:00:14. > :00:17.Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight on your national news:
:00:17. > :00:24.Nat Fraser faces a retrial for the murder of his wife Arlene after the
:00:24. > :00:26.appeal court overturns his original conviction.
:00:27. > :00:33.Religious bigotry at football matches, or online, could carry a
:00:33. > :00:36.five year prison sentence under new plans to tackle sectarianism. There
:00:36. > :00:39.is also a crackdown on Internet hate sites.
:00:39. > :00:42.Life through a lens: an optician has come up with a solution for
:00:42. > :00:50.people suffering a rare condition which means they can't remember
:00:50. > :00:54.faces. I can actually see someone's whole face at once. As opposed to
:00:54. > :00:57.just seeing different features, I can see the whole thing together.
:00:57. > :01:00.Face blindness affects around 3% of the population. Also tonight:
:01:01. > :01:07.We're on board with some of the best riders in the world for the
:01:07. > :01:10.biggest ever bike event to visit Scotland.
:01:10. > :01:13.The appeal court in Edinburgh has ruled that the Elgin businessman,
:01:13. > :01:16.Nat Fraser, should face a retrial for the murder of his wife Arlene.
:01:16. > :01:26.The judges quashed his original conviction after an earlier hearing
:01:26. > :01:28.
:01:29. > :01:35.at the UK Supreme court ruled it had been unsafe.
:01:35. > :01:38.This case has dominated headlines for 13 years. In recent weeks, it
:01:38. > :01:43.has sparked a real row between the UK Supreme Court and the Scottish
:01:43. > :01:48.government. The First Minister Alex Salmond went there to say the UK
:01:48. > :01:51.Supreme Court should have no role in Scots law. Whatever the now,
:01:51. > :01:56.whatever the debate, at the centre of it all lies the disappearance of
:01:56. > :02:00.one woman and one man who stands accused of her murder. On his way
:02:00. > :02:06.back to prison, Nat Fraser will once again stand trial accused of
:02:06. > :02:11.murdering his wife. Arlene Fraser disappear in 1998. She was last
:02:11. > :02:15.seen waving her children after school. She was due to meet with a
:02:15. > :02:19.divorce lawyer later that day, but never made that appointment. Her
:02:19. > :02:29.body has never been found. Her husband, Nat Fraser, was found
:02:29. > :02:31.
:02:31. > :02:35.guilty of her murder in 2003. fight for the tours will continue.
:02:35. > :02:40.He was sentenced to 25 years in prison, but it is case here to the
:02:40. > :02:44.UK Supreme Court, to argue he had capped -- suffered a miscarriage of
:02:44. > :02:47.justice. He claimed crucial evidence about Arlene Fraser's
:02:47. > :02:54.rings had not been made available to all the lawyers involved in the
:02:54. > :02:58.case. The UK Supreme Court made this ruling: the court holds that
:02:58. > :03:04.the trial would have been significantly different had the
:03:04. > :03:07.undisclosed evidence be made available. The case goes back to
:03:07. > :03:12.the Court of Appeal where three judges quashed his conviction and
:03:12. > :03:18.ordered a retrial. Arlene Fraser's family waited weeks for a decision,
:03:18. > :03:22.and after a lot of legal wrangling they have won. Nat Fraser is on his
:03:23. > :03:27.way back to prison in West Lothian. The same judges to quash his
:03:27. > :03:34.conviction also refused him bail. This former fruit and veg salesman
:03:34. > :03:39.who has served eight years in prison knows he now faces a retrial.
:03:39. > :03:44.The Crown now have two months to prepare a new case against Nat
:03:44. > :03:48.Fraser. Any date for a retrial has yet to be announced. As for the row
:03:48. > :03:53.between the UK Supreme Court and Scottish government that, a panel
:03:53. > :03:59.of experts has been set up to look at that position of that court in
:03:59. > :04:03.Scots law. Arlene Fraser family -- Arlene Fraser's family will go home
:04:03. > :04:06.to Elgin tonight waiting for answers to the questions, the most
:04:06. > :04:08.prominent being what happened to their daughter.
