:00:26. > :00:30.Good evening. Total says that it takes six months to stem the gas
:00:31. > :00:40.leak on its platform. Fun in the sun as the heatwave
:00:41. > :00:42.
:00:42. > :00:48.continues, it brings danger, too. I will be reporting as a get TB is
:00:48. > :00:55.the first place in Britain to be contaminated.
:00:55. > :01:00.A say some geezer collapses, what do you do? The advert for the
:01:00. > :01:10.British Heart Foundation says a life. And I walked back to my bag
:01:10. > :01:11.
:01:11. > :01:15.and collapsed. The an air and sea evacuation of...
:01:15. > :01:25.Total is lying experts in from across the world to deal with it.
:01:25. > :01:27.
:01:27. > :01:34.Reports describe a cloud of gas. There is still a risk of fire.
:01:34. > :01:42.is more than Forte towers since the alarm was raised. The gases still
:01:42. > :01:48.leaking. Total hopes that it will stop itself.
:01:48. > :01:54.Since the start of the oil boom, all manner of problems have been
:01:54. > :02:03.solved by vessels leaving Aberdeen harbour. What is happening 150
:02:03. > :02:10.miles away is unprecedented. For he it is as it is it gets. On the
:02:10. > :02:16.positive side, everyone is off the platform. If this gas were to be
:02:17. > :02:22.ignited, it could be the end of the installation. These library
:02:22. > :02:32.pictures cannot have been filmed today. There is an exclusion zone
:02:32. > :02:34.
:02:34. > :02:39.to reduce the risk of the gas cloud catching fire. The problem
:02:39. > :02:45.developed under the Elgin installation wellhead platform.
:02:45. > :02:53.Orwell had been causing problems. That all is thought to have come
:02:53. > :03:03.from a reservoir. Gas leak to outer casings designed to carry other
:03:03. > :03:08.substances. It shrouded the area and gas. Total has called in people
:03:08. > :03:14.from around the world to solve the problem. For relief well may have
:03:14. > :03:24.to be drilled. I would say the relief well is a minimum of six
:03:24. > :03:25.
:03:25. > :03:33.months. We are freeing up other platforms. To night, Janet Methven
:03:33. > :03:43.fire fighting vessels are on standby. We understand their calls
:03:43. > :03:43.
:03:44. > :03:49.for the exclusion zone to be extended. That is right. Last night,
:03:49. > :03:59.Shell decided to move its non- essential shook -- non-essential
:03:59. > :04:06.
:04:06. > :04:16.personnel. Today, the company has shut down production. Unite has
:04:16. > :04:17.
:04:17. > :04:27.said they are so concerned, they want anyone within five miles of
:04:27. > :04:28.
:04:28. > :04:38.the platform to be evacuated. It you're worried about gas shortages,
:04:38. > :04:39.
:04:39. > :04:42.the National Grid has told us, they have been able to absorb it. Gas
:04:42. > :04:47.supply can become an issue in six months.
:04:47. > :04:53.The prosecution in the trial of two men accused of sending suspected
:04:53. > :04:56.parcel bombs to Neil Lennon has said its case is based on the view
:04:57. > :05:05.that he accused believed the devices were viable even though
:05:05. > :05:11.they were not. Janet Methven denied a trying to tell the fans.
:05:11. > :05:17.Today, up we can show you Trevor Muirhead. He is accused along with
:05:17. > :05:25.Neil McKenzie of conspiring to murder Neil Lennon, Paul McBride QC
:05:25. > :05:32.and Trish Godman. This morning, it was at her and of the defence to
:05:32. > :05:42.make their case. Gordon Jackson QC, and Donald quinone -- Donald and
:05:42. > :05:44.
:05:44. > :05:51.like to see decided to not to make any evidence. The advocate depute
:05:51. > :05:58.told the jury he accepts that packages were not viable. He said
:05:58. > :06:08.the Crown case's case is based on the idea that the men believed they
:06:08. > :06:28.
:06:28. > :06:38.The advocate depute compared to Mr a jigsaw. He said it can -- formed
:06:38. > :06:48.a compelling picture. Trevor Muirhead and Neil McKenzie deny all
:06:48. > :06:49.
