:00:19. > :00:23.Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight on your national news.
:00:23. > :00:25.The SFA rules that Craig Whyte is not a fit and proper person to run
:00:25. > :00:30.a football club as the Rangers' administrators pursue millions of
:00:30. > :00:33.pounds in court. And news tonight that SPL clubs
:00:33. > :00:38.excluding Rangers and Celtic are to meet to discuss radical changes to
:00:38. > :00:41.Scottish football. Also in the programme: Financing
:00:41. > :00:48.the Green Revolution - a new bank for the UK is to have its
:00:48. > :00:51.headquarters in Edinburgh. It has become a blight on our city
:00:51. > :01:01.streets - now a campaign is launched to persuade people to stop
:01:01. > :01:04.
:01:04. > :01:07.dropping chewing gum. Are you guilty and dropping it?
:01:07. > :01:10.And later in the programme: the price paid by soldiers throughout
:01:10. > :01:15.the ages - now an unusual exhibition features the technology
:01:15. > :01:18.of artificial limbs. Rangers will find out at the end of
:01:18. > :01:20.the month whether they have succeeded in a claim for �3.6
:01:20. > :01:24.million currently being held by lawyers for the club chairman,
:01:24. > :01:27.Craig Whyte. The administrators running the club told a judge in
:01:27. > :01:32.London that the cash would make a significant contribution to its
:01:32. > :01:35.survival. But in court this morning it emerged that the two other
:01:35. > :01:38.companies associated with Craig Whyte are making separate claims
:01:38. > :01:41.for a share of the cash. In other developments tonight, the SFA have
:01:41. > :01:45.charged Rangers with bringing the game into disrepute and have found
:01:45. > :01:49.that Mr Whyte was not a fit and proper person to be involved in
:01:49. > :01:58.football. More on that in a moment but first, Raymond Buchanan has
:01:58. > :02:02.sent this report from London. It is in buildings lie is that the fate
:02:02. > :02:06.of one has gone's largest football teams is being decided. The
:02:06. > :02:09.commercial section of the High Court in London was the venue for a
:02:09. > :02:13.dispute over millions of pounds which Rangers at midget --
:02:13. > :02:17.administrators say belongs to the club. When Craig Whyte bought the
:02:17. > :02:20.club he promised to invest in new players and other improvements.
:02:20. > :02:26.Today's hearing was in part about finding out what happened to that
:02:27. > :02:31.cash and who it belongs to. Their original pledge was 49 1/2 million
:02:31. > :02:36.pounds. Administrators say they can only find three. 6 million. The
:02:36. > :02:43.club thinks it belongs to them, but they are not alone. The tax
:02:43. > :02:50.authority also want nearly 3 million. A pension fund a want
:02:50. > :02:55.nearly 3 million. Another company want �1 million. Craig Whyte's
:02:55. > :02:59.Liberty capital holds significant shareholdings in both companies. He
:02:59. > :03:05.is secretary of merchant turn around. Companies he is linked to
:03:05. > :03:09.are now competing with the club for money. Had Mr White been at the
:03:09. > :03:14.hearing, he would have heard from the lawyer just how perilous is the
:03:14. > :03:20.condition of Rangers at the moment. A lawyer talked about the potential
:03:20. > :03:23.of not be able to fulfil this season's fixtures, the potential of
:03:24. > :03:29.liquidation and the fact that assets can be sold much less than -
:03:29. > :03:33.- for much less than they are worth. It will be weeks before the results
:03:33. > :03:38.are known, but Rangers do not have that kind of time and that is why
:03:38. > :03:44.they have asked Rangers -- players to the pain has by tomorrow. That
:03:44. > :03:50.cash could be relied upon but we need a contingency plan. We eat
:03:50. > :03:54.cash which is available in the short term. The other have to be
:03:54. > :03:59.more redundancies? The air will be a requirement for redundancies and
:03:59. > :04:09.the players are aware that. -- there will be. They this is a club
:04:09. > :04:10.
:04:10. > :04:15.whose crisis is deepening and his time is running out. -- whose time.
:04:15. > :04:25.Our football correspondent joins me now. Rangers fans are not going to
:04:25. > :04:25.
