:00:20. > :00:23.Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight on your national news:
:00:23. > :00:26.United for the union. David Cameron and Ed Miliband unite
:00:26. > :00:29.to save the Union, as the main parties at Westminster pledge to
:00:29. > :00:34.keep Scotland part of the UK. have been too many in the SNP that
:00:34. > :00:39.are happy to talk about the process. Let's have the debate, and let's
:00:39. > :00:42.keep us and country to give up. White is the Prime Minister
:00:42. > :00:45.dictating to Scotland and emulating Margaret Thatcher? We'll be looking
:00:45. > :00:47.at when an independence referendum might be held, what questions could
:00:47. > :00:49.be asked and who'd be allowed to vote.
:00:49. > :00:55.Also in the programme: Pictures are released of the
:00:55. > :00:58.rubbish-strewn flat where Kimberley Hainey murdered her baby son Declan.
:00:58. > :01:02.Police say the death of an 87-year- old woman at her home in
:01:02. > :01:06.Lanarkshire is now being treated a suspicious.
:01:06. > :01:12.And more stable-mate than lodger. How a horse is now living in a
:01:12. > :01:15.Lewis pensioner's lounge. The threat to the 300-year-old
:01:15. > :01:20.union between Scotland and England has forced a show of unity between
:01:20. > :01:23.the David Cameron and the Labour leader, Ed Miliband. Both men
:01:23. > :01:32.pledged their support for the maintenance of the United Kingdom
:01:32. > :01:38.and pledged to work to keep Scotland as part of it. The SNP
:01:38. > :01:42.accused David Cameron of emulating Margaret Thatcher by dictating to
:01:42. > :01:46.Scotland. So Scotland might surprise you,
:01:46. > :01:51.whether you are after dramatic scenery or dramatic scenes.
:01:51. > :01:55.Never a truer word spoken, this new advert aimed at attracting tourists
:01:55. > :02:00.to Scotland focuses on its heritage but Scotland's future is far from
:02:00. > :02:03.certain. We know how to put on a show.
:02:03. > :02:07.That is true politically. Outside Dover House, the London
:02:07. > :02:13.headquarters of the London teams like business as usual but make no
:02:13. > :02:18.mistake. Politics has changed this week. New alliances are being
:02:19. > :02:25.formed. I want to ask the Prime Minister about Scotland. We, on
:02:25. > :02:28.this side of the House... We believe the United Kingdom benefits
:02:28. > :02:33.the people of Scotland and the people of the rest of the United
:02:33. > :02:37.Kingdom in equal measure. We are stronger together and weaker apart.
:02:37. > :02:42.I look forward to having the debate because I think they have been too
:02:42. > :02:46.many in the SNP that are happy to talk about the process... They
:02:46. > :02:50.don't want to talk about the substance. I sometimes feel when I
:02:50. > :02:55.listen to them it is not a referendum they want, it is
:02:55. > :03:00.something that will never happen. Leads keep our country together.
:03:00. > :03:04.Already, the battle lines are being drawn. The Conservative Party has
:03:04. > :03:09.its members of Parliament than there are giant pandas in Edinburgh
:03:09. > :03:15.Zoo. White is the Prime Minister tried to emulate Margaret Thatcher
:03:15. > :03:19.by dictating to Scotland? Earlier at Scottish Questions, a
:03:19. > :03:22.restatement of the UK Government's you on a referendum. The Scottish
:03:22. > :03:26.Parliament does not have the legal power to hold a referendum,
:03:26. > :03:29.regardless of that -- how that is described. We need to provide that
:03:29. > :03:36.power by working with them and I am committed to working with the
:03:36. > :03:40.Scottish Government so that we can get the power to vote. The existing
:03:40. > :03:44.legislation is currently being updated at Westminster to give
:03:44. > :03:49.Holyrood more powers. Some say that should stop until the referendum
:03:49. > :03:53.question is settled. The event in the room, as we discuss the
:03:53. > :03:58.Scotland Bill, is going to be the referendum issue and this issue of
:03:58. > :04:02.what devo max is. I think the Scotland Bill should be put on the
:04:02. > :04:08.back burner until they are resolve. The independence debate has moved
:04:08. > :04:13.up a gear. The constitutional genie is well and truly out of the bottle.
