:00:19. > :00:22.Welcome to Friday's Reporting Scotland.
:00:22. > :00:31.And medical first for Scotland. Doctors replace a faulty valve in
:00:32. > :00:36.this man's hard without the need for open heart surgery. For us to
:00:36. > :00:41.be able to do this, his family could come in and visit him that
:00:41. > :00:47.night, it was fantastic. Flood warnings are lifted and the rain is
:00:47. > :00:54.easing. We look at how farmers are coping and ask if it is a shopper's
:00:54. > :01:01.he will end up paying the price. Marching through the weather,
:01:01. > :01:06.pipers at the World Championships look forward to the weekend.
:01:06. > :01:15.Waiting for Brad, Glasgow starts to transform itself into a giant movie
:01:15. > :01:20.Doctors have started using a pioneering procedure for heart
:01:20. > :01:24.patients which avoids the need for open heart surgery. Medics replace
:01:24. > :01:29.a faulty valve will by sliding a replacement in the through a vein.
:01:29. > :01:37.The technique reduces a patient's recovery times. It has been carried
:01:37. > :01:43.out at the Golden Jubilee Hospital. Alas to check before a this man
:01:43. > :01:46.gets to go home. Two days after having his pulmonary valve replaced.
:01:46. > :01:51.He is no stranger to open heart surgery having had a congenital
:01:52. > :01:56.heart defect since he was a youngster. He says, in the past it
:01:56. > :02:05.has taken him months to get over surgery, but this week's valve
:02:05. > :02:15.replacement was pain-free. I will cut after surgery, and I was not in
:02:15. > :02:19.pain. Elation is not have a strong enough word. How did they do it?
:02:19. > :02:24.This doctor carried out the procedure. The veins that connect
:02:24. > :02:33.from the leg up into the heart are in a relatively straight line. That
:02:33. > :02:36.allows you to pass a catheter with a wire in it. There is an in a
:02:36. > :02:41.balloon and an outer balloon which led to mould it into the optimum
:02:41. > :02:50.position within the heart. As you do fleet of the blue in the valve
:02:50. > :02:55.starts to work immediately. -- as you deflate the balloon. This is a
:02:55. > :02:59.huge development for our patients. It is not just this man who has
:02:59. > :03:04.benefited this week. This consultant has operated on two
:03:04. > :03:08.teenage patients. Open-heart procedures are painful and need a
:03:08. > :03:12.long hospital stay. These procedures are not particularly
:03:12. > :03:17.painful. The patient is home the following day and do not have a
:03:17. > :03:22.prolonged hospital stay. They are far less traumatised than
:03:22. > :03:27.previously. It is expected there will be around a dozen operations
:03:27. > :03:31.like the one carried out earlier this week, within the next year.
:03:31. > :03:39.There is expertise here to curb similar procedures on other kinds
:03:39. > :03:43.of heart valves as well. -- to carry out. Ernie is now looking
:03:43. > :03:53.forward to getting back out on to the hills with his partner. He says
:03:53. > :04:00.
:04:00. > :04:03.Detectives investigating the murders of a father and his two
:04:03. > :04:08.children say they are disappointed by the numbers of calls they have
:04:08. > :04:13.received from the public. Thomas Sharkey, his son and eight-year-old
:04:13. > :04:17.Bridget died last month. Mrs Sharkey is still seriously ill in
:04:17. > :04:23.hospital. We have had an encouraging response from the
:04:23. > :04:26.residents of Helensburgh. Notably, in the last week there has been a
:04:26. > :04:30.downturn in that information. At one to remind residents of
:04:30. > :04:36.Helensburgh that we are very much still investigating this terrible
:04:36. > :04:42.murder. Their information is absolutely crucial to us. Please do
:04:42. > :04:45.not hold anything back. reporter is in Helensburgh. What
:04:45. > :04:49.other police doing to encourage more calls?
