:00:00. > :00:00.One, we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
:00:00. > :00:12.Of Tonight, on Reporting Scotland. The UK Cabinet comes to Scotland as
:00:13. > :00:17.oil and gas takes centre stage in the independence debate. The Prime
:00:18. > :00:21.Minister says the industry is better supported by the UK's deep pockets.
:00:22. > :00:26.Alex Salmond says only an independent Scotland can guarantee
:00:27. > :00:29.its stability. The closure of a private Aberdeen
:00:30. > :00:39.school - police charge two women in connection with the investigation
:00:40. > :00:44.into the care of children. I saw some... Some treatment of these
:00:45. > :00:47.children that she just never have happened.
:00:48. > :00:50.Also on the programme, How the Dragons gave their support to a
:00:51. > :00:53.Glasgow inventor who created an energy-saving device because his
:00:54. > :00:57.children failed to switch the lights off. And boxer Ricky Burns gives
:00:58. > :01:14.shoppers a show as he gears up for his fifth world title defence.
:01:15. > :01:20.It was been billed as the clash of the Cabinets. The Prime Minister and
:01:21. > :01:24.the First Minister both brought their teams within a few miles of
:01:25. > :01:27.each other today as the future of North Sea oil and gas became the
:01:28. > :01:30.focus of the independence debate. The UK and Scottish Cabinets met
:01:31. > :01:43.separately in the Aberdeen area. From there, our political editor
:01:44. > :01:47.Brian Taylor reports. Offshore the prime minister argues
:01:48. > :01:51.that only the UK's economic clout can extract the wealth from the
:01:52. > :01:56.North Sea. Offshore the Scottish First Minister says that Scotland
:01:57. > :02:02.should now take control. Here in Aberdeen the port is busy, the city
:02:03. > :02:14.buoyant, but who is best placed to exploit the next phase of the North
:02:15. > :02:21.Sea, those deep finds. David Cameron wants to maximise recovery and a big
:02:22. > :02:24.step forward in carbon capture. Oil and gas is getting harder to
:02:25. > :02:27.recover, it is more important than ever that the North Sea oil and gas
:02:28. > :02:31.industry has the backing of the whole of the United Kingdom is the
:02:32. > :02:36.deep pockets and a broad shoulders of the UK economy will make sure
:02:37. > :02:39.that there is the tax allowances, the solidity, the investment, to
:02:40. > :02:44.make sure that we go on benefiting from this for years to come. A big
:02:45. > :02:52.day then for the debate over Scotland's future. Whilst the UK
:02:53. > :03:06.Cabinet was in Aberdeen, the Scottish Cabinet was just import
:03:07. > :03:09.lesson. -- Portlethen. in the 1980s I was compiling the oil and gas
:03:10. > :03:20.index whilst he was still on the playing fields at Eton. The mass
:03:21. > :03:25.cavern of the Treasury has accumulated mass revenue. The reason
:03:26. > :03:28.they want to hang onto the resources is because they have done so well
:03:29. > :03:32.out of them. I want the next 40 years of oil and gas to be a story
:03:33. > :03:35.not just of companies and workers benefiting, which I think is very
:03:36. > :03:42.important, but also the people of Scotland. From the earliest days,
:03:43. > :03:46.oil has provoked political controversy. It is Scotland's oil,
:03:47. > :03:52.said the SNP. It is British investment, said Unionist 's.