:04:13. > :04:17.There will be conflict and compromises as well to be made.
:04:17. > :04:20.It seems only one thing is certain in this matter, that there will be
:04:20. > :04:25.a vote on independence. But there are big gaps between the two
:04:25. > :04:29.governments on how any vote should be organised. David Henderson's
:04:29. > :04:35.with us now to look at some of those issues.
:04:35. > :04:38.If Alex Salmond gets his way, Scots will vote about 1,000 days from now
:04:38. > :04:43.in the autumn of 2014. There is broad agreement the decision must
:04:43. > :04:48.be made in Scotland but who writes the rules for this one-off event?
:04:48. > :04:53.For now, Holyrood and Westminster Trust cannot agree but they have to
:04:53. > :04:57.do we deal illegally binding referendum is to happen at all.
:04:57. > :05:05.My suspicion is that compromise will have to be made and will be
:05:05. > :05:08.made because if it is not, then whichever party is undermining
:05:08. > :05:11.compromise will suffer Electric. It is in the interests of both the
:05:11. > :05:16.Commission in London and the Scottish Government to find a grim
:05:16. > :05:21.and. So, what are the potential deal breakers, the key points the
:05:21. > :05:26.two sides will have to thrash out? First up, when will the people of
:05:26. > :05:30.Scotland be asked to vote? It is going to be a busy year,
:05:30. > :05:38.packed with feel-good events, like the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
:05:38. > :05:44.Little wonder that 2014 is Alex Salmond's choice. It is a year the
:05:44. > :05:47.Ryder Cup comes to Gleneagles. The UK Government has not yet said no
:05:47. > :05:54.to the stress of timing but it hasn't said yes. It would rather
:05:54. > :05:59.avoid such a showdown 700 years after the Battle of Bannockburn.
:05:59. > :06:03.Next stumbling block, what question will voters be asked? Westminster
:06:03. > :06:08.once a straight choice, independence, yes or no. The SNP
:06:08. > :06:12.wants to give voters a third tries, greater powers for Holyrood and
:06:12. > :06:17.they are done out -- demanding the voting age be as low as 16. At
:06:17. > :06:23.Westminster, they don't, since the normal voting age is 18, so what do
:06:23. > :06:29.these youngsters make of that? think 16 year-olds should vote for
:06:29. > :06:32.all issues that I am going to say yes for this issue as well. They
:06:32. > :06:36.have the power and responsibility to have kids, get married, live by
:06:36. > :06:43.themselves, so why don't they have the responsibility to make an
:06:43. > :06:48.informed decision about who should be in power? It should be 18
:06:48. > :06:53.because you can't even get into a pop at 16. If somebody asked me to
:06:53. > :06:59.vote right now, I wouldn't have an interest in it. Whoever oversees
:06:59. > :07:03.the boat's name vet the question. The SNP don't want The Electoral
:07:03. > :07:07.Commission, an independent watchdog, to be in charge. They want to see a
:07:07. > :07:13.new body, not accountable to Westminster. There will be some
:07:13. > :07:20.hard bargaining, but I don't think it suits either side to leave his
:07:20. > :07:25.bins here. I think the UK Government's move has opened up the
:07:25. > :07:30.risk that third parties come in to this debate about process, and
:07:30. > :07:35.disrupt it in a way that neither of the two governments wants to happen.
:07:35. > :07:38.And by that he means the threat of court action. If the politicians
:07:38. > :07:41.cannot do a deal to make the referendum happen, there is a good
:07:41. > :07:44.chance this battle will end up before the judges of the Supreme
:07:44. > :07:48.Court. Photographs of the flat in which a
:07:48. > :07:50.woman murdered her toddler son have been released by the Crown Office.
:07:50. > :07:52.For months after Declan Hainey's death, his mother, Kimberley,
:07:52. > :07:57.pretended he was still alive, even accepting benefit payments and
:07:57. > :08:05.birthday presents for him. She's due to be sentenced tomorrow.
:08:05. > :08:12.Aileen Clarke reports. This is the debris covered room in
:08:12. > :08:18.which Declan's but was -- body was discovered, decomposed. His bedroom
:08:18. > :08:24.strewn with clothing, cartons, and in a corner, a new coat. The tag
:08:24. > :08:32.still attached. Never worn. The BBC made a special application to the
:08:32. > :08:38.trial judge to seek -- to see the state of the flat. The travel cot,
:08:38. > :08:42.used as a been a, full of rubbish. Milk cartons piled on the floor.
