:00:13. > :00:18.Welcome to Monday's Reporting Scotland. On the programme this
:00:18. > :00:23.evening: Zero tolerance on knife crime. The tough new rules which
:00:23. > :00:28.could see offenders jailed for up to four years for carrying a blade.
:00:28. > :00:31.This was Scotland less than a week ago. And this was Scotland today.
:00:31. > :00:37.So what's happened to our missing 20 degrees?
:00:38. > :00:40.Also this evening. Tributes to Jocky Wilson, from family and
:00:40. > :00:50.friends, as well as his greatest rival in the world of championship
:00:50. > :00:55.
:00:55. > :01:04.darts. He is at peace now. He will be Mr and I'll have a couple of
:01:04. > :01:11.beers for him now. The Edinburgh there -- version of
:01:11. > :01:13.speed-skating. Anyone caught carrying a knife
:01:13. > :01:16.could face much tougher prison sentences under new guidelines.
:01:16. > :01:19.Under the rules even first offenders will be tried in front of
:01:19. > :01:22.a sheriff and jury, which means the maximum sentence increases from one
:01:22. > :01:25.to four years in prison. Our correspondent Jamie McIvor joins me
:01:25. > :01:28.now. Well, Jackie, these new guidelines
:01:28. > :01:31.are being described as a zero tolerance approach. And there are
:01:31. > :01:34.two big changes. From now on, anyone caught with a knife in a
:01:34. > :01:38.town or city centre will always be prosecuted in front of a sheriff
:01:38. > :01:41.and a jury. This didn't always happen before. And because of this
:01:41. > :01:47.change, they could be jailed for far longer if they're convicted,
:01:47. > :01:50.potentially up to four years. Now knife crime comes in many forms.
:01:50. > :01:52.The victims aren't always harmed physically - some are just
:01:52. > :02:02.threatened. Often, only the most terrible examples make the
:02:02. > :02:10.
:02:10. > :02:16.Raymond cordlike, murdered. Jack Frew, murdered. Damian newer,
:02:17. > :02:21.murdered. Unconnected tragedies with one thing in common - knife
:02:21. > :02:26.crime. Damian's father has been campaigning for tougher sentences
:02:26. > :02:30.for anyone found carrying a knife. This is being done because the
:02:30. > :02:36.criminal fraternity have been spoken to now in a language that
:02:36. > :02:42.they will understand. The ones who have spoken softly on behalf of the
:02:42. > :02:46.perpetrators, this will be a shock to the system. The zero-tolerance
:02:46. > :02:50.approach what I doubt for six weeks around Christmas and New Year and
:02:50. > :02:56.appeared to lead to a significant drop in net crime. 212 incidents
:02:56. > :03:00.were reported to the prosecution service, down nearly a fifth.
:03:00. > :03:04.numbers are still far too high and as far as we're concerned, if we
:03:04. > :03:10.can reduce those numbers father, if we can stop one member of the
:03:10. > :03:12.public becoming injured or becoming a victim, that will be a success.
:03:12. > :03:21.Hopefully we will Secure more success than that in terms of
:03:21. > :03:26.numbers. Tackling a crime has long been a priority. Strathclyde Police
:03:26. > :03:32.ran this amnesty on naive is nearly 20 years ago. The problem has not
:03:32. > :03:39.gone away. I know a lot of people they carry knives. A lot of them
:03:39. > :03:43.may be nearly four show but it will be dealt with much more seriously.
:03:43. > :03:45.I work until 9pm just along the street and I am always scared when
:03:45. > :03:49.they leave work at night that somebody will be lacking about.
:03:49. > :03:52.So just how bad is the knife crime problem? Well the good news is
:03:52. > :03:56.knife crime's been falling. It's down 11% in a year and nearly 40%
:03:56. > :03:59.in five years. But that only takes it back to the level it was at in
:03:59. > :04:03.the late '90s. The hope is the new zero tolerance approach will make
:04:03. > :04:10.sure the downward trend continues. But prosecutors say it'll be a
:04:10. > :04:12.success if even one person doesn't become a victim.
