:00:14. > :00:18.Tonight on Reporting Scotland, storms batter much of the country.
:00:18. > :00:22.Gale force winds and heavy rain disrupt rail and ferry services.
:00:22. > :00:32.Flooding and fallen trees block roads. The north east and the
:00:32. > :00:38.Borders are worst affected. There are flood warnings across the
:00:38. > :00:41.Borders. There is widespread flooding. Also tonight, the boss of
:00:41. > :00:44.the new single police force is unveiled-- he's Strathclyde Chief
:00:44. > :00:50.Constable Stephen House. A dram good idea? Could the waste from our
:00:50. > :00:52.whisky industry be used to fuel our cars in the not too distant future?
:00:52. > :01:00.And this incident puts Steven Naismith in doubt for the next
:01:00. > :01:03.three World Cup qualifiers as FIFA Good evening. Much of Scotland has
:01:03. > :01:07.been battered by wind and rain over the past 24 hours, causing flooding
:01:07. > :01:12.and bringing down trees. It's caused travel problems on the roads,
:01:12. > :01:20.trains and ferries. The Scottish Borders were the worst hit - and
:01:20. > :01:24.Cameron Buttle is in Stow for us tonight.
:01:24. > :01:34.There has been an incredible amount of rainfall here. The river burst
:01:34. > :01:41.its banks this afternoon. That is actually the village football pitch.
:01:41. > :01:47.You'll see the effects the flood water has had on the playground.
:01:47. > :01:53.The bowling club is also flooded. We do not think any homes have been
:01:53. > :01:57.affected. If you look down here, you can see the water is still
:01:57. > :02:03.screaming through the wall. Incredibly, that is not the River
:02:03. > :02:09.either. That is a field. The river is beyond that victory over there.
:02:09. > :02:14.That is the effect of a month's rain in 24 hours. It has started
:02:14. > :02:20.raining again. An extraordinary scene. Our
:02:20. > :02:24.conditions improving? Be has got a little bit better sense we have
:02:24. > :02:29.been here. There has been a huge amount of effort from the emergency
:02:29. > :02:32.services to keep things moving. More rain expected tonight. It
:02:32. > :02:36.could cause more damage when it is already flooded like this.
:02:36. > :02:38.So that's the picture in the Borders - but in the north-east the
:02:38. > :02:43.storms also brought a remarkable change to the landscape, as Steven
:02:43. > :02:50.Duff reports. The wind and the rain we have
:02:50. > :02:54.become used to. But this? Very strange indeed. A quite amazing
:02:54. > :03:00.phenomenon. Residents have lived here all their lives and had never
:03:00. > :03:07.seen anything like this. I thought, OK, that is a lot of snow! It was
:03:07. > :03:17.not quite cold enough for that. former was whipped up by the stormy
:03:17. > :03:17.
:03:17. > :03:23.North Sea. -- form. What did you think when you saw it? At fired my
:03:23. > :03:28.house was under former. -- I thought my house was under from.
:03:28. > :03:36.This was a serious storm. Windows were rattling. I looked out the
:03:36. > :03:40.window at dawn and the North Sea what the -- was advancing.
:03:40. > :03:48.Elsewhere in the north-east, trees were blown down. Hundreds of homes
:03:48. > :03:58.and businesses were left without power for a time. Little damage was
:03:58. > :04:03.On the railways, the East Coast Mainline has suffered delays and
:04:03. > :04:06.cancellations - with a limited service now operating. The capital
:04:06. > :04:15.and the Lothians were hit, as gale force winds battered the coast
:04:15. > :04:22.around the Firth of Forth. Morag Kinniburgh reports.
:04:22. > :04:30.Thrown out of the sea, many tons of metal hurled ashore. Damage year
:04:30. > :04:37.has been significant. Boats around the corner written off. A few more
:04:37. > :04:41.on the beach. The moorings are still drifting. Spare a thought for
:04:41. > :04:46.the professionals and volunteers to have to go out in this. It has been
:04:46. > :04:50.a busy day for the emergency services here. Life boats and
:04:50. > :04:58.helicopters have been called out. A windsurfer was spotted in the sea.
