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Tonight: Building Scotland's economic future. The government set | :00:17. | :00:26. | |
out financial plans for an independent Scotland. How do three | :00:27. | :00:34. | |
metres of stolen cable in this electricity substation left hundreds | :00:35. | :00:38. | |
of homes without power and caused house fires. We have had no heating | :00:39. | :00:45. | |
and have had to carry water to the bathroom to get washed. I opened the | :00:46. | :00:51. | |
blinds and adjusts all the fire engines. The size of 1000 football | :00:52. | :00:59. | |
pitches, Scotland's newest opencast mine is approved. | :01:00. | :01:07. | |
Australia prepare for Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday. | :01:08. | :01:14. | |
And joining me to find out how these small fish could solve a | :01:15. | :01:21. | |
long-standing problem. An independent Scotland could create | :01:22. | :01:26. | |
a boom in employment by cutting corporation tax, claims Alex | :01:27. | :01:32. | |
Salmond. He was launching his economic plans, which he says will | :01:33. | :01:36. | |
boost growth and tackle inequality of the country opts for | :01:37. | :01:40. | |
independence. Critics accused him of fantasy economics. When you get a | :01:41. | :01:51. | |
fitting you want it to love to you. -- tailored. Ministers today claimed | :01:52. | :01:57. | |
that independence would allow Scotland to create bespoke economic | :01:58. | :02:09. | |
policy. Other countries would give the right keys for this. Create a | :02:10. | :02:16. | |
more prosperous society, a blueprint for a better Scotland. The menu | :02:17. | :02:29. | |
includes improved childcare, encouraging skilled migrants, and | :02:30. | :02:34. | |
encouraging exports beyond W. Corporation tax would be cut to | :02:35. | :02:40. | |
attract companies, and renewed incentives for small companies. As | :02:41. | :02:47. | |
he toured a new life sciences venture at Dundee University, Alex | :02:48. | :02:53. | |
Salmond said the key driver would be innovation, to boost productivity. | :02:54. | :02:58. | |
The aim it would be to compete with London. Giving Scotland an inch. But | :02:59. | :03:05. | |
the first minister encountered some scepticism from an academic | :03:06. | :03:09. | |
audience. Some wondered if Scotland could match UK funding for research. | :03:10. | :03:14. | |
He insisted our universities would remain top-class. Elliptical | :03:15. | :03:18. | |
opponents say he has questions to answer. -- political. Yesterday the | :03:19. | :03:30. | |
Institute for Fiscal Studies said that an independent Scotland would | :03:31. | :03:34. | |
face a situation where taxes went up public spending was cut. That raised | :03:35. | :03:41. | |
serious questions. Today we need the dancers. -- the answers. The White | :03:42. | :03:52. | |
Paper will arrive when we today. -- one week. Today was the economic | :03:53. | :04:00. | |
case, next week the White Paper. What is the relationship between | :04:01. | :04:05. | |
both? This was the menu today. All the | :04:06. | :04:08. | |
possible powers that could be deployed. The white paper will | :04:09. | :04:18. | |
narrow down the Ashes. -- dishes. Already controversial, critics are | :04:19. | :04:22. | |
asking why London would sign up to eight currency union. -- a currency | :04:23. | :04:31. | |
union. Alex Salmond says it would be in the interests of both Scotland | :04:32. | :04:37. | |
and the remainder of the UK. It is a fundamental argument that will | :04:38. | :04:42. | |
continue until the referendum date. And there is a growing row over how | :04:43. | :04:49. | |
the White Paper will be delivered. The intention of the government is | :04:50. | :04:54. | |
to have razzmatazz. The opposition are saying, there must be a | :04:55. | :05:00. | |
statement in Parliament on Tuesday. The compromise will be a question | :05:01. | :05:06. | |
and answer session on the Tuesday. But that has not been agreed. | :05:07. | :05:14. | |
A new opencast coal mine which will be about the size of 1000 football | :05:15. | :05:18. | |
pictures has been given the go-ahead on the land near Penicuik. | :05:19. | :05:25. | |