:04:08. > :04:11.The Scottish government has published details of new laws to
:04:11. > :04:14.tackle sectarianism which it hopes to have in place before the new
:04:14. > :04:17.football season. Abusive behaviour at matches and pubs where games are
:04:17. > :04:20.being broadcast will carry prison terms of up to five years. Anyone
:04:20. > :04:30.expressing sectarian hatred on the internet will also be punished. So
:04:30. > :04:33.
:04:33. > :04:41.what changes will it bring in the football stands?
:04:41. > :04:45.The kind of behaviour this new legislation is trying to eradicate.
:04:46. > :04:50.Violence, threats and disorder marred the last football season.
:04:50. > :04:53.Celtic manager Neil Lennon faced a catalogue of incidents. He was
:04:53. > :04:57.attacked by a fan and send parcel bombs. The Scottish government said
:04:57. > :05:03.they had to act and are now rushing to get the laws in place for the
:05:03. > :05:08.start of the season next month. Stop tolerating it, and I think
:05:08. > :05:11.that is one of the problems. We tend to shrug our shoulders and
:05:11. > :05:16.thighs not bother about it. It shames us in the eyes of the world
:05:16. > :05:22.and we have begun to see that and understand that, and it is time
:05:22. > :05:26.they began to tackle it. Two new offences are being created. If you
:05:26. > :05:29.chanting a offensive or sectarian songs you could be jailed for up to
:05:29. > :05:35.five years or given an unlimited fine. It is not just that matches,
:05:35. > :05:41.it could be at a pub where you are watching the match other big screen.
:05:41. > :05:44.It is the same level of punishment for 13 behaviour and the internet.
:05:44. > :05:49.Forums and can carry death threats and the government wants to clamp
:05:49. > :05:53.down on that. What does this mean for football fans? There could be
:05:53. > :06:03.confusion over what can and cannot be sung. There is no list of banned
:06:03. > :06:05.
:06:05. > :06:12.songs. We're not like to say which songs are sectarian, bigoted up --
:06:12. > :06:18.or otherwise. That is up to a court to decide. We will get a mind
:06:18. > :06:22.around it and we will unfortunately have to arrest people who breach it.
:06:23. > :06:27.One former Celtic director believes the legislation is unworkable.
:06:27. > :06:32.will mean absolutely nothing to fans in practical terms. The way to
:06:32. > :06:36.cure this is by long-term social education. It is a deep-rooted
:06:36. > :06:41.social problem. It is not only associated with the ball but that
:06:42. > :06:46.is where it manifests itself. Rangers and Celtic have all
:06:46. > :06:51.welcomed the new Bill, on the day it was announced the Old Firm Derby
:06:51. > :06:54.would move to 20th December. Perhaps by then, we will know
:06:55. > :06:57.whether these steps are leading anywhere.
:06:57. > :07:00.You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC. Still to come:
:07:00. > :07:10.Travel trouble as part of the Kessock bridge at Inverness is to
:07:10. > :07:12.close on Sunday for repairs that are going to last eight days.
:07:12. > :07:16.And why Children's Laureate and author of The Gruffalo Julia
:07:16. > :07:24.Donaldson is championing libraries. In sport: we'll be hearing from
:07:24. > :07:27.Andy Murray just ahead of Wimbledon. I also tell you how Scottish
:07:27. > :07:32.golfers are faring at the US Open, and why these young athletes had
:07:32. > :07:39.been talking to the Prime Minister. The Labour leader Ed Miliband
:07:39. > :07:43.joined campaigning in the Inverclyde by-election today. His
:07:43. > :07:51.visit to one of Scotland's most deprived communities after he was
:07:51. > :07:56.accused of Labour becoming a dip party that is ripping off society.
:07:56. > :08:02.Ed Miliband says he wants Labour to be a party of grafters. He met a
:08:02. > :08:11.few as he talked jobs on a visit to Cannock. His critics accuse Labour
:08:11. > :08:16.of managing decline in community such as this. We all know that in
:08:16. > :08:21.every community there is a minority of people who can work but are not
:08:21. > :08:28.and need to be persuaded to do so. I also say that those who cannot
:08:28. > :08:32.work need protection and that is Labour's role. The SNP visited a
:08:32. > :08:37.local marina to promote tourist facilities. They know they should
:08:37. > :08:43.be a safe Labour seat but think they can attempt locals to change.
