:00:18. > :00:21.Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight on your national news: The
:00:21. > :00:26.tail end of Hurricane Katia batters Scotland with 70 mile an hour winds
:00:26. > :00:29.causing travel disruption and increased risk of flooding.
:00:29. > :00:32.Police trace people from two CCTV images released in connection with
:00:32. > :00:39.the Helensburgh triple murder but are still looking for a man seen in
:00:39. > :00:45.a hooded top. Claims that the NHS is wasting
:00:45. > :00:53.hundreds of organs that could be used for transplant operations.
:00:53. > :00:57.And we look back at a bumpy start Much of Scotland has been bracing
:00:57. > :01:00.itself for the effects of Hurricane Katia. Winds of over 75 miles an
:01:00. > :01:03.hour were recorded in some parts of the country and forecasters say
:01:03. > :01:06.they could reach 80 miles an hour in some places. Central and
:01:06. > :01:12.southern Scotland has borne the brunt of the high winds and driving
:01:12. > :01:21.rain. Our reporter Laura Bicker is in Ayrshire for us tonight. Laura,
:01:21. > :01:26.just how bad has it been? Well, the dramatic pictures came
:01:26. > :01:31.earlier this afternoon as high tide hit the sea wall. The wings
:01:31. > :01:38.themselves have been increasing throughout the day. There have been
:01:38. > :01:43.at 72 miles an hour recorded at Glasgow Airport, however so far
:01:44. > :01:49.touch wood the remnants of Hurricane Katia have proved more
:01:49. > :01:55.disruptive than destructive. As the remnants of Hurricane Katia
:01:55. > :02:02.smashed our shores, Scotland was determined to plough on. We put up
:02:02. > :02:11.Ecstasy barriers, she was putting on quite a show. It is wild, to say
:02:11. > :02:17.the least! The trains are off so I had to rely on a colleague which
:02:17. > :02:21.was fortunate. Police say several roads are affected by trees.
:02:21. > :02:25.There was disruption to road and rail links but the Forth Road
:02:26. > :02:31.Bridge was subject to restrictions rather than closure. Some braved an
:02:31. > :02:36.early round of golf. The warning was to brace ourselves. Hurricane
:02:36. > :02:43.Katia was no longer a hurricane but had enough force to do damage.
:02:43. > :02:48.There were gusts of 70 miles an hour perhaps up to 80. But will
:02:48. > :02:54.impact on the trees in full leaf so they could be trees blown over.
:02:54. > :03:01.Restrictions on bridge is perhaps and ferries. Quite a Labour this
:03:01. > :03:07.time of year. After the chaos last winter,
:03:07. > :03:15.emergency services were taking no chances. As wind speed increase, a
:03:15. > :03:21.close eye was kept on the commuter belt. We have land slip patrols and
:03:21. > :03:25.also cancellations taking place in terms of ferry sailings and a
:03:25. > :03:32.response team looking after different transport modes. They can
:03:32. > :03:37.react quickly. Across the country, preparations in place which will
:03:37. > :03:41.escalate if the wind speed increases. Autumn is supposed to be
:03:41. > :03:49.mellow fruitfulness, Scotland is tonight batten down the hatches and
:03:49. > :03:57.hoping for the best. There are still areas of concern,
:03:57. > :04:04.transport. Scot Rail say services are suspended, other rail links
:04:04. > :04:11.subject to delays and cancellations. Ferry services to and from the
:04:11. > :04:15.islands have all been suspended and cancelled today. Fallen trees are
:04:15. > :04:19.affecting the roads and police in north there should say minor roads
:04:19. > :04:23.are blocked and there has been flooding or minor coastal routes.
:04:23. > :04:27.The other area of concern is power. Power supplies two parts of
:04:27. > :04:34.Dumfries and Galloway and Ayrshire have been disrupted tonight.
:04:34. > :04:38.Scottish Power say they hope to have the supply restored by 10pm to
:04:38. > :04:45.all but a few of those homes. They have hundreds of engineers on
:04:45. > :04:50.standby. If any fallen trees bring down power lines, they hope to get
:04:50. > :05:00.it restored as soon as possible. It may not be a hurricane, she may not
:05:00. > :05:02.be a tropical storm but she has a sting in her tale. The Bishop of
:05:02. > :05:06.Paisley has attacked plans for same-sex marriages.
