:00:21. > :00:27.Will come to Reporting Scotland. Tonight: rangers debts to the
:00:27. > :00:34.taxman, Craig Whyte says that it is �9 million but the BBC discovers it
:00:34. > :00:38.is approaching �50 million. The First Minister spoke of his concern.
:00:38. > :00:44.Given that these revelations the task facing the administrator is a
:00:45. > :00:54.very difficult one. News of two high-profile departures
:00:54. > :00:59.from the club later on. M P Eric Joyce spends a night in a
:00:59. > :01:03.police cell after allegedly assaulting another politician.
:01:03. > :01:08.Donald Trump is accused of attempting to bully the Scottish
:01:08. > :01:15.Government. And the anniversary of their
:01:15. > :01:19.remarkable chapel. Rangers debt to the taxman is
:01:19. > :01:22.substantially greater than the �9 million which forced the club into
:01:22. > :01:28.administration. It has been announced that in the last hour
:01:28. > :01:33.that director of football, Gordon Smith, and sea eel, Ali Russell,
:01:33. > :01:39.have both left the club. Strathclyde police have confirmed
:01:39. > :01:44.they have been handed documents by the club's administrators. I am
:01:44. > :01:51.joined by our investigations Correspondent. More developments.
:01:51. > :01:56.Yes. And the first news of redundancies. Gordon-Smith, the
:01:56. > :02:01.former chief executive of the SFA, and Ali Russell. Both men recruited
:02:01. > :02:06.by Craig Whyte. In a statement by the administrators the sea both men
:02:06. > :02:09.agreed to leave the club. The administrators have been busy. They
:02:09. > :02:12.passed documents to Strathclyde police are tonight and for and they
:02:12. > :02:17.will send a report to the Procurator Fiscal. We can also
:02:17. > :02:22.reveal that the original �9 million debt to Revenue and Customs which
:02:22. > :02:29.sent the club into administration will soon reach �15 million. The
:02:29. > :02:33.situation is grave. Just listen to the tone of the First Minister.
:02:33. > :02:40.I hope that a way forward can be found that allows Rangers to meet
:02:40. > :02:44.its obligations to the taxpayer. However, it should be said that
:02:44. > :02:50.given the revelations of the last few days the task facing the
:02:50. > :02:54.administrator is a very difficult one.
:02:54. > :03:00.The First Minister did not disguise how CAC- thought the situation was.
:03:00. > :03:04.But he was careful to say the club must fulfil its responsibilities. -
:03:04. > :03:08.- how seriously he thought the situation was. Tonight we can
:03:08. > :03:18.reveal that the situation is far more serious and complex than
:03:18. > :03:25.
:03:25. > :03:29.admitted by Craig Whyte. In a We have obtained evidence which
:03:30. > :03:35.suggests his statement is untrue. I have seen the HMI see documents
:03:35. > :03:45.which indicate that it took before �0.1 million that it throws last
:03:45. > :03:55.year from the Rangers finances in order to cover the smaller tax bill.
:03:55. > :03:59.
:03:59. > :04:03.-- �4.1 million. It was then used to finance the ticket this deal.
:04:03. > :04:13.The BBC understands that the administrators are now withdrawing
:04:13. > :04:14.
:04:14. > :04:19.a previous appeal. To the debt that Craig Whyte admitted to you can add
:04:19. > :04:23.another �4 million. And with the bell rising by �1 million per month
:04:23. > :04:28.it will reach 50 million by February. And that does not take
:04:29. > :04:38.into account the potential 49 million pound back tax bill. -- it
:04:38. > :04:41.will reach �15 million by February. A voluntary arrangement would mean
:04:41. > :04:44.that revenue and customs get a percentage of what their road
:04:45. > :04:54.without a club going into liquidation but I am told that this
:04:54. > :04:58.is contingent on Craig Whyte no Craig Whyte has responded tonight.
:04:58. > :05:04.Typically bullish. He says that he does not recognise those figures
:05:04. > :05:08.and as far as he is concerned that they do not stack up. He also said
:05:08. > :05:13.that he will absolutely be back at Ibrox to finish the job that he
:05:13. > :05:23.started. Nobody else was willing to step up and save the club and I
:05:23. > :05:24.
