:00:15. > :00:18.Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight. A serial killer or the
:00:18. > :00:21.victim of a miscarriage of justice? A BBC investigation has uncovered
:00:21. > :00:26.evidence that casts doubt over the conviction of Scots nurse Colin
:00:26. > :00:31.Norris. Stabbed. The man set upon by a gang
:00:31. > :00:33.of thieves who were trying to steal his neighbour's car.
:00:33. > :00:39.The football legend backing new research which could help millions
:00:39. > :00:41.of arthritis sufferers. And also tonight. Growing injury
:00:41. > :00:50.worries for Craig Levein ahead of Scotland's remaining Euro
:00:50. > :00:52.qualifiers. A BBC investigation has uncovered
:00:53. > :00:57.evidence that could cast doubt over the conviction of a Glasgow-born
:00:57. > :01:00.nurse serving life for the murders of four elderly patients. In total,
:01:00. > :01:03.Colin Norris was found guilty of poisoning five patients with
:01:03. > :01:13.insulin at two hospitals in Leeds. But new evidence has cast serious
:01:13. > :01:14.
:01:14. > :01:19.doubt over those convictions. Mark He was described as an Angel of
:01:19. > :01:24.Death who murdered his Patients in cold blood. But Colin Norris has
:01:24. > :01:34.always protested his innocence. am putting it clear that you
:01:34. > :01:44.
:01:44. > :01:48.But after a five-month trial, he was convicted of four murders and
:01:48. > :01:54.one attempted murder and sentenced to 30 years in prison. The strength
:01:54. > :02:00.of the case was that Colin Norris was on shift when a five different
:02:00. > :02:06.women suffered extremely low blood sugar leading to hypoglycaemic
:02:06. > :02:11.failure. But at least four of the woman could have died naturally and
:02:11. > :02:15.that highs -- and that spontaneous hypoglycaemia is much more common
:02:15. > :02:22.than the jury were led to believe her. I was surprised at how very
:02:22. > :02:27.common it is in this particular group of elderly, sick people. In
:02:27. > :02:33.one very detailed survey, thousands of patients, it was up to 10%. It
:02:33. > :02:39.is not that unusual. Looking at all of the evidence, all I can say is
:02:39. > :02:44.that I think his conviction is unsafe. They BBC has uncovered
:02:44. > :02:49.evidence of similar cases of hypoglycaemia that occurred in the
:02:49. > :02:54.hospital where Colin Norris worked, but a while he was off-duty.
:02:54. > :02:57.lawyer believes there were serious flaws in the investigation.
:02:57. > :03:03.only cherry-picked those investigations when Colin Norris
:03:03. > :03:07.was on duty and ignored the others. A West Yorkshire Police spokesman
:03:07. > :03:13.said that Colin Norris was convicted, prosecuted and sentence
:03:13. > :03:17.based on evidence produced in court, but new evidence has given Colin
:03:17. > :03:21.Norris's mother a glimmer of hope. I do believe that the system will
:03:21. > :03:29.eventually prove there has been a miscarriage of justice and he will
:03:29. > :03:33.be a free man. However long it takes, I do, I have got to believe
:03:33. > :03:42.that that will happen. And a application to hear a French appeal
:03:42. > :03:45.is to be submitted to the Criminal Cases Review Commission.
:03:45. > :03:51.And you can see more of Mark Daly's investigation in Hospital Serial
:03:51. > :03:54.A Jury In The Dark tonight on BBC1 Scotland at 10.35.
:03:54. > :03:57.Police are treating as attempted murder an attack on a man who tried
:03:57. > :04:00.to stop his neighbour's car being stolen. The 57-year-old was stabbed
:04:00. > :04:08.in the assault involving three men outside his home in Coatbridge.
:04:08. > :04:13.Detectives say he's lucky to be alive. Aileen Clarke reports.
:04:13. > :04:18.This is a leafy and quiet area. When a couple living here heard
:04:18. > :04:28.some lies at the back of the House yesterday morning, it was unusual.
:04:28. > :04:30.
:04:30. > :04:40.-- summer noise. Ian Howson Went out to see what happened. He saw a
:04:40. > :04:49.
