:08:53. > :08:57.You have the best of everything - lovely people, great opportunities.
:08:57. > :09:01.Lovely landscapes and outdoor activities and green space. This
:09:01. > :09:08.upward trend is set to continue at least as long as the baby boomers
:09:08. > :09:12.continue to live a long life. By 2018, we could see the population
:09:12. > :09:17.hit 5.3 6 million and it is expected to keep rising until
:09:17. > :09:20.several years from now. A man who was jailed for life for
:09:20. > :09:27.the racially-motivated murder of a Glasgow teenager has lost a final
:09:27. > :09:32.bid to overturn his conviction. He killed a 15-year-old and set him on
:09:32. > :09:36.fire in March 2004. In his appeal, the 34-year-old claimed that new
:09:36. > :09:40.evidence would kill her -- would clear him. But there were claims
:09:40. > :09:44.the evidence had been fabricated and calls for a investigation into
:09:44. > :09:48.how it was obtained. A care group providing services to
:09:48. > :09:54.800 people with learning difficulties has gone into
:09:54. > :09:57.administration after suffering problems with cash flow. The group
:09:58. > :10:02.employs 1,400 staff, providing support of living, home care and
:10:02. > :10:06.residential services. Administrators say services are
:10:06. > :10:09.continuing uninterrupted. Thousands of people have a right in
:10:09. > :10:15.the capital for three weeks of theatre, comedy and entertainment
:10:15. > :10:21.as the Edinburgh Fringe gets under way. Arts Correspondent is there
:10:21. > :10:24.for us. What can people expect? What has been happening is that
:10:25. > :10:30.venues have been springing up across the city, like this one,
:10:30. > :10:35.which was a garden until last week. Thousands of performers have been
:10:35. > :10:41.pouring in and these people have come from Cuba. There are about
:10:41. > :10:45.20,000 performers in town for the next three weeks. Accommodation is
:10:45. > :10:54.almost as capacity as the world's largest arts festival gets under
:10:54. > :10:59.way. In August, the City of Edinburgh becomes the stage and the
:10:59. > :11:03.world comes here. 2542 shows between now and the end of August.
:11:03. > :11:07.We get performers from all over the world and media from all over the
:11:07. > :11:11.world. People from the industry are looking to buy work and take it
:11:11. > :11:16.back. The audience follows and the audience is international, too, and
:11:16. > :11:21.that is a great combination. That is great for the people of Scotland.
:11:21. > :11:26.It is not just one Festival - part of the appeal is that a relatively
:11:26. > :11:32.small city plays host to so many festivals, or marching in time.
:11:32. > :11:37.Together, they are worth eight Wapping quarter of a billion pounds.
:11:38. > :11:41.The tattoo has just invested �16 million in a new stand. Anyone who
:11:41. > :11:45.has come before will have great memories of the show, but the
:11:45. > :11:49.seating has always been quite tight and if you had a particularly large
:11:49. > :11:53.distance between your back and your knees, it has not been comfortable.
:11:53. > :11:58.We were very keen to give the audience a better view, so there is
:11:58. > :12:02.more room in each seat and more of a view. The sidelines are
:12:02. > :12:05.considerably improved. The Fringe dwarfs it all and that is what
:12:05. > :12:13.makes performers, new and established, keep coming back for
:12:13. > :12:17.more. I came a long time ago and did my first show here. Nobody
:12:17. > :12:21.could put any publicity up so we had to go round all night with blue
:12:21. > :12:26.tack and put my pictures up. Somebody tore them down and we had
:12:26. > :12:33.to put them back up. I am so in love with Edinburgh and the Fringe.
:12:33. > :12:43.It is the greatest place to be. Today, I bumped into and chatted
:12:43. > :12:52.
:12:52. > :12:56.There are 41.1000 performances still to go. That is what is so in
:12:56. > :13:00.unique about this festival, people choose to come here, they pay
:13:00. > :13:05.parade themselves, they want to be here. He does not matter who you
:13:05. > :13:12.are, you have to support your own show, whether you are John Markovic,
:13:12. > :13:16.he was out handing flies himself. Thank you very much.