:03:53. > :03:58.Familiar arguments, but a new phase. Oil is being cited as an
:03:59. > :04:06.economic bonus of independence. Whilst Unionists argue that the UK
:04:07. > :04:16.is best placed to harness the oil of the UK. The importance of the
:04:17. > :04:19.industry cannot be overstated. It is huge. David Cameron here is
:04:20. > :04:25.confronting... He is coming not just to Scotland but to north-east SNP
:04:26. > :04:33.heartland and confronting an issue, Island gas, which has been a
:04:34. > :04:36.heartland push of its own, heartland advantage to them. They believe it
:04:37. > :04:40.is advantageous to their cause. David Cameron is confronting that
:04:41. > :04:44.indirectly and seeing that the oil may be in Scottish waters but the
:04:45. > :04:51.investment has been British and the tax base required to smooth out oil
:04:52. > :04:55.price volatility is also in that UK tax base. Alex Salmond says, look
:04:56. > :04:59.across the sea to normally, you have a country that is the same size as
:05:00. > :05:05.Scotland that has prospered, indeed, grown extremely wealthy, on
:05:06. > :05:09.oil. David Cameron says that right now we're facing difficult decisions
:05:10. > :05:13.to get the hard to reach fields and that requires British clout. It is a
:05:14. > :05:21.big issue and a big deciding point in this referendum. And the main
:05:22. > :05:26.voters may well have been five miles apart, but no interaction -- the
:05:27. > :05:30.main players. No interaction. Alex Salmond renewing his call for a
:05:31. > :05:33.head-to-head televised debate with the Prime Minister. The prime
:05:34. > :05:38.minister saying no, he does not have a vote in this referendum. He says
:05:39. > :05:44.that it should be the direct players in the referendum that beat
:05:45. > :05:46.head-to-head. He suggests that that is Alex Salmond and Alistair
:05:47. > :05:54.Darling, the head of the Better Together campaign.
:05:55. > :06:00.Let us bring you some more details. The further advantage of a carbon
:06:01. > :06:04.capture pilot in Peterhead. Money is being made available for detailed
:06:05. > :06:09.plans to be drawn up. Today we face a challenge.
:06:10. > :06:14.It is a major renovation which could significantly reduce worldwide
:06:15. > :06:18.emissions of greenhouse gas, but carbon capture technology is still
:06:19. > :06:25.in its infancy. And one of the big five oil producers hopes to prove it
:06:26. > :06:30.can work here in Peterhead. Visiting today, the coalition government
:06:31. > :06:36.announced a ?100 million investment in designing the schemes, one of
:06:37. > :06:43.just two pilot projects in the UK. We have been committed as a lotion
:06:44. > :06:47.to develop carbon capture since 2010. We have had six entrants, it
:06:48. > :06:56.just so happens that this project 13. The new facility would be tagged
:06:57. > :07:01.onto one of the gas turbines pained me. It would suck out the carbon
:07:02. > :07:05.from the emissions, send it into a pipeline deep underground and out to
:07:06. > :07:09.sea. This is still only a development phase for carbon
:07:10. > :07:17.capture, with the decision due next year. UK ministers insist a Yes vote
:07:18. > :07:27.in next year's -- this year's referendum with it it in jeopardy.
:07:28. > :07:36.Carbon capture storage is really necessary if we to it -- we are to
:07:37. > :07:40.achieve our carbon cutting targets. Scotland has a reputation worldwide
:07:41. > :07:47.for having developed a framework for carbon capture storage. The Dutch
:07:48. > :07:50.oil giant Shell, which is behind the Peterhead Project says that the
:07:51. > :07:55.outcome of the referendum is for the Scottish people to decide, with
:07:56. > :08:06.economic stability being their only concern. As a company we need a
:08:07. > :08:10.clear investment plan. We need stability and environment, we look
:08:11. > :08:16.for that from which ever particular government is in power. This project
:08:17. > :08:24.is a long way off happening, with economic and political hurdles among
:08:25. > :08:28.those it has to overcome. You can see more on the referendum
:08:29. > :08:31.on a special debate on BBC Two at 10.30pm tonight, where our panel of
:08:32. > :08:34.interviewers and experts will be putting their questions to both
:08:35. > :08:36.sides on independence debate. That's with Isobel Fraser, Gary Robertson
:08:37. > :08:39.and Douglas Fraser. You're watching Reporting Scotland
:08:40. > :08:41.from the BBC. Still to come on tonight's programme: We meet the
:08:42. > :08:49.inventor who impressed the Dragons' Den with a device that powers down
:08:50. > :08:53.the kids. In sport, the draw has been made -
:08:54. > :08:55.now Scotland boss Gordon Strachan considers our chances at the Euro
:08:56. > :08:58.2016 qualifiers. And as Ricky Burns prepares to
:08:59. > :09:02.defend his world title for a fifth time, he admits the pressure is
:09:03. > :09:11.growing. All that and more very soon.
:09:12. > :09:13.Two women have been charged by police investigating allegations
:09:14. > :09:16.about the standard of care at a privately run school in Aberdeen.
