:00:21. > :00:28.Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight... The government's plans
:00:28. > :00:32.for minimum pricing for alcohol to tackle Scotland's booze culture.
:00:32. > :00:37.Even though I was unemployable, alcohol was so cheap and available,
:00:37. > :00:40.I could still drink every day. an overall majority in parliament,
:00:40. > :00:45.this time the bill looks certain to pass. Also tonight...
:00:45. > :00:48.Selling up? Then it might be time to drop your asking price. We have
:00:48. > :00:52.the latest assesment of the state of Scotland's housing market.
:00:52. > :00:56.The missing financial adviser Lynda Spence. Four men appear in court
:00:56. > :00:59.charged with abduction and murder. And Dr Livingstone, I presume.
:00:59. > :01:06.Presume no more. The Scottish explorer's previously illegible
:01:06. > :01:09.diary is decoded. Scotland will almost certainly
:01:09. > :01:16.become the first country in Europe to introduce a minimum price for
:01:16. > :01:19.alcohol. The SNP government thinks it is the best way to tackle the
:01:19. > :01:23.serious criminal, social and health problems associated with alcohol
:01:23. > :01:26.abuse. It means that cheap, strong drink will become more expensive.
:01:26. > :01:32.It is the same policy which was rejected by the Scottish Parliament
:01:32. > :01:37.last year. The bigger argument for minimum
:01:37. > :01:42.pricing is that it is too cheap to get too drunk here in Scotland.
:01:42. > :01:46.Ministers claim, with they just �5, a teenager can buy enough to kill
:01:47. > :01:53.themselves. So why went to see just how much alcohol you can buy for
:01:53. > :02:01.that kind of money. That is me just emerged from the shop, spending
:02:01. > :02:11.�4.94. This is what I have. A large a two-litre bottle of cider, 5%
:02:11. > :02:17.volume. Another two-litre bottle of cider, this time 7.5%. Here is
:02:17. > :02:27.another shop, another big bottle of cider, two litres, 7.5% volume. 15
:02:27. > :02:28.
:02:28. > :02:32.units of alcohol. And a bottle of fortified wine, 15%. The grand
:02:32. > :02:40.total was �5.80. I have blown my Budget a little, but also blown my
:02:40. > :02:46.recommended drinks limit for the week. I am an alcoholic. I am
:02:46. > :02:52.feeling quite content. Getting drunk is not expensive, but the
:02:52. > :02:57.cost to lives is. Addicts are treated here. Many sustained their
:02:57. > :03:03.habits by frequent visits to the supermarket. Even when I was
:03:03. > :03:08.unemployable, what alcohol been so cheap and easily available, I could
:03:08. > :03:14.drink every day. The Scottish Government want the days of cheap
:03:14. > :03:19.booze to end, introducing plans for a minimum price for alcohol.
:03:19. > :03:29.have never said it is a magical solution, but it is the missing
:03:29. > :03:31.
:03:31. > :03:41.What difference will it make? It was said that a bottle of own brand
:03:41. > :03:46.
:03:46. > :03:50.Minimum pricing will simply penalise the majority of Scots who
:03:50. > :03:54.already drink sensibly. Minimum pricing is likely to pass and
:03:54. > :04:00.Parliament, but may end up in court. Critics have questioned its
:04:00. > :04:05.legality. Ministers insist it is. If you are struggling to sell your
:04:05. > :04:08.home, it might be time to drop your asking price. New figures show that
:04:08. > :04:12.some parts of the country have seen an almost 10% fall in property
:04:12. > :04:18.prices. Overall, there has been a slight fall in house prices in the
:04:18. > :04:22.David Henderson is here with full details.
:04:22. > :04:26.The credit crunch and the recession have left their mark. For now at
:04:26. > :04:32.least, soaring property prices are a thing of the past. The average
:04:32. > :04:38.home actually fell in value over the last year by 0.2%. In
:04:38. > :04:43.Inverclyde, the typical home lost nearly 10% of its value. But the
:04:43. > :04:48.property market still has the occasional hot spot. Like
:04:48. > :04:58.Stirlingshire, were prices were up almost 8%. For most of us, the
:04:58. > :04:59.
