:00:00. > :00:00.Yard's handling of the case. That's all from the BBC News at Six,
:00:00. > :00:08.Is A Tonight, on Reporting Scotland: Big business again weighs into the
:00:09. > :00:12.debate over Scottish independence. The chief executive of Shell says
:00:13. > :00:17.he'd prefer Scotland to stay part of the UK. The SNP say confidence in
:00:18. > :00:21.the energy sector here remains very high. New research shows premature
:00:22. > :00:33.children often have subtle learning difficulties affecting their entire
:00:34. > :00:38.education. Difficulties with tension, difficulties with certain
:00:39. > :00:44.words, difficulty with memory work. Then you can see that it's because
:00:45. > :00:49.he is born premature and the live stuff can be done. Also on the
:00:50. > :00:52.programme: The long and winding military road. Why drivers on this
:00:53. > :00:56.popular route through Argyll and Bute are using an unconventional
:00:57. > :01:04.diversion. Scotland win in Warsaw. The Tartan Army are delighted with
:01:05. > :01:07.victory over Poland. And the original lyrics and much, much more
:01:08. > :01:22.- a Gerry Rafferty exhibition opens in his home town.
:01:23. > :01:29.Good Evening. The chief executive of the oil giant, Shell, has become the
:01:30. > :01:32.latest figure from big business to add his voice to the independence
:01:33. > :01:36.debate. Ben Van Beurden has said he would like Scotland to stay part of
:01:37. > :01:40.the UK because he values what he described as "the stability and
:01:41. > :01:43.certainty" it offers his business. In response the Scottish Government
:01:44. > :01:49.said it plans an "attractive and stable environment" for the energy
:01:50. > :01:59.sector under independence. Here's our political correspondent, Glenn
:02:00. > :02:09.Campbell. Shell is the UK's largest stock exchange listed company. Shell
:02:10. > :02:15.has been going well on the oil and gas it has extracted from the North
:02:16. > :02:20.Sea. It invests more than ?1 billion in these operations every year. It
:02:21. > :02:26.ploy is more than 5 million people in Scotland alone. Shell avoided
:02:27. > :02:36.giving a view on independence in Cabinet last week. It UK manager
:02:37. > :02:41.would not intervene but above his pay grade the Chief Executive of
:02:42. > :02:46.shell's global business has done just that. He told those attending
:02:47. > :02:51.shell was Mac annual reception in London last night we are used to
:02:52. > :02:55.operating in uncertain political and economic environments but, given a
:02:56. > :02:58.choice, we want to know as accurately as possible what
:02:59. > :03:04.investment conditions will look like ten or 20 years from now. That is
:03:05. > :03:09.the chief reason we are in favour of the UK maintaining its long pleas at
:03:10. > :03:13.the heart of the European Union. It is for similar reasons we would like
:03:14. > :03:21.to see Scotland remain part of the United Kingdom. For shell it is not
:03:22. > :03:42.just about the referendums independence -- referendums
:03:43. > :03:46.independent -- referendums independent there are more and more
:03:47. > :03:54.businesses coming out every day to put forward what they think are the
:03:55. > :03:58.risks of Scotland separating. I have the utmost respect for shell, we
:03:59. > :04:04.value their contribution to the Scottish economy. They will continue
:04:05. > :04:11.to operate in Scotland and we will continue to provide them with the
:04:12. > :04:17.stable tax regime. Shell has not threatened to stop investing, it
:04:18. > :04:21.says it will get the most of the precious resources that remain to be
:04:22. > :04:25.pumped from the North Sea. Our business and economy editor is with
:04:26. > :04:35.me now, how significant are these comments? It is important for the
:04:36. > :04:41.referendum cause. The Scottish Government has been trying to
:04:42. > :04:45.reassure them about a stable and attractive regime. This comment
:04:46. > :04:50.coming from shell does not help their cause but it is in the context
:04:51. > :04:59.of concern about a vote, possibly about UK voters pulling Scotland out
:05:00. > :05:03.of the European Union. To some extent the Scottish constitutional
:05:04. > :05:08.debate is being dragged in. There has been quite a lot of comment from
:05:09. > :05:18.big business leaders, what is causing them to go public now? There
:05:19. > :05:22.is a golf about who has control of the pound. It is also reporting
:05:23. > :05:25.season were those reporting on financial results from last year
:05:26. > :05:31.have to put forward the risks they face, they have to tell shareholders
