:00:20. > :00:25.Welcome to Thursday's Reporting Scotland. Tonight: Caught by
:00:25. > :00:29.surveillance cameras. A man who raid a woman in Glasgow after a
:00:29. > :00:34.Christmas night out pleads guilty. Scott Kerr's every move was tracked
:00:34. > :00:39.by CCTV. Later: How turbines off Orkney
:00:39. > :00:42.could help solve many of the energy problems.
:00:42. > :00:46.The tapes in the waters are renowned for their power. The
:00:46. > :00:56.engineers behind this say that if the turbines can survive here, they
:00:56. > :00:58.
:00:58. > :01:08.can survive pretty much anywhere. Also tonight. Or should that be
:01:08. > :01:08.
:01:08. > :01:13.aussi ce soir. The ambitious plan to get primary-school children to
:01:13. > :01:17.learn two foreign languages. And what now for Rangers? We hear
:01:17. > :01:20.from the prospective new owners and a squat the upholding of a one-year
:01:20. > :01:29.transfer ban will mean on and off the park.
:01:29. > :01:33.-- ask what the upholding of of when you transfer ban will mean.
:01:33. > :01:38.Surveillance cameras have produced -- proved crucial again in solving
:01:38. > :01:42.a serious crime, this time of two sex attacks in Scotland's biggest
:01:42. > :01:47.city. Scott Kerr came to Glasgow and Christmas -- at Christmas for a
:01:47. > :01:50.night out. He was caught on CCTV from the moment he arrived, going
:01:50. > :01:55.from pub to club and onto the street where he sexually assaulted
:01:55. > :01:59.a woman and raid another. This is court care in the minutes
:01:59. > :02:02.before he subjected his victims to horrific attacks. It was an image
:02:02. > :02:10.of him on Reporting Scotland that led to several people identifying
:02:10. > :02:14.him. -- this is Scott Kerr. He went to the city centre run
:02:14. > :02:22.drunken various places before he was thrown out of a strip club at
:02:22. > :02:25.around 3am. He ended up here. Just before 4pm, a 20-year-old woman was
:02:25. > :02:30.walking down the street on her own, on her way home after a Christmas
:02:30. > :02:34.party. Scott Kerr grabbed her and dragged her into this car park and
:02:34. > :02:41.sexually assaulted her, before she managed to get away. 15 minutes
:02:41. > :02:46.later, and just a few yards away, he attacked his second victim. A
:02:46. > :02:50.22-year-old women. She was on her phone to a friend at the time. Her
:02:50. > :02:55.friend heard Scott Kerr shout, if you scream I will kill you. He
:02:55. > :03:05.pushed her down the ramp and raid her. Police gave an interview later
:03:05. > :03:08.
:03:08. > :03:14.that day. The victim of the second a -- attack flag down a vehicle.
:03:14. > :03:22.This footage shows him walking away after the attack. The court was
:03:22. > :03:28.shown explicit footage of the attack. It is appropriate this time
:03:28. > :03:32.to thank the girls who were the victims of this horrendous attack.
:03:32. > :03:36.Without their bravery and courage we would not be standing here today.
:03:36. > :03:43.Four weeks before the attack, he had moved from East Kilbride to
:03:43. > :03:47.Dundee, and had been promoted at his job at this call centres.
:03:47. > :03:51.Friends expressed disbelief at what he did. He says he has no
:03:51. > :03:55.recollection of the events that night. The judge said it seems he
:03:55. > :04:00.is a danger to the public, and ordered a risk assessment before
:04:00. > :04:04.sentencing him next month. The SNP are accusing the UK
:04:04. > :04:08.government of scaremongering over the future of Scottish shipbuilding.
:04:08. > :04:13.Managers -- minister suggested that in an independent Scotland, Royal
:04:13. > :04:19.Navy contracts would not come north of the border. Unions fear that
:04:19. > :04:29.that would seal the fate of shipyards on the Clyde under Forth.
:04:29. > :04:34.
