:00:20. > :00:34.The headlines on Reporting Scotland this evening... The final is so cute
:00:34. > :00:39.is what sets out his spending plans. I can confirm that the Scottish
:00:39. > :00:43.government will invest up to £20 million to help those struggling the
:00:43. > :00:50.most with the cost of the bedroom tax. Also in the programme, the
:00:50. > :00:57.number of jobless is up by 10,000 but that is better news on the high
:00:57. > :01:03.Street. And they might be out of the World Cup, but Shaun Maloney 's goal
:01:03. > :01:13.against Scotland victory in Macedonia. Not so much beaten and
:01:13. > :01:19.humiliated. To rub it in, they've even got the lone victory dance, as
:01:19. > :01:23.well. We look at the new generation of robots being developed in
:01:24. > :01:31.Scotland. The Finance Secretary John Swinney laid out his plans for
:01:31. > :01:37.spending over the next two years. The biggest showers over an issue
:01:37. > :01:43.which Holyrood says it has no control over. They said they were
:01:43. > :01:51.setting money aside to help those most affected by the controversial
:01:51. > :02:03.bedroom tax. Scottish budget day, hard hat time politically. The focus
:02:03. > :02:11.was coming in under budget, leaving John Swinney little money to divert
:02:11. > :02:21.elsewhere. He is investing in fierce construction schemes, but conceded
:02:21. > :02:25.that certain plans had faced delay. It is a budget which values are
:02:25. > :02:31.public services. It provides opportunities for young people and
:02:31. > :02:38.secures key for older people. Most of all, it demonstrates the benefits
:02:38. > :02:43.of decisions being made here by those who have the future of the
:02:44. > :02:49.country at heart. There is more money for housing and for sport, to
:02:49. > :03:00.ensure a legacy after next year 's Commonwealth Games. On public
:03:00. > :03:07.service public service pay, the 1% will be maintained, but ministers
:03:07. > :03:15.said he would boost spending in health care, and childcare. There is
:03:15. > :03:20.also more money for families feeling the pinch from the bedroom tax. We
:03:21. > :03:24.will invest up to £20 million this financial year to help those
:03:24. > :03:32.suffering the most from the bedroom tax. The Labour party said it was
:03:32. > :03:36.not enough. He has found less than half the funds needed for the
:03:36. > :03:41.bedroom tax this year. In order to hate the fact that his budget itself
:03:41. > :03:47.makes no provision at all to help next year. In savings, the
:03:47. > :03:54.restructuring of Scotland's police force should cost less. The trunk
:03:54. > :04:03.road budget is down and that is more money coming in from business rates.
:04:03. > :04:09.There is a must for hundred million pounds extra coming from business.
:04:09. > :04:15.Is this really the best way we can encourage business to come here?
:04:15. > :04:23.With the agreed to look again at their plans? Looking ahead, the
:04:23. > :04:32.fourth road crossing is due to end -- open and 2016. Brine joins us now
:04:32. > :04:38.from the Scottish Parliament. This was a budget to set the agenda for
:04:38. > :04:47.the independence debate? Yes, it was the last one before it takes place
:04:47. > :04:52.one year today. It is viewed inevitably through the prism of
:04:52. > :05:00.independence. The big controversy was overly Scottish government
:05:00. > :05:06.response to a United Kingdom policy. Of course, in particular, the
:05:06. > :05:11.bedroom tax. In Edinburgh, as in many parts of Scotland, there is a
:05:11. > :05:24.shortage of affordable homes for rent. We have huge pressure in that
:05:24. > :05:30.we have 24,000 people looking for property and only a tiny proportion
:05:30. > :05:37.of that available. What would happen if one of the houses here came up?
:05:37. > :05:43.Well, take this two-bedroom house. We meet the beds for a property like
:05:43. > :05:48.that and you may get something like 1,000 beds for a single property.
