:00:00. > :00:13.Australia. More about the weather where you are on-line.
:00:14. > :00:18.Tonight, on Reporting Scotland: Concessions from the Justice
:00:19. > :00:21.Secretary over fears that plans to scrap the need for corroboration in
:00:22. > :00:26.criminal trials will lead to more miscarriages of justice.
:00:27. > :00:32.Caught on camera and posted on the internet. This motorist admits
:00:33. > :00:36.driving while drunk and on drugs. As temperatures dip we look at how
:00:37. > :00:38.you can stop the cost of your bills going up.
:00:39. > :00:47.Also tonight: The Queen's Baton Relay arrives in Cameroon.
:00:48. > :00:50.Patrick, who is blind, runs with a guide. Mark Beaumont finds out
:00:51. > :00:52.first-hand how hard some of the parathletes are training for the
:00:53. > :00:56.2014 games. And Andy Murray beats the heat and
:00:57. > :01:00.his opponent in his comeback match at the Australian Open.
:01:01. > :01:03.There's to be a delay in the Scottish Government's controversial
:01:04. > :01:07.plans to abolish corroboration. But the Justice Secretary says he's
:01:08. > :01:10.still determined to end what is a key plank of Scots law, the
:01:11. > :01:17.requirement for more than one source of evidence in criminal cases. Our
:01:18. > :01:20.political correspondent Glenn Campbell is at Holyrood. Glenn, why
:01:21. > :01:24.the delay to something Kenny MacAskill is determined to push
:01:25. > :01:28.through? To take some of the heat out of this issue by allowing
:01:29. > :01:32.Parliament more time to consider what should take corroboration's
:01:33. > :01:37.place to guard against the potential, any potential, for an
:01:38. > :01:41.increase in wrongful convictions. Kenny MacAskill has proposed
:01:42. > :01:45.increasing the majority required from a majority to secure a
:01:46. > :01:50.conviction and has said he is open to looking at other changes. Today,
:01:51. > :01:59.he has gone further by offering to set up a date back an expert review.
:02:00. > :02:04.Police are required to find more than one source of evidence before
:02:05. > :02:09.prosecutors will go to court. The judges like it that way. All but one
:02:10. > :02:15.of those currently serving in the High Court want corroboration to
:02:16. > :02:18.stay. At a Holyrood committee, the Justice Secretary said he was open
:02:19. > :02:24.to considering alternative safeguards, but remained committed
:02:25. > :02:28.to abolition, then under questioning he went a bit further, promising a
:02:29. > :02:32.fresh review of possible alternatives, before abolition takes
:02:33. > :02:43.effect. We want to get the balance right. It seems to ask that it
:02:44. > :02:49.allows the juncture for some further review, the principle enshrined
:02:50. > :02:53.corroboration goes and then triggering it as soon as possible to
:02:54. > :03:00.end the manifest injustice that many victims face. He believes abolishing
:03:01. > :03:04.it will allow courts to hear more domestic abuse cases. Police,
:03:05. > :03:11.prosecutors and victims' groups agree. Judges and the wider legal
:03:12. > :03:21.profession remain concerned. Labour is yet to be convinced, the liberal
:03:22. > :03:26.Democrats want a Royal commission. To be clear, the Scottish Government
:03:27. > :03:31.is determined to go ahead with abolition, that could be approved by
:03:32. > :03:36.parliament before the summer. It might take effect as early as spring
:03:37. > :03:42.next year. Now though, it is unlikely that corroboration will be
:03:43. > :03:46.abolished before the autumn of 2015, giving Parliament more time to
:03:47. > :03:52.consider whatever additional safeguards the Government's review
:03:53. > :03:55.might propose. An engineer at the helicopter
:03:56. > :03:59.operator Bond has told a fatal accident inquiry that a decision was
:04:00. > :04:01.taken not to replace a helicopter gearbox after a metal chip was
:04:02. > :04:04.detected, following discussions with its manufacturer, Eurocopter.
:04:05. > :04:08.Additional inspections were instead ordered to check for further chips
:04:09. > :04:12.but none was found. A week later the Super Puma crashed in the North Sea
:04:13. > :04:18.off Peterhead killing all 16 men on board. The inquiry continues.
