:00:18. > :00:20.Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight on your national news.
:00:20. > :00:23.Scotland captain and Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher
:00:23. > :00:26.is forced to take an extended break from football due to ill health.
:00:26. > :00:31.The wintry weather's back. Warnings of disruption as snow, wind and
:00:32. > :00:35.rain batter much of the country. And also tonight.
:00:35. > :00:37.Edinburgh's tram fiasco goes all the way to the United Nations as
:00:37. > :00:40.campaigners blame the works for increased pollution.
:00:40. > :00:50.And jail for the owner of this illegal collection of eggs from
:00:50. > :00:52.
:00:52. > :00:55.The captain of the Scotland national football team Darren
:00:55. > :00:57.Fletcher has announced he is taking an extended break from the sport
:00:57. > :01:02.because of serious illness. He's suffering from inflammatory bowel
:01:02. > :01:05.disease. His club Manchester United say he has accepted medical advice
:01:05. > :01:15.to stop playing in order to try to get the condition under control.
:01:15. > :01:22.Our health correspondent Eleanor One of Scotland's youngest ever
:01:22. > :01:29.captains, and still only 27, Darren Fletcher has been capped 27 times.
:01:29. > :01:35.He scored seven goals for Scotland. Last season, he featured at less on
:01:35. > :01:39.the pitch, something put down to a virus by his club Manchester United.
:01:39. > :01:49.But today, it was revealed that he has been suffering from ulcerative
:01:49. > :02:04.
:02:04. > :02:13.colitis. I stick them on the club's But what is ulcerative colitis?
:02:13. > :02:18.They would feel lethargy, feeling it generally run down, feeling
:02:18. > :02:22.unable to work, especially as a professional footballer. We would
:02:22. > :02:28.hope the patient could go into complete remission with medical
:02:28. > :02:32.therapy. We would hope that the patient would have a normal
:02:33. > :02:37.employment potential and normal football career. This is a setback,
:02:37. > :02:43.but it may not be the end of his career. The row work Steve Redgrave
:02:43. > :02:49.of was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in 1992, the year he won a
:02:49. > :02:53.gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics. He went on to win at two
:02:53. > :03:03.more gold medals. Darren Fletcher has a lifelong condition, but it
:03:03. > :03:05.may not be our life limiting one. Some breaking news coming to us.
:03:05. > :03:08.The television watchdog Ofcom has launched an investigation into
:03:08. > :03:10.comments made by the Channel 5 presenter Matthew Wright about the
:03:10. > :03:14.murder of teenager Liam Aitchison in Stornoway. The comments were
:03:14. > :03:23.made on his morning talk show and followed the next day by an apology.
:03:24. > :03:31.This is what was said. There has been another murder.
:03:31. > :03:36.first one for 40 years. Then it is another one! I know that some of
:03:36. > :03:40.you have been upset for comments made yesterday about the murder of
:03:40. > :03:47.Liam Aitchison. I would like to apologise if that was the case, no
:03:47. > :03:56.intention on my part to be little the seriousness of it. It is not
:03:56. > :04:02.helped by people running campaigns, grown up, folks. Our correspondant
:04:02. > :04:05.Jamie McIvor joins me. What are Ofcom saying?
:04:05. > :04:12.Matthew Wright may have told viewers are to grow up, but Ofcom
:04:12. > :04:20.has now received more than 2200 complaints about these comments on
:04:20. > :04:28.the right stuff last week. -- on Wright Stuff at last week. They say
:04:28. > :04:38.that the whole issue merits for the ins best addition to see if it has
:04:38. > :04:42.breached any broadcaster's ethics. It is important not to prejudge the
:04:42. > :04:46.outcome. An investigation does not mean that the broadcaster has
:04:46. > :04:52.broken the codes. The point of the investigation will be to decide
:04:52. > :04:58.whether the codes where broken. If Channel 5 are bound to be in the
:04:58. > :05:01.wrong, it could face sanctions or even a fine.
