:00:00. > :00:26.Tonight, on Reporting Scotland. More controversy over the so called
:00:26. > :00:30.bedroom tax. You have got a tape measure? This man wins an appeal
:00:30. > :00:34.against having his benefits cut after a ruling that the size of
:00:34. > :00:43.spare rooms must be taken into account. Also tonight: An inquiry
:00:43. > :00:48.into north sea helicopter safety. After a number of accidents MPs will
:00:48. > :00:51.look at what they call worrying evidence that staff have lost all
:00:51. > :00:55.confidence in the offshore helicopter fleet.
:00:55. > :00:58.Calls for those brought up in the care system to be given more support
:00:58. > :01:01.into their early adulthood. Next stop, Macedonia - Scotland may not
:01:01. > :01:05.be able to qualify but that hasnt stopped the Tartan Army turning out
:01:05. > :01:08.in support. And could the way they talk in
:01:09. > :01:13.Albert Square be rubbing off on the good citizens of Glasgow? Experts
:01:13. > :01:22.say what we watch could change our accents.
:01:23. > :01:27.A man has fought and won a legal battle against the bedroom tax.
:01:27. > :01:36.David Neilson persuaded a tribunal to give him back the housing benefit
:01:36. > :01:44.the most -- lost, because the room was too small. Jasper the parrot
:01:44. > :01:51.does not pay the tax. But his owner, David, does. Or at least, he did.
:01:51. > :02:01.Until a tribunal found in his favour. He owns this three-bedroom
:02:01. > :02:06.house. But the third bedroom is unoccupied. The council took away
:02:06. > :02:14.the housing benefit he receives for it. It is unjust. People who work
:02:14. > :02:18.all their days, never in rent arrears, but in rental deals by the
:02:18. > :02:27.government because of the bedroom tax. -- put into rent arrears. A
:02:27. > :02:30.judge agreed with David that the rumour was too small to be
:02:30. > :02:40.considered a spare bedroom. -- the room. No legislation specifies a
:02:40. > :02:44.minimum size. But that is legislation in Scotland for purposes
:02:44. > :02:53.of overcrowding. We successfully argued that this was the flip side
:02:53. > :02:58.of the same coin. The case could lead to hundreds of other appeals
:02:58. > :03:02.across the United Kingdom. The Department of work and pensions say
:03:02. > :03:07.that it is simply unaffordable to pay housing benefit to people with
:03:07. > :03:11.spear bedrooms. But they say it is up to the landlord, in this case,
:03:11. > :03:22.the local council, to decide what counts as ace their room. -- spare
:03:22. > :03:28.room. The council is doing its best to implement policy that it does not
:03:28. > :03:35.support. It is unjust and should be scrapped. We are lobbying the
:03:35. > :03:47.government with devolved powers to wait out at a stroke. Fresh protest
:03:47. > :03:51.at the government building in Holyrood today ahead of the budget.
:03:51. > :03:55.An inquiry into North Sea helicopter safety is to be carried out by a
:03:55. > :03:58.committee of MPs. It follows the Super Puma crash off Shetland last
:03:58. > :04:04.month, in which four offshore workers died. Our reporter Steven
:04:04. > :04:17.Duff is at Aberdeen airport tonight. What will MPs investigate Steven?
:04:17. > :04:23.The House of Commons transport select committee will look at the
:04:23. > :04:28.tragic events of August 23. Four people died when a Super Puma
:04:28. > :04:33.crashed. That investigation continues. But they will look at for
:04:33. > :04:48.other serious incidents involving Super Pumas since 2009. -- four
:04:48. > :04:55.others. The industry body said tonight it is looking forward to
:04:55. > :04:59.being ask to participate. But the RMT union said the enquiry should
:04:59. > :05:04.not detract from calls for a full public enquiry.
:05:04. > :05:11.What do we know about other calls for an enquiry?
