:00:00. > :00:20.Tonight on Reporting Scotland... A fatal accident inquiry into the
:00:21. > :00:29.deaths of these 16 men hears how their helicopter dropped like a
:00:30. > :00:37.torpedo into the North Sea. Was it avoidable? We need to know why our
:00:38. > :00:41.boys went out and never came back. Also on the programme...
:00:42. > :00:44.The Yes campaign calls on unionist supporters to set out their detailed
:00:45. > :00:45.vision for beyond this autumn's independence referendum.
:00:46. > :00:48.CSI Strathclyde, a Scottish university launches a new forensic
:00:49. > :00:52.science course, based on a Loch Lomond murder mystery.
:00:53. > :00:55.And all dressed up, but nowhere to go. Celtic's players are left in
:00:56. > :01:03.limbo, after their flight to the Turkish Cup is cancelled.
:01:04. > :01:07.A helicopter "fell like a torpedo into the sea" - the description of
:01:08. > :01:11.an eyewitness on the first day of a fatal accident inquiry into the
:01:12. > :01:14.deaths of 16 men. They perished when their Super Puma came down off
:01:15. > :01:18.Peterhead nearly five years ago, on its way back from a North Sea oil
:01:19. > :01:22.platform. Families of those who died are angry that it has taken so long
:01:23. > :01:33.for the inquiry to get underway and that the Crown Office has already
:01:34. > :01:39.ruled out any prosecutions. Over four years in nine months after the
:01:40. > :01:48.crash of the Super Puma, the families of the deceased arrived for
:01:49. > :01:55.the fatal accident enquiry. He was very family-oriented. He loved
:01:56. > :02:05.football. He went with his dad everywhere. We dearly miss him. All
:02:06. > :02:09.on board the helicopter died when it crashed into the sea outside of
:02:10. > :02:15.Peterhead. There was a catastrophic gearbox failure. A fault had been
:02:16. > :02:20.found days before the crash but had not been repaired. The enquiry
:02:21. > :02:25.started with details of the postmortem examinations on the 16th
:02:26. > :02:29.thick Thames. It said none of them would have survived the impact of
:02:30. > :02:35.the helicopter crashed from around 1,500 feet. Testimony from the crew
:02:36. > :02:44.men aboard a vessel which witnessed the crash. He said the helicopter
:02:45. > :02:46.feel wakey torpedo. The rotor blades had been completely separated from
:02:47. > :02:53.the aircraft over time it hit the sea. The Crown Prosecution Service
:02:54. > :02:57.had said there is not any evidence for prosecution. We need to know
:02:58. > :03:04.what happened that day. Was it avoidable? We need to know why our
:03:05. > :03:09.boys went out and never came back. We are seeking answers. Was there
:03:10. > :03:17.something with the helicopter that was not picked up? We need the
:03:18. > :03:20.answer is. We have been requested them and been denied because it is
:03:21. > :03:27.not supposedly in the public interest. Almost five years on, the
:03:28. > :03:32.families hope this six-week fatal accident enquiry will shed some
:03:33. > :03:34.light on what went wrong. Nicola Sturgeon has challenged her
:03:35. > :03:39.Unionist opponents "to be honest" about the consequences of voting no
:03:40. > :03:41.to independence. Speaking at St Andrews University, the Deputy First
:03:42. > :03:45.Minister claimed Scotland could be landed with welfare benefit cuts and
:03:46. > :03:47.exclusion from the European Union if independence is rejected and the
:03:48. > :03:54.Conservatives win the next UK General Election. But critics say
:03:55. > :04:01.she is dodging problems confronting her own campaign. Let us go to our
:04:02. > :04:05.political editor Brian Taylor. A new year and a sense that the Yes
:04:06. > :04:15.campaign is trying to open a new front? Yes, context matters in
:04:16. > :04:24.politics. Of course, the independence referendum is this
:04:25. > :04:31.year, but there are other political happenings on the horizon, such as
:04:32. > :04:36.the general election next year. The Chancellor has said that if the
