:00:22. > :00:27.Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight on your national News.
:00:27. > :00:32.A world record in the semi-final, as Sir Chris Hoy attempts to win
:00:32. > :00:36.his 5th gold medal, with Team GB spent team. We are live at the
:00:36. > :00:44.Velodrome. We are also live in his a home city
:00:44. > :00:50.of Edinburgh. -- his home city. And there is gold and silver for
:00:50. > :00:58.Scottish canoeists Tim Baillie and David Florence, as Team GB gets his
:00:58. > :01:04.surprise one macro two -- want two. It has been a day of success for
:01:04. > :01:08.Scots in Team GB, with the gold and silver in canoeing. If four times
:01:08. > :01:13.Olympic champion Chris Hoy it is in competition now at the Velodrome.
:01:13. > :01:17.It is hoped BG will increase that medal tally. He has already broken
:01:17. > :01:22.a world record. I can cross now to be so Summers in
:01:22. > :01:27.Edinburgh. -- the says Summers.
:01:27. > :01:33.It has been a great day to take in some of the atmosphere here in
:01:33. > :01:37.Edinburgh, the official live side. It has not been a busy crowd, but
:01:37. > :01:43.an enthusiastic one. We had canoeists stand here earlier, when
:01:43. > :01:48.we saw a silver and gold in the pairs can knowing. Now we have a
:01:48. > :01:53.people gathering in anticipation for the team this print. We are
:01:53. > :01:57.hoping it will take place in the next half hour. What a fantastic
:01:57. > :02:07.effort to see a world record gone by the local lad just a few minutes
:02:07. > :02:07.
:02:07. > :02:13.ago. Let us go round and talk to be a couple of people. You were at
:02:13. > :02:22.school with him went you? What brought you can hear today. Top we
:02:22. > :02:29.have been watching all day be he is so large a great sportsman. Has he
:02:29. > :02:34.been a fantastic ambassador for you? Definitely. He has come and
:02:34. > :02:42.talk to us at Assembly at school, and answered questions. And he
:02:42. > :02:49.trained so hard -- trains so hard - 6, 7 hours a day. Does that
:02:49. > :02:56.inspired you to get into sport? definitely. Seeing how... I guess
:02:56. > :03:01.just the effort. Are you in to support? I am not so much. I play
:03:01. > :03:07.hockey for Scotland. Just seeing how good he is at it has made me
:03:07. > :03:11.try harder at it. Also in the crowd are some cycling coach is, if
:03:11. > :03:15.people who have come down here because they are into cycling and
:03:15. > :03:19.want to capture some of the atmosphere. We are gearing up for
:03:19. > :03:25.that to happen quite soon, and hoping for a fantastic result any
:03:25. > :03:31.time now. Thank you very much. Let us cross
:03:31. > :03:35.now up to Rhona McLeod outside the Velodrome.
:03:35. > :03:40.The Velodrome is behind me, and that would be that ticket of the
:03:40. > :03:46.night. Such an anticipated event. It will be G B against France. A
:03:46. > :03:52.repeat of the Beijing final. Team GB will be all out to win again
:03:52. > :03:57.tonight. If you look all around us there is a sense of anticipation
:03:57. > :04:02.especially over here. If you can see, there are giant screens and
:04:02. > :04:06.thousands upon thousands of people round here, you can see the
:04:06. > :04:13.Olympics stadium behind, they are all waiting for this race to start,
:04:13. > :04:18.and this way as well even more people are standing there waiting.
:04:18. > :04:24.The race is going to start at any point, but we will come to that in
:04:24. > :04:29.it while. The possibility of a gold medal here tonight is not need help
:04:29. > :04:36.the only success. There was drama down at Lea Valley at the Canary
:04:36. > :04:40.earlier today. It was two boats, two Bo Lerenius Team GB boards,
:04:40. > :04:49.vying for the gold medal. In each one there was a Scotsman and an
:04:49. > :04:57.Englishman. Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott won the gold, beating David
:04:57. > :05:02.Florence and John Barnes. There is nothing like making a
:05:02. > :05:06.splash at the Olympics, and these men certainly did that. Tim Baillie
:05:06. > :05:13.in the front, and partner Etienne Stott were the first to go in the
:05:13. > :05:18.final. Cheered on by a partisan crowd,
:05:18. > :05:28.they set the pace for their rivals with an outstanding display of co-
:05:28. > :05:34.
:05:34. > :05:44.The target was set. And the three- times gold medalists from Slovakia
:05:44. > :05:48.
