:00:23. > :00:30.Good evening. Investments will that promise of new jobs, others used
:00:30. > :00:35.for drug manufacturing and more oil exploration of Shetland.
:00:35. > :00:40.Another investigation into problems in the health service after the
:00:40. > :00:48.fiddling of waiting lists, how patients in Paisley were left
:00:48. > :00:58.without blankets. I was frozen. I asked for a blanket. I asked the
:00:58. > :01:00.
:01:00. > :01:04.nurse said I could get a blanket. The answer was, sorry.
:01:04. > :01:08.A quarter of Scots are still lighting up, how thousands of
:01:08. > :01:12.smokers are the first in the world to take a blood test to check for
:01:12. > :01:22.lung cancer. Under two problem one hour but --
:01:22. > :01:24.
:01:24. > :01:31.beaches, they got through the motions. They never hit the back in
:01:31. > :01:38.the bone. Two of their industrial investments
:01:38. > :01:42.are coming with the promise of new jobs. Deep-water drilling for
:01:42. > :01:52.royals -- oil and environmentally campaigners say it is "deeply
:01:52. > :01:56.
:01:56. > :02:03.worrying". Any a shire and Angus... The Ministerial drill the morning
:02:03. > :02:10.after the Budget before. The message is that Britain is open for
:02:10. > :02:20.business. This is a small city, we produce our own power. While the
:02:20. > :02:25.
:02:25. > :02:33.Scotland's secretary... Was near budget tax breaks, B P got the go-
:02:33. > :02:41.ahead for new developments. Drilling for oil here it is risky
:02:41. > :02:49.and expensive. Scotland's future must rely on renewable sources.
:02:49. > :02:59.This would be better used in developing ways power and said.
:02:59. > :03:06.breaks confirmed in the Budget unlocked a debate on medicine's. It
:03:06. > :03:12.is spending �100 million on its Scottish site. Facilities are
:03:12. > :03:19.becoming more competitive. They would normally have gone outside
:03:19. > :03:29.the country. It has allowed us to get into new technologies. A
:03:29. > :03:33.significant investment in our green energy technologies. Creating and
:03:33. > :03:38.securing jobs is good news in North Ayrshire which has one of the
:03:38. > :03:43.highest unemployment rates in Scotland. This is not be good news
:03:43. > :03:53.of the company had hoped for. One draws and De ven were considered
:03:53. > :03:59.for the big prize. �350 million of that plant has gone to Cumbria.
:03:59. > :04:03.After a row at First Minister's Questions, he Alex Salmond will
:04:03. > :04:13.investigate how two people were left without blankets at a Paisley
:04:13. > :04:13.
:04:13. > :04:21.hospital. The patients met First Minister at Holyrood.
:04:21. > :04:31.An unlikely pair to ambush the First Minister, Jack Barker and 92-
:04:31. > :04:33.
:04:33. > :04:42.year-old Helen Macbeth. It was ridiculous. I was frozen off and I
:04:42. > :04:52.asked for another blanket, they could not give me one. I was
:04:52. > :04:53.
:04:53. > :05:01.freezing. I was on the bed without a blanket. My daughter asked the
:05:01. > :05:06.nurse for a blanket. The answer was, we are like gold dust. The is bad
:05:06. > :05:16.blood took over the blankets issue. Labour says we have repeatedly
:05:16. > :05:16.
:05:17. > :05:25.raised the issue without getting a satisfactory response. Will you
:05:25. > :05:29.listen to people suffering from Europe mismanagement of the NHS. We
:05:29. > :05:35.have found at least seven cases of people going without blankets and
:05:35. > :05:42.we have pointed that out. Alex Salmond agreed to meet them. The
:05:42. > :05:48.head into his office and met the Health Secretary. We made it clear
:05:48. > :05:54.or we're sorry about these experiences. The health board has
:05:54. > :06:01.assured us that the problem has been rectified. I expect the health
:06:01. > :06:11.board to make sure that whatever happened, that will be put right.
:06:11. > :06:16.
:06:16. > :06:22.They seemed happy after the meeting. There have been developments. NHS
:06:22. > :06:28.Lothian had doctored figures. is right. A Critical incident
:06:28. > :06:34.Review has been into that. Today, it emerged two members of staff
:06:34. > :06:39.have been suspended as part of that investigation. With the blankets
:06:39. > :06:45.problem, and the waiting times GAM in the east, the Health Secretary
:06:46. > :06:54.will be keeping a close eye on these boards -- health boards.
:06:54. > :07:00.Nicola Sturgeon will want to make sure there is no repeat of this.