:05:01. > :05:05.Weather warnings are in place again tonight across many parts of
:05:05. > :05:07.Scotland. Wintry conditions and high winds have already been been
:05:07. > :05:14.causing problems and forecasters are predicting greater travel
:05:14. > :05:16.disruption this evening. In a moment, we'll speak to our
:05:16. > :05:19.reporter Willie Johnston who is in Dumfries, but first Raymond
:05:19. > :05:24.Buchanan is halfway between Edinburgh and Glasgow, at Harthill
:05:24. > :05:30.services on the M8. It is still very difficult, the
:05:30. > :05:35.weather conditions here. As you can see, it is wet and windy. But the
:05:35. > :05:39.M8 is clear and traffic is moving. There has been significant
:05:39. > :05:49.disruption across Scotland because of the high winds that have come in
:05:49. > :05:52.from the west of the country. Winds up to around 80 mph, affecting
:05:52. > :06:01.areas like the Inverclyde coast. We can see some pictures which
:06:01. > :06:11.demonstrate the strength of those gusts, buffeting ships. All sorts
:06:11. > :06:13.
:06:13. > :06:23.of disruption on the roads. Bridges have faced disruption again today.
:06:23. > :06:31.Lots of other bridges have been closed as well. And there was an
:06:31. > :06:37.accident on the A line. A vehicle accident. -- A nine. This means
:06:37. > :06:43.that one of the busiest roads in Scotland is still closed. The
:06:43. > :06:47.finance minister John Swinney was involved in this and his journey
:06:47. > :06:51.had to be abandoned because of the disruption. The hope is that there
:06:51. > :07:00.is strong gusts what is the pit crew out the evening. But there is
:07:00. > :07:03.a warning tomorrow all but sleet and snow in the Central Lowlands,
:07:03. > :07:13.particularly on higher ground. Use common sense tomorrow when it comes
:07:13. > :07:15.to travelling. And the southwest of Scotland has
:07:15. > :07:17.been battered by gale-force winds this afternoon. Willie Johnston is
:07:18. > :07:27.there for us in Dumfries. Willie, the Whitesands area of
:07:28. > :07:31.
:07:31. > :07:36.Dumfries is an area that's often Flooding is a way of life here. But
:07:36. > :07:46.it is getting more freak and added is getting worse. -- a frequent and
:07:46. > :07:46.
:07:46. > :07:53.it is getting worse. Another inquiry and another report and
:07:53. > :07:57.success of Council have debated what to do it for years. The latest
:07:58. > :08:04.proposal is to build a flood it walk along here, possibly made out
:08:04. > :08:07.of glass, and combine it into further environmental work. The
:08:07. > :08:16.thinking is it could protect properties here in all but the very
:08:16. > :08:21.worst floods, perhaps once every 25 years. Two years ago, this woman's
:08:21. > :08:30.shop was flooded and out of action for four months. It is closed again
:08:30. > :08:33.now. She is encouraged by today's move but sceptical. It is
:08:33. > :08:43.manageable and affordable and it would be great if they could do it,
:08:43. > :08:47.but we need action. We need the physical structure put in place.
:08:47. > :08:53.The pass, the council has made proposals which have never seen the
:08:53. > :08:58.light of day. We need to keep the pressure on the council to put the
:08:58. > :09:03.funding in place and see this become a reality. Councillors have
:09:03. > :09:11.now asked for more detailed designs and costings with a for that report
:09:11. > :09:14.due in six months. -- a further report.
:09:14. > :09:23.You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC. Still to come on the
:09:23. > :09:33.programme. One year on from a pioneering
:09:33. > :09:35.stopping legislation, or we report. In sport, more reaction to the news
:09:35. > :09:37.of Darren Fletcher's extended break from football.
:09:37. > :09:38.Celtic decide to take their punishment for fans' illicit
:09:38. > :09:40.chanting. And targeted vandalism threatens
:09:40. > :09:44.the future of international cricket in Aberdeen.
