:00:18. > :00:23.Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight on your national news: A
:00:23. > :00:28.blow to SNP plans for a Greek energy economy. A major finance
:00:28. > :00:33.group warns clients about investing in Scotland ahead of an
:00:33. > :00:34.independence referendum. We ask why should such a vote make any
:00:34. > :00:40.difference to international money- men?
:00:40. > :00:45.Also, making the right moves, a new strategy to help the 50,000 Scots
:00:45. > :00:49.and their families who are living with Asperger's and autism. Since I
:00:49. > :00:55.have been diagnosed with Asperger's, I have started to learn a bit more
:00:55. > :01:01.about why I am different. I have been able to hold down a job and go
:01:01. > :01:06.to university. I have a wonderful family and two beautiful children.
:01:06. > :01:11.And walk on down to the waterfront. Yes, billions of pounds have been
:01:11. > :01:13.spent on the waterfronts in Scotland's cities. Join me later to
:01:13. > :01:17.find out what it means for one of their own.
:01:17. > :01:24.We will have the latest are a growing injury crisis at Celtic
:01:24. > :01:27.Park ahead of tomorrow's Europa League match with friends.
:01:27. > :01:31.An international finance group is warning its clients of the dangers
:01:31. > :01:36.of investing in Scottish renewable energy projects ahead of a
:01:36. > :01:40.referendum on independence. Citigroup says investors risks
:01:41. > :01:43.seeing their assets stranded in an independent Scotland, but the First
:01:44. > :01:48.Minister has insisted power produced in Scotland is a great
:01:48. > :01:52.asset and not a liability. Here is our business correspondent David
:01:52. > :01:55.Henderson. He wants Scotland to be the Saudi
:01:55. > :02:00.Arabia of renewables and he is taking that message to the Middle
:02:00. > :02:06.East. But will Alex Salmond's drive for independence and scare off
:02:06. > :02:10.investors? The SNP Government sea wind, wave and tidal power as a
:02:10. > :02:15.vast, untapped resource to be used to power Scotland and be exported
:02:15. > :02:21.to other parts of Europe. But that will require a huge amount of
:02:21. > :02:26.investment. Today, a major finance group warned that UK energy
:02:26. > :02:33.subsidies might disappear if Scotland went independent, leaving
:02:33. > :02:39.investors stranded. The future investment from now on they will be
:02:39. > :02:45.concerned the subsidy that renewable power gets and paid for
:02:45. > :02:51.by consumers in the UK K will be curtailed if Scotland separates.
:02:52. > :02:55.That claim has been seized upon by the SNP's opponents. When it comes
:02:55. > :02:59.to vital industries like green technology the combination of a
:02:59. > :03:02.Green Investment Bank sponsored by the UK Government and the natural
:03:02. > :03:09.advantages in Scotland can make this a great industry for people in
:03:09. > :03:13.Scotland. Already, companies from around the world have invested in
:03:13. > :03:19.Scotland's renewable energy. It has brought hundreds of millions of
:03:19. > :03:23.pounds and thousands of jobs. recent times we have seen �750
:03:23. > :03:27.million invested in renewable energy in Scotland and if investors
:03:27. > :03:32.were scared away, that would not have happened. They have all known
:03:32. > :03:37.of our plans for a referendum. Europe-wide demand for renewable
:03:37. > :03:41.energy may undermine Citigroup's claims. It was right they
:03:41. > :03:45.highlighted it, but what you have to look at in the wider perspective
:03:45. > :03:48.is if the UK and Europe were to meet renewable energy targets, that
:03:48. > :03:54.would be difficult without potentially cutting off a major
:03:54. > :03:59.source of supply such as Scotland. The independence debate has created
:03:59. > :04:05.tension between business and the SNP Government, but now the debate
:04:05. > :04:11.is entering stormy waters. An estimated 50,000 people in
:04:11. > :04:16.Scotland are living with autism, yet councils only recognise about
:04:16. > :04:21.7500, and it is claimed to service provision is patchy. A strategy for
:04:21. > :04:25.autism has been launched by the Government with �13 million to be
:04:25. > :04:33.spent over the next four years. Campaigners have warned there is no
:04:33. > :04:37.one size fits all solution. Good morning. Autism is a lifelong,
:04:37. > :04:40.develop mental ability and affects people in different ways from
:04:40. > :04:44.communicating to making sense of the world. Special support like
:04:44. > :04:49.this can help young people flourish. Skills are challenging for people
:04:49. > :04:54.with autism, based around communication and flexibility and
:04:54. > :04:59.interaction and we work very closely with each other to ensure
:04:59. > :05:04.we can provide the best opportunities for them.
