:00:21. > :00:25.Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight: This man tells a court he
:00:25. > :00:28.ate two Mill -- mobile phone SIM cards rather than hand into police
:00:28. > :00:33.investigating the murder of Kevin Carroll.
:00:33. > :00:39.Holidays at home and on their up. A staycations are boosting Scotland's
:00:39. > :00:49.economy. We will assess the state of
:00:49. > :00:50.
:00:50. > :00:54.Scotland's tourism industry. Later: This has been a long journey.
:00:54. > :01:03.The unmarked grave of the man at the helm of the Titanic was
:01:03. > :01:10.discovered in Aberdeen. And marching against leukaemia. Ian
:01:10. > :01:14.Botham and Neil Lennon team up and send their best blessed -- wishes
:01:14. > :01:23.to Stiliyan Petrov. It was great to see him so positive. He is in good
:01:23. > :01:26.hands. A murder trial has heard how a key
:01:26. > :01:32.witness ate two mobile phone SIM cards rather than hand them over to
:01:32. > :01:36.the police. Frances Green was giving evidence in the Kevin Burch
:01:36. > :01:41.-- Kevin "Gerbil" Carroll case in Glasgow. He told the jury he
:01:41. > :01:51.arrived at the murder scene before the police, and removed the mobile
:01:51. > :01:53.
:01:53. > :02:03.phone from Kevin Carroll's body. Frances Green who is also known as
:02:03. > :02:05.
:02:05. > :02:10.Fraggle said he had been friends with Mr Carroll for 12 years. He
:02:10. > :02:14.described the day that his friend was found dead. Mr Green said he
:02:14. > :02:22.had been about to take a shower at a house he was doing up when he got
:02:22. > :02:32.a phone call saying that kit and durable was dead. -- Gerbil was
:02:32. > :02:34.
:02:34. > :02:38.dead. He drove to ASDA, and arrived before police. When he arrived here,
:02:38. > :02:43.he found his friend dead. He said at this point the phone rang, and
:02:43. > :02:47.he went into the dead man's pocket and answered it, in case it was his
:02:47. > :02:51.sister Kelly. He said he kept hold of Kevin Carroll's phone but did
:02:51. > :02:55.not tamper with the mobile phone SIM cards. He admitted that later
:02:55. > :03:05.he had eaten two SIM cards from his own phone because they had Material
:03:05. > :03:11.
:03:11. > :03:21.on them that he did not want the He was ordered to stay and the
:03:21. > :03:44.
:03:44. > :03:54.scene,... Prosecuting advocate Did you ask why he was in the car
:03:54. > :03:59.
:03:59. > :04:04.The trial continues. Tourism is on the up in Scotland,
:04:04. > :04:13.according to two sets of figures out today. British holidaymakers,
:04:13. > :04:23.the staycation, staying home for a break, is the main reason why. But
:04:23. > :04:26.
:04:26. > :04:30.transport costs are having a more There is a new spring in the step
:04:30. > :04:34.of Scotland's hospitality. One reason is an increase in day-trips.
:04:34. > :04:40.I take the children up the hills and I take them up to Loch Lomond,
:04:40. > :04:45.Hill claiming and things like that. It is very expensive. We get our
:04:45. > :04:49.bags packed and picnics, and they enjoy it a lot more than going to
:04:49. > :04:54.Spain. Between the cost of petrol and praises of everything else
:04:54. > :04:58.going up it is very difficult. I think most people are cutting down
:04:58. > :05:03.on holidays this year. He is talking about staycations. British
:05:03. > :05:12.people taking holidays close to home. Official figures say that the
:05:13. > :05:17.number of overnight stays are up 10%. The rise and the cost of
:05:17. > :05:21.transport is not helping, according to their Chamber of Commerce.
:05:21. > :05:25.Particularly in areas like Shepton. It is a simple problem, I wish it
:05:25. > :05:34.was more difficult. It is the cost of getting here, and it is simple.
:05:34. > :05:38.If we can cut the cost for people coming here, tourism would grow.