:09:44. > :09:46.A man jailed for a gangland killing nine years ago has begun a second
:09:46. > :09:49.appeal against his murder conviction. William Gage was found
:09:49. > :09:52.guilty of shooting Justin McAlroy six times outside his home in
:09:52. > :09:54.Cambuslang in 2002. He was sentenced to at least 20 years in
:09:54. > :10:01.prison, but has always protested his innocence claiming he suffered
:10:01. > :10:11.a miscarriage of justice. Steven Godden reports.
:10:11. > :10:11.
:10:11. > :10:17.William Gage's legal team arrived at their court of appeal. Justin
:10:17. > :10:23.McIlroy was shot repeatedly in the street outside his Cambuslang home.
:10:23. > :10:29.It was described as a gangland execution. In 2004, William Gage
:10:29. > :10:35.was tried, convicted and ordered to spend at least 20 years in jail. It
:10:35. > :10:40.is an outcome he has always disputed. After one a failed appeal,
:10:40. > :10:45.the courts have been ordered to look at his case again. It has been
:10:45. > :10:52.at nine it long hard years for William Gage and his family. His
:10:52. > :10:59.father has died in that time. And his family hope that justice will
:10:59. > :11:09.be done. At the original trial, Justin McIlroy's wife identified
:11:09. > :11:15.
:11:15. > :11:20.William Gage. At the hearing today, her evidence was questioned. It was
:11:20. > :11:25.said she had only had a fleeting glance. The Defence challenges
:11:25. > :11:33.claims about a white car that prosecutors argued was the getaway
:11:33. > :11:42.car. They say there were substantial inconsistencies in the
:11:42. > :11:45.DNA evidence. The evidence is expected to last several days of.
:11:45. > :11:48.BBC Scotland has learned a United Nations committee is to scrutinise
:11:48. > :11:52.Edinburgh City Council's handling of the capital's controversial tram
:11:52. > :11:55.project. The case is being brought by campaigners who believe the
:11:55. > :12:00.scheme has resulted in an increase in pollution levels in residential
:12:00. > :12:04.areas. Our transport correspondent, David Miller, reports.
:12:04. > :12:09.Pollution levels in central Edinburgh or monitored by the City
:12:09. > :12:13.Council. But residents are worried about the amount of pollution they
:12:13. > :12:18.are having to breathe. They say their concerns have not been taken
:12:18. > :12:22.seriously enough. It does seem bizarre that a group of residents
:12:22. > :12:26.are having to take their case to a United Nations committee, but this
:12:26. > :12:35.is a reminder of the strength of feeling which the tram project
:12:35. > :12:39.continues to arouse. We are monitoring continuously...
:12:39. > :12:48.campaigners say that there monitoring Bruce that diverting
:12:48. > :12:53.traffic into residential areas could be threatening health.
:12:53. > :13:00.centre of Edinburgh is a very small place. This policy takes commercial
:13:00. > :13:05.traffic from the centre and put it through residential areas. That
:13:05. > :13:13.means more noise and a more pollution. This retired engineer
:13:13. > :13:18.has convinced the you -- the United Nations committee to look at their
:13:18. > :13:28.issue. Our message will be that we have not been fairly treated. We
:13:28. > :13:28.
:13:28. > :13:36.have not been given the opportunity to present a case, and the council
:13:37. > :13:46.are asking as judge and jury. Edinburgh city council say that
:13:46. > :13:55.monitoring is in place and that pollution is with them acceptable
:13:55. > :13:58.levels. -- within acceptable levels. Craig Whyte, the owner of Rangers
:13:58. > :14:02.Football Club, has appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court to contest a
:14:02. > :14:05.case over an alleged unpaid �90,000 repair bill at his castle. Mr Whyte,
:14:05. > :14:08.39, owner of Tixway UK Ltd, ordered supplies from One Stop Roofing to
:14:08. > :14:11.repair the roof at his property in Grantown on Spey. It is claimed
:14:11. > :14:18.that Tixway failed to maintain a repayment plan agreed at the start
:14:18. > :14:21.of the 2010. Mr Whyte is disputing the claim at a civil case.
