03/02/2012 Reporting Scotland

The man Scroll for schools to be allowed to delay new exams linked

to the curriculum for excellence. - - demands grow. This man lost his

wife and two daughters when their car skidded on an oil spill.

Now he is calling for action from the Health and Safety Executive.

The pulling power that has led this Ireland teenager to be dubbed

Britain's strongest schoolgirl fulls but --. And we look ahead to

the Calcutta Cup. Can Scotland's experience overcome a new-look

England team in the Six Nations opener? There are growing demand

tonight for schools to be allowed to delay exams went to the

curriculum for excellence. It follows a strength should

council's decision to delay testing from 2014 to 2015. Now the EIS says

all schools should have the same choice. The Parent Teacher Council

says that confidence amongst parents has been shaken. Labour

says that the curriculum as unravelling by the day. It isn't a

war out there, but conflict for sure. At the centre, 54,000 pupils

complain second year. They are meant to be the first to face new

exams in 2014. Could the timetable be slipping? Already, one top-

performing education a priority is delaying until 2015. -- education

authority. They say they cannot teach people for exams that have

not been unveiled yet. This is shaking confidence amongst parents.

As far as the feedback we get is concerned, parents are generally

supportive of the curriculum for excellence. Scotland's largest

teaching union has joined the fray, with a call for all schools to have

the right to opt out. Of all schools got the same time, some may

fall through the net and if that happens, pupils are falling through

the net as well. It is a setback for the new qualifications which

are linked to the curriculum for excellence. It is a new approach

whereby teachers drop their own lessons whilst falling said

national guidelines. It seems long- standing unease between teachers

and parents came to a head this week at the Education Secretary

wants to stick to the original timetable and he says that subject

departments and schools already have the option to request a delay

in implementation of there and prepared. -- if they are unprepared.

Most will agree that it is good in principle, but opponents in

politics say the Scottish government is failing to handle the

change well. These proposals seem to be unravelling by the day. The

assurances seemed to be sounding hollow. He is saying one thing,

don't panic, and yet Scotland's teachers are telling us something

completely different. Tonight, Mr Russell says he is confident that

the move to the new exams will not be a bumpy ride. A man whose wife

and two young daughters were killed were in the crashed on the way to

school says he is disappointed by the findings of an inquiry into

their deaths. Ann Copeland was driving her

daughters to school in Montrose in 2008 when her car skidded on an oil

spill from a mobile crane. Barry Copeland says that he hoped it see

more action taken. Ann Copeland was 45, her daughter's 10 and seven. It

was here that the family car skidded off a bend. It had hit a

patch of hydraulic fluid spilled on the road by a mobile crane. Barry

Copland represented himself at the fatal attacks -- the Fatal Accident

inquiry last year. It heard that regular vehicle checks were little

I found the findings disappointing. All the major issue of MoT is has

been addressed, there are three or four major issues which have been

brought up which it has been left hanging. That is extremely

disappointing. Those issues include the police investigation. There

were no regular maintenance checks. Barry Copland once the Health and

Safety Executive to take action. They say they still have to examine

the findings. What happened here will haunt Barry Copeland for the

rest of his life. He believes that these villages remain a major

problem on something else should be done before someone else is injured

or killed. Still to come - fishermen calculator helps some

Edinburgh school pupils brush up on their at mathematics.

And the pulling power that has led this Ireland teenager to be dubbed

Britain's strongest schoolgirl. Then sport, it is already being

billed as a must-win game for Scotland. It is there sexed -- it

is their Six Nations opener against England. This year, there is an

added edge. It is a big weekend in the Scottish Cup, too. Celtic are a

way to Inverness. Who will be making the headlines this time? 11

years ago, there closure was marked by street protests and a six-month

low on occupation. Govanhill Baths in the south of

Glasgow seven of the poorest communities in the UK and tomorrow,

they will be handed back to the people of the area. The reopening

has been viewed as a victory for people power. The decision to close

Govanhill Baths in 2001 I raged local people. -- outraged local

people. They took to the street and occupied the building for six

months. 11 years on and they're back inside. They are ready to open

it to the public once more. You only have to look outside now as

the renovations have been going on, people are peeving end,

disbelieving. Is it really going to happen? That is the real excitement.

