:00:18. > :00:22.Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight on the national news,
:00:22. > :00:25.Scotland has the highest rate of multiple sclerosis and the world.
:00:25. > :00:30.Annex bird is urging the government to tackle the problem by adding
:00:30. > :00:37.vitamin D to our food. -- and expert.
:00:37. > :00:42.Rail fares are to rise by 6 %. Rail bosses say it is to improve
:00:42. > :00:45.services. A find out what are the most
:00:45. > :00:51.unusual and popular baby names of 2011.
:00:51. > :00:55.We had a poker hunters and a Hercules.
:00:55. > :00:59.What the visitors to Edinburgh Zoo are picking up from the penguins as
:00:59. > :01:03.they queue outside the new panda enclosure.
:01:03. > :01:09.Scotland has the highest rate of multiple sclerosis in the world and
:01:09. > :01:13.the condition is strongly linked to a lack of vitamin D. Now an Oxford
:01:13. > :01:18.University professor says the situation is so dire that essential
:01:18. > :01:21.foodstuffs should be fortified with vitamin D. Professor George Ebers
:01:21. > :01:28.says that otherwise the Scottish government is leaving itself open
:01:28. > :01:32.to legal action from people who go on to develop multiple sclerosis.
:01:32. > :01:37.George and Catherine have spent most of their lives in Orkney. When
:01:37. > :01:44.Catherine collapsed, she knew what the diagnosis would be.
:01:44. > :01:50.I thought, this is air mass. I had a neighbour who died. -- this is
:01:50. > :01:53.multiple sclerosis. A lot of people here have it.
:01:53. > :01:58.Scotland has the highest rate of multiple sclerosis in the planet.
:01:58. > :02:02.In Orkney the rate is even higher than the Scottish average. In
:02:02. > :02:07.recent years the evidence has grown but this is due to a deficiency of
:02:07. > :02:12.vitamin D, the nutrient the body gets from sunshine and some foods.
:02:12. > :02:17.Other countries further north get less sunshine but they have diets
:02:17. > :02:22.containing more oily fish, which tops up vitamin D in the winter.
:02:22. > :02:27.Scots have lowest levels of vitamin D in the world. An Oxford
:02:27. > :02:31.University professor says that Scotland should be adding vitamin D
:02:31. > :02:40.E two the diet and that was recommended by a group of experts
:02:40. > :02:44.in 2010. -- to the diet. We went to a lot of trouble. All of
:02:44. > :02:50.the people we thought it knew the most about this in the world came
:02:50. > :02:55.to Glasgow, made some recommendations and there has been
:02:55. > :02:59.no feedback from the Scottish government at all. Do you think
:02:59. > :03:03.people who go on to develop multiple sclerosis in the years
:03:03. > :03:09.ahead would be able to look back at this and perhaps accuse the
:03:09. > :03:12.government of not acting? Absolutely pulsed -- absolutely. I
:03:12. > :03:16.think that will happen in the future.
:03:16. > :03:22.The government's top medical adviser said he worried -- welcomed
:03:22. > :03:28.the debate but a broader scientific consensus was needed before vitamin
:03:28. > :03:32.D tablets could be added to the diet. He said he was guided by the
:03:32. > :03:36.Scientific Advisory Committee on nutrition, which is due to report
:03:36. > :03:42.in 2014. Can Scotland afford to wait that long? New evidence is
:03:42. > :03:46.emerging. Our vitamin D levels affect not only our chances of
:03:46. > :03:49.getting multiple sclerosis but also that of our children and our
:03:49. > :03:54.children's children. What sort of advice are people in
:03:54. > :03:56.Scotland getting at the moment about vitamin D? Following the
:03:56. > :04:02.report in 2010 the Scottish government issued advice for
:04:02. > :04:08.certain groups but they should take vitamin D supplements - pregnant
:04:08. > :04:17.people, people with darker skin. Or so, it is quite hard to get vitamin
:04:17. > :04:20.D supplements. Probably the best source is cod liver oil. But the
:04:20. > :04:25.current advice is not easy to follow. There is also the question
:04:25. > :04:29.of whether you can have too much vitamin D. Professor mack says that
:04:29. > :04:33.the kind of supplement we are talking about has already been
:04:33. > :04:42.approved by the Institute of Medicine in the US. -- Professor
:04:42. > :04:46.George Ebers. If this really is a simple solution to the problem, it
:04:46. > :04:52.is something we should investigate urgently.
