:00:15. > :00:20.Tonight on your national news: Pressure grows on Alex Salmond over
:00:20. > :00:26.what his independence plans mean for European Union membership. Next
:00:26. > :00:29.stop, the courts. Building on success: Andy Murray calls for a
:00:29. > :00:34.national tennis centre amid claims that the stars of the future have
:00:34. > :00:37.to go elsewhere. Also tonight: Hands off our land as
:00:37. > :00:40.one of our remotest communities stands up to the Ministry of
:00:40. > :00:44.Defence. And he can't stop scoring but it
:00:44. > :00:49.won't be in the blue of Scotland - no way back for Steven Fletcher
:00:49. > :00:51.despite the player's change of heart.
:00:51. > :00:56.The row over whether an independent Scotland would automatically be
:00:56. > :00:59.granted membership of the EU intensified today. It's been
:00:59. > :01:03.revealed there will be an urgent hearing at the court of session
:01:03. > :01:09.later this week over Alex Salmond's refusal to say whether he has had
:01:09. > :01:12.any legal advice over the matter. Labour say that's because there is
:01:12. > :01:14.something that the First Minister doesn't want people to know. The
:01:14. > :01:24.First Minister says he's only abiding by the rules of the
:01:24. > :01:29.ministerial code. 4th or relationship with Europe has become
:01:29. > :01:33.one of the most controversial car issues in the debate. The Scottish
:01:33. > :01:43.government argues that ex-cop and became independent, it would
:01:43. > :01:43.
:01:43. > :01:47.automatically remain part of the year. The SNP's political opponents
:01:47. > :01:52.have called on the Scottish government to provide legal advice.
:01:52. > :01:54.In July, or Scotland's information commissioner upheld a request from
:01:54. > :01:59.at a Labour MEP and ordered that the Scottish government confirm
:01:59. > :02:04.whether or not ministers had confirmed -- received advice on
:02:04. > :02:12.this issue. The government went to the courts to argue that any such
:02:12. > :02:18.advice should remain undisclosed. If they tell me I cannot reveal
:02:18. > :02:21.legal advice, that is the ministerial court. If I would break
:02:21. > :02:27.that, I would be in breach of the Ministry of code. That has been the
:02:27. > :02:29.case they every UK government from time immemorial. Scotland's
:02:29. > :02:34.information commissioner believes is in us in the public interest to
:02:35. > :02:39.reveal whether or not the government has run race -- received
:02:39. > :02:43.advice on their membership of the European Union. She will get to
:02:43. > :02:47.make her case at a preliminary hearing here on Thursday.
:02:47. > :02:51.Opposition parties want to go further, saying the Government
:02:51. > :02:54.should publish the content of any advice as soon as possible. I would
:02:54. > :02:59.suggest that it means there is something there that he doesn't
:02:59. > :03:07.want us to know. If Scotland was an independent country, separate from
:03:07. > :03:11.the UK, we would have to apply for membership. The Scottish government
:03:11. > :03:14.says the position of Europe consistent with legal advice will
:03:14. > :03:22.be published in a white paper towards the end of next year.
:03:22. > :03:25.Political pressure to publish the advice in full will grow.
:03:25. > :03:27.Andy Murray is calling for a new national tennis academy in Scotland
:03:27. > :03:30.to encourage the country's promising young players. Thousands
:03:30. > :03:39.of people lined the streets of his home town of Dunblane yesterday to
:03:39. > :03:44.see him after his triumphs in the US open and the Olympics. Andy
:03:44. > :03:51.Murray first played on these courts 15 years ago, coached by his mum.
:03:51. > :03:55.The rivalry between the two it is still as fierce as ever. The Andy
:03:55. > :03:59.Murray effect has encouraged over 100 juniors to play in Dunblane.
