:00:33. > :00:36.Welcome to Reporting Scotland. We are live as anti-capitalist and
:00:36. > :00:40.demonstrators discuss whether to abandon their camp. Claims that
:00:40. > :00:45.thousands of lives could be saved if we abandon and are unhealthy
:00:45. > :00:55.eating habits and adopt an English eating habit. A load of rubbish, it
:00:55. > :00:58.
:00:58. > :01:03.is up to the individual. We tend to have a lot of fried food. It is
:01:03. > :01:08.bye-bye, Bella. She spends her last day as leader of the Tories in
:01:08. > :01:11.Scotland. The Government's anti- sectarianism bill will not be
:01:11. > :01:12.supported by any of the opposition parties at Holyrood. In a joint
:01:12. > :01:15.statement, Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal
:01:15. > :01:19.Democrats, as well as the Greens, said the proposed legislation was
:01:19. > :01:21."muddled", "slapdash" and "a shambles". The SNP had hoped for
:01:21. > :01:23.consensus in its bid to tackle football-related bigotry, but as
:01:23. > :01:33.our political correspondent Glenn Campbell reports, that appears
:01:33. > :01:34.
:01:34. > :01:41.unlikely, either inside or outside parliament.
:01:41. > :01:46.From trouble on the touchline to an attack on the Celtic manager, from
:01:47. > :01:49.hate-filled messages on Facebook, to parcel bomb sent in the post.
:01:50. > :01:55.The last football season is remembered for the ugliness it
:01:55. > :02:00.brought to the beautiful game, and for the controversial hack down it
:02:00. > :02:05.brought on the government. Police and prosecutors support the first
:02:05. > :02:09.ministers plan to create two new offences to tackle abusive or
:02:09. > :02:15.fences at or near football matches and offensive messages posted
:02:15. > :02:20.online. Possible sentences of five years for the worst offenders. All
:02:20. > :02:25.of the opposition parties team up to attack the legislation however.
:02:25. > :02:30.This legislation is not fit for purpose, I appeal to you to
:02:30. > :02:35.withdraw the legislation. To think again. We dance around the issue,
:02:35. > :02:39.in this Bill we tried to cover it in a wide ranging and criticised
:02:39. > :02:43.provision which is highly contentious. This government has a
:02:43. > :02:49.majority and can pass the law but there is a real risk it could do
:02:49. > :02:55.more harm than good. Very hard to pin down what this legislation will
:02:55. > :02:59.do and what the impact will be. What kind of people will be
:02:59. > :03:04.convicted and for what behaviour. The concerns expressed by some fans
:03:04. > :03:08.of both Rangers and Celtic have been made public. But the
:03:08. > :03:12.government says the new law is needed. We should agree with the
:03:12. > :03:17.law advocate and police that the current situation is inadequate,
:03:17. > :03:22.and we should create the best and most effective measures we can to
:03:22. > :03:26.give our prosecutors the tools they have asked for. Ministers can use
:03:26. > :03:31.their majority to get the law passed, but they would much rather
:03:31. > :03:33.be doing so with cross-party support.
:03:33. > :03:36.Anti-capitalist protesters who've been illegally occupying part of
:03:36. > :03:41.George Square in Glasgow for three weeks are meeting about now to
:03:41. > :03:44.decide whether to accept a council offer to move their camp. The
:03:44. > :03:48.council has meanwhile been to court, in case the protesters won't move
:03:48. > :03:58.and have to be evicted. Our local government correspondent Jamie
:03:58. > :03:58.