:04:52. > :04:56.Thank you. Rail fares and Scotland are to rise by 6 % in January.
:04:56. > :05:00.ScotRail says that the increase is necessary to help the company
:05:01. > :05:06.continued to make improvements to services.
:05:06. > :05:11.Prices are rising again, this time it is train fares. For rail
:05:11. > :05:18.commuters, getting to work is about to get more expensive, with fares
:05:18. > :05:26.rising 6 % in the new year. I think the fares are shocking. The
:05:26. > :05:32.company should be nationalised. just get the bus. You just think,
:05:32. > :05:37.should I do something else? It is excessive when pensions are frozen.
:05:38. > :05:43.This only means a few pence on most people's fares but it does add up.
:05:43. > :05:48.The Glasgow to Edinburgh route will cost about �1 extra per day. Over
:05:48. > :05:53.the course every year commuters will have to find an extra �300. --
:05:53. > :06:00.the course of a year. Him that is how it will affect other return
:06:00. > :06:07.journeys. Dundee to Perth will rise from �12.40 to more than �14.
:06:07. > :06:16.Inverness to Aberdeen costs �44 at the moment. From 2nd January it
:06:16. > :06:21.will be �46.64. And Aberdeen to Glasgow will rise from Thirties --
:06:21. > :06:24.from �73.42 �77.80. ScotRail says the money is needed for
:06:24. > :06:34.improvements. The Scottish government says that rail services
:06:34. > :06:34.
:06:34. > :06:41.are already heavily subsidised. A 75 % of the cost is subsidised.
:06:41. > :06:48.Scott will have to answer for this. Them that have been calls for the
:06:48. > :06:52.rail companies to help out. -- and there have been calls.
:06:52. > :06:57.They have to have prices people can afford and they have to make sure
:06:57. > :07:02.that they are advertising their best tickets.
:07:02. > :07:07.Operators say that only three pence in every pound charged his profits
:07:07. > :07:11.but this comes at a time when many people's wages are frozen.
:07:11. > :07:17.A mother who was jailed for killing her three children has been moved
:07:17. > :07:21.to a psychiatric hospital. To Reza Reddy was sentenced to 16 years in
:07:21. > :07:27.prison for killing her eight-year- old twins Austin and Luke and her
:07:27. > :07:31.five-year-old daughter Cecelia. -- to Reza already. She has already
:07:31. > :07:36.been allegedly attacked twice imprisoned.
:07:36. > :07:41.Still to come on the programme, what the visitors to Edinburgh Zoo
:07:41. > :07:44.are picking up from the penguins as they queue outside the new panda
:07:44. > :07:49.enclosure. In sport, the former Rangers --
:07:49. > :07:53.Rangers manager Walter Smith tells us why the club should try to hold
:07:53. > :08:00.on to one strike and try to sign another.
:08:00. > :08:05.Who would be a referee? One of our reporters gets a crash course.
:08:05. > :08:08.There are fears tonight that the development of energy projects in
:08:08. > :08:12.the western and Northern Isles could be under threat as a result
:08:12. > :08:18.of plans to change the way electricity generators are charged
:08:18. > :08:23.for connecting to the grid. They may be an increasingly
:08:23. > :08:28.familiar sight on Scotland's hills but transporting the energy it --
:08:28. > :08:32.the electricity they generate to consumers comes at a cost. It is
:08:32. > :08:36.called location based charging and it means that electricity
:08:36. > :08:42.generators in the south of England can receive subsidies because they
:08:42. > :08:46.are close to the UK's main centres of population. The renewable injury
:08:46. > :08:52.-- industry in Scotland tends to miss out because it is producing
:08:52. > :08:57.power a long way from the big cities in the south. The regulator
:08:57. > :09:02.reckons that needs to change. It has suggested proposals which would
:09:02. > :09:08.mean a 60 % drop in charges. Wind farms in Scotland.