:08:43. > :08:48.I am from Greenock, and Greenock's biggest exporters people. That
:08:48. > :08:53.needs to change, and we need to leva assets, whether that is
:08:53. > :08:57.tourism are something else. Ed Miliband cannot offer that.
:08:57. > :09:00.Inverclyde is not typical Tory territory, but the party are
:09:00. > :09:05.braving the weather and the likelihood of defeat, insisting
:09:05. > :09:10.they can make a difference in places like this. I am very aware
:09:10. > :09:13.that in Inverclyde there have been huge social challenges. We want to
:09:13. > :09:17.ensure that in the United Kingdom we have a benefit system that
:09:17. > :09:22.generally does help those who genuinely need help. The Liberal
:09:22. > :09:25.Democrats have not really featured in this campaign so far. Heavy
:09:25. > :09:32.defeat here in last month's election has left them demoralised
:09:32. > :09:37.and defeated. We have to prove that we have not gone away and are still
:09:37. > :09:42.here, and will still be here next year for local elections. Are you
:09:42. > :09:46.expecting Nick Clegg here to campaign? I don't know. Would you
:09:46. > :09:49.welcome than? He would be welcome but they don't know what kind of
:09:49. > :09:58.reception he would get. Inverclyde by-election takes place
:09:58. > :10:02.on June 30th. The mother of one of two teenage
:10:02. > :10:05.girls who jumped from the Erskine bridge in 2009 has told an inquiry
:10:05. > :10:08.that she had taken an overdose and cut her wrists in the weeks before
:10:08. > :10:11.she died. Neve Lafferty and her friend Georgia Rowe died after
:10:11. > :10:13.falling more than 100 feet into the Clyde. Today, Neve's mother
:10:13. > :10:16.Collette Bysouth told the inquiry that her daughter had absconded
:10:16. > :10:19.from a residential unit in Helensburgh and then taken an
:10:19. > :10:22.overdose. She then cut her wrists while at an open unit at the Good
:10:22. > :10:25.Shepherd Centre in Bishopton and had also said she wanted to jump
:10:25. > :10:27.from the Erskine Bridge. An optician in Ayr has devised a
:10:27. > :10:31.solution to a little-known condition called face blindness.
:10:31. > :10:34.Sufferers can't recognise, or remember, people's faces. But it
:10:34. > :10:44.seems coloured lenses can fix the problem, which may affect as many
:10:44. > :10:47.
:10:47. > :10:51.as 3% of the population. For Alan Mendelsohn, a simple pair
:10:51. > :10:56.of blue glasses has changed his life. Allen suffers from face
:10:56. > :11:00.blindness, and recognising friends in the street was impossible.
:11:00. > :11:04.feel really bad that you don't remember someone's face, and you
:11:04. > :11:10.don't recognise someone if they are shouting for you in the street. You
:11:10. > :11:14.think, who are they? You wonder, have I seen them before? You get
:11:14. > :11:24.really nervous and you then have to try to work out from the
:11:24. > :11:24.
:11:24. > :11:28.conversation where you met them. is not just forgetfulness. His
:11:28. > :11:35.brain is not receiving the right information about what is in front
:11:35. > :11:38.of him. Then, his optician realised coloured lenses made a difference.
:11:38. > :11:43.Essentially, what we do is take out the light that is causing the
:11:43. > :11:48.problem. If you take the light out, faces suddenly seemed to be right
:11:48. > :11:52.immediately. The effect is so dramatic that he has to shut his
:11:52. > :11:57.eyes for a while when he changed his glasses to allow his brain to
:11:57. > :12:02.get used to the new information. can now see someone's a whole face
:12:02. > :12:07.at once. Instead of just seen the eyes of the nose, I see the whole
:12:07. > :12:11.thing together. It is kind of weird. It is thought his many as one and
:12:11. > :12:16.50 people suffer from face blindness. More work is needed to
:12:16. > :12:19.clarify whether a simple pair of glasses can make them make sense of
:12:19. > :12:21.the world. Some of the other stories across
:12:21. > :12:24.Scotland this Friday: Former Celtic goalkeeper Artur
:12:24. > :12:27.Boruc is to receive what is believed to be a record payment for
:12:27. > :12:29.an out-of-court settlement in a defamation case in Scotland. The
:12:29. > :12:33.footballer took legal action after the News of the World wrongly
:12:33. > :12:36.accused him of sending mobile phone texts and a photo of a sexual
:12:36. > :12:39.nature to another woman while his girlfriend was pregnant. News Group
:12:39. > :12:49.Newspapers, which publishes the newspaper, have made a full apology
:12:49. > :12:51.
