11/07/2011 Reporting Scotland

Welcome to Monday's Reporting Scotland. Tonight on your national

news: The families of thousands of elderly people seek assurances

about their care, as Southern Cross pulls out of the care home business.

There is certainly people with Alzheimer's and dementia, that has

got to be a priority because you can't destabilise them.

In other news: a new police unit is to be set up to tackle sectariansim

but football fans won't be given a list of the songs and chants that

might get them arrested. Also ahead: is it an open quarry or

the Scottish Open? As we're battered again by wind and rain,

how're you coping with another miserable summer?

And whatever the weather, one man's just overcome to be back in

Scotland. Getting a chance to get 3,000 elderly residents of the 7th

cross homes are facing an uncertain future as for debt it announced it

was closing down. The welfare of residence Basie would be maintained

with minimum disruption. Organisations representing older

people are calling for more concrete guarantees.

On the way to a visit, his mother in law is in a Southern Cross home.

She has Alzheimer's and is vulnerable. The concerns are that

the patient care continues. That has got to be the priority. People

with the type of illnesses that my mother has, Alzheimer's and

dementia, that has got to be a priority because you can't

destabilise them. Seven cross had been in financial difficulty for

some time. Today, landlords that own at the police say they don't

want to be part of the group any more. It has heaped worry on to

anxious relatives and the elderly. The Scottish Government has been

clear and we are working closely to ensure whatever scenario and false,

our priority is to ensure the continuity and quality of care. --

Southern Cross has 3,000 residents in its care. Souness Southern Cross

will go and it landlords that own the home as well take over the

running of them or find another care company to go into partnership

with. They are concerns that these changes will be traumatic. If

everyone is talking about residents being given continuity of care.

What does that mean? If the personnel change or the physical

setting changes, that can have a distressing effects on the older

person concerned. For residents living in care homes, it is an

anxious time. Who will take over? Will it be this dame a staff -- at

the same staff? What we do know is the Scottish Government say no one

would be made homeless. A new national police unit is to be

established to tackle sectarianism in football matches in Scotland.

The move was an number of measures outlined by the Joint Action Group

which includes his -- includes politicians, police and fans.

Signing up to stamp out sectarianism in football. First of

all Celtic, followed by Rangers. Putting pen to paper on a plan

along with the Government, the police and those who run the game.

For football at the end of last season was terrible. If that was to

continue, it would become an and marketable product. What are the

recommendations? There is to be a new football policing unit are to

gather information, they will have to edit to a code of conduct and

there will be tough licensing laws that could see pubs around the

stadiums close down. What about offensive songs? There will be no

list to determine what is acceptable and no mass arrests at

football grounds either. We are making arrests and we will continue

to do that. Anyone who says you should be arresting hundreds, they

need to get real. That news has not gone down well with some fans

online. Some remain sceptical and want clarification. They want to

know what they can and can't sing and another wants them to define

what songs are right or wrong. They demand actions. Having discussed

the matter at length and had input from the lord advocate, it is clear

it comes down to the circumstance of fact and context. Certain songs,

certain comments, certain actions, can be unacceptable depending on

when they are used. A list of action points but no list of songs.

The fight against sectarianism continues.

Still to come: An inquiry into the New Zealand mine disaster in which

to Scots died. Financial pressures may have compromised safety.

We are live in Greenock after a successful weekend as the tall

ships set sail to go. We have some golf news and find out

what the Hearts owner is doing on Loch Ness.

A court has heard how a mother killed her four year-old daughter

in of the grounds of Raigmore hospital in Inverness. She was

attending the birth of her lovers baby. Nicola Calicut the courts but

went off with their own son and killed them.

They were in a relationship together as well as with a manner,

Christopher Everett, who had fathered the children of both women.