:04:49. > :04:55.They are taking their appeal right to the centre of Helensburgh. Just
:04:55. > :04:59.a short while away from where the family home was set on fire. This
:04:59. > :05:04.is one of the main roads in and out of the town. They are using it to
:05:04. > :05:10.highlight those who died in the fire. Eight-year-old Bridget was
:05:10. > :05:16.asleep when she was killed. So was her brother, 21-year-old Thomas. So
:05:16. > :05:23.was his father, 55-year-old Thomas Sharkey. His wife, the mother of
:05:23. > :05:27.the children, is still seriously ill in hospital. Detectives have
:05:27. > :05:35.unveiled this advertising trailer to jog memories. They are certain
:05:35. > :05:38.the key to whoever killed these people lies here in Helensburgh. If
:05:38. > :05:43.local people believe detectives already have the answer to this
:05:43. > :05:47.case, they are wrong. Anyone who is scared, they are asking them to be
:05:47. > :05:55.brave and come forward. You were watching Reporting
:05:55. > :05:59.Scotland. Still to come: Art and politics collide in Edinburgh.
:05:59. > :06:03.The International Festival defends its policy of a freedom of speech.
:06:03. > :06:08.Ally McCoist on tax issues and transfers.
:06:08. > :06:13.Find out why Neil Lennon is angry with the FA. The Israeli FA.
:06:13. > :06:21.We will have a Who's Who of Scots bosses in the richest league in the
:06:21. > :06:26.River levels are falling and flood warnings have been lifted, but the
:06:26. > :06:34.effects of the downpours this week are still being felt by Scotland's
:06:34. > :06:39.farmers. It is feared more bad weather could destroy crops.
:06:39. > :06:44.Grabbing an opportunity to harvest. Recently they have been few and far
:06:44. > :06:52.between. The problem is the cycle of heavy rain followed by short,
:06:52. > :07:00.dry spells. There are little yellow particles coming out of the seed.
:07:00. > :07:06.That is bad news. It is using up the energy in the seed. If that oil
:07:06. > :07:11.is gone, it will become worthless. For this man it is not just the
:07:11. > :07:15.potential damage to his high-value oilseed, rising bills are an added
:07:15. > :07:20.burden. When the window of opportunity opens, this crop has to
:07:20. > :07:26.be harvested. In weather conditions like these, the seeds are carrying
:07:26. > :07:33.a massive amount of water. You have to go 3 process powered by gas and
:07:33. > :07:38.electricity. -- go through a process. The past few years have
:07:38. > :07:43.not been kind. For some, they have been disastrous. Animal farmers are
:07:43. > :07:47.not the only ones feeling the strain. The knock-on effects will
:07:47. > :07:52.filter through to the livestock side in that there is a lot of the
:07:52. > :07:58.straw from crops which has already been cut and is lying in the field
:07:58. > :08:04.of deteriorating. A poor harvest can push up the price of a food,
:08:04. > :08:13.hitting us all in the pocket. Spring barley crops are not that
:08:13. > :08:19.far away now. You can start getting worried false stop NFU Scotland say
:08:19. > :08:25.the problem has not yet reached crisis point. With more rain
:08:25. > :08:30.forecast, farmers are waiting and worrying.
:08:30. > :08:34.It has been a dramatic month for the newspaper industry. Here is
:08:34. > :08:38.also fresh concern over the continuing fall in sales of the
:08:38. > :08:44.Herald and the Scotsman. There is worry that the strong Scottish
:08:44. > :08:47.flavour of the Daily Record may be watered down.
:08:48. > :08:51.The culture of the News of the World may have helped the remaining
:08:51. > :08:56.Sunday papers, but during the week there were in sales figures
:08:57. > :09:06.continued. July is always a bad month with Uighurs on holiday, and
:09:06. > :09:12.that has lent to bleak totals. -- with readers on holiday. The Herald
:09:12. > :09:19.sold just over 47,000 copies. 5,000 down on the year. The paper that
:09:19. > :09:27.used to boast Scotland's daily sale had its lowest sale for decades.