:05:48. > :05:52.had a go. It was left to the final pair.
:05:52. > :06:02.Edinburgh's David Florence and Englishman Richard Hounslow. To try
:06:02. > :06:05.
:06:05. > :06:13.to make it in Great Britain 12 macro to - but in which order?
:06:13. > :06:19.Can Florence and Hounslow win it? No, my goodness!
:06:19. > :06:24.We had been in the the top ten for the past to keep macro years, but
:06:24. > :06:34.certainly not favourites to win. pretty tough situation going off
:06:34. > :06:38.
:06:38. > :06:44.last. But Olympic silver medal is a huge achievement.
:06:44. > :06:50.The greatest moment in Britain canoe slalom history. The moment
:06:50. > :06:53.when a two cruise climb the medal rostrum in the Olympic Games.
:06:53. > :06:59.But they enjoy the best celebrations of the Games so far?
:06:59. > :07:03.We could forget also about last night, in the swimming pool, and
:07:03. > :07:09.23-year-old Michael Jamieson of Glasgow. If he took silver in the
:07:09. > :07:13.200 metres breaststroke. It took a world record to beat him. He was as
:07:13. > :07:19.cool as a cucumber etc. - he had mentally rehearsed the situation
:07:19. > :07:23.for 18 months. He was so sure he had reached the podium. If Laura
:07:23. > :07:29.Maxwell reports on how he got the silver and also who was watching
:07:29. > :07:38.him. They cheered him on at his old
:07:38. > :07:44.swimming club. Fans had their fingers crossed at Celtic Park...
:07:44. > :07:49.And at the Aquatics Centre, the atmosphere was electric.
:07:49. > :07:59.He did not let them down. Glasgow's Michael Jamieson swam the race of
:07:59. > :08:13.
:08:13. > :08:18.There was not even an arm's length in it. This was the fastest 200
:08:18. > :08:22.metres breaststroke final of all time. This silver medal, the first
:08:22. > :08:27.a Scot has taken in the polls since 1996, and one which has been long
:08:27. > :08:33.awaited. -- in at the swimming pool. I was pretty relaxed and calm
:08:33. > :08:39.coming into the race, just a think because I had prepared so long, and
:08:39. > :08:45.envisaged it so many times. I am elated with it.
:08:45. > :08:53.He was not the only one. His new fans were also overjoyed. Almost
:08:53. > :09:00.700,000 Scots tuned in to watch his final. With 9 million viewers in
:09:00. > :09:09.total, it is the most-watched event on UK TV last night. It was so
:09:09. > :09:18.close! He could have won, but... thought it was amazing.
:09:18. > :09:25.Just brilliant, just about sums it So close for Michael Jamieson. We
:09:25. > :09:30.hope to bring you Sir Chris Hoy's team sprint, Team GB against France,
:09:30. > :09:34.very sure -- very short in the programme. Back to you in the
:09:34. > :09:39.meantime. The rest of the Day's News.
:09:39. > :09:43.Engine is are beginning to clear the landslip which closed the A83
:09:43. > :09:53.near the Rest and Be Thankful in Argyll. Drivers are once again
:09:53. > :09:58.
:09:58. > :10:01.facing a long diversion route. Laura Bicker is at the scene.
:10:01. > :10:05.Work has begun to clear the landslip that has blocked this road
:10:05. > :10:10.today. They will not work through the night because it is still
:10:10. > :10:13.dangerous. They have spotters out on the hillside to watch for
:10:13. > :10:18.further landslide. However it is hoped the road could reopen
:10:18. > :10:24.tomorrow. And should this happen again, it is not that the plans are
:10:24. > :10:29.now well under way to find a viable alternative route.
:10:29. > :10:33.Goal be from a far do you get the idea of why this downside is such a
:10:33. > :10:38.problem. Around 1000 tons of rubble has dropped nearly 1000 ft onto
:10:38. > :10:43.this road in two separate plants that. There is no way around the
:10:43. > :10:49.debris, and it cannot be cleared until the hillside is stable.
:10:49. > :10:53.had opened the road last night, who knows what could have happened?
:10:53. > :11:00.Ingenious are assessing the hill, trying to see if more rubble will
:11:00. > :11:04.fall. -- engineers. Badby four landslides already this year.
:11:04. > :11:11.try your best, but unfortunately this summer has been a very wet
:11:11. > :11:16.summer. It is no great surprise that it has happened unfortunately.
:11:16. > :11:20.But in Argyll, they say they have lived with this for far too long.