:03:58. > :04:03.McIvor is near the camp. What's happening just now? Well, the
:04:03. > :04:08.protesters are about to meet. They will discuss the offer to move to
:04:08. > :04:14.Kelvingrove Park, and the responsibilities which come with
:04:14. > :04:19.that. They will also decide whether they are going to move. The deal on
:04:19. > :04:24.offer was reached earlier on today after some of the protesters spoke
:04:24. > :04:27.to council officials. The meeting seemed to go well and the protest
:04:27. > :04:32.has issued a statement after the meeting saying that they welcomed
:04:32. > :04:38.what was on offer. However the matter is not clear cut, whilst
:04:38. > :04:44.most of the protesters are going to move to Kelvingrove Park, a few are
:04:44. > :04:47.very unhappy with what is on offer. What is clear is that any
:04:47. > :04:50.protesters are left in George Square on Monday they will face
:04:51. > :04:55.eviction by the council. The council went to court this
:04:55. > :05:00.afternoon to gain the authority to do that. Their concern is they want
:05:00. > :05:06.George Clare -- George Square clear for the switching on of Christmas
:05:06. > :05:11.lights. With the council giving their blessing, people may wonder
:05:11. > :05:18.why they are taking such a softly- softly approach to a protest which
:05:18. > :05:23.is illegal. Indeed, and we must not forget a woman was raped here last
:05:23. > :05:27.week. Police inquiries into that are continuing, but the council's
:05:27. > :05:33.issue here was never about the right to protest, it was about what
:05:33. > :05:37.was seen as the illegal occupation of part of George Square. They are
:05:37. > :05:41.drawing up a contract for the use of Kelvingrove Park which is
:05:41. > :05:45.similar to the kind of contracts used to anyone else who wants to
:05:45. > :05:50.use the park. That means the protesters will have to behave
:05:50. > :05:54.themselves, any anti-social illegal behaving in Kelvingrove could see
:05:55. > :05:58.them evicted. Thank you. You're watching Reporting Scotland
:05:58. > :06:01.from the BBC. Still to come before 7:00pm: A boost for shipbuilding on
:06:01. > :06:04.the Clyde, as a local yard lands the contract to deliver the world's
:06:04. > :06:11.first hybrid ferries. And after 50 years veterans win the
:06:11. > :06:15.right to wear a medal awarded for fighting in the Malaya Emergency.
:06:15. > :06:19.In sport: It's all change at the top of one Premier League club.
:06:19. > :06:23.And some of Hearts' highest earners are told they can find new clubs as
:06:23. > :06:27.part of a cost cutting drive. Not everyone on the playing staff seems
:06:27. > :06:30.to be too worried, but we'll hear what a club legend has to say about
:06:30. > :06:38.Hundreds of lives could be saved if the Scots were more like the
:06:38. > :06:43.English, at least in what we eat. Adopting an average English diet
:06:43. > :06:45.could cut down on the number of strokes and heart attacks here.
:06:45. > :06:48.These are the conclusions of research carried out for the
:06:48. > :06:57.British Heart Foundation. Our health correspondent Eleanor
:06:57. > :07:00.Bradford is here with more details. For years we have been told that a
:07:00. > :07:05.Mediterranean diet is what we should follow but this research
:07:05. > :07:10.suggests even making small changes could save lives. For example,
:07:10. > :07:14.eating like the English. Now, if this is a typical or perhaps there
:07:14. > :07:19.are typical Scottish dinner, perhaps this might be the English
:07:19. > :07:23.equivalent. More vegetables in the English dinner but less saturated
:07:23. > :07:30.fat and salt. That is the big difference between the diet of the
:07:30. > :07:35.two nations. The Scots swapped this for this and the number of lives
:07:35. > :07:42.saved every year might be as many as 2100, due to fewer deaths from
:07:42. > :07:45.heart disease and also strokes and diet-related cancers. We asked
:07:45. > :07:51.diners at the St Enoch shopping centre in Glasgow whether they
:07:51. > :07:57.thought the Scottish diet was worse than the English. It is rubbish, it
:07:57. > :08:02.is up to the individual what they put in their mouths. I would agree,
:08:02. > :08:08.you tend to have a lot of fried foods. Square sausage has always
:08:08. > :08:18.tried, potato scones, we will have casseroles, meat and lots of
:08:18. > :08:21.vegetables. I have just moved back here 18 months ago from England, I
:08:22. > :08:27.lived there for many years. You are right, the English diet is
:08:27. > :08:34.healthier. Everyone needs differ Lee, not every person in Scotland
:08:34. > :08:37.leads fried food. People in an north of England beat a dye which
:08:37. > :08:40.looks more like the Scottish one, and they would benefit from eating
:08:40. > :08:46.more like their countrymen in the south.