:09:08. > :09:14.Both generators who use the system less will see that reflected in the
:09:14. > :09:17.charges they pay. It is good for generators in Scotland.
:09:17. > :09:22.Tidal energy companies had been hoping for good news but the
:09:22. > :09:25.industry is worried. It fears that the proposals could make it seven
:09:25. > :09:30.times more expensive to generate green electricity in Scotland's
:09:30. > :09:33.islands. We are disappointed that the
:09:33. > :09:38.islands will see very high charges which will put off investors in
:09:38. > :09:42.those areas. That sense of disappointment echoed
:09:43. > :09:48.in the islands, especially in Orkney, home to the European Marine
:09:48. > :09:55.Energy Centre. It is just one of the charges that
:09:55. > :10:01.are levied. Every charge hurts. The Scottish government says the
:10:01. > :10:06.present charging regime must change. They say be Ofgem report does not
:10:06. > :10:10.go far enough and fails to provide a solution for the whole country
:10:10. > :10:15.including the islands. Jack and Sophie have remained the
:10:15. > :10:21.most popular baby names in Scotland for the 4th year in a row. Lewis
:10:21. > :10:31.was the second favourite boy's name while Lily climbed from 9th to 7th,
:10:31. > :10:31.
:10:31. > :10:35.but there were some surprises registered this year.
:10:35. > :10:41.Just two and a half days old but the discussions about what to call
:10:41. > :10:47.this little chap started months ago. My husband and I went through names
:10:48. > :10:57.that we liked, compared done. Girls it was easy, boy is not so easy. So
:10:57. > :11:01.we picked Robert, after my dad. Jack might be the top boys' name
:11:01. > :11:07.over Robert here are some of the variations. In Adam broke and
:11:07. > :11:13.Aberdeen it is Daniel, in Angus it is Louis. -- Edinburgh and Aberdeen.
:11:13. > :11:20.In the Western Isles it is Alexander and Harry in East Lothian
:11:21. > :11:26.and Charlie is your darling in Midlothian. Doing it for the girls,
:11:26. > :11:32.a live here is favourite in Renfrewshire and in an Edinburgh it
:11:32. > :11:37.is Jessica. There was a name already picked for this little girl
:11:37. > :11:44.but when she arrived there was a change of plan.
:11:44. > :11:52.We had two names, Charlie for a girl and a lover for a boy, --
:11:52. > :11:58.Oliver. I thought Lucy was more suited in the end. I didn't want
:11:58. > :12:04.the same name as everybody else so we went with that.
:12:04. > :12:12.Two little girls this year have been named Caledonia, there is a
:12:12. > :12:16.Murray and a Firth, and Argyll and two Clyde ats. This midwife has
:12:16. > :12:21.been developing -- develop -- delivering babies for more than 20
:12:21. > :12:31.years. Some are named after Disney
:12:31. > :12:41.
:12:41. > :12:51.characters, we had one named poker According to this list of names for
:12:51. > :12:53.
:12:53. > :12:56.Scotland last year, there is a Alien somewhere, so good luck to
:12:56. > :13:00.her. Some of the other stories across
:13:00. > :13:04.Scotland this Tuesday. Eight drunken conductor who was
:13:04. > :13:09.left on the platform after his train left without him has been
:13:09. > :13:13.fined �1,000. Simon Stansfield admitted having excess alcohol in
:13:13. > :13:23.his system in November. He was told he had put the public at
:13:23. > :13:23.
:13:23. > :13:27.The flash floods that killed hundreds of people and the
:13:27. > :13:32.Philippines have washed away the base of Scottish charity Mary's
:13:32. > :13:36.Meals. It has been providing food and Dumaguete City since to Desmond
:13:36. > :13:40.six. All volunteers and children are safe.