:04:37. > :04:42.Conservatives returned to power, they will have to bring in 12
:04:43. > :04:46.billion cups from wealthier. He is making their challenge in the
:04:47. > :04:54.context of seeing to it as rivals, his Labour Party and the Liberal
:04:55. > :05:01.Democrats, what would you do in respect of that coming back? But has
:05:02. > :05:06.been said that these cuts could not be prevented. She is saying they
:05:07. > :05:11.could be prevented by a different course, such as independents. She
:05:12. > :05:16.had other questions about those who advocate voting no. She talked about
:05:17. > :05:25.possible new powers for the Scottish Parliament. What would they be? She
:05:26. > :05:30.also referred to the Barnet Formula, the formula with which
:05:31. > :05:37.Scottish expenditure is worked out. She says there could be cut. The
:05:38. > :05:41.government is saying that is not on the agenda. Then there is the
:05:42. > :05:49.question of the European Union. She said other nationalists have faced
:05:50. > :05:55.many other challenges and they said, what if there was a referendum on
:05:56. > :06:01.Britain's membership of the European Union by 2016. It was all points
:06:02. > :06:07.that she was trying to put here, was to try to place in the context of
:06:08. > :06:12.the referendum and of Labour voters in Scotland. She was saying to them,
:06:13. > :06:17.in essence, if you want a Scotland where conservatives control your
:06:18. > :06:23.lives, then vote no in the independence referendum. We have to
:06:24. > :06:26.be honest that if we remain part of the Westminster system, it will not
:06:27. > :06:32.be our votes which determine these matters, but votes elsewhere in the
:06:33. > :06:37.United Kingdom. The inconvenient truths facing the no campaign cannot
:06:38. > :06:42.be allowed to stay and in the way of the Scottish people making a
:06:43. > :06:45.genuinely informed choice. The White Paper is now out there for people to
:06:46. > :06:52.read, scrutinising judge and we need the same clarity from the other side
:06:53. > :06:55.so the debate can be taken out the hands of politicians like me and
:06:56. > :07:01.firmly where it belongs, in the hands of the Scottish people. It is
:07:02. > :07:06.the Scottish people who will decide in the referendum concept member of
:07:07. > :07:13.the 18. Our opponents say her claims are bogus. BC the structure of the
:07:14. > :07:17.United Kingdom is clear, established and well known and they say the
:07:18. > :07:23.difficulties lie with the offering of independence. People do have an
:07:24. > :07:31.understanding of how the European Union works. Just take a look at the
:07:32. > :07:37.currency. Simply asserting that certain currency arrangements will
:07:38. > :07:41.come about. People here know that the pound in our pocket is what we
:07:42. > :07:47.use. We do not need to be told that the British pound is our currency,
:07:48. > :07:50.but we need some certainty about what our country would be after
:07:51. > :07:55.independence, so that people know what currency in which they would be
:07:56. > :08:05.paid and what impact that would have on their lives. Tomorrow, there is a
:08:06. > :08:09.debate about childcare. Opponents say they could get on with these
:08:10. > :08:15.measures known to improve childcare. The Scottish National party say they
:08:16. > :08:19.need full control of taxation for them to be able to do that. A big
:08:20. > :08:23.debate coming up tomorrow. And you can see more on that on
:08:24. > :08:27.Newsnight Scotland over on BBC Two Scotland tonight from eleven
:08:28. > :08:30.o'clock. You are watching Reporting Scotland
:08:31. > :08:33.from the BBC. Still to come on the programme, you thought the festive
:08:34. > :08:36.season was over? Actually, tomorrow is Christmas Day! Confused? Stay
:08:37. > :08:40.tuned. In sport, a late postponement leaves
:08:41. > :08:44.Celtic feet firmly on the ground and their plans up in the air.