:09:17. > :09:20.The Hamilton School was closed down on Friday. Today parents were given
:09:21. > :09:23.a list of 14 immediate concerns by the Care Commission about the way
:09:24. > :09:35.the nursery was being run. Fiona Stalker reports.
:09:36. > :09:40.The start of another school day, but for these peoples from the Hamilton
:09:41. > :09:44.School it is far from lessons as usual. They are being taught here,
:09:45. > :09:49.at this mothballed primary, after Hamilton was shut down on Friday. We
:09:50. > :09:56.came on Saturday and looked at facilities the premises. We are not
:09:57. > :10:02.happy with their condition. But this is a temporary measure, it is a very
:10:03. > :10:05.sad time. This new arrangement might not be ideal, but the Scottish
:10:06. > :10:09.Government said it had no option but to close the school after inspectors
:10:10. > :10:13.said that they were not confident children were safe and well cared
:10:14. > :10:18.for. Then Hamilton took the decision not to open the nursery today. This
:10:19. > :10:24.former staff member contacted authorities with concerns. I was
:10:25. > :10:26.concerned about the treatment of children with additional support
:10:27. > :10:35.needs, because these were not being met, when practitioners tried to
:10:36. > :10:44.approach management about this they were not taken seriously and I saw
:10:45. > :10:49.some... Some treatment of these children that just should never have
:10:50. > :10:52.happened. Questions enabling and asked as why problems were not
:10:53. > :10:55.picked on earlier. We believe that we have ticked up on issues with
:10:56. > :11:00.this nursery before, we have taken action and parents have seen
:11:01. > :11:05.results. As soon as this started to slip back and we have seen concerns
:11:06. > :11:09.we have moved in quickly and thoroughly and carried out the
:11:10. > :11:12.action we have seen today. Management at the school said they
:11:13. > :11:16.were stunned by the decision to close the school and they did not
:11:17. > :11:23.believe it was in the best interests of the school, the parents are the
:11:24. > :11:27.85 staff that were employed here. Police say they're not looking for
:11:28. > :11:30.anyone else in connection with the deaths of two people discovered last
:11:31. > :11:33.night at their South Queensferry home. Police were called to a house
:11:34. > :11:35.in Echline Gardens around five o'clock yesterday evening. Two
:11:36. > :11:38.bodies were discovered and while detectives haven't confirmed any
:11:39. > :11:40.other details, it's believed they were husband and wife Donna and
:11:41. > :11:44.Kenneth Graham. The mother of a Territorial Army
:11:45. > :11:47.soldier who died of heatstroke in Iraq more than ten years ago has
:11:48. > :11:50.received an apology from the Ministry of Defence. Private Jason
:11:51. > :11:53.Smith from Hawick died in August 2003. He had repeatedly told medical
:11:54. > :11:56.staff he was feeling unwell before collapsing and suffering cardiac
:11:57. > :11:59.arrest. An inquest last year ruled there was a missed opportunity for
:12:00. > :12:08.army chiefs to step in before he collapsed. The MoD apologised
:12:09. > :12:11.unreservedly. In the last two years the demand at
:12:12. > :12:14.food banks around Scotland has almost tripled, according to the
:12:15. > :12:19.latest figures. It is partly the result of welfare reforms. In
:12:20. > :12:23.Glasgow alone there are 26 food-parcel services, one of the
:12:24. > :12:27.largest had to close its doors last week when it ran out of supplies.
:12:28. > :12:33.Aileen Clarke went along this morning as it got back up and
:12:34. > :12:39.running. This is the store room at Glasgow
:12:40. > :12:43.food bank. Today the shelves are not looking too bad, but it was quite a
:12:44. > :12:48.different situation just a few days ago. I am joined by Grant Campbell.
:12:49. > :12:54.Just how desperate was at last week? was very desperate, the
:12:55. > :12:57.shelves last week were quite -- are quite full, but last week they were
:12:58. > :13:01.quite empty. We would normally be able to give people are food parcel
:13:02. > :13:06.to help them to the week, this is the first time we have ever had to
:13:07. > :13:12.suspend our services. After a plea for donations to fill these shelves,
:13:13. > :13:16.members of the public, churches and local businesses have literally, the
:13:17. > :13:22.goods. These days it is not just the homeless that are helping. What kind
:13:23. > :13:28.of people are you helping? We are seeing new people who are accessing
:13:29. > :13:31.our services who would never have thought of trying to get a food
:13:32. > :13:38.parcel. People who are in work, who have play in it, who are struggling
:13:39. > :13:41.day to day. Staff year helped this man apply for benefits, so he is
:13:42. > :13:48.hopeful this will be his third but last food parcel that he will need.
