:00:27. > :00:33.Welcome to Reporting Scotland. To date: unemployment is up by 19,000.
:00:33. > :00:40.Family's say that they are feeling the squeeze. You have to divide the
:00:41. > :00:50.money between your mortgage, fuel bills, and food troubles. I shop
:00:50. > :00:53.around for food which I never used to do. A trial hears how this
:00:53. > :00:59.schoolboy's friend was found standing over his dead body with a
:00:59. > :01:06.knife and covered in blood. Andy breakfast-time raid at a Glasgow
:01:06. > :01:16.Auctioneers. And amateur astronomers are turning their
:01:16. > :01:19.
:01:19. > :01:26.telescopes to award the scars. -- The jobless figure is up but the
:01:26. > :01:33.economy is showing signs of a rallying. Next figures today. The
:01:33. > :01:39.unemployment rate has shown no signs of falling. Another 19,000
:01:39. > :01:44.people joined Scotland's dole queues during the period. How does
:01:44. > :01:51.that compare with the rest of the UK? The job market was still better
:01:51. > :01:57.than in most English regions. But 8.6 % of our workforce is looking
:01:57. > :02:03.for a job - and lost than the UK as a whole. The sluggish economy does
:02:03. > :02:09.not just impact on those who have lost their jobs but all of us.
:02:09. > :02:15.Nancy is feeling the squeeze. She has a job and a family. In these
:02:16. > :02:21.tough times she is doing what many Scots do. Watching what she spends.
:02:21. > :02:28.The mortgage is my biggest outgoing and that will go up this year. I am
:02:28. > :02:34.saving for a wedding because I want to get married at the sea here. And
:02:34. > :02:41.the food shopping is a massive concern. I shop around which I
:02:41. > :02:49.never used to do. Now I tend to have to go into a few different
:02:49. > :02:55.shops to see where the better value Retailers are complaining of a
:02:55. > :03:05.terrible December. Their results are only marginally better than
:03:05. > :03:05.
:03:05. > :03:09.last year, when heavy show caused chaos. -- heavy snow. 80% of our
:03:09. > :03:15.members claimed that sales have fallen over the last three months.
:03:15. > :03:19.That is a worrying sign. Many businesses expected to continue.
:03:19. > :03:29.Customers are chasing a value and where retailers are seen to provide
:03:29. > :03:31.
:03:31. > :03:41.There have been casualties - Scottish companies forced into
:03:41. > :03:43.
:03:43. > :03:49.administration. Conditions are not easy. 2012 will be difficult. This
:03:49. > :03:54.recession is rooted and high levels of debt and stress in the banking
:03:54. > :04:02.sector. There will be slow growth and if things go badly wrong in the
:04:02. > :04:07.euro-zone we could be dragged into A but Scotland's economy actually
:04:07. > :04:13.grew during the autumn. The best growth rate seen in the country for
:04:13. > :04:17.at a year-and-a-half. But it may not last. The Office of budgetary
:04:17. > :04:23.responsibility things that the economy will shrink and stay flat
:04:23. > :04:32.throughout the first half of next year. -- this year. More trouble
:04:32. > :04:37.year. -- this year. More trouble The man accused of killing Jack
:04:37. > :04:44.Frew has admitted to fatally stabbing the teenager in an East
:04:44. > :04:49.Kilbride would land. The gay teenager's boyfriend was found
:04:49. > :04:54.standing over the body with a knife and covered in blood. Craig Roy
:04:54. > :05:04.denies the killing. The High Court held that the 16-year-old was
:05:04. > :05:05.
:05:05. > :05:10.openly gay but accepted by friends and Piers. He died in May 2010. His
:05:10. > :05:17.body was lying in a pool of blood and prosecutors claimed that Craig
:05:17. > :05:27.Roy killed him. He denies murdering Jack Frew but today his QC told the
:05:27. > :05:34.jury that his client did not dispute carrying out the attack.
:05:34. > :05:40.The first witness was Craig Roy's partner, who claimed he received a
:05:40. > :05:47.phone call saying that Jack Frew was dead. He rushed to the woods
:05:47. > :05:53.and found Craig Roy with blood all over him and holding a knife. From
:05:53. > :06:00.the whips he made a 999 call which was played to the jury. -- from the
:06:00. > :06:06.woods. Visibly upset, he told the court that Jack Frew was beyond
:06:06. > :06:12.help. Under cross examination he said that Craig Roy sometimes self-
:06:12. > :06:18.harm do and was seeking medical help. Member of Jack Frew's family
:06:18. > :06:28.were in court. Craig Roy sat in the court throughout the day with his
:06:28. > :06:29.
