:00:13. > :00:17.Tonight on Reporting Scotland: Clashes at Holyrood over climate
:00:17. > :00:24.change targets. The Government says it is a national priority, but
:00:24. > :00:26.opponents say not enough is being done.
:00:26. > :00:36.The Scottish housing market, where's hot and where's not. We
:00:36. > :00:38.
:00:38. > :00:44.look at the latest figures. With the scheme, we were able to put
:00:44. > :00:47.down an 5% deposit, which was a great help. We were able to save
:00:47. > :00:49.enough to move out. Also on the programme: 60 years
:00:49. > :00:53.since the UK's worst peacetime shipping disaster. We meet one man
:00:53. > :00:56.who cheated death by a twist of fate.
:00:56. > :01:06.And Dundee United are to name Jackie McNamara as their new
:01:06. > :01:11.And a very windy night to come right across the country, storm-
:01:11. > :01:14.force winds in excess of 80 mph for Environmental campaigners have
:01:14. > :01:19.reacted with dismay to the Scottish Government's latest plans to tackle
:01:19. > :01:23.climate change. They say they will not do enough to ensure Scotland
:01:23. > :01:26.plays its part in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. But
:01:26. > :01:35.ministers insisted the issue is being treated as a national
:01:35. > :01:38.priority. Our environment correspondent David Miller reports.
:01:38. > :01:42.Generating the electricity we need to power our homes. Deciding how we
:01:42. > :01:48.get the kids to school. Choosing whether to fight abroad for
:01:48. > :01:51.holidays. Climate change policies affect almost everything we do.
:01:51. > :01:55.Today, the Environment Minister has been spelling out how the Scottish
:01:55. > :01:58.Government plans to hit its climate change targets. And facing
:01:58. > :02:06.questions about its failure to cut greenhouse gas emissions quickly
:02:06. > :02:09.enough. Is it right that those excess emissions are going to be
:02:09. > :02:14.compensated by some unspecified policies, at some unspecified time
:02:14. > :02:19.between now and 2027? Should and last year's failing result in
:02:19. > :02:24.action this year and next? It is important week take account of the
:02:24. > :02:27.emissions. I assure him that I am very much conscious of our
:02:27. > :02:32.responsibilities Notley in terms of these annual targets but to deliver
:02:32. > :02:36.a report that shows it is meeting the cumulative emissions.
:02:36. > :02:40.environmental campaigners fear the plans will mean Scotland continues
:02:40. > :02:43.to miss its emissions target in the years ahead. We are very
:02:43. > :02:47.disappointed and what we have heard. We were looking for the Government
:02:47. > :02:50.to come up something ambitious, to meet their targets in the future.
:02:51. > :02:54.What we have got is something that does not appear to deliver anything
:02:54. > :02:59.new, but continues to rely on things that might happen rather
:02:59. > :03:03.than actual policies that will make things happen. No one said the
:03:03. > :03:07.journey to a low carbon future was going to be easy. But delivering on
:03:07. > :03:10.their climate change promises is proving harder than many MSPs had
:03:10. > :03:13.feared. David joins us from Holyrood now.
:03:13. > :03:16.David, what exactly is the Scottish Government planning to do to make
:03:16. > :03:20.sure we hit these targets? Well, some of the initiatives
:03:20. > :03:25.outlined today include a new target for electricity generators, they
:03:25. > :03:29.will have to cut the cover and emissions by more than 80%. There
:03:29. > :03:35.is also a renewed focus on home energy. There will be extra help
:03:35. > :03:39.for Scots who want to insulate their homes. That is something
:03:39. > :03:44.which should visit -- reduce emissions, and energy bills. Worth
:03:44. > :03:50.pointing out that we will get the next report card on climate change,
:03:50. > :03:54.as it were, from the independent scientific advisers, in the spring.
:03:55. > :03:57.We will know then how much progress is being made on these targets.