:05:11. > :05:18.At the TUC conference there was an emergency motion, tabled by groups
:05:18. > :05:28.including the pilots union, for a full enquiry. Are the helicopters
:05:28. > :05:37.overcapacity? And if there is a itching, are people who are older or
:05:37. > :05:41.larger at more risk? -- ditching. There is a ground swell of feeling
:05:41. > :05:47.that what is going on in the Northsea is not matched with similar
:05:47. > :05:50.problems elsewhere in the world. You're watching Reporting Scotland
:05:51. > :05:53.from the BBC. Still to come on the programme. The derelict hospital
:05:53. > :06:00.chapel that's been turned into an award winning support centre for
:06:00. > :06:07.cancer sufferers. In the sport, three changes for the Scotland team
:06:07. > :06:15.tonight. We are in Macedonia. And dreamy the Olympic gold medallist
:06:15. > :06:19.forging a new path. -- we meet. The Scottish Parliament has voted to
:06:19. > :06:22.dock the pay of MSPs who are jailed. It follows the case of the
:06:22. > :06:26.Dunfermline MSP Bill Walker who's been convicted of domestic abuse.
:06:26. > :06:31.But the measure was only backed after protests that the plan was
:06:31. > :06:41.being rushed through. Our political editor Brian Taylor is at Holyrood
:06:41. > :06:49.tonight. This was 105 votes against seven,
:06:49. > :06:55.with four abstentions. So absolutely clear that this was not much of a
:06:55. > :07:01.debate, it was short. An emergency debate. It was felt that the bill
:07:01. > :07:08.Walker situation required a response. Since then he has stepped
:07:08. > :07:14.down. It provoked an angry response from some MSPs has said this was
:07:14. > :07:18.being rushed through unnecessarily. Linda Fabiani is from the group here
:07:18. > :07:24.at Holyrood which runs pay and rations and stressed that this would
:07:24. > :07:36.cover all MSPs and was not about use of bringing the power of the courts.
:07:37. > :07:41.-- usurping. Once the courts have exercised a ruling, all of us in the
:07:42. > :07:47.corporate body believed that the salary scheme should reflect the
:07:47. > :07:56.impact of any sentence on the performance of a member's
:07:56. > :08:02.parliamentary functions. We should not do this just to appease the
:08:02. > :08:08.media. You are being whipped across this chamber. It is wrong. I am
:08:08. > :08:18.asking members who share model since to vote against the whip, or
:08:18. > :08:21.abstain. -- who share my reluctance. There will now be an examination
:08:21. > :08:40.into the impact this may have a point pensions. -- porn. -- upon.
:08:40. > :08:45.Bill Walker will be sentenced in just over one week's time.
:08:45. > :08:49.The funeral has taken place of one of Scotland's best known artists,
:08:49. > :08:52.John Bellany. Much of his work was inspired by his roots in the fishing
:08:52. > :08:55.village of Port Seton in East Lothian and his cortege paused at
:08:55. > :08:58.the harbour there before making its way to St Giles Cathedral in
:08:58. > :09:04.Edinburgh. John Bellany died last month aged 71. His family said he
:09:04. > :09:06.passed away in his studio with a paint brush in his hand.
:09:07. > :09:10.Children's charities are calling for young people who've been brought up
:09:10. > :09:14.in care to be given more support in early adulthood. They're urging MSPs
:09:14. > :09:23.to provide back up for them until the age of 26.
:09:23. > :09:31.It just seemed to be one thing after another in my life. Tony Nicol spent
:09:31. > :09:37.eight years in care as a youngster with behavioural problems. At 16 he
:09:37. > :09:45.was suddenly left to his own devices and struggled to cope. I was lost.
