:00:19. > :00:24.Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight: The law will be changed to
:00:24. > :00:31.legalise same-sex marriage. SNP ministers defy churches and
:00:31. > :00:34.mosques to push ahead with their plans. We are dismays and surprised
:00:34. > :00:39.that the Scottish Government have decided to go ahead with this
:00:39. > :00:44.social experiment. This is a proud day for Scotland. The first same-
:00:45. > :00:49.sex wedding could take place in 2015. We assessed the pit -- we
:00:49. > :00:51.assess the political risks facing the Government. Also tonight: I
:00:51. > :00:57.would like to ask questions about your conduct.
:00:57. > :01:01.Five years in jail for the police officer he withheld evidence in a
:01:01. > :01:05.murder trial. As the football kicks off at
:01:05. > :01:09.Hampden, we joined the fans at the National Stadium to see if the
:01:09. > :01:14.women on the pitch can reach for the stars.
:01:14. > :01:21.And your wee bit hill and glen. But which hill and which glen? 700
:01:21. > :01:24.years on, the search for the site of Bruce's victory at Bannockburn.
:01:24. > :01:28.The Scottish government will change the law to allow same-sex couples
:01:28. > :01:33.to marry. The Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says it is the
:01:33. > :01:37.right thing to do, but tonight, one critic has described the plan as a
:01:37. > :01:47.social experiment. Ministers are pressing their head despite strong
:01:47. > :01:49.
:01:49. > :01:56.opposition of churches and mosques. What in a word? Plenty to Nathan
:01:56. > :02:00.and Robert. This young couple are in love and him -- and in a civil
:02:00. > :02:04.partnership and in search of something more. Marriage. Our love
:02:04. > :02:07.is exactly the same as the love a heterosexual couple have and I want
:02:07. > :02:14.our marriage to be the same as well, because that is true equality.
:02:14. > :02:19.Today, they came a step closer. Ministers announced that they have
:02:19. > :02:22.decided to go ahead with same-sex marriage. We believe legislating to
:02:22. > :02:26.allow loving couples to commit to reach of a marriage is the right
:02:26. > :02:29.thing to do, but we are also deeply committed to the principles of
:02:29. > :02:33.freedom of speech and freedom of religion and our decision will be
:02:34. > :02:39.accompanied by strong protections. No church or individual religious
:02:39. > :02:43.celebrant will be compelled to conduct same-sex marriages. She is
:02:43. > :02:48.going against the majority of those who responded to the Government's
:02:49. > :02:54.consultation. 62,000 people living in Scotland replied. 64% were
:02:54. > :02:57.against reform and 36% were for it. Despite the Government saying they
:02:57. > :03:06.want a consultation and fall voices to be heard, they have ignored the
:03:06. > :03:16.majority. Marriage as the Union of male and female is the rock upon
:03:16. > :03:23.which society stands. There were protests organised at Parliament.
:03:23. > :03:31.It worked. Almost 30,000 negative responses came through postcards
:03:31. > :03:34.and perdition. -- e-petition. is a proud day for Scotland, a
:03:34. > :03:40.sunny day and a good day. We have seen the Scottish Government
:03:40. > :03:44.showing that they believe in equality. They are willing to stand
:03:44. > :03:49.up for it. Those hoping to get married now are waiting for a date.
:03:49. > :03:56.The timetable for changing the law is not yet set. The best guess is
:03:56. > :03:59.that ceremonies may start in early 2015.
:03:59. > :04:06.This has been massively controversial, as you say. How
:04:06. > :04:10.risky is this for the SNP? It could be very risky. We have the
:04:10. > :04:13.Church of Scotland, the Catholic Church, the Muslim leadership,
:04:13. > :04:17.traditionally a very powerful organisations in Scotland, or
:04:17. > :04:23.saying that ministers have got this wrong today. Nicola Sturgeon does
:04:23. > :04:26.have some political cover. Opinion polls still suggest a majority of
:04:26. > :04:32.Scots back reforming the law, despite the results of the
:04:32. > :04:37.consultation. We think the majority of SNP's -- Asset -- MSPs back
:04:37. > :04:44.same-sex marriage as well. At opponents will not give up. 500
:04:44. > :04:54.parishes in Scotland next month will be asked to join in a campaign
:04:54. > :04:55.
