:00:13. > :00:16.Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight on your national news:
:00:16. > :00:18.Jailed for life, the serial offender with a history of violence
:00:18. > :00:25.who murdered Lanarkshire student Reamonn Gormley in an unprovoked
:00:25. > :00:30.attack. Scotland prepares to be battered again, a red alert from
:00:30. > :00:40.the met office with a warning of 90 mile an hour winds for tomorrow.
:00:40. > :00:46.
:00:46. > :00:50.And later in the programme: there's been another murder. Another one.
:00:50. > :00:53.The longest ever said of Taggart of all time. The Channel five
:00:53. > :00:55.presenter Matthew Wright is forced to apologise after making these
:00:55. > :00:58.comments about the murder of a teenager on the Western Isles.
:00:58. > :01:03.And delivering another little angel, the mother who's been in labour for
:01:03. > :01:06.three weeks producing sixteen babies.
:01:06. > :01:09.The man who murdered the Glasgow University student Reamonn Gormley
:01:09. > :01:12.in Blantyre last February has been sentenced to life in prison. Daryn
:01:12. > :01:16.Maxwell will have to serve at least 19 years before he can be
:01:16. > :01:19.considered for parole. In a moving statement, Raemonn's family told
:01:19. > :01:23.how they think of him first thing in the morning, last thing at night
:01:23. > :01:33.and a hundred times in between. Our Home Affairs correspondent, Reevel
:01:33. > :01:34.
:01:34. > :01:39.Alderson reports. Arriving to hear his sentence, Mr
:01:39. > :01:44.Maxwell already has three sentences for violence, he must serve at
:01:44. > :01:49.least 19 years. Barry Smith was armed with a chisel and although he
:01:49. > :01:53.did not use it he admitted the couple, side. He has been jailed
:01:53. > :02:00.for eight years and three months. Raymond's family issued a statement
:02:00. > :02:10.saying they are still struggling to come to terms with his death. The
:02:10. > :02:18.
:02:18. > :02:24.statement continued. Two His death deeply affected the
:02:24. > :02:31.community, with hundreds attending his funeral. The priest who
:02:31. > :02:36.conducted the service said that has affected his family, whose
:02:36. > :02:41.suffering from his death. family will never be the same again,
:02:41. > :02:47.they will never forget. A good family, could community support.
:02:47. > :02:51.They will not wake up from this nightmare. The devastation was felt
:02:51. > :02:55.on the other side of the world, where he had taught in a primary
:02:55. > :03:02.school. The head teacher remembers him as an inspirational figure
:03:02. > :03:07.loved by the community. Even now, all this time later, not just the
:03:07. > :03:13.school but the whole village. All of the young people in the school,
:03:13. > :03:17.tears everywhere. He was stabbed in the neck by Maxwell at the end of
:03:17. > :03:22.this lane. He staggered back to the pub where he had watched football
:03:22. > :03:28.that evening, but as he lay dying from the fatal wound, he pleaded
:03:28. > :03:34.with those around him, please don't let me die. Within a few days of
:03:34. > :03:39.his murder a walk was commemorated to remember his life. 3000 people
:03:39. > :03:43.took part. It has turned into the anti- knife group, Campaign for
:03:43. > :03:47.change. His family have said there has been some sort of justice but
:03:47. > :03:52.it has brought no comfort. Gales of up to ninety-miles-an-hour
:03:52. > :03:55.are set to rip through central Scotland tomorrow. The Met Office
:03:55. > :04:02.has taken the rare step of issuing a Red Warning. And ministers are
:04:02. > :04:07.warning of serious disruption to road and rail services.
:04:07. > :04:13.There's a very high like a it of travel destruction, including
:04:13. > :04:19.closes of Bridges, so we are advising people that we are putting
:04:19. > :04:28.in place provisions. We can move debris away from transport
:04:28. > :04:32.corridors, and we have chainsaws to make sure we can get any debris
:04:32. > :04:40.away from Julie Peacock is at the Forth Bridges for us now. Julie,
:04:40. > :04:45.what more can you tell us? expect this storm to break -- bring
:04:45. > :04:50.big problems. Dangerous driving conditions, even the possibility of
:04:50. > :04:55.power cuts in some areas. The storm is expected to hit between 3pm and
:04:55. > :05:00.6pm tomorrow, and people are beginning to make their way home.