:09:45. > :09:51.It took me until I was 23 to get into a rehab centre because my drug
:09:51. > :09:59.and alcohol use was out of control. The story as a familiar one. 1300
:09:59. > :10:03.people between the ages of 13 and 18 leave residential care and end up on
:10:03. > :10:16.their own, more likely to go to prison, " with, and suffer mental
:10:16. > :10:25.health problems. The government has tried to enable
:10:25. > :10:28.them to be able to come back and request support from the local
:10:28. > :10:35.authority after leaving care. We are seeing, do not put the onus on the
:10:35. > :10:39.local authority, give the young person the opportunity to get proper
:10:39. > :10:44.support. As part of the argument the charity
:10:44. > :10:52.attached a price tag to Tony's story. The combined cost came in at
:10:52. > :10:58.more than £1.4 million. They say that investing in continuing care
:10:58. > :11:02.would ultimately save money. If there was more support when I was
:11:02. > :11:11.younger, I would have definitely taken that. But it took me to get
:11:11. > :11:15.into rehabilitation. The LS in its early stages but Tony hopes that
:11:15. > :11:22.when the final draft is voted on next year life will become for those
:11:22. > :11:28.following and has all -- following in his footsteps. Some other stories
:11:28. > :11:32.from across Scotland: A man reported missing from a North Sea ferry has
:11:32. > :11:38.been named as Craig Townsley from Shetland. He was last seen early
:11:38. > :11:44.yesterday travelling to Aberdeen. There has been no trace of him
:11:44. > :11:48.despite a major search. Detectives investigating an armed robbery and
:11:48. > :11:52.Aberdeen say they have received phone calls from several witnesses.
:11:52. > :12:03.A security guard was threatened and a robber made up with a five figure
:12:03. > :12:09.sum. -- made off. Moray Council has voted to close seven libraries as
:12:09. > :12:13.part of budget cuts. That is despite a recommendation to keep three of
:12:13. > :12:17.them to guarantee access for the elderly, young children, and the
:12:17. > :12:26.disabled. The Scottish government say that progress is being made on
:12:26. > :12:31.plans to improve the notorious in nine road near Caithness. A £90,000
:12:31. > :12:41.contract is expected to be awarded later this month. -- A9. Believes
:12:41. > :12:45.Scottish universities have in truth the positions at the top of an
:12:45. > :12:51.international league table. 18 British universities made the top
:12:51. > :12:59.100 of the influential Q S rankings. Edinburgh, 17th, Glasgow
:12:59. > :13:13.51, Saint Andrews, 83. All three improved on last year. A local
:13:13. > :13:17.authority and Lochaber had put forward portals to benefit frequent
:13:17. > :13:22.users of other travellers on the ferry but after public consultation
:13:22. > :13:27.the council intends to leave the structure as it is. There are more
:13:27. > :13:34.stories from your area and all the latest news on the website.
:13:34. > :13:40.Scotland is littered with historic buildings that are crumbling away,
:13:40. > :13:45.but one former chapel has been saved. It has been turned into a
:13:45. > :13:48.cancer support centre and is just one -- has just won a national
:13:48. > :13:55.lottery award for the best Heritage Project in the country. Patients
:13:55. > :14:00.describe it as a sanctuary, but this former chapel saved itself, this
:14:00. > :14:05.chapel was a wreck, now it is home to a holistic treatment centre.
:14:05. > :14:12.Cancer patients say it makes a big difference. I love this building as
:14:12. > :14:16.it is like a sanctuary for people. But not just the people, their
:14:16. > :14:22.friends, their family and carers, it provides a wonderful calm, place you
:14:22. > :14:31.to come and delete your troubles behind. I was left with nerve damage
:14:31. > :14:40.at the bottom of my spine and coming here for the aromatherapy and mass
:14:40. > :14:45.urges that make me feel better. It is hard to imagine, but over ten
:14:45. > :14:49.years, this building lay empty, it was dilapidated. There was dry rot
:14:49. > :14:58.over there, that war was leaning out and the roof leaked. Built in 1904
:14:58. > :15:01.by Gigi Burn it as a chapel of the hospital patients, the building fell
:15:01. > :15:08.out of use. This is what faced the charity when they started work. We
:15:08. > :15:11.have been able to keep 80% of the original fabric, said the
:15:11. > :15:15.authenticity of the building is fantastic. We have been able to
:15:15. > :15:20.retain and repair the stained-glass windows. All of the timber panelling
:15:20. > :15:24.has been fixed and all of the details that are an integral part of
:15:24. > :15:29.the building are there. Featuring a peace garden and a meeting space, it
:15:29. > :15:32.beat off competition from other projects to win the best Heritage
:15:32. > :15:39.Project at the national lottery awards. We are now supporting over
:15:39. > :15:43.2000 people across the West of Scotland. People who come here to
:15:43. > :15:48.get their cancer services. We provide complimentary therapy to
:15:48. > :15:51.people affected by cancer. The only religious to a personal sanctuary,
:15:52. > :15:58.new life has been breathed into this old building.