:04:58. > :05:03.Earlier, he person was reported to be clinging to the upturned side of
:05:03. > :05:09.a boat. It was a well-intentioned false alarm. Buildings took a
:05:09. > :05:17.bashing. Many attractions were closed. Almost 2000 pupils had a
:05:17. > :05:20.day off. The weather has tested And we'll have the weather forecast
:05:20. > :05:23.later in the programme. A teenager has appeared in court
:05:23. > :05:29.charged with sexually assaulting a four-year-old boy at a supermarket
:05:29. > :05:32.in West Dunbartonshire. 19-year-old Christopher Morrison from Elderslie,
:05:32. > :05:36.is alleged to have attacked the child at the ASDA store in
:05:36. > :05:42.Clydebank last Tuesday. He made no plea or declaration at Dumbarton
:05:42. > :05:45.Sheriff Court and was remanded in custody. The man who'll run
:05:45. > :05:50.Scotland's new national police force has been announced. Stephen
:05:50. > :05:58.House is currently the Chief Constable of Strathclyde. Reevel
:05:58. > :06:04.Alderson, joins us from the newsroom.
:06:04. > :06:10.Stephen House says he is delighted to get the job which has a salary
:06:10. > :06:14.of two -- of... He is a Glaswegian but his family moved to England
:06:14. > :06:19.when he was still at school. His policing experience before
:06:19. > :06:24.Strathclyde was in England. What sort of chief constable would he
:06:24. > :06:28.be? Pretty much the same as he has been in Strathclyde. His motto is
:06:28. > :06:32.to keep people safe. He has been particularly keen on tackling
:06:32. > :06:38.domestic violence and gang culture. These initiatives are likely to
:06:38. > :06:45.continue. He believes in local policing, too. The new force will
:06:45. > :06:47.have 32 divisions, each based on a local authority area. It will be up
:06:47. > :06:51.to councils and local divisional commanders to work out the local
:06:51. > :06:56.priorities. I think it'll be interesting to see how Stephen
:06:56. > :06:58.House interacts with the Scottish Government. Can he keep their
:06:58. > :07:01.distance between politics and policing?
:07:01. > :07:05.Former Olympic athlete Liz McColgan has questioned whether there is any
:07:05. > :07:08.sporting legacy following the London Olympics. Ms McColgan, who
:07:08. > :07:12.won Silver at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, was giving evidence to
:07:12. > :07:15.MSPs who are looking into community sport facilities. She suggested
:07:15. > :07:25.recent successes were achieved despite the system in Scotland.
:07:25. > :07:26.
:07:26. > :07:33.Raymond Buchanan reports. What condition is community sport
:07:33. > :07:37.in? At pressing question for MSPs after the Olympics. Take this
:07:38. > :07:43.weightlifting club. It has a strong record of success but is struggling
:07:43. > :07:48.for money. That is why he is about to let two coaches go. Down the
:07:48. > :07:57.road, millions are being spent ahead of the Commonwealth Games. At
:07:57. > :08:00.the gym they are angry. We had been targeted the murder capital of
:08:00. > :08:10.Western Europe, the lowest life- expectancy rate, the highest child
:08:10. > :08:20.obesity. There is not one facility that has been built in the Easter
:08:20. > :08:24.has. -- Easter house. Poor provision in poorer areas is
:08:24. > :08:32.something Liz McColgan knows well. She came from a Dundee housing
:08:32. > :08:37.estate to win Commonwealth gold and I Olympic silver. More than 20
:08:37. > :08:44.years on she says sporting facilities are underfunded,
:08:44. > :08:49.overpriced and all too often closed. We have these facilities in
:08:49. > :08:55.deprived areas yet we're charging local councils to get kids to use
:08:55. > :08:59.it. Where is the next Andy Murray? I do not see them. Where is the
:08:59. > :09:04.next Liz McColgan? I haven't seen a run a conference Scotland for 20
:09:04. > :09:07.odd years. Changing that is the challenge. MSPs have their work cut
:09:07. > :09:13.out. You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC. Still to
:09:13. > :09:19.come on the programme: Why graduates are finding it hard to
:09:19. > :09:23.get long-term jobs. In sport, another headache for Craig Levein
:09:24. > :09:28.as one of his strikers is investigated for violent conduct.
