06/07/2016 Reporting Scotland

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

Tonight on Reporting Scotland, a scathing verdict on Tony Blair's

The Chilcot report says the justification was flawed,

preparations were hasty and Iraq is still suffering the consequences.

19 of those who died were Scots - for their families, the loss

and we'll be assessing what might happen now.

Also on the programme: Rachel and Nyomi Fee are jailed for life

for murdering Rachel's two-year-old son Liam and subjecting him to years

A Foreign Office minister casts doubt on whether Scotland can remain

in the EU when the UK leaves - Nicola Sturgeon says it's premature

And so far, so good - Andy Murray makes a battling start

as he bids for a place in the Wimbledon semi-final.

The First Minister has branded the Iraq Inquiry report as "damning"

of former Prime Minister, Tony Blair.

Nicola Sturgeon said that, while she could not be

sure whether Mr Blair knowingly misled parliament,

MPs did not have all the information needed to make

Sir John Chilcot's report raised questions about

the necessity of the conflict, as well as the strength

of the intelligence and legal advice with which it was justified.

In a moment, we'll hear from people who's lives were changed

But first to Westminster, where David Porter

Jackie, tonight at Westminster the full implications of the Chilcot

Report are being digestive. This is the executive summary. It alone runs

to 140 pages. Earlier, Sir John announced to the world media, to

politicians and the families of those who have died in Iraq, the

full contents of his report. It runs to 2.5 million pages and has 250,000

chapters. It will become, in effect, the ultimate narrative of what

happened before, during and after the Iraq conflict.

A place to reflect and contemplate. In the shadow of

Westminster, this site will soon become a permanent memorial to those

who died in the Iraq war. Of course, nothing can compare to

the loss of bereaved relatives, but British politics has been scarred by

the conflict. Today an answer the myriad of questions. We

have concluded that the UK chose to join

the invasion of Iraq before the peaceful options have been

exhausted. Military action at that time was not a last resort. 13 years

on, Iraq still raises raw emotions, none more so than from the families

of those who died. A lot of what we have heard and what we have

in reading... That is why a lot of mothers and fathers have been into

us today. What has been confirmed today is

gut-wrenching. In the House of Commons, tough questions. Amid all

this stuff about improving processes, which is fantastically

important, no knowledge it, is it not people who make decisions at the

end of the day? And in our search for responsibility, wouldn't it help

if individuals responsible were held accountable? He is right. The people

who took those decisions should be held accountable in this House, in

the Court of public opinion. They are also accountable in terms of

people who might want to take action, as people have, through the

courts, with respect to equipment failures and the rest of it. But

clearly, the government of the day and the Prime Minister of the day

have to account for themselves, and I understand Mr Blair is doing that

now. He defended his actions. I did not mislead this country. I made the

decision in good faith on the information I had at that time. But

back in 2003, plenty opposed military action. Iraq probably has

no weapons of mass destruction in the commonly understood sense of the

term. And amid the mass protests, then Liberal Democrat leader,

Charles Kennedy, also face against military action. This

is the riskiest moment for Britain since Suez. Is a vindication of

Charles Kennedy and of course of Robin Cook, who resigned from Tony

Blair's Cabinet because he did not agree with the proposal. Unhappily,

neither of them are here. agree with the proposal. Unhappily,

initial war in Iraq saw overwhelming force used against Saddam Hussein.

Soon, like his statue, his regime was toppled. But winning the peace

proved more difficult and cost Scottish lives. Next week, MPs will

get two days to debate the Chilcot Report. They say lessons must be

learned. The findings in the report will be

read closely by those who served in the Iraq war, as well as their

read closely by those who served in family and friends. 19 of those

killed in the conflict were from Scotland. Today, their relatives

described the report as gut-wrenching.

Kevin Keane has been to meet some of them. They are the casualties of

war. The 19 Scots who lost their lives in the desert. Far from home.

Never knowing that their conflict would unwind so spectacularly.

Corporal Gordon Gentle watching over his mother, rose, one of the key

campaigners. He was a 6-foot, six soldier killed by a roadside bomb. A

gentle giant. Gordon would help out the neighbours. They loved him. For

rows, the fight for justice must go on. I promised him I would do it. It

is something I need to do. I just felt something wasn't right. Of the

dead, one in ten were Scots. The families receiving that dreadful

news, what they had feared. Lance Corporal Allan Douglas -- Lance

Corporal Allan Douglas from Aberdeen Corporal Allan Douglas -- Lance

were shot on routine patrol in 2006. Allen did not want to go to Iraq. He

joined the Army and knew he would have to go somewhere.