:05:48. > :05:57.The policy that which has become known as the bedroom tax, by
:05:57. > :06:01.removing housing benefit from those who have spear bedrooms, the idea
:06:01. > :06:05.was that it would free up houses for those on the waiting list,
:06:05. > :06:12.especially those in need of larger homes. But with alternative
:06:12. > :06:25.accommodation not always available, not everyone is keen to move. He has
:06:25. > :06:29.given up work because of Parkinson's disease and his benefit has been
:06:29. > :06:38.cut. He is now finding it very hard to make ends meet. When people say
:06:38. > :06:43.it is only £1020 a week, it may not seem a lot to them, but it has a lot
:06:43. > :06:47.to someone brings you are really struggling to make ends meet and
:06:47. > :06:56.struggling to pay their bills and to meet fuel and food costs. The
:06:56. > :07:05.housing charity shelter is proposing that the bedroom tax is scrapped, as
:07:05. > :07:13.do the Scottish National party and the Labour Party. We have a tough
:07:13. > :07:19.set of financial circumstances. We need to allow for different families
:07:19. > :07:28.in different circumstances to have the figures adjusted, which we will
:07:28. > :07:34.do. We will continue to review that. We will always be looking at the
:07:34. > :07:41.subsidy. This will not make this or any other welfare reform go away.
:07:41. > :07:46.What is the political impact of this row over the so-called bedroom tax?
:07:46. > :07:54.It is intriguing. It presents a challenge. It presents the Scottish
:07:54. > :07:57.National party with a chance because they are under pressure from Labour
:07:57. > :08:06.to demonstrate what they are going to do about it now and what they
:08:06. > :08:09.will do in the future. But John Swinney said that this week to get
:08:09. > :08:17.rid of this is simply to transfer power to Scotland, so that they
:08:17. > :08:23.could make all the own policies. Still to come on the programme,
:08:23. > :08:31.still no joy from the Panda in Edinburgh zoo, regarding their
:08:31. > :08:35.pregnancy. And coming up in sport, Scotland's top rugby sides face
:08:35. > :08:43.exclusion from the Haney Kim cup. And if you are happy for it and you
:08:43. > :08:48.know it, clap your hands. Scotland get off the bottom of the qualifying
:08:48. > :08:51.group following victory in Macedonia. The number of people out
:08:51. > :08:55.of work in Scotland has risen by 10,000. That is against the chain
:08:55. > :09:00.that the United Kingdom as a whole. But there was better news on the
:09:00. > :09:08.high Street, with retailers reporting a rise in sales. LA set up
:09:08. > :09:12.a photography firm in Dundee and she is looking to grow our business. It
:09:12. > :09:19.was not an easy start but has worked out well. It started in January and
:09:20. > :09:24.I was a need tough situation and needed to turn things round quickly.
:09:24. > :09:32.I had done photography on and off for a few years, so I set it up as a
:09:32. > :09:37.company and then started doing it commercially. She started small, but
:09:37. > :09:41.growing numbers of people across Scotland are setting up on the own
:09:41. > :09:52.in response to the tough labour market. These figures suggest more
:09:52. > :09:59.people are in Kelly's position. 6,000 people less when unemployment
:09:59. > :10:05.over the last six months, but the figures suggested that there was
:10:05. > :10:11.more unemployment, so how did that actually work? We are seeing maybe a
:10:12. > :10:16.drop in the number of people actively seeking work. There is also
:10:16. > :10:31.greater flexibility and the workforce. While the job market
:10:31. > :10:38.remained sluggish, other things are more encouraging. Retailers are
:10:38. > :10:47.reporting the highest sales for nearly four years. There is slow
:10:47. > :10:52.growth in the economy and we are seeing signs of that. People appear
:10:52. > :10:56.to be more willing to part with their money. In recent months, there
:10:56. > :11:01.have been some signs of an upturn in the economy. But the unemployment
:11:01. > :11:09.figures are a stark reminder that the recovery is likely to be a slow
:11:09. > :11:18.one. A new way of treating heart attacks could save thousands of
:11:18. > :11:25.lives, according to a specialist. When a heart attack occurs, the
:11:25. > :11:29.doctors treat the mean blocked artery, despite the fact that other
:11:29. > :11:38.arteries to the heart may also be affected. What has been happening?
