:00:12. > :00:15.Welcome to Monday's Reporting Scotland. Tonight on your national
:00:15. > :00:17.news... The former Scottish athletic star
:00:18. > :00:27.Liz McColgan has been found not guilty of assaulting her estranged
:00:28. > :00:34.
:00:35. > :00:37.husband. Later in the programme...
:00:37. > :00:40.As the festive season approaches, are wallets staying tightly shut?
:00:40. > :00:44.Christmas is coming, the lights are on but where's the retail rush? The
:00:44. > :00:47.numbers visiting high streets and shopping centres take a nose-dive.
:00:47. > :00:54.It's a bumpy ride in Scotland. We've got more potholes per mile
:00:54. > :00:57.than anywhere else in Britain. Rock climbing started in Scotland
:00:57. > :01:03.one hundred and forty years ago. Now intrepid BBC filmmakers have
:01:03. > :01:05.decided to re-create that first ascent.
:01:05. > :01:09.The former world champion athlete Liz McColgan has been found not
:01:09. > :01:12.guilty of assaulting her estranged husband. A court heard today how
:01:12. > :01:16.the couple had fallen out over a solicitor's letter she received
:01:16. > :01:19.from Peter McColgan suggesting they should sell their family home. If
:01:19. > :01:29.convicted, it would have spelt the end of the Olympic silver
:01:29. > :01:29.
:01:29. > :03:41.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 131 seconds
:03:41. > :03:43.There was bad news for retailers today as figures suggested that the
:03:43. > :03:46.number of people passing through Scotland's shopping areas has
:03:46. > :03:49.fallen by 9% on last year. The Scottish Retail Consortium has
:03:50. > :03:59.called it a nosedive and with just over a month to go until Christmas,
:04:00. > :04:01.
:04:01. > :04:05.retailers will be hoping for a This year, a lot of bang, but not
:04:05. > :04:12.so many box. The man Scottish consumers spent last month was
:04:12. > :04:16.lower than the year before by 0.1%. Inflation soared by 5%. But for is
:04:16. > :04:23.another measure, the number of people walking past the shop doors.
:04:23. > :04:28.It has nosedived by 9%, three times the UK rate of fall. Fewer people
:04:28. > :04:33.are going shopping. Why? There is less money around and prices keep
:04:33. > :04:38.going up. It is very worrying to see these figures so close to
:04:38. > :04:41.Christmas. Retailers have had a very tough time up until now. Lots
:04:41. > :04:45.of them are investing an enormous amount of hope into Christmas. What
:04:45. > :04:50.they really want to see his spending going up, which requires a
:04:50. > :04:55.shopper numbers to go up. There are other changes. We are shifting our
:04:55. > :05:00.spending on line. That is good news for Amazon's Scottish distribution
:05:00. > :05:05.centres. And we are spending earlier because of last year's snow.
:05:05. > :05:09.Today is manic Monday, the first of two spikes inactivity. If the
:05:09. > :05:15.system works, then people will be increasingly attracted to doing
:05:15. > :05:19.that, rather than going into the shops. And you can prize compare
:05:19. > :05:24.online. Price is a driver during a recession and going online maybe
:05:24. > :05:29.the solution for many. The big growth area this Christmas could be
:05:29. > :05:33.around smart phones. One scan of a barcode on this and I can get price
:05:33. > :05:37.comparison online and on the High Street to find out where the best
:05:37. > :05:41.deals are. Between technology and caution on the economy, the
:05:41. > :05:45.consumer is in charge. I am usually quite lucky at Christmas and I
:05:45. > :05:52.normally get bargains. I try to get quite a bit online. It makes it
:05:52. > :05:56.easier. You can shop around. I just give my wife my cheque book and she
:05:56. > :06:01.spends it! As one Glasgow Shop founder this morning, another way
:06:01. > :06:08.of boosting football and getting people into your shop, getting
:06:08. > :06:11.Westlife to pay a visit! Still to come: The unique link that
:06:11. > :06:16.is helping recovering drug addicts here, as well as some of the
:06:16. > :06:20.poorest people in Africa. So Scottish fishermen are hailing a
:06:21. > :06:25.new deal to sell their prawns closer to home instead of abroad.