:04:55. > :04:58.to save marriage as a heterosexual institution. Introducing same-sex
:04:58. > :05:03.marriage in 2015, that is very close to the independence
:05:03. > :05:06.referendum. If it continues to be a big row, it could distract
:05:06. > :05:10.attention and voters for that -- from that, and that could be risky
:05:10. > :05:14.for the SNP. There has been condemnation of
:05:14. > :05:18.Glasgow's new Catholic archbishop after it -- after he suggested the
:05:18. > :05:22.death of MP David Cairns last year may have been connected to the fact
:05:22. > :05:26.he was gay. Philip Tartaglia made the remarks three months ago and
:05:26. > :05:35.apologised today for any hurt he may have caused. Tonight,
:05:35. > :05:39.politicians and Mr Cairns's former partner criticised the bishop.
:05:39. > :05:43.It was only yesterday that Philip Tartaglia was announced at the --
:05:43. > :05:50.as the Archbishop designate of Glasgow. Remarks were made at a
:05:50. > :05:53.conference in Oxford which have caused controversy. Issued a
:05:53. > :05:58.Tackley a query to the relationship between the physical and mental
:05:58. > :06:08.health of gay men. Recently in Scotland, there was a gay Catholic
:06:08. > :06:09.
:06:09. > :06:15.MP who died at the age of 44. Nobody said anything. Why his body
:06:15. > :06:19.should just shut down at that age? That man was MP David Cairns, a
:06:19. > :06:24.former Catholic priest. When he died last year, Archbishop
:06:24. > :06:28.Tartaglia or helped to organise his funeral. A spokesperson said his
:06:28. > :06:33.remarks had been taken out of context. They apologised for any
:06:33. > :06:38.hurt and said that no offence or judgment was intended. It has not
:06:38. > :06:41.satisfied the MP's former partner. His primary purpose was to make a
:06:41. > :06:48.broader point about public policy and to use the tragedy of David's
:06:48. > :06:53.death to do that. If he does not understand why he needs to show
:06:53. > :06:58.contrition and apologise for that, I am very sorry for the man. David
:06:58. > :07:03.Cairns was a former Scotland Office minister. Today, his UK party
:07:03. > :07:09.leader criticised the Archbishop designate's remarks. The archbishop
:07:09. > :07:12.is wrong, and he is right to apologise. I do not think it is
:07:12. > :07:17.right and I do not think it reflects either David's life or the
:07:17. > :07:24.life of gay people in Scotland or elsewhere. I think he is wide of
:07:24. > :07:29.the mark. I hope he will come to see that it was the wrong thing to
:07:29. > :07:33.say. Yesterday, the Catholic Church appointed a new leader for its
:07:33. > :07:40.largest diocese. Today, he is reflecting on the way his public
:07:40. > :07:43.pronouncements will be viewed. A former police detective has been
:07:43. > :07:48.jailed for five years for withholding evidence in a murder
:07:48. > :07:51.investigation. Richard Munro, he was sentenced at the High Court in
:07:51. > :07:56.Aberdeen, held back witness statements defending two men
:07:56. > :08:03.accused of a killing in Dunfermline in 1995. Steven Johnston and Billy
:08:03. > :08:07.Alison served 10 years in prison before being acquitted.
