:00:19. > :00:24.Tonight on Reporting Scotland: David Cameron's referendum pledge
:00:24. > :00:28.on Europe. Alex Salmond says it completely changes the debate on
:00:28. > :00:33.Scottish independence. A big fall in the number of jobless
:00:33. > :00:36.here, but still signs of weakness in the economy.
:00:36. > :00:42.The health secretary apologises after this 84-year-old man is left
:00:42. > :00:48.in a hospital corridor for eight hours. I am very angry, not only
:00:48. > :00:52.for my own father but also for the other patients in the corridor.
:00:52. > :00:56.And also in the programme, a caravan parked on a yellow line in
:00:56. > :01:04.Edinburgh at just yards from the traffic wardens' headquarters. But
:01:04. > :01:11.there is nothing they can do about And Andy Murray is through to the
:01:11. > :01:14.semifinals of the Australian Open. Next it is Roger Federer.
:01:15. > :01:18.David Cameron's argument for a referendum on Europe has blown a
:01:18. > :01:23.huge hole in one of the key arguments against an independence
:01:23. > :01:29.referendum here. So says Alex Salmond. The First Minister was
:01:29. > :01:33.reacting to the Prime Minister's call for a vote by the end of 2017
:01:33. > :01:38.on whether Britain should stay in the European Union.
:01:38. > :01:44.Could he be the Prime Minister who loses Scotland and the European
:01:45. > :01:51.Union? For David Cameron, those are now real risks. His decision to
:01:51. > :01:56.halt and in-out referendum on EU membership, and some of the
:01:56. > :02:00.greatest constitutional questions we face could be asked and answered.
:02:00. > :02:08.Give people the choice. I passionately believe that it should,
:02:08. > :02:12.and I hope that it will stay in the EU. You can put your head in the
:02:12. > :02:15.sand, pretend that somehow this issue will go away, and that
:02:15. > :02:24.somehow a events will turn out all right. I think that is simply
:02:24. > :02:28.incredible. It blows a huge hole in the Unionist parties' arguments.
:02:28. > :02:33.They were arguing that the referendum was delayed. It is next
:02:33. > :02:39.year. Sir Mr Salmond believes one line of attack has now been
:02:39. > :02:42.neutralised. But what is left behind is two competing visions.
:02:42. > :02:46.The SNP believing that Scotland should be independent at the very
:02:46. > :02:51.heart of Europe and the Conservatives saying the EU needs
:02:51. > :03:00.to radically reform will face being left behind. So which vision will
:03:00. > :03:05.Scots back? In Shetland, bedsides have some support. For ID the UK or
:03:05. > :03:10.Scotland, -- either the UK or Scotland, being in Europe is of
:03:10. > :03:15.extreme benefit, especially for the fishing industry. We have free
:03:15. > :03:18.access to the trading bloc. There have been a lot of complaints about
:03:18. > :03:22.the European Union so David Cameron is quite right to let the people
:03:22. > :03:30.decide. And if the Prime Minister gets his way, the people will
:03:30. > :03:35.decide. Suddenly holding referendums is very fashionable.
:03:35. > :03:41.Our political editor is in Holyrood. In terms of the independence debate,
:03:41. > :03:47.does any side gained an advantage as a result of the speech? Here at
:03:47. > :03:50.Holyrood there is a parliamentary Burns supper tonight. I wonder if
:03:50. > :04:00.nationalists will change the running order and have a toast to
:04:00. > :04:08.
:04:08. > :04:13.David Cameron. Now the SNP... David Cameron's response is to say now,
:04:13. > :04:17.it is right to trust the people, trust them on the EU entrance them
:04:17. > :04:23.on the future of the UK. And Nicola Sturgeon has had dealings with
:04:23. > :04:29.Brussels today? She was looking for talks with the European Commission
:04:29. > :04:34.on the status of Scotland in the EU post independence. She has had a
:04:34. > :04:37.rebuff from the EU on that. They say this is an issue to be
:04:37. > :04:41.determined when there is a precise scenario and to be determined with
:04:41. > :04:48.the member states. At least the European Commission is staying
:04:48. > :04:52.neutral now. She has sought a joint approach with the UK Government.
:04:52. > :04:56.Well-told it is up to the SNP to spell out precisely what
:04:56. > :05:01.independence will mean for Scotland's relationship with the EU.