:06:25. > :06:29.The SPL are celebrating the signing of a lucrative new five-year TV
:06:29. > :06:39.deal. But Andy Murray is sweating over his future at the ATP World
:06:39. > :06:40.
:06:40. > :06:44.Tour finals in London, after losing out to David Ferrer.
:06:44. > :06:52.Her murder trial has heard how the badly decomposed body of a toddler
:06:52. > :06:55.was found in a top. -- in a cot. There was a terrible smell in the
:06:55. > :07:01.house and a child had been dead for some time. His mother denies
:07:01. > :07:05.murdering him and pretending he was still alive.
:07:05. > :07:09.The jury heard today what a paramedic and police found in his
:07:10. > :07:15.flat in Paisley when called to it in March last year. Raymond Kelly,
:07:15. > :07:19.a paramedic, was first to arrive at 6:20pm. He told the court that the
:07:19. > :07:24.first thing he noticed was the smell. They did not seem to be any
:07:24. > :07:28.electricity. The place was in darkness. He said he went into the
:07:28. > :07:32.room and saw a baby. He quickly realised there had been a death. He
:07:33. > :07:37.called the police. The police constable that derive told the
:07:37. > :07:42.court that there was a god awful smell. I saw the child lying in the
:07:42. > :07:47.cot and I knew we had been dead for some time. The body was quite badly
:07:47. > :07:50.decomposed. Andrew Dunn was a detective
:07:50. > :07:54.sergeant with the police at the time. He was the crime scene
:07:54. > :07:58.manager that night. He told the court when the end cake is came to
:07:58. > :08:04.take the body to York Hill, that he had to be carried out on the
:08:04. > :08:08.mattress. -- when the undertakers came. He told the court about the
:08:08. > :08:13.unkempt and dirty flat. There were open milk cartons, alcohol bottles
:08:13. > :08:18.and clothes strewn around the floor. The police constable said there was
:08:18. > :08:23.a pile of soiled nappies sitting in a child's bath. The court also
:08:23. > :08:27.heard from the health visitor Linda Flanagan. She became involved with
:08:27. > :08:31.the mother of the child in August 2009. She told the court that she
:08:31. > :08:36.had repeatedly tried to visit her of but on each occasion there was
:08:36. > :08:44.nobody in. At the beginning of March, 2010, she officially
:08:44. > :08:48.notified social services of her concerns. The mother sobbed loudly
:08:48. > :08:52.in the dock. She denies murdering her son and all the charges against
:08:52. > :09:01.her, including attempting to defeat justice, by pretending to a number
:09:01. > :09:05.of people that Declan was still alive. The trial continues.
:09:05. > :09:09.Scotland has more pot holes per mile than anywhere else in Britain,
:09:09. > :09:13.according to an army of pothole hunters. It is the result of
:09:13. > :09:16.research carried out by members of the motoring organisation. Many
:09:17. > :09:26.councils have increased spending on road repairs after two severe
:09:27. > :09:27.
:09:27. > :09:31.winters. They are the bane of every driver's life. The cause of bumpy
:09:31. > :09:37.journeys and damage to cars. At this garage in Aberdeen, they are
:09:38. > :09:46.fixing more pothole damage than ever. This brings, the wheels are
:09:46. > :09:50.damaged, and this year is much worse. -- springs. You are talking
:09:50. > :09:54.about hundreds of vehicles compared to last year. Now a survey suggests
:09:54. > :09:58.that the problem in Scotland is worse than anywhere in the UK.