:13:40. > :13:49.Scotland's Sports Minister says there will be no overspend on
:13:49. > :13:55.Glasgow's Commonwealth Games in 2014. Next year's London Olympics
:13:55. > :13:59.is in danger of exceeding its 9 million pound budget. A memorial
:13:59. > :14:03.service to has taken place in Stornoway for Sixteen-year-old Liam
:14:03. > :14:07.Aitchison who was found murdered in the town the week after he went
:14:07. > :14:12.missing last month. Two men have made a second
:14:12. > :14:19.appearance in court today charged with killing a teenager. Friends
:14:19. > :14:23.and family gathered at Stornoway's small Catholic Church to celebrate
:14:23. > :14:28.the short life of Liam Aitchison. Originally from South Uist, he
:14:28. > :14:31.moved north to Lewis before being reported missing. His body was
:14:31. > :14:35.found in this disused former RAF building on the outskirts of
:14:36. > :14:41.Stornoway. The whole community has been shocked and saddened by the
:14:41. > :14:47.news of his death and also the question surrounding the manner of
:14:47. > :14:52.his death. It has caused great heart and many mixed emotions to
:14:52. > :14:55.people here. Earlier this month, Matthew Wright was forced to
:14:55. > :15:03.apologise personally after making jokes about the first murder in
:15:03. > :15:10.Lewes for more than 40 years. His family condemned the Commons as
:15:10. > :15:14.upsetting, insulting and insensitive. -- the comments. The
:15:14. > :15:19.last time I spoke to him was the de before he went missing and he was
:15:19. > :15:25.in very high spirits, saying how he had met the girl of his dreams.
:15:25. > :15:30.On the day of today's Memorial, two men made a second appearance at
:15:30. > :15:34.Inverness Sheriff Court, charged with Liam's murder. The men, both
:15:34. > :15:42.from Lewis, were committed for trial and remanded in custody -- in
:15:42. > :15:45.custody. He was a Scotsman who helped found the English Football
:15:45. > :15:49.League and today, his life was commemorated at a ceremony in
:15:49. > :15:54.Birmingham. William McGregor, originally from
:15:55. > :15:59.per share, was originally chairman of Aston Villa in 19 century and
:15:59. > :16:04.was described as a towering figure in world football. -- in the 19th
:16:04. > :16:07.century. They gathered together in Birmingham to celebrate the life of
:16:08. > :16:14.William MacGregor, the former chairman of Aston Villa, the
:16:14. > :16:18.Scotsman who founded the English Football League. All 12 of the
:16:18. > :16:27.member clubs were celebrated -- represented at a date's service.
:16:27. > :16:31.Why was it important for you to be here today? To remind people that
:16:31. > :16:37.he went to Birmingham in 19 century and left an indelible mark on the
:16:38. > :16:47.club and a leak. -- the 19th century. The fact he came from
:16:48. > :16:48.
:16:48. > :16:52.Scotland does add a sparkle to the Isle little bit.
:16:52. > :16:58.His vision for the English Football League caught the imagination of a
:16:58. > :17:01.nation. He was the brains behind it, he was the guy who set the moral
:17:01. > :17:06.and persuasive framework that attracted a lot of competing clubs
:17:06. > :17:10.to be willing to work together for the common good. At a date's
:17:10. > :17:14.service, he was described as the father of all football leagues, a
:17:14. > :17:17.towering figure of courage and integrity, the driving force
:17:18. > :17:23.between -- behind the first organised sports league in the
:17:23. > :17:28.world. He died exactly 100 years to the day and a Birmingham nursing
:17:28. > :17:38.home. He was buried here alongside his wife in the grounds of St
:17:38. > :17:38.
:17:39. > :17:43.Mary's Church in Handsworth. Thanks to the Aston Villa supporters trust,
:17:43. > :17:47.his gravestone has been cleaned up, restored and engraved with a
:17:47. > :17:52.permanent reminder of his unique place in English football. Two
:17:53. > :17:56.years ago, his statue was unveiled outside Villa Park, a permanent
:17:56. > :17:59.reminder of the inspirational Scot who made the English Football
:17:59. > :18:09.League a role model for the rest of the leak to follow -- the rest of
:18:09. > :18:11.