It was very short. Much focuses on the dead. With many thousands more

were injured. Bearing the scars to this day, physical and mental. Billy

McClelland has battled with depression and alcohol. A product of

post-traumatic stress disorder. We resented to do our job. As a soldier

you do the job. When you find that it could be through lies or not the

full truth, you get quite angry about that. The inadequacy of the

kit, the equipment, is also criticised by Chilcot.

Lance-Corporal Iain McMenemy was provided with the wrong uniform.

Jungle greens instead of sandy desert. What he is wearing here was

not provided by the army but by his wife. Within days she had found the

kit, centred out to me, and the military post had found me behind

some rocking Iraq. I remember remarking at the time if she could

do what the British government and the British Army could not do,

source the kit and get it to me in Iraq. Brad Singleton poignant

reminder of the Iraq conflict is in Glenrothes. As a postwar Newtown it

had no dead. But when Marc ferns and Scott McArdle were killed in 2004,

that changed. This memorial, forever a reminder of those and the other

lives so tragically taken so far away.

Let's get some analysis from our political editor, Brian Taylor.

Brian, this report, this weighty report, has answered some questions

Brian, this report, this weighty but it has also asked many? I think

that is inevitably the case, Jackie. Let's try. Will there now be

political or legal action against individuals? Perhaps against Tony

Blair. You heard Alex Salmond say he believes Mr Blair is culpable and

that must be examined. The lawyers for the families has said he will

look at that, body wants time to consider in detail the contents of

look at that, body wants time to the report. -- but he wants time.

Secondly, the issue of lessons learned. The need to work closely

with the intelligence services, the need to prepare and plan better.

Those problems have been identified. Those questions have been asked.

Will they be thoroughly absorbed into the political and military

systems? The Cabinet says they already have been in terms of the

National Security Council. But he also says Britain must not -- must

not lose its strategic objective of working closely with the US. Of,

where necessary, intervening globally with military force. Would

those strategic priorities again tromp the questions raised by the

Chilcot Report? A hypothetical question. Tony Blair adamant he did

not lie, he did not deceive. He says the report bears that out. Imagine

he was still in office today, on this day the report was delivered,

could he have stayed in the tenure of Downing Street in the face of

this coruscating report? Still to come on tonight's

Reporting Scotland: We find out about the thousand tonne

digger called Daisy which has started boring a hole in Glasgow

to improve the city's water. And in sport, Andy Murray is eyeing

the Wimbledon semi-finals. Don't go anywhere -

we'll cross to the All England Club A mother and her civil partner have

been jailed for life for the murder Rachel and Nyomi Fee

were sentenced to a minimum of 23 and a half years,

and 24 years, respectively. Behind Liam Fee bus short life, a

story of horrific cruelty. As Rachel and Nyomi Fee three were sentenced,

the scale of violence against him from the people who loved him was

outlined. You grossly abused those responsibilities and subjected him

to a cruel and piteous regime. -- pitiless. Neither woman showed any

motion as the judge ordered them to serve 24 and 23 and a half years

before they apply for parole. But outside, Liam's father was

emotional. Relieved. Rachel, on the left, and Nyomi Fee subjectively

into a sustained campaign of cruelty. The blow that killed him,

so severe it ruptured his heart. He spent the last few days of his life

with a broken leg and arm. It would have been agony. Instead of helping

him, the couple searched on their phone, can lesbians who live

together go to jail together? They abused two the boys mentally and

physically. One they tried to blame for Liam's death. Says friendship

forever. Gillian McCusker believed she was one of their closest

friends. They are still going to get everything paid for them, everything

in everyday life. It is not fair. Whenever they come out, they will

still have their own life to lead. And little Liam, where is he due

macro nowhere. He has not got a life. I still can't take it. Sorry.

In the Fife community where Liam lived, reams of coloured ribbons

make up a memorial wall in his name. A service will take place at the

local church tonight. Everybody is still in shock, they are still

thinking, how? How did we never suss out why and how they did this to the

child? Everybody knows them and everybody liked them. So everybody

is shocked. I'm trying to raise enough money to get a park bench in

the park. Why is that important? So we can have a memory of Liam. The

community is moving on but there are still unanswered questions. Why did

Liam drop off the social work read? Fife Council would not comment while

a significant case review is under way. But a local councillor says it

must be thorough. We want to know the answers and we want to know how

something like this can be prevented in future so no other young boys

like Liam Fee can suffer and not be protected in this way. From the

start, Rachel and Nyomi Fee were in this together, the murder, the

abuse, the cover-up. But after sentencing, they will be taken to

separate prisons and spend the next 20 years of their life apart.