:05:32. > :05:36.about that. We have heard from Lloyds and Standard Life, the Echo,
:05:37. > :05:41.a company that supplies temporary power said today it was talking
:05:42. > :05:47.about the red tape costs that could be faced as well. It is worth
:05:48. > :05:51.pointing out that many of these big businesses remain neutral. British
:05:52. > :05:56.Airways and Ryan near our more positive about the prospects of
:05:57. > :06:01.independence. Most support for independence comes from small
:06:02. > :06:06.businesses and entrepreneurs. For larger firms in the financial sector
:06:07. > :06:11.it is worth watching the financial trust in Dundee which will have its
:06:12. > :06:14.results out tomorrow. The Ministry of Defence has been accused of
:06:15. > :06:17."disrespect", for failing to alert Scottish ministers about a radiation
:06:18. > :06:20.problem at the MoD's Dounreay nuclear test site. The incident
:06:21. > :06:23.happened two years ago, when radioactivity was found in the
:06:24. > :06:25.cooling water of a nuclear submarine test reactor. The Scottish
:06:26. > :06:28.Government says the Scottish Environment Protection Agency was
:06:29. > :06:31.told by the MoD but was requested not to make this information more
:06:32. > :06:42.widely known for security reasons. Here's our Westminster correspondent
:06:43. > :06:47.Tim Reid. One of Britain's nuclear powered Trident submarines based at
:06:48. > :06:50.Faslane on the Clyde. These ageing Saabs are due to be replaced but now
:06:51. > :06:57.because of the potential problem with its core this HMS Vanguard
:06:58. > :07:02.needs a brief it. The problem, it described as minor by the MoD was
:07:03. > :07:09.discovered here that Dounreay were radiation leaked into water designed
:07:10. > :07:13.to cool be the actor. This water is contained within the circuit and I
:07:14. > :07:20.can assure the house there has been no detected leak from that circuit.
:07:21. > :07:26.The Scottish environment and Ted protection agency has been kept
:07:27. > :07:31.informed. It did not tell the Scottish Government. The lack of
:07:32. > :07:40.transparency raises urgent questions, say labour. It is vital
:07:41. > :07:43.that if an agency of the Scottish Government knew such vital
:07:44. > :07:48.information, in the first instance, they should tell their political
:07:49. > :07:51.masters and if they did not bat is deadly serious. We will be asking
:07:52. > :07:56.questions from no-one to get to this by play important matter of in the
:07:57. > :08:03.interest of the Scottish people. It was said by CPAP that radioactive
:08:04. > :08:11.discharges were below the authorised limits set for the site. -- CPAP.
:08:12. > :08:17.They were told not to discuss the reactive problems for security
:08:18. > :08:21.reasons. It is vitally port and we are told about these things and I
:08:22. > :08:28.think it is appalling we have not been told, along with the associated
:08:29. > :08:36.risks. This is another ?120 million being put towards Trident that we do
:08:37. > :08:38.not agree with. Some children born early are suffering at school
:08:39. > :08:43.because the education system isn't aware of their special needs. That's
:08:44. > :08:45.according to a group of specialists hosting a conference in Glasgow.
:08:46. > :08:48.They say children born prematurely often have subtle learning
:08:49. > :08:50.difficulties that can affect their entire education. Our health
:08:51. > :09:00.correspondent Eleanor Bradford has more. The NHS is getting better and
:09:01. > :09:05.better at keeping for premature babies during the critical first
:09:06. > :09:08.weeks of their lives. When babies leave units like this they might
:09:09. > :09:17.seem healthy but their problems might not have ended. This child is
:09:18. > :09:24.nearly four but was born 12 years early. His mum is worried he will
:09:25. > :09:30.have difficulties at school. He has a very strict regime of how he likes
:09:31. > :09:34.things done. There are a lot of different little issues that he has
:09:35. > :09:40.wit I feel a child born full-term going to school would not have. Many
:09:41. > :09:44.parents, little and teachers, are aware that children born more
:09:45. > :09:50.prematurely are likely to have special educational needs. Best
:09:51. > :09:59.doctor is calling for a child's gestation to be recorded on school
:10:00. > :10:06.entry forms to flag up problems. Many feel that when they have
:10:07. > :10:10.difficulties with attention, certain work and certain memory work, they
:10:11. > :10:17.can see that he is born premature and what can be done to suggest that
:10:18. > :10:25.things can be done to ensure the gap does not get bigger for primary two.
