:00:00. > :00:24.That is all from the BBC's news at six, so it is goodbye from me,
:00:25. > :00:29.90-year-old woman murdered in a drunken attack because her killer's
:00:30. > :00:39.mobile phone had broken. A drunken hooligan. An animal. Also in the
:00:40. > :00:43.programme: The Scottish economy is doing better, with analysts saying
:00:44. > :00:48.it is growing better this year than previously thought.
:00:49. > :00:51.This is usually one of the busiest roads out of Glasgow city centre at
:00:52. > :00:57.night a burst water main has burst apart of the road causing chaos for
:00:58. > :01:02.commuters. Celtic Park will be the venue for
:01:03. > :01:05.next year's Scottish Cup final, but how fair will it be if Celtic get
:01:06. > :01:11.there? And they were at the dancing in the
:01:12. > :01:17.1950s and 1960s. Now they are back as part of a show creating that
:01:18. > :01:21.heyday. Georgina Barnett was 90 years old
:01:22. > :01:25.and under five feet tall. To date Thomas Brogan was sentenced to life
:01:26. > :01:31.for murdering the widow chewing a drunken rage over his broken mobile
:01:32. > :01:37.phone. Georgina Barnett's nephew, relieved
:01:38. > :01:46.justice had been done. His aunt died five days after the attack. A
:01:47. > :01:54.drunken hooligan. He was an animal. What words can describe the
:01:55. > :02:01.injuries? Unemployed Brogan had been extremely drunk last June when he
:02:02. > :02:06.went to her Kirkaldy home. He blamed his friend next door to Mrs Barnett
:02:07. > :02:11.for breaking his mobile phone, but vented his anger on her. The judge
:02:12. > :02:14.said he utterly lost control and committed eight sustained attack on
:02:15. > :02:18.a defenceless old lady. Upstairs neighbours had called the police
:02:19. > :02:21.when they heard shouts and crushes below. They thought he had been
:02:22. > :02:27.fighting his friend and was shocked to hear Mrs Barnett pleading for him
:02:28. > :02:34.to stop. Later he confessed to police but he has never offered
:02:35. > :02:38.defence or explanation. She was a friend to Thomas Brogan for almost
:02:39. > :02:45.two years. She opened her house to him. They shared meals and drinks.
:02:46. > :02:48.For him to turn on her is beyond belief. Georgina Barnett is
:02:49. > :02:53.remembered as a lovely, friendly woman. Her family say that
:02:54. > :02:58.tragically she paid for that kindness with her life.
:02:59. > :03:04.A sixth person, a man, has been arrested in Scotland over alleged
:03:05. > :03:06.terrorism offences. Last week four men and a woman were arrested in
:03:07. > :03:11.various locations and appeared in court yesterday charged with
:03:12. > :03:16.conspiracy to murder and terrorism offences.
:03:17. > :03:23.The prospects are improving for the Scottish economy, according to a new
:03:24. > :03:26.report but the Fraser Of Allander Institute also warns that the
:03:27. > :03:30.recovery is based too heavily on credit rather than investment and
:03:31. > :03:33.export. So what can we learn from companies that have weathered the
:03:34. > :03:39.downturn and are looking to the long-term? Here is our business and
:03:40. > :03:42.economy editor. Here in East Kilbride it is one
:03:43. > :03:50.place the economy is picking up. This firm has grabbed hold of future
:03:51. > :03:56.market, selling two overseas. This manipulator is bound for China.
:03:57. > :04:01.Investing in new ideas and exporting is a sustainable future for the
:04:02. > :04:08.economy. A future controlled by the workers here because they own their
:04:09. > :04:15.company. Living on services, taking a percentage of financial business
:04:16. > :04:17.is the model for the future. We have a very unbalanced economy at the
:04:18. > :04:26.moment and if we learn these things, a very unbalanced economy at the
:04:27. > :04:29.be a slow improvement. Much of the growth we are seeing is from
:04:30. > :04:35.consumers gaining confidence and spending more, often by borrowing.
