:00:16. > :00:21.On Reporting Scotland: The two women charged with smuggling drugs into
:00:22. > :00:29.Peru are jailed for six years and eight months. NHS Lanarkshire
:00:30. > :00:32.promise changes after a Government investigation finds poor quality
:00:33. > :00:35.care could have cost lives. Big Lottery cash for the hungry and
:00:36. > :00:43.homeless is doubled to answer the massive increase in demand.
:00:44. > :00:46.For the last three days I have been sleeping on the floor. I have just
:00:47. > :00:49.got on with it. Also on tonight's programme: As the
:00:50. > :00:52.25th anniversary of the Lockerbie air disaster approaches, a former
:00:53. > :00:55.FBI chief says he expects more people to be charged over the
:00:56. > :00:58.bombing. As people head out for their
:00:59. > :01:05.Christmas shopping, how are Scotland's high streets adapting to
:01:06. > :01:08.survive? A young woman from Lenzie, caught
:01:09. > :01:12.smuggling drugs in Peru, has been jailed for six years and eight
:01:13. > :01:15.months in prison. Melissa Reid from Lenzie near Glasgow has been
:01:16. > :01:20.imprisoned since August after she tried to board a plane to Spain with
:01:21. > :01:24.cocaine hidden in her luggage. International lawyers say this is a
:01:25. > :01:27.lenient sentence and it means she will now be eligible to apply to
:01:28. > :01:35.spend some of her sentence in a Scottish jail. Catriona Renton
:01:36. > :01:39.reports. Melissa Reid and McCullough McCollum
:01:40. > :01:42.didn't know what to expect when they arrived in court. They could have
:01:43. > :01:47.been sentenced for up to 15 years. As it turned out, they received the
:01:48. > :01:52.minimum of six years and eight months. Crucially, the jail term is
:01:53. > :01:56.less than seven years. We understand this entitles prisoners in Peru to a
:01:57. > :01:59.reduction in sentence and means Melissa Reid can apply for a
:02:00. > :02:06.transfer to a Scottish prison. It was always the minimum sentence back
:02:07. > :02:11.could be awarded, and it is now to be seen how much time will be spent
:02:12. > :02:15.in Peru, and how much in a Scottish jail if at all possible. They have
:02:16. > :02:21.been behind bars in Peru for more than four months now. Today, the
:02:22. > :02:26.media watched as Melissa Reid and McCullough McCollum from Northern
:02:27. > :02:29.Ireland were taken away by police. The girls were stopped at Lima
:02:30. > :02:36.airport in August as they attempted to board a flight to Spain. They
:02:37. > :02:39.were caught with 11 kilos of cocaine hidden in food packets in their
:02:40. > :02:43.luggage, said to be worth around ?1.5 million. The women were working
:02:44. > :02:49.on the Spanish island of eyepiece. They claimed originally they were
:02:50. > :02:53.forced by a gang at gunpoint to travel to Peru to collect the
:02:54. > :03:00.drugs, but since changed their plea to guilty. The young women became
:03:01. > :03:05.friends, sharing a cell in prison. One father has been to see his
:03:06. > :03:09.daughter and told the media how hard it has been for the family, waiting
:03:10. > :03:13.for answers. Tonight, those girls are back in jail.
:03:14. > :03:15.Three hospitals in Lanarkshire have serious problems with understaffing,
:03:16. > :03:19.quality of care and patient record keeping. Inspectors were called into
:03:20. > :03:26.Wishaw, Monklands and Hairmyres to investigate, following above-average
:03:27. > :03:29.mortality rates in their wards. They've now made 21 recommendations
:03:30. > :03:37.for improvement. Andrew Kerr has more.