:06:49. > :06:54.charges. Still to come, the soaring success
:06:54. > :06:58.of Scotch whisky, a global sales reached an all-time high.
:06:58. > :07:04.Great whether or wild camping but inconsiderate behaviour threatens
:07:04. > :07:09.it will stop Rangers administrators will vote with Celtic on a matter
:07:09. > :07:14.of constitutional change in the SPL. St Mirren ask the director to step
:07:14. > :07:19.down. Once a warrior, always a warrior,
:07:19. > :07:24.and John Barclay pledges his future to Glasgow.
:07:24. > :07:33.It has been another scorcher. The Mercury is hitting more than 23
:07:33. > :07:38.degrees Celsius. There is a near March record of 24 degrees Celsius.
:07:38. > :07:47.While many of us are enjoying the heatwave, the weather has some
:07:47. > :07:54.drawbacks. Hotter than Athens, even when you
:07:54. > :08:04.daft. Time to get back and perhaps cool off. Most of us are going
:08:04. > :08:05.
:08:05. > :08:13.about her daily business. High pressure is pulling in pollution.
:08:13. > :08:21.Pollution on this street was the second highest possible level.
:08:21. > :08:30.get high pressure and it draws air from across continental Europe,
:08:30. > :08:35.bringing pollution from Europe and combining with a local emissions.
:08:35. > :08:41.Anyone with respiratory problems is advised to use medication and
:08:41. > :08:47.consult a doctor S symptoms persist. Normally, at this time of year,
:08:47. > :08:53.vegetation would be tender dry. Because of a hot weather, that is
:08:53. > :08:59.being made worse and there is a risk of forest fires. Dozens of
:08:59. > :09:07.forest fires have been tackling blazes in Dumfries and Galloway.
:09:07. > :09:13.4th be careful when you are right here. If you have a camp fire, do
:09:13. > :09:20.it in any area that that is not covered by vegetation. If you're on
:09:20. > :09:29.the hills, think about the winds. It does not take much to spread
:09:29. > :09:38.fire. For it is not all doom and gloom. A spell of good weather he
:09:38. > :09:46.is hardly a major handicap. But each at a get TB has avoided
:09:46. > :09:56.being designated as radioactive after an agreement was reached.
:09:56. > :09:56.
:09:56. > :10:03.Radioactive material have been found for more than 20 years.
:10:03. > :10:10.is a get TB, the contaminated land is being covered by that I need.
:10:10. > :10:17.This is the place which narrowly avoided that tag of being the first
:10:17. > :10:24.place in Britain to be designated as contaminated land. That win the
:10:24. > :10:32.title that may have stuck for centuries. The half-life his 1,600
:10:32. > :10:42.years. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency's concern gave a
:10:42. > :10:43.
:10:43. > :10:47.deadline to the Ministry of Defence to rent the be of a problem. It
:10:47. > :10:56.gave a timetable of more investigation ending in the next
:10:56. > :11:04.year. Have they given you any undertaking
:11:04. > :11:11.that they will find this problem? No. You must be concerned. At the
:11:11. > :11:21.moment, we are happy. Progress has been made. We want to see things
:11:21. > :11:23.
:11:23. > :11:33.done in the interests of the community. The end state is missing.
:11:33. > :11:34.
:11:34. > :11:39.-- date. The management options, no one has declared liability in that
:11:39. > :11:48.respect. There is still uncertainty. What does this mean for the people
:11:48. > :11:58.of Dalgety Bay? We are thinking about relief. We are relieved not
:11:58. > :12:03.
:12:03. > :12:08.to be the first place in Britain with this attack. -- label. They do
:12:08. > :12:17.not know what the problem will be solved or who will solve it. They
:12:17. > :12:23.do not know or who will pay for it or how long it will take. Let us
:12:23. > :12:27.look at what is happening in the country. Fire crews in Inverness
:12:27. > :12:32.are tackled -- tackling a blaze on scrap-metal.
