan Williamson died fighting a blaze at

The fire service says critical safety changes still need

Also on the programme,Eight drugs tests have been performed

across Scottish football in nine months.

Three years after storms took down pylons, there's a new power line

Scotland football captain Scott Brown straps himself

in for a spin around a race track, and another international campaign.

And it's like a giant modern art jigsaw.

In Edinburgh, they're restoring a mosaic masterpiece

Seven years after a firefighter was killed, tackling a blaze

in a pub in Edinburgh, Scotland's Chief Fire Officer says

critical safety changes STILL need to be made.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue service has published a report

which lays bare the mistakes made that night and points

UN Williamson became the first and only officer to die while on duty.

The Balmoral bar was ablaze. He became separated from his partner

and trapped in a toilet. When colleagues tried to rescue him, but

pub floor collapsed. The criminal investigation into what happened

here that day followed. By the time the case reached court, Lothian and

Borders had become part of a single Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

which admitted health and safety breaches and was fined ?54,000. The

year on they published a report setting out lessons learned. We are

committed to delivering these recommendations so that the legacy

for Mr Williamson is that his firefighter colleagues can be a fake

as they possibly can be in an inherently dangerous environment, in

which firefighters have to work. There are 19 recommendations, for

termed critical, requiring immediate action. That reflects the reports's

wider themes. It calls for more training and better resource on the

ground. Mr Williamson's family had called on the Fire Service to work

with the Fire Brigade union to improve safety. This saves

with the Fire Brigade union to firefighter project has been setup

ensure that the lessons identified will be embedded in the culture of

the organisation. We will ensure lessons learned will achieve

improvements we expect. Seven years on, a legacy that follows in his

footsteps. Eight drugs tests have been

performed across Scottish football in nine months, according

to UK Anti-Doping. The annual figure is on course to be

the lowest since the current The Scottish Football Association

says it's "ever-vigilant" about the issue, which has engulfed

world sport in recent times. Alasdair Lamont is here

to tell us more. The world of sport is being riddled

by doping scandals. From allegations surrounding

the renowned American coach Alberto Salazar to the international

ban on Russian athletes. And just this week, the tennis

player Maria Sharapova's admission So we decided to examine how

Scotland's most popular Tests are carried out

by UK Anti-doping. Figures show for the first three

quarters of the 2015-2016 period - In the previous full year -

44 were carried out. That's down from a peak

of 172 in 2010-2011. No act of competition tests have

taken place for three years. So how does this compare to other

sports or organisations? Well the English Football

Association - a much bigger and richer body - carried out

more than 1500 tests, To compare an organisation of a more

similar size, 102 tests were done for interview today but in answer

to a series of questions they said: There is still a high probability

of offenders being caught - as has happened in the last 18

months. If it is, put your hand in your

pocket and start paying towards your programme. As an

organisation, we can only do so much.

After testing positive for cocaine, Jordan McMillan -

then of Partick Thistle - was recently banned for two years:

Scotland's largest local authority has confirmed it plans to cut

the number of people it employs by 1500 over the coming year.

Glasgow City Council says this will save ?25 million

but there will be no compulsory redundancies.

The council says it needs to save a total of ?130 million

Within the last half hour, Holyrood's voted to extend

the powers of Scotland's new financial watchdog.

MSPs approved last minute changes to the legislation setting up

the Scottish Fiscal Commission, so that it's required to produce

The change was agreed in negotiations with the Treasury,

An investigation is under way into the cause of a house fire

in Dundee which has left two people dead.

It's believed that the fire had been burning for some time in the top

floor flat in the city's Park Avenue, before the alarm

was raised around seven o'clock this morning.

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Still to come on tonight's programme...

Pupils in Aboyne get a taste of journalism,

as they cover the aftermath of the New Year floods

It's the tenth annual BBC School Report News Day.

In sport: Gordon Strachan's challenge to the new boys

The family of a woman with severe learning difficulties have told

the BBC that they are frustrated a fatal accident inquiry is unable

50-year-old Margaret Gilchrist was found dead in her bath

Her carer, Mary Cameron, was advised not to answer some

of the questions put to her in court, in case she faces

This film was made of Margaret when she was 20 years old. She had severe

learning difficulties and was partially

sighted. She was 50 when she died. Margaret

lived in this house in the East End of Glasgow which she shared with

another woman. They both require 24-hour care.