:05:01. > :05:04.Unemployment in Scotland has fallen again. The number of Scots seeking
:05:04. > :05:08.work was down by 14,000 during autumn but overall there are signs
:05:08. > :05:14.of continued weakness in the economy. Our business editor has
:05:14. > :05:18.been looking at the figures. There is good and not so good news.
:05:18. > :05:23.The number of Scots seeking work between September and November
:05:24. > :05:30.continued to fall. Down by 40,000 to 207,000. But the number of
:05:30. > :05:34.people in what was also down by 24,000. That suggests a number -- a
:05:34. > :05:39.fall in the number of people in the labour market for due to retirement
:05:39. > :05:43.and people giving up the search, for example, students. The overall
:05:43. > :05:48.outlook is not that rosy. Freshly trained for work with
:05:48. > :05:57.Beatles for the job, Glaswegians qualifying today to take on a tough
:05:57. > :06:04.job. Few will start in a film like Paul Brannigan of the Angels' Share.
:06:04. > :06:10.Others will have to use their skills. It is so hard to find a job.
:06:10. > :06:14.It gives you a lot more confidence and helps you get the skills and
:06:15. > :06:19.give you more options. A sign of the times? Bosses at the Bank of
:06:19. > :06:23.Scotland today announced nearly 100 branch managers are going, while
:06:23. > :06:28.McDonald's are recruiting twice as many for jobs this year. The
:06:28. > :06:33.ambitious are still shooting for the stars. This Edinburgh firm is a
:06:33. > :06:41.leader in Scottish space technology. The First Minister today underlined
:06:41. > :06:46.the export growth. The figures are up 7% on last year. America remains
:06:46. > :06:51.the biggest market. Exports to the European Union, a topical issue
:06:51. > :06:56.today, rose 15 %. Any technology business now has to work on a
:06:56. > :07:00.global scale. We have always had a fairly big export part of our
:07:00. > :07:06.business. In recent years, it has probably increased. We are
:07:06. > :07:12.exporting about 70 % of what we do. It has to be an export-led recovery
:07:12. > :07:16.and we are seeing fantastic examples of that, for example in
:07:16. > :07:20.food and drink and textiles. However, more recent evidence from
:07:20. > :07:24.business is less positive. The Scottish Chambers of Commerce today
:07:24. > :07:28.confirmed other findings that orders towards the end of last year
:07:28. > :07:31.were weak, and with some exceptions, the outlook this year does not look
:07:31. > :07:34.brighter. There is modest optimism in
:07:34. > :07:38.manufacturing, but retailers are very gloomy about the sea. The
:07:38. > :07:43.squeezed buying power of salaries holds back the return of shoppers'
:07:43. > :07:47.conference. With so much in doubt, today also brought more uncertainty
:07:47. > :07:51.for business. This time that question of whether those very
:07:51. > :07:59.important exports who are going to be from within the European Union's
:07:59. > :08:04.single market. Still to come: He is the artist
:08:04. > :08:07.responsible for this famous painting? It might not be who you
:08:07. > :08:11.think. In sport, Andy Murray is one match
:08:11. > :08:16.away from a place in the final of the Australian Open tennis, but it
:08:16. > :08:23.could be a tough one. The news from Melbourne, and a bold prediction
:08:23. > :08:27.from Scotland's rugby coach. The Scottish Health Secretary has
:08:27. > :08:31.apologised after an 84-year-old man was left lying on a hospital
:08:31. > :08:36.trolley for eight hours. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde have also
:08:36. > :08:41.apologised and admitted it was a very busy time. The man's family
:08:41. > :08:45.said in look like a disaster zone. This is John McGarrity. He was
:08:45. > :08:49.admitted to Accident and Emergency at the Glasgow's Western Infirmary
:08:49. > :08:55.on Monday afternoon, suffering chest pains. After a recent stroke,
:08:55. > :08:58.his family thought he would be a priority. Instead, they say he was
:08:58. > :09:04.left on a hospital trolley for eight hours in a freezing cold
:09:04. > :09:07.corridor. I am very angry, not just for my own father but for the other
:09:07. > :09:13.patients because some of them had been lying there longer than my
:09:13. > :09:21.father. I thought eight hours was back. It is not something I would
:09:21. > :09:29.expect to see in 2013. It is something I would have expected to
:09:29. > :09:39.see on a television news rail -- news reel off a disaster area.