The three meet -- the women lived in Inverness-shire. The court heard

that a degree of jealousy and angry developed and things came to a head

when Miss Childs came to a hospital here for the birth of her baby son

in February of this year. It was after cutting the umbilical cord on

the new born at Rachel Cowley walked off with her four year old

daughter and drowned her by holding her head under the water at the

back of the hospital. She tried to cover up the toddler with

vegetation. The first offender admitted a charge of homicide. She

was ordered to be detained at a psychiatric hospital ahead of

sentencing. An inquiry into the New Zealand

mine disaster in which to Scots died has been told financial

pressures may have led to increased safety risks. -- two has got. They

were among those killed in a series of explosions that ripped through

the mind. The head of another mime company criticised the operation. -

- MIND macro. Looking for answers, the families

of those that died. We want the truth of what has happened here. We

don't want this swept under the carpets. If this baby, born after

the disaster will never know her dad. It is going to be a tough time

for the families. The support they can get will be good. Three

commissioners are investigating what happened and why. This hearing

examining how the mind was developed. The mine had many

problems. Factors that could lead to safety compromises. The boss of

another company appeared as an expert witness. He was critical of

operations at the coal mine, claiming they had not done their

homework. It was, from early planning stages, over-optimistic.

It had insufficient call seen and insufficient investigation work and

had not enough information to pursue at a level of risk that

solid in just -- the solid industry would regard as complex. Incidents

like this with catastrophic consequences should be able to

occur in modern mining. Evidence which worries Malcolm Campbell's

family. He was one of those killed. Financially, they had been under

pressure. I don't know what the outcome was that they had pressure

on them when the Department of Conservation made them go through

the mountain. It cost them a lot of excess money. There is more

evidence to come. An inquiry into what went wrong could take up to

eight months. A man serving a life sentence for

murdering his wife and dumping her in the cell has told a jury he

acted alone. Harry Jarvis denied a woman living in his garden shed was

his secret lover or that she was involved in hiding the body. He

denies helping -- she denies helping Jarvis by concealing her

body under the floor. Passenger traffic rose at three

major airports last month. Edinburgh was busy at -- busiest

with one million people passing through, an increase of 7%. Glasgow

and Aberdeen also noted rises. But growing number of roe deer

moving into urban areas has prompted new guidance from Scottish

Natural Heritage. The Deer Code is aimed at protecting the animals as

well as reducing car accidents involving deer and preventing

damage to gardens and property. A woman has gone on trial accused

of neglecting dozens of horses at a farm in Aberdeenshire. One witness

said they were underweight, infested with lice and standing up

to their knees in mud. Colin Wight was at Banff Sheriff Court. You may

find some of the pictures disturbing.

This is footage filmed by a charity. They were called to the farm after

a tip-off by a concerned member of the public. One witness said they

were in a poor condition. One was dead. Valerie Pritchard ran the

farm with her partner. Charges have since been dropped against him. She

appeared at court to face five charges of neglect in horses and

causing them unnecessary suffering. She admitted one charge of failing

to dispose of horse carcasses. This is one of the witnesses. He said be

30 acre field was marshy and had very little grass. There were 25

horses, most were underweight, mice infected and knee-deep in mud. He

saw a dead ball which he estimated had been lying for today's. -- dead

horse. He said a yearling was it Fynn and unable to get up. It was

later put down by a vet. Many of the surviving animals were signed

over to the horse welfare charity. The manager told the court some had

been up to their chests trying to get out of mud. This was a group of

animals that were not being looked after. The case has been adjourned

It's not been a great start to the summer, what with flash floods in

Edinburgh, landslides at the Scottish Open and festival fans

ankle deep in mud at T in the Park. And the latest figures show the

coldest June in some parts of Scotland for more than a decade.

Aileen Clarke has been out trying to dodge the showers.

This morning, this family buried with her granddaughter making the

most a couple of hours in Glasgow. Their motto: the catch the sunshine

will you can. The weather is changing everywhere just now I

think. It's not been that good and you need to take advantage. They

are needing the rain down south but we certainly don't need it up here.

Edinburgh won't be buying gold. Flash floods their last week meant

summer frocks were back in the wardrobe and winter waders were on.

It was a bit overcast that this Inverness Golf Course today, but

that is nothing compared to the conditions at Castle Stuart for the

Scottish Open, when suddenly there were more water features on the

course than intended. The best dive of the day with this. He needed a

kid day-by-day. To my good days and one terrible day. Golfers are used

to bad weather, simple as that. the Banff area, they are claiming a

rather sunnier, drier spell. It has been pretty good, probably about

nine Celsius, pretty hot. Back in Glasgow, the changeable and rainy

weather has caused these keen gardeners problems. It's been

terrible. A complete non-event, a washout. It's been really terrible.