:04:59. > :05:04.This houses for sale. A place like this should sell easily, but the
:05:04. > :05:09.homeowner is finding it challenging. Because of the area, we did not
:05:09. > :05:13.think we would have a problem, even in the downturn. It is a reasonable
:05:13. > :05:20.house in our reasonable region, good neighbours. We did not see a
:05:20. > :05:25.problem. Has there been much interest? One viewing. That was an
:05:25. > :05:31.four months. A few years ago, it would have been easy to sell this
:05:31. > :05:37.house. But things have changed. No more so than here in Inverclyde,
:05:37. > :05:42.property plight -- property prices dropping almost 10% in one year.
:05:42. > :05:47.Thomas selling his house at less than valuation. Others are holding
:05:47. > :05:52.out for a higher price. Some think that its over-optimistic. We have
:05:52. > :05:58.been measuring the reality gap for the best part of the year. That has
:05:58. > :06:02.only been increasing. Up until now at least. On average, the gap
:06:02. > :06:07.between what people hoped to get and what they are getting is about
:06:07. > :06:13.�20,000. If your house was on the market for a year and you have not
:06:13. > :06:18.altered your price, think about it. Listen and talk to your agent. If
:06:18. > :06:23.it is priced correctly, it will sell. I had one on the market for
:06:23. > :06:33.two years. We sold it in two days after dropping the price. So no
:06:33. > :06:36.
:06:36. > :06:39.So, if it is not a seller's market, is it a buyer's market? The answer
:06:39. > :06:44.is only if you have lots of your own money to spend. Banks want
:06:44. > :06:49.buyers to have bigger deposits than used to be case. That is one reason
:06:49. > :06:52.why sales of flats fell by almost 6% in the last year. First time
:06:52. > :06:55.buyers are finding it difficult to get their foot on the property
:06:55. > :07:04.ladder. That could spell trouble for the housing market in the years
:07:04. > :07:07.You are watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC. Still to come before
:07:07. > :07:09.seven... A delay in legal moves to evict
:07:09. > :07:12.anti-capitalist protesters from George Square.
:07:12. > :07:15.And a young surgeon helps the NHS to save cash by developing plastic
:07:15. > :07:18.bones. In sport, Rangers striker, Steven
:07:18. > :07:22.Naismith, is out for up to nine months with a knee injury. The
:07:22. > :07:25.Scotland squad is named for the friendly against Cyprus. And the
:07:25. > :07:33.draw is made for the League Cup semi-finals. These two managers
:07:33. > :07:36.will go head-to-head in an Ayrshire Derby.
:07:36. > :07:39.Four men are expected to appear at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court tonight
:07:39. > :07:45.charged with the abduction and murder of Lynda Spence. The 28-
:07:45. > :07:49.year-old financial adviser went missing in April. The arrests
:07:49. > :07:54.followed a search of a flat in West Kilbride over the weekend.
:07:54. > :08:00.Lynda Spence texted her mother at the day after she waltzed last seen
:08:00. > :08:06.in April, saying she was going to London. But she has not been seen
:08:06. > :08:11.since. Appeals brought no new leads. If you are listening, please come
:08:11. > :08:15.forward to let us know you are safe and well. Go to any police station
:08:15. > :08:21.to let us know you are all right. You have nothing to worry about.
:08:21. > :08:26.Whatever has happened can be sorted. As the weeks turned two months,
:08:26. > :08:32.this missing person inquiry turned to one of murder. Lynda Spence told
:08:32. > :08:36.friends she ought people money. It ran into six figures. Her mortgage
:08:36. > :08:41.business was in trouble. Police spent the last few months trying to
:08:41. > :08:51.piece together what happened. She was last seen in Partick on April
:08:51. > :08:57.
:08:57. > :09:02.On Friday, police searched the flat in West Kilbride. The arrests of
:09:02. > :09:07.four men followed. Tonight, this road remains closed. Police have
:09:07. > :09:12.been here for around four days and we expect them to stay longer
:09:12. > :09:16.carrying out a forensic searches of this house. The four men have been
:09:16. > :09:23.charged with the abduction and murder of Lynda Spence. They are
:09:23. > :09:25.expected to appear tonight at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court.
