:00:18. > :00:22.Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight: Back on track - Edinburgh
:00:22. > :00:25.councillors perform a U-turn and decide the trams will now run into
:00:25. > :00:28.the city centre, but there is still uncertainty.
:00:28. > :00:33.We don't know how much it is going to cost and when it is going to be
:00:33. > :00:37.delivered. There is massive uncertainty.
:00:37. > :00:41.Proposals for gay couples to be allowed to get married - but clergy
:00:41. > :00:46.won't be forced to to conduct ceremonies.
:00:46. > :00:50.Bollywood comes to Badenoch as a Highland hotel transforms itself
:00:50. > :00:55.into a cinema. Celtic are back in the Europa
:00:55. > :01:00.League after a Swiss club Sion are thrown out by UEFA. We are live at
:01:00. > :01:04.Celtic Park for reaction. The controversial Edinburgh
:01:04. > :01:08.tramline will, after all, run along Princes Street and through the city
:01:08. > :01:13.centre to us and Andrew Square. Councillors overturned their own
:01:13. > :01:17.decision last week to halt the line at Haymarket but will now have to
:01:17. > :01:20.borrow �231 million to pay for it. Even after today call we still
:01:20. > :01:25.don't know when trams will start running all what the final bill
:01:25. > :01:29.will be. As the Council gathered to reverse
:01:29. > :01:35.its latest crime decision, even loyal council supporters conceded
:01:35. > :01:40.massive damage has been done to the city's reputation. This has been
:01:40. > :01:43.almost 4 1/2 years of mismanagement at every turn, when the council has
:01:43. > :01:47.been asked to make a decision. It appears they have made the wrong
:01:48. > :01:51.decision. Councillors were sent to think again after the Scottish
:01:51. > :01:54.government after deciding last week to terminate the tramline short of
:01:54. > :01:59.the city centre. John Swinney threatened to withdraw remaining
:01:59. > :02:03.funding but this time, after a three-hour debate, councillors
:02:03. > :02:07.voted to continue construction to St Andrews Square. I am delighted
:02:07. > :02:11.that the decision today. It is a pity we have waited eight days in
:02:11. > :02:15.getting to this decision but I am very relieved because I genuinely
:02:15. > :02:20.believe it is the right decision for the city. Last week, the SNP
:02:20. > :02:25.group abstained on a similar vote. Today it back St Andrews Square.
:02:25. > :02:30.were left with an option to choose Haymarket also Andrew Square and we
:02:30. > :02:34.plumped for us and Andrew Square. The Conservative group voted again
:02:34. > :02:37.to scrap the entire scheme. don't know how much it is going to
:02:37. > :02:42.cost or when it is going to be delivered and there is massive
:02:42. > :02:48.uncertainty. This was the originally planned tram route.
:02:48. > :02:51.Estimated cost - of �545 million. Last week, councillors voted to
:02:51. > :02:56.terminate the line at Haymarket which was a massive reduction on
:02:56. > :03:01.the original plans. Today, councillors voted to extend it at
:03:01. > :03:05.an estimated total cost, including borrowing, of around �1 billion -
:03:05. > :03:09.close to double the original cost, to deliver around two-thirds of the
:03:09. > :03:14.original plans. This is a glimpse of what residents
:03:14. > :03:19.of the capital were promised at the project's outset. But despite a
:03:19. > :03:24.day's obvious progress, delivery remains a distant prospect.