It's gone on and on in the summer will be finish soon. There are a

few challenges on these nearby allotments. It's been bad for is

this year because we have not had enough sun to heat their ground up

and bring a lot of plants on. It kept the bumblebees away and stop

them from getting pollinated. gardeners and probably everybody

else would like for the summer is plenty of sunshine during the day

and then a be a bit of rain at night.

A woman from Perthshire has completed the first ever recorded

swim across the Pentland Firth. Colleen Blair swam the treacherous

nine mile straight of water between the Orkney island of Hoy and

Caithness this morning, in four hours and 41 minutes. It's not the

first open what a challenge he has taken on. Three years ago, she swam

across the Irish Sea. It's something not be done before. It's

been tried a few times but nobody managed it. It was a short swim but

that half swim and the tides are very hard. Where it not for the

vote crew, I would not have managed it. What are everywhere in the

sport tonight, and John Major haggard cheeks to start with.

We start with Andy Murray. Scotland's World Number four may

have led Great Britain to Davis Cup victory this weekend in Glasgow,

but it was all about the tears at the Braehead Arena. An emotional

homecoming for Andy Murray as he secured victory over Luxembourg.

Jonathan Sutherland reports. It's not often you see a motion

like this from Andy Murray. Thank you very much. I don't often get a

A rare moment of vulnerability leading to rapturous applause from

the home crowd at a packed Braehead arena. You just witnessed Andy

Murray leading Britain to Davis Cup victory over Luxembourg. I stayed

for the fair as he beat the Gilles Muller in straight sets. Will

Murray be there in September? if I am that I will definitely play.

No guarantee however that Braehead will be the arena for the September

Davis Cup tie. Given how much playing on home soil means to Andy

Murray, it is surely now stands a decent chance.

Despite his best efforts at the Scottish Open at the weekend, Colin

Montgomerie won't be teeing off at The Open on Thursday. Monty's 10-

under par final score at Castle Stuart was not quite enough to

clinch a place at Royal St George's but he is not willing to let that

setback get him down. Though he's missing out for the first time in

20 years, he says he will be back next year. It gives me more

incentive to get back to it next time. That is the goal, and that is

the objective now, do not miss another one. I am disappointed to

miss this one, but I will try for the next one.

Now, he's one of the most controversial figures in Scottish

football. Regularly at odds with officials and the footballing

authorities. But there's no doubt there's more to the Hearts owner

Vladimir Romanov than that. The Russian-born businessman has been

showing he has hidden depths, a bit There's a legend in these parts

that there is something in the water. Drawing the adventurous and

the curious in search of truth. But, that is not why he is here. For

them. Or them. We came here to make a record. No one has one Loch Ness

in a grip. Vladimir Romanov and friends made a record attempt to

mark the 50th anniversary of an accident on board a Russian

submarine. An accident in which eight crewmen died. For some of

them it may be like going to countries where it is warm, because

at the time some of them were diving in freezing water. You'll be

wanting to know if they made it. Yes, the dead, and a man with a

beard was there to congratulate Vladimir Romanov. The achievement

is and being recognised by the It's all tears and his appointment

tonight. Wasn't the Andy Murray stuff

lovely? Showing his vulnerability. The Tall Ship's visit to Greenock

on the Clyde is drawing to a close this evening. Over the weekend tens

of thousands of people visited the event which is expected to give a

substantial boost to the local economy. Our reporter Kevin Keane

is on one of the ships in Greenock tonight.

For the last three days, all of those people have been steaming

here on to the James Watt dock and on to the ships, to see their

shirts on the inside for themselves. I'll take you on board this one.