:06:29. > :06:33.The row over Ambulance rest breaks appears to have been resolved.
:06:33. > :06:39.Crews will work a shorter week in return for been available during
:06:39. > :06:44.breaks. The dispute arose following the deaths of two people who wear
:06:44. > :06:48.made to wait for an ambulance whilst local crews were on a break.
:06:48. > :06:56.150 extra staff will be recruited in order to reduce the hours of
:06:56. > :07:04.existing crews. The long-term solution is to move towards a 37.5
:07:04. > :07:14.hour working week. Staff will be required to attend emergency calls
:07:14. > :07:14.
:07:15. > :07:20.Still to come: Scottish Water will use hydropower and to generate more
:07:20. > :07:25.of its own electricity. And in sport we speak to Andy Murray as he
:07:25. > :07:29.prepares for his Australian Open second-round match. We will hear
:07:29. > :07:39.from a heart of Midlothian player on the wages do battle and his
:07:39. > :07:39.
:07:39. > :07:44.fight to save his career. -- wages Police are hunting the jewellery
:07:44. > :07:48.thieves who made off with gems worth �500,000 from a Glasgow
:07:48. > :07:58.Auctioneers. One a proper war a high-visibility jacket when
:07:58. > :08:02.entering the premises yesterday morning. -- 1 Buckler. Some of the
:08:02. > :08:08.Julie destined for sale tonight was targeted yesterday morning. Diamond
:08:08. > :08:18.rings like this which would have been expected to fetch around
:08:18. > :08:21.
:08:21. > :08:25.�1,900. All bundled into a bag and stolen. The robbery happened around
:08:26. > :08:32.6:55am yesterday. Police believe that the thieves spent around 20
:08:33. > :08:37.minutes helping themselves to the safer inside the auction house.
:08:37. > :08:44.was a man in dark clothing and the high-visibility jacket. At this
:08:44. > :08:50.stage we believe he made off in a vehicle which was parked near by.
:08:50. > :08:57.More than 300 pieces worth over �410,000 have been stolen.
:08:57. > :09:01.Detectives would not describe just how the thief gained access to the
:09:01. > :09:05.safer but confirmed it was not have blown. They were today talking to
:09:05. > :09:11.members of staff and the alarm company. Such is the scale of the
:09:11. > :09:21.hall they have issued a nationwide and will possibly issued a nation -
:09:21. > :09:24.
:09:24. > :09:29.Train drivers have been balloted on potential strike action following
:09:29. > :09:39.the disciplining of a staff member who called insect to watch a
:09:39. > :09:43.football game. Aslef will ballot members falling the absence of the
:09:43. > :09:53.worker who was actually in Germany watching Rangers play when he said
:09:53. > :09:56.
:09:56. > :10:06.A decision on Donald Trump potential golfing development will
:10:06. > :10:08.
:10:08. > :10:12.Plastic surgeons at the Spire Murrayfield Hospital, which carried
:10:12. > :10:18.out 800 operations involving controversial and plants are
:10:18. > :10:28.holding an information event at the end of Germany for Women -- at the
:10:28. > :10:28.
:10:28. > :10:36.end of January for women who are Scottish Power is to invest �20
:10:36. > :10:39.million in small-scale hydro schemes across the country. High in
:10:40. > :10:46.the Perthshire hills at this called clean water is piped to homes as
:10:46. > :10:53.far away as Falkirk. For decades we have been using our lochs and
:10:53. > :10:59.rivers to generate electricity. This is not part of a hydro scheme
:10:59. > :11:05.but is used to produce power. I am about to discover how. The answer
:11:05. > :11:08.can be found just down the glen at the local water treatment works.
:11:08. > :11:16.This To thine is driven by the sheer force of the water being
:11:16. > :11:21.piped into the plant. Energy which would otherwise be lost. With that
:11:21. > :11:31.these three combines running we can produce enough electricity to run
:11:31. > :11:32.
:11:32. > :11:39.at the ancillary works. It is a win-win situation. This NEC water
:11:39. > :11:49.may be pure but it still must be treated to meet more than standards.
:11:49. > :11:50.
:11:50. > :11:57.-- AC water. Drinking water date is on recognisable from 30 years ago.