:09:25. > :09:28.Scottish Lib Dems leader, Willie Rennie, has apologised for a
:09:28. > :09:37.cartoon published online by the party, which depicts the first
:09:37. > :09:40.minister in Arab dress. The cartoon, mentioning the death penalty and
:09:40. > :09:45.gay rights, was produced after Mr Salmond hailed similarities between
:09:45. > :09:47.Scotland and Qatar during his five- day Middle East trip.
:09:47. > :09:50.A last-ditch appeal is being made to anti-capitalism protesters to
:09:50. > :09:58.leave Glasgow's George Square before the city council resorts to
:09:58. > :10:01.court action. Councillors are worried about the presence of the
:10:01. > :10:04.tented camp as the square prepares to be the site of the Garden of
:10:04. > :10:07.Remembrance and the location for official Armistice Day
:10:07. > :10:11.commemorations next week. Jamie McIvor joins us now.
:10:11. > :10:15.The camp here may be small in scale compared to the protest at St
:10:15. > :10:20.Paul's Cathedral. But Glasgow City Council is still worried. A court
:10:20. > :10:24.action to clear the camp has been held over until Thursday, but the
:10:24. > :10:30.council is appealing to protesters to move on.
:10:30. > :10:35.For more than a fortnight, this camp has occupied a corner of
:10:35. > :10:42.Glasgow's best-known public space. A small group of people united by
:10:42. > :10:47.what they are opposed to. The banks a wronged. They are bringing down
:10:47. > :10:52.the structure of the whole system. -- the banks are wrong. Whether it
:10:52. > :10:56.is the National Health, Social Security, even the police. There
:10:56. > :11:04.are a lot of homeless in Glasgow. I do not know where the money is
:11:04. > :11:07.going. I am homeless myself. That is why I am doing this. The city
:11:07. > :11:14.council says it respects the right to protest, but wants them to move
:11:14. > :11:17.on. The camp is yards from the Cenotaph, in the run-up to
:11:17. > :11:21.Remembrance Sunday. Thousands will come here when the Christmas lights
:11:22. > :11:27.are switched on. We have been clear with protesters right from the
:11:27. > :11:31.start, that they were not entitled to do what there doing here in this
:11:31. > :11:34.player and that they will run a real risk of disrupting Remembrance
:11:34. > :11:38.Sunday and remembering those who died in the way people of Glasgow
:11:38. > :11:43.would like to. It would also hinder switching on the Christmas lights
:11:43. > :11:47.and the Glasgow celebrations, where thousands of people enjoy the
:11:47. > :11:52.square. The council say the protesters can camp in other
:11:52. > :11:57.locations. But many of them believe George Square is where they should
:11:57. > :12:03.There are a number of reasons why the authorities are concerned. Last
:12:03. > :12:07.Wednesday, a woman was raid in one of the tents. Police inquiries are
:12:07. > :12:14.continued. -- rate. There are worries about the potential
:12:14. > :12:19.disruption about to -- disruption to big events. The meeting is a
:12:19. > :12:25.roundabout now deciding on a course of action. The Last fling they want
:12:25. > :12:32.to do is disrupt Remembrance Sunday. But be a reluctant to move decamp
:12:32. > :12:36.to a location where the fuel it will be less visible. Thank you.
:12:36. > :12:38.Some of the other stories across Scotland this Tuesday...
:12:38. > :12:42.Fire fighters have contained a blaze on board the aircraft carrier,
:12:42. > :12:46.Queen Elizabeth, which is under construction at Rosyth. The blaze
:12:46. > :12:49.was confined to a compartment of the vessel and no one was hurt.
:12:49. > :12:53.The former international athlete, Liz McColgan, is to face trial for
:12:53. > :12:55.allegedly attacking her estranged husband. The Olympic silver
:12:55. > :13:02.medallist pleaded not guilty at Arbroath Sheriff Court to punching
:13:02. > :13:05.Peter McColgan on the head and body in July.
:13:05. > :13:08.Lecturers at Scotland's newest universities are to be balloted for
:13:08. > :13:11.strike action over pensions. They are to consider joining industrial
:13:11. > :13:14.action by other public sector workers at the end of the month.
:13:14. > :13:24.Lecturers at the older universities are already working to rule over a
:13:24. > :13:30.