:08:42. > :08:47.The police found Declan in 20th March 10, the cartons were from the
:08:47. > :08:53.previous summer, the summer during which Kimberley Hainey murdered her
:08:53. > :08:58.son. The trial heard from a policeman, and the jury was shown a
:08:58. > :09:03.photograph of the pile of soiled nappies he saw lying in a child's
:09:03. > :09:10.bath. Among the rubbish, a baby's bottle. In the midst of the chaos
:09:10. > :09:16.in the kitchen, happy family snaps stuck on the fridge door. Inside,
:09:16. > :09:19.shelves neatly stacked with baby food. Linda Flanagan, the health
:09:19. > :09:24.visitor told the court of all the notes she had put through the flat
:09:24. > :09:28.door and letters she had written to Kimberley Hainey. The jury was
:09:28. > :09:32.shown they were in piles of other male, unopened lying by the front
:09:33. > :09:38.door. Declan's mother is due to be sentenced at the High Court
:09:38. > :09:41.tomorrow. The Crown Office is considering whether to hold a fatal
:09:41. > :09:43.accident inquiry. You're watching Reporting Scotland
:09:43. > :09:46.from the BBC. Still to come on the programme:
:09:46. > :09:50.Environmentalists and cyclists put pressure on Holyrood over plans to
:09:50. > :09:53.cut spending on walking and bicycle schemes.
:09:53. > :09:57.In sport, we speak to the Scots who've just helped a British team
:09:57. > :10:00.qualify for the Olympics but will have to fight for their places in
:10:00. > :10:03.the team. And they call them goons but they
:10:03. > :10:10.prefer the term enforcer. We talk to one of the hard men of ice
:10:10. > :10:13.hockey. Police have opened a major
:10:13. > :10:16.investigation into the death of an 87-year-old widow, whose body was
:10:16. > :10:19.found at her home in the village of Stonehouse in Lanarkshire eight
:10:19. > :10:23.days ago. Kathleen Milward was found with several injuries, though
:10:23. > :10:32.officers are treating her death as unexplained. Our home affairs
:10:32. > :10:36.correspondent reports. A quiet street in the Lanarkshire
:10:36. > :10:40.village of Stonehouse. Now the focus of a complex police
:10:40. > :10:44.investigation as detectives try to find out how and 87-year-old widow
:10:44. > :10:48.died. Kathleen Milward was found dead eight days ago in her home by
:10:48. > :10:52.a family member alarmed she was not answering the phone. She had a
:10:52. > :10:56.number of injuries. Police say following a post-mortem examination
:10:56. > :11:02.and other inquiries, they are treating her death as suspicious
:11:02. > :11:08.although they would give details of her injuries. Those injuries give
:11:08. > :11:12.rise to the fact they are suspicious by their very nature.
:11:12. > :11:17.What we are doing and we have been doing since that day is
:11:17. > :11:22.investigating how she came by his injuries. Neighbours in the cul-de-
:11:22. > :11:25.sac were shocked to what had happened to a private person.
:11:25. > :11:34.was an ailing lady, she had her ups and downs, but she was always on
:11:34. > :11:41.her feet. But she was private? very private. So, did you get to
:11:41. > :11:45.know her at all? She would give me a wave in the conservatory, I would
:11:45. > :11:49.cut her grass, and she would thank me for doing that. And it is story.
:11:49. > :11:52.Police have stepped up controls in the area to reassure local people
:11:52. > :11:56.and have appealed for witnesses to come forward.
:11:56. > :12:00.Around 500 construction jobs are to go with the collapse of WJ Harte, a
:12:00. > :12:03.civil engineering company based in Lanarkshire. The firm has been
:12:03. > :12:05.placed in administration, as a result of the downturn in the
:12:05. > :12:09.building trade cut its turnover by more than half, while it's
:12:09. > :12:11.struggled with bad debts from financially troubled client firms.
:12:11. > :12:16.A further 200 jobs are being retained at the Bothwell
:12:16. > :12:20.headquarters and on building sites around Scotland.