:05:00. > :05:06.Police are telling drivers that congestion on the road will be
:05:06. > :05:09.extremely difficult. Expect some serious delays. Transport: are
:05:09. > :05:16.saying you may as well forget about the bridge has like the one behind
:05:16. > :05:23.me being open. As for the Rail, we are expecting delays, ScotRail are
:05:23. > :05:30.telling people to check before they travel. How rare are discussed at
:05:30. > :05:35.this time of year? We can expect a Red Warning tomorrow, and normally
:05:35. > :05:42.once or twice a year, but in Shetland she may wonder what all of
:05:42. > :05:47.the fuss is about. On the 1st December were gusts of 90 mph, but
:05:47. > :05:51.this warning is about where it hits, the central belt where there is a
:05:51. > :05:56.large population, big buildings and where the possibility for damages
:05:57. > :06:01.far greater. The government are taking this very seriously, holding
:06:01. > :06:06.a cabinet meeting tonight to see how this will impact on other
:06:06. > :06:11.services like schools. Some councils, like Stirling, have
:06:11. > :06:16.decided to close all of their schools and lunchtime tomorrow.
:06:16. > :06:26.the latest on school closures and travel disruptions you can go to
:06:26. > :06:26.
:06:27. > :06:29.The family of a teenager murdered on Lewis have condemned the Channel
:06:29. > :06:32.5 presenter Matthew Wright for comments made on his show about
:06:32. > :06:35.their son's death. Liam Aitcheson's body was discovered in a derelict
:06:35. > :06:45.building on the outskirts of Stornoway last week. It was the
:06:45. > :06:49.first murder there since 1968. Raymond Buchanan reports.
:06:49. > :06:54.Police are still trying to find out who killed Liam. The 16 year-old
:06:54. > :06:59.body was discovered over a week ago in this derelict building. Murders
:06:59. > :07:08.are rare in the Western Isles, so rare they make headlines across the
:07:08. > :07:14.UK. On Channel 5 yesterday, the death featured in a paper review on
:07:14. > :07:24.Matthew Wright's programme. first murder in the Hebrides, on
:07:24. > :07:31.the Isle of Lewis. The first one for 40 years. The longest episode
:07:31. > :07:35.of Taggart of all time. His family reacted to the broadcast with a
:07:36. > :07:41.statement to police. We are very disappointed with the offensive
:07:41. > :07:47.nature of the programme, this is very upsetting and insulting. Not
:07:47. > :07:52.just for the family but the whole community of the Western Isles.
:07:52. > :07:56.This morning Matthew Wright apologised. Some of you have been
:07:56. > :08:06.upset about the Commons yesterday in the paper review. I would like
:08:06. > :08:06.
:08:06. > :08:11.to apologise if that is the case. I did not want to belittle anybody.
:08:11. > :08:16.Just a few minutes later on a chat about controversial celebrities, he
:08:16. > :08:23.suggested he was being crucified by complainers. People are trying to
:08:24. > :08:29.now me to the cross to shut me up. I would like him to see -- I would
:08:29. > :08:34.like to see him off the air. He has gone way too far, not good enough.
:08:34. > :08:41.He apologised sort of, but in a very grudging manner. Disgusted by
:08:41. > :08:48.his behaviour. A off, still decide if the broadcasting code has been
:08:48. > :08:51.broken. -- off,. You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC.
:08:51. > :08:54.Still to come on the programme. The number of teachers working in
:08:54. > :08:57.Scotland's schools has fallen to its lowest point since 2007.
:08:57. > :09:00.In sport: Celtic give an international defender a trial.
:09:00. > :09:02.Find out why a former first minister says there's a wind of
:09:02. > :09:10.change sweeping through Scottish football, stay tuned for the
:09:10. > :09:13.A mother accused of murdering her baby son and then pretending he was
:09:13. > :09:17.alive for months, has told a court how the boy's birth had "saved her
:09:17. > :09:20.life". Kimberley Hainey was giving evidence in her own defence at the
:09:20. > :09:24.High Court in Glasgow. She denied that she left Declan alone
:09:24. > :09:34.overnight; claiming she only left him for short periods of time.