:05:04. > :05:07.services are patchy across the country. Many people live with
:05:07. > :05:12.autism and recognise. Jennifer Hunter suffered a traumatic
:05:12. > :05:17.adolescence, having struggled through childhood, being picked on.
:05:17. > :05:20.Growing up and being in school and having difficulties, but not
:05:20. > :05:25.knowing what their work was very difficult. It was difficult to be
:05:25. > :05:30.different from the other children. It was difficult to be singled out,
:05:30. > :05:37.excluded by teachers. Diagnosed in her twenties, she has managed to
:05:37. > :05:40.transform her life with the support of this drop-in centre. As an order
:05:40. > :05:45.teenager I experience was reasonably traumatic, but since I
:05:45. > :05:50.have been diagnosed with Asperger's, I have started to learn a bit more
:05:50. > :05:55.about why I am different. I have been able to hold down a job, go to
:05:55. > :06:00.university, I have a wonderful family and two beautiful children.
:06:00. > :06:05.Campaigners insist that funding is a wise investment if society is to
:06:05. > :06:09.tackle wider problems. People with Asperger's who are most likely to
:06:09. > :06:15.perhaps get into the criminal justice system or mental health
:06:15. > :06:18.problems, and family enough it is the area where people need the
:06:18. > :06:24.least support who are the most expensive for the state when things
:06:24. > :06:29.go wrong with their lives. Whilst the local and national Government
:06:29. > :06:33.strategy see it as a positive step, campaigners warn of more needs to
:06:33. > :06:38.be done to set up a system which supports all kinds of autism for
:06:38. > :06:41.all stages of life. An elderly lady who was killed at a
:06:41. > :06:46.sheltered housing complex in Edinburgh at the weekend has been
:06:46. > :06:50.named. 74 year-old Rosina Sutherland's body was found by a
:06:50. > :06:55.relative at her home in Longstone Park on Sunday. 25 year-old Kevin
:06:55. > :07:00.Rooney from Edinburgh has been charged with her murder.
:07:00. > :07:05.You are watching Reporting Scotland, still to come: Very dangerous, that
:07:05. > :07:08.is how Scotland's largest mosque describes proposals for same-sex
:07:08. > :07:14.marriage as they write a letter of opposition to Alex Salmond.
:07:14. > :07:19.He is one of Scotland's most famous figures who is just about to appear,
:07:20. > :07:24.but do you know of his face is on the new �50 an hour?
:07:24. > :07:28.Celtic face an injury crisis ahead of tomorrow's Europa League crisis,
:07:28. > :07:34.and Hearts players are still waiting to be paid and now their
:07:34. > :07:37.union will make a formal complaint to the Premier League.
:07:37. > :07:40.Scotland's largest mosque has condemned the Government's
:07:40. > :07:46.proposals for same-sex marriage, describing the legislation as
:07:46. > :07:49.dangerous. In a letter to the First Minister, the mosque's President
:07:49. > :07:53.says such relationships cannot produce children, so cannot be
:07:53. > :07:59.called marriages. Glasgow's Central Mosque, now a
:07:59. > :08:04.familiar part of the City's skyline. It has around 2000 members, making
:08:04. > :08:08.it the largest in Scotland and the most influential. Its president has
:08:08. > :08:14.written to the First Minister to detail the opposition of the Muslim
:08:14. > :08:20.community to the Government's proposals for gay marriage. The
:08:20. > :08:26.mosques spokesman explained their objections. No religion allows
:08:26. > :08:32.marriage between people of the same sex. Certainly, the main purpose of
:08:32. > :08:38.marriage is the union of a man and a wife and procreation, the
:08:38. > :08:43.continuation of society. In marriage between same-sex people
:08:43. > :08:48.they cannot do that, they cannot perform that purpose. In the letter
:08:48. > :08:51.the legislation is referred to as very dangerous and it would further
:08:51. > :08:56.encourage homosexuality and increase the number of same-sex
:08:56. > :09:02.marriages. They ask what would become of our society? What would
:09:02. > :09:07.become of the SNP's relationship with the Muslim community and the
:09:07. > :09:13.Roman Catholic Church? Professor James Mitchell noted that in May's
:09:13. > :09:16.elections more Catholics voted for the SNP than any other party.
