:00:18. > :00:20.Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight on your national news.
:00:20. > :00:30.Hundreds of mourners gather in Helensburgh for the funeral of the
:00:30. > :00:36.brother and sister murdered in a fire at their home.
:00:36. > :00:39.The whole episode could and should have been handled better piles all.
:00:39. > :00:43.A giant of the trade union movement - tributes are paid to Campbell
:00:43. > :00:46.Christie, who's died at the age of The cost of keeping Scotland's
:00:46. > :00:53.streets lit - some councils have decided to switch the lights off to
:00:53. > :00:56.save money. And later in the programme.
:00:56. > :01:04.The word that's part of a Halloween tradition that one Scottish town is
:01:04. > :01:07.Hundreds of mourners gathered in Helensburgh this morning for the
:01:07. > :01:11.funeral of Thomas and Bridget Sharkey, the brother and sister who
:01:11. > :01:16.were murdered when their home was deliberately set on fire. Bridget
:01:16. > :01:26.was eight and Thomas was 21 when they died at the end of July. Their
:01:26. > :01:27.
:01:27. > :01:30.father, also Thomas, died later in hospital. Laura Bicker reports.
:01:30. > :01:37.Fair rived in their hundreds. Lining the streets once the church
:01:37. > :01:43.was filled. All here to pay their respects to a brother and sister
:01:43. > :01:48.who played such a large part in this town. Their mother Angela, the
:01:48. > :01:53.sole survivor of the fire, was composed, as she and others
:01:53. > :01:58.prepared to say goodbye. What you say to a mother who has lost two
:01:58. > :02:03.children and a husband? Angela herself said, there are no words.
:02:03. > :02:09.Actions speak louder than words and she got lots of action from homes
:02:09. > :02:13.for people. They were wonderful in rallying round to help a. These
:02:13. > :02:19.words and tributes have been some comfort to the family, but for some
:02:19. > :02:23.friends, the burden of grief proved overwhelming. Those he knew
:02:23. > :02:27.Pritchett described her as a beautiful girl with a beautiful
:02:27. > :02:32.personality. Everybody has been saying, she was lovely, she was
:02:32. > :02:39.Smiley. She was always like that, she was full of fun, full of
:02:39. > :02:43.nonsense, she was never quiet. is that former family home which
:02:43. > :02:46.was destroyed in a deliberate attack. Police are still hunting
:02:46. > :02:51.for the murderer and victim meet someone in this town has
:02:51. > :02:54.information which could help catch the killer. Capri one I have spoken
:02:54. > :02:58.to hope and pray something will turn up. They're hoping the
:02:58. > :03:02.personal come forward themselves eventually, because there is no
:03:03. > :03:06.limit to be put on this until the final moment. After a final
:03:07. > :03:14.blessing, the hundreds of mourners make their way slowly to a private
:03:14. > :03:21.burial. A humanist ceremony NM her -- in memory of there father Thomas
:03:21. > :03:26.will be held on Monday hold no closure, but that will only come
:03:26. > :03:30.when the killer is caught. Campbell Christie, the former
:03:30. > :03:33.General Secretary of the Scottish TUC, has died at the age of 74. He
:03:33. > :03:35.headed the organisation from 1986 to 1998 and led them through
:03:35. > :03:38.probably the most challenging period in Scotland's industrial
:03:38. > :03:43.history. But he also became a respected and popular figure right
:03:43. > :03:52.across Scottish civic life. Reevel Alderson looks back at the life of
:03:52. > :03:57.Campbell Christie. Campbell Christie became leader of
:03:57. > :04:00.the STUC as Scottish industry underwent radical changes. Titanic
:04:00. > :04:05.institutions like the Ravenscraig steelworks were under threat, the
:04:05. > :04:09.miners' dispute had ended. whole episode could and should have
:04:09. > :04:16.been handled better by us all. was a pragmatist, capable of
:04:16. > :04:22.delivering tough messages to colleagues and industry leaders.