:04:13. > :04:15.Total, the owners of the abandoned Elgin oil platform say they're
:04:15. > :04:19.hoping to put experts on the installation within the next few
:04:19. > :04:23.days. The North Sea platform, which lies 150 miles east of Aberdeen,
:04:23. > :04:26.has been leaking gas for more than a week. The company says it's
:04:26. > :04:35.costing $2.5 million a day to deal with the incident. Steven Duff
:04:35. > :04:40.reports. The gases escaping the well head of
:04:40. > :04:44.the Elgin platform at a ferocious rate. Total, are now ready to fly
:04:44. > :04:52.in by helicopter. At team of experts to try to stem the lake
:04:52. > :04:55.from on board. Once the conditions of safety are established, we will
:04:55. > :05:03.take the helicopter out to the platform. We'll have some people
:05:03. > :05:09.for wildlife control and some people from Total, who know the
:05:09. > :05:13.Elgin platform well. They can then establish how to proceed. Meanwhile,
:05:13. > :05:19.environmental group Greenpeace has sent one of its vessels to set off
:05:19. > :05:24.the exclusion zone around the platform. We have oil on the water
:05:24. > :05:30.surface and the smell here - there is something in the air like
:05:30. > :05:35.chemicals. Although we are five kilometres away, we can feel here
:05:35. > :05:38.that this is contaminating and polluting the environment. Total
:05:38. > :05:48.and the Scottish Environment insists there is no evidence of any
:05:48. > :05:49.
:05:49. > :05:53.serious pollution. Total are believed to be losing around $2.5
:05:53. > :05:57.million per day. The French-owned company say there are ample
:05:57. > :06:01.resources to deal with it. Much of Scotland is on amber alert for snow
:06:01. > :06:04.this evening with temperatures set to drop to minus six tonight. It's
:06:04. > :06:10.just a week since records were broken for the hottest temperatures
:06:10. > :06:13.in March with Aboyne in Aberdeenshire hitting 23.6 Celsius.
:06:13. > :06:23.Now the gritters are on standby as motorists are being warned to
:06:23. > :06:23.
:06:23. > :06:28.expect treacherous conditions. Who would have thought? Snow is
:06:28. > :06:33.falling, a dusting of the white stuff arrives in Shetland. Across
:06:33. > :06:37.the country, temperatures are plummeting. This afternoon, the Met
:06:37. > :06:44.Office increased its weather warning from yellow to amber. That
:06:44. > :06:47.means prepare for destruction. What is going on? The next few days will
:06:47. > :06:52.seek an Arctic blast and bitterly cold they're coming down from the
:06:52. > :06:57.north brine unseasonally cold temperatures. It may even be
:06:57. > :07:01.nastier than the middle of winter. This time last week, the country
:07:01. > :07:08.was basking in record temperatures - perfect weather for a picnic and
:07:08. > :07:18.the hottest marched on record. Beaches were Mediterranean and it
:07:18. > :07:19.
:07:19. > :07:25.was all such fun. Checkout this seaside scene today. It is at the
:07:25. > :07:30.resign and freezing cold. It is frankly back to normal. We're
:07:30. > :07:37.freezing. We have had to go on by gloves and hats and scarves for the
:07:37. > :07:45.children. Ashok to the system. We were all sat in the park last week.
:07:45. > :07:50.We took in the sunshine and today, we're pretty that up. Friday night,
:07:50. > :07:56.Saturday and Sunday on the beach. Dog swimming in the sea, beautiful.
:07:56. > :08:02.Now look! It is fine. Keep smiling. Snow in April was not entirely
:08:02. > :08:07.unusual. Cast your mind back to 2008. Heavy snow showers covered
:08:07. > :08:14.the country and in 2010, there were power cuts and transport problems
:08:14. > :08:17.due to winter storms. Tonight, as the wintery showers head southwards,
:08:17. > :08:21.into letters are on standby to to be sure the country copes with one
:08:21. > :08:24.last blast of winter. You're watching Reporting Scotland
:08:24. > :08:26.from the BBC. Still to come on the programme.
:08:26. > :08:31.Going with a swing - celebrations marking the fifth-oldest golf
:08:31. > :08:34.course in the world. In sport, there's turmoil at St
:08:34. > :08:37.Mirren as the chairman calls an Extraordinary General meeting to
:08:37. > :08:40.throw out a director and potential buyer from the board.
:08:40. > :08:43.Plus one of Britain's most successful coaches says the quality
:08:43. > :08:52.of athletes from Scotland is just not good enough and something has
:08:52. > :08:59.A man has told a murder trial he saw two men shoot gangland figure
:08:59. > :09:02.Kevin Carroll, known as Gerbil, in a supermarket car park in Glasgow.
:09:02. > :09:09.26-year-old Steven Glen was giving evidence at the trial of Ross
:09:09. > :09:12.Monaghan, who denies murdering Mr Carroll. Laura Bicker reports.