:12:32. > :12:37.If plans for a far right March and Aberdeen have been rejected by the
:12:38. > :12:43.council and Grampian Police. The National Front want to hold a
:12:43. > :12:51.procession on Hitler's birthday. Police in East Lothian are
:12:52. > :12:56.investigating thefts of sheep. 24 sheep have been taking.
:12:56. > :13:03.Talks are being held over plans for or waste incinerator and in
:13:03. > :13:13.Invergordon. The reporter is due to meet the developer who are backed
:13:13. > :13:17.
:13:17. > :13:25.by Mohamed Al-Fayed. How can the correct storage, just that Younes
:13:25. > :13:34.can be cancerous. A charity is working to protect
:13:34. > :13:39.South used. Oxfam says it is building links between communities
:13:39. > :13:45.suffering from economic problems. Two more or radioactive hot spots
:13:45. > :13:52.have turned up near Dounreay. We are said to be in the minor
:13:52. > :13:58.category. Going under the hammer or our
:13:58. > :14:08.captain mac huge been all and dandy panels. They were taken to the
:14:08. > :14:13.
:14:13. > :14:22.Scotch whisky exports have reached record levels. Latest figures show
:14:22. > :14:32.they were worth more than 4.2 �5 billion last year. Here is our
:14:32. > :14:39.business editor. The water of life is selling well. We got used to
:14:39. > :14:45.exports going up through the downturn but today we find out last
:14:45. > :14:48.year's levels were extremely good. It is very encouraging, we can
:14:48. > :14:56.invest in distilleries and warehouses which means sustaining
:14:56. > :15:02.jobs in Scotland. It should not be a surprise because reflecting on
:15:02. > :15:12.our industry, this is truly a golden period. Four of the 1/4
:15:12. > :15:16.
:15:16. > :15:26.billion pounds last year for Scotch whisky exports, that is up 23 %.
:15:26. > :15:30.
:15:30. > :15:40.This foreign whisky is only �4. Sales in Brazil where up 40%. East
:15:40. > :15:41.
:15:41. > :15:51.Asia was up 44 % and India sob valued grow by 30%. -- saw value
:15:51. > :15:53.
:15:53. > :15:57.Grove. It is Americans who continue to spend most on it. Nearly two
:15:57. > :16:04.thirds of a billion pounds last year. There could even be a whisky
:16:04. > :16:14.shortage! Au whisky distilling may be needed and while whisky
:16:14. > :16:14.
:16:14. > :16:24.dominates our exports seafood also is up earning more than �11 million
:16:24. > :16:25.
:16:25. > :16:31.last year. Now the story of an amateur golfer who was his life to
:16:31. > :16:41.be bee Gees, well, their single staying alive. There was an advert
:16:41. > :16:42.
:16:42. > :16:50.last year featuring Vinny Jones and that song. He may have seemed an
:16:50. > :16:55.unlikely choice to teach beat nation resuscitation techniques. --
:16:55. > :17:05.Team GB nations. And at BG's Vauxhall and even unlikely or read
:17:05. > :17:08.
:17:08. > :17:18.them but this man was his life to it. -- teach the nation. -- and at
:17:18. > :17:19.
:17:19. > :17:29.be Gees pop song and unlikely read them. Here is the recording of the
:17:29. > :17:40.
:17:40. > :17:45.I totally remembered the advert. It was all thanks to that that we knew
:17:45. > :17:53.what we were doing. Modern technology and the advert is what
:17:53. > :17:58.brings it all home. It was a shift the call handler will never forget.
:17:58. > :18:03.I actually came off the phone thinking, I think that guy is going
:18:03. > :18:09.to live. I think we have done a really good job here. The adrenalin
:18:09. > :18:15.was flowing for the rest of my shift. How is it seeing him here
:18:15. > :18:19.today? They it is fantastic to actually see them. This goes to
:18:20. > :18:29.show that knowing the basics of the resuscitation can help someone stay
:18:30. > :18:30.