:04:22. > :04:26.Scotland has lost a giant. He fought as stem the tide of
:04:26. > :04:30.industrialisation in Scotland, but he also sought political progress
:04:30. > :04:35.through a Scottish parliament. He was instrumental in the building up
:04:35. > :04:41.of civic support for that concept. Campbell Christie saw his role
:04:41. > :04:44.wider than industrial relations. He led opposition to the poll tax. And
:04:44. > :04:48.the celebrated of the Yes vote in the devolution referendum, which
:04:48. > :04:52.she played a significant role in achieving. He was willing to talk
:04:52. > :04:58.to political enemies, addressing the Tory national council meeting,
:04:58. > :05:02.the first STUC leader to do so for a generation. I got on with them
:05:02. > :05:07.very well. I like him, he was amusing. He could oppose you
:05:07. > :05:14.without any acrimony. I was very keen to listen to what he had to
:05:14. > :05:17.say. He will be sadly missed convey our big boots to flow. Last year,
:05:17. > :05:20.Campbell Christie return to political life to share an
:05:20. > :05:25.independent commission to make recommendations for the delivery of
:05:25. > :05:29.public services. It was a final example of is on public service.
:05:29. > :05:34.all but Campbell did, the overwhelming objective was to put
:05:34. > :05:39.the STUC at the heart of Scottish political life. He achieved that, I
:05:39. > :05:48.think. Away from politics, Campbell Christie was chairman of Falkirk
:05:48. > :05:54.Football Club. Reset enough to be played in the Scottish Cup final.
:05:54. > :05:57.There will be a minute's silence at tomorrow's home game. Within the
:05:57. > :06:00.last hour Police in Ayrshire have arrested a man in connection with
:06:00. > :06:03.the death of Stuart Walker, the 28- year-old man whose mutilated body
:06:03. > :06:07.was found in Cumnock in the early hours of Saturday morning. Catriona
:06:07. > :06:15.Renton is there for us now. Catriona, bring us up-to-date with
:06:15. > :06:20.developments tonight. We have just heard that an 18-year-old man has
:06:20. > :06:24.been charged in connection with the death of Stuart Walker. We're on
:06:24. > :06:28.their industrial estate where his body was found just before or 5
:06:28. > :06:33.o'clock on Saturday morning. Police described his injuries as
:06:33. > :06:37.absolutely horrific. He was badly beaten and bound. Stuart Walker was
:06:37. > :06:41.openly gay. There has been speculation that he was the victim
:06:41. > :06:45.of a homophobic crime. Police have said that while they were not
:06:45. > :06:49.ruling that out, there was no reason to believe that was the case.
:06:49. > :06:54.It emerged yesterday that Stuart Walker had been investigated by
:06:54. > :06:59.staff out police over an alleged indecent assault of a 12-year-old
:06:59. > :07:03.boy back in August. Our report was sent to the Procurator Fiscal. But
:07:03. > :07:08.police are saying there is no reason to link this incident with
:07:08. > :07:12.his death. The 18-year-old who has been charged is expected to appear
:07:12. > :07:15.in the Sheriff Court on Monday morning. You're watching Reporting
:07:15. > :07:18.Scotland from the BBC. Still to come before seven... The Labour
:07:18. > :07:20.Party here faces years in opposition unless it learns from it
:07:20. > :07:26.defeat by the SNP, warns a candidate in the Scottish
:07:26. > :07:28.leadership contest. In sport: showdown talks are
:07:28. > :07:32.planned between Dundee United's manager and chairman. Details to
:07:32. > :07:40.follow. And is it shinty - or is it hurling? It's a bit of both - and
:07:40. > :07:45.Scotland are playing Ireland The clocks go back an hour this
:07:45. > :07:49.weekend, which means the nights will get darker. But could they get
:07:49. > :07:52.even darker than usual this winter? Well, they might, because some
:07:52. > :07:58.councils, in an effort to save cash, will be dimming their street lights
:07:58. > :08:00.in the wee small hours or even turning some off altogether. Our
:08:01. > :08:05.local government correspondent Jamie McIvor ought to be able to
:08:05. > :08:09.shine some light on the subject. Jamie. Well as Glasgow grows dark,
:08:09. > :08:13.the lights are coming on all across the city just as they're coming on
:08:13. > :08:16.all across Scotland just now. We take the streetlights for granted -
:08:17. > :08:22.most of us have come to expect them to be shining out all through the
:08:22. > :08:32.night. But when councils face cuts - they're bound to look for savings
:08:32. > :08:32.