:12:51. > :12:55.and agreed to pay Mr Boruc �70,000. A man has appeared in court charged
:12:55. > :13:02.with the murder of 88-year-old Stirling pensioner John Gillespie.
:13:02. > :13:06.It is alleged he attacked Mr Gillespie on 19th April. He
:13:06. > :13:11.demanded his lot and had a mother walking stick before dragging him
:13:11. > :13:14.along the ground to Severe up injury. He made no clear
:13:14. > :13:17.declaration at Stirling Sheriff Court and was remanded in custody.
:13:17. > :13:20.A meeting of evangelical members of the Church of Scotland has called
:13:20. > :13:22.the ordination of gay ministers a dangerous and disintegrative step
:13:22. > :13:25.and said it may lead to some congregations leaving the
:13:25. > :13:28.denomination. Last month, the Church's General Assembly voted to
:13:28. > :13:31.provisionally endorse the ordination of gay people. But today
:13:31. > :13:41.around 600 church elders and ministers met in Glasgow to show
:13:41. > :13:45.Motorists in the Highlands can expect long delays from this
:13:45. > :13:55.weekend. Major repair work gets underway on the Kessock Bridge on
:13:55. > :13:56.
:13:56. > :14:02.the A9 near Inverness this Sunday. It is the main access and exit road
:14:02. > :14:09.from Inverness and every day, 33,000 vehicles thunder across its
:14:09. > :14:16.four lanes. But from Sunday, traffic cones will be going out,
:14:16. > :14:26.signalling a week-long course hole. There has been some well failures
:14:26. > :14:28.
:14:28. > :14:38.on it and the need to be the fear - - the need to be repaired. Experts
:14:38. > :14:38.
:14:38. > :14:43.say the tailbacks could stretch back for hours. We understand that
:14:43. > :14:51.it is an emergency repair and has to be done. But I think they have
:14:51. > :14:55.been slow off the mark letting people know what is going to happen.
:14:55. > :15:02.If you have got some flexibility in your working patterns, it would be
:15:02. > :15:10.helpful if you could leave earlier or even better, work from home.
:15:10. > :15:16.Also, car-sharing is a good idea. That good news for motorists is
:15:16. > :15:23.that the stoppage should only take a week. The bad news is that is
:15:23. > :15:30.only a rehearsal. In two weeks' time, the entire bridge will need
:15:30. > :15:40.to be relayed, meaning delays for the next six months.
:15:40. > :15:44.
:15:44. > :15:48.The countdown to Armed Forces day David Currie has the sport.
:15:48. > :15:51.We are just a few days away from the start of this year's Wimbledon
:15:51. > :15:53.tennis championships and now we know who Andy Murray will play in
:15:53. > :15:57.his opening match. He is Daniel Gimeno-Traver of Spain,
:15:57. > :16:00.who is ranked 56 in the world. But the way the draw is structured,
:16:00. > :16:09.Murray could have to beat a more familiar and much more formidable
:16:09. > :16:14.Spaniard if he is to reach the final for the first time. Next time
:16:14. > :16:20.we see Andy Murray on court, he will be up against this man. The
:16:20. > :16:26.Spaniard has played at Wimbledon twice before, but only won one
:16:26. > :16:33.match. Andy Murray has played him twice before and beaten him twice.
:16:33. > :16:42.But Rafa Nadal could await Murray later in the tournament. A mare's
:16:42. > :16:51.run comes to an end that the hand of the great Rafa Nadal. He money
:16:51. > :16:59.in the semi-finals of the French Open just a few weeks ago. He also
:16:59. > :17:06.beat him at Wimbledon last year. You need to be very switched-on
:17:06. > :17:11.from the first moment when you play Rafa Nadal. Money had a chance to
:17:11. > :17:18.switch off when he took part in an exhibition match, or rather, he
:17:18. > :17:20.would have, had it not been called off for the bad weather.