:15:58. > :16:01.Ronan is here with the sport. The Tartan Army is out in force.
:16:01. > :16:04.Scotland will kick off against Macedonia in around 45 minutes for
:16:04. > :16:08.their latest World Cup qualifier. Gordon Strachan's side sit bottom of
:16:08. > :16:12.Group A, well aware their chances of making it to Brazil next year have
:16:12. > :16:16.already gone. However, that fact hasn't stopped Scotland fans
:16:16. > :16:25.travelling in their usual numbers. From Skopje, here's our senior
:16:25. > :16:29.football reporter Chris McLaughlin. The Macedonian capital is a shrine
:16:29. > :16:34.to heroes of the past, military men who made the nation proud in days
:16:34. > :16:37.gone by. Today, an army of a different kind was in the city,
:16:37. > :16:46.desperate for their own heroes to make them proud with a victory this
:16:46. > :16:53.evening. A bit of fight. As long as they have the passion. As long as
:16:53. > :16:59.they have tried. As long as we don't get a good beating. They outplayed
:16:59. > :17:05.us last time, it was a real struggle, we want a good show
:17:05. > :17:09.tonight. They look like they are trying and they have made progress,
:17:09. > :17:15.to be the bottom of the group is an embarrassment. 1000 have travelled
:17:15. > :17:20.knowing qualification is impossible, it is just pride and point. When you
:17:20. > :17:24.see the numbers that have turned out, you can see they deserve
:17:24. > :17:29.something. We want a really good show, but make sure that they are
:17:29. > :17:35.getting chances, they are capable of winning this one. I would like to
:17:35. > :17:40.see an all round performance, a good solid defence. Maybe take a couple
:17:40. > :17:43.of chances. If they do they will not be immortalised in bronze or stone,
:17:43. > :17:47.but the fans will head home happy. ? Well, the team these fans will be
:17:47. > :17:49.cheering on was announced a short time ago.
:17:50. > :17:53.There's a first Scotland start for Ikechi Anya. Barry Bannan comes into
:17:53. > :17:57.the midfield and Steven Naismith is given the lone striker's role. Chris
:17:57. > :18:04.McLaughlin caught up with the man who picked that team.
:18:04. > :18:12.Yes, the fans who have travelled are optimistic and I'm delighted to say
:18:12. > :18:16.I'm joined by a man who is always an optimist, Gordon Strachan. Gordon,
:18:16. > :18:19.you have had a look at the pitch, your mates and changes. Let's talk
:18:19. > :18:27.about your team. What is your thinking? The team was not chosen
:18:27. > :18:31.because of the pitch, that is the sure, it was chosen because of
:18:31. > :18:37.injuries and a bit of a change. What is your take? It could be a bit
:18:37. > :18:43.wobbly, there's nothing wrong with your telly, it is the pitch.
:18:43. > :18:47.Hoteliers shaking, it is the pitch. We will have to deal with that. You
:18:47. > :18:52.are quite happy with the performance against Belgium, IU expecting a
:18:52. > :19:02.similar performance to get you a victory question at -- IU.
