:00:16. > :00:21.A Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight on your national news: The
:00:21. > :00:25.future of Scotland's rail network. Anger at a suggestion that sleeper
:00:25. > :00:29.services north of the border could be axed or reduced.
:00:29. > :00:36.The high cost of fuel in a remote committees. Help is on the way -
:00:36. > :00:42.but not until the spring. We have come to fill up her car, paying
:00:42. > :00:46.almost �1.43 litre which has about 20p people be on the mainland.
:00:46. > :00:49.Scotland Under 21s defied the odds after an away win against the
:00:49. > :00:53.Netherlands. And the touching story of the
:00:53. > :01:03.Llanishen woman who gave their support to the besieged city of
:01:03. > :01:06.Leningrad 70 years ago. A? Hangs across cross-border
:01:06. > :01:09.sleeper services. A Scottish Government consultation document
:01:09. > :01:13.suggests the number of overnight trains between Scotland and London
:01:13. > :01:17.could be dramatically reduced. The document is designed to promote
:01:17. > :01:23.debate about the future of our rail services, but it has already
:01:23. > :01:29.provoked an angry reaction. There are major changes coming down
:01:29. > :01:35.the line for Scotland's rail network. Scot Rail's contractor
:01:35. > :01:38.private passenger services is coming to an end along with funding
:01:38. > :01:43.arrangements were Network Rail. It must decide what it can and cannot
:01:43. > :01:49.afford to provide in the future. Mrs the first time that we have had
:01:49. > :01:55.their new franchises. This is a consultation, this is asking what
:01:55. > :02:03.people think to come forward with their ideas. Nothing wrong with
:02:03. > :02:11.that are told. But opposition parties and Holyrood say Marge --
:02:11. > :02:15.much -- many of the Brussels show that the network companies are run
:02:15. > :02:20.the railway track. It is a change of direction from the one we have
:02:20. > :02:28.had 10 years ago. It will force people off the trees and into their
:02:28. > :02:33.cars. The FT 2014 franchise should be a real opportunity to make it
:02:33. > :02:38.affordable. The future of sleeper services between Scotland and
:02:38. > :02:41.London is now up for debate. Tonight a warning that should be a
:02:41. > :02:45.wake up call for passengers who are being urged to voice their support
:02:45. > :02:50.for the sleeper. This is a consultation at this stage, but
:02:50. > :02:53.clearly, any threat to sleeper services is something that the
:02:53. > :02:58.business community throughout Scotland should be concerned about.
:02:58. > :03:02.Particularly in the Highlands, but also in Glasgow, Edinburgh and the
:03:02. > :03:06.central belt. There public has until February to speak out on the
:03:06. > :03:10.future of our rail services, with the results of the consultation
:03:10. > :03:20.exercise published later in 2012. And David Millar is with us now.
:03:20. > :03:21.
:03:21. > :03:24.Enough controversy has been brought This is a wide-ranging proposal.
:03:24. > :03:29.There could be higher fares at peak times in future on Scotland's
:03:29. > :03:33.trains. The consumption of alcohol could be banned at all times. We
:03:33. > :03:37.could see an end to first class sections on trains in a bid to
:03:37. > :03:41.tackle overcrowding. There is also the possibility that Edinburgh
:03:41. > :03:44.could be a major hub for cross- border services. If you are
:03:44. > :03:49.travelling from the south to the north of Scotland, you would have
:03:49. > :03:56.to get off the floor and is thus trained at Edinburgh and change
:03:56. > :04:00.trains. This is billed as a consultation document. How much is
:04:00. > :04:09.an indication of what the Scottish Harman wants to happen?
:04:09. > :04:13.Scottish Government is adamant this is a consultation exercise only. We
:04:13. > :04:17.can expect to hear a lot more from politicians, public transport
:04:17. > :04:21.campaigners, in the weeks and months ahead. But it would be wrong
:04:21. > :04:25.to suggest this is anything other than that a consultation exercise.
:04:25. > :04:30.It is clear there are many difficult decisions to be taken,
:04:30. > :04:34.and not everyone is going to be happy at the end of the line.
:04:34. > :04:38.Staying with transport issues, a special discount scheme to
:04:38. > :04:41.counteract rocketing petrol prices are remote communities could be in
:04:41. > :04:45.place within months. The Westminster Government promised the
:04:45. > :04:49.move last year but blames delays in Europe for the lack of progress.