:03:57. > :04:00.Scotland's house prices fell slightly over the past year,
:04:00. > :04:07.according to official figures. However, the number of homes being
:04:07. > :04:11.sold continued to rise. It has prompted calls for more to be done
:04:11. > :04:14.to help people by their own home. Our business correspondent David
:04:14. > :04:19.Henderson is here with the details. Well, the property market remains
:04:19. > :04:26.sluggish, with prices down slightly, down by 1.5% over the year. That
:04:26. > :04:30.leaves the cost of an average home at just under �155,000. And as ever,
:04:30. > :04:34.there is huge variation. You can expect to pay much more in East
:04:34. > :04:37.Dunbartonshire, it is now the most expensive part of Scotland. And at
:04:37. > :04:40.the other end of the scale, East Ayrshire is among the most
:04:40. > :04:43.affordable places. But although more homes are being bought and
:04:43. > :04:53.sold, many families are still struggling to buy, because they
:04:53. > :04:53.
:04:53. > :04:57.cannot get the mortgage they need. If you want the keys to a new home,
:04:57. > :05:02.you have to unlock the Finance. That was the challenge for Lindsay
:05:02. > :05:07.at her partner, Stephen. They could afford a mortgage, but did not have
:05:07. > :05:14.a big deposit. So hop came along to a new government-backed scheme. It
:05:14. > :05:22.allowed them to buy without having to save for years. With this scheme,
:05:22. > :05:26.we were able to put down just at 5% deposit, which was a large help,
:05:26. > :05:30.and we did not have too long -- to wait long and to we were able to
:05:30. > :05:34.move out. This is the main bedroom. As Lindsay and Stephen settle in,
:05:34. > :05:38.others are buying their homes in the same way. But this help only
:05:38. > :05:43.applies to new homes, not the ball for properties which are up for
:05:43. > :05:47.sale. Some are warning that more needs to be done to kick-start a
:05:47. > :05:52.housing market. We are all for them, they certainly help first-time
:05:52. > :05:56.buyers. The new-build market only represent a small percentage of the
:05:56. > :06:00.total market. The rest of the market is left behind. What we
:06:00. > :06:06.would like to see is more incentives for first-time buyers,
:06:06. > :06:09.buying existing properties, which polices as seller to move up the
:06:09. > :06:13.ladder and releases a lot more transactions. And while the number
:06:13. > :06:17.of homes being sold is creeping upwards, it is still far below the
:06:17. > :06:22.level of five years ago. The impact of the credit crunch is still being
:06:22. > :06:28.felt. The Scottish Government insists it is doing what it can be
:06:28. > :06:32.to help would-be homeowners. It is a new scheme so we do not have the
:06:32. > :06:35.figures yet but there is a lot of interest and that was in terms of
:06:35. > :06:38.the shared equity scheme, we have already assisted 5,000 people over
:06:38. > :06:41.the last four years. That is significant, given the housing
:06:41. > :06:44.market. So, where now for anyone looking to
:06:44. > :06:49.buy? Well, that fall in average prices may be down to sellers being
:06:49. > :06:52.more willing to negotiate over price. And first-time buyers may
:06:52. > :06:58.benefit the most, because flats were down in price last year by
:06:58. > :07:01.over 5%. That is more than any other type of home. But as long as
:07:01. > :07:07.mortgage finance remains in short supply, it is going to be a
:07:07. > :07:10.challenging market. The parents of missing financial
:07:10. > :07:15.adviser Lynda Spence have both said they were warned not to go to the
:07:15. > :07:18.police about her disappearance. Miss Spence has not been seen since
:07:18. > :07:21.April last year and her body has never been found. Her father, seen
:07:21. > :07:26.here at an earlier police news conference, told the High Court in
:07:26. > :07:28.Glasgow she appeared to owe several people large sums of money. He said
:07:28. > :07:34.he only reported his daughter missing when police arrived to
:07:34. > :07:37.question her about fraud allegations. The case continues.
:07:37. > :07:40.You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC. Still to come on the
:07:40. > :07:44.programme: We join the excitement of
:07:44. > :07:47.Shetland's Viking fire festival, Up Helly Aa.
:07:47. > :07:52.And in sport, Dundee United have a new manager. We will have reaction
:07:52. > :08:02.to that. And flying the flag, the Scotland rugby team's newest kilted
:08:02. > :08:03.