:09:34. > :09:38.Catriona Renton reports. She was composed, well-spoken and
:09:38. > :09:44.articulate when she went into the witness box to give evidence on her
:09:45. > :09:49.own behalf this afternoon. She moved here it, with her five-month-
:09:50. > :09:53.old son Declan in September 2008, she admitted to the court that she
:09:53. > :09:58.had previously had problems with drink and drugs and was on the
:09:58. > :10:04.methadone programme, but she said having Declan saved her life. She
:10:04. > :10:09.said "I was happy, he was happy." she said everything revolved around
:10:09. > :10:14.her child, she just wanted to get her and Declan settled, to come off
:10:14. > :10:18.the methadone programme and get a job. To get Declan into nursery,
:10:18. > :10:23.and have a happy family life. Evidence has already been heard
:10:23. > :10:26.that because of her drug problems she was given intensive support at
:10:26. > :10:31.the family matters project, which at the time was based here in
:10:31. > :10:38.Paisley. But she said she did not feel she needed their help and she
:10:38. > :10:48.wanted to put that chapter of her life away. It was easier to us to
:10:48. > :11:06.
:11:06. > :11:10.She claimed it was only for short periods or when she would nip
:11:10. > :11:14.across the road or have a baby monitor with her. She denies all of
:11:14. > :11:16.the charges against her and will continue to give evidence tomorrow.
:11:16. > :11:19.The number of teachers working in Scotland's schools has fallen to
:11:20. > :11:22.its lowest point since 2007. And the vast majority of school
:11:22. > :11:26.children are now being taught in buildings rated good or
:11:26. > :11:29.satisfactory. Just two of the findings among a raft of statistics
:11:29. > :11:32.released today. Our education correspondent Seonag Mackinnon's
:11:32. > :11:42.here to tell us what they tell us about how well our children are
:11:42. > :11:42.
:11:42. > :11:46.being taught. The Number of teachers is down 656
:11:46. > :11:51.on last year. And down 3659 since the SNP came to power in 2007.
:11:51. > :11:54.That's partly due to falling numbers of pupils. And, the numbers
:11:54. > :12:04.spending their first 3 years of primary school in class sizes of 18
:12:04. > :12:06.
:12:06. > :12:12.or less is also down to just over 20%. The fact children do more time
:12:12. > :12:16.on an individual basis of the teacher helps. It is important, for
:12:16. > :12:25.the young the years. I would prefer a smaller classes, but I can
:12:25. > :12:29.understand. Cutting class sizes in early primary, a goal for the
:12:29. > :12:35.Scottish government since it came to power. As of late it has been an
:12:35. > :12:40.aspiration, but the figures today show it is very much that. Under
:12:40. > :12:44.the circumstances it is very hard to do. But all parents and
:12:44. > :12:49.educators except that small class sizes are important, but how we get
:12:49. > :12:55.to that and how we keep making progress is an issue of our
:12:55. > :12:59.financial times but we will keep pushing. A tough financial climate
:12:59. > :13:04.also means new teachers are struggling to find secure, long-
:13:04. > :13:10.term jobs. Far more difficult for new teachers to get permanent jobs.
:13:10. > :13:14.Many more into temporary. That is very insecure, once that gets
:13:14. > :13:19.Around, fewer people will want to enter teaching and there will be
:13:19. > :13:22.problems getting good quality teachers and the future. This
:13:22. > :13:27.teacher has recently qualified and is trying to find a permanent job.
:13:27. > :13:32.He still has to live with his parents, because short-term walk
:13:32. > :13:40.often comes out of the blue and is badly paid. Every morning I hope
:13:40. > :13:48.for a phone call, if nothing, I will sit and wait and hope I get
:13:48. > :13:54.work in the afternoon. A children's lives can be determined by how well
:13:54. > :13:57.the education service performs. So, what about exam results? Well
:13:57. > :14:00.the number passing 5 good Standard Grades is static at 78% The number
:14:00. > :14:03.passing three highers is up slightly to 26 %. That's partly
:14:03. > :14:10.down to a tough job market encouraging more to stay on at
:14:10. > :14:20.school. The good news, 360 of those schools now have refurbished or
:14:20. > :14:23.