:18:11. > :18:15.the world to follow. And we have the views of another Finn Paul man.
:18:15. > :18:21.-- another football man. He is the man who managed Rangers to 10
:18:21. > :18:29.titles, all to Smith. He says it is obvious that the club will
:18:29. > :18:36.reconsider -- will consider signing Kris Boyd. He was sharing his views
:18:36. > :18:44.on all things, well, Rangers. Walter Smith and Billy McNeill
:18:44. > :18:49.pausing for festive posters today. When Walter Smith talks about
:18:49. > :18:59.Rangers, people listen. The former Ibrox but has plenty to say about
:18:59. > :19:00.
:19:00. > :19:05.Nicky's a yell of edge. -- has plenty to say about Nikica Jelavic.
:19:05. > :19:12.He is this subject of speculation about a bid in January. To keep
:19:12. > :19:16.your lovage -- to keep Nikica Jelavic would help greatly in terms
:19:16. > :19:20.of Rangers's opportunities of retaining the Championship.
:19:20. > :19:26.Kris Boyd is looking for a new club after terminating his contract with
:19:26. > :19:33.a team in Turkey. I wonder what Walter Smith makes of that. He was
:19:33. > :19:37.a good player for Rangers over the years. He left because he was
:19:37. > :19:47.offered a better deal and England at the time and then again in
:19:47. > :19:50.
:19:50. > :19:59.Turkey. From a Rangers point of view, he is one to have all a cat.
:20:00. > :20:07.-- he is one are to consider. When you get to my age, you're thinking
:20:07. > :20:11.of retiring anyway, but in a football sense, you find a lot of
:20:11. > :20:16.people who come to my age and are not involved, if they get an offer
:20:16. > :20:25.for an opportunity to get back into the game, if I get one, I will
:20:25. > :20:31.consider it. I would not say I was in retirement at the moment. I am
:20:31. > :20:36.sure he will be back. Remember the old joke, what you call a Scotsman
:20:36. > :20:41.at a major football tournament? The referee. Craig Thomson will be
:20:42. > :20:46.flying the flag for Scotland at the Euro 2012 finals. The national team
:20:46. > :20:53.did not qualify. Meanwhile, Craig Thomson and his colleagues are
:20:53. > :20:57.trying to educate journalists on the laws of the game. Some say it
:20:57. > :21:02.is the toughest job in football, the men in the middle are often
:21:02. > :21:07.criticised. They feel fans, players and reporters need to brush up on
:21:07. > :21:13.the rules of football. In a bed to educate, the SFA have handed out
:21:13. > :21:21.was of the game to the media and invited us to the national stadium
:21:21. > :21:26.for refereeing course. Let us see how it goes. Here you have,
:21:26. > :21:31.careless, reckless and using excessive force. With more pressure
:21:31. > :21:35.than ever on officials to get it right, they want to make sure that
:21:35. > :21:39.the laws are clear. There is even a test to make sure you have been
:21:39. > :21:46.listening. The media are usually giving you guys stick, how are you
:21:46. > :21:50.getting on? It was a mixed bag of results. The pass mark is 80% slide
:21:50. > :21:56.don't think any of you will be out next week doing games. The media
:21:56. > :22:00.has a massive responsibility for the Scottish refereeing department.
:22:00. > :22:03.The other voice and a lot of the fans will listen to what you say
:22:03. > :22:09.and it is important that, if you are going to comment on decisions,
:22:09. > :22:15.but you know what you're talking about. Refereeing course over. It
:22:15. > :22:21.was more difficult than I expected. I did not come first but I did not
:22:21. > :22:28.come last, either. I do have my certificate to prove I have taken a
:22:28. > :22:35.course and most importantly, I have this to give to David! I wasn't
:22:35. > :22:42.going to send him a card either! ESFA well here Peter Pollock's
:22:43. > :22:51.appeal against his sending-off. -- ESFA. Aberdeen won the game 1-0
:22:51. > :22:56.thanks to a penalty awarded after this incident. He now faces diving
:22:56. > :23:02.allegations. Be used to be the most popular attraction in Edinburgh Zoo
:23:02. > :23:06.but the penguins have not been released -- recently, because of
:23:06. > :23:11.the arrival of Sunshine and Sweetie, the pandas from China.
