:00:17. > :00:21.Tonight, on Reporting Scotland. ScottishPower abandons plans to
:00:22. > :00:24.build a giant wind farm off the west coast of Scotland, amid fears it
:00:25. > :00:33.would cause an environmental disaster.
:00:34. > :00:36.Experts said Faith schools are not responsible for sectarianism. The
:00:37. > :00:43.family of this father-of-two, killed by a drunk driver, speak of their
:00:44. > :00:49.loss. This disaster leaves us all the more devastated and angry. He
:00:50. > :00:55.was one of the Polaris of this whole family and cannot be replaced. --
:00:56. > :01:01.pillars. And they appealed to motorists not to drink and drive
:01:02. > :01:05.over Christmas. The battle for control of Rangers -
:01:06. > :01:07.one of the club's major shareholders says the board must win over unhappy
:01:08. > :01:11.fans. And it's still only the middle of
:01:12. > :01:13.December, but are these flowers a sign that spring has come early?
:01:14. > :01:16.ScottishPower Renewables have announced they're pulling out of a
:01:17. > :01:20.huge offshore wind-farm project on the West Coast. The Argyll Array,
:01:21. > :01:24.which was due to be built off the coast of Tiree, had been put on hold
:01:25. > :01:27.for the last year. The company has blamed technical and environmental
:01:28. > :01:30.site studies. Campaigners against the wind-farm welcomed the decision,
:01:31. > :01:33.claiming it would have been an environmental disaster for Tiree and
:01:34. > :01:43.the west coast of Scotland. Our business correspondent David
:01:44. > :01:49.Henderson reports. As a place to windsurf, Tiree takes
:01:50. > :01:53.some beating but in recent years, ScottishPower has also been
:01:54. > :01:58.attracted to these waters, keen to harness the power of the wind. The
:01:59. > :02:03.company planned for hundreds of turbines like these. Until today,
:02:04. > :02:09.when they announced they are pulling out. The sea bed has very hard
:02:10. > :02:14.volcanic rock which will make it very difficult for us to install the
:02:15. > :02:19.foundations. The wind and wave conditions make it very difficult to
:02:20. > :02:26.operate vessels, particularly in the winter months. This is what had been
:02:27. > :02:32.planned, one of Europe's biggest offshore wind farms, able to power
:02:33. > :02:37.up to 1 million homes. In recent years, energy firms had looked to
:02:38. > :02:42.take their wind farms offshore. For one thing, there are fewer people to
:02:43. > :02:47.complain, but that creates a whole new range of technical challenges,
:02:48. > :02:54.especially when the turbines are as follows that power. Putting these
:02:55. > :03:03.turbines together is like a giant jigsaw puzzle, a challenge even in
:03:04. > :03:05.calm waters. This would have meant jobs and investment sold for some on
:03:06. > :03:13.the island latest disappointment tonight. There are already giants in
:03:14. > :03:17.the waters of Tiree, basking sharks, and they attract tourists. The
:03:18. > :03:27.people that run this business are relieved. We had big concerns
:03:28. > :03:32.environmentally sold to have this removed is a great victory for us.
:03:33. > :03:40.It means that area is protected for the immediate future. If the cost of
:03:41. > :03:44.building wind farms keeps falling, the wind farm near Bataan in 15
:03:45. > :03:46.years or so, but for now the horizon will stay clear.
:03:47. > :03:50.Our business editor Douglas Fraser is here. Douglas, this isn't the
:03:51. > :03:58.first of these offshore developments to have been halted recently - what
:03:59. > :04:05.is going on? There was one of the coast of Devon abandoned just last
:04:06. > :04:09.month. ScottishPower said these are special circumstances and you have
:04:10. > :04:13.been hearing about the problems of drilling into the sea bed as well as
:04:14. > :04:18.basking sharks, but there are broader problems. It is very
:04:19. > :04:24.expensive than the cost has not been falling as quickly as expected. If
:04:25. > :04:28.the costs fall because of the experience in the North Sea, they
:04:29. > :04:33.may go back to this project in 15 or 20 years. They are not blaming the
:04:34. > :04:39.government but the industry has been concerned about the delay in getting
:04:40. > :04:46.a pricing signal from the government. That would help
:04:47. > :04:51.encourage investment and also help begin the building of turbines.