:14:23. > :14:25.Some of the other stories across Some of the other stories across
:14:25. > :14:27.Scotland this Wednesday... Calls to build a stretch of the
:14:27. > :14:30.controversial new Beauly to Denny powerline underground have been
:14:30. > :14:33.rejected by the Scottish government. Energy Minister Fergus Ewing
:14:33. > :14:37.instead passed plans to reduce the visual impact of the line of 50-
:14:37. > :14:40.metre-high pylons in the Stirling area.
:14:40. > :14:44.A claim that offshore workers are entitled to extra paid leave has
:14:44. > :14:47.been rejected by the Supreme Court in London. The UK's highest court
:14:47. > :14:51.has ruled against workers seeking paid leave on top of their two
:14:51. > :14:56.weeks-on, two weeks-off shift pattern. Unions warn the decision
:14:56. > :15:00.could lead to industrial action. Drink-driver Ross Parker killed a
:15:00. > :15:04.charity worker after going down the wrong side of a motorway for a mile,
:15:04. > :15:07.the High Court in Glasgow has heard. Parker ploughed into Margo
:15:07. > :15:10.Boulazreg's car on the M8 in the city, as she took her son to a
:15:10. > :15:12.night out with friends.The 36-year- old admitted causing death by
:15:12. > :15:22.dangerous driving and was remanded in custody until sentencing next
:15:22. > :15:23.
:15:23. > :15:26.The vast size of China and the speed of its economic growth has
:15:26. > :15:31.opened up huge opportunities for Scottish business - and not just in
:15:31. > :15:41.whisky and salmon exports. With one billion consumers, it also
:15:41. > :15:44.
:15:44. > :15:50.represents a vast market for Scotland's renewable energy sector.
:15:50. > :15:58.China is on the fast track to replacing America as the world's
:15:58. > :16:01.largest economy. It could happen in two years. From the window of this
:16:01. > :16:11.21st century train, you can see that high-speed expansion brings
:16:11. > :16:18.with it a lot of it environmental cost. The economy is growing almost
:16:18. > :16:26.as fast as this 200 miles per hour bullet train, but desperately needs
:16:26. > :16:34.to find new and cleaner sources of energy to fuel its development. It
:16:34. > :16:44.still has a number of wind farms, such as this one on the border with
:16:44. > :16:47.
:16:47. > :16:53.Mongolia. It is making advantage of Scottish technology. We have got a
:16:53. > :17:00.lot of clients who used to work on offshore wind projects who have now
:17:00. > :17:10.come back to work on land project. We have grown together in the
:17:10. > :17:11.
:17:11. > :17:20.industry with them. Today, the First Minister visited the first
:17:20. > :17:30.solar Power and city. Just as China leads the world and solar Power, we
:17:30. > :17:31.
:17:31. > :17:39.lead the world in wind and wave power. I am going to announce a new
:17:39. > :17:45.initiative in that. The scale of China's Energy Challenge is awesome.
:17:45. > :17:50.It will take a lot of renewable power to replace the 3 billion
:17:50. > :17:54.tonnes of coal that it uses each year. But that could be a mine of
:17:54. > :17:57.opportunity for those at the cutting edge of new environmental
:17:57. > :18:00.technology. Scotland's councils paid more than
:18:00. > :18:03.�750,000 to school bus operators during last winter for services
:18:03. > :18:06.which were cancelled because of the weather. Figures obtained by BBC
:18:06. > :18:10.Scotland also show wide variations in the contracts local authorities
:18:10. > :18:20.have in place for providing the service. Today, all councils are
:18:20. > :18:23.