:03:59. > :04:02.The club has several coaches to have put in hours of the time, but
:04:03. > :04:07.it is not the same all over Scotland. Andy Murray believes that
:04:08. > :04:13.is now time for a national academy. It would be nice if we could have
:04:13. > :04:18.the quality. A National Tennis Centre does not need to cost a
:04:18. > :04:23.fortune, it would cost much less than the Royal Hunt and one. If we
:04:23. > :04:28.could have something like that it would make it big difference --
:04:28. > :04:32.Walhampton. Tennis Scotland run this National Centre in Stirling,
:04:32. > :04:36.but once the players reached a certain age, they need more
:04:36. > :04:41.facilities. When the players get to a Capel-le-Ferne roundabout 15 or
:04:41. > :04:45.16, if they are really pushing on, they have to move. And he went to
:04:45. > :04:49.Barcelona. This is one of the challenges facing 16-year-old
:04:49. > :04:53.Isabel Wallers. She is living and playing in Australia, where her
:04:53. > :04:58.parents feel to is getting the coaching she needs. But she wants
:04:58. > :05:02.to come home. Thousands of miles away in Inverness, her parents run
:05:02. > :05:08.a bakery. They have remortgaged their home, worked seven days a
:05:08. > :05:11.week and spent over �30,000 a year on their daughter's dream. We feel
:05:11. > :05:19.we are scratching the surface at the moment. For the next two years,
:05:19. > :05:25.a lot of money will be spent even more. Physios, coaches on the road
:05:25. > :05:33.with her all the time, we need put her forward now. It is a lot of
:05:33. > :05:37.pressure and stress on family. It is not glamourous, it is tough.
:05:37. > :05:42.Isabella's committed to playing tennis for Australia instead of
:05:42. > :05:49.Scotland for the next to my ideas in return for her coaching. -- for
:05:49. > :05:52.the next two years. The size of the crowd is indication of just how
:05:52. > :05:56.long we have waited for a tennis champion. The Scottish government
:05:56. > :06:00.says it will look at the idea of the Scotch Academy in the next few
:06:00. > :06:08.months. Andy Murray says there is more talent out there. Not only do
:06:08. > :06:11.we have to find it, but we have to keep it.
:06:11. > :06:13.Still to come on the programme: Swept overboard but lived to tell
:06:13. > :06:15.the tale. A lucky escape for one hardy sailor.
:06:15. > :06:18.And the Paisley-born man many regard as the father of
:06:18. > :06:21.photojournalism and some of the remarkable images he produced.
:06:21. > :06:24.Sport, who to play up front for Scotland? A question made a little
:06:24. > :06:29.more complicated for Craig Levein after one says he wants back and
:06:29. > :06:37.another's manager says he's ready. Plus, Rangers rocked by an injury
:06:37. > :06:39.to one of their key players. Templeton out but for how long?
:06:39. > :06:42.Scotland's leading the world in developing computer science to
:06:42. > :06:45.improve medical care. Health experts from around the world are
:06:45. > :06:48.this week meeting in Forres to discuss how advances in digital
:06:48. > :06:58.technology can enhance patient care while keeping people out of
:06:58. > :07:02.
:07:02. > :07:07.hospital. Ian Cameron has it severe respiratory problems. Fortunately
:07:07. > :07:11.for him, a simple wireless pad attached to his body is relaying
:07:11. > :07:19.details of his condition needed -- minute by minute his doctor's
:07:19. > :07:23.surgery. When we see a patient, we see a snapshot of a patient. The
:07:23. > :07:27.Technology, we can see what has happened hours beforehand and the
:07:27. > :07:30.hours after treatment. We can see and anticipate something going
:07:30. > :07:35.wrong and hopefully see an improvement on the treatments we
:07:35. > :07:39.have given him. This technology is being developed by commute --
:07:39. > :07:43.computer scientists at Edinburgh University. It means Ian is being
:07:43. > :07:47.monitored just as if he was in hospital. Last time I was in
:07:47. > :07:56.hospital, I was in for about a week and there was nothing done in the
:07:56. > :07:59.hospital that couldn't have been done at home. If we can keep
:07:59. > :08:04.patients out of hospital, their health benefits for the patient
:08:04. > :08:11.themselves but also, economic benefits for the NHS. It helps us
:08:11. > :08:14.to deliver services to patients close to the point of care in the
:08:14. > :08:18.patient's home itself. challenge for health authorities
:08:18. > :08:22.around the globe is to find smarter ways of caring for an ageing
:08:22. > :08:27.population. The kind of technology being developed here is pointing
:08:27. > :08:30.the way. Soldiers from The Royal Scots Borderers 1 Scots are leaving
:08:30. > :08:33.their base at Dreghorn Barracks in Edinburgh for a six month
:08:33. > :08:35.deployment to Afghanistan. They will perform a variety of
:08:35. > :08:39.roles including advising on operational issues throughout
:08:39. > :08:44.Helmand Province and training the Afghan National Army. The
:08:44. > :08:47.battalion's last tour of Afghanistan was in 2010.