:08:07. > :08:11.I would like to rescue some questions about your conduct, an
:08:11. > :08:17.investigation of the Andrew Forsyth murder. For a BBC investigation
:08:17. > :08:21.four years ago, I tracked down Richard Munro. He refused to answer
:08:21. > :08:28.my questions that day, but his corrupt past was coming back to
:08:28. > :08:32.haunt him. In 1995, he was then a detective inspector, and he was put
:08:32. > :08:36.in charge of his first murder case, that of Dunfermline man Andrew
:08:36. > :08:46.Forsyth. Immediately in the framework two local petty criminals,
:08:46. > :08:48.
:08:48. > :08:54.Steven Johnston and Billy Alison. The lawyer for the it used.
:08:54. > :08:58.deceased was murdered on a 3rd November 1995. They went to the
:08:58. > :09:02.jury on that point and told the jury that if they thought the
:09:02. > :09:08.deceased was alive after that date they had to acquit the two accused.
:09:08. > :09:11.It emerged that crucial evidence was suppressed and kept hidden from
:09:11. > :09:15.the Crown and the defence by Richard Munro. A dozen witnesses
:09:15. > :09:20.told the police they had seen Andrew Forsyth alive in Dunfermline
:09:20. > :09:26.between the third and 9th November, which, if true, mean that the
:09:26. > :09:29.accused cannot be guilty. Richard Munro was the senior investigating
:09:29. > :09:34.officer and he deliberately held back witness statements of people
:09:34. > :09:39.of good character he stated that Andrew Forsyth was still alive. It
:09:39. > :09:44.through the whole police idea and the police theory at the window.
:09:44. > :09:48.The two men were acquitted on appeal in 2006. Subsequently,
:09:48. > :09:52.Lothian And Borders Police were investigated to -- ordered to
:09:52. > :09:57.investigate Richard Munro. Steven Johnston has struggled to put his
:09:57. > :10:00.life back on track after his release. You are spending your
:10:01. > :10:05.first night free from prison tonight. Will it free things up for
:10:05. > :10:14.you? No. Not at all. It is not going to change my life I've a
:10:14. > :10:20.night. The damage has been done. It is not going to repair itself
:10:20. > :10:24.overnight by a policeman being convicted. Including Munro, six
:10:24. > :10:28.officers were criticised for their conduct and accused of dishonesty
:10:28. > :10:32.by the Appeal Court. Three of them are still working at Fife
:10:32. > :10:35.Constabulary. The Crown Office has told the BBC that the case of
:10:35. > :10:42.Andrew Forsyth will be reviewed, but for now, the murder remains
:10:43. > :10:46.unsolved, and Andrew's killer or killers still walk free.
:10:47. > :10:51.You are watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC. Still to come:
:10:51. > :10:55.Student leaders call on universities to widen access to
:10:56. > :10:59.people from poor homes. They deny it is social engineering.
:10:59. > :11:07.And let's find that what is happening in sport, as if we did
:11:07. > :11:13.not know. Good evening. Welcome to Hampden Park in Glasgow, where the
:11:14. > :11:20.London 2012 Olympic Games are under way. Inside the stadium, the women
:11:20. > :11:24.of the USA are playing the women of France in an Olympic football match.
:11:24. > :11:33.For the Scottish sporting public, the wait is over. Has it been worth
:11:34. > :11:40.the wait? This is a chance for the city to
:11:40. > :11:44.shine and show off, with some help from the weather. These young
:11:44. > :11:49.drummers are not only open in the Merchant city Festival, but they
:11:49. > :11:54.are part of a city-wide 2012 experience. For some, the build-up
:11:55. > :12:01.to tonight's game started early with a tour of the Olympic V and
:12:01. > :12:09.George Square. It is cool and it is different. The weather has been
:12:10. > :12:14.fantastic. It is a beautiful city. I was so excited this morning!