:09:27. > :09:31.275,000 Scots bought the record. It has been losing ground for years to
:09:31. > :09:39.popular UK papers that do Scottish editions, especially the son and
:09:39. > :09:43.the Daily Mail. Critics claim the record is starting to get a bit too
:09:43. > :09:48.similar to the Daily Mirror. A mirror image. The page on the
:09:48. > :09:53.left is from today's Daily Record, the page on the right is the Daily
:09:53. > :09:58.Mirror. The company is in the process of cutting 80 jobs in
:09:58. > :10:02.Glasgow. Over the past few weeks, it started to share more stories
:10:02. > :10:07.between at the record and the Mirror. Most pages are still a
:10:07. > :10:12.different and the record strongly denies claims that there on the
:10:12. > :10:18.route to becoming the Scottish Mirror in all but name. The plan is
:10:18. > :10:25.to focus resources on Scottish news and sport. It is not hard to see
:10:25. > :10:29.why publishers want to cut costs. Rivals are facing the same at
:10:30. > :10:34.challenges. While some journalists and politicians may worry about the
:10:34. > :10:38.changes to the record, the big test is how readers respond in the
:10:38. > :10:43.months ahead. Some of the other stories across
:10:43. > :10:47.Scotland: two more teenagers have been remanded in custody accused of
:10:47. > :10:53.using social networking sites to incite riots in a Scottish city
:10:53. > :10:57.centre. At Dundee Sheriff Court they made
:10:57. > :11:01.no plea or declarations. A 14-year- old boy is expected to appear at a
:11:01. > :11:06.later date. Police have arrested a 19-year-old
:11:06. > :11:10.man in connection with comments inciting people to riot.
:11:10. > :11:13.The Scottish qualifications Authority say 34 students who sat
:11:13. > :11:19.hires and religious moral and philosophical studies were given
:11:19. > :11:24.the wrong grades. They will receive grades and contact the admissions
:11:24. > :11:28.service if necessary. The production has restarted at the
:11:28. > :11:38.Shell oil's Brentfield after a seven-month shut down for safety
:11:38. > :11:42.
:11:42. > :11:45.reasons. Brent Charlie will restart Three weeks of theatre, opera and
:11:45. > :11:51.dance get under way in the capital tonight as the Edinburgh
:11:51. > :11:54.International Festival begins. This year, the focus is on the Far East.
:11:54. > :12:02.Many of the highlights involved Chinese artists and that has
:12:02. > :12:11.attracted some controversy from the human rights activists.
:12:11. > :12:16.The stage is set. Career in the fifth century. This is an adaption
:12:16. > :12:23.of a Shakespeare play infused with some Korean folklore. It is one of
:12:23. > :12:33.many productions that create an East Asian theme. This is also a
:12:33. > :12:33.
:12:33. > :12:39.Shakespeare play. This time set in Taiwan. I think this character
:12:39. > :12:43.should be reinterpreted in this modern era by modern actors. By out
:12:44. > :12:48.the programme's strong Chinese content has attracted controversy.
:12:48. > :12:53.The country's State Ballet are performing and it has sold out over
:12:53. > :12:56.its three-night run. The inclusion of Chinese performers has led some
:12:56. > :13:02.human rights groups to lead concerns about freedom of
:13:02. > :13:07.expression. A there has been a real clamp down on people who speak out.
:13:07. > :13:09.It is ironic that Chinese authorities have chosen to benefit
:13:09. > :13:14.from a celebration of freedom of expression at the Edinburgh
:13:14. > :13:18.Festival. The festival's director was unapologetic for the inclusion
:13:18. > :13:25.of Chinese productions. Most people would agree it is unthinkable not
:13:25. > :13:30.to include China. One has to accept and understand that to engage with
:13:30. > :13:36.China and to engage with its artists is to work with the guv --
:13:36. > :13:41.is not to work with the Government. The director says there will be
:13:41. > :13:43.debate over artistic expression during the events, but
:13:43. > :13:46.fundamentally the 65th International Festival should be
:13:46. > :13:51.remembered as one that builds bridges between the cultures of
:13:52. > :13:54.$NEWLINE Thousands of pipers from around the world are in Glasgow for
:13:54. > :14:03.the World Pipe Band Championship this weekend. Hundreds have been
:14:03. > :14:08.taking part in the traditional march through the city centre.