:09:28. > :09:32.Having a Christ says No Matter What, he is hanging on to his medals. And
:09:32. > :09:36.Scotland's most successful team in Europe prepare for another crack at
:09:36. > :09:39.the Champions League. A new study of air pollution suggests Glasgow
:09:39. > :09:43.has the highest level in the UK for a key traffic-related emission, and
:09:43. > :09:50.is fifth worst in Europe. Aileen Clarke has been looking into this
:09:51. > :09:55.for us. This comparison comes from the
:09:55. > :10:03.European Environment Agency. It suggests that Milan as the top spot
:10:03. > :10:08.for the worst traffic related air pollution, followed by Modena or.
:10:08. > :10:15.Glasgow is 5th worst in Europe. The figures suggest Glasgow has
:10:15. > :10:19.exceeded the agreed EU Lynette by 15% for nitrogen dioxide. -- limit.
:10:19. > :10:24.We do better in relation to other pollutants. I have been finding out
:10:24. > :10:29.why have campaigners are so concerned. Plenty of cigarette
:10:29. > :10:34.smoke in Glasgow today. It is a different air pollutant to the one
:10:34. > :10:38.coming from the traffic. More than half of the air pollution is
:10:38. > :10:42.actually caused by traffic. In towns and cities that rate is
:10:42. > :10:47.considerably higher. We are particularly concerned about
:10:47. > :10:54.nitrogen dioxide. For those people with a long condition, it can
:10:54. > :10:59.exacerbate their condition. Looking to the future, it can hinder the
:10:59. > :11:04.development of young people's lungs. Levels of pollution permits it by
:11:04. > :11:08.monitoring stations like this one. There are calls for a serious look
:11:08. > :11:12.at cutting the night of traffic and emissions. The World Wildlife Fund
:11:13. > :11:16.have called for the congestion charge in Glasgow. I would like to
:11:16. > :11:22.see if that is a viable and if it is the best way to achieve results.
:11:22. > :11:30.There may be other measures as well. Having car free hours on some busy
:11:30. > :11:38.bus route. There are only three areas of the city where build up of
:11:38. > :11:44.policing... Glasgow City Council is clearly balking at the most
:11:44. > :11:47.polluted city in the UK tag. They have been backed by the Duke --
:11:47. > :11:53.Scottish Government. There are a number of plans to drive down
:11:53. > :11:56.pollution levels in the coming years. The Scottish Labour leader
:11:56. > :12:01.is calling for an honest debate on the affordability of Scottish
:12:01. > :12:05.Government policies like free prescriptions, tuition fees and the
:12:05. > :12:12.Council tax freeze. Johann Lamont is accusing the SNP of dodging
:12:12. > :12:17.difficult questions. Labour's Scottish leader knows she
:12:17. > :12:24.has got a steep climb ahead of her. Has she made it harder? Johann
:12:24. > :12:28.Lamont asked today if SNP policies were affordable. We have free
:12:28. > :12:33.prescriptions and so on. In our communities minnow that schools and
:12:33. > :12:39.hospitals are under pressure. Families are under pressure. I
:12:39. > :12:46.think that is unsustainable. Scottish Labour leader presented
:12:46. > :12:51.herself as honest in contrast to her SNP a pollens, Tartan Tories.
:12:51. > :12:55.Back in parliament, the SNP could hardly believe their luck.
:12:55. > :13:00.Considering putting up Council tax, charging students to go to
:13:01. > :13:05.university, reducing the numbers of police on the beat, taking away
:13:05. > :13:08.free bus travel for pensioners. These are Tory policies. Johann
:13:08. > :13:17.Lamont believes these choices have to be faced sooner rather than
:13:17. > :13:21.later. Add deal on a one question independence referendum is closer
:13:21. > :13:25.than ever, according to the Scottish Secretary, Michael Moore.
:13:25. > :13:29.Even before that has been settled, the Liberal Democrats are
:13:29. > :13:36.suggesting another vote I year later on further powers for the
:13:36. > :13:40.Scottish parliament. Parties of all stripes when the two to work
:13:40. > :13:46.together to gain more powers, more decisions and more responsibilities.
