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Scotland and England as two independent countries. A short | :00:12. | :00:17. | |
drive from the palace to open the 4th session of the Scottish | :00:17. | :00:23. | |
Parliament. It is a very different chamber, with the Scottish National | :00:23. | :00:30. | |
Party in the majority. The majority of the legislation passed in this | :00:30. | :00:34. | |
chamber and the well-tested process which have given rise to it is | :00:34. | :00:43. | |
evidence of the Scottish Parliament having truly come of age. The four | :00:43. | :00:46. | |
snow Minister agreed with the sentiment, but made it clear that | :00:46. | :00:53. | |
independence was his call. It is our belief that the challenge ahead | :00:53. | :01:00. | |
lies within our cells. However, what other constitutional path the | :01:00. | :01:06. | |
Scottish people choose, and it is that their path to take, we will | :01:06. | :01:12. | |
remain firm friends and equal partners. As he was also keen to | :01:12. | :01:22. | |
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stress how the future could look to the past. You're predecessors it | :01:23. | :01:27. | |
rained over two sovereign nations and there was nothing particularly | :01:27. | :01:35. | |
unusual in that. So, the Queen of Scotland would still be welcomed in | :01:35. | :01:42. | |
an independent nation. Paul attacks and Parliament aside, it was time | :01:42. | :01:48. | |
for the people. The members of Scottish Parliament met their local | :01:48. | :01:53. | |
heroes in the raid to Parliament. 1,000 of local people took part. | :01:53. | :01:58. | |
After all the ceremonies, Parliament through the doors open | :01:58. | :02:03. | |
for members of the public for a pageant of that music. The queen | :02:03. | :02:10. | |
and pawn with a clear message ringing in her years about her | :02:10. | :02:14. | |
place any future Scottish independent state. | :02:14. | :02:17. | |
Labour says its victory in the Inverclyde by-election marks the | :02:17. | :02:19. | |
beginning of its recovery. Labour won with just over 15,000 votes, | :02:19. | :02:23. | |
but its majority over the SNP was cut by more than half on last | :02:23. | :02:26. | |
year's general election. The Conservatives were third. But it | :02:26. | :02:29. | |
was another disaster for the Liberal Democrats. They came fourth, | :02:29. | :02:31. | |
with fewer than 700 votes and lost their deposit. | :02:31. | :02:41. | |
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Our political editor Brian Taylor A victory is a victory. No matter | :02:42. | :02:49. | |
what the majority is, this local Olad has done well. He kept a safe | :02:49. | :02:58. | |
Labour seat safe. I am very proud. I am very proud that I will be | :02:58. | :03:04. | |
representing the constituency that I was brought up in. But the | :03:04. | :03:14. | |
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majority of or 14,000 was half. did very well. It was a huge | :03:17. | :03:24. | |
majority, but we need massive inroads. We are certainly not down. | :03:24. | :03:29. | |
A as the votes became counted, it became clear that was not going to | :03:29. | :03:37. | |
be another sensational victory for the Scottish National Party. | :03:37. | :03:39. | |
think the Scottish people understand that there is a | :03:39. | :03:42. | |
different process for the Scottish Parliament and for general | :03:42. | :03:48. | |
elections and for by-elections. It is not unexpected to see different | :03:48. | :03:56. | |
results in that respect. That said, it is still been seen as the sign | :03:56. | :04:04. | |
of a fightback by the Labour Party. It is a good result in the face of | :04:04. | :04:09. | |
the strong Scottish National Party challenge. And I think it also | :04:09. | :04:12. | |
sends a message out to David Cameron and the coalition that they | :04:12. | :04:20. | |
are going too fast and too far with the cuts. But it was a very bad | :04:20. | :04:24. | |
night for the Liberal Democrats. They came 4th and lost their | :04:24. | :04:29. | |
deposit. The Conservatives pushed ahead and came third. Their head | :04:29. | :04:36. | |
office is said to be happy. This has been a Labour ought Labour | :04:36. | :04:39. | |
stronghold for decades. Losing the seat would it have been little | :04:40. | :04:49. | |
short of a disaster. The Scottish National Party did have a view on | :04:49. | :04:54. | |
winning the seat, but as one senior official said today, we have got | :04:54. | :05:03. | |
used to winning, but you cannot win them all. For the next four years a | :05:03. | :05:10. | |
last, this place will stay in labour power. Or political Editor | :05:10. | :05:14. | |