:04:49. > :04:54.The news came as MPs called for a UK-wide planned increase in fuel
:04:54. > :04:59.duty in the New Year to be abandoned.
:04:59. > :05:04.It is reckoned the average motorist is paying the Chancellor and �700
:05:04. > :05:07.in tax every year on a petrol or diesel. Sales figures for a good --
:05:07. > :05:13.suggest there being more frugal and using less. But some people have no
:05:13. > :05:16.choice, especially in the more remote areas. It is in Scotland's
:05:16. > :05:20.Islander minutes where water has have to deal with the highest cost
:05:20. > :05:24.of petrol. Are you are got the Government was setting up the
:05:25. > :05:29.discount scheme to cut the costs for violent motorists. But there is
:05:29. > :05:34.anger that a year run it is still to be put in place. Many people
:05:34. > :05:38.have to travel up to 70 miles on a round of every day. Where there is
:05:38. > :05:43.no public transport where they -- it can be caught us. It is
:05:43. > :05:49.difficult for most people. I pay out and about �250 a month in fuel.
:05:49. > :05:54.Which is about 20% of her wages. It has a big impact on what I do.
:05:54. > :05:59.today that the news that the island fuel tax should they came back
:05:59. > :06:04.early next year. I expect to see full implementation by the spring.
:06:04. > :06:07.It has to work, not just for the consumers, but for the retailers,
:06:07. > :06:15.the people who are selling it as well. Their concerns have to be
:06:15. > :06:19.heard and acted on. As things stand, fuel duty is set to rise again by
:06:19. > :06:24.three pence a litre at the start of next year. 100,000 people have
:06:24. > :06:29.signed the petition against it and today many MPs at Westminster calls
:06:29. > :06:34.for that price tag to be scrapped. When fuel duty was first introduced
:06:34. > :06:39.in the 1920s, it was a third but its current level in real terms. As
:06:39. > :06:43.ever tax increases have had the engine of a Rolls-Royce but the
:06:43. > :06:47.bricks of a lawnmower. But the uncomfortable fact remains, that
:06:47. > :06:51.whether it is a few pence added are subtracted, tinkering at the
:06:51. > :06:57.margins will not change the level of prices at the Poms. It looks as
:06:57. > :07:02.if we will all have to grin and bear it.
:07:02. > :07:07.That debate about fuel duty is underway. There is due to be a vote
:07:07. > :07:12.soon. Let's go to our Westminster Correspondent. How is a full likely
:07:12. > :07:16.to go? This is one of the rare occasions and Westminster were you
:07:16. > :07:21.have a debate and vote which will not fall down party lines. MPs have
:07:21. > :07:31.been queuing up, so many have wanted to speak, they have been
:07:31. > :07:37.told to keep their speeches down to four minutes. They have said the
:07:37. > :07:47.high a fuel duties are hurting people. The Government will be left
:07:47. > :07:57.
:07:57. > :08:04.in no doubt by the feeling of MPs. We will see MPs find a firing shot.
:08:04. > :08:08.The problem for the Treasury is that it is strapped for cash.
:08:08. > :08:14.Ministers insist that they are listening but they are giving
:08:14. > :08:19.indications that if they reduce fuel duty on do not go ahead with
:08:19. > :08:24.increases, extra expenses lot of a firm from else where. You will see
:08:24. > :08:29.a lot of MPs making it plain to Ministers that they want something
:08:29. > :08:37.done and they want something done quickly.
:08:37. > :08:45.You are watching Reporting Scotland: Big on Burns, the new
:08:45. > :08:48.mural aiming to capture the essence of the epic poem Tam O'Shanter.
:08:48. > :08:55.And the SPL are now looking at the behaviour of some fancier in
:08:55. > :09:02.Scotland. Plus, it is total football but not as we know it.
:09:02. > :09:06.Scotland Under 21s give a lesson to the Dutch.