:13:46. > :13:52.If we're able to build that a consensus, we can move promptly to
:13:52. > :13:56.deliver home rule for Scotland in the United Kingdom. Tim Reid is
:13:56. > :14:02.that the Lib Dem conference. Willie Rennie has been talking of building
:14:02. > :14:06.a consensus involving who? Initially, the other pro-union
:14:06. > :14:09.parties. The Lib Dems already have a commission looking at what
:14:09. > :14:14.further powers could or should be transferred to the Scottish
:14:14. > :14:19.parliament. Lib Dems want the Tories and Labour to start that
:14:19. > :14:26.process as well. They believe that there is something to offer the
:14:26. > :14:30.Scottish people in the referendum campaign. Also in 2015, in a vote,
:14:30. > :14:34.should the Scots reject independence itself. They will not
:14:34. > :14:38.get a vote on further powers in the referendum. Certainly if the
:14:38. > :14:43.Government gets its way. Michael Moore is confident of a single
:14:43. > :14:51.question referendum. The Lib Dems say there would be a place for the
:14:52. > :14:55.SNP in this cosy consensus after the referendum. If independence was
:14:55. > :15:02.off the table after a referendum, who knows what they might signed up
:15:02. > :15:09.Just over half of the graduates from Scotland's universities are
:15:09. > :15:17.finding long-term work, and many of them are taking positions for which
:15:17. > :15:20.no degree is required. Stacking shelves was not the job
:15:20. > :15:26.Nikitta and dock after graduating with a degree in sociology and
:15:26. > :15:32.business. She would like employers to consider offering internships
:15:32. > :15:38.and voluntary work. Hopefully even minimum wage internships would be
:15:38. > :15:44.fantastic. Just to get us in the field we want to be end rather than
:15:44. > :15:47.in bars and and the service industry. This graduate in politics
:15:48. > :15:53.is another working indefinitely in a job for which no degree is
:15:53. > :15:59.required. I am working in a call centre, which is a job I had
:15:59. > :16:04.previous to graduation. Being back in that position he is demeaning.
:16:05. > :16:12.It feels like they have wasted a lot of time. That said, the
:16:12. > :16:22.headline figure is positive. A D 8% are in jobs refer the studies. --
:16:22. > :16:29.
:16:29. > :16:37.The Government says the job situation for students was never
:16:37. > :16:40.awful, and is improving. To number of employed -- unemployed students
:16:40. > :16:44.is the lowest in these islands and it is lower than the rate of
:16:44. > :16:49.unemployment. Tough times for students, like everyone else,
:16:49. > :16:56.trying to find jobs, but in the long one, those with a degree are
:16:56. > :17:02.far more likely to find work. Other stories from across Scotland this
:17:02. > :17:05.Tuesday: Efforts to build a fuel efficient homes are getting backing
:17:05. > :17:10.from a �10 million Scottish government fund. Councils and
:17:10. > :17:13.housing associations will be able to bid for money for flat-pack
:17:13. > :17:19.houses. Scottish canoeing is getting a performance coach and a
:17:19. > :17:23.canoeing excellence hub, near Aberfeldy in Perthshire. It is
:17:23. > :17:28.receiving �60,000 of funding falling the Olympic success of
:17:28. > :17:31.David Florence and tenderly. The first steps in designing the new
:17:31. > :17:36.dual-carriageway on the Anine between Perth and Inverness have
:17:36. > :17:40.been a nice. The Government has a war that two major contracts for
:17:40. > :17:44.engineering and environmental work. Scientists at Aberdeen University
:17:44. > :17:49.will test whether substance from mistletoe can be used to improve
:17:49. > :17:53.the lives of some cancer patient plumber. At the present time there
:17:54. > :17:58.was not any good-quality evidence that it has anti-cancer qualities
:17:58. > :18:04.but that could have an effect on improving quality of life in
:18:04. > :18:08.patients. At a whopping woman was shop to open properly drawer and
:18:08. > :18:13.find the milk snake. She was making a cup of tea when she found the
:18:13. > :18:19.unexpected discovery and called police, in terrified state. There
:18:19. > :18:29.is more from you might career when the BBC Scotland aside. -- from
:18:29. > :18:29.