:12:14. > :12:21.with just one hour to go, those heading to the match were shore-
:12:21. > :12:25.based -- traditional Scottish welcome. For many, it has been a
:12:25. > :12:30.long wait. Now that the day has finally arrived, they are hoping
:12:30. > :12:40.their team will win through. sister is playing in the French
:12:40. > :12:44.team. She is in attack. I think France will win! How loudly will
:12:44. > :12:50.use green? I will not be able to talk tomorrow. I will not be able
:12:50. > :12:53.to, hopefully. It is Glasgow's big day, and every entrance Hampden
:12:53. > :12:58.feels like a carnival. As for the fear that no-one would turn up,
:12:58. > :13:01.thousands of people are here from all over the world. As for security
:13:01. > :13:11.concerns, Strathclyde Police say there are no reported problems so
:13:11. > :13:16.
:13:17. > :13:24.far. We have mostly seen people I will be back later with more from
:13:24. > :13:28.Hampden Park. I might even tell you Her tuition fees have been scrapped
:13:29. > :13:34.and universities run schemes to attract students from less well-off
:13:34. > :13:40.areas but under the present rate of progress it will take 40 years to
:13:40. > :13:50.achieve a balanced social intake. Summer school at Heriot-Watt
:13:50. > :14:00.University. And the eventual breakthrough. But that is a long
:14:00. > :14:01.
:14:01. > :14:05.way off the four schemes to attract students from poorer backgrounds.
:14:05. > :14:11.My father and Dante went to university. Some other members from
:14:11. > :14:18.my family. It is all I have wanted to do,
:14:18. > :14:22.really. There has been just a 1% rise in
:14:22. > :14:30.five years of students from the poorest backgrounds reaching
:14:30. > :14:35.university. Now there are calls for acceptance of law exam passes. Her
:14:35. > :14:39.this is not about social engineering.
:14:39. > :14:46.It is about making sure that universities take those with the
:14:46. > :14:51.most potential. One student who got into Edinburgh
:14:51. > :14:57.University after special support wants others to follow.
:14:57. > :15:05.It is a method that only those from private schools get to university.
:15:06. > :15:11.-- matter. But below were exam passes may have
:15:12. > :15:19.feel a bit unfair to students who have done better.
:15:19. > :15:22.We want see a step change until we see a step-change in attainment.
:15:22. > :15:26.Summer schools could make a difference but research indicates
:15:26. > :15:30.if you really want to influence young people it is important to
:15:30. > :15:39.invest in schemes that have get them when BR Ganga, primary seven,
:15:39. > :15:45.and early secondary. -- target schemes when they are younger. Her
:15:45. > :15:48.two men have been sentenced to life in prison for killing Brian Faulds
:15:48. > :15:56.and trying to dispose of his body last September.
:15:56. > :16:06.They were sentenced to a minimal of 24 beers each in prison.
:16:06. > :16:15.
:16:15. > :16:20.Is the mad morning ferry from Belfast to Cairnryan. There is
:16:21. > :16:25.every chance that some body on board should not be. 300 people
:16:25. > :16:31.were detained for using this route last year to try to enter the
:16:32. > :16:36.mainland UK illegally. That is up on the previous year, when funding
:16:36. > :16:40.for water Agency staff based here was withdrawn. With only a tiny
:16:40. > :16:45.fraction of passengers checked campaigners believe that the true
:16:45. > :16:53.level of illegal immigration is higher.
:16:53. > :17:00.This is seen as a weak link by the criminal fraternity. They will use
:17:00. > :17:05.the city each and every opportunity. The Scotland Office minister about
:17:05. > :17:09.to pressure in visiting both Belfast and Cairnryan. He was to
:17:09. > :17:19.date order immigration work is deflecting police officers from
:17:19. > :17:24.counter-terrorism duties. -- he was today told that.