:08:46. > :08:52.The problem is that Scottish people eat worse over all. We are not
:08:52. > :08:55.suggesting the English diet is the ideal diet, we still do not eat
:08:55. > :08:59.enough vegetables and we eat too much saturated fat and salt. The
:08:59. > :09:03.reason for using the English diet as a comparison here though is that
:09:03. > :09:07.it is a diet which is already achieved in the English population
:09:07. > :09:13.and is something which is achievable in the Scottish, Welsh
:09:13. > :09:18.and Irish populations. Diet is not the only reason why Scots die from
:09:18. > :09:24.heart disease, strokes and cancers. We still don't know quite why
:09:24. > :09:29.Scotland has such a high rate. But this gives an interesting insight
:09:29. > :09:31.into the massive effects that as a small number of changes can make.
:09:31. > :09:34.A leading firm of accountants says the offshore industry could
:09:34. > :09:35.generate more than six hundred billion dollars in future revenues.
:09:35. > :09:38.But the report by PricewaterhouseCoopers says
:09:38. > :09:42.Aberdeen may miss out on a renewables boom, because firms
:09:42. > :09:44.don't know what their roles would be in that sector. This comes as
:09:44. > :09:47.the Institute of Mechanical Engineers says the Scottish
:09:47. > :09:52.Government's target for one hundred per cent renewables by 2020 can't
:09:52. > :09:57.be met from an engineering perspective.
:09:57. > :10:00.A traditional Scottish industry has just embarked on a world-first.
:10:00. > :10:05.Ferguson's of Port Glasgow has won a twenty-two million pound contract
:10:05. > :10:09.to build two hybrid ferries. The ships will be powered by a battery
:10:09. > :10:18.and a small diesel generator. It's hoped the deal will give a new
:10:18. > :10:26.lease of life to the Inverclyde yard, as Julie Peacock reports.
:10:26. > :10:29.There has not been a ship built here in court long years. But this
:10:29. > :10:35.Shipbuilders is a survivor, all that is left of an industry that
:10:35. > :10:41.once dominated the Clyde. Today it and commercial shipbuilding,
:10:41. > :10:44.returning here again. We will be building ships again, we have been
:10:44. > :10:48.out of the market place for many years and it can be difficult to
:10:48. > :10:55.get back in there. But more importantly it gives us a platform
:10:55. > :10:59.to build for the future. contract is for two new ferries to
:10:59. > :11:04.service the islands. The world's first using technology already used
:11:04. > :11:09.in submarines to create hybrid ferries with no carbon emissions.
:11:09. > :11:13.We started the projects about two- and-a-half years ago, with the oil
:11:13. > :11:17.supply is running out we need to build environmentally friendly
:11:17. > :11:22.transport and we have gradually worked on the idea of a hybrid
:11:22. > :11:28.ferries, similar to a hybrid car which is powered not only by normal
:11:28. > :11:33.engines but batteries as well. new contract secures the 75 jobs
:11:33. > :11:39.already here, but they are looking to create another hundred as well
:11:39. > :11:46.as 20 new apprenticeships. A huge boost for the local economy which
:11:46. > :11:50.will allow Ferguson's to continue, to expand into new international
:11:50. > :11:55.markets and created more jobs and more investment. More
:11:55. > :11:59.apprenticeships to and it will boost the Clyde economy. The last
:11:59. > :12:03.18 months have been the toughest Ferguson's have ever seen, staying
:12:03. > :12:09.open by repairing vessels, but the new ferries have already sparked
:12:09. > :12:13.interest from a board. The new technology could still revive one
:12:13. > :12:16.of Scotland's oldest industries. -- a broad.
:12:16. > :12:18.Some of the other stories across Scotland this Thursday: A woman
:12:19. > :12:22.died following a fire a flat in North Ayrshire. Emergency services
:12:22. > :12:25.were called to the flat, above a shop in High Street, Irvine, at
:12:25. > :12:30.about 20 to six this morning. Fire crews brought the woman from the
:12:30. > :12:33.property, but she later died at Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock.