The big days tomorrow, when the actor and director Peter Mullen

officially reopens the bat. For him, this is an example of the

effectiveness of people power. -- reopens the baths. As a facility,

it is there for the people of Govanhill and beyond. For those who

occupied the baths in 2001, tomorrow will be an emotional time.

I have a tea in my eye, coming up here this morning. -- at here in my

eye. The boards were out with Govanhill Baths written on them and

I started choking up. All the great memories, all the camaraderie we

had on the picket line, it was fantastic! We'll use the pool at

the same time because we were all trying to protect it at the same

time, all nationalities, age groups, genders together. There is no

swimming now, though. It will now be used as a community centre.

There is still a lot of work to do, after all, it is going to take

another two years before anyone is ready to take a dip in this Bill.

The local community are hoping that, by 2016, they will be this --

restored to their former glory. The First Minister will meet the

Scottish Secretary in 10 days' time, the first face-to-face meeting

since the two governments announced separate consultations on the

independence referendum. The original meeting was cancelled

last week after my, a two-goal with chicken pox. It has been

rescheduled for Monday, 13 February. It is expected to take place in

Edinburgh. Police are investigating the attempted murder of a man in

Paisley. Officers were called to the town last night following

reports of a serious assault. The service will be taken over by

Bristol helicopters in 2013 for four years until the military's

role in search and rescue ends. Anti-capitalist demonstrators have

been given a week to prepare a legal case against eviction from

the meadows in Edinburgh. The city council is taking court action to

have the protesters removed. A revised proposal for a �100 million

incinerator in Perth has been rejected by councillors. It is the

second time the scheme has been run -- refused. Plans were opposed by

the local community. One-third of Highland men are drinking more than

they recommended levels of alcohol. The assumption here is above the

national average and the local health authority is mounting a

campaign to tackle the problem. There is a new campaign to restore

one of the world's coldest suspension bridges. The bridge

opened in 1820 and lynx got on to England. Without repair work, it

will close to vehicles. -- and joins Scotland to England. Staff

say no signal has been picked up for almost two weeks.

Primary school children in Dundee have been doing their bit to keep

Scottish country dancing alive. For hundred youngsters joined

together for the annual festival. There is more on those, and Other

What is 11 times 43? Not got it yet? Don't worry, help is at hand.

Matt's genius Scott Flansburg, known as the human calculator, has

been visiting a school in Edinburgh to show come -- some of his

techniques. He is called the human calculator for a simple reason.

Scott Flansburg's brain may work faster than a machine, but he has

come to this high school to share his enthusiasm for numbers. He is

keen to share his thoughts on the number nine. Nine is the biggest

single digit number in the world. The secret to numbers is, every

number higher than nine at down to nine. If you are 55 years old,

right down 55, at the digits together, five plus five did he 10,

put the sum underneath, the subtract the sum from the age, that

gives 45, and the answer, four plus five, gives nine. Some of this

stuff is really cool. Give us a number. 32 multiplied by 11. Drop

the numbers down to the side. At the edges of the middle. You get

352. The philosophy - there are lots of way to do sums, just use

the methods that work for you. He made everyone realise that matters

and a scary as it is made out to be and it trying to get people to

enjoy it. I would say I am good at maths, I like problem-solving.

Teachers are impressed, too. It is not just about rote-learning, it is

memorising stuff, but also using Scott Flansburg does not expect us

to become geniuses, he just wants us to become a maths athletes.

And if you've run out of fingers, 11 times 43 is 473.