:05:24. > :05:28.have only ever had the good of the Eric Joyce remains in a police cell
:05:28. > :05:33.this evening after an alleged assault on a Conservative MP in a
:05:33. > :05:42.House of Commons bar last night. An eyewitness says he launched himself
:05:42. > :05:46.at Stuart Andrew, head-butted him, and punched him. Outside Belgravia
:05:46. > :05:51.police station the cameras are poised to capture Eric Joyce as he
:05:51. > :05:55.emerges following a night in the cells. The Falkirk MP was detained
:05:55. > :06:01.following an alleged assault at a private bar reserved for Commons
:06:01. > :06:09.members and their guests. A broken window hints at the events. One
:06:09. > :06:13.witness said that Eric Joyce launched himself at Stuart Andrew
:06:13. > :06:17.head-butting him and punching him. He was in restraint, arrested, and
:06:17. > :06:25.taken away. It dominated Westminster gossip and was
:06:25. > :06:30.addressed by the Speaker. I take this matter seriously and
:06:30. > :06:37.would ask that no further reference is made to these reports in the
:06:37. > :06:44.chamber today. In a statement Stuart Andrew said
:06:44. > :06:47.he was shaken and fully intends to press charges. Staff at Eric
:06:47. > :06:51.Joyce's office said they were dealing with the usual inquiries
:06:51. > :06:56.today but the man whose name is emblazoned on the windows has been
:06:56. > :06:59.suspended by his party until the police investigation is complete. A
:06:59. > :07:08.former Army major he has represented his constituency since
:07:08. > :07:16.2000. He has also courted controversy, defending expenses
:07:16. > :07:26.claims totalling well over �1 million.
:07:26. > :07:28.
:07:28. > :07:38.My are oil paintings look nice. My constituents come in and see them.
:07:38. > :07:42.
:07:42. > :07:52.Mixed reviews outside his office. He is like any other human being.
:07:52. > :08:00.I think he has done well. He has not done anything to me, put
:08:00. > :08:09.it that way. What has the reaction been at
:08:09. > :08:14.Westminster? Shock and bemusement. This has been
:08:14. > :08:19.described as the best club in London and MPs are not used to
:08:19. > :08:25.seeing smashed stained glass windows. Social network site have
:08:25. > :08:32.been alive with claim and counter- claim. Tonight I can tell you that
:08:32. > :08:36.police officers have been interviewing witnesses. I was
:08:36. > :08:42.speaking to one Labour MP, I asked, is it surprising that Eric Joyce
:08:42. > :08:46.has been in custody for 20 hours? He answered, the English legal
:08:46. > :08:52.system can be much slower than the Scottish legal system when it comes
:08:52. > :08:59.to dealing with the situation like this. But another Labour MP said,
:08:59. > :09:09.it is very sad. We will keep you are updated at 10:25pm with what is
:09:09. > :09:10.
:09:10. > :09:14.happening here at Westminster. Still to come: the last copy of a
:09:14. > :09:21.1975 documentary of Billy Connolly's tour of Northern Ireland
:09:21. > :09:26.who is to be screened in Glasgow. And see all their goals from the
:09:26. > :09:34.game's last night. Some crackers. And the Aberdeen boxer preparing
:09:34. > :09:39.for the biggest challenge of his The American tycoon, Donald Trump,
:09:39. > :09:44.has been accused of attempting to buy Scottish politics after saying
:09:44. > :09:48.he would find an anti- wind turbine Group. He is engaged with a battle
:09:48. > :09:54.with the Scottish Government over a project planned near his golf
:09:54. > :09:59.resort in Aberdeenshire. Donald Trump is very happy with his course,
:09:59. > :10:04.built on the sand dunes north of Aberdeen. But he is not happy with
:10:04. > :10:14.plans to erect 11 huge wind turbines two kilometres off the
:10:14. > :10:28.
:10:28. > :10:34.coast. They're horrible, make noise, Kell bards. -- Kell seabirds.
:10:34. > :10:44.He is putting his money where his mouth is and putting it behind a
:10:44. > :10:45.