:12:33. > :12:36.Punch Taverns, one of the country's major pub chains, is claiming the
:12:36. > :12:38.brewer of Tennent's lager is pushing prices up sharply. With
:12:38. > :12:48.more than three hundred leased pubs in Scotland, it's telling its
:12:48. > :12:50.
:12:50. > :12:57.landlords they should look to After the breakdown in talks, the
:12:57. > :13:03.broker says there is no wholesale price increase. -- wholesale.
:13:03. > :13:09.The parliament's Presiding Officer has upheld at a ban on MPs tweeting
:13:09. > :13:14.during Holyrood debate. She says that MPs should be keeping their
:13:14. > :13:18.attention on the important business of passing laws and holding the
:13:18. > :13:28.government to account. MPs at Westminster backed a motion
:13:28. > :13:30.
:13:30. > :13:36.allowing MPs to tweet. British military rules previously
:13:36. > :13:43.meant that veterans could not wear this medal. But that could be about
:13:43. > :13:53.to change. The Mollie and urgency of was a war
:13:53. > :13:53.
:13:53. > :13:58.in everything but name. -- the Malaya Emergency. More than 500
:13:58. > :14:02.British troops were killed. 50 years after the fighting ended, the
:14:02. > :14:10.Malaysian government created a medal to one or the veterans of the
:14:10. > :14:14.Malay and urgency. But British rules meant that the
:14:14. > :14:17.veterans could not wear those medals. That meant they could not
:14:17. > :14:22.where the medals during Remembrance Sunday.
:14:22. > :14:31.For those who earn dead, the right to wear this medal was worth a six-
:14:31. > :14:36.year fight which and that -- ended up in the House of Lords.
:14:36. > :14:40.We accepted the medal but were not allowed to wear red. We run all
:14:40. > :14:47.subject to military discipline and we feel like we would like to have
:14:47. > :14:52.official permission to where the medals.
:14:52. > :14:55.Medals are meant to be worn with pride. But that formal recognition
:14:55. > :15:01.was always missing for these veterans.
:15:01. > :15:06.I thought it was just so wrong. The sheer generosity of the Malaysian
:15:06. > :15:13.government, awarding these medals to thousands of Commonwealth
:15:13. > :15:17.soldiers, and yet the Fijians, the New Zealanders and the Australians
:15:17. > :15:25.could where the medals. We in Britain were refused that
:15:26. > :15:32.permission. They medal means a lot. It is a lot of memories. It is
:15:32. > :15:38.something you cherish and look after and hand on to your grandson.
:15:38. > :15:45.The final word rests with the Queen. That word is expected any day in
:15:45. > :15:51.time for Remembrance Sunday. Edinburgh Castle has been named the
:15:51. > :15:54.best UK heritage attraction at the Oscars of the travel industry. The
:15:54. > :15:59.ancient monument took the gold award at the British Travel Awards
:15:59. > :16:06.in London. So far this year, one million people have visited the
:16:06. > :16:12.castle, the highest number since records began. As far as to us
:16:13. > :16:17.coming to experience history, it is also popular with music fans. -- as
:16:17. > :16:25.well as visitors coming to experience the history.
:16:25. > :16:29.Now we will look at the sport. A number of high-earning Hearts
:16:29. > :16:34.players have been told they can leave if they find new clubs. The
:16:34. > :16:40.news was broken as part of a cost- cutting drive. Players are still
:16:40. > :16:47.waiting to be paid wages they are owed. There was better news for one
:16:47. > :16:52.man connected with heart. Dancing in the face of adversity.
:16:52. > :16:58.Moves of a different kind could soon be on the agenda. Players have
:16:58. > :17:03.been told that cost-cutting is coming. BBC has been told that the
:17:03. > :17:09.heart of Midlothian will continue to beat and the club's existence is
:17:09. > :17:15.not in doubt. The future of some of the club's top stars could be
:17:15. > :17:19.however. Stars of the past have their own
:17:19. > :17:23.fears but they are sure the show must go on.