:09:58. > :10:03.According to the Automobile Association, are a typical stretch
:10:03. > :10:07.of road, there could be 35 pot holes or defects, compared to the
:10:07. > :10:14.UK average of 28. This was no surprise to some Edinburgh taxi
:10:14. > :10:20.drivers. The repair to my black cab have been more than double in the
:10:20. > :10:27.last two years. Sometimes when we were put 12 hour shift, then we
:10:27. > :10:33.feel sore in our back. -- when we work a 12 hour shift. The roads in
:10:33. > :10:38.Edinburgh are bad. Councils are responsible for the vast bulk of
:10:38. > :10:43.our roads. Two severe winters stretched resources and many up to
:10:43. > :10:48.the amount they spent on repairs, but money is tight. With the
:10:48. > :10:56.pressure on council budgets throughout Scotland, we need to
:10:56. > :11:01.make hard decisions. For example, we have done over 8000 pot holes in
:11:01. > :11:05.the last financial year. Battling pot holes can seemed
:11:05. > :11:10.never-ending. Almost as soon as one gets repaired, there is a report of
:11:10. > :11:13.a new one somewhere else. But the number of potholes can beg
:11:13. > :11:19.legitimate questions about how much is spent trying to maintain roads
:11:19. > :11:26.before they deteriorate. The worse the road is to begin with, the more
:11:26. > :11:30.likely pot holes are to form. Now some of the other stories
:11:30. > :11:37.across Scotland. Two students at Forth Valley College's Falkirk
:11:37. > :11:46.campus have the dreaded tuberculosis. The cases are
:11:46. > :11:50.believed to be linked. -- have contracted tuberculosis. Family
:11:50. > :11:57.members and students will be given precautionary checks.
:11:57. > :12:00.Jobs will be created in Moray. Capita is opening a call centre in
:12:00. > :12:04.Forres. Staff will be working on behalf of an energy company and
:12:04. > :12:08.will start work in February. Europe's biggest lottery winners
:12:08. > :12:12.have given �1 million to the Scottish National Party. Chris and
:12:12. > :12:17.Colin Weir from Largs say that the gift from the �161 million winnings
:12:17. > :12:26.is about more than party politics. It is the largest donation in the
:12:26. > :12:30.SNP's history and will help to fund their independence referendum.
:12:30. > :12:34.A unique link giving employment and hope has been forged between Ghana
:12:34. > :12:41.and Greenock. It is based on a naturally occurring nut, harvested
:12:41. > :12:44.by the poorest people in Africa. The project has helped them and
:12:44. > :12:49.also recovering drug addicts in Inverclyde.
:12:49. > :12:53.It is about as far from the heat of Africa as you could imagine. From
:12:54. > :13:00.high in the hills above Greenock, comes hope for impoverished women
:13:00. > :13:05.and children. Shea butter, the product of a wild growing nut in
:13:05. > :13:13.Ghana, is being turned into Premium soap and cosmetics. It provides
:13:13. > :13:17.fair trade income for people in Ghana. Women have been earning
:13:17. > :13:23.Sunday 5p per day. When they work with us, that income goes up to one
:13:23. > :13:28.pound 50. -- 75p per day. With us, that income goes up to one pound
:13:28. > :13:37.50p. And they are not selling their children into bonded labour and
:13:37. > :13:43.child trafficking. We are changing To gathering there not only give
:13:43. > :13:48.the local women and income for a short time. Now, 1000 women turned
:13:48. > :13:53.and not saying to shea butter. That gives them an income all-year-round.
:13:53. > :13:58.The charity plows products back in two Ghana and provides a school for
:13:58. > :14:03.the local community. There is a benefit for Scotland, to. Back in
:14:03. > :14:07.Greenland, recovering -- Greenock recovering drug addicts make the
:14:08. > :14:12.shea butter. They receive training and employment vital if they are to
:14:12. > :14:17.stay drug-free. The process has given us the opportunity to get
:14:17. > :14:23.back into employment. It has given us confidence. It has shown us new
:14:24. > :14:33.skills to get back out there and back into society. If you don't
:14:34. > :14:36.
:14:36. > :14:41.have a job, nobody will touch you. It will give us a bit of money.
:14:41. > :14:46.That will give us something to focus on and a normal life. A new
:14:46. > :14:51.factory will provide 20 jobs giving employment hope in Ghana and
:14:51. > :14:56.Greenock. And from shea butter to prongs.