:11:57. > :12:04.More likely to be filtered, clear, fresher, and all that requires
:12:04. > :12:10.energy to push it around various machinery. Scottish Water is
:12:10. > :12:17.publicly owned so cutting costs should be good news for consumers.
:12:18. > :12:22.And also good news for the In the last few minutes we have
:12:22. > :12:26.heard that a theatre to hear Mac man has been arrested in connection
:12:26. > :12:31.with the rate of a Women in George Square in October which was said to
:12:31. > :12:37.have happened during an anti- capitalist demonstration. The camp
:12:37. > :12:45.was set up as part of a worldwide movement. The man is expected to
:12:45. > :12:51.appear at Glasgow Sheriff court Across the country this Wednesday:
:12:51. > :12:54.one a year ago today the body of Betty Brown was found in a wood in
:12:54. > :13:03.Cumbria. Her death remains a mystery and police have made a
:13:03. > :13:10.Grampian Police claimed to have disrupted for team organised crime
:13:10. > :13:20.groups and seized �250,000 worth of drugs since November. A 50 arrests
:13:20. > :13:22.
:13:22. > :13:27.The Office of Fair Trading is to carry out its widest ever
:13:27. > :13:31.investigation into fuel prices in the Western Isles.
:13:31. > :13:36.A former nurse at a care home near Dumfries has been struck off for
:13:36. > :13:41.misconduct. He failed to act when he saw and 90-year-old resident
:13:41. > :13:51.fall. She died four days later. The Scottish Maritime Museum in our
:13:51. > :13:55.fin has been awarded a grant to repair its roof. -- in the Air Show.
:13:55. > :13:59.This will allow us to redesign the year and make it a better
:13:59. > :14:06.experience. Shetland Islands Council is getting
:14:06. > :14:09.its finances in order after a damning report. They must learn to
:14:09. > :14:14.manage their finances and live within their means.
:14:14. > :14:18.An Edinburgh company has been fined six 1/2 �1,000 after one of its
:14:18. > :14:27.employees fell through a skylight. The accident happened to years ago.
:14:27. > :14:30.You will find more on those and other stories on the website.
:14:30. > :14:35.Looking at the night sky has always been popular with astronomy
:14:35. > :14:43.enthusiasts. But a new television programme has been bringing this to
:14:43. > :14:48.a wider audience. This week's Stargazing Live programme has
:14:48. > :14:53.gained a lot of interest. Our correspondent has muscled in
:14:53. > :14:57.amongst the telescopes in Edinburgh's Botanic Gardens.
:14:57. > :15:03.Normally at sunset, the visitors here are rushing out of the gardens
:15:03. > :15:07.and the gates are closed. But tonight a lot of the public are in
:15:07. > :15:13.the gardens for a lovely feast of astronomy and dark sky events. It
:15:13. > :15:17.has all been designed along with the Royal Observatory, the National
:15:17. > :15:23.Museum for Scotland and also a local us on the society. It is all
:15:23. > :15:29.to help with people becoming enthusiastic about astronomy. Even
:15:29. > :15:34.though there are some showers, there are indoor activities ranging
:15:34. > :15:39.from introduction to the night sky and meteorites. It is all geared up
:15:39. > :15:45.to find an interest in astronomy. This is what we all hope to see on
:15:45. > :15:51.a clear right across the country. Stars, galaxies and planets. --
:15:51. > :15:58.night. For most people living in towns and cities, light pollution
:15:58. > :16:04.obscures the light show. This is the largest telescope we have here.
:16:04. > :16:09.It was built in 1928. Edinburgh's Royal Observatory, they
:16:09. > :16:12.are keen to build a network for looking at the night sky. We are
:16:12. > :16:17.looking for people to look around their local community and to
:16:17. > :16:22.nominate new places that are great for star-gazing. They can visit our
:16:22. > :16:28.website and find out how to do that there. We really hope that we get
:16:28. > :16:34.this network of dark skies services. The north and west of Scotland have
:16:34. > :16:39.some of the best dark skies in Europe. In Sky, they have already
:16:39. > :16:46.identified nine of the best sites for star-gazing. We have lots of
:16:46. > :16:51.enthusiasm to take that forward and develop it. The night was not the
:16:51. > :16:55.best, but even so on nights of patchy cloud, planets and
:16:55. > :17:00.consolations can be seen. You can see the Milky Way, of which people
:17:00. > :17:05.do not see in are in areas. You come to an area like this and you
:17:05. > :17:10.can see much more. And local businesses can also see the
:17:10. > :17:15.potential for encouraging more winter visitors. I think this is a
:17:15. > :17:23.great initiative for us because it will drop business to the area in
:17:23. > :17:28.what is traditionally a quiet season. The weather has been about
:17:28. > :17:32.next year here -- here in Edinburgh, but generally across Scotland there
:17:32. > :17:36.is a wonderful range of observatories that can help you get
:17:36. > :17:42.started. There are lots of events going on around Scotland over the
:17:42. > :17:49.next two weeks, so if you want to find out what is going on near you,
:17:49. > :17:58.log on to the website below. I will be back later for a full weather
:17:58. > :18:03.update. Now the sport.