:09:16. > :09:20.SNP must have known the Catholic Church would take a very strong
:09:20. > :09:27.line on this, but they have calculated it is worth doing none
:09:27. > :09:29.the less. It is conceivable they may lose some support, but the fact
:09:29. > :09:38.that senior hierarchy of the Catholic Church is saying they do
:09:38. > :09:42.not want a marriage does not mean that they will stop voting SNP.
:09:42. > :09:48.There was a meeting about the proposals at the central mosque
:09:48. > :09:53.earlier this week. The reason why Muslims in particular might vote
:09:53. > :09:58.for the SNP is for the policies to do with the council tax, education,
:09:58. > :10:04.business. They do not look towards them for theological guidance. That
:10:04. > :10:09.is not the reasons why we vote for the SNP. Meanwhile, some small
:10:09. > :10:15.faith groups have proclaim support for gay marriage and the Church of
:10:15. > :10:19.Scotland is still to respond. The consultation period ends next month.
:10:19. > :10:24.Let's go to Holyrood and our political editor. This is not a
:10:24. > :10:29.surprise stance from the mosque, but how damaging is it for the
:10:29. > :10:35.SNP's plans? It adds to the pressure and disquiet that is felt
:10:35. > :10:38.among a number of MSPs and even among a number of ministers. But
:10:39. > :10:42.the Scottish Government is said it is minded to move towards this, but
:10:42. > :10:48.it is consulting widely across the people of Scotland and no final
:10:48. > :10:54.decision has been taken. I am sure the views of the mosque, the Roman
:10:54. > :11:00.Catholic community will be taken into account. The if we can go back
:11:00. > :11:04.to the main story, the warning from Citigroup over investing here ahead
:11:04. > :11:09.of a referendum on independence, Alex Salmond brushed it off, but he
:11:09. > :11:15.could have done without it. It is a substantive challenge from a
:11:15. > :11:19.serious player in the world of finance. It is the beginning of a
:11:19. > :11:24.campaign from those of a unionist persuasion. They are mounting a
:11:24. > :11:29.campaign against independence. It is about confidence. The Citigroup
:11:29. > :11:33.report is saying investors could not be confident in an independent
:11:33. > :11:38.Scotland and could not be confident in the process. They say
:11:38. > :11:42.difficulties are created by the referendum purse say. SNP ministers
:11:42. > :11:47.are saying companies are demonstrating confidence in
:11:47. > :11:52.Scotland right now. They know there is a referendum spending and they
:11:52. > :11:58.believe Scotland can be confident in the longer term. Energy
:11:58. > :12:04.resources will be required across the UK and Europe. The volume of
:12:04. > :12:10.retail sales in Scotland fell by 0.3% between July and September,
:12:10. > :12:14.but grew by 0.5% over the year. The figures released also show that in
:12:14. > :12:19.the same quarter of the value of sales grew by more than 0.5% and by
:12:19. > :12:25.more than 3% over the year. Rangers is facing further court
:12:25. > :12:29.action from a company pursuing an allegedly unpaid bill. Capita
:12:29. > :12:33.Trustee Services, which provides pensions services to employers, is
:12:33. > :12:37.taking the football club to court next Monday seeking payment for
:12:37. > :12:42.what it calls a straightforward commercial debt for advisory
:12:42. > :12:47.services rendered. Rangers has face court action by creditors and by
:12:47. > :12:51.two former club executives. It has declined to comment.
:12:51. > :12:55.A conference has heard that the regeneration of waterfronts in
:12:55. > :13:00.Scotland's cities has attracted more than �4 billion of investments.
:13:00. > :13:05.The Clyde has been the biggest winner with a redevelopment along a
:13:05. > :13:11.30 mile stretch from Glasgow Green to Dumbarton Rock. But the Tay has
:13:12. > :13:19.also benefited. The latest project, the V and a museum, is due to open
:13:19. > :13:25.in 2015. Our reporter is on the Tay waterfront in Dundee for us tonight.
:13:25. > :13:31.This is a familiar sight, the ship Discovery. The waterfront is about
:13:31. > :13:35.to undergo a major regeneration. The idea is to connect the city
:13:35. > :13:40.centre with the repair, a river which over the centuries has played
:13:40. > :13:44.such a pivotal part in Dundee's story. They were split apart in the
:13:44. > :13:49.Sixties when the road network was built to get traffic on and off
:13:49. > :13:54.with the new Tay Bridge. The regeneration project is costed at
:13:54. > :14:02.�1 billion. They told us today they have already secured one third of
:14:02. > :14:06.that and have started spending it. What do you get for a �1 billion?