:04:19. > :04:21.A man has admitted drink-driving after a remarkable video was posted
:04:22. > :04:24.on the internet of him driving dangerously on the A90 in
:04:25. > :04:27.Aberdeenshire. Sean Hills was caught yesterday close to his home in
:04:28. > :04:30.Stonehaven. In court today, he admitted dangerous driving, and
:04:31. > :04:40.driving while unfit due to drink and drugs. Steven Duff has more.
:04:41. > :04:45.The A90 southbound from Aberdeen yesterday afternoon. S-Video of a
:04:46. > :04:51.drunk driver careering across the carriageway. -- a video. It was
:04:52. > :04:59.several miles before he was stopped by police. Captured by a passenger
:05:00. > :05:08.on a car behind the driver, the footage shows how close he came to
:05:09. > :05:15.crashing off the road. At the wheel, 36-year-old Sean Hills, today
:05:16. > :05:19.at Aberdeen Sheriff Court, he admitted to drink-driving and
:05:20. > :05:24.dangerous driving charges. The sheriff deferred sentence on him
:05:25. > :05:29.until next month. He will be banned from driving until then and his car
:05:30. > :05:33.was ordered to be seized. Police Scotland said it has received a
:05:34. > :05:43.number of calls from the public about this drink driver.
:05:44. > :05:46.Still to come on the programme: 20 could be plenty for the capital as
:05:47. > :05:50.councillors in Edinburgh back a new speed limit for the city.
:05:51. > :05:53.In sport, it's a thumbs up on the road to recovery for Andy Murray.
:05:54. > :05:57.Victory in the first round of the Australian Open and the relief is
:05:58. > :05:59.clear to see. A full report from Melbourne, plus all the rest of
:06:00. > :06:10.tonight's sport coming soon. What can be done to stop the soaring
:06:11. > :06:14.costs of energy bills? Well, in a series of special reports this week,
:06:15. > :06:17.we're trying to find the answer to that. One way many consumers try to
:06:18. > :06:20.save is through switching provider, but the hidden cost of switching
:06:21. > :06:26.could be adding to your bill. Our business and economy editor, Douglas
:06:27. > :06:29.Fraser is here to explain. Look how big your power bill has
:06:30. > :06:35.become in recent years. If you've got gas as well as electricity, the
:06:36. > :06:39.average is nearly ?1320. Why is it so big? Well, the best estimate is
:06:40. > :06:43.that nearly half of it is the cost of the actual energy, and that's
:06:44. > :06:47.been rising. Almost a quarter of it is the cost of the cables that get
:06:48. > :06:49.to your home. A tenth is to subsidise the move to greener
:06:50. > :06:53.energy, insulation and lower-income households. And, after pressure on
:06:54. > :06:57.Government, it's been announced by most providers that element will be
:06:58. > :07:01.halved. An eighth of it is the cost of managing all this and billing
:07:02. > :07:06.you. And there's about 5% that appears to be profit. The power
:07:07. > :07:09.companies say that profit is necessary for lots of investment
:07:10. > :07:12.that's needed in new power stations, wind turbines and new cabling. But
:07:13. > :07:16.the profit comes from more than just selling to your home. There are much
:07:17. > :07:18.bigger profits in running power stations, and more still in
:07:19. > :07:24.providing the transmission cables that deliver it. So experts say
:07:25. > :07:31.total profit could make up ten to 15% of the typical bill. But there
:07:32. > :07:37.is another bit that is less than clear. The big six energy providers
:07:38. > :07:40.and some smaller ones rely on comparison website to encourage you
:07:41. > :07:48.to switch. Did you realise they are taking a cut? It is a price
:07:49. > :07:52.comparison website, that website or broker will be paid commission by
:07:53. > :07:55.the successful supplier for you placing your business through them.
:07:56. > :08:00.They are very secretive about the amount of money that they make from
:08:01. > :08:06.that. We know the supplier makes a profit for billing you of around ?60
:08:07. > :08:12.per year. Bearing in mind what we know about supply cost information,
:08:13. > :08:16.I would not be surprised if the website and brokers are making ?60
:08:17. > :08:25.or perhaps even more out of every customer's bill. We asked about this
:08:26. > :08:28.and did not get much of an answer. Scottish Hydro told us about the
:08:29. > :08:34.amount we pay is confidential and bound by how, -- by our contractual
:08:35. > :08:44.obligation. The industry has stopped doorstep
:08:45. > :08:51.sales as a channel of selling and we are open to these new channels such
:08:52. > :08:55.as comparison websites. We view these things as different channels
:08:56. > :08:59.of sales to really help people engage in the market. So costs
:09:00. > :09:06.associated with the site will be part of the overall marketing costs
:09:07. > :09:10.of a business. I track there's no avoiding this comparison website
:09:11. > :09:15.cost, even if you choose to go direct. --.