:09:39. > :09:46.
:09:46. > :09:50.Greater Glasgow and Clyde issued The family are rightly very upset
:09:50. > :09:53.at the way their father has been treated so I apologise and my
:09:53. > :09:56.message to the Health Board and indeed every Health Board in
:09:57. > :10:02.Scotland is that this is not an acceptable level of service and we
:10:02. > :10:06.must make sure it does not happen again. Tonight, Mr McGarrity's
:10:06. > :10:10.family say he is still awaiting a diagnosis.
:10:10. > :10:16.A Catholic adoption agency is facing the loss of its charitable
:10:16. > :10:19.status because it refuses to place children with same-sex couples. The
:10:19. > :10:23.Scottish Charity Regulator says that St Margaret's Children and
:10:23. > :10:30.Family Care provides a valuable service but it believes its
:10:30. > :10:35.policies are an awful. All this began after a single complaint?
:10:35. > :10:40.it was a complaint to the office got the Scottish Charity Regulator
:10:40. > :10:44.from the secular society. It is about say Margaret's policy that it
:10:44. > :10:49.would place children with parents who have been married at least two
:10:49. > :10:52.years. The agency says it discriminates against same-sex
:10:52. > :10:56.couples and is therefore in contravention of the equality act.
:10:56. > :11:01.It does say that St Margaret's, based in Glasgow, he is doing a
:11:01. > :11:06.very valuable job, but the insistence on this marital test
:11:06. > :11:10.means it fails the charity test. It has given St Margaret's three
:11:10. > :11:14.months to change its procedures and assessment criteria and if it does
:11:14. > :11:18.not do that, it could lose its charitable status. And there has
:11:18. > :11:23.been reaction already? The Catholic Church has issued a statement. A
:11:23. > :11:27.spokesman said it would foley consider the determination from the
:11:27. > :11:31.regulator with its adviser before making any further comment, but it
:11:31. > :11:36.does understand it hopes that some rider -- my neck changing in
:11:36. > :11:40.wording can get round the problem. -- mine are changing in wording.
:11:40. > :11:46.The Scottish Government has said it is disappointed. Alex Salmond said
:11:46. > :11:56.four years ago that he wanted a way to save the country's Catholic
:11:56. > :11:57.
:11:57. > :12:01.adoption agencies from closure. They 15-year-old girl he was -- his
:12:01. > :12:08.body was found on the M9 has been named as Anna Johnson, from the
:12:08. > :12:11.Stirling area. The police found the body under a bridge close to the
:12:11. > :12:15.Bannockburn Interchange. Police want to hear from anyone travelling
:12:15. > :12:20.in the area yesterday between 6.15am and 7.00am, who may have
:12:20. > :12:26.seen what happened to her. Dozens of schools remained closed
:12:26. > :12:31.today, mainly in the North East, West no continued to cause problems.
:12:31. > :12:37.There were delays for passengers at Aberdeen airport.
:12:37. > :12:41.These motorists had a lucky escape on the A90 south of Stonehaven. Two
:12:41. > :12:46.were taken to hospital. It was one of a series of crashes today. Many
:12:46. > :12:51.roads were closed, others passable only with care. This route was
:12:51. > :12:56.definitely shut. Yes, that is a car underneath. In Aberdeenshire and
:12:57. > :13:00.Aberdeen, more than 60 schools were closed or partially closed.
:13:00. > :13:05.roads around here are really bad with drifting. A number of staff
:13:05. > :13:09.have been stuck or caught in accidents. We are unable to open,
:13:09. > :13:12.for health and safety reasons. Aberdeen International Airport was
:13:12. > :13:18.closed for an hour and a half to allow room ways to be clear. Some
:13:19. > :13:24.flights were cancelled or delayed. Others found their path to Glenshee
:13:24. > :13:29.temporarily closed at Braemar, on the way to the slopes. We got here
:13:29. > :13:33.in plenty of time and we are looking forward to it. As motorists
:13:33. > :13:37.make their way home, they are being warned of the threat of more ice
:13:37. > :13:42.tonight and tomorrow morning, and there is the prospect of more snow
:13:42. > :13:47.on Friday. A full weather forecast at the end of the programme.