:12:20. > :12:24.A drunk driver who drove the wrong way along the M8 motorway causing a
:12:24. > :12:27.crash which killed a woman has been jailed for six years. Immediately
:12:27. > :12:31.after the crash in Glasgow, Ross Parker was heard to say he was
:12:31. > :12:41."wrecked". He killed charity worker Margo Boulazreg and injured her
:12:41. > :12:44.
:12:44. > :12:49.She was described by her family as an amazing person who devoted her
:12:49. > :12:54.life to others. But that life was cut sought by the actions of a
:12:54. > :12:57.drunk driver. Today, her family hoped that her death would make
:12:57. > :13:02.people think. This just shows how much
:13:02. > :13:07.devastation it can cost. Our lives will never be the same because of
:13:07. > :13:12.that one moment, where someone made that decision to get behind the
:13:12. > :13:17.appeal of a car, and that is it. It was last February when Ross
:13:17. > :13:24.Parker made that decision after a night out in the pub.
:13:24. > :13:28.He drove down this exit road of the Meight, seemingly oblivious of the
:13:28. > :13:35.no exit sign. Other drivers tried to warn him but he managed to
:13:35. > :13:45.continue for almost a mile until he collided with the woman's car. She
:13:45. > :13:50.died at the scene and her 18-year- old son was badly injured. Police
:13:50. > :13:52.found Ross Parker almost twice the drink-drive limit.
:13:52. > :13:58.The doctors said they were devastated but they were not the
:13:58. > :14:06.only family suffering. We are not the only victims in this case. His
:14:06. > :14:11.family and his children are suffering. I do think about them.
:14:11. > :14:18.Obviously there is a lot of Hearts but there is no blame and we are
:14:18. > :14:22.not paid for or angry. In sentencing him for six years,
:14:22. > :14:26.the judge said that the sentence would have been higher if it was
:14:26. > :14:36.not for the fact that he had admitted guilt and admitted regret
:14:36. > :14:40.for his actions. Two local men have been arrested
:14:40. > :14:45.after �50,000 of crack cocaine was seized in Aberdeen. The discovery
:14:45. > :14:50.was made on Tuesday. Scottish Power have agreed talks
:14:50. > :14:56.next week following complaints of persistent power cuts and a number
:14:56. > :15:00.of rural villages and Galloway. In Stornoway, 400 residents have
:15:00. > :15:05.been told to boil their water after possible contamination from a
:15:05. > :15:08.broken sewer pipe. New technology is being introduced
:15:08. > :15:18.in the Highlands and Islands to make it easier for aircraft to land
:15:18. > :15:23.
:15:23. > :15:27.in poor weather. I knew DPS system is being installed on some lines.
:15:27. > :15:32.The Trident which sank off Caithness with the loss of seven
:15:32. > :15:36.lives could be the subject of new investigation.
:15:36. > :15:41.It is claimed that somebody could be injured unless something is done
:15:41. > :15:47.about the unstable trees on this street. Two of them blew down in
:15:47. > :15:50.last week's storms. A major six-year study by
:15:50. > :15:57.scientists at St Andrews University has discovered hundreds of billions
:15:57. > :16:02.of planets in the Milky Way. Experts say that at -- almost have
:16:02. > :16:07.as many planets as there are stars in the Universe.
:16:07. > :16:13.The festival takes place tonight in which the barrel of tar is set
:16:13. > :16:20.alight and carried around the town to celebrate the old start of the
:16:20. > :16:25.new year. Green groups and cycling
:16:25. > :16:28.campaigners say the SNP will be breaking a manifesto promise if
:16:28. > :16:31.they cut the amount spent on encouraging us to walk and cycle
:16:31. > :16:37.more. The government says they are making the cut because of
:16:37. > :16:44.reductions in their budget. But they admitted the amount spent on
:16:44. > :16:46.road building is going up. Cyclists from across the country
:16:46. > :16:50.converged on St Andrews House in Edinburgh to get their message
:16:50. > :16:56.across to the Scottish Government. The protesters who have gathered
:16:56. > :16:59.argue that investment in cycling and walking is a relatively cheap
:16:59. > :17:02.way for the Scottish Government to meet many of its environmental
:17:02. > :17:07.targets and to improve the nation's health.
