19/07/2011 Reporting Scotland

Edinburgh or Glasgow airport must be sold. BAA loses his battle to

hang on to both the airports. Human rights laws allow this

notorious sex offenders to send obscene letters to all women he

claims to have raped. From Miss... -- from this to this.

Sufferers have a rare condition where they can literally eat

themselves to death. I am proud of myself. I have lost quite a lot of

weight. Tonight, round-the-world cyclist

Mark Beaumont prepares to take a challenge of a different kind.

The company which runs Glasgow and Edinburgh airports has been told

again it must sell one of them. Nearly 15 million passengers used

the airport every year, but BAA, which operates them, has been

fighting against a ruling that it has to sell one as well as Stansted

airport near London. BAA took on several airports that

had been nationalised. It has been told in a final ruling by the

Competition Commission it is not acting in the competition's -- in

the customer's interest into areas, London Stansted and in central

Scotland. Stansted has to be sold, as does Edinburgh or Glasgow so

that other Scottish companies can compete for passengers and airlines.

For more than two years, BAA have tried different legal means to

thought the Sale. A reasonable passenger would understand that, if

they had bought a house in 2006 and since then, spent huge amounts of

money refurbishing it, and someone says, no, you cannot own it, you

must sell it under a fixed time, that is a damaging decision for a

householder and a damaging decision for us. What could be advantages be

of a break-up? Perhaps more competition to drive down landing

charges and increase the number of charges and increase the number of

writs. Each airport could compete for business throughout central

Scotland. Which will be sold? Edinburgh is in a stronger position,

with its passenger numbers having risen in recent years. Glasgow has

had a bumpier ride. They have had no business from certain airlines.

On balance, the Competition On balance, the Competition

Commission have got it right. Glasgow and Edinburgh in the same

ownership probably will not allow both airports to flourish. I am on

balance glad they came to this decision. I do not know whether BAA

will challenge it to judicially yet. It may try that won last judicial

review, but if it fails, it is under time pressure to sell within

two years. They may have to unload ed Edinburgh -- they may have to

offload Edinburgh if that is the one that finds of buyer at the

right price. One of Scotland's most notorious

sex offenders was able to send a letter to someone he rate -- he

claimed to have raped from his prison cell, because vetting the

letter would have infringed his Ryan Yates, a man with a string of

convictions for sex offences, described by you one judge as

pausing an exceptionally high level of danger. While serving a ten-year

sentence, he wrote to one of his victims, boasting of his crimes, of

his attacks on two girls aged five and eight in Dundee and how he had

joined a paedophile group, which he said was great. Today, a court was

told that, to sanitise those letters, a prison would have

breached his human rights. This organisation thinks the Government

should be concerned. Where those anomalies unidentified wreck with

regards to human right, the victims must be prioritise within the

criminal justice system. It is not the first controversy he has

sparked. The bloodstains from a knife from a crime two years ago

were of a grand mother of two children he was planning to rape.

He was being monitored by social services and was known to be a

Ryan Yates has now been moved out of Peterhead jail. In a statement,

the Scottish Prison Service said that it confirmed it no longer

routinely censored out going prisoner male. -- outgoing prisoner

At Dundee Sheriff Court today, he was admonished and banned from

contacting three further victims. It is a rare genetic disorder which

leaves sufferers feeling constantly hungry. Left untreated, most

sufferers will die young after literally eating themselves today.

Only one in 50,000 suffers from Prader-Willi Syndrome and now the

first residential home dealing with illness has opened in Dunblane.

It is a warm afternoon, ideal for messing about on the lawn. Exercise

and diet are very important to this group of people, because they have

Prader-Willi Syndrome and constantly feel hungry. Like your I

need air, someone with a Prader- Willi Syndrome, their mind is

saying, I need food, I need food. Dawn is no ordinary cook. She has

to prepare meals to keep the kitchen Secure. If the door was not

locked, they may well decide they would come through here and eat an

awful lot. They are not greedy, they are not totally lacking in

will power, they are people who have a real problem. They do not

have anything that says, I am full. It is a rare genetic disorder. It

is often accompanied by learning difficulties. Life-expectancy used

to be like -- used to be 20 to 30, and now it has increased by nearly

10 years. Glen used to weigh nearly 20 stone but, thanks to specialist

care, the weight has dropped off. Now, he is hardly recognisable.

