31/10/2016 Reporting Scotland

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Ronnie Coulter murdered Surjit Singh Chhokar in 1998.

The judge says the killing was despicable and cowardly.

Health officials, the police and the council give the go-ahead

for so-called fix rooms in Glasgow, a safe place for drug

We're inside the transatlantic air traffic control centre in Prestwick,

as new technology comes in allowing more flights to take to the air.

Celtic fly out for their Champions League match in Germany

but they'll be missing several important players.

And as people gather in Edinburgh for a Remembrance service,

It wasn't until we arrived at the gates of Belsen concentration camp

that we understood why we will actually were there.

That's how a judge described the man found guilty of the 1998 murder

Ronnie Coulter was today jailed for almost 20 years.

His conviction is only the second time in Scottish legal history that

an accused has been tried twice for the same crime.

This is a David Chhokar family thought they might never. Finally,

18 years after Surjit Singh Chhokar's murder, his killer was

jailed. He inflicted three stab wounds on his body in a despicable

fashion. Thereafter he tried to cover his tracks, and in large

measure, he succeeded in doing so. Many years later, he is here to

answer for his crime. In November 1998, in Overton North Lanarkshire,

Ronnie and two others went to see 1998, in Overton North Lanarkshire,

Surjit Singh Chhokar at his house. A fight broke out over a stolen dry

road check and he was stabbed in the heart. Two enquiries made

allegations of institutional racism. The then Lord Advocate said the

Chalker family had been failed by the police and prosecution services.

Outside court today, there was relief. In the 18 years it has taken

to prove Ronnie Coulter's gilts, he has never shown any remorse. His

family had their lives devastated too. Today, justice has finally

given our family peace. This is the second time someone in Scotland has

been tried twice for the same crime. Ronnie Coulter was found not guilty

at a trial in 1999, but since then the law of double jeopardy has been

scrapped, and this time he was found guilty. That law meant cult could

not be tried again on the same or similar charges on the same case.

Today, the family spoke of their grief. There is no celebration for

us, because we have lost a member of the family. All we are looking for

is Justice. Today, that justice was delivered.

Controversial plans to allow drug users to inject under supervision

look set to go ahead in Glasgow, making it the first place in the UK

Health and council officials have agreed the proposals in principal

but have asked for details on how much it would cost

Our home affairs correspondent, Reeval Alderson, reports.

The detritus of job injectors in Glasgow city centre. Today, city

planners have discussed plans to cut the risks of disease spread by

needle sharing. I'm scared encase the kids get hurt with all the

needles and that. I have actually caught them jacking. I have chased

them. In Glasgow it is estimated up to 500 addicts regularly inject in

public places. Some would welcome the plan which has been tried

successfully around the world. Safe injecting would save a lot of lives,

it would lessen the risks that people already take taking drugs.

They come to places like this. It is not a safe place to be. It is in

areas like this, very close to Glasgow's shopping district, that

addicts are injecting in public. Judging by the amount of drugs

paraphernalia here, it is happening regularly, with a large number of

people. The idea of this proposal is for injecting still to continue, but

in clinics, under medical supervision, which would allow the

addicts to remain safe, and perhaps bring them into drug treatment

programmes. Most of Europe is providing addiction services. There

are safe consumption rules. Switzerland has a model where there

are heroin replacement treatments, that satisfies the needs of the

population. We need to find a solution that brings the solutions

elsewhere in the world to Glasgow. It is a controversial plan which

some observers say is an admission that previous attempts to cut drug

use and the rising tide of death have failed. We have a drug project

30 years in existence, and we are still talking about it. We are

throwing hundreds of millions of pounds that Albert treatment

services, and they are still failing. That is a scandal that our

politicians and public should be exercised about. The plan has been

approved in principle, and drug workers have approved the move. If

approved in principle, and drug we are serious in reducing the harms

associated with drug use, we need to use all evidence -based approach is

to try to reduce the harms caused by problem drug use. Before a clinic

can be established, details on cost, where it would be and how it would

operate need to be ironed out. Three men from Glasgow have appeared

in court charged with attempting to murder two police officers

in an alleged hit-and-run attack David McLean, Dayne McCue

and Ryan Gilmour are accused of carrying out the attack

in Knightswood earlier this month. They are also accused of attempting

to pervert the course of justice The men made no plea or declaration

and were remanded in custody. Almost every transatlantic flight

is guided by the huge air traffic control centre

at Prestwick, in Ayrshire. Now new technology is being brought

in to cope with rising traffic The system will even allow

some pilots to depart from their current flightpaths

and choose their own routes. Here's our science correspondent

Kenneth Macdonald. From this room in Prestwick,

hundreds of people control the largest area of airspace in the EU.