:17:07. > :17:12.They say that encourages more people to take to their bikes will
:17:12. > :17:15.help reduce pollution, cut congestion and tackle obesity as
:17:15. > :17:19.well. The reason this should be ring-
:17:19. > :17:24.fenced is simply that climate change is one of the key issues is
:17:24. > :17:29.not the key issue of our time. If we are to meet our ambitious
:17:29. > :17:35.targets, we have to get people out of cars and into active travel,
:17:35. > :17:40.cycling or walking. Scottish ministers say they are
:17:40. > :17:45.listening. There are many passionate people here. People who
:17:45. > :17:48.are passionate about cycling and active travel, as we are in the
:17:48. > :17:53.Scottish Government. I tried to explain we have some real budget
:17:53. > :17:59.pressures, and we have had to make difficult decisions.
:17:59. > :18:03.This is what Scotland should be aiming for according to campaigners.
:18:03. > :18:06.Copenhagen has seen a massive increase in the number of cyclists
:18:06. > :18:12.since the city authorities started making it easier and safer to
:18:12. > :18:20.travel by bike. If we can get cyclists off the main
:18:20. > :18:24.road and on to cycle lanes, that would make a difference. It would
:18:24. > :18:29.be less dangerous for the cyclists, definitely.
:18:29. > :18:32.Copenhagen might be ahead of the pack, but ministers here say that
:18:33. > :18:42.budget cuts mean that we are having to perform a difficult balancing
:18:42. > :18:49.act. On the theme of staying active,
:18:49. > :18:52.here is David with the sport. Earlier this week, we had the story
:18:52. > :18:59.of the sailor Luke Patience, the first Scot to qualify for this
:18:59. > :19:04.year's Olympic Games. Now, two Scots have helped the GB team to
:19:04. > :19:09.qualify for the Games. The men's gymnastics team well qualified for
:19:09. > :19:14.the first time in 20 years. Despite their performances, Daniel Keatings
:19:14. > :19:18.and Daniel Purves are not guaranteed a place on the team.
:19:18. > :19:22.After a poor World Championship in Tokyo, the British gymnastics team
:19:22. > :19:27.had to finish in the top four that this test to qualify for the London
:19:27. > :19:34.Olympics. After this superb performance, they not only finished
:19:34. > :19:39.in the top four, but they won the event to qualify outright in style.
:19:39. > :19:47.It was amazing, to come here in front of the home crowd and to a
:19:47. > :19:51.performance like that, as a whole team, was amazing. We have an
:19:51. > :19:54.advantage now, we have felt the pressure and what it will be like,
:19:54. > :19:58.and we have felt the equipment, so we are looking forward to the
:19:58. > :20:03.Olympics. After Tokyo, everyone was a bit
:20:03. > :20:07.depressed but we put a lot of work in, and I was really impressed with
:20:07. > :20:11.everyone just getting stuck in and the result proves it.
:20:11. > :20:13.Despite their starring roles, Daniel Keatings and Daniel Purves
:20:13. > :20:19.are not guaranteed a place on the team.
:20:19. > :20:26.The team is in the Olympics now but there is a lot to do, the team has
:20:26. > :20:30.not been picked, and the team is very strong so it will the final
:20:30. > :20:37.team will be decided one month before the Games start.
:20:37. > :20:43.Sobey two men still have a lot of hard work to do.
:20:43. > :20:51.Two players for Aberdeen have signed a contract extensions.
:20:51. > :20:55.Defender Andy Considine is new deal runs until 2013. And Scott Vernon
:20:55. > :21:00.is also extending his time with the club until the summer of 2014.
:21:00. > :21:10.If you look up the word been in the dictionary, it is defined as a
:21:10. > :21:13.
:21:13. > :21:23.stupid person or a thug. -- the word goon. There is a Holyrood film
:21:23. > :21:24.
:21:24. > :21:34.at the moment lampooning the role of the pin. -- the goon.
:21:34. > :21:35.
:21:35. > :21:43.Every ice hockey team has its hard man, enforcer, tough man.
:21:43. > :21:53.I am 24 euros sold from Slovakia, and I play for Edinburgh. -- 24
:21:53. > :21:56.
