:00:20. > :00:23.Hello and welcome to the programme. The headlines: pays for fans'
:00:24. > :00:29.behaviour at yesterday's Old Firm game, but away from the ground,
:00:29. > :00:33.police revealed a big increase in incidents of domestic abuse.
:00:33. > :00:37.We have been unable, due to the volume of people referred to us, to
:00:37. > :00:42.give them the information they need regarding that afternoon.
:00:42. > :00:45.Later in the programme, closed to traffic again as work starts in the
:00:45. > :00:50.Princes Street to prepare the tram tracks.
:00:50. > :00:54.Happy birthday, Ricky, Edinburgh's zoos all this residents celebrate
:00:54. > :00:58.his bet 5-0. And Scollan's Robert players
:00:58. > :01:02.prepared to take the strain, as they prepare for their biggest game
:01:02. > :01:05.in four years. Groups dealing with victims of
:01:05. > :01:10.domestic violence say that they have been overwhelmed by the number
:01:10. > :01:13.of cases reported after yesterday's Old Firm game at Ibrox. The total
:01:13. > :01:17.was more than double what the police would expect in a normal
:01:17. > :01:25.weekend. It was well up on an average weekend when the Rangers
:01:25. > :01:29.and Celtic play one another. Welcome to the briefing for today's
:01:29. > :01:35.Rangers versus Celtic match. Police who were on duty for the
:01:35. > :01:40.match receive their final briefing. Doing the game, there were 20
:01:40. > :01:45.arrests from the crowd, a fine for sectarian offences. Those figures
:01:45. > :01:48.heyday dark and disappointing statistic. There are an average 67
:01:48. > :01:54.incidents of domestic abuse recorded by Strathclyde police over
:01:54. > :02:00.an ordinary weekend. -- over an ordinary weekend. This rises to 107
:02:00. > :02:06.on an Old Firm match. This Sunday, there were 142, more than twice as
:02:06. > :02:11.normal for a normal weekend. The police have warned that the game
:02:11. > :02:16.must not be used as an excuse for violence.
:02:16. > :02:20.We have had a very busy day. We have had 53 referrals from the
:02:20. > :02:26.police this morning. For the first time in our seven-year history, we
:02:26. > :02:30.have had to tell the police that we have been unable, due to the volume
:02:30. > :02:38.of people referred to us, to give people than for nation we need.
:02:38. > :02:42.That has never been the case before. A group of MSPs attended the match,
:02:42. > :02:46.are ahead of me and I sectarian legislation. It is the rise of
:02:46. > :02:50.domestic violence around the game that has shocked them. I am
:02:50. > :02:54.surprised. To be honest, there is a clear evidential link between
:02:55. > :02:58.increased alcohol abuse and domestic abuse. Whenever there are
:02:58. > :03:05.these large occasions when some people will turn to drink after
:03:05. > :03:08.words, and will abuse alcohol. Police on duty after the match
:03:09. > :03:12.cannot prevent the individual tragedies of domestic violence, but
:03:12. > :03:16.victims' groups say the high profile campaign against it may
:03:16. > :03:20.have encouraged a more victims to come forward.
:03:20. > :03:24.Meanwhile, the Daily Record newspaper has issued an apology to
:03:24. > :03:30.Neil Lennon after headline which suggested the Celtic manager was
:03:30. > :03:33.hated at Rangers's Ibrox ground. The newspaper admitted it had made
:03:33. > :03:36.a masters made on Saturday's edition, and had not meant to stoke
:03:36. > :03:42.up feelings ahead of the Old Firm fixture.
:03:42. > :03:46.Less than two years after they were first laid, work has begun to
:03:46. > :03:50.repair tram tracks on Edinburgh's Princes Street. It has brought
:03:50. > :03:58.widespread disruption to the city centre. But not as much as it is
:03:58. > :04:06.expected to bring tomorrow. Digging. Disruption. Diversions,
:04:06. > :04:10.and delays. These are usually icons of any inconvenience, but to a city
:04:10. > :04:15.whose tram works have been sold for two years back in second of
:04:15. > :04:18.controversy, today's resumption of work has been met by a kind of
:04:18. > :04:25.resigned acceptance. There is nothing you can do about
:04:25. > :04:31.it. Rather than get yourself up said, you just get on with it.