Do you feel better? Yes. N what we? I have lost quite a lot

of weight and I am proud of myself. They will not die of Prader-Willi

Syndrome, they will die of obesity, breathing problems or heart

problems. Anything that is associated with obesity. This

institution is relatively new, but it could teach a few of us a few

lessons, like how to change lifestyles and make healthy food

Still to come, after four centuries, this priceless musical manuscripts

I United again in Edinburgh. And it ahead of the new SPL season,

we focus on referees. Celtic get their fans and asked them as they

unveiled their new away kit. There is a prediction their new signing

will be a big hit. A six year-old boy has died after

being hit by a car and a holiday caravan park near Edinburgh. It

happened this afternoon at Seton SARS in East Lothian. -- Seton SARS.

We are dealing with the death of a young boy and it is horrific. I am

appealing for anyone that has witnessed the collision that has

not yet come forward to come forward and help us.

Do we know any more about this tragic accident? The boy was on

holiday from Glasgow, he had been out this afternoon just after lunch

with his granny and playing with family and friends. And we

understand that his brother and cousin were around. He dashed out

onto the road and was hit by a car. He died almost instantly at the

scene. The youngsters have been talking to police about what they

saw. The police are extremely keen to speak to the driver of white van

travelling in the operate -- in the opposite direction. He may have

also seen what happened. reaction from the park's owners?

is out busy, family-based holiday centres. There are between two and

a half 10031000 people staying here at the moment. -- there are between

25031000 people staying here. Staff are offering guests whatever help

they can. Everyone is extremely shocked and saddened.

A man has been convicted of tying up shop, and robbing several people.

He was finally caught when police checked the Sat Nav on his car.

Alexander Gable, convicted today of a series of terrifying assaults and

robberies on elderly women all over Scotland. The first assault

happened in May, 2009. His victim was 82 years old. The following

year, he broke into a house and, next. 11 days later, he struck

again. Nine days after that, he was in the Highlands and he struck

again. The court held how he would -- the court heard how easy would

target elderly women who live on their own, break-in in the early

hours of the morning, tied them up and put a blanket over their head.

He would then threaten him -- threaten them until they gave him

their bank card numbers. When police picked him up, the car's Sat

Nav went into the crimes. He is definitely a predator. Ladies who

are in their own homes in the middle of the night. He has sought

to break into their premises, taken rope into the premises at one of

the House is, -- one of the houses., he is a career criminal, and has a

ten-year sentence for rape. He was also jailed for burglary and

Ireland. He had been convicted of the most re-edited Tait, heartless,

callous crimes. That was what the judge said. He said it was clear

that the public were only safe when Some of the other stories across

Scotland this Tuesday... The death of a 40-year-old woman

discovered in her home in Longforgan, near Dundee, on Friday

is being treated as murder. Jane Cumming was found by officers who'd

come to break the news that her husband Neil had been in a car

accident. Tayside Police believe her death is linked to that crash.

Tommy Sheridan has been released from prison on a week's home leave.

Sheridan, who was convicted of perjury and jailed for three years,

has been serving his sentence at Castle Huntly Open Prison in Angus.

Meanwhile his lawyer has asked for his appeal to be put on hold,

pending the completion of an inquiry into allegations that

witnesses at his trial may have lied under oath.

The oil company, Cairn Energy, has obtained a court order preventing

Greenpeace publishing any material recorded by disguised protestors

who occupied the firm's Edinburgh headquarters yesterday. The interim

interdict, granted by the Court of Session, also prohibits any attempt

to disrupt Cairn Energy's lawful business operations

The BBC understands that negotiations are already underway

The BBC understands that negotiations are already under way

for a new army training facility in the South of Scotland. The talks

have started less than 24 hours since the Defence Secretary Liam

Fox outlined his plan to more than double the number of army personnel

based in Scotland over the next ten years. But just where will these

soldiers be based? The British Army is moving in. To

house the extra 3,500 troops, Scotland's RAF Leuchars is being

redrawn. RAF Kinloss is to become an army barracks by 2014 and the

home of the Black Watch will also remain a barracks. RAF Leuchars

will become a home to two significant army units and 2015 in

Arbroath, the Royal Marines will be pulled out in five years' time and

then the army will move in. The barracks at Stirling will be

retained and the naval base HMS Caledonia will be given to the army.

Negotiations are already under way for a new training base in the

South of Scotland. The exact location has yet to be announced.