:18:29. > :18:32.your area. On the BBC Scotland website. A distillery in Perthshire
:18:32. > :18:34.is starting to turn its whisky leftovers into fuel. Napier
:18:34. > :18:37.University scientists are using bacteria to transform the waste
:18:37. > :18:42.into stuff fit for your petrol tank. Our science correspondent Kenneth
:18:42. > :18:45.Macdonald reports on what's being called a world first. The
:18:46. > :18:50.distillery in black brood is part of the multi-billion-pound Scottish
:18:50. > :18:54.whisky industry and it produces a lot more than just whisky. Some of
:18:54. > :18:59.this spirit will be was gay but that is only 7% of what comes out
:18:59. > :19:08.of the distillery. What about the other 92%, and how about putting it
:19:09. > :19:13.in a petrol tank? This is Bali waste, the Lisa which is produced
:19:13. > :19:20.by this distillery, along with millions of gallons of hot ale.
:19:20. > :19:23.Napier University scientists are feeding it to bacteria. We have a
:19:23. > :19:31.solid raw material that is rich in sugars, that has already been
:19:31. > :19:37.fermented to take glucose out of it, but the bacteria should take out
:19:37. > :19:41.the other sugars and should convert them into literal. That can go
:19:41. > :19:47.straight into the petrol tank of your car. A from an environmental
:19:47. > :19:52.point of view, we can reduce the by-product onside, and so much the
:19:52. > :19:58.better. Napier University biofuels research as are other ways of
:19:58. > :20:08.making fuel from waste. At this recycling plant in Fife, they might
:20:08. > :20:08.
:20:08. > :20:12.have been looking at putting the paper from plasterboard into a tank.
:20:12. > :20:18.But it is the potential of whisky by-products which has brought
:20:18. > :20:22.Scottish government backing to the project at the back foot.
:20:22. > :20:26.potential is huge using all the by- products from all of the
:20:26. > :20:31.Distilleries up and down the country into fuel that we can used
:20:31. > :20:36.here in Scotland. The company won a try and scale up what works in the
:20:36. > :20:40.laboratory to an industrial level. We have won just to get this right
:20:40. > :20:47.and I hope the idea and I hope that I can bring it to the market in my
:20:47. > :20:54.Scotland. Score link's distilleries come out billions of litres of
:20:54. > :21:04.cordial every year. And this source of energy could be right under our
:21:04. > :21:09.
:21:09. > :21:12.noses. -- of hot ale. Let's get the latest sport now from Dougie.
:21:12. > :21:14.Scotland could be without Steven Naismith for their next three world
:21:14. > :21:17.cup qualifying matches. Football's world governing body, FIFA, have
:21:17. > :21:20.confirmed they are investigating a clash between the Everton striker
:21:20. > :21:22.and a Serbian player during a match at Hampden earlier this month. This
:21:22. > :21:25.is the incident in question when Stephen this myth seemed to catch
:21:25. > :21:27.the Serb player with a flying elbow. It did not feature in the report
:21:27. > :21:37.from the match referee but the world football governing body has
:21:37. > :22:02.
:22:02. > :22:06.taken a close interest and the old Having only taken two poised on the
:22:07. > :22:09.last qualifiers, losing Stephen Naysmith for an extended period is
:22:09. > :22:19.something that Craig Levine and his coaching staff could will do with
:22:19. > :22:21.it. They can strip our titles but they'll never take my medals. The
:22:21. > :22:23.message today from the Rangers manager Ally McCoist. The SPL
:22:23. > :22:27.investigation into possible dual contracts at the club continues.
:22:27. > :22:36.But McCoist, who won ten league titles and ten cup medals at Ibrox,
:22:36. > :22:40.isn't for giving up his gongs. I look at all my medals and they of
:22:40. > :22:47.the what to take the trophies they are more than welcome but they will
:22:47. > :22:50.never take the medals from the players who have earned them.
:22:50. > :22:52.Scottish side is already through to the knockout stages of the
:22:52. > :22:56.Champions League. Glasgow City are up against the Danish team Fortuna
:22:56. > :22:59.Hjorring in the final 32 of the competition, with the first leg in
:22:59. > :23:02.Glasgow tomorrow night. And having won their group, the City girls are
:23:02. > :23:04.hoping to make up for what was a rather painful end to their
:23:04. > :23:09.Champions League adventure last season. Jonathan Sutherland reports.