:09:06. > :09:08.A fatal accident inquiry into the desert two teenage girls who fell
:09:08. > :09:13.from the Erskine Bridge heard today that one of the girls who died had
:09:13. > :09:16.made a pact with a third girl to jump from the bridge. The care
:09:16. > :09:20.manager from the residential unit in Bishopton where all the girls
:09:20. > :09:24.has been said that a girl came forward after Neve Lafferty and
:09:24. > :09:30.Georgia Rowe were identified as the girls have had died. Aileen Clarke
:09:30. > :09:34.was at Paisley Sheriff Court. Georgia Rowe who was 14 and Neve
:09:35. > :09:40.Lafferty who was 15 died in October 2009 after falling from the Erskine
:09:40. > :09:49.Bridge. They were both residents of the Good Shepherd centre in
:09:49. > :09:52.Bishopton. Today, this woman who was the care
:09:52. > :09:56.manager at the net will the inquiry that when Neve Lafferty was
:09:56. > :10:02.readmitted into the net after enough for those, she was not aware
:10:02. > :10:05.it was a suicide attempt. She told Glee inquiry that the day
:10:05. > :10:10.after the girls died, another girl who was arrested at the centre to
:10:10. > :10:14.older then he had approached her weeks before and asked her if she
:10:14. > :10:18.would jump of their stay in bed with her. The girl said she would
:10:18. > :10:24.because Neve Lafferty was her friend. She knew Enola Heggie could
:10:24. > :10:29.not do it. Ms Davenport has holes - - said that the girl told that
:10:29. > :10:34.Georgia was later invited to join them from jumping off the bridge.
:10:34. > :10:40.They girl wrote a note for almost Davenport about this. In it she
:10:40. > :10:44.said, I personally do not believe Georgia wanted to end her life. I
:10:44. > :10:50.do not think she realised the severity of it. She left to issues
:10:50. > :10:53.because she thought she would be back. A cry for help?
:10:53. > :10:59.They know went on, but I knew that Neve Lafferty knew what was
:10:59. > :11:08.happening. She just wanted one thing, Johnny. And in her mind,
:11:08. > :11:12.that was the only way. God bless her. The inquiry continues tomorrow.
:11:12. > :11:17.Boys, who often lag behind in reading, have close the gap and
:11:17. > :11:19.girls, thanks to a pioneering literacy scheme. Now was the boys
:11:19. > :11:23.and girls are outperforming those to have not taken part in the
:11:23. > :11:27.scheme which was rolled out in North manager. So what is the
:11:27. > :11:30.secret? Researchers say there is no wonder factor. Success has come
:11:30. > :11:39.from packaging together some of the best teaching methods from around
:11:39. > :11:43.the world. Horrid Henry hates babysitters.
:11:43. > :11:51.many boys and girls hate reading. But at his primary school near a
:11:51. > :11:55.tree, it is a different story. As well swear, children learn early
:11:55. > :12:00.what sounds letters make so they can sound out unknown words. It
:12:00. > :12:04.means they can move on quickly to books that have real stories.
:12:04. > :12:10.will read a book from start to finish and then follow that of the
:12:10. > :12:14.through. When she was not on the course, it was more of a chore.
:12:14. > :12:18.wants to pick up the book at home and read it himself. He has more
:12:18. > :12:25.confidence. They had been taking books to bed and reading it
:12:25. > :12:29.themselves. 93% of pupils in primary three scored an average
:12:29. > :12:39.above, compared to 70% of those not on the scheme. And boys recorded
:12:39. > :12:41.
:12:41. > :12:44.the same results as girls. How come the boys have got up?
:12:44. > :12:50.is in active programme. Physically active and in terms of using your
:12:50. > :12:54.mind. Boys respond well to working in pairs, to doing activities, to
:12:54. > :12:58.be able to talk and discuss. And also the choice of books. Boys are
:12:58. > :13:03.more interested in books that we are giving them to read. So few
:13:03. > :13:06.seem to be switching off for long periods. Partly because the teacher
:13:06. > :13:11.asks more questions, deeper questions and encourages them to
:13:11. > :13:15.top books with each other. No element in his teaching scheme is
:13:15. > :13:18.absolutely revolutionary. What the council has done is looked at
:13:18. > :13:24.research around the world to see what works, then bundled all these
:13:24. > :13:31.things together to launch it here. And critically, all staff get new
:13:31. > :13:36.training in the teaching method has been proven to work.
:13:36. > :13:40.A man accused of attempting to murder a senior lot official has
:13:40. > :13:45.admitted witnessing the attack. Robert Kramer told the court he
:13:45. > :13:51.stop the victim getting a bigger hiding. He denies attacking Leslie
:13:52. > :13:56.Cumming in January 2006. Leslie Cumming was the number two
:13:56. > :14:00.at the Law Society of Scotland. He was attacked on his way home from
:14:00. > :14:04.work in January 2006. The assault left him with permanent scars.