:11:38. > :11:44.At the moment, if patients come in with the heart attack, we would only
:11:44. > :11:49.treat the artery which has caused the heart attack. There are often
:11:49. > :11:56.additional problems in other arteries. You have got a picture of
:11:56. > :11:59.one here. Yes, there is a block each year, which has caused the heart
:11:59. > :12:07.attack, but also, every move forward, this is the artery on the
:12:07. > :12:14.right side of the heart. There are also severe blockages in this
:12:14. > :12:23.artery. You can see them here, and here. No, both of these arteries can
:12:23. > :12:36.be treated at the same time. The risk of death from being treated in
:12:36. > :12:45.this way was so dramatic. In terms of the fall. Joining me is Doctor
:12:45. > :12:51.Bailey. Why is everyone so excited about this trial? The results really
:12:51. > :13:01.challenge clinical practice. The unappealing because it is a four of
:13:01. > :13:04.Kiev which can be readily adopted across the United Kingdom.
:13:04. > :13:08.Unfortunately, heart attacks are common in the community. Up to
:13:08. > :13:17.25,000 patients have a heart attack each year. It is a very relevant
:13:17. > :13:22.public health problem. There are still some an answer questions about
:13:22. > :13:26.the treatment, but doctors are hoping a new treatment will get
:13:26. > :13:31.underway as soon as possible. They are hoping they will be able to
:13:31. > :13:39.check out when this is best used and two in particular will benefit and
:13:39. > :13:45.roll it out as soon as possible. And now for some other stories from
:13:45. > :13:49.across Scotland. Politicians joined a demonstration outside the Scottish
:13:49. > :13:58.Parliament to mark the 40th anniversary of the coup in chilly
:13:58. > :14:03.which led to the coup d'etat by General Pinochet. They want to know
:14:03. > :14:14.the fate of thousands of people who went missing under the dictatorship
:14:14. > :14:18.of General Peachey should. The local council in White Sands is looking
:14:18. > :14:27.for government funds to create a new flood prevention scheme. The United
:14:27. > :14:32.Kingdom 's first development coach for freestyle snowboarding. They
:14:32. > :14:41.will be based at the Aberdeen snow centre. The Scots picked up six
:14:41. > :14:44.medals at this year 's championship. We have victory facilities and can
:14:44. > :14:51.use them all year round. On top of that, we have had proven success
:14:51. > :14:55.with people from the region. Climbers and hill walkers are being
:14:55. > :15:02.encouraged to give personal details online before heading into the
:15:02. > :15:08.hills. The contact form previously existed as a paper document and has
:15:08. > :15:12.people to complete details useful to police and rescue teams in the event
:15:12. > :15:18.of e-mail and emergency. Please Scotland say they have more people
:15:19. > :15:25.covering the roads than ever before. This was in response to accusations
:15:25. > :15:29.that the A9 accident and fatality rate could be cut and more officers
:15:29. > :15:38.were visible on the road. And you can get more stories 24 hours a day
:15:38. > :15:44.on the BBC Scotland website. A new research centre is opening in
:15:44. > :15:47.Edinburgh. It is called Robotarium and as Kenneth Macdonald reports,
:15:47. > :15:55.they already have robots with minds of their own.
:15:55. > :16:00.They are powerful and accurate, they can crawl and swim. We are on the
:16:00. > :16:04.verge of a new era where robots can think for themselves without us
:16:04. > :16:08.getting hot. I think the age of the robots is already here. I think what
:16:08. > :16:11.we are on the verge of is new kinds of service robot that have greater
:16:11. > :16:15.levels of capability to work independently from direct
:16:15. > :16:19.supervision by a human operator. ??WHTIE This could be the future of
:16:19. > :16:24.artificial limbs, work that is now part of Robotarium. It's a project
:16:24. > :16:27.bringing together Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt universities and is
:16:27. > :16:33.backed by millions of pounds in UK Government funding, for potentially
:16:33. > :16:37.world-beating technology. We are getting into a new era where robots
:16:37. > :16:43.need to work much more closely with humans, and interact with humans.