:04:52. > :04:57.There are companies that want to do that but do not yet have the signals
:04:58. > :05:01.and the confidence to do that. With green energy pricing a political
:05:02. > :05:08.football at Westminster, the confidence is still not there. This
:05:09. > :05:10.would cost ?5 billion and they needed a lot of confidence. But
:05:11. > :05:15.there is more positive news about HYDRO power. This is another form of
:05:16. > :05:25.renewable energy well-established in the Highlands it is getting a second
:05:26. > :05:39.wind. SSE 12 invest in a pump storage scheme. This takes excess
:05:40. > :05:44.power and no this project has the go-ahead from the Scottish
:05:45. > :05:49.government. Hundreds of jobs in construction could follow but it is
:05:50. > :05:53.still a long way from a commitment. SSE want to see that there will be
:05:54. > :05:58.the pricing support and the cost of access to the bread and neither of
:05:59. > :06:01.those is clear. They do not expect to make a decision at least until
:06:02. > :06:05.the year after next. A funeral has been held in Glasgow
:06:06. > :06:08.for one of the victims of the helicopter crash at the Clutha Bar
:06:09. > :06:12.two weeks ago. Hundreds of mourners gathered a St Margaret Mary's Church
:06:13. > :06:15.in Castlemilk for the service for 56-year-old Samuel McGhee, one of
:06:16. > :06:18.ten people who died. The leader of Glasgow City Council, and a senior
:06:19. > :06:24.officer from Police Scotland also attended the service.
:06:25. > :06:28.A driver has pleaded guilty to killing a father of two on his way
:06:29. > :06:31.home from a Christmas party last year. Keith McCardle got behind the
:06:32. > :06:45.wheel of his Landrover Freelander in Edinburgh knocking 43-year-old Gavin
:06:46. > :06:50.Fulton. Lisa Summers reports. For Gavin Fulton's family there may be
:06:51. > :06:59.some relief that his killer has admitted guilt but it does not make
:07:00. > :07:05.the belief easier to bear. This disaster leaves us all the more
:07:06. > :07:11.devastated and gangly. He cannot ever be replaced. His wife and two
:07:12. > :07:14.young daughters should be looking forward to Christmas but will be
:07:15. > :07:19.plagued by memories of his venison debt. His father warned of the dire
:07:20. > :07:29.consequences of getting behind the wheel after drinking. The victim
:07:30. > :07:34.gets a death sentence. His family and friends lose a loved one and
:07:35. > :07:40.suffer for years. Keith McCardle admitted death by dangerous driving
:07:41. > :07:44.today, two times the legal limit. In the yearly up where Gavin Fulton was
:07:45. > :07:51.knocked down, his family and friends left memories. He was walking home
:07:52. > :07:57.after a Christmas night out almost exactly a year ago. Witnesses
:07:58. > :08:00.described seeing the Land Rover coming down the hell driving
:08:01. > :08:07.erratically before swerving and hitting the pedestrian. This is one
:08:08. > :08:10.of the big -- busiest weekends of the year across the country as
:08:11. > :08:16.people head out to celebrate the festive season. Police theatres the
:08:17. > :08:20.remainder of the tragic consequences of getting behind the wheel when
:08:21. > :08:28.driving. The consequences for you can be huge. Gavin's family want
:08:29. > :08:31.this to be a reminder that it is not safe to drink and drive. Keith
:08:32. > :08:32.McCardle will be sentenced next month.
:08:33. > :08:40.You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC. Still to come on the
:08:41. > :08:43.programme. It is still only the middle of December but are these
:08:44. > :08:47.flowers re-sign has come early. In sport: One of the power brokers
:08:48. > :08:49.at Ibrox on his fears for the club if the board doesn't win over
:08:50. > :08:53.unhappy fans. And why Neil Lennon says Celtic will
:08:54. > :08:59.continue to be lightweights when it comes to European football.