:13:30. > :13:37.A railway manager wept as he found out that he failed to save the
:13:37. > :13:42.death of 84 year-old Margaret Mason. She died in 2007 when the train
:13:42. > :13:47.derailed at Grayrigg in Cumbria. Fiona Trott is at the inquest.
:13:48. > :13:51.Before we came on air, I asked to what excuse David Lewis gave for
:13:51. > :13:56.his actions. He told the jury today it was like
:13:56. > :14:00.spinning plates. He had a backlog of maintenance work and could only
:14:00. > :14:04.carry out that work on Sunday mornings because his staff couldn't
:14:04. > :14:08.be on the track when high-speed trains were going through. There
:14:08. > :14:15.wasn't enough staff to carry out those duties and a lot of his work
:14:15. > :14:20.it had to try and do training. On Sunday, five days before the crash,
:14:20. > :14:25.he carried out a patrol himself because he said his team was under
:14:25. > :14:29.staff. He didn't patrolled the last quarter of a mile. That is
:14:29. > :14:35.important because the train derailed at 92 miles per hour when
:14:35. > :14:39.it went over a set of unsafe points. He told the inquest about a
:14:39. > :14:44.conversation he had with his boss the day after the crash. He said
:14:44. > :14:49.that the failure to patrol that part of the line was down to me. It
:14:49. > :14:53.is my responsibility. At that point during the hearing, his voice
:14:53. > :14:57.trembled and he put his hand over his mouth and looked away.
:14:57. > :15:04.understand he said he was under work pressures. What did he do
:15:04. > :15:09.about them? He told the inquest that he asked his bosses for agency
:15:09. > :15:15.staff. That request was declined. He sent an e-mail to Network Rail
:15:15. > :15:19.Buses a year before the crash and a statement was read out. He said,
:15:19. > :15:25.while I understand the need to remain within budget, I am at a
:15:25. > :15:30.loss to understand how I am expected to maintain a safe and
:15:30. > :15:36.complained railway. What we heard today, is that he admitted the work
:15:36. > :15:43.was not quite complaint and he warned bosses that it was about to
:15:43. > :15:47.get worse. The inquest continues. A young surgeon and self-confessed
:15:47. > :15:52.technology geek believes he has found a way to save the NHS
:15:52. > :15:58.thousands of pounds. Mark Frame has developed a way to make cheap and
:15:58. > :16:08.it Tommy core models. He helps surgeons plan out operations for a
:16:08. > :16:17.10th of the price. It -- anatomical models.
:16:17. > :16:22.Mark Frame shows 79 year-old at my Iraq a model of her damaged hip.
:16:22. > :16:26.Models like this one are helped to plan out complex surgery. Once you
:16:26. > :16:30.have used the physical model when you get into the operation, it is
:16:30. > :16:37.like you have already been there before. Usually these cost
:16:37. > :16:42.thousands of pounds. Mark new new technology could be made for less.
:16:42. > :16:52.He takes measures -- he takes measurements from C D scans and
:16:52. > :16:56.then uses a 3 D printing. You then get polystyrene peanuts which are a
:16:56. > :17:04.full representation of the patient's forearm. That is the
:17:04. > :17:09.model, not the real bone now we have taken out. It is quite amazing.
:17:09. > :17:17.The cast is �77. I was very impressed with the model. The level
:17:17. > :17:22.of detail is excellent. It looks so much like the defects that we have
:17:22. > :17:28.seen and so similar to the model. It gives us a good idea of what we
:17:28. > :17:33.were hoping to do in surgery. Surgeons here are accusing them
:17:33. > :17:38.more often. It makes surgery safer and more successful. If you want to
:17:38. > :17:48.make your own 3 D Burns, there is a quick guide on how to do it and is
:17:48. > :17:49.
:17:49. > :17:53.being considered by you can look up -- crooked up on Twitter. 3 D Burns.
:17:53. > :17:57.A pair of Queen Victoria's silk bloomers are sold for almost
:17:57. > :18:06.�10,000 at auction in Edinburgh. They were embroidered with the
:18:06. > :18:09.inscription, fee of two. A picture of the monarch sold for �145,000.
:18:09. > :18:13.That is more than five times the estimate. The connection attracted
:18:13. > :18:19.a huge amount of interest from around the world.
