:00:14. > :00:17.Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight on your national news...
:00:17. > :00:19.Police apologise for their mishandling of this convicted sex
:00:19. > :00:29.offender, who later raped and murdered a mother and daughter in
:00:29. > :00:32.Ayrshire. When we have got it wrong, we will say that we have got it
:00:32. > :00:37.wrong and we will make sure we do things right for the future. That
:00:37. > :00:40.is little consolation for the families.
:00:40. > :00:46.Also in the programme... Scotland falls silent on the 93rd
:00:46. > :00:51.anniversary of the Armistice. More than �6 million seized from
:00:51. > :01:01.criminals in just 48 hours thanks to help from the public.
:01:01. > :01:02.
:01:02. > :01:04.And later tonight... We will be staying late at the
:01:05. > :01:08.National Museum of Scotland where the grown-ups are having all the
:01:08. > :01:11.fun. Good evening. An independent report
:01:11. > :01:14.into the murders of a woman and her ten-year-old daughter by a sex
:01:14. > :01:17.offender has found that Strathclyde Police made a series of mistakes
:01:17. > :01:21.before the crimes were committed. Today the police apologised to the
:01:21. > :01:26.family of the victims, Diane and Holly Fallon. Registered sex
:01:26. > :01:28.offender Thomas Smith befriended them in Cronberry, Ayrshire. He
:01:28. > :01:38.raped ten-year-old Holly and murdering her and her mother in
:01:38. > :01:43.2009. Julie Peacock has this report. It was a murder that shocked a tiny
:01:43. > :01:49.village. Holly Fallon and Diane Fallon were murdered by someone
:01:49. > :01:51.they considered a friend. What they did not know was that their
:01:51. > :01:55.neighbour Thomas Smith was a convicted sex offender that
:01:55. > :01:59.assaulted a ten-year-old girl. The family were in court last year to
:02:00. > :02:06.see him sentenced to 32 years for rating and murdering holly Fallon
:02:06. > :02:09.and killing her mother, Diane Fallon. There are no words to
:02:09. > :02:14.describe the evil that stood in the dock today. He is evil personified.
:02:14. > :02:19.He has taken up the lives of two innocent people in the most brutal
:02:19. > :02:23.and horrific manner. We as a family have been satisfied by today's
:02:23. > :02:27.outcome and believe that justice has been done. We can take some
:02:27. > :02:31.comfort in the knowledge that he is going away for a very long time.
:02:31. > :02:36.The today's produce said there were chances to stop him before the back
:02:36. > :02:40.tax. It said the police failed to properly monitor Thomas Smith. It
:02:40. > :02:43.revealed a catalogue of errors. Protection officers did not check
:02:43. > :02:49.if he lived near children. The local police officer did not know
:02:49. > :02:54.he lived there. Officers believed his lies. Crew should be, police
:02:54. > :02:57.never searched the home and that Thomas Smith lived in. He would do
:02:57. > :03:01.have discovered that he was living with the 16-year-old girl. After
:03:01. > :03:04.the murders, she told police that he had held her captive in a house
:03:04. > :03:09.and had repeatedly violently assaulted her. If police had known
:03:09. > :03:15.this, he would have been in jail. Today, police made a full apology
:03:15. > :03:19.for the mistakes they made. This is an uncomfortable day for us. The
:03:19. > :03:23.report is very comprehensive and we believe that it is accurate. We
:03:23. > :03:27.have accepted all of the findings and all of the recommendations.