:03:24. > :03:29.Gavin is in Edinburgh city centre. Some agreement today but a long way
:03:29. > :03:33.to go. Certainly a long way to go before
:03:33. > :03:38.major new construction work begins on the tram system here in
:03:38. > :03:44.Edinburgh. One of the first thing that has to happen is an agreement
:03:44. > :03:47.between the two parties. There was a deadline in place for an
:03:47. > :03:51.agreement between the council and the main contractor to come up with
:03:52. > :03:57.a brand new plan but they council have gone cap-in-hand to the
:03:57. > :04:01.contractor or to say they have got it and to ask for another couple of
:04:01. > :04:05.weeks to double-check the arithmetic before they sign the new
:04:05. > :04:10.contract and work out the details of how it will be delivered. When
:04:10. > :04:14.are we going to have trams, as we can see the buses doing? It has
:04:14. > :04:17.been so long since we have even visited that prospect that
:04:17. > :04:24.councillors and officials at the council were reluctant to give a
:04:24. > :04:34.time. Bass said at the very earliest, it would be 2014. The
:04:34. > :04:38.pure cost of the plan costed today is around �700 million with another
:04:38. > :04:42.�200 million of borrowing. The big concern is that while today's
:04:42. > :04:47.decision is clearly a move forward, once the funding and borrowing is
:04:47. > :04:51.in place, it makes it all but impossible for the City to cancel
:04:51. > :04:57.the project regardless of how much the project -- the final cost could
:04:57. > :05:01.be. Councillors agreed today that the negotiations would take place
:05:01. > :05:05.without any limited cost - effectively a blank cheque.
:05:06. > :05:09.The law should be changed to allow gay marriage, including in churches.
:05:09. > :05:13.That is the view of the Scottish government, though they also say
:05:13. > :05:17.that church ministers and priests should not be forced to conduct
:05:17. > :05:21.same-sex ceremonies. The government was outlining its position at the
:05:21. > :05:25.launch of a consultation exercise. At a moment, a gay couple in
:05:25. > :05:29.Scotland may have the wedding cake and arrange the flowers but they
:05:29. > :05:34.can't get married in - they can only have a civil partnership. That
:05:34. > :05:39.might be about to change. In years to come, not only might they be
:05:39. > :05:43.able to get married, they might even be able to do it in a church.
:05:43. > :05:46.We have set out our initial view that same-sex couples should have
:05:46. > :05:50.the right to get married if that is how they want to demonstrate their
:05:50. > :05:54.commitment. It is on the condition that no faith group or individual
:05:54. > :06:01.should be required to carry out same-sex marriages evaders against
:06:01. > :06:05.their beliefs. In Scotland last year, there were nearly 24,500
:06:05. > :06:08.marriages and just 465 same-sex so all partnerships. You have the law
:06:08. > :06:13.is largely the same forceable partnership and for marriage but a
:06:13. > :06:16.lot of same-sex couples feel as if they are stigmatised and labelled a
:06:16. > :06:22.second class couples because they can only call their relationship a
:06:22. > :06:27.civil partnership. Bad proposal to elevate several said -- same-sex
:06:27. > :06:31.unions to marriage is alarming to the Catholic Church. The Church has
:06:31. > :06:36.always maintained that the family and marriage as the foundation of
:06:36. > :06:41.society. We will oppose that and make sure politicians examine that
:06:41. > :06:45.point of view. We have to support marriage and not redefine it.
:06:45. > :06:51.Glasgow, it is hoped this Newchurch will be completed by Christmas. It
:06:51. > :06:54.seems there is much new -- much more chance of that than the Church
:06:54. > :06:57.wading into this debate before consultation closes in December.
:06:57. > :07:02.They are having their own review, which could take another couple of
:07:02. > :07:05.years. I don't think there is any chance of the Church of Scotland
:07:06. > :07:12.reaching a resolution on these issues in 14 weeks. There is no
:07:12. > :07:16.route mechanism for us to do that. Our processes take longer. That may
:07:16. > :07:20.be frustrating for some but that is the reality. A any Bill to change
:07:20. > :07:25.the law on marriage would not be expected to come before the
:07:25. > :07:33.Scottish Parliament before 2013. You are watching Reporting Scotland
:07:33. > :07:38.from the BBC. Still to come: Flying the flag for
:07:38. > :07:41.the union. The political battle over Scotland's future heats up.
:07:41. > :07:47.And the new plane looking back on the life of a goalkeeper killed
:07:47. > :07:50.while playing for Celtic. And in sport, they are back in.
:07:50. > :07:54.Celtic are readmitted to the Europa League after the team that knocked
:07:54. > :07:58.them out are kicked out. And this is the man who is happy to
:07:58. > :08:04.carry the hopes of a nation. We will hear from the Scotland manager
:08:04. > :08:08.on the eve of a must win at Euro 2012 qualifier.