Councillors voted in favour despite furious opposition. In a region with | :05:26. | :05:34. | |
a strong mining past, controversy about the industry's future impact. | :05:35. | :05:42. | |
The proposal is to turn this stretch of countryside in the Midlothian | :05:43. | :05:49. | |
Hills into a huge opencast mine. An area equivalent to 1000 football | :05:50. | :05:54. | |
pitches would see 10 million tonnes of coal extracted over the course of | :05:55. | :05:59. | |
ten years. But this local resident has concerns. There is no evidence | :06:00. | :06:09. | |
that there is a market for the call. It is highly likely the project | :06:10. | :06:12. | |
would be abandoned halfway through. That means that company will want to | :06:13. | :06:19. | |
walk away from responsibility. Why rush into this moment when we have | :06:20. | :06:26. | |
not even had the consultation? The Scottish government consultation | :06:27. | :06:30. | |
was prompted by the collapse of Scottish coal. It left other | :06:31. | :06:34. | |
councils with ills totalling tens of millions to restore derelict minds. | :06:35. | :06:43. | |
The model appears to have failed. Communities are left with a | :06:44. | :06:46. | |
devastated countryside and environment. Despite opposition, | :06:47. | :06:54. | |
councillors agreed to the plans. The company said it will generate 350 | :06:55. | :07:01. | |
local jobs. They also give assumes was on a phased process of | :07:02. | :07:07. | |
restoration. The decision is based on guaranteeing there is a legally | :07:08. | :07:11. | |
binding arrangement in place, a mechanism to secure a guarantee of | :07:12. | :07:15. | |
estimation. That will be in place before work starts. Agreements are | :07:16. | :07:20. | |
still to be negotiated at by next year that these sheep may have given | :07:21. | :07:27. | |
way to beggars. -- diggers. Still to come: We catch up with the | :07:28. | :07:39. | |
Queen's baton relay. The latest from Norway against | :07:40. | :07:44. | |
Scotland. And the Australians have come to town for rugby. Do they have | :07:45. | :07:54. | |
a drinking problem? And this is how it is done as the Scotland coupling | :07:55. | :07:57. | |
skipper heads for the European title. -- curling. | :07:58. | :08:04. | |
Salmon farmers on the West Coast have enlisted the help of a natural | :08:05. | :08:08. | |
ally in the fight against a marine parasite. Small cleaner fish are | :08:09. | :08:17. | |
being put into salmon cages to target ceilings. -- sea lice. | :08:18. | :08:25. | |
Feeding time for 50,000 farmed salmon. Reared in nets on the River | :08:26. | :08:35. | |
Clyde coast. Served up to customers around the world when they are ready | :08:36. | :08:41. | |
for the markets. With demand growing fast, producers struggle to keep up | :08:42. | :08:47. | |
with demand. But they face another challenge. Concern about the impact | :08:48. | :08:52. | |
on the environment. Salmon can fall prey to a parasite. The latch onto | :08:53. | :09:00. | |
the skin and we can kill the fish. Anglers say that the salmon farms | :09:01. | :09:06. | |
offer easy pickings. But these little fish could be the answer. | :09:07. | :09:15. | |
They just love eating sea lice. Thousands are being raised in tanks | :09:16. | :09:24. | |
to act as guards for farmed salmon. You will see trials that have been | :09:25. | :09:34. | |
done showing that they preferred sea lice, every time. Next summer, all | :09:35. | :09:42. | |
these young moved out to salmon farms up and the West Coast. They | :09:43. | :09:48. | |
report into force. Each one should be able to protect up to 50 salmon. | :09:49. | :09:55. | |
Another change on the way for a young but growing industry. 40 years | :09:56. | :10:01. | |
ago we would have been standing next to a wooden cage and feeding. Now we | :10:02. | :10:08. | |
have a recyclable, automated system, computer-controlled, it helps with | :10:09. | :10:13. | |
the environment, and it is part of the science. This leading programmer | :10:14. | :10:23. | |
marks a shift. And the potential for a natural solution to a man-made | :10:24. | :10:28. | |
challenge. Gordon Brown has led tributes at the | :10:29. | :10:32. | |
