:00:29. > :00:36.radical reform pensions and benefits. The scandal at a Fort
:00:36. > :00:39.Augustus school deepens. Fresh claims of abuse. New details from
:00:39. > :00:47.police about the body of a baby discovered in Edinburgh at the
:00:47. > :00:56.weekend. Metal thieves strike again on a rail line meaning if the Mac
:00:56. > :01:01.way of disruption for travellers. -- third. And Celtic hope to take
:01:01. > :01:04.another step to the champions league. How would the welfare system
:01:04. > :01:07.work in an independent Scotland? A report by a respected think tank
:01:07. > :01:10.says independence would be an opportunity to make radical reforms.
:01:10. > :01:12.But it could end up costing us all more because of our ageing
:01:12. > :01:21.population. Our Political Correspondent Raymond Buchanan is
:01:21. > :01:26.here to explain. More of us are living longer which is good news but
:01:26. > :01:34.it does have its challenges. This graph looks at the proportion of the
:01:34. > :01:39.population over 60, project did over each of decades. A 4% gap between
:01:39. > :01:42.Scotland and the rest of great Britain. This means that funding the
:01:42. > :01:52.benefit system could prove burdensome for an independent
:01:52. > :01:52.
:01:52. > :01:59.Scotland. At this company in Glasgow and they make candles. Lots of them.
:01:59. > :02:08.The company has been doing so for over a century. Say there has been
:02:08. > :02:14.here for 20 years. -- Sarah. There will be real problems when it comes
:02:14. > :02:24.to our retirement time. Unless you have provided for yourself, you will
:02:24. > :02:24.
:02:24. > :02:31.be in trouble. Nor is the boss optimistic. Working until you are
:02:31. > :02:41.7580, we have to accept that is just what you will have to do. -- 75 or
:02:41. > :02:43.
:02:43. > :02:48.80. There are pressures on public finances in the coming decades as
:02:48. > :02:58.populations age. Increased taxes, cut to spending, offcuts to
:02:58. > :03:01.benefits. -- or. It may be more of an issue in Scotland because the
:03:01. > :03:10.population is ageing more quickly but it will be an issue for all of
:03:10. > :03:20.the UK anyway. We need a benefit system according to Scotland's needs
:03:20. > :03:28.
:03:28. > :03:36.and requirements. That is at the heart of the government proposition.
:03:36. > :03:39.Middlebrook defended the unions record on welfare. -- Meikle more.
:03:40. > :03:47.There would be huge pressures as the population ages and Thames of
:03:47. > :03:53.raising the money to pay for that. -- in terms. The Scottish government
:03:53. > :03:59.already plan to abolish the bedroom tax. But researchers suggest they
:03:59. > :04:09.could be even more radical. The ISS say they could help encourage more
:04:09. > :04:14.people to work harder but it might also mean more people losing out.
:04:14. > :04:19.Nearly 500 engineering jobs in Glasgow and Milton Keynes are under
:04:19. > :04:23.threat after the company was placed ministration. The administrators are
:04:23. > :04:28.liaising with customers in the hope that the firm can continue trading
:04:28. > :04:37.while purchaser is sought. About half of the staff are raced in
:04:37. > :04:40.Springburn in Glasgow. -- based. Now to our investigation into
:04:40. > :04:43.serious physical and sexual abuse at one of Scotland's most prestigious
:04:43. > :04:46.catholic boarding schools. Since our documentary on Monday night into
:04:47. > :04:49.abuse by monks at the now closed Fort Augustus Abbey School in the
:04:49. > :04:52.Highlands, and Carlekemp Preparatory School in East Lothian we have had
:04:52. > :04:55.more people coming forward with claims. Our investigations
:04:55. > :05:01.correspondent Mark Daly is here. Some of these claims relate to monks
:05:01. > :05:06.already featured in your documentary.
:05:06. > :05:10.Yes we broadcast allegations about Father John McBride. We believed he
:05:10. > :05:16.had a significantly yet small part in the story but it now seems he was
:05:16. > :05:25.a more persistent abuse. There have been fired at fresh complaints about
:05:25. > :05:33.sexual abuse from former pupils. -- five. He died in 1990s and is beyond
:05:33. > :05:36.justice. But the picture emerging is even darker than we first thought.