:08:08. > :08:14.The gloves came off last night in the fight for Scotland's future. Of
:08:14. > :08:18.the top spot in the UK coalition government used a speech in Glasgow
:08:18. > :08:24.to argue the case for sticking with the rest of Britain. -- of the top
:08:24. > :08:30.Scot. The SNP say that Danny Alexander, the Chief Secretary to
:08:31. > :08:36.the Treasury, is wrong. Just a week before the last bite of
:08:36. > :08:39.the Proms, the UK government is on a mission to persuade Scots to keep
:08:39. > :08:46.the best of both worlds, of remaining in harmony with the rest
:08:46. > :08:51.of the UK. But still playing our own tune when we want to, and
:08:51. > :08:54.better off for it. We are stronger together and we are stronger when
:08:54. > :08:59.Scotland's two government work together, pulling in the same
:08:59. > :09:03.direction for the people of this country. But according to the SNP,
:09:03. > :09:08.the Chief Secretary to the Treasury has his sums wrong. We have a clear
:09:08. > :09:13.vision for an independent Scotland. We are calling for the power for
:09:13. > :09:17.corporation tax to grow the economy. We have nothing but negativity from
:09:17. > :09:22.politicians like Danny Alexander. But that is not how Unionists see
:09:22. > :09:26.their arguments. This is the first skirmish in a renewed campaign by
:09:26. > :09:30.the UK government to make the case against independence, and a theme
:09:30. > :09:34.that is starting to re-emerge. Unionists have long been sensitive
:09:34. > :09:39.to SNP claims that they are being negative and talking down Scotland,
:09:39. > :09:43.so they are now trying to make the case in a more positive way - but
:09:43. > :09:48.simply, that we are better off in the Union.
:09:48. > :09:56.A sentiment echoed today when this Tory MSP launched his campaign to
:09:56. > :10:02.lead the party at Holyrood. But can there ever be a truly
:10:02. > :10:04.positive campaign against changed? In the 90s, there can tear up --
:10:04. > :10:10.the Conservatives returned the Stone of Destiny as part of an
:10:10. > :10:14.upbeat bid to see off devolution. But this has been overshadowed. Is
:10:14. > :10:19.there a lesson for Unionists now? We need to emphasise that the
:10:20. > :10:24.problems with negative images, apocryphal images, they tend to
:10:24. > :10:28.crowd out the positive message. Some arguments about independence
:10:28. > :10:35.may seem as traditional as the Proms but positive or negative,
:10:35. > :10:40.these arguments are only going to get louder until we finally vote.
:10:40. > :10:43.Food and drink can be Scotland's next big overseas earners - that is
:10:43. > :10:47.the ambition of the new man in charge of Food and Drink Scotland,
:10:47. > :10:51.which promotes the sector across the globe. James Withers takes up
:10:51. > :10:58.his job next week, which also happens to be the start of a
:10:58. > :11:03.Scottish Food Fortnight. Diners in France and Spain are
:11:03. > :11:07.probably more familiar with these scarves than most Scots are. This
:11:07. > :11:13.hoteliers says Scotland may have some of the world's best produce
:11:13. > :11:18.but the buying public, even fellow chefs, don't use it enough. No, to
:11:18. > :11:22.be honest, they don't. It is too easy for it to come over the border
:11:23. > :11:28.from Newcastle and be delivered. Nobody is trying to find real food
:11:28. > :11:34.locally. Supermarkets, where most of us shop, do sell Scottish food,
:11:34. > :11:37.but its provenance is not always clear. This smoked salmon producer
:11:37. > :11:41.says mass-market rivals undercut him by sending Scottish fish for
:11:41. > :11:46.processing in the Far East, where labour is cheap, and we importing
:11:47. > :11:50.it for sale here. They can do it cheaper than us. The only way we
:11:50. > :11:55.can get round it is if the government controls the export and
:11:55. > :12:00.import of our own products. We should be doing it at home. It may
:12:00. > :12:05.cost a little more but then you add jobs, growth and an awful lot of
:12:05. > :12:09.extras to the industry. A but more and more people are buying local,
:12:09. > :12:13.at farm shops like this near Dumfries, which is so busy that
:12:13. > :12:18.larger premises are being built. People's lives are about
:12:18. > :12:23.convenience, Price, habit. Breaking those things are never easy, but
:12:23. > :12:28.once you penetrate and get people here, people no quality when they
:12:28. > :12:33.see it and taste it. Farm shops are all about reducing food miles, but
:12:33. > :12:38.high food miles can be seen as a good thing, too, if you are into
:12:38. > :12:42.exporting - something this new industry cheap has a clear view on.
