20/05/2016 Reporting Scotland

Mediterranean in the search for the missing

That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me,

Liam Fee's mother tells a jury that she completely failed

the toddler who she's accused of murdering.

The new Celtic manager is former Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers -

we'll have the latest from Celtic Park.

A steep learning curve for the new Education Secretary

as he focuses on improving results for children from poorer backgrounds

Finding ways to overcome the isolation and loneliness that

We do a lot of chatting. What do you talk about? I'm not going to tell

you. I'm at Hampden Park where tomorrow

Rangers and Hibernian will be playing for the Scottish cup.

The mother of toddler Liam Fee broke down in court as she spoke

Rachel Fee admitted that her failure to get him help had contributed

She's accused of murdering Liam along with her partner Nyomi Fee.

They both deny killing the two-year-old,

From the High Court in Livingston Steven Godden reports.

"I completely failed Liam." Word spoken in the witness box. His

mother Rachel Fee said his death had left them bereft. His mother

admitted that she had contributed by failing to get help for a broken leg

a few days earlier. Cross examining, the advocate depute

asked... Rachel Fee denied ever assaulting

Liam. She denied the suggestion that there had been a delay in phoning

and ambulance during which the couple concocted a story about what

happened to the toddler. It was put to her that she owed it to Liam's

memory and his father to tell the truth. I am telling the truth, she

said. Rachel Fee and Nyomi Fee deny murdering Liam and abusing two other

boys in their care. The trial continues.

that the former Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers

Rodgers has agreed a 12-month rolling contract with the club.

Let's go live to Celtic Park - and our senior football reporter

Chris, an ambitious appointment by Celtic?

Absolutely no doubt about it. After the failure of the Ronny Deila

experiment, Celtic fans were looking for a big name. Brendan Rodgers

certainly ticks that box. A man with English Premier League pedigree. He

took Swansea to the top flight and almost led Liverpool to the title

finishing in second place. Just over an hour ago, statement from Celtic

described his appointment as a huge honour. He said, I have followed

Celtic all of my life and I want to give the fans a deemed to be proud

of and bring entertaining and winning football. The Celtic Chief

Executive commented on the statement and said that we wanted to bring a

month to the club matching our own aspirations. Celtic fans will be

happy. Social media is ablaze with Brendan Rodgers chapter. One fan

announced that Celtic will win the Champions League. I'm not sure that

he is that good but it will be viewed as something of a coup for

the club. Why has he chosen Celtic? It is one question he will answer

when he speaks to the media. Celtic is a huge club with a worldwide

brand. It is also an interesting challenge for Brendan Rodgers.

Celtic have missed out on the Champions League for the last two

years. His first task will be to get them back at domestic European

football's top table. They will also be challenged by Rangers for the

first time in four years so that is absolutely a challenge for Brendan

Rodgers. We will find out more from the man himself on Monday. Thank you

very much indeed. The new Education Secretary,

John Swinney, has been setting out his priorities -

with the focus on reducing the attainment gap

in Scottish schools. He says funding is already in place,

but more needs to be done to improve the chances of pupils

from disadvantaged backgrounds. - Critics say that under the SNP,

the gulf has widened and more needs to be spent

on early years education. If we leave this for five minutes...

John Swinney Lane close attention to this experiment at his old school.

He went from here to Edinburgh University. He wants to ensure that

schools in poorer areas have the same chances as those from wealthier

catchments. We want to improve educational prospects of all the

young people of Scotland, particularly for those who are

presently not able to fulfil all of their potential. I'm going to be

determined to do everything I can to close that attainment gap. He may

need to keep on safety specs when he talks to the teaching unions. They

planned industrial action over workload. He says he is keen to

listen. The Scottish Government has been criticised for not finding

answers before now and allowing the gap to widen. We have not focused on

Baker's basic skills. Teach is going through training want to focus more

on the ability to read, write and count properly and I think that is

hugely important. It was superhero day here in Glasgow. The council has

been trying to ensure that all children go on to save the world,

been trying to ensure that all regardless of their background. Down

the corridor in the school hall, children coming in to the school in

August were welcomed. Involving parents from early on is seen as key

here. There is additional money from Glasgow City Council and the

Scottish Government. The number going from Scottish schools into

university is increasing. There is a creative approach here as well to

keep children focused. Children want to be successful and feel they have

accomplished something. It is confidence. They can be what they

want to be. There is often areas of high deprivation, I don't think

children are told often enough that they can be anything they want to

be. John Swinney said today that the real test of an education system is

the achievement and performance of the youngsters in it and how it

equips them for later life will stop improving the attainment gap is a

real test for him and the Scottish Government.