:09:12. > :09:18.Kevin Carol was described in court today by a former policeman as a
:09:18. > :09:21.nutcase. He was gunned down in the supermarket car-park. The court
:09:21. > :09:25.heard from the policeman that days before he was shot, he be seen
:09:25. > :09:28.driving around like something out of a Holyrood movie. The jury were
:09:29. > :09:35.told that even his fellow drug dealers did not like dealing with
:09:35. > :09:40.him. The court heard from 26-year- old Stephen Francis glens. He
:09:40. > :09:47.admitted he had been a drug dealer. He said he had been contacted by
:09:47. > :09:51.Kevin who he knew as the Journal. He said he arranged to meet him in
:09:51. > :09:55.the ASDA car park. He said he was frightened and wanted to meet him
:09:55. > :09:59.in daylight, somewhere public. He said there was a brief meeting at
:09:59. > :10:07.he got back in his car and heard three loud cracks. He turned around
:10:07. > :10:11.to see how his car blocked in by a Volkswagen Golf. He drove past and
:10:11. > :10:16.saw someone in a ski mask firing a black hand gun into the back of
:10:16. > :10:21.that car. The accused, Ross Moynihan, denies all charges
:10:21. > :10:24.against him and has lodged a special defence of incrimination,
:10:24. > :10:27.meaning someone who cannot be named for legal reasons.
:10:27. > :10:30.Up to 200 jobs are under threat with the announcement that the bus
:10:30. > :10:33.operator First Scotland East is to close a depot and reduce its
:10:33. > :10:35.services in East and Midlothian. The company, which is part of
:10:35. > :10:39.FirstGroup, says the difficult decision follows several years of
:10:39. > :10:43.poor trading performance. The firm is proposing to close its Dalkeith
:10:43. > :10:46.depot and significantly scale back its base in Musselburgh. A
:10:46. > :10:51.spokesman said a number of services in the regions had been running at
:10:51. > :10:53.a loss for some time. The Scotland and Blackburn Rovers
:10:53. > :10:56.striker David Goodwillie has pleaded guilty to assaulting a man
:10:56. > :10:59.in Glasgow city centre. The 23- year-old, seen here on the right,
:10:59. > :11:05.admitted attacking John Friel in the city's Queen Street in November
:11:05. > :11:10.2010 and punching him repeatedly on the head and body. Sentencing was
:11:10. > :11:14.deferred until the end of the month. Hundreds of people turned out today
:11:14. > :11:19.to pay their last respects to Jocky Wilson, the two times world darts
:11:19. > :11:21.champion. The 62-year-old died last week from a chronic lung disorder.
:11:21. > :11:31.His great rival Eric Bristow was amongst those who attended the
:11:31. > :11:35.service this afternoon in Kirkcaldy. Steven Godden reports.
:11:35. > :11:41.The piped music drift slowly towards the sombre fight skied as
:11:41. > :11:46.one of the kingdom's most famous sons is a lake -- laid to rest. A
:11:46. > :11:52.floral reminder of the game that made his name. A story that
:11:52. > :11:56.hundreds of mourners were reminded had unlikely origins. In 1970, he
:11:56. > :12:01.found himself unemployed. Jocky Wilson was sitting around the house
:12:01. > :12:07.and this was getting on his nerves so he went across the road and on
:12:07. > :12:14.this particular day, there was a darts competitions. He played and,
:12:14. > :12:17.I have to say, he was absolutely rubbish. The practice paid off. The
:12:18. > :12:26.former miner turned professional and three years later he was world
:12:26. > :12:32.champion. Seven years later, he won a second world crown against Eric
:12:32. > :12:40.Bristow, who today paid tribute to his old rival. Looking back on in
:12:40. > :12:46.now, I am glad I lost it. He was ever a great player. You can be
:12:46. > :12:50.lucky once. Some people when the world championship because it fell
:12:50. > :12:56.right for them. To win it twice, you have to be a proper darts
:12:56. > :13:00.player. In a sport for craftsmen rather than athlete, his success
:13:00. > :13:05.was fuelled by a taste for drink and cigarettes, which brought him
:13:06. > :13:11.fame but the spotlight set easily. He retired and became reclusive as
:13:11. > :13:17.his health deteriorated. In recent years, Jocky Wilson guarded his
:13:17. > :13:20.privacy strongly. The service was as much about his life as a family
:13:20. > :13:25.man and father. There were strong reminders about what he meant to
:13:25. > :13:35.millions of darts fans - a character whose exploits elevated
:13:35. > :13:40.
