0:00:14 > 0:00:18Will come to Reporting Scotland. Too late: -- tonight: two-and-a-
0:00:18 > 0:00:22half years after he was sent home fresh claims that the Lockerbie
0:00:22 > 0:00:29bomber was asked to drop his claims for an appeal in order to guarantee
0:00:29 > 0:00:34his release. He is adamant that he would not have dropped the appeal
0:00:34 > 0:00:42had it not been indicated that doing so would enhance his chances
0:00:42 > 0:00:50of a compassionate release. Untrue. Here say, based on the fact a book
0:00:50 > 0:01:00is about to be released. The men accused of plotting to kill Neil
0:01:00 > 0:01:06Lennon go on trial. She is well connected - one of 300 children
0:01:07 > 0:01:16getting a insulin plant to help manage the of diabetes. And signs
0:01:16 > 0:01:19of improvement but still no wins in The Scottish Government has
0:01:19 > 0:01:23categorically denied that it advised that the Lockerbie bomber
0:01:23 > 0:01:27to drop his appeal against conviction days before release from
0:01:27 > 0:01:32prison on compassionate grounds. Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, the only
0:01:32 > 0:01:37man convicted of the atrocity, makes the claim and a biography
0:01:37 > 0:01:42just published. He also says that new evidence from a BBC Scotland
0:01:42 > 0:01:46investigation should help prove his innocence. The Lockerbie bomber are
0:01:46 > 0:01:51says that he is dying but two-and- a-half years after his release from
0:01:51 > 0:01:58prison on compassionate grounds he is convinced that new evidence will
0:01:58 > 0:02:07impact -- prove his innocence. will be very good and it will help
0:02:07 > 0:02:12clear my name. He dropped his appeal at days after being visited
0:02:12 > 0:02:19by the Justice Secretary. Based later he returned it to will appear.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23His biographer says that the two things are linked. He is adamant
0:02:23 > 0:02:27that he would not have dropped the appeal had it not been indicated to
0:02:27 > 0:02:34him that doing so would enhance his chances of gaining compassionate
0:02:34 > 0:02:43release. The Scottish Government have issued a categoric denial that
0:02:43 > 0:02:48any deal was done. Untrue. It starred hand here say based on the
0:02:48 > 0:02:54fact that the book is about to be launched and promoted. -- powered
0:02:54 > 0:03:03hand here say. My decision was not predicated, it was a matter for him
0:03:03 > 0:03:10and his legal team. New evidence has emerged any BBC investigation
0:03:10 > 0:03:13casting doubt on his involvement in the bombing. He was identified by a
0:03:13 > 0:03:19shopkeeper in Malta or as having bought clothes later found in the
0:03:19 > 0:03:25suitcase containing the bomb. But his identification could be suspect.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29When he joined at the line-up just before his trial the shopkeeper had
0:03:29 > 0:03:38recently seen a photograph of the Libyan in a magazine. He claims it
0:03:38 > 0:03:48never affected his judgment. I have never seen this man until he came
0:03:48 > 0:03:49
0:03:49 > 0:03:53to the court. I think he is a very simple man. But I do forgive him.