:09:16. > :09:19.And Douglas is with me here. Would more competition between the big
:09:20. > :09:23.providers help reduce prices? That is where some of the experts say
:09:24. > :09:27.there could be some downward pressure on bills, forcing energy
:09:28. > :09:32.producers to sell into the market so new competitors can come in.
:09:33. > :09:37.Frankly, there is no simple answer. We have a lot of catching up to do
:09:38. > :09:46.in investing in new stations, grid connections etc. We'll be looking at
:09:47. > :09:52.the future direction of prices later this week, what could influence.
:09:53. > :09:57.Tomorrow night, in this series, we will be asking what you can do to,
:09:58. > :10:05.apart from anything else, use less energy in your home.
:10:06. > :10:09.A speed limit of 20 miles per hour could be introduced across most of
:10:10. > :10:11.the capital by 2017. After a meeting this morning, Edinburgh city
:10:12. > :10:14.councillors agreed to the proposed limit for residential, shopping and
:10:15. > :10:18.city centre areas. Main routes into the city are unlikely to be
:10:19. > :10:22.affected. Suzanne Allan went to find out more.
:10:23. > :10:27.Lots of us use the roads, whether by bus or car, we all have to live in
:10:28. > :10:33.harmony. Today, the council said they wanted to make this the most
:10:34. > :10:39.pedestrian friendly city in the UK. If you visit other capitals where it
:10:40. > :10:43.is pedestrian friendly, you find the shops are busier, people want to
:10:44. > :10:48.work in that area and the residents want to live there. We want to make
:10:49. > :10:53.it a safe city, environmentally, as well, make good air quality. That is
:10:54. > :10:59.about using public transport and we have a great system here and to walk
:11:00. > :11:03.and to cycle. The plan is for the area is to have a limit of 20 mph.
:11:04. > :11:09.The exception will be the main routes into and out of the city.
:11:10. > :11:14.Roads like this one which lead from the M8 and will likely stay the
:11:15. > :11:19.same. This is the kind of street that could be made a 20 zone. At
:11:20. > :11:24.pick-up and drop-off times, it is full of cars and children. Parents
:11:25. > :11:30.here have real concerns about the speed that some cars travel act. A
:11:31. > :11:38.car went right through the Green man. I had to scream at my daughter,
:11:39. > :11:42.the car went screaming past. Everyone I've spoken to about it
:11:43. > :11:49.seems quite happy with the idea. The only ones who wouldn't be would be
:11:50. > :11:54.the racers. The cars don't seem to realise there is a filter at the end
:11:55. > :12:00.of the road. The number of times we have had close calls... Can a law
:12:01. > :12:05.like this be introduced effectively? We need to do more in Edinburgh, we
:12:06. > :12:09.need to have segregated cycling facilities, shared space, more
:12:10. > :12:12.investment and infrastructure. This is just about more signs. We need
:12:13. > :12:17.more than that to encourage people out of their cars. The council will
:12:18. > :12:22.spend the next few months working out which street will be affected.
:12:23. > :12:27.That'll be released in June and then the public will get their say.
:12:28. > :12:30.Council care workers in Glasgow have begun a 48-hour strike over changes
:12:31. > :12:33.to their pay and working conditions. Unison says some could have their
:12:34. > :12:36.pay cut by almost ?1,500 a year. Glasgow City Council said staff
:12:37. > :12:39.would not have their basic salary cut, but some may lose shift
:12:40. > :12:43.allowances. It said plans were in place to minimise disruption.
:12:44. > :12:45.A report has been sent to the procurator fiscal concerning
:12:46. > :12:48.allegations over the Pentland Hill nursing home in Edinburgh. The move
:12:49. > :12:52.follows an investigation by Police Scotland and the Health and Safety
:12:53. > :12:56.Executive. Concerns had been raised about the deaths of four residents
:12:57. > :12:59.at the home. The Care Inspectorate has also been looking at complaints
:13:00. > :13:02.and has issued a formal improvement notice.