:18:30. > :18:40.alive. A nice story. Now we are better to pitch your tent in this
:18:40. > :18:45.glorious weather than on the bonny banks of Loch Lomond. It is banned
:18:45. > :18:49.some -- in some parts of the east of the loch and now there are plans
:18:49. > :18:55.to perhaps banned it further because people are leaving a mess
:18:55. > :19:02.behind. The first tampers of spring are already out but be seen is not
:19:02. > :19:09.always this tranquil. The debris is plain to see from last year's
:19:09. > :19:17.campers. We need to manage camping where there is pressure on
:19:17. > :19:26.resources. We had to address some specific issues on the east of Loch
:19:26. > :19:32.Lomond. We have to insure the environment is there for future
:19:32. > :19:37.generations. They have to balance the needs and rights of visitors
:19:37. > :19:43.and residents alike but what most seem to agree is that the current
:19:43. > :19:49.damage and littering they are seeing is unsustainable. One of the
:19:49. > :19:54.ideas put forward by the national park to protect these islands would
:19:54. > :20:00.seek wild camping band but one Organisation has warned against
:20:00. > :20:05.this approach. We would have to look at the by-laws that exist
:20:05. > :20:08.already and see if they are working. If you ban camping in one area you
:20:08. > :20:16.could end up with them moving to another place and displacement
:20:16. > :20:20.happening. The National Parks says no decision will be taken until
:20:20. > :20:28.after the consultation but it says it is clear that big changes are
:20:28. > :20:31.essential. Now let's hear the latest sports news. BBC Scotland
:20:31. > :20:34.has learned that the Rangers administrators, Duff and Phelps,
:20:34. > :20:39.are to join forces with Celtic in blocking any move to change the
:20:39. > :20:42.current voting structure in the SPL. Last week, representatives of the
:20:42. > :20:45.non-old firm clubs met to discuss changing the 11-1 voting
:20:45. > :20:51.requirement, needed to effect major changes in the league, to a 9-3
:20:51. > :20:55.vote. Celtic have already expressed their opposition to the proposed
:20:55. > :20:58.change. St Mirren have called on a director of the club to stand down
:20:58. > :21:01.with immediate effect. Ken McGeoch has been involved in a takeover bid
:21:01. > :21:10.for the Paisley club but that now looks to be unlikely. Jane Lewis is
:21:10. > :21:14.in our newsroom, what can you tell us? Decent Merah board released a
:21:14. > :21:20.statement tonight expressing concerns that the board member held
:21:20. > :21:27.a meeting last November during which confidential club details
:21:27. > :21:33.were discussed. India statements and Merah alleged that during that
:21:34. > :21:35.meeting there were commercially sensitive documents. Information
:21:35. > :21:45.such as player budgets and such as player budgets and
:21:45. > :21:51.contracts will stop the board consider that he had no right to
:21:51. > :21:58.look at those documents, it was a serious breach of trust and an
:21:58. > :22:03.error in judgment. Mr with the was involved in brokering the deal with
:22:03. > :22:09.the Craig Whyte to take over Rangers last May. The St Mirren
:22:09. > :22:12.directors did not become aware of Mr Withey's involvement with Mr
:22:12. > :22:14.McGeoch until January of this year, when the lawyer was preparing a
:22:14. > :22:16.draft takeover bid. McGeoch, along with businessman Paul Davies, has
:22:16. > :22:19.with businessman Paul Davies, has been attempting to buy the majority
:22:19. > :22:22.shareholding of a group of St Mirren directors but has seen his
:22:22. > :22:26.bids for the club rejected. St Mirren has been up for sale since
:22:26. > :22:28.2009. St Mirren have now given McGeoch 48 hours to resign from the
:22:28. > :22:38.board or face an extraordinary general meeting where an attempt to
:22:38. > :22:40.remove him will be made. Celtic defender Thomas and Roy Keane
:22:40. > :22:47.insists there's no psychological issues among the players when it
:22:47. > :22:50.issues among the players when it comes to big matches. Celtic were
:22:50. > :22:53.beaten in the weekend's Old Firm derby at Ibrox as the missed the