:04:31. > :04:37.have made a real shambles of it. If they get on with it now, I will be
:04:37. > :04:43.glad. After one week of setting up -- after a weekend of setting up,
:04:43. > :04:47.major roadworks got underway today. The roads around the tram tracks
:04:47. > :04:52.have been dug up and replaced. The repairs are being paid for by the
:04:52. > :04:58.contractor. For hundreds of buses and taxis, it means diverse and --
:04:58. > :05:02.diversions on to the city's George Street. Private vehicles have been
:05:02. > :05:07.shunted on to Queen Street until the work concludes in July. The
:05:07. > :05:11.repairs are a further disruption for city centre businesses, and the
:05:11. > :05:16.Princes Street Works. Between the end of November and the New Year,
:05:16. > :05:19.with plans for a special winter festival. There is a big meeting
:05:20. > :05:24.tomorrow that I am attending to discuss it, but it is a great
:05:24. > :05:29.opportunity. We have a great open space and by that time it will be
:05:29. > :05:34.dark so Edinburgh can appear at its sparkling best. After so many
:05:34. > :05:37.problems, today's return to tram works appears to have gone
:05:37. > :05:42.relatively smoothly. Of course, this is a public holiday in
:05:42. > :05:45.Edinburgh, and it will not be until tomorrow morning's rush-hour that
:05:45. > :05:54.we will find out whether the diversions and destruction are
:05:54. > :05:58.going along the white lines. Still to come, the Highland loch
:05:58. > :06:02.which was so polluted that it posed a serious health risk a shows sign
:06:02. > :06:07.of recovery. Edinburgh Zoo's elders President
:06:07. > :06:11.celebrates his 50th birthday. In sport, concern for Neil Lennon
:06:11. > :06:16.but Troy for Ally McCoist as Rangers go four points clear in the
:06:16. > :06:22.S T L. Also, as:'s probably prepared to shoulder the burden
:06:22. > :06:28.against Argentina. Hundreds of children, some of them
:06:28. > :06:35.as young as eight years of age, have been interviewed by police
:06:35. > :06:43.investigating over 1006 offences since the start of 2008. Sq -- over
:06:43. > :06:49.1,000 sex offences. Seven of Scotland's eight police
:06:49. > :06:54.forces have released figures under freedom of information. They say
:06:54. > :07:00.that since 2008, they have investigated more than 1,000 sexual
:07:00. > :07:05.offences committed by children. This includes 75 rapes. Some of
:07:05. > :07:09.those charged have been as young as eight years old. These are charges
:07:09. > :07:15.and not convictions. In some cases, all one child has been charged with
:07:15. > :07:21.multiple crimes. For example, in Glasgow, an 11-year-old committed
:07:21. > :07:25.11 offences in a just one year. What lies behind the figures?
:07:25. > :07:29.Our children being exposed to a world where sexual imagery and
:07:29. > :07:33.sexuality are the norm? Leading them to think that sexual behaviour
:07:33. > :07:38.at an early age is acceptable. Is it children who are changing, or
:07:38. > :07:42.adults reactions? Am not sure that anything is changing in terms of
:07:42. > :07:46.behaviour, one thing I am of were of is that children will now be put
:07:46. > :07:51.on the sexual offenders register for things that in the past would
:07:51. > :07:59.have been seen as children playing doctors and nurses or doing amateur
:07:59. > :08:05.sexual things. Perhaps even more concerning our children been
:08:05. > :08:11.charged for with the more than one thing. -- or are doing amateur
:08:11. > :08:16.sexual things. We know that some young people who
:08:16. > :08:20.offend against others have themselves been victims of sexual
:08:20. > :08:25.abuse by adults towards themselves or other kind of abuse. There is
:08:25. > :08:31.the issue of how young some children are sexual lysed. It is
:08:31. > :08:35.unclear at the moment exactly what she impact that has.
:08:35. > :08:43.Maybe children are more exposed to sexual and misery than they have
:08:43. > :08:47.been before. Police, social workers and charities will say it is likely
:08:47. > :08:52.that they believe their number of Scottish children who enter and
:08:52. > :08:56.then perpetuate a cycle of abuse, children who are abused themselves,
:08:56. > :09:00.growing up reading that abusive behaviour is normal.
:09:00. > :09:07.They came close to being obliterated in May's Holyrood
:09:07. > :09:11.elections, firstly lost 11 seats and then a deal lost their leader.
