21/04/2016 Reporting Scotland

The Queen's 90th birthday has been marked

21-gun salutes took place at Edinburgh and Stirling Castles,

while beacons were lit the length and breadth of the country -

from the sunlit Mull of Galloway in the south west,

to the top of snow-capped Cairngorm in the Highlands - by members

of the 1st Battalion The Highlanders and Orkney cadets.

And in the very far north by well-wrapped up locals

Our reporter Steven Godden has the details.

Birthday greetings from an old friend. Now moored in medley in

Leith, the Queen sailed all corners of the globe on royally Tanya. --

Royal Yacht Britannia. Today, in her once private quarters,

glasses were raised. Etiquette observed, as visitors marked the

occasion. Among them this woman, who share something in common. I would

imagine your birthday is some very similar experience to harass?

Oh, no! A lesser scale, I think! At this primary School near Glasgow,

the pupils played along, anticipating the best things about

birthdays. A party outside, a drink and some

cakes. The cakes for the children didn't

last long. Cakes too for the adults at Holyrood

Palace. A woman of 90 doing what she is

still doing for this country is wonderful.

This morning I was listening to children in French, they've come

here to see it. Just remember this day, as we're getting the champagne

out tonight. That international flavour was to be

found at the gates of the Queen's home from home, Balmoral.

Plenty of Portuguese enthusiasm. I said this morning, why don't we go

to the police used to stay for holidays?

We were coming this way and knew we had to stop and to the castle.

If we had some 90 odd whiskey- if we could afford 90-year-old whiskey- we

would have some of that! The thing about being Queen is

there's more than one chance to celebrate. The band. Again to Mike

Ross official birthday on June the 13th. -- mark Ross official

birthday. The trial of two women,

accused of the murder of toddler Liam Fee,

has been hearing more disturbing In a video shown to the High Court

in Livingston, he said one of the accused had forced his hand

into Liam's mouth on the night You may find some of the details

in Lisa Summers' report upsetting. To your old Liam Fee was found dead

on Saturday March the 22nd 2014. The jury has been watching a series of

interviews with the young child Nyomi and Rachel Fee blame for his

death. The primary school aged boy describes being in the living room

of the house that night, when he heard Nyomi screen, Liam's dead. He

said Nyomi screamed at him, do you want to see what you did to Liam? He

said he then stood outside the door of Liam's bedroom and saw the boy

lying on the floor. He said Nyomi then to commence the and forced his

hand into Liam 's mouth. Earlier, the jury saw an interview with the

boy tops are being locked in a cage made of a fireguard. He said he was

sometimes left naked or might, with his hands tied behind his back. He

asked why he had previously claimed to run Goodwillie, he said he made

that bit up, but in no way he said it. Rachel and Nyomi are charged

with causing Liam's death. The trial continues.

Ships sailing through the Pentland Firth could in future

be required to report to the Coast Guard.

It follows the sinking of a cargo ship, in which eight crewmen died

in atrocious conditions in January last year.

An official report into what happened says a mandatory

reporting system might have saved lives.

The 3rd of January, 2015, and passengers and crew on a Northern

Isles ferry spot the bow of a ship, perpendicular above the waves. It's

not a search for the ship, a cement carrier sailing from Denmark to

Cheshire. It's capsize was so catastrophic, the crew didn't even

have time to issue a distress call. The capsize event was extremely

rapid, denying the crew the opportunity to raise alarm

themselves. We also know the urgency position indicating radio beacon

probably got trapped in the upturned hull. Again, because it was such a

rapid event. Investigators found the ship

capsized in violent seating distance. But the advice to sail

into the Pentland Firth was probably influenced by commercial pressures.

The accident went unnoticed by the Coast Guard because the vessel's

progress was not being monitored actively. Loss, safety inspections

carried out in Poland were ineffective.

I'm calling for a public enquiry because this has happened several

times and stop vessels going down with the loss of life. Sometimes

people have not live the we're died, but the point is that they're not

rate regulated, it is a blatant safety crisis.

The operators of the ship say they have ever minted several safety

initiative since the accident. In future, ships entering and leaving

the Pentland Firth may have to report into the Coast Guard.

With the Holyrood election just two weeks away,

the political parties have been setting out their competing plans

Here's our political correspondent, Glenn Campbell.

Do I need to put it in the microwave?