Scotland's chief medical officer says children aged six months-five

years, pregnant women and the elderly should be taking daily

vitamin D supplements. The lack of sunshine and a diet low in oily

fish are thought to be the main reason why Scots have a low level

of Vitamin D. A leading academic recently raised concerns over a

link between vitamin D deficiency and Scotland's high rate of

multiple sclerosis. Strathclyde police have arrested at

a 40 year-old man in connection with the death of this lady. The

body of the widow was found her at her home just after the new year.

Next week, we will have a couple of special reports from Afghanistan,

looking at the will of Scots soldiers there.

Hundreds of Scottish troops have been deployed to Afghanistan, but

what are they are achieving? All British forces are due to leave

Afghanistan by 2014, but how realistic is that, and what

Afghanistan will they be leaving behind? I will be reporting from

patrol bases in Helmand province. That is next week on Reporting

Scotland. So, can we do it at Murrayfield

tomorrow? Here's David. Sally it's one of those sporting

occassions the whole nation is interested in - it's Scotland

versus England in the Six Nations rugby, and it's Murrayfield

tomorrow. Our reporter, Phil Goodlad, is there already.

Scotland squad were in a relaxed mood. Most have experience the

intensity of the Calcutta match. But this one seems different. You

don't even need to explain the rivalry at stake tomorrow afternoon.

But the match has a little extra nipple to it, because of comments

made in the last few days of what he saw as arrogance towards the

Scotland side from England. Rugby is a very physical game and it is a

great game to be involved in. It is important we respect each other in

the way we play, and I have heard there is a lack of respect for the

Scotland team. Visiting fans arriving for the game are adamant

their fellow countrymen have got it wrong. We are not arrogant. I

prefer to think it is more of an inferiority complex from the spot -

- Scottish boy did you. I think you'll be a good game. So, just

other Scotland-England match, then. We want to play well, we want to

win a. We have been frustrated with I am reading that Scotland's are

favourites? They do appear to be so. Take a look behind me. There are

three workmen out there. It is pretty eerie speaking to you from

an empty Murrayfield. Scotland will start as favourites in front of

67,000 fans. A little bit more heat than in previous seasons this year.

Fell, thank you very much. You don't keep warm.

Ally McCoist says he is happy at Rangers and has never considered

quitting the club he's served as player and now manager. There was

speculation about McCoist's future at Ibrox after the club failed to

replace striker Nikica Jelavic on the final day of the transfer

window, but he says he is as committed as ever.

The Hearts manager, Paulo Sergio, is hoping to sit down with the

club's owner, Vladimir Romanov, to discuss his future. The Portugese

coach is out of contract in the summer and, since joining Hearts

last August, has had to deal with continued late payment of wages. He

has also been told the squad will We need to prove that we can do it.

It is a challenge, but we need to sit down around the table, and make

that very clear. It's the Scottish Cup fifth round

weekend. The cup holders, Celtic, are away to Inverness Caledonian

Thistle, in a tie that has echoes of one of the competitions biggest

shocks, and one the Cally Jags will be keen to repeat. And one Celtic

wants to make sure it doesn't happen again. The manager gets

close enough to the Scottish Cup to smell the silver polish. The is to

get another Smith, Caley Thistle of have to knock at Celtic out of the

competition. Something they have done a couple of times before, most

notably, 12 years ago. Fill in the blanks, and think of Mary Poppins!

Here is one at Terry Butcher it might have come up with it he was

previewing tomorrow's game. don't know what to expect from our

team. If I don't know, then I am sure the opposition don't know.

expect the unexpected. Celtic knocked Inverness out last season.

So here is one for Celtic. Inverness... It is difficult any

time of the year. We want to progress, but we could not have got

a tough at 10. Whatever happens, I am sure we will hear all about it.

And you can follow all the headline-makers in the rugby and

the football across BBC TV radio and online this weekend.