:14:08. > :14:15.It may be pouring in Glasgow but there is a world championship
:14:15. > :14:25.taking place, and only 24 hours left to practise. We start off in
:14:25. > :14:30.October, we practise all year. It's all about Saturday. This is what
:14:30. > :14:38.these bands are dreaming of, becoming a Grade One world
:14:38. > :14:47.champions. 8000 pipers and drummers from 16 countries have travelled to
:14:48. > :14:54.Scotland, they come from Canada, the USA and all-over. This is the
:14:54. > :14:59.focus of our band for the last year. There is no comparison to this,
:14:59. > :15:06.there are bands from all over the golf. It is a pleasure to come here
:15:06. > :15:11.and compete. This band from New Zealand has had to cope with an
:15:11. > :15:17.earthquake. They have had to borrow instruments after their band hall
:15:17. > :15:21.was destroyed in Christchurch. They were determined to come.
:15:21. > :15:25.Particularly with the challenges we face to, we do not want to come
:15:25. > :15:29.here for five minutes and wander off home again. It would be great
:15:29. > :15:37.to be able to stand up at the end of the day and filed -- and hold
:15:37. > :15:43.our flag high. It is estimated this championship wins in �10 million to
:15:43. > :15:50.this city. There's nothing that will dampen the spirit of these
:15:50. > :15:56.Pipers. The big event is to know, we will see around 30,000
:15:56. > :16:06.spectators come to watch the championships. They can of course
:16:06. > :16:07.
:16:07. > :16:10.only be one winner. We will find out tomorrow. Now the sport.
:16:10. > :16:13.The Rangers manager Ally McCoist says his quest to bring in new
:16:13. > :16:16.players continues, regardless of the club's issues with the taxman.
:16:16. > :16:19.Rangers are disputing a penalty of more than one million pounds with
:16:19. > :16:22.HMRC. McCoist says as far as he's concerned his budget remains
:16:22. > :16:32.unaffected. And he hasn't given up hope of bringing at least one
:16:32. > :16:35.
:16:35. > :16:44.former star back to Ibrox. The Rangers squad remains unchanged.
:16:44. > :16:49.That is despite their manager's best efforts. I would imagine the
:16:49. > :16:55.situation with the taxman is exactly the same. It will not
:16:55. > :17:02.affect our attempt to going get players. I cannot speak about that
:17:02. > :17:11.situation. He was happy to discuss his attempts to freshen up the
:17:11. > :17:20.squad. He has already brought in two players, he is hopeful of
:17:20. > :17:30.bringing back Carlos choir. We are desperate to get him back. There
:17:30. > :17:32.
:17:32. > :17:37.are one or two issues. He is not ready to play at the moment. He is
:17:37. > :17:47.coming along great in terms of injuries. Another former player who
:17:47. > :17:49.
:17:49. > :17:59.could come back is Danny Wilson. A deal for the second player appears
:17:59. > :18:01.
:18:01. > :18:07.dead. There are work permits holding up the signing of two
:18:07. > :18:11.players. Allen Quist is hopeful of all the signings happening. This
:18:11. > :18:14.weekend they are going to Inverness. Neil Lennon says he's not given up
:18:14. > :18:17.hope of signing Craig Bellamy. The Manchester City striker has
:18:17. > :18:20.dismissed talk of a move to Celtic but manager Lennon says could make
:18:20. > :18:23.a bid before the transfer window closes. Mmeanwhile Lennon is angry
:18:23. > :18:25.with the Israeli FA after midfielder Beram Kayal picked up an
:18:25. > :18:32.ankle injury whilst on international duty. The Parkhead
:18:32. > :18:40.manager says he wasn't informed of the player's condition soon enough.