funeral of Helmand the funeral of Helen Eadie. -- the funeral of Helen | :10:33. | :10:40. | |
Eadie. She died earlier this month at the age of 66. Gordon Brown | :10:41. | :10:46. | |
described her as a woman of the people, respected by all who knew | :10:47. | :10:49. | |
her. The waiting is almost over. At 8am | :10:50. | :10:56. | |
tomorrow morning and even find out if it will be the next UK City of | :10:57. | :11:02. | |
Culture. -- Dundee. It is the only Scottish contender. The prize would | :11:03. | :11:07. | |
bring ?18 million to Dundee and create 1000 jobs. | :11:08. | :11:20. | |
A kaleidoscope of creativity. Images that Dundee hopes will help it when | :11:21. | :11:33. | |
the city of culture title. From award-winning theatre work to a | :11:34. | :11:40. | |
singing class held every week. We take a narrow view of culture. | :11:41. | :11:44. | |
Thinking it is they are and top hats. -- tiaras. But culture is a | :11:45. | :11:59. | |
wide market. This is the bid document outlining the programme of | :12:00. | :12:03. | |
events. The contents have been a closely guarded secret for months | :12:04. | :12:08. | |
but now we know the details. They would be a light show, the football | :12:09. | :12:15. | |
grounds would host two of Italy's biggest teams, and they would be a | :12:16. | :12:22. | |
comics Festival. But Dundee faces strong competition from Hull, | :12:23. | :12:28. | |
Leicester, and Swansea. The winner will be unveiled tomorrow morning. | :12:29. | :12:32. | |
The man in charge of the attempt believes that the Dundee pitch is | :12:33. | :12:41. | |
strong. This would change Dundee into place recognised as a great | :12:42. | :12:44. | |
place to come to, by more people than we could do through our own | :12:45. | :12:49. | |
resources. Whatever the results, this | :12:50. | :12:51. | |
transformation work at the waterfront will continue. A new | :12:52. | :12:56. | |
museum will be a focal point of the development and. Open on the banks | :12:57. | :13:01. | |
of the river. But the city of culture title be the icing on the | :13:02. | :13:07. | |
cake. Copper thieves who broke into an | :13:08. | :13:10. | |
electricity substation in Greenock caused for house files and left | :13:11. | :13:16. | |
hundreds of homes without power. ScottishPower warned that somebody | :13:17. | :13:20. | |
could have been killed. A rise in the number of similar theft in | :13:21. | :13:24. | |
Scotland is in marked contrast to a reduction in England. Around 3am | :13:25. | :13:30. | |
this morning as substation in Greenock was broken into. Three | :13:31. | :13:35. | |
metres of cable were stolen. The subsequent surge caused minor fuse | :13:36. | :13:43. | |
box files in local homes. If they had touched any one of the other | :13:44. | :13:47. | |
cables, tried to cut one, they were alive, they probably would have been | :13:48. | :13:56. | |
killed. This house was one of those damaged. A mother and children fast | :13:57. | :13:59. | |
asleep when smoke started coming from the electricity meter cupboard. | :14:00. | :14:05. | |
Neighbours were woken by the flashing lights of the fire service. | :14:06. | :14:11. | |
You could still smell the smoke. 200 native homes lost power. -- 200 | :14:12. | :14:23. | |
native. -- 200 and 80. It is absolutely scandalous. The people | :14:24. | :14:31. | |
should done this should be ashamed. This footage shows the thieves | :14:32. | :14:36. | |
hitting a power plant Ellen on in the year. ScottishPower said that | :14:37. | :14:40. | |
since the new legislation has been implemented in England they have | :14:41. | :14:45. | |
seen a 70% drop in theft. In Scotland, there has been a 30% | :14:46. | :14:54. | |
increase. Similar legislation is being planned by the Scottish | :14:55. | :14:56. | |
parliament. It cannot come quick enough for these families. Are Other | :14:57. | :15:08. | |
stories from across the country: police are investigating a complaint | :15:09. | :15:12. | |
about a mural at an Edinburgh primary school which depicts a | :15:13. | :15:15. | |
collie walk. The scene from Alice in Wonderland | :15:16. | :15:21. | |
dates back to 1936. A parent has described the image as racist and | :15:22. | :15:28. | |
offensive. Give assurances that it will | :15:29. | :15:33. | |