We provide air traffic control services to all aircraft in the

northern UK and across the Atlantic. Our role is to make sure aircraft

pass through that space safely and efficiently, and we control about 1

million aircraft a year. The traffic is expected to increase by 40% over

the next 15 years. The system has been designed to allow more aircraft

to fly safely. The system can conflict detect, and tell our

controllers which conflicts will happen ahead of time, and feed into

the system the airspace that has become available, weather data, and

all the information to the controllers that they would have had

to manually go through previously. So it saves a lot of time. There's

16 jets engaged in an area. This system is to support humans, not

replace them. The conflict detection is done by the machine now. It will

give me an alert if there is a conflict, but it is up to me to

resolve the conflict and come up with a plan. For decades, air

traffic control has been based on airwaves, most are ways in --

motorways in the sky. But they are not always the most efficient

routes. The system will allow pilots to go their own way. It will allow

more efficient paths, which will reduce fuel burn. The new system has

already been phased in, so smoothly it's unlikely many passengers have

noticed. In the years to come, the system will also cover the southern

half of the UK, and link up with compatible systems across Europe.

Down here on the ground there may be Brexit, but above our heads, there

will be a single European sky. Dundee's V museum should be

completed by the end of next year. The ?80 million project

on the city's waterfront will showcase contemporary

Scottish design. Andrew Anderson has been to see how

work is progressing. It is about six months since we were

last on site here at DVLA in Dundee, and we are back to see the progress

made in that time. The area I am standing will be a space for

visiting exhibitions, the biggest place in Scotland for temporary

exhibitions. It also forms the connection between the two buildings

that make up the V here in Dundee. The workers on site and making good

progress. Work is going on. The walls are at full height, and over

the winter and in the New Year we will look forward to the steel beams

going on at roof level, and then the fitting out of the museum on the

inside can begin. I'm looking at things from the outside now. This is

inside can begin. I'm looking at a complicated piece of construction,

designed in concrete. The building is swayed in scaffolding and

supports at the moment, but it is just possible to make out how it

will look when it is completed. The V is seen as a jewel to attract

investors to the waterfront, ?1 billion investment over several

years. A new railway system is also being built. This is how it will

years. A new railway system is also look in just over 12 months' time.

The V in Dundee should be welcoming its first visitors by the

summer of 2018. You're watching BBC

Reporting Scotland. Ronnie Coulter has been jailed for

20 years for the murder of Surjit Singh Chhokar in 1998. Still to

come, one of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's early designs is given

a new lease of life. For most of us, the appearance

of poppies are an annual reminder to think of those

affected by conflict. But what if you've experienced man's

inhumanity to man firsthand? What does Remembrance

Sunday mean to you then? Our reporter, Lisa Summers,

went to meet one such man. In the autumn sunshine, veterans and

their families gathered. The opening of this garden of remembrance in the

lead up to Armistice Day focuses the mind. Poppies bring bright colour

into desolate places. The Reeves in memory of those who had fallen, but

for those who have lived through conflict, the memories never fade. I

have a picture in my mind, and it was like a moonscape. The smell of

death was everywhere. Ian Forsyth is 92. He served with the 15th to 19th

King's Royal Hussars in the Royal armoured Corps. He lost three tanks

and many colleagues during the war. If you get out and you are watching

the attack, you are praying that the people on the other side of the gun,

the turret, ah well. That's a rotten feeling. The memory is all too

vivid. When you start, you think you are going to change everything. And

then you forget what you are doing, and instead of fighting for the

freedom of other people, you are fighting to survive. And it wasn't

until we arrived at the gates of Belsen concentration camp that we

understood why we actually were there. There were bodies everywhere.

We were told, don't feed them. Don't let them out. But that was too much

for some of them. And food was thrown over the fence. Which was the

wrong thing to do, because the folk at the back trampled over the folk

at the front. That's something that haunts me yet.

