:00:15. > :00:18.Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight on your national news:
:00:18. > :00:21.Hundreds of Scots police reinforcements are on their way
:00:21. > :00:24.south as English cities stand by for another night of violence and
:00:24. > :00:29.looting. Meanwhile, two teenagers accused of
:00:29. > :00:39.using Facebook to incite rioting here have been remanded in custody.
:00:39. > :00:40.
:00:40. > :00:46.In other news this evening: as the downpour continues our will be live
:00:46. > :00:51.as Scott and braces itself for flood warnings. Never take it as
:00:51. > :00:55.red. We visit this amazing colour and light show at the Fringe.
:00:55. > :01:05.75 years on and still on track, the music, poetry and film of the night
:01:05. > :01:05.
:01:05. > :01:09.250 riot trained officers have been sent to the north of England and
:01:09. > :01:12.the Midlands to help deal with the violence and looting in cities. The
:01:12. > :01:16.First Minister, Alex Salmond, said Scotland had an obligation to help,
:01:16. > :01:18.but insisted it would not leave us unprotected. Meanwhile, two
:01:18. > :01:20.teenagers have been remanded in custody after appearing in court
:01:20. > :01:30.accused separately of using Facebook to encourage people to
:01:30. > :01:33.
:01:33. > :01:40.riot. Three many buses carrying police
:01:40. > :01:45.from Grampian set off down the A90 this morning, Destination England.
:01:45. > :01:50.According to the Scottish government, a total of 250 officers
:01:50. > :01:57.are being dispatched from the aid of police forces. That is 40% of
:01:57. > :02:04.all I work riot trained police. 17,000 police officers remain in
:02:04. > :02:08.Scotland. We have many police officers in Scotland, sending 250
:02:08. > :02:14.to assist colleagues at a time of great need is a small number. We
:02:14. > :02:19.are playing a part in the wider UK effort. This is where they are
:02:19. > :02:25.being sent, England's West Midlands and North. Officers are setting off
:02:25. > :02:35.amid concerns that the reporting of disturbances in English cities as
:02:35. > :02:35.
:02:35. > :02:40.UK riots may be damaging Scotland. In London... In London... While
:02:40. > :02:45.some foreign broadcasters correctly identified it as London-based, some
:02:45. > :02:50.UK channels have referred to UK riots. The First Minister is
:02:50. > :02:54.concerned for public order and for the potential impact on tourism.
:02:54. > :03:02.This sort of activity has never happened in Scotland, normally be
:03:02. > :03:05.allowed to. There is the issue of economic damage. We have got a huge
:03:05. > :03:09.importance on the tourist industry. We have got Edinburgh Festival on
:03:09. > :03:13.we do not want anybody to have their impression that Scotland is
:03:13. > :03:19.anything that but perfectly safe. Some foreign governments like
:03:19. > :03:24.Germany have advised people to travel -- avoids travelling to the
:03:24. > :03:30.UK. In Edinburgh, most visitors say they are unconcerned. Not at the
:03:30. > :03:36.moment because they are in London. I do not feel any worries. I was
:03:36. > :03:42.happy to get away from it yesterday. I got to Birmingham and will hold
:03:42. > :03:46.the Street was closed. It is different. Meanwhile, two Scottish
:03:46. > :03:55.teenagers have been remanded in custody accused of trying to cause
:03:55. > :04:01.civil unrest in Scotland. An 18- year-old was refused bail and a 16-
:04:01. > :04:04.year-old appeared in Glasgow. But neither entered a plea.
:04:04. > :04:07.A sergeant with Lothian and Borders Police has been jailed for eight
:04:07. > :04:10.years for abusing two young girls, 36 years ago. 51 year-old Paul
:04:10. > :04:15.Greig was convicted of raping the girls while he was babysitting them
:04:15. > :04:18.when he was 14. The girls were aged just six and eight. The women, who
:04:18. > :04:23.are now in their forties, said they were too terrified to tell anyone
:04:23. > :04:26.at the time. Flood alerts have been issued for
:04:26. > :04:29.much of the country after hours of heavy rain across most of Scotland.