:09:00. > :09:04.Denominational schools aren't responsible for sectarianism. That's
:09:05. > :09:06.one of the conclusions of an expert working group established by the
:09:07. > :09:09.Scottish government to investigate the issue. Also in their report,
:09:10. > :09:12.members say sanctions should be applied to football clubs where
:09:13. > :09:22.sectarianism persists. Our social affairs correspondent, Reevel
:09:23. > :09:27.Alderson reports. Playing together, learning together,
:09:28. > :09:32.these pupils in Lanarkshire share a campus. Five from each school make
:09:33. > :09:37.up the team that were beaten finalists in the Scottish cup last
:09:38. > :09:42.season. The two headteachers agree the joint arrangement is working.
:09:43. > :09:44.The children are playing with the friends they live next door to and
:09:45. > :09:52.it means they have lunch together and play with this wonderful
:09:53. > :09:55.resource. It is the same education but all the extra things we do
:09:56. > :10:03.together that make the campus special. All the other activities.
:10:04. > :10:09.Today's report says today that the debate can become sterile and it
:10:10. > :10:17.rejects suggestions that ending separate schooling would help.
:10:18. > :10:23.The fact that these boys from two religious backgrounds are playing in
:10:24. > :10:28.the same football team is encouraging, but what of the adult
:10:29. > :10:33.game? The Scottish Football Association said it has tried to
:10:34. > :10:37.introduce tough new rules to clamp down on unacceptable behaviour
:10:38. > :10:41.matches including sectarianism, but the member clubs voted it down.
:10:42. > :10:51.Sectarian singing at an old firm youth game. The sort of images that
:10:52. > :10:56.cast shadow around football and Scottish society in general.
:10:57. > :11:04.Sporting sanctions should be introduced...
:11:05. > :11:12.European football's governing body UEFA can do this and Serbia was
:11:13. > :11:19.disciplined after England's under 21 players were subjected to racial
:11:20. > :11:24.abuse any recent match. I think there are good examples of dealing
:11:25. > :11:29.with this from where I come in Northern Ireland. I do not think
:11:30. > :11:35.there is anything that says this would not be helpful in Scotland.
:11:36. > :11:38.The goal was an end to sectarianism. The government says it
:11:39. > :11:43.is considering the report but has commissioned research to provide
:11:44. > :11:46.hard evidence of the extent of the problem and attitudes towards it.
:11:47. > :11:49.Celtic have been punished by the European football authorities for
:11:50. > :11:52.the display of illicit banners at a recent match in Glasgow. UEFA fined
:11:53. > :11:55.the Scottish league leaders just over ?40,000 for this demonstration
:11:56. > :12:01.in a Champions League match against AC Milan. The banners showed images
:12:02. > :12:08.of William Wallace and the IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands.
:12:09. > :12:11.A man found guilty of murdering his wife in a car crash in Aberdeenshire
:12:12. > :12:15.has lost his appeal against conviction. Malcolm Webster was
:12:16. > :12:18.jailed for a minimum of 30 years for murdering Claire Morris in 1994 and
:12:19. > :12:21.staging a similar attempt against his second wife in New Zealand.
:12:22. > :12:25.Lawyers argued he suffered a miscarriage of justice. But judges
:12:26. > :12:31.at the Court of Appeal in Edinburgh rejected the claims.
:12:32. > :12:35.Other stories from across Scotland this Friday.
:12:36. > :12:39.A major hydro power project has been given the green light by the
:12:40. > :12:43.Scottish government. It's approved SSE's plans to build a new pump
:12:44. > :12:47.storage scheme at Corry Glass near Spean Bridge in Lochaber.