:08:45. > :08:52.And the girl in the picture, with success at Glasgow 2014 the main
:08:53. > :09:00.focus. All the sport is coming soon. Can you solve the murder by the
:09:01. > :09:04.loch? You have six weeks to do it while learning about forensic
:09:05. > :09:06.science. It is both a murder mystery and an online course from
:09:07. > :09:14.Strathclyde University. Our science correspondent Kenneth MacDonald has
:09:15. > :09:18.been working the crime scene. There has been a murder on the banks of
:09:19. > :09:25.Loch Lomond and Strathclyde University want you to track the
:09:26. > :09:31.close. It is a subject which captures the imagination. What we
:09:32. > :09:37.wanted to do was provide a means whereby there was a real story for
:09:38. > :09:44.real forensic science to be applied. The course is free and available for
:09:45. > :09:50.anyone with internet access. I do not want to give too much away, the
:09:51. > :09:53.real case which some of our staff were involved in, it picks up
:09:54. > :10:03.different aspects of forensic science. It uses the likes of DNA,
:10:04. > :10:10.drug analysis and how that type of forensic work can bring something to
:10:11. > :10:15.an investigation. With this introduction, Strathclyde University
:10:16. > :10:21.has become the latest to open online courses. While you work on the kind
:10:22. > :10:29.seen, the Strathclyde University will be working on the programme as
:10:30. > :10:37.well. It is all about teaching students online very diverse and
:10:38. > :10:45.despite different courses. None of us know whether this is going, but
:10:46. > :10:48.we are and entrepreneurial University and we want to be
:10:49. > :10:56.proactive, rather than sitting back and saying, what is happening here.
:10:57. > :11:01.And what about the twist? There are twists. In this particular story, we
:11:02. > :11:08.will invite the participants to you major debate about different aspects
:11:09. > :11:12.of the scene as the scene unfolds, based on their participation. It
:11:13. > :11:17.will take you just three hours a week, just for six weeks, if you
:11:18. > :11:21.want to solve the murder ideal lock.
:11:22. > :11:24.Scotland's largest teaching union is claiming teachers need more support
:11:25. > :11:27.with the new qualifications for fourth-year students. A survey of
:11:28. > :11:31.EIS members suggested many teachers are angry and worried about their
:11:32. > :11:42.workload, but the Exams Agency says teachers are getting unprecedented
:11:43. > :11:49.support. There is literally a view weeks until we are in the diet of
:11:50. > :11:54.exams. Teachers are feeling the pressure because of internal
:11:55. > :11:57.assessments. It is concerned that we will not be able to deliver these
:11:58. > :12:03.and that the pupils will be disadvantaged. We will continue to
:12:04. > :12:09.work with teachers, with schools and local authorities to listen to their
:12:10. > :12:12.concerns and see where we need to offer additional support to help
:12:13. > :12:15.teachers address some of the concerns.
:12:16. > :12:19.Our education correspondent Jamie McIvor joins me now. This is a huge
:12:20. > :12:30.change that is taking place for fourth-years, isn't it?
:12:31. > :12:38.This is a huge change that is underway in fourth year. Different.
:12:39. > :12:41.Yes, these are the new qualifications that are replacing
:12:42. > :12:44.Standard Grades, the national 4s and 5s.There are some big differences.
:12:45. > :12:48.The courses only last one year, instead of two and the things that
:12:49. > :12:51.are being taught on some courses are different. And with the National 4s,
:12:52. > :12:54.which are the less academically advanced, the equivalent of a
:12:55. > :12:56.general in a standard grade, there is no final exam. Teachers do all
:12:57. > :12:59.the assessment. And here are just some of the
:13:00. > :13:01.comments teachers have made. Poor quality materials for English
:13:02. > :13:03.lessons. Too much bureaucracy for physics
:13:04. > :13:05.teachers. Utterly unmanageable workload for a
:13:06. > :13:10.modern languages teacher. How worried should parents be about
:13:11. > :13:14.the union's warning? Well, even the EIS is at pains to
:13:15. > :13:19.say they do not want to cause parents alarm. They are making the
:13:20. > :13:22.point that they are confident their members will do everything they can
:13:23. > :13:24.to make the new qualifications a success.
:13:25. > :13:27.And there is no suggestion whatsoever of the new qualifications
:13:28. > :13:30.or exams being delayed. This is really a question of workload and
:13:31. > :13:34.support for teachers. It is maybe worth noting that sample exam papers
:13:35. > :13:37.are now available, to help give those students who have exams in
:13:38. > :13:43.April and May an idea what to expect.
:13:44. > :13:46.A kirk minister who said being gay was an abomination and a disorder
:13:47. > :13:49.has been told he'll no longer be a chaplain at the Gaelic school in
:13:50. > :13:52.Glasgow. Donald Macinnes made the remarks on Facebook. The
:13:53. > :13:55.headteacher's decision followed complaints by parents. Glasgow City
:13:56. > :14:00.Council says he's entitled to his views but that they aren't in
:14:01. > :14:03.keeping with the school's ethos. The impact of a predicted tidal
:14:04. > :14:08.surge this afternoon appears to have been less than feared. Coastal
:14:09. > :14:11.communities along the west and south coasts had braced themselves for a
:14:12. > :14:16.repeat of the battering they faced on Friday. There was some limited
:14:17. > :14:20.flooding, such as here at Kingholm Quay, near Dumfries, but high water
:14:21. > :14:23.peaked around two feet lower than last week.