:18:19. > :18:23.Now for the sport. Ally McCoist says Steven Naismith
:18:23. > :18:26.is a fighter and is confident he will occur -- overcome his knee
:18:26. > :18:30.injury. He will be out of action for the rest of the season which
:18:31. > :18:39.means he wasn't named in the Scotland squad for the friendly
:18:39. > :18:42.international against Cyprus in 10 A scan revealed Steven Naismith
:18:42. > :18:48.suffered anterior cruciate ligament damage to his right knee in
:18:48. > :18:57.Aberdeen. He will be sidelined -- he will be sidelined for eight to
:18:57. > :19:00.nine months. Knowing the type of boy he is and his attitude, he made
:19:00. > :19:09.all the right noises and said the right things that will help him to
:19:09. > :19:15.recover. I am certain he will be back for pre-season training. He
:19:15. > :19:21.will quickly get back on that. player returning to the squad after
:19:21. > :19:28.a serious injury is Queen's Park Rangers Ranger -- Queen's Park
:19:28. > :19:32.Rangers player, Jamie Mackie. Jordan roads is promoted from the
:19:32. > :19:40.under 21's. Although his calls for Huddersfield Town this season has
:19:40. > :19:45.attracted interest of England, that is not why he applied for the -- he
:19:45. > :19:53.played for the Scot's. I want to reward him for how he has been
:19:53. > :20:01.playing. We want to recognise his abilities and we are confident.
:20:01. > :20:06.Aston Villa's Berry was suspended by his club after being arrested on
:20:06. > :20:11.suspicion of drink-driving after the crash on the M1 last month.
:20:11. > :20:16.There will be an Ayrshire derby in the Scottish League Cup as Ayr face,
:20:16. > :20:20.neck. The other semi- will see Folkert take on Celtic. The SFA say
:20:20. > :20:26.they will sit down with the Ayrshire club's to describe -- to
:20:26. > :20:32.discuss where their semi-finals will be played.
:20:32. > :20:38.It is the best role that they could have got. In terms of progress, we
:20:38. > :20:42.wanted to avoid Celtic because they are the most superior team left.
:20:42. > :20:50.Whether you want to come here and maybe half feel it, there is not
:20:51. > :20:57.the same atmosphere. It is a bit out of the way. The need to look at
:20:57. > :20:59.it. Paulo Sergio could be in more trouble with the SFA. He has been
:20:59. > :21:03.called to a disciplinary hearing later this month after being sent
:21:03. > :21:12.to the stand for verbally abusing the match officials during
:21:12. > :21:17.Saturday's match against Kilmarnock. He has been up for other matters.
:21:17. > :21:22.He has accepted a two match ban. Some senior players are still
:21:22. > :21:25.waiting on last month's wages. For the first ever time, the
:21:25. > :21:29.British Super cross championships comes to Scotland with Braehead
:21:29. > :21:34.Arena hosting the event. Among those competing is this man, Ross
:21:34. > :21:39.Rutherford, the three-times Scottish motocross champion. Today
:21:39. > :21:46.he was warming up for the Braehead date wishes round three of the five
:21:46. > :21:50.making up the series. He finds it nerve-racking.
:21:50. > :21:59.You get butterflies, you get nervous. Especially here today, it
:21:59. > :22:04.is going to be even worse for the home crowd. Do you get worried that
:22:04. > :22:11.you may have to pay insurance on someone's car? Definitely, with
:22:11. > :22:15.this I do, for sure. There was a nervous laugh.
:22:15. > :22:19.Fresh light has been shed on a Scottish explorer and anti-slavery
:22:19. > :22:23.missionary, David Livingstone. A diary which had faded so much it
:22:23. > :22:26.was illegible, has been decoded to reveal his first hand account of
:22:26. > :22:31.the horrors of the state massacre in which Livingstone's own
:22:31. > :22:35.foreigners -- own followers may have been involved.
:22:35. > :22:39.Faded writing on top of newspaper. This diary had been locked away and
:22:39. > :22:45.forgotten but now the signs used in satellites has been applied to
:22:45. > :22:50.bring you back to life. It Merc -- it worked amazingly well. We used
:22:50. > :22:54.infra-red portion to get the text. We revealed the handwriting. It
:22:54. > :23:00.went from not being able to read it to look at the picture and read it
:23:00. > :23:05.directly. The diary was written by Livingstone in Africa 140 years ago.