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A space age fishing rod - made in the Highlands.

Experts say it could revolutionise the sport.

The rest of the sport comes from Hampden Park where it is the

Scottish cup final tomorrow, after all. You will have a history lesson

on one of the clubs and a profile of the manager of the other. Please

join me a little later. It's seven years since the first

steel was cut on the Clyde for two aircraft carriers

for the Royal Navy. The first, HMS Queen Elizabeth,

is now close to completion Our defence correspondent

Jonathan Beale has been finding out This is the second of the Royal

Navy's to new aircraft carriers. The work on Prince of Wales is well

underway. You can see the first of the carriers, Queen Elizabeth, work

on her is now almost complete. Seven years since the first steel was cut,

HMS Queen Elizabeth is more than taking shape. She is getting ready

to sail. For Jess Hughes, this will be home for the next few years.

Compared with what you've seen on a ship before? This is spacious. That

is the main thing as well, TV. ship before? This is spacious. That

feed them, there are five galleys, that will see cooking on an

industrial scale. We're looking at 3000 covers. How many loaves of

bread are you making each day? Somewhere in the region of 2000

loaves a day. As well as, breakfast rolls and deserts and stuff like

that. All that's missing is the aircraft. This is where the new jump

that. All that's missing is the jets will be maintained. On the

flight deck, robots have been laying a thermal metal coating to withstand

the blast from their engines. They won't be taking off like this for

another two years. Up here on the bridge, they are already testing the

communication systems. They have all the modern technology. Also, good,

old-fashioned World War II technology like this wind-up phone.

I've lived through all the engines starting up. All the TVs and

computers being switched on. My ship's company has grown from nine

to 480 and every day they gain greater knowledge of the ship that

they will take into operations. Huge excitement. It has been wonderful.

This tiny helm will steer 65,000 tonnes of warship. The engines are

already running and the first sea trials will begin early next year.

has been sentenced to more than six years in jail.

Andrew Patrick, from Lochgelly, threatened the driver

with an imitation gun, gave him a bag which he said had

a bomb inside and ordered him to go into a Bank of Scotland branch

in Kirkcaldy to force staff to hand over cash.

The deployment of police firearms officers has been a controversial

But their importance, not only in dealing with armed criminals -

but also the heightened threat of terrorist attack,

Our reporter Cameron Buttle has been given special access as officers go

through training to take on one of their most challenging roles.

Next week on BBC Scotland we will bring new special report on police

Scotland's armed response units. How they trained, the rules and

regulations they work under and we will see specialist counterterrorism

units in operation. That's next week.

A brief look now at other stories from across the country.

Pressure is mounting on the field golf club to reverse its decision

not to allow women members. Labour MSP Iain Gray has launched a motion

at the Scottish Parliament calling on the club to considered the

decision again. Nicola Sturgeon and Rory McIlroy have criticised the

move. Robbers who used a machine to blow up a cash machines across

Scotland have been convicted. Joseph McHale, Kevin Shores and Robin

Vaughan will be sentenced next month. A Community Hospital in

Lanark is closed because of a shortage of GPs to look after

patients. The hospital has 30 beds and provides rehabilitation and

palliative scare and helps sudden serious illnesses. Alternative

arrangements have been made for patients and there will be no more

admissions. People are urging for people with unwanted airguns to give

them up. As from later this year, possessing them without a licence

will be an offence. Owners can apply for a permit from July. A campaign

to hand them into police station starts on Thursday. There will be

new laws governing the possession of these weapons. You will need a

licence. If you don't want it, you can hand it in safely and securely

at police stations right across Scotland. The second osprey chick of

the season has hatched, the 80th since the start of the osprey

protection programme in 1989. Isolation and loneliness affect

many people in old age. But a helpline to tackle the problem

is now receiving a hundred It was started nearly three years

ago by the broadcaster And she's been in Glasgow today

to raise awareness of the service. A chance to chat over a cup of tea.