:16:43. > :16:45.And I think there is new science required for that, there is new
:16:45. > :16:49.infrastructure and hardware required for that and and Robotarium is our
:16:49. > :16:55.effort at getting this up and running. Some robots are already
:16:55. > :16:59.thinking for themselves. Remus here has been designed to do underwater
:16:59. > :17:03.surveys. When we come to have build-robots that work in the ocean,
:17:03. > :17:08.we want to have them for long periods of time, working away from
:17:08. > :17:12.where there is a ship, for example. It is a bit difficult to have an
:17:12. > :17:16.umbilical cable, there is lots of issues with the umbilical cable, so
:17:16. > :17:19.if we cut the umbilical, we have no choice, we have to give the robot
:17:19. > :17:24.some level of decision-making to decide what to do. Hundreds of
:17:24. > :17:28.people already have artificial hands like these. The next step, giving
:17:28. > :17:31.them a sense of touch. So the moment the hand makes contact, the patient
:17:31. > :17:35.will actually know this is the force they are applying and use that even
:17:35. > :17:43.look elsewhere, do something else whilst trying to grab it. This may
:17:43. > :17:47.be the new age of the robot, but there is no need yet to worry about
:17:47. > :17:53.them taking over. Although there are already some things at which they
:17:53. > :17:58.can out-think some of us. Not so much beaten as humiliated. And just
:17:58. > :18:06.to rub it in, she does a little victory dance as well.
:18:06. > :18:09.The robot dance, it is popular with Peter Crouch, and Jonathan, who is
:18:09. > :18:13.here with the sports news. We could do with a few more robots
:18:13. > :18:16.in the sports department, I will look into that later. No
:18:16. > :18:20.malfunctioning in the national team and the green shoots of recovery
:18:20. > :18:25.beginning to show? Manager Gordon Strachan says the country should
:18:25. > :18:32.just enjoy last night's 2-1 win over Macedonia. But leading analysis for
:18:32. > :18:36.the weeks to come, it was a night for the Tartan Army to enjoy as
:18:36. > :18:40.Scotland enjoyed their second victory in the World Cup qualifying
:18:40. > :18:45.group. It is Shaun Maloney and it is in!
:18:45. > :18:50.Wonderful from Shaun Maloney! Shaun Maloney, striking with just two
:18:50. > :18:54.minutes left to play, a fitting way to round up a much improved
:18:55. > :18:59.performance. The manager says after so many disappointments, it is now
:18:59. > :19:05.time to enjoy a victory. Let's just say, what a wonderful night, great
:19:05. > :19:07.football, no failures, the fans have enjoyed themselves. I know for a
:19:07. > :19:13.fact they have been enjoying themselves for the last 24 hours,
:19:13. > :19:16.let's leave it at that. Before last night's game, Scotland were
:19:16. > :19:19.languishing at the bottom of Group A but the win, combined with Wales's
:19:19. > :19:25.defeat to Serbia, takes us into fourth place. And the player who
:19:25. > :19:30.scored one goal but sealed victory says the team are showing signs of
:19:30. > :19:33.progress. Slowly. I have said previously, it was pretty low
:19:33. > :19:37.against Wales but in the last three or four games, there have been signs
:19:37. > :19:42.of improvement, so definitely turning a corner. There was a new
:19:42. > :19:45.name for Scotland fans to chant went Ikechi Anya scored his first goal
:19:45. > :19:56.for his country on his first international start. I think maybe
:19:56. > :19:59.they didn't know me so well. It was a great pass through and I hit it
:19:59. > :20:06.truly and it was in the bottom of the net. Exactly a year ago today,
:20:06. > :20:11.Scotland's World Cup hopes all but vanished after an uninspiring draw
:20:11. > :20:14.against Macedonia at Hampden. Last night has brought new hope, with
:20:14. > :20:21.attention turning toward the European Championships qualifiers in
:20:21. > :20:25.a year's time. A former British and Irish Lion says
:20:25. > :20:28.the future of Scotland's two professional rugby clubs could be
:20:28. > :20:31.under threat if there's a breakaway from the Heineken Cup competition.