From 2010, Mary Cameron was one of Margaret's support workers. She was

her sole carer on the night she died. She gave a statement

after the death as part of an investigation by her employer. She

said to help the other women. She put on

a wash machine made a cup of Coffey. She remembered hearing the end music

of EastEnders. As she went to check on Margaret, she

found her and dialled 999. This call was

made at 7:58 p.m.. Mary Cameron said when Sheila back into the bathroom,

she thought the tap was running. She was

a number of questions about what happened with Margaret. Her

lawyer explained yesterday this was because the Crown has not offered

any reassurance she does not face any

future prosecution. Her lawyer said she could potentially face a charge

At a fatal accident enquiry, a witness is

entitled not to answer any questions that could

want this enquiry to find them answers. Very frustrated as a

family. Mary was the sole witness at the time of the incident. She might

not know all the detail but she has some

of our questions and been blocked from answering some questions has

left gaps in our information we are looking for to try to get answers to

This has echoes of the fatal this case.

This has echoes of the fatal accident enquiry

into the deaths of those killed in the bin lorry crash and that of two

were killed by a 4x4 also in Glasgow in 2010. In both those cases,

the key witnesses, the drivers, were not required to answer those

questions in case they incriminated themselves.

Farmers trying to highlight problems in rural areas have been protesting

Yesterday, ministers announced they were making up to two

hundred million pounds available to speed up payments to farmers

because computer problems delayed EU subsidies.

A multi-million pound project to strengthen a vital power line

serving Kintyre and Arran has just been completed

three years after thousands of homes across the region were left

without supplies for days, when pylons collapsed under

Engineers say the line is now better able to withstand

Our environment correspondent, David Miller, reports.

March 2013 and snowstorms on the West

Coast plunge 20,000 homes into darkness.

The Isle of Arran suffers a complete blackout. Engineers

based a huge challenge to restore supplies. You could

not get a normal vehicle, a 4x4 or anything. It had to be tracked

vehicles. That was the only way we had physically of driving

here. Everything to be brought in by those kind of

machines or flown in. You could not see where the wires were because

everything was buried in snow. and an investment of ?200 million

later, it very different picture. There are

new towers and substations. The entire project relies on a subsea

cable which runs for 23 miles from the Ayrshire

The new line is stronger, more resilient

than the one it replaces, better able to withstand the effects of the

Scottish weather. It does more than able to withstand the effects of the

bring electricity to Kintyre and Aaron,

it also allows power generated by wind farms here to be exported to

those of been good for the renewable

generation and the community that the

sons have worked out so we can actually

take energy off and then double security of supply to the

peninsular. The line has had an impact on the

landscape. Efforts have been made to keep that to a minimum. Scottish

Southern Energy had to snowplough their way

And community leaders have welcomed the investment. Does the new power

line give people peace of mind? They have this now. Their minds are at

rest. Fingers crossed it will not happen again. You reckon

it will be A councillor in the Dunoon area

of Argyll has gathered evidence, which he has shown to the BBC,

suggesting that staff working for some care companies are not

being paid for their travel time. This means they could be earning

less than the minimum wage. Leona is on her way to a client. She

is a care worker in Argyll. Her company pays her for the time she

spends travelling from one client to the next but that does not seem to

be the case with all providers. How are you? The first client in the

morning is in Dunoon. They are expected five minutes later. They

are allowed five minutes to travel. It is

20 minute journey. They are not paid for the five minutes. It actually

are not paid for that if you takes them 20 minutes and they

are not paid for that if you calculate the real hourly rate, in

accordance with regulations, some people are

earning less than ?5 an hour. wanted to find out how the carers

make it work? Do you find some people do not spend

the allocated time entirely with the client? Yes,

definitely. Sometimes, to catch up in my shaved two or three minutes of

if you have done everything that is expected of you in that

time cost of ego out of the door sooner than

you're supposed to. How does that make you feel? Guilty. There is no

evidence to suggest her employer is doing anything wrong. I will see you

next week at some point. The other companies working in the area say

they do allow sufficient travel time and paste for it. I have seen

evidence that suggests some carers are not being paid full-time spent

travelling between clients and that means they do not seem to be paid

the minimum wage. Also there has been evidence suggesting they are

the minimum wage. Also there has not allocated enough time to travel

between houses and are not giving any time at all. The council says it

knows about this. We have not seen it. I

would welcome people to bring payslips, routers, mileage claims,

whatever. Bring it to to this date, has done that.