:11:20. > :11:24.The diversion to Inveraray is over an hour long, enough to put some
:11:24. > :11:30.tourists off visiting the region. If it is frustrating to see it
:11:30. > :11:35.happen, with this being the start of the English school holidays, and
:11:35. > :11:41.we really only maybe have an eight- month market in Argyll, and this is
:11:41. > :11:44.hard to take. Best solution could be this road, known as the bald
:11:45. > :11:48.Military Road. Transport Scotland say they are in
:11:48. > :11:53.discussions with the landowner. It will need to be resurfaced and
:11:53. > :11:55.restructured, but could become a viable alternative route. And work
:11:55. > :11:59.could start within the next few weeks.
:11:59. > :12:03.Nature is showing this part of Scotland that it will not be tamed
:12:04. > :12:07.by Tarmac and fences. But with so many livelihoods depending Bonn
:12:07. > :12:12.this dramatic stretch of road, the key now is to find his mission, and
:12:12. > :12:16.quickly. Be it is hoped that the road will
:12:16. > :12:20.be open tomorrow, however, if you should want to get here, and you
:12:20. > :12:26.can see why you might want to, there are seven alternative routes
:12:26. > :12:36.into our Gulf. If Western Ferries have put on extra transport over
:12:36. > :12:39.
:12:39. > :12:43.the next few days, so you can still The three men in who died in a
:12:43. > :12:51.three-car crash in Cumbernauld yesterday have been named. Dig
:12:51. > :13:01.Brown was driving his silver Mercedes which collided with a
:13:01. > :13:02.
:13:02. > :13:08.black Ford Focus. A 71-year-old man driving a Fiat Pinto suffered mild
:13:08. > :13:12.injuries while the Ford Focus driver and passenger were killed.
:13:12. > :13:20.It is reported that cabinet ministers are considering spending
:13:20. > :13:27.around �5 billion to buy the 18 billion -- 18 % of the bank that
:13:27. > :13:32.the Government doesn't own -- the Royal Bank of Scotland. Hundreds of
:13:32. > :13:39.people have been evacuated after a gas mains was disrupted in
:13:39. > :13:44.Musselburgh. The GP's surgery, Tesco's supermarket and premises in
:13:44. > :13:49.an industrial estate were among the buildings affected. Scotland's
:13:49. > :13:55.population has reached a record figure. In the middle of last year
:13:55. > :14:05.there were five and a quarter million people living here. That is
:14:05. > :14:06.
:14:06. > :14:12.up on the previous peak in 1974. Reevel Alderson reports. A decade
:14:12. > :14:19.ago there were concerns that Scotland's population was falling.
:14:19. > :14:22.Falling school rolls means local schools will close, other local
:14:22. > :14:29.services will become less sustainable, communities will
:14:29. > :14:33.become weaker. His plan was for overseas students to be able to
:14:33. > :14:43.stay for two years in Scotland bringing fresh talent to the
:14:43. > :14:44.
:14:45. > :14:52.population. Did it work? The population in the middle of last
:14:52. > :14:57.year was higher than the previous peak in 1974. There were almost
:14:57. > :15:03.5,000 more berths than deaths. It is migration which keeps the
:15:04. > :15:09.population growing. 86,000 migrants came here last year, half from the
:15:09. > :15:16.rest of the UK while only 59,000 left, most of them went south of
:15:16. > :15:21.the border. Most of these migrants are young, aged 16 to 34. Like this
:15:21. > :15:26.young woman from Poland to has opened a fast food outlet with her
:15:26. > :15:30.husband in Dundee. There is a large Eastern European Community around
:15:30. > :15:37.the city and she says it makes economic sense for them to stay in
:15:37. > :15:43.Scotland. In Scotland we can earn as much as we need. Here we can pay
:15:43. > :15:48.for our rent just for one week of our working, in Poland we have to
:15:48. > :15:54.work a whole month just to pay the rent. Then we have to pay for
:15:54. > :15:57.eating which is quite difficult, it is not here. It is the size of
:15:57. > :16:02.Scotland's population which concerns the man who has brought
:16:02. > :16:06.the figures together. The population is getting older. There
:16:06. > :16:11.will be more all the people in Scotland over the next several
:16:11. > :16:14.decades which I think is an issue for people to be aware of and
:16:14. > :16:20.particularly policy makers must be aware in terms of getting it right
:16:20. > :16:25.in terms of where the population are and what their needs are.
:16:25. > :16:30.these babies born in the middle of last century who will be affected.