:05:06. > :05:11.Bishop Philip Tartalia says government should not interfere in
:05:12. > :05:21.the tradition of marriage. The government says no church will be
:05:22. > :05:24.
:05:24. > :05:28.The definition of marriage in Scotland is up for debate. These
:05:28. > :05:33.marriages took place in the US where some states have legalised it.
:05:33. > :05:38.The Scottish government is considering doing the same. But the
:05:38. > :05:43.Bishop of Paisley is calling that cultural vandalism. His message to
:05:43. > :05:50.government, do not mess with marriage. Marriage is the union
:05:50. > :05:55.between a man and woman for the sake of children having a mother
:05:55. > :06:01.and father. This has been the mainstay of civilisation and
:06:01. > :06:05.culture across the world for centuries. It was therefore
:06:05. > :06:09.governments came. Therefore, I do not think governments have a right
:06:09. > :06:13.to change the definition of marriage. The bishop says his views
:06:13. > :06:17.are shared by many Christians but gay rights groups disagree. They
:06:17. > :06:24.say some churches support gay marriage and a Social attitudes
:06:24. > :06:29.survey shows many Catholics support it, too. 57% of Catholics support
:06:29. > :06:34.same-sex marriage and 25% opposed it. There were similar ratios but
:06:34. > :06:39.the fates. It seems clear this is something which has majority
:06:39. > :06:43.support in Scotland. Civil partnerships or made illegal in
:06:43. > :06:48.2005 giving gay couples the same legal rights as married ones. If
:06:48. > :06:54.they want a religious ceremony, it is out of the question. Even if the
:06:54. > :06:58.Church is happy to perform one. In response, the government says no
:06:58. > :07:01.church would be forced to conduct a gay marriage and brushed off
:07:01. > :07:07.suggestions that policy could affect the strength of the SNP's
:07:07. > :07:12.Catholic vote. This is an emotive issue, it is not party political.
:07:12. > :07:16.There are many views within parties and between parties. It is right we
:07:16. > :07:22.come to the right decision and before that, it is right we listen
:07:22. > :07:25.to all of the views that are being expressed. The review will last
:07:25. > :07:29.another three months before any decision on same-sex marriage is
:07:29. > :07:32.made. Within the last hour, detectives
:07:32. > :07:36.investigating the triple murder of the Sharkey family in Helensburgh
:07:36. > :07:39.say they've traced a man and a car seen near the scene. It follows the
:07:39. > :07:42.release of CCTV images last Friday. Thomas Sharkey and his children 21
:07:42. > :07:46.year old Thomas junior and eight year old Bridget died after their
:07:47. > :07:54.home was set on fire in July. Our correspondent Raymond Buchanan is
:07:54. > :07:58.here. Raymond, what are the police saying tonight? Detectives want to
:07:58. > :08:02.trace these people because they could be key witnesses in the
:08:02. > :08:08.triple murder inquiry. Be released an image of a young man in his
:08:08. > :08:12.twenties he was seen around the time the fire which killed the
:08:12. > :08:16.Sharkey family were started. He has been identified and police are
:08:16. > :08:21.speaking to him. They were keen to trace the occupants of a blue
:08:21. > :08:26.Renault Cleo, again they have traced those people in the car.
:08:26. > :08:34.they're still looking for others. Yes, a final piece of footage
:08:34. > :08:39.released last week, CCTV of a man of seen crossing the centre of
:08:39. > :08:43.Helensburgh after 5 o'clock in the morning. It was around the time the
:08:43. > :08:46.fire was started. They are keen to speak to this person. Detectives
:08:47. > :08:51.stress they want to speak to this person as a witness, not as a
:08:51. > :08:55.suspect. They also made clear they believe the key to this case lies
:08:55. > :09:02.in the town itself. You're watching Reporting Scotland
:09:02. > :09:06.from the BBC. Still to come before seven: How the government hopes the
:09:06. > :09:09.green economy will hold the key to recovery.
:09:09. > :09:12.In sport, surprise then relief. That was the feeling in the
:09:12. > :09:15.Scotland Rugby camp after their unconvincing opening performance at
:09:15. > :09:18.the World Cup. Now Georgia is the focus.