:08:03. > :08:06.More people accused of crimes will that have to pay towards the cost
:08:06. > :08:10.of their legal representation under a new system of means-tested
:08:10. > :08:13.contributions. -- will now have to pay. The changes, which are
:08:13. > :08:17.designed to cut the legal aid bill, were approved by MSPs in the last
:08:17. > :08:25.hour, despite a last-ditch protest by leading lawyers. From Holyrood,
:08:25. > :08:28.here is our political correspondent, Glenn Campbell.
:08:28. > :08:33.Unhappy lawyers came to Holyrood to make their case to Scotland's
:08:33. > :08:38.lawmakers. They are against criminal suspect having to pay
:08:38. > :08:41.towards the cost of their defence, to help cut the legal aid bill.
:08:41. > :08:45.working poor will pay for the savings to the criminal justice
:08:45. > :08:50.system. The profession will be left having to recover these
:08:50. > :08:54.contributions from the poorest people in society. There will be a
:08:54. > :08:58.result of delays to the criminal justice system, the Germans, an
:08:58. > :09:01.increase in people representing themselves. In Parliament, the
:09:02. > :09:07.Justice Secretary said his changes were the fairest way to make
:09:07. > :09:12.savings. We face a situation of the second highest legal aid bill on
:09:12. > :09:16.record. We require to make sure that the balance it and balance it
:09:16. > :09:20.by making those who have the ability to make a contribution to
:09:20. > :09:24.do so. The Government's says criminal offence contributions well
:09:24. > :09:30.on the be sought from accused people with at least �82 per week
:09:30. > :09:37.in disposable income. And that 88% of criminal legal aid applicants
:09:37. > :09:42.will not have to pay a penny. 62. No, 53. When it came to the
:09:42. > :09:47.vote, MSPs uproot the overhaul of legal aid, which should save
:09:47. > :09:49.several million pounds a year. The changes will take effect these
:09:49. > :09:55.summer Abbey's lawyers say they will continue to protest by the
:09:55. > :10:00.king at ways to challenge the effect of the new law in the courts.
:10:00. > :10:05.So, there is at least one sense in which legal aid reform may make new
:10:05. > :10:07.work for lawyers. Now let's take a look at some other
:10:07. > :10:10.stories from across Scotland this Tuesday:
:10:10. > :10:13.Police have renewed their appeal for information on a man who's been
:10:13. > :10:17.missing for almost a month. George McDonald was last seen outside his
:10:18. > :10:20.home at Hillpark in Alloa on Hogmanay.
:10:20. > :10:24.Two women have been taken to hospital in Edinburgh, suffering
:10:24. > :10:27.from severe smoke inhalation. They escaped from a burning tenement in
:10:27. > :10:31.the Fountainbridge area this morning.
:10:31. > :10:34.Police investigating the death of a man at Port Appin in Argyll are
:10:34. > :10:37.trying to establish if he was struck by lightning. He's been
:10:37. > :10:42.named locally as oceanographer Dr Tim Boyd, who worked at the
:10:42. > :10:45.Scottish Association for Marine Science near Oban.
:10:45. > :10:47.Campaigners say they're furious that plans to restore an outdoor
:10:47. > :10:57.swimming pool at Macduff in Aberdeenshire have been put on hold
:10:57. > :11:01.while a further review's carried out. This pool has been here since
:11:01. > :11:07.the 1930s, but began to four at the fashion from about the 1970s
:11:07. > :11:10.onwards. In recent years, thousands of local people have been involved
:11:10. > :11:13.in a campaign to try and save it. Dundee University's work on medical
:11:13. > :11:16.research is being recognised with a prestigious award from the Queen,
:11:16. > :11:19.to mark her Diamond Jubilee. The title of Regius Professor will be
:11:19. > :11:23.bestowed on the Department of Life Sciences, whose work is deemed to
:11:23. > :11:27.be outstanding. A team of bird experts is trying to
:11:27. > :11:36.capture an eagle owl after two men claimed to have been attacked. This
:11:37. > :11:45.man says the bird swooped on him twice. It had a wingspan of about
:11:45. > :11:49.five feet. I got a fright, obviously! It might have been a
:11:49. > :11:52.child who could have been injured. And there are more stories from
:11:52. > :12:01.your area, and all the latest news, 24 hours a day on BBC Scotland's
:12:01. > :12:05.website. The nationalist premiere of Quebec
:12:05. > :12:08.has held talks with Alex Salmond in and abrupt, on the agenda was the
:12:08. > :12:13.ambitions of both leaders for constitutional change. The French-
:12:13. > :12:20.speaking province of Quebec has held? Independence referendums, one
:12:20. > :12:27.in 1980 and one in 1995, which the nationalists lost by 49%-51%.