:05:36. > :05:42.Former pupils have also come forward with complaints of abuse by other
:05:42. > :05:49.monks. We have been contacted by over a
:05:50. > :05:55.dozen former pupils. It seems that allegations of sexual abuse run and
:05:55. > :06:03.not just through from the 1950s to 1970s but right up until the school
:06:03. > :06:13.closed in 1993. New allegations of serious sexual assault concerning a
:06:13. > :06:16.
:06:16. > :06:18.further three month is, two of which are still alive. -- monks. We are
:06:18. > :06:22.working hard to corroborate those claims.
:06:22. > :06:32.This is a scandal that seems to be getting bigger - what is the church
:06:32. > :06:33.
:06:33. > :06:38.saying? You can see higher ranking members
:06:38. > :06:43.of the Catholic Church there who had visited the school. This was a jewel
:06:43. > :06:50.in the Crown. But the senior clergy today are seeing nothing. They say
:06:50. > :07:00.it isn't a matter for them but for the benefit teams. But that Benedict
:07:00. > :07:06.
:07:06. > :07:14.rings are unsuitable to the Pope. -- Benedictines. -- and syllable. --
:07:14. > :07:20.answerable. Many of the monks that we featured, including one who we
:07:20. > :07:27.tracked down in Australia, we are ordained in Scotland by Scottish
:07:27. > :07:36.Catholic Bishops. If the church is not accountable or priests that the
:07:36. > :07:46.ordained, who is? The clamour will grow far and accountability. -- for
:07:46. > :07:46.
:07:46. > :07:50.answers. Still to come: The UK's guest
:07:50. > :07:53.celebration of visual art. Tonight's sport comes from Celtic Park where
:07:53. > :08:03.the Scottish champions at home to the Swedish champions in a Champions
:08:03. > :08:08.League qualifier. It looks as though Celtic have lost a custody battle
:08:08. > :08:14.over a striker. And we're at the home of golf - St Andrews - on the
:08:14. > :08:18.eve of the Women's Open Championship. See you soon.
:08:18. > :08:22.With just days to go until the start of the football season, over half of
:08:22. > :08:25.the clubs in the new look Scottish Premiership have told BBC Scotland
:08:25. > :08:27.that season ticket sales are up. That's despite another summer of
:08:27. > :08:30.discontent, including infighting and more clubs going into
:08:30. > :08:40.administration. So will a new era signal a new enthusiasm for the
:08:40. > :08:42.
:08:42. > :08:45.game? Here's our senior football reporter Chris McLaughlin. Just over
:08:45. > :08:54.two months ago would be SPL champions but the curtain down on
:08:54. > :09:01.the season. -- the SPL champions. During the summer there was a
:09:01. > :09:07.meeting after meeting. Those in charge of the game making sure that
:09:07. > :09:12.it is all change for the new season. It is hoped that it will ultimately
:09:13. > :09:22.improve the games fortunes and lead to a better product on the patch.
:09:22. > :09:25.The Scottish professional all league was born. -- football. Play-off
:09:25. > :09:31.matches to determine promotion and relegation. The new cash
:09:31. > :09:41.distribution model giving more to smaller clubs. All change? Not
:09:41. > :09:42.
:09:42. > :09:45.quite. This same man in charge. Determined to move on. You cannot
:09:45. > :09:52.argue against play-offs or financial distribution towards the
:09:52. > :10:00.championship. We will see a better product. But long-term, it has to be
:10:00. > :10:08.about developing more and better players. We ask all clubs at the
:10:08. > :10:16.season ticket sales were up or down. Seven said up, police said around
:10:16. > :10:23.about the same, just two reported around -- a drop. -- three said
:10:23. > :10:30.around about the same. Hopefully these changes will filter through
:10:30. > :10:37.into the playing side. But the managers and coaches have a real job
:10:37. > :10:43.on their hands. It is the responsibility to get their teams
:10:43. > :10:47.playing enjoyable football for the spectators. The Scottish
:10:47. > :10:57.Professional Football League is born. It is now a waiting game to
:10:57. > :10:57.
:10:57. > :11:01.see if the positivity pays off. More details have emerged into the
:11:01. > :11:11.discovery of the remains of a baby at the weekend in a cemetery in
:11:11. > :11:11.
:11:11. > :11:21.Edinburgh. Analysis of the remains have established that this was a
:11:21. > :11:21.