:17:23. > :17:27.Will the club going to administration? No, I do not think
:17:27. > :17:33.so. They might have to scale down. They might have been spending money
:17:33. > :17:39.they should not have been. But they have managed to pay that. Maybe now
:17:39. > :17:45.they will come back to reality. They were facing the reality of a
:17:45. > :17:52.winding-up order lodged by the Court of Session. There could be a
:17:52. > :17:58.heavy fine or ban for the manager, although he escaped from hand and
:17:59. > :18:05.with rapped knuckles. What about the future? The owner
:18:05. > :18:12.once again was the subject of fan's anger.
:18:12. > :18:17.YSE building a basketball stadium when they cannot pay their wages? -
:18:17. > :18:22.- why is he building a basketball stadium?
:18:22. > :18:28.St Johnstone have appointed the former Northern Ireland captain as
:18:28. > :18:33.their new manager. He replaces Derek McInnes. There has also been
:18:33. > :18:36.a change at the top of the Perth club.
:18:36. > :18:44.The St Johnstone chairman has always believed in giving young
:18:44. > :18:49.managers a chance and that paid a big part in this decision. If you
:18:49. > :18:53.look at the top that the previous managers have done, it is a good
:18:53. > :19:00.job and a lot of credit must go to St Johnstone for giving them the
:19:00. > :19:05.opportunity and support. That was one of the key elements for me.
:19:05. > :19:10.It is all change at St Johnson as a new, young manager steps through
:19:10. > :19:16.the doors. The longest serving chairman in Scottish football is
:19:16. > :19:24.walking in the other direction after 25 years at the helm.
:19:24. > :19:29.25 years is a long time. Eight managers later, and five promotions,
:19:29. > :19:33.two relegations, it has certainly been a rocky road.
:19:33. > :19:38.He has put his heart and soul into the club but although he is
:19:38. > :19:45.standing down, the job will remain in the family. The new chairman is
:19:45. > :19:50.at one with his father over the appointment of the new manager.
:19:50. > :19:57.Seeing his playing career, absolutely fantastic. If you look
:19:57. > :20:05.at QPR's captain, a 23-year-old. And he has captained the national
:20:05. > :20:08.team, Northern Ireland. With the sense, -- currently 4th in
:20:08. > :20:18.the SPL, it looks like he has inherited a side that are going
:20:18. > :20:22.places. Celtic will be at home to Rennes in
:20:22. > :20:28.the Europa League tonight. A win could take Celtic to second place
:20:28. > :20:35.in their grip. But a win for the French club could just about end
:20:35. > :20:42.Celtic's hopes of making it to the knockout stages. You can hear live
:20:42. > :20:52.coverage on BBC Radio Scotland. The programme is already on their but
:20:52. > :20:54.
:20:54. > :21:00.of course, do not to men until after this programme.
:21:00. > :21:06.The WBO World Lightweight title will be fought for at the weekend.
:21:06. > :21:13.The two boxers came face to face earlier today for the first time.
:21:13. > :21:17.They will be even closer on Saturday for Ricky Burns's' first
:21:17. > :21:25.fight since moving up a weight division.
:21:25. > :21:30.We have been working on a few things in the gym. Again, whatever
:21:30. > :21:34.type of fight this turns out to be, we will be ready.
:21:34. > :21:42.A gentle man outside the ring but once he is in there, a different
:21:42. > :21:46.story. Goodbye, Bella. Annabel Goldie met
:21:46. > :21:51.her last appearance as the Conservative leader at Holyrood
:21:51. > :21:55.today. Her success or will be named tomorrow after a closely fought
:21:56. > :22:01.election. He was hour political editor.
:22:01. > :22:09.You cannot say she does not try. Annabel Goldie has tried everything
:22:09. > :22:17.to take the Tory message around Scotland. She has even tried
:22:18. > :22:27.abseiling. Bela, to her charms, she even gang it up with Harley-
:22:28. > :22:32.