Brian Wilson is here. Brian, we will come to the by-election result | :05:14. | :05:17. | |
in a moment, but first, what do you make of today's events in | :05:17. | :05:27. | |
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Edinburgh? Of pageantry. It was all a very interesting day of pageantry. | :05:37. | :05:42. | |
But it was interesting to hear what Alex Salmond said today. He was | :05:42. | :05:48. | |
even seen that in the event of independence, the Queen would still | :05:48. | :05:54. | |
be the reigning monarch. What, if anything, can we read into | :05:54. | :06:02. | |
Labour holding Inverclyde last night? A good victory for Labour | :06:02. | :06:07. | |
and the good night for the Scottish National Party, really. I do not | :06:07. | :06:16. | |
think that the momentum of the Scottish National Party has stalled. | :06:16. | :06:22. | |
But for the Labour Party, the attempts to renew the party here in | :06:22. | :06:25. | |
Holyrood continues. You are watching Reporting Scotland | :06:25. | :06:27. | |
from the BBC. Still to come before 7.00pm... | :06:27. | :06:30. | |
The documents giving an insight into the country's ill-fated | :06:30. | :06:33. | |
attempts to become a colonial power in Central America. | :06:33. | :06:36. | |
Tonight's sport comes from Wimbledon, on the day Andy Murray | :06:36. | :06:39. | |
tries to become the first Scot ever to reach a singles final. And | :06:39. | :06:47. | |
Stephen Godden is keeping an eye on Murray too - in Edinburgh. | :06:47. | :06:51. | |
everyone is lucky enough to have tickets for the Centre Court in | :06:51. | :06:55. | |
Wimbledon, so here in Edinburgh, they have got the next best thing. | :06:55. | :07:01. | |
It is a festival of tennis. You can see the tennis courts set up there | :07:01. | :07:05. | |
in the background. There are hundreds of people here from the | :07:05. | :07:10. | |
offices and bars watching the tennis on the big screen. When Andy | :07:10. | :07:15. | |
Murray won the first set, it was absolutely electric here. Things | :07:15. | :07:23. | |
have begun to get a bit in the last 45 minutes. The no, I am afraid we | :07:23. | :07:28. | |
are not going into the crowd at just yet. Sorry about that. | :07:28. | :07:31. | |
Edinburgh Council has exactly two months to find an estimated | :07:31. | :07:33. | |
�250,000, after it decided to push on with its controversial trams | :07:33. | :07:36. | |
project. September 1st is being called the "drop dead date", when | :07:36. | :07:39. | |
the council will be taken to court unless it shows the contractor | :07:39. | :07:42. | |
where the money is coming from. Gavin Walker now looks at the | :07:43. | :07:51. | |
options facing the council. The council's decision ends months of | :07:51. | :07:58. | |
speculation about the project. To get the go-ahead, the council needs | :07:58. | :08:05. | |
to find another �200 million. The transport convener concedes it is a | :08:05. | :08:12. | |
tough task. We are a man aged difficult budget decisions before, | :08:12. | :08:21. | |
so I think we can get there. council now faces a deadline day on | :08:21. | :08:25. | |
the 1st September. If the money has not been raised by then, the | :08:25. | :08:30. | |
contract or with whom it is in dispute, will walk off the job and | :08:30. | :08:39. | |
never return. The council hopes to enter talks with Holyrood to find | :08:39. | :08:43. | |
an answer. But the Scottish government has said it will not | :08:43. | :08:48. | |
provide money directly. So what are the options? They could borrow the | :08:48. | :08:54. | |
money, but it would cost about �12 million a year over 30 years. That | :08:54. | :09:01. | |
would mean a total repayment of nearly �360 million on the �200 | :09:01. | :09:07. | |
million loan. They also hope to make benefits from changes to local | :09:07. | :09:14. | |
funding in the years to come. Or it may even be allowed to keep a share | :09:14. | :09:19. | |
of business let charges. Finally, it may have to sell the trams off | :09:19. | :09:27. | |
to a private owner and then by the leased back. It is a bit like a | :09:27. | :09:32. | |
ticking bomb. And that ticking bomb is the September 1st date. They had | :09:32. | :09:36. | |
been told that if they have not got the funding in place, the | :09:36. | :09:41. | |
contractor will walk away and they will see them in court for the | :09:41. | :09:49. | |
costs incurred to date. So will fall the final decision that some | :09:49. | :09:57. | |
Andrew's Square would be the final destination is a good definite plan | :09:57. | :10:03. | |
to be put in place, how the people feel about the prospect of the | :10:03. | :10:09. | |
people paying for the trams over the next 30 years is another matter. | :10:09. | :10:12. | |
Some of the other stories across Scotland this Friday... | :10:12. | :10:15. | |