:04:49. > :04:52.man across the road are breaking into his neighbour's car. The man
:04:52. > :04:55.turned round, approached him and assaulted him. At that time, he was
:04:55. > :04:59.joined by two other men and the three of them assaulted Mr Howson
:04:59. > :05:02.on the street behind us. He managed to get away, make his way back into
:05:02. > :05:05.his own garden here. But not content on the assault they carried
:05:05. > :05:07.out on the street, they carried the assault into the garden where he
:05:07. > :05:12.sustained multiple stab wounds. He is actually very lucky man that
:05:12. > :05:17.he was not killed. Neighbours and colleagues cannot
:05:17. > :05:23.believe what has happened to him. Everybody is shocked to learn about
:05:23. > :05:29.what has happened to him. He is a very popular and conscientious
:05:29. > :05:33.teacher and makes an enormous contribution with in our department.
:05:33. > :05:37.Be it is a horrific attack on a man who was on the protecting his own
:05:37. > :05:42.and his neighbour's property. Something which I am sure most
:05:42. > :05:47.members of the public would also do. Police are looking for three men,
:05:47. > :05:56.aged around 20. They believe they could be responsible for a number
:05:56. > :06:00.of attempted break-ins in the area as well as this horrific attack.
:06:00. > :06:02.A drug smuggling gang has been jailed for a total of 43 years for
:06:02. > :06:04.importing and dealing cocaine worth up to �40 million. Ringleaders
:06:04. > :06:08.Keith Blenkinsop and Lindsay Harkins were sentenced to 12 years
:06:08. > :06:11.and 10 years at the High Court in Edinburgh. Three couriers - Andrew
:06:11. > :06:14.Burns, Robert Dalrymple and James Elvin - were jailed for eight years,
:06:14. > :06:16.seven years and six years. The men were convicted last month of
:06:16. > :06:24.smuggling cocaine from Spain concealed in the lining of
:06:24. > :06:27.suitcases. You're watching Reporting Scotland
:06:27. > :06:29.from the BBC. Still to come before seven.
:06:30. > :06:34.Glasgow gears up for a glittering awards show honouring music of
:06:34. > :06:37.black origin. In sport, with the vital European
:06:37. > :06:39.qualifiers looming, the injury list does not make good reading for
:06:39. > :06:49.Craig Levein. Plus, Going for gold. Scottish
:06:49. > :06:50.
:06:50. > :06:53.netball's search for the superstars Scientists in Aberdeen are to find
:06:53. > :06:58.ways of using stem cells to help repair or even stop the spread of
:06:59. > :07:01.osteoarthritis. An estimated eight million people in the UK suffer
:07:01. > :07:04.from the bone disease. Former Aberdeen and Scotland captain
:07:04. > :07:14.Willie Miller, who suffers from the condition, is backing the study, as
:07:14. > :07:14.
:07:14. > :07:22.Steven Duff reports. He camped and the successful
:07:22. > :07:26.Aberdeen -- he captained the successful Aberdeen team in the
:07:26. > :07:33.1980s. He had a tough career that eventually took its toll. He now
:07:33. > :07:37.suffers from osteo arthritis. was a tackle the cost of the Oster
:07:37. > :07:43.arthritis in my knee. Fortunately, it was later on in my career and
:07:43. > :07:47.they managed to play with that for several years. He is now backing
:07:47. > :07:52.the new research at Aberdeen University into how the body's own
:07:52. > :08:02.that stem cells can help appear joined to damage and to stave off
:08:02. > :08:04.
:08:04. > :08:09.boss your arthritis. I they have the ability to repair themselves
:08:09. > :08:12.and to form cartilage and bone and are our deal to form cartilage and
:08:12. > :08:17.bone in patients with osteoarthritis. Researchers hear
:08:17. > :08:27.hope they are some poor on the road to make the lives of sufferers of
:08:27. > :08:28.
:08:28. > :08:32.osteoarthritis that bit better. -- they are somewhere on the road. The
:08:32. > :08:39.next generation of Aberdeen players a warm-up for our youth game this
:08:39. > :08:45.afternoon. Any stem cell treatment for osteoarthritis is some way off
:08:45. > :08:53.and treatment would only take place in early stages. Hopefully,
:08:53. > :08:59.generations coming through, if the get osteoarthritis, it will be
:08:59. > :09:09.detected early and treated early. Researchers are hoping they will be
:09:09. > :09:20.