:13:03. > :13:07.Scotland's Minister for Veterans is creating a new post of Commissioner
:13:08. > :13:10.for Veterans. The new role is costing ?250,000, and is designed to
:13:11. > :13:13.improve support for around 400,000 former army, navy and air force
:13:14. > :13:26.personnel in this country. Cameron Buttle reports. If tens of thousands
:13:27. > :13:32.of Scottish troops have fought in the front line in recent years. From
:13:33. > :13:37.Afghanistan to the two Gulf wars. Many have suffered horrific
:13:38. > :13:42.injuries. Once out of the fortresses, they rely on devolved
:13:43. > :13:50.services for support but now the Scottish Government is to appoint a
:13:51. > :13:55.veterans commissioner to look at the cause. I think it is really good.
:13:56. > :14:04.They need someone who will help the people. The move has been welcomed
:14:05. > :14:08.by bettering's charities. -- veteran's charities. It is not
:14:09. > :14:15.bureaucracy. It is one person who will be focused on working with the
:14:16. > :14:20.government departments. There are 400,000 veterans in Scotland, anyone
:14:21. > :14:25.who has servant -- served in the Armed Forces and they are entitled
:14:26. > :14:30.to treatment for injuries that range from prosthetic limbs to mental
:14:31. > :14:37.health issues. Is spending ?250,000 on a new commissioner money well
:14:38. > :14:40.spent? That is the question posed by the Scottish Liberal Democrats who
:14:41. > :14:45.said there was a risk that funds to create the commission would be
:14:46. > :14:53.diverted from direct help for veterans. It will not create -- it
:14:54. > :14:59.will not cost a lot of money. It will create a real difference for
:15:00. > :15:03.people in Scotland. The new Commissioner will be in place by the
:15:04. > :15:05.autumn. Now some more stories from across
:15:06. > :15:08.the country. A norovirus outbreak at Borders
:15:09. > :15:11.General Hospital has affected another two wards in addition to the
:15:12. > :15:15.one already closed to admissions. There's been a 5% rise in the number
:15:16. > :15:18.of people working in Scotland's renewables sector. The industry body
:15:19. > :15:21.Scottish Renewables says a record 11,700 people are working full-time
:15:22. > :15:27.in the sector, and more than half of companies in the industry are
:15:28. > :15:30.looking to hire staff this year. Seven candidates will contest the
:15:31. > :15:35.Cowdenbeath constituency Holyrood by-election next week. One of them
:15:36. > :15:39.is representing the Victims Final Right Party. Stuart Graham has
:15:40. > :15:44.campaigned for justice reform since criticising the investigation into
:15:45. > :15:47.the death of his stepson in 2007. He's also calling for the Scottish
:15:48. > :15:59.Parliament to respond better to feedback. You talked about a vision
:16:00. > :16:04.whether it is devolution or independent. In Devon Ocean, we can
:16:05. > :16:10.lead the way whether we are independent or not. -- devolution. I
:16:11. > :16:14.believe we can become more efficient and get better use of our resources.
:16:15. > :16:17.Sales of venison culled from nationally-owned forests in Scotland
:16:18. > :16:19.has raised nearly ?5 million in the last four years. That's helped
:16:20. > :16:22.reduce the cost to Forestry Commission Scotland of managing the
:16:23. > :16:27.deer population on its land. The price of vension has increased by
:16:28. > :16:30.50% in the last three years. The National Trust for Scotland says
:16:31. > :16:33.Glenfinnan should capitalise on the appeal of the Harry Potter films.
:16:34. > :16:36.Research showed that some people visit Glenfinnan because it's a
:16:37. > :16:43.historic site, but many come because of the superb view of the viaduct
:16:44. > :16:48.featured in Harry Potter. And there are more stories from your
:16:49. > :16:57.area, and all the latest news on BBC Scotland's website.
:16:58. > :17:03.The Queen's Baton Relay is continuing its journey around every
:17:04. > :17:11.Commonwealth nation before the games in July. Mark Beaumont has been
:17:12. > :17:14.travelling with the Batten and he's was in Cameroon and spoke to
:17:15. > :17:23.parathletes about their preparation for the event.