:23:05. > :23:10.He was ill and second further by the massacre of 400 slaves. He
:23:10. > :23:18.realised to some of his own followers may have taken part.
:23:18. > :23:23.could have felt some capability that he may have been responsible.
:23:23. > :23:28.He was trying to draw attention away from that. Later he described
:23:28. > :23:34.the massacre to Stanley, his report forced them to close the South
:23:34. > :23:39.African slave trade. This diary shows the confusion and conflicting
:23:39. > :23:44.emotions he felt at the time. time the light came on, it would
:23:44. > :23:47.glow. When you got to ultraviolet light and his words came out, we
:23:47. > :23:53.were the first people since Livingstone wrote it to read these
:23:53. > :23:57.words. It was a magical experience. The teams are already working on
:23:57. > :24:02.other manuscripts, hoping to see other historic treasures in a new
:24:02. > :24:05.light. Our many experts Fergus Muirhead
:24:05. > :24:09.will be here tomorrow lunchtime looking at the confusion that
:24:09. > :24:15.exists over the best energy tariffs and how you can get value for money
:24:15. > :24:25.on your gas and electricity. Any questions to the usual address.
:24:25. > :24:27.
:24:27. > :24:33.questions to the usual address. It is a beautiful start to November.
:24:33. > :24:38.Into this evening, it will stay dry but it will be a windy night. Winds
:24:38. > :24:42.gusting up to 50 mph by the end of the night. We have this rain trying
:24:42. > :24:49.to work its way into the Outer Hebrides before it clears away
:24:50. > :24:55.again. With their southerly winds, it keeps mild. Towns and cities no
:24:55. > :25:00.lower than seven Celsius. The weather we have at the moment is
:25:00. > :25:08.thanks to this low-pressure. It is the same weather system that
:25:08. > :25:18.brought the snow to eastern America a few days ago. Tomorrow, it will
:25:18. > :25:23.
:25:23. > :25:30.be another dry day. Winners will So a cloudy day than today.
:25:30. > :25:35.Temperatures up to 13 Celsius. The best of the sunshine is around the
:25:35. > :25:40.Moray Firth. If you get this sunshine wake you are, not too bad
:25:40. > :25:47.at all but will be a windier day ban today. Into the evening
:25:47. > :25:50.tomorrow, that is where the rain gets its act together. This rain
:25:50. > :25:59.band makes his way from the West. If we take a look at the pressure
:25:59. > :26:06.chart, it is a cold front. We still have that milder air. For Thursday,
:26:06. > :26:11.another mild day. At rain clears the way towards the north-east. We
:26:11. > :26:15.have some heavy and thundery showers possible in the West.
:26:15. > :26:20.Friday, it is a showery day with temperatures up to 15 Celsius. At
:26:20. > :26:25.the weekend, the weekend is now the weekend, the weekend is now
:26:25. > :26:30.looking to bed. -- at the minute. Degree Prime Minister's decision to
:26:30. > :26:33.give his voters the final say in a referendum on May the funding
:26:33. > :26:37.package has sent the markets reeling. They are fears that if the
:26:37. > :26:41.Greeks don't accept the deal, the whole future of the eurozone could
:26:42. > :26:45.be thrown into doubt. Scotland will almost certainly
:26:45. > :26:49.become the first country in Europe to introduce a minimum price for
:26:49. > :26:52.alcohol. The SNP Government says it is the best way to tackle the
:26:53. > :26:57.serious criminal, social and health problems associated with heart
:26:57. > :27:02.Harby's. Cheaper, strong drink will become more expensive.
:27:02. > :27:08.Both figures suggest the UK economy grew by more than expected between
:27:08. > :27:12.July and September. Economic output increased by 0.5% compared with a
:27:12. > :27:15.rise of 0.1% in the previous three months.
:27:15. > :27:21.Moves by Glasgow City Council to evict anti-capitalist protesters
:27:21. > :27:24.from an encampment in George Square has been delayed until Thursday. It
:27:24. > :27:33.will allow two of the protesters to get legal representation.