:13:47. > :13:52.A caravan has been parked on a single yellow line for four months
:13:52. > :14:02.without being find. Not only that but it is on the doorstep of the
:14:02. > :14:07.
:14:07. > :14:10.Do you can see it is quite clearly pot on a single yellow line and yet
:14:10. > :14:16.the owner has never been issued with a fine and there are no
:14:16. > :14:19.tickets on the windscreen. Because the Karen Viney is a halt, it is
:14:19. > :14:24.not classed as a vehicle and because the council is in touch
:14:24. > :14:29.with the bone as it is not considered abandoned. But if you
:14:29. > :14:34.knock on the door you can see there is nobody here in residence, so it
:14:34. > :14:40.is not technically breaking any laws. It is causing quite a few
:14:40. > :14:46.problems. It is quite a quiet street, it is not causing anybody
:14:46. > :14:50.any trouble. I think if he is part they he should get the fine,
:14:50. > :15:00.because anybody else would get fined. If he gets away Rivett,
:15:00. > :15:00.
:15:00. > :15:04.somebody else might think I will part there as well. The caravan is
:15:04. > :15:12.parked on the same street as the headquarters for the traffic
:15:12. > :15:15.wardens, prompting suggestions that this is some sort of protest. Now,
:15:15. > :15:19.let's get a round up of some other stories from across Scotland.
:15:19. > :15:21.Police officers have been back to the area in Dundee where a man was
:15:21. > :15:24.found dying in the street last August. John McMurchie had been
:15:24. > :15:29.involved in a fight in the city's Whitfield area. Detectives have
:15:29. > :15:34.already taken more than 1,000 witness statements.
:15:34. > :15:38.It is important if anyone has any information to come forward to
:15:38. > :15:42.allow us to bring this conclusion and allow the family to have
:15:42. > :15:45.closure. The Solway Harvester - the boat which sank off the Isle of Man,
:15:45. > :15:48.killing all seven crew - is to be scrapped. For the past 13 years,
:15:48. > :15:50.the rusting scallop dredger has been moored in Douglas Harbour
:15:50. > :15:53.because of ongoing legal action. Contractors who built the problem-
:15:54. > :15:57.plagued DG-1 Leisure Centre in Dumfries are being sued to meet the
:15:57. > :16:07.cost of putting it right. Dumfries and Galloway Council is taking
:16:07. > :16:07.
:16:07. > :16:11.construction firm Keir Northern to court to recover up to �6 million.
:16:11. > :16:18.We have had experts in and look at it and they have put port and
:16:18. > :16:21.report which identify his in the region of �3.7 million of building
:16:21. > :16:25.works that are required. The Scottish Open at Castle Stuart
:16:25. > :16:27.near Inverness is set to be shown live on network TV in the United
:16:27. > :16:30.States this summer. A sponsorship deal means the Scottish Government
:16:30. > :16:33.will advertise Scotland as a tourist destination during coverage
:16:33. > :16:35.on NBC. Woodlands and grasslands in the
:16:35. > :16:40.Highlands supporting rabbits and small rodents should be protected
:16:40. > :16:43.to save the Scottish Wildcat, according to a group of scientists.
:16:43. > :16:48.Researchers have used data from the Scottish Wildcat Survey to identify
:16:48. > :16:58.the cats' favoured habitat. And there's more stories from
:16:58. > :16:59.
:16:59. > :17:03.around Scotland - 24 hours a day - on our website.
:17:03. > :17:07.The sport now and the task ahead for Andy Murray.
:17:07. > :17:10.Andy Murray will have to beat a man who's won 17 grand slam titles to
:17:10. > :17:13.reach the final of this year's Australian Open tennis. Murray
:17:13. > :17:17.plays World number two Roger Federer in the semi-finals on
:17:17. > :17:20.Friday. It will be the biggest test for the Scot so far in the
:17:20. > :17:30.tournament, in which he's yet to lose a set. From Melbourne, here's
:17:30. > :17:38.