:09:18. > :09:26.Plus, it was a golden weekend for Scotland's athletes at the
:09:26. > :09:30.Commonwealth Youth games. Rangers owner Craig Whyte has
:09:30. > :09:33.admitted there are challenging times ahead for the club. But he
:09:33. > :09:36.insists it does have a future and it will always be at Ibrox. The
:09:36. > :09:39.club's financial difficulties were highlighted again at the weekend
:09:39. > :09:47.when documents relating to a court case between the club and its
:09:47. > :09:50.former chief executive Martin Bain. Were published online. Joining us
:09:50. > :09:55.for more on this story is Alasdair Lamont. Alasdair what should we
:09:55. > :10:00.take from this message? Yes, who would've doubted that
:10:00. > :10:05.Rangers have a future and that it would always be at Ibrox? But these
:10:05. > :10:08.are strange times for the champions. At the heart of it is, can Rangers
:10:08. > :10:12.continue to pay their bills? The big problem is the club's ongoing
:10:12. > :10:14.battle with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs. You mentioned the
:10:15. > :10:20.Martin Bain documents and they claim that if Rangers lose this
:10:20. > :10:23.battle they could be asked to pay a bill totalling �49 million. So,
:10:23. > :10:27.really Craig Whyte is acknowledging how serious this could be for the
:10:27. > :10:30.club. He's still hopeful of winning the case. But he's saying even if
:10:31. > :10:39.they don't there will always be a Rangers and they'll always play at
:10:39. > :10:44.Ibrox. Last week Rangers described concerns over insolvency as
:10:44. > :10:50.unfounded. How does that tally with what you have discovered? Those
:10:50. > :10:53.concerns were raised in the leak to Martin Bain documents. Craig White
:10:53. > :10:58.excepts the HMRC issue is serious and could have serious
:10:58. > :11:02.repercussions for the club. He has been pointing out other financial
:11:02. > :11:05.challenges in the Scottish game there must be addressed like the
:11:05. > :11:10.increasing difficulties in making the Champions League group stages
:11:10. > :11:14.and access to new revenue. As you expect, Craig Whyte is bullish
:11:14. > :11:24.about the club's future. He says it can be bright no matter how much
:11:24. > :11:28.
:11:28. > :11:31.hard work goes into it. Some of the other stories across
:11:31. > :11:34.Scotland this Monday. Up to 40,000 people in Scotland who are at risk
:11:34. > :11:36.of stroke due to an irregular heartbeat can now be prescribed an
:11:36. > :11:40.alternative to Warfarin. Pradaxa is now available to patients in
:11:40. > :11:43.Scotland but has yet to be approved for use in England and Wales. A
:11:43. > :11:45.strike by Scotland's teachers over pensions is a step closer after a
:11:45. > :11:48.vote by the country's largest teaching union. Leaders of the
:11:48. > :11:50.Educational Institute of Scotland have given the go ahead for a
:11:50. > :11:53.ballot on industrial action over pensions. Aberdeen University's new
:11:53. > :11:56.library opened for business this morning. The building, next to the
:11:56. > :12:06.ageing 1960s Queen Mother Library, has been constructed at a cost of
:12:06. > :12:07.
:12:07. > :12:11.�57 million and will be open to the What is it that's going to get the
:12:11. > :12:14.Scottish economy growing again? Exports? Whisky? Green jobs? That's
:12:14. > :12:17.the question - today the government at Holyrood came up with some
:12:17. > :12:20.answers. The new economic plan from the finance secretary John Swinney
:12:20. > :12:30.targets around six hundred companies that could be tapping
:12:30. > :12:31.
:12:31. > :12:35.into the green jobs boom, but which are not yet doing so. The purpose
:12:35. > :12:38.of the strategy is to give a clear direction to everyone within the
:12:38. > :12:43.public sector, within the Government's agencies and
:12:43. > :12:46.government is to how we can focus activities on supporting the
:12:46. > :12:51.development of the Scottish economy. That means we have to think about
:12:51. > :12:57.how we can improve the performance of the economy, support companies
:12:57. > :13:07.to grow and expand employment, to create new jobs and ensure we can
:13:07. > :13:13.sell more Scottish goods to other We have been finding out more. Why
:13:13. > :13:16.do we need a new economic plan and will it change anything?