:04:36. > :04:38.The Fraser Of Allander Institute, the economic Institute at
:04:39. > :04:44.Strathclyde using adversity, has raised its forecast for economic
:04:45. > :04:49.growth this year. But it is still short of the trend we saw before
:04:50. > :04:53.this great crash of roughly 2% per year. They reckon also that there
:04:54. > :05:00.will be an improvement in the number of people in work this year. But
:05:01. > :05:04.they also reckon that unemployment will keep rising through to the end
:05:05. > :05:10.of next year, as things continue to look fragile. The Scottish economy
:05:11. > :05:13.has grown for the last five quarters and we do see that growth
:05:14. > :05:18.continuing. What we are worried about is the extent to which the
:05:19. > :05:24.growth will continue. I am concerned that the basis of this recovery may
:05:25. > :05:30.not be sustainable, because it seems to be predicated upon are being
:05:31. > :05:36.rather than rising real incomes. We are not yet seen widespread business
:05:37. > :05:42.confidence to start investing to increase capacity and export
:05:43. > :05:46.markets, except across some industries which are enjoying quite
:05:47. > :05:51.a strong performance such as the whiskey industry. It may just be a
:05:52. > :05:58.footnote in today's report but it is important, if you look at two last
:05:59. > :06:04.week they looked at the cost to the economy had Grangemouth closed.
:06:05. > :06:07.Workers are repairing a burst water main which cut off supplies to
:06:08. > :06:11.thousands of homes in Glasgow and left a huge crater in one of the
:06:12. > :06:17.main roads to the south of the city. The burst, on Bridge Street
:06:18. > :06:20.near the River Clyde, is on the same place as a similar 17 years ago. Our
:06:21. > :06:28.reporter is at the scene. You join me in what is usually one
:06:29. > :06:30.of the busiest routes out of the city centre. Normally this would be
:06:31. > :06:36.absolutely packed full of traffic but that big hole in the road behind
:06:37. > :06:42.me means it is closed from Jamaica Street bridge all the way as far up
:06:43. > :06:47.as Bridge Street tube station. There are diversions in place but it has
:06:48. > :06:50.meant delays. But the real headache yesterday was for people dealing
:06:51. > :06:53.with the flood water. This is the water main part caused
:06:54. > :06:59.all the problems. A large crack where water came spewing out onto
:07:00. > :07:02.the street is clearly visible. It left thousands of homes without
:07:03. > :07:16.water for a few hours. It is similar to what Happened in 2006 but
:07:17. > :07:26.Scottish Water says it has spent thousands on new water mains. We
:07:27. > :07:29.looked at bus routes. We certainly recognise that this is a main
:07:30. > :07:35.arterial route for Glasgow. We need to look at the root course and
:07:36. > :07:40.investigate and then understand what lessons we may learn. Scottish Water
:07:41. > :07:43.says everyone who lost their water supply was reconnected within hours
:07:44. > :07:50.and those evacuated from their homes were allowed back Taiwan 30 AM. But
:07:51. > :07:55.for one local pub, the effects of the flooding will be more long
:07:56. > :08:00.lasting. The staff here were too upset to speak on camera but they
:08:01. > :08:04.letters in to see the damage. At one point, the floodwater reached almost
:08:05. > :08:08.the top of this cooker and the fridges in there were almost
:08:09. > :08:11.completely submerged. Most of their stock is ruined and they say it will
:08:12. > :08:15.take tens of thousands of pounds to fix this mess.
:08:16. > :08:22.Scottish Water has apologised for any problems. It has now begun an
:08:23. > :08:27.investigation into the cause of the leak. Engineers say they have almost
:08:28. > :08:30.completely fixed the pipe here but it will be another few days before
:08:31. > :08:36.this road is reopened again for commuters.
:08:37. > :08:40.You are watching reporting Scotland from the BBC. Still to come: A
:08:41. > :08:46.council apologises for threatening letters sent to thousands of people,
:08:47. > :08:49.claiming council tax discount. And in sport, the venue for this year's
:08:50. > :08:56.Scottish Cup final is announced. Not everyone approves.
:08:57. > :09:01.And how the Scots tackled the Tongans at rugby league's World Cup.
:09:02. > :09:06.More later. The leader of the Unite union has
:09:07. > :09:09.called on David Cameron to apologise after he appeared to blame a union
:09:10. > :09:13.official for the near collapse of the Grangemouth refinery last week.