:10:45. > :10:49.political grip. They are knowledgeable and seem to
:10:49. > :10:59.have integrity so we decided to put the full force of Our organisation
:10:59. > :11:01.
:11:01. > :11:09.behind them. The industry organisation for
:11:09. > :11:19.renewables have accused him of attempting to bully. The Trump
:11:19. > :11:23.Organisation deny this. We have seen this before, rich
:11:23. > :11:33.people trying to buy Scottish politics. They failed, and I think
:11:33. > :11:35.
:11:35. > :11:39.this will fail again. The Suzanne Pilley mark a trial in
:11:39. > :11:43.Edinburgh has heard how police used dogs specially trained to find
:11:43. > :11:48.evidence of dead bodies. They searched the offices where they
:11:48. > :11:54.worked -- where she worked with David Gilroy, who is the accused.
:11:54. > :12:00.The office, basement garage, and two areas of David Gilroy car boot
:12:00. > :12:07.were investigated. He denies seven charges of a martyr. I look now at
:12:07. > :12:11.what else has been happening across the country: badly decomposed body
:12:11. > :12:17.parts found by a River Almond almost a year ago have been
:12:17. > :12:23.identified up -- by police. They were those of 56-year-old James
:12:24. > :12:27.Adam, missing since 1966. The death of a baby following a transfer her
:12:27. > :12:30.from Fort William to Inverness is being investigated. Specialists
:12:30. > :12:35.have to travel from the Highland from either the central belt or
:12:35. > :12:38.Aberdeen and there are growing calls for a permanent bases here.
:12:38. > :12:44.Scotland's financial watchdog will look into the out of court
:12:44. > :12:48.settlement made by Shetland Islands Council to Lerwick Port Authority
:12:48. > :12:52.following a long-running dispute for plans -- over plans for a
:12:52. > :12:56.bridge which was never built. Government plans to scrap a ferry
:12:56. > :13:03.subsidy scheme for the Western Isles have come under fire at
:13:03. > :13:09.Holyrood. All the last commercial vehicles
:13:10. > :13:19.made 40% of the coast only 7% of businesses could pass on the full
:13:20. > :13:20.
:13:20. > :13:30.savings to customers. That could not be passed on because
:13:30. > :13:30.
:13:31. > :13:35.of fuel costs. A plan for solar energy that could
:13:35. > :13:44.save �6 million and fuel bills is about to start for schools in
:13:45. > :13:48.Dumfries and Galloway. And the response to the Scottish Government
:13:48. > :13:54.consultation on same-sex marriage was one of the largest ever
:13:54. > :14:04.recorded. Over 50,000 people record did -- responded - only
:14:04. > :14:08.
:14:08. > :14:13.consultation on the smoking ban it It will to win Euro man has been
:14:13. > :14:18.charged or comments also done a social networking site on the
:14:18. > :14:21.referendum on Aberdeen's Younis Terrace Gardens. Meanwhile, it has
:14:21. > :14:27.emerged on voting packs might have been stolen for the referendum.