:04:34. > :04:39.HMS Dryad in, the latest off the Type -- HMS Dragon, the latest type
:04:39. > :04:44.45. 45 if independence became a reality some Minister say that
:04:44. > :04:47.there would be no more work on the shipyards. The mainstay of this
:04:47. > :04:50.work would disappear in an independent Scotland. What we want
:04:50. > :04:53.to know was what are the alternatives going to be? Will
:04:53. > :04:58.there be work that can be ordered in the Scottish shipyards to keep
:04:58. > :05:05.them going? Without the Royal Navy work, we would see it extremely
:05:05. > :05:10.hard to survive. The unions were told Rosyth would not be given any
:05:10. > :05:16.work refitting carriers of Scotland opted out of the Union. But the SNP
:05:16. > :05:23.says the Government is scaremongering. Unless the UK
:05:23. > :05:27.government is being anything other than totally childish, they will be
:05:27. > :05:32.buying that what is built in Scotland. The MoD says Nonie the
:05:32. > :05:42.ship has been built and a foreign yard for more than 50 years. --
:05:42. > :05:50.This yard would effectively be priced out of the running. But do
:05:50. > :05:54.not blame us, say the Tories. SNP proposals for a separation mean
:05:54. > :06:01.tremendous uncertainty. It means taking away business it knows will
:06:01. > :06:04.come from the UK Navy and replaces it with uncertainty. That
:06:04. > :06:07.uncertainty over the future of Scottish shipbuilding is bound to
:06:07. > :06:14.raise questions for voters, as we approach the independence
:06:15. > :06:18.referendum. We are joined by the Westminster
:06:18. > :06:21.Correspondent Tim Reid. That is what it is all about, it is not
:06:21. > :06:27.just about shipbuilding, it is about the UK parties building their
:06:27. > :06:31.case against independence. Yes, it is building up, and it is not just
:06:31. > :06:35.Scottish MPs looking at the potential implications of possible
:06:35. > :06:38.independence. Their English counterparts are looking at this,
:06:38. > :06:44.too. The Select Defence Committee are beginning their inquiry into
:06:44. > :06:48.the UK's defences and the implications for it. Members of the
:06:48. > :06:58.energy committee looking at implications and independence of
:06:58. > :07:06.
:07:06. > :07:10.The Scottish government says companies would not withdraw from
:07:10. > :07:15.Scotland, but these questions will come under more close scrutiny.
:07:15. > :07:21.Thank you. You are watching Reporting Scotland
:07:21. > :07:26.from the BBC. Still to come: Councillors in Fife elected
:07:26. > :07:29.Dunfermline football manager Jim Leishman as they are new Provost.
:07:29. > :07:34.And we will be talking to the man hoping to takeover Rangers, and we
:07:34. > :07:39.will find out if they are planning to fight the transfer embargo.
:07:39. > :07:46.With less than 48 hours until the Cup final, we will hear from the
:07:47. > :07:49.managers of both teams. A To thine using the power of the
:07:49. > :07:54.tides to generate electricity has successfully completed initial
:07:54. > :07:58.tests in Orkney. The design is to be used in what is said to be the
:07:58. > :08:03.biggest tidal energy project, beginning in the Sound of Islay
:08:03. > :08:07.next year. David Millar rapport odds.
:08:07. > :08:14.-- reports. Setting sail in stormy seas hoping
:08:14. > :08:18.for a glimpse of the future. This water is renowned for its power,
:08:18. > :08:25.and they are some of the fiercest tied to be found anywhere. The
:08:25. > :08:30.engineers say that if the tidal turbines can survive here, they can
:08:30. > :08:36.survive pretty much anywhere. When conditions allow, the team on board
:08:36. > :08:41.the survey vessel used are a vehicle to check how the huge her
:08:41. > :08:45.time between the waves is operating. The underwater cameras show that
:08:45. > :08:49.the device is coping well with the harsh conditions.