:16:30. > :16:40.What Scotland needs now is another baby boom to look after the last
:16:40. > :16:41.
:16:41. > :16:44.one. Now other stories from across Scotland. Some other stories from
:16:44. > :16:47.across Scotland this Thursday. Seven people are recovering, after
:16:47. > :16:50.their yacht capsized in the sea off Skye. The casualties, who are all
:16:50. > :16:53.French, were found clinging to the hull of the 52 foot catamaran last
:16:53. > :16:56.night. No-one was injured. Farmers are calling for a new strategy to
:16:56. > :16:58.control the geese population. Numbers are growing so fast they're
:16:58. > :17:00.destroying grassland in some areas. Scottish Natural Heritage is
:17:00. > :17:03.piloting a scheme allowing controlled shooting of geese.
:17:03. > :17:08.Aberdeen Airport has invested �1.3million on a new fleet of snow-
:17:08. > :17:12.clearing and fire-fighting vehicles. The new ploughs will clear the
:17:12. > :17:18.runway five times faster. A computer-generated video has gone
:17:18. > :17:22.on show revealing how the inside of Dundee's V and A museum will look.
:17:22. > :17:27.The �45 million building on the banks of the Tay is due to open in
:17:27. > :17:31.2015. Scottish and Southern Energy are taking over the wind turbine
:17:31. > :17:38.plant at Machrihanish in Argyll. The factory employs around 100
:17:38. > :17:41.people. SSE says it's securing the supply chain for renewable energy.
:17:41. > :17:44.Visitors to the Capital's King's Theatre can look forward to a more
:17:44. > :17:47.comfortable seat. It's been given a �2.6 million facelift, bringing
:17:47. > :17:57.extra leg-room, a new box office and improved ventilation to keep
:17:57. > :18:02.
:18:02. > :18:12.audience and actors cool. There are more stories from your hair on our
:18:12. > :18:22.
:18:22. > :18:25.website. -- from your area. And now it's back to sport, and it's not
:18:25. > :18:28.all just the Olympics, David. Yes, don't worry, we'll get back to them
:18:28. > :18:31.later. But we'll start with football because it's a big night
:18:31. > :18:34.for Dundee United. They're playing Dynamo Moscow in the first leg of
:18:34. > :18:36.their Europa League qualifier. It's at Tannadice and I'm delighted to
:18:36. > :18:40.say the United manager Peter Houston joins us from the stadium
:18:40. > :18:47.now. Thanks for joining us Peter. A home match against a team with an
:18:47. > :18:51.illustrious history, not a bad way to start the season, is it?
:18:51. > :18:56.Absolutely, it is a huge night for Dundee United and we are looking
:18:56. > :19:02.forward to it. It will be a full house at Tannadice. There have been
:19:02. > :19:06.many, many big nights in the past. We would love to make it a night
:19:06. > :19:10.with a result to send the fans home singing. They will be expecting you
:19:10. > :19:17.to take the game to Dynamo Moscow, is that how you are going to
:19:17. > :19:23.approach this one? Yes, I think we are at our best when we go forward.
:19:23. > :19:29.If we let them have all of the ball they will pick us off. We have got
:19:29. > :19:33.two strikers who scored 35 goals in the SPL last season. I will be
:19:33. > :19:38.looking for our strikers to take the chances made for them.
:19:38. > :19:44.Hopefully we can turn it on tonight and get a result. If we can get a
:19:44. > :19:49.clean sheet to go to Moscow with I will be delighted. You missed out
:19:49. > :19:57.on a clean sheet end two matches last year, have you learned from
:19:57. > :20:02.those experiences? Yes, when you look at last year, we lost on away
:20:02. > :20:09.goals which was very unlucky because we had agreed a night at
:20:09. > :20:13.Tannadice which could as 3-1 up at half-time. The year before we
:20:13. > :20:18.played the seasoned campaigners in Athens and almost won ate at the
:20:18. > :20:23.last minute when we hit the post. We have learned that getting away
:20:23. > :20:29.goals is crucial and stopping them at home. Hopefully we can keep the
:20:29. > :20:32.clean sheet tonight and score one or two. And there's live coverage
:20:32. > :20:35.of Dundee United versus Dynamo Moscow tonight in Sportsound on BBC
:20:35. > :20:38.Radio Scotland 810 medium wave. The show is on air now. Neil Lennon
:20:38. > :20:42.says Celtic's chances of reaching the champions league hang in the
:20:42. > :20:47.balance. They take a 2-1 lead into the away leg of their qualifier
:20:47. > :20:51.with HJK Helsinki after last night's match in Glasgow. The Finns
:20:51. > :20:56.scored early in the second half through Rasmus Schuller. But Gary
:20:56. > :21:06.Hooper drew the Scottish Champions level shortly afterwards. Then last
:21:06. > :21:07.