:12:42. > :12:48.A Scotland has a fantastic industrial history and that is the
:12:48. > :12:52.scale of our ambition for food and drink, too. We want to forge a
:12:52. > :12:58.reputation for Scotland, here and abroad, as a land of food and drink.
:12:58. > :13:03.A prospect to savour at the start of a Scottish Food Fortnight.
:13:03. > :13:08.Some of the other stories across Scotland: A man has been found
:13:08. > :13:10.guilty of sexually abusing a baby girl.
:13:10. > :13:14.45-year-old David Morrison was described as one of the most
:13:14. > :13:18.dangerous sexual predators ever prosecuted in Scotland. The hope -
:13:18. > :13:21.that the abuse took place at his home in Great out.
:13:21. > :13:23.Three followed Barlinnie prisoners have been told they can see the
:13:23. > :13:30.Scottish government for damages over the practice of sq flopping
:13:30. > :13:34.out. The court decided they claims were not time barred. It could mean
:13:34. > :13:37.that the cost of claims could rise by more than �3 million. --
:13:37. > :13:41.slopping out. It incompetent teachers may be
:13:41. > :13:46.barred more quickly under proposals put forward by the profession's
:13:46. > :13:56.regulatory body. It wants earlier hearings and, in serious cases, the
:13:56. > :13:59.option of suspension from duties He played more than 200 games for
:13:59. > :14:06.Celtic and made four appearances for Scotland but John Thomson was
:14:06. > :14:10.dead at 22, killed in a tragic collision with an opposing forward.
:14:10. > :14:15.And you play is about to open in Glasgow, looking back at a
:14:15. > :14:20.remarkable, if brief, life. He was young, good-looking and charismatic
:14:20. > :14:29.but above all he was a great goalkeeper. He made his debut for
:14:29. > :14:39.Celtic aged 18. He played more than 200 games for Celtic and made four
:14:39. > :14:39.
:14:39. > :14:45.international appearances. He was known as a fearless goalkeeper. At
:14:45. > :14:51.Celtic Park they are rehearsing a new stage play about John Thomson's
:14:51. > :14:58.life and death. It reveals how he became such a good goalkeeper.
:14:58. > :15:02.would try and stop your friends from kicking a ball through your
:15:02. > :15:11.mother's when does? How many panes of glass got broken over the years?
:15:11. > :15:14.None. The cast discovered his family were concerned that John
:15:14. > :15:19.Thomson was too fearless. mother did not want him to play
:15:19. > :15:22.football. She only saw him play one game and was so alarmed by the
:15:22. > :15:28.prospect of him getting injured, she did not go to see him again.
:15:28. > :15:37.She had a premonition he would come to harm. In a game against Rangers
:15:37. > :15:43.at Ibrox 80 years ago, his bravery cost him his life. He died at the
:15:43. > :15:47.feet of Rangers -- he died at the feet of Rangers centre-forward Sam
:15:47. > :15:51.English. The procession at the funeral included many Celtic and
:15:51. > :15:56.Rangers fans who walked from Glasgow. He was already a legend
:15:56. > :16:01.and that legend has grown. He was already a legend and a hero. At
:16:01. > :16:06.such a young age, he was such an accomplished goalkeeper that he was
:16:06. > :16:11.a hero and a lead into the club then and since his death, he has
:16:11. > :16:16.become a legend for the club. Street End, fans will again walk
:16:16. > :16:26.from Glasgow to Fife to lay a wreath on John Thomson's plate --
:16:26. > :16:28.
:16:28. > :16:34.is grey. -- John Thomson's grave. Celtic are back in the Europa
:16:34. > :16:41.League. That is the competition they were knocked out of by FC Sion.