:14:04. > :14:07.Today the managers have tried to kill them admitted he was there but
:14:07. > :14:12.said he tried to stop the attack. Robert Kramer told the court that
:14:12. > :14:15.his real name was Paul France's Midi and that had he had been
:14:15. > :14:19.living in Scotland on a passport that was not his own. He made
:14:19. > :14:22.inquiries in the construction trade where he worked about getting a new
:14:22. > :14:29.passport to help them secure a work in other parts of Europe. The court
:14:29. > :14:33.heard that on 23rd January 2006, a facilitator had made arrangements
:14:33. > :14:37.for Mr game to get those documents. He told the jury that he had been
:14:37. > :14:40.brought here to this lane by a man. He had been told they would meet
:14:40. > :14:44.somebody who would supply Mr Graham with the false passport and
:14:44. > :14:48.driver's licence. He said they what a little down the lane and then
:14:48. > :14:54.waited for the man to arrive. He describes a car driving past and
:14:54. > :15:00.said that the man he knew when to talk to the driver. That is when he
:15:00. > :15:04.said he noticed a fight breaking out. He said it was him that
:15:04. > :15:08.intervened and told the attacker off Leslie Cumming. He said I did
:15:08. > :15:12.not consult them. I stopped him getting a bigger hiding than he got.
:15:12. > :15:15.Robert Graham said he only learned later that a man who in the car was
:15:15. > :15:20.Leslie Cumming but he said that he was warned to keep his mouth shut
:15:21. > :15:30.are something similar might happen to them. Robert Graham denies
:15:31. > :15:32.
:15:32. > :15:36.�10,000 reward is being offered after a deliberate fire in Glasgow
:15:36. > :15:41.close to the M8 for several others last week and left thousands of
:15:41. > :15:45.homes without electricity. Scottish Power said it hoped to the cash
:15:45. > :15:50.would help the police inquiry at the blaze at an underpass at the M8
:15:50. > :15:53.near the M8. There was damage to high-voltage power cables.
:15:53. > :15:57.A one million square foot distribution centre for the
:15:57. > :16:00.internet retailer Amazon has been officially opened in Dunfermline.
:16:00. > :16:06.First Minister Alex Salmond has been given a tour of the facility,
:16:06. > :16:10.which will create 750 permanent jobs. The Warehouse will send goods
:16:10. > :16:15.around the world. Scottish Parliament is putting in a
:16:15. > :16:18.planning application for an extension. Holyrood bosses want
:16:18. > :16:20.permission from Edinburgh City Council to build a new security
:16:20. > :16:25.screening hall near the front entrance. The parliament has
:16:25. > :16:30.already spent �2 million on recommended security improvements
:16:30. > :16:35.since the terrorist attack on Glasgow Airport.
:16:35. > :16:39.It was an act of kindness which crossed continents. 70 years ago,
:16:39. > :16:42.the women of Airdrie and Coatbridge in Lanarkshire sent a book of
:16:42. > :16:52.support to the besieged city of Leningrad. They never knew if it
:16:52. > :16:55.
:16:55. > :16:59.would ever get there. In June 1941, Nazi Germany launched
:16:59. > :17:05.an attack on Leningrad. It was to last for nearly 900 days. There was
:17:05. > :17:09.no heating, no water and very little food. Never 1000 miles away,
:17:09. > :17:13.people in the towns of Airdrie and Coatbridge heard of their plight.
:17:13. > :17:21.They wanted to send messages of support so it was decided the women
:17:21. > :17:26.will write letters. We wanted to let them know the rest of the world
:17:26. > :17:33.cared. This woman's father was one of the driving forces behind the
:17:33. > :17:36.book. It was a simple act of humanity that blew up into not just
:17:36. > :17:46.a local message but a national message and an international
:17:46. > :17:52.