:07:00. > :07:03.Still to come, a warning that classical's preparations for the
:07:03. > :07:07.Commonwealth Games could exceed budgets.
:07:07. > :07:13.A group of pupils from a South African townships are here to learn
:07:13. > :07:19.about football. Scott Harrison's comeback is off
:07:19. > :07:29.after his arrest on allegations of theft.
:07:29. > :07:29.
:07:29. > :07:33.Celtic's chief executive fights back at the SPL power struggle.
:07:33. > :07:40.The man accused of sending parcel bombs to Neil Lennon says he learnt
:07:40. > :07:47.how to make hawks bombs from watching the 18th. Neil McKenzie
:07:47. > :07:55.admitted he had constructed a parcel sent to the Celtic manager.
:07:55. > :08:05.He denies sending parcels to Paul McBride and Neil Lennon.
:08:05. > :08:06.
:08:06. > :08:10.He was interviewed that, it police stations for over six hours.
:08:10. > :08:16.Directs the interviewer, the court held Neil McKenzie denied he had
:08:16. > :08:21.any involvement in constructing or sending the packages. Until the
:08:21. > :08:31.last 20 minutes of the interview, when that changed he admitted he
:08:31. > :08:38.
:08:38. > :08:45.Earlier, the court heard Neil McKenzie see his only involvement
:08:45. > :08:49.had been to tell someone how to make hawks bombs. He was asked how
:08:49. > :08:57.it was constructed. He said he had learnt how to do this by watching
:08:57. > :09:06.television. The court has previously heard about peroxide
:09:06. > :09:12.bombs from the store. He said he had seen how to mix peroxide on the
:09:12. > :09:17.Internet. As for the other four packages, Neil McKenzie maintained
:09:17. > :09:23.he had not constructed them. He said he had bought components but
:09:23. > :09:31.pass them on to his court used. Neil McKenzie and Trevor Muirhead
:09:31. > :09:37.denied the charges. 10,000 smokers and Scotland will be
:09:37. > :09:47.asked if they want take part in a trial on lung cancer screening. For
:09:47. > :09:50.
:09:50. > :09:56.it will use a blood test. How does this work? The blood test detects
:09:56. > :10:04.antibodies when you have lung cancer. It can detect them up to
:10:04. > :10:14.five years before lung cancer will get you a... 10,000 people will be
:10:14. > :10:18.
:10:18. > :10:25.involved. Know. One not? I don't know. Why we do not take part?
:10:25. > :10:30.in case. The did not be better to pick it up early? I have asthma, I
:10:30. > :10:40.don't need anything else. Probably because my dad is recovering at the
:10:40. > :10:43.
:10:43. > :10:53.moment. It runs in his family. father passed away from it. It is
:10:53. > :10:54.
:10:54. > :10:59.great that we have all this to help people. It will help. Some
:10:59. > :11:05.candidates there. Why has this been done in Scotland. We have one of
:11:05. > :11:10.the highest rates of lung cancer in the UK. It is the first time this
:11:10. > :11:19.blood test has been tried in the world. It is exciting because it
:11:19. > :11:25.could be a sign a further test could work. If this is successful,
:11:25. > :11:31.all the evidence would suggest it will be, it will change of the game
:11:32. > :11:39.as far as lung cancer is concerned. The interesting thing is can the
:11:39. > :11:44.technology be used for other cancers. That would be a very
:11:44. > :11:54.significant advance. Is it possible to estimate how many lives could be
:11:54. > :11:57.
:11:57. > :12:05.saved? Greenall that 10 % of lung cancers are treated successfully.
:12:05. > :12:10.The majority of these cases could be treated successfully.
:12:10. > :12:20.Aberdeen City Council official who embezzled �386,000 has been jailed
:12:20. > :12:20.
:12:20. > :12:27.for cue mac skiers. Jack Downie was responsible for processing lumps
:12:27. > :12:31.sums for retired teachers. He used the money for luxury goods.
:12:31. > :12:40.Plastic-wrapped dog poo is a growing problem on Scotland's
:12:40. > :12:46.beaches. Surveys show dog owners are bagging it but not binning it.
:12:46. > :12:53.It is a dirty job but dog-owners nor they have to do it. There is
:12:53. > :13:00.more to it than just scooping the pit. Abandoned bags of stop it are
:13:00. > :13:06.too familiar a sight. It seems Scott's dog owners are especially
:13:06. > :13:10.bad at bagging it but not binning it. Dropping a back into the bin is
:13:10. > :13:18.not difficult so why are some dog owners so reluctant to finish the
:13:18. > :13:28.job? Be got through the motions. They never get around to putting it
:13:28. > :13:37.in the Ben. You might as well not agate. It happens a few times a
:13:37. > :13:43.week. Why do people do it? Convenience. The Marine
:13:43. > :13:48.Conservation Society's research suggests this is a growing problem.