0:03:53 > 0:03:58Scotland's washed terraced atrocity continues to provoke uncertainty
0:03:58 > 0:04:03but now opposition parties are demanding comment from the Justice
0:04:03 > 0:04:12Secretary as regards his claims that he was given a deal to drop
0:04:12 > 0:04:19The trial has begun of the men who plotted to kill Neil Lennon. --
0:04:19 > 0:04:25accused of plotting to kill. Along with two high-profile supporters of
0:04:25 > 0:04:29the club, Paul McBride QC and Trish Godman. The package sent was
0:04:29 > 0:04:34believed to be an improvised explosive device capable of causing
0:04:34 > 0:04:40extreme injury or death. This was the incident in the mind of the
0:04:40 > 0:04:44Post man who collected the Mail on 4th March, 1920 11. The 5th round
0:04:44 > 0:04:49Scottish Cup replay, where Ally McCoist and Neil Lennon were
0:04:49 > 0:04:54involved in what the jury heard was a scuffle. The spokesman said he
0:04:54 > 0:04:58was empty net post box when he spotted a parcel addressed to Neil
0:04:58 > 0:05:03Lennon at Celtic Park. He took it to the sorting office where his
0:05:03 > 0:05:07manager called the police and evacuated the building. Royal Mail
0:05:07 > 0:05:11manager, Andrew Easton, told the court that the package felt
0:05:11 > 0:05:16suspicious, like a bag of nails. The jury were shown photographs of
0:05:16 > 0:05:22what was contained within the parcel. A large quantity,
0:05:22 > 0:05:30containing what around 100 meals. And a black wire attached to the
0:05:30 > 0:05:38opening flapper. -- around 100 nails. There was a crude device and
0:05:38 > 0:05:48a black party like substance with two meals stuck on to it. This
0:05:48 > 0:05:58
0:05:58 > 0:06:02counter-terrorism policeman told The jury then heard about a second
0:06:02 > 0:06:06parcel from Kirkintilloch post man, Martin Mulgrew. He said it was
0:06:06 > 0:06:16addressed to Neil Lennon at the Celtic training-ground and
0:06:16 > 0:06:20
0:06:20 > 0:06:24The jury were shown a photograph of the second parcel. It had a more
0:06:24 > 0:06:31professional look and a printed label. Both men deny all the
0:06:31 > 0:06:37charges and the trial continues. You are watching Reporting Scotland.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41Still to come: parents in Scotland are paying more for childcare than
0:06:41 > 0:06:45almost anywhere else in the United Kingdom. And a science-fiction
0:06:45 > 0:06:50movie filmed in Glasgow which has been discovered more than 30 years
0:06:50 > 0:06:54after it was made, but never released. Another disappointing
0:06:54 > 0:06:59defeat in the Six Nations - what a Scotland have to do to avoid the
0:06:59 > 0:07:05wooden spoon? And Alan MacGregor leaves Rangers's financial worries
0:07:05 > 0:07:09to one side and vows to be fully focused in goal against Slovenia.
0:07:09 > 0:07:14The wife of the man accused of killing a missing Edinburgh office
0:07:14 > 0:07:18worker, Suzanne Pilley, appeared in court today, but refused to testify
0:07:18 > 0:07:23against him. Andrea Gilroy was called as a witness for the
0:07:23 > 0:07:27prosecution but took up her right to decline evidence. David Gilroy
0:07:27 > 0:07:32it denies the murder as well as assaulting his wife at their home
0:07:32 > 0:07:37in Edinburgh on various occasions. Andrea Gilroy was called to the
0:07:37 > 0:07:41trial as a prosecution witness. When she was led into the witness
0:07:42 > 0:07:46box she smiled briefly at her husband sitting in the dock. The
0:07:46 > 0:07:51judge explained, as the wife of the accused, you have the right not to
0:07:51 > 0:07:58give evidence against a partner. He asked, do you wish to give
0:07:58 > 0:08:04evidence? She replied, nor, I do not. Later today some of Abdelbaset
0:08:04 > 0:08:10Ali al-Megrahi and David Gilroy's work colleagues give evidence. One
0:08:10 > 0:08:20colleague said: - some of Suzanne Pilley and David Gilroy's
0:08:20 > 0:08:24colleagues. Another colleague, -- another colleague told the court
0:08:24 > 0:08:28that he had seen David Gilroy at 9am in the office where they worked
0:08:28 > 0:08:32and said he looked shocked and had glazed eyes and dilated pupils. He
0:08:32 > 0:08:36was asked to be noticed anything else and said that he had a mark on
0:08:36 > 0:08:42his neck. Mr Gilroy said he had been cutting bushes and his garden
0:08:42 > 0:08:45that weekend. David Gilroy's mother also gave evidence saying that her
0:08:45 > 0:08:50son arrived that morning to collect keys to his house. She said he
0:08:50 > 0:09:00appeared to be normal. He denies seven charges including the murder
0:09:00 > 0:09:03
0:09:03 > 0:09:08of Suzanne Pilley. The trial Rangers have been fined �50,000 by
0:09:08 > 0:09:12the Stock Exchange for failing to disclose that Craig Whyte had been
0:09:12 > 0:09:16disqualified as a director. The club were just as having displayed
0:09:16 > 0:09:20a reckless and negligent attitude to the rules. They have since gone
0:09:20 > 0:09:26into administration. Police have been questioning bus passengers
0:09:26 > 0:09:31about the death of an 80-year-old found one way to go at her home
0:09:31 > 0:09:39near Perth. Detectives want to speak to some body -- a man seen
0:09:39 > 0:09:43boarding the need as a stop to her All children who need an insulin
0:09:43 > 0:09:47pumps are to get one in Scotland. Scotland has the world's but high
0:09:47 > 0:09:53street of trial by BT's and it is hoped that new treatment will
0:09:53 > 0:09:59prevent the chances of children developing long-term complications.