:12:48. > :12:51.Highland Councillors will be asked to agree to a further ?3.5 million
:12:52. > :12:56.package of funding cuts at a meeting next week. It comes as council
:12:57. > :13:00.leaders warn of tougher times ahead for the local authority's finances
:13:01. > :13:04.over the next five years. A former RAF gunner has become the
:13:05. > :13:08.first double amputee to walk to the South Pole. Duncan Slater from Muir
:13:09. > :13:12.of Ord lost both his legs after an explosion in Afghanistan. He's part
:13:13. > :13:19.of a team of disabled veterans skiing across Antarctica with Prince
:13:20. > :13:22.Harry for a charity challenge. A Highland landowner has offered a
:13:23. > :13:25.?5000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of poachers
:13:26. > :13:30.shooting red deer in the Lochaber area. Staff on the Ardnamurchan
:13:31. > :13:32.estate say a well organised team of poachers are using high-powered
:13:33. > :13:39.rifles with silencers to hunt deer on a commercial basis.
:13:40. > :13:42.The family and friends of missing botanist Jamie Taggart understand
:13:43. > :13:44.the search for him in the mountains of northern Vietnam has been
:13:45. > :13:50.suspended because of poor weather. The four-year-old from Cove was last
:13:51. > :13:54.seen on the 30th of October. Friends of the Linn botanic gardens
:13:55. > :13:59.which Jamie runs have set up a fund to pay to continue the search.
:14:00. > :14:02.A transatlantic air route between Glasgow and Halifax in Nova Scotia
:14:03. > :14:05.has been announced. French-owned Europe Airpost will fly the weekly
:14:06. > :14:09.link next summer. Using a Boeing 737, the flight will start in Paris
:14:10. > :14:17.and the stretch from Glasgow is expected to cost around ?500.
:14:18. > :14:21.Scuba divers have found rare flame shells in Scapa Flow for the first
:14:22. > :14:23.time in almost 50 years. The team of volunteers from the organisation
:14:24. > :14:25.Seasearch were working on a Heriot-Watt University-led
:14:26. > :14:27.conservation project. A team spokesman described it as one of
:14:28. > :14:33.Scotland's underwater biological treasures.
:14:34. > :14:37.And there are more stories from your area and all the latest news, 24
:14:38. > :14:50.hours a day on BBC Scotland's website. The In the past week, as
:14:51. > :14:53.tributes have poured in to Nelson Mandela, memories have been
:14:54. > :14:57.rekindled of the struggle against apartheid.
:14:58. > :15:00.Not just in South Africa itself but in Scotland, too, where the
:15:01. > :15:02.anti-apartheid movement was particularly active. Its archives
:15:03. > :15:04.are carefully preserved in a university and our education
:15:05. > :15:17.correspondent Jamie McIvor has been looking through them. These struggle
:15:18. > :15:28.against apartheid became the soundtrack for a generation. They
:15:29. > :15:40.try to persuade the British government to impose sanctions. It
:15:41. > :15:44.is a long time. In Scotland, campaigners came together to form a
:15:45. > :16:00.movement. We organised the march to London. You can see the error, Jim
:16:01. > :16:10.Kier singing. We had a lot of handmade banners. This is relating
:16:11. > :16:15.to the incident in 1976. This one is the freeman of Glasgow awarded to
:16:16. > :16:23.Nelson Mandela. He is reaching for the key. And the emblems of Glasgow
:16:24. > :16:29.also. Back then, the campaigners could hardly have dreamt I would
:16:30. > :16:37.Nelson Mandela but somehow physic Glasgow. Sometimes a little things
:16:38. > :16:45.tell a story. This flyer Budgens supermarket to stop selling South
:16:46. > :16:52.African goods. And now look at how it changes after the fall of
:16:53. > :16:57.apartheid. A generation on, it is living history. One day, the
:16:58. > :17:05.archives will help keep the story alive for generations to come.
:17:06. > :17:11.Letters get all the sport. One of the key figures at Ibrox says
:17:12. > :17:16.the current board must win over unhappy fans to avoid a potentially
:17:17. > :17:19.fatal blow to the club. Sandy Easdale holds voting rights over
:17:20. > :17:23.more than one quarter of Rangers shares for next week's annual
:17:24. > :17:36.general meeting. Votes taken then will decide who is in charge of the
:17:37. > :17:43.club. Sandy Easdale We'll have a big say in who wields power at Ibrox. He
:17:44. > :17:48.will vote on behalf of more than one quarter of shareholders but wants to
:17:49. > :17:55.allay concerns. Will any of the decisions taken by you or Rangers
:17:56. > :18:00.are either for the benefit of people previously associated with the
:18:01. > :18:07.club, like Charles Green. We're not going to make any decision it with
:18:08. > :18:13.people out with of Rangers. The people you have spoken to me I'm not
:18:14. > :18:24.involved in Rangers. They did not accept any decision making? Not at
:18:25. > :18:28.all. Supporters remain convinced that there is more to this story.
