:00:21. > :00:28.Wellcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight: faking or the future of
:00:28. > :00:33.the Union. Ed Miliband's message to his party conference.
:00:33. > :00:40.I believe we would be far worse off as a result of Scotland leading the
:00:40. > :00:50.union. Should Our Courts the televised? Or
:00:50. > :00:53.
:00:53. > :01:00.would it lead to the Holyrood eyes Asian of our justice system? The --
:01:00. > :01:06.Hollywoodisation. And after a two-and-a-half-year
:01:06. > :01:10.absence Stephen Fletcher it get so Scott on court.
:01:10. > :01:14.Ed Miliband says that Labour must will take the fight to stop
:01:14. > :01:22.Scotland leaving the union. He said it would damage the soul of the
:01:22. > :01:26.nation. Here is our political correspondent. Union flags in
:01:26. > :01:31.abundance. No mistaking which side of the independence argument will
:01:31. > :01:36.win out in Manchester this week. Delegates were celebrating the
:01:36. > :01:41.achievement of the Olympics. But other battle lines are being drawn.
:01:41. > :01:45.Ed Miliband says he wants to be at the forefront to defeat Scottish
:01:45. > :01:52.independence. He said that Scotland could go its own way but everybody
:01:52. > :01:56.would be poorer. To I do not believe that Solidarity
:01:56. > :02:00.stops at the border. Ikea is much about a young person unemployed in
:02:00. > :02:06.Motherwell as I do about a young person unemployed here in
:02:07. > :02:10.Manchester. We have common bonds. We have deep bonds with each other.
:02:10. > :02:16.The people of Scotland and the people of the rest of the United
:02:16. > :02:21.Kingdom. Her evoking the Olympic spirit he
:02:21. > :02:25.said that they SNP were just plain wrong.
:02:25. > :02:31.Why would a party that claims to be leftist turn its back on the
:02:31. > :02:37.distribution, Solidarity, the common bonds of the United Kingdom?
:02:37. > :02:47.It is up to us, the Labour Party, to fight, defend, and when the
:02:47. > :02:52.battle for the United Kingdom. Earlier, Scottish Labour's leader
:02:52. > :02:56.opened up another attack on their SNP.
:02:56. > :03:06.Scottish Labour is not afraid to be honest with the people of Scotland
:03:06. > :03:06.
:03:06. > :03:09.and expose Alex Salmond and his tartan Conservatives.
:03:09. > :03:14.Sooner the UK and Scottish governments will strike a deal on
:03:14. > :03:22.the terms of the independence referendum. Both sides are squaring
:03:22. > :03:30.up for the battle. David, the independence that it is high on the
:03:30. > :03:33.agenda of the conference. Yes. Ed Miliband said that it was a
:03:33. > :03:39.possibility Scotland could go its own way but said he believed it was
:03:39. > :03:44.wrong. Today he told that to the conference into a wider audience.
:03:44. > :03:47.By doing so he pushes it up the agenda. Ed Miliband is very much of
:03:47. > :03:53.the view that Labour, the party that brought about devolution in
:03:53. > :03:58.Scotland, now has a duty to fight for the union. He said that the
:03:58. > :04:05.party is the major stake holder in Scotland. He said therefore it
:04:05. > :04:08.ought to fight against independence. He pushed that up the agenda and in
:04:08. > :04:15.the next few weeks the Scottish and UK governments will strike a deal
:04:15. > :04:20.on the terms of reference. This will not won away. It will only
:04:20. > :04:29.increase in use value over the coming days and months. -- news
:04:30. > :04:36.Two of Scotland's most high-profile lawyers say they against Etela
:04:36. > :04:45.vexation of court proceedings. -- Bay against televising. Aamer Anwar
:04:45. > :04:49.and Donald Findlay QC were giving evidence to MSPs. Here is our
:04:49. > :04:56.political Correspondent. Television cameras have been in Scottish
:04:56. > :05:03.courts before. The sentencing of David Gilroy was televised earlier
:05:03. > :05:11.this year. I sentence you, as I am required by
:05:11. > :05:16.law to do, to life imprisonment. Today, MSPs helper concerns of
:05:16. > :05:26.lawyers that this could lead to a Holyrood element in Scottish
:05:26. > :05:33.