:09:11. > :09:15.At their annual conference, Scottish members of the Liberal
:09:15. > :09:20.Democrats are considering how to become a relevant again. Their new
:09:20. > :09:25.leader wants to look at further financial powers for the Scottish
:09:25. > :09:29.parliament. He is keen to stress the differences between his ideas
:09:29. > :09:34.and those of the SNP. There is a debate on the
:09:34. > :09:43.constitution coming up. We have the referendum, whether we like it or
:09:43. > :09:50.not. We want our blueprint for a proper home rule for Scotland.
:09:50. > :09:54.Willie Rennie there. Before we move on to what Willie Rennie was
:09:55. > :09:58.proposing, this is really the first time that the Lib Dems have been
:09:58. > :10:03.together since the devastating results at the ballot box in
:10:03. > :10:07.Scotland. Have they any idea of the sort of size of a fightback they
:10:07. > :10:11.have on their hands? There is absolutely no question whatsoever
:10:11. > :10:15.that they know there is a huge fight ahead. They lost all of those
:10:15. > :10:19.seats in the Scottish elections, and have lost a huge amount of
:10:19. > :10:26.support. Not least because of some of the tensions that are evident
:10:26. > :10:30.here. The coalition at Westminster. Tavish Scott said that he blames
:10:30. > :10:34.the Coalition for some of the Troubles. Willie Rennie, the new
:10:34. > :10:37.leader, has it in his mind that they have a huge uphill battle. He
:10:37. > :10:42.is hoping that some of the discussions that they have you will
:10:42. > :10:46.help them. More financial powers are already coming to the Scottish
:10:46. > :10:52.parliament, how do the Lib-Dems proposals today differ, and how
:10:52. > :10:57.much of it is a bed to get in before any independence referendum?
:10:57. > :11:03.I certainly think that they need to find a platform from which to fight
:11:03. > :11:08.that independence referendum. If the nationalists call that now,
:11:08. > :11:12.Willie Rennie's idea is that they have a commission, which will give
:11:12. > :11:22.them that springboard. He is hoping to go down the road of a fiscal
:11:22. > :11:26.federalism, something that Lord Steel had it discussed back in 2006.
:11:26. > :11:30.It would give Scotland the ability to raise all of the money that
:11:30. > :11:35.expense, that is the roots that they think the Scottish people want
:11:35. > :11:41.to go down. Lib Dems say it is not independence, but that kind of
:11:41. > :11:46.blueprint bids to be discussed. Some of the other stories across
:11:46. > :11:51.Scotland this Monday, at teenager has admitted killing the schoolboy
:11:51. > :11:55.Jack Frew in South Lanarkshire in May last year. 19-year-old Craig
:11:55. > :11:58.Roy played guilty to culpable homicide in the High Court in
:11:58. > :12:04.Glasgow. His plea was rejected by the prosecution and he will stand
:12:04. > :12:09.trial for murder. 16-year-old Jack Frew's body was discovered in a
:12:09. > :12:15.wooden -- in a wooded area. 40 jobs are set to go at one of the
:12:15. > :12:21.country's biggest housebuilders. The Stewart Milne Group is blaming
:12:22. > :12:26.the bogeyman. The online retail giant Amazon has
:12:26. > :12:35.said it has started to recruits or for 1,000 full-time and part-time
:12:35. > :12:39.workers at its new distribution centre in Dunfermline.
:12:39. > :12:43.We have already heard this evening the latest chapter in the Edinburgh
:12:43. > :12:49.trams Sabbath. Concerns are being raised about the borders rail link
:12:49. > :12:53.which will link Galashiels with the capital. This is following a report
:12:54. > :12:59.that work on the project has been delayed. It is insisted that the
:12:59. > :13:03.project can still be delivered on time and within budget.
:13:03. > :13:08.Work has already started on various points along this route, like here
:13:08. > :13:11.at Galashiels. This is the ancillary work, the idea is to
:13:11. > :13:17.clear the area and get rid of the Underground infrastructure like gas
:13:17. > :13:21.pipes. There is around �60 million worth of work still being done. The
:13:21. > :13:26.idea is to deliver a railway track outside of Edinburgh city centre,
:13:26. > :13:30.down here to the borders and ending two or three miles down the road.