:03:27. > :03:30.policeman told the review there were times when one officer was
:03:30. > :03:33.responsible for 80 sex offenders. Our reporter Julie Peacock is
:03:34. > :03:36.outside Strathclyde Police Headquarters in Glasgow. The
:03:37. > :03:43.inquiry has identified the mistakes made - what does it say should
:03:43. > :03:46.happen now? It has made a number of
:03:46. > :03:51.recommendations that would introduce big changes to the way
:03:51. > :03:55.that sex offenders are dealt with. First of all, they call for better
:03:55. > :03:58.communication. They say that lots of different agencies knew lots of
:03:58. > :04:03.different things about Thomas Smith, but nobody put it together to paint
:04:03. > :04:06.the picture of him being at a high risk offender. They have also
:04:06. > :04:10.called for stricter guidelines in the way that sex offenders are
:04:10. > :04:14.dealt with. They say that there should be a limit to 25 sex
:04:14. > :04:20.offenders are being dealt with by each police officer - and not the
:04:20. > :04:24.at, but we have seen. They have also seen it - like called for a
:04:24. > :04:28.change in a loss. Why they say that the police make mistakes, they did
:04:28. > :04:32.concede that they need more laws and more powers to deal with sex
:04:32. > :04:37.offenders more stringently. So what are the wider lessons of
:04:37. > :04:41.this case? What the review showed was that no
:04:42. > :04:45.one a person was to blame for what happened. This was a systematic
:04:45. > :04:49.breakdown. Lots of different agencies knew lots of different
:04:49. > :04:55.things about Thomas Smith. Nobody was collecting that information and
:04:55. > :05:03.putting it together. The police may have checked his police records.
:05:03. > :05:06.They could have done a lot more. They had more powers to try to find
:05:06. > :05:11.out what Thomas Smith was up to. They could have checked his mobile
:05:11. > :05:17.phone records. They did not tell any of the families living nearby
:05:17. > :05:20.Thomas Smith that he was a danger. They said that many of the families
:05:20. > :05:24.did not know and if they did, perhaps they could have prevented
:05:24. > :05:27.their children being anywhere near Thomas Smith.
:05:27. > :05:30.A silence fell over Scotland today for two minutes at 11.00am, as
:05:30. > :05:33.people marked the 93rd anniversary of the Armistice. Ceremonies large
:05:33. > :05:36.and small were held all over the country, and by Scots soldiers
:05:36. > :05:46.serving in Afghanistan, to remember those who died in two world wars
:05:46. > :05:48.
:05:48. > :05:53.and later conflicts. Jamie McIvor reports.
:05:53. > :06:01.As the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month approached.
:06:01. > :06:08.Assemblies gathered. The anniversary of the moment the
:06:08. > :06:18.firing stopped on the Western Front at the end of the Great War.
:06:18. > :06:18.
:06:18. > :06:23.Perhaps fancifully, it was called at the were to end all wars. In
:06:23. > :06:32.Afghanistan, Scots soldiers know all too well the reality of war are
:06:32. > :06:36.today. Indeed remembrance commemorates all who have died in
:06:36. > :06:46.conflicts since 1914 - professionals, volunteers,
:06:46. > :06:49.
:06:49. > :06:53.conscripts. A third mural is an impressive structure. People that
:06:53. > :06:59.have lost their lives have a big part to play in Scottish rugby.
:06:59. > :07:06.Players, staff. Inner-London, at Tower Bridge was raised under
:07:06. > :07:15.traffic haunted after a campaign by ex-servicemen from Aberdeen shares.
:07:15. > :07:25.Back home, Ackroyd's paused. -- Ackroyd's paused. On Sunday, more
:07:25. > :07:28.commemorative events will be held in every corner in Scotland.
:07:28. > :07:36.Remembering that virtually every community has lost sons and
:07:36. > :07:39.daughters. Lives given us so others can live in freedom.
:07:39. > :07:41.You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC. Still to come before
:07:41. > :07:44.7.00pm... A campaign has begun to recognise
:07:44. > :07:49.the work of the organisation which looks after 20,000 war graves in
:07:49. > :07:53.Scotland. In sport, we'll have the latest
:07:53. > :07:57.from Scotland's match in Cyprus. And is it time for an exiled
:07:57. > :08:02.international to be recalled? Yes, according to his club boss. Details
:08:02. > :08:09.to follow. We'll also be hearing from this man - Oscar Pistorius. He
:08:09. > :08:13.wants to create athletics history in Glasgow. More later.
