:00:23. > :00:28.Well, to Reporting Scotland Tilstock elate call war was Craig
:00:28. > :00:31.Whyte a fit and proper person to run a football club? The SFA will
:00:31. > :00:41.hold an inquiry into the possibility that its rules were
:00:41. > :00:41.
:00:41. > :00:50.breached. I am as surprised as the next man about the revelations. But
:00:50. > :00:54.I would say that I am a Rangers supporter. I want answers. Craig
:00:54. > :00:59.Whyte denies any wrongdoing and says that administration was the
:00:59. > :01:03.right thing for the club. Also on the programme - the fire chief who
:01:03. > :01:11.retired with a pension payment and was then back in the job one month
:01:11. > :01:18.later. You should act now for future generations in the north-
:01:19. > :01:26.east. Strong emotions as the redevelopment of a been a city
:01:26. > :01:36.centre is debated. And, now the wicker man has been made into a
:01:36. > :01:37.
:01:37. > :01:40.The Scottish Football Association has tonight announced a full
:01:40. > :01:45.inquiry into the activities of a Rangers. It specifically wants to
:01:45. > :01:50.investigate whether the club has broken League rules. And whether
:01:50. > :01:54.Club La -- lawyers failed to share information which would allow them
:01:54. > :02:01.to judge whether Craig Whyte was a fit and proper person to run the
:02:01. > :02:06.club. A reporter is outside Ibrox Stadium. Another dramatic day and a
:02:06. > :02:12.tumultuous week. This story continues to move at an incredible
:02:12. > :02:19.rate. We have heard from key players today, and the manager, and
:02:19. > :02:24.the chair man himself. And then an announcement from the SFA. It is
:02:24. > :02:30.only nine months since Craig Whyte proudly made his way towards Ibrox
:02:30. > :02:34.as the new owner of Rangers, welcomed by everybody. Today he
:02:35. > :02:38.stepped back from the club as the SFA announced they would conduct a
:02:38. > :02:44.full independent inquiry into a number of potential breaches of
:02:44. > :02:54.their articles of association. This relates to information which has
:02:54. > :02:54.
:02:54. > :03:01.emerged since this announcement. will emerge fitter and stronger.
:03:02. > :03:09.is not just the SFA who have questions. I am as surprised as the
:03:09. > :03:14.next person. I am a Rangers supporter and I want answers. Today
:03:14. > :03:21.probably is not the right time to go into that in greater detail. The
:03:21. > :03:26.game is the most important thing. Ally McCoist is as in the dark as
:03:26. > :03:31.the rest of us. As he has not spoken to the owner since the club
:03:31. > :03:36.went into administration. Further details as regards the owners
:03:37. > :03:46.dealings with future season tickets continue to emerge. There at
:03:47. > :03:49.
:03:49. > :03:54.finance company, Octopus, said This means that as long as Rangers
:03:54. > :03:59.exist, even as a new entity, the company will continue to receive
:03:59. > :04:03.the next three years of season- ticket sales. The administrators
:04:03. > :04:08.admitted that the money is not visible but Craig Whyte today
:04:08. > :04:13.claimed he had not taken a penny out of the club since becoming
:04:13. > :04:19.chairman. As scrutiny Mounce Strathclyde Police are to examine
:04:19. > :04:23.the ongoing situation. To that, Craig Whyte said, I have been
:04:23. > :04:28.involved in no criminal wrongdoing whatsoever. He maintains the club
:04:28. > :04:34.can come out of this process stronger. Since we have come on the
:04:34. > :04:41.air there has been a response from Rangers about the SFA announcement.
:04:41. > :04:46.We have just heard news of VAT. It has been issued by Paul Clark.