:17:52. > :17:55.message. We, the women are The book was sent but with
:17:55. > :18:02.Leningrad being cut off with the outside world, no one knew if it
:18:02. > :18:09.would get there. Six months after, a telegram was received. The
:18:09. > :18:15.messages, whilst the bodies were hungry and they have noted, the
:18:15. > :18:19.messages actually fed their souls. The women of Leningrad responded by
:18:19. > :18:23.sending an exquisite album of lithographs, photographs and
:18:23. > :18:29.signatures. We do not know quite how it happened and how they did
:18:29. > :18:35.manage to smuggle it out and the very idea that something as heavy
:18:35. > :18:43.as this was a valued so much. Residents in Airdrie and Coatbridge
:18:43. > :18:47.were overwhelmed. The siege ended in 1944. By then, 750,000 people
:18:47. > :18:50.had starved to death. This book is kept under lock and key in
:18:51. > :18:54.temperature controlled conditions. The Scottish Book is held at the
:18:54. > :18:59.State Museum in St Petersburg and the story of the two Scottish towns
:18:59. > :19:08.is told in classrooms across the city. The kindness of the people of
:19:08. > :19:13.Airdrie and Coatbridge will never be forgotten.
:19:13. > :19:16.And to the sport. Celtic are facing another
:19:16. > :19:21.investigation after more reports of offensive chanting by their fans.
:19:21. > :19:25.This time it is the SPL conducting the investigation. UEFA are also
:19:25. > :19:29.looking into reports of illicit chanting by Celtic fans. Of
:19:29. > :19:33.reporter is in the newsroom. What are the SPL at exactly
:19:33. > :19:39.investigating? It all centres around an SPL match between Celtic
:19:39. > :19:44.and Hibernian at Celtic Park on 29th October. In his report to the
:19:44. > :19:48.SPL, the police match commander Eddie Smith said there had beat
:19:48. > :19:53.pro-IRA chanting. It has also be reported there were two arrests
:19:53. > :20:03.made during the game as well. This is what the SPL operations director
:20:03. > :20:10.
:20:10. > :20:13.Ian Blair is saying. I am currently And have caused this all comes hot
:20:14. > :20:18.on the heels of the UEFA investigation into what they
:20:18. > :20:21.describe as illicit chanting to link Celtic's UEFA leak victory
:20:21. > :20:26.over Rennes at the start of this month. That disciplinary hearing
:20:26. > :20:30.will be held on 8th December. are Celtic saying and what
:20:30. > :20:34.punishment could they be in for if the fans are found guilty? They are
:20:34. > :20:39.not saying much. They have condemned offensive singing in the
:20:39. > :20:45.recent past. If found guilty, as it is a first offence, it would
:20:45. > :20:55.probably be a warning although points deductions and stay
:20:55. > :20:58.
:20:58. > :21:03.enclosure are also options. -- stadium Enclosure. For the moment
:21:03. > :21:06.we are away to the SPL's judgment. Scotland's Under-21s have given
:21:06. > :21:10.themselves a great chance of reaching the European Championships
:21:10. > :21:13.for the first time in 15 years. A 2-1 away victory over the
:21:13. > :21:16.Netherlands moved Scotland up to second place in their qualifying
:21:16. > :21:21.group. Back home with plenty to smile
:21:21. > :21:31.about. Scotland's Under 21 victory in Holland may have been a surprise
:21:31. > :21:31.
:21:31. > :21:36.but according to the manager it was deserved. It was a great night. It
:21:36. > :21:43.is always down to players. They got a performance deserving of the
:21:43. > :21:48.result. It only takes a minute. COMMENTATOR: A spectacular start
:21:48. > :21:53.for Scotland! In Jonathan Rhodes' case, it takes less than that. He
:21:54. > :21:57.scored with just 59 seconds on the clock. A sixth goal in the last
:21:57. > :22:02.three qualifiers for him giving Scotland an improbable lead against
:22:02. > :22:07.the group 10 favourites. The Dutch started to look increasingly fluent
:22:07. > :22:17.but there was a goalkeeping error and out controversial decision to
:22:17. > :22:21.
:22:21. > :22:25.even things out., total a terrific save from the goalkeeper.
:22:25. > :22:28.minutes after the break, David Wotherspoon restored the lead for
:22:28. > :22:34.the visitors. The Dutch goalkeeper could have done better but it was a
:22:34. > :22:41.fine finish. So a win for Scotland in the Netherlands, boosting their
:22:41. > :22:46.chances of reaching their first European championships since 1996.
:22:46. > :22:52.That is all the sport. At 20 metres long and two metres
:22:52. > :22:58.high, it is not a painting to hang above the fireplace. When
:22:58. > :23:05.Edinburgh-based artist Christopher Rutter third decided to catch at
:23:05. > :23:15.the essence off Tam O'Shanter, he realised he had to think big. --
:23:15. > :23:21.