:14:06. > :14:11.Is an omission shows how planners think Dundee waterfront will look
:14:11. > :14:20.in the years ahead with new civic spaces, office buildings and the
:14:20. > :14:23.V&A museum. It is due to open early in 2015. It is an iconic building
:14:23. > :14:28.housing aid centre for contemporary design. It will go over there on
:14:28. > :14:33.that side currently occupied by a leisure centre. It is due to come
:14:33. > :14:39.down late next year. Also set to disappear, Dundee's most unloved
:14:39. > :14:42.building. Tayside House, a tower block which until recently was home
:14:42. > :14:49.to the city council. You can see how the work around here has
:14:49. > :14:52.started to get under way in earnest. This is Scotland's second biggest
:14:53. > :14:57.regeneration project. Those behind it believe it will attract new
:14:57. > :15:02.investment to the city, a city which has faced such economic
:15:02. > :15:06.problems and industrial decline over the past 20 years. This is a
:15:06. > :15:16.30 year project which will certainly change at Dundee's
:15:16. > :15:18.
:15:18. > :15:22.waterfront and it is hoped it will Off some of the other stories
:15:22. > :15:25.across Scotland this Wednesday. A taxi driver who was accused of
:15:25. > :15:28.lying that a teenager had been murdered has had his case dropped.
:15:28. > :15:31.John Ross was alleged to have told police that he had taken who he
:15:31. > :15:34.believed to be 19 year-old Dean Geary and two other men from
:15:35. > :15:38.Glasgow to the Drymen area of Stirlingshire, where one of the men
:15:38. > :15:41.assaulted Mr Deery. It transpired the teenager had in fact been
:15:41. > :15:44.accidentally hit by a car. The case, at Stirling Sheriff Court, was
:15:44. > :15:46.dropped because a key witness was unavailable due to ill health.
:15:46. > :15:48.Seven people needed hospital treatment in Edinburgh after they
:15:48. > :15:53.were rescued from a burning building overnight.
:15:53. > :15:57.They were suffering from smoke inhalation. A total of 13 people
:15:57. > :16:00.were cleared from the four-storey building at Waters Close in Leith.
:16:00. > :16:03.More than 30 firefighters were involved in bringing the fire under
:16:03. > :16:06.control. The Royal Navy's nuclear reactor
:16:06. > :16:09.test site in Caithness is to be scaled down or closed by 2015. The
:16:09. > :16:11.site is within the Dounreay nuclear complex. The MoD says computer
:16:11. > :16:21.modelling and confidence in new reactors means testing at the
:16:21. > :16:26.
:16:26. > :16:29.Vulcan plant is no longer necessary. He is probably one of Scotland's
:16:29. > :16:34.best-known scientific figures and his name is used as a unit of
:16:34. > :16:42.energy, now efface of James Watt appears on the new 50 pound note
:16:42. > :16:47.which came into circulation today. -- now the face of. How important
:16:47. > :16:51.was he to the Industrial revelation? Do you know this face?
:16:51. > :16:57.He is a man whose steam engine transform the world we live in. He
:16:57. > :17:01.now plays a starring role in the Bank of England's new 50 pound note
:17:01. > :17:08.says. If you're lucky not to possess one of these, take a look
:17:08. > :17:14.at the back. One of the faces his James Watt from Greenock. Why is he
:17:14. > :17:19.on the back of the 50 pound note? Who better to tell us than the man
:17:19. > :17:24.whose signature shows on the note. He believes James Watt and his
:17:24. > :17:29.business partner William -- and Matthew Bolton are a fitting icons
:17:29. > :17:33.for this time.. The show was about the value of collaboration between
:17:33. > :17:39.an innovator and an entrepreneur and the value that can bring to the
:17:39. > :17:42.economy. James Watt's improvements to the steam-engine made him one of
:17:43. > :17:47.the fathers of the Industrial Revolution. He came up with the
:17:47. > :17:54.idea while working at Glasgow University, where they regard him
:17:54. > :17:58.as an inspiration for students. managed to achieve a lot in terms
:17:58. > :18:02.of technical excellence and he managed to make a lot of money out
:18:02. > :18:07.of his invention and this is something which is an inspiration
:18:07. > :18:13.for Glasgow you have NC -- Was a university. We continue to try and
:18:13. > :18:18.do the same. He and his home town of green that everyone knows James
:18:18. > :18:27.Watt, but can the pit the face to the name. Any guesses who that
:18:27. > :18:32.might be? No off. Rab C Nesbitt? is the only person from Greenock
:18:32. > :18:41.you can put on Monday. I guess someone from their head of the bank
:18:41. > :18:48.back then? Someone from Green that. James Watt! How embarrassing.