:13:30. > :13:35.So far so good, but the next stage of work is due to be done by a
:13:35. > :13:38.private company, he would build, maintain and run the track. At
:13:38. > :13:43.delay in announcing the company to do that work means it will not
:13:43. > :13:47.start till early next year. Concerns are that the timetable is
:13:47. > :13:50.to take to deliver the work. Bad weather or an unforeseen problem
:13:50. > :13:54.with the end the structure could delay the project and incur an
:13:54. > :13:59.inevitable rise in costs. All that said, Transport Scotland is adamant
:13:59. > :14:02.that there is no problem with this project. A spokesman told me it
:14:02. > :14:08.remains on Schedule and the ambition is to come in under the
:14:08. > :14:16.Budget. There was a further issue or, the plan is still to have
:14:16. > :14:20.A Highland loch that saw all its fish killed off by an outbreak of
:14:20. > :14:23.toxic algae 16 years ago is finally showing signs of recovery. At one
:14:23. > :14:27.stage, it was thought that Loch Flemington, near Nairn, was such a
:14:27. > :14:30.risk to human health that it might have to be drained and dredged. But
:14:30. > :14:32.scientists now say a treatment that locks in the pollutants causing the
:14:32. > :14:40.algae has led to significant improvements. Craig Anderson
:14:40. > :14:50.reports. It's Cranko and picturesque and
:14:50. > :14:55.it's also coming back from the dead. -- triangle. In 1985, pollution
:14:55. > :15:00.helped cause a massive explosion in blue-green algae. That deprived the
:15:00. > :15:10.entire locker of oxygen killing of its fish over night. In the morning
:15:10. > :15:10.
:15:10. > :15:15.we came out and there were hundreds of dead fish. In retrospect, all
:15:15. > :15:21.the fish in the lock had died that night. A real tragedy when it was
:15:21. > :15:29.regarded as one of the best fishing spots and Scotland. This retired
:15:29. > :15:35.architect is heading out to take water samples. He said there was a
:15:35. > :15:45.dramatic difference and water quality. It was amazing. As soon as
:15:45. > :15:51.it was spread over there was, there was no Aldi the following summer.
:15:51. > :15:57.The treatment walks in the potent sort cannot stay in the water. If
:15:57. > :16:00.it proves successful, one day the fish may return. Pollution is bad
:16:00. > :16:04.for everything. Not just the fishing but the wildlife and
:16:04. > :16:11.everyone around it. It is dangerous to dogs and two children who make
:16:11. > :16:16.swim in it. If the improvement in water quality here does continue,
:16:16. > :16:21.the ultimate aim is to restock with fish once again. The pioneering
:16:21. > :16:25.work that has gone on here may have implications for cleaning up
:16:25. > :16:32.polluted water weighs worldwide. Let's get the sports news now from
:16:32. > :16:37.Dougie. The Celtic captain Scott Brown has
:16:37. > :16:43.been ruled out for two weeks with ankle injury 24 hours after his
:16:43. > :16:53.side slipped four points behind Rangers. They lost 4 to do it in
:16:53. > :16:59.aes thrilling Old Firm derby. -- 4- Smiling Rangers fans screaming out
:16:59. > :17:05.of Ibrox heading home happy and no wonder. Steven Naismith rounded off
:17:05. > :17:09.up are rampant 4-2 victory and gave his manager at debut Old Firm one.
:17:09. > :17:14.It is not about me but the players and getting those points for the
:17:14. > :17:18.fans. That is the most important thing it and you can prepare and do
:17:18. > :17:22.you planning and that things go to plan, but the most important thing
:17:23. > :17:28.today was winning the game. Celtic fans were in the mood to
:17:28. > :17:35.read Rangers for their off-field programmes -- problems. Steven
:17:35. > :17:42.Naismith set them on their way with a stunning goal. The visitors then
:17:42. > :17:49.drew level. The Rangers and Scotland No. 1 helped Celtic to a
:17:49. > :17:57.second goal. He would rather forget it. Rangers even DUP thanks to this
:17:57. > :18:02.and the cake sale of its tether. They then went ahead. That
:18:02. > :18:08.signalled the collapse and after Charlie Mulgrew was sent off,
:18:08. > :18:11.Steven Naismith scored a fourth. am disappointed with the second
:18:11. > :18:21.half. It is almost as if the players thought the game was
:18:21. > :18:22.
:18:22. > :18:26.already won. Today, at some Celtic fans indulged in a retail therapy.
:18:26. > :18:34.Rangers were are hungrier team in the second half. How long can you
:18:34. > :18:39.take it? I think it is still there for us to get the title this year.