This is the Lord Nelson and this is the bridge where it is operated

from. It is specifically designed for people with disabilities, so

this chair moved out of the way so wheelchairs can be direct --

position directly in front of the ship's wheel. You can see the sales

there, and their design so they can be operated almost remotely from

the law Becks. That avoids people having to climb the rigging in a

traditional style. Inside here, this is the charge room, where the

decisions are made, and the roots plotted. This has been a success

for Inverclyde. It was the wind which brought the

ships in, and this son which brought the people out. Out they

came, to see not just the dozens of vessels, but the regeneration which

has come with it. The whole area is being developed. There is a new

road here, and we are standing on what will be a new marina here, the

James Watt Mirena. We can bring in at yachts, motor cruisers and so on,

and there is an incentive to start your journey on the Clyde.

musicians kept the crowds Cleese -- pleased. It is estimated his bed �8

million and the local economy. The regeneration has cost �180 million.

It is hoped these visitors will leave with a better impression of

this area. Most of the people who come here are not from Inverclyde.

There from elsewhere. Buses, trains and cars are busy coming from

Glasgow to have a look here. We hope they will go back with warm

feelings and will talk to others in all and say that things are

happening down there in Inverclyde. That is certainly the impression

many visitors had. It certainly looks a lot better, more appealing

to the eye where before it was just derelict buildings. I think it will

bring a lot more to his son. The Commonwealth Games in 2012 hours or

than the pub for Glasgow, but it is now open to the outer stretches of

Greenock is well. When the ship score, the regeneration work or

continue. 12 years after the Tall Ship's last visit, this time it is

hoped it will leave a legacy. Tomorrow lunchtime, all of the

ships will leave the Dhokia and head down the Clyde. They will be

joined by the Red Arrows, and they will be on board one of them,

turning into a salty seadog myself. You can see how I got on later in

the week. Just a quick reminder that our

money expert Fergus Muirhead will be with us on Wednesday, when he'll

be talking about consumer queries and any problems you may be having

with poor service or goods that don't work. The address you need to

send your questions is [email protected].

I don't know what he can do about I don't know what he can do about

the weather will. We had a more their lair, so no pressure on you.

There is some dire weather on the way. However, there is some heavy

showers to get past before that. This evening will see some fairly

heavy showers around the western part of the central belt. There is

a warning in place around 8pm, so be aware of surface flooding. A dry

night ahead for much of the country. We will see some clear spells

developing, perhaps the mist patches towards dawn. A chilly

night, chillier than the last unite, with temperatures dipping to around

eight Celsius. Some cooler spots in the central Highlands, down to

seven Celsius. Tomorrow will see a fine and dry Saturday with sunny

spells, so that is good news. Showers will develop through the

day, but these will be much lighter and patchier than we had today and

certainly of the weekend. The best of those highs in the south-west,

around 19 Celsius. A little bit cooler towards the east and the

north, but anywhere in the sunshine we may see highs around 19 Celsius.

Into tomorrow evening, a largely spine end to the day and those

showers will die out overnight. Another by night. Looking at the

pressure chaffer Wednesday, we had high pressure building which will

bring in drier and more settled weather across the country.

Hopefully if they are made of sunshine to. Wednesday hope were

the best day of the week. Temperatures again around 17

Celsius. Highs in the west of 19 Celsius. Into Thursday, high

pressure still in charge, with Di and settled weather. This front or

push into the country on the second part of Thursday bringing some rain.

For the most part, I died a particularly in the east. That's

particularly in the east. That's all for now.

Just time for a summary of tonight's top stories:

The News of the World phone-hacking scandal has widened with

allegations that the Royal family, and the former Prime Minister

Gordon Brown, were targeted. The revelations added to the pressure

on the Government to intervene in Rupert Murdoch's bid to buy the

satellite broadcaster, BSkyB. This afternoon, ministers referred it to

the Competition Commission. More than 3,000 elderly residents

of the Southern Cross care homes in Scotland are facing an uncertain

future after the company announced it was closing down. The Health

Secretary Nicola Sturgeon says the welfare of residents will be

maintained with minimum disruption, but relatives and organisations

representing elderly people have called for more concrete guarantees.

The UK charity appeal to help people suffering from the severe

drought in East Africa has raised �9 million in the last 48 hours.

The UN says it's a 'humanitarian emergency' and is urging Kenya to

open up a refugee camp completed last year but never used. The

Kenyan government fears the facilities might discourage

refugees from returning home. A new national police unit is to be

established to tackle sectarianism at football matches in Scotland.

The move was one of a number of measures outlined by the joint

action group which includes politicians, police and