:17:38. > :17:42.our tennis reporter, David McDaid. The French back at Melbourne Park,
:17:42. > :17:48.hoping that Jeremy Chardy could succeed where his compatriot had
:17:48. > :17:53.failed. Very quickly, that looked unlikely, as Andy Murray took the
:17:53. > :17:56.first four game for that reply. The Frenchman tried to offer up more
:17:56. > :18:01.resistance with some powerful groundstrokes. But Andy Murray but
:18:01. > :18:08.that that brief storm to claim the first set. Little more than half an
:18:08. > :18:13.hour later, the Scot had one foot in the semi-finals as the game of
:18:13. > :18:18.Jeremy Chardy faltered. He notched up another straight sets win.
:18:18. > :18:22.thought I started the match well and did a pretty good job all right.
:18:22. > :18:27.He is a tough guy to play games and I thought I did a good job.
:18:27. > :18:31.much improved performance by Andy Murray as you make yet another
:18:31. > :18:35.Australian Open semi-final. But he will have to adapt to different
:18:35. > :18:39.conditions as he plays his first night match of this tournament.
:18:39. > :18:45.Normally the run these are little bit quicker and the courts of
:18:45. > :18:50.slower, and certain shots went better than others. And going to go
:18:50. > :18:55.and practise again this evening and the other show court, and hit under
:18:55. > :19:01.the lights to be as ready as possible. It is a familiar foe he
:19:01. > :19:04.will be up against, 17 grand-slam champion Roger Federer.
:19:04. > :19:07.The man in charge of Scotland's rugby team predicts things are
:19:07. > :19:10.about to get a whole lot better for the national side. Last season, the
:19:10. > :19:13.Scots were the biggest losers in the Six Nations tournament - losing
:19:13. > :19:16.all five matches and finishing last. But Scott Johnson, whose first game
:19:16. > :19:19.as coach is against England next weekend, is confident this year
:19:19. > :19:27.they can be winners. Our Six Nations reporter, Phil Goodlad,
:19:27. > :19:32.spoke to him at the official launch of the tournament in London.
:19:32. > :19:38.What do you see, organised chaos, or one of the big estates in
:19:38. > :19:42.Europe's rugby calendar? This is not so much a media scrum, more
:19:42. > :19:47.than media circus. It is a case of Grabarz ever captain you can,
:19:47. > :19:53.whatever Kate you can, and grill them about what he expects from the
:19:53. > :19:57.tournament. This man expects, if we all think a little more positively.
:19:57. > :20:06.I do not want to hear about what we can't do, let's focus on what we
:20:06. > :20:11.can do, and there are some really good things in Scottish rugby.
:20:11. > :20:17.course, many will find it difficult to be upbeat following Scotland
:20:17. > :20:21.just now. Defeated Tonga to us that, at let alone last season's Six
:20:21. > :20:26.Nations whitewash. The chance to improve things begins next Saturday
:20:26. > :20:30.at Twickenham. Three home matches followed before rounding up the
:20:30. > :20:36.campaign with the trip to Paris. is about making sure we get the
:20:36. > :20:43.skills right, we get intensity right, our concentration right. If
:20:43. > :20:50.we can do that, anything can happen. For Scotland's newest recruit, he
:20:50. > :20:56.is a little more expectant. wind will come. We need to allow
:20:56. > :20:58.part right and then the wind will come. The odd victory or two would
:20:58. > :21:01.be well received. The Celtic manager, Neil Lennon,
:21:01. > :21:11.says he's confident their top scorer, Gary Hooper, will be with
:21:11. > :21:14.the club when the January transfer The funeral's taken place of the
:21:14. > :21:17.former Celtic player and assistant manager Sean Fallon. He died last
:21:17. > :21:20.week at the age of 90. Fallon was Jock Stein's assistant when the
:21:20. > :21:23.club won the European Cup in 1967. Among the mourners attending were
:21:23. > :21:25.members of the team that won the trophy, including captain Billy
:21:25. > :21:28.McNeil, current manager Neil Lennon and the Manchester United manager,
:21:28. > :21:31.Sir Alex Ferguson. Do you know who painted this
:21:31. > :21:33.picture? It is, of course, the iconic image of the Skating
:21:33. > :21:37.Minister, which hangs in the National Galleries of Scotland, and
:21:37. > :21:39.Scot Sir Henry Raeburn is credited as being the artist. But a book
:21:39. > :21:43.launched in Edinburgh tonight supports a theory that Raeburn may