:14:24. > :14:28.Other stories from across Scotland this Monday.
:14:29. > :14:32.Rescuers say a hill walker who plunged more than 800 feet down a
:14:33. > :14:36.cliff near Ben Macdui in the Cairngorms is lucky to be alive. The
:14:37. > :14:39.25-year-old man, from England, who was airlifted to hospital, is said
:14:40. > :14:42.to be in a serious condition in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
:14:43. > :14:45.Police are appealing for witnesses following the theft of two diamond
:14:46. > :14:48.engagement rings worth more than ?20,000 from a jewellery shop in
:14:49. > :14:54.Edinburgh. They were stolen on Saturday from the Robert Anthony
:14:55. > :14:58.store in Rose Street. 2013 was the worst year in living
:14:59. > :15:02.memory for anglers on the River Spey, according to new figures.
:15:03. > :15:05.There was a 23% fall in the salmon catch compared to 2012 which was
:15:06. > :15:11.also described as a disappointing year.
:15:12. > :15:14.More than 700 homes in Scotland are still watching TV in black and
:15:15. > :15:20.white, almost 50 years after colour transmissions began. TV Licensing
:15:21. > :15:36.says 710 black and white only licences are in use.
:15:37. > :15:41.Some people are quite happy with the black and white set and some do it
:15:42. > :15:43.for reasons of nostalgia and some people do not like throwing things
:15:44. > :15:47.away! Work has started on the upgrading of
:15:48. > :15:50.Ullapool pier to cope with a new, larger, ferry that Calmac is to use
:15:51. > :15:54.on the route from there to Stornoway. The ?42 million ship,
:15:55. > :15:56.being built in Germany, is due to be launched in February.
:15:57. > :16:01.A trailer containing a funfair ride has been stolen from near a service
:16:02. > :16:05.station in Fife. The roundabout, with horses, dolphins, a bus, and a
:16:06. > :16:09.fire engine, was parked on a service road at Halbeath. It was taken some
:16:10. > :16:14.time between Hogmanay evening and Friday afternoon.
:16:15. > :16:22.And there are more stories from your area and all the latest news, on BBC
:16:23. > :16:28.Scotland's website. The Festive Season may be over, but
:16:29. > :16:33.not for everyone. Some religions follow the Gregorian calendar when
:16:34. > :16:35.Christmas falls tomorrow. They include Scotland's Ukrainian
:16:36. > :16:38.population, many descended from former soldiers who came here as
:16:39. > :16:42.prisoners of war and made the country their home. Willie Johnston
:16:43. > :16:53.reports on how they're trying to keep old traditions alive.
:16:54. > :17:01.Few buildings can be so different outside and in. On a former prisoner
:17:02. > :17:07.of war camp near Lockerbie, a chapel created by Italian Catholics are
:17:08. > :17:17.adopted by displaced Ukrainians of the Greek orthodox faith. Former
:17:18. > :17:19.partisans fought both Germany and Russia in the hope of
:17:20. > :17:25.re-establishing an independent Ukraine at the end of the war. When
:17:26. > :17:35.that failed, going home would have made trial as traitors. Around 2000
:17:36. > :17:43.men like him came to Scotland as prisoners in 1947 DT and in camps
:17:44. > :17:51.like this. This houses 474 Ukrainian men. When they were freed two years
:17:52. > :17:56.later many meat got only adopted home taking jobs in farming and
:17:57. > :18:02.forestry and marrying local girls. For 36 years, this man has looked
:18:03. > :18:07.after the chapel where monthly services still take place. It means
:18:08. > :18:12.a lot to me because I was christened and also married in the chapel. My
:18:13. > :18:20.father was a prisoner of war and I vowed I would continue working. It
:18:21. > :18:26.is because of what he represents and suffered during the war. Nowhere
:18:27. > :18:29.else to go. Very few of the old partisans are still alive and that
:18:30. > :18:34.is now up to their children and grandchildren to uphold the
:18:35. > :18:37.traditions, but the language is being lost and secularisation
:18:38. > :18:43.threatens the future of services like this. The chapel is a museum
:18:44. > :18:52.and open to tourists but he says it will remain a living memorial for as
:18:53. > :18:59.long as he believes. -- breathes. To sport now, and it's over to
:19:00. > :19:02.Rhona. Good evening. As Neil Lennon continues his quest to strengthen
:19:03. > :19:05.his squad, there's reassuring news from one national team manager who
:19:06. > :19:10.reckons a Celtic summer signing will prove himself as a regular
:19:11. > :19:13.goal-scorer. Our senior football reporter Alasdair Lamont reports on
:19:14. > :19:23.a day when the Celtic squad was disappointed by a late postponement.