:09:14. > :09:18.At Prime Minister 's questions, Mr Cameron said a rogue trade unionist
:09:19. > :09:25.at Grangemouth had nearly brought Scotland's petrochemical industry to
:09:26. > :09:33.its knees. Where unions are lay a positive role, I will respect them
:09:34. > :09:35.but we have a problem with a rogue trade unionists at Grangemouth who
:09:36. > :09:41.nearly brought the industry to its knees. We need to have a proper
:09:42. > :09:47.enquiry. Our political correspondent is at Westminster. What did Unite's
:09:48. > :10:01.remnant plus a -- Len McCluskey have to say? The decision to close the
:10:02. > :10:07.site at Grangemouth was reversed. Stevie Deans this week has resigned
:10:08. > :10:10.from his position at Ineos and at the weekend we saw planes in the
:10:11. > :10:18.Sunday Times that there were allegations that he had undermined
:10:19. > :10:23.Labour's investigation into the full cut vote rigging fiasco. Today we
:10:24. > :10:32.saw this response from Len McCluskey. The Prime Minister was
:10:33. > :10:36.disgraceful today. He demeaned his office of prime minister. To attack
:10:37. > :10:41.an individual worker, a shop steward, and refer to him as a rogue
:10:42. > :10:45.operator that almost brought the petrochemical industry to a
:10:46. > :10:51.standstill is quite disgraceful. Labour is under immense pressure
:10:52. > :10:55.both about full kirk and to reopen the enquiry into those vote rigging
:10:56. > :11:02.allegations. McCluskey says there was no wrongdoing by Unite union or
:11:03. > :11:05.any individual. But Labour's links with the unions are under huge
:11:06. > :11:10.pressure as well. Ed Miliband has said there should be an overhaul of
:11:11. > :11:13.their financial links but people like David Cameron, Labour's
:11:14. > :11:20.opponents, are not any time soon going to stop piling the pressure on
:11:21. > :11:24.them. They see Len McCluskey and the issue sparked as a huge thorn in Ed
:11:25. > :11:28.Miliband's side. I think the pressure will be kept up certainly
:11:29. > :11:32.by the Prime Minister any time he speaks in the Commons.
:11:33. > :11:41.Scotland's newest MST has been sworn in at a mere route. -- at Holyrood.
:11:42. > :11:45.Cara Hilton became the MSP for Dunfermline after winning the
:11:46. > :11:48.by-election last week with a majority of almost 3000. Dumfries
:11:49. > :11:53.and Galloway Council has apologised unreservedly for letters sent to
:11:54. > :11:59.thousands claiming the council tax single person's discount.
:12:00. > :12:06.The letters challenged them to prove they were entitled to the discount.
:12:07. > :12:12.It is very intimidated in its tone. This man lived alone in a bedsit in
:12:13. > :12:19.Dumfries and gets a single person's 25% council tax discount. He expects
:12:20. > :12:22.to be asked periodically if he circumstances have changed, but not
:12:23. > :12:27.to be told that they have when they have not. When I have gone on to
:12:28. > :12:30.view website which they instruct me to go onto here, I find I am
:12:31. > :12:38.supposed to be cohabiting with someone. The woman concerned lived
:12:39. > :12:40.across the landing in flat four. The BBC is aware of many people left
:12:41. > :12:45.angered and distressed by this letter. One woman had been a
:12:46. > :12:53.stalking victim and feared she was under surveillance again. The
:12:54. > :12:57.letters were sent out by a company based in Lancashire, an agency which
:12:58. > :13:01.some councils use for this kind of work. But the logo at the bottom
:13:02. > :13:05.makes it look like it has come directly from the council. Today the
:13:06. > :13:12.council has admitted the letters were wrong and it will apologise.
:13:13. > :13:15.The letter in itself contained some unfortunate times and regrettably it
:13:16. > :13:22.may have caused offence or concern to some people. For that, the
:13:23. > :13:27.council will apologise unreservedly. It is not the way the council does
:13:28. > :13:32.its business with its constituents and distressed is regretted. 3500
:13:33. > :13:39.people got letters doubting their status. They will now get another
:13:40. > :13:43.one saying sorry. Other stories from across the
:13:44. > :13:46.country this Wednesday: Plans for a flood-alleviation scheme for
:13:47. > :13:48.Stonehaven have gone on show to the public.