:04:25. > :04:28.find much comfort in what the SFA are saying, are they? Know they are
:04:28. > :04:33.not. The SFA comments relates to this independent inquiry on their
:04:33. > :04:37.behalf. Firstly, they are saying that on the evidence presented,
:04:37. > :04:42.that Craig Whyte is not considered to be a fit and proper person to
:04:42. > :04:47.hold a position within Association Football. They go on to say there
:04:47. > :04:50.are other issues which affect the club and the corner. Those will be
:04:50. > :04:59.cooked to a judicial plan will but what is clear is the club is facing
:04:59. > :05:03.a charge of bringing the game into disrepute. It has referred to
:05:03. > :05:11.include obligations and duties of members, financial returns and
:05:11. > :05:16.payment of expenses. That refers to things like the fact they have not
:05:16. > :05:19.filed audited accounts and the Scottish Cup - the old Dundee
:05:19. > :05:25.United some money and they will face censure if they do not pay
:05:25. > :05:31.that. The administrators made clear they are desperate for a speedy
:05:31. > :05:37.takeover, any use? Just off the phone to call Clark, one of the
:05:37. > :05:42.administrators, an interview that when on for some time. -- Paul
:05:42. > :05:48.Clark. He says they have had some talks over the last 24 hours with a
:05:48. > :05:54.number of parties. He will not go into names and numbers, and but
:05:54. > :05:58.says that there are serious people involved and are not making their
:05:58. > :06:02.names known in the media but are working behind the scenes and
:06:02. > :06:11.Rangers fans can be encouraged in terms of the financial abilities of
:06:11. > :06:15.these people. So some solace for Rangers fans. Thank you very much.
:06:15. > :06:18.It will bring just a few dozen jobs to Edinburgh, but the news that the
:06:18. > :06:21.UK's Green Investment Bank is to be headquartered there is being hailed
:06:21. > :06:24.as a huge vote of confidence in the city's financial sector. The bank
:06:24. > :06:30.has �3 billion available to fund a range of green infrastructure
:06:30. > :06:36.projects, as our environment correspondent reports. We are
:06:36. > :06:40.living through a technological revolution. But, big machines like
:06:40. > :06:45.this one which we will need to capture the power of the waves and
:06:45. > :06:52.tide and wind, come with a big price tag. That is why the Green
:06:52. > :06:57.Investment Bank is so important. know that and whether it is weighed,
:06:57. > :07:00.tidal offshore wind, a lot more investment is required. With his
:07:00. > :07:08.new bank and the Investment, we can make sure we get a investment where
:07:08. > :07:13.we need it. Scotland fought hard to become the home of the bank.
:07:13. > :07:18.Edinburgh Fort of competition from more than 30 rivals. Much-needed
:07:18. > :07:23.good news for their capital's financial section. But what does
:07:23. > :07:27.the announcement mean? It certainly will not mean hundreds of new jobs
:07:27. > :07:33.in Edinburgh, at least not in the short term. In the longer term,
:07:33. > :07:37.this decision could prove to be hugely significant. Huge offshore
:07:37. > :07:42.wind farms like this one will play ago it -- a key role in providing
:07:42. > :07:47.energy for Scotland. Helping to meet climate change commitments.
:07:47. > :07:52.The bank will be helping to fund many of these projects and linking
:07:52. > :07:56.up with international companies who have already chosen Scotland. Great
:07:56. > :08:00.Scottish companies are also involved in the industry, so it is
:08:00. > :08:05.a vote of confidence for the financial sector and for Scottish
:08:05. > :08:11.renewables. They HQ might be in Edinburgh but it will have a
:08:11. > :08:13.significant presence in London as well. Experts argue that is a
:08:13. > :08:20.sensible approach and Scotland really does have something worth
:08:20. > :08:27.celebrating tonight. You're watching Reporting Scotland.
:08:27. > :08:30.Still to come: Claims that the new Curriculum for Excellence bewilder
:08:30. > :08:34.us some parents and teachers. The exhibition looking at how
:08:34. > :08:39.artificial limbs have helped war casualties to wreck the ages.