:14:21. > :14:25.A man has been jailed for stealing eggs from some of the rarest birds
:14:25. > :14:27.in the UK, many of them in Scotland. Matthew Gonshaw built up an illegal
:14:27. > :14:37.collection of almost 700 eggs from endangered species such as the
:14:37. > :14:38.
:14:38. > :14:46.osprey and the golden eagle. Craig Anderson reports.
:14:46. > :14:56.This is the hall a mast. Exit from the rarest birds in Britain, red
:14:56. > :15:00.kites, ospreys, peregrine falcons. Many snatched from Scottish site.
:15:00. > :15:06.This clutch of the three X was taken to the Western Isles in
:15:06. > :15:16.Scotland. This was just one week from hatching. The collector has
:15:16. > :15:17.
:15:17. > :15:27.removed a large Eagle egg. This osprey nest behind me was where
:15:27. > :15:28.
:15:29. > :15:35.Matthew Gonshaw targeted. Much to the annoyance of those trying to
:15:35. > :15:39.protect the birds. People like him come to the north of Scotland, they
:15:39. > :15:45.plunder wild bird eggs. The target their re-arrest ones and the most
:15:45. > :15:50.vulnerable. He admitted 10 charges in a London court today and was
:15:50. > :15:56.sentenced to the maximum of six months in prison. He has already
:15:56. > :16:02.served a three-year jail terms for similar crimes and is described as
:16:02. > :16:05.obsessed with his hobby. There have been calls for an ASBO to be served
:16:05. > :16:08.to stop him travelling around the country.
:16:08. > :16:11.Some of the other stories across Scotland this Tuesday.
:16:11. > :16:14.Police say a fire in Elgin in which a man sustained extensive burns is
:16:14. > :16:17.being treated as suspicious. Four other people were treated for minor
:16:17. > :16:27.burns and the effects of breathing in smoke following the incident in
:16:27. > :16:32.
:16:32. > :16:34.A man has been jailed for three years for trying to set his
:16:34. > :16:37.girlfriend's killer on fire, by throwing petrol over him. Allister
:16:37. > :16:40.Gibb threw the petrol over Robert Chalmers outside the High Court in
:16:40. > :16:42.Edinburgh in May. Chalmers had been convicted that day of killing
:16:42. > :16:46.Samantha Wright and dumping her body in a wheely bin.
:16:46. > :16:48.A hearing is underway at the Court of Session to decide whether the
:16:48. > :16:52.construction of the Aberdeen bypass should go ahead. Campaigners
:16:52. > :16:56.opposed to the project say they are confident they can block it. Other
:16:57. > :16:59.road users and business leaders are angry about the latest delays.
:16:59. > :17:03.It has been a year since stalking became a criminal offence in
:17:03. > :17:07.Scotland. Already, police say they have dealt with over 400 incidents,
:17:07. > :17:17.affecting both men and women. Many of which have led to successful
:17:17. > :17:20.
:17:20. > :17:29.prosecutions. Rebecca was docked by her ex-husband. We have changed her
:17:29. > :17:37.name to protect her from her ex- husband. I was and a refuge and I
:17:37. > :17:45.had to come out because he found out where we wear. He continued to
:17:45. > :17:52.harassed her. You feel like a prisoner. You almost have to
:17:52. > :18:02.reinvent yourself. She has now taken advantage of the new
:18:02. > :18:03.
:18:03. > :18:13.legislation and he has now been stopped. Most of the time, people
:18:13. > :18:19.
:18:19. > :18:29.will stop someone they know, but an was the victim of a stranger.
:18:29. > :18:32.
:18:32. > :18:42.rape and torture was what drove them. The new legislation has been
:18:42. > :18:46.
:18:46. > :18:51.it will come to a are the women's interest groups. It has been so
:18:51. > :18:54.successful that similar changes to the lot are being thought of in
:18:54. > :18:57.England and Wales. As we heard earlier, the Scotland
:18:57. > :19:07.captain Darren Fletcher is to take an extended break from football for
:19:07. > :19:07.
:19:08. > :19:10.health reasons. Nor, it is certainly not.