:19:02. > :19:04.Collectively, sometimes you have to take responsibility and say that
:19:04. > :19:09.you're better than who you're playing against. Speaking to fans,
:19:09. > :19:14.they say that in terms of the result, they want passion and drive,
:19:14. > :19:19.I know you are similar to that. I want a win. That is my priority. The
:19:19. > :19:25.fans want a performance, they want to enjoy themselves, something to
:19:25. > :19:29.shout about. But we have done that recently, so we'll try our best to
:19:29. > :19:38.do it again. Thank you for joining us. This is Scotland's ultimate
:19:38. > :19:44.match -- and ultimate match. There are no excuses of missing
:19:44. > :19:47.tonight's action. The whole match is live all across BBC Scotland, that's
:19:47. > :19:51.on radio, television and online. An Olympic gold medallist has chosen to
:19:51. > :19:54.come to Scotland to launch her new sporting career. Amy Williams found
:19:54. > :19:57.fame after claiming skeleton gold at the Vancouver Winter Olympics. Now
:19:57. > :20:00.she's chasing her licence as a co-driver in rallying with the
:20:00. > :20:08.ambition of competing in the World Rally Championship. She made her
:20:08. > :20:16.race debut at the Merrick Rally in Wigtonshire. She is still hurtling
:20:16. > :20:21.down a track, but this time Amy Williams is powered by an engine.
:20:21. > :20:25.She is more used to ice and gravity feeding her need for speed and in
:20:25. > :20:33.2010, she won the Olympic gold medal. So why choose rallying? For
:20:33. > :20:38.me, it is a chance to do something different. To try and get this code
:20:38. > :20:45.driving licence. The similarities between skeleton and rallying on
:20:45. > :20:49.many. Getting around the course as fast as possible and ultimately,
:20:49. > :20:55.you're learning notes and try to learn the track, so that is similar
:20:55. > :20:58.to skeleton. I'm a bit behind on my notes and calling out directions,
:20:58. > :21:07.but I think it will come. Hopefully, we will do OK. She and her driver
:21:07. > :21:13.did better than all right, they won their class in this event at the
:21:13. > :21:16.Scottish Rally championship. She never missed a note in the last
:21:16. > :21:23.stage. The faster the stage, the better she got. She I didn't have
:21:23. > :21:27.two say a word. I felt more confident as each stage went on and
:21:27. > :21:31.I know have more to learn, but I've started from somewhere and I'm
:21:31. > :21:39.pleased with it well. The winning team is back together next month at
:21:39. > :21:44.the Colin McRae stage in Perthshire. Pretty brave to do both of those
:21:44. > :21:49.sports. It is good to see her on two wheels rather than going down the
:21:49. > :21:55.ice. And an usual choice. Thank you for that. On the 18th of September,
:21:55. > :21:58.it will be exactly one year until the voting booths open and the
:21:58. > :22:01.nation decides on independence. As part of our extensive referendum
:22:01. > :22:03.coverage, we'll be holding a televised debate, Choosing
:22:03. > :22:06.Scotland's Future, with a panel of senior politicians in Inverness. If
:22:06. > :22:13.you'd like to be part of the audience, go to the BBC Scotland
:22:13. > :22:16.news page, and apply online. Are people in the West of Scotland
:22:16. > :22:19.losing their accents? Well, it appears that Glaswegian fans of
:22:19. > :22:22.Eastenders may be picking up the Cockney dialect. Linguists at
:22:22. > :22:25.Glasgow University carried out a study which they say proved that
:22:25. > :22:37.actively watching TV could speed up language change. Julie Peacock
:22:37. > :22:41.reports. You all right girls?Soap operas have often been accused of
:22:41. > :22:46.affecting how we behave, whether it is attitudes of the amount of time
:22:46. > :22:51.we spend in front of the telly. But could programmes like Eastenders be
:22:51. > :22:55.changing the way we speak? We searches in Glasgow say young people
:22:55. > :23:08.in the city are beginning to sound more cockney. That is something we
:23:08. > :23:12.decided to put to the test. Here at Saint Ninian 's high school,
:23:12. > :23:16.rehearsals are under way for the school production of Oliver. Are the
:23:16. > :23:24.cockney accents making their way off the stage? We searches found words
:23:25. > :23:29.like think and Bath are being pronounced differently. I don't