:13:49. > :13:52.I left a job that I could not handle. I had a bit of savings, when
:13:53. > :13:57.that went I had nothing. I heard about this food place. You are
:13:58. > :14:03.hopeful that money will be coming in June we be -- and you may be will
:14:04. > :14:12.not need the food bank after that? Yes. This is just one of a number of
:14:13. > :14:16.food banks in this city and indeed throughout the country, but there is
:14:17. > :14:24.great relief here today that they can resume the help that so many
:14:25. > :14:28.people have come to rely on. Is A man and a woman have been injured in
:14:29. > :14:31.an avalanche in the Ben Nevis area. Police Scotland say the female hill
:14:32. > :14:34.walker is in a serious condition. The Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team
:14:35. > :14:37.and a Royal Navy helicopter are at the scene. The avalanche in the
:14:38. > :14:40.Coire Leis area of Lochaber was reported at just after one o'clock
:14:41. > :14:43.this afternoon. Now for a look at some of the other
:14:44. > :14:47.stories happening across Scotland this Monday.
:14:48. > :14:51.Scottish businesses are to be targeted in the survey designed to
:14:52. > :14:56.assess the effect of higher delivery charges to the north of Scotland.
:14:57. > :15:04.Citizen advice Scotland said suppliers are penalising firms in a
:15:05. > :15:08.large number of postcode areas. Almost one and three quarters
:15:09. > :15:12.million pounds of lottery funding is being made available to one of
:15:13. > :15:18.Inverness's most historic areas. The money will be used by a heritage
:15:19. > :15:22.project to revitalise parts of Academy Street.
:15:23. > :15:25.The ten and used by mill workers in the conservation village of new
:15:26. > :15:33.Lanark is to be restored from heritage and motivate # lottery
:15:34. > :15:40.funds. It is part of a ?1.6 million forge -- projects.
:15:41. > :15:43.250 boats will mustered in Greenock this summer to sail to Glasgow on
:15:44. > :15:51.the first weekend of the Commonwealth Games. They will head
:15:52. > :15:56.for Pacific key. The Royal yachting Association of Scotland hope to show
:15:57. > :16:03.that ceiling can be enjoyed by all. It is incredibly accessible. You do
:16:04. > :16:06.not need to buy the football pitch when you start playing football.
:16:07. > :16:12.That's the same as stealing, there are lots of good clubs. The road-mac
:16:13. > :16:19.83 has reopened after a landslip close the carriageway at to bridge.
:16:20. > :16:23.The road was shut at midday on Sunday and caused a 60 mile detour.
:16:24. > :16:29.-- at butter rich. It's a familiar scene in homes
:16:30. > :16:32.across the country - the kids leaving lights, televisions and
:16:33. > :16:36.games consoles on while they are elsewhere. Well a father of four
:16:37. > :16:39.from Cumbernauld was so fed up with the problem he decided to do
:16:40. > :16:46.something about it - as Julie Peacock reports.
:16:47. > :16:53.It is a familiar problem in homes throughout the country, TVs, stereos
:16:54. > :16:58.and lights get switched on but they do not always gets switched off. I
:16:59. > :17:07.cannot be bothered to squelch it off. I just leave it own. With four
:17:08. > :17:10.children it is a big problem for the family. Most dads would just
:17:11. > :17:17.complain about until the children left home, but Brian O'Reilly had a
:17:18. > :17:22.different idea. It was a combination of things, frustration at the end of
:17:23. > :17:26.the night, realising some other appliances had been left in and
:17:27. > :17:31.having to get up and checked that things were switched off. Also a few
:17:32. > :17:37.burnt carpets with here straighteners. That threat --
:17:38. > :17:42.prompted me to take action. That resulted in the energy egg which
:17:43. > :17:46.uses motion sensors to turn off appliances if no one is in the room
:17:47. > :17:52.with cuts of 30% in the electricity bill. If you leave the living room
:17:53. > :17:58.and forget to switch off appliances, the energy egg will do
:17:59. > :18:04.it for us. The timer on the bottom is set for ten minutes. If this room
:18:05. > :18:10.is empty for ten minutes, it will take -- switch the lights off. Last
:18:11. > :18:28.night he was on Dragons Den. He had some tough questioning. OK, I am
:18:29. > :18:35.out. I will take a punt with you. The device is already in shops but
:18:36. > :18:40.the investment from Dragons Den will allow the development of an app
:18:41. > :18:43.which will allow people to control their appliances away from home.