continue its daily links between Inverness and London Gatwick until | :15:34. | :15:35. | |
easyJet take over the route. The leader of Hyndland Council has | :15:36. | :15:45. | |
criticised... The Transport Minister Keith Brown | :15:46. | :15:49. | |
has officially launched Scots and's first scheduled electric bus | :15:50. | :15:54. | |
service. It runs between the ferry terminals. Local transport | :15:55. | :16:00. | |
partnership at ?120,000 towards the cost of the vehicle. It helps to | :16:01. | :16:04. | |
integrate different modes of transport. Secondly, it maintains a | :16:05. | :16:11. | |
regeneration of Stranraer itself by making connections easier. Thirdly, | :16:12. | :16:15. | |
it is an environmentally friendly bus which is good for the | :16:16. | :16:21. | |
environment. Libraries in Buckhead that were earmarked for closure been | :16:22. | :16:25. | |
saved. Campaigners have been preparing a challenge. Moray Council | :16:26. | :16:29. | |
said they could not afford a lengthy court battle. | :16:30. | :16:36. | |
The film has been released to show tourists that there is more to Loch | :16:37. | :16:41. | |
Ness than just a monster. Coordinated by the two risen group | :16:42. | :16:45. | |
Destination Loch Ness, the two minute film shows off new developers | :16:46. | :16:49. | |
and investments that have taken place around the lock over recent | :16:50. | :16:50. | |
years. As part of the build up to the | :16:51. | :17:02. | |
Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, the Queen's Baton Relay is continuing | :17:03. | :17:05. | |
its journey visiting all the nations and territories that will be sending | :17:06. | :17:08. | |
teams to Scotland. Adventurer Mark Beaumont is with the Baton and, | :17:09. | :17:11. | |
lucky him, stopped off on the Pacific's Solomon Islands, which is | :17:12. | :17:14. | |
looking at local solutions to global problems. | :17:15. | :17:30. | |
As the Queen's bat on travels through the Pacific, there is no | :17:31. | :17:37. | |
escaping the coconut tree. Here the Solomon Islands, they provide more | :17:38. | :17:41. | |
than just welcome shade. We know you can eat and drink it, but here, | :17:42. | :17:46. | |
dried flesh the coconut can keep the port in the capital. It comes out as | :17:47. | :17:57. | |
you can see. Originally from Australia, John has lived here for | :17:58. | :18:02. | |
18 years. Recently, he has managed to use the country's bountiful | :18:03. | :18:08. | |
coconuts to strike oil. Is such a higher price that you are running | :18:09. | :18:15. | |
out and I needed to run my legends. If we harvested every coconut that | :18:16. | :18:20. | |
was under the tree, we would not be dependent on aid donors and we would | :18:21. | :18:24. | |
nearly be independent on renewable energy for our power supply. White | :18:25. | :18:28. | |
. you can only use it at home providing you preheat it. On the | :18:29. | :18:38. | |
islands, it could be a perfect match. Especially as harvesting | :18:39. | :18:42. | |
coconut is work that already includes many communities. Do your | :18:43. | :18:51. | |
family work with the as well? Yes. Can smell it -- can sell is two | :18:52. | :18:59. | |
small outlets. It was time to put it to the test. The coconut, as big as | :19:00. | :19:07. | |
it is, can power a beast like this. As production of the fuel goes | :19:08. | :19:11. | |
mainstream, farmers like Jack can really help drive the economy. We | :19:12. | :19:19. | |
can then send it on to Singapore to make cooking oil. Now that we have | :19:20. | :19:23. | |
these factories to make oil, it is easier fast, we just sell them. | :19:24. | :19:26. | |
. It does include some hard graft. Having travelled through 11 of the | :19:27. | :19:36. | |
nations with the Queen's Baton Relay, I've seen a reach -- rich for | :19:37. | :19:43. | |
80. Using the things on people's doorsteps | :19:44. | :19:47. | |
There's no discipline problem or drinking culture in the Australian | :19:48. | :20:00. | |
rugby team. So says former captain James Horwill. That's despite five | :20:01. | :20:04. | |
players being dropped for Saturday's Murrayfield test against Scotland. | :20:05. | :20:18. | |