A second man has been arrested in Edinburgh, after an incident | :10:15. | :10:18. | |
involving suspected explosives. Bomb squad officers were called to | :10:18. | :10:22. | |
a flat in Wester Hailes at lunchtime yesterday. A 34-year-old | :10:22. | :10:26. | |
man was charged under the Explosive Substances Act. A 25-year-old man | :10:26. | :10:30. | |
has also been detained in connection with the incident. | :10:30. | :10:33. | |
A police sergeant with Lothian Police has been found guilty of | :10:33. | :10:37. | |
raping two young girls in their home 36 years ago. 51-year-old Paul | :10:37. | :10:40. | |
Greig, from Armadale in West Lothian, had denied raping the | :10:40. | :10:47. | |
sisters in 1974. Plans have been lodged this morning | :10:47. | :10:50. | |
for another big wind farm on the island of Lewis, by the same | :10:50. | :10:52. | |
consortium whose application was rejected by the government three | :10:52. | :10:55. | |
years ago. Lewis Wind Power have teamed up | :10:55. | :10:58. | |
with the community landowner, The Stornoway Trust, and are proposing | :10:58. | :11:03. | |
a 42-turbine development on the Barvas Moor. The previous plans | :11:03. | :11:11. | |
attracted protests from residents and green campaigners. | :11:11. | :11:14. | |
We have heard already about the 1707 Union between the Scottish and | :11:14. | :11:18. | |
English parliaments. That union came about partly because of one of | :11:18. | :11:20. | |
the world's first sovereign debt crises, when Scotland was all but | :11:20. | :11:26. | |
ruined by the failed Darien Scheme. The idea was to establish a colony | :11:26. | :11:31. | |
in Panama and for Scotland to become an important trading nation. | :11:31. | :11:33. | |
Today, valuable 300-year-old documents about this crucial part | :11:33. | :11:43. | |
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of our history were handed over to It was another delicious idea, to | :11:45. | :11:50. | |
build a trading colony in Dalian, the country now known as Panama. It | :11:50. | :12:00. | |
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was 1698. William Paterson was the man behind the plan. His pitch to | :12:02. | :12:08. | |
the people, was the key of the universe. For the first time, these | :12:08. | :12:13. | |
documents belonging to the odd Bank of Scotland are on view. The detail | :12:13. | :12:18. | |
investment by people, rich and poor, in the scheme. Almost a quarter of | :12:18. | :12:24. | |
the country's wealth was invested. It quickly turned into a patriotic | :12:24. | :12:33. | |
cause. It was sold as something that would make Scotland prosperous. | :12:33. | :12:39. | |
But it was a complete disaster. They were over ambitious and under- | :12:39. | :12:49. | |
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prepared. People were dying of disease. There were more global | :12:53. | :13:00. | |
things at work as well, which added to disaster. But disease was the | :13:00. | :13:10. | |
main problem. It took Scotland to the brink of disaster. Familiar? | :13:10. | :13:16. | |
you look at the situation in Iceland and Greece, you could say | :13:16. | :13:20. | |
that they look to the European Union to bail them out. In the | :13:20. | :13:30. | |
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Scottish case, Scotland eventually became part of the new union. | :13:31. | :13:36. | |
documents are any insight into life in Scotland just before the | :13:36. | :13:46. | |
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parliaments United. Some good news for Scotland in the global market. | :13:51. | :13:54. | |
The European a union has have negotiated an agreement with South | :13:54. | :14:03. | |
Korea, the six biggest importer of Scotch whisky. The European | :14:03. | :14:07. | |
Commissioner who negotiated the deal told BBC Scotland the free- | :14:07. | :14:11. | |
trade agreement opens a bigger opportunities. The product will | :14:12. | :14:19. | |
become a 20% less expensive. And it will make it much more competitive | :14:19. | :14:23. | |
with other local brands that represent the largest part of the | :14:23. | :14:33. | |
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market. Whisky is in the premium part of the market. | :14:36. | :14:39. | |
A teenager who stabbed a 21-year- old cleaner in Glasgow claims he | :14:39. | :14:42. | |
was insane at the time and not responsible for his actions. | :14:42. | :14:45. | |
Tianhui Zhan, who is 19, is accused of murdering Michael Davis in the | :14:45. | :14:48. | |
city centre last October. At the High Court in Glasgow, he pleaded | :14:48. | :14:54. | |
not guilty and has lodged a special defence of insanity. He has made it | :14:54. | :14:59. | |