:18:23. > :18:29.being called on to review their contracts. The are the mainstay of
:18:29. > :18:35.rural education, but notoriously fragile. When bad weather strikes,
:18:35. > :18:43.school bus runs are often closed down before the schools. In many
:18:43. > :18:51.cases, the operators are still being paid. We have got payments to
:18:51. > :18:56.make, such as to the drivers, to the insurance and one rates for a
:18:56. > :19:03.or property. We simply cannot say that we cannot pay similar because
:19:03. > :19:12.the weather was bad. Of the total paid, Aberdeen Show had the biggest
:19:12. > :19:22.bill, at �317,000. Second was West Globe Inn, 114,000 and Perth and
:19:22. > :19:24.
:19:24. > :19:31.Kinross, just shy of �90,000. Added together, it tends to �767,000.
:19:31. > :19:40.these times of tight public spending, there has to be a look
:19:40. > :19:50.into this. In Aberdeenshire, the staff pays half for the first 10
:19:50. > :19:54.days of the Year that services are cancelled. It is a bit built in
:19:54. > :20:02.resilience, so that the contractors no one advance what the situation
:20:02. > :20:07.is and can budget for that. Today, at least one authority says it
:20:07. > :20:16.plans to review future future agreements to get the best value
:20:16. > :20:18.for money. Now, let us get the So Scotland failed to qualify for
:20:18. > :20:21.the European Championships, crowds are dwindling and some of our top
:20:21. > :20:24.clubs are in financial difficulties. But do not despair, the future is
:20:24. > :20:27.much brighter, according to the man the Scottish FA asked to recommend
:20:27. > :20:30.changes to the running of our national game. Six months since the
:20:30. > :20:39.SFA accepted Henry McLeish's proposals, he says a wind of change
:20:39. > :20:47.is now sweeping across our national game. The former First Minister has
:20:47. > :20:52.been out of politics for a while, but he still has plenty on his mind.
:20:52. > :20:59.There is the important stuff like the report future of Scottish
:20:59. > :21:04.football. More progress has been made in the last six months than in
:21:04. > :21:11.the last 60 years. Certainly, the wind of change is blowing through
:21:11. > :21:16.the football authorities and, particularly, the Scottish Football
:21:16. > :21:22.Association. On his recommendation, the have introduced a performance
:21:22. > :21:28.director, the Dutchman who has said he will bring in total football at
:21:28. > :21:32.all level. It has also modernised the committee system and the
:21:32. > :21:41.disciplinary procedure. Some aspects have not been brought in
:21:41. > :21:49.yet. Creating 1 body to run Scottish Football, by reducing the
:21:49. > :21:57.top league from 12 teams down to 10 and introducing a pyramid system so
:21:57. > :22:01.that smaller clubs can get involved in the senior set-up. I think he
:22:01. > :22:07.knows in his heart of Hearts that if it happens within the four years
:22:07. > :22:13.it will be good. He is asking for this in two years. Part of this is
:22:13. > :22:23.because of the difficult financial situation, which would inevitably
:22:23. > :22:23.
:22:24. > :22:26.delay some aspects. See you in six months' time.
:22:26. > :22:29.Celtic have taken the Algerian international defender Rafik
:22:29. > :22:31.Halliche on trial. The player has fallen out of favour at the English
:22:31. > :22:34.club Fulham. The 25-year-old partnered former Rangers player
:22:34. > :22:38.Madjid Bougherra in central defence for Algeria during the last World
:22:38. > :22:41.Cup. Hearts have offered contract
:22:41. > :22:44.extensions to at least four first- team players, even though they have
:22:44. > :22:47.not paid them their full wages for November.
:22:47. > :22:49.Meanwhile, a number of players are speaking to the players' union
:22:49. > :22:52.about their non-payment, saying they will have difficulties in
:22:52. > :22:57.meeting financial commitments if they do not get paid within the
:22:57. > :23:00.next ten days. Scotland's women curlers are
:23:00. > :23:06.through to the medal play-offs at the European Curling Championships
:23:06. > :23:09.in Moscow, but the men's future is hanging in the balance. David
:23:09. > :23:13.Murdoch's rink ended the round- robin stage with a win over Sweden,
:23:13. > :23:16.but defeat by France in this match earlier means they now have to wait
:23:16. > :23:23.to see results elsewhere before they will know if they can progress
:23:23. > :23:31.to the play-offs. Now to the story of the mother who
:23:31. > :23:35.has been in labour for three weeks. So far, she has given birth to 16
:23:35. > :23:38.babies - and even more were due today. Gavin Walker went along to
:23:38. > :23:41.see if Ann the Angel Shark, the first of her species to conceive
:23:41. > :23:51.and give birth in captivity, could deliver four more of her endangered
:23:51. > :23:53.