:19:10. > :19:12.The Manchester United midfielder is suffering with a chronic
:19:13. > :19:15.inflammatory bowel condition, which he has had for the past year.
:19:15. > :19:19.Despite the illness, Fletcher has made 15 appearances this season,
:19:19. > :19:23.five of those in a Scotland shirt, as he tried to lead the country to
:19:23. > :19:28.the finals of Euro 2012. The football world has responded to
:19:28. > :19:30.the news. Team-mate and England striker Michael Owen tweeted,
:19:31. > :19:34."Wishing Fletch all the best in his recovery - top bloke."
:19:34. > :19:38.And Rio Ferdinand also felt moved to post, "We are going to miss
:19:38. > :19:41.Fletcher. I hope he comes back fitter and stronger."
:19:41. > :19:43.Scotland manager Craig Levein has also made this statement on the SFA
:19:43. > :19:46.website... "He is one of the most
:19:46. > :19:49.inspirational players I have had the pleasure of working with and I
:19:49. > :19:54.sincerely hope this time off, allied to the support of his family,
:19:54. > :19:57.will enable him to make a full recovery."
:19:57. > :20:02.Celtic will not appeal against a fine of 15,000 euros imposed by
:20:02. > :20:05.UEFA for "illicit" chanting by their fans. It occurred at the
:20:05. > :20:10.recent Europa League match against Rennes at Parkhead. Celtic say such
:20:10. > :20:13.behaviour is unacceptable and will not be tolerated.
:20:13. > :20:16.Leigh Griffiths has been given a one-match ban for making an
:20:16. > :20:19.offensive gesture during last Saturday's home defeat to Rangers.
:20:19. > :20:28.The Hibs striker, currently on loan from Wolves, will miss this
:20:28. > :20:31.weekend's SPL visit to Aberdeen. Aberdeen manager Craig Brown hopes
:20:31. > :20:35.the disappointment of losing a two- goal advantage at the weekend will
:20:35. > :20:38.inspire his players to better things tonight against St Johnstone.
:20:38. > :20:41.The Dons let St Mirren back into the match at Pittodrie, but the
:20:41. > :20:51.point earned in the 2-2 draw moved Aberdeen off the bottom of the
:20:51. > :20:58.table. I do not have any complaints about their attitude. Although we
:20:58. > :21:03.did lose the two-goal lead, we have ourselves recover from a couple of
:21:03. > :21:06.two-goal deficit. Circumstances were unfortunate on Saturday.
:21:06. > :21:09.And you can hear live commentary of St Johnstone versus Aberdeen
:21:09. > :21:13.tonight on Sportsound BBC Radio Scotland 810mw, online and on
:21:13. > :21:16.digital. Vandals have struck at Aberdeen's
:21:16. > :21:19.Mannofield Cricket Ground, meaning it will not be able to host two
:21:19. > :21:22.Scotland matches next year. A potent weed killer deliberately
:21:22. > :21:32.sprayed on the pitch has also put in doubt a one-day match against
:21:32. > :21:34.
:21:34. > :21:44.Canada due to be played in July. The groundsman inspects for himself
:21:44. > :21:50.the damage done to his beloved cricket pitch. Had they just been
:21:50. > :21:54.vandalism for vandalism sake it would have been bad, but not so bad,
:21:54. > :22:02.but this is very deliberate. It has been booked on the patches where
:22:02. > :22:07.the ball will bounce. It will now mean we cannot host to Scotland
:22:07. > :22:14.matches that we were meant to host. They will now have to go to another
:22:15. > :22:20.ground. A ground has built up a proud reputation for hosting
:22:20. > :22:29.Scotland internationals. It is also the wicket when the great Donald
:22:29. > :22:34.Bradman scored his last first-class century. It will be such a shame
:22:34. > :22:40.for the Aberdeen public not to have another Scotland game there next
:22:40. > :22:45.year. The police are now investigating and there is the race
:22:45. > :22:49.against time for it to be fit for a one-day international against
:22:49. > :22:52.Canada at in July of next year. Edinburgh is playing host to some
:22:52. > :22:54.of the world's most talented young racing drivers this week. The Young
:22:54. > :22:57.Driver Excellence Academy is coaching them in the skills which
:22:57. > :23:05.could make them the future stars of Formula One. Julie Peacock has been
:23:05. > :23:10.finding out what it takes to make it in the world of racing. It is
:23:10. > :23:15.one of the most physically demanding sports and the world.