at last, David Curry, that is, to Wimbledon. | :14:59. | :15:05. | |
Yes, welcome to are not expense spared studio. We are here because | :15:05. | :15:09. | |
Andy Murray is bidding to become the first Scot ever to reach a | :15:09. | :15:18. | |
Wimbledon singles final. Without any further ado, I can tell you he | :15:18. | :15:25. | |
started off well by second winning the first set. He lost the second. | :15:25. | :15:30. | |
Here are some live pictures of what is happening now. Not going | :15:30. | :15:37. | |
according to plan for Andy Murray in the third set. Five games after | :15:37. | :15:47. | |
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two to Rafael Nadal. Nadal is just about to serve up. A special guest | :15:51. | :16:00. | |
is Barry Davies. Andy Murray's chances now? Two sets up to one | :16:00. | :16:05. | |
down, not going well and he started so well. So we could not have asked | :16:05. | :16:11. | |
any more from him in the first set. He was prepared to attack. He was | :16:11. | :16:15. | |
bossing the match. The whole thing for me turned early in the second | :16:15. | :16:25. | |
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set. The ball was just long on the baseline and Nadal won that game. | :16:28. | :16:34. | |
That took Marie a long time to get over that mess. -- Andy Murray. | :16:34. | :16:42. | |
Does that mean there is no way back for him? It would be miraculous | :16:42. | :16:51. | |
effect came together now. Am I being nasty and hoping that Rafael | :16:51. | :16:56. | |
Nadal's injury stars to tell? would be delighted if you were | :16:56. | :17:02. | |
right. But the history books and the quality of Rafael Nadal tells | :17:02. | :17:07. | |
us it is a huge uphill task for Andy Murray. If he does it, good | :17:07. | :17:17. | |
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luck to him. It would be wonderful. Regardless of the resort, it has | :17:18. | :17:23. | |
been a memo day here in Wimbledon. Spectators queuing up for days. -- | :17:23. | :17:29. | |
a memorable day here. Most of them were here to cheer on Andy Murray. | :17:29. | :17:35. | |
I have been in the thick of it as usual. At the front of the queue, | :17:35. | :17:39. | |
these people have been lining up for hours to get a good position. | :17:39. | :17:49. | |
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We came here on Friday in the morning, camped overnight. Each to | :17:50. | :17:56. | |
their own. We have a Scottish gentleman here. An Andy Murray fan. | :17:57. | :18:05. | |
A no, I do not like Andy Murray. He is useless, a waste of time, he | :18:05. | :18:13. | |
sacked as coach and he is losing because of that. I do not like him | :18:13. | :18:23. | |
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at all. Who is going to when it? Murray! Do not rush. Take your time. | :18:24. | :18:34. | |
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Come on, Andy. Here we are with the legendary Chelsea pensioners. A | :18:35. | :18:39. | |
long time since a British person one at Wimbledon. Can you remember | :18:39. | :18:48. | |
it? Yes, Fred Perry. I was only a boy them. Maybe there will be a | :18:48. | :18:58. | |
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change of this year. I have popped up here, Andy Murray is having his | :18:58. | :19:01. | |
final practice session before what could be the biggest match of his | :19:02. | :19:11. | |
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life. Good crowd for Murray, but Rafael Nadal has a good following. | :19:14. | :19:20. | |
He is, he is very charming. He has a great following. And he has a | :19:20. | :19:30. | |
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nice bottom. Henman held had never Everybody enthralled. Well, almost | :19:42. | :19:50. | |
everyone. I wonder if that lady is still sleeping. If those Chelsea | :19:50. | :19:53. | |
pensioners are still watching, they may have to wait a little bit | :19:53. | :19:58. | |
longer before they have a British champion. Rafael Nadal has just | :19:58. | :20:08. | |
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gone up two sets to one up. Mel One of the world's most famous | :20:22. | :20:26. | |
wildlife research stations, the bird observatory on Fair Isle, will | :20:26. | :20:34. | |
be officially open tomorrow. There are all there are already plans to | :20:34. | :20:41. | |
extend the work it does. Some of the world's most renowned | :20:41. | :20:46. | |
ornithologists have worked here. 63 years ago, the bird observatory was | :20:46. | :20:56. | |
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set up peer inside some old naval huts. -- set up here. The fabric of | :20:56. | :21:02. | |