:08:32. > :08:39.wherever they can. From space, it is clear how a man can turn night
:08:39. > :08:43.into day. Urban areas are a sea of light. As darkness falls, tens of
:08:43. > :08:46.thousands of street lights flick into life, but at a cost to
:08:46. > :08:54.councils. In some parts of the Western Isles, money has been saved
:08:54. > :08:57.by turning the lights off at midnight. Last year through
:08:57. > :09:01.consultations with communities over the budget, there was general
:09:01. > :09:05.agreement that there were areas of street lighting Burry could cut
:09:05. > :09:10.around the times they were on. There has been at high except as a
:09:10. > :09:13.having unnecessary lighting on was not an efficient use of resources.
:09:13. > :09:17.The complete overnight blackout would be out of the question in
:09:17. > :09:21.most of the country, but in this village close to neo- and every
:09:21. > :09:25.second light has been turned off and other ideas have been trailed
:09:25. > :09:29.across the Highlands. Where switching all the lights off in
:09:29. > :09:33.some locations between midnight and 6 o'clock and the morning. We heard
:09:33. > :09:38.Domingo some of the lights and we are actually switching off every
:09:38. > :09:46.will turn it light, so three trials to try and understand which is
:09:46. > :09:52.going to be best for us. In Angus, some lights are dimmed after
:09:52. > :09:57.midnight. In the Borders, they could consider in dimming in the
:09:57. > :10:01.future. But what is right in one place may cause concern in other
:10:01. > :10:05.places, as we discovered in Inverness. People are out late at
:10:05. > :10:12.night, so it is important they should keep the lights going.
:10:12. > :10:16.People will be getting mugged and attacked. You're thinking of the
:10:16. > :10:22.safety of people rather than money. You cannot put a price on someone's
:10:22. > :10:25.life. Just to make the point - there are no plans to turn off
:10:25. > :10:28.lights in any major urban areas. In fact - the amount that can
:10:28. > :10:36.realistically be saved by reducing street lighting is a relatively
:10:36. > :10:39.small part of any council's budget. But as well as saving cash - the
:10:39. > :10:46.argument is that cutting the energy bill or investing in more efficient
:10:46. > :10:49.lighting systems is also good for the environment. Scottish Labour
:10:49. > :10:52.faces years in opposition unless it learns the lessons of its
:10:52. > :10:55.disastrous election defeat at the hands of the SNP last May. That's
:10:55. > :10:58.the message from all three of the contenders to replace Iain Gray as
:10:58. > :11:08.leader of the party. Our political reporter Andrew Black has been
:11:08. > :11:12.
:11:12. > :11:17.speaking to all of them. Andy care, 12,410. Election night and as the
:11:17. > :11:20.SNP won by a landslide, key Labour figures lost their seats and while
:11:20. > :11:24.party the debt Ian Gray managed to hang on, he knew his leadership was
:11:24. > :11:30.over. Today, the first of his would-be successors launched his
:11:30. > :11:34.leadership bid. Ken Mackintosh says Labour must be honest with itself.
:11:34. > :11:39.I think our party needs to change. We have had a disastrous election
:11:39. > :11:43.results in May this year. If we continue like that, we will
:11:43. > :11:48.continue to lose votes and consign ourselves to years of opposition.
:11:48. > :11:52.We need to start talking positively about what we believe in. Quiet and
:11:52. > :11:56.told people about the lives and how we can make a difference. Joanna
:11:56. > :12:01.Lamond is currently the Deputy Leader and she has announced her
:12:01. > :12:11.intention to stand. The former minister says how party cannot go
:12:11. > :12:17.on as it is. In 2007, there was a sense that we had not really lost.