:17:24. > :17:30.We could otherwise be more effective and mitigate the impact
:17:30. > :17:33.on our core resources. The case which the chief constable
:17:33. > :17:37.was making is that some of the people in Belfast would be better
:17:37. > :17:43.deployed at the Galloway ports rather than on the Northern Ireland
:17:43. > :17:50.side. Do Scotland Office Minister
:17:50. > :17:53.promised to pursue the issue with A case of anthrax poisoning has
:17:53. > :17:56.been identified in an injecting drug user in Lanarkshire. Doctors
:17:56. > :17:59.are warning a contaminated batch of heroin is likely to be in
:17:59. > :18:05.circulation. Grampian Police is giving every on-
:18:05. > :18:08.duty officer access to body-worn video cameras. It is claimed a
:18:08. > :18:10.pilot scheme in Aberdeen led to more early guilty pleas when video
:18:11. > :18:20.evidence was available. Feelings are running high over a
:18:21. > :18:23.
:18:23. > :18:26.proposed fish farm on the Isle of Gometra near the West coast of Mull.
:18:26. > :18:36.There are only three registered voters on the island, all opposed
:18:36. > :18:46.to the development. But many people on Mull support it for the jobs it
:18:46. > :18:48.
:18:48. > :18:54.could bring. It is a wild land. A resource which
:18:55. > :19:03.is diminishing. An industrial scale development means it will no longer
:19:03. > :19:06.beak wild land. Thus the one place you should not put a fish farm.
:19:06. > :19:08.Highland Council is building new storage facilities at the Highland
:19:08. > :19:11.Folk Museum in Newtonmore. The work should be completed by 2014.
:19:11. > :19:14.The days of rail travel by steam have been recreated in celebration
:19:14. > :19:17.of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. The Elizabethan Express was the premier
:19:17. > :19:21.train service between Edinburgh and London in the post-war period.
:19:21. > :19:31.There are more stories from your area and all the latest news 24
:19:31. > :19:37.
:19:37. > :19:45.hours a day on BBC Scotland's Sport now. Back to David. Welcome
:19:45. > :19:55.back to Hampden stadium. The first ever Olympic football match to be
:19:55. > :19:55.
:19:55. > :20:04.played on Scottish soil is finished. It was between the USA and France.
:20:04. > :20:08.4-2 to the world champions, USA. Of more interest to people keeping an
:20:08. > :20:18.eye on Scottish sport is the attendance, it looks as though it
:20:18. > :20:20.
:20:20. > :20:30.was maybe about one quarter full. Between 10,015 1,000 spectators. --
:20:30. > :20:38.
:20:38. > :20:42.between 10,015 1,000. -- 10,000 and 15,000. That figure will be a bit
:20:42. > :20:47.embarrassing to the organisers. They gave away 35,000 tickets and
:20:47. > :20:55.many of them were simply not taken up. There were also problems with
:20:55. > :21:02.distributions. There has not been anything like a big enough uptake.
:21:02. > :21:07.They said that 41,000 would come, I reckon it was about 15,000. Not
:21:07. > :21:12.enough of an appetite yet for Olympic women's football. It is the
:21:12. > :21:16.biggest crowd that has ever come to a women's football match in
:21:16. > :21:20.Scotland off. More will come tomorrow. Spain are bringing three
:21:20. > :21:28.players who have just won the European Championships. The crowd
:21:28. > :21:35.will be better for that. There were two Scottish Women in the Team GB
:21:35. > :21:45.team that defeated New Zealand earlier. This, the one and only
:21:45. > :21:54.goal of the match. A lovely free- kick. Is this an important moment
:21:54. > :22:00.for Scottish women's football? It was a massive moment. I spoke to
:22:00. > :22:10.a couple of youngsters who play football format child's team in
:22:10. > :22:11.
:22:11. > :22:17.Dundee. They said their ambition The Scottish Seniors Open is taking
:22:17. > :22:25.place at Turnberry this week. The entry list is a Who's Who of
:22:25. > :22:30.golfing greats. The picturesque view of the links of Turnberry. The
:22:31. > :22:36.home of champions. None more so than Tom Watson, the man who won
:22:36. > :22:46.the Open Championship here in 1977 after a famous duel and the son of
:22:46. > :22:54.