:05:33. > :05:39.justice. -- Holyrood. -- Hollywood. It could lead to an OJ Simpson
:05:39. > :05:46.element in our trials. A leading QC told that cameras in
:05:46. > :05:49.court can prejudice the writer of the defendant to a fair hearing.
:05:49. > :05:53.Why should it be before a television company to put together
:05:53. > :05:56.a package of what it thinks happened in the trial? What it
:05:56. > :06:02.thinks they evidence amounts to? And show it to their public at
:06:02. > :06:12.large and say - this man has been acquitted, but you decide! You have
:06:12. > :06:12.
:06:13. > :06:17.a go! You try and by television. I would argue that the public
:06:17. > :06:22.interest is at best served by him - - exposing the courts to as much
:06:22. > :06:27.public scrutiny as possible. I don't see why the experience of
:06:27. > :06:32.attending court cannot be simulated by strategically placed, carefully
:06:32. > :06:36.placed cameras. Parliament will debate this at the
:06:36. > :06:46.end of the month. In the meantime, cameras will have to wait outside
:06:46. > :06:50.of criminal trials. Still to come: marking the 70th
:06:50. > :06:55.anniversary of the little-known tragedy during the Second World War.
:06:55. > :07:01.And in sport, Stephen Fletcher returns to the Scotland squad after
:07:01. > :07:10.two years in self exposed -- self- imposed exile. And the latest from
:07:10. > :07:14.Celtic's Champions League game and Sir Chris Hoy believes that last
:07:14. > :07:19.goal will stage the best ever Commonwealth Games in two years
:07:20. > :07:25.time. The velodrome bearing his name will be a key venue. He said
:07:25. > :07:32.it has exceeded his expectations. The Olympic gold medallist is the
:07:32. > :07:36.first cyclist to ride on the new track.
:07:36. > :07:43.A gentle stroll around your own velodrome. But while Sir Chris Hoy
:07:43. > :07:48.compete at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games? He will tell us next year.
:07:48. > :07:52.Their desire is there. When you see this facility and realise it is
:07:52. > :07:55.massive, to be a pattern that would be incredible. This could be the
:07:55. > :08:00.greatest Commonwealth Games we have ever seen. There had been great
:08:00. > :08:06.ones in the past. Melbourne was notable. This could set a new
:08:06. > :08:16.standard for future games. Or two unhappy years in the making,
:08:16. > :08:16.
:08:16. > :08:20.the velodrome cost �113 million. 2 1/2 years in the making.
:08:20. > :08:24.The best thing is the legacy this facility will provide for Scotland
:08:24. > :08:32.and Glasgow. It will be the first step on a journey that will halt
:08:32. > :08:38.lead track people to the sport and produce champions in the future. It
:08:38. > :08:43.is for everybody. It is for the people. That is the
:08:43. > :08:48.message I want to get across. Come and use these facilities and be a
:08:48. > :08:55.healthier lifestyle. Has a lifestyle has been dedicated
:08:55. > :09:00.to winning medals. Six of them are Olympic golds. There could yet be a
:09:00. > :09:06.Commonwealth addition. So, at the Sir Chris Hoy velodrome gets the
:09:06. > :09:12.official seal of approval from the man himself. It opens to the public
:09:12. > :09:19.on Friday. The school dinners plodder, Martha
:09:19. > :09:25.Payne, has been to see a kitchen named in her honour in Malawi. She
:09:25. > :09:28.raised �114,000 for charity. In the second other reports from Malawi we
:09:28. > :09:38.followed the family as the sea for stranded difference that money will
:09:38. > :09:40.
:09:40. > :09:46.make. -- as we see first hand. This kitchen has been built because
:09:46. > :09:52.of a blocked by a nine-year-old. Martha Payne, who wrote about her
:09:52. > :09:57.own school dinners, will now have helped to feed nearly 2000 children.