:05:38. > :05:41.Fuel costs and transportation costs are very heavily having a negative
:05:41. > :05:46.impact on their business. That is something that needs to be
:05:46. > :05:54.addressed, and the recent chaos over fuel has not helped during the
:05:54. > :05:57.Easter period. One leading Earline today threatened to cut back eight
:05:57. > :06:02.of Scotland's links next winter in its battle with Edinburgh airport
:06:02. > :06:07.over London fees. The airport does not recognise the environment it is
:06:07. > :06:12.engaged in. It has promised more passenger numbers for lower costs,
:06:12. > :06:19.-- We offered. But the report has insisted on increasing costs for
:06:19. > :06:25.the future which puts us in a terrible position. The owners say
:06:25. > :06:28.they have not given up on trying to charge Ryanair for air traffic
:06:28. > :06:32.control costs. Household budgets are being
:06:32. > :06:37.stretched, but many of us still feel the need to get away. Scotland
:06:37. > :06:39.still looks a good value option. We heard about Ryanair and
:06:40. > :06:46.Edinburgh airport, but other developments elsewhere could mean
:06:46. > :06:54.good news for Glasgow. This has to do with British Airways absorbing
:06:54. > :06:57.British Midland. Yes, it was recently taken over by British
:06:57. > :07:06.Airways from left-hander, and today they are announcing 12 under jobs
:07:07. > :07:11.to go from BMI. -- 1,200 jobs. There are two elements of this
:07:11. > :07:18.which could be positive. Glasgow was one of them. British Airways
:07:18. > :07:22.says it plans to put BMI's planes into Glasgow, where it has a heavy
:07:22. > :07:25.maintenance operation, and there is the regional division of EMI. That
:07:25. > :07:31.could be sold to investors and Aberdeen, where the division is
:07:31. > :07:34.based. That division flies commuter aircraft between smaller cities,
:07:34. > :07:39.and it could compete with British Airways on Scottish links with
:07:39. > :07:43.London airports. The negotiations on that are continuing, and they
:07:43. > :07:46.hope to get some conclusion this month. There are more than 300 jobs
:07:46. > :07:51.in the balance on the division, most in Scotland.
:07:51. > :07:57.Thank you. You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC.
:07:57. > :08:03.Still to come: The grave of the Titanic's helmsman is discovered in
:08:03. > :08:05.Aberdeen, Robert Hitchens's -- Robert Hitchens resting-place was
:08:05. > :08:15.revealed after a search by relatives.
:08:15. > :08:15.
:08:15. > :08:19.The latest on Rangers. We will also get a flavour on the feelings of
:08:19. > :08:29.funds about the real changes. And Aberdeen boss Craig Brown is
:08:29. > :08:29.
:08:29. > :08:34.not superstitious, but... But what? Find out later.
:08:34. > :08:38.A row has broken out over pensions for people such as teachers and NHS
:08:38. > :08:42.workers who might have been expecting to retire and get their
:08:42. > :08:45.full Occupational Pensions and then pick up their state pensions a few
:08:45. > :08:48.years later. Under new rules they would have to reach the state trip
:08:49. > :08:53.to diet -- retirement age before picking up their occupational
:08:53. > :08:58.pension. The SNP government says it cuts across the ability to design a
:08:58. > :09:01.solution for Scottish workers. Tim Reid joins us now. This is a
:09:01. > :09:11.political row, but presumably public sector workers should be
:09:11. > :09:13.
:09:13. > :09:16.concern. On the face of it this is a financial spat between the two
:09:16. > :09:21.government's and those reaching the end of the careers. It has big
:09:21. > :09:26.money implications. Last month in the Budget, there was indication
:09:26. > :09:30.there would be a link between the age you get your full occupational
:09:30. > :09:33.pension and retirement age. That means people working longer, and
:09:33. > :09:38.the retirement age would rise over the next 30 years. John Swinney
:09:38. > :09:42.says this has cut across his negotiations, and his reform to the
:09:42. > :09:47.public sector pensions in Scotland, and he says there was a lack of
:09:47. > :09:51.consultation on the issue. What does the UK government say to this?
:09:51. > :09:54.It says it is surprised by his intervention. They say it was well
:09:54. > :09:58.known the changes were coming down the track, and they were a
:09:58. > :10:03.recommendation of the Patten report last March. They also say that they
:10:03. > :10:10.have introduced what is at protection for workers in England,
:10:11. > :10:15.for instance a teacher within 10 years of these rules would be
:10:15. > :10:19.protected. Danny Alexander has said that John Swinney has to come up
:10:19. > :10:25.with a plan whether he will match that protection or go even further.
:10:25. > :10:29.That was a big money and put a sheet -- implication for the
:10:29. > :10:33.government. Three teenagers have been jailed,
:10:33. > :10:37.one for life, for the murder of a Greenock schoolboy who was due to
:10:37. > :10:40.give evidence against one of them in a court case. Christopher Knox
:10:40. > :10:44.was fatally stabbed through the heart and a school playground last
:10:44. > :10:48.June. 17-year-old John Paul McCowan was given a life term for murder,
:10:48. > :10:52.David Paton was convicted of culpable homicide.