:08:39. > :08:44.And in sport - amid the Rangers crisis we have learned of a meeting
:08:44. > :08:48.of SPL clubs, excluding Rangers and Celtic, discussing radical changes
:08:48. > :08:51.to the game in Scotland. Find out what happened when
:08:51. > :08:59.Scotland's boxing champion went head to head with the man who calls
:08:59. > :09:02.himself the hit man. The new Curriculum for Excellence
:09:02. > :09:04.and exams called National 4 and 5 bewilder many parents. Now a sample
:09:04. > :09:06.survey of 27,00 secondary teachers suggests they are uncertain too.
:09:06. > :09:08.Only a small minority are very confident their department will be
:09:08. > :09:10.able to deliver the new exam courses from next year. The
:09:10. > :09:12.Scottish government says it has provided extensive support and is
:09:12. > :09:22.confident teachers will rise to the challenge. This report from our
:09:22. > :09:32.
:09:32. > :09:35.education correspondent. Uncertainty among those teaching
:09:35. > :09:40.second-year pupils who will be the first to sit the exams which will
:09:40. > :09:50.replace standard Aids. Under the new curriculum staff no longer have
:09:50. > :09:56.set courses to teach dam --, the make-up their own lessons. But it
:09:56. > :10:00.may be an unrealistic workload. That may be partly why fewer than
:10:00. > :10:05.5% of teachers who responded to a survey say they are very confident
:10:05. > :10:09.about delivering the new exam courses. Up to 83 % say that
:10:09. > :10:14.information and training is unsatisfactory. Doing their own
:10:14. > :10:19.sums, teachers' leaders say they want more money for more support
:10:19. > :10:22.and reject suggestions that they are resistant to change. I've been
:10:22. > :10:27.teaching for 30 years and I cannot remember a single session were some
:10:27. > :10:31.change was not taking place. Teachers do engage with change but
:10:31. > :10:35.we want to make sure they are effective changes. The government
:10:35. > :10:40.says changes can be overcome. not believe that any teacher in
:10:40. > :10:44.Scotland with the right help and support, which will come from this
:10:44. > :10:49.government and from education Scotland and their local authority,
:10:49. > :10:54.cannot rise to this challenge. this private school thinks a
:10:54. > :11:00.crucial extra step is to prevent any cuts in the number its --
:11:00. > :11:05.cousin the number of exams pupils sit in 40th. What concerns me is
:11:05. > :11:14.that they are restricting choice for pupils in 40th. Inevitably,
:11:14. > :11:19.universities will be looking at performance in 40th. -- in its 40th.
:11:19. > :11:25.The S Q 8 reject suggestions that pupils will be doing less. -- the
:11:25. > :11:33.SQA. The Suzanne Pilley trial in Edinburgh has heard how it the
:11:33. > :11:37.police retraced a car journey. She disappeared in May and two days
:11:37. > :11:41.afterwards David Gilroy draw from the capital to Argyll. The police
:11:41. > :11:46.recreated the journey and their journey time was three times
:11:46. > :11:54.quicker each way. David Gilroy denies murder and the trial
:11:54. > :11:56.continues. Prestwick airport is being put up
:11:56. > :11:58.for sale by its owners in New Zealand. The Ayrshire base relies
:11:59. > :12:01.heavily on Ryanair flights, which have been cut back sharply in the
:12:01. > :12:02.past two years as the carrier shifted business to Edinburgh.
:12:02. > :12:09.Infratil, an infrastructure investment company, is also looking
:12:09. > :12:14.for a buyer for its other British airport in Kent.
:12:14. > :12:18.It blights streets in just about every city in the country, now a
:12:18. > :12:24.campaign has been launched to stop people of East -- stop people from
:12:24. > :12:33.spitting out a chewing gum. It is a sticky issue which strikes our
:12:33. > :12:40.Hearts and our souls - dropped come is the litter which bugs us most.
:12:40. > :12:47.The it is disgusting. I've think it is a disgrace. I have to get it off
:12:47. > :12:55.my shoes. Going by the mess, for every person offended, someone else
:12:55. > :13:00.is dropping it. No, never. They have all these bins. No, it is not
:13:00. > :13:09.something I do. No, it is not something I do, I do not agree with
:13:09. > :13:15.it. Is dropping it something you are guilty of? A no, it is not.