0:09:59 > 0:10:04There are nearly 28,000 people with type 1 diabetes. 2,800 of them are
0:10:04 > 0:10:08children. Type 1 diabetes develops when your pancreas cannot make
0:10:08 > 0:10:12enough insulin to get energy from sugar. So people with this
0:10:12 > 0:10:15condition have to inject themselves with insulin several times a day
0:10:16 > 0:10:20and must plan ahead what the eat and how much energy they're going
0:10:20 > 0:10:25to use and inject the right amount of insulin to match. A insulin pump
0:10:25 > 0:10:29makes much life much easier. It continually releases small amounts
0:10:29 > 0:10:34of insulin and you can just a pump if you need more a less than
0:10:34 > 0:10:38expected. Some are even waterproof so that you can wear them swimming.
0:10:38 > 0:10:43I met the youngest child in Scotland to ever have one fitted.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47With her new shoes and pretty outfit, five-year-old daisy is
0:10:47 > 0:10:51happy to strike a pose for the cameras. This young model also
0:10:51 > 0:11:01supports the latest fashion in diabetes treatment, and insulin
0:11:01 > 0:11:07pump. She was on five injections a day, doing that is really
0:11:07 > 0:11:16heartbreaking, now that we have the pump it is easier to control.
0:11:16 > 0:11:26favourite playtime occupation is now catching the boys. Jackson is
0:11:26 > 0:11:28
0:11:28 > 0:11:32the easiest to Pat -- catch. He is not very fast. Every child who will
0:11:32 > 0:11:42benefit will now get an insulin pump but it is down to their health
0:11:42 > 0:11:48
0:11:48 > 0:11:52boards to find the money. This is a step change that is needed. It will
0:11:52 > 0:11:55take time for numbers to come through but we are convinced by a
0:11:55 > 0:12:01commitment and certain that everyone who needs one in Scotland
0:12:01 > 0:12:05will get one. It is thought that one in 10 diabetics could do with
0:12:05 > 0:12:08one. But there is good news for adults as there will be funding for
0:12:08 > 0:12:122000 new pumps over the next three years which means that most adults
0:12:12 > 0:12:17who need one will get one. A look at what else has happened across
0:12:17 > 0:12:21the country: police are appealing for witnesses to a crash in Orkney
0:12:21 > 0:12:31which killed two women and left a man seriously injured. The three-
0:12:31 > 0:12:31
0:12:31 > 0:12:41car accident happened on the outskirts of Kirkwall last night.
0:12:41 > 0:12:47
0:12:48 > 0:12:52Anyone who we have witnessed this should get in touch with the police.
0:12:52 > 0:12:57Dounreay has begun blasting work to create Scotland's biggest nuclear
0:12:57 > 0:13:07dump. The underground store will have room for 240,000 tonnes of
0:13:07 > 0:13:10
0:13:10 > 0:13:18low-level radioactive waste from Objectors to waste disposal have
0:13:18 > 0:13:23lunched a protest at above major's councils offices.
0:13:23 > 0:13:30There have been refurbishment to both Kintyre hotels. It been truly
0:13:30 > 0:13:34was the developer's dream, everything that money could buy, a
0:13:34 > 0:13:38little money and TLC. The Scottish Maritime Museum,
0:13:38 > 0:13:44current Borders of the Carrick clipper ship, say they have no
0:13:44 > 0:13:49plans to forcefully remove a Sunderland man who has occupied it.