:20:31. > :20:34.Clubs from France and England are unhappy with the current set-up and
:20:34. > :20:36.have threatened to walk away. But competition organisers insist the
:20:36. > :20:39.English and French sides remain committed to finding a solution.
:20:39. > :20:43.With more, here's Kheredine Idessane. The cream of European
:20:43. > :20:47.rugby played a Heineken Cup cup final at Murrayfield a few years
:20:47. > :20:51.ago, but could soon be a vastly different tournament? At the
:20:51. > :20:54.moment: 24 clubs from across Europe take part, but the English and
:20:54. > :20:59.French are not happy with the way the money is divided and the fact
:20:59. > :21:04.that two Italian and to Scottish clubs are guaranteed to qualify. I
:21:04. > :21:08.don't think that is right, so there is merit in making the French
:21:08. > :21:12.league, the English league and the Rebel 12, being the top six in East
:21:12. > :21:17.country and maybe a couple of others, whatever criteria. -- each
:21:17. > :21:20.country. The English and French have threatened to break away and form
:21:20. > :21:22.their own competition, but in a statement this afternoon, organisers
:21:22. > :21:42.said... So could the very future of
:21:42. > :21:49.Scotland's pro teams be in doubt if a solution is not found? The total
:21:49. > :21:52.broadcast income for the league is about 12 million. Some of that will
:21:52. > :21:56.be from the European cup, said ticket sales are 9 million, but
:21:56. > :22:00.broadcasting brings 12 million. So if they loose about 12 million,
:22:00. > :22:06.which includes European cup money, it will be harder to fund the
:22:06. > :22:09.protein, so I would be worried. With changes seemingly inevitable, both
:22:09. > :22:13.Scottish sides will want to make a good impression in this season's
:22:13. > :22:16.European competition. More on that story in the next few
:22:16. > :22:21.days, but the know, that is the sport. Thanks very much, Jonathan.
:22:21. > :22:24.-- A five-year research plan for giant pandas is being developed in
:22:24. > :22:28.Edinburgh, by conservation experts from around the world. But by now.
:22:28. > :22:31.Meanwhile, staff at the city zoo say Tian Tian, the female panda, could
:22:31. > :22:33.give birth in the next fortnight. Morag Kinniburgh reports.
:22:33. > :22:37.The newest of this year's panda cubs in an American zoo. But her twin
:22:37. > :22:42.sister was stillborn, highlighting the plight of one of the world's
:22:42. > :22:48.most endangered speed is. Newborn pandas are so fragile, to co-star in
:22:48. > :22:52.the first week. It is basically related to stress and to everyone
:22:52. > :22:57.wanting a part of pandas, everybody wants to see them, and there are a
:22:57. > :23:00.lot of babies being born in the zoo all the time, but only certain
:23:00. > :23:04.babies really generate that public interest and you can say, great,
:23:04. > :23:08.let's take that and use that to make the world a better place. Experts
:23:08. > :23:14.meeting in Edinburgh are trying to work at ways of improving life for
:23:14. > :23:19.pandas, developing a five-year masterplan to revive the population
:23:19. > :23:26.both in captivity and the wild. The idea is to come together, just to
:23:26. > :23:30.discuss what we can do for the conservation, both wild conservation
:23:30. > :23:34.and domestic. Edinburgh's female panda is the centre of much
:23:34. > :23:39.attention. Experts say she did concede, and she may be able to give
:23:39. > :23:46.birth to a kebab cubs in the next two weeks, but it is by no means
:23:46. > :23:51.certain. Conservationists argue that analysis of pandas in captivity is
:23:51. > :23:56.affecting those left in the wild. Even with the best will in the
:23:56. > :23:59.world, we cannot control what is going to happen, but each time we
:23:59. > :24:05.attempted, we learn something from it so we can improve next time.
:24:05. > :24:07.Reintroducing pandas to the wild is extremely difficult. One temporary
:24:07. > :24:10.release is happening in China and the hope is the Edinburgh plant will
:24:11. > :24:17.pave the way for more successful releases in future.