:17:20. > :17:24.The two Scottish golfers, Stephen Gallacher and Martin Laird, are
:17:24. > :17:31.unlikely to make the cut at the US Open. The pair are both five over
:17:31. > :17:34.par after carding second-round 74s. With the projected cut currently at
:17:34. > :17:42.three over par, the Scots are all of 16 strokes behind runaway leader
:17:42. > :17:47.Rory McIlroy. He holed this sensational shot as part of his
:17:47. > :17:53.round of 66. If we hold on long enough, we will see it going and
:17:53. > :17:56.One of the first signs that the start of the new football season is
:17:56. > :17:59.not that far away is the publication of the SPL fixture list.
:17:59. > :18:02.And it is out today. Rangers are at home to Hearts on
:18:02. > :18:04.the opening Saturday on July 23. Celtic are away to Hibs, Aberdeen
:18:04. > :18:07.take on St Johnstone and Inverness host Motherwell.
:18:07. > :18:10.Newly-promoted Dunfermline have a home game against St Mirren and the
:18:10. > :18:13.match between Dundee United and Kilmarnock is on Sunday, July 24.
:18:13. > :18:15.With riders reaching speeds of 180 miles an hour, the British
:18:15. > :18:21.Superbikes Championship is billed as the pinnacle of two-wheeled
:18:21. > :18:25.sport in the UK. This weekend, it is being held at
:18:25. > :18:35.Knockhill. Around 30,000 fans are expected to brave the elements at
:18:35. > :18:35.
:18:35. > :18:40.the Fife race track, which culminates in Sunday's final. On
:18:40. > :18:46.and off the track, this weekend will be no place for the faint-
:18:46. > :18:55.hearted. As the Superbike riders tested themselves on the rain-
:18:55. > :19:05.soaked circuit, the spectators made the most of the decision. It does
:19:05. > :19:07.
:19:07. > :19:12.not put people off. Everyone who comes here is expecting it to rain!
:19:12. > :19:22.The riders expect their �85,000 bikes to be set up to cope with the
:19:22. > :19:23.
:19:23. > :19:31.adverse weather. And the power lane, you get a sense of just how
:19:31. > :19:40.powerful the superbikes are. I am this is what 180 miles an or looks
:19:40. > :19:45.like. Elbows, it just inches from the tarmac. But is very hectic,
:19:45. > :19:55.there are 35 riders out there and everyone is on it from the very
:19:55. > :19:59.
:19:59. > :20:04.start. It is a risky business, as one of the rider's nose. He broke a
:20:04. > :20:12.few bones in the last race, but fortunately got the all-clear today
:20:12. > :20:16.to take part. It is going to be great, I have got a lot of friends
:20:16. > :20:21.and family coming to watch. It adds a little bit of pressure, but it is
:20:21. > :20:24.good. This weekend, 157 British athletes
:20:24. > :20:33.head to Greece to participate in the Athens Special Olympics World
:20:33. > :20:37.games - and over half of them are Scottish. Those are the biggest
:20:37. > :20:45.games for people with learning disabilities. Paul Bradley has been
:20:45. > :20:53.out speaking to two of them. Preparations are well under way it
:20:53. > :21:02.in Greece as the torches lit in to welcome the visitors. For one
:21:02. > :21:07.athlete, there is a chance to add to his collection of medals.
:21:07. > :21:14.medals and top are the ones I got from the very first Games in
:21:15. > :21:21.Glasgow. I was very happy when I got them. There was tears and
:21:21. > :21:28.everything. I am really dedicated to what I do, so dedicated that I
:21:28. > :21:36.believe you have gone to the trouble of getting a tattoo? Yes, I
:21:36. > :21:43.have got 82 with the Olympic rings on them. I am sure it will be
:21:43. > :21:51.amazing. I am doing as much practising as I can. Some people
:21:51. > :22:01.got picked to go and see the Prime Minister in London. He was going to
:22:01. > :22:06.
:22:06. > :22:16.play with Barack Obama and he wanted some golfing tips. Did you
:22:16. > :22:17.
:22:17. > :22:20.give him any? Nor. Quite right, keep them to yourself!
:22:20. > :22:23.It has been exactly a week since Glasgow-based writer Julia
:22:23. > :22:25.Donaldson was announced as the UK's latest Children's Laureate. The
:22:25. > :22:29.author of more than 150 books, including the best-selling Gruffalo,
:22:29. > :22:32.promised more performances and to champion the work of libraries.