0:13:49 > 0:13:55Peter Addison, who says the ship should be returned to where it was
0:13:55 > 0:14:00built, is from Wearside. And the last Scottish volunteer in
0:14:00 > 0:14:07the Spanish Civil War has died. He was a corporation bus driver in
0:14:07 > 0:14:17Glasgow when he went to Spain in 1926 as part of the Scottish
0:14:17 > 0:14:21Ambulance Service. Parents in Scotland with young families are
0:14:21 > 0:14:26paying more for childcare than almost anywhere else in the UK.
0:14:26 > 0:14:34That is if they can get it. As survey for the charity's day-care
0:14:34 > 0:14:38Trust and children in Scotland found that parents here face prices
0:14:38 > 0:14:43on a par with the south-east of England, and huge gaps in provision.
0:14:43 > 0:14:48They say it is a childcare what -- childcare lottery.
0:14:48 > 0:14:53This woman is about to return to work if she can get care for her
0:14:53 > 0:14:57children. Attempts at finding an alternative have proved fruitless.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01If they do find a nursery, she and her partner are not sure they can
0:15:01 > 0:15:07afford it. Before we knew the nursery would
0:15:07 > 0:15:11shut, we were in a challenging situation. For two full-time nurses
0:15:11 > 0:15:16in our position it would have cost more than 40% of our household
0:15:16 > 0:15:21income. We were trying to juggle our two jobs and go for part-time
0:15:21 > 0:15:25nursery places. Only one in five local authorities
0:15:26 > 0:15:30has enough childcare for working parents. Only one in 10 can provide
0:15:30 > 0:15:36childcare for those who work outside office hours or live in
0:15:36 > 0:15:40rural region mights. Childcare provision can be sky high.
0:15:40 > 0:15:46Childcare for a week in the country's most expensive nursery
0:15:46 > 0:15:51can be over �11,000 per year. Last April, the UK Government cut
0:15:51 > 0:15:59support for childcare, leaving many families �500 per year worse off.
0:15:59 > 0:16:06We cannot afford to a loud young children and their families to be
0:16:06 > 0:16:09abandoned. -- we cannot afford to allow.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Glasgow City Council has cut the number of places it will fund in
0:16:12 > 0:16:17private nurseries. That means some parents pay for services, while
0:16:17 > 0:16:24others get -- other people get the services for free.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28It is a pity we could not get the service people get. Others get it,
0:16:28 > 0:16:33but there is a percentage that do not get it here.
0:16:34 > 0:16:39The charities say there is a legal obligation on charities to provide
0:16:39 > 0:16:43-- on Government to provide childcare for parents. The new can
0:16:43 > 0:16:49see more on that story on BBC One Scotland tonight on Panorama - The
0:16:49 > 0:16:53Cost Of Raising Britain at 8:30pm. No for the sport.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57We start with the rugby. The Scotland winger, Rory Lamont, is
0:16:57 > 0:17:02undergoing surgery which forced him off during yesterday's match at
0:17:02 > 0:17:12Murrayfield. Once again, the Scots failed to win despite an improved
0:17:12 > 0:17:12
0:17:12 > 0:17:18expecting a victory. The World Cup finalists against a team with no
0:17:18 > 0:17:22wins so far in the Six Nations. But, it was the Scots who started
0:17:22 > 0:17:25brighter, when that rarest of beasts turned up after seven
0:17:25 > 0:17:31beasts turned up after seven minutes - a Scotland tried.
0:17:32 > 0:17:33Do young players are stepping up to the plate. They came on for 30
0:17:33 > 0:17:36the plate. They came on for 30 minutes and played really well, so
0:17:36 > 0:17:42that is really positive. The negative was the way in which
0:17:42 > 0:17:43they lost their stranglehold on the they lost their stranglehold on the
0:17:43 > 0:17:48French. What went wrong?
0:17:48 > 0:17:53It is not what went wrong, it is what did they not do to really
0:17:53 > 0:17:55close the game off. For me it was turning the pressure into points.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59They have to learn to be more They have to learn to be more
0:17:59 > 0:18:03clinical, to create the chances and finish them off. There were enough
0:18:03 > 0:18:07opportunities to score three or four tries.