:13:15. > :13:21.Eventually, some coy admissions. do not sue chewing gum but I am
:13:21. > :13:25.sure I did it in the past. Sometimes, yes. But I regret it.
:13:25. > :13:31.There are so is one of the regions which is plagued by the disposal of
:13:31. > :13:36.gum the... The it is left to the council to pick up the pieces.
:13:36. > :13:42.is a long and laborious task. He finished one street and you return
:13:42. > :13:48.there within a matter of weeks. Today the industry-funded chewing
:13:48. > :13:54.action group wants to campaign to stop people dropping gum. Behaviour
:13:54. > :13:58.will change is the only answer, they say. It is about personal
:13:59. > :14:04.responsibility. It is your chewing gum, put it in the bend. Do not
:14:04. > :14:07.drop it on the ground, it is very expensive to clean up. You're
:14:07. > :14:13.paying for it through your council tax at the end of the day. This
:14:13. > :14:20.could cost you a �50 fixed penalty or a higher find if you are taken
:14:20. > :14:29.to court. Putting it in a bin would A look now at what else has been
:14:29. > :14:35.happening across the country this Thursday. The pay-off given to
:14:35. > :14:43.enable us of the controversial triumph project will be kept secret.
:14:43. > :14:51.The tram project collapsed while he was in charge. The will be a public
:14:51. > :15:01.inquiry into the whole episode. I am not in a position to give
:15:01. > :15:11.
:15:11. > :15:19.additional corporate information at the moment. ABB has died in a car
:15:19. > :15:26.crash in Dumfries. The Highland Fire Service was slammed for its
:15:26. > :15:33.service. The we have worked very hard during the year to call for a
:15:33. > :15:39.word with the service to find a practical and effective way forward.
:15:39. > :15:49.The Forth road bridge is to call undergo repairs after serious
:15:49. > :15:55.damage was found. Plans to build a new village at the old RAF Buchan
:15:55. > :16:01.the air base have been Pooh for work. The base closed 80 years ago.
:16:01. > :16:04.Highland Council has apologise for wrongly telling people of the
:16:04. > :16:09.beached Easter egg hunt that they needed a licence to hold the event.
:16:09. > :16:15.The council blamed confusion over the new entertainment laws. There
:16:15. > :16:17.is more than the stories and the BBC Scotland website.
:16:17. > :16:21.The Electoral Commission says the Scottish government musrt clarify
:16:21. > :16:24.its plan to let 16 and 17 year olds vote in the independence referendum.
:16:24. > :16:27.The Commission says lowering the voting age would require a change
:16:27. > :16:29.in the voter registration process. The Scottish TUC, meanwhile, has
:16:29. > :16:34.backed the move, although it says there are "practical difficulties"
:16:34. > :16:38.in making it happen. An unusual exhibition opens at the
:16:38. > :16:41.National War Museum in Edinburgh this weekend. The show features
:16:41. > :16:43.artificial limbs through the ages - from a 16th century iron hand to
:16:43. > :16:53.cutting-edge technology which allows the wearer, not just to walk,
:16:53. > :16:58.
:16:58. > :17:04.but to run. It is another side of warfare, the designs born of
:17:04. > :17:10.necessity to replace lost limbs with artificial limbs. Others are
:17:10. > :17:20.made to look like the lion that was lost, others are more practical.
:17:20. > :17:24.One of these and display it is from way back any 16th century. As you
:17:24. > :17:34.can see, if someone was wearing Armagh, the you would not have
:17:34. > :17:44.known that this was artificial. warfare changed, so did the designs.
:17:44. > :17:45.
:17:45. > :17:52.There is a wooden leg here after his line was left at the Battle of
:17:52. > :18:02.Waterloo. But it was soldiers returning from the First World War
:18:02. > :18:02.
:18:02. > :18:09.missing lines that sparked in you rush in Design. Things had to be
:18:09. > :18:14.changed, at the service had to be made a lot more personal. There is
:18:14. > :18:19.one leg that is really personal and you can see that it did not fret
:18:19. > :18:29.and the owner was wrapping scarves and padding round it to try and get
:18:29. > :18:29.
:18:29. > :18:34.comfortable. Today, Scotland leads the way in artificial limbs. There
:18:34. > :18:44.is even a debate now in sport whether the give whereas an
:18:44. > :18:44.