:08:47. > :08:50.The Crown Office has refused to comment on press reports in Malta
:08:50. > :08:53.that a secret court hearing was held there to gather new evidence
:08:53. > :08:57.about the Lockerbie bombing. The Times of Malta newspaper says
:08:57. > :08:59.several witnesses gave evidence at the hearing. Malta was key to the
:08:59. > :09:07.Lockerbie trial, because it was there prosecutors said the bomb
:09:07. > :09:16.which exploded over the town was put into a suitcase. A look now at
:09:16. > :09:20.what else has been happening across the country this Monday.
:09:20. > :09:24.Every Doris it is anything to -- benefiting from half-a-million
:09:24. > :09:29.pounds in Scottish funding. It is one of 32 companies sharing �9
:09:29. > :09:33.million under the latest round of food and drink funding. It will
:09:33. > :09:40.increase our production 10 times. It will probably take us about
:09:40. > :09:44.three years to get to that stage. Proposals for Dundee's Museum go
:09:44. > :09:49.before city councillors tonight for formal approval. The landmark
:09:49. > :09:53.building is due to open in 2015 as a centre for contemporary Scottish
:09:53. > :10:01.design. The giant pandas at Edinburgh Zoo,
:10:01. > :10:08.Sunshine and Sweetie, a at the centre of campaign to preserve the
:10:08. > :10:13.species in the world. They will travel the world to highlight the
:10:13. > :10:17.plight of the species. It is really exciting. You only need a tiny
:10:17. > :10:23.proportion of people to come away from seeing them thinking, yeah, I
:10:23. > :10:30.want to do something about pandas. But as a lot of people whose minds
:10:30. > :10:38.and -- have been changed. A new work by Alasdair Gray has
:10:38. > :10:46.been unveiled in Glasgow. The mural was at the specially created for
:10:46. > :10:52.Hillhead station. It the first at Bond girl has
:10:52. > :10:57.travelled to this castle, one of the a number of iconic locations
:10:57. > :11:07.used in the Bond movies. We had no idea this was going to go on. It is
:11:07. > :11:13.half-a-century. Originally, we didn't know what we had. Even Sean
:11:13. > :11:19.Connery didn't know. And there are more stories from malaria on BBC
:11:19. > :11:21.Scotland's website. -- from your area.
:11:21. > :11:24.An investigation has been launched after a laptop containing details
:11:24. > :11:27.of vulnerable children was stolen from a fostering and adoption panel
:11:27. > :11:30.member in Edinburgh. It was taken from the home of the independent
:11:30. > :11:33.consultant last month. The computer contained a number of minutes from
:11:33. > :11:41.meetings of fostering and adoption panels. Edinburgh City Council said
:11:41. > :11:44.it had contacted almost all of the families involved. Rebecca
:11:45. > :11:50.Adlington has been announced as unofficial ambassador for the
:11:50. > :11:55.Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. She joins Britain's no successful
:11:55. > :11:59.Olympian, Sir Chris Hoy, who has also been given ambassador role.
:11:59. > :12:02.She will appear in high profile campaigns.
:12:02. > :12:05.A Sutherland community is threatening to take on the might of
:12:05. > :12:08.the military to prevent it taking over land in one of Scotland's last
:12:08. > :12:11.great wildernesses. It's feared that the MOD intends buying the
:12:11. > :12:20.last remaining ground available for sale at Cape Wrath to expand its
:12:20. > :12:24.bombing range there. As listeners to the shipping forecast no, it is
:12:24. > :12:26.renowned for its weather, and the journey to the most mottled --
:12:26. > :12:36.north-westerly. On the British mainland is not for the faint-
:12:36. > :12:37.