:04:29. > :04:31.The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has issued 12 alerts, and
:04:31. > :04:38.forecasters have increased their rain warning from the Elita amber
:04:38. > :04:47.for this evening and overnight. A reporter is at the white cart water
:04:47. > :04:51.in the south side of Glasgow for us. Andrew, how worried should we be?
:04:51. > :04:56.I am at a white cart water where much of their country is
:04:56. > :05:02.experiencing a heavy rain for most of the day, I am your poll cows in
:05:02. > :05:07.the South Side of Glasgow. You can here the water behind me. It is
:05:07. > :05:12.very high and very fast. During the course of the day the Scottish
:05:12. > :05:18.Environment Protection Agency issued 11 flood alerts, starting
:05:18. > :05:24.off in Sky Lochaber. It went down through Scotland and the Borders
:05:24. > :05:29.and up into fight and Tayside. In the past hour and a half the issued
:05:29. > :05:36.another flood alert for a Murray, has beside and India and. They are
:05:36. > :05:42.telling people to be prepared just in case something should happen. --
:05:42. > :05:46.and Nirvana. How bad do they think things will get? Just in the last
:05:47. > :05:52.few minutes we have heard the Scottish Environment Protection
:05:52. > :05:58.Agency have issued a flood warning for Caithness and Sutherland. That
:05:58. > :06:02.was unexpected. It was not on flood alert during the course of the day.
:06:02. > :06:06.People in that place should be ready to take action in case of
:06:06. > :06:11.flooding. We are also hearing that the northern borders has
:06:11. > :06:15.experienced heavy rain during the course of the afternoon. There is
:06:15. > :06:20.potential for a flood warning via as well. There is potential for
:06:20. > :06:24.flood warnings in Tayside, Fife, Central and the Lothians. As the
:06:24. > :06:29.heavy rain continues across much of the country, heavy rain in some
:06:29. > :06:32.parts of the country over the course of the week leaving a field
:06:32. > :06:38.water locked and so on, there is the potential for flooding. People
:06:38. > :06:42.should be prepared to take action. Our own of broadcaster will have a
:06:42. > :06:48.full weather forecast at their end of the programme.
:06:48. > :06:54.Still to come before 7pm: how out documentary about a train carrying
:06:54. > :06:59.mail still has the power to captivate.
:06:59. > :07:02.And in sport I will be looking ahead at tonight's international
:07:02. > :07:07.between Scotland and in Denmark. It is just a friendly but I will be
:07:07. > :07:10.telling you why this match could really matter. You can also find
:07:10. > :07:18.out why some of Scotland's top clubs could be at risk of going
:07:18. > :07:22.Sheriff officers have been at Ibrox today as Rangers tax dispute with
:07:22. > :07:27.Revenue and Customs continues. The officers serving papers as part of
:07:27. > :07:36.the process of payment of a bill of almost �3 million. Our business and
:07:36. > :07:39.economy editor joins me now. Very complicated, can you give us some
:07:39. > :07:45.more detail as to what happened? The latest element of a long
:07:45. > :07:54.running saga about reader's finances which are complicated. --
:07:54. > :08:03.Rangers. This is about a tax bill at Glasgow. This is why the
:08:03. > :08:07.majority shareholder was in place. There was a takeover. This bill is
:08:07. > :08:12.for �2.8 million and dates back eight years. Half of it is a
:08:12. > :08:16.penalty element of from HM Revenue and Customs. What Rangers is now
:08:16. > :08:22.saying is that negotiations earlier this week reached an outline deal
:08:22. > :08:27.on what will be paid off that a bell. The formality requires that
:08:27. > :08:31.the terms are outlined and a document spelling out their
:08:31. > :08:35.enforcement measures of the money is not paid. Nobody wants a visit
:08:35. > :08:41.from Sheriff officers, it does not look good, but they are saying that
:08:41. > :08:46.it has got to be done under law. What is not resolved is a very much
:08:46. > :08:51.bigger tax bill, it could be tens of millions of pounds, it is
:08:51. > :08:56.grinding its way through a slow tribunal process. Rangers are
:08:56. > :09:01.saying that it is utterly dismayed that information about the this
:09:01. > :09:05.week has been leaked to the media. They are not been afforded the
:09:05. > :09:12.confidentiality that other normal businesses could expect from major
:09:12. > :09:17.Revenue and Customs. Rangers is not any normal business.