:13:16. > :13:20.Some of the other story is that this evening.
:13:20. > :13:26.A lorry driver who knocked down and killed a lollipop lady in the East
:13:26. > :13:33.End of Glasgow has been found guilty of careless driving. He was
:13:33. > :13:37.fined �125. Ian McEwan knocked down Catherine Gibson up on a pedestrian
:13:37. > :13:41.crossing in January last year. A man has died, and three people
:13:41. > :13:47.injured at a serious clash in Clackmannanshire. A ban and the
:13:47. > :13:50.three cars were involved. It happened on the A876 just outside
:13:51. > :13:55.Clackmannanshire bridge. The road was closed for several hours last
:13:55. > :13:59.police investigated the cause. Part of the points of the lines at
:13:59. > :14:02.Edinburgh Waverley where they trained at the Rail had been found
:14:03. > :14:09.to be heavily worn. The train came off the tracks last
:14:09. > :14:16.week. The train's driver and signalling scored -- signalling
:14:16. > :14:20.staff have been played by the rail accident investigation of parity.
:14:20. > :14:26.Hundreds of an Archer whale watchers and dolphin spotters will
:14:26. > :14:27.be gathering around BC's of Scotland as they try and track the
:14:27. > :14:33.various populations of the mammals in UK waters.
:14:33. > :14:37.This is the 10th anniversary of Sea Watch in Scotland. Records of
:14:37. > :14:46.sightings over the weekend will help build up a picture of the
:14:46. > :14:53.animal's movements. Whale and dolphin Cruise are greatly excited
:14:53. > :15:01.of sightings around the bay. The sightings will provide a
:15:01. > :15:08.snapshot of the animals in our waters. People do not think they
:15:08. > :15:14.are around here, people say I did not know they are here. They travel
:15:14. > :15:19.from Florida, Australia, they do not know that they are here. This
:15:19. > :15:27.is the 10 appear of this exercise, the build up a ball that data is
:15:27. > :15:32.providing biologist with crucial -- crucial information.
:15:32. > :15:37.The porpoise is the one that people are most likely to see. It is
:15:38. > :15:42.something that I specialise in. The common dolphin, they are often seen
:15:42. > :15:48.in mixed schools. We are seeing quite a lot of those. The bottle-
:15:49. > :15:55.nosed dolphin is another one. The mean key whale is a well battle
:15:55. > :16:01.feeding close to shore. He did not have to be on a boat like this to
:16:01. > :16:07.join in with sea watch. Sometimes the best place to see it
:16:07. > :16:12.is from the land. I have had better sightings from the land that I have
:16:12. > :16:18.on the boats. I saw a basking shark from the land. You do not get to
:16:18. > :16:27.see that on a boat. It is a great vantage point. Anyone can join me
:16:27. > :16:33.in see watch. If you do not spot anything this we tend, do not worry.
:16:33. > :16:40.Reports of what is not there is just as important. There has been a
:16:40. > :16:44.side thing of the lesser spotted a David Currie Cup in the studio.
:16:44. > :16:47.The beef three Scottish teams trying to qualify for the Europa
:16:47. > :16:52.League have found that today will have to beat to get there.
:16:52. > :16:56.Hearts have the most eye-catching draw, they face Tottenham Hotspur
:16:56. > :17:00.of the Premier League. Rangers will have to have a comes Libyan
:17:00. > :17:06.opposition, while Celtic are heading to Switzerland. Hearts are
:17:06. > :17:16.swept aside these little known Hungarians to reach the final
:17:16. > :17:20.
:17:20. > :17:29.qualifying round. The Bay 14-1. -- Bay 14-1. The they
:17:29. > :17:37.face tougher opponent to reach the group stage.