:23:53. > :24:02.young ones. Mitterrand, the world record-breaking angel shark. She
:24:02. > :24:11.gave birth to the first babies end captivity. There are four babies
:24:11. > :24:16.remaining unborn. We are hoping to get the last pops out. They are
:24:16. > :24:24.using the lure of putting a camera into the uterus and pulling it out,
:24:24. > :24:33.hoping that the Sharks will fall. Thankfully, they did not have to
:24:33. > :24:41.wait too long. It is such that unique opportunity to get a record
:24:41. > :24:49.of how big the half when they're born. It is great information that
:24:49. > :24:56.we can use for subsequent pregnancies. So far, the young ones
:24:56. > :25:06.seem to be responding well to life on the outside. Meanwhile, she is
:25:06. > :25:09.in line for a well-earned rest. Get that one in some tea and toast!
:25:09. > :25:19.Winter was a long time coming, but it seems we hav hit it with a
:25:19. > :25:23.vengance. Here is Christopher with Yes, we start with the earth
:25:23. > :25:31.weather warning from the Met Office that we have been hearing about. We
:25:31. > :25:34.start tomorrow with some cool and clear conditions overnight. During
:25:34. > :25:40.the night, at heavier rain operation and that is going to
:25:40. > :25:46.bring with it some snow and ice, which will wish East word. Behind
:25:46. > :25:53.it, slightly milder conditions, so will be falling here as heavy rain.
:25:53. > :25:59.However, the focus of our attention has to be on the wind. It is due to
:25:59. > :26:04.this rapidly decreasing area of low pressure pushing in from the
:26:04. > :26:11.Atlantic. We can see the wind whipping around on the map.
:26:11. > :26:17.Tomorrow, a way it was rush hour across most of the country. As we
:26:17. > :26:23.go through the morning until lunchtime, the wind will reach its
:26:23. > :26:29.height, from 3 o'clock on words. Nearly all the country will be
:26:29. > :26:35.affected. There will be an amber warning for everywhere, except
:26:35. > :26:41.Orkney and Shetland. But in the Central Belt, that warning will
:26:41. > :26:47.become red, with gusts expected between 18 miles and 90 miles per
:26:47. > :26:52.hour. What does that mean? It could mean power outages, structural
:26:52. > :26:57.damage and the cancellation of transport services. As we got into
:26:57. > :27:04.the evening, the low pressure will pull away and the wind will begin
:27:04. > :27:10.to ease down for most of us. From the pet pressure Chard, that the it
:27:10. > :27:14.will push towards Scandinavia and take the wind with that. We will
:27:14. > :27:18.see an arctic plunge in temperatures towards the end of the
:27:18. > :27:25.week. We will see heavy snow showers in the northern part of the
:27:25. > :27:31.country and down the west coast. 10 be just three or four degrees and
:27:31. > :27:35.it will feel bitterly cold with the wind in the north. I will be back
:27:35. > :27:38.with the latest detail at 1030. Now, just before seven o'clock, a
:27:38. > :27:41.summary of tonight's top stories... The man who murdered the Glasgow
:27:41. > :27:44.University student Reamonn Gormley in Blantyre last February has been
:27:44. > :27:47.sentenced to life in prison. Daryn Maxwell will have to serve at least
:27:47. > :27:49.19 years before he can be considered for parole.
:27:50. > :27:53.David Cameron has again promised to protect Britain's interests at this
:27:53. > :27:56.week's crucial EU summit on the Eurozone debt crisis. He is coming
:27:56. > :27:58.under increasing pressure from his own backbenchers, who urged him
:27:58. > :28:01.during Prime Minister's Questions to oppose further integration.
:28:01. > :28:04.Gales of up to 90 miles an hour are set to hit central Scotland
:28:05. > :28:07.tomorrow. The Met Office has taken the rare step of issuing a Red