:09:20. > :09:25.successful. Volunteers have given up try to rescue a whale beached on
:09:25. > :09:29.the course of the South Uist. The wheel is now dying and a vet has
:09:30. > :09:32.been brought in to try and keep it comfortable.
:09:32. > :09:35.The NHS needs to offer more flexible working hours for female
:09:35. > :09:37.hospital doctors or they will leave the profession. That's the warning
:09:38. > :09:40.from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. They say
:09:40. > :09:46.that patient care could be affected if things don't change. Suzanne
:09:46. > :09:52.Allan has the story. This consultant has been working as
:09:52. > :09:56.a hospital doctor for over 20 years. When she started, there was no such
:09:56. > :10:01.thing as flexible working. When I was training, flexible working was
:10:01. > :10:05.not an option. With retrospect, it might have been something that I
:10:05. > :10:10.would have pursued if it had been available. It was quite difficult
:10:10. > :10:17.at that time. I am in no doubt that flexible working has been of
:10:17. > :10:27.enormous benefit to both men and women. During the First World War,
:10:27. > :10:29.
:10:29. > :10:36.Scottish health pioneer LCD Ingle's cent teams to the front. Remember
:10:36. > :10:41.still unusual in medicine, but times have changed. In the 1960s,
:10:41. > :10:45.there were around 500 medical female students in the UK. Now
:10:45. > :10:50.there are 5000. Traditionally, there have been more women working
:10:50. > :10:57.as GPs, but with flexible working hours, hospital work is more
:10:57. > :11:00.appealing. The colleges appealing on the NHS throughout Scotland and
:11:00. > :11:05.the United Kingdom to try to be more flexible and creative to make
:11:05. > :11:14.it easier for men and women. these students at Glasgow
:11:14. > :11:19.University looking for a change? you change their hours just for
:11:19. > :11:23.women, it will make women candidates less attractive postop a
:11:23. > :11:28.I would like to be a surgeon at also have children, so if somebody
:11:28. > :11:38.offered me flexible working hours, I would to take them. Should it be
:11:38. > :11:45.
:11:45. > :11:48.up to us for the organisations they work for to change? Fewer young
:11:48. > :11:51.people would end up in the prison system if schools ended their
:11:51. > :11:54.policy of exclusion according to the Chief Inspector of Prisons.
:11:54. > :11:57.Brigadier Hugh Monro says that by the time young people are jailed,
:11:57. > :12:00.it's already too late. He claims figures show more than 40% of young
:12:00. > :12:03.offenders jailed for the first time then go on to reoffend. Publishing
:12:03. > :12:05.his annual report, he also repeated his call for a national strategy on
:12:05. > :12:09.sex offenders to improve their access to rehabilitation.
:12:09. > :12:12.The parents of a young man from Glasgow who has not been seen since
:12:12. > :12:15.leaving for college last week have made an emotional appeal for his
:12:15. > :12:18.safe return. 20-year-old Jordan McGinty was last seen by his family
:12:18. > :12:20.early last week as he was leaving for Cardonald College where he is
:12:20. > :12:30.training to be an electrician. Police have appealed for anyone
:12:30. > :12:34.
:12:34. > :12:40.with information about Jordan to contact them.
:12:40. > :12:45.Staff at the troubled Macau and sweet factory near Falkirk says the
:12:45. > :12:51.work -- had been paid off. One hadn't three workers have lost
:12:51. > :12:54.their job. A new plan to revive Gaelic has
:12:54. > :12:56.been proposed with the aim of doubling the number of children
:12:57. > :12:59.learning the language in the next five years. Over the past decade,
:12:59. > :13:02.millions of pounds has been spent promoting Gaelic, but can money
:13:02. > :13:04.time and effort really save endangered languages? Our education
:13:04. > :13:14.correspondent Seonag MacKinnon has been to Condorrat primary in North
:13:14. > :13:20.
:13:20. > :13:25.Thanks to public money and more learned there's. You do feel
:13:25. > :13:30.special because you can speak that language and no one else knows and
:13:30. > :13:39.you can teach your friends are different words. When I started
:13:39. > :13:44.school, I did not know what this word means and all that, but I just
:13:44. > :13:48.started speaking it naturally. Children pick up the language as
:13:48. > :13:53.they speak it while learning all the subjects they would in an
:13:53. > :13:58.ordinary school. Today a report calling for a number of pupils
:13:58. > :14:03.entering this kind of education to be doubled. It does not matter if
:14:03. > :14:09.they have been educated in Gaelic or English, the course is similar.