has said it cannot comment on individual cases. People have

concerns about not receiving the minimum wage can they can phone ACAS

to make a complaint. Hundreds of pupils across Scotland

have been taking part in the tenth Budding journalists

at Aboyne Academy in Aberdeenshire focused their coverage on how

the floods at the start of the year The floods caused by Storm Frank

devastated many homes in Three months on, people

at Aboyne Academy are compiling their thoughts

as part of the School Report. We had to catch a bus

from here to there, and then walk through the woods and over

the old bridge, and then get another The young roving reporters have been

gathering pictures and interviews. Many of the pupils here

were directly impacted, some lost textbooks

and study notes just I put a lot of work into my

schoolwork, and before preliminaries, this

was quite upsetting. Thousands of peoples across the UK

have been taking part For teachers and students here,

the flooding seemed to be We thought it was a really nice way

for them to come to terms with what had happened,

and to connect with the community. We are such a community school

here that it is lovely to speak For these young journalists,

it is something that they have had Time for tonight's look at what's

been happening in sport. Gordon Strachan is challenging

the uncapped players in his Scotland squad for next month's friendlies

to prove they're good enough - or they won't feature

in competitive games. He announced his squads

today for the matches against The Czech

Republic and Denmark. Lots of new faces -

but no guarantees. Here's our Senior Football Reporter,

Chris McLaughlin. Football stars and fast cars, the

Scotland and Celtic captain Scott Brown strapping himself in for a

ride around the racetrack at another international campaign. The gaffer

has new faces in as he says and hopefully we can get back into the

team for the big games and big occasions. The gaffer he was

speaking of was in Glasgow, focusing on the future. As he named his first

squad since missing out on France. You have always been pragmatic about

what is coming through. Should we be excited by the players coming

through? Only time will tell. The superstars in there? No, I don't

know, I don't think so. Could we turn them into superstars? That is

up to the clubs they play for. He has named 34 players for the

upcoming friendlies, nine of them are not capped. Places for the likes

of Kieran Tierney, of Celtic, Aberdeen midfielder Kenny McLean.

Gordon Strachan says to make the grade, the players must have the

Gordon Strachan says to make the character. It does not matter what

tattoos you have got, your hair style, how many cars you have, how

many wives you have, your character is tested on that pitch. The pain

from missing out on this year's European Championship is still raw.

And and these upcoming friendlies could well be used to heal some

wounds, as well as uncovering new talent. But for the manager Gordon

Strachan, there is a warning to the youngsters. Prove you are good

enough or I will go with tried and tested for the next campaign.

Hearts head coach Robbie Neilson says he's being forced to shop

abroad for new talent because they can't afford to bring

Hearts' newest recruit Perry Kitchen is the latest arrival from overseas

as the club's global search for talent continues.

From Washington, DC to Tynecastle, a star from the MLS has made the move.

But why Scotland? When I spoke to my agent, everything sounded great

about the club, where the club wants to head, and it just seemed like a

good fit. So I am looking forward to it. So who is Perry Kitchen? He is

24 and has played the last five years in Washington with DC United.

His three international caps... The team coach has congratulated him on

the move which the Americans says can only help his long-term career.

It is a huge move. Getting into a European environment is huge, I

think. The ability to progress and continue to better myself. It is

very much a possibility here. I am looking forward to that. The heart

squad this season has become increasingly cosmopolitan, with

Brazil, Nigeria and Canada all represented at Tynecastle. It is

worldwide night and difficult to -- to attract players from England

because of the wages they command. So we have to look around the world

to try and get good quality players to come in and have the opportunity

to move on. Kitchen has not played since November and he could make his

debut in Saturday's Premiership game against

The Partick Thistle manager Alan Archibald wants his side

when the champions visit Firhill on Saturday.