:13:40. > :13:45.Let's take a look at what else has been happening across the country.
:13:45. > :13:49.Plans to carry out �100 million of redevelopment at Aberdeen airport
:13:49. > :13:53.in the next 30 years have been unveiled. It includes a major
:13:53. > :13:57.refurbishment of the terminal building and space for further
:13:57. > :14:03.runway expansion. The blueprint will now go out for consultation.
:14:03. > :14:09.It is really exciting, and this document. Significant capital
:14:09. > :14:14.investment. Significant Great Tour. Times when GPs could be jammed in
:14:14. > :14:19.the north of of Scotland during a major NATO exercise have been
:14:19. > :14:26.published. Civilian users could be denied use between the 17th and
:14:26. > :14:30.26th April. Five floors of the City Art Centre
:14:30. > :14:34.in Edinburgh have been transformed for the science festival, making
:14:34. > :14:39.perfume, building a spy kit and seeing how at the heart pumps
:14:39. > :14:43.bloody around the country -- body are some of the attractions.
:14:44. > :14:49.Inverness Cathedral is having its first major architectural
:14:49. > :14:54.renovation. Historic Scotland had to agree to a new arch and door to
:14:54. > :14:59.permit disabled access. Architects had to find Stone are identical to
:14:59. > :15:03.the original building. I think we can say that when we look at the
:15:03. > :15:09.arch outside that they have created, you would think it had always been
:15:09. > :15:17.there, since 1869. The male are spray Odin has
:15:17. > :15:27.returned from West Africa. He was spotted in the nest yesterday.
:15:27. > :15:31.There is more on those and other stories on the BBC Scotland website.
:15:31. > :15:35.As all golf fans will know, in a few days the Masters gets under way
:15:35. > :15:41.in August. It is one of the greatest courses in Gulf but a
:15:41. > :15:45.relative youngster compared to most in Scotland. Today Montrose Links
:15:45. > :15:52.marked 450 years of history. It is the FIFA oldest court in the world
:15:52. > :15:56.and the celebrations got under way in style.
:15:56. > :16:02.Six year-old Finn Coull driving off from the first tee. He was acting
:16:02. > :16:07.the part of another 60 Rudd, James Melvill, here in 1562 road in his
:16:07. > :16:13.diary that he had been used -- taught to use a golf club. Mary
:16:13. > :16:19.Queen of Scots was on the throne then. The club has an historic past.
:16:19. > :16:27.1624, James Graham, he played golf on the evening before his wedding,
:16:27. > :16:35.having sent his servant at St Andrews to have his club's prepared.
:16:35. > :16:40.A 25 hole Open here. In 1866 all the greats of the day played in
:16:40. > :16:50.that field. The club is proud of its history. A series of events is
:16:50. > :16:52.
:16:52. > :16:55.planned. We are having a weekend of celebration in July where 450
:16:55. > :17:00.golfers will come and play with a celebratory dinner. We are also
:17:00. > :17:10.having an exhibition in Montrose Museum. This little boy is a
:17:10. > :17:13.
:17:13. > :17:18.promising player. He began two years ago. I played when I was four.
:17:18. > :17:22.James Melvill started when he was six. Today a group of Chinese
:17:22. > :17:29.tourists were trying out the course, some with little success. Maybe
:17:29. > :17:34.this youngster could teach them how to do it.
:17:34. > :17:39.A youngster it took lookout there, Dougie, for your sports bulletins
:17:39. > :17:46.of the future! We will start with football.
:17:47. > :17:50.Turmoil at St Mirren. The director Ken McGeoch will be ousted from the
:17:50. > :17:55.board. There is an extraordinary general meeting because he has
:17:55. > :18:00.refused to resign. It is all over allegations of a connection between
:18:00. > :18:05.McGeoch and Rangers' owner Craig Whyte, allegations both denied.
:18:05. > :18:09.This is an e-mail that has caused great concern in St Mirren. A fuse
:18:09. > :18:13.days ago, Ken McGeoch, the director, issued a statement stating that
:18:13. > :18:17.neither he nor his business partner had any connection with Rangers
:18:17. > :18:27.football club, but this document suggests otherwise.
:18:27. > :18:35.