:17:24. > :17:28.As the Queen's Baton Relay made its way through the Commonwealth nations
:17:29. > :17:33.of West Africa, it met with presidents and kings, athletes and
:17:34. > :17:40.fans, the young and the old. Just as the Batten connects a diverse range
:17:41. > :17:47.of people, the Commonwealth Games brings together a wide range of
:17:48. > :17:53.athletes. For these parathletes in Cameroon, taking part in the Glasgow
:17:54. > :18:04.2014 games is their main goal. Hold my hand. -- Patrick is blind. With
:18:05. > :18:08.the help of his coach, I am about to learn what that sprinting
:18:09. > :18:24.partnership is all about. Would I be able to keep up? Straight, straight.
:18:25. > :18:29.Well done. That's good. This guy is seriously fast. He was floating
:18:30. > :18:33.along but this technique to stay in your name is so much more than
:18:34. > :18:40.trying to think about running fast. What do you get out of sport?
:18:41. > :18:55.TRANSLATION: the sport makes me forget that I am impaired. It comes
:18:56. > :19:00.after college to come and train. This is a fact of integration in
:19:01. > :19:09.society. I hope to see you in Glasgow. TRANSLATION: He said, yes.
:19:10. > :19:25.Cameroon has only just started competing internationally in
:19:26. > :19:29.Paralympic -- para sports. Same-macro it cannot just be for
:19:30. > :19:39.accidents, it can be for diseases. For the blind guys, they can
:19:40. > :19:49.compete. Success in Glasgow could do a lot to help the potential
:19:50. > :19:52.athletes. Staying with Scots on tour and Rona
:19:53. > :20:02.has news about Andy Murray. Good evening to you. Andy Murray
:20:03. > :20:07.says he is surprised how well he played in his first round defeat of
:20:08. > :20:16.Japan Go Soeda at the Australian Open. It was his first major debt --
:20:17. > :20:23.match back after his back injury. Also braving the heatwave was our
:20:24. > :20:29.reporter. You know it is hot when even the Aussies won't sit out
:20:30. > :20:37.unless it is in the shade. Their advice... Lots of sunscreen and
:20:38. > :20:44.water. Keeping cool by any means available. Support for Andy Murray
:20:45. > :20:50.was warming up and the man himself came on court and the temperature
:20:51. > :20:57.was touching 42 Celsius. A hot start from his Japanese opponent promised
:20:58. > :21:05.much but the Scot found some scorching form. He took the first
:21:06. > :21:15.two sets with the loss of two games. He took the third set to bring a
:21:16. > :21:20.street set when -- a straight sets win. I played well today. The
:21:21. > :21:24.practice over the last week has been very good. I have played with a lot
:21:25. > :21:30.of good players and have hit the ball really well on the courts here.
:21:31. > :21:39.I maybe didn't expect to play as well as I did today. Intense heat
:21:40. > :21:46.but no sweat for Andy Murray. He plays a Frenchman next. He is ranked
:21:47. > :21:50.outside the top 250 and some say he is unlikely to get Andy Murray hot
:21:51. > :21:56.under the collar. Celtic hope to conclude the transfer of Stefan
:21:57. > :22:04.Johansen from Stromsgodset tomorrow. A medical took place today as did
:22:05. > :22:07.final talks. No hitches are anticipated as they plan to make him
:22:08. > :22:15.their first signing of the transfer window. Now for what else is
:22:16. > :22:22.happening across Scottish sport. Scotland rugby team will play New
:22:23. > :22:29.Zealand at Glasgow 2014. Also our Canada and Nigeria in their pool.
:22:30. > :22:41.New Zealand have one -- have won all four gold medals today. There is the
:22:42. > :22:46.second myth -- leg of their final challenge here. Glasgow Warriors
:22:47. > :22:49.welcomed defending European champions, Toulon, in the Heineken
:22:50. > :22:57.Cup. It is a must win game for the Warriors. They have the chance to
:22:58. > :23:04.line up against Jonny Wilkinson. It is pretty cool. I watched him when I
:23:05. > :23:14.was young and growing up. It is a big test for us. Stephen Maguire is
:23:15. > :23:23.into the snooker final and meets the winner. There are more sports
:23:24. > :23:27.stories plus all the latest news 24 hours a day on BBC sport Scotland
:23:28. > :23:33.website. That is it for tonight. It is
:23:34. > :23:38.already known for Robert Burns and the golf but commuters in the
:23:39. > :23:42.Carrick area of Asher want visitors to consider other stores.