:22:32. > :22:40.Davidson bikers. -- Bella, to her chums. Alex Salmond, who is
:22:40. > :22:44.overseas, has already put her a fond farewell.
:22:44. > :22:49.I thank her for her contribution and on behalf of all the timber
:22:49. > :22:53.wish her well for the future. I have immensely enjoyed my
:22:53. > :23:00.position as leader of my party in Scotland. And I would encourage her,
:23:00. > :23:07.do not give up hope, deer. The latest in a series of cheeky
:23:07. > :23:17.gags. Who will wrap these two by the
:23:17. > :23:19.
:23:19. > :23:23.sword and colours? -- grab these two by the short and curlies.
:23:24. > :23:28.Rather than keep the Bank of Scotland, he would rather have I
:23:28. > :23:35.euro note with some regional branding, perhaps his own face or a
:23:35. > :23:38.haggis, but perhaps some people would not know the difference.
:23:38. > :23:48.Unfortunately for the First Minister, patting himself on the
:23:48. > :23:49.
:23:49. > :23:54.back does not count as P. -- PE. Her successor will be named
:23:54. > :23:58.tomorrow. Our financial adviser Fergus
:23:58. > :24:05.Muirhead will be on lunchtime Reporting Scotland a week on
:24:05. > :24:11.Wednesday. He will be talking about borrowing money at and the ins and
:24:11. > :24:21.outs of taking on a loan. He will do his best to get back to your e-
:24:21. > :24:24.
:24:24. > :24:28.mails. It is looking good for the weekend.
:24:28. > :24:33.The general trend today was a lot of dry weather with heavy showers
:24:33. > :24:41.working their way into the West. We will continue to see heavy showers
:24:41. > :24:50.this evening. Here is the map from 7pm. As time goes on, towards
:24:50. > :24:54.midnight, a lot of those will fade away leaving a dry and cloudy night.
:24:54. > :25:01.Temperatures no law than nine or ten degrees. The rain may persist
:25:01. > :25:06.for a time over Shetland. The potential for rain in eastern areas
:25:06. > :25:11.is there of tomorrow. We are unsure about the movement there at the
:25:11. > :25:17.moment. Tomorrow morning, many parts of the country will be dry
:25:17. > :25:25.and some brightness as well. Showers will continue through the
:25:25. > :25:30.day and this rain could push him. By mid-afternoon, across the South,
:25:30. > :25:34.spells of brightness particularly at in the West. Chances of rain and
:25:35. > :25:43.parts of Aberdeenshire, and towards Fife. But the further north and
:25:43. > :25:47.west, the higher chance of having a dry day. The threat of rain goes
:25:47. > :25:52.away by the evening and the rest of the country will be dry and clear
:25:52. > :25:58.or overnight. The weekend looks good thanks to this rate of high
:25:58. > :26:05.pressure that we are expecting to build on Saturday and Sunday. Dry,
:26:05. > :26:10.fine and bright conditions. Temperatures 10-12 degrees. If you
:26:10. > :26:16.are out on Saturday for bonfire night, a cool, clear night. Not too
:26:16. > :26:21.bad for watching the fireworks. Sunday will be a brighter day than
:26:21. > :26:31.Saturday. Temperatures back to nine or ten degrees. There should be
:26:31. > :26:33.
:26:33. > :26:38.or ten degrees. There should be Uncertainty is gripping the
:26:38. > :26:44.eurozone tonight as the Greek Prime Minister looks certain to shelf
:26:44. > :26:48.their referendum that he announced a few days ago. The shockwaves
:26:48. > :26:54.caused by his original decision to let Greek voters decide on the
:26:54. > :27:02.bail-out plan threatened more weeks of financial turmoil. The issue has
:27:02. > :27:06.dominated the G20 summit at France. -- in France.
:27:06. > :27:11.The anti-sectarianism -- anti- sectarianism bill will not be
:27:11. > :27:16.supported by any opposition party in Holyrood.
:27:16. > :27:22.Britain's biggest public sector union has voted in favour of a
:27:22. > :27:27.strike over pensions. Unison, which represents staff from school dinner