:16:41. > :16:49.UEFA have kicked the Swiss club out of the tournament. Celtic are back
:16:49. > :16:55.then, why and how? FC Sion had fielded players who FIFA had ruled
:16:55. > :17:02.ineligible. They allegedly broke a transfer embargo that had been
:17:02. > :17:06.placed upon them by FIFA. They went ahead and played these players
:17:07. > :17:12.against Celtic, although they knew it could come to this. Celtic
:17:12. > :17:19.complained about it. UEFA upheld Celtic's complaints and awarded
:17:19. > :17:23.both matches to Celtic. More to come, perhaps. Celtic said, we are
:17:23. > :17:33.very pleased by the decision. The approach which has been taken by
:17:33. > :17:39.
:17:39. > :17:47.Have we attain some measure of closure in this matter? Very
:17:47. > :17:55.unlikely. FC Sion will be appealing. They will feel to you a far -- they
:17:55. > :18:05.will appeal to UEFA. There is a bit of dubiety as to who will hear the
:18:05. > :18:09.have caught -- heel the appeal. -- hear the appeal. At the moment,
:18:10. > :18:13.Celtic are back in Europa League but that could change.
:18:13. > :18:16.Scotland are definitely still in the Agrippa the European
:18:16. > :18:20.Championships and the still have a chance of reaching the finals. But
:18:20. > :18:26.Toulouse tomorrow against the Czech Republic, and the show is over.
:18:26. > :18:30.Craig Levein announced his team on Twitter today. Darren Fletcher is
:18:30. > :18:35.back in the team as captain despite back in the team as captain despite
:18:35. > :18:45.not having played a competitive match all season. Kenny Miller is
:18:45. > :18:49.
:18:49. > :18:55.the lone striker. We assess Scotland's chances.
:18:56. > :19:01.Last year in pride, the checks found -- the Czech Republic found a
:19:01. > :19:06.chink in Scotland's Pharma. They still have it all to do, the remain
:19:06. > :19:13.five points behind the Czech Republic with a game in hand. Is
:19:13. > :19:21.this your biggest game so far as national boss? Of core cities. --
:19:21. > :19:26.national boss? Of core cities. -- of course it is. This is the most
:19:26. > :19:35.exciting part of international football. A Czech Republic and
:19:35. > :19:40.excited too. They say appoint will do tomorrow. -- one. Will do. They
:19:40. > :19:47.have injury worries, their goalkeeper is injured. Home
:19:47. > :19:55.expectations are high. I am looking for a to walking out onto the pitch
:19:55. > :20:01.in front of a full house at Hampden. With the hopes and expectations of
:20:01. > :20:08.the Scottish people place for my upon the shoulders of myself. --
:20:08. > :20:15.and the rest of the group. pressure is on and the nation
:20:15. > :20:20.expects. There is just one Scot left in the
:20:20. > :20:27.US Open. That is Andy Murray. Elena Baltacha lost her second-round
:20:27. > :20:34.match to Svetlana Kuznetzova up. Andy Murray is up against Robin
:20:34. > :20:41.Harser from the Netherlands. He is a tough player. He nearly beat
:20:41. > :20:49.Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon. He played well at Wimbledon this year
:20:49. > :20:56.and in the Australian Open. He is a tough player, he is very flashy.
:20:56. > :21:03.won my first round quite easily. Andy Murray has a different level
:21:03. > :21:06.to the guys I have been playing. I need to step up and play better.
:21:06. > :21:12.The new man at the top of the Scottish Rugby Union is promising
:21:12. > :21:16.to revitalise Glasgow and Edinburgh. Mark Dodson, he is a former media
:21:16. > :21:26.executive. He says the national team is doing well with a greater
:21:26. > :21:27.
:21:27. > :21:34.strength and depth -- strength in depth than ever before. We have to
:21:34. > :21:38.give the supporters something to be excited about. I'll be talking to
:21:38. > :21:44.the coaches about that. I think we're on the cusp of something
:21:44. > :21:54.great here in Scotland and I think we can make big changes in a short
:21:54. > :22:03.