The Conservative's education offering is not to be funded

Instead, the Tory leader - visiting an Edinburgh nursery -

is content to let local authorities fund improvements

We have to allow councils to raise more revenue. We said that should be

capped at 3%. That will bring in millions of pounds more over the

course of the next Parliament. Education is a keeper different

councils, that will see more money in the budget.

By now, the Liberal Democrat leader hopes even the dogs in the streets

of Duns know his party wants to increase education spending,

in the hope of helping young people from poorer

We can have a vibrant economy that grows the wealth and opportunity in

Scotland. We do that by investing in education. ?500 million and a modest

anyone income tax to pay for it. In the Western Isles -

also trading on income tax rises, including a new 50p top rate -

the Labour leader's challenging the SNP to match her commitment

to up the education budget. The Labour Party is committed to

increasing the education budget in real terms. We can say that because

we are using the tax and welfare powers of the Scottish parliament.

That involves asking the richest 1% in Parliament the we're Scotland to

pay more tax. That doesn't appear to have

Nicola Sturgeon in a sweat. The SNP say they are planning

above-inflation increases And in Dumfries, the party leader

promises to let each school decide how to use extra cash to bring out

the best from every child. What ever it is the head teacher

thinks is going to make the biggest difference in the school, that is

what that money will be spent on. All the evidence says that when you

put head teachers in communities in control of the life of the school,

you get the best results. All parties are putting a great deal

of emphasis on improving education. Together with health and law

and order, it's one of the biggest responsibilities for whichever party

or parties form the next Scottish Government here

in Edinburgh, when all the votes Glenn Campbell, Reporting

Scotland, Edinburgh. Edinburgh Council has been outlining

the arrangements being made for those pupils affected

by the recent school closures, The council says all pupils

will sit their exams in the schools they're presently attending,

with every effort being made Celtic's departing manager says

the lack of improvement Ronny Deila outlined

that as the main reason He also says some players will be

happy to see the back of him, If events of the last day or two had

taken their toll on Ronny Deila, the Norwegian hid it well this morning.

The players too arrived in good fettle, if a little subdued. While

the manager managed to keep preparations as normal as possible,

he revealed what led to his imminent departure.

When I came into this job I talked about improving the team. I talked

about playing attractive football. And a think, the last six months, we

haven't had that improvement that we need. And when you don't get

improvements, it's one of my biggest values, then it kills me inside.

Such an admission is typical of Deila's openness. He admitted some

of the squad will be happy to see him go. He believes he has the

respect, but has a commitment to him faltered?

The boys always give 100%. We hold our hands up and admit if we haven't

been committed. But you can say we have not been committed.

There have been murmurings of Deila's role in assembling the

squad. Something which does rile this normally placid Norwegian.

I signed the players. There is not one player coming in that thought

that I have not said yes to. Within a few weeks, Ronny Deila will

be on the move. Until then, the focus is firmly on going out on a

high. Let's get the weather outlook

for tonight Thank you. It was a lovely day for

many of us today. In fact, the warmest day of the year so far for

England, Wales and us here in Scotland. Reaching 90 degrees and

Kirkcudbrightshire. Around the north and east of the country, it was

chilly thanks to the winds. Tonight some areas could reach minus three.

A chilly start tomorrow morning, but a bright start. Very similar to

conditions we saw this morning. Seven Celsius in some areas, but

those temperatures would rise as readily as today. Further north, a

few showers in Caithness and Sutherland. As well as the Northern

Isles. They could be heavy and with some sweet. As we had with the

course of Friday, plenty of sunshine on offer, particularly those in that

Saul temperatures in the mid teens. Across the UK as a whole, plenty of

sunshine for others in Scotland, also the north of England, Northern

Ireland too. But in England and Wales it will be cloudy, producing

wet weather towards the South West and Wales. Temp just down from any

competitor day. In the North and and Wales. Temp just down from any

East, perhaps just 9 degrees. Those showers pushing towards Edinburgh

the Borders. Looking towards the weekend, how precious to whether us,

and the winds blowing in a clockwise motion, that means we will continue

to drag in those cool winds from the north. Not desperately cold, bit

colder than we have seen of late. Share was most frequent across the

North East on Saturday, all the way down the North Sea coast. Again with

sleet in the mix at times. The further west you are, the brighter

and sunnier it will be. Similar too on Monday we're Sunday, it will be

cool in the north and North East. That's the forecast.

Our next update is during Breakfast at 6:25 tomorrow morning.

But from everyone on the late team here in Glasgow and around