:14:27. > :14:34.Residents have been asked whether to retain the gardens or back a
:14:34. > :14:37.�140 million redevelopment. A fly on the wall documentary - which
:14:37. > :14:40.shows Billy Connolly on tour in Northern Ireland at the height of
:14:40. > :14:43.the troubles - is to be screened at the Glasgow Film Festival this
:14:43. > :14:47.weekend. Big Banana Feet was made in just two days during Connolly's
:14:47. > :14:50.1975 tour of Ireland. The only remaining copy of the film is in an
:14:50. > :14:52.American film archive - but it's been restored and brought back to
:14:52. > :15:00.Glasgow for the screening. Our arts correspondent Pauline McLean
:15:00. > :15:05.reports. This year was 1975. Billy Connolly's career was at its height,
:15:05. > :15:10.as were the Troubles. His two-day tour of Ireland taking in both
:15:10. > :15:13.Dublin and Belfast was be tense one. Almost 30 years on, cameraman David
:15:13. > :15:22.Peake met up with Billy Connolly again to recall that extraordinary
:15:22. > :15:28.time. It was a scary place, Northern Ireland. It was even more
:15:28. > :15:31.scary for me because I had a guy there who was drunk, and he had a
:15:31. > :15:35.little sub-machine gun and he kept tripping and falling over, with
:15:35. > :15:42.this done, in the back of the car. I was sure that I was going to be
:15:42. > :15:48.shot. Were you aware that in the theatre they took over 30 weapons
:15:49. > :15:52.of people? And you can see all of these rubber men... A unique era,
:15:52. > :15:56.and a unique opportunity to get close to one of the most famous
:15:56. > :16:03.stand-ups of the time. The director had known Billy Connolly for years,
:16:04. > :16:13.and he said that that had helped. We had worked together, but Billy
:16:13. > :16:16.was wonderful, he played up to it a little bit. I think that stand-up
:16:16. > :16:23.comedians like Billy Connolly who are top of the range, are like
:16:23. > :16:31.matadors, the way they taken : the stage. They are not identical, but
:16:31. > :16:34.then, urban and has never are a! The film was almost lost, but we
:16:34. > :16:42.discovered in and American archive, and a new copy has been made and
:16:42. > :16:51.brought to Scotland, in time for this festival screening. And you
:16:51. > :16:58.can find out more about the making of the documentary at: Sport now,
:16:58. > :17:02.with David. No one at Celtic will say the Premier League title race
:17:02. > :17:05.is over - but you'd be doing well to find a bookmaker to take a bet
:17:05. > :17:07.on it. The league leaders are now 20 points clear of Rangers, who
:17:07. > :17:12.were docked ten points for going into administration. Celtic beat
:17:12. > :17:17.And Motherwell are now challenging Rangers for second - just three
:17:17. > :17:23.points behind after beating Hibs. Watch carefully, you are about to
:17:24. > :17:27.witness something extraordinary. I told you, it is this goal from
:17:27. > :17:31.Charlie Mulgrew, for Celtic against Dunfermline. We will let you see
:17:31. > :17:38.that one more time. After such a splendid strike, you could
:17:38. > :17:43.understand why James Forrest did not celebrate too much his -- the
:17:43. > :17:47.second goal for Celtic. At Fir Park, the theme was quantity not quality
:17:47. > :17:52.of goals. Hibs took the lead after a slipper and defence from
:17:52. > :17:58.Motherwell. Osborne played in by League rivers. Michael Hague then
:17:58. > :18:06.equalised from a penalty kick. Then Murphy finished off a cross to put
:18:06. > :18:12.Motherwell ahead, then a deflected shot by Doherty beat Randolph. And
:18:12. > :18:22.here is Michael Hague then again, making it 3-1 to Motherwell. I
:18:22. > :18:24.
:18:24. > :18:34.think that is worth another look. - - Higdon. And when Motherwell won a
:18:34. > :18:34.
:18:34. > :18:40.second penalty guess who insisted on taking it? Yes, The big H. There
:18:40. > :18:44.were more spills and thrills to come, this scrappy goal making it
:18:44. > :18:54.4-3. No wonder the players got a little bit carried away, but
:18:54. > :18:57.
:18:57. > :18:59.nothing malicious, and nothing to spoil the night for the big H.
:18:59. > :19:02.Hearts have signed the Scotland international striker Craig Beattie.
:19:02. > :19:05.The 28 year-old was a free agent after being released by English
:19:05. > :19:08.Premier league club Swansea. Beattie could make his debut for
:19:08. > :19:11.his new employers against Dundee United in the SPL on Saturday Here
:19:11. > :19:15.he is with some help trying to get his new strip dry in time for
:19:15. > :19:17.Saturday's game by the looks of things. When the call came in I was
:19:17. > :19:22.intrigued. I know how big the clubbers, I know how intimidating
:19:22. > :19:32.the stadium has, and that is something exciting, and that is
:19:32. > :19:33.
:19:33. > :19:36.According to some - including Sir Alex Ferguson - Aberdeen will host
:19:36. > :19:39.it's biggest sporting occasion for years on Saturday. A sellout crowd
:19:39. > :19:41.of 2,500 will watch local boxer Lee McAllister fight for the European
:19:41. > :19:44.light-welterweight title. It's the biggest fight of his career and
:19:44. > :19:48.could lead to a shot at even greater glory. Colin Wight reports.