:04:46. > :04:50.Their joint administrator of the club. He welcomes the announcement
:04:51. > :04:57.of the SFA's saying it is for the good of Scottish football. He says
:04:57. > :05:02.the club will co-operate fully. To be quite clear - the Scottish FA
:05:02. > :05:07.were already looking into whether Craig Whyte met their fit and
:05:08. > :05:12.proper person criteria. As I understand, the new inquiry relates
:05:12. > :05:20.less to that. But there is also an investigation into the information
:05:20. > :05:27.which has come to light since the administrators took over. Namely
:05:27. > :05:30.the �9 million of unpaid VAT and PAYE. And also the �24 million from
:05:30. > :05:36.the season ticket mortgaging deal. That, as the administrators said,
:05:36. > :05:43.did not go through the club accounts. And a full house expected
:05:43. > :05:48.for the Kilmarnock game tomorrow. It is strange, because football is
:05:48. > :05:53.almost off the agenda. But Ally McCoist was keen to get focus back
:05:54. > :05:58.on that. His players will play in front of a full house. The biggest
:05:58. > :06:04.attendance at a Rangers game for a good couple of the heels. The
:06:04. > :06:10.supporters, as far as I can gather, will be behind are the team. They
:06:10. > :06:20.want to be defined. P it will be interesting to see how the team
:06:20. > :06:20.
:06:20. > :06:27.Two men have been detained over alleged online threads to senior
:06:27. > :06:30.Celtic FC staff. A 21-year-old and 18-year-old Manor were both
:06:30. > :06:40.arrested. The police operation followed allegations of threats
:06:40. > :06:45.being posted on the social An inquiry has been launched as to
:06:45. > :06:53.how a senior fire chief attired and then it took his job on again one
:06:53. > :06:58.month later after receiving a healthy pension package. Brian
:06:58. > :07:04.Sweeney of Strathclyde Fire And Rescue is the highest profile fire
:07:04. > :07:12.chief in Scotland. He came to prominence in May 2004 at the stop
:07:12. > :07:19.line fire -- stop laying gas disaster. After seven years in the
:07:19. > :07:23.job he retired on 14th July last year. One month later he was re
:07:23. > :07:30.appointed to his old post on a three-year contract. When he
:07:30. > :07:34.retired he was eligible for a lump sum from his pension. But there
:07:34. > :07:42.were financial penalties involved in taking it because of his age,
:07:42. > :07:46.only 50. Strathclyde Fire And Rescue's Joint Board set aside
:07:46. > :07:56.�235,000 of public funds to pay these so-called unauthorised
:07:56. > :07:56.
:07:56. > :08:01.payment charges. Including 206,000 due for Brian Sweeney himself.
:08:01. > :08:06.should be furious. He left his job, was given a pension payout, and
:08:06. > :08:10.then rejoined on the same salary. And now other bureaucrats are
:08:10. > :08:17.saying that they are not sure Richard had been done? There is an
:08:17. > :08:21.enormous amount of public money at stake here. There have been similar
:08:21. > :08:25.practices at Lothian and borders and Grampian. The Accounts
:08:25. > :08:29.Commission will now ask for investigation. As for the board,
:08:29. > :08:36.the insist they have given legal advice and acted reasonably and
:08:36. > :08:40.responsibly. Mr Sweeney is seen as a front runner in the job to lead
:08:40. > :08:50.of the new National Fire and Rescue Service which the Government plans
:08:50. > :08:51.
:08:51. > :08:56.to create by merging and regional Still to come - people in a rural
:08:56. > :09:00.areas are warned of the dangers of an end of out of hours' work for
:09:00. > :09:06.medical staff. And Rangers' first game since administration is
:09:06. > :09:16.tomorrow, what can the team expect? We will also get reviews of other
:09:16. > :09:17.
:09:17. > :09:21.Rural communities say they are facing a health care crisis because
:09:21. > :09:26.many medical staff no longer walk out of arrows. The islands of
:09:26. > :09:31.eyelash and due that are short of GPs and residence of the
:09:31. > :09:40.Ardnamurchan peninsula say they will be left without emergency
:09:40. > :09:50.medical care. Our Health Correspondent reports. -- Isla and
:09:50. > :09:51.
:09:51. > :10:01.Jura. When 90-year-old and a hat hardhead the local nurse was with
:10:01. > :10:01.
:10:01. > :10:09.her within minutes. But that may soon change. It is a worrying.
:10:09. > :10:14.Really worrying. The nearest ambulance is more than one hour
:10:14. > :10:18.away and if that is not available there is just the air ambulance.