:03:38. > :03:41.Another busy afternoon at Monklands Hospital. An investigation into
:03:42. > :03:51.above average mortality rate revealed widespread care failures
:03:52. > :04:00.here and at Wishaw and her Miers. -- her Miers. Everything has been
:04:01. > :04:05.fine. But there were a few times that could have been better. I don't
:04:06. > :04:12.have a lot of confidence in them at all. I would not want to have to go
:04:13. > :04:15.in there. 21 recommendations have been made by health care improvement
:04:16. > :04:20.Scotland to look at issues surrounding understaffing, the
:04:21. > :04:26.quality of care, and patient record keeping. A lack of resources is not
:04:27. > :04:32.a problem, it is claimed. We have a record number of staff, a record
:04:33. > :04:34.number of consultants, nurses and midwives. This is about the
:04:35. > :04:39.management of those resources, it is not about understaffing. He holds
:04:40. > :04:42.the health board totally accountable, and so does the
:04:43. > :04:47.Patients' Association, who are highly critical. It is one calamity
:04:48. > :04:51.after another, and the board is not fit for purpose. It is time to get
:04:52. > :04:59.rid of them and get some fresh blood in there. At the health board they
:05:00. > :05:02.are getting some -- working on improvements, saying patients have
:05:03. > :05:05.nothing to fear. We do have good patient care across those three
:05:06. > :05:10.hospitals. Our staff are committed to that. What we have seen is a area
:05:11. > :05:14.is for improvement. A government appointed team will now ensure that
:05:15. > :05:19.rapid improvements are made and a formal review will take place at the
:05:20. > :05:23.end of March. Politically, it is important that health boards are
:05:24. > :05:27.seen to be performing well and meeting patients needs. Management
:05:28. > :05:31.here at NHS Lanarkshire will be under intense scrutiny over the next
:05:32. > :05:34.few months. Still to come on the programme
:05:35. > :05:37.before 7pm: We look at the implications for Scotland if plans
:05:38. > :05:47.to expand capacity at Heathrow and Gatwick airports are approved.
:05:48. > :05:50.Nothing betting scandal hits Scottish football as one player is
:05:51. > :05:54.accused of making over 150 bats. And, we hear from the man who says
:05:55. > :06:01.his Dundee United youngsters will take Scotland to the World Cup. All
:06:02. > :06:04.the sport very soon. As the country moves out of
:06:05. > :06:07.recession, charities are still reporting increased demand for their
:06:08. > :06:10.services. The Big Lottery Fund has just announced grants to groups
:06:11. > :06:12.providing lifeline services for people experiencing hardship,
:06:13. > :06:16.doubling what it originally said it would distribute. And, a food bank
:06:17. > :06:23.in Edinburgh says it's now handing out three times what it was a year
:06:24. > :06:30.ago. Reevel Alderson reports. This is the setup for people like
:06:31. > :06:34.yourself who are homeless. This warehouse in Dumfries is packed with
:06:35. > :06:37.the essentials of living. The charity which operates it offers
:06:38. > :06:43.starter packs for homeless people who can get anything from ten
:06:44. > :06:47.openers to bed and linen. A lot of people do become homeless through no
:06:48. > :06:52.fault of their own. They have got nothing, they need the basics of
:06:53. > :06:56.life to furnish their house, to cook with, something to sleep on, and
:06:57. > :07:00.they need it then and there. They can't wait to three weeks for things
:07:01. > :07:04.to be processed. The charity has been operating with volunteers. A
:07:05. > :07:11.grant of ?128,000 from the big lottery grant will now allow them to
:07:12. > :07:14.employ full-time staff. The recession has meant that more people
:07:15. > :07:20.have turned to charities for help. David has been homeless and has
:07:21. > :07:25.finally got an unfurnished flat, but delays in receiving welfare grants
:07:26. > :07:28.meant he needed the charity sorting out with essentials to make it
:07:29. > :07:32.habitable. For the last three days I have been sleeping on the floor, but
:07:33. > :07:38.I have just got on with it. I understand that people have got
:07:39. > :07:43.worse problems. It has been like a camping adventure. It is good I'm
:07:44. > :07:47.having help now, otherwise I would have Christmas in similar
:07:48. > :07:51.circumstances. Helping to pack bags at a food bank in Edinburgh, the
:07:52. > :07:55.first Mr says the Scottish Government is trying to help
:07:56. > :08:01.hard-pressed families. He blames UK welfare changes for increasing
:08:02. > :08:05.pressure on charities. When you are faced with the dismantling of the
:08:06. > :08:09.welfare state, a lot of what you do is paving over the cracks. It is
:08:10. > :08:14.mitigation, helping people as far as we can, but you can't replace a
:08:15. > :08:20.welfare system, you can only help where you can. The UK Government
:08:21. > :08:24.says its reforms will make 300,000 of the poorest Scottish households
:08:25. > :08:28.better off, but this charity is expecting soon to be distributing
:08:29. > :08:32.four times the amount of food it is handing out a year ago.