:12:37. > :12:40.hearted. Occasionally, Gail eight at Cape Wrath. Rain at times. You
:12:40. > :12:45.would be forgiven for thinking you were entering a battleground at
:12:45. > :12:54.first, as the striking wilderness is also home to end MoD bombing
:12:54. > :12:58.range. It is about 3.5 acres in size. There is very its machinery
:12:59. > :13:01.which are used for targets. But a real-life battle for land is
:13:01. > :13:06.getting under way here following the news that the military plans to
:13:06. > :13:11.buy the last remaining piece of ground around the prominent Cape
:13:11. > :13:20.Wrath lighthouse. If successful, the only to residents on the
:13:20. > :13:26.peninsula believe public access would be restricted to -- only two.
:13:26. > :13:36.The land seems to have been sufficient for the mark to today.
:13:36. > :13:39.It is 75 square miles, and it is just this one last mile. With the
:13:39. > :13:46.North Pole the next stop that way it and Canada 3,000 miles over
:13:46. > :13:51.there, many may ask, why fight over this post? But locals say they are
:13:51. > :13:55.sure Cape Wrath was more than just a name on the shipping forecast. It
:13:55. > :14:00.has been argued that Cape Wrath also helps attract thousands of
:14:00. > :14:06.people -- to the near by a village of Dennis each year, where most
:14:06. > :14:15.businesses are dependent on the tourist trade. They employ local
:14:15. > :14:20.people. A local development group is spearheading a campaign to buy
:14:20. > :14:29.the land from the Northern Lighthouse Board for the community,
:14:29. > :14:32.and they're urging the Ministry of A pensioner who was swept overboard
:14:32. > :14:35.off his yacht but lived to tell the tale has been recovering at the
:14:35. > :14:45.Fishermens' Mission in Stornoway. 72-year-old Gerry Beard's boat was
:14:45. > :14:48.
:14:48. > :14:57.battered by a force eight gale off the Butt of Lewis. These pictures,
:14:57. > :15:03.a film by East, waylay Bourke wrote, shot a very lucky Rescue. They are
:15:03. > :15:13.toying report of Gerry Beard back to port. He was swept off the boat
:15:13. > :15:19.
:15:19. > :15:26.in a Force 8 gale into the Atlantic Ocean. The boat was swinging
:15:26. > :15:34.underneath any and I'd shot into the little space between their
:15:34. > :15:41.guard wire. He was close to completing an a living day trip
:15:41. > :15:49.from Iceland back to his home at Meir Lewis. He was swept abort on
:15:49. > :15:59.Saturday afternoon. I can remember a lot. I was injured from been
:15:59. > :16:07.knocked down and I was able to signal and have then or later, the
:16:07. > :16:11.cavalry arrived. He is still in Stornoway and plans to go home as
:16:11. > :16:16.soon as possible, but says he plans are more adventures. There is
:16:16. > :16:20.always something that you can learn at any age and I have just done
:16:20. > :16:28.that! Now what has been happening in the
:16:28. > :16:31.world of sport? Dougie can tell us. The Scotland strikers debate
:16:31. > :16:35.rumbles on a week after the World Cup qualifying campaign began with
:16:35. > :16:38.two home draws. But anyone hoping for imminent change by the manager
:16:38. > :16:42.Craig Levein looks like being disappointed. That is despite one
:16:42. > :16:52.player opening the door for a call- up and the club manager of another
:16:52. > :16:54.
:16:54. > :17:01.making a case for his inclusion. He is a chance, Steven Fletcher has
:17:01. > :17:07.made the run and there it is. Three goals in two games for name at six,
:17:07. > :17:13.but there will be no immediate return to Scotland for the player.
:17:13. > :17:23.But that is despite in posting on his Twitter account yesterday, when
:17:23. > :17:25.
:17:25. > :17:35.he said that if main fivemack asked him back, he would do so. -- Craig
:17:35. > :17:36.