:08:49. > :08:53.Division is that we get all the data we need out of this machine,
:08:53. > :08:59.prove that it can produce the power we believe, prove it is as reliable
:08:59. > :09:04.as we wanted to be, and then we start moving towards a project on
:09:04. > :09:11.the Sound of Islay, with the idea being to move into mass manufacture,
:09:12. > :09:16.drive down the cost and prove that we can use tidal energy. This is
:09:16. > :09:20.just one of a range of energy devices being tested at the
:09:20. > :09:27.European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney. Some of the brightest minds
:09:27. > :09:31.in engineering are racing to develop a world-beating technology.
:09:31. > :09:35.We have a lot of experience here, and there have been more machines
:09:35. > :09:39.tested here than anywhere else in the world, which means we can take
:09:40. > :09:46.the knowledge we have gleaned from it and exported worldwide. Scottish
:09:46. > :09:56.Power says the sound a viola will be next to benefit. -- Sound of
:09:56. > :10:01.
:10:01. > :10:08.Shareholders at one of Scotland's biggest companies have staged one
:10:08. > :10:10.of the biggest rebellions yet against executive pay. Cairn Energy
:10:11. > :10:14.had its annual general meeting today. Two-thirds of shareholders
:10:14. > :10:21.voted against proposed salaries and bonuses for its most senior staff.
:10:21. > :10:24.Their decision is not binding. While unemployment across Scotland
:10:25. > :10:29.is falling, a worrying trend is emerging. Far more women than men
:10:29. > :10:32.are losing their jobs. 20,000 Scottish women became unemployed in
:10:32. > :10:40.the last year, in parts of the economy they have traditionally
:10:40. > :10:44.dominated. David Henderson reports. At this is where a new career
:10:44. > :10:50.starts. Danny Brown's training at Cardonald College in Glasgow, to
:10:50. > :10:55.become a holistic therapist. She left her last job in nursing
:10:55. > :11:00.because she faced redundancy. were a lot of people going for one
:11:00. > :11:03.post, and a lot of people with more experience. I had only been
:11:03. > :11:08.qualified 18 months so I was not going to be the preferred candidate.
:11:08. > :11:13.There was nothing out there. Thousands of Scots women share her
:11:13. > :11:18.experience. They find themselves out of work. Parts of the economy
:11:18. > :11:23.which employ lots of women are struggling. The public sector is
:11:23. > :11:27.facing a long-term spending squeeze. Retail is not as buoyant as it used
:11:27. > :11:37.to be, and support jobs are being lost to technology. The end result,
:11:37. > :11:39.
:11:39. > :11:43.in the last year female unemployment has risen by 23%.
:11:43. > :11:49.You would be working in the evenings and on a Saturday. That is
:11:49. > :11:55.an issue for lots of women with children. This lady is one of them.
:11:55. > :11:59.She has been unemployed for a while. I find it difficult juggling my son,
:11:59. > :12:03.and I just had a new flat, so I thought it was easier to be
:12:03. > :12:09.unemployed for a while. But when I wanted to get back into work it was
:12:09. > :12:14.difficult with child care, and along the right was out of work I
:12:14. > :12:19.got into a bit of a raft. She has been helped to find a work by us --
:12:19. > :12:21.find a job by staff here. There is growing demand for the classes they
:12:21. > :12:31.are run for unemployed women who are beginning their journey back to
:12:31. > :12:34.
:12:34. > :12:38.work. The First Minister's parliamentary
:12:38. > :12:43.aide has apologised to the Government for failing to turn up
:12:43. > :12:48.to ask a question. It is the 5th time that she has missed an
:12:48. > :12:58.appearance at Holyrood. On this occasion she was spotted lunching
:12:58. > :13:12.
:13:12. > :13:16.with the First Minister. Parlez-vous Francais? Or Espagnol?
:13:16. > :13:26.For the Education Minister, these children are role-models already
:13:26. > :13:26.