:09:17. > :09:21.A special paint could hold the key to tackling the the problem of
:09:21. > :09:26.metal theft by criminal gangs. The invisible coating, called Smart
:09:26. > :09:30.Water, is being sprayed onto copper and lead to give buildings a unique
:09:30. > :09:34.ID. Police say the subsidy transfers onto the skin and the
:09:34. > :09:38.should be able to catch those responsible.
:09:38. > :09:41.Another attack by a gang of organised criminals. Look closely,
:09:41. > :09:48.the black areas should be raged like the greenish sections
:09:48. > :09:55.alongside. We are standing outside the C D T blog. On the roof the
:09:55. > :10:01.sections of copper cladding where stolen. Half of the roof was stolen.
:10:01. > :10:05.Behind me here is the gymnasium, large sections of this roof, the
:10:05. > :10:11.copper was also stolen. There is damage to their interior of the
:10:11. > :10:20.building. The criminals are brazen, highly organised. Copper and lead
:10:20. > :10:24.the most valuable metals. Church bells are taken and melted down.
:10:24. > :10:28.But now the police have a new weapon in their search for a stone
:10:28. > :10:32.and metal. It is an invisible coating called Smart Water which
:10:32. > :10:38.acts like a building's de any. is a substance that allows us to
:10:38. > :10:44.mark property so it can be identified at a later date and
:10:44. > :10:47.distinguish it from other similar kinds of Materials. It also marks a
:10:47. > :10:51.offenders, people who are responsible for committing crimes,
:10:51. > :10:55.in such a way that allows us to identify them. Metal theft have
:10:55. > :10:59.more than doubled here in the past year so the council have teamed up
:10:59. > :11:09.with police to test this Smart Water and try it dummy materials
:11:09. > :11:09.
:11:09. > :11:14.which look and act like copper and lead without a scrap of value.
:11:14. > :11:18.Now, some more stories: 22 people have been taken to hospital after a
:11:19. > :11:23.bus crashed through Glasgow Airport's perimeter fence. It
:11:23. > :11:26.happened this morning near the fire training as it -- centre. The
:11:26. > :11:31.ambulance centre said nobody was seriously injured.
:11:31. > :11:35.A well capping device designed to stop oil spills has been
:11:35. > :11:39.successfully tested. The project was commissioned in the wake of the
:11:39. > :11:44.Deepwater Horizon rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico last year. A oil
:11:44. > :11:48.and gas you cases the trials took place last year in waters west of
:11:48. > :11:53.Shetland. Edinburgh Castle has enjoyed its
:11:53. > :12:03.best ever visitor numbers this July, up 19% compared to last year. It
:12:03. > :12:07.