:22:03. > :22:10.amount of time in the professional We have all heard of local cinemas
:22:10. > :22:18.closing down and been turned into pubs, but no one hotel in the
:22:18. > :22:27.Highlands is doing it in reverse. Bollywood is coming to bad enough.
:22:28. > :22:31.Maybe Kingussie was on the wrong side of the tracks for a cinema.
:22:31. > :22:35.Tonight, it will reverberate to the sound of a new film might,
:22:35. > :22:45.Bollywood style. There is a screening of slumber of a
:22:45. > :22:57.
:22:57. > :23:04.millionaire. -- Slumdog Millionaire. The owners of this hotel have been
:23:04. > :23:11.converting it into a picture house. In these days of movie downloads,
:23:11. > :23:15.why is the cinema experience still involved? Everybody can shove on
:23:15. > :23:19.their pyjamas and watch a movie at home, but there is something nice
:23:19. > :23:25.about having a get together with friends and family to have a night
:23:25. > :23:29.out. It is a way of bringing the community together. The pub is a
:23:29. > :23:32.natural place for the community to congregate anyway. It seemed
:23:32. > :23:37.natural to start showing films here and offering something different in
:23:37. > :23:46.the area. To top it all, the actors to mention that Kingussie address
:23:46. > :23:53.in the film is arriving on tonight's 715 trained -- the train
:23:53. > :23:58.at quarter past seven. When the closing credits roll, there is a
:23:58. > :24:07.lovely scene in the station. We thought we would do our very own
:24:07. > :24:12.station. The revival of small cinemas is becoming increasingly
:24:12. > :24:21.popular in Scotland. I doubt if the launch of any film club is going to
:24:21. > :24:31.be quite as colourful and enthusiastic as this one.
:24:31. > :24:32.
:24:32. > :24:38.Let us see if there's anything to I am not going to sing and dance
:24:38. > :24:43.the weather tonight! There will be rain this evening and overnight.
:24:43. > :24:51.Right now, cloud and a band of rain pushing in from the West. That will
:24:51. > :24:56.reach across the country through this evening and overnight. The
:24:56. > :25:06.rain will be lighter across the North and the far north should stay
:25:06. > :25:10.
:25:10. > :25:20.largely dry. Tomorrow, that late that rain will linger. The second
:25:20. > :25:22.
:25:22. > :25:32.part of the day will be quite cloudy. Temperatures should be
:25:32. > :25:41.quite mild. Towards the west, eyes will be closer to 15 or 16 degrees
:25:41. > :25:46.Celsius. In the north-east, we should see some sunnier breaks. If
:25:46. > :25:56.you're heading into the mountains, temperatures at the summer as -- at
:25:56. > :25:58.
:25:58. > :26:04.the summits will be as follows. It will be windy air with the wins in
:26:04. > :26:13.a south-westerly direction. -- with the winds in a south-westerly
:26:13. > :26:23.direction. In the east of the country, winds in a south-westerly
:26:23. > :26:30.direction. Tomorrow evening, most of the showers we have had during a
:26:30. > :26:40.day will die out and we will have a dry night across the country. In
:26:40. > :26:40.
:26:41. > :26:49.two Sunday, we will be in between two frontal systems. Most places
:26:49. > :26:59.will be dry on Sunday. There should be some brightness and sunny spells.
:26:59. > :27:00.
:27:00. > :27:07.It will begin to get cloudier later on. Quite a mixture this weekend.
:27:07. > :27:11.Thank you. Lydia's National Transitional Council says most of
:27:11. > :27:15.the country is now safe and Secure and it is a matter of time before
:27:15. > :27:18.Colonel Gaddafi is apprehended or killed. It follows that defied
:27:18. > :27:23.message from the former Libyan leader's in which he vowed to fight
:27:23. > :27:29.a long guerrilla war. The controversial Edinburgh
:27:29. > :27:34.tramline bill run beyond the market. Councillors overturned a previous
:27:34. > :27:40.decision to halt the line at the market. They will now have to
:27:40. > :27:43.borrow 231 million to pay for it. A teenage boy has been jailed for a
:27:43. > :27:53.minimum of 14 years for murdering his 15-year-old eggs can will
:27:53. > :28:01.friend. -- former girlfriend. The Scottish government says the