:12:27. > :12:29.Raymond Buchanan has this report. And nationalist arrives at the
:12:30. > :12:36.Scottish Parliament, having won the election, but with no majority to
:12:36. > :12:42.deliver independence. Her story sounds familiar. It is just like
:12:42. > :12:46.that of Alex Salmond's first term in Government. Are you going to
:12:46. > :12:52.discuss tactics? It is not a nationalist summer. Maybe I could
:12:52. > :12:58.talk about my experience, about the difficulties we have. Her party
:12:58. > :13:01.narrowly lost out during the last referendum in 1995. She says one
:13:01. > :13:06.western Mr Salmond might take from that experience is not to allow his
:13:06. > :13:09.side to be about spent. The Premier says in the campaign, they could
:13:09. > :13:14.not financially compete with other Canadian provinces and the federal
:13:14. > :13:20.Government. It was very difficult for us. Because we did not have any
:13:20. > :13:25.control. And maybe we should have has - and we should have said that
:13:25. > :13:29.we were rich, because that is the case. A new to the, Alex Salmond
:13:29. > :13:36.did not agree to let television cameras captured a meeting. This is
:13:36. > :13:40.the only photograph record. His office says that is because it is
:13:40. > :13:46.just a courtesy visit. Good time by members to join me it will come to
:13:46. > :13:51.the gallery, the premier of Quebec. She was guest of honour as MSPs
:13:51. > :13:54.cast their votes this evening. She hopes to hold a vote as well, the
:13:54. > :14:04.third independence referendum, but unlike Alex Salmond, does not yet
:14:04. > :14:13.
:14:13. > :14:15.have the numbers to deliberate. -- It was the Uk's worst peace time
:14:15. > :14:18.shipping disaster. 133 people died when the Princess Victoria ferry
:14:18. > :14:22.sank in the Irish sea between Stranraer and Larne in January 1953.
:14:22. > :14:25.60 years on, a crewman who missed the voyage through a twist of fate
:14:25. > :14:27.has been telling our reporter Willie Johnston his story for the
:14:27. > :14:30.first time. 87-year-old George Jamieson had been on the ferry the
:14:30. > :14:39.previous night and began by describing what conditions were
:14:39. > :14:49.like. I opened the galley door from the inside and the wind whipped the
:14:49. > :14:55.door right out of my hand and pulled me out and Harold me against
:14:56. > :15:00.a lifeboat. He had been due to work on the last fateful voyage but he
:15:00. > :15:06.did the previous night shift instead so that he could look after
:15:06. > :15:13.his sick son. Many sealed to their deaths on a vessel George says
:15:13. > :15:19.should never have left port. I did not think she would set out the
:15:19. > :15:28.next morning but unfortunately she did. It was a big loss for this
:15:28. > :15:38.area. The crew was half Larne and a half Stranraer. All the officers
:15:38. > :15:38.
:15:38. > :15:46.were from Stranraer. I lost a lot of friends that day. His son was a
:15:46. > :15:52.small boy a whose illness caused his father to stay behind. I asked
:15:52. > :16:00.him what -- when he first heard the story. This is the first time.
:16:00. > :16:09.never talk about it. It is amazing that my dad was involved. Are you
:16:09. > :16:15.proud that you saved his life? was just as well. Many names and
:16:15. > :16:25.wanted him including the man who took his place. John Roberts was
:16:25. > :16:26.
:16:26. > :16:31.the man who did my shift. I felt pity for him. I told his wife. She
:16:31. > :16:39.said do not forget you have two sons yourself, it could have been
:16:39. > :16:46.you. I thought for a minute and I said yes, fate for one, fatal for
:16:46. > :16:51.the other. That is life. To sport now and hot news from Dundee, David.