:08:13. > :08:17.More than �6 million worth of cash, drugs and illicit goods have been
:08:17. > :08:20.seized in the last 48 hours. The raids were part of a new initiative
:08:20. > :08:24.by Lothian and Borders Police which encouraged members of the public to
:08:25. > :08:28.tell them if they thought people were making money from crime. Our
:08:28. > :08:37.reporter Cameron Buttle was with the police on one of the raids in
:08:37. > :08:46.the Borders. It is midday. Officers work their
:08:46. > :08:50.way through the backstreets of a housing estate. Go! Go! This is one
:08:50. > :08:54.of three properties that has been hit by specialist teams this
:08:54. > :08:59.morning. Senior officers say it is information that has come directly
:08:59. > :09:02.from the public that brought them here. A police here say it shows
:09:02. > :09:07.the public can help give criminals, who think they're hiding in a
:09:07. > :09:12.community, a big shock. In these raids, officers recovered more than
:09:12. > :09:17.�20,000 worth of cash and drugs through and illicit Algol and
:09:17. > :09:20.tobacco. They have Mehdi been comfortable in previous weeks.
:09:20. > :09:25.Complacent is a word I would use. That would not be the case in the
:09:25. > :09:29.future. In the last two days, millions of pounds worth of goods
:09:29. > :09:34.have been seized. The initiative has the backing of the Scottish
:09:34. > :09:38.Government. We have an obligation to support the police and report
:09:38. > :09:43.crime, whether directly or through crime stoppers. When that happens,
:09:43. > :09:47.as with today, we see that we get results. Drugs are taken off our
:09:47. > :09:51.streets, bad people were taken to account and communities are saved.
:09:51. > :09:55.The officers say this is not the end of the operation - it is the
:09:55. > :09:57.beginning. They are already planning a more raids.
:09:58. > :10:00.The Chancellor George Osborne is to release �100 million from a
:10:00. > :10:04.disputed fuel fund to allow the Scottish Government to invest in
:10:04. > :10:06.marine renewable energy. The cash has been the subject of bitter
:10:06. > :10:09.wrangling between Holyrood and Westminster but both sides say
:10:09. > :10:14.today's move will help Scotland become a powerhouse in the
:10:14. > :10:23.development of wave, tidal and offshore wind power. Craig Anderson
:10:23. > :10:27.reports. The Treasury's two big-hitters came
:10:27. > :10:31.here to pull his rabbit out of the hat. The former or yard has
:10:31. > :10:37.recently been bought as a base for a renewable energy construction.
:10:37. > :10:40.The fuel levies are tax on non- renewable energy and John -- George
:10:40. > :10:44.Osborne and Danny Alexander said agreement had finally been reached
:10:44. > :10:47.between London and Edinburgh to release half of the current fund.
:10:47. > :10:51.We have worked together with the Scottish Government. We have not
:10:51. > :10:56.had an argument. We resolved the problem and got the money out of
:10:56. > :11:00.the door into the Scottish economy, into the green energy revolution,
:11:00. > :11:04.so that places like this are going to be centres of employment and
:11:04. > :11:09.growth in the years ahead. Scottish Government has welcomed
:11:09. > :11:13.the deal to break their jam over the cash. The hope for the future
:11:13. > :11:16.is the real industrialisation of the coastline of Scotland. Our
:11:16. > :11:21.communities and our ports. There are gearing up for the Marine
:11:21. > :11:26.revolution. There are going to be vast new systems which are going to
:11:26. > :11:29.provide the power for the next century. They range of offshore
:11:29. > :11:33.prototypes are already producing power, with the race now on to
:11:33. > :11:37.scale the mob to commercial levels. The Industry reckons this move will
:11:37. > :11:41.accelerate development. That could probably fast-forward where we want
:11:41. > :11:45.to be in the marine sector. We're very prominent in or oil and gas at
:11:46. > :11:49.the moment. Allowing us to make decisions on supporting the
:11:49. > :11:54.renewable sector is the biggest benefit of the announcement today.