:12:07. > :12:10.attracted almost 204,000 visitors It is one of the most extraordinary
:12:10. > :12:14.sight of the Edinburgh Fringe this year, a giant inflatable that looks
:12:14. > :12:23.like a bouncy castle from the outside but inside takes you into a
:12:23. > :12:29.world of colour and light. Every morning, the mass of silver
:12:29. > :12:35.plastic is blown up... And transformed into this huge shining
:12:35. > :12:40.structure of domes and tunnels. want people to be stimulated to a
:12:40. > :12:45.sense of wonder at the beauty of light and colour. I build these big
:12:45. > :12:49.structures to frame their experience. The way it works with
:12:49. > :12:57.the colours, the colours are a very small part of the structure. Most
:12:57. > :13:02.of it is opaque. It is like working with the stained glass. Although
:13:02. > :13:07.light you see is natural daylight, made luminous by the contrast of
:13:07. > :13:12.colours and the use of scenes and lines. The designers hope that vote
:13:12. > :13:17.will provide a place of quiet concentration, removed from this
:13:17. > :13:21.frenetic activity of the French outside. It was so relaxing, it
:13:21. > :13:27.reminded me of a treatment room when you go to get reflexology. I
:13:27. > :13:37.could have fallen asleep. I like are the colours. I like this sounds
:13:37. > :13:43.of the music. It reminded me of tramp Eileen's. The Mirazozo Dome
:13:43. > :13:48.is the largest structure that the company has built so far. The
:13:48. > :13:52.beginnings were small. The director first started experimenting with
:13:52. > :13:59.sculptures as part of his job with the probation service. From working
:13:59. > :14:02.with offenders, he started making small inflatables and the project
:14:02. > :14:12.grew to projects that have been inside the Sydney Opera House and
:14:12. > :14:21.
:14:21. > :14:26.Time for the sports news. I do not -- welcome back to a damp hand in.
:14:26. > :14:34.Scotland are playing their last warm-up match before four crucial
:14:34. > :14:40.European qualifiers. The opponents are Denmark. I am joined by John
:14:40. > :14:45.Robertson. A last chance to get it right before those matches. We play
:14:45. > :14:52.the Czech Republic next month. What will Craig Levein hoped to get from
:14:52. > :14:58.the match this evening? He will want attacking football and
:14:58. > :15:05.the performance. He will want the players to pressurise the Danish
:15:05. > :15:12.with high-tempo football. If he gets that he will be happy.
:15:12. > :15:19.That all sounds great. Let's have a look at the formation however and
:15:19. > :15:27.we see a lone striker. Not terribly adventurous for a home game.
:15:27. > :15:35.But when we have of the ball it will be a 4 - 3 - 3 formation.
:15:35. > :15:45.Charlie Adam and Brown will both get for work. For it - a 5 - 1 is
:15:45. > :15:48.
:15:48. > :15:55.only the formation when defending. -- 4-5-1.
:15:56. > :16:01.I think we have mercurial players who can produce something out of
:16:01. > :16:08.nothing. Thank you. You can listen to the
:16:08. > :16:16.match live on BBC Radio Scotland, Medium Wave, and Digital Online.
:16:16. > :16:20.Highlights on BBC One Scotland this evening at 10:45pm. And if you are
:16:20. > :16:25.in the a rear of the National Stadium you can still buy a ticket.
:16:25. > :16:30.There are still on sale. And Scottish football needs bottoms on
:16:30. > :16:36.seats. There is a warning that clubs could go out of business
:16:36. > :16:40.recently. It came from an individual looking into the health
:16:40. > :16:46.of the League set up. The top league is in profit, but that does
:16:46. > :16:51.not tell the whole story. This report from Christopher McLoughlin.
:16:51. > :16:58.Some say that the 1960s was a golden era which will never be
:16:58. > :17:01.repeated. Times are now tough and many clubs fail to fill redesigned
:17:01. > :17:11.many clubs fail to fill redesigned stadiums. Attendances are a
:17:11. > :17:13.
:17:13. > :17:19.dwindling. The figures show a worrying trend. In 2006 attendances
:17:19. > :17:23.peaked at 3.7 million but have gone into freefall since. The average --
:17:23. > :17:25.into freefall since. The average -- the figure stands at just over 3.1
:17:25. > :17:29.the figure stands at just over 3.1 the figure stands at just over 3.1
:17:29. > :17:33.million now. The
:17:33. > :17:41.The doomsday scenario is that some clubs may go under and just cannot
:17:41. > :17:45.survive. Some clubs get less than �1 million from the broadcasting
:17:45. > :17:51.contract and take the majority of their income from turnstiles,
:17:51. > :17:56.ticketing, match programmes. Some supporters are voting with
:17:57. > :18:06.their feet and a quick look at the website gives you an indication of
:18:07. > :18:11.