:23:15. > :23:21.During the course of the race, the drivers have to put up with very
:23:21. > :23:26.hot temperatures. Here in this heat chamber, the young trainee drivers
:23:26. > :23:36.are getting a taste of what they might have to expect. It takes in
:23:36. > :23:43.
:23:43. > :23:48.thickness, psychology and nutrition. The aim of the programme is to do
:23:48. > :23:58.something for the entire motor sport. They also raise their game
:23:58. > :23:58.
:23:58. > :24:06.and also learn the need for safety. The Academy features 18 of the
:24:06. > :24:14.world's best drivers, including Louis, who is been signed by the
:24:14. > :24:19.Red Bull racing team. You need a lot of areas to perform, it is not
:24:19. > :24:26.just about racing, it is even down to things like media training.
:24:26. > :24:32.Everything has to be 100 %. The air getting support from those who have
:24:32. > :24:37.already made it in professional racing. I am very jealous these
:24:37. > :24:42.things were not around when I was a young driver. It is all these
:24:42. > :24:45.little things that make the difference in the war have still
:24:45. > :24:53.get these things early in their career. They will be able to
:24:53. > :24:57.concentrate on getting in their car and just driving. Over the next 12
:24:57. > :25:04.months, the young drivers will go to extensive training and they will
:25:04. > :25:10.be hoping it will one day lead to a place on the podium. And that is
:25:10. > :25:19.Once again, the weather could potentially cause some problems.
:25:19. > :25:24.Here is Judith with the latest. Find you. Yes, I hope that we will
:25:24. > :25:34.see over the next few hours that things will come down. That said,
:25:34. > :25:34.
:25:34. > :25:41.there is a Met Office amber warning out by the Met Office of for a wind.
:25:41. > :25:50.Now, the main focus of this no will be on the Harrier ground. As we saw
:25:50. > :25:59.earlier, the a name has already been badly affected. Over the next
:25:59. > :26:07.few hours, Harrier ground in the Borders could also be affected. A
:26:07. > :26:12.cold night in prospect, with temperatures falling to freezing.
:26:12. > :26:20.That means we could have based on the roads virtually anywhere,
:26:21. > :26:30.particularly in the North East. Tomorrow, that case will still be
:26:31. > :26:31.
:26:31. > :26:39.there, so take extra care if you're out and about. As we head into the
:26:39. > :26:47.afternoon, very much an improving picture. There will be so nice
:26:47. > :26:52.spells of sunshine, particularly in the West. There will maybe be one
:26:52. > :27:00.or two showers continuing up the west coast. A much drier picture
:27:00. > :27:04.over the north-west. Orkney and Shetland will also see some showers.
:27:04. > :27:11.The north-east corner, we will see that lovely spells of sunshine
:27:11. > :27:21.again. And parts of the East will also get that. Temperatures
:27:21. > :27:22.
:27:22. > :27:26.generally for five degrees Celsius. As for the wind, it will ease. In
:27:26. > :27:31.much better day in their respect tomorrow. Firstly is looking a lot
:27:31. > :27:38.quieter, with much drier weather to be found and decent spells of
:27:38. > :27:44.sunshine around. There could be the odd bit of snow across high ground
:27:44. > :27:47.in the very north of the country. Finally tonight, a look again at
:27:47. > :27:49.our main stories. The captain of the Scotland
:27:49. > :27:52.national football team Darren Fletcher has announced he is taking
:27:52. > :28:01.an extended break from the sport because he's suffering from
:28:01. > :28:11.inflammatory bowel disease. A lone gunman has gone on the
:28:11. > :28:13.