:11:54. > :11:57.Here, you can see the evidence of the North Sea oil platforms and
:11:57. > :12:04.rigs. Construction here employed thousands of people during the
:12:04. > :12:07.heyday of that industry. The hope is that this �100 million could
:12:07. > :12:12.transform this area into the engine of Marina renewable sectors for
:12:12. > :12:15.decades. And there's an interview with the
:12:15. > :12:20.Chancellor George Osborne on the Politics Show Scotland. That's this
:12:20. > :12:24.Sunday, BBC 1 Scotland at 3.40pm. Some of the other stories across
:12:24. > :12:27.Scotland this Friday... Police are treating a fire that
:12:27. > :12:29.broke out in an Edinburgh tenement as suspicious. Eight people were
:12:29. > :12:35.treated for smoke inhalation, one suffered spinal injuries after
:12:35. > :12:39.jumping from the first floor window. The blaze broke out in the ground
:12:39. > :12:43.floor of the property in the Tolcross area early this morning.
:12:43. > :12:47.Up to 1,000 graduates in Glasgow are to be helped into jobs with as
:12:47. > :12:49.much as half their wages paid by the city council. The �10 million
:12:49. > :12:54.Graduate Fund is linked to the city's preparations for the
:12:54. > :12:58.Commonwealth Games in 2014. Scotland's first national
:12:58. > :13:01.conference opposed to windfarms has opened in Ayr. The organisers say
:13:01. > :13:04.they want to raise awareness of what they describe as the huge
:13:04. > :13:08.damage being done to the country's economy, landscape and health by
:13:08. > :13:11.the Scottish Government's energy policy. The Scottish Government
:13:11. > :13:18.insists it'll only approve the right wind farm applications in the
:13:19. > :13:23.right places. Ever fancied a night at the museum?
:13:23. > :13:26.Without the children? Many people apparently do. The first of a new
:13:26. > :13:29.series of late night events in the National Museum of Scotland takes
:13:29. > :13:39.place tonight. And all 1,200 tickets have been snapped up. Our
:13:39. > :13:41.
:13:41. > :13:47.arts correspondent Pauline McLean Normally on a Friday night, this
:13:47. > :13:54.place is closed up. The only staff would be security. Look at best.
:13:54. > :14:04.Performances are going on behind me. There are a lot of events round the
:14:04. > :14:11.
:14:11. > :14:14.galleries. If lot of different opportunities for adults. It is
:14:14. > :14:21.clear that it is a very different place from the museum we know
:14:21. > :14:27.landlubber in the daytime. The reopening of the National Museum of
:14:27. > :14:32.Scotland drew a record crowd. Many families with children queued for
:14:32. > :14:38.hours. The museum is keen to attract a different crowd, grown-
:14:38. > :14:43.ups who would not normally consider coming here. These events are
:14:43. > :14:53.designed for the young at heart. You can come in at No 8, without
:14:53. > :14:57.
:14:57. > :15:07.Cairns. As well as exploring the galleries, visitors can listen to
:15:07. > :15:09.
:15:09. > :15:19.music, drink, eat and enjoy the space. All the tickets have been
:15:19. > :15:21.
:15:21. > :15:31.snapped up. Plenty of grown-ups happy to have a try at things. It
:15:31. > :15:37.is the first of a number of events. The next one will be in February.
