:00:21. > :00:29.The man Scroll for schools to be allowed to delay new exams linked
:00:29. > :00:32.to the curriculum for excellence. - - demands grow. This man lost his
:00:32. > :00:36.wife and two daughters when their car skidded on an oil spill.
:00:36. > :00:40.Now he is calling for action from the Health and Safety Executive.
:00:40. > :00:50.The pulling power that has led this Ireland teenager to be dubbed
:00:50. > :00:52.
:00:52. > :00:56.Britain's strongest schoolgirl fulls but --. And we look ahead to
:00:56. > :01:01.the Calcutta Cup. Can Scotland's experience overcome a new-look
:01:01. > :01:07.England team in the Six Nations opener? There are growing demand
:01:07. > :01:10.tonight for schools to be allowed to delay exams went to the
:01:10. > :01:17.curriculum for excellence. It follows a strength should
:01:17. > :01:21.council's decision to delay testing from 2014 to 2015. Now the EIS says
:01:21. > :01:25.all schools should have the same choice. The Parent Teacher Council
:01:25. > :01:30.says that confidence amongst parents has been shaken. Labour
:01:30. > :01:38.says that the curriculum as unravelling by the day. It isn't a
:01:38. > :01:42.war out there, but conflict for sure. At the centre, 54,000 pupils
:01:42. > :01:50.complain second year. They are meant to be the first to face new
:01:50. > :01:56.exams in 2014. Could the timetable be slipping? Already, one top-
:01:56. > :02:00.performing education a priority is delaying until 2015. -- education
:02:00. > :02:08.authority. They say they cannot teach people for exams that have
:02:08. > :02:13.not been unveiled yet. This is shaking confidence amongst parents.
:02:13. > :02:16.As far as the feedback we get is concerned, parents are generally
:02:16. > :02:20.supportive of the curriculum for excellence. Scotland's largest
:02:20. > :02:26.teaching union has joined the fray, with a call for all schools to have
:02:26. > :02:32.the right to opt out. Of all schools got the same time, some may
:02:32. > :02:36.fall through the net and if that happens, pupils are falling through
:02:36. > :02:42.the net as well. It is a setback for the new qualifications which
:02:42. > :02:46.are linked to the curriculum for excellence. It is a new approach
:02:46. > :02:49.whereby teachers drop their own lessons whilst falling said
:02:49. > :02:53.national guidelines. It seems long- standing unease between teachers
:02:53. > :02:58.and parents came to a head this week at the Education Secretary
:02:58. > :03:03.wants to stick to the original timetable and he says that subject
:03:03. > :03:13.departments and schools already have the option to request a delay
:03:13. > :03:14.
:03:14. > :03:19.in implementation of there and prepared. -- if they are unprepared.
:03:19. > :03:22.Most will agree that it is good in principle, but opponents in
:03:22. > :03:28.politics say the Scottish government is failing to handle the
:03:28. > :03:31.change well. These proposals seem to be unravelling by the day. The
:03:31. > :03:35.assurances seemed to be sounding hollow. He is saying one thing,
:03:35. > :03:43.don't panic, and yet Scotland's teachers are telling us something
:03:43. > :03:49.completely different. Tonight, Mr Russell says he is confident that
:03:49. > :03:54.the move to the new exams will not be a bumpy ride. A man whose wife
:03:54. > :03:57.and two young daughters were killed were in the crashed on the way to
:03:57. > :04:01.school says he is disappointed by the findings of an inquiry into
:04:02. > :04:10.their deaths. Ann Copeland was driving her
:04:10. > :04:18.daughters to school in Montrose in 2008 when her car skidded on an oil
:04:18. > :04:28.spill from a mobile crane. Barry Copeland says that he hoped it see
:04:28. > :04:33.more action taken. Ann Copeland was 45, her daughter's 10 and seven. It
:04:33. > :04:39.was here that the family car skidded off a bend. It had hit a
:04:39. > :04:43.patch of hydraulic fluid spilled on the road by a mobile crane. Barry
:04:43. > :04:49.Copland represented himself at the fatal attacks -- the Fatal Accident
:04:49. > :04:59.inquiry last year. It heard that regular vehicle checks were little
:04:59. > :05:17.