:18:44. > :18:48.Good luck to him. Sports news now from Rhona.
:18:49. > :18:52.Good evening. Coatbridge boxer Ricky Burns admits there is a lot of
:18:53. > :18:55.pressure on his shoulders as he gears up to defend his WBO
:18:56. > :19:00.lightweight title for the fifth time. Burns insists he's due a good
:19:01. > :19:02.performance and believes it will come against undefeated American
:19:03. > :19:11.Terence Crawford. Our reporter Kenny Crawford, no relation, has more....
:19:12. > :19:17.Shoppers at the Saint Enoch Centre got more than they bargained for
:19:18. > :19:25.today - affront row view of Ricky Burns. He was flexing his muscles in
:19:26. > :19:32.front of a fair crowd but in five days time that will increase to
:19:33. > :19:39.10,000 at a packed SECC. How much rests on this title defence? Every
:19:40. > :19:45.fight is a defining career moment, but to go and beat Crawford, who is
:19:46. > :19:49.regarded as the best lightweight in the world will be a great
:19:50. > :19:57.achievement and the finest of his career. Strong words from his
:19:58. > :20:02.promoter. The way everybody is talking, I have been made out to be
:20:03. > :20:07.the underdog for this fight. There is a lot of pressure on me. I'm
:20:08. > :20:11.putting that to the back of my mind. Training has gone well and I just
:20:12. > :20:18.hope to get out there and put on a good performance. Two years ago he
:20:19. > :20:24.won a straightforward victory. A few months later he flawed English
:20:25. > :20:27.opponent Kevin Mitchell. Last week he was an easy against how Gonzales
:20:28. > :20:36.when the Puerto Rico and retired hurt. His Mexican opponent broke his
:20:37. > :20:43.jaw but the fight ended in a draw. Crawford has won 15 of his fights by
:20:44. > :20:49.a knockout. Ricky Burns's fans are sure he will make a victory.
:20:50. > :20:54.Definitely, he will win. He will find it hard to fight Ricky Burns.
:20:55. > :20:59.He has been training hard so he will do well. He will have to do if he
:21:00. > :21:02.wants to keep this. The Scotland manager Gordon Strachan
:21:03. > :21:05.believes there will be a 4-way battle for second place behind
:21:06. > :21:09.Germany in Euro 2016 qualifying Group D. Strachan was in Nice at the
:21:10. > :21:11.weekend for the draw that could define his time in charge. Our
:21:12. > :21:25.senior football reporter Alasdair Lamont was there too.
:21:26. > :21:31.It is Carnival time here, but in two years the carnival will be of the
:21:32. > :21:34.football variety. Euro 2016 will be held here in France and Scotland
:21:35. > :21:40.want to be part of that, this is the group they will have to get out of.
:21:41. > :21:48.Gibraltar make their debut and Germany are top seeds. Is it a
:21:49. > :21:53.street fight for second place? I would imagine so, the Germans made
:21:54. > :22:02.make one mistake. They always qualify. The three teams, Ireland,
:22:03. > :22:08.Poland, they are close together. It will be a nice fight for them. A
:22:09. > :22:19.trip to face the Germans beckons first for the Scots. Then they play
:22:20. > :22:28.George V. It will be great. I am looking forward to it. -- George V.
:22:29. > :22:36.He's not the only one in group D with Scottish connections. I can
:22:37. > :22:40.just imagine now, my young grandchild is half Scottish.