Talks have broken up in a bid to end the ScotRail dispute,

The RMT union met Abellio ScotRail management

for an hour earlier, in the row over plans to change

The RMT is planning further strike action, with a 48 hour stoppage

A five-year-old girl has died after the car

she was in was involved in a crash with another car in

Niree Johnstone, who was from the Paisley area,

was in the back seat of a Vauxhall Corsa

with a three-year-old boy when it collided with a BMW.

She was taken to hospital, where she passed away.

The boy was uninjured, while the driver of the Corsa is in

The Foreign Office minister, David Lidington, has cast doubt

on the possibility of Scotland remaining in the EU

But the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has said it

would be "premature" to rule out any options.

If the UK's out, can Scotland stay in the EU? Yes, we can. The Scottish

Government certainly seems to think so that the UK's Minister for Europe

is not so sure. David Lidington, is the way Scotland can remain in the

EU in the UK is coming out? The legal position is very clear, you

have to leave the EU before you can apply to be the member. The Spanish

government has made it very clear they don't see this as a prospect. I

think the important thing today is the Scottish Government works really

closely with the UK Government as Prime Minister Kamran has invited

them to do, to get the very best possible deal for Scotland, all its

people, and the people of the UK in the forthcoming delegations. That

will be a relationship with the EU outside of the EU? Yes, that's what

the people voted for. He was speaking before meeting the

Edinburgh consular Corps having already held talks with the Scottish

Government. The Europe minister seems to be trying to close down the

range of options that might allow Scotland to retain its relationship

with the European Union but the First Minister remains hopeful, a

special arrangement can be found. For anybody at this stage to rule

out those options before this process is properly got underway I

think is seriously premature. I've also said there will be serious

challenges ahead for us trying to achieve the outcome which makes it

all the more important our lines are open to every possible option. The

First Minister met EU consuls general on Tuesday after which one

was particularly outspoken. Do you support independence for Scotland? I

had to stay impartial. Between me and you, I do. Today his boss took a

more diplomatic line on Scotland's future. We are very much respectful

of the decision of the people in the UK and in Scotland, so it will

depend on the people of Scotland. The First Minister is keeping open

the possibility of calling a second independence referendum if no other

way can be found to keep Scotland EU links.

I believe a tennis match is under way.

Backers speak you might just be right, Jackie.

It's men's quarterfinal day at Wimbledon and already

through to the semis are Roger Federer and Milos Raonic.

Second seed Andy Murray is chasing his second title

at SW19 and he's in action against Jo Wilfried Tsonga as we speak.

Chris McLaughlin has the story of the match so far.

The world number two, the most British of tournaments, always a

Scottish general. Andy Murray draws a crowd, some faces more famous than

others. But would centre court be happy? Early on, they were certainly

entertained. An unbelievable lob. Could this game looked like a Dame

Edna carry off? Jo-Wilfried Tsonga broke straight back. -- Nick Kyrie.

And, following a blistering open set battle, and a titanic tie-break,

Murray took first blood. After surviving his first set there,

he settled into his stride and then some. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, looking

frustrated farmers tie-break defeat, were simply dismantled in the second

set. 6-1 in just 26 minutes and Murray showing exactly why he is the

favourite to take the title. Let's cross to the All England club

and join our reporter If he gets through who will

he face in the semifinals? It's looking pretty good for Andy

Murray although a little bird tells me he's just been broken in the

third set so Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is now 3-1 up in set three but Andy

Murray hazard quotients of a two set lead. If he's to retrieve that in

the third or fourth or fifth, its Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic

on Friday in the semifinals. He is the world number nine but the good

news is, Andy Murray has not lost on him since 2013 and he has won the

last four times I have played, so hopefully a good day for Andy

Murray. It's looking good for him on Centre Court. Heartbreak for his

brother, Jamie, who lost a five set doubles match. It was 10-8 in the

fifth set. He won a 16-14 yesterday but today was too much. He lost to a

French pair. Jamie Murray, heartbreak for him, out of the

doubles but Andy Murray is looking good for a place in the semifinal of

the singles on Friday. Thank you. On the eve of the golf's

Scottish Open at Castle Stuart, one of the tournament's biggest

stars says he might stop Five-time major champion

Phil Mickelson has been a regular at the event and won it in 2013,

but feels the policy of moving the tournament around the country

isn't ideal preparation On the eve of the Scottish open, we

have the Pro-Am, mixing those who can play, those who want to play and

those who, well, want to make a fashion statement. Phil Mickelson

needs no introduction but the former winner may stop coming regularly as

the Scottish open continues to move around the country. Could this be

the last time we see you in the event? I doubt it will be the last

time that I play but I don't know if it will be an every year occurrence.