:18:29. > :18:38.The shuttle of red cards at the league game last Saturday. The
:18:39. > :18:47.supporters are very supportive of the club, but if they did it by
:18:48. > :18:54.season tickets because of certain fears, then it would be very
:18:55. > :19:02.worrying. We are all away that some of the money has been spent on
:19:03. > :19:05.play-offs. Now, we are looking at the door that if we do not buy
:19:06. > :19:13.season tickets we could be in danger. The rift between supporters
:19:14. > :19:16.of the club could be hard to amend. Celtic manager Neil Lennon admits
:19:17. > :19:19.his team will continue to be European "lightweights" because
:19:20. > :19:22.stability is more important than spending big. He says his side has
:19:23. > :19:30.gone backwards this season, but only in Europe. Neil Lennon feels
:19:31. > :19:37.progress is being made domestically. The headline still hammer home the
:19:38. > :19:40.Barcelona battering. In the Champions League, money talks and
:19:41. > :19:46.Celtic are not have as much as the European elite. But in one year,
:19:47. > :19:56.they have gone from the last 16 to last in the group. Have regressed?
:19:57. > :20:05.It is a bit of a conundrum. The club sold three of their best players in
:20:06. > :20:12.the mid-season. So what did they do with the money? They brought a
:20:13. > :20:28.number of new players, but have they deliver? I think they will be value
:20:29. > :20:40.for money. I think all of the players I have brought in have been
:20:41. > :20:48.that. It is a different way of playing and it is and once they get
:20:49. > :20:57.a run of games, the emotional how good they are. The signings are OK
:20:58. > :21:02.domestically, but they are not going to make a difference in the
:21:03. > :21:06.Champions League. Domestic domination means they are already
:21:07. > :21:14.campaigning for the European campaign next season. Now, look at
:21:15. > :21:21.what else is happening in sport around Scotland. The former
:21:22. > :21:30.commander manager Kenny Shields is back in management. He has been
:21:31. > :21:36.appointed the bars of Morton. His mission is to keep the club can't,
:21:37. > :21:42.currently short bottom of the table, in the division. Terry Butcher is
:21:43. > :21:48.untroubled by the prospect of tomorrow's game for heads away to
:21:49. > :21:56.the league leaders Celtic. They have already been there and drawing 2-2
:21:57. > :22:13.after being 2-0 ahead. Scotland lost 2-note to Canada in Brazil. The host
:22:14. > :22:20.nation on Sunday. At 65 for the holder Scott Jamieson in the Nelson
:22:21. > :22:26.Mandela classic in South Africa. It was overshadowed by two players who
:22:27. > :22:35.scored 59. Scotland beat France's 5-for any penalty shoot out in the
:22:36. > :22:39.ice hockey world Championships. And ever more stories 24 hours a day on
:22:40. > :22:49.the sport Scotland website on the BBC website.
:22:50. > :22:55.Now if you have been thinking it has been unseasonably warm for this time
:22:56. > :22:58.of year, you would be right. Warm air blown from the south has been
:22:59. > :23:01.keeping Scotland unusually mild for December. It has kept the
:23:02. > :23:09.temperature in double figures and led to some unusual sights in the
:23:10. > :23:14.garden. These daffodils are blooming, because they are rather
:23:15. > :23:20.confused by the weather. How unusual is that for daffodils to be coming
:23:21. > :23:29.up at this time of year? You can see by the mailed weather, you can smell
:23:30. > :23:34.the perfume of them. I have seen a lot of unusual plant behaviour? The
:23:35. > :23:40.unseasonably mild weather is bringing many things into flower.