:18:44. > :18:48.advantage. Now, mass-produced artificial limbs a been made across
:18:48. > :18:53.the world. There will always be a need with them baulk there is
:18:53. > :18:56.always wore flared. Former MP Tam Dalyell has offered a
:18:56. > :18:58.home to the flock of peacocks that are causing havoc in a
:18:58. > :19:00.Stirlingshire village. He contacted the residents of Gargunnock, after
:19:00. > :19:03.we aired their plight on Monday's Reporting Scotland.
:19:03. > :19:07.Mr Dalyell already has a flock of around 19 peacocks, but said he
:19:07. > :19:10.would take them in if no other home could be found. But catching the
:19:10. > :19:14.birds has so far proved impossible. Let's get all the sports news now
:19:14. > :19:17.from David. In light of Rangers current
:19:17. > :19:20.financial situation, BBC Scotland has learned that all ten SPL clubs,
:19:20. > :19:23.excluding Rangers and Celtic, will meet to meet next week to discuss
:19:23. > :19:26.radical changes to Scottish football. Their main concern is the
:19:26. > :19:29.voting structure within the SPL and the distribution of money.
:19:29. > :19:39.Our reporter John Barnes is at Hampden and he has more details. Is
:19:39. > :19:43.
:19:43. > :19:48.their a revolution in the offing? If so, why? I am not so sure about
:19:48. > :19:53.revelation, but with the threat of liquidation hanging over Rangers,
:19:53. > :19:56.they are making steps to make sure they are OK. They are looking at
:19:56. > :20:01.problems the about the Scottish Premier League. It should be
:20:01. > :20:10.remembered that the top two clubs get about two thirds of the money
:20:10. > :20:16.from television revenue. They are also concerned about the policy of
:20:16. > :20:23.introducing a Scottish Premier League number two. They are talking
:20:23. > :20:27.about the League of maybe 10 clubs. In a statement, they said this was
:20:27. > :20:31.a lifetime opportunity to change things. There are looking at him
:20:31. > :20:36.voting structure, but we are at a crossroads and need to look at the
:20:36. > :20:41.future of the game and this is the best chance in the last 25 years to
:20:41. > :20:44.do something about the old form's domination of the game.
:20:44. > :20:53.And what are Celtic making of this? I assume they will be none too
:20:53. > :21:00.happy? I assume this is related to Rangers' problems that these clubs
:21:00. > :21:04.seizing an opportunity to gang up? He is, clearly, if Rangers were not
:21:04. > :21:10.in the way, it would be a lot easier for these other clubs to
:21:10. > :21:19.push through legislation. There are issues they clearly want to address
:21:19. > :21:22.and have more sympathy -- Ma revenue divided between themselves.
:21:22. > :21:28.Of the there has been sympathy for Rangers, some people will view this
:21:28. > :21:31.as then trying to kick them when they're down.
:21:31. > :21:34.The Scottish Rugby Union has lost its fight with Wales for the
:21:34. > :21:37.services of the Swansea born centre Steven Schingler. The SRU thought
:21:37. > :21:40.he was able to play for Scotland through his Scots- born mother.
:21:40. > :21:42.But the International Rugby Board has ruled that he is ineligible to
:21:42. > :21:44.represent Scotland, having played for Wales at Under-20 level.
:21:44. > :21:47.Scotland's world lightweight boxing champion Ricky Burns has not had
:21:47. > :21:48.the recognition he deserves, according to his promoter Frank
:21:48. > :21:51.Warren. But a successful first defence of
:21:51. > :21:54.his title could change all that. All 6,000 tickets for the
:21:54. > :22:00.Lanarkshire boxer's fight, against Paulus Moses at the Braehead Arena,
:22:00. > :22:10.have been sold. And today, the two came face to face for the first
:22:10. > :22:11.
:22:11. > :22:17.time. Pre-fight head-to-heads can be acrimonious and occasionally
:22:17. > :22:27.violent affairs. This one was rather dull. Mr Nice Guy meets Mr
:22:27. > :22:28.
:22:28. > :22:36.even nicer guy. Ricky Burns is a rather shy person outside the ring.