:09:58. > :10:03.This porridge is often the only meal of the heat. It is a service
:10:03. > :10:10.run by a Scottish charity feeding over half a million children in
:10:11. > :10:15.Malawi. This was a temporary kitchen. For
:10:15. > :10:19.five months the community used it. Now, through their efforts of
:10:20. > :10:24.Martha Payne, we have raised enough money to build this kitchen. The
:10:25. > :10:31.community will be able to use that. It is much safer than cooking
:10:31. > :10:35.porridge in a grass hut. The cups they eat out of last
:10:36. > :10:41.precious as the porridge. This brother and sister are eating from
:10:41. > :10:47.the same cup. They will take the other one home to mum.
:10:47. > :10:50.He says that a porridge helps him get into class. Them when he gets
:10:51. > :10:57.home, because they do not always have enough food. It is like a
:10:57. > :11:00.supplement to the food they have at home.
:11:00. > :11:04.Martha Payne was slightly overwhelmed by the welcome and a
:11:04. > :11:10.thank-you. But she managed to put the finishing touches to a kitchen
:11:10. > :11:19.she helped create. It was nerve-racking. Everybody was
:11:19. > :11:27.singing and stayed in. Where you overwhelmed?
:11:27. > :11:30.Yes. Now I am happy! This nine-year-old girl never asked
:11:30. > :11:34.to beat the centre of attention and nor does she know the answer to
:11:34. > :11:41.child poverty but she has shown others what can be achieved through
:11:41. > :11:48.the simplest of things, like writing a few words on a website.
:11:48. > :11:55.Other stories from around the country: a 26-year-old woman has
:11:55. > :12:00.died after a fire in a flat in Edinburgh. A five-month-old baby
:12:00. > :12:04.girl suffered minor injuries. A 59- year-old woman is still in a
:12:04. > :12:09.serious but stable condition in hospital. Police say the incident
:12:09. > :12:14.is not suspicious. Grampian Health officials have been
:12:14. > :12:20.considering a report on an E. Coli outbreak in the nursery. It
:12:20. > :12:25.includes a call for a review of hygiene procedures at nurseries.
:12:25. > :12:29.The Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier has welcomed its first crew
:12:29. > :12:37.carriers at the side. They will be largest warships ever built for the
:12:37. > :12:42.Navy. The project is employing 10,000 workers at shipyards.
:12:42. > :12:45.It is a significant Engineering Endeavour. With the arrival of the
:12:46. > :12:49.ship's company we have a group of people who will start to
:12:50. > :12:54.personalise and bring life to the shack. It will now become a war
:12:54. > :12:58.ship rather than just an Engineering endeavour.
:12:58. > :13:03.A cancer ward in break no hospital has been sealed off for special
:13:03. > :13:08.cleaning. It has been closed to new admissions after a number of
:13:08. > :13:12.patients were diagnosed with the super bug.
:13:12. > :13:16.Proposals for a so called a bed tax in Edinburgh have been scrapped
:13:16. > :13:20.after businesses criticised the plan to levy a charge and hotel
:13:21. > :13:24.bills as a way of promoting the capital.
:13:24. > :13:29.Storm away port authority has confirmed it hopes to build a new
:13:29. > :13:35.ice plant to keep fish catches fresh. Temporary solutions will be
:13:35. > :13:44.sought whilst funding is sourced to replace the old plant.
:13:44. > :13:49.More stories 24 hours a day on the Today marks the 70th anniversary of
:13:49. > :13:51.a little-known tragedy during World War II. The Cunard liner Queen Mary,
:13:52. > :13:54.on her way to Greenock carrying 12,000 American troops, collided
:13:55. > :13:56.with a Royal Navy vessel, killing more than 300 men. Our Social
:13:56. > :14:06.Affairs Correspondent Reevel Alderson reports on an accident
:14:06. > :14:15.