:18:03. > :18:09.Andy Murray's pursued of his first grand-slam title continues early
:18:09. > :18:13.tomorrow morning. It is the world - - he takes on France's Edouard
:18:13. > :18:17.Roger Vasselin in round two of Australia -- the Australian Open.
:18:17. > :18:25.He is not the only Scot looking forward to playing a second round
:18:25. > :18:34.match in Melbourne. It is match point. Column Fleming
:18:34. > :18:40.crouches in silent anticipation. -- Colin. Then he pounces. Yes, all
:18:40. > :18:47.very dramatic as he and his partner when it through to the second round.
:18:47. > :18:51.This was at the expense of their American competitors. The last few
:18:51. > :18:57.results started to give us some self-belief. Hopefully with that
:18:57. > :19:02.hard work, we can go on and achieve more. You probably do not know much
:19:02. > :19:08.about Edouard Roger Vasselin, do not worry, nor does Andy Murray.
:19:08. > :19:15.has been on the tour for a while. He is playing the best tennis of
:19:15. > :19:20.his career at the moment. It will be a tough one. It took Andy Murray
:19:20. > :19:25.over three hours to win his first round match. He will be hoping to
:19:25. > :19:28.make quicker work tomorrow. One of the Hearts players has told
:19:28. > :19:32.BBC Scotland that a lack of information from the club over late
:19:32. > :19:36.payment of wages was the reason they took their issue to their
:19:36. > :19:41.union. He says that they are now happy, even though the Premier
:19:41. > :19:45.League club bought -- club were later again.
:19:45. > :19:48.Wages for January might have been eight hours late going into Hearts
:19:48. > :19:56.players bank accounts this month, but that is not the main concern of
:19:56. > :20:04.Kevin Cowle. For me personally, that is the end of the matter. The
:20:04. > :20:07.club has assured us we will get our wages on time. Yesterday it was the
:20:08. > :20:12.news that we had been charged by the SPL for being late, but that is
:20:12. > :20:22.a matter for the club and the SPL. The players are satisfied and have
:20:22. > :20:24.
:20:24. > :20:28.got their wages. -- Kevin Kyle. Kevin Powell has experienced
:20:28. > :20:34.something similar at Sunderland, but there they were kept abreast of
:20:34. > :20:37.the situation. It is the not knowing. If someone had come and
:20:38. > :20:41.told us this situation, a lot of us might have understood. The fact
:20:41. > :20:46.that we were not told what was happening, that was the most
:20:46. > :20:51.frustrating thing. Kyle has been sidelined for a year with a hip
:20:51. > :20:56.problem. His main concern is surgery which he hopes will save
:20:56. > :21:00.his career. He says he would not mind so it -- signing for Hearts
:21:00. > :21:05.again. If I can get paid a reasonable wage and still be part
:21:05. > :21:11.of the team, I would love to do that. It will all depend on whether
:21:11. > :21:17.I am fit and able. I would love first and foremost to try and
:21:17. > :21:21.extend my career at Hearts. I am sure the Hearts fans would welcome
:21:21. > :21:27.back a fully fit Kevin Powell. Alas available place in the
:21:27. > :21:33.Scottish Cup fifth-round will be filled tonight. Dunfermline up a
:21:33. > :21:37.post in relent -- Inverness Caledonian Thistle. Last night,
:21:37. > :21:43.come Arnett booked their place in the 5th round with a win over
:21:43. > :21:48.Dundee. This strike helped the side to victory. St Mirren also
:21:48. > :21:54.progressed, this call was enough to see them safely through.
:21:54. > :22:04.You can listen to the game alive tonight on BBC Radio Scotland. --
:22:04. > :22:07.