0:18:07 > 0:18:12Despite this try from Lee Jones Scotland are without a win so far
0:18:12 > 0:18:16in the championship. Is the head coach, Andy Robinson, to blame?
0:18:16 > 0:18:20The fans are happy with them, the players are happy with them, I
0:18:20 > 0:18:25spoke with him after the game. You can see their performances were a
0:18:26 > 0:18:30lot better than two or three years ago, before Andy came in.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33Performance is one thing - winning is another. It was the red, white
0:18:33 > 0:18:36and blue which dominated yesterday. Scotland have to win one of their
0:18:36 > 0:18:40Scotland have to win one of their next two matches to avoid a
0:18:40 > 0:18:44whitewash. Scotland's trip to Slovenia could
0:18:44 > 0:18:48be a welcome break for Alan McGregor, according to Craig
0:18:48 > 0:18:56Levein's assistant, Peter Houston. With his club's future in doubt, it
0:18:56 > 0:19:00could be a well needed to escape. The Allan McGregor, decked out in
0:19:00 > 0:19:04green today. Rangers fans, fear not. The goalkeeper was modelling of the
0:19:04 > 0:19:08national kit, at ease with his team-mates but not keen to discuss
0:19:08 > 0:19:14life in administration at Rangers. How much of a welcome break is this
0:19:14 > 0:19:16for you giving what is going on at club level.
0:19:16 > 0:19:21-- given what is going on at club level?
0:19:21 > 0:19:24I think it is an honour. P pulsated shows your
0:19:24 > 0:19:27professionalism, but you can put that behind you and take to the
0:19:27 > 0:19:33field. As I say, every kind -- every time
0:19:33 > 0:19:39I come away with Scotland, hopefully it is the same thing.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42I Alan McGregor was part of a rampant Rangers side who fired four
0:19:42 > 0:19:48past Inverness at the weekend. Just the tonic for players who could be
0:19:48 > 0:19:52facing redundancy. For almost two weeks administrators have been
0:19:52 > 0:19:56drawing up cost-cutting plans and those are fight -- close to being
0:19:56 > 0:19:59finalised. The and has not mentioned anything
0:20:00 > 0:20:05about last night. He was up eight because of their
0:20:05 > 0:20:09fantastic performance yesterday. He will put it to the back of his mind.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13-- Alan has not mentioned it. At this particular time it is probably
0:20:13 > 0:20:18best I don't mention or comment on that.
0:20:18 > 0:20:23Rangers have tough times ahead. For now, saving over Scotland is all
0:20:23 > 0:20:27that matters to this man. Andy Murray will abide -- no doubt
0:20:27 > 0:20:33be pleased that no bike the corps which is out of the Dubai Duty Free
0:20:33 > 0:20:43World Championship. His brother, Marko Djokovic, was knocked out by
0:20:43 > 0:20:43
0:20:43 > 0:20:49Andrey Golubev. The bad news for Andy Murray, the defending champion,
0:20:49 > 0:20:55Novak Djokovic is already through. Film fans may be watching the
0:20:55 > 0:21:01Oscars last night, but Scottish actors came close after a
0:21:01 > 0:21:06successful run. Almost 35,000 visited the Glasgow Film Theatre on
0:21:06 > 0:21:11first of all. The sci-fi thriller, Deathwatch, was made in 1980. Of
0:21:11 > 0:21:18all it was never released in Britain it featured one of today's
0:21:18 > 0:21:23big stars in his first big screen How many?
0:21:23 > 0:21:27It has never been done, this kind of thing. He it was, at the time,
0:21:27 > 0:21:34science fiction, our man in planted with a camera to film a dying woman
0:21:34 > 0:21:39for a TV show. 30 years on, Deathwatch seems ahead
0:21:39 > 0:21:43of its time with commit about reality TV. It was the first major
0:21:43 > 0:21:46film to be made on location in the City, although, as its French
0:21:46 > 0:21:52director recalls, he was not given much encouragement.
0:21:52 > 0:21:59I had been warned by many people in London, do not shoot in Glasgow,
0:21:59 > 0:22:03you are completely crazy, you will be robbed, murdered, attacked, your
0:22:03 > 0:22:08life will be a nightmare. All the equipment will be stolen.