:14:56. > :15:01.West coast prawn fishermen say a significant deal to supply a major
:15:01. > :15:05.supermarket chain will allow them to get rid of their dependency on
:15:05. > :15:14.unstable markets. From this week, west-coast Proms are going to be
:15:14. > :15:18.sold at hundreds of Sainsbury's stores. The search for fresh
:15:19. > :15:23.Scottish Proms can be fruitless. It is seen as a travesty that as the
:15:23. > :15:28.West coast's finest shellfish is exported but then bars of landing
:15:28. > :15:36.here, customers are left to buy an inferior product imported from as
:15:36. > :15:44.far away from Bangladesh and Thailand. It is incredible.
:15:44. > :15:50.Compared to our stuff, which is just on the doorstep. It is a far
:15:50. > :15:55.tastier product. There are no rubbish Scottish Proms. They're all
:15:55. > :16:00.good quality, succulent and delicious. In a unique deal struck
:16:00. > :16:03.between the Sainsbury's supermarket chain and local fishermen, fresh
:16:03. > :16:07.supplies of these are set to become available at fish counters
:16:07. > :16:13.throughout its UK stores. I am hoping it will bring a bit of
:16:13. > :16:17.stability to the prices. For too long, they have been there too low.
:16:17. > :16:23.We were used to have a big fleet of boats to get them, but there's
:16:23. > :16:27.hardly any left. That as many been down to poor prices. The contract
:16:27. > :16:31.is a godsend for struggling West coast fishing communities.
:16:31. > :16:35.Fishermen from here can reduce the dependency they have on overseas
:16:35. > :16:40.markets. It is also voted for offer them some protection from an
:16:40. > :16:45.unsteady eurozone. There is obviously tremendous economic
:16:45. > :16:51.volatility and currency volatility. We are hoping that the immediate
:16:51. > :16:55.benefit will be a degree of price stability, which allows the crews
:16:55. > :16:59.and the boats themselves to plan their futures better. Sainsbury's
:16:59. > :17:01.bosses say they are delighted to be involved in a partnership which
:17:01. > :17:11.gives quality to customers while supporting the Scottish fishing
:17:11. > :17:12.
:17:12. > :17:16.industry. And now the sport.
:17:16. > :17:20.The Scottish Premier League has secured a new live TV deal worth
:17:20. > :17:25.�50 million more than the previous one. Sky and ESPN have renewed
:17:25. > :17:30.their skirt partnership with the league for a further five years.
:17:30. > :17:34.That may help in the search for a new sponsor.
:17:34. > :17:40.Despite what you might sometimes hear and see, the Scottish Premier
:17:40. > :17:44.League can actually be quite good. Sky and ESPN certainly thinks so.
:17:44. > :17:49.They are committed to a new five- year deal with the League. The
:17:49. > :17:52.previous one struck three years ago was worth �65 million. Today, at
:17:52. > :18:01.the Scottish Premier League announced that deal would be cut
:18:01. > :18:06.short to be replaced by a new The SPL cannot go into the
:18:06. > :18:11.financial detail, but I understand it is worth �85 million, an
:18:11. > :18:15.increase of �50 million on the previous deal. Those TV deals are
:18:15. > :18:21.on the decrees, so that is pretty good business. The SPL hope that it
:18:21. > :18:24.will help them attract a new sponsor. I think this is
:18:24. > :18:28.fundamental to the type of sponsorship deal and it puts us in
:18:28. > :18:32.good shape. We have seen increases in viewer numbers on to be over the
:18:32. > :18:38.past few years. There is a real interest in Scottish football and
:18:38. > :18:44.the SPL, and a thing that has been reflected in the announcement today.
:18:44. > :18:49.Mr Doncaster says that viewing figures are by 28% following the
:18:49. > :18:53.recent deal, but there is some doubt about whether that is due to
:18:53. > :18:58.the SPL. If you are signing up to a Sky package, you are doing it to
:18:58. > :19:04.get the English games. You will watch the Scottish football as well,
:19:04. > :19:09.but would you get that deal if you did not get the English football?
:19:09. > :19:16.Probably not. It is misleading to say that Scottish football is
:19:16. > :19:21.attractive purely based on their viewing figures. The clubs have
:19:21. > :19:25.been persuaded not to pursue their plans to launch their own channel.