:22:07. > :22:11.live. Do not to know until after this show. -- two men.
:22:11. > :22:16.Glasgow School of Art has been awarded one of the largest grants
:22:17. > :22:22.of its kind to work out why the city has produced so many
:22:22. > :22:32.successful contemporary artists. The money, more than �120,000, will
:22:32. > :22:37.be used to investigate archives dating back three decades.
:22:37. > :22:43.The winner of the 2011 Turner Prize... He may not have known it
:22:43. > :22:49.at the time, but Glasgow Karla Black and -- Martin Boyce won a
:22:49. > :22:53.place in art history last weekend as well as their Turner Prize. Many
:22:53. > :22:57.commentators are wondering what is going on in Glasgow. So many
:22:57. > :23:03.artists have come from this small corner of the city that one of
:23:03. > :23:13.German curator even dubbed it, the Glasgow miracle. But perhaps this
:23:13. > :23:14.
:23:15. > :23:24.success is more practical than that. A thriving art school helps a
:23:25. > :23:26.
:23:26. > :23:32.thriving arts centre. Today's grant will allow it the study of archives.
:23:32. > :23:42.We knew that Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Fabius people, we knew
:23:42. > :23:42.
:23:42. > :23:49.that Damien Hirst -- Damien Hirst was here. None of this is remember
:23:49. > :23:58.it. For artists to know that there is that lineage, actually changes
:23:58. > :24:03.things. Parties and openings like this one work all important.
:24:03. > :24:07.fact that the art school is just up there and Sauchiehall Street is
:24:07. > :24:17.there, it was a bridge between the town and gown and it made the arts
:24:17. > :24:23.more accessible for people. Also, it was a nice place to eat! Much
:24:23. > :24:33.has changed over the years and this study will help identify a those
:24:33. > :24:39.
:24:39. > :24:43.It has been quite a nice day through eastern areas, but this
:24:43. > :24:47.evening we will see a scattering of showers across the North and the
:24:47. > :24:57.West. It will start to than Colder. If we look at the picture for the
:24:57. > :24:58.
:24:58. > :25:02.rest of the night, we see plenty of scattered showers. Where these
:25:02. > :25:08.showers fall on frozen surfaces, there will be a risk of ice.
:25:08. > :25:12.Tomorrow morning will have a nice start. This will not last. We will
:25:12. > :25:16.start to see showers gathering in the West. There will be an
:25:16. > :25:25.increasing risk of snow over the hills. The Met Office have issued a
:25:25. > :25:29.yellow warning. If we start the tour across southern areas, there
:25:30. > :25:36.will be a scattering of showers across the West and the south-west.
:25:36. > :25:40.Some snow showers across the Southern Uplands. They it will be
:25:40. > :25:49.it drifting snow as well in the strong to deal forced -- gale-force
:25:49. > :25:54.winds. Deal forced -- storm force winds across the northern isles.
:25:54. > :26:01.That is how it is looking. For the rest of the day, it looks like we
:26:01. > :26:08.will see it wind at times, some of it pretty strong. The pressure
:26:08. > :26:13.charts are showing a good deal of Friday sunshine for eastern areas.
:26:13. > :26:17.On Friday, it is an nice-looking day with sunshine to begin with but
:26:17. > :26:22.rain will start spreading from the south-west, that will be heavy and
:26:22. > :26:28.preceded by snow on the hills. Looking into the weekend, it looks
:26:28. > :26:38.like it will be a mixed bag. Frequent showers, blustery in the
:26:38. > :26:38.
:26:38. > :26:43.West, and the best of the sunshine Scotland's retail sales are down
:26:43. > :26:49.and jobless figures are up, but the economy here is showing some signs
:26:49. > :26:54.of rallying. However, 239,000 Scots are now unemployed.
:26:54. > :26:58.The search for this vessel of the Italian coast has been suspended
:26:58. > :27:03.today after the ship slipped further into the sea. The captain
:27:03. > :27:06.has now reported to have told investigators that he fell into a
:27:06. > :27:16.lifeboat. The man accused of killing Jack
:27:16. > :27:17.
:27:17. > :27:23.Frew has admitted fatally strapping -- stabbing the teenager. Nineteen-
:27:23. > :27:28.year-old Craig Roy denies murder. It has been called Boris Ireland
:27:28. > :27:33.and is one of the options to be discussed by the Government in at a