:10:18. > :10:22.But just a few minutes to given that would not have been possible
:10:23. > :10:31.as a result of thick fog. The Health Minister will meet residence
:10:31. > :10:38.next week. They're not really wants facing this problem. -- the only
:10:38. > :10:44.ones. It seems that nobody wants the work of being on call one night
:10:44. > :10:53.in five. Except this local boy who has just finished his retraining
:10:53. > :10:58.and Return to the island. People ask me how I would deal with all
:10:59. > :11:07.the things that present themselves. Well why not find it too quiet?
:11:07. > :11:15.Will lie not miss city life? Adverts will soon be placed for
:11:15. > :11:18.doctors. Lots of young doctors are not aware of how positive and
:11:18. > :11:24.experience it can be to work in this situation, helping people get
:11:24. > :11:29.through a very significant, serious time of their life. That can be
:11:29. > :11:33.professionally rewarding. Reforms seem to have left these communities
:11:33. > :11:42.behind Andy say that needs to be addressed in order for them to
:11:42. > :11:47.thrive in this beautiful corner of A man has admitted posting an
:11:47. > :11:51.offence of the picture of a schoolgirl killed in a gun accident
:11:51. > :12:00.on a Facebook tribute page. Sophie Taylor was accidentally shot dead
:12:00. > :12:09.by her boyfriend in April last year. Sean Duffy admitted it the offence
:12:09. > :12:12.at Aberdeen Sheriff Court. Sentence The Heart of Midlothian player Ian
:12:12. > :12:18.Black has been charged of possession of cocaine after key
:12:18. > :12:22.witnesses failed to turn up to give evidence. The judge told him that
:12:22. > :12:26.being a footballer made no difference to the court. He was
:12:26. > :12:31.arrested at a nightclub last May and accused of possessing cocaine
:12:31. > :12:36.worth �80. Neither he nor the football club made any comment. A
:12:36. > :12:44.look at what else has been happening across the country - a
:12:44. > :12:48.fire fighters have been tackling a major blaze in Perth. They found
:12:48. > :12:56.100 tonnes of waste alight at a recycling centre. Nobody was
:12:56. > :13:06.injured. We are limited in the amount of water that we have. The
:13:06. > :13:06.
:13:06. > :13:10.means do not provide a good supply. Plans went on show today for a new
:13:10. > :13:18.supermarket dividing opinion in Newton Stewart. Opponents say it
:13:18. > :13:24.could undermine the high street. The airline boss, Richard Branson,
:13:24. > :13:33.is issuing what he calls a dire warning for Scottish passengers of
:13:33. > :13:37.the lack of competition of flights to -- for flights to London. This
:13:37. > :13:43.deal must be looked at and stopped or there will need to be
:13:43. > :13:48.significant remedies to protect consumers and preserve competition.
:13:48. > :13:52.The Queen will hold a garden party at Balmoral in August to round off
:13:52. > :13:57.her Diamond Jubilee celebrations. It will be the first time a garden
:13:57. > :14:02.party has been held there since 2002. It has emerged that Gordon
:14:02. > :14:06.Brown has earned more than �1 million since stepping down as
:14:07. > :14:16.prime minister. He earned the money on global lecture circuit.
:14:17. > :14:19.
:14:19. > :14:21.According to the House of Commons 0 the Highlanders Museum at Fort
:14:21. > :14:26.George is home to the largest regimental collections outside
:14:26. > :14:31.London. Hugh Grant's father and grandfather both served in the
:14:31. > :14:38.Seaforth Highlanders. More on those on the BBC Scotland
:14:38. > :14:42.website. The city of Aberdeen stands at a
:14:42. > :14:45.crossroads and which road it takes will be decided in a referendum.