:23:43. > :23:46.A new trailer which winds its through Carrick considers everything
:23:47. > :23:53.from shoemaking to squirrels. It is easy to drive through the area
:23:54. > :23:56.without stopping to take a look but this new trail encourages visitors
:23:57. > :24:02.to step aside and consider the many stories it has to tell. Each of the
:24:03. > :24:05.panels mark the location of a shoe factory which export millions
:24:06. > :24:21.worldwide and provided 1600 jobs locally. Gordon started his artist
:24:22. > :24:25.life here. When I was a kid, it was a hustling, bustling town with lots
:24:26. > :24:35.of going -- with lots going on. There was no recession like we have
:24:36. > :24:38.now. It was quite a place. It isn't the only place taking a fresh look
:24:39. > :24:50.at its history. Each town of -- and village has each moment in the
:24:51. > :24:57.trial. Here, it is fossils. Click commuters have been piecing local
:24:58. > :25:05.stories together in artwork. -- communities. Whether it was giving
:25:06. > :25:10.us different kinds of China or making the mosaics, they have done
:25:11. > :25:18.really well. The funniest things with the wedding china that we got
:25:19. > :25:24.given. This woman really didn't like it and is thrilled it is in the
:25:25. > :25:27.Mosaic now. The first art works are installed with the rest jewel in the
:25:28. > :25:33.New Year when visitors will be able to pick up a map and follow the
:25:34. > :25:38.trail for themselves. Now to the weather.
:25:39. > :25:49.It is warming up a touch. Today he was rather chilly. It was cloudy and
:25:50. > :25:55.murky this morning. Rain is moving in from the West. It is working its
:25:56. > :26:00.way north and east was tonight. There is no to the higher ground. It
:26:01. > :26:10.is I see from Grampian for a town and a second band of rain is
:26:11. > :26:17.following in. It is called come dawn tomorrow. We have this pressure area
:26:18. > :26:22.out in the Atlantic. We have this wedge of air and we have milder air
:26:23. > :26:27.coming our way. You can see the colder blues. Follow this triangle
:26:28. > :26:31.down and you can see the mild air coming our way from Spain. It
:26:32. > :26:35.doesn't mean it is bringing sunshine. There is some difficult
:26:36. > :26:41.conditions on the road tomorrow morning. The rain is continuing to
:26:42. > :26:48.drift northwards. It is a damp day and breezy for those across
:26:49. > :27:00.Shetland. By mid-afternoon, we have temperatures around nine Celsius. It
:27:01. > :27:02.is fairly cloudy. For Inverness, you struggled for temperatures around
:27:03. > :27:08.two Celsius today but tomorrow, we have 10 Celsius. Orkney and Shetland
:27:09. > :27:13.is staying wet and windy. Overnight, we have a band of rain moving
:27:14. > :27:19.northwards. In behind it is some dry weather and taking an edge of the
:27:20. > :27:23.temperatures. For Thursday and Friday, a similar pattern with low
:27:24. > :27:35.pressure out of the West. There will be outbreaks of rain at times. There
:27:36. > :27:41.is some dry interludes. Temperatures down to eight Celsius.
:27:42. > :27:48.The headlines: There is to be a delay in the Scottish Government's
:27:49. > :27:51.plans to abolish corporation. The Justice Secretary says he is
:27:52. > :27:55.determined to end what is a key plank of Scots law. The Coronation
:27:56. > :28:03.Street star Willie moat has gone accused -- has gone and trailed
:28:04. > :28:06.accused of rape and assault. Francois Hollande has refused to
:28:07. > :28:11.comment on rumours surrounding his alleged affair with actress. He told
:28:12. > :28:16.journalists that private matters could -- concern only those
:28:17. > :28:20.involved. And that is Reporting Scotland. Our
:28:21. > :28:22.next main bulletin is at 10:25pm. From everyone on the team, good
:28:23. > :28:24.evening.