:10:52. > :10:56.The final resting place of the man who was at the helm of the Titanic
:10:56. > :10:59.when it struck the iceberg has been discovered in Aberdeen. Robert
:10:59. > :11:05.Hitchens survived the disaster which happened 100 years ago this
:11:05. > :11:11.week. He died nearly 30 years later, and it had been thought he was
:11:11. > :11:15.buried at sea. But remarkably his grave was found a few days ago.
:11:15. > :11:21.This rare footage shows Robert Hitchens on the right in New York,
:11:21. > :11:25.on the days after the Titanic sank. As helmsman, he was the man who
:11:25. > :11:30.tried to steal the ill-fated ship around the iceberg. It has been a
:11:30. > :11:34.long-term knee. It has been. It has taken a bit of finding, but you got
:11:34. > :11:39.there. His great-granddaughter has been heavily her ancestor's
:11:39. > :11:46.involvement, and arrived in Aberdeen to visit he shared grave.
:11:46. > :11:52.The sailor died in 1940 on a merchant ship in the City, and was
:11:52. > :11:58.presumed buried at sea. A few weeks ago it was delivered he --
:11:58. > :12:07.discovered he was laid to rest here. I know he is here, and I grew to
:12:07. > :12:14.love him so much, I never met him. It means everything.
:12:14. > :12:20.Here he is in the film. In fact, his part in the tragedy has been
:12:20. > :12:26.well documented, not least in this movie of the 1990s. Events led to a
:12:26. > :12:29.broken man, and he did return to see, but life was difficult.
:12:29. > :12:35.would have been seen as jinxed, other sailors would have known that
:12:35. > :12:44.he was the man at the wheel of the luxury liner, and would not want to
:12:44. > :12:49.sail with him any more. He died on board the ship, at 58 years.
:12:49. > :12:55.Archives revealed his final resting place. I grave he say it -- years
:12:55. > :12:58.with two other sailors. It was the need has placed a where he died,
:12:58. > :13:05.but it was the responsibility for the shipping company because he
:13:05. > :13:11.died on board the ship. This is why they bought the grave. It is a long
:13:11. > :13:15.line of the grave of a pauper, but from a company. He played a key
:13:15. > :13:22.role in the Titanic story, and his memory was never really lost. Now
:13:22. > :13:29.his final resting place is no longer forgotten either.
:13:29. > :13:33.A person has died in a microlight crash in Clackmannanshire. It came
:13:33. > :13:37.down just after 2pm. It is not thought anyone else was on board
:13:37. > :13:44.are injured in the accident. Let us take a look at what else has
:13:44. > :13:48.been happening across the country. A team of experts has boarded the
:13:48. > :13:54.abandoned Eldon platform in the North Sea as efforts continue to
:13:54. > :13:56.stay in the leak. The plans are likely to involve plugging the lead
:13:56. > :14:03.with a mud. The owner of the Scotsman newspaper
:14:03. > :14:08.has axed the role of the editor in chief. John McClelland is on leave
:14:08. > :14:12.while negotiating he is future. Fortes have been released of
:14:12. > :14:16.dramatic moments yesterday when diskette -- Shetland coastguard
:14:16. > :14:20.helicopter spotted a trawler blaze. The crew was airlifted to hospital
:14:20. > :14:23.and released later. The vessels sunk.
:14:23. > :14:27.Councillors are being asked to abolish Inverness's licensing
:14:27. > :14:32.curfew which sees pubs close their doors to new customers at midnight.
:14:33. > :14:37.It was introduced a decade ago to cut down on antisocial be needed.
:14:37. > :14:42.We want to encourage tourists in the area. I do not think it is the
:14:42. > :14:45.right message to send out that we have a curfew. It's sort of tells
:14:46. > :14:52.people that it is not a safe city to being in the evening, and I
:14:52. > :14:55.think that is not a good thing at all. Experts are gathering on Iona
:14:55. > :15:01.this week to discuss the historical importance of the island and its
:15:01. > :15:07.collection of medieval stones. Next year will mark the 1,400 and 50th
:15:07. > :15:13.anniversary of St Columba's arrival on the island. It is important to
:15:13. > :15:16.the community, who are working together to plan a series of events
:15:16. > :15:20.starting on Pentecost Sunday which is the theoretical day that St
:15:20. > :15:24.Columba arrived. Judges were visiting the Riverside
:15:24. > :15:34.Museum in Glasgow today. It is one of three Scottish contenders on a
:15:34. > :15:40.shortlist of 10 for the �100,000 Museum of the Year prize.