:23:11. > :23:16.Now, it seems they're taking their revenge. It is the visiting queues
:23:17. > :23:21.to see the pandas batter suffering. Ever since their arrival, Sunshine
:23:22. > :23:25.and Sweetie have been creating a bit of a stir. But while some of
:23:25. > :23:30.their neighbours are relaxed about the queues of people waiting to
:23:30. > :23:36.catch a glimpse, others are becoming party-poopers. When the
:23:37. > :23:41.public come into this new a closure -- new enclosure, the come through
:23:41. > :23:51.the penguin enclosure. One of the rock opera Penguin seems to be and
:23:51. > :23:52.
:23:52. > :23:59.a half! -- seems to be disgruntled! He used pooping on the public!
:23:59. > :24:05.Jealousy, I suppose. A bit like my daughter, here with her brother!
:24:05. > :24:13.They have been an attraction for many many years. -- for many, many
:24:13. > :24:19.years. The zoo is beating up a glass screen. The penguins are
:24:19. > :24:25.displaying a bit of one-upmanship here against the giant pandas. For
:24:25. > :24:30.the Penguins, who have been here for a century, they are in no hurry
:24:30. > :24:36.to end the stand-off. But for the pandas, they do not to seem -- they
:24:37. > :24:46.do not seem to give a monkey's. Are we allowed to say pooping before
:24:47. > :24:48.
:24:48. > :24:56.the watershed? I am not sure. Today, we saw many places having a
:24:56. > :25:01.fine day. Rain building in western part, that band of rain will reach
:25:01. > :25:11.the country overnight. Tonight, it will turn quite chilly and we will
:25:11. > :25:12.
:25:12. > :25:18.see a widespread frost. Around space side, into per share and
:25:18. > :25:23.parts of the Southern champions will see snow. -- into Perth shire.
:25:23. > :25:33.With that rain and we will see a strengthening wind. -- that rain
:25:33. > :25:35.
:25:35. > :25:42.band. It will stay chilly in the north-east. Tomorrow morning, we
:25:42. > :25:46.will see those winds strengthening. That rain will move away north and
:25:46. > :25:52.east words as we head through the day. Behind it will be a legacy of
:25:52. > :25:57.cloud. Quite a cloudy, murky and overcast day. But it will be mild,
:25:57. > :26:05.look at those temperatures, very mild for the time of year. There
:26:05. > :26:11.will be some heavier rain around the north-west Highlands. As we
:26:11. > :26:15.head into tomorrow evening, there will be rain in the north and west.
:26:15. > :26:19.That sets us up for Thursday, where it will be breezy and cloudy. It
:26:19. > :26:26.will also be very mild again, with highs around 10 or 11 degrees
:26:26. > :26:33.Celsius. There will be a cold front sinking down across the country on
:26:33. > :26:37.Friday. It will not be a wet day but it will bring in cold air
:26:37. > :26:45.behind it. There will be some brightness behind it and also some
:26:45. > :26:50.wintry showers. That is it from the weather. An Oxford University
:26:50. > :26:53.professor has called for foodstuffs to be fortified with vitamins D
:26:53. > :26:58.because of Scotland's higher rate of multiple sclerosis, which is
:26:58. > :27:02.strongly linked to a deficiency of the vitamin.
:27:02. > :27:05.Professor George Ebers says that without that, the Scottish
:27:05. > :27:10.government is opening itself to legal action from people who
:27:10. > :27:15.develop the disease in the future. An inquiry into the action -- the
:27:15. > :27:18.right in England has found that live firearms could be used in the
:27:18. > :27:23.future be in limited circumstances by the police.
:27:23. > :27:27.Rail fares in Scotland are to rise by 6% in January. ScotRail says the