the building was falling apart. But we coped. We patched it up every | :21:03. | :21:08. | |
year. Using money mainly from the Scottish government, Shetland | :21:08. | :21:12. | |
Islands Council and Highland and Islands but Enterprise Board, the | :21:12. | :21:20. | |
new station has now been built. The old building has been replaced with | :21:20. | :21:23. | |
a purpose-built observatory with offices, laboratories, | :21:24. | :21:27. | |
accommodation and plenty of space. It is already attracting people | :21:27. | :21:32. | |
from all over the world. We have got a lot of people who are | :21:32. | :21:36. | |
visiting the row for the first time. A lot of people from Shetland are | :21:36. | :21:41. | |
coming for the first time. We have got people who have been coming for | :21:41. | :21:45. | |
years, specifically looking for rare birds, we have got researchers | :21:45. | :21:49. | |
coming because we have got facilities for them. Tomorrow's | :21:49. | :21:59. | |
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opening Marks the beginning of a new era. The work will have wide | :22:03. | :22:08. | |
ranging implications for our understanding of the seas and the | :22:08. | :22:18. | |
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birds on our coastline. Torness nuclear power station has | :22:19. | :22:23. | |
switched one of its reactors back on after jellyfish forced a | :22:23. | :22:26. | |
precautionary shut down. Both reactors were closed earlier this | :22:26. | :22:30. | |
week after a large numbers of them were found in the sea water | :22:30. | :22:34. | |
entering the Platt. Local fishermen helped clear the jellyfish from | :22:34. | :22:40. | |
around the station near Dunbar. Let's get the greatest of the | :22:40. | :22:50. | |
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Let's get the greatest of the This dry, settled weather is set to | :22:51. | :22:59. | |
stick with us for the weekend. Let's take a look at the map. Most | :22:59. | :23:05. | |
places seeing a fine end to the day with some sunshine. Staying dry | :23:05. | :23:10. | |
overnight, but quite cloudy. It will be milder than it was last | :23:10. | :23:15. | |
night because of that cloud. There may be the odd spot in the central | :23:15. | :23:20. | |
Highlands which will be a little bit cooler. Tomorrow, a fine start | :23:20. | :23:25. | |
to the weekend. A similar picture to today. Cloud around, but sunnier | :23:25. | :23:32. | |
spells as well. There will be the odd light shower later. A generally | :23:32. | :23:40. | |
dry. Temperatures picking up. 17 or 18 Celsius. The central belt will | :23:40. | :23:44. | |
see the top temperatures. Towards the east, a little bit cooler with | :23:44. | :23:52. | |
onshore breezes. Temperatures around 14 or 15 degrees. Later on | :23:52. | :23:56. | |
in the day tomorrow, we will see cloud with a in from the West so we | :23:56. | :24:03. | |
might see the odd light shudder. If you are heading out to the | :24:03. | :24:10. | |
mountains this weekend, the weather will be good. -- odd light shower. | :24:10. | :24:18. | |
A lovely weekend for outdoor pursuits. In the West, winter will | :24:18. | :24:28. | |
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Heading into tomorrow evening, it will stay dry for the large part. | :24:34. | :24:42. | |
Again, we should see a fine end to the day. On Sunday, another set of | :24:42. | :24:47. | |
we will even see temperatures picking up a little bit more. | :24:47. | :24:51. | |
Temperatures of 20 or 21 Celsius. For the start of next week, we | :24:51. | :24:56. | |
still have high pressure sticking with us. Still that warm weather. | :24:56. | :25:02. | |
That law should not reach us until Tuesday or Wednesday. -- that low | :25:02. | :25:12. | |
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pressure. That is your weather for now. Have a lovely weekend. | :25:15. | :25:21. | |
A summary of tonight's top stories. The Queen has officially opened the | :25:21. | :25:26. | |
4th term of the Scottish parliament. To the sound of a fanfare, she | :25:26. | :25:31. | |
addressed MSPs and paid tribute to what she described as a mature | :25:31. | :25:36. | |
Parliament. The first minister described Scotland's relationship | :25:36. | :25:41. | |
with the rest of the UK as firm friends and equal partners. | :25:41. | :25:45. | |
The former head of the IMF has been released from house arrest in New | :25:45. | :25:53. | |
York after doubts were raised about the case against him. The | :25:53. | :25:59. | |
credibility of his alleged victim has been put in doubt. | :25:59. | :26:04. | |
At Wimbledon, it is not going well for Andy Murray. After winning the | :26:04. | :26:10. | |
first set, he is now trailing in the semi-final by two sets to one. | :26:10. | :26:17. |