:23:21. > :23:25.Chris Wood do that. READS TAM 'O SHANTER.
:23:25. > :23:35.A compilation of key scenes which come together to illustrate the
:23:35. > :23:37.
:23:37. > :23:45.poem's big picture, victory. We see the drink fuelled imaginations of
:23:45. > :23:52.witches and demons on a terror fuelled by right home to a wife
:23:52. > :23:56.nursing her wrath. I like the Skye Bridge his pet pig. It took six
:23:56. > :23:59.months and here is how it happened. Chris sketched it all first in
:23:59. > :24:04.meticulous detail before up scaling it on to canvas cover sheets of
:24:04. > :24:14.private. Pastel and acrylic paints first and then boils protected by a
:24:14. > :24:14.
:24:14. > :24:18.beeswax. -- oils it was like a conveyor belt of productivity.
:24:18. > :24:24.People in my studio kept saying, he has not realised quite what he has
:24:24. > :24:28.left himself in for. I did not think it was in my interest to let
:24:28. > :24:33.the reality peers my stupidity. I just kept belting on and you get
:24:33. > :24:38.there in the end. The finished work has been on short-term display
:24:38. > :24:45.where the tale is set. This really is amazing and the detail and the
:24:45. > :24:49.covers are fantastic. The response has been just phenomenal. At 68 ft
:24:49. > :24:53.long by 7 ft high, it is an epic illustration of an epic poem.
:24:53. > :24:57.Destined eventually for the walls of a pub in Glasgow, to be hung
:24:57. > :25:07.there for the edification and entertainment of its Drouthy
:25:07. > :25:14.
:25:14. > :25:18.Let's see what sort of story the Not too bad. It was cloudy today
:25:18. > :25:22.but a little bit of brightness. We did have a sheet across much of
:25:22. > :25:27.Scotland. However, clear skies in the North West and parts of the
:25:27. > :25:31.South West. So some sunshine here. Overnight, fairly cloudy and quite
:25:31. > :25:35.chilly. In those places we saw clear skies today in the north-west
:25:35. > :25:40.and the south-west, we will see clear skies overnight tonight. Here
:25:40. > :25:46.it will turn quite chilly. Lows around freezing. Perhaps below.
:25:46. > :25:50.Some mist and fog patches forming and some ice. In general, fairly
:25:50. > :25:54.cloudy and those around -- billows around five or six Celsius.
:25:54. > :25:58.Tomorrow morning, mist and fog stubborn to clear but once it does,
:25:59. > :26:03.again a largely dry day. A bit cloudy but as we go through the day,
:26:03. > :26:06.bright and sunny spells developing. More in the way of sunshine at the
:26:06. > :26:15.east coast and around the North East and Grampian, which has not
:26:15. > :26:19.seen that much sunshine. And the favourite spot in the North West.
:26:19. > :26:24.Some cooler spots where the fog is a bit stubborn to clear. As we had
:26:24. > :26:28.to tomorrow evening and overnight, clad building on the South West.
:26:29. > :26:34.This approaching weather front which will push into the West
:26:34. > :26:37.overnight tonight into Thursday. Very heavy bursts of within that
:26:37. > :26:43.although largely light and patchy. That sets us up for Thursday, which
:26:43. > :26:48.will be quite cloudy with outbreaks of rain in the West. A drier and
:26:48. > :26:53.brighter evening towards the east. Into Thursday night and we have a
:26:53. > :26:57.similar thing happening. Overnight, a gain a weather front pushing in
:26:57. > :27:04.across the country. However, that will linger with us for much of
:27:04. > :27:14.Friday. More of a showery picture eventually. Friday is showery.
:27:14. > :27:15.
:27:15. > :27:19.Pretty mild. We will keep that for Before we go, a summary of
:27:19. > :27:22.tonight's main stories: The public backlash against higher fuel prices
:27:22. > :27:26.reached the UK parliament today with a boat at recording on the
:27:27. > :27:31.Government to hold motoring costs down. A special discount scheme to
:27:31. > :27:34.counteract rocketing petrol prices in island communities and rural
:27:34. > :27:37.areas in Scotland could be in place within months.
:27:37. > :27:42.The future of cross-border sleeper services is under renewed scrutiny
:27:42. > :27:45.following the publication of a consultation document which suggest
:27:45. > :27:49.the number of overnight trains between Scotland and London could
:27:49. > :27:55.be dramatically reduced. The document is designed to promote