:23:41. > :23:46.But a week ago, we had the storm force winds and we do not know what
:23:47. > :23:50.will happen next week. The plans are grown under glass and the ones I
:23:51. > :23:58.decide that a real treat for visitors. I always look after
:23:59. > :24:07.flowers. The photos you have been sending assurers and mailed it has
:24:08. > :24:16.been. It is a big contrast this time year, when the photographs were all
:24:17. > :24:19.of ice and snow. But it will not last, the plants will be under
:24:20. > :24:27.shelter when the temperature drops this weekend.
:24:28. > :24:32.More on that in a minute. The operators of the Forth Bridge
:24:33. > :24:37.have released this footage to show the dangers of using the crossing in
:24:38. > :24:41.severe gales. This is what happened to a truck driver at the height of
:24:42. > :24:43.last Thursday's storm, as he tried to get his vehicle over the
:24:44. > :24:45.crossing. Gillian is here with the weather.
:24:46. > :24:55.Could this be a timely warning? Yes, very stormy conditions over the
:24:56. > :25:01.weekend to come and lasting well into next week. The story has been
:25:02. > :25:11.male but it is all change over the weekend. The temperatures will fall
:25:12. > :25:16.and there will be heavy rain. You can see these pushing across the
:25:17. > :25:26.course of tonight and tomorrow in the LA hours. Most of the shots will
:25:27. > :25:33.die away by every morning tomorrow. There could be a bit of ground frost
:25:34. > :25:39.in the sheltered East. Tomorrow, the main worry is the strength of the
:25:40. > :25:44.wind. Very quickly tomorrow, the heavy rain pushes in once again to
:25:45. > :25:49.the west and the wind strengthening to deal force in the Central Belt
:25:50. > :25:57.and potentially 80 medals per hour in the exposed Northwest Coast. In
:25:58. > :26:01.mid-afternoon, plenty of rain around, and we will see an issue
:26:02. > :26:07.with standing water, especially in southern and central Scotland.
:26:08. > :26:16.Temperatures will still be on the mailed side. More rain for
:26:17. > :26:21.Shetland. We could begin to see something gyre in the north-west
:26:22. > :26:32.coast later in the afternoon. But it is not a day to be taking to the
:26:33. > :26:36.hills. There could be gassed of 110 males peer our overly peaks. Here
:26:37. > :26:56.are the inshore waters: through the rest of the afternoon
:26:57. > :27:02.tomorrow, the persistent rain pools away by the early evening. Heavily
:27:03. > :27:09.blustery showers will follow in the evening. It will be a cold night
:27:10. > :27:13.tomorrow night. In Sunday, we are watching this low pressure coming
:27:14. > :27:21.our way. Severe gale force wind and another Met office yellow warning
:27:22. > :27:25.for those. Sunday will start dry and bright but once again, the day will
:27:26. > :27:28.deteriorate. Storm force winds in the north-west of the country.
:27:29. > :27:41.Now, a reminder of tonight's main news. .
:27:42. > :27:44.Concern is growing for hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees forced
:27:45. > :27:47.to endure an exceptionally harsh winter storm and freezing
:27:48. > :27:49.temperatures with no more than tents for shelter. The human rights
:27:50. > :27:53.organisation Amnesty International says Europe should hang its head in
:27:54. > :28:00.shame for failing to provide a safe haven. Scottish Power renewables
:28:01. > :28:04.have said they are pulling out of a wind farm project at in the Western
:28:05. > :28:07.Isles. There is international concern about
:28:08. > :28:10.the stability of North Korea after the execution of the regime's second
:28:11. > :28:14.most powerful figure. Jang Song Tek was the uncle of the country's
:28:15. > :28:19.leader, Kim Jong Un. It is reported he was shot by machine gun after
:28:20. > :28:23.being found guilty of treason. I will be back with the headlines at
:28:24. > :28:27.eight o'clock and the late bulletin just after the ten o'clock news.
:28:28. > :28:28.Until then, from everyone on the team here in Glasgow