:19:48. > :19:53.Lee McAllister in the ring with his brother, David, at the family
:19:53. > :19:57.gymnasium in Aberdeen. They a boxing dynasty, with three brothers,
:19:57. > :20:00.all fighters, one of them on the undercard for Saturday night. It is
:20:00. > :20:07.a huge fight for the Aberdeen assassin against the unbeaten
:20:07. > :20:13.Russian, Denis Shafikov. I am boxing for Aberdeen, I am boxing
:20:13. > :20:19.for Scotland. I am looking forward to it, and they cannot wait for
:20:19. > :20:24.Saturday night. Tommy Gilmour is promoting the fight along with
:20:24. > :20:27.Frank Maloney. It is a sell-out 2500 crowd. If he can win the
:20:27. > :20:34.European, he is already Commonwealth champion, that makes
:20:34. > :20:39.him champion of two-thirds of the world, then there might be a mega
:20:39. > :20:44.fight. We have sold every ticket. This is only the third time in 40
:20:44. > :20:48.years of promoting that I have sold every single ticket. Lee McAllister
:20:48. > :20:54.is a devoted Aberdeen fan. He says that his fate is the biggest
:20:54. > :20:58.sporting event in the city since 1983. Alex Ferguson said that the
:20:58. > :21:03.other day, it is the biggest sporting event since he took the
:21:03. > :21:08.lads to the European Cup-Winners' Cup in 1983. Alex Ferguson, the
:21:08. > :21:13.best manager of the bigger sports club and the world, the has spoken
:21:13. > :21:19.about that, it is a remarkable achievement. If he wins, there
:21:19. > :21:23.could be many more big occasions. Thousands of his fans will be there
:21:23. > :21:33.to cheer him on. Not for one second as Lee McAllister think that he
:21:33. > :21:36.
:21:36. > :21:39.will let them down. Not the easiest name to pronounce, Denis Shafikov.
:21:39. > :21:42.They were stationed in North Africa, but many of the Italian soldiers
:21:42. > :21:45.captured by the British in 1942 were about to swap the vast arid
:21:45. > :21:48.desert for life on a tiny, wet Scottish island. 70 years on and
:21:48. > :21:51.the presence of the prisoners-of- war is still felt in Orkney, where
:21:51. > :21:58.they left a lasting and poignant reminder of their incarceration.
:21:58. > :22:03.Fionn McArthur reports. British troops sweep into the Libyan city
:22:03. > :22:07.of Tobruk, and as the Allies celebrate, the surrendering
:22:08. > :22:13.Italians about to begin a long trek north to a different climate. In
:22:13. > :22:18.1942, 1200 of them ended up on all the, to construct the Churchill
:22:18. > :22:24.barriers, built after the sinking of the Royal Oak in Scapa Flow, to
:22:24. > :22:27.protect the Anchorage front of a sudden attack. The men were
:22:27. > :22:30.desperately one sec and use their ingenuity and skill to create small,
:22:30. > :22:40.pots and reminders of home. The greatest of these remains here
:22:40. > :22:42.
:22:42. > :22:48.today. The Italian chapel was created by them. The creation of
:22:48. > :22:52.this chapel from the most basic of materials, I am from shipwrecks,
:22:52. > :22:56.concrete from barriers, and from Lamb's fashioned from bully beef
:22:56. > :23:00.tins, these are the things that make this place truly special. For
:23:01. > :23:08.the Italian prisoners of war, this was about more than just decoration,
:23:09. > :23:11.it was about survival. It became very important to the men. It was
:23:11. > :23:16.their escape to spiritual and cultural freedom whilst their
:23:16. > :23:19.bodies remained an activity. There is no doubt that it played a huge
:23:19. > :23:27.part in helping their morale and well-being during the time they
:23:27. > :23:31.were on the island. And the arrival such Catholic passion on a
:23:31. > :23:41.Presbyterian island was deeply moving. John Muir looks after the
:23:41. > :23:46.chapel. There is an air of peace and quiet when you come in. You
:23:46. > :23:51.would say that it was the hand of God that had helped them along.