:18:39. > :18:46.Don't panic yet? If definitely not. Some celebrating across the city
:18:46. > :18:49.may disagree. One of Scotland's top women
:18:49. > :18:52.football players says the standard of the girls' game in this country
:18:52. > :18:55.has never been higher. Amy McDonald and her Glasgow City teammates are
:18:55. > :18:58.getting ready to make history next week when they play in the first
:18:58. > :19:08.ever women's champions league match in Scotland. And she's proud of the
:19:08. > :19:13.
:19:13. > :19:21.standard the women's game has reached. I think it's a high is
:19:21. > :19:27.that some are been. I don't want to get. It's getting better but it can
:19:27. > :19:29.go much further. Andy Murray says strike action could be an option if
:19:29. > :19:32.tennis's governing bodies don't reduce the number of tournaments
:19:32. > :19:35.the world's top players have to play. Murray help Britain to a five
:19:35. > :19:38.- nil whitewash of Hungary in their Davis Cup Group Two play-off.
:19:38. > :19:40.was, however, a less than sparkling performance from the world number
:19:40. > :19:46.four. Fatigue, due to a punishing
:19:46. > :19:49.schedule, seemed to be the reason. They are so many different
:19:50. > :19:55.commitments the players have to make. It is not as if we choose
:19:55. > :19:59.what ones they are. We are told. We have to play for 90% of the year so
:19:59. > :20:08.that is something I would like to change. We should be able to decide
:20:08. > :20:13.on her own schedule. It's the most important match for four years
:20:13. > :20:15.according to Scotland's attack coach, Gregor Townsend. He is, of
:20:15. > :20:18.course, referring to Sunday's encounter with Argentina at the
:20:18. > :20:23.rugby World Cup. The Scotland squad have now moved their base from
:20:23. > :20:28.Invercargil to Wellington from where Jim Mason sends this report.
:20:28. > :20:32.The colt windy Wellington and today it is definitely living up to its
:20:32. > :20:38.nickname. Reminders of the World Cup were never far away, a contrast
:20:38. > :20:43.to the quiet of Invercargill. The teams are bigger, the venues
:20:43. > :20:48.are bigger. The war up for Scotland gets harder.
:20:48. > :20:55.The players we have are more than capable of going out there.
:20:55. > :20:59.Obviously, a lot of these players were involved in Argentina a year
:20:59. > :21:06.ago and know what is needed to beat them. This will be a much tougher
:21:06. > :21:11.challenge than what refaced in Argentina. Scotland players will
:21:11. > :21:17.hope that pumping iron helps when it comes to playing. This is a huge
:21:17. > :21:24.game for us. We are delighted with the position we're in. I suppose
:21:24. > :21:29.you could say the hard work has to start now. We have this game coming
:21:29. > :21:38.up which could determine our future in this competition. That gives us
:21:38. > :21:46.the focus for this week. Six days to go and a win could mean a place
:21:46. > :21:51.in the quarter-finals. Edinburgh Zoo's oldest resident celebrates
:21:51. > :21:54.his 50th birthday today. As you would expect there was a bit of a
:21:54. > :22:00.party for Ricky the chimpanzee who has lived at the zoo since the
:22:00. > :22:07.1960s. Lisa Summers reports.
:22:07. > :22:11.As the guests began to arrive there was a chorus of Happy birthday. It
:22:11. > :22:17.might have been. On his big day, Ricky was happy to share his
:22:17. > :22:21.presence. A selection of edible treats and it
:22:21. > :22:28.wasn't long before the party was in full swing. The paparazzi were
:22:28. > :22:34.there and children looked on. Happy days for Ricky. He was born in 1961.
:22:34. > :22:44.Construction of the Berlin Wall was under way. Kennedy became president
:22:44. > :22:44.
:22:44. > :22:50.and a fellow chimp was heading for a to space. -- out their space.
:22:50. > :22:54.Recce did not have such a celebratory start to life. -- Ricky.
:22:54. > :23:02.He was orphaned after his parents were slaughtered and spent a few
:23:02. > :23:07.years as a pet on a merchant navy ship. He came to the zoo in 1966.
:23:07. > :23:15.He is very popular because he does not challenge the males or try to
:23:15. > :23:21.cause conflict so. Some of the Fine ales, when we brought new champ
:23:22. > :23:31.since they took a bit of a shine to him. A lot has changed. Since then
:23:31. > :23:41.there were only two chance. Now there are more than 20. I like
:23:41. > :23:44.