:13:49. > :13:54.The Aberdeenshire town has been hit three times in recent years by
:13:55. > :14:01.serious flooding. These proposals today outline the physical defences
:14:02. > :14:08.we propose. They showed the walls and defences we will build to
:14:09. > :14:10.increase protection in that area. In the face of concerns over the
:14:11. > :14:13.timescale for repairing Lossiemouth's damaged sea defences,
:14:14. > :14:17.Moray Councils says the decision should be left to the contractor.
:14:18. > :14:20.The town's harbour was one of several places hit by a freak storm
:14:21. > :14:24.surge last December. Ballintore Harbour in Easter Ross was also
:14:25. > :14:27.badly affected. Work on permanent repairs could be held up until the
:14:28. > :14:31.worst of the winter weather has passed.
:14:32. > :14:34.The next Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
:14:35. > :14:39.has been named as Reverend Dr Angus Morrison from Orwell and Portmoak
:14:40. > :14:50.Kirk in Perth. He will take up the office at the Assembly next May.
:14:51. > :14:54.?3 million of Lottery money has been given to Coigach in Assynt to help
:14:55. > :14:57.conservation. The remote area is home to species such as golden
:14:58. > :15:03.eagles, wildcats, and freshwater pearl mussels. It is an area
:15:04. > :15:09.covering over 600 square kilometres and it will work towards a vision to
:15:10. > :15:12.replant woodland that has been destroyed in the past.
:15:13. > :15:14.Scottish Natural Heritage says it's making it easier for people to
:15:15. > :15:17.report potential bird strikes at wind turbines. It's created a
:15:18. > :15:21.dedicated email address for people to post details of incidents. The
:15:22. > :15:24.move follows the death of a rare white throated needle-tail - which
:15:25. > :15:28.flew into a turbine after migrating all the way from the Himalayas. And
:15:29. > :15:30.there are more stories from your area - and rolling news and analysis
:15:31. > :15:43.on BBC Scotland's website. In the days before we spent hours
:15:44. > :15:52.Saturday nights watching celebrities and sing, tens of thousands of Scots
:15:53. > :15:57.is used to go out themselves. If you spent your Saturday nights at the
:15:58. > :16:05.dancin', a new theatre show could be for you.
:16:06. > :16:16.Dancing was a way of life in the 1950s and 1960s. It was how the boys
:16:17. > :16:22.met the girls. When this festival commissioned unusual about dance
:16:23. > :16:32.hall days who better to ask than those who danced there? I have been
:16:33. > :16:37.going to afternoon tea dances, evening dances, and meeting people
:16:38. > :16:46.and seeing the joy and the love they have for dancing. While the dance
:16:47. > :16:53.halls may have gone, the dancing continues. The project showed -- the
:16:54. > :17:12.project had no shortage of volunteers. They are very good for
:17:13. > :17:20.us elderly folk. Not just dancers but musicians also.
:17:21. > :17:29.Once upon a time I was the resident vocalist. This was where many of my
:17:30. > :17:37.generation met their spouses. I met my wife there. It was a great place
:17:38. > :17:42.to be. That ballroom may be long gone but
:17:43. > :17:53.this show will hopefully keep the music and the memories alive.