:21:43. > :21:45.NOT have painted it after all, and it could even be the work of an
:21:45. > :21:50.obscure French artist. Joanne Macaulay reports. He pops up all
:21:50. > :21:55.over the place, The Skating Minister painted in the 18 Nineties
:21:55. > :22:00.has become something of a symbol of Scottish art. But the book released
:22:00. > :22:05.today says that X-rays suggest it may not be by the famous Scottish
:22:05. > :22:10.painter of Port Alan Taylor. It is a much smaller painting and a very
:22:10. > :22:15.unusual subject, this skating minister, as opposed to the much
:22:15. > :22:20.more formal sitters that we see in Raeburn. And there is this evidence
:22:20. > :22:26.that we do not have the white and a painting for the face that we might
:22:26. > :22:29.expect. This is Duddingston loch, frozen as in the painting. The
:22:29. > :22:35.picture was unusual for the time because it showed a minister having
:22:35. > :22:40.fun. The book suggests that it was a little-known French artist called
:22:40. > :22:45.Henri-Pierre Danloux, who was responsible for the picture. But
:22:45. > :22:50.there is no hurry to change the name on the painting. It is not
:22:50. > :22:54.signed but Raeburn very often did not sign his paintings. The format
:22:54. > :23:01.is unusual for Raeburn, but the provenance is fairly well
:23:01. > :23:06.established. They are like all the other previous claims and they are
:23:06. > :23:09.based on circumstantial evidence and somebody's opinion. There is no
:23:09. > :23:15.real source for them at all. Somebody says I think this is not
:23:15. > :23:18.by Raeburn therefore believe it is not by Raeburn. The National
:23:18. > :23:22.Galleries of Scotland said that if it ever turned out not to be by
:23:22. > :23:28.Raeburn, The Skating Minister would soon -- continue to be an iconic
:23:28. > :23:37.painting which pulled in the crowds. From the Skating Minister took the
:23:37. > :23:41.Ice is could be the main focus of the weather tonight. There is a
:23:41. > :23:50.yellow warning for widespread ice. The main focus of the warning will
:23:50. > :23:54.be eastern Scotland but it think anywhere will be at risk. The frost
:23:54. > :24:00.will be so dear in places and we could see one not two wintry
:24:00. > :24:06.showers towards more eastern areas. Some freezing fog patches forming,
:24:06. > :24:16.especially up towards in finesse and through the central belt. Very
:24:16. > :24:20.
:24:20. > :24:26.cold for central areas. Tomorrow, a cold frosty start. Ice is a ring --
:24:26. > :24:31.risk this thing. We will see more in the way uprightness and sun
:24:31. > :24:36.chide and generally a lot of dry weather. Some good spells of
:24:36. > :24:43.sunshine tours the south-west corner. And some bright and as for
:24:43. > :24:51.the borders and towards Edinburgh. But were depressed lingers in land,
:24:51. > :24:57.temperatures struggled to get above freezing. -- Wed the frost lingers.
:24:57. > :25:03.Some winter showers coming into Orkney and then Shetland for a time.
:25:03. > :25:06.As we head towards dusk, we start to see the change taking place.
:25:06. > :25:13.Thicker cloud towards the west coast is the first signed of rain
:25:13. > :25:18.coming in by the end of the afternoon. The Atlantic weather
:25:18. > :25:23.front pushes in. As it hits the cold air it will turn readily to
:25:23. > :25:30.snow. The Met Office have an early yellow warning for snow across much
:25:30. > :25:40.of Scotland. On Friday, it rained on the west coast, as it moose
:25:40. > :25:45.
:25:45. > :25:50.David Cameron has called poor of boat by 2017 on whether Britain
:25:50. > :25:54.should state in the European Union, which Alex Salmond says has blown a
:25:54. > :25:58.hole in the campaign against Scottish independence.
:25:58. > :26:02.Britain's biggest construction firms have admitted using an
:26:02. > :26:07.illegal secret list to put potential employees, including
:26:07. > :26:11.those working on other big projects. The practice was condemned as a
:26:11. > :26:15.national scandal in parliament today.
:26:15. > :26:20.Unemployment in Scotland has fallen again, with the number seeking work
:26:20. > :26:24.down by 14 %, but overall there are signs of continuing weakness in the
:26:24. > :26:29.economy. Prince Harry has a right back in
:26:29. > :26:32.Britain after completing his tour of duty in Afghanistan. He faced