:10:26. > :10:29.As an increasing number of premature born babies survive we will continue
:10:30. > :10:37.to learn more about the consequences on their brains. You're watching
:10:38. > :10:40.Reporting Scotland from the BBC. Still to come on tonight's
:10:41. > :10:42.programme: Looking back over the years, Edinburgh's Usher Hall
:10:43. > :10:47.celebrates a century of entertainment and culture. In sport:
:10:48. > :10:51.The Scotland manager Gordon Strachan on the national team's feel good
:10:52. > :10:52.factor. And Sam Torrance on why he's glad his secret out at last...all
:10:53. > :11:05.will be revealed a little later. A landslide has once again closed
:11:06. > :11:09.the A83 in Argyll and Bute at the Rest And Be Thankful. It's the
:11:10. > :11:12.fourth time in the last six months. But instead of facing a 60-mile
:11:13. > :11:16.diversion, motorists are for the first time using a specially
:11:17. > :11:28.upgraded relief road. Laura Maxwell has been to see it in use. Closed
:11:29. > :11:33.again. Last night's heavy rain brought down yet another landslide.
:11:34. > :11:37.Most of the rubble was caught in the new deep the fences but engineers
:11:38. > :11:42.cannot open the road until they can see the extent of the damage further
:11:43. > :11:46.up the health side. It is the situation locals are grudgingly
:11:47. > :11:52.getting used to work for the first time they are using a newly upgraded
:11:53. > :11:59.relief road to bypass. Particularly for a local diversion, people who
:12:00. > :12:04.use the road from around here, they will see the benefit because all
:12:05. > :12:10.their journeys are local. For a local aspect it is definitely the
:12:11. > :12:17.best option. Here is the old military road that is unknown -- as
:12:18. > :12:22.it is known locally. It has been tarmac than meet traffic safe at a
:12:23. > :12:27.cost of ?4 million. The traffic is being brought very closely in convoy
:12:28. > :12:34.up through the Glen. This road is only a couple of miles wrong but is
:12:35. > :12:39.adding an early 40 minutes to the journey time. The other diversion is
:12:40. > :12:47.60 miles long and people see this as a saving in time and fuel. It is an
:12:48. > :12:54.emergency road if the air ambulances or fire engine is, it is ideal. It
:12:55. > :13:01.is saving fuel but whether it will save much time. We thought we would
:13:02. > :13:07.be having our feet up somewhere comfortably with the pint. A special
:13:08. > :13:13.tax post will meet this month to discuss plans for the blue -- the
:13:14. > :13:25.road. Until then the old military road is not considered safe for use
:13:26. > :13:28.in the dark. Reporting Scotland has learned that the Aberdeen councillor
:13:29. > :13:29.who wanted to ban Scottish Government ministers from visiting
:13:30. > :13:32.council buildings personally intervened to block ministerial
:13:33. > :13:35.visits. Until now, leading figures at the authority have declined to
:13:36. > :13:38.say who took the key decisions, saying they were just following a
:13:39. > :13:41.protocol. Steven Duff joins us now from outside Aberdeen City Council.
:13:42. > :13:52.Steven, what's the significance of this? We have learned that the
:13:53. > :13:57.Labour finance convener of Aberdeen City Council telephoned civil
:13:58. > :14:07.servants and told them it was council policy that ministers would
:14:08. > :14:11.revisited from visiting council premises until disputes between the
:14:12. > :14:16.parties had been resolved. This telephone call happened before the
:14:17. > :14:21.full council met yesterday to decide to review the protocol and before
:14:22. > :14:28.the council leader said that had been and would be no blanket ban.
:14:29. > :14:38.The council leader has all along said he has been following protocol.
