:00:00. > :00:00.chilly old week, George. Rais thank you. That's all from the BBC news
:00:00. > :00:08.Tonight, on Reporting Scotland: Police say they believe human
:00:09. > :00:13.remains found in a park in Kilmarnock are those of the missing
:00:14. > :00:16.teenager Hazel North. Businesses criticise of a lack of
:00:17. > :00:20.information on transport plans for the Commonwealth Games.
:00:21. > :00:25.How connecting cows to the internet is helping farmers monitor their
:00:26. > :00:29.livestock's health. It was one of the First World War's
:00:30. > :00:33.most lethal weapons. We hear about the devastating effect the machine
:00:34. > :00:38.gun had on a group of volunteers from Skye.
:00:39. > :00:41.And as Celtic close in on the title, we look at the teams battling to
:00:42. > :00:55.stay in Scottish football's top flight.
:00:56. > :01:00.Good evening. Detectives searching for a missing
:01:01. > :01:04.Fife woman have found a body in a park in Ayrshire. 19-year-old Hazel
:01:05. > :01:08.North from Dumfermline was last seen by her family nearly three weeks
:01:09. > :01:13.ago, when she said she was going to Kilmarnock to visit a friend. Last
:01:14. > :01:17.Friday, police began searching a house in the town. This afternoon,
:01:18. > :01:21.they said they believed that human remains found in a nearby park are
:01:22. > :01:32.hers. Catriona Renton is in Kilmarnock for us tonight.
:01:33. > :01:39.Specialist searches and excavation have been taking place over there
:01:40. > :01:43.today. This afternoon, the news that everyone had been dreading. Police
:01:44. > :01:47.say they have found a body, the body of a young woman and they believe it
:01:48. > :01:57.is Hazel. It has been an agonising few days for her family as they
:01:58. > :02:01.waited for news. 19-year-old Hazel North contacted her sister almost
:02:02. > :02:05.three weeks ago on the 4th of March. She told her she was going to see
:02:06. > :02:09.her boyfriend in Kilmarnock. Her family hasn't heard from her since.
:02:10. > :02:16.On Friday, this flat and its garden were searched. On Friday night,
:02:17. > :02:21.forensic officers carried out bags of potential evidence. On Saturday,
:02:22. > :02:24.specialist dogs and officers returned to search the property
:02:25. > :02:29.again. But police concluded that they had not found anything of
:02:30. > :02:37.concern. However, this lunchtime, detectives were back at the flat.
:02:38. > :02:44.Number 71 is just to streets away from a country park. A distance of
:02:45. > :02:47.about 100 yards. Tents were put up here yesterday evening and a
:02:48. > :02:53.specialist search took place here this morning. Then at around half
:02:54. > :02:58.past two, police said that human remains had been found. I can
:02:59. > :03:05.confirm that as an ongoing part of the missing persons inquiry, that
:03:06. > :03:09.officers have carried out a search and excavation of an area within the
:03:10. > :03:14.park in Kilmarnock and the body of a young woman has been found. We
:03:15. > :03:17.believe this to be Hazel North. Hazel's family has been advised of
:03:18. > :03:25.this and officers are supporting them. A full forensic examination of
:03:26. > :03:32.the site remains ongoing and a postmortem examination is being
:03:33. > :03:38.established. Have the police had anything to say about how she died?
:03:39. > :03:43.Will run to know how Hazel died until after the postmortem. It is
:03:44. > :03:48.expected to take place at the Southern General Hospital tomorrow.
:03:49. > :03:52.Police have spoken to a number of people in connection with Hazel's
:03:53. > :03:57.disappearance. One of them is the 25 old man that Hazel is be -- believed
:03:58. > :04:03.to have been staying with. He has been named as John Davies and has
:04:04. > :04:08.been questioned as a suspect. I must correct that, he is being questioned
:04:09. > :04:13.as a witness. No arrests have been made and we wait the outcome. --
:04:14. > :04:17.await the outcome. The battle over Scotland's economy
:04:18. > :04:20.in the event of a Yes vote in the independence referendum heated up
:04:21. > :04:22.again today. A new analysis of the public finances has warned of
:04:23. > :04:25.continuing big deficits in Scotland, as revenues from oil fall. The
:04:26. > :04:28.Scottish Government's been challenged to update its own figures
:04:29. > :04:34.on oil tax. Our business and economy editor Douglas Fraser is here and
:04:35. > :04:38.can tell us more. Remember the budget only last week?