:22:53. > :22:56.opportunity to wrap up the SPL title. The previous weekend Celtic
:22:56. > :23:00.lost the League Cup final to Kilmarnock. The Norwegian defender
:23:00. > :23:08.admits it is frustrating but says admits it is frustrating but says
:23:08. > :23:14.it is not a mental issue. We have played big games before. I do not
:23:14. > :23:18.think it is a mental thing. It is more as something that happens out
:23:18. > :23:21.there. Motherwell's Stevie Hammell has called on the SFA to be lenient
:23:21. > :23:24.with his manager, Stuart McCall. The Motherwell boss was sent to the
:23:24. > :23:27.stand during his side's Scottish Cup defeat to Aberdeen and will
:23:27. > :23:35.appeal and a one-match ban. Hammell believes McCall has been punished
:23:36. > :23:42.enough. He got sent to the stand at half-time so that is half again he
:23:43. > :23:47.has already messed. I personally think that is enough. It is half a
:23:47. > :23:53.game where he cannot do his job properly from the stand. I do not
:23:53. > :23:56.think there is any need to put it over the top. To rugby and John
:23:56. > :23:59.Barclay has signed a one-year contract extension with Glasgow
:23:59. > :24:02.Warriors. The Scotland back row forward joined Warriors in 2004 and
:24:02. > :24:05.has made 126 appearances for Sean Lineen's side. Now back from Six
:24:05. > :24:13.Nations duty, the 25 year-old expected to make a big impact in
:24:13. > :24:23.Friday's crunch match against Cardiff Blues at Firhill. -- is
:24:23. > :24:27.
:24:27. > :24:37.expected. Time now to get the weather forecast and as it's a
:24:37. > :24:43.beautiful evening, Christopher has gone to enjoy it. Today some parts
:24:43. > :24:53.of the country were warmer than Athens and the French Riviera. The
:24:53. > :24:59.
:25:00. > :25:09.winner for the highest temperature today goes to Aboyne. Tonight will
:25:10. > :25:11.
:25:12. > :25:16.be dry and Chile as temperatures drop under clear skies. It will be
:25:16. > :25:22.milder in the far north where there will be more cloud. It will be
:25:22. > :25:31.close to freezing further south with a touch of frost. Tomorrow the
:25:31. > :25:36.cloud overnight in the North will continue to sink its way south.
:25:36. > :25:40.There could be some light rain or drizzle in that cloud but for the
:25:40. > :25:50.rest of the country it will be another dry, bright and sunny
:25:50. > :25:50.
:25:50. > :25:58.afternoon. Temperatures still warm though not as warm as today. Orkney
:25:58. > :26:03.could peak at 18 Celsius tomorrow. Much of Perthshire, Angus, Fife,
:26:03. > :26:09.the Lothians and borders not too bad at all for March. It will stay
:26:09. > :26:19.dry tomorrow evening but the cloud and showers could continue in the
:26:19. > :26:19.
:26:19. > :26:26.far north. For Thursday and Friday there will be more cloud around and
:26:26. > :26:31.that will bring the temperatures down. Down to around the mid teens
:26:31. > :26:36.in the southern half of the country. Friday will have more in the way of
:26:36. > :26:40.cloud and potentially some drizzle down the west coast. The best of
:26:40. > :26:43.the sunshine in the south and east. Now a summary of tonight's main
:26:43. > :26:46.news. A report into last summer's rioting says it could happen again
:26:46. > :26:51.if what it calls England's half-a- million forgotten families, are not
:26:51. > :26:57.given the support they need. The report says young people from these
:26:57. > :27:00.families have lacked any stake in society. An air and sea evacuation
:27:00. > :27:03.zone around the leaking Elgin gas platform remains in place tonight
:27:03. > :27:08.with the Total oil company flying in experts from across the world to
:27:08. > :27:18.help deal with it. Reports describe a low cloud of gas surrounding the
:27:18. > :27:22.
:27:22. > :27:26.platform and there is still a risk of fire or explosion. The price of
:27:26. > :27:29.stamps is set to soar. First class will increase from 46p to 60 p and
:27:29. > :27:32.for second class from 26 to 50p. The increase has come after the
:27:32. > :27:36.Royal Mail was given the freedom to set its own price for the first