:15:40. > :15:46.To have this wonderful new museum nominated and no on the shortlist
:15:46. > :15:50.of 10 for the prize is a major triumph for Glasgow and the
:15:50. > :16:00.Transport Museum and for Scotland. There are more stories from your
:16:00. > :16:04.
:16:04. > :16:08.People are being asked to lookout for a wallaby after a pair of them
:16:08. > :16:13.that made a bid for freedom near the boundary of Midlothian and the
:16:13. > :16:20.Scottish Borders. Both escaped by swimming across a pond at a petting
:16:20. > :16:24.zoo in West Linton yesterday. This one was recaptured. However, the
:16:24. > :16:31.other is still on the loose. Marsupials can reach speeds of up
:16:31. > :16:35.to 40 miles an hour. They to sport. One of Rangers' potential new
:16:35. > :16:37.owners has told BBC Scotland his bid stands. That is despite
:16:37. > :16:40.proposed changes to Scottish Premier League sanctions for
:16:40. > :16:50.insolvent clubs. But the Singaporean Bill Ing is not
:16:50. > :16:53.
:16:53. > :16:58.happy about shifting goalposts and he is not alone. SPL chairman and
:16:58. > :17:03.taking shelter, perhaps from a stormer which is brewing over new
:17:03. > :17:07.punishments for insolvent clubs. They will be back in hand and at
:17:07. > :17:17.the end of the month to vote on the issue. A new survey has attracted
:17:17. > :17:39.
:17:39. > :17:43.It seems the SPL are caught between a rock and a hard place. On one
:17:43. > :17:49.hand the accused of being soft on the idea of a new core Rangers been
:17:49. > :17:54.allowed straight back into the SPL, and on the other hand... The SPL
:17:54. > :18:03.could be smarter with their proposals. The rethink this will
:18:03. > :18:06.affect bidders? Et must do. -- it must do. How can we possibly deal
:18:06. > :18:15.with anything unless a multi- millionaire comes in and buys the
:18:15. > :18:25.club. One possible bidder is not put off. Bell Inc told BBC
:18:25. > :18:26.
:18:26. > :18:31.Scotland... Bill Ng. When was the last time Craig Brown
:18:31. > :18:38.led a team out in a cup final at Hampden? The answer is never. The
:18:38. > :18:42.former Scotland boss is one game away from realising that ambition.
:18:42. > :18:51.Brown says that would mean more to him than reaching the World Cup
:18:51. > :18:58.finals for Scotland in 1998. The famously analytical Craig Brown it
:18:58. > :19:05.- all about logic. There are no superstitions at all in football.
:19:05. > :19:10.Hang on. They are bring in the Cup and I refuse to touch it, because I
:19:10. > :19:14.think you are tempting fate. That is not a superstition. It is just a
:19:14. > :19:20.feeling I have that you have no right to hold it unless you have
:19:20. > :19:29.one ate. They did a tour with the World Cup and asked me to hold it
:19:29. > :19:33.but I did not. Maybe I should be holding ate. Luck deserted the Dons
:19:33. > :19:40.in the fat -- in the semi-final last year when they were thrashed
:19:40. > :19:46.by Celtic. They get a second shot on Saturday, this time to reach the
:19:46. > :19:52.final they have to beat heads. concern is I have had highs and
:19:52. > :19:59.lows. A lot of these players have had as well. For me, there is a
:19:59. > :20:04.great desire to see the players going to Hampden. That would give
:20:04. > :20:10.me great pleasure, to allow the travelling support to come back
:20:10. > :20:14.again. Let us hope Craig Brown can avoid contact with the trophy until
:20:14. > :20:19.after the semi-final. That was a close one! Did he brushed against
:20:19. > :20:22.it? That is tempting fate. European Cup semi-finalists
:20:22. > :20:25.Edinburgh Rugby have signed two Wales internationals up for next
:20:25. > :20:28.season from Cardiff Blues. They are 21 times capped prop forward John
:20:28. > :20:30.Yapp and scrum half Phillip Rees who is seen as a ready-made
:20:30. > :20:40.replacement for Scotland international Mike Blair who is
:20:40. > :20:45.
:20:45. > :20:48.leaving in the summer. Mike is moving on. John and Richie our
:20:48. > :20:52.international players so they will bring that. They come from a
:20:52. > :20:58.different culture and background which mixes things up a little for
:20:58. > :21:03.us which can be a good thing. We look forward to working with both.