:22:36. > :22:44.Do you wish he was about more up front in a bid to sell Bates?
:22:44. > :22:54.not at all, he is just who he is. sometimes see you and I wonder how
:22:54. > :23:02.you can be such a nice guy and still a boxer? Yes, I changed when
:23:02. > :23:11.I step in through the ropes. At his opponent, he seems more concerned
:23:11. > :23:21.with preventing violence than causing it. Back,, I am hoping to
:23:21. > :23:22.
:23:22. > :23:31.become a police officer. But that is for the future, when I stepped
:23:31. > :23:36.into the ring, I leave that behind me. This is a genuine world title
:23:36. > :23:42.fight. I will not underestimate him at all. He has had the big right
:23:42. > :23:48.hand and a good jab. But there again, so do I. Superman, call him
:23:48. > :23:52.what you will, as long is he is still world champion, I'm sure
:23:52. > :23:54.Ricky Burns will not mind. Five Scots have now qualified for
:23:54. > :23:57.the British Olympic swimming team. Michael Jamieson finished second in
:23:57. > :23:59.the final of the 200m breastroke last night at the British
:23:59. > :24:09.Championships. But his time was within that required for
:24:09. > :24:10.
:24:10. > :24:20.qualification. Well done to him and that is tonight's sport. Let us see
:24:20. > :24:25.
:24:25. > :24:29.Good evening. It has been windy today and that is going to continue
:24:30. > :24:38.to strengthen over night. There will also be further rain in the
:24:38. > :24:43.north-west over night. In the morning, you can expect the heavies
:24:43. > :24:53.burst over the north-west Highlands. But there could be gale-force to
:24:53. > :24:56.severe gale force force once again be saved extreme north. Daytime
:24:56. > :25:02.highs eight or nine degrees Celsius. A fairly cloudy start for most of
:25:02. > :25:07.us tomorrow, with that rain sinking south, but stalling in central
:25:07. > :25:11.Scotland in the afternoon. Drier conditions will be shown to the
:25:11. > :25:15.north. Shetland will start off about the degrees celsius, but by
:25:16. > :25:24.the afternoon, that all dipped by a couple of degrees. But for most of
:25:24. > :25:28.us, temperatures around the eleven or 12 degrees Celsius. Rain in the
:25:28. > :25:34.South and East will be light and patchy. In the north-east, the best
:25:34. > :25:39.of the dry bright weather and the best temperatures, getting up to
:25:39. > :25:45.around 15 degrees Celsius. The wind will ease as we got through the day.
:25:45. > :25:51.As we head overnight, that rain will push south and clear away by
:25:51. > :25:55.Saturday morning. That is as a result of this pay day area of high
:25:55. > :25:58.pressure which is building up, which will stick with us for the
:25:58. > :26:03.weekend and into early next week. That will give us more settled
:26:04. > :26:08.conditions, with brighter conditions generally on Saturday
:26:08. > :26:18.and Sunday. There will be the odd spot of rain in the West, but very
:26:18. > :26:19.
:26:19. > :26:25.mild temperatures, getting up to 15 degrees Celsius in the north-east.
:26:25. > :26:32.Just before 7 o'clock, a summary of tonight stop stories. The soldiers
:26:32. > :26:35.killed and Afghanistan have been named. Five of them came from the
:26:35. > :26:43.3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment and where aged between 19
:26:43. > :26:46.and 21. Three of the soldiers were from Huddersfield in West Yorkshire.
:26:46. > :26:53.The SFA has found that Rangers' owner Craig Whyte is not a fit and
:26:53. > :26:59.proper person to run the football club. It follows an inquiry by a
:26:59. > :27:05.Scottish judge which looked at a possible breach of SFA rules. The
:27:05. > :27:12.full report will be published later. The Green Investment Bank is to be
:27:12. > :27:16.headquartered in Edinburgh is being hailed as the huge bonus by the
:27:17. > :27:20.city's financial sector. It will be used to finance the range of green
:27:20. > :27:25.infrastructure projects. The Prime Minister has confirmed that in an
:27:25. > :27:29.operation to rescue a British man who was being held hostage in
:27:30. > :27:36.Nigeria has failed. He has been killed along with an Italian