:17:36. > :17:44.Levein. First and foremost, he asked to speak to the manager first.
:17:44. > :17:50.Another prolific striker is on good terms with the Scotland manager.
:17:50. > :17:57.But the Scotland manager has been not wanting to start the Blackburn
:17:57. > :18:01.striker. What are his thoughts? am just going to carry on doing my
:18:01. > :18:09.best. It has been made a bonus for me to go up each time and do the
:18:09. > :18:18.best that I can. He his club manager is a bit more forthcoming.
:18:18. > :18:24.It is not my decision. I can only advise this column can if they get
:18:24. > :18:31.in touch and ask me how he has done. It is the decision of Craig Levein.
:18:31. > :18:37.But you get an intelligence and a play that you do not get much of in
:18:37. > :18:40.the game. Particularly if you are the Scotland manager.
:18:40. > :18:42.Rangers will be without David Templeton for up to five weeks
:18:42. > :18:46.after the winger damaged ankle ligaments at the weekend. Ally
:18:46. > :18:56.McCoist says it is a bitter blow as the team try to turn around a run
:18:56. > :19:02.
:19:02. > :19:09.of poor away form. 10 Bolton. What started as a poor day began with an
:19:09. > :19:16.injury to David Templeton. A it is a bitter blow for us, but it is
:19:16. > :19:25.something we will have to handle and get on with. Range as did great
:19:25. > :19:29.chances, but were thwarted again and again by a resilient defence.
:19:29. > :19:38.More a matter what Leek or what competition we are in, we are
:19:38. > :19:43.expected to win games. It is that simple. It it is not a disaster,
:19:43. > :19:49.but I do accept that we should be doing more with the ball at the
:19:49. > :19:53.moment. We should be turning these jaws into victories. Rangers now
:19:53. > :19:57.face Queen Of The South in the quarter-final of the Ramsden's
:19:57. > :20:00.Challenge Cup. Aberdeen manager Craig Brown has
:20:00. > :20:02.confirmed that the club will appeal against Russell Anderson's red card
:20:02. > :20:05.against Inverness Caledonian Thistle. The Dons captain was given
:20:05. > :20:07.his marching orders for bringing down Shane Sutherland inside the
:20:08. > :20:11.box during the 1-1 draw at Caledonian Stadium. The club will
:20:11. > :20:14.now ask the SFA to review the incident.
:20:14. > :20:17.If you fancied a party at the weekend, Tighnabruich was the place
:20:17. > :20:24.to be on Saturday night, as Kyles Athletic took the Camanach Cup back
:20:24. > :20:27.there for the first time in 18 helped to overcome Inveraray in the
:20:27. > :20:30.first all-Argyll final of Shinty's biggest prize. Kyles trailed 4-2 at
:20:30. > :20:40.half time, but managed a tenacious second half display to finally win
:20:40. > :20:42.
:20:42. > :20:45.second half display to finally win the match 6-5.
:20:45. > :20:48.After the most successful year ever for British cycling, the Tour of
:20:48. > :20:50.Britain was won by a cyclist riding for a Scottish team. Jonathon
:20:50. > :20:53.Tiernan-Locke, from Livingston based Team Endura took the gold
:20:54. > :20:56.jersey at the end of the eight- stage race. World champion Mark
:20:56. > :20:58.Cavandish won the final stage between Reigate and Gilford, but it
:20:58. > :21:07.was Tiernan-Locke who prevailed overall, becoming the first British
:21:07. > :21:09.winner of the race in the modern era. That is all the sport.
:21:09. > :21:12.He has been called the father of photo-journalism. Paisley-born
:21:12. > :21:16.Alexander Gardner was the first photographer to capture images of
:21:16. > :21:26.fallen soldiers in the American Civil War. 150 years later, a
:21:26. > :21:26.