:17:37. > :17:46.They have a very good place years, talented players. We are going to
:17:46. > :17:50.prepare for them. There were be two games, I hope we're going to be
:17:50. > :17:58.successful. It is all about the Europa League for the Scotland
:17:58. > :18:04.representatives. Rangers and Celtic will also enter the competition.
:18:05. > :18:09.Celtic will face a trip to Switzerland to play Sion. They have
:18:09. > :18:14.won it two out of three in their league. As with all Swiss teams
:18:14. > :18:18.they will be very fit, very athletic. Rangers consolation for
:18:18. > :18:24.failing to make the Champions' League is a European League
:18:24. > :18:32.qualifier against marry Boarhunt Slovenia. They face than a decade
:18:32. > :18:36.ago -- a decade going a Champions' League qualifier. The same result
:18:37. > :18:42.would do the trick. They will probably have to do it without
:18:42. > :18:49.Madjid Bougherra, they have accepted an offer of �1.7 million
:18:49. > :18:55.from Lekhwaiya in Qatar. They have signed Kyle Bartley from last on
:18:55. > :19:01.line. They are Bids remain in for the Anderlecht defender Roland
:19:01. > :19:06.Juhasz and the Den Haag winger Wesley Verhoek. Ally McCoist says
:19:06. > :19:11.he has been frustrated in summer is a tense but, that is not down to
:19:11. > :19:20.applaud a transfer policy. Everybody has a do prim value, and
:19:20. > :19:26.are given a pin in the their value. There is no right or wrong. You let
:19:26. > :19:32.the business people do what they have to do. In an ideal world you
:19:32. > :19:35.get the players he wants, it is a simple as that. Scotland's rugby
:19:35. > :19:40.players will find out if they're so summer has been well spent when
:19:40. > :19:43.they play their match tomorrow. World Cup starts next month, but
:19:43. > :19:49.coach Andy Robinson still has to make decisions over who will make
:19:49. > :19:59.the trip to New Zealand. Won a World Cup a better run is close to
:19:59. > :20:00.
:20:00. > :20:07.him booking his place. -- a one world cup of veteran. The heat is
:20:07. > :20:17.now on, the lead World Cup is close. We will have to be at a very best
:20:17. > :20:20.to be want to win a game. We have to be at a very best. Tomorrow's
:20:20. > :20:28.match against Ireland could be the last chance to impress the coach
:20:28. > :20:38.before the plane leaves for New Zealand. For one player they could
:20:38. > :20:40.
:20:40. > :20:44.be a stepping-stone to a you need record. That man is Chris Paterson.
:20:44. > :20:53.Last year he suffered serious injury, are a good game tomorrow
:20:53. > :21:03.and he could be going into these the 4th World Cup. He's a really
:21:03. > :21:12.good player to worker, a cracking person. We want every player going
:21:12. > :21:19.out and play at his best, that is what Chris does. This time they
:21:19. > :21:26.believe fans will see a new side is Scotland. We will do everything we
:21:26. > :21:30.have to it to win. If Chris Paterson recaptures this kind of
:21:30. > :21:39.format tomorrow a his match at Murrayfield, then his place on the
:21:39. > :21:44.aeroplane is certain. Time for me to take a bow.
:21:44. > :21:51.You are very good about. Thank you very much.
:21:51. > :21:56.They call it the Olympics blockades, it is already under way in Scotland.
:21:56. > :22:00.The 45th International Children's Games is being held in Lanarkshire.
:22:00. > :22:05.It is attracting competitors from all over the world. They already
:22:05. > :22:13.have won an Olympic champion in their midst. What is the connection
:22:13. > :22:18.between this? And be this? Having inspired a generation other
:22:18. > :22:26.black Americans with this salute, Tommy Smith was in Lanica share
:22:26. > :22:31.today, inspiring the next generation of Scottish athletes. He
:22:31. > :22:41.smashed the 200 metres world record in that games, he wants youngsters
:22:41. > :22:45.