:13:16. > :13:22.strategy is that we are working with went back macro for years,
:13:22. > :13:30.before recession, before the banking crisis. -- went back four
:13:30. > :13:34.years. It has failed utterly and the strategy is to bring the
:13:34. > :13:41.strategy back up to speed. Much of it is obvious. It is about
:13:41. > :13:45.improving transport links, for example. But also, Green Business
:13:45. > :13:50.and the low carbon economy. Not just renewable energy. Some
:13:50. > :13:56.companies, such as engineering and aerospace could be doing more to
:13:56. > :14:01.get on board with the Green Revolution and are being targeted.
:14:01. > :14:06.Four enterprise zones. We will find out more about them later this year.
:14:06. > :14:12.We will hear more about quicker broadband. We will also probably be
:14:12. > :14:18.getting beat austerity budgets. This is what people hope will take
:14:18. > :14:25.the economy into a healthier state. What has the government set about
:14:25. > :14:29.reorganising the banks? They have been pushing the banks to keep
:14:29. > :14:34.lending hand at a reasonable rate. They will keep doing that despite
:14:34. > :14:37.not having power. They will try to get lending going. They are
:14:38. > :14:41.concerned that if they have an upheaval and the banks get broken
:14:41. > :14:47.up, there will be quite a lot of substantial changes and lending
:14:47. > :14:51.could become more expensive. John Swinney wants to see emphasis on
:14:51. > :14:58.competition, particularly in business banking in Scotland. We
:14:58. > :15:02.have got two massively dominant banks and he wants more competition.
:15:02. > :15:05.Scotland's top police officer misses out on becoming the
:15:05. > :15:10.Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. Stephen House was
:15:10. > :15:14.interviewed by the Home Secretary and the Mayor of London. The job
:15:14. > :15:18.went to the former Chief Constable of Merseyside, Bernard Hogan-Howe.
:15:18. > :15:22.The wife of the author of The Horse Whisperer has called on the NHS to
:15:22. > :15:27.stop wasting organs that could be used for transplants. Charlotte
:15:27. > :15:31.Gordon Cumming and her family were left with kidney failure after
:15:31. > :15:36.accidentally eating poisonous mushrooms. She is asking why out of
:15:36. > :15:45.400 people on the register that die every day in the UK, just two
:15:45. > :15:50.Three years ago, Charlotte Gordon Cumming and her family gathered
:15:50. > :15:56.mushrooms for lunch on the family estate. One mushroom was a deadly
:15:56. > :16:01.weapon. It was really just interested in the kidney, thank
:16:01. > :16:08.goodness. They can often attack other organs but it was just the
:16:08. > :16:12.kidneys and we all had renal failure. That means dialysis.
:16:12. > :16:16.Nicholas Evans, seen before the poisoning, was seen before the
:16:16. > :16:20.transplant. Charlotte spent months on the waiting list and wants to
:16:20. > :16:27.highlight what she regards as the tragedy of transplantation in the
:16:27. > :16:35.UK. At the moment, the only organs being used are the organs from
:16:35. > :16:41.intensive care. So, where you die makes a lot of difference as to
:16:41. > :16:49.whether you are going to be serviced properly or not. We are
:16:49. > :16:54.wasting hundreds. Despite regular campaigns to increase donations, a
:16:54. > :17:02.review in 2008 recognised the departments outside intensive care
:17:02. > :17:06.were not considering it enough. Since then, people like this
:17:06. > :17:11.consultant have been trying to find more people to donate but there are
:17:11. > :17:14.problems. I concede that there are people on the waiting list and if I
:17:14. > :17:22.was on the list, I would be thinking, why is there a shortage
:17:22. > :17:26.of organs? But the problem we have got is the way people die and the
:17:26. > :17:32.mode of death and the timing of death and where they have died. It
:17:32. > :17:35.makes it difficult. Surgeons have less than two hours to transplant
:17:35. > :17:41.organs before they are starved of oxygen but the biggest problem
:17:41. > :17:46.remains getting the permission of relatives. The number one increase
:17:46. > :17:52.would be more people getting up to the register and telling somebody
:17:52. > :18:02.what was happening. Authorities say donations are increasing but demand
:18:02. > :18:06.