:05:17. > :05:20.I found the findings disappointing. All the major issue of MoT is has
:05:20. > :05:25.been addressed, there are three or four major issues which have been
:05:25. > :05:30.brought up which it has been left hanging. That is extremely
:05:30. > :05:35.disappointing. Those issues include the police investigation. There
:05:35. > :05:41.were no regular maintenance checks. Barry Copland once the Health and
:05:41. > :05:45.Safety Executive to take action. They say they still have to examine
:05:45. > :05:49.the findings. What happened here will haunt Barry Copeland for the
:05:49. > :05:52.rest of his life. He believes that these villages remain a major
:05:52. > :06:02.problem on something else should be done before someone else is injured
:06:02. > :06:05.
:06:05. > :06:08.or killed. Still to come - fishermen calculator helps some
:06:09. > :06:13.Edinburgh school pupils brush up on their at mathematics.
:06:13. > :06:18.And the pulling power that has led this Ireland teenager to be dubbed
:06:18. > :06:23.Britain's strongest schoolgirl. Then sport, it is already being
:06:23. > :06:27.billed as a must-win game for Scotland. It is there sexed -- it
:06:27. > :06:33.is their Six Nations opener against England. This year, there is an
:06:33. > :06:42.added edge. It is a big weekend in the Scottish Cup, too. Celtic are a
:06:42. > :06:46.way to Inverness. Who will be making the headlines this time? 11
:06:46. > :06:49.years ago, there closure was marked by street protests and a six-month
:06:49. > :06:53.low on occupation. Govanhill Baths in the south of
:06:53. > :06:56.Glasgow seven of the poorest communities in the UK and tomorrow,
:06:57. > :07:02.they will be handed back to the people of the area. The reopening
:07:02. > :07:12.has been viewed as a victory for people power. The decision to close
:07:12. > :07:16.Govanhill Baths in 2001 I raged local people. -- outraged local
:07:16. > :07:22.people. They took to the street and occupied the building for six
:07:22. > :07:28.months. 11 years on and they're back inside. They are ready to open
:07:28. > :07:31.it to the public once more. You only have to look outside now as
:07:31. > :07:39.the renovations have been going on, people are peeving end,
:07:39. > :07:43.disbelieving. Is it really going to happen? That is the real excitement.
:07:43. > :07:49.The big days tomorrow, when the actor and director Peter Mullen
:07:49. > :07:59.officially reopens the bat. For him, this is an example of the
:07:59. > :08:01.
:08:01. > :08:06.effectiveness of people power. -- reopens the baths. As a facility,
:08:06. > :08:10.it is there for the people of Govanhill and beyond. For those who
:08:10. > :08:17.occupied the baths in 2001, tomorrow will be an emotional time.
:08:17. > :08:22.I have a tea in my eye, coming up here this morning. -- at here in my
:08:22. > :08:26.eye. The boards were out with Govanhill Baths written on them and
:08:26. > :08:34.I started choking up. All the great memories, all the camaraderie we
:08:34. > :08:38.had on the picket line, it was fantastic! We'll use the pool at
:08:38. > :08:43.the same time because we were all trying to protect it at the same
:08:43. > :08:47.time, all nationalities, age groups, genders together. There is no
:08:47. > :08:52.swimming now, though. It will now be used as a community centre.
:08:52. > :08:55.There is still a lot of work to do, after all, it is going to take
:08:55. > :09:01.another two years before anyone is ready to take a dip in this Bill.
:09:01. > :09:08.The local community are hoping that, by 2016, they will be this --
:09:08. > :09:11.restored to their former glory. The First Minister will meet the
:09:11. > :09:16.Scottish Secretary in 10 days' time, the first face-to-face meeting
:09:16. > :09:18.since the two governments announced separate consultations on the
:09:18. > :09:24.independence referendum. The original meeting was cancelled
:09:24. > :09:27.last week after my, a two-goal with chicken pox. It has been
:09:27. > :09:36.rescheduled for Monday, 13 February. It is expected to take place in
:09:37. > :09:40.Edinburgh. Police are investigating the attempted murder of a man in
:09:40. > :09:50.Paisley. Officers were called to the town last night following
:09:50. > :09:52.