:13:26. > :13:35.learning several languages. I can say good morning in French, and I
:13:35. > :13:39.can say goodbye and Italian. I can say good morning in German. It is
:13:39. > :13:45.really fun and I enjoy it. You still have room for subjects like
:13:45. > :13:52.English and maths. The Government wants all children
:13:52. > :13:57.to learn two language has -- languages a primary school. I would
:13:57. > :14:01.say it has an impact in other areas of the curriculum as well. The
:14:01. > :14:05.earlier they start, the better readers they become. Does it hold
:14:05. > :14:13.them back in English? Absolutely not, it improve standards in all
:14:13. > :14:16.areas of the curriculum. Elsewhere, there is widespread cuts and
:14:16. > :14:22.concern over this unknown cost. Ministers say we cannot afford not
:14:22. > :14:27.to invest. Scotland has to compete with other countries for economic
:14:27. > :14:30.interest. A lot of evidence suggests you have to have a
:14:30. > :14:37.population that speaks other languages to compete in the modern
:14:37. > :14:41.economy. The proposal is radical. More help for native speakers, and
:14:41. > :14:44.anyone aspiring to be a primary teacher must have a higher language
:14:44. > :14:48.and receive instruction of languages as part of their general
:14:48. > :14:58.training. If this scheme is ruled out, radical change in classrooms
:14:58. > :15:00.
:15:00. > :15:04.A look now at other stories across Scotland this Thursday...
:15:04. > :15:07.There is to be an urgent review of the capital's bus lane cameras.
:15:07. > :15:16.Thousands of motorists have been fined since the system was turned
:15:16. > :15:21.on three weeks ago. The end plummet dictation of that has not gone
:15:21. > :15:24.right and we need to tweak that and make some changes.
:15:24. > :15:27.�10 million worth of public funding has been awarded to help set up a
:15:27. > :15:35.decommissioning yard in Shetland. It is expected to bring much-needed
:15:35. > :15:43.employment. Eight should take around 100 jobs in the islands and
:15:43. > :15:46.their would-be unique Trainee Shetlands.
:15:46. > :15:49.More work is being handed to the turbine factory in Kintyre. Burcote
:15:49. > :15:51.Wind has signed a deal with the Wind Towers company, which employs
:15:51. > :15:54.110 people at Machrihanish. BP is spending more than �125
:15:54. > :16:03.million on four new oil support vessels, which will operate in the
:16:03. > :16:09.North Sea and West of Shetland. of the boards will be based here
:16:09. > :16:12.and Aberdeen. They will be built in South Korea and BP says the
:16:12. > :16:16.company's long-term commitment to the North Sea makes it confident to
:16:16. > :16:18.make such a major investment. Holyrood's been hosting a 25-minute
:16:18. > :16:24.version of Tosca. Scottish Opera's touring 40 locations, taking
:16:24. > :16:28.Puccini to unexpected places. And there are more stories from
:16:28. > :16:38.your area and all the latest news, 24 hours a day on BBC Scotland's
:16:38. > :16:41.
:16:41. > :16:44.website. Here is David now with the sport -
:16:44. > :16:48.and the latest from Rangers. Rangers plan to fight on, after
:16:48. > :16:51.losing their appeal against a transfer embargo. An independent
:16:51. > :16:55.Scottish Football Association threw out their protests last night. It
:16:55. > :17:05.means the club will not be able to sign players for a year. So just
:17:05. > :17:09.what does it mean for their future? They ate and the deliberation of
:17:09. > :17:15.lasted long into the night, but shortly after the appeal panel
:17:15. > :17:19.headed home, the news emerged that the PLO had been rejected. At the
:17:19. > :17:28.National Stadium, the man looking to buy the club met with the
:17:28. > :17:33.authorities. Is the purchase now in doubt? Nor, when they put in the
:17:33. > :17:42.offer to buy the club, we realise what the potential was. The
:17:42. > :17:52.announcement last night was something we had considered. Will
:17:52. > :17:54.
:17:54. > :17:59.the you be taking legal action? We will be considering all avenues.
:17:59. > :18:07.They could take it to court, but UEFA are not pleased about clubs
:18:07. > :18:11.which end up in the courts. The top players have caused us in their
:18:11. > :18:16.contract allowing them to leave for a cut-price fee. If the court, the
:18:16. > :18:26.manager cannot replace them. Let us see how the team could line-up next
:18:26. > :18:29.