:21:56. > :22:00.years old. You do not like the term, goon. Why
:22:00. > :22:06.not? It sounds like someone who'd just
:22:06. > :22:14.looks four fights and tries not to play the game. I prefer to call
:22:14. > :22:18.myself enforcer. I stick up for my team-mates when something happens.
:22:18. > :22:22.He is there to protect the main stars and also to play hockey,
:22:22. > :22:29.because he is a good hockey player as well, obviously.
:22:29. > :22:34.Would you call him an enforcer? Yes, because he is sitting right
:22:34. > :22:44.there. Because we live together, I don't want him to beat me up when
:22:44. > :22:46.
:22:46. > :22:51.we get home. Do not try that at home!
:22:51. > :22:56.You might describe it as a perfectly stable relationship. The
:22:56. > :23:01.woman from the Western Isles who has moved her horse into her front
:23:01. > :23:07.lines following a dispute about sheltering the animal. She has been
:23:07. > :23:17.sharing her home with a pony since Christmas. If you trot along to
:23:17. > :23:22.
:23:22. > :23:29.this form N b Lewis village of -- this home in a Lewis village, you
:23:29. > :23:33.will find the ultimate in horse hospitality. Brass, grass
:23:33. > :23:37.everywhere and not a drop to grace. The sheep and cattle people will
:23:37. > :23:45.not allowed ponies on their land and crofters are primarily
:23:45. > :23:55.interested in the sheep industry. Common grazing is not here.
:23:55. > :24:03.Now she has turned her modern house into a modern but and then. -- but-
:24:03. > :24:08.and-ben. I do not mind because the welfare
:24:08. > :24:11.and safety of his pony is more important to me.
:24:11. > :24:16.Some local people have been unbridled in their criticism
:24:16. > :24:21.describing her as the neighbour from hell. She has rejected offers
:24:21. > :24:25.from animal welfare experts to take the animal from her.
:24:25. > :24:30.We are concerned about the future welfare of the animals. It is not
:24:30. > :24:40.ideal but if the conditions are right, we cannot do much. We do not
:24:40. > :24:49.have the powers to do any more. This week, a horse will be walking
:24:49. > :24:59.the wet -- the red carpet. But this horse will be watching repeats of
:24:59. > :25:06.
:25:06. > :25:11.Only Fools and horses. Here is the Here is the map from 7pm. There is
:25:11. > :25:15.the rain and wind, which will sink South into Argyll and Lochaber. We
:25:15. > :25:19.went will transfer to the South and south-east of the country as well.
:25:19. > :25:29.We have a yellow warning in force from the Met Office. That means be
:25:29. > :25:35.aware. For Fife, and areas of the Lothian and borders region, gusty
:25:35. > :25:40.winds lasting until about 5am. We will see that rain and wind pushing
:25:40. > :25:44.its way south and east. It will be a mild night, certainly in the
:25:44. > :25:48.southern half of Scotland. Temperatures are around seven
:25:48. > :25:52.degrees Celsius. Tomorrow morning, temperatures will fall away even
:25:52. > :25:58.until the sun starts to rise, but when it comes up, it should be with
:25:58. > :26:06.us for much of the day. Habitable day in store. A crisp feel to the
:26:06. > :26:09.day with north-westerly winds. By the afternoon, some sunshine and
:26:10. > :26:16.highs of six or seven degrees, where they should be far this time
:26:16. > :26:21.of year. Farther north, cloudy with one or two showers, which could be
:26:21. > :26:31.wintry. And when to the as well across higher parts of silent. A
:26:31. > :26:32.
:26:32. > :26:37.cooler day compared with today but much drier. -- parts of Shetland.
:26:37. > :26:42.On Friday, an area of high pressure is in control of the weather. Very
:26:42. > :26:45.little wind so any mist or fog patches overnight might take a long
:26:45. > :26:55.time to clear or so it could beat Grey in the North and west but
:26:55. > :26:59.
:26:59. > :27:08.hopefully, further south and east, Offaly more sunshine. -- hopefully
:27:08. > :27:17.A summary of the top stories. David Cameron and Ed Miliband have
:27:17. > :27:21.enjoyed a rare moment of unity on the issue of Scottish independence.
:27:21. > :27:26.Plans to give Holyrood more powers have been shelved until the whole
:27:26. > :27:31.referendum question is settled. A photographs have been released of