:24:17. > :24:20.On the 18th of September, it will be exactly one year until the voting
:24:20. > :24:23.booths open and the nation decides on independence. As part of our
:24:23. > :24:26.extensive referendum coverage, we'll be holding a televised debate,
:24:26. > :24:29.Choosing Scotland's Future, with a panel of senior politicians, in
:24:30. > :24:33.Inverness. If you'd like to be part of the audience, go to the BBC
:24:33. > :24:47.Scotland news page, and apply online. It was more of a treat day
:24:47. > :24:50.today, is there more to come? There wasn't an awful when a lot of
:24:51. > :24:56.brightness this evening, it is pretty straightforward tonight, we
:24:56. > :25:00.have lost the rain that was there, but it has left a legacy of cloud,
:25:00. > :25:03.and a few holes in that giving us some brightness to end the day and
:25:03. > :25:09.overnight, most places will stay dry, with a few clear spells. Some
:25:09. > :25:12.bits of drizzle will hang around but they won't amount to much. By the
:25:12. > :25:17.end of the night, quite misty and murky and on the mild side. Slipping
:25:17. > :25:23.down to seven or eight in one or two role spots. Tomorrow, we start the
:25:23. > :25:28.day dry and eastern Scotland will hold onto some sunshine well into
:25:28. > :25:31.the afternoon, but in the West, cloud increases and this rain
:25:31. > :25:35.arrives with a bit of a bang, spreading eastwards to all parts
:25:35. > :25:39.during the afternoon. So if we take a closer look at around three
:25:39. > :25:46.o'clock, it is a round blue -- it is a back by fiddly bit of a blue
:25:46. > :25:50.blanket. Still some heavy pulses of rain for Argyle up into the
:25:50. > :25:54.north-west Highlands through the North Highlands and Aberdeenshire to
:25:54. > :26:01.and some heavy pulses of rain for Orkney and Shetland. Quite breezy up
:26:01. > :26:02.and around the coast. Late in the afternoon is when we start to see a
:26:02. > :26:07.and around the coast. Late in the clearance getting into the far
:26:07. > :26:11.north-west. That process will continue into the afternoon and the
:26:11. > :26:14.rest of the evening. We may see some brightness of the Hebrides by the
:26:14. > :26:18.end of the day and most of that rain will clear away eastwards during
:26:18. > :26:22.tomorrow evening. For Friday, something a wee bit different as the
:26:22. > :26:26.rain pulls away. We see a ridge of high pressure developing, a much
:26:26. > :26:30.drier and brighter day but fresher feeling, temperatures a shakedown,
:26:30. > :26:34.13 or 14 Celsius, but with light winds, it won't feel all that bad.
:26:34. > :26:38.That region stays with us on Saturday, so another fine day with
:26:38. > :26:42.good spells of sunshine, and the temperatures up a notch on Friday's
:26:42. > :26:47.values, but then look at Sunday, this deep area of low pressure
:26:47. > :26:50.bringing very wet and windy weather. Thanks very much.
:26:50. > :26:53.A reminder of tonight's main news in brief:
:26:53. > :26:56.The Finance Secretary John Swinney says his emphasis in today's budget
:26:56. > :26:59.was on growing the economy en route to independence.
:26:59. > :27:00.But he also announced extra money to compensate families struggling with
:27:01. > :27:04.UK benefit cuts. A UN report says that all sides in
:27:04. > :27:07.the Syria conflict have commited war crimes. The claim comes as intense
:27:07. > :27:09.diplomatic activity involving governments around the world
:27:10. > :27:12.continues to try and resolve the crisis.
:27:12. > :27:14.The police watchdog investigating the behaviour of police officers
:27:14. > :27:18.after the Hillsborough football disaster says it is working through
:27:18. > :27:20.new evidence. The IPCC has recovered more than 90 police notebooks which
:27:20. > :27:26.could contain crucial new information.
:27:26. > :27:30.The number of people in Scotland who're out of work has risen by
:27:30. > :27:35.10,000. That goes against the trend for the UK as a whole.
:27:35. > :27:39.And that is Reporting Scotland, I will be back with the late bulletin
:27:39. > :27:44.just after the Ten O'Clock News. Hope you can join me then. Baikonur.
:27:44. > :27:45.-- bye for now.