:22:32. > :22:42.And she is been true to her word. Today she was in Edinburgh to
:22:42. > :22:44.
:22:44. > :22:52.launch a new summer reading programme. He sat on the seashore,
:22:52. > :22:57.as thick end her hand. For Julia Donaldson, this is what it is all
:22:57. > :23:06.about. It is a scheme designed to promote reading during the summer
:23:06. > :23:12.holidays. If I am at the Book Festival on a reading, I do not
:23:12. > :23:17.just read the stories, but want to get the children involved. I think
:23:17. > :23:27.some good comes of it. They seem to get really involved and enjoy it
:23:27. > :23:30.
:23:30. > :23:33.and I think it helps their self- confidence. The author of 150 books
:23:33. > :23:41.hopes the profile will help the campaign to protect or libraries
:23:41. > :23:46.from cuts and closure. A I am not going to get to political by doing
:23:46. > :23:55.events in libraries. I just want people to realise how much fun they
:23:55. > :24:01.are. Traditionally, summer sees the drop-off in library use, but the
:24:01. > :24:11.circus theme of today certainly appealed to many of the youngsters.
:24:11. > :24:13.
:24:13. > :24:21.I am going to get a library card. really like all the books.
:24:21. > :24:25.highlight meeting the author for the first time. She is already
:24:25. > :24:35.planning a national performance for the end of her two-year tenure as
:24:35. > :24:40.
:24:40. > :24:50.Children's Laureate. I am sure there were Hailstone steady! What
:24:50. > :24:55.
:24:55. > :25:00.Yes, here is this rain that has been affecting us today.
:25:00. > :25:05.Unfortunately come tomorrow, it will push him again in the early
:25:05. > :25:12.morning. In the early morning, temperatures down to nine or 10
:25:12. > :25:21.degrees. But this rain is going to be with us for most of us this
:25:21. > :25:26.weekend. Further north, in the east you could get some sunshine. But
:25:26. > :25:32.further down in both East and West areas, we could get some very heavy
:25:32. > :25:35.rain in places. It will be wet through all this century bell, but
:25:35. > :25:45.further north should remain dry. This rain band is pushing
:25:45. > :25:46.
:25:46. > :25:53.southwards. We could eye c a high of 70 degrees up in it all up ill.
:25:53. > :26:01.The north-west Highlands is where the best of the weather will be.
:26:01. > :26:07.The further east there you go, the worst of the rain. The Angus Hull -
:26:07. > :26:17.- the Angus Hills will be particularly bad. Here are the
:26:17. > :26:20.
:26:20. > :26:25.The second half of the afternoon of Saturday and into the evening, that
:26:25. > :26:33.rain continues to sink South and the further north you are, you
:26:33. > :26:37.should have clear skies, although it will be a bit chilly. We have
:26:37. > :26:44.got some relatively settled conditions coming in for the second
:26:44. > :26:49.half of the weekend. It will not be wall-to-wall sunshine, but we
:26:49. > :26:54.should and temperatures getting up to 15 or 16 degrees Celsius. Into
:26:54. > :27:00.next week, again we are back to the unsettled weather. This low
:27:00. > :27:10.pressure is pushing him from the Atlantic and means that more rain
:27:10. > :27:13.
:27:13. > :27:16.is on the way. Weather? Now just before 7.00pm, a summary
:27:16. > :27:18.of tonight's top stories. The Appeal Court in Edinburgh has
:27:18. > :27:21.ruled that the Elgin businessman Nat Fraser should face a retrial
:27:21. > :27:24.for the murder of his wife Arlene. The judges quashed his original
:27:24. > :27:31.conviction after an earlier hearing at the UK Supreme Court ruled it
:27:31. > :27:35.had been unsafe. A major shake-up to the pension fund has been
:27:35. > :27:37.announced by the government. The Scottish government has
:27:37. > :27:42.published details of new laws to tackle sectarianism which it hopes
:27:43. > :27:45.to have in place before the new football season. Abusive behaviour
:27:46. > :27:48.at matches and pubs where games are being broadcast will carry prison
:27:49. > :27:52.terms of up to five years. Anyone expressing sectarian hatred on the