:14:45. > :14:49.Should they vote for an ambitious multi-million-pound redevelopment
:14:49. > :14:52.of the city centre, or should they view that as a threat to their
:14:53. > :14:57.heritage and vote for the status quo? It is a choice which has
:14:57. > :15:01.excited deep emotions, most of which were on display at a BBC
:15:01. > :15:04.debate. A debate on the future of one of
:15:04. > :15:08.Aberdeen's Grand attractions is bound to attract an audience. There
:15:08. > :15:14.were strong emotions on both sides as supporters and opponents
:15:14. > :15:19.gathered. A should act now, be ambitious and visionary for our
:15:19. > :15:25.future generations. I just see an Edinburgh trams t a school headed
:15:25. > :15:28.away. This is the man who started it, while tycoon Sir Ian Wood was
:15:28. > :15:34.to create a new civic hard for Aberdeen. He has pledged �50
:15:34. > :15:38.million of his own money. I can understand the heritage at the
:15:38. > :15:43.gardens. But we cannot cling to the past. The world is changing too
:15:43. > :15:48.much and we have to change with it. Honestly, if you say no to this,
:15:48. > :15:53.it'll be a very negative decision for the future of the city and for
:15:53. > :15:57.young people, and people outside it will see it as a very strange to
:15:57. > :16:01.season. The plan would mean replacing the sunken Victorian
:16:01. > :16:08.gardens with this, and you project called the Granite Web. The plans
:16:08. > :16:13.have gone out to public vote. a car park in a great city, do not
:16:13. > :16:17.destroy it. -- it is a Pride Park. Many have concerns about tampering
:16:17. > :16:22.with Aberdeen's heritage. Others believe the new plan will attract
:16:22. > :16:26.money to revitalise the city. would ask people, try and think of
:16:26. > :16:31.Aberdeen, how others see it, and not have the remember it 40 years
:16:31. > :16:35.ago. Because it is not like that anymore. Everyone in this room
:16:35. > :16:41.wants to improve our City. But the arrogance of those who say that me
:16:41. > :16:45.and we alone know how to do it, and you either go down are rude or you
:16:45. > :16:48.are not going down the route at all, that is a mistake. The public will
:16:48. > :16:54.now have their say. The referendum result will be announced on March
:16:54. > :17:00.2nd. And you can hear that debate on BBC
:17:00. > :17:04.Scotland's news website. And now, David with the sport.
:17:04. > :17:08.Craig Whyte will not be at Ibrox tomorrow, but tens of thousands of
:17:08. > :17:13.Rangers fans will be, to cheer on their team in the first match since
:17:13. > :17:17.going into administration. They are at home to Kilmarnock and as a
:17:17. > :17:20.limit their reports, supporters seem defiant, determined and
:17:20. > :17:23.undaunted. It will be the biggest football
:17:23. > :17:28.crowd in the UK tomorrow. Tickets have been flying out of Ibrox all
:17:28. > :17:32.week. By this morning, undaunted die hard supporters were snapping
:17:32. > :17:37.up the few remaining seats in anticipation of been present at the
:17:37. > :17:45.moment in the history of the club. It will be electric. A full house
:17:45. > :17:50.tomorrow. We will be a long to support our team in the crisis they
:17:50. > :17:55.are in. Docked 10 points when the into administration, Rangers stand
:17:55. > :18:03.14 points behind Celtic. An end to the campaign hopes? Not according
:18:03. > :18:09.to the manager. The story has come out, fans abroad buying tickets. It
:18:09. > :18:12.is just a real rallying call. The support have always been the most
:18:12. > :18:16.important people at this football club and the will sure there were
:18:16. > :18:19.tomorrow,. The man who conducted the service after the Ibrox
:18:19. > :18:25.disaster it said in Newark because times, the Rangers family comes
:18:25. > :18:33.together. Rangers comes together and has a great reputation for
:18:33. > :18:37.dignity, it has none tragedy and disasters, as well as triumph. As
:18:37. > :18:41.fans, we get through these things together. Inside the stadium, the
:18:41. > :18:45.atmosphere will be elected. Fans promise they will put on and noisy
:18:45. > :18:50.show of solidarity for the team. After the events of the past week,
:18:50. > :18:57.the game tomorrow will be a highly emotional affair. There is barely a
:18:57. > :19:00.ticket left, but still on sale at Ibrox today, the Rangers lucky bags.