:18:11. > :18:17.why. High admission prices, serious issues with the league format, all
:18:17. > :18:21.opinion has put forward. What are clubs doing to reverse the trend?
:18:21. > :18:26.The clubs are working hard with supporters and recognise the need
:18:26. > :18:33.to make the match-day experience more attractive. A lot of work has
:18:33. > :18:38.gone on in that regard. So the message is clear, comeback
:18:38. > :18:43.football supporters. Your clubs and your country needs you. John
:18:44. > :18:49.Robertson is still with me. How do we get punter's back through the
:18:49. > :18:55.turnstiles? Or are we passed the point of no return?
:18:56. > :19:01.I do not think we have passed that point. Motherwell are attempting to
:19:01. > :19:06.get youngsters are back in. In a mess, my home town club, there are
:19:06. > :19:10.attempting to up the entertainment stakes and provide value for money.
:19:10. > :19:17.But yes, we must look at the league format and get people in the
:19:17. > :19:20.grounds being entertained. That is the only way to go forward.
:19:20. > :19:25.But you do not believe the picture is as bleak as the author of the
:19:25. > :19:30.reports suggested, clubs going to the wall?
:19:30. > :19:34.Lots of First Division clubs who still have a full-time players do
:19:34. > :19:39.need investment. Whether that is television or a change of format to
:19:39. > :19:44.help them stay full-time. The Premier League is a decent product
:19:44. > :19:51.but prices do have a lot to do with the problems.
:19:51. > :19:59.You will now be joining our common Terry team for this evening's game.
:19:59. > :20:03.-- commentary team. A sprinkling of footballs and celebrities combined
:20:03. > :20:10.for a charity game at Celtic Park last night. Gerard Butler was
:20:10. > :20:18.playing for Celtic. But the start of the show was Henryk Larsson. He
:20:18. > :20:25.scored a hat-trick. The match raised �300,000 for famine relief
:20:25. > :20:31.victims in East Africa. Nice to see the legends in action
:20:31. > :20:36.and there. However, Andy Murray's latest performance was not the
:20:36. > :20:44.stuff of legend. He has been knocked out in Montreal and his
:20:44. > :20:50.opening match to his South Africa an opponent. It took only one hour
:20:50. > :20:55.and 10 minutes. What went wrong? I trained very hard to get ready
:20:55. > :21:00.for a tournament in a place where I have always played very well. But I
:21:00. > :21:05.could not get anything going. To return serve so badly does not help
:21:05. > :21:13.against somebody who serves as powerfully as Kevin. I could not
:21:13. > :21:20.get anything going at all. So, Andy Murray down cast. But
:21:20. > :21:25.still three weeks before the start of the US Open in New York. Looking
:21:25. > :21:31.at my watch, it is 50 minutes to kick-off here at the National
:21:31. > :21:38.Stadium. All the details throughout the night on BBC radio and
:21:38. > :21:42.television. It was a documentary about a mail
:21:42. > :21:52.train journey which somehow captured the imagination of the
:21:52. > :21:53.
:21:53. > :22:03.nation. Now, the documentary is celebrating its 75th anniversary.
:22:03. > :22:13.Our social affairs Correspondent It is one of the nation's
:22:13. > :22:14.
:22:14. > :22:19.favourites. A story told by WH Auden's poem. Benjamin Britten
:22:19. > :22:28.provided the score. Innovative editing techniques combined to make
:22:28. > :22:31.a new type of documentary. What this film did was to show how
:22:31. > :22:39.documentary can involve the marriage of sound and image without
:22:39. > :22:49.having to rely on the voice-over to describe what is being shown.