:21:26. > :21:35.special BBC Scotland documentary looks back on his work. 150 years
:21:35. > :21:40.ago, photographs taken by Alexander Gardner changed the understanding
:21:40. > :21:45.of water and modern America. It was as if the world had turned upside
:21:45. > :21:49.down. No one had ever seen at battlefield before and they had
:21:49. > :21:58.certainly never seen the way at battlefield looked after the battle
:21:58. > :22:05.was over. Alexander Gardner also captured the final four years of
:22:05. > :22:12.the life of the Abraham Lincoln. was the first photographer to go
:22:12. > :22:19.when tight and focus in on his eyes, the intense look on his face.
:22:19. > :22:26.Scotland, he had edited the Glasgow's Sentinel newspaper and
:22:27. > :22:33.moved to America in 1850. His photographs of the famous American
:22:33. > :22:40.President are now regarded as masterpieces. This photograph is
:22:40. > :22:48.regarded as the more nellies that of a or collection. It was taking
:22:48. > :22:53.any month of their remit 1865 in Washington, DC. He did not escape
:22:53. > :22:57.controversy. He was accused of staging this photograph of the
:22:57. > :23:05.following story at -- a fallen soldier at the Battle of Gettysburg.
:23:05. > :23:09.But now his work is being recognised. A collection of his
:23:09. > :23:13.photographs will be unveiled in Washington next year.
:23:13. > :23:17.And you can see The Scot Who Shot The American Civil War on BBC Two
:23:17. > :23:27.Scotland tonight at nine o clock. Let us take a look at the weather
:23:27. > :23:31.
:23:31. > :23:39.Good evening. It has been a very showery day for many of us today.
:23:39. > :23:44.Now, as the evening progresses, this rain dies out and many places
:23:44. > :23:51.will stay dry overnight. There will be a few remaining showers in the
:23:51. > :23:56.extreme west of the country. It will feel breezy there as well. It
:23:56. > :24:01.will be chilly overnight, with temperatures down to six or seven
:24:01. > :24:08.in the cities and down to the likes of two degrees Celsius in a rural
:24:08. > :24:12.northern areas. Tomorrow, we will not is a significantly cooler day
:24:12. > :24:19.tomorrow. We will keep a few showers into the North and West
:24:19. > :24:23.tomorrow morning - although not as frequent or heavy as today. In the
:24:23. > :24:29.central and eastern parts, and much more dry and sunnier weather. The
:24:29. > :24:33.scattering of Shaw's for Orkney and Shetland and the North and north-
:24:33. > :24:39.west of the country. These will filter down the west coast. The
:24:39. > :24:47.best of the sunshine to the south of Aberdeen. Southern Scotland
:24:47. > :24:55.should also enjoys some nice bells, although it will also be be easy. -
:24:55. > :25:00.- the breezy. Enter tomorrow night, that strong north-westerly breeze
:25:00. > :25:05.will stay with us and that rain will stay in the north-west and
:25:05. > :25:11.West and a areas. But there is the high pressure coming in on
:25:11. > :25:17.Wednesday, which will bring brighter weather, albeit with some
:25:17. > :25:21.share were still hanging around in the west of the country.
:25:21. > :25:23.Just before 7 o'clock, a summary of tonight's top stories.
:25:23. > :25:28.The row over whether an independent Scotland would automatically be
:25:28. > :25:31.granted membership of the EU intensified today. It has been
:25:31. > :25:34.revealed there will be an urgent hearing at the Court of Session
:25:34. > :25:44.later this week over Alex Salmond's refusal to say whether he has had
:25:44. > :25:44.
:25:44. > :25:50.any legal advice over the matter. The Labour Party say it is because
:25:50. > :25:54.he has something to hide, but the First Minister is saying he is
:25:54. > :25:56.simply following legal instructions. Andy Murray is calling for a new
:25:56. > :25:59.national tennis academy in Scotland to encourage the country's
:25:59. > :26:02.promising young players. Thousands of people lined the streets of his
:26:02. > :26:12.home town of Dunblane yesterday to see him after his triumphs in the
:26:12. > :26:22.
:26:22. > :26:27.US Open and the Olympics. Liars acting for the Duke and Duchess of
:26:27. > :26:31.Cambridge have been in Paris to try and stop further Fortrose of her
:26:31. > :26:35.bathing topless been published. They have also lost a separate