:13:48. > :13:58.It is great that she put in a bank but put it in the Ben or take it
:13:58. > :13:59.
:13:59. > :14:05.home with you. There is some good news for everyone who enjoys a
:14:05. > :14:15.visit to the beach. Litter levels are falling with a substantial drop
:14:15. > :14:15.
:14:15. > :14:21.and the amount of sewage related Now a look at what else has been
:14:21. > :14:24.happening across the country. The sight of Aberdeen's former city
:14:24. > :14:28.councillor quarters has been put on the market. Council staff vacated
:14:28. > :14:32.the premises last year. It is expected to be demolished. Remploy
:14:32. > :14:36.workers demonstrated outside a jobs conference in Edinburgh. Will
:14:36. > :14:40.London and the disabled workers are set to lose their jobs with the
:14:40. > :14:44.closure of four Remploy factories across Scotland. By everybody wants
:14:44. > :14:50.to work and we are here to highlight this and get it in the
:14:50. > :14:55.public eye. People probably don't know about Remploy or care.
:14:55. > :14:58.Councillors are packing a so-called learning campus in Dalbeattie.
:14:58. > :15:03.Local people say that new primary school provision is also required
:15:03. > :15:07.and should be on the same site. Extra funding will have to be found.
:15:07. > :15:12.50 jobs have been created by Scottish and Southern Energy at its
:15:12. > :15:15.Inverness office. The company said the jobs will boost renewable
:15:15. > :15:20.energy production and it will be offering training places to school
:15:20. > :15:25.and college leavers. The transport group, First Bus has set up a trust
:15:25. > :15:30.and Aberdeen to renovate and protect historic vehicles. Bosses
:15:30. > :15:35.from the 1920s, 60s and 70s are being lovingly restored and will
:15:35. > :15:40.take pride a place in the Grampian Transport Museum. Scottish
:15:40. > :15:45.Fisheries Secretary Richard Lochhead opened or fishing, seafood
:15:45. > :15:49.and aquaculture Expo in Glasgow. It includes every sector of the
:15:49. > :15:55.industry. The Scottish seabird Centre in North Berwick is to
:15:55. > :15:59.expand and could be renamed the National Marine Centre. The plans
:15:59. > :16:08.will allow it to expand on trust -- conservation and education work.
:16:08. > :16:11.There is more on those stories and others on the BBC Scotland website.
:16:11. > :16:15.There's a significant risk that Glasgow's preparations for the 2014
:16:15. > :16:18.Commonwealth Games could go over- budget. Audit Scotland says that
:16:18. > :16:21.while organisers' plans are largely on track, there's concern in three
:16:21. > :16:23.key areas that more public money will be needed. And as our
:16:23. > :16:33.correspondent Kheredine Idessane reports, the overall spend on the
:16:33. > :16:34.
:16:34. > :16:37.Games will be over �900 million. To get ready for 2014, work continues
:16:37. > :16:44.in 2012 but the Auditor General Scotland has concerns about the
:16:44. > :16:49.cost. In two years, this side will be the athletes village. The
:16:49. > :16:53.original cost was put at �250 million. But the Audit Scotland
:16:53. > :17:02.report says there is a risk it will end up costing more, and the same
:17:02. > :17:06.goes for this place. By 2014, Hampden Park will have had a
:17:06. > :17:10.pioneering �28 million facelift with an athlete -- athlete --
:17:10. > :17:14.athletics track Brock in for the of what the competitions but there is
:17:14. > :17:18.a risk that costs will increase. The Hampden Park site and the
:17:18. > :17:22.athletes village our key to the game's project and these are bought
:17:22. > :17:28.due to finish five months below -- before the start of the games. I
:17:28. > :17:31.would not say that it is too tight but it does not leave it much time
:17:31. > :17:39.if any further work Mr be undertaken, and that might entail
:17:39. > :17:43.some additional cost. One the �27 million has been set aside for
:17:43. > :17:48.security, with the Audit Scotland report saying that is a risk that
:17:48. > :17:53.some security costs will be higher than budgeted. It uses the London
:17:53. > :18:00.Olympics as an example, as its security budget doubled, to more
:18:00. > :18:04.than �1 billion. It is paramount and very important, but what is
:18:04. > :18:08.important is that we learn from this big event that is common to
:18:08. > :18:16.London and later on this summer. staging the Commonwealth Games does
:18:16. > :18:21.not come cheap. The overall budget is �524 million, and an top of that
:18:21. > :18:24.�307 million has been spent a upgrading existing facilities, and
:18:24. > :18:33.�140 million of public money is going into the athletes village, so
:18:33. > :18:38.the total cost -- the total cost is likely to exceed �971 million. The
:18:38. > :18:46.auditor is satisfied that planning for the Games is well on track with
:18:46. > :18:50.facilities and venues like the Velodrome. Here's David now, with
:18:50. > :18:52.the sport. The former world champion boxer Scott Harrison's
:18:52. > :18:57.comeback fight has been cancelled following his arrest for alleged
:18:57. > :19:00.theft at supermarket near Glasgow. The Cambuslang fighter was due back
:19:00. > :19:06.in the ring after a seven-year absence next weekend. That's now
:19:06. > :19:10.off. His manager, Frank Maloney, has also dropped him. His licence
:19:10. > :19:15.to fight could be revoked by the British boxing board of control.