After playing Castle Stuart three times, the third time I could learn

the golf course and play it effectively and ultimately it takes

a while to understand the nuances of a course, there's so many of them.

Colin Montgomerie is also making plans for the future. He recently

qualified for next weeks Open Championship. Belief more than

anything because I did realise that, at my age, 53, when the open comes

back in 12 years' time, 65, I won't be able to play, let alone qualify

back in 12 years' time, 65, I won't because that's the age limit. Many

are trying to combine winning with prepping for form next week. Is that

the same for you, Monty? You have answered your own question. If you

would like to come here, that's fine, and I will sit there. Save me

having to hold any five foot putts. And they could make all the

difference this week with over ?500,000 on offer for the winner.

Finally to football. Hearts put any fears of an early

European exit to bed with a convincing 6-3 aggregate win

over Infonet of Estonia. Leading 2-1 from the first leg,

Callum Paterson's header got the Tynecastle side got off

to a great early start in Tallinn. Eegor Rossi and Alim Ozturk added

further goals before another Rossi effort in front of the travelling

fans made sure Hearts progress Well done to them. Football season

is back. It's 1,000 tonnes and almost 600

feet long and it's about to start boring a hole big enough to take

a double decker bus under John McManus been to see a digger

that's been named Daisy. This is where it all begins. The

Lords chamber for Scottish water's tunnel boring machine. It will dig

through 3.1 miles of Glasgow Earth. The machine parts where previously

lowered into place. It was christened today by ten-year-old

Lewis Bennett and the Environment Secretary with water, not champagne.

The machine starts turning soon. At 180 metres, it has been purpose made

and now it has its own name, too. If it is a driller, it starts with a D,

so I used alliteration which I learned from school so the first

name which came to mind was Daisy. The government says this project is

not just about what is below, but also will kick-start regeneration on

the surface. This is a huge project, which will benefit many people when

it's completed, especially in terms of alleviating flooding. It

inevitably, though, there has been some disruption. And infrastructure

project this size can't be done without a degree of disruption. I

know that the people managing the project are trying to keep that to

an absolute minimum. If residents can hang on, work should be finished

late next year. Time now for the weather

with Christopher. Thank you very much indeed, Jackie.

This was the scene in Shetland this afternoon. For many, after a bright

start, it turned out rather damp. Staying cloudy, damp, and indeed

breezy this evening and overnight, courtesy of this weather system

working in off the Atlantic, a further band of rain edging in from

the west adjourning north eastwards. The wind freshening from the

south-west, strong around the north-west coast, perhaps touching

gale force for a time but the rain cleared through overnight, so

actually, drying up. A mild night in store for the temperatures in towns

and cities 11-13dC. Tomorrow morning, a dry and bright start for

many. The overnight rain lingering through Shetland. As we had through

the course of the day, actually, fairly decent conditions on offer.

Probably the warmest day we will see this week with temperatures in the

South 18-20, the wind moderate, but in the sun it should feel decent.

Towards eastern parts of the country, Edinburgh, north eastwards,

21-22dC. One or two light showers around the coast. The north-west

corner, well, shall re-outbreaks are similar to the Northern Isles in

Shetland, a very different day for you. Thursday evening, shall

Hebrides. Edging towards the West. Hebrides. Edging towards the West.

-- shall re-outbreaks. -- showery outbreaks. Behind me, there it is,

the weekend weather. It doesn't look good, does it? Friday, yes, some

showers around. Not as good as tomorrow but decent enough and

temperatures once again 19-21. The weekend, Saturday, wet and windy,

gale force conditions at times. Really not particular pleasant at

all. In fact, that looks, should I say it, a little bit autumnal?

Jackie. Now, a reminder of

tonight's main news. The long awaited Chilcot report has

laid out a catalogue of failures The scathing verdict on the invasion

in 2003 says the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein posed no "imminent

threat" and the military action And a mother and her civil partner

have been jailed for life for the murder of her

two-year-old son Liam Fee. Rachel and Nyomi Fee were sentenced

to a minimum of 23-and-a-half years, I'll be back with the headlines

at 8.00pm and the late bulletin just