These people know how good it is to talk. I've been very fortunate. My

husband is still here. My son comes to talk to me. I love the centre.

The staff are so friendly. We do a lot of chatting. What do you talk

about? I'm not going to tell you. For those not so lucky, Dame Esther

Rantzen launched Silver line nearly three years ago. It gets an average

of nearly 100 calls per day from Scottish pensioners who just want

somebody to talk to. Not only do people have a conversation that they

enjoyed with somebody who enjoys listening to their experiences and

memories but we also link them back into communities so that they get

face-to-face help and support if they need it. Today was a chance to

celebrate and to thank the volunteers who give a slice of their

time to listen and chat. Even a casual chat, you can tell that the

other person's morale is going up. I find it very enjoyable too. It's a

win- win. I was really surprised to learn that

my lady watches Gogglebox and she loves it as much as I do! They are

not looking for your sympathy, just something much more simple, just

someone to talk to. Now, David is out and about again,

looking forward to an exciting Yes indeed, Sally. Exciting news

already this evening, Brendan Rodgers becoming the new manager of

Celtic. We will be hearing from him on Monday. But tonight I'm at the

National Stadium are looking ahead to, well, clues don't come much

bigger than this, it's the Scottish Cup final.

The trophy was first played for in 1874, and as Chris Mclaughlin

reports, it's been a while since one of the club's won it.

Save to save tourists don't flock to Scotland's capital for the weather.

They're here for the history, but the castles, the cobbled streets and

the hills from the past. But over that way there is a football club

that is more than a little embarrassed about one particular

part of its own history. These are the men who last tasted Scottish Cup

victory for Hibernian. That was back in 1902. Edinburgh looked like this

and the final bullets of the Boer War were still flying. These days

it's all about memories and hope. The Scottish Cup final in 1958, we

got beaten by a good Clyde side, 1-0. That was 58 years ago and we're

still waiting! Promotional videos show a modern club full of ambition.

Yes they've missed out on promotion back to Scotland's top league this

year, the pain of that is very real, but tomorrow there is a chance to

heal much older wounds. We have an opportunity on Saturday to end an

awful run for this football club. And if they do that, I'm sure they

will go down, well, they will go down in the history books. If the

history books are to be rewritten, Rangers must be defeated. They saw

off Celtic against the odds in the semifinal. So, you've got your

ticket, are you hopeful? I think we will win it, aye! We get so near and

then all of a sudden it's taken away from you. I don't know whether its

belief or what, but this time I think we will do it! I hope so. I

hope that baby keeps a hold of that ticket and Rangers manager Mark

Warburton will be desperate to get a hold of this trophy tomorrow. He's

already led his side to the Championship title and with it,

promotion to the Premiership. Alistair Lamb details the man who

has got Rangers back to the big-time and to Hampden Park.

COMMENTATOR: Rangers have pulled off the seemingly unthinkable! Rangers's

semifinal victory over Celtic elevated Mark Warburton's stock to

greater heights. For those who've watched him his success has not been

a surprise. Belief is probably the biggest word, I would say. He

believed in what he wanted to do. And he's gone out and he's put

building blocks. Everywhere he is gone, he's improved where he's been.

Where he went next was the City of London. But even the demands of

trading billions of pounds did not diminish his burning football

ambition. Super talented and very successful currency manager that was

clearly going to go on to manage people, whether it be in the trading

environment or another profession, and his was football. He was

actually studying for his Uefa A badge when I met him in 2004. He cut

his coaching teeth as part of Watford's youth academy. His big

break came in 2011. Brentford owner Matthew Benham invited him to become

part of the coaching setup here at Griffin Park. That summer he was

alongside new manager Louis Rosler alongside new manager Louis Rosler

-- Uwe Rosler. I didn't need a yes man can I needed someone loyal to

the cause. He had a good chance to get a good job for himself at

Brentford because I recommended him to the owner. He was the natural

choice, to bookmark in place. He played a big part in the success of

Brentford. Last year, though, there was a parting of the ways. Mark

Warburton deciding that his view of the future and the club's did not

necessarily tally. Soon, though, Rangers came calling. Tomorrow will

determine whether a good season there becomes a very good one. You

can find out whether it's Mark Warburton or Alan Stubbs who gets

his hands on the Scottish Cup tomorrow, by following the action on

the BBC, on TV, on radio and online. The match itself kicking off at 3pm.