The most significant changes will take place in Scotland's capital.

Glenn course Barracks will be expanded and improved, but others

will be closed and sold off. All three City Barracks are listed

buildings. Their sale could raise around �20 million. They have been

army bases for over 100 years and for my be abandoned in favour of

this - an airfield on the edge of West Lothian. To develop that as a

military base will take considerable expenditure for

infrastructure of roads, married quarters except for a. That will

take some considerable time before it is operational. The news that

the military are returning has come as a surprise to many here. Imagine

the amount of building that would have to be going on. It would

affect the area. It is a good thing for the village as well. It would

bring a lot of money in. So would the City which hosted Armed forces

Day will be left with just a small armed presence. Another piece of

military history swept aside as the Government's defence that print

leaves its mark North of the border. You may well remember Mark Beaumont,

the young Scot who first cycled round the world and then cycled the

Americas? Well, his latest adventure sees him swapping his

bike for a boat. The unthinkable is happening. The

eyes of the North Pole is disappearing, which means it is now

possible to row there. Part of the team attempting it is Mark Beaumont.

I feel terrible this morning. The air and noise pollution is

unbelievable. All night. But this time, he is not on dry land. This

is a big step away from anything I am used to it. Being on the team,

being on the water, being in the Arctic. But it is very exciting to

try something that has never been tried. The actual success of it,

whether we actually get to where we are aiming to get, which is where

the North magnetic Pole was in 1996 - keep in mind that it moves - if

we can do that, it will be a fantastic success. The team of six

will set off from Canada in August. 450 miles later, through

treacherous shifting sea ice, they should end up at the magnetic North

Pole. The journey is any possible because of climate change.

world has been warning for the last 10,000 years. The issue is that the

Arctic is warning at -- warming at twice the rate as the rest of the

world. That is a major issue. It is a major issue because zero degrees

centigrade is important in terms of whether you have snow or ice and

whether it is melting or not. As soon as you melt a white surface,

it becomes darker. That absorbs more heat. The team has been

training for months. The BBC will be following a journey on line so

you can track their progress over the coming weeks.

Well, let's hope Mark and his team have better luck than the three

kayakers featured on Reporting Scotland last night. Patrick

Winterton, Mick Berwick and Olly Hicks set off from Shetland to

Norway, taking the same route as Second World War resistance

fighters. But according to the team's tracking system, they turned

back late last night. It is thought it was probably due to equipment

failure or worsening weather conditions.

Or maybe they wanted to get the latest sports news.

The pay dispute between the SPL and Scotland's top referees is over. As

the new season approaches, an agreement has been reached. But if

the new campaign is anything like the last one, it could be

interesting. Over the next three days, we're looking at how Scottish

Football has been working to avoid a repeat of last season. And first

up? Referees. Our senior football reporter reports.

We are aware of the dangers that present to the game if we allied to

a repetition of the events of last season to be repeated in the coming

season. That would be a disaster Their threat. Labour was what

Labour was withdrawn and attention was turned to to here. The men in

the middle insist they were striking because of pressure from

fans, players and managers. Those in charge will be hoping things

will be different this time. When we had the withdrawal of labour,

there was a lot of concern amongst the referees that they would

getting the support from the football authorities. The football

authorities perhaps did not recognise the job they were doing.

We introduced a new article which will sanction anything which speaks

out about a referee. A new code of conduct is also on the way that

could offer further protection. There is also a pay rise. After

weeks of negotiations today, finally an agreement. They were on

�800 a game. They wanted a 1000. They have settled for 8040. I am

looking forward to the new season. We have full support of the chief

Executive, who paid attention to the referee issue since his arrival.

So, a season of harmony ahead for all? Are probably not. Lessons

learnt? Find out at 4:45pm on Saturday.