:09:52. > :09:58.reports of a serious assault. The service will be taken over by
:09:58. > :10:00.Bristol helicopters in 2013 for four years until the military's
:10:01. > :10:05.role in search and rescue ends. Anti-capitalist demonstrators have
:10:05. > :10:10.been given a week to prepare a legal case against eviction from
:10:10. > :10:17.the meadows in Edinburgh. The city council is taking court action to
:10:17. > :10:20.have the protesters removed. A revised proposal for a �100 million
:10:20. > :10:26.incinerator in Perth has been rejected by councillors. It is the
:10:26. > :10:30.second time the scheme has been run -- refused. Plans were opposed by
:10:30. > :10:34.the local community. One-third of Highland men are drinking more than
:10:34. > :10:37.they recommended levels of alcohol. The assumption here is above the
:10:37. > :10:42.national average and the local health authority is mounting a
:10:42. > :10:48.campaign to tackle the problem. There is a new campaign to restore
:10:48. > :10:52.one of the world's coldest suspension bridges. The bridge
:10:52. > :11:02.opened in 1820 and lynx got on to England. Without repair work, it
:11:02. > :11:06.
:11:06. > :11:11.will close to vehicles. -- and joins Scotland to England. Staff
:11:11. > :11:15.say no signal has been picked up for almost two weeks.
:11:15. > :11:19.Primary school children in Dundee have been doing their bit to keep
:11:19. > :11:24.Scottish country dancing alive. For hundred youngsters joined
:11:24. > :11:34.together for the annual festival. There is more on those, and Other
:11:34. > :11:37.
:11:37. > :11:42.What is 11 times 43? Not got it yet? Don't worry, help is at hand.
:11:42. > :11:48.Matt's genius Scott Flansburg, known as the human calculator, has
:11:48. > :11:55.been visiting a school in Edinburgh to show come -- some of his
:11:56. > :12:01.techniques. He is called the human calculator for a simple reason.
:12:01. > :12:05.Scott Flansburg's brain may work faster than a machine, but he has
:12:05. > :12:10.come to this high school to share his enthusiasm for numbers. He is
:12:10. > :12:15.keen to share his thoughts on the number nine. Nine is the biggest
:12:15. > :12:24.single digit number in the world. The secret to numbers is, every
:12:24. > :12:29.number higher than nine at down to nine. If you are 55 years old,
:12:29. > :12:33.right down 55, at the digits together, five plus five did he 10,
:12:33. > :12:42.put the sum underneath, the subtract the sum from the age, that
:12:42. > :12:51.gives 45, and the answer, four plus five, gives nine. Some of this
:12:51. > :12:56.stuff is really cool. Give us a number. 32 multiplied by 11. Drop
:12:56. > :13:02.the numbers down to the side. At the edges of the middle. You get
:13:02. > :13:08.352. The philosophy - there are lots of way to do sums, just use
:13:08. > :13:12.the methods that work for you. He made everyone realise that matters
:13:12. > :13:18.and a scary as it is made out to be and it trying to get people to
:13:18. > :13:23.enjoy it. I would say I am good at maths, I like problem-solving.
:13:23. > :13:33.Teachers are impressed, too. It is not just about rote-learning, it is
:13:33. > :13:38.
:13:38. > :13:45.memorising stuff, but also using Scott Flansburg does not expect us
:13:45. > :13:50.to become geniuses, he just wants us to become a maths athletes.
:13:50. > :13:52.And if you've run out of fingers, 11 times 43 is 473.