:18:40. > :18:45.I think it is a question of respect. They should be straight on the
:18:45. > :18:51.phone to our football club and let us know the situation. They should
:18:51. > :18:54.give us an explanation. I am disappointed.
:18:54. > :18:57.To the self proclaimed best league in the world - and definitely the
:18:57. > :19:00.richest. It's the English Premier League. And the new season starts
:19:00. > :19:02.tomorrow. More and more Scottish players are finding their way down
:19:02. > :19:05.south these days. But there's an even stronger Scottish accent in
:19:05. > :19:15.the dug out - with seven of the Premiership's twenty club's managed
:19:15. > :19:18.
:19:18. > :19:24.by Scots - and they're all from in and around the Glasgow area.
:19:24. > :19:27.Welcome to a virtual gallery, on display the English Premier
:19:27. > :19:34.League's Glasgow of the ways. They are making a big impression down
:19:34. > :19:40.south. Pride of place goes to Sir Alex Fergusson, he has masterminded
:19:40. > :19:50.20 Premier League titles. There is no night could rock Liverpool's
:19:50. > :19:52.
:19:52. > :19:58.Kenny Dalglish. He is a keen to Liverpool. -- a kink. Is the site
:19:58. > :20:03.about the new season? We are all looking forward to it. David Moyes
:20:03. > :20:11.has been charge at Everton for nearly 10 Machrie -- 10 years. He
:20:11. > :20:15.is hoping for a better finish than last season. Owen Coyle is aiming
:20:15. > :20:23.for a top 10 finish, having saved Bolton Wanderers from relegation
:20:23. > :20:28.last year. Premier-league survival may be a more realistic
:20:28. > :20:32.expectations were Blackburn Rovers. Paul Lambert has guided Norwich
:20:32. > :20:37.City back to the top flight for the first time in six years. Nobody
:20:37. > :20:41.will be under more pressure than Alex McLeish, he relegated
:20:41. > :20:46.Birmingham last season, and went across the city to take charge of
:20:46. > :20:56.their great rivals Aston Villa. What is it about Glasgow that makes
:20:56. > :20:57.
:20:57. > :21:05.great managers? We are try years. We want to prove ourselves at the
:21:05. > :21:08.highest level. This is the highest level. Not yet time to pull the
:21:08. > :21:10.curtains -- pull the curtains back on me.
:21:10. > :21:14.Scotland's Eilidh Child heads off to the World Athletics
:21:14. > :21:17.Championships in South Korea next week with a firm target in mind - a
:21:17. > :21:20.new Scottish record and a place in the 400m hurdles final. The
:21:20. > :21:22.commonwealth silver medallist from Delhi last year has now become a
:21:22. > :21:26.full-time athlete, with some help from her local BMW dealership in
:21:26. > :21:33.Perth. Her long term goal is gold at Glasgow 2014. But for the
:21:33. > :21:42.upcoming world championships, there's a more modest aim. My coach
:21:42. > :21:49.and I have talked about it. We want a realistic goal of a medal. We
:21:49. > :21:53.really want to get into the final, the top 12 will be great.
:21:53. > :21:56.That is the sport. It's one of the biggest film
:21:56. > :21:58.productions ever to come to Glasgow, and will transform the city into a
:21:58. > :22:01.post-apocalyptic world terrorised by zombies. Brad Pitt's film
:22:01. > :22:11.company will be based here for the next two and a half weeks, although
:22:11. > :22:19.it will involve the closure of a number of city centre streets.
:22:19. > :22:22.Being compared to a post apocalyptic American city is not
:22:22. > :22:28.usually a compliment. He in Glasgow they are happy to rise to that
:22:29. > :22:36.challenge, this is one of the biggest films to come to this city.
:22:36. > :22:41.It is by Brad Pitt's production company, and is called World War Z.