:11:21. > :11:24.young boy. Very young indeed. Three days after his remains were found
:11:24. > :11:34.there is still forensic experts working on state trying to establish
:11:34. > :11:38.his identity. -- on site. They will try to work out if this is a modern
:11:38. > :11:44.investigation or if he died of natural causes and his body was
:11:44. > :11:48.dumped here later. Anybody who may have seen something unusual or
:11:48. > :11:58.suspicious is being taught to get in touch with the police. They also
:11:58. > :11:58.
:11:58. > :12:02.want to talk to the baby's mother. An MSP on trial on charges of
:12:02. > :12:12.domestic abuse has told the court that has second wife attacked him
:12:12. > :12:13.
:12:13. > :12:21.with a dagger. He denies 23 charges against him. This was the second day
:12:21. > :12:27.of the Walker giving evidence on his own behalf. -- Bill Walker. Today he
:12:27. > :12:34.told the court more about his second marriage. It was between 1970 and
:12:34. > :12:40.1986. He said that his wife had mood changes, was a volatile, and enjoyed
:12:40. > :12:44.a drink. He said that one evening he was working in his study. He went to
:12:44. > :12:54.get a cup of tea at which point has an worst into the living room with
:12:54. > :12:59.an ornamental dagger. -- his wife burst into the living room. He said
:12:59. > :13:06.that she cut has tied with the tip of the blade. He wrestled her to the
:13:06. > :13:10.ground and priced her fingers open. He said that things then camped down
:13:10. > :13:20.and he put the dagger in the waste them, something he said he now
:13:20. > :13:33.
:13:33. > :13:37.regrets. Has a lawyer asked, did you allegations of domestic abuse. Mr
:13:37. > :13:43.Walker says that is because she is jealous that he won an election when
:13:43. > :13:53.she also had an interest in politics. The procurator fiscal
:13:53. > :14:04.
:14:04. > :14:06.physical assault and one of breach of the peace. Commuters on the
:14:06. > :14:14.Aberdeen to Inverness railway line have had their travel disrupted
:14:14. > :14:24.after yet another theft of cable from the line. Our reporter is in
:14:24. > :14:28.
:14:28. > :14:34.inventory. -- Inverurie. As you can see trains are running again. It has
:14:34. > :14:43.been a difficult three days. Disruptions and cancellations
:14:43. > :14:50.because of cable thefts. Engine deals from network rail where this
:14:50. > :14:55.morning laying hundreds of metres of signalling cables. British transport
:14:55. > :15:02.or lease playing an unfortunate game of cat and mouse with the thieves.
:15:02. > :15:11.-- transport police. This afternoon they even had a helicopter to try to
:15:11. > :15:21.spot anything suspicious. It is big business in the black market these
:15:21. > :15:23.
:15:23. > :15:26.days. In this be contributing to the crimes? Absolutely. There are
:15:26. > :15:36.restrictions on the dealing of scrap metal. Scrap metal very valuable,
:15:36. > :15:42.especially copper and lead. It looks that -- like that in the autumn it
:15:42. > :15:47.could, head, so Scotland will not look as attractive to criminals.
:15:47. > :15:53.They are good things to do and that is why we are consulting on it.
:15:53. > :15:56.consultation has just finished and when we return to Parliament at the
:15:56. > :16:02.end of recess in September I think that you will find Rapunzel 's will
:16:02. > :16:09.be considered. Although trains are back running again, replacement
:16:09. > :16:19.buses are still sitting outside just in case. -- proposals. The Scottish
:16:19. > :16:22.
:16:22. > :16:25.Government and fishing industry have welcomed a ban on imports. They were
:16:25. > :16:29.agreed today after months of negotiations and will come into
:16:29. > :16:36.force at the end of August. They also allow for tougher action to
:16:36. > :16:41.follow. Now for some other stories. Johnnie Walker whiskey sales have
:16:41. > :16:46.doubled to 20 million cases in the past ten years making it the most
:16:46. > :16:53.important spirit brand in the world by value. The parent company's
:16:53. > :16:58.profits rose by 8% to �3.5 billion last year. Late-night revellers who
:16:58. > :17:02.use the train are being urged to be more careful with a safety campaign
:17:02. > :17:08.launched by network rail. These are hundreds of passengers are hurt
:17:08. > :17:14.every year. This campaign is aimed at people who have not been drinking
:17:14. > :17:20.in the railway and are heading home. We are trying to make them aware of
:17:20. > :17:24.their environment. Edinburgh University is to display historic
:17:24. > :17:32.bagpipes. They were recently purchased from a private collector
:17:32. > :17:42.in France. The pieces will form part of a neck submission that charts 250
:17:42. > :17:44.