:14:15. > :14:20.The Queen Mary moves away. The start of a most momentous, and was
:14:20. > :14:25.difficult voyage of her career. pride of the fleet, the Queen Mary
:14:25. > :14:29.leaves Clyde back where she was built. With they four years, she
:14:29. > :14:38.had been transformed into a troopship. Coming towards a
:14:38. > :14:45.Greenock, she began are zig-zagged the Dover to avoid a U-boat attack.
:14:45. > :14:50.One of the vessels are beside her, HMS Curacao, got in the way.
:14:50. > :14:55.Because of the zig-zagging and a misunderstanding between the
:14:55. > :15:04.officers of the two ships, HMS Curacao cut across the bows of the
:15:04. > :15:13.Queen Mary at was sliced in half a. She sank very quickly with the loss
:15:13. > :15:19.of all 300 men. In a graveyard on the Isle of Skye, this local Gaelic
:15:19. > :15:25.historian -- Gaelic historian looks at grebes maintained by the
:15:25. > :15:31.Commonwealth graveyard Commission. Many of those drowned in HMS
:15:31. > :15:38.Curacao were washed up here. true horror of these events can
:15:38. > :15:45.only be fully realised by focusing on individuals. The numbers lost
:15:45. > :15:50.were large and tragic but it is difficult to have realised that
:15:50. > :15:57.every single one of these was an individual. The Queen Mary suffered
:15:57. > :16:01.the damage as well. She had been ordered not to stop after the
:16:01. > :16:06.accident to prevent her becoming a sitting target. She continued
:16:06. > :16:12.carrying troops, but it was not until after the war that this
:16:12. > :16:15.horrific story emerged. Manuscripts and papers relating to
:16:15. > :16:18.Robert Burns are to be brought together for the first time in a
:16:18. > :16:20.new central database. The project, overseen by the University of
:16:20. > :16:23.Glasgow, will bring together poems, papers and even forgeries from
:16:23. > :16:33.collections around the country. Our arts correspondent Pauline McLean
:16:33. > :16:38.
:16:38. > :16:43.reports. Ae fond kiss, and then we sever.
:16:43. > :16:47.Just one of the 600 songs and poems that Robert Burns broke. The
:16:47. > :16:56.Aboriginals are in a museum. But there are others, a paper trail
:16:56. > :16:58.across the country. Now Glasgow University hope to bring them all
:16:58. > :17:02.together in one digital archive. The material is scattered around
:17:02. > :17:05.the country, not only in the hands of institutions, but in the hands
:17:05. > :17:13.of private individuals. What we really need to do is a big
:17:13. > :17:17.audit. Part of what we are doing by recording the kind of paper that
:17:17. > :17:19.Burns used is auditing the at least 16 types of paper that he used to
:17:19. > :17:22.tell an awful lot of different kinds of stories. The team has
:17:22. > :17:25.already begun work examining Burns' material in collections across the
:17:25. > :17:28.country. Everything from the type of paper to watermarks and wear and
:17:28. > :17:31.tear will be detailed. It is hoped as well as a reuniting separated
:17:31. > :17:33.papers, it will help identify forgeries and shed new light on
:17:33. > :17:43.Scotland's most famous son. There are some well-known examples
:17:43. > :17:47.
:17:47. > :17:57.or forgery. This is the wrong type of Meb -- nib. You can see it when
:17:57. > :18:07.you look at it under the light. project will take about 18 months
:18:07. > :18:09.
:18:09. > :18:15.to complete. All the writings of Robert Burns may well be M1 place.
:18:15. > :18:18.Let's get the latest sports news now from David.
:18:18. > :18:21.It is maybe not as dramatic as Europe's Ryder Cup comeback, but
:18:21. > :18:23.after a self-imposed exile of two years, Steven Fletcher is back in
:18:23. > :18:25.the Scotland squad. The Sunderland striker has patched up his
:18:25. > :18:29.differences with the manager Craig Levein. Captain Darren Fletcher
:18:29. > :18:32.also returns. He has been out for ten months through illness. They're
:18:32. > :18:42.both in the squad for this month's World Cup qualifiers against Wales
:18:42. > :18:42.