:19:15. > :19:21.Scott Harrison as champion of the world. His rise was spectacular,
:19:21. > :19:26.but then, so was his fault. His life, spiralling out of control
:19:26. > :19:32.because of drink and depression. Stripped of his title in 2006 for
:19:32. > :19:38.failing to defend it, he spent four months in prison in drink-related
:19:38. > :19:42.incidents. He was imprisoned again in Spain, for assault. He vowed
:19:42. > :19:46.that yet conquered his demons when he was released last year. Are a
:19:46. > :19:50.comeback fight was scheduled for Blackpool next weekend, but his
:19:50. > :20:00.arrest for alleged theft at a supermarket near Glasgow has
:20:00. > :20:05.scuppered that. He has had a spectacular fall from grace, which
:20:05. > :20:11.leads you to ask the question, his it does Scott Harrison really want
:20:11. > :20:21.to fight? He has father and trainer blames uncertainty over his son's
:20:21. > :20:29.
:20:29. > :20:35.return to the run as a cause of his Whether he has a future in boxing
:20:35. > :20:45.might not be his decision. The British Boxing Board of Control may
:20:45. > :20:45.
:20:45. > :20:48.choose to revoke its licence. -- his licence. Celtic's chief
:20:48. > :20:50.executive Peter Lawwell says the 10 non-Old Firm SPL clubs are being
:20:50. > :20:53."disrespectful" in holding meetings without them and Rangers. The other
:20:53. > :20:56.clubs want a change to voting structures to reduce the Old Firm's
:20:56. > :21:00.hold on power. Lawwell insists his club do have others' interests at
:21:00. > :21:07.heart and is willing to vote for a bigger league to prove it. Alasdair
:21:07. > :21:12.Lamont reports. For all Celtic and Rangers have and on to old rivalry,
:21:12. > :21:15.there Old Firm sobriquet is testament to their long-held off-
:21:15. > :21:20.field business alliance which helps them maintain much of the power in
:21:20. > :21:24.Scottish football, but Rangers slipping into administration has
:21:24. > :21:34.triggered a post -- power struggle with the rest of the SPL clubs
:21:34. > :21:36.
:21:36. > :21:42.wanting to push through change. That argument holds little water
:21:42. > :21:47.with at least one of the other 10. There are times when everyone to
:21:47. > :21:51.get together and times for the smaller clubs to get together. The
:21:51. > :21:57.Old Firm have always have their own meetings so why should the rest of
:21:57. > :22:01.us not have them? We have different budgets and expectations. The key
:22:01. > :22:08.issue is how decisions are made in the SPL. Serious change cannot
:22:08. > :22:14.happen unless 11 clubs vote for it. The so-called rebel clubs want that
:22:14. > :22:18.changed to just nine. The irony is they need 11 votes to get their
:22:18. > :22:22.wish and that is where Rangers come in. Celtic believe they will stand
:22:22. > :22:27.shoulder to shoulder with them despite the uncertainty at Ibrox,
:22:27. > :22:33.but with the administrators casting their vote, the 10 other clubs will
:22:33. > :22:43.hope to find the unlikely ally they require. Peter Lawwell said that
:22:43. > :22:48.
:22:48. > :22:55.Celtic would look at expanding the All 12 clubs are scheduled to meet
:22:56. > :22:58.at Hampden next month for what could be a very interesting meeting.
:22:58. > :23:00.The Hibernian manager Pat Fenlon hopes recent adverse reports
:23:00. > :23:03.surrounding his relationship with his players will see them pull
:23:03. > :23:05.together as they look to avoid relegation. The Hibs manager has
:23:06. > :23:08.already denied one newspaper story that striker Leigh Griffiths head
:23:09. > :23:17.butted him on the training ground and is still incensed over the
:23:17. > :23:23.issue. I have been honest and upfront with the press since I have
:23:23. > :23:27.been here but after yesterday, from your point of view when you get
:23:27. > :23:31.people reporting like that without doing background checks, it is very
:23:31. > :23:41.disappointing, it is disgusting, actually, but we will move on from
:23:41. > :23:44.