:16:51. > :16:55.Dundee United have a new manager. He is the former Celtic and
:16:55. > :16:59.Scotland defender, Jackie McNamara. The 39 year-old has been in charge
:16:59. > :17:09.of Partick Thistle since April 2011. He replaces Peter Houston who left
:17:09. > :17:11.
:17:11. > :17:19.the club on Monday. From Tannadice, here is our reporter Jim Spencer. -
:17:19. > :17:23.- Spence. Three candidates were interviewed last week. And the
:17:23. > :17:29.directors were highly impressed with each of the candidates. But
:17:29. > :17:35.what impressed them about this man is his youth, his style of play and
:17:35. > :17:40.his ability to pluck players from the lower echelons of Scottish
:17:40. > :17:46.football. He has done a good job there. Coming up to Tannadice he
:17:46. > :17:50.has a bigger job to fulfil, I think. He is one of the bright young
:17:50. > :17:58.things of Scottish football. The United board are highly impressed
:17:58. > :18:02.by what he has done on a shoestring budget at Partick Thistle. It was a
:18:02. > :18:06.difficult choice between the three candidates but Jackie McNamara is
:18:06. > :18:16.the new Dundee United manager. There's Premier League action
:18:16. > :18:19.
:18:19. > :18:29.tonight in sport sound. -- or there was due to be. One match was
:18:29. > :18:39.
:18:39. > :18:49.cancelled at teatime. Rangers could be stripped of previous league
:18:49. > :18:49.
:18:49. > :18:52.titles. A three-man panel of legal experts, led by Lord Nimmo Smith,
:18:52. > :18:54.will deliberate for around one week following an investigation into
:18:54. > :19:01.allegations players were paid using so-called side contracts. Here is
:19:01. > :19:07.our senior football reporter Chris McLaughlin. This man bought the
:19:07. > :19:13.club that was debt ridden for �1 but trouble would follow. It turned
:19:13. > :19:20.out some players had been paid using funds from a special trust.
:19:20. > :19:24.HMRC said the club should have been paying tax on it. An independent
:19:24. > :19:32.commission was formed to decide if the club had broken football rules
:19:32. > :19:42.by paying players with contracts not properly declared. The issue of
:19:42. > :19:46.tax was separate from whether any SPL rules had been broken. This is
:19:46. > :19:56.the man who will lead the commission, Lord Nimmo Smith, he
:19:56. > :19:57.
:19:57. > :20:03.will look at the evidence and suggest a punishment. You meet
:20:03. > :20:08.people and you talk about the good old days when the won desk or won
:20:08. > :20:12.that, those are brilliant memories for me. I worked hard for
:20:12. > :20:20.provincial clubs. If it is all swept away of course that is going
:20:20. > :20:24.to affect me. The club with a record 54 league titles is once
:20:24. > :20:27.more in the dock. There's one cap and a couple of high profile
:20:27. > :20:30.recalls in the Scotland rugby team for a match against England on
:20:30. > :20:32.Saturday. This fellow, Johnnie Beattie, returns to the back row
:20:32. > :20:35.after a year-and-a-half in the international wilderness. Meanwhile,
:20:35. > :20:41.the hooker Dougie Hall makes his first start for Scotland for six
:20:41. > :20:44.years. But it's the new boy who is getting most of the attention. New
:20:44. > :20:48.Zealand-born Sean Maitland who will play on the wing against England
:20:48. > :20:58.has been talking up his Scottishness. Here is our Six
:20:58. > :20:58.
:20:58. > :21:04.Nations reporter, Phil good lad. Scotland, a bit battered and a bit
:21:04. > :21:09.faded, in need of freshening up. Today we learn that Scott Johnson
:21:09. > :21:17.feels the same about the national side. These are the players charged
:21:17. > :21:23.with the task of giving Scotland the kiss of life. This is the
:21:23. > :21:31.headline grabber. The key week by birth knows where his roots lie
:21:31. > :21:36.thanks to a at Scottish family. grandad and dad used to watch Six
:21:36. > :21:46.Nations with me, I did not know that 20 years later I would be here
:21:46. > :21:55.
:21:55. > :22:01.representing Scotland in front of my family. After 18 months in deep
:22:01. > :22:11.international wilderness things can change. When you have low days They
:22:11. > :22:14.