:14:09. > :14:15.There is no real extra cost in providing Gaelic children -- for
:14:15. > :14:22.children. Scotland lags behind other Celtic countries. Less than
:14:22. > :14:30.1% of Scots RN bilingual education, compared to 7% in Ireland. That
:14:30. > :14:34.compares with a healthy 21 % in Wales. But do money and effort
:14:35. > :14:40.really save endangered Languages? It has worked in many different
:14:41. > :14:45.languages, the bask language in Spain, the Catalan language in
:14:45. > :14:49.Spain, some government interventions happened here but it
:14:49. > :14:55.is the will of the people that is vital to continue their own culture.
:14:55. > :15:01.But with millions of pounds spent on Gaelic's devolution, some may
:15:01. > :15:07.question whether more money should follow.
:15:07. > :15:11.Glasgow is gearing up to stage this year's MOBO awards. The awards show
:15:11. > :15:15.which ought -- honours Music of Black Origin this first stage in
:15:15. > :15:19.the city two years ago. But it is not just the Dell and Tinie Tempah
:15:19. > :15:29.who at in the running for prizes, Glasgow could benefit to the tune
:15:29. > :15:30.
:15:30. > :15:35.of �3 million. Tinie Tempah is just one of the
:15:35. > :15:40.stars in the running for a prize or two get this year's MOBOs and
:15:40. > :15:45.Glasgow has a lot to gain also. Not just from the immediate spend of
:15:45. > :15:52.having these artists in town but having a wide profile event
:15:53. > :15:59.broadcast and 75 countries. This bend of the MOBO is relatively
:15:59. > :16:03.small but it is about Glasgow on an international stage. It helps
:16:03. > :16:06.define what Glasgow is in people's minds said. That is reflected in
:16:06. > :16:11.businesses across the city who say the event brings them marketing
:16:11. > :16:15.opportunities as well as money. With the emergence of social
:16:15. > :16:18.mediate you will have the ideas on the YouTube, on twitter and
:16:18. > :16:26.Facebook which will mean there is more coverage and public coverage
:16:26. > :16:30.as well. And with a quarter of a million people due to tune into the
:16:30. > :16:37.TV coverage of the event, it is a bigger audience than ever, even if
:16:37. > :16:42.some had their doubts when the MOBOs came to London. People asked
:16:42. > :16:48.why Glasgow and we were petrified. Because it worked so well we have
:16:48. > :16:52.now set the bar of really high, so we have to exceed expectations but
:16:53. > :17:01.I am sure by what I have seen in the rehearsals we are all the way
:17:01. > :17:07.there. All will be revealed shortly for this year's winners but with a
:17:07. > :17:16.three-year deal to bring the USDAWs -- MOBO USDAW to Glasgow, it seems
:17:16. > :17:20.we have already won. Craig Levein has the blues. He
:17:20. > :17:23.certainly has. There is a growing injury list for
:17:23. > :17:28.Craig Levein to deal with their head of the European qualifying
:17:28. > :17:33.matches. He is already sweating over the fitness of his top striker
:17:33. > :17:35.but his captain is in doubt also against the gains in Liechtenstein
:17:35. > :17:43.and Spain. The Scotland squad being put
:17:43. > :17:48.through the paces but without some familiar faces. A certain striker
:17:48. > :17:53.is still struggling. Scotland's top scorer has turned it on so often in
:17:53. > :18:03.the past but after hobbling off at the weekend he remains a doubt but
:18:03. > :18:04.