Rangers have secured another key player on a long-term contract

after Steven Davis signed on for five more years. The Northern

Ireland international midfielder follows Allan McGregor and Steven

Whittaker in committing himself to the club this summer. The 26-year-

old, who moved to Ibrox in 2008, had been entering the final year of

his previous deal. New Celtic signing Victor Wanyama

could make an immediate impact at the club. That's the message from

Celtic's Kris Commons. The crowds gathered as Commons and co arrived

to unveil Celtic's new away kit. Probably won't work that well for

the opening SPL game away at Hibs on Sunday. Anyway, Wanyama one of

the few new faces in the Celtic ranks. Commons likes what he's seen

in training and hopes the Kenyan will soon be making his mark in the

first 11. I am certain he will be a fan's favourite. He is physically

strong and good with the ball. He can see a pass. He is a player of

huge promises. Kilmarnock have signed the former

Celtic striker Ben Hutchinson on a six month deal. As the Rugby Park

club unveiled their new strip for the new season, the Kilmarnock

manager Kenny Shiels appealed for referees to be more tolerant of new

club captain, Manual Pascali. The Italian midfielder picked up 18

yellow cards last season and the manager says he's a victim of his

own passion. The bookings have came where he is may be trying to

challenge referee's decisions. Referees are Schumann beings. If

you do that, it is sort of like encroaching into their aura of what

they are about rather than just saying, I understand it, that is

his nature, he is not mean any harm. I am disappointed at the way that

they treat him. He is certainly not a dirty player.

Eight rare musical manuscripts forming a valuable part of

Reformation history have been brought together for the first time

in four centuries. The Wood manuscripts - an important legacy

of one of the most turbulent periods in Scottish history - are

now held in cities in Europe and America. Today, though, they're all

back in Edinburgh. It is nice to see it again. Let us

see what this old friend looks like. A librarian's dream - brimming

history back to life. Scholars do not know how it manuscripts became

separated and scattered across countries and continents, but they

are delighted to reunite them for an exhibition at embryo University.

-- Edinburgh University. They were recorded and illustrated by the

Thomas Would. He was a Catholic monk who became a Presbyterian

Minister. For the first time, the Latin Psalms were recorded in

English, making them a significant musical legacy for one of the most

turbulent musical periods of Scottish history. Although the

illustrates them, he also writes the notes. You get an insight into

him and he knows things about King James the fifth of Scotland. Some

of the manuscripts are stored in environmentally controlled

strongrooms in the air and braid university library. Others are

being brought from across Europe and America. -- Edinburgh

University. There is an amazing thrill getting a manuscript from

their 12 or 15 centuries. That never fades. It is an amazing

experience to hold history in the palm of your hand. Having been

conserved specially for next month's show, the entire collection

is being digitised so it can be Pretty disappointing weather across

many parts of the country today. There is hope on the horizon.

Fairly cloudy across the country and some heavy rain around as well.

The brighter colours indicate the heaviest of the downpours, mainly

affecting the south-eastern parts of the country. Because of those

showers, there is still a yellow warning for continued heavy showers

for the same part of the country overnight tonight. You can see does

charge across the Borders and Lothian. They stretched westward

into the central belt as well. Elsewhere, dry and cloudy with

fairly mild - temperatures no lower than ten Celsius. Tomorrow morning,

those showers will merge, so there will be longer outbreaks of rain

for the same part of the country in the south-east. In the morning, the

rain will start to ease away and spread westward down towards

Stranraer and Dumfries and Galloway. In the rest of the country, more

sunshine and showers. By mid- afternoon, some heavy rain and play

across the south, but one or two spells of brightness on the

Ayrshire coast. Through the size, temperatures up to 17 and moved

North - and the temperatures are just 14 or 15 degrees because of

bad northerly breeze. That is disappointing for the middle of

July. The rest of the afternoon and into the evening, and we hold on to

this picture of sunshine and rain across the country. He line of them

just start North of Glasgow through parts of sterling. Moving ahead

through to Thursday, it is a similar story. Sunshine and showers

across the country. Recently light compared to today and temperatures

around 18 degrees. Pulling out, we can see the reason for the change.

High pressure is knocking on the door towards the West. That will

try to bring some dry and settled conditions at the end of the week.

Friday itself, we can see generally dry, fine pictures across the

country. Some cloud around and some showers on the East coast.

Temperatures around 18 degrees and hopefully that will last into the

Now, just before 7 o'clock, a summary of tonight's top stories.

Rupert Murdoch called it the most humbling day of his life. He and

his son James spent more than two- and-a-half hours being questioned

by MPs on the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee about the

furore which has engulfed his News International company. He insisted

he was not responsible for the phone hacking scandal, blaming

those he trusted to run his newspapers. Proceedings were

interrupted by a demonstrator who tried to attack Mr Murdoch.

The company which runs Glasgow and Edinburgh airport has been told

again it must sell one of them. Nearly 15 million passengers used

the airport every year. BA, which operates them, has been fighting

against a ruling to sell one of them.