:18:29. > :18:36.season. It could be a very young side. And due little may be one of
:18:36. > :18:40.the star players up front. If it turns out that way, I think they
:18:40. > :18:44.could get relegated. It is imperative that this is organised
:18:44. > :18:52.in such a way that they have a core of players. I am actually pretty
:18:52. > :18:56.convinced there will be a core of players there. If not, fans may
:18:56. > :18:59.have to swap title celebrations for fighting relegation.
:18:59. > :19:01.There is less than 48 hours to go to the eagerly-awaited William Hill
:19:01. > :19:04.Scottish Cup final between Hibernian and Heart of Midlothian.
:19:04. > :19:06.Both clubs are now finalising their preparations, but as Brian
:19:06. > :19:14.McLauchlin has been finding out, both managers seem fairly relaxed
:19:14. > :19:18.in the run up to Saturday' s big match. They are Saturday will be
:19:18. > :19:23.the first time the two Edinburgh clubs have met any Scottish Cup
:19:23. > :19:33.final since 1896. For the Hearts manager, he says Saturday is just
:19:33. > :19:36.
:19:36. > :19:41.another game. It is just a normal day. But she surely not? But that
:19:41. > :19:48.is just the way you have to think. All the fuss has been created about
:19:48. > :19:55.this game. But what about the Hibernian manager. They have not
:19:55. > :19:59.lifted this trophy since 1892. have said to the players, you do
:19:59. > :20:06.not always get a lot of chances to play in cup finals. When you get it,
:20:06. > :20:10.you have to take it. It is normal practice that both managers meet up
:20:10. > :20:20.before the final few days earlier. But the Hearts manager decided to
:20:20. > :20:28.do it it all a bit differently. was learning, I was not
:20:28. > :20:36.understanding that we had to go and take photographs with the cup. I
:20:36. > :20:44.was told I would have to go and do an interview. I did not know that.
:20:44. > :20:47.Paul Flynn, we will be able to have a drink together on Saturday night.
:20:48. > :20:51.It has been so long since Hibs won the Scottish Cup that even their
:20:51. > :20:55.oldest-living supporter was not born - and he's 102 years old!
:20:56. > :20:59.He is Sam Martinez and here he is. He moved to Edinburgh from Belize
:20:59. > :21:02.just after the Second World War and became a Hibs fan. Now, like
:21:02. > :21:12.younger supporters, he is hoping Hibs can end their 110-year
:21:12. > :21:14.
:21:14. > :21:23.Scottish Cup winless streak. I hope. I will not predict anything,
:21:23. > :21:32.because football as a funny game. If heads when, I'll take a double
:21:32. > :21:35.Drambuie. I should say on the BBC that other alcoholic beverages are
:21:35. > :21:38.available! News now of a celebrity Hibs fan -
:21:38. > :21:42.Andy Murray. He has been knocked of his last event before the French
:21:42. > :21:45.Open tennis. The world number four was beaten in three sets by Richard
:21:45. > :21:51.Gasquet in the third round of the Rome Masters..Murray won the first
:21:51. > :22:01.set 7-6, then lost the next two 6-3, 6-2. And that is all the sport's
:22:01. > :22:03.rules up Councils across Scotland have been
:22:03. > :22:04.meeting to decide who their political leaders should be
:22:04. > :22:08.following this month's local elections.
:22:08. > :22:09.In Moray, there was a cut of cards to decide who should lead the
:22:09. > :22:14.administration. Meanwhile, in Fife, councillors
:22:14. > :22:17.chose a familiar face as Provost. The former Dunfermline manager was
:22:17. > :22:26.only elected a fortnight ago, but he is now civic head of the
:22:26. > :22:30.kingdom's council. Raymond Buchanan was there. He has spent most of his
:22:30. > :22:35.career chasing silverware, but this was a golden day for Joanne Lee
:22:35. > :22:40.Schumann. The former Dunfermline managers what the dug-out for the
:22:40. > :22:47.council chambers and secured himself top spot just two weeks
:22:47. > :22:55.after entering politics. What an amazing honour for me today as the
:22:55. > :23:05.fellow lifer. Before politics, there was football. He has been a
:23:05. > :23:09.