:22:45. > :22:50.here to aim just as high. To make - - to me this step is the most
:22:50. > :22:53.important, athletes all over the world, you do not see this, here
:22:53. > :23:00.are kids from all over the world, different uniforms, different
:23:00. > :23:09.backgrounds. How important are these games? They have been going
:23:09. > :23:19.so in 1968, this edition of beaches told hundred and 50 athletes, 250
:23:19. > :23:19.
:23:19. > :23:28.coaches, a cross for 33 countries worldwide. I have the of these
:23:28. > :23:32.games since 1987, these gains will be the best one I had seen. This
:23:32. > :23:37.has been the coolest one I have been too. The opening ceremony was
:23:37. > :23:45.awesome. There were some strong Scottish performances on the track
:23:45. > :23:54.this afternoon. As another step to Glasgow 2014 was taking, much of
:23:54. > :23:59.the talk at the Children's Games was facing -- was focusing on 2014.
:24:00. > :24:05.There is a big international team here, we are focusing more and more.
:24:05. > :24:10.These games are not just about track and field. Medals will have
:24:10. > :24:15.been decided in eight other sports, including swimming -- swimming and
:24:15. > :24:22.judo. With three years to go until the Commonwealth Games, it seems
:24:22. > :24:29.that Scotland's stars of the future that Scotland's stars of the future
:24:29. > :24:36.are already in training. Let's go to the weather.
:24:36. > :24:46.- it is beatable where they here for star.
:24:46. > :24:48.
:24:48. > :24:52.Dry and bright tonight. Late sunshine in Edinburgh. You can see
:24:52. > :25:02.why not to spells developing. Generally tonight it will be dry
:25:02. > :25:07.and cool. Temperatures in town around nine-10 Celsius. Into
:25:07. > :25:15.Saturday, and a promising start, dry fine and bright. We will see
:25:15. > :25:24.some cloud bubbling up. Further north, some showers. The Met Office
:25:24. > :25:30.has issued a of the yellow warning. Summer thundery downpours. You can
:25:30. > :25:35.see that Rana making its way south. Further north it will be a dry a
:25:35. > :25:40.story, showers around, they could emerge to make longer spells of
:25:40. > :25:45.rain. They could be quite persistent, with light wins.
:25:45. > :25:49.Temperatures in the North a little cooler, up 17 degrees or so. If
:25:49. > :25:54.you're out and about in the hills or mountains, the best conditions
:25:54. > :26:04.will be in the north-west, some sunshine. The wins will be light
:26:04. > :26:04.
:26:04. > :26:14.coming from the south-east. -- will wind ups. The winds will be
:26:14. > :26:23.slightly stronger. Good visibility, I bring the East conditions have
:26:23. > :26:31.forced free, or for sport. The rest of the afternoon, we can track that
:26:31. > :26:36.rain as it moves northwards, parts of Angus and Fife. It will come
:26:36. > :26:41.back pretty much everywhere in the country. Low-pressure, it is
:26:41. > :26:48.anchored over us over the weekend. On Sunday, some more rain
:26:48. > :26:56.unfortunately, it continues to make its way northwards. The rain will
:26:56. > :27:03.still be with us on Monday, the wind arrows are coming from the
:27:03. > :27:05.North, a cooler deal to things. Some showers around, and some cloud
:27:05. > :27:15.that, that for holding to Tuesday that, that for holding to Tuesday
:27:15. > :27:21.as well. Just before seven no clock, the relatives of a family Kildare
:27:21. > :27:28.last attack has said it is reported a family apart.
:27:28. > :27:33.Two children were murdered in the attack. Fears about the global
:27:33. > :27:36.economy are continuing to affect the global financial markets. They
:27:36. > :27:45.have been sharper downturns in the last 24 hours due to the eurozone
:27:45. > :27:53.debt crisis. Meanwhile, Edinburgh- based Royal Bank of Scotland which
:27:53. > :27:56.is owned by taxpayers, has announced a loss of �1.4 billion. A