:17:44. > :17:50.years of bagpipe history. Police say that Festival organisers removed
:17:50. > :17:54.some traders from the site at the Wickerman Festival.
:17:54. > :18:01.A play about the Lockerbie bombing has been staged at the Edinburgh
:18:01. > :18:06.fringe Festival tonight. The writer Alan Clark believes the truth has
:18:06. > :18:12.been covered up and says his production, the Lockerbie bomber
:18:12. > :18:18.challenges the official versions of events. There are more stories and
:18:18. > :18:26.the latest news 24 hours a day on the BBC Scotland website.
:18:26. > :18:30.It was set up a decade away -- ago about the lack of visual art in the
:18:30. > :18:40.mirror Festival. Ten years on the Edinburgh arts Festival is the
:18:40. > :18:51.
:18:51. > :18:54.A unique voice for the Edinburgh Art Festival. This is the work of an
:18:54. > :19:01.artist, 100 decommissioned organ pipes reassembled in one brand-new
:19:01. > :19:09.artwork. I want people to hear the individual pipes and what is and
:19:09. > :19:17.liked because it is a lovely, clear pure sound. You can hear them in a
:19:17. > :19:24.way that you would never have heard them in the church. And getting up
:19:24. > :19:34.close to look and listen is what Edinburgh newest festival does best.
:19:34. > :19:34.
:19:34. > :19:40.-- envelope is -- envelope's. In all around 50 different exhibitions.
:19:40. > :19:44.were founded in 2004. We came out amongst a feeling in the city that
:19:45. > :19:50.there was not enough visual art in the festival. We have transformed
:19:50. > :19:55.fundamentally. The first Festival was an insert in the Scotland on
:19:55. > :20:00.Sunday. Now we have our own Festival programme and staff, we commissioned
:20:00. > :20:05.new work for the city and this year we are commissioning ten new pieces
:20:05. > :20:10.to celebrate our 10th edition. Artworks like this one I Peter,
:20:10. > :20:16.quite literally flying the flag across the city for the start of
:20:16. > :20:25.Festival season. David is out at Celtic Park tonight
:20:25. > :20:30.in the rain in his flip-flops. Welcome to Celtic Park. The public
:20:30. > :20:36.address system is bleeding away. Hopefully you will not hear that
:20:36. > :20:42.across this broadcast. Another Champions League qualifier tonight.
:20:42. > :20:45.They take on the Swedish champions Elfsborg. Let's hear from the
:20:45. > :20:54.managers of both teams, starting with Newell Lennon's thoughts on the
:20:54. > :20:59.Swedes. A good side. Very well organised. There is a good blend of
:20:59. > :21:08.youth and experience in the team as well. In the back of winning the
:21:08. > :21:13.title, they have common confident. It is a wonderful situation to come
:21:13. > :21:20.here to play without pressure and we like that situation very much. There
:21:20. > :21:24.is no pressure on my guest tonight. It is the former Celtic player Murdo
:21:24. > :21:31.MacLeod. There is a bizarre undercurrent to this match, isn't
:21:31. > :21:38.there? The man charged with the goals for this game is a former
:21:38. > :21:44.Celtic player on loan. Does that disadvantaged Celtic in any way? If
:21:44. > :21:47.he was good enough he would be playing for Celtic tonight. It was
:21:47. > :21:53.not in the contract going to Elfsborg. Now they are getting him
:21:53. > :21:59.to play. He is now going to play against Celtic tonight. Elfsborg
:21:59. > :22:04.were thinking they were going to be stronger than Celtic in the last
:22:04. > :22:10.round. How much other step up is it in class? They have got to play well
:22:10. > :22:14.and play hard. The last thing you want is having to go over to Sweden
:22:14. > :22:24.needing a result. Tonight, Celtic has got to do the business. Before
:22:24. > :22:27.
:22:27. > :22:35.you go, a prediction? I will give you the same score, too- zero.