:21:03. > :21:06.Back to you, Jackie. The former England cricketer and
:21:06. > :21:09.veteran fundraiser, Sir Ian Botham, strode out in Glasgow today on the
:21:09. > :21:12.first leg of Beefy's Great British Walk to raise funds for leukaemia
:21:12. > :21:15.and lymphoma research. As he arrived in Coatbridge he was joined
:21:15. > :21:18.by members of the public and a few other well-known sportsmen for the
:21:18. > :21:28.final few miles, many of whom had a very personal reasons for showing
:21:28. > :21:28.
:21:28. > :21:35.their support. Waiting for Sir Ian - I'd year-old Rebecca contracted
:21:35. > :21:41.leukaemia when she was a baby. The whole family turned out today. --
:21:41. > :21:48.five-year-old. We were devastated when Rebecca was dead is --
:21:48. > :21:52.diagnosed. She was only seven months old. Increasingly children
:21:52. > :22:00.do survive the disease and that Spurs on Sir Ian to keep raising
:22:00. > :22:06.the cash for research. We did the first ever walk in 1985 and
:22:06. > :22:10.children had a 20 % chance of survival but now it is up to 93 %.
:22:10. > :22:16.That is quite an achievement by the scientists but the need funding and
:22:16. > :22:21.that is what we come out to do, to try and help the funding. He set
:22:21. > :22:25.off from Glasgow centre to cope a bench. Neil Lennon was waiting for
:22:25. > :22:32.him whose thoughts were with his former team-mate Stiliyan Petrov
:22:32. > :22:36.who has just been diagnosed. He he is in great spirits. We saw him on
:22:36. > :22:41.Monday night and he was in good spirits. He has been well briefed
:22:41. > :22:46.on what lies ahead of him and he is ready for it. As the Great British
:22:46. > :22:52.Walk got underway, or that the research lab in Glasgow, at the
:22:52. > :22:57.work goes on. They specialise in Hodgkin's lymphoma here, the most
:22:57. > :23:02.common cancer in teenagers. A one of the things we're actively
:23:02. > :23:06.working on is what we call the host via his relationship. We know that
:23:06. > :23:10.certain genetic factors are important in determining the risks
:23:10. > :23:16.of the disease which has caused by the virus. We can start to protect
:23:16. > :23:21.people who might be a risk. We can predict people who might respond to
:23:21. > :23:26.different treatments. Sir Ian will be walking for the next 10 days,
:23:26. > :23:33.raising funds which will go to lapse like this one as they keep
:23:33. > :23:38.looking for that elusive virus which could concur forms of
:23:38. > :23:43.leukaemia. -- different laboratories.
:23:43. > :23:53.The out for the weather forecast. Good evening. We have seen plenty
:23:53. > :23:55.
:23:55. > :23:59.of shares this week but heading Set to quieten down. Some fine
:23:59. > :24:05.evening sunshine for many parts tonight. It will be predominantly
:24:06. > :24:09.dry across the country. We were seen showers pulling in across
:24:09. > :24:18.northern regions and into the north-east, turning to snow over
:24:18. > :24:24.the hills. As far as temperatures go, widely falling took freezing.
:24:24. > :24:30.Some icy patches on untreated patches are possible. It will feel
:24:30. > :24:35.cold in the north. A fresh and strong northerly wind. Tomorrow's
:24:35. > :24:40.stars of trying and chilly with some lovely sunshine. For nor the
:24:40. > :24:45.Scotland, we will always see show was pulling in throughout the day.
:24:45. > :24:51.It was the afternoon, plenty of dry and bright sunshine it for the
:24:51. > :24:56.islands and for the south-west. We could see the odd shower in land.
:24:56. > :25:02.Keeping the dry conditions for much of western Scotland, perhaps more
:25:02. > :25:08.cloud. The further north you go, the lower the temperatures. A
:25:08. > :25:17.biting northerly winds in the north. Shares in the north-east remain,
:25:17. > :25:23.may well be wintry in nature. -- showers. More cloud for the rest of
:25:23. > :25:27.eastern Scotland. As far as the rest of the day is concerned,
:25:27. > :25:31.generally dry with its bright spells of sunshine. Overnight, it
:25:31. > :25:35.will be dry and frost will return with a strong wind from the north.
:25:35. > :25:42.For the weekend this pressure moves away allowing this high to build
:25:42. > :25:47.which means a lot of dry weather for the weekend. It will feel cold.
:25:47. > :25:51.Let us recap the main stories: A fragile ceasefire in Syria seems to
:25:51. > :26:00.be holding more than 12 hours after it came into force. Reports suggest
:26:00. > :26:04.a drop in violence. A murder trial has heard how a key
:26:04. > :26:09.witness ingested mobile-phones SIM cards rather than hand them over to
:26:09. > :26:13.police. Ross Monaghan denies all charges.