:23:29. > :23:37.think people notice it until they think about it. I think some of the
:23:37. > :23:44.words are influenced, but not many. Do you say things that you hear on
:23:44. > :23:49.TV? Yes, some things from TV, but some things from other people. This
:23:49. > :23:55.professor carried out the study and said our interviews with the cast of
:23:55. > :23:59.Oliver showed many examples. What we are finding with the changes is that
:23:59. > :24:04.the children are speaking with a Scottish accent and so it is
:24:04. > :24:08.specific sounds that are changing. One of the girls says, I think, but
:24:08. > :24:12.you may not hear it as everything she says sounds Scottish. But the
:24:13. > :24:17.kinds of things that are changing our changes that are already
:24:17. > :24:18.happening. Media is accelerating what is happening rather than
:24:18. > :24:31.planting. Make the most of the evening
:24:31. > :24:35.sunshine, short lived as it may be. It will feel more like autumn over
:24:35. > :24:41.the next couple of days. It has been a lovely day for many, and it'll
:24:41. > :24:49.stage I and bright as evening. -- stay bright. Some more stubborn
:24:49. > :24:53.cloud over the Aberdeenshire area. That could produce some drizzle
:24:53. > :24:56.tonight, but otherwise it will be dry with clear spells for the first
:24:56. > :25:01.part of the night and then we see this front of rain pushing in from
:25:01. > :25:05.the North West and leaching many parts by morning. Underneath that
:25:05. > :25:09.cloud and rain, not a cold night, ten or 11 sources and as well as six
:25:09. > :25:14.Celsius in parts of the Borders where skies remain clear. Tomorrow
:25:14. > :25:19.morning, where you do start strike, you will see that rain arriving and
:25:19. > :25:24.it will reach all parts and will be heavy across the northern isles for
:25:24. > :25:29.a spell. In the afternoon, we begin to see some improvements, not for
:25:29. > :25:36.everyone in mind you. If you look at 3pm, still very cloudy and damp for
:25:36. > :25:40.Southern Scotland, into the Borders and a cloudy and damp picture for
:25:40. > :25:44.much of the Central Belt. We'll start to see thinning cloud and
:25:44. > :25:48.brightness getting to the Perthshire and the Central Highlands, perhaps
:25:48. > :25:52.the north-west Highlands, but for the Northern Isles, it'll stay
:25:52. > :25:58.cloudy with mist and hill fog. It'll be quite fresh over the Western
:25:58. > :26:02.Isles would lighter winds across the rest of the mainland. Through the
:26:02. > :26:07.afternoon, the rest of the rain should die away, still quite cloudy
:26:07. > :26:12.for the rest of the country. As we head into Thursday, we are watching
:26:12. > :26:17.the West again as another weather front is pushing in off the Atlantic
:26:17. > :26:20.bringing more rain. The Thursday, eastern Scotland will start dry and
:26:20. > :26:25.bright with sunshine during the morning, but from the outset will
:26:25. > :26:29.see cloud and rain across western Scotland and during the day it will
:26:29. > :26:33.spread to all parts. That frame will be heavy at times and persistent,
:26:33. > :26:41.especially in the North. -- that rain. Amidst all of that, a very
:26:41. > :26:46.cool feel, temperatures struggling, 16 Celsius at best. That rain will
:26:47. > :26:53.clear away on Thursday night and Friday eight bit different. A try
:26:53. > :26:58.and bright day on Friday with spells of sunshine, but you are going to
:26:58. > :27:01.notice a cooler feel with temperatures at 15 Celsius and a
:27:01. > :27:07.similar day on Saturday. That is the forecast.
:27:07. > :27:13.Britain, France and the United States are to table a motion at the
:27:13. > :27:16.UN Security Council demanding Syria surrender its chemical weapons.
:27:16. > :27:21.Michael Le Vell has been found not guilty of 12 rape and child abuse
:27:21. > :27:26.charges. A five man has fought and won a legal battle against the
:27:26. > :27:30.so-called bedroom tax. Davie Nelson has raided a tribunal to get him
:27:30. > :27:34.back to housing benefit he had lost having a spare bedroom as the room
:27:34. > :27:37.was too small. That is Reporting Scotland, I'll be back with the late
:27:37. > :27:41.bulletin just after the 10pm news. Until then, from us, have a good
:27:41. > :27:42.evening. Goodbye.