:23:09. > :23:15.player, a manager and even Apple it. Poet he is one of the best-known
:23:16. > :23:25.and most like to people in football, so why enter the often dirty game
:23:26. > :23:32.
:23:32. > :23:40.of politics? And will he be v Paulette Provost question mark I
:23:40. > :23:49.hope so, I'll to give people a bit of entertainment. He is a solid
:23:49. > :23:56.brilliant. I it really like him. But not everyone was so full
:23:56. > :24:06.something you're graves. Watch you think of the new Provost, Jim Leach
:24:06. > :24:19.
:24:19. > :24:23.His someone else who has just appeared and an unusual place.
:24:23. > :24:28.Connery turned up with representatives up from some
:24:28. > :24:33.Andrew's University were ringing the bell to mark the opening of the
:24:33. > :24:43.Stock Exchange in New York to mark the 600th anniversary of the
:24:43. > :24:46.
:24:46. > :24:54.university. And let us see what the It has been a rather cloudy and
:24:54. > :24:59.damp day for most of us. It is thanks to this area, this front
:24:59. > :25:05.rather, which will continue to bring outbreaks of rain. Generally
:25:05. > :25:11.drier in the north and north-east. You could see a chance of a frost,
:25:11. > :25:15.with temperatures dropping down to freezing overnight. Around the
:25:15. > :25:24.course, we continue to have the fresh northerly breeze fills up
:25:24. > :25:28.into tomorrow, a cloudy day, with a outbreaks of light rain. In the
:25:28. > :25:34.North West, perhaps more in the way of brightness. The more persistent
:25:34. > :25:40.rain down the south-east side of the country. Temperatures still
:25:40. > :25:46.disappointing, struggling to get into it double figures for most of
:25:47. > :25:53.the country. Brightness later on in the North, but the best of the
:25:53. > :25:59.weather and sunshine in Orkney. Into the evening tomorrow, we
:25:59. > :26:03.finally lose the rain and it is an improving picture into the weekend.
:26:03. > :26:08.Dry and bright conditions are on the cards. It is all thanks to this
:26:08. > :26:15.high pressure pushing end and pushing out that low pressure area
:26:15. > :26:23.down into England and out. Our Saturday, maybe 13 degrees in
:26:23. > :26:28.Glasgow. For the race, probably slightly cooler and not as bright.
:26:28. > :26:36.On Sunday, at night temperatures of 14 degrees in the south of the
:26:36. > :26:43.country. Next week, feeling a bit warmer. It is just as well, as the
:26:43. > :26:50.start of the reach illogical some there is in a fortnight's time.
:26:50. > :26:53.Now, just before seven o'clock, a summary of tonight's top stories...
:26:53. > :26:56.Surveillance cameras have proved crucial yet again in solving a
:26:56. > :26:59.serious crime, this time two sex attacks in Scotland's biggest city.
:27:00. > :27:03.Scott Kerr came to Glasgow last Christmas for a night out.
:27:03. > :27:05.David Cameron has said he will do whatever it takes to to defend
:27:05. > :27:07.Britain from the Eurozone crisis. With growing fears that the
:27:08. > :27:10.uncertainty surrounding Greece is spreading to other highly indebted
:27:10. > :27:13.countries, Mr Cameron challenged Eurozone leaders to do more to
:27:13. > :27:14.contain the risks, saying Britain could not remain immune from the
:27:15. > :27:17.consequences. The SNP are accusing the UK
:27:17. > :27:19.government of "scaremongering" over the future of Scottish shipbuilding.
:27:19. > :27:21.Ministers suggested that, in an independent Scotland, Royal Navy
:27:21. > :27:24.contracts would not be coming north of the Border.
:27:24. > :27:26.Thousands of jobs have been saved, and hundreds of new ones created,
:27:27. > :27:32.after Vauxhall's American owners announced new investment at the