:13:52. > :13:54.Scotland's chief medical officer says children aged six months-five
:13:54. > :14:00.years, pregnant women and the elderly should be taking daily
:14:00. > :14:03.vitamin D supplements. The lack of sunshine and a diet low in oily
:14:03. > :14:08.fish are thought to be the main reason why Scots have a low level
:14:08. > :14:10.of Vitamin D. A leading academic recently raised concerns over a
:14:10. > :14:20.link between vitamin D deficiency and Scotland's high rate of
:14:20. > :14:23.
:14:23. > :14:30.multiple sclerosis. Strathclyde police have arrested at
:14:30. > :14:34.a 40 year-old man in connection with the death of this lady. The
:14:35. > :14:40.body of the widow was found her at her home just after the new year.
:14:40. > :14:45.Next week, we will have a couple of special reports from Afghanistan,
:14:45. > :14:49.looking at the will of Scots soldiers there.
:14:49. > :14:53.Hundreds of Scottish troops have been deployed to Afghanistan, but
:14:53. > :14:59.what are they are achieving? All British forces are due to leave
:14:59. > :15:03.Afghanistan by 2014, but how realistic is that, and what
:15:04. > :15:08.Afghanistan will they be leaving behind? I will be reporting from
:15:08. > :15:18.patrol bases in Helmand province. That is next week on Reporting
:15:18. > :15:19.
:15:19. > :15:23.Scotland. So, can we do it at Murrayfield
:15:23. > :15:26.tomorrow? Here's David. Sally it's one of those sporting
:15:26. > :15:28.occassions the whole nation is interested in - it's Scotland
:15:28. > :15:38.versus England in the Six Nations rugby, and it's Murrayfield
:15:38. > :15:44.tomorrow. Our reporter, Phil Goodlad, is there already.
:15:44. > :15:49.Scotland squad were in a relaxed mood. Most have experience the
:15:49. > :15:54.intensity of the Calcutta match. But this one seems different. You
:15:54. > :16:00.don't even need to explain the rivalry at stake tomorrow afternoon.
:16:01. > :16:05.But the match has a little extra nipple to it, because of comments
:16:05. > :16:15.made in the last few days of what he saw as arrogance towards the
:16:15. > :16:16.
:16:16. > :16:21.Scotland side from England. Rugby is a very physical game and it is a
:16:21. > :16:27.great game to be involved in. It is important we respect each other in
:16:27. > :16:34.the way we play, and I have heard there is a lack of respect for the
:16:34. > :16:39.Scotland team. Visiting fans arriving for the game are adamant
:16:39. > :16:45.their fellow countrymen have got it wrong. We are not arrogant. I
:16:45. > :16:55.prefer to think it is more of an inferiority complex from the spot -
:16:55. > :16:55.
:16:55. > :17:00.- Scottish boy did you. I think you'll be a good game. So, just
:17:00. > :17:10.other Scotland-England match, then. We want to play well, we want to
:17:10. > :17:20.
:17:20. > :17:30.win a. We have been frustrated with I am reading that Scotland's are
:17:30. > :17:31.
:17:32. > :17:37.favourites? They do appear to be so. Take a look behind me. There are
:17:37. > :17:46.three workmen out there. It is pretty eerie speaking to you from
:17:46. > :17:55.an empty Murrayfield. Scotland will start as favourites in front of
:17:55. > :18:02.67,000 fans. A little bit more heat than in previous seasons this year.
:18:02. > :18:05.Fell, thank you very much. You don't keep warm.
:18:05. > :18:08.Ally McCoist says he is happy at Rangers and has never considered
:18:08. > :18:10.quitting the club he's served as player and now manager. There was
:18:10. > :18:13.speculation about McCoist's future at Ibrox after the club failed to
:18:13. > :18:17.replace striker Nikica Jelavic on the final day of the transfer
:18:17. > :18:20.window, but he says he is as committed as ever.
:18:20. > :18:24.The Hearts manager, Paulo Sergio, is hoping to sit down with the
:18:24. > :18:27.club's owner, Vladimir Romanov, to discuss his future. The Portugese
:18:27. > :18:32.coach is out of contract in the summer and, since joining Hearts
:18:32. > :18:42.last August, has had to deal with continued late payment of wages. He
:18:42. > :18:52.