:19:24. > :19:29.They put a brave face on it but the players who did turn up for the
:19:30. > :19:34.flight to Pataki had to head home. They now hope to fly out tomorrow
:19:35. > :19:40.for a friendly tournament. Georgios Samaras will not be there as Celtic
:19:41. > :19:44.attempt to resolve his future. Kris Commons has been showing strikers
:19:45. > :19:49.the way to go this season, adding another two yesterday as his manager
:19:50. > :19:55.said they will definitely take up the option of an additional year on
:19:56. > :19:59.his contract. It is not just for now, it is for the future, and we
:20:00. > :20:05.want to add a bit of quality to the squad. We will do everything we can
:20:06. > :20:16.to give some of the players are helping hand. That is not a phrase
:20:17. > :20:21.we have heard too often but the Finnish player's national manager
:20:22. > :20:28.thinks he will soon be giving the team more of the helping hand Neil
:20:29. > :20:33.Lennon is looking for. He has got all the attributes to make it
:20:34. > :20:36.happen. He scored goals for Fenland against top nations of the world and
:20:37. > :20:43.he can score goals for Celtic, no question. Neither that nor Celtic's
:20:44. > :20:45.continued unbeaten run will stop Neil Lennon from trying to add to
:20:46. > :20:49.his squad again. Now, a look at some other football
:20:50. > :20:51.stories and what else is happing across Scottish sport.
:20:52. > :20:53.Hearts administrators have confirmed that talks with the Scottish
:20:54. > :20:56.Football Association have been unsuccessful. They had hoped the SFA
:20:57. > :21:01.would lift signing sanctions while they're in administration.
:21:02. > :21:05.Former Hibs and Scotland striker Garry O'Connor has agreed to join
:21:06. > :21:07.Morton until the end of the season. International clearance has been
:21:08. > :21:12.granted. O'Connor's last club was the Russian
:21:13. > :21:15.side Tom Tomsk. Queen of the South have converted a
:21:16. > :21:19.former supermarket next to Palmerston into an indoor training
:21:20. > :21:27.centre. The Queen of the South Arena provides wet weather cover and a new
:21:28. > :21:31.income stream. I cannot actually remember any club
:21:32. > :21:36.in Scotland probably having as good a facility. The club is coming on in
:21:37. > :21:39.leaps and bounds and hopefully it will also attract players.
:21:40. > :21:42.Andy Murray is hoping to join the ranks of Becker and McEnroe by
:21:43. > :21:46.lifting the Queens trophy for a fourth time. He's taking part once
:21:47. > :21:48.again this year in the build-up to his Wimbledon defence.
:21:49. > :21:51.And there are more sports stories, plus all the latest news, 24 hours a
:21:52. > :22:00.day on BBC Sport Scotland's website. The poster girl for Team Scotland
:22:01. > :22:06.cycling Katie Archibald admits that being called 'a really exciting
:22:07. > :22:09.prospect,' keeps her awake at night. The praise comes from no less than
:22:10. > :22:13.Sir Dave Brailsford, the director of British Cycling. Now with Glasgow
:22:14. > :22:16.2014 less than 200 days away, the 19-year-old is determined to reach
:22:17. > :22:17.the top of her sport. Our Commonwealth Games reporter Jane
:22:18. > :22:45.Lewis has more. Over your left hand shoulder,
:22:46. > :22:48.perfect. 18 Scotland photo shoot, proof that Katie Archibald has come
:22:49. > :22:55.a long way especially as it was not her first love. I was a swimmer
:22:56. > :22:59.originally. I just eventually realised I did not want to dodge
:23:00. > :23:05.between cars but between other bikes! Her decision to switch sports
:23:06. > :23:13.paid off and then just two years she has gone from promising teenager to
:23:14. > :23:18.European champion. She is now part of the British cycling Academy and
:23:19. > :23:22.is preparing for a massive year. This will be my first huge
:23:23. > :23:28.international event with crowds watching and everybody on your back.