:12:17. > :12:24.Over a period of time, people have lost faith in us. Get is a third
:12:25. > :12:30.candidate. MP Tom Harris has to win at Quarry Road seat if he becomes
:12:30. > :12:35.the winner. I really want to grab the Labour Party by the scruff of
:12:35. > :12:39.its neck and shake some sense into it. We have let down the Scottish
:12:39. > :12:45.people. Be delivered devolution, which was fantastic and then more
:12:45. > :12:50.are less walked away from it. We gave it evolution no more thought.
:12:50. > :12:53.The Scottish people are not daft. The contest will take a step
:12:54. > :12:58.forward this weekend when the candidates come to the concert hall
:12:58. > :13:01.for the hustings debate. Labour hopes it will be an important step
:13:01. > :13:07.forward in the healing process of the party, but with the SNP
:13:07. > :13:17.currently in high spirits and a referendum around the corner,
:13:17. > :13:17.
:13:17. > :13:23.Labour knows it has a tough road Scotland is to have a new airline
:13:23. > :13:28.close to Aberdeen. The price is understood to be more than �20
:13:28. > :13:32.million. A consortium has plans for a rebrand of BMI with the new
:13:32. > :13:36.Scottish name and expansion of the network.
:13:36. > :13:41.A modern investigation is underway in East Renfrewshire after a man
:13:41. > :13:47.was shot dead last night. 48-year- old John Finnigan was approached by
:13:47. > :13:52.a man and shot. He was taken to the southern general but died. Police
:13:52. > :13:56.believe he may have been targeted deliberately.
:13:56. > :14:06.A murder inquiry has been launched after a 36-year-old woman was found
:14:06. > :14:06.
:14:06. > :14:10.dead in her flat in Thornliebank. Lynne Small was found there on
:14:10. > :14:19.Thursday evening. Police are appealing for anybody who saw her
:14:19. > :14:23.between the 24th and 26th October. A group of crime writers have
:14:23. > :14:28.swapped the best seller list for an unusual popularity contest - having
:14:28. > :14:34.a new mortuary named after them. The morbid prize is part of a
:14:34. > :14:40.campaign to raise money for a new facility in Dundee. A warning, this
:14:40. > :14:46.report contains images you may find unsettling. A typical scene in the
:14:46. > :14:50.life of Professor Sue Black. She is demystifying DEFRA this group of
:14:50. > :14:55.anatomy students. For this for inject anthropologist at the more
:14:55. > :15:03.to it is her place of work but also a gateway to the parallel universe
:15:03. > :15:13.of crime fiction. -- the mortuary. She has a rare ability to put
:15:13. > :15:16.
:15:16. > :15:26.things in lay persons of terms. The million for a more campaign is
:15:26. > :15:26.
:15:26. > :15:35.a chance for crime writers to give something back. -- Million For a
:15:35. > :15:42.Morgue. The winner will have the mortuary named after them.
:15:42. > :15:52.I am not sure I want it named after me? If I get close eye might dip
:15:52. > :15:55.
:15:55. > :16:00.into my own pocket to have it named after one of my colleagues!
:16:00. > :16:05.Some body the other day said this is the most important thing
:16:05. > :16:10.happening to anatomy in the UK. I do not think that is an over
:16:10. > :16:15.exaggeration. The opportunities we have in research and training and
:16:15. > :16:19.education are limited only by the imagination.
:16:19. > :16:24.The shell of the new mortuary is already taking place thanks to
:16:24. > :16:31.money provided by university. If the campaign matches that the hope
:16:31. > :16:33.is that the new laboratories will be running by next March.
:16:33. > :16:38.The First Minister has been criticised by a judge for comments
:16:38. > :16:41.he made about a campaign are opposing the Aberdeen by pass. An
:16:41. > :16:47.appeal by campaigners will go ahead luck next month after it was agreed
:16:47. > :16:51.that their costs would be covered when a loose. But Judge Osborne
:16:51. > :16:57.said that Alex Salmond was in very thin ground when he said that a
:16:57. > :17:01.protester was holding Scotland to ransom.