Ian has volunteered for Poppy Scotland for more than 40 years. He

says it helps to talk about his experiences. It is the time for

generations to reflect, to remember those who lost their lives serving

their country. I think when we joined the Army, boys of my age, we

all thought we were going to change the world. And we didn't.

A look at other stories from across the country.

It is claimed the new Borders railway service is beset by

cancellations, delays and unreliable trains. Rail campaigners compiled

the reports using data from Network Rail, and says it shows serious

underperformance of the line. ScotRail says it is determined to

find a solution to the challenges. Items from Glasgow's universities

and museum are going on display. It will give a flavour of the vast

collection, starting with the architecture and design of Charles

Rennie Mackintosh. The veterans Minister says the

Ministry of Defence is showing a complete lack of respect to Scotland

over a review of its military bases. There are fears for four George near

Inverness and Kinloss barracks near Murray. Mr Brown says the MoD has

failed to meet the Scottish Government to discuss the proposals.

Campaigners say losing either of the sites would cost the economy tens of

millions of pounds a year. A veteran flyer has become the

millionth passenger on Orkney's interisland services. The man has

been travelling on the tiny eight seater plane for over 12 years. The

lifeline service has been running for more than 50 years, and includes

the world's shortest scheduled flight. Not that long ago, I've done

over 10,000 flights. I've been doing this for eight years, and flown with

all the pilots on the job for all that time, and they have all been

excellent. One of the Highland wildlife park's polar bears could be

pregnant. She mated with one of the male bears earlier this year. The

Royal zoological Society of Scotland say she has been taken off show at

the moment, and if she does raise Cubs, they could be born in December

or January. And in football: Celtic will be

without several important players for tomorrow night's Champions

league match against If they lose this match,

they'll be out of the competition. It is not the full squad Celtic

hoped for,, Tory is injured, Leigh Griffiths is sick. But this is a

highly pressured journey. Beaten 2-0 at Celtic Park, can they beat the

Germans away from home? They are a very good team. We saw that at

Celtic Park. Expansive, open, good with the ball, they play quickly,

the speed of their game and they are defensively organised. We have

analysed that first game and we have a plan to take the Germany now and

hopefully execute the plan and get the result. Logan. It is clever! It

is great! At home, Celtic off only top of the Premiership. Another win

at the weekend, beating Aberdeen by 1-0. Brendan Rodgers's man on nine

points clear in a 13 game domestic run, but put them in a Champions

League arena and they hold a very different status. The Group C table

is dominated by Barcelona, playing different status. The Group C table

three and winning three and the maximum nine points. Manchester City

and Borussia Monchengladbach battle it out in the middle ground on four

and three points. Celtic sit bottom on a solitary point from the much

celebrated draw against city. So it is impossible. To improve. The

Champions League is a step up, no question, from what they play in the

National League, no disrespect to the other teams but it is a big step

up and they are in a very tough group. But to get a result against

the Germans away would be lovely for them and give them a real

confidence. If they don't make Europe into the New Year, it is

something to build on for next year. A Halloween journey into the

frightening unknown, perhaps. At a 7-0 defeat in Barcelona, Celtic is

keen to avoid more nightmare travels.

This week, 21 Scottish golfers head to Spain to take the next step

towards what they hope will be a lucrative career in the sport.

They're heading to the second stage of golf's European Tour School,

where they'll try to qualify for next year's Tour.

Brian McLauchlin's been speaking to one of the players

He already has a successful career as an amateur in the bag, now this

East Lothian golfer wants to make it on the golf's main stage as a

professional. A decision he has taken some time to reach. It wasn't

really until the last couple of years where I thought I want to

really give this a go and make it living out of this. It is extremely

competitive, but it is the same with any sport and business, you just

have to work harder and work as hard as you can and just have that belief

you are going to get there. Grant is one of 21 Scottish golfers trying to

make it through to the Tour score finals next month in Spain and this

make it through to the Tour score has been a pathway for some of the

best golfers in the world. Ryder Cup stars Justin Rose and Ian Poulter

two well-known graduates of the Tour score, along with our Open champions

Paul Lawrie and Sandy Lyle. But the fairways are littered with failures

and in reality, only if you make it through to earn the riches of

professional success. The dream of becoming a professional was always

something that came from the heart, I felt. It is what young people with

ambition want to do. The reality of making a living as a professional

golfer is very much a challenge for the head and the reality today is I

think that the gulf between head and heart has never been greater. It is

extremely testing nowadays to make a living as a young professional

golfer. For this 23-year-old, the immediate goal is fairly

straightforward. The plan is to walk away with a European Tour card in

two weeks, that is the goal. That is the plan. Over 1,000 golfers began

two weeks, that is the goal. That is the long hard road towards a

two weeks, that is the goal. That is European Tour back in August, but

only 25, that is under 3%, will realise their dream.