:18:52. > :19:00.has also been told the squad will We need to prove that we can do it.
:19:00. > :19:03.It is a challenge, but we need to sit down around the table, and make
:19:03. > :19:07.that very clear. It's the Scottish Cup fifth round
:19:07. > :19:10.weekend. The cup holders, Celtic, are away to Inverness Caledonian
:19:10. > :19:16.Thistle, in a tie that has echoes of one of the competitions biggest
:19:16. > :19:23.shocks, and one the Cally Jags will be keen to repeat. And one Celtic
:19:23. > :19:28.wants to make sure it doesn't happen again. The manager gets
:19:28. > :19:35.close enough to the Scottish Cup to smell the silver polish. The is to
:19:35. > :19:39.get another Smith, Caley Thistle of have to knock at Celtic out of the
:19:39. > :19:49.competition. Something they have done a couple of times before, most
:19:49. > :19:49.
:19:49. > :19:59.notably, 12 years ago. Fill in the blanks, and think of Mary Poppins!
:19:59. > :20:01.
:20:01. > :20:07.Here is one at Terry Butcher it might have come up with it he was
:20:07. > :20:14.previewing tomorrow's game. don't know what to expect from our
:20:14. > :20:21.team. If I don't know, then I am sure the opposition don't know.
:20:21. > :20:31.expect the unexpected. Celtic knocked Inverness out last season.
:20:31. > :20:34.
:20:34. > :20:39.So here is one for Celtic. Inverness... It is difficult any
:20:39. > :20:48.time of the year. We want to progress, but we could not have got
:20:48. > :20:51.a tough at 10. Whatever happens, I am sure we will hear all about it.
:20:51. > :21:01.And you can follow all the headline-makers in the rugby and
:21:01. > :21:01.
:21:01. > :21:07.the football across BBC TV radio and online this weekend.
:21:07. > :21:11.Even I will be watching the rugby! But you do worry when it Scollan
:21:11. > :21:16.start out as favourites. She is still in school and learning
:21:16. > :21:20.to be a hairdresser, but she has also been named as Britain's
:21:20. > :21:26.stronger as schoolgirl. Bronwyn Taylor has broken three British
:21:26. > :21:33.records. She can lift twice her own body rate and has her sights set on
:21:33. > :21:37.the Rio Olympics in 2016. Pulling your father's than it may
:21:37. > :21:42.be an extreme way of getting -- letting off steam, but it did
:21:42. > :21:49.become a vital training tool for Britain's strongest schoolgirl.
:21:49. > :21:54.dad said I can do it, and I don't believe them. I was surprised.
:21:54. > :21:59.Since testing her strength on a Mercedes, she is more than pulling
:21:59. > :22:04.her weight in the world and strength sports. Top months after
:22:04. > :22:11.taking it up, Bronwyn Taylor has stunned her friends and family bike
:22:11. > :22:17.breaking three British records. cannot believe it. I am shocked. I
:22:17. > :22:24.knew she was lifting weights, but I never knew she could pull a ban. It
:22:24. > :22:29.is incredible. While muscling in on a man's world, she is sending out
:22:29. > :22:34.an important message to her peer- group. Power lifting is not a
:22:34. > :22:39.traditional female sport, so that makes it even better that we have
:22:39. > :22:45.something achieving such incredible things in that type of sport. It
:22:45. > :22:49.shows that females do not need to be pigeon-holed into certain sports.
:22:49. > :22:56.Being able to lift her up bodyweight and respect in the
:22:56. > :23:02.playground, but some male pupils don't get it. They say to me, you
:23:02. > :23:07.don't do that! Boys will believe anything unless you show them.
:23:07. > :23:11.Bronwyn Taylor has her sights set on a weightlifting in the Rio
:23:11. > :23:16.Olympics in 2016, but if you can't cut it at that, she is in training
:23:16. > :23:19.for have back-up plan - a career in hairdressing.