:15:37. > :15:47.Children have to be left at home. And the world of football, Jackie
:15:47. > :15:51.McNamara has been... He has seen so much, he has decided to write about
:15:52. > :16:01.his experiences. He is not publishing a book, he is taking a
:16:01. > :16:06.different route. A return pass. Jackie McNamara scores! You only
:16:06. > :16:11.need to look at their images from his career to see it lasted a long
:16:12. > :16:17.time. In 20 years, he has done virtually everything. Instead of
:16:17. > :16:22.writing a book, he is letting television tell the tale. For a
:16:22. > :16:30.while, I have been applying the principles of ancient Greek
:16:30. > :16:36.philosophers -- also the. When you see that will also be translated
:16:36. > :16:45.onto the pitch, you will understand. He has co-written and adult sitcom
:16:45. > :16:53.about his experiences in the game. I have always enjoyed comedies. It
:16:53. > :17:01.was my way of putting it across. Some players right bricks. This is
:17:01. > :17:11.my way of doing things. His co- writer is a Scottish actor he met
:17:11. > :17:19.in a superstore car-park. It was the next day, we had a chat. It is
:17:19. > :17:28.hard to believe we went from that and now we are here. Every big name
:17:28. > :17:34.was a we mean that some point. Rome was not built in a day. The screen
:17:34. > :17:40.the pilot's last night in Edinburgh and have already penned seven
:17:41. > :17:45.episodes. He says if the show was a success, he will not change --
:17:45. > :17:52.exchange the game for a laugh. I hope they have come knocking at
:17:52. > :18:02.your door. Not yet. Not many laughs in today's
:18:02. > :18:04.
:18:04. > :18:14.sport. It is approaching half-time. So far, it is good news. Craig
:18:14. > :18:14.
:18:14. > :18:24.Levein's side leading a goal to nil. The hosts came close, an equaliser
:18:24. > :18:24.
:18:24. > :18:33.a short time later. You can watch the rest of the match on BBC Two or
:18:33. > :18:37.BBC Radio Scotland. Stay with us all. This gent behind me is the
:18:37. > :18:42.Wolverhampton Wanderers striker at Stephen Fletcher. He text and the
:18:42. > :18:49.Scottish FA to polite of a previous squad and has not been selected
:18:49. > :18:57.sense. His manager says it is time Craig Levein and Fletcher worked it
:18:57. > :19:07.out. I have spoken to him this week. He should play for Scotland. It
:19:07. > :19:08.
:19:08. > :19:17.makes him a better player. If there is no movement, nobody moves. It
:19:17. > :19:23.can be sorted out. Scotland's two professional rugby teams in the
:19:23. > :19:31.Heineken rugby Cup this weekend. It is like the Champions League. They
:19:31. > :19:38.will be hoping for European success. These Glasgow youngsters will be
:19:38. > :19:48.delighted to get their hands on the Heineken Cup. Scotland's man in
:19:48. > :19:50.
:19:50. > :19:55.charge police may have a chance. one will enjoy going to for help.
:19:55. > :20:05.The guys have had a lot of success. It is important to win those home
:20:05. > :20:17.
:20:17. > :20:23.game is. Edinburgh is in the grip We have to make some up front. On a
:20:23. > :20:30.Sunday afternoon, we must make that count. There have been four good
:20:30. > :20:36.wins. In Borat have had flashes of brilliance this season but lacked
:20:36. > :20:46.consistency. The players are more than ready. It is a competition we
:20:46. > :20:48.
:20:48. > :20:55.want to Het -- test yourself. It is exciting for everyone. Tries like
:20:55. > :21:04.this one in Glasgow were in good form for the league.
:21:04. > :21:08.One of world's sport's most controversial... Oscar Pistorius
:21:08. > :21:13.won gold at the Beijing Paralympics and became the first Paralympic in
:21:13. > :21:18.to compete and medal at the World Athletics Championships. He is now
:21:18. > :21:21.hoping to make history again by running at next year's London
:21:21. > :21:30.Olympics and the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. It will be very
:21:30. > :21:40.special. Last call costs are phenomenal event. Bringing it here
:21:40. > :21:42.