:18:48. > :18:56.fair, he has been dead for more than 200 years. Perhaps he will
:18:56. > :18:59.apply his magic touch to the economy from beyond the grave.
:18:59. > :19:04.A new exhibition showcasing one of the most influential books in
:19:04. > :19:08.English language has opened in Edinburgh. An original copy of the
:19:08. > :19:13.King James Bible is the centrepiece of the display at the National
:19:13. > :19:19.Library of Scotland. The text is one of 3,000 published 400 years
:19:19. > :19:25.ago and was donated by collector from Fife.
:19:25. > :19:29.To sport now and continued controversy at Hearts.
:19:29. > :19:33.Indeed so and one former Hearts captain has told BBC Scotland the
:19:33. > :19:37.current player should consider strike action in a bid to get paid.
:19:37. > :19:42.The SPL is now ready to intervene after the players' union indicated
:19:42. > :19:45.it would make a formal complaint. Some players have not been paid for
:19:45. > :19:50.two weeks. Their wages may not have turned up
:19:50. > :19:58.but the players showed up for training, publicly professional but
:19:58. > :20:03.privately fuming. Now the union will launch an official complaint.
:20:03. > :20:08.The consent to go on strike and not play. It is a serious issue for the
:20:08. > :20:13.club. I remember they happened with Hamilton a few years ago, they
:20:13. > :20:22.decided to strike and got demoted to the Third Division. It is a
:20:23. > :20:26.possibility, and I have to think -- feel for the players. It is my
:20:26. > :20:29.understanding that their international league is beginning
:20:29. > :20:37.to be in patients and me diverts cash for the club straight into the
:20:37. > :20:47.pocket of the players. This player -- this man delivered another rant
:20:47. > :20:51.
:20:51. > :20:58.last night. He described the game What can be read into the latest
:20:58. > :21:04.outburst? Is there more to it than ranting? This media adviser knows
:21:04. > :21:07.just how it frustrated he can become. The is is one of the ways
:21:07. > :21:14.he believes that frustration by coming out with the statements he
:21:14. > :21:17.says across. The more worrying element is the final line where he
:21:17. > :21:22.is beginning to suggest that he might not want to spend money on
:21:22. > :21:27.the club any more. Why would that be? A lot of questions me to be
:21:27. > :21:33.answered on that. Back home he is building a basketball empire and
:21:33. > :21:38.there are fears his focus might be elsewhere. Ever the showman, never
:21:38. > :21:43.boring, he is once again the focus of attention, but this time his
:21:43. > :21:49.players are preparing to take him Neil Lennon says there has been no
:21:49. > :21:53.behind the scenes bus-stop between him and Kris Commons. That is Kris
:21:53. > :22:00.Commons there behind me heavily disguised. There were rumours that
:22:00. > :22:03.the pair came to blows but these were laughed off today. Celtic won
:22:03. > :22:10.her Kris Commons bandaged up in a jokey reference to rumours that he
:22:10. > :22:17.had come off worse end an encounter with Neil Lennon. No truth to the
:22:17. > :22:21.and er says Neil Lennon. I cannot do anything to rumours on websites
:22:21. > :22:26.are talk shows. There never has been a problem with me and Chris
:22:26. > :22:34.Coleman. I'm bored of repeating that. He is a wonderful player and
:22:34. > :22:40.I get on well with him. -- Chris Commons. With bandages all the rage,
:22:40. > :22:47.fitting that Celtic have a hit list of injuries prior to a game
:22:47. > :22:51.tomorrow night. There South Korean midfielder is a doubt and defender
:22:52. > :22:55.Mark Wilson was seeing a specialist today about and the injury. With
:22:55. > :23:00.just two wins in the last seven games, Neil Lennon is under
:23:00. > :23:05.pressure. It is a huge club and their huge expectations which we're
:23:05. > :23:09.not living up to. I know we're capable of turning that around very
:23:09. > :23:13.quickly. I know we can win games and a consistent basis because we
:23:13. > :23:20.had done that before. They're just missing that little in the Dean and
:23:20. > :23:23.once we find it we will be fine. points behind Rangers, their season
:23:23. > :23:27.is in need of resuscitation. Neil Lennon will be hoping a lengthy
:23:27. > :23:32.sick list will not lead to a further decline in the condition of
:23:32. > :23:35.the page and -- patient. St Johnstone will reveal who is
:23:35. > :23:38.going to be their new manager tomorrow. The club have called a
:23:38. > :23:41.news conference for 9:30am. BBC Scotland expects the new boss to be
:23:41. > :23:44.this man - he is a former Northern Ireland captain Steve Lomas. Steve
:23:44. > :23:46.Lomas was previously reserve-team manager at West Ham United.