:23:44. > :23:47.it. Staying with football. A group of pupils from South Africa are
:23:47. > :23:49.swapping their sprawling township for the Highlands of Scotland - all
:23:49. > :23:52.to gain some Scottish football coaching qualifications. The trip
:23:52. > :23:55.should help improve the teaching of soccer skills there, as well as
:23:55. > :24:00.boosting their careers. Craig Anderson reports. You just do a
:24:00. > :24:02.little pass in a small area. This football based twinning project is
:24:02. > :24:06.focused on the Johannesburg townships rules were there is
:24:06. > :24:14.little physical education although the skills of the players are self
:24:15. > :24:19.evident. When we get back to South Africa, we will have more skills
:24:19. > :24:23.and with the other ones we will teach them how we have been talking
:24:23. > :24:27.Scotland. They will be able to take their experience back to their
:24:27. > :24:34.school and the coaching as well and in future they will be able to
:24:34. > :24:40.coach younger kids. That is what we are trying to bring in here. Last
:24:40. > :24:44.year pupils from Inverness spent time in South Africa, at a school
:24:44. > :24:49.where there is lots of enthusiasm but little in the way our
:24:49. > :24:57.facilities. We took out footballs, traffic cones and beds, football
:24:57. > :25:04.boots, all of these things to try and help them and they have been
:25:04. > :25:07.very grateful. That is one year since, and they still have all the
:25:07. > :25:11.resources in fact, every single footballer accounted for.
:25:11. > :25:15.visitors also have a new appreciation of the Scottish diet.
:25:15. > :25:24.We have been learning more about the Scottish culture which is
:25:24. > :25:29.interesting, we have been getting to taste the food, like the potato,
:25:29. > :25:33.which is quite an experience. Africa is emerging as a force in
:25:33. > :25:40.world football, and with a leg up from their Scottish friends, they
:25:40. > :25:45.could now be unstoppable. It's been a glorious day. Will it last?
:25:45. > :25:53.Here's Christopher. It has been attacking day across most of the
:25:53. > :25:59.country. Holding on to those try, settled conditions overnight. -- it
:25:59. > :26:08.has been a cracking day. To the north we could see some frost in
:26:08. > :26:12.the Highland glens and winds, We have this that will feature
:26:12. > :26:16.working his way north, that will mean a cloudy day tomorrow. And
:26:16. > :26:20.cloudy, across the south and west with a risk of showers, through
:26:20. > :26:26.Dumfries and Galloway. Heading through the morning that the Scott
:26:26. > :26:31.showers will work its way north, staying in the West. But the cloud
:26:31. > :26:35.is coming your way, as we ate through the afternoon. By mid-
:26:35. > :26:39.afternoon we expect showers to be around the central belt. But,
:26:39. > :26:44.fairly few and far between. You will be a lucky to get caught in
:26:44. > :26:49.one. There will be some sunny spells in a Monks the cloud, the
:26:49. > :26:54.best of the sunshine for Caithness and Sutherland, or the and Shetland.
:26:54. > :27:02.The rest of the afternoon into the evening and overnight -- Orkney in
:27:02. > :27:08.Shetland. For Saturday and Sunday, high pressure staying with us,
:27:08. > :27:12.keeping things nice and dry, keeping all that rain at the, in
:27:12. > :27:18.the Atlantic, so Saturday, not too bad and the West. Plenty of
:27:18. > :27:24.sunshine. But, further east, a slight sea fog developing. Right on
:27:24. > :27:29.the East Coast, about midday, it will be quite chilly, at a round
:27:29. > :27:34.seven Celsius. Some of that mist could roll into the Forth and Clyde
:27:34. > :27:38.valley. That East-West split continues with the best of the
:27:38. > :27:48.sunshine in western areas. The further east you are, slightly
:27:48. > :27:51.
:27:51. > :27:53.Now, just before 7 o'clock, a summary of tonight's top stories. A
:27:53. > :27:57.man who admitted murdering seven people in southern France in the
:27:57. > :28:00.name of Al Qaeda has been shot dead by police. He was killed as he
:28:00. > :28:03.leapt from the window of a flat in Toulouse, still firing at the
:28:03. > :28:06.surrounding police officers. Two major boosts for jobs in Scotland
:28:06. > :28:08.tonight. BP has been given the green light to drill a deepwater