:18:35. > :18:43.The teas with the regret -- it is with the regret that we have not
:18:43. > :18:49.received a resignation from Ken McGeoch. The AGM will be held here
:18:49. > :18:53.on Thursday 3rd May at 7pm. I put this to the advisers of Ken McGeoch
:18:53. > :18:57.and Davies, who categorically denied any association past or
:18:57. > :19:01.present with Craig Whyte. They say their lawyer, who was also Rangers'
:19:01. > :19:05.secretary, did offer to set up a meeting with Craig Whyte in
:19:05. > :19:08.relation to a private enterprise. They add that no such meeting
:19:08. > :19:12.ultimately took place and in any event, it had nothing whatsoever to
:19:12. > :19:16.do with the takeover at St Mirren. Craig Whyte also told me today he
:19:16. > :19:21.has never met either man. That is unlikely to appease Stewart Gilmour
:19:21. > :19:25.and the rest of the St Mirren board, though. Ken McGeoch will not resign.
:19:25. > :19:31.The rest of the Board have a big enough majority to remove him in a
:19:31. > :19:37.vote. International clearance has allowed
:19:37. > :19:42.Bernardo Dominguez Fernandez BT B side by a Dunfermline. The team,
:19:42. > :19:45.fighting to stay in the SPL, only had Chris Smith fit to play in goal.
:19:45. > :19:50.Novak Djokovic lived up to his world number one billing by beating
:19:50. > :19:56.Andy Murray in the final of the Miami Masters tennis. Re struggled
:19:56. > :20:01.to contain the Serb and took the title -- he took the title for the
:20:01. > :20:10.third time. One of the most successful figures
:20:10. > :20:17.in British athletics says there is concern about the decline of the
:20:17. > :20:22.sport in Scotland. Malcolm Arnold has coached for 44 years and has
:20:22. > :20:27.coached Colin Jackson and Dai Greene. He correctly coaches
:20:27. > :20:31.Scotland's Eilidh Child son. This is the University of Bath, and
:20:31. > :20:35.the end of a tough session for any child. Her coach, Malcolm Arnold,
:20:35. > :20:39.is a legend in the sport, but he has concerns that Scotland has been
:20:39. > :20:45.failing to produce talent. In addition, two national head coaches
:20:45. > :20:49.have quit the post wizardly, and left the country. It is a constant
:20:49. > :20:52.thought amongst people. What has happened to Scottish athletics and
:20:52. > :20:57.Scottish athletes? I do not know much of the detail but I know there
:20:57. > :21:00.has been a fair amount of turmoil. Turmoil amongst the leaders of the
:21:00. > :21:06.sport over the last two or three years, which is not good for the
:21:06. > :21:12.participants. Athletes and coaches need somebody to trust in and there
:21:12. > :21:15.does not seem to be too much trust their at the moment. Training
:21:15. > :21:19.alongside Eilidh is the world champion Dai Greene. The Welshman
:21:19. > :21:23.is proof that some small nations can still perform at the highest
:21:23. > :21:28.level. Perhaps some in Scottish athletics would have you believe it
:21:28. > :21:33.is just a cycle, it is just not our time? I think that sort of argument,
:21:33. > :21:37.that things happen in cycles, is a cop-out, really. They need a
:21:37. > :21:41.significant lift at the moment, as I see it. Eilidh Child believes
:21:41. > :21:48.that leaving Scotland has given her the best chance of success for
:21:48. > :21:52.London 2012. A big game for me would be to get into that final.
:21:52. > :22:01.Everyone says a thing could happen. The crowd can carry you to anything.
:22:01. > :22:11.If I can get to the final I will be plus a preview of Scotland's
:22:11. > :22:12.
:22:12. > :22:17.They have only been in this country for a few months but it seems
:22:17. > :22:22.Edinburgh Zoo's took pandas, Tian Tian and Yang Guang, may be ready
:22:22. > :22:28.to breed as early as tomorrow. The zoo is waiting for test results
:22:28. > :22:34.tomorrow at which will confirm whether Tian Tian is in season, a
:22:34. > :22:37.condition which only lasts one or two days, and only once a year.
:22:37. > :22:42.The with Panda breeding season eminent, the excitement may be
:22:42. > :22:46.building but looking at Tian Tian today you would never know. The
:22:46. > :22:51.season female spent much of the afternoon asleep on her perch, but
:22:51. > :22:54.not so Yang Guang it. He seems ready for his role, sitting
:22:54. > :23:00.attentively next to the gate between their enclosures as public
:23:00. > :23:03.watched. Occasionally doing a handstand do better Marquise cent.