:08:33. > :08:35.BBC Scotland has leant that three of the four victims of the Super Puma
:08:36. > :08:38.helicopter crash off Shetland in August died through drowning. It
:08:39. > :08:41.comes as the latest report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch
:08:42. > :08:44.says the crash was "survivable". Further investigations are being
:08:45. > :08:52.carried out to establish what went wrong.
:08:53. > :08:56.Libya has relief thing-macro revealed it will allow British and
:08:57. > :09:01.American investigations to question, Dafydd's former
:09:02. > :09:07.intelligence chief over the Lockerbie bombing. More people will
:09:08. > :09:11.be charged over the Lockerbie bombing - that's the view of the man
:09:12. > :09:18.who's headed the FBI for the past 12 years.
:09:19. > :09:21.Hardly a day goes by without flowers being laid in memory of those who
:09:22. > :09:27.were killed in the bombing. 11 residents of the town were among 270
:09:28. > :09:32.people who died when the flight was blown up over Lockerbie four days
:09:33. > :09:36.before Christmas 1988. 25 years on, the criminal investigation remains
:09:37. > :09:39.open. At FBI headquarters in Washington, the man who has just
:09:40. > :09:44.retired as director is confident others will be brought to justice.
:09:45. > :09:50.My expectation is that, continuously, we will obtain
:09:51. > :09:52.additional information and witnesses, and that others will be
:09:53. > :09:59.charged with their participation in this. Even after all of these years?
:10:00. > :10:04.Yes. We won't forget. We do not forget. By that, I mean the FBI, the
:10:05. > :10:13.Department of Justice, we do not forget. At the Lockerbie memorial in
:10:14. > :10:18.Virginia, one man is not convinced the case will be fully resolved. I
:10:19. > :10:22.am afraid not. I would like to think so. The problem is, the Libyan
:10:23. > :10:25.government say they will be supportive, but I am not sure I
:10:26. > :10:30.believe them. Even if they wanted to, they can't. They don't control
:10:31. > :10:38.their own country. It is run by militias. They are all fighting with
:10:39. > :10:42.each other. Violence is a major feature of life in post-revolution
:10:43. > :10:48.Libya. One year ago, Libya's ambassador to the UK said when
:10:49. > :10:53.security was established by the new government in Tripoli, it would open
:10:54. > :10:56.all Lockerbie related files. The former Libyan ambassador to the US
:10:57. > :11:06.says instability need not prevent publication. I think there is no
:11:07. > :11:12.reason for delay. All these files, there is no reason to hide them. The
:11:13. > :11:21.people responsible for these crimes are part of the old regime. The only
:11:22. > :11:25.man ever convicted of the bombing died of cancer last year, still
:11:26. > :11:33.protesting his innocence. We may never know the full truth behind the
:11:34. > :11:37.murder of 270 people in Lockerbie, but as the 25th anniversary
:11:38. > :11:40.approaches, police and prosecutors say they are determined to keep the
:11:41. > :11:48.case open, to keep looking for all of those who have so far escaped
:11:49. > :11:51.justice. Scottish fishermen's leaders say
:11:52. > :11:54.they're relieved at a deal being struck tonight in Brussels to set
:11:55. > :11:59.next year's catch limits. They say there will be no reduction in the
:12:00. > :12:02.number of days boats may go to sea. And they believe cuts to quotas of
:12:03. > :12:06.whiting and monkfish won't be as deep as planned. They will also get
:12:07. > :12:09.help towards a ban on discarding fish. Quotas for other key stocks
:12:10. > :12:13.will be set next year. Police say a woman who was murdered
:12:14. > :12:16.as she walked her dog in a Glasgow park had been subjected to an
:12:17. > :12:19.extremely violent attack. 53-year-old Jean Campbell was last
:12:20. > :12:22.seen on CCTV walking her German Shepherd dog towards Cranhill Park
:12:23. > :12:25.around 10:30pm on Friday night. Police say they don't know the
:12:26. > :12:37.reasons for the attack, but won't say if anything had been stolen.