:22:41. > :22:50.They arrive in Glasgow but two weeks on Monday. As you can see
:22:50. > :22:58.they are ready. They are going to add some shop fronts and American
:22:58. > :23:02.cars next week to make it look authentic. Why Glasgow? We were
:23:02. > :23:07.approached by the location manager at the start of May. We were able
:23:07. > :23:12.to send some pictures which bit the belief that they were looking for.
:23:12. > :23:18.They came to visit the city and liked what they saw off. Things
:23:18. > :23:23.progress from there. It is going to be a huge challenge. Glasgow City
:23:23. > :23:28.Council are on board. It is very exciting, but it will be difficult
:23:28. > :23:37.to shut down pujas sections of the city centre. We are open for
:23:37. > :23:42.business. People working in tourism in Glasgow, and tourists to come
:23:42. > :23:52.here do so because they have seen the city on film. If this is a big
:23:52. > :23:53.
:23:53. > :23:59.boost for the city, it will boost our profile. We are a can-do city.
:23:59. > :24:07.Thank you very much. You can find out about the closures on the
:24:07. > :24:15.council's website. It is a closed set up, you cannot get too close
:24:15. > :24:23.and personal. There are extra has been signed up. -- there are extras
:24:23. > :24:28.being signed up. being signed up.
:24:28. > :24:33.Now the weather, over to you. It has been a wet week across
:24:33. > :24:39.Scotland. This evening we are going to see some further rain, and it
:24:39. > :24:43.may be windy. Let's take a closer look. We have a band or of rain
:24:43. > :24:50.pushing in. There will be some heavy burst. Overnight, it will
:24:50. > :24:56.continue its journey east. We will see a legacy of cloud behind it. A
:24:56. > :25:01.bit more be a mild night, quite sticky, 12-13 degrees. Tomorrow
:25:01. > :25:11.morning, a wet start in the inner peace. That rain will gradually
:25:11. > :25:11.
:25:11. > :25:20.move away over DC. -- over the sea. It will be a little bit cloudier in
:25:20. > :25:30.the West. Much warmer everywhere, highs will reach 18 degrees. The
:25:30. > :25:32.
:25:32. > :25:39.East Coast Macie 19 degrees. -- may reach 19 degrees. In Shetland with
:25:40. > :25:44.that rain it maybe a bit cooler. 15 degrees there. Tomorrow is the pipe
:25:44. > :25:53.band championship. It will be largely dry, quite a cloudy, summer
:25:53. > :26:03.drizzle. If you're heading into the hills. Temperatures will be around
:26:03. > :26:07.
:26:08. > :26:17.eight degrees. Wins of -- winds 35 mph. Force for, or force five in
:26:18. > :26:20.
:26:20. > :26:27.the inshore waters. Wins may become -- winds may become more variable.
:26:27. > :26:33.Tomorrow evening, a fairly similar picture. Sunspots a drizzle and a
:26:33. > :26:39.few showers. Let's look at the pressure charts. Low-pressure
:26:39. > :26:44.bringing heavy rain overnight. By Sunday we should see drive and more
:26:44. > :26:54.settled conditions. The best of the bright as it will be towards the
:26:54. > :26:57.east. 19-20 degrees. That is your weather, have a lovely weekend.
:26:57. > :26:59.Now, a summary of tonight's top stories. Politicians and police in
:26:59. > :27:01.England are hitting back at England are hitting back at
:27:01. > :27:04.criticism of their response to this week's riots - insisting their
:27:04. > :27:07.tactics worked. 1,600 people have now been arrested - and 800 have
:27:08. > :27:10.appeared in court. Doctors in Scotland are now using a pioneering
:27:10. > :27:12.procedure for heart patients which avoids the need for open heart
:27:12. > :27:22.surgery. The new technique significantly reduces patients
:27:22. > :27:28.
:27:28. > :27:31.recovery time. And detectives in Helensburgh investigating the