:22:54. > :23:01.Jack Nicklaus. -- duel in the sun with.
:23:01. > :23:05.It was a very special moment for me. It was the culmination of a march
:23:05. > :23:15.up the ranks. At that time I felt I could play with anybody in the
:23:15. > :23:19.
:23:19. > :23:27.world, and when. -- win. Can he add to his titles
:23:27. > :23:37.won so far? I am doing something as well but I
:23:37. > :23:38.
:23:38. > :23:47.need to play a little bit better here. These old guys are tough!
:23:47. > :23:50.That is all for me here at Hampden It is one of the most famous events
:23:50. > :23:57.in Scottish history but the exact site of the Battle of Bannockburn
:23:57. > :24:04.remains something of a mystery. Picking up the past in search of
:24:04. > :24:13.Bannockburn, 1314. The name and date are etched on many minds. But
:24:14. > :24:18.where exactly were the English sent homewards to think again?
:24:18. > :24:22.There are three or four possible site in this area. If you must buy
:24:22. > :24:29.an inch, you might as well miss by a mile. So we're trying to tie down
:24:29. > :24:33.the actual location. There are already some interesting
:24:33. > :24:38.finds, like this fragment from a pot, thought to date from around
:24:38. > :24:42.about the time of the battle. In a BBC Scotland many CVs the team
:24:42. > :24:49.intent to recreate as realistic a picture as possible of life during
:24:49. > :24:55.the battle, using all the new techniques.
:24:55. > :25:04.We will be using metal detectors, where it is appropriate,
:25:04. > :25:09.traditional excavation techniques, to try and piece together.
:25:09. > :25:13.We know that their English army was heading towards a startling when it
:25:13. > :25:17.was stopped in its tracks by Robert the Bruce. But we do not exactly
:25:17. > :25:27.where the Battle of Bannockburn took place. The team will be out in
:25:27. > :25:28.
:25:29. > :25:32.all sorts of weather during the The Olympics kicked off at Hampden
:25:32. > :25:41.Park and the sun shone. Appropriately enough, that is where
:25:41. > :25:49.the weather forecast is coming from The theme is to cooling down over
:25:49. > :25:56.the next few days across the United Kingdom. Top temperature up to date
:25:56. > :26:00.of 23 Celsius in Dumfries and Galloway. Perfect evening for
:26:00. > :26:08.having it a beer in the garden or a bar. It will be dry with clear
:26:08. > :26:13.spells. There will be bits of pieces to -- debts and pieces of
:26:13. > :26:22.cloud. But in towns and cities we are looking at no more than 11
:26:22. > :26:26.Celsius. To start the day tomorrow, looking lovely. Mist and fog will
:26:26. > :26:32.run away. Cast your eyes across the south in you'll see a week front
:26:32. > :26:39.which will spread some rain but mainly affecting the eastern side,
:26:39. > :26:43.the West will see more and the way of sunshine. By the middle of part
:26:43. > :26:51.of the afternoon the rain will many be in the east. Across the south-
:26:51. > :26:57.west, sunshine, certainly if you live and Argyll and the Highlands.
:26:57. > :27:02.Across the North Island, Shetland, also seen some sunshine. Best of
:27:02. > :27:10.the temperatures and the Moray coast area. For the rest of the day,
:27:10. > :27:16.wins will stay alight. This is a cold front which is linked to
:27:16. > :27:20.another cold front spreading south across the country. Temperatures
:27:20. > :27:30.turning Coulon not just for Scotland but a whole the UK. --
:27:30. > :27:40.turning cooler. Winds will pick up from the West. Saturday, cooler
:27:40. > :27:40.
:27:40. > :27:48.still. The theme, really, their outlook timing cooler by the end of
:27:48. > :27:52.The top stories: the Scottish Government will change the law to
:27:52. > :28:00.allow same-sex couples to marry. The Deputy First Minister says it