0:22:08 > 0:22:14In fact, it was a successful shoot, employing a number of local actors
0:22:14 > 0:22:19in their first screen roles. They had been doing Scottish
0:22:19 > 0:22:24Television, but no British films. Among them, there was Robbie
0:22:24 > 0:22:30Coltrane. I was impressed by his look. I thought, that is great, he
0:22:30 > 0:22:35won't be the one running after the film's lead.
0:22:35 > 0:22:45A film was not released in UK cinemas, although it developed a
0:22:45 > 0:22:45
0:22:45 > 0:22:49cult following. Its director, who regularly returns to Glasgow, says
0:22:49 > 0:22:55he is delighted and may one day make another film here.
0:22:55 > 0:23:01I would love to, because the sky, the light in Scotland is stunning,
0:23:01 > 0:23:10beautiful, it is so beautiful, even when it is raining. The rain is
0:23:10 > 0:23:15And just before the weather, a reminder that our money expert,
0:23:15 > 0:23:19Fergus Muirhead, will be with me on Wednesday lunchtime who will be
0:23:19 > 0:23:29answering any at questions about powers of attorney. You can reach
0:23:29 > 0:23:32
0:23:32 > 0:23:36him on the usual address. -- who It is incredibly mild for the time
0:23:36 > 0:23:43of year, considering it is the end of February, technically still
0:23:43 > 0:23:47winter. On the pressure trapped, that -- it shows south-westerly
0:23:47 > 0:23:57winds coming across Scotland, bringing warm air across the
0:23:57 > 0:24:03country. Across western Scotland, we keep misty conditions. Also fog
0:24:03 > 0:24:13over higher ground and coastal areas, too. As far as temperatures
0:24:13 > 0:24:13
0:24:13 > 0:24:18goal, generally around ten Celsius. A strong south-westerly wind across
0:24:18 > 0:24:27the North and Northern Isles, lighter winds across the mainland.
0:24:27 > 0:24:33Patches of rain and mist tomorrow morning, in the east, drier and
0:24:33 > 0:24:39brightness breaking through from the start. In the west coast, for
0:24:39 > 0:24:45the Western Isles, it will be bright, and drier, Glasgow's Ian
0:24:45 > 0:24:52patchy rain and drizzle, misty conditions for the north-west and
0:24:52 > 0:24:57Outer Hebrides, drier for Shetland, but staying cloudy. In the north-
0:24:57 > 0:25:02east, 17 stealthiest in the sunshine, we will be pleased with
0:25:02 > 0:25:10that. We keep those dry conditions across Scotland, sunshine more hazy
0:25:10 > 0:25:15the further south you are. Little changes through the rest of the day.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19Quite breezy, a strong south- westerly across the far north-west
0:25:19 > 0:25:27and north. Wednesday, a repeat performance. Misty conditions in
0:25:28 > 0:25:32the West, drier in the east, then on Thursday a bit of a change, rain
0:25:32 > 0:25:35comes from the north, but it looks like staying there.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38like staying there. Now for a summary of tonight's main
0:25:38 > 0:25:42stories. The Scottish Government has categorically denied it advised
0:25:42 > 0:25:46that the Lockerbie bomber to drop his appeal against conviction days
0:25:46 > 0:25:51before he was released from prison on compassionate grounds.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55Abdelbasset Ali al-Megrahi, the only man convicted of the 1988
0:25:55 > 0:26:01atrocity, makes the claim in a biography published today.
0:26:01 > 0:26:06Singer, Charlotte structure and her family have accepted damages from
0:26:06 > 0:26:12Rupert Murdoch's news empire over phone hacking. It comes a day after
0:26:12 > 0:26:15the Leveson Inquiry into news standards head about payment made
0:26:15 > 0:26:23to corrupt officials at the Sun newspaper.
0:26:23 > 0:26:28The trial has started of two men accused of plotting to murder Neil
0:26:28 > 0:26:35Lennon and two high profile supporters of Celtic Football Club.
0:26:35 > 0:26:42Trish Godman, former MSP, and QC Paul McBride.
0:26:42 > 0:26:49The owners of the Costa Concordia, in which 25 people died last month,