:18:04. > :18:10.there is some hope. It is a case of the are hopeful for Saturday. But
:18:10. > :18:13.certainly for Tuesday high hopes. Darren Fletcher of the Manchester
:18:13. > :18:19.United Fielder has tonsilitis and will be assessed again tomorrow. He
:18:19. > :18:24.will be given every chance to prove he can make it. Alan Houghton is
:18:24. > :18:29.also a doubt. He did not train today. The injury worries do not
:18:29. > :18:34.seem to be knocking confidence. We did be fair to say the squad go
:18:34. > :18:41.into this double-header with more hope than expectation? I do not
:18:41. > :18:47.think so. We expect and still believe that and hopefully the fans
:18:47. > :18:52.will be the bid also. We believe we can qualify. If we go out and get
:18:52. > :18:57.six points I believe that will get us in the play-off position. But he
:18:57. > :19:01.will be available for the upcoming challenges? Plenty to ponder for
:19:01. > :19:06.the Scotland manager. Col Bartley said he will play
:19:06. > :19:10.anywhere to get backing the Rangers game, particularly with Dorin Goyan
:19:10. > :19:13.and Carlos Bocanegra building a partnership in central defence. The
:19:13. > :19:20.Arsenal defender has been missing since early August after undergoing
:19:20. > :19:25.surgery on his groin. Bartley hopes he will return when Rangers face
:19:25. > :19:29.Liverpool later this month. I am a team player and I am happy the team
:19:29. > :19:34.has been doing well. I said when I first came here that I was not
:19:34. > :19:39.going to start and I did not stop the first few games but they came
:19:39. > :19:45.in midfield and I did well. If I have to play a different position
:19:45. > :19:49.to get my place back, so be it. Celtic will be without Scott Brown
:19:49. > :19:52.after he will undergo surgery on his damaged ankle. Brown has not
:19:52. > :19:58.played since being substituted during his side's Old Firm defeat
:19:58. > :20:03.last month with an aggravated injury.
:20:03. > :20:07.Scottish sport's chief talent scout Tony's danger has turned his touch
:20:07. > :20:11.for the next big thing to netball. Women over five foot 10 were
:20:11. > :20:17.encouraged to apply for the Gold for Glasgow programme which has
:20:17. > :20:24.recruited other athletes into other sports. We went to see if there are
:20:24. > :20:27.any netball superstars out there. Meet the girls on the Gold for
:20:27. > :20:37.Glasgow programme who think they have what it takes to play for
:20:37. > :20:48.
:20:48. > :20:52.Scotland. I am 23 years old. I am A series of physical Tests and a
:20:52. > :20:59.mine said interview will determine whether the girls will be fast-
:20:59. > :21:04.tracked into the national netball squads. The project is really for a
:21:04. > :21:09.particular body type, athleticism. We are looking for taller athletes
:21:09. > :21:14.to give them more opportunity to enter netball. On the international
:21:14. > :21:24.arena. But it was international rugby which produced Scotland's
:21:24. > :21:27.
:21:27. > :21:33.We believe in this project that we could have a girl who could be
:21:33. > :21:38.qualify and go through to Glasgow 2014. All want to do that but there
:21:38. > :21:44.is the potential for someone to do it. This former runner competed at
:21:44. > :21:49.a cyclist at last year's Commonwealth Games. It is
:21:49. > :21:54.unbelievable to think when I came here in 2009, if I thought back
:21:54. > :22:01.then I was going to India, I have would not have believed anyone that
:22:01. > :22:06.said I could do it. Having done it, it is achievable, it has been great.
:22:06. > :22:12.Are the girls on target for 2014? They will find out in the next few
:22:12. > :22:17.weeks. Good luck to the girls.
:22:17. > :22:21.A charity planning to plant 200,000 trees on bleak moorland above
:22:21. > :22:25.Dumbarton have unexpectedly revealed a wartime secret which
:22:25. > :22:30.helped protect the town from the worst effects of German air raids.
:22:30. > :22:33.A bunker in the centre of the Lang Crags site was used to control
:22:33. > :22:40.decoy lights which tricked air crews into dropping their bombs
:22:40. > :22:45.harmlessly. We have been finding out more.
:22:45. > :22:50.This rough moorland will soon be transformed by the planting of
:22:50. > :23:00.200,000 trees, providing a wildlife haven and an amenity for locals but
:23:00. > :23:00.
:23:00. > :23:07.it was not always so tranquil. On 5th May, 1941, the Germans raided
:23:07. > :23:13.Dunbar 10. Ecru sort explosions and fires on the ground. But they were
:23:13. > :23:17.a sham, decoys created from a bunker. It appears many of the
:23:17. > :23:23.German bombs dropped harmlessly onto the Lang Crags more which was
:23:23. > :23:29.littered with debris when 11-year- old Bill cycled up the next morning.