No sign of a hangover at training this morning, metaphorical or | :20:19. | :20:23. | |
literal. Nick Cummings was one of 15 players disciplined for a late-night | :20:24. | :20:26. | |
drinking session last week. He is one of five banned from facing | :20:27. | :20:30. | |
Scotland. The Wallabies will also be without Adam Ashley Cooper... | :20:31. | :20:39. | |
Don't expect to see any Australian players in or around any of | :20:40. | :20:46. | |
Edinburgh's numerous pubs. The sobering question for the visitors | :20:47. | :20:49. | |
is this: Is there a discipline problem? I don't think there is a | :20:50. | :20:57. | |
problem. Guys have made decisions and they have been judged on those | :20:58. | :21:00. | |
decisions and we want guys making good decisions, as I keep saying, | :21:01. | :21:06. | |
you're saying there is a culture and discipline problem, this is based on | :21:07. | :21:10. | |
an individual event that has happened and now we move forward. | :21:11. | :21:15. | |
Nite out did not stop them beating Ireland and they will be formidable | :21:16. | :21:24. | |
opponents this week out. Scotland's records against them are good. If | :21:25. | :21:29. | |
Scotland were left wanting to drown their sorrows after the heavy defeat | :21:30. | :21:33. | |
by South Africa, it would be quite a tonic if they bounced back with a | :21:34. | :21:36. | |
win over the Wallabies. We'll start with the latest from | :21:37. | :21:39. | |
Norway, where Scotland are playing a challenge match. In a pretty | :21:40. | :21:41. | |
uneventful first forty-five minutes, the home side have had the better of | :21:42. | :21:49. | |
it. School is nil-nil. This header from Ola Kamara was saved by David | :21:50. | :21:52. | |
Marshall and the same player was denied again by the Scotland | :21:53. | :21:56. | |
goalkeeper. Switch to BBC Two at the end of this programme for the second | :21:57. | :22:04. | |
half. Now, a look at what else is happening across Scottish sport. The | :22:05. | :22:12. | |
Scotland cricket team is now highly unlikely to qualify for next year's | :22:13. | :22:17. | |
2020 World Cup. It is their third defeat in the qualifying campaign. | :22:18. | :22:25. | |
Kenya claimed a comfortable win. Paul De Resta says he is determined | :22:26. | :22:29. | |
to stay in Formula one. He'll discover if he has a feature with | :22:30. | :22:34. | |
the Force India, but he has revealed his options out with F1. | :22:35. | :22:40. | |
Katie Archibald makes the step up to Team GB for the second round of the | :22:41. | :22:45. | |
track World Cup. As the 20 14th medal hope in press selectors. | :22:46. | :22:52. | |
It is getting competitive for Scotland's and elite mountain | :22:53. | :22:56. | |
bikers. Just to make the team the 2014. There is a wealth of talent | :22:57. | :23:00. | |
and they will have home turf advantage. It is tough competition. | :23:01. | :23:08. | |
There are only three places. To see more, go to the website. | :23:09. | :23:18. | |
Scotland's women are the team the rest of Europe want to beat, so says | :23:19. | :23:23. | |
their Skip Eve Muirhead. The Scotland curling team begin a new | :23:24. | :23:26. | |
campaign on Saturday in Norway, aiming to add the European title to | :23:27. | :23:30. | |
their World crown. David McDaid's been to see Muirheads intense | :23:31. | :23:38. | |
preparations. Mention Scottish curling and Eve | :23:39. | :23:43. | |
Muirhead gliding on the ice is a familiar image. This though is only | :23:44. | :23:47. | |
part of the work that goes into becoming world champion. | :23:48. | :23:59. | |
Come 7am every morning, you will find the Scotland skipper doing this | :24:00. | :24:06. | |
at the sport Scotland Institute of sport. A lot of people don't know | :24:07. | :24:11. | |
how important it is to work in the gym when it comes to curling. The | :24:12. | :24:15. | |
more physically fit I am, the more mentally fit I am. On the ice, one | :24:16. | :24:19. | |
decision can cost you the game. A lot of it is your stability on the | :24:20. | :24:26. | |
eyes. And yours is a major part. It is not just physical and technical | :24:27. | :24:29. | |
training, they also get help with the mental side. We have to pay a | :24:30. | :24:35. | |