:14:39. > :14:46.This is a local authority, just as the Scottish Parliament is a
:14:47. > :15:00.Parliament with 129 members, John up on political lines. -- drawn up on
:15:01. > :15:13.political lines. Protocol was followed. The SNP say that the
:15:14. > :15:19.counsellor has acted in a dictatorial fashion. I am interested
:15:20. > :15:24.in what ordinary people from Aberdeen think and they are fed up
:15:25. > :15:28.with his behaviour and the behaviour of the administration and they agree
:15:29. > :15:35.with me that Councillor Young is not fit for office. Councillor Young
:15:36. > :15:40.would not do another interview with us today and no says that
:15:41. > :15:45.ministerial visits will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. Now,
:15:46. > :16:15.let's take a look at stories around Scotland this evening. It is
:16:16. > :16:23.understood that Mrs Kular went on a special visit yesterday. New
:16:24. > :16:37.guidelines have been suggested to improve school meals. Solicitors say
:16:38. > :16:44.that our financial worries -- about our financial worries at the
:16:45. > :16:50.Hamilton school. That is a campaign to get fishermen to wear life
:16:51. > :16:57.jackets and a survey has found that only a quarter where a life jacket.
:16:58. > :17:02.Edinburgh University has maintained its place in a list of the most
:17:03. > :17:10.prestigious universities in the world. The list is subjective and
:17:11. > :17:24.reflects the views of academics. It appears in the Times educational
:17:25. > :17:34.supplement. This is important for parents deciding whether children
:17:35. > :17:37.will study and for students. One of the world's greatest concert halls
:17:38. > :17:40.is celebrating its centenary. The Usher Hall was the vision of a
:17:41. > :17:43.wealthy Edinburgh drinks merchant who wanted to cultivate a taste for
:17:44. > :18:00.music throughout the country. Morag Kinniburgh reports. The Usher Hall
:18:01. > :18:03.has hosted all kinds of events, from Winston Churchill to the Rolling
:18:04. > :18:05.Stones, comedians and even boxing tournaments. The building was
:18:06. > :18:15.designed for all kinds of audiences, though separated by class. If you
:18:16. > :18:18.were sitting up in the upper circle, which was very much where the
:18:19. > :18:21.lower-class was sitting, the seats were hard and small, and there was
:18:22. > :18:24.only one staircase that you could access outside the building, so you
:18:25. > :18:28.were kept away from everybody else. Andrew Usher came from a distilling
:18:29. > :18:32.family and made his fortune in whiskey. He went into a jewellers
:18:33. > :18:35.and said, I have got so much money I do not know what to do with it! As
:18:36. > :18:39.his great-great granddaughter, it would have been lovely if he had
:18:40. > :18:43.decided to leave it to us, but he decided that Edinburgh was far more
:18:44. > :18:46.important, and as a result, after much discussion with the jeweller
:18:47. > :19:21.they decided that the Usher Hall was what was needed. All kinds of rock
:19:22. > :19:24.and pop stars have performed here such as The New Seekers. Also The
:19:25. > :19:29.New York Philharmonic Symphony - it has been renowned for classical
:19:30. > :19:33.music. It has a fantastic acoustics. Performers who come here across the
:19:34. > :19:36.world will say the same thing. It is the most natural of all the positive
:19:37. > :19:39.holes in the world. Celebrations underlying the Usher Hall's enduring
:19:40. > :20:07.popularity at home and enviable reputation abroad. Let's get the
:20:08. > :20:11.sport now, from David. The Scotland manager Gordon Strachan says the win
:20:12. > :20:15.over Poland in Warsaw last night has made the team feel good about
:20:16. > :20:18.itself, even though the match was a friendly the goal enhanced the
:20:19. > :20:30.side's sense of well-being. I am so glad it went into the back of the
:20:31. > :20:42.net today. The Scots were tough at the back. It makes us feel good
:20:43. > :20:50.about ourselves and it adds to our confidence so that is all it does at
:20:51. > :20:55.the moment. Let us not get carried away because this was just a
:20:56. > :21:02.friendly and, aside from the goal, they only had one other chance. But
:21:03. > :21:10.we are all entitled to feel a bit better about ourselves. Sam Torrance
:21:11. > :21:13.says he wants his Ryder Cup-winning streak to continue after being named
:21:14. > :21:16.a vice captain for Gleneagles later this year. The Ayrshire man