:23:51. > :23:57.Creator of the chapel died in 1999, but his family still visit and
:23:57. > :24:07.schoolchildren from all they go on exchange trips to his home town of
:24:07. > :24:15.
:24:15. > :24:18.Modena, in northern Italy. -- from all the. -- Orkney. A reminder that
:24:18. > :24:21.our money expert Fergus Muirhead will be back next Wednesday. He'll
:24:21. > :24:23.be answering your consumer queries on power of attorney. So if you've
:24:23. > :24:28.got any questions, send them to the usual address, fergus@bbc.co.uk.
:24:28. > :24:31.Time now for the weather forecast. We have seen a spell of mild
:24:31. > :24:35.weather this week, but it is set to get colder. Temperatures reach 60
:24:35. > :24:40.Celsius in Aberdeen full stop tomorrow, it will be closer to nine
:24:40. > :24:44.Celsius, more like the average for this time of year. There will be
:24:44. > :24:47.some renown, and that rain that has been in the north-west during the
:24:47. > :24:52.second part of this afternoon will stink southwards across the country
:24:52. > :25:02.overnight. Fairly light and patchy, but many places will see some
:25:02. > :25:04.
:25:04. > :25:09.drizzle. Following in behind that Behind that, the wins will turn to
:25:09. > :25:13.a more westerly direction, bringing cooler air from the north.
:25:13. > :25:18.Temperatures overnight around two or three Celsius. Further south,
:25:18. > :25:22.sticking with the mild air. So, a fairly mild night ahead. That rain
:25:22. > :25:26.will continue to sink southwards, and most places will see a largely
:25:26. > :25:31.dry day. Brighter than we have seen for much of this week, with good
:25:31. > :25:36.spells of sunshine. Yorkshire in the north which will become wintry
:25:36. > :25:40.across the hills. Temperatures at 3pm, around seven Celsius. Closer
:25:40. > :25:44.to what we would expect for this time of year. Taking the edge of
:25:44. > :25:50.the temperatures will be strong to gale-force westerly winds, touching
:25:50. > :25:56.severe gale force across the North, and storm-force across Shetland. So,
:25:56. > :25:58.fairly breezy. As a result, as we head into tomorrow evening it will
:25:58. > :26:04.be a colder night, with temperatures dipping close to
:26:04. > :26:07.freezing in some sports, with the chancer some frost in places. That
:26:08. > :26:11.says as up on Saturday morning, which will be a fairly chilly start,
:26:11. > :26:14.with temperatures similar to tomorrow. There will be some bright
:26:15. > :26:19.and sunny spells towards the east, but still some cloud around, and
:26:19. > :26:27.some rain. Some brighter spells, temperatures closer to average for
:26:27. > :26:31.the time of year, and staying fairly breezy. A summary of tonight
:26:31. > :26:35.were retort stories. Rangers' debt to the taxman is substantially
:26:35. > :26:39.greater than the �9 million that forced the club into administration
:26:39. > :26:44.last week. It has been announced that Rangers director of football :
:26:44. > :26:46.smith and chief operating officer, Ali Russell, left the club.
:26:46. > :26:52.Strathclyde police confirmed that they might have been handed
:26:52. > :26:55.documents by the club's administrators. RBS - the bank that
:26:55. > :26:58.received the biggest tax payer bail out in history - has recorded a
:26:58. > :27:01.fourth successive year of losses. Latest figures show it lost �766
:27:01. > :27:04.million in 2011, almost double the previous year. But the bank still
:27:04. > :27:07.paid hundreds of millions in bonuses. We do India rejoice
:27:07. > :27:12.remains in police cells following an alleged assault on a
:27:12. > :27:18.Conservative MP in House of Commons bar last night. The man Klee it has
:27:18. > :27:23.been claimed that Mr Joyce once himself by Stewart Andrew, and
:27:23. > :27:25.head-butted and punched him. The police and the General Medical
:27:25. > :27:28.Council have been asked to investigate claims that some
:27:28. > :27:31.doctors are illegally agreeing to carry out abortions on the basis of
:27:31. > :27:34.the sex of the unborn child. The Daily Telegraph says it secretly
:27:34. > :27:37.filmed doctors willing to grant the procedure because of the gender of