:23:29. > :23:35.I will be in for the pursuit and hopefully I will get on the podium.
:23:36. > :23:42.Chris Hoy knew all about podium finishes and he was her inspiration.
:23:43. > :23:52.When I was younger I got the Chris Hoy rider award so I have had the
:23:53. > :23:56.handshake. She will be even more thrilled to emulate her funeral's
:23:57. > :24:01.achievements but in the short term, her focus is on Glasgow 2014.
:24:02. > :24:03.Here before we know it And that's it for tonight. !
:24:04. > :24:07.Let's get the weather now from Gillian.
:24:08. > :24:15.It is going to get better this week. It will be dry or around midweek but
:24:16. > :24:20.we not there yet and tonight they are still plenty of showers links to
:24:21. > :24:26.this area of low pressure. Gusting winds driving the showers and the
:24:27. > :24:37.most frequent ones will be over the Western Isles and the north-west
:24:38. > :24:42.Highlands. The winds will be fresh too strong, strongest over the
:24:43. > :24:51.Northern Isles and we will see S use with localised flooding. Amidst
:24:52. > :24:54.that, it will be a mild night but tomorrow morning, still plenty of
:24:55. > :25:00.showers around, heavy particularly in the West, but into the afternoon
:25:01. > :25:05.the showers will ease the coming later and we will see dire weather
:25:06. > :25:13.getting through and even some sunshine. -- dry weather. Showers
:25:14. > :25:17.for Shetland and the north-west course than through the central belt
:25:18. > :25:23.some brighter patches but showers across high ground. Still breezy
:25:24. > :25:31.especially across the west coast but lighter winds than today. On the
:25:32. > :25:35.hall, my old for this time of year. Through the rest of the afternoon,
:25:36. > :25:42.signs of those showers reinvigorating for a time. Staying
:25:43. > :25:47.quite breezy into tomorrow night. Into Wednesday, some real
:25:48. > :25:52.improvement as this ridge of high pressure builds and it will be a
:25:53. > :25:59.much drier day. Showers towards the West Coast but they will be few and
:26:00. > :26:03.far between. A similar picture for Thursday, once again some showers in
:26:04. > :26:06.the far north but a lot of dry weather across the country. Lighter
:26:07. > :26:13.winds but turning chilly. Now, a reminder of tonight's main
:26:14. > :26:16.news. An eye witness into the fatal accident inquiry into the crash of a
:26:17. > :26:20.Super Puma helicopter said the aircraft fell like a torpedo into
:26:21. > :26:23.the sea. All 16 men on board died in the accident off Peterhead almost
:26:24. > :26:26.five years ago. The Chancellor George Osborne has
:26:27. > :26:28.set out plans for another ?25 billion of spending cuts if the
:26:29. > :26:31.Conservatives win the next election. Half the proposed savings would come
:26:32. > :26:34.from the welfare budget. Meanwhile the deputy First Minister
:26:35. > :26:37.Nicola Sturgeon has challenged her Unionist opponents to be honest
:26:38. > :26:40.about the consequences of voting no to independence. She claimed
:26:41. > :26:43.Scotland could be landed with welfare benefit cuts and EU
:26:44. > :26:50.exclusion if independence is rejected.
:26:51. > :26:53.Jimmy Savile's victims are calling for a single inquiry into how the TV
:26:54. > :26:56.presenter managed to evade justice. Dozens of those who've reported
:26:57. > :27:00.being abused by him say the current investigations - there are about 30
:27:01. > :27:02.of them - won't answer the key questions about the scandal.
:27:03. > :27:06.And that's Reporting Scotland. I'll be back with the headlines at 8pm,
:27:07. > :27:11.and the late bulletin just after the ten o'clock news. Until then, from
:27:12. > :27:13.everyone on the team around the country, have a very good evening.