:22:49. > :22:54.The film shows mail collected and distributed along the route.
:22:54. > :23:02.Narrated by John Grayson, it showed the way work carried on as the
:23:02. > :23:11.train sped northwards. The trains were withdrawn 80 years ago.
:23:11. > :23:16.Veterans of the Post Office still miss it. -- 18 years ago.
:23:16. > :23:20.You would be eating and working at the same time, everything was
:23:20. > :23:30.cleared to getting things ready in time for what ever stop was
:23:30. > :23:34.
:23:34. > :23:41.necessary. Wh Auden's words still teach
:23:41. > :23:48.children the images of rhythm. He matched his words magnificently
:23:48. > :23:55.to the pace of the film. What you see is some body sorting letters.
:23:55. > :24:03.You do not know what is inside them, but WH Auden symbolically opens up
:24:03. > :24:13.the letters. It was to prove an inspiration for
:24:13. > :24:14.
:24:14. > :24:19.later film makers. It was pretty wet today across most
:24:19. > :24:27.parts of the country. We can see the rain making its way across from
:24:27. > :24:32.west to east. The Met Office has increased their warming for rain
:24:32. > :24:38.from yellow to amber - be prepared for some significant downpours and
:24:39. > :24:43.difficult driving conditions. Here as the map at 7pm. The heaviest
:24:43. > :24:51.downpours will be throughout Strathclyde, the central belt,
:24:51. > :24:57.Tayside, Fife, Edinburgh, Lothian, and parts of the Borders. But all
:24:57. > :25:03.that rain and cloud will mean temperatures are fairly mild, no
:25:03. > :25:09.less than ten Celsius. The dry weather will continue to sink South
:25:09. > :25:14.tomorrow morning. Likewise in the south-west down towards Stranraer
:25:14. > :25:22.and Dumfries where it will dry out. But the rain will persist in the
:25:22. > :25:28.south of the country. -- South West. With the rain as you might feel
:25:28. > :25:35.will remain. Some sunshine for the North East around Peter head. But
:25:35. > :25:38.still with an easterly breeze. The rest of the afternoon into the
:25:38. > :25:43.evening will see the rain finally die away from the south but more
:25:43. > :25:51.rain will return on Friday. Another weather front waiting on the wings
:25:51. > :25:58.will push and and began -- bring heavy downpours to the west coast.
:25:58. > :26:03.That low pressure front will be with us Friday and to Saturday.
:26:03. > :26:07.Showers in behind it, particularly down the western side. On Saturday
:26:07. > :26:17.temperatures will recover. The drier and brighter it will get the
:26:17. > :26:19.
:26:19. > :26:23.further east you go. More detail on A summary of the top stories - the
:26:23. > :26:27.Prime Minister claims a fightback is underway after the 4th night of
:26:27. > :26:33.rioting across England. In a statement he claimed it was clear
:26:33. > :26:38.that things were badly wrong with our society. He also added that
:26:38. > :26:43.contingency plans were in place for water cannons to be available at 24
:26:43. > :26:48.hours' notice. Scottish riot police have been sent to the Midlands to
:26:48. > :26:52.help deal with their violence. Alex Salmond claimed that Scotland had
:26:52. > :26:56.an obligation to help but said it would not leave the country
:26:56. > :27:01.unprotected. Two teenagers have appeared separately in court after
:27:01. > :27:07.allegedly using Facebook to encourage people to write it. Flood
:27:07. > :27:12.warnings have been issued after heavy rain across most of Scotland.
:27:12. > :27:16.Forecasters have increased the rain warning from yellow to amber this
:27:16. > :27:20.evening and overnight. There has been a further gloomy prediction
:27:20. > :27:24.about the future of Britain's economy as the Bank of England
:27:24. > :27:30.lowers its future forecast for growth whilst the Government claims