:22:14. > :22:20.are not nice. It is strange to be out of the game for so long.
:22:21. > :22:26.surgeon is quite a good nick name. I have been called worse, trust me!
:22:26. > :22:29.Let's hope we do not hear what at Twickenham this weekend. And if you
:22:29. > :22:32.hunger for more on the build-up to this year's Six Nations rugby,
:22:32. > :22:38.we've got just the thing tonight. A Sport Nation special. It's on BBC
:22:38. > :22:43.Two Scotland at 7 o'clock. The Up Helly Aa fire festival, the biggest
:22:43. > :22:46.event in Shetland's long dark winter is well under way. The
:22:46. > :22:48.climax of the celebrations will take place later this evening with
:22:48. > :22:58.the torchlight procession through the streets of Lerwick and then the
:22:58. > :23:03.
:23:03. > :23:10.burning of the Viking longship. John Johnston reports. The 21st
:23:10. > :23:17.century Norse men taking Lerwick by storm. Bringing the Viking past to
:23:17. > :23:24.life again. It is the culture that is in Shetland here, it brings the
:23:24. > :23:31.community together to celebrate. It makes for a fantastic day, evening
:23:31. > :23:38.and rounds off the end of January for us. This year's squad of
:23:38. > :23:47.Vikings includes five members from the other side of the world.
:23:47. > :23:56.have come here four or Up Helly Aa. Even teddy bears get a makeover for
:23:56. > :24:03.the day. Many have arrived in the island to watch the spectacle.
:24:03. > :24:06.have come from Cyprus. The pipes are very stirring, very moving.
:24:06. > :24:14.can see how medieval Europe shuddered at the thought of them
:24:14. > :24:19.are. The festival reaches its fiery climax tonight when nearly 1,000
:24:19. > :24:28.people dressed in costumes will parade through the streets of
:24:28. > :24:35.Lerwick. Then they will burn the replica Viking galley. Within
:24:35. > :24:38.minutes it will disappear into a sea of flames. The party ends at
:24:38. > :24:44.breakfast time tomorrow. Traditionally the rest of the day
:24:44. > :24:49.is a public holiday to allow everybody to recover. Somehow I do
:24:49. > :24:55.not think the weather will hamper the celebrations in Shetland but
:24:55. > :25:02.there is a wind to watch out for? Absolutely. A strong winds
:25:02. > :25:09.elsewhere. So much so we have an amber wind warning for much of the
:25:09. > :25:19.country. It is all courtesy of this area of low pressure, you can see
:25:19. > :25:20.
:25:20. > :25:30.the isobars tightening. Winds of 80 mph or so into the Hebrides. Also
:25:30. > :25:35.the lower yellow warning in central area is for winds of 60 mph.
:25:35. > :25:39.Certainly not a cold night thanks to that wind. As we head into
:25:39. > :25:45.tomorrow morning it will be a cold start. The yellow warning in force
:25:45. > :25:51.for much of the day. The winds will continue. Some showers in the
:25:51. > :25:58.central belt. There will be some sunshine around. Feeling rather
:25:58. > :26:04.cold in the wind. The wind will still be strong, gale-force at
:26:04. > :26:11.times by the early afternoon. Rain will continue for much of the day
:26:11. > :26:16.in the north. Strong to gale-force gusts continuing until after dark.
:26:16. > :26:24.Generally dry apart from in the far north. Further rain will push him
:26:24. > :26:31.towards the Thursday from the West. That will work in for a thirsty
:26:31. > :26:37.pushing its way in across the country, falling as snow over high
:26:37. > :26:45.ground in the Cairngorms and central parts of the Highlands. The
:26:45. > :26:49.aim will tend to fade away further north. By Friday the wind will be
:26:49. > :26:59.from the north so a much colder field to D-Day. There could be
:26:59. > :27:00.
:27:00. > :27:10.sleet and perhaps even snow. -- a strong field to the D. The number
:27:10. > :27:11.
:27:11. > :27:18.of troops is to rise for Africa. Lawyers representing a Accies want
:27:18. > :27:25.a public inquiry into abuse by British troops in 2003. There were
:27:25. > :27:29.allegations at the High Court in London of brutality. Campaigners