His team lost narrowly to Celtic's title rivals Aberdeen on Tuesday.

Sitting eighth in the table, a win for Archibald's team

Any kind of pressures, we have to their prospects of a top-six finish.

Any kind of pressures, we have to use. As in the title race with two

teams going at it with one point separating it. If there are any

nerves, we have to try and capitalise on them.

Scotland have been knocked out of cricket's World Twenty20

competition after a narrow defeat to Zimbabwe.

Despite some spectacular fielding by Preston Mommsen's side,

Scotland had to win in Nagpur to retain any hope of qualifying

On that note, that is all I have. That is meant to be a winning note!

Thank you. It's one of the biggest challenges

Edinburgh University Rebuilding a massive mosaic

by the celebrated artist Eduardo The works were removed

from a London Underground station last year, and now work is underway

to reassemble and restore more Maybe this is what brings

it nearer to music. You can have a whole

collection of different images or sounds, and you can combine them,

you can drop them on top If founding figure of

the pop Art movement. He considered these

mosaics his fine this work. When some of the mosaics

were removed during refurbishment, Edinburgh University offered

to give them a new home. This is about 10% of the mosaic

which is still in the station. Taken as a whole, it is one

of the most important public It is a piece that understandably

got a lot of attention in the media. It was Edinburgh that

secured the mosaic. The home city of Eduardo Paolozzi,

where he once studied. Admittedly, in 600 pieces,

which need to be put back together! We are hoping with each individual

image, it is a big jigsaw puzzle. Hopefully, with the image

recognition software, alongside a copy of the original

design, we can piece it And as they do, it it

is giving the students a chance to learn about

making and remaking art. I have learned a lot

about reconstruction, artwork and how you relocate

a piece of public art. The archive they create

will remain in Edinburgh, as will the mosaic

itself, which will Now over briefly to Shelley Joffre,

to hear what's on tonight's edition Tonight, the Scottish government is

accused of a lack of leadership and vision the NHS. We will hear from

the woman in charge. And praise for Scotland's record on the environment

from no less than the UN's head of climate change. Join me on BBC Two

at half past ten. Good evening, beautiful sunshine

this evening. Wonderful action from a weather watcher. There was a

stubborn Cloud East, this from Dundee, and tonight, that is

building for many parts the country, the King to produce light rain or

drizzle through the Western Isles. Many areas dry, coldest in the South

East with a frost and fog patches. For many, temperatures in low single

digits in the towns and cities and with the cloud and wet weather, a

bit milder. Winds from the cell. Tomorrow is a fairly cloudy start,

compared with today. -- from the South. Today -- in the day, it

brightens in places. That wet weather holding on around the West

Coast and Hebrides and heading inland. Spots through parts of

Galloway, Ayrshire and Glasgow. Further East, staying dry, and the

cloud fins and breaks. Eight, nine, maybe 10 Celsius, although the rain

remains around the West Coast and Hebrides. It will brighten around

the Moray Firth. Similar for Northern Aberdeenshire. Some spells

of rain through Shetland. The rest of the afternoon and evening, wet

weather edges East, reaching most parts, but it is fairly light and

sporadic. To the weekend, on Saturday, a fairly cloudy day with

patchy outbreaks. Most likely in the West and with the winds from the

South and south-west, we will see the cloud breaking towards the Moray

Firth and maybe is Lady in. And here, temperatures into the teens.

High pressure of Scandinavia, exerting influence on Sunday. So

just dry, settled and fairly cloudy conditions. Some spots of rain

around the West Coast. If the cloud breaks, temperatures into the teens.

For many, double digits and feeling pleasant with light winds but fairly

cloudy. That is the forecast for now.

Thank you. And that's all from

Reporting Scotland for now. I'll be back with the headlines

at 8pm and the late bulletin just Until then, from everyone

on the team here and around the country, have

a very good evening.