:21:42. > :21:49.will be special. It will be nice for me to come here. Andy Murray's
:21:49. > :21:56.impressive unbeaten one has come to an end. He was going for his 18th
:21:56. > :22:06.and sector it -- consecutive win. He lost to Tomas Berdych and the
:22:06. > :22:10.
:22:10. > :22:15.Czech Republic. It was his first defeat since August. Some good news.
:22:15. > :22:19.On the day we remember the dead of two world wars, a campaign has
:22:19. > :22:23.begun to raise awareness in Scotland of the Commonwealth War
:22:23. > :22:31.Graves Commission. It is best known for the military cemeteries it and
:22:31. > :22:40.maintains abroad. As a social affairs Correspondent --... Most
:22:40. > :22:50.people are not aware of its work. A military ceremony -- cemetery in
:22:50. > :22:55.
:22:55. > :23:05.France. At this cemetery, and Usain is erected saying that though war
:23:05. > :23:13.dead why you to. In Britain, we have a huge number of war graves,
:23:13. > :23:19.scattered in place like here. This plot is typical, 10 or 20
:23:19. > :23:25.headstones in the Senate -- cemetery it people have the time to
:23:25. > :23:35.investigate, they will find some interesting stories. The final
:23:35. > :23:39.
:23:39. > :23:45.grass cutting on Orkney. 700 men lie here. The date of his death his
:23:45. > :23:52.1919. Those who died of their wins qualify for a Commonwealth War
:23:52. > :23:57.Graves. Some may have died in training accidents. Veterans
:23:57. > :24:03.organisations say it is important for children to war -- learned
:24:03. > :24:09.about the world wars to see the graves clustered together. When
:24:09. > :24:19.they are together in this way, it is symbolic of the way the died.
:24:19. > :24:24.
:24:24. > :24:34.They fought and died together. have welcomed the Wargrave's
:24:34. > :24:46.
:24:46. > :24:56.commission. Not too bad. During the second part
:24:56. > :24:58.
:24:58. > :25:03.of the day, we saw rain in the West. It will stay mild. That band of
:25:04. > :25:13.rain will push northwards. There will be some heavy bursts. But will
:25:14. > :25:15.
:25:15. > :25:25.move quickly and will be confined to Shetland. It will stay windier
:25:25. > :25:34.round the coast. Tomorrow, it will start cloudy. Through the day, the
:25:34. > :25:43.showers will clear. There will be some sunny spells. It will be
:25:44. > :25:53.cooler than today. It will be cloudier in the north-west who has
:25:54. > :25:54.
:25:54. > :26:04.seen some cracking sunshine in the last few days. If you are heading
:26:04. > :26:14.out into the hills, in the east of the country, temperatures will be
:26:14. > :26:33.
:26:34. > :26:38.lower. In the west of the country, it will be windy. Those winds will
:26:38. > :26:43.decrease as we go through the afternoon. Tomorrow evening,
:26:43. > :26:53.staying dry. Some clear spells developing and turning chilly.
:26:53. > :26:53.
:26:53. > :27:03.Sunday, on the pressure chart, there is this high pressure chart.
:27:03. > :27:05.
:27:05. > :27:15.Sunday will be mild. Very mild for this time of year. Next week, it
:27:15. > :27:20.will stay settled because of that high pressure. Possibly cooler.
:27:20. > :27:27.A summary of tonight's stories, an independent report into the murders
:27:27. > :27:33.in Ayrshire by a sex offender has found that Strathclyde Police made
:27:33. > :27:37.some mistakes before the crimes were committed. The police
:27:37. > :27:41.apologised to the family. Communities across Scotland and the
:27:41. > :27:47.UK marked Armistice Day with two minutes' silence this morning.
:27:47. > :27:52.British troops in Afghanistan held their own ceremonies.
:27:52. > :27:58.More than �6 million worth of cash, drugs and illicit goods have been