:23:44. > :23:48.watching them go from treated he. like monkeys and squirrels and pegs.
:23:48. > :23:55.Finally, the party was over and their guests departed. It was time
:23:55. > :23:58.for the birthday boy to sit and look back over his life. A reminder
:23:58. > :24:01.that our money man Fergus Muirhead is back with us on Wednesday. He'll
:24:01. > :24:03.be looking at income protection and critical illness cover - what
:24:04. > :24:06.options are available and which are best for you.
:24:06. > :24:16.Send your questions to Fergus at bbc.co.uk. He'll do his best to
:24:16. > :24:17.
:24:17. > :24:24.answer. Standing by to give us the It's going to be one of those weeks
:24:24. > :24:28.when it is up and down. Cloudy and bright. We saw more sunshine today
:24:28. > :24:32.than was forecast. Looking at the end for a there, we can see some
:24:32. > :24:37.heady been pitching in from the West. Here is the map from around
:24:37. > :24:43.7pm. You can see that rain making its way through Dumfries and
:24:43. > :24:47.Galloway and fringing the central belt. Winds will be picking up but
:24:47. > :24:52.will move through quickly leading many places dive. Showers continue
:24:52. > :24:57.in the north and west. Temperatures down to seven Celsius. For most of
:24:57. > :25:02.us up in cities, closer to nine Celsius. Tuesday will be brighter
:25:02. > :25:08.than today with showers possible across the north-west. Away from
:25:08. > :25:12.here, mainly dry with the chance of a shower. Come mid-afternoon,
:25:12. > :25:21.around 4pm, the south of the country will see temperatures of
:25:21. > :25:25.around 15 Celsius. Down the east coast, perhaps warmer. Winds Paul
:25:25. > :25:31.Pickup from the south-west and they could be strong at times. More
:25:31. > :25:37.likely to see showers in the far north. The rest of the it afternoon
:25:37. > :25:42.and into the evening will still be tried. Looking at the pressure chat
:25:42. > :25:52.over night into Wednesday, we can see any idea of low-pressure into a
:25:52. > :25:53.
:25:53. > :25:58.slump and a front for bring isobars in indicating heavier winds. Some
:25:58. > :26:03.of the rain will be heavier on Wednesday. The winds will be strong
:26:03. > :26:07.and could touch gale-force a in the north-west. Not particularly
:26:07. > :26:14.pleasant. Thursday, it picks up again and will be brighter and
:26:14. > :26:19.drier. Highs of 15 Celsius. This evening, have been pushing into the
:26:19. > :26:22.evening, have been pushing into the south. Let's get a recap of
:26:22. > :26:24.tonight's main stories. Strathclyde police say there was a huge rise in
:26:24. > :26:27.the number of reports of domestic abuse in the aftermath of
:26:27. > :26:30.yesterday's Rangers versus Celtic match at Ibrox. The total was more
:26:30. > :26:33.than double what the police would expect in a normal weekend and was
:26:33. > :26:36.also well up on an average Old Firm weekend.
:26:36. > :26:39.The eviction of Dale Farm - the largest illegal travellers' site in
:26:39. > :26:40.the UK - has been put on hold after residents won a last minute legal
:26:40. > :26:43.reprieve. Bailiffs representing Basildon
:26:43. > :26:46.council had already entered the camp and served eviction papers
:26:46. > :26:51.when news of the injunction came through. It is the latest step in a
:26:51. > :26:54.long and bitter legal battle that has already cost �18 million. Work
:26:54. > :26:56.has begun to repair tram tracks on Edinburgh's Princes Street - less
:26:56. > :27:00.than two years after they were first laid. It's brought widespread
:27:00. > :27:04.disruption to the city centre, but not as much as it's expected to
:27:04. > :27:07.bring tomorrow. The work is due to be completed by
:27:07. > :27:10.next summer. Scottish members of the Liberal Democrats have been
:27:10. > :27:13.discussing how to become relevant again at their annual conference in
:27:13. > :27:15.Birmingham. The new Scottish leader Willie Rennie wants to regain the
:27:15. > :27:25.political initiative, and is proposing a commission to look at
:27:25. > :27:26.
:27:26. > :27:30.even further financial powers for the Scottish Parliament.