Even I will be watching the rugby! But you do worry when it Scollan

start out as favourites. She is still in school and learning

to be a hairdresser, but she has also been named as Britain's

stronger as schoolgirl. Bronwyn Taylor has broken three British

records. She can lift twice her own body rate and has her sights set on

the Rio Olympics in 2016. Pulling your father's than it may

be an extreme way of getting -- letting off steam, but it did

become a vital training tool for Britain's strongest schoolgirl.

dad said I can do it, and I don't believe them. I was surprised.

Since testing her strength on a Mercedes, she is more than pulling

her weight in the world and strength sports. Top months after

taking it up, Bronwyn Taylor has stunned her friends and family bike

breaking three British records. cannot believe it. I am shocked. I

knew she was lifting weights, but I never knew she could pull a ban. It

is incredible. While muscling in on a man's world, she is sending out

an important message to her peer- group. Power lifting is not a

traditional female sport, so that makes it even better that we have

something achieving such incredible things in that type of sport. It

shows that females do not need to be pigeon-holed into certain sports.

Being able to lift her up bodyweight and respect in the

playground, but some male pupils don't get it. They say to me, you

don't do that! Boys will believe anything unless you show them.

Bronwyn Taylor has her sights set on a weightlifting in the Rio

Olympics in 2016, but if you can't cut it at that, she is in training

for have back-up plan - a career in hairdressing.

Before we go to the weather, just a reminder that our money man, Fergus

Muirhead, will be here a week on Wednesday and he will be answering

questions on negative equity. So, if you're worried that your home is

worth less than your mortgage, and that this will restrict your

Quite a change on the way tomorrow. Tonight, we are looking at dry with

and widespread frost. Cloud will continue to thicken up, introducing

rain across western Scotland. As that rain hits the colder air, it

will turn to snow. Southerly winds will strengthen, and we are looking

at potential gales. It will keep those colder temperatures across

more eastern areas. That area of high pressure that has been

dominating our weather, starting to be squeezed out by these weather

France, pushing him and bringing outbreaks of rain, sleep and a snow.

Tomorrow starts off on a cloudy note. That rain will turn twos --

snow. The Met Office have eight weather warning. We could see snow

down to lower levels. Tomorrow, a dull and wet day. Heavy rain.

Further inland, snow over a higher ground. Where to look to the

afternoon for the central belt. More snow again for the angers

hills in particular. Also, a stale wet over the northern isles, but

temperatures rising. Brighter, drier conditions feeding and

towards the north-west. During the cause of the afternoon, that area

of rain, sleep and so will gradually pull away. It will leave

and ice risk for tomorrow night. If you are thinking of heading out to

the hills tomorrow, not looking great at all - nasty conditions. So

there gale force winds. Thrown in with all that, we are looking at

severe winter chill as well. It will tend to brighten up towards

the north-west, though. If you are thinking of heading to the slopes,

nasty conditions - blizzards and gales. A better day on Sunday. A

drier and more settled day, and the Now, just before 7 o'clock, a

summary of tonight's top stories: There are growing demands tonight

for schools to be allowed to delay new exams linked to the curriculum

for excellence. It follows East Renfrewshire Council's decision to

push testing back from 2014 to 2015. The country's biggest teaching

union, the EIS, says ALL schools should have the choice to delay

exams. The Energy Secretary, Chris Huhne,

has resigned from the Cabinet after learning that he and his ex-wife

will both face charges of perverting the course of justice.

It's claimed he got his then-wife, Vicky Pryce, to accept penalty

speeding points on his behalf 10 years ago to escape a driving ban.

Mr Huhne insisted he was innocent and said he would fight the charges

in court. A man whose wife and two young

daughters were killed when their car skidded on oil spilled from a

heavy goods vehicle says he's disappointed by the findings of an

inquiry into their deaths. Barry Copeland is writing to the Health

and Safety Executive asking what action they are taking over what he

says were "serious failings" by the vehicle's owners.

Chelsea's John Terry has been sacked as captain of the England

football team. He's due to stand trial in July on charges of racial

abuse. The Football Association said it had taken the decision as

it didn't want the case to dominate England's performance in the Euro