:18:42. > :18:52.and Belgium. You could call them Scotland's
:18:52. > :18:54.
:18:54. > :18:59.A chronic medical condition threatened the career of Darren
:18:59. > :19:03.Fletcher. An argument with the boss of threatened the international
:19:03. > :19:11.career of Stephen Fletcher. It is his return that has got the real
:19:11. > :19:16.wow factor. Fed up of being included in squads but not actually
:19:16. > :19:19.player, Stephen Fletcher withdrew from the squad by text. Craig
:19:19. > :19:29.Levein has said he would not be back unless the striker contacted
:19:29. > :19:30.
:19:30. > :19:36.him personally. I called him last night after a text. He said he
:19:36. > :19:44.wanted to come back and play. For me, it is a no-brainer. Darren
:19:44. > :19:52.Fletcher's return is also wonderful. He was diagnosed with a chronic
:19:52. > :19:59.bowel condition but is now playing for club and country. After a
:19:59. > :20:06.disappointing start, the Scotland camp qualify, it will be a dramatic
:20:06. > :20:09.comeback. Celtic are in Champions League
:20:09. > :20:12.action as I speak. Neil Lennon's side are in Russia taking on
:20:12. > :20:15.Spartak Moscow in their second match in Group G. The full time
:20:15. > :20:17.whistle isn't far off, but our reporter Brian McLauchlin has the
:20:17. > :20:23.story so far. Having gained a point against
:20:23. > :20:30.Benfica, there was renewed optimism about their chances. After just 12
:20:30. > :20:39.minutes, Gary Hooper stunned the hosts when he gave it Celtic the
:20:39. > :20:46.lead. Just as Celtic thought they had weathered the pressure, Spartak
:20:46. > :20:56.Moscow equalised. Emmanuel emir BK taking advantage of slack defending.
:20:56. > :21:03.
:21:03. > :21:13.-- Emmanuel MOD Eminike. Farmer was sent off for this challenge. A few
:21:13. > :21:16.
:21:16. > :21:22.minutes later, Celtic were back on In the last 20 seconds, Georgios
:21:22. > :21:31.Samaras has scored for Celtic. We are now into time added on for
:21:31. > :21:34.stoppages. A bid has been made to buy one of
:21:34. > :21:38.the team that helped Great Britain to Gold at the London Olympics for
:21:38. > :21:41.about �3 million. No, it's not Sir Chris Hoy - it's a horse! Hello
:21:41. > :21:44.Sanctos helped Peebles rider Scott Brash and the rest of the
:21:44. > :21:45.showjumping team to Gold. Rhona McLeod has been to meet Scott and
:21:45. > :21:50.Sanctos. The rolling countryside of the
:21:50. > :21:57.Scottish Borders. A very private treading ground for Scott Brash and
:21:57. > :22:06.Hello Sanctos. They made their way to London to take on the world. Has
:22:06. > :22:13.he changed since he one his gold? think he is a media celebrity.
:22:13. > :22:19.close, he looks incredible. How much is he worth? He was worth 2
:22:19. > :22:25.million euros. But after the Games, there was a big bed for him that
:22:25. > :22:33.was over double that. But they love the horse and do not want to sell
:22:33. > :22:40.them. You probably did more interviews, media interviews that
:22:40. > :22:44.you had ever done before or after the Games. Her were this change
:22:44. > :22:54.your life? I've really hope it improves pulling-power with women
:22:54. > :22:57.
:22:57. > :23:07.to be honest. A thick mat is about it. And? I am not going to lie, it
:23:07. > :23:08.
:23:08. > :23:13.is a bit of a big magnet. I would encourage people to try and win one.
:23:13. > :23:23.Scott Brash admits he is hungry for more. Ultimately, he is chasing the
:23:23. > :23:25.