:23:46. > :23:49.Glasgow City's chances of reaching the last eight of the woman's
:23:49. > :23:52.Champions' League for the first time are looking pretty slim. They
:23:52. > :23:56.lost 10 nil in the first leg of their quarter-final against Potsdam
:23:56. > :24:00.in Germany this afternoon. Mind you, Potsdam were runners up last season
:24:00. > :24:04.and won the tournament two years ago.
:24:04. > :24:11.Andy Murray has pulled out of the Swiss indoor tournament he is due
:24:11. > :24:14.to be playing in. The world No. 3 was due to take on Holland's Robin
:24:14. > :24:24.Haase this afternoon but withdrew from the event with a minor gluteal
:24:24. > :24:25.
:24:25. > :24:31.sprain. Or to you and me, a pain in the backside. Something you
:24:31. > :24:33.sometimes refer to me as! Let us get the weather now. Hello
:24:33. > :24:38.Let us get the weather now. Hello there, another lovely day across
:24:39. > :24:45.most parts of the country. Plenty of dry weather around, but tonight
:24:45. > :24:49.the rain arrives, pitching in from the West. Some of it will be heavy.
:24:49. > :24:55.This evening remains dry but during the small Iowa's that rain will
:24:55. > :25:02.make its way end with their heaviest across the south-west.
:25:02. > :25:07.Coupled with the wind, it will be a mild night. There is the rain - it
:25:07. > :25:11.is still with us tomorrow morning. This weather front pushes it into.
:25:11. > :25:16.It will be a wet start tomorrow morning, especially in the Central
:25:16. > :25:20.Belt. As we go through the morning, that rain will move northwards
:25:20. > :25:26.quickly. Behind it we will have drier and brighter conditions.
:25:26. > :25:31.Still a windy day, although the wind will not be as strong as today.
:25:31. > :25:36.Mid-afternoon, we will still have mild beer but we will start to see
:25:36. > :25:43.heavy showers developing in the West. One or two bright spells, we
:25:43. > :25:48.could see highs of 16 in the Moray Firth region. The rain will roll --
:25:48. > :25:53.the rain will linger for a while. Enter the evening in those showers
:25:53. > :26:01.gather in the west, some of the Risk of Thunder. Another wet night
:26:01. > :26:07.to come. The rain will be confined to Shetland on Friday. You will be
:26:07. > :26:12.unlucky if you catch a shower. Some brightness mixed in as well. We
:26:12. > :26:17.still think it will be a dry and bright weekend across the whole of
:26:17. > :26:21.the country. If we look at the pressure charts - we can see this
:26:21. > :26:26.area of low pressure bringing the south-east rain and high winds. But
:26:26. > :26:32.we expect this range of pressure to build across Ireland and Scotland
:26:32. > :26:35.bringing dry and settled conditions. It looks good for Saturday and
:26:35. > :26:40.It looks good for Saturday and Sunday at the moment.
:26:40. > :26:45.Now for a summary of the main stories: The UK Government has made
:26:45. > :26:48.a new offer in its plans for reform for the public sector. Workers
:26:48. > :26:51.retiring in the next 10 years would be protected, the pensions would
:26:51. > :26:56.grow more quickly but staff would still have to pay higher
:26:56. > :27:00.contributions and many will have to work longer.
:27:00. > :27:04.Citigroup is warning its clients of the dangers of investing in
:27:04. > :27:08.Scottish renewable energy projects ahead of a referendum on
:27:08. > :27:12.independence. Is said investors risk seeing their assets stranded
:27:12. > :27:16.in an independent Scotland. The First Minister says power produced
:27:16. > :27:20.here is a great asset. The German Chancellor says the
:27:20. > :27:24.years on plan to save peace from bankruptcy is not up for
:27:24. > :27:28.renegotiation. She and President Sarkosy of France will hold an