:18:06. > :18:10.Sport. Gloucester's Rory Lawson captains Scotland in the second
:18:10. > :18:19.Rugby World Cup match against Georgia on Wednesday. They narrowly
:18:19. > :18:23.beat Romania at the weekend and the team has changed wholesale. It was
:18:23. > :18:29.two close for comfort. It could have started with an embarrassing
:18:29. > :18:36.defeat against Romania. But they got the victory they needed but it
:18:36. > :18:41.was difficult. This is the debating chamber. The scene of Andy
:18:41. > :18:48.Robinson's team announcement on Wednesday. 11 changes in the team
:18:48. > :18:54.had much to debate about. We regard this Georgia game as a very tough
:18:54. > :19:00.game. We expect it to be harder than Romania. We confirmed our
:19:00. > :19:04.thoughts after the game. We have to keep our heads together and we are
:19:04. > :19:13.going through the plans we have put in place. Plenty of questions for
:19:13. > :19:16.the players to answer but B-team can surely only improve?
:19:16. > :19:23.Saturday evening and certainly on Sunday when we were sleeping on it,
:19:23. > :19:28.we were a bit nervous and a bit scared. I think we expected to win
:19:28. > :19:33.that game a bit more comfortably. I certainly did the public expected
:19:33. > :19:38.that as well. I have said that the World Cup is about peaking in the
:19:38. > :19:41.tournament. You can never take any game for granted. But I think the
:19:41. > :19:51.way we finished it tells us a lot about the confidence that we have
:19:51. > :19:51.
:19:51. > :19:55.got. Next, Georgia. Cam Scotland ease their World Cup nervousness?
:19:55. > :19:59.Scott Brown thinks the Europa League will be an opportunity to
:19:59. > :20:04.shine despite disappointing European performances before. His
:20:04. > :20:11.ankle injury took him away from the demolition of Motherwell but he is
:20:11. > :20:14.desperate to improve its Celtic's reputation in Spain. We have not
:20:14. > :20:17.been in Europe for the past couple of years added has been a bit
:20:17. > :20:23.disappointing but the players we have got are probably the best we
:20:23. > :20:28.have had for a long time. Some of the best Scottish athletes are
:20:28. > :20:34.returning from the Commonwealth Youth Games with 22 medals, six
:20:34. > :20:38.gold and three won by Craig Benson, the swimmer who is targeting the
:20:38. > :20:43.2014 Commonwealth Games. We look back on a successful weekend on the
:20:43. > :20:47.Isle of Man for Scotland's superstars. Tonight, a glimpse of
:20:47. > :20:53.the creativity and commitment of the young people off the Isle of
:20:53. > :20:57.Man. You are not just the next generation of competitors, but also
:20:57. > :21:07.the next generation of the Commonwealth. I have great pleasure
:21:07. > :21:10.in declaring be 4th Commonwealth Youth Games open! And after the
:21:10. > :21:15.fanfare of the opening ceremony, involving the cream of the
:21:15. > :21:19.Commonwealth, one Scottish athlete demonstrated the weight of gold.
:21:19. > :21:25.17-year-old Craig Benson from Livingston got used to his own flag
:21:25. > :21:31.as he did a clean sweep of restrict medals and got gold in the 1502
:21:31. > :21:40.hundred metres. 11 medals in the pool overall. -- in the B15 hundred
:21:40. > :21:46.metres. -- 1,500 metres. Take my word for it but he passed home to
:21:46. > :21:51.win the 200 metres. The camera angle is not great. Silver in the
:21:51. > :21:55.flyweight boxing for Charlie friend. This competitor took a hard-fought
:21:56. > :22:05.battle for the bronze medal. Scotland got an encouraging 22
:22:05. > :22:10.medals. Five Gold, six silver and 11 bronze. Attention is now turning
:22:10. > :22:15.to the senior tournament in Glasgow in three years. Just your back on
:22:15. > :22:20.the television! Drama in the Tour of Britain cycle race after he
:22:20. > :22:30.crashed just after the halfway mark. Almost 100 top internationals took
:22:30. > :22:33.