:23:03. > :23:08.Today we flipped the two pandas between the two different
:23:08. > :23:13.enclosures. That has got them really excited. They are doing a
:23:13. > :23:20.lot of scent marking. The zoo is waiting for the results of tests to
:23:20. > :23:24.note read -- when Tian Tian will be ready to breed. When she is the
:23:24. > :23:32.public will be excluded and the pandas will be taken to a special
:23:32. > :23:37.area to ensure control. One of the most important tools in a zoo
:23:37. > :23:45.environment is a fire extinguisher. If the animals become aggressive
:23:45. > :23:49.you blast it and it distracts them. You throw a piece of fruit which
:23:49. > :23:54.distracts them also. If the breeding is successful it will be a
:23:54. > :23:59.massive Zigic -- boost for Edinburgh Zoo.
:23:59. > :24:04.Staff here are playing a waiting game, as this fella at most. He has
:24:04. > :24:10.been eating a lot more than normal wizardly, Paul King up for his big
:24:11. > :24:20.day. -- recently, Paul King go up for
:24:21. > :24:21.
:24:21. > :24:26.Not quite as pretty a picture. Last week we were seen unusually warm
:24:26. > :24:31.and spring-like conditions. For this time of year, we are seeing
:24:31. > :24:38.unusually cold and winter like conditions and there is an and beer
:24:38. > :24:42.-- and amber warning in place for snow. We have a band of rain, sleet
:24:42. > :24:47.and snow pushing in from the one North. That will make its way
:24:47. > :24:51.southwards overnight tonight. The main focus of the snow will be in
:24:51. > :25:01.the higher ground in the FA Royals. We could see ten to 15 centimetres
:25:01. > :25:04.
:25:04. > :25:08.of snow. -- in the FA North. Tomorrow morning, it will push into
:25:08. > :25:12.central and southern parts of the country but along with that we will
:25:12. > :25:19.see a strengthening north-easterly breeze so we could see some
:25:19. > :25:26.drifting of snow and it will be a very chilly night. It could do to
:25:26. > :25:30.minus three Celsius. Take care on the roads tomorrow. A risk of ice
:25:30. > :25:34.developing. Through the day though, the snow will clear away and it
:25:34. > :25:37.will be an improving picture, albeit a very chilly one.
:25:37. > :25:41.Temperatures will not get much above six Celsius and in the strong
:25:41. > :25:44.and biting north-easterly breeze it will feel very chilly and there
:25:44. > :25:49.will be further blustery and wintery showers especially across
:25:49. > :25:53.more eastern parts. Into tomorrow evening, and overnight, it stays
:25:53. > :26:00.chilly. There will be a frost early and late and it will be a cold
:26:00. > :26:04.night but it is not all doom and gloom. We have an area of high
:26:04. > :26:12.pressure in -- on Wednesday, pushing in from the west bid more
:26:12. > :26:16.settled conditions. A bit more settled than tomorrow and less in
:26:16. > :26:23.the wake of snow. But if you are heading out tomorrow, take care on
:26:23. > :26:26.the roads and make sure you check The headlines: Anyone caught
:26:26. > :26:29.carrying a knife could face much tougher prison sentences under new
:26:29. > :26:33.guidelines. Under the rules, even first
:26:33. > :26:38.offenders would be tried in front of a sheriff and jury, meaning the
:26:38. > :26:41.maximum sentence increases from one year to four years in prison.
:26:41. > :26:46.It is 30 years since the start of the Falklands war and the families
:26:46. > :26:49.of the fallen have taken part in a service of remembrance. 255 British
:26:49. > :26:53.servicemen were killed in the 70 four-day battle that followed the
:26:53. > :26:57.invasion of the island's by Argentinian forces. David Cameron
:26:57. > :27:01.said that Britain was as committed to the islanders today as three
:27:01. > :27:04.decades ago. Total, the owners of the abandoned
:27:04. > :27:10.Elgin oil platform, say they are hoping to put experts on the
:27:10. > :27:13.installation within the next few days. The North Sea platforms, 150
:27:13. > :27:17.miles east of Aberdeen, has been leaking gas for a week. The company
:27:17. > :27:21.says it is costing $2.5 million a day to deal with the incident.
:27:22. > :27:25.Talks to try to avert a fuel strike by tanker drivers are to start on
:27:26. > :27:31.Wednesday. The announcement came as the latest figures showed that last