:23:19. > :23:22.Before we go to the weather, just a reminder that our money man, Fergus
:23:22. > :23:26.Muirhead, will be here a week on Wednesday and he will be answering
:23:26. > :23:28.questions on negative equity. So, if you're worried that your home is
:23:28. > :23:38.worth less than your mortgage, and that this will restrict your
:23:38. > :23:47.
:23:47. > :23:55.Quite a change on the way tomorrow. Tonight, we are looking at dry with
:23:55. > :24:00.and widespread frost. Cloud will continue to thicken up, introducing
:24:00. > :24:06.rain across western Scotland. As that rain hits the colder air, it
:24:06. > :24:13.will turn to snow. Southerly winds will strengthen, and we are looking
:24:13. > :24:17.at potential gales. It will keep those colder temperatures across
:24:17. > :24:21.more eastern areas. That area of high pressure that has been
:24:21. > :24:28.dominating our weather, starting to be squeezed out by these weather
:24:28. > :24:34.France, pushing him and bringing outbreaks of rain, sleep and a snow.
:24:34. > :24:43.Tomorrow starts off on a cloudy note. That rain will turn twos --
:24:44. > :24:53.snow. The Met Office have eight weather warning. We could see snow
:24:54. > :24:57.
:24:57. > :25:02.down to lower levels. Tomorrow, a dull and wet day. Heavy rain.
:25:02. > :25:07.Further inland, snow over a higher ground. Where to look to the
:25:07. > :25:14.afternoon for the central belt. More snow again for the angers
:25:14. > :25:18.hills in particular. Also, a stale wet over the northern isles, but
:25:18. > :25:23.temperatures rising. Brighter, drier conditions feeding and
:25:23. > :25:29.towards the north-west. During the cause of the afternoon, that area
:25:29. > :25:34.of rain, sleep and so will gradually pull away. It will leave
:25:34. > :25:42.and ice risk for tomorrow night. If you are thinking of heading out to
:25:42. > :25:50.the hills tomorrow, not looking great at all - nasty conditions. So
:25:50. > :25:56.there gale force winds. Thrown in with all that, we are looking at
:25:56. > :26:01.severe winter chill as well. It will tend to brighten up towards
:26:01. > :26:08.the north-west, though. If you are thinking of heading to the slopes,
:26:08. > :26:17.nasty conditions - blizzards and gales. A better day on Sunday. A
:26:17. > :26:19.drier and more settled day, and the Now, just before 7 o'clock, a
:26:19. > :26:22.summary of tonight's top stories: There are growing demands tonight
:26:22. > :26:25.for schools to be allowed to delay new exams linked to the curriculum
:26:25. > :26:27.for excellence. It follows East Renfrewshire Council's decision to
:26:27. > :26:30.push testing back from 2014 to 2015. The country's biggest teaching
:26:30. > :26:33.union, the EIS, says ALL schools should have the choice to delay
:26:33. > :26:36.exams. The Energy Secretary, Chris Huhne,
:26:36. > :26:41.has resigned from the Cabinet after learning that he and his ex-wife
:26:41. > :26:43.will both face charges of perverting the course of justice.
:26:43. > :26:48.It's claimed he got his then-wife, Vicky Pryce, to accept penalty
:26:48. > :26:51.speeding points on his behalf 10 years ago to escape a driving ban.
:26:51. > :26:54.Mr Huhne insisted he was innocent and said he would fight the charges
:26:54. > :26:57.in court. A man whose wife and two young
:26:57. > :27:00.daughters were killed when their car skidded on oil spilled from a
:27:00. > :27:04.heavy goods vehicle says he's disappointed by the findings of an
:27:04. > :27:07.inquiry into their deaths. Barry Copeland is writing to the Health
:27:07. > :27:11.and Safety Executive asking what action they are taking over what he
:27:11. > :27:14.says were "serious failings" by the vehicle's owners.
:27:14. > :27:18.Chelsea's John Terry has been sacked as captain of the England
:27:18. > :27:21.football team. He's due to stand trial in July on charges of racial
:27:21. > :27:24.abuse. The Football Association said it had taken the decision as
:27:24. > :27:29.it didn't want the case to dominate England's performance in the Euro