:12:38. > :12:43.We have done extensive CCTV examination, and we can confirm she
:12:44. > :12:48.is seen heading towards the park at around 10:30pm on Friday night.
:12:49. > :12:53.Again, we are painting a picture, getting the movements of the lady,
:12:54. > :13:02.and he asked for anyone who has any information to please come forward.
:13:03. > :13:11.the tram service could begin running as early as spring. New staff
:13:12. > :13:20.uniforms wed on display for the first time as well as a new global.
:13:21. > :13:23.They may be busy this month, but Scotland's high streets need some
:13:24. > :13:30.retail therapy if they are to survive. A recent study of retail
:13:31. > :13:38.find a deafening pic across the country. Some high streets have few
:13:39. > :13:50.beacon shops while others have many lying any -- empty. -- vacant.
:13:51. > :13:56.Today's study authors unprecedented detail about what is going on. In
:13:57. > :14:03.the north-east in virtually has only one in five shops lying empty but in
:14:04. > :14:11.Huntly and vans and Inverness is at many more vacancies. In most cities
:14:12. > :14:18.40% of shops have been vacant for more than one year will stop 70% of
:14:19. > :14:23.those vacancies have been there for more than one year full top there
:14:24. > :14:32.are different towns we are there should be considerations. With
:14:33. > :14:37.competitions from supermarkets, online and a squeeze on spending
:14:38. > :14:46.cover, different shopping centres require different responses.
:14:47. > :14:51.Independent shops at an important ingredient for high streets. The
:14:52. > :14:57.fewer stunning Gretna and Castle Douglas, a most in Livingston and
:14:58. > :15:02.Gourock. This is the Bastian of local shopping, it still boasts
:15:03. > :15:15.beakers, greengrocers, delicatessens, a chocolate year and
:15:16. > :15:24.a microbrewery. Castle Douglas has 4500 population but we have 20,000
:15:25. > :15:30.as a shopping population. This town centre can still divide most
:15:31. > :15:34.families needs. Free on street parking makes the shops accessible
:15:35. > :15:40.and the fact that many are owner occupied has helped Jewish and then
:15:41. > :15:46.against the recession. James doors are notable by the announcements.
:15:47. > :15:53.The campaign against Tesco was very successful. They do not have a
:15:54. > :15:58.petrol station or butchery counter and are limited to the amount of
:15:59. > :16:03.non-food items they can sell. People still come down the high Street to
:16:04. > :16:08.go shopping for other items. While many times adding a vicious spiral
:16:09. > :16:13.of decline this place seems to be in a brat chewers circle with
:16:14. > :16:25.independent traders attracting shoppers. They are spending protect
:16:26. > :16:32.the town's individuality. Retail on your mobile phone has double and
:16:33. > :16:39.retail revolution. Hirst uses high kneeling technology. Like retailers
:16:40. > :16:44.every queer, hurt retailers are hoping for a better Christmas this
:16:45. > :16:52.year than last. -- every queer. You are trying to into the mobile phone
:16:53. > :16:58.culture to encourage trade. They can tell you how to call the business,
:16:59. > :17:02.what they offered is, maybe you look at shopping and gifts because it is
:17:03. > :17:07.Christmas time. Wildly discount offer has not even widely taken up
:17:08. > :17:15.yet, other kinds of innovative marketing has already paid off. We
:17:16. > :17:20.have a treasure hunt going on at the moment. Customers are encouraged to
:17:21. > :17:25.come into the shop and scan discord then the identity and a prize draw.