:22:35. > :22:44.two to zero. You can find out if his prediction comes true. You can
:22:44. > :22:49.listen to the match in BBC Radio Scotland. I am going to take you
:22:49. > :22:55.from one iconic sporting venue to another. From Celtic Park to the
:22:55. > :23:01.home of golf, Saint Andrews because the Women's Open Golf starts
:23:01. > :23:08.tomorrow. This is St Andrews. Known worldwide
:23:08. > :23:14.as the home of golf. This week is about the best women's golfers in
:23:14. > :23:19.the world who are trying to win the Women's Open Golf. For one golfer in
:23:19. > :23:28.particular it could be a very special week. This woman is looking
:23:28. > :23:36.to win her first major of the year. -- fourth major. The weather has
:23:36. > :23:41.been really night. Who knows what happens in the weekend. The course
:23:41. > :23:46.could change dramatically. You have got to be prepared for everything.
:23:46. > :23:49.There is also a serious contender from closer to home. Katrina
:23:49. > :23:57.Matthew, a previous winner and she is playing the best golf of her
:23:57. > :24:01.career. Coming in with confidence, a lot may depend on the weather.
:24:01. > :24:06.playing well so hopefully I can go out and play well. The only other
:24:06. > :24:16.Scot in the field is currently booth who was born in Perthshire and says
:24:16. > :24:20.
:24:20. > :24:29.the nerves start when you stand on the first tee. -- Carly Booth. I am
:24:29. > :24:32.going to try one shot at a time. Have fun. Large crowds are expected
:24:32. > :24:38.at the old course of the next four days and the winner on Sunday will
:24:38. > :24:46.enjoy a very -- will join a very exclusive cloud.
:24:46. > :24:56.-- club. There are a large clouds -- Red Sea tonight to watch Celtic play
:24:56. > :24:58.
:24:58. > :25:03.Elfsborg. -- crowds tonight. Gillian Elfsborg. -- crowds tonight. Gillian
:25:03. > :25:07.is here with the weather forecast. For most of us the last day of July
:25:07. > :25:12.was a fine wine and we have had the statistics for the month and you
:25:12. > :25:20.will not find it surviving to find that it has been warmer than usual.
:25:20. > :25:25.August is going to start in quite a warmer note. -- surprising. It is
:25:25. > :25:30.already well in across southern Scotland and tonight it was bred
:25:30. > :25:38.North words. Mainly light and patchy at first but there may be heavier
:25:38. > :25:42.pulses mixed in. Temperature wise we stay in the mild side at around 13
:25:42. > :25:46.Celsius and we will see quite a lot of missed and low cloud coming in
:25:46. > :25:51.without rain. Some brightness to start on the far north, but
:25:51. > :25:56.otherwise it is a story of that rain pushing northwards. For the
:25:56. > :26:05.afternoon the heaviest rain transfers into the Highlands. If we
:26:05. > :26:09.take a look at around four o'clock, heavy rain for sky. The Shetland,
:26:09. > :26:15.holding onto some drier conditions and maybe some brightness. As we had
:26:15. > :26:21.further south, spells of rain right across Aberdeenshire and into Angus
:26:21. > :26:28.and Fife. For the Central Belt and through southern Scotland and the
:26:28. > :26:33.afternoon, we will see say -- things brighten up and that will lift
:26:33. > :26:39.temperatures readily up to 24 Celsius. It is very mild and muggy
:26:39. > :26:45.air. Tomorrow night the heaviest rain moves up to Shetland. Elsewhere
:26:45. > :26:51.things quite and down a little bit. Low pressure stays closed by four
:26:51. > :26:54.Friday. As showery feel for the day on Friday. Some brighter weather in
:26:54. > :26:59.the east and north-east. First Saturday we start to bring in fresh
:26:59. > :27:07.air from the Atlantic. There will be some sunshine but still some showers
:27:07. > :27:10.in the West. A reminder of tonight's mean news. A report by the
:27:10. > :27:14.Institute for fiscal studies on pensions and benefits says
:27:14. > :27:18.independence would be an opportunity to make radical reforms but it could
:27:18. > :27:24.end up costing us all more because our population is ageing faster than
:27:24. > :27:30.in England and Wales. More than a dozen more former pupils have come
:27:30. > :27:34.forward alleging abuse well be went to Fort Augustus Abbey School in the
:27:34. > :27:39.Highlands following a BBC investigation. The latest
:27:39. > :27:45.allegations suggest abuse continued until just before the school
:27:45. > :27:55.closed. A mother and her partner have been found guilty of murdering
:27:55. > :27:55.
:27:55. > :28:03.a four-year-old scion. -- son. A jury in Birmingham Crown Court
:28:03. > :28:06.convicted them both. That is Reporting Scotland. I will be back