:17:01. > :17:05.The Dundee United manager Peter Houston says that he will meet the
:17:05. > :17:10.club chairmen to discuss his future after their Premier League match at
:17:10. > :17:16.the weekend. Yesterday he said that he wanted his chairman to back him
:17:16. > :17:20.publicly after newspaper reports claimed he was facing the sack. Two
:17:20. > :17:27.sees as a got the silver where was shining and all in the Dundee
:17:27. > :17:33.United garden was rosy. -- two seasons ago. Now it appears the
:17:33. > :17:40.manager's job is on the line. I will be chatting to the chairman.
:17:40. > :17:45.I'm sure he will want to chat with If all is not well then the BBC has
:17:45. > :17:52.learned that it will cost the club almost �200,000 for Peter Houston
:17:52. > :17:59.to shake hands and walk away. My record is decent.
:17:59. > :18:03.But decent enough to save his job? The record suggests perhaps not. If
:18:03. > :18:08.he lost at the weekend to Dunfermline, which he have a real
:18:08. > :18:14.problem? You will need to ask the chairman.
:18:14. > :18:19.But what do you think? That you need to ask him.
:18:19. > :18:25.Neil Lennon says that he enjoys the stresses and strains of being a
:18:25. > :18:30.football boss. Here he as at training today. After a dip in form
:18:30. > :18:34.of the club have won their last couple of matches. Neil Lennon says
:18:34. > :18:39.he has no problem dealing with the pressure.
:18:39. > :18:45.I really enjoy it. I do not take notice of criticism. I am aware of
:18:45. > :18:52.it. But they do not take it personally. We are not through the
:18:53. > :18:59.woods yet. There is work to be done. But I enjoy seeing the team attempt
:18:59. > :19:05.to turn things around. A novel sporting event now. A mash
:19:05. > :19:09.up between shinty and hurling. Scotland will play Ireland in an
:19:09. > :19:14.international in Inverness. It is the second leg of a challenge match
:19:14. > :19:23.and Scotland must overcome a five. Deficit from bit first leg in
:19:23. > :19:29.County Kildare. Weaving together rules from both sports means that
:19:29. > :19:34.it will be an interesting contest. Results are suggesting that the
:19:34. > :19:39.compromise rules do work with honours fairly evenly matched. A
:19:39. > :19:45.goal is three points and a shot between the Rugby like post means a
:19:45. > :19:49.point. But the Irish have had their wings clipped elsewhere.
:19:49. > :19:54.In our game we can pick it up and catch it. But we have disadvantaged
:19:54. > :19:59.by the fact we cannot in this game. Another disadvantage is that if we
:20:00. > :20:05.kept the ball it is deemed a technical three. Whereas here we
:20:05. > :20:15.must prevent that. Comparing the clubs gives you an
:20:15. > :20:19.
:20:19. > :20:24.indication of the difference in the Games. Shinty is nowhere near as
:20:24. > :20:30.popular as hurling is in Ireland. But both sets of players regard
:20:30. > :20:34.these encounters as top flight international fixtures.
:20:34. > :20:38.Because of the way that shinty is played and people do not move from
:20:38. > :20:43.team to team some of the guys are getting an opportunity to play at a
:20:44. > :20:49.higher level than they would do at their club level.
:20:49. > :20:53.Tomorrow the short grass of Inverness should favour the Scots.
:20:53. > :21:01.But as victims in the past two years the Irish are keen to make it
:21:01. > :21:11.3 and narrow. Live coverage tomorrow. -- 3 in a
:21:11. > :21:11.
:21:11. > :21:16.Now, do your children go trick or treating?
:21:16. > :21:23.That wasn't what we called it when I was younger.
:21:23. > :21:25.Well that is interesting. Take a look at this report. Do your
:21:25. > :21:30.children stick to Scottish traditions? In green at they have
:21:31. > :21:40.always had special customs and a determined to hang onto them. --
:21:40. > :21:50.Greenock. This is not any old Hallowe'en parade. It is a campaign
:21:50. > :21:51.