lot of attention to detail. Everyone needs to know exactly to how go | :24:36. | :24:39. | |
through the simple things. Those things become more complicated and | :24:40. | :24:48. | |
competition circumstances. This is all for medals. The next challenge | :24:49. | :24:52. | |
comes over the next week at the European Championships. We are well | :24:53. | :24:57. | |
champions, that makes it tough. We have a target on our back. We are | :24:58. | :25:02. | |
known as one of the older teens, everybody is there to beat us. We | :25:03. | :25:13. | |
love the pressure. -- older teams. I bet she is dilated about that. -- | :25:14. | :25:18. | |
delighted about that. As far as tonight is concerned, we | :25:19. | :25:31. | |
are looking at some windy weather. The forward edge of that rain is | :25:32. | :25:33. | |
turning to snow over higher grain. As the rain moves across the | :25:34. | :25:43. | |
country, it will gradually clear away to the South. It is accompanied | :25:44. | :25:47. | |
by strong south-westerly winds. They will go into the North West later. | :25:48. | :25:52. | |
As the rain clears away, the temperatures fall and we are left | :25:53. | :25:56. | |
with a risk of ice. The Met Office have issued a weather warning. This | :25:57. | :26:03. | |
is for a good coast of -- a good part of the East Coast. It will kick | :26:04. | :26:07. | |
in tomorrow morning. Be aware during the rush hour. A cold, bright start | :26:08. | :26:15. | |
for many parts. Winds were picked up along the west coast. We are looking | :26:16. | :26:18. | |
at severe gales. Another weather warning, those gales could lead to | :26:19. | :26:24. | |
travel disruption. The winds are bringing showers across northern | :26:25. | :26:27. | |
Scotland. Across a good part of the South, we are looking at fine spells | :26:28. | :26:32. | |
of sunshine. It will feel raw in the sunshine. It would be sunny and on | :26:33. | :26:37. | |
the whole July. -- on the whole drive. The Wii showers for the | :26:38. | :26:46. | |
Northern Isles. It will feel bitterly cold in the strong winds. | :26:47. | :26:52. | |
As we go to the day, the winds will go into the more eastern areas. The | :26:53. | :26:57. | |
showers for light across much of the country. The good news is as we go | :26:58. | :27:01. | |
towards Thursday and Friday, we stuck to see high pressure building | :27:02. | :27:06. | |
in across the country, settling things down. Thursday, we are | :27:07. | :27:10. | |
looking at White winds across much of the country. There will be | :27:11. | :27:14. | |
showers in eastern areas. They will turn to snow over higher ground. But | :27:15. | :27:18. | |
in the West, we should have the best of the sunshine. Temperatures on the | :27:19. | :27:23. | |
cold side, six or seven Celsius. Friday is looking similar. | :27:24. | :27:25. | |
An independent Scotland could create a boom in employment by cutting | :27:26. | :27:29. | |
corporation tax, so claims Alex Salmond. The First Minister was | :27:30. | :27:32. | |
launching his economic plans which he says will boost growth and tackle | :27:33. | :27:36. | |
inequality if the country opts for independence. However critics | :27:37. | :27:40. | |
accused him of fantasy economics. The Chairman of the Co-op Group has | :27:41. | :27:43. | |
resigned as the scandal surrounding the former chairman of the Co-op | :27:44. | :27:46. | |
Bank shows no sign of abating. Len Wardle led the board that appointed | :27:47. | :27:50. | |
Paul Flowers in 2010. Mr Flowers, a Methodist minister, was filmed | :27:51. | :27:53. | |
allegedly trying to buy cocaine and other illegal drugs. | :27:54. | :27:55. | |
A new open cast coalmine, which will be about the size of a thousand | :27:56. | :27:59. | |
football pitches, has been given the go-ahead on land near Penicuik. In | :28:00. | :28:02. | |
the face of furious local opposition councillors voted in favour after | :28:03. | :28:05. | |
planning officers said the development was in the national | :28:06. | :28:07. | |
interest. That is Reporting Scotland. Our next round-up is just | :28:08. | :28:11. | |
after the 10pm news. Have a good evening, goodbye. | :28:12. | :28:14. |