:23:25. > :23:28.world No. 1 spot. And there's more on Scott Brash in
:23:28. > :23:31.this month's Sport Nation. That's on Thursday night on BBC Two
:23:31. > :23:36.Scotland. They are still playing in the
:23:36. > :23:39.Moscow. Did you know the planet Mars has
:23:39. > :23:42.something in common with a village in the Scottish Highlands? It's not
:23:42. > :23:45.the first line of a joke, but a real link that has caused the
:23:45. > :23:48.locals of Glenelg to plan a party when NASA's multi million pound
:23:48. > :23:53.Mars rover reaches a particular area of the planet. Craig Anderson
:23:53. > :23:58.reports from the outer reaches of Ross-shire.
:23:58. > :24:06.It is not actually to infinity and beyond, but heading to Glenelg, it
:24:06. > :24:10.can sometimes feel like it. Here in a kitchen is mission control.
:24:10. > :24:18.Nasa's decision to be part of the surface of Mars Glenelg has been
:24:18. > :24:26.seized on by people here have as an opportunity not to be missed.
:24:26. > :24:29.a very important event. I think it has given a connection with people
:24:29. > :24:34.down here on Earth. It is an introduction for people who have
:24:34. > :24:40.not otherwise been interested in exploring the size. Later this
:24:40. > :24:43.month, when Curiosity should have reached Glenelg on Mars, Glenelg
:24:43. > :24:52.Inn at rush our will be celebrating with a day of events of
:24:52. > :24:58.astronomical importance. Even at a top Nasa expert will be there.
:24:58. > :25:06.Publicity has gone global. We have had interest from around the world.
:25:06. > :25:11.To the LA Times, Nasa, we have been speaking to them all. Astronomers
:25:11. > :25:17.hope that on 20th October, they will actually be able to see Mars
:25:17. > :25:27.in the sky from here. If Curiosity does fail to find any water on the
:25:27. > :25:28.
:25:28. > :25:32.red planet, Nasa knows where to come.
:25:32. > :25:40.From the red planet to the dull and dreich one. Judith is going to tell
:25:40. > :25:45.us what the weather forecast has in A bit of a change on the way with
:25:45. > :25:53.rain moving in across southern Scotland. We will lose the showers
:25:53. > :26:00.and the North. That rain in the side will be persistent in nature,
:26:00. > :26:05.moving northwards quite quickly. It will move into more eastern areas.
:26:05. > :26:09.Temperatures of around seven or eight Celsius. Colder across the
:26:09. > :26:14.north-west. Quite a fresher westerly wind across southern
:26:15. > :26:22.Scotland overnight. Cloudy for eastern Scotland with rain at first.
:26:22. > :26:26.That rain will move away into the North Sea very quickly. But then
:26:26. > :26:32.the showers get going once again. By the afternoon, we should see
:26:33. > :26:37.some brightness coming through. May was see the odd, sharp shower in
:26:37. > :26:42.this south-west corner. Temperatures of around 12 or 13
:26:43. > :26:48.Celsius at best. More of the way and cloud and the north-west. And
:26:48. > :26:56.Shah was continuing to come and go. Some rain for Shetland, prolonged
:26:56. > :27:05.showers for much of the day. The best of the sunshine in Dundee,
:27:05. > :27:09.Perth. More showers in the Borders. We will continue to see some
:27:09. > :27:15.showers in the West, clouding over in the north-east by the end of the
:27:15. > :27:19.afternoon. Strong north-westerly wind by the end of the day. The low
:27:19. > :27:27.pressure that has brought this a showery weather starts to move a
:27:28. > :27:36.wave. That means a better day for Thursday. Still some showers, but
:27:36. > :27:39.light and passing. Temperatures above the seasonal average. Now,
:27:39. > :27:42.just before 7 o'clock, a summary of tonight's top stories. Police in
:27:42. > :27:44.mid-Wales have arrested a 46-year- old man in connection with the
:27:44. > :27:46.disappearance of a five year old girl.
:27:46. > :27:49.April Jones was playing with friends near her home at seven
:27:49. > :27:53.o'clock last night when she got into a vehicle, possibly a van.