:21:07. > :21:13.season's player of the year, Charlie Mulgrew, scored the winner.
:21:13. > :21:18.I am not disappointed at all, I am delighted. It is a huge improvement
:21:18. > :21:28.on this time last year. Helsinki can count themselves pretty
:21:28. > :21:30.
:21:30. > :21:34.fortunate it is only 2-1. I think they will see more of us in the
:21:34. > :21:37.away tie. Now more news from the Olympic Games in London. Andy
:21:37. > :21:41.Murray's through to the semi finals of the tennis singles. Murray beat
:21:41. > :21:44.Spain's Nicolas Almagro by two sets to love today. Now you'll like this.
:21:44. > :21:47.Rather than hit the ball over the net, at one point Murray hit a
:21:47. > :21:50.winning shot ROUND it. Don't worry, it's perfectly legal. Now Murray,
:21:50. > :21:58.the third seed, plays the World number two Novak Djokovitch of
:21:58. > :22:04.Serbia in the semi finals tomorrow. That's the sport for the moment. We
:22:04. > :22:10.are still waiting for Sir Chris Hoy and in the meantime let's see how
:22:10. > :22:15.the weather is shaping up. It has not been a bad day for most of us,
:22:16. > :22:24.more in the way of cloud across the North. This weather front is skiing
:22:24. > :22:29.rather static just north of us. This low pressure to the West will
:22:29. > :22:34.start to pull closer to us, it has not caused a problem yet but it
:22:34. > :22:41.will generate more in the way of showers as we head towards the
:22:41. > :22:45.weekend. There will be more in the way of cloud to the far north on
:22:45. > :22:51.Thursday with bits and pieces of the rain and showers. Dry elsewhere
:22:51. > :23:01.with some clear spells and very light winds which will allow
:23:01. > :23:04.
:23:04. > :23:09.patches of mist and fog to form. It will be a mild night and tomorrow's
:23:09. > :23:13.Stark's bright and dry. A better day for the north-east. During the
:23:13. > :23:18.course of the afternoon cloud will thicken up towards the south-west
:23:18. > :23:25.corner with an area of rain pushing in. A few showers will break out
:23:25. > :23:31.elsewhere but on the whole it should be predominantly dry. The
:23:31. > :23:39.weekend will have a lot of showers and also some sunny spells.
:23:39. > :23:49.Temperatures staying pleasantly warm. Now let's go straight to the
:23:49. > :23:50.
:23:50. > :24:00.velodrome and see how Sir Chris Hoy fears in the team's sprint. --
:24:00. > :24:27.
:24:27. > :24:33.France are never going to pull this back. Here comes Chris Hoy. Coming
:24:33. > :24:43.down to the final turn and the crowd are going absolutely mad. And
:24:43. > :24:44.
:24:44. > :24:52.new world record. 42.6. I do not believe what I am seeing here. The
:24:52. > :25:01.eight Britain have won the gold for the team sprint. That is the 5th
:25:01. > :25:11.gold medal by Sir Chris Hoy. That equals the record held by so Steve
:25:11. > :25:12.
:25:12. > :25:22.Redgrave. It was all about young Philip pines for me. He has been
:25:22. > :25:29.
:25:29. > :25:39.picked in such a high-pressure position. -- Hines. Bothy of them
:25:39. > :25:48.were on the form of their life. -- all three of them. What a
:25:48. > :25:55.performance. There is a posse of VIPs. You will not get anybody more
:25:55. > :26:01.important than the assembled VIPs the year. You can just hear the
:26:01. > :26:07.cheers here at Olympic Park because of this fantastic news that Team GB
:26:07. > :26:13.including Sir Chris Hoy have done it again. Chris Hoy's 5th gold
:26:13. > :26:19.medal. That is the third gold medal for Ascot. Very good news indeed.
:26:19. > :26:26.The moral is a very big day because it is Katherine Grainger in action.
:26:26. > :26:33.She and her partner should be favourites for another gold. We
:26:33. > :26:42.hope you can join us for that. Tonight we have the fantastic news
:26:42. > :26:47.that Chris Hoy and Team GB have won gold in deep velodrome. That is
:26:47. > :26:54.Reporting Scotland. I will be back with a summary after the 10 o'clock