:19:00. > :19:06.Supporters, staff and players will be hoping it is time for their luck
:19:06. > :19:09.to change. Some more bad luck or disappointing
:19:09. > :19:13.used at least for Rangers fans, this has just come in. The SPL have
:19:14. > :19:19.rejected a bid by the club to register the striker Daniel Chris
:19:19. > :19:22.Eyre so he will not be eligible to play against Kilmarnock tomorrow.
:19:22. > :19:26.But Rangers can appeal against the decision.
:19:26. > :19:30.Some other Premier League clubs' managers have been having their say
:19:30. > :19:35.on Rangers' predicament. Wrong then Neil Lennon, who sympathises with
:19:35. > :19:45.his opposite number. Le Tissier from him now. And the couple of
:19:45. > :19:45.
:19:45. > :19:54.other bosses. -- let us hear. People who think the SPL can do
:19:54. > :20:04.without Rangers are talking nonsense. For a club to be in that
:20:04. > :20:14.sort of situation is, you know, it is nonsense. They are in trouble
:20:14. > :20:16.
:20:16. > :20:19.financially. But they can still play with a very strong team.
:20:19. > :20:29.Scotland to lose a club like Rangers would be devastating. The
:20:29. > :20:38.
:20:38. > :20:45.two games we played, we sell the TV money, the sponsorship. We think -
:20:45. > :20:53.I I do not think they will have a weak team. I think there will be a
:20:53. > :20:58.stronger Rangers next season. have a lot of sympathy for Ally
:20:58. > :21:04.McCoist and what he is having to go through. Particularly in my first
:21:04. > :21:13.season as a manager, but as regards sympathy for the people who brought
:21:13. > :21:16.this on, I do not have much. Golf, and Kirkcaldy's Peter
:21:16. > :21:21.Whiteford is the leader at the halfway stage of the Avantha
:21:21. > :21:26.Masters in New Delhi. The 31-year- old who has never won a Tour event
:21:26. > :21:33.is two strokes clear of the field on 10 under par. The world No. 200
:21:33. > :21:37.per T6 shot an eagle and five birdies. -- the world No. 236.
:21:37. > :21:40.It is one of the greatest horror films of its era, but now the
:21:40. > :21:45.wicker man is the unlikely inspiration for a new show from the
:21:45. > :21:48.National Theatre of Scotland. It has been co-written by comedy actor
:21:48. > :21:53.a great temple of Chewin' The Fat free. Speaking during rehearsals,
:21:53. > :22:01.he told Polina claimed that the play was a tribute, not a send-up.
:22:01. > :22:07.-- he told Pauline McLean. It is a play within a play. If the
:22:07. > :22:11.story looks familiar, that is because the players are revisiting
:22:11. > :22:15.the 1973 horror film, the wicker man. It includes songs and strange
:22:15. > :22:20.goings-on. A young policeman investigating disappearances on a
:22:20. > :22:28.remote Scottish island. For a self- confessed horror geek, it is a
:22:28. > :22:35.dream project. What we have written is not a pastiche or lampooning. It
:22:35. > :22:41.is really about the noble failure have tried to stage the film as a
:22:41. > :22:46.stage of. We are mining humour from their ambition.
:22:46. > :22:50.SINGING. The film itself has stood the test
:22:50. > :22:55.of time and become something of a cult classic. Since his release, it
:22:55. > :22:59.has inspired further films, plays, music and even a festival in
:22:59. > :23:03.Dumfries year. It is part of the public consciousness, it is a
:23:03. > :23:09.phrase that people use now who have not even seen the movie. If you see
:23:09. > :23:13.some strange, you might say, he has a bit of old wicker man. The film
:23:13. > :23:17.has survived because it is incredibly good and very effective
:23:17. > :23:22.in his Sanday. It sneaks up on you. Ah, that famous ending involving
:23:22. > :23:28.the hero and a giant wicker man. One of the most shocking in horror
:23:28. > :23:38.film history. Why they are giving nothing away, they promised they
:23:38. > :23:42.will make a song and dance at that. Setting the political heather on
:23:42. > :23:46.fire this weekend is Isabel Fraser with Sunday Politics Scotland.