Today's the last day of the Mackintosh Festival,

the annual celebration of the work of the architect Charles

It's also, however, the beginning of a brand-new chapter for one

of his earliest designs, created as part of a group

Our arts correspondent, Pauline McLean, reports.

If you look closely, you will spot the clues to the early work of a

world-famous architect. Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed this in

1893 when he was just 25 years old. A games room for the local

Conservative Association which has now been restored and reopened to

the public. It has been lying empty since the 1970s and it is definitely

the unknown gem in Helensburgh, the Macintosh gem. Since we have got the

keys and opened it up to the public in June, the enthusiasm has

overwhelmed us. But this is about more than Macintosh. It is about the

Four, the Group E formed with his soon-to-be wife Margaret, Sister

France and her husband Herbert. Her influence can be seen throughout the

room and while there might be more acclaimed Macintosh landmarks

nearby, the restoration has thrilled fans of his work. It is the scene

from which the Hill house came and to have two buildings like this in a

small town, not that Helensburgh thinks it is small, is really a gem

for me particularly! I can't believe my luck! Macintosh is able to get

light, penetrating light... Route is an architect -- Bruce, the

architect, and Nicola, plan to transform the space into a gallery

dedicated to the Four and they hope to have it ready for the anniversary

of Macintosh's birth. Some of the ideas or dormant but that is the

beauty, Macintosh talked about seed that can lie dormant and can grow

back again into beautiful powers -- flowers, plants and trees and that

is what this is about. The and ideas that can burst into life and inspire

new generations of Scottish artists and architects. This long-lost gem

is back in the Spotlight with a celebration to mark the end of the

Mackintosh Festival and a start of a new chapter for one of his earliest

buildings. Now here's Laura Macivor,

with details of Scotland 2016. Former drug users and experts will

offer a range of opinions on so-called fix rooms, we will update

you on the new living wage and we will hear from a US election veteran

on the latest scandal in an already colourful campaign. Join me on BBC

Two Scotland at 10:30 p.m.. Thank you and happy Halloween. The

night, look at this pumpkin! Witches and ghosts and the bogeyman! When

crossing the country tonight because of this weather front, and once that

clears, cold assets is up for the next few days along with high

pressure close by. Tonight, we have rain straddling the country North of

the Central belt which continues to journey South through the night,

clearing away to join the overnight period. Dry, clear weather sets in

the night and it turns a lot chillier. Typically 5-6dC although

in all parts, down to close to touch of frost. A brisk

wind in the North, bringing showers. Tomorrow morning, dry, sunny, chilly

first thing with brisk winds keeping showers across Northern Scotland.

Beautiful blue skies in this wind direction and we do see blue skies

here. During the day, showers keep going and during those showers, we

could see winds touching gales forced a crush land and Orkney, and

they will be blustery. Fewer towards the Western Isles, focus towards

Caithness. Look at those temperatures, yesterday, we saw 17

Celsius in Braemar, tomorrow, 8-9d, so a big drop in temperatures with

clear air and plenty of dry and sunny weather. A beautiful autumn

day to set us up for November. Into the evening, we hold the dry, clear

skies. A chilly night, showers in the North, a widespread frost

forming overnight. The first of the season. Those showers keep coming

and they will be wintry over higher ground. Temperatures around freezing

mark. On Wednesday, we do it all again. Brisk are crucially --

initially across the North East and during the day, showers become fewer

as high pressure builds. Sunshine gets going across Northern parts as

well. It feels cool and winds eased in the North. That is your forecast.

Now a reminder of tonight's main news.

Ronnie Coulter's been jailed for almost 20 years for the murder

His conviction is only the second time in Scottish legal history that

an accused has been tried twice for the same crime.

The Westminster Government has been accused of

after the Home Secretary ruled out an inquiry into one of the most

brutal clashes between the police and striking miners in 1984.

It became known as the Battle of Orgreave.

I'll be back with the late bulletin just after the Ten o'clock News.

Until then, from everyone on the team, have a very good evening.