:17:54. > :18:02.I bet David carry knows his way around a dance floor. -- David
:18:03. > :18:08.Currie. For the first time in over a century
:18:09. > :18:11.the Scottish Cup may not be held at a neutral venue. The National
:18:12. > :18:16.Stadium in Hampden will be closed as it is made ready to host athletics
:18:17. > :18:22.at the Commonwealth Games. The Scottish FA has decided that the
:18:23. > :18:29.2014 cup final will be held at Celtic Park, even if Celtic take
:18:30. > :18:33.park -- take part. The team had their hand on the real
:18:34. > :18:41.thing earlier this year. If they reach the final this year -- this
:18:42. > :18:49.season they will defend it on their home ground. The allocation of
:18:50. > :18:56.tickets would make it fairer than our home ground. The SFA have a
:18:57. > :19:04.choice to make. It is going to move somewhere. The decision is based on
:19:05. > :19:07.the size. This is the view of sets of players will have as they come
:19:08. > :19:15.out for the Scottish Cup final next May. But if Celtic are involved how
:19:16. > :19:19.fair is that on their opponents? It is not fair if Celtic get to their
:19:20. > :19:24.cup final. I would rather it was at Murrayfield. How do you feel about
:19:25. > :19:29.it? I would love to beat Celtic at Celtic Park. Very unfair. Why make
:19:30. > :19:49.the decision now. The SFA says: the last time the final was held at
:19:50. > :19:55.Celtic Park was a good day for higher -- was a good day for Heart
:19:56. > :20:01.of Midlothian Scotlandpos-macro B league players have defeated Tonga
:20:02. > :20:11.in the World Cup finals. -- Scotland's Rugby League players.
:20:12. > :20:23.This pre-match ritual is that he aggressively. It did not intimidate
:20:24. > :20:30.the Scots. Scotland stormed to a lead at
:20:31. > :20:37.half-time. In the second half Tonga scored four
:20:38. > :20:47.tries and took the lead. Could the Scots recover? Yes. This try squared
:20:48. > :20:57.the match. This conversion secured a memorable victory.
:20:58. > :21:00.Tonga thought they had nicked it at the end, but the referee disagreed.
:21:01. > :21:13.Scotland have triumphed. Inverness and the first team through
:21:14. > :21:27.to the League Cup semifinals defeating Dundee United 2-1. Credit
:21:28. > :21:31.to our players for keeping going. Scotland's women footballers hope to
:21:32. > :21:39.make it four victories out of four when they play Poland tomorrow. It
:21:40. > :21:43.is a very difficult game. We cannot take anything for granted. If we
:21:44. > :21:48.want to win this game we need to work hard. Rangers will face Raith
:21:49. > :21:52.Rovers at Easter Road in the final of the Ramsden 's cup. They defeated
:21:53. > :22:08.Stenhousemuir last night. Graham. Us through to the last eight
:22:09. > :22:12.of the International open in China. Bat-macro Graeme Dott is through to
:22:13. > :22:27.the last eight of the International open Channel.
:22:28. > :22:40.We are surrounded by sport. Here is the weather.
:22:41. > :22:53.Classic autumnal conditions. The rain was heavy. It was wet and windy
:22:54. > :23:08.across many parts of the country today. This evening there is a
:23:09. > :23:16.legacy of showers, but also clearer skies.
:23:17. > :23:30.Fairly dry that a rash of showers in the Highlands and Islands. Tonight
:23:31. > :23:37.will not be as cold as last night. Looking ahead, low pressure
:23:38. > :23:46.continues to dominate conditions. At times the wind will be deal force on
:23:47. > :23:56.the West coast. Perhaps some clearer skies across
:23:57. > :24:03.parts of the South West. Frequent showers towards the central belt.
:24:04. > :24:15.The Cairngorms giving shelter to the Northwest. Frequent showers across
:24:16. > :24:27.the Hebrides. Overnight the showers keep on coming. Frequent showers as
:24:28. > :24:39.we head overnight towards Friday. Friday probably a slightly better
:24:40. > :24:43.day. Temperatures close to average. On Saturday there will be the
:24:44. > :24:52.arrival of some rain towards the South West. That is the forecast.
:24:53. > :24:58.Just time for a reminder of the main news.
:24:59. > :25:08.A man who murdered a widow in a drunken rage has been jailed for
:25:09. > :25:13.life. The trial of two former News of the
:25:14. > :25:24.World editors, Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, on phone hacking
:25:25. > :25:27.charges has started. The leader of the Unite union has
:25:28. > :25:32.called on David Cameron to apologise after he appeared to win a union
:25:33. > :25:41.official for the near collapse of the Grangemouth refinery last week.
:25:42. > :25:49.Workers repairing a burst water main in Glasgow have left huge craters.
:25:50. > :26:01.It is in a similar place to a crater seven years ago.
:26:02. > :26:18.Now it is time to cross to Rob Maclean and the Sportsline team.
:26:19. > :26:19.Hello from Easter Road, an Edinburgh derby with an even bigger prize