:19:25. > :19:29.Andy Murray's future at the ATP World Tour finals hangs in the
:19:29. > :19:33.balance. He aggravated a groin injury after he was defeated by
:19:33. > :19:39.David Ferrer. He will decide whether he is fit enough to carry
:19:39. > :19:44.on in the tournament. We report from the O2 Arena in London.
:19:44. > :19:51.A warm welcome from the London crowd. They watched their man score
:19:51. > :19:55.an early lead in game three. But with him serving badly, he allowed
:19:55. > :19:59.David Ferrer to break right back. To a very good game from the
:19:59. > :20:05.Spaniard but too many mistakes from Andy Murray. He did find some
:20:05. > :20:09.rhythm. But the Spaniard was digging in and claimed the first
:20:09. > :20:15.set, while the Scot was left frustrated and hurting in more ways
:20:15. > :20:20.than one. The massage seemed to work wonders because to do than
:20:20. > :20:25.instant advantage in the second set. -- he took an instant advantage.
:20:25. > :20:30.But to let that advantage slip again. He found his way through the
:20:30. > :20:40.second time, but David Ferrer went one better, getting his first ever
:20:40. > :20:43.
:20:43. > :20:48.victory against the spot on hard court surface. -- this spot.
:20:48. > :20:54.problem with my groin. We will have to see how it goes for tomorrow. I
:20:54. > :20:58.will decide tomorrow whether raw not I can keep playing. Injury
:20:58. > :21:02.permitting, he will play either Novac Djokovic or Thomas Berdych on
:21:02. > :21:07.Wednesday. Gary Anderson's dream of winning
:21:07. > :21:11.his first ever grandson of darts has fallen short. He lost out to 15
:21:11. > :21:15.times World Champion Phil The Power Taylor in Wolverhampton. It was a
:21:15. > :21:21.one-sided final but Garrett Anderson received a �60,000
:21:21. > :21:31.consolation prize for reaching the last two. -- Gary Anderson.
:21:31. > :21:37.Newtonmore won de shinty World Cup title by beating Kyles Athletic.
:21:37. > :21:47.Newtonmore add this title to become a niche Cup that they won last year.
:21:47. > :21:47.
:21:47. > :21:50.Congratulations to them. -- These days, huge numbers of people
:21:51. > :21:54.around the world climb for sport. But just who were the first people
:21:55. > :21:57.to climb, not just because they had to, but for the sheer fun of it? A
:21:58. > :22:00.BBC documentary reveals that 140 years ago, a team of young Scots
:22:00. > :22:02.climbed across to the Stack of Handa, on the Sutherland coast
:22:03. > :22:08.which was, quite possibly, the world's first ascent. Our
:22:08. > :22:18.correspondent David Henderson takes up the story.
:22:18. > :22:21.
:22:21. > :22:27.Take care! Setting off across the abyss. Scotland's leading rock
:22:27. > :22:34.climb or takes his life in his hands. He swings out towards the
:22:34. > :22:36.cliff. It is a massive land work. It really is the start of it. It is
:22:36. > :22:42.the first time recreational climbing has been recorded in our
:22:42. > :22:48.country. It predates anything in the Lake District. Rock climbing
:22:48. > :22:56.started in Scotland. 140 years ago, three young men arrived here by
:22:56. > :23:05.boat. They cross from the North tip of Lewis. They came to climb and
:23:05. > :23:09.the stack just for fun. It must have been one of the greatest. It
:23:09. > :23:14.was certainly mentioned in my childhood. There was a lot of
:23:14. > :23:22.competition and aggression between and the people of Lewis and of
:23:22. > :23:28.Sutherland. The men of Louis would construct themselves in this way
:23:28. > :23:33.and tell others to beat that. today, this is an amazing feat. In
:23:33. > :23:38.the 1870s, it was much more. A moment in history when the sport of
:23:38. > :23:42.climbing was born. Climbing has changed a lot since that epic first
:23:42. > :23:48.ascent. The equipment is better, and as a sport, it is enjoyed by
:23:48. > :23:51.millions of people around the world. At its heart, it remains the same.