:23:09. > :23:19.Forget Celtic Park or Ibrox Stadium, if it is Champions League knockout
:23:19. > :23:24.football you're after on Scottish soil, this exposed pitch at
:23:24. > :23:32.Petershill is the place to be. They endured a 17-0 aggregate thrashing
:23:32. > :23:38.from the German side, Potsdam, last year. This time, we will be more
:23:38. > :23:43.focused on the job in hand. Nothing attracts crowds like success. If
:23:43. > :23:47.Glasgow City could improve their Champions League record it could do
:23:47. > :23:53.wonders for the women's game up in Scotland as a whole. Jean Ross was
:23:53. > :23:57.with Team GB as a reserve at the Olympics. It was a great experience.
:23:57. > :24:02.The women's game is progressing and growing as a sport in Britain, and
:24:02. > :24:08.the more we get attention and the crowds coming to watch, that will
:24:08. > :24:13.push forward the progression all the time. What chance a Glasgow
:24:13. > :24:17.City victory against the Danish side Fortuna Hjorring? Everything
:24:17. > :24:24.depends on the drawer. But we managed to get through this tie,
:24:24. > :24:34.but it gives us a chance. With memories of poor standstill people,
:24:34. > :24:36.
:24:36. > :24:39.it is never going to be easy, but, then, this is the Champions' League.
:24:39. > :24:42.That is all the sport for this evening. Thanks very much Dougie.
:24:42. > :24:46.Let's get the latest weather forecast now. Christopher - are
:24:46. > :24:53.conditions going to settle down soon? The good news is they are
:24:53. > :24:58.starting to settle don't. There are still some world weather conditions
:24:58. > :25:08.to come, but it will settle down eventually. Peking a look at the
:25:08. > :25:13.
:25:13. > :25:19.This evening, like this afternoon, those winds transferring to western
:25:19. > :25:28.parts of the country. We have that wet weather warning for the borders.
:25:28. > :25:35.We have some heavy rain for the likes of Glasgow. The range should
:25:35. > :25:39.ease by the end of the night with many places becoming dry. Tomorrow
:25:39. > :25:44.* Stamp but rain quickly clears, then it is generally try and break.
:25:44. > :25:49.Then dos will be strong, particularly across the West Coast,
:25:49. > :25:57.before they eased down. Across the far north and north-west, generally
:25:57. > :26:01.try and cloudy with some light showers. Temperatures in the north,
:26:01. > :26:04.around 12 Celsius. Border south, starting to increase the
:26:04. > :26:11.temperatures to around 15 for the likes of Dumfries and Galloway and
:26:11. > :26:17.Lanarkshire. Further east, a little bit cloudier. Into the evening and
:26:17. > :26:23.overnight, staying dry and bright to finish the day. Then we have
:26:23. > :26:27.this area of high pressure coming in and giving us a brief ridge of
:26:27. > :26:31.high pressure to settle things down got Thursday. It will be dry and
:26:31. > :26:38.bright, mainly, with one or two showers across the north-west, down
:26:38. > :26:42.through as the Isle of Skye and eyelids. That rain will perk up
:26:42. > :26:46.overnight as that front the crosses from West to East, with all of us
:26:46. > :26:51.seeing some rain at some point, then Friday is a day of sunshine
:26:51. > :27:00.and showers, with greater, dry conditions the further east you are.
:27:00. > :27:10.Tonight, we have that rain in below the in and borders region. -- in
:27:10. > :27:13.the Lothian and borders region. Thanks Christopher. Now, just
:27:13. > :27:16.before 7pm, a summary of tonight's top stories. Prepare for another
:27:16. > :27:19.huge round of spending cuts. That's the message from the deputy Prime
:27:19. > :27:22.Minister. Nick Clegg said the government will have to agree where
:27:22. > :27:25.another �16 billion of savings can be made - on top of austerity
:27:25. > :27:29.measures already announced. The Chief Constable of Strathclyde
:27:29. > :27:36.Police has been appointed to lead the new police service of Scotland.