:21:51. > :22:01.to save an old Scottish worked. -- worked. It is an old Scots worked
:22:01. > :22:01.
:22:02. > :22:11.for guys in. But it has only Over the last few years I have
:22:12. > :22:17.
:22:17. > :22:26.found that the term 'galoshins' is beginning to die out. That worried
:22:26. > :22:36.The work is in the Scots Dictionary but it is a mystery why it has left
:22:36. > :22:36.
:22:36. > :22:42.on in Greenock. -- lived on. In the old days it was not sweets
:22:42. > :22:47.and chocolate you were after. It was hard cash. If you had taken the
:22:47. > :22:52.trouble to learn a poem you wanted cash for it and not a bar of
:22:52. > :23:02.chocolate! The campaign has spread all over
:23:02. > :23:03.
:23:03. > :23:11.Greenock to remind people that it s 'galoshins' and are not a trick or
:23:11. > :23:18.treat. One of mine will ask why I have got
:23:18. > :23:25.a trick or treat sign on the window. But whatever you call it the jokes
:23:25. > :23:30.are still the same. Knock knock.
:23:30. > :23:38.Who is there? Lettuce.
:23:38. > :23:42.Let us who? Lettuce in.
:23:43. > :23:52.You are so young that you are probably still trick or treating!
:23:52. > :24:02.There rain we have seen across the Western Isles will move in across
:24:02. > :24:02.
:24:02. > :24:08.the country. Here is the map from 7pm. Accompanied by eight
:24:08. > :24:18.potentially Gayle forced once up the west coast. But pretty mild
:24:18. > :24:19.
:24:19. > :24:24.overnight. -- accompanied by potentially gale-force winds. More
:24:24. > :24:29.rain on Saturday morning. Looking pretty wet and windy. Staying that
:24:29. > :24:36.way throughout the day. The wins from a southerly direction will
:24:36. > :24:44.help create shelter, particularly in the Moray Firth. Much milder air
:24:44. > :24:54.of being fed and by teatime. East Lothian, staying dry but cloudy. A
:24:54. > :24:58.similar story of the North Sea coast. -- up the North Sea coast.
:24:58. > :25:06.If you are out and about hill walking or climbing it will be a
:25:06. > :25:13.wet day. Strong winds in the north- west Highlands. 50 mph steady,
:25:13. > :25:18.occasionally reaching 70. Strong winds from a southerly direction at
:25:18. > :25:26.Monroe level with temperatures around seven at the top of the
:25:26. > :25:36.hills. A moderate sea state and moderate visibility but rain at
:25:36. > :25:37.
:25:37. > :25:42.times. Over in the east, forced five to force seven. Overnight,
:25:42. > :25:46.Saturday to Sunday, the rain finally eases away. A dry night for
:25:46. > :25:52.most parts of the country with the exception of the north-west.
:25:52. > :26:01.Another weather front will approach on Sunday, perhaps just the FA for
:26:01. > :26:11.South East will stay dry. Next week, moving towards the east, a cold
:26:11. > :26:11.
:26:11. > :26:21.front. The wins easing down also. - - wince. And the clocks go back
:26:21. > :26:22.
:26:22. > :26:26.A summary of the top stories - mourners gathered in Helensburgh
:26:27. > :26:32.this morning for the funeral of the brother and sister killed when
:26:32. > :26:42.their home was deliberately set on fire. Bridget was eight and Thomas
:26:42. > :26:43.
:26:43. > :26:51.was 21 when they died in July. Their father also died in hospital.
:26:51. > :26:58.Vincent Tabak Has been found guilty of the murder Of Johanna Yates. She
:26:58. > :27:05.had been strangled eight days earlier. Campbell Christie, the
:27:05. > :27:09.former and jet -- secretary-general of the Scottish TUC has died, aged
:27:09. > :27:18.84. He led the our guys Asian through the most challenging period
:27:18. > :27:23.in Scotland's industrial history. - - he led the organisation. The most
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