:22:41. > :22:44.Scotland will not be expecting any favours when this trophy begins in
:22:45. > :22:49.earnest. Now, a look at what else is
:22:50. > :22:57.happening across Scottish sport. A new Scottish record of 13 league
:22:58. > :23:01.matches without conceding a goal for Celtic goalkeeper Fraser Forster.
:23:02. > :23:09.Neil Lennon has challenged the rest of the team to smash the league --
:23:10. > :23:13.the club's record of points. If Fraser keeps a clean sheet at the
:23:14. > :23:21.weekend, there is added motivation for the players to keep this season
:23:22. > :23:27.special. Scotland's Susie Wolff has been given a chance to impress on
:23:28. > :23:32.the F1 circuit. She has an extended role and will take part in the first
:23:33. > :23:37.practice session of the British and German Grand Prix is. The Scottish
:23:38. > :23:41.rugby team are determined to build on their win against Italy and say
:23:42. > :23:46.they are pleased with their first victory but must continue to
:23:47. > :23:52.progress in the next match against France. It means we are back to the
:23:53. > :23:57.drawing boards. It is a good when followers. We have had a lot of
:23:58. > :24:08.criticism. Now it is a building block. Stu Benson was the final
:24:09. > :24:13.Scott hoping to get a medal at is now set to increase funding for
:24:14. > :24:18.winter sports after Team GB equalled their best ever haul at the Winter
:24:19. > :24:24.Olympics. More stories, 24 hours a day on the BBC Scotland sport
:24:25. > :24:27.website. That's it for tonight. I see you
:24:28. > :24:31.tomorrow. Thank you.
:24:32. > :24:40.Now let us go straight to the weather. It is looking fairly
:24:41. > :24:43.unsettled. Good evening. The weather has improved this afternoon but this
:24:44. > :24:50.evening and overnight it is all change again. This area of rain will
:24:51. > :24:56.move them from the south-west, crossing the country. Some heavy
:24:57. > :25:02.rain amongst it. Much of the country will turn dry by the end of the
:25:03. > :25:07.night. A fairly windy night. It will be a mild night as well as
:25:08. > :25:13.temperatures hold up around five and six Celsius. Into tomorrow, we start
:25:14. > :25:19.on a cloudy and wet it across the north and north-east. The rain will
:25:20. > :25:24.become confined to Shetland. A brief dry spell across the rest of the
:25:25. > :25:29.country, short-lived as we will see heavy, thundery showers moving in
:25:30. > :25:35.across the country. Tomorrow afternoon, throw the Northern
:25:36. > :25:40.Ireland is -- Northern Isles, it will be dry with perhaps some
:25:41. > :25:46.sunshine. Across Caithness and the Moray coast it will be similar with
:25:47. > :25:51.highs of 10 Celsius. Further west and central and southern Scotland,
:25:52. > :25:57.headache, thundery showers with some hail mixed in. Highs of eight
:25:58. > :26:02.Celsius and a windy day to come as well with fresh to strong
:26:03. > :26:09.south-westerly winds with deals for coastal regions. Looking ahead to
:26:10. > :26:12.the evening, these showers will continue for a time, fairly blustery
:26:13. > :26:19.conditions as we head through Tuesday night other and they will
:26:20. > :26:24.die a crowd jelly. For Wednesday, low pressure remains close by and is
:26:25. > :26:31.the dominant feature of our forecast so Wednesday once again looks
:26:32. > :26:36.showery. The showers tend to be heaviest and most persistent across
:26:37. > :26:38.the north-west, drier in the East. Another windy day with highs of
:26:39. > :26:43.eight Celsius. Now, a reminder of tonight's main
:26:44. > :26:48.news... The Prime Minister and First Minister brought the Cabinet within
:26:49. > :26:51.a few miles of each other today as the future of North Sea oil and gas
:26:52. > :26:53.became the focus of the independence debate.
:26:54. > :26:57.The former Radio 1 DJ, Dave Lee Travis, is to face a retrial over
:26:58. > :27:00.allegations of sexual abuse. Earlier this month, the 68-year-old was
:27:01. > :27:03.found not guilty of 12 charges of indecent assault - but jurors were
:27:04. > :27:07.unable to reach verdicts on two further charges.
:27:08. > :27:12.I will be back with a headline that eight and the late bulletin just
:27:13. > :27:15.after the ten o'clock news. Have a very good evening.