:17:26. > :17:29.This encourages people to come in who have never been in before,
:17:30. > :17:35.hopefully they will remember as and come back and spend money. I thought
:17:36. > :17:41.I would give the treasure hunt a go. Clue number one said aside City
:17:42. > :17:50.Hall, this restaurant is almost vital. It is behind you. It is that
:17:51. > :17:55.time of year! The future of the high Street requires fewer shops than we
:17:56. > :18:01.have had new uses will be needed for those spaces. A lively town centre
:18:02. > :18:08.requires more nightlife, more leisure and more homes. Transport
:18:09. > :18:11.chiefs and business leaders across Scotland have been react into the
:18:12. > :18:27.options for expanding the port capacity around London. -- you've
:18:28. > :18:32.bought. -- airport. How will this affect Scotland? The options include
:18:33. > :18:42.building another runway at Gatwick or lengthening Heathrow's runways.
:18:43. > :18:48.This is politically divisive, Labour owes it all the originally supported
:18:49. > :18:53.the idea. The Tories pledged not to support it for the duration of this
:18:54. > :19:01.Parliament. Up until now, the Lib Dems rejected a whole idea of
:19:02. > :19:06.expansion in England. Let us just that the idea and understand what
:19:07. > :19:11.history has taught us and look at the alternative. The only other
:19:12. > :19:17.alternative is Gatwick. Glasgow airport bosses continue to support
:19:18. > :19:23.the lethal option. The political wrestling match has staged largely
:19:24. > :19:30.among London politicians. The economic repertoire is as to queer,
:19:31. > :19:38.even if there should be expansion of London's Newport, will be felt
:19:39. > :19:45.further afield. Some say Heathrow is the only option. People want to
:19:46. > :19:50.connect with the rest of the world through Heathrow. It is difficult
:19:51. > :19:56.for the Highland businesses and to listen to connect with London
:19:57. > :19:59.appropriately. The options may have narrowed but the debate will
:20:00. > :20:07.intensify until a final report in 2015. The ultimate report will shape
:20:08. > :20:14.out English passengers linked to the rest of the world. Now a round-up of
:20:15. > :20:21.the latest sports news. Breaking News the night. The current Rangers
:20:22. > :20:33.board has won enough support to remain in place. Figures of proxy
:20:34. > :20:41.votes indicate that the direct is an 2-macro men in charge will be the
:20:42. > :20:44.leg it. -- the direct is. Ahead of Rangers annual general meeting on
:20:45. > :20:50.Thursday the current board will remain in power. Nominees to join
:20:51. > :20:57.the board do not have enough votes to join the board. Malcolm Murray,
:20:58. > :21:10.Paul Murray, Scott Murray and Alex Wilson had been seeking re-election
:21:11. > :21:16.to the board. The club reported a ?14 million operating loss for the
:21:17. > :21:24.13 months to June after ?22 million was raised in a sheer issue last
:21:25. > :21:29.year. We will have more on this making news on our website and
:21:30. > :21:32.tomorrow on Reporting Scotland. Another Scottish footballer has been
:21:33. > :21:40.charged with breaking betting rules three months after Rangers' Ian
:21:41. > :21:44.Black was suspended for the same thing. Michael Moffat has been
:21:45. > :21:50.charged over allegations of betting on games involving year United. He
:21:51. > :21:56.also faces charges of betting on more than 100 other matches. The SFA
:21:57. > :22:11.has stressed he is not suspected of match fixing. The drop of kids
:22:12. > :22:16.develop that Tannadice are attracting Scouts from all over
:22:17. > :22:22.Europe and some say they could help Scotland to the World Cup but how
:22:23. > :22:43.long can did the United hang on to them? -- Dundee United.