:23:46. > :23:50.The former Chancellor Alastair Darling on the economy and the
:23:50. > :23:55.referendum. The Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill on the fall in my
:23:55. > :24:04.crime. And what does the series Baughan tell us about Scottish
:24:04. > :24:08.women in politics? It tells us it is very hard work!
:24:08. > :24:15.It tells us it is very hard work! Now let's get a look at the weather.
:24:16. > :24:22.A reminder that it is still February. Tonight, but Bobby fairly
:24:22. > :24:27.wet and windy across to whole of the country. -- it will be. Some
:24:27. > :24:31.pretty heavy rain across parts of the Highlands. Behind a weather
:24:32. > :24:39.front, much colder Arctic air. A wet and windy night and a much
:24:39. > :24:43.colder night than of late. Temperatures down to two or three.
:24:43. > :24:48.Tomorrow, snow in the forecast. A yellow warning from the Met Office.
:24:48. > :24:56.Mainly affecting Highlands and Grampian. Tomorrow morning, still
:24:56. > :24:59.wet down to the Borders. That rain should clear quickly. Improved
:24:59. > :25:08.conditions all the way down the east coast and the south. We will
:25:08. > :25:13.see one or two snow showers across the south-west. The significant
:25:13. > :25:18.accumulation will be through the Highlands. We could see perhaps 15
:25:18. > :25:23.centimetres or so. Also some strong to gale force winds. A similar
:25:23. > :25:30.story through parts of North Grampian and the Cairngorms. Down
:25:30. > :25:38.the east coast, totally different. Dry and find with blue sky, but
:25:38. > :25:44.cold. If you are out and about in the hills or climbing, this says it
:25:44. > :25:49.all. Snow across all western ranges. The risk of hypothermia. 50 mph
:25:49. > :25:57.wind speed. The best conditions through parts of patcher, Angus and
:25:57. > :26:04.the Borders. -- Perthshire. If you are thinking about skiing, Saturday,
:26:04. > :26:08.blizzards and gales, but Sunday, much better. Sunday itself,
:26:08. > :26:17.fantastic visibility. As we go through the rest of the afternoon
:26:17. > :26:22.on Saturday, that snow shifts towards parts of the North East.
:26:22. > :26:27.Ice will then be a problem towards the south-west. Frosty overnight
:26:27. > :26:31.overnight into Sunday. Plenty of sunshine across the board. One or
:26:31. > :26:36.two showers in the West Coast and the North. The wind will be lighter
:26:36. > :26:39.compared to Saturday. That's the story, cold weather is on the way
:26:39. > :26:43.but it will not last into next week. but it will not last into next week.
:26:43. > :26:49.Turning wet and windy once again. Now, just before 7 o'clock, a
:26:49. > :26:52.summary of tonight's top stories: Scottish football has tonight
:26:52. > :26:55.announced a full and independent inquiry into the activities of
:26:55. > :26:58.Rangers Football Club. The governing bodies as a
:26:58. > :27:01.specifically wants to investigate whether the club has broken any
:27:01. > :27:04.rules anthems that Rangers have lost the lawyers failed to share
:27:04. > :27:07.information which would allow them to judge whether Craig Whyte was a
:27:07. > :27:10.fit and proper person to run the club.
:27:10. > :27:14.Rupert Murdoch warned staff at the Sun newspaper that he will not
:27:14. > :27:18.protect anyone found to have broken the law. He has also posed support
:27:18. > :27:22.to the paper, saying a Sunday edition will be launched soon.
:27:22. > :27:26.An inquiry has been launched into how one of Scotland's most senior
:27:26. > :27:32.fire chiefs retired then got his old job back again a month later
:27:32. > :27:35.while receiving a �200,000 pension payment in between. It was made to
:27:35. > :27:40.Brian Sweeney of Strathclyde Fire and Rescue was eligible for the
:27:40. > :27:44.pavement when he turned 50 last year. -- was eligible.
:27:44. > :27:47.A woman and her grandson have been found dead in a pond in
:27:47. > :27:52.Lincolnshire. The alarm was raised by the boy's mother. The bodies