:23:51. > :23:57.All you need is a sense of adventure and a wild dream. For
:23:57. > :24:02.many years, this kind was ignored and forgotten. Now, it can take its
:24:02. > :24:12.place as the first of its kind. And you can see more on that on BBC Two
:24:12. > :24:15.
:24:15. > :24:23.Scotland tomorrow night at 7pm. Let's get the weather forecast now
:24:23. > :24:28.Things are going to get more changeable by the middle of the
:24:28. > :24:32.week. The seething, there is a lot of dry weather initially, although
:24:32. > :24:36.we will start to see an area of more persistent rain edging and
:24:36. > :24:40.across western and southern Scotland. It will extend across the
:24:40. > :24:43.country. We will see some heavy bursts of rain. There will be some
:24:43. > :24:47.mist and fog patches developing over the higher ground of the
:24:47. > :24:50.Southern Highlands. By the end of the night, we will see clearer
:24:50. > :24:55.conditions developing along the west coast. The temperatures will
:24:55. > :25:00.reflect that. Further East, under that rain, that temperatures will
:25:00. > :25:05.be as high as nine degrees. Tomorrow starts off with this dry,
:25:05. > :25:09.clear weather in the West, which turns to sunshine once we see first
:25:09. > :25:13.flight. Effectively, it chases that rain away as it pushes the way into
:25:13. > :25:16.the North Sea. Some lovely spells of sunshine developing for western
:25:16. > :25:24.Scotland during the morning. If we take a closer look at tomorrow
:25:24. > :25:29.afternoon, for the Inner Hebrides and the south-west, at a beautiful
:25:29. > :25:36.day. Since buying -- fine spells of sunshine. Nor Sir, it will be
:25:36. > :25:40.similar. Along the North, a lot of sunshine to be found. Rain and
:25:40. > :25:44.cloud in Shetland. That could be the legacy of the morning's cloud
:25:44. > :25:49.and rain. But that will clear during the afternoon. For the
:25:49. > :25:53.eastern coastal areas towards the border, dry with bright spells of
:25:53. > :25:57.sunshine. Temperatures of ten Celsius. During the afternoon, we
:25:57. > :26:01.will start to see a bit of a change with cloud increasing across the
:26:01. > :26:05.Outer Hebrides. A strong south- westerly wind develops across the
:26:05. > :26:10.Outer Hebrides. For the outlook, this weather front will straddle
:26:10. > :26:14.the country on Wednesday, bringing outbreaks of rain for western and
:26:14. > :26:16.southern Scotland. Here is that frame. It will be heavier cross and
:26:16. > :26:22.North-West with light from the south-west. Little gets through to
:26:22. > :26:25.Now, just before seven o'clock, a summary of tonight's top stories...
:26:25. > :26:28.Milly Dowler's mother has described how she believes she was duped by a
:26:28. > :26:31.phone hacker into believing her teenage daughter was alive. She
:26:31. > :26:34.told the Leveson Inquiry into press ethics about the moment when, after
:26:34. > :26:38.days of finding Millie's voice mail full, she was suddenly able to
:26:38. > :26:41.leave a message. What she didn't know at the time was that Millie's
:26:41. > :26:44.phone had been hacked. More than 30 people have been
:26:44. > :26:47.killed and 1,800 wounded in clashes in Cairo between Egypt's miltary
:26:47. > :26:50.and pro-democracy supporters. The civilians are unhappy at how the
:26:50. > :26:57.country is being run, nine months after the dictator Hosni Mubarak
:26:57. > :27:00.was ousted. The former world champion athlete
:27:00. > :27:04.Liz McColgan has been found not guilty of assaulting her estranged
:27:04. > :27:06.husband. A court heard today how the couple had fallen out over a
:27:06. > :27:11.solicitor's letter she received from Peter McColgan suggesting they
:27:11. > :27:14.should sell their family home. The number of people passing through
:27:14. > :27:17.Scotland's shopping areas has fallen by nine percent on last year.
:27:17. > :27:20.The Scottish Retail Consortium has called it a nosedive and with just
:27:20. > :27:25.over a month to go until Christmas retailers are hoping for a quick