:22:33. > :22:40.part in yesterday's gruelling slog Back in Scotland and here for the
:22:40. > :22:45.first time in two years. It was a ceremonial occasion and spectacle.
:22:45. > :22:52.This is like a spiritual home and the last time we were here, it was
:22:53. > :22:56.fantastic. It is great to be back. Previous superstars such as this
:22:56. > :23:05.one and the Isle of Man's Mark Cavendish, winner of the 20 stages
:23:05. > :23:10.of the Tour De France. I can see by excited about it. But it was
:23:10. > :23:16.Russell Hampton and his Belgian opponents that made the early break
:23:16. > :23:20.and they had a lead of more than six minutes. Rain made conditions
:23:20. > :23:27.difficult and times slave. But they were well ahead after 90 kilometres.
:23:27. > :23:32.Be people behind them had chaos to deal with. They dusted themselves
:23:32. > :23:37.down and got back into the race. Then a couple of hours later on the
:23:37. > :23:47.approach to Dumfries, these leaders had been reined back. But he was
:23:47. > :23:49.
:23:49. > :23:53.the best sprinter? It was not a contest. -- two. -- two. It was a
:23:53. > :24:01.lot faster and probably it would have been the same result. It was
:24:01. > :24:05.not very easy. Mark Cavendish retains the gold jersey until
:24:05. > :24:13.tomorrow at. The next stage to Blackpool has been cancelled
:24:13. > :24:18.because of the bad weather. That is all the sport for tonight. But not
:24:18. > :24:24.for long. It does not look too bad in the centre of Glasgow at. Now
:24:24. > :24:29.in the centre of Glasgow at. Now the weather. What a start to be
:24:29. > :24:34.weak but we hope it is going to improve. Very wet and very windy in
:24:34. > :24:42.central and southern Scotland. These are some of the recordings.
:24:42. > :24:45.76 mph in Edinburgh. It is working up to the east coast. Weather
:24:46. > :24:54.warnings remain in place for the next few hours at least. It should
:24:54. > :25:03.get up to 70 mph for a while yet. That is because of low pressure. It
:25:03. > :25:09.was not a hurricane forecast but it was pretty strong. -- for ourselves.
:25:09. > :25:15.This will get better gradually. Wind not anywhere near as strong as
:25:15. > :25:23.that. This is working towards the northern coast are. It will get
:25:23. > :25:29.better. It will get down to 50 mph. That will continue tomorrow in many
:25:29. > :25:32.parts of central and southern Scotland. Rain continuing across
:25:32. > :25:40.the North West and northern parts of the country. By about 4 o'clock,
:25:40. > :25:46.it could get bright on the Borders. Temperatures of 17 and 18.
:25:46. > :25:55.Struggling at 14 and 15 degrees in these areas. It will be dry further
:25:55. > :26:02.east. Temperatures at 16 and 17. Rain fading by Tuesday evening. By
:26:02. > :26:06.the middle of the week, not looking very bad and looking pretty calm.
:26:06. > :26:12.Sunshine and rain for the Northern Isles. But really, just showers for
:26:12. > :26:16.many people in the region. It is looking pretty calm in the middle
:26:16. > :26:24.of the week compared to today. Not much to talk about on Thursday's
:26:24. > :26:28.map. Wind will continue to be map. Wind will continue to be
:26:28. > :26:32.strong and gale force in central and southern Scotland. The top
:26:32. > :26:36.stories... Plans for the most comprehensive reform of British
:26:36. > :26:40.banks in a generation have been published. The proposals should
:26:40. > :26:46.mean taxpayers are never again asked to spend tens of billions to
:26:46. > :26:53.make up for banking mistakes. Part of Scotland have been feeling the
:26:53. > :26:58.effects of person back -- Hurricane Katia it. Wind could reach 80 mph.
:26:58. > :27:01.It has been particularly bad in central and southern Scotland.
:27:01. > :27:09.Kenya's army is looking for a British woman kidnapped after her
:27:09. > :27:14.husband was shot dead at a luxury resort. They had just arrived at
:27:14. > :27:20.the Safari Village close to the border with Somalia. And in the
:27:20. > :27:25.past hour, detectives investigating the triple murder of a family at
:27:25. > :27:34.traced a man and a car seen near the area. It follows the release of