:22:44. > :22:51.Young dreams in tangerine. A dismal barrier at Dundee United weird if
:22:52. > :22:59.you are good enough, you old enough. The man who developed them
:23:00. > :23:06.believes they are going to play big things for Scotland. They can become
:23:07. > :23:12.full Scotland internationalist and play a lot of games for our country
:23:13. > :23:19.and take them to the World Cup in the future. For Jackie McNamara it
:23:20. > :23:23.is raining goals, his team have scored at least four goals in the
:23:24. > :23:31.last five matches. Just how far can this crop of kids go? I would not be
:23:32. > :23:35.surprised if I was watching Italian or Spanish football and watching
:23:36. > :23:39.these players lay. For now I am just happy to see them progress as much
:23:40. > :23:48.as what they have done and the Dundee United fans are enjoying it.
:23:49. > :23:56.Ryan Gauld has admirers in England, Spain and Italy, John Souttar as
:23:57. > :24:01.admirers in Sunderland and Everton. That is exactly what we need. Now
:24:02. > :24:08.we'll look at what else is happening in Scottish sport. Celtic will meet
:24:09. > :24:20.the champions league group opponents I axed month. -- Ajax. Terry Butcher
:24:21. > :24:27.was sent to the stand for his part in this trouble when he was the
:24:28. > :24:31.Inverness Cally Bessel manager in the league cup against Dundee
:24:32. > :24:41.United. His fine was squashed but is too much suspension remains. --
:24:42. > :24:51.Inverness Caledonian Thistle. Andy Murray could make the world's talk
:24:52. > :25:00.to -- meet the world's talk to the Dell and Djokovic. The Dumfries
:25:01. > :25:07.driver retires after winning 2-macro big races this year. That is Allan
:25:08. > :25:15.McNish. And Scotland failed to qualify for the 2015 World Cup. That
:25:16. > :25:30.is in the cricket. The sports stories and on our website. A busy
:25:31. > :25:40.night in sport. Finally finished! Now moving swiftly on to the
:25:41. > :25:47.weather. Quite dizzy for the weather for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
:25:48. > :25:53.this week. It will current wet and windy. Tightly packed isobars with a
:25:54. > :25:59.weather front bringing heavy rain. The start tonight it is clear, cold
:26:00. > :26:06.and Chile. Rain will be heavy and persistent for a time. It should not
:26:07. > :26:10.be too called. Certainly by the end of the night temperatures for many
:26:11. > :26:18.will be no lower than seven or eight. It will be wet. It will not
:26:19. > :26:25.bring all be every queer but when it does rain it will be heavy and
:26:26. > :26:30.persistent and windy from the south. Because the winds are coming from
:26:31. > :26:41.the south we will be some sheltered conditions. Temperature wise it will
:26:42. > :26:49.be mild. That is academic because it will not be pleasant. The wind will
:26:50. > :26:55.strengthen further this time tomorrow night. We will see some
:26:56. > :27:03.potentially damaging gusts. 80 mph for the Western Northwest. The rain
:27:04. > :27:07.intensifies, it will be heavy, persistent and leading to localised
:27:08. > :27:15.flooding in the south-west. The low pressure will push away towards the
:27:16. > :27:17.North. We will see a westerly flow. Call the conditions turning
:27:18. > :27:25.conditions more wintry. The showers will lead to some snow on Thursday
:27:26. > :27:29.with another weather warning. By Friday we will lose the snow but the
:27:30. > :27:34.rain returns and there is another weather warning in force with the
:27:35. > :27:42.rest of localised riding. Wet and windy tomorrow, snow showers on
:27:43. > :27:50.Thursday and rain on Friday. The top stories: Melissa Reid and Michaela
:27:51. > :27:57.McCollom have been sentenced to excuse and months in jail. The
:27:58. > :28:02.report by health inspectors says the hospitals in Lanarkshire have CDs of
:28:03. > :28:10.bombs from understaffing and quality of here. -- serious problems. That
:28:11. > :28:15.is all for now. Good evening.