:21:17. > :21:20.captained Europe to victory back in 2002 after helping his team win four
:21:21. > :21:34.times as a player. Here's our golf reporter, Phil Goodlad. My first two
:21:35. > :21:42.choices as vice captain Sam Torrance and Denis Smith. It is like getting
:21:43. > :21:46.an award from the Queen because you're not allowed to tell anyone. I
:21:47. > :21:51.have known for a long time I would be vice captain but not allowed to
:21:52. > :22:01.tell anyone. It is great that it has come out today and I can relax. He
:22:02. > :22:04.was the hero back in 1985. That was a high point in a distinguished
:22:05. > :22:17.career that has seen torrents when over 40 two ornaments. In the Ryder
:22:18. > :22:34.Cup he is well-known for his ability. -- 40 tournaments. He made
:22:35. > :22:41.brave decisions that paid off. Sam on some company. There are a few
:22:42. > :22:53.boys who want a place in the team which is great. Scotland's Ryder Cup
:22:54. > :22:59.just got a bit more Scottish. Now, a look at what else is happening
:23:00. > :23:09.across Scottish sport. There will be no 40,000 Aberdeen fans cheering
:23:10. > :23:18.their side on. This is something we're looking forward to. Albion
:23:19. > :23:31.Rovers are banning their players from taking souvenir for tools at
:23:32. > :23:51.Ibrox before the final on Sunday. -- souvenir photos. The hearts manager
:23:52. > :23:59.is ticking contract talks on hold. Wales have made six changes in their
:24:00. > :24:18.side for the match against Scotland. Ronald Ross, the Rinaldo of the
:24:19. > :24:28.glands -- Ronaldo of the glens is back. That's the sport, Sally, from
:24:29. > :24:31.the Ronaldo of the glens to the duchess of the desk. He was one of
:24:32. > :24:34.Scotland's best known singer/songwriters, famous for songs
:24:35. > :24:38.like Baker Street and Stuck in the Middle With You. Now Gerry Rafferty
:24:39. > :24:42.is the focus of a new exhibition, part of a wider festival, in his
:24:43. > :24:44.home town of Paisley. Our arts correspondent Pauline McLean
:24:45. > :24:46.reports. # Winding your way down on Baker Street # From the handwritten
:24:47. > :25:04.lyrics of his greatest hit two gold discs that he modestly kept any
:25:05. > :25:19.afternoon covered. -- in a bathroom cupboard, these are relics from
:25:20. > :25:26.Gerry Rafferty was my career. He did not think he was a good wordsmith.
:25:27. > :25:34.But his family decided there was scope for the whole festival around
:25:35. > :25:40.Gerry Rafferty and his music. Music has always bought people together
:25:41. > :25:44.and that is what I remembered as a child is being really important and
:25:45. > :25:57.it is trying to keep that alive and keep the music going and keep that
:25:58. > :26:07.happening in Paisley. Friends like John Byrne who created many of his
:26:08. > :26:10.album covers are backing the festival and other friends will take
:26:11. > :26:30.to the stage on what would have been Gerry Rafferty's 67. -- 67th
:26:31. > :26:44.birthday. There is a Met Office yellow warning
:26:45. > :26:51.for the Glasgow area. Drier and clearer conditions will feed into
:26:52. > :26:56.the North and winds are just beginning to stretch up the West
:26:57. > :27:02.Coast by morning. From LA tomorrow, we will see showers blowing in on a
:27:03. > :27:10.strong wind across the country and potentially reaching full gale
:27:11. > :27:14.force. Those showers will turn to snow over the hills at first. Over
:27:15. > :27:22.the afternoon, the showers will become less frequent but they will
:27:23. > :27:28.turn wintry on the lower levels. It will feel cold in that brisk
:27:29. > :27:36.westerly wend but I think we will see more sunshine come through in
:27:37. > :27:41.the afternoon and it should become drier with some sunshine for the
:27:42. > :27:46.afternoon. As we head towards evening we see a ridge of high
:27:47. > :27:52.pressure building and the winds will ease a little with a lot of dry
:27:53. > :27:56.weather overnight. You will see a weather front approaching for
:27:57. > :28:02.Saturday but here she comes -- an area of high pressure pushing in for
:28:03. > :28:08.next week which looks like staying with us for a good few days. Over
:28:09. > :28:13.Saturday, it starts off wet and windy but the rain clears away to
:28:14. > :28:18.the north and drier and brighter conditions follow on across Scotland
:28:19. > :28:20.and we see those temperatures rise again and it will become mild.