:23:29. > :23:34.As I turned into the farm, that large barn that was there was smoke
:23:34. > :23:40.coming out the top of that and there were too big craters in this
:23:40. > :23:47.field here. There was an unexploded bomb over another side of that wood
:23:47. > :23:50.fair. The bunker is now derelict but the charity creating the new
:23:50. > :23:56.woodland wants to use it as a way of telling the unusual history of
:23:56. > :24:01.the sight. We think there was a control room and an engine room.
:24:01. > :24:11.Out on the mores there were fires which were meant to assimilate a
:24:11. > :24:18.
:24:18. > :24:22.Dunbar turn itself was bombed. This tournament took a direct hit.
:24:22. > :24:28.Devastating as it was to those involved, two months earlier, more
:24:28. > :24:32.than 1,000 had died in Clydebank. 17 young trees are the first to be
:24:32. > :24:42.planted in the new woodland. They represent the 17 people killed in
:24:42. > :24:43.
:24:43. > :24:48.the Dumbarton raids 70 years ago. Two the weather.
:24:49. > :24:52.It looks like the weather will stay unsettled. It will be mild tomorrow
:24:52. > :24:55.and then it will be cooler on and then it will be cooler on
:24:55. > :25:01.Thursday and Friday and mild again on the weekend. Today we saw highs
:25:01. > :25:08.of 15 Celsius in Aberdeen. Through the course of the night we will see
:25:08. > :25:12.rain moving in. It will to try across eastern areas to begin with.
:25:12. > :25:19.Showers continuing across the Shetland Isles and they will gather
:25:19. > :25:24.as this depression moves in. It will be heavy across Argyll but on
:25:24. > :25:30.the upside with increasing winds it will be mild with 10 or 11 Celsius
:25:30. > :25:33.as the low. Tomorrow, not a pleasant picture. A lot of rain
:25:33. > :25:38.around. Heavy again across Argyll and the south-west but through the
:25:38. > :25:44.afternoon it will improve. The eastern side is not too bad. The
:25:44. > :25:54.heaviest of the rain will be to the west. Temperatures of 16 and 17
:25:54. > :25:54.
:25:54. > :25:58.Celsius. Further north, the rain stays heavy. Chilly with showers
:25:58. > :26:04.across the Shetland Isles. An improving picture through the
:26:04. > :26:08.afternoon. Brightness appearing across the north and east. Thursday,
:26:08. > :26:15.quite a different picture. Wednesday's low-pressure scoops to
:26:15. > :26:22.the North. A squeeze of isobars coming from the north-west. So it
:26:22. > :26:29.is starting to turn cooler. Brisk winds. Temperatures starting to
:26:29. > :26:36.fall, 12 or 13 Celsius. Frequent showers to the north-west. The best
:26:36. > :26:41.of the brightness to the east. On Friday we see this area of high
:26:41. > :26:48.pressure nudging in. But it looks like things will settle down. Still
:26:48. > :26:53.feeling chilly but windy again across the North.
:26:53. > :26:57.A summer of tonight's top stories: the BBC investigation has uncovered
:26:57. > :27:01.evidence that could cast doubt over the conviction of a nurse serving
:27:01. > :27:04.the conviction of a nurse serving life for the murders of four
:27:04. > :27:08.elderly patients. Colin Norris was found guilty of poisoning five
:27:08. > :27:12.patients with incident. New evidence has cast doubt over those
:27:12. > :27:16.convictions. The American student Amanda Knox is
:27:16. > :27:21.returning home to the US after an appeal court cleared her of
:27:21. > :27:24.murdering her British flat mate Meredith Kercher four years ago.
:27:24. > :27:28.Miss Kercher's family said they respected the decision but
:27:28. > :27:32.questions about the manned -- murder remain.
:27:32. > :27:39.Police are treating as attempted murder an attack on a man who tried
:27:39. > :27:43.to stop his neighbour's car being stolen. Detectives say the man is
:27:43. > :27:47.lucky to be alive. And a pub landlady is hailing
:27:47. > :27:51.victory in a legal case against the English Premier League, which could
:27:51. > :27:58.change the way sports rights are sold. The European Court of Justice