After that, once you've recovered, you can watch the rugby.

Connachrt versus Glasgow in the rugby is at 6.30pm.

You don't need to leave the sofa tomorrow afternoon!

A small Highland company is claiming a world first,

by combining space-age expertise and Nobel Prize-winning technology

It's made using graphene, an incredibly strong,

And already angling experts reckon it could revolutionise the sport.

When world champion fly fisherman Scott McKenzie wanted to build a

better salmon rod, he went to the top. To the world's foremost expert

in carbon technology, who had worked with the US space agency and Formula

1 to. The professor suggested using graphene, a new substance which only

six years ago won its creators the Nobel Prize for physics. This rod is

the result. Graphene is literally going to change the world, it really

is. It is coming out in lots of different things nowadays, it really

is. Only one atom thick. You can't see it with the human eye. It's up

to almost 40 times stronger than Kevlar and 200 times stronger than

steel. It's an amazing, amazing product. It is stretchable and ideal

for something like a fly rod. Its beef strength like this and whip

like flexibility of the graphene beef strength like this and whip

which makes the difference, allowing anglers to cast further and more

easily. The quicker the tip flexes backward and forward, its speed, its

power, its energy. That is very important to our sport. The quicker

that goes forward, the further your line would go. This rod will allow

you to do that with minimal effort. Angling experts believe the

development will genuinely revolutionise the sport. Everything

in fly fishing over the last 30 years has been almost tiny steps

with very few exceptions. And I think this is definitely one of the

bigger steps in fly fishing and in general fishing technology in the

last 30 years, easily. It's awesome! There are no guarantees the King of

fish will be more attracted to a fly cast by the space age rod, but even

at ?1000 apiece, anglers around the world are biting. Craig Anderson,

Reporting Scotland, Inverness. And if you're

heading to the great outdoors, here is the weather.

The best of the sunshine was across the north-east, where temperatures

reached 18 degrees in Aberdeen. That is a good eight or 9 degrees higher

than it was yesterday and above the May average. We will also start to

see cloud or rain spilling in this evening and we can continue to see

it spilling across as overnight. Tonight cloudy conditions with

outbreaks of rain pushing through. It's courtesy of this weather system

here and some fresher south-westerly winds across coastal areas. That

rain will continue to make its progress across Dumfries and

Galloway but reaching more northern areas overnight. Becoming a bit

drier and behind it some misty and murky conditions perhaps developing

across the South West. Ten or 11 degrees in the south, maybe 6-9

further towards the north. For tomorrow morning, a bit cloudy and

damp further towards the North. Drier for a time here but the next

batch of shower re-rainbow push through across the South West,

spreading north and east would once again. A few heavy and persistent

bursts as it does so. Maybe some heavy bursts here too. It will

become drier in the south. For Hampden Park, becoming drier for the

match, but may be quite a wet commute for those travelling to the

game. The rain across north-western and north-eastern areas by the end

of the afternoon. Temperatures across the mid teens, 17 or 16

degrees at best. If you're heading to the hills and mountains, a real

mixture tomorrow. Some rain across the southern and becoming a bit

brighter later. We will see some heavy downpours for a time and maybe

even the odd rumble of thunder. The winds gusting at 30-35 mph coming in

from the south-west. Other east it's a similar story. Becoming a bit

brighter by the afternoon perhaps, but further towards the Cairngorms,

brighter by the afternoon perhaps, some heavy downpours for a time but

again some heavy outbursts over the summit. A similar story, some dry

and bright weather particularly for central, southern and eastern areas.

Some of these showers are going to be quite heavy indeed, slow-moving

with those light winds with the mix of hail and thunder. Up to 14 or 16

degrees, that is your forecast for now.

A reminder of tonight's main news. Rachel admitted that her failure to

get him help had contributed to him dying. She denies murdering Liam.

Greek officials say they break and body parts have been found in the

Mediterranean Sea. I will be back with the late

bulletin just after the 10pm News will stop until then, from everyone

around the team and the country, have a good evening and goodbye for

now.