:04:39. > :04:40.Well, today, the Centre for Public Policy for Regions, or CPPR, a
:04:41. > :04:43.think-tank based at Glasgow University gave its own analysis of
:04:44. > :04:47.what an independent Scotland's budget might look like for the next
:04:48. > :04:50.five years. The key issue is what happens to oil revenues. As
:04:51. > :04:56.production falls, costs rise and so the profits on which tax is charged
:04:57. > :04:59.appears to be in decline. According to the CPPR, it means that last year
:05:00. > :05:04.the Scottish Government's deficit would have stood at ?12 billion. If
:05:05. > :05:07.spending cuts go ahead, using Whitehall forecasts for oil tax,
:05:08. > :05:14.that deficit would be ?13 billion this year and next and then it would
:05:15. > :05:19.decline. By 2018, the CPPR say the Scottish deficit would be ?5
:05:20. > :05:28.billion. More manageable, but the UK deficit has been forecast to fall
:05:29. > :05:31.much faster. It would reach a surplus by then. The Scottish
:05:32. > :05:34.Government has its own figures for oil revenue, published last year,
:05:35. > :05:37.but they've been found to be over optimistic, so when these Glasgow
:05:38. > :05:39.economists call for the Scottish Government to update its own
:05:40. > :05:45.forecasts, they're being backed by the Better Together
:05:46. > :05:52.what we have asked for is the past is to update the oil figures. Let's
:05:53. > :05:56.have some is we can trust, sums that aren't out of date. The people of
:05:57. > :06:04.Scotland deserve nothing less than to have the facts. Clearly, oil
:06:05. > :06:08.companies would not be investing millions in less they were going to
:06:09. > :06:12.get increased production in three or four years time. Our forecast which
:06:13. > :06:16.assume that production will rise as a result of investment which realise
:06:17. > :06:22.that tax revenues are going down so that they can increase tomorrow are
:06:23. > :06:26.much more robust. That's dependent on oil is one of the concerns raised
:06:27. > :06:29.by Blackrock, the world's biggest investment fund. It expects
:06:30. > :06:31.Scotland's borrowing costs to rise, at least initially. Another asset
:06:32. > :06:36.manager today, Jupiter, sees opportunities in Scotland, whatever
:06:37. > :06:40.the result. It reckons Scotland will remain a big centre for managing
:06:41. > :06:43.money. There's also been new ammunition this weekend to help the
:06:44. > :06:46.Scottish Government's case for joint control of the pound. A learned
:06:47. > :06:49.economics professor, Leslie Young, who's based in Beijing, has torn
:06:50. > :06:54.into the UK Government's case for opposing such an alliance. Even from
:06:55. > :07:03.China, the battle over Scotland's economic future goes on.
:07:04. > :07:05.There's more on the independence debate in a special edition of
:07:06. > :07:11.Newsnight Scotland later. Here's Isobel Fraser to tell us more.
:07:12. > :07:15.Join Gary, Laura and me for a special in which we will be
:07:16. > :07:20.questioning political veterans Jim Sellers, George Galloway about their
:07:21. > :07:26.views on independence. That is at 10:30pm.
:07:27. > :07:29.Are you up to the challenge of appearing at the Watch with Baby
:07:30. > :07:35.show at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival?
:07:36. > :07:38.In sport tonight, there's a sacking, a signing and savouring success.
:07:39. > :07:41.But in the Scottish Premiership it's all about avoiding second. That's
:07:42. > :07:42.second bottom and the dreaded relegation playoff. Full details
:07:43. > :07:54.coming soon. Organisers of the Commonwealth Games
:07:55. > :07:59.are facing criticism over the lack of information about transport
:08:00. > :08:01.planning for the event. Transport and haulage companies say there
:08:02. > :08:06.could be major consequences if detail on likely disruption is not
:08:07. > :08:16.outlined as a matter of urgency. Our reporter, Lisa Summers, has more.
:08:17. > :08:22.Delivery runs are a daily routine, he supplies Italian sausages to
:08:23. > :08:31.restaurants. My main concern is how strict and I am to get into the city
:08:32. > :08:36.centre. -- restricted. We were busy. If I restricted, I will be late to
:08:37. > :08:43.supply my customers with their order. For the Lakes of
:08:44. > :08:51.supermarkets, being able to plan months ahead is essential. Companies
:08:52. > :08:56.warned of the consequences. if they don't get the information, it will
:08:57. > :09:02.be chaos. People will turn up and will be expecting to make deliveries
:09:03. > :09:07.to addresses that they expect to be able to access, restrictions will
:09:08. > :09:15.mean they cannot get in. The logistics mean the -- will be
:09:16. > :09:20.challenging. It will mean road closures. It is disruption for
:09:21. > :09:27.everybody else trying to get on with their lives. Travelling to the city
:09:28. > :09:32.centre is hell. I think they need to have something in place so that
:09:33. > :09:38.people can make alternative plans. Today we get detail of the plans for
:09:39. > :09:42.the Ryder Cup. Nothing specific from the Commonwealth Games on exactly
:09:43. > :09:47.what disruption lies ahead. Organisers say they have launched a
:09:48. > :09:50.web page. As yet, there is not much information on it. In a statement,
:09:51. > :09:56.they say they will provide as much information at every stage to ensure
:09:57. > :10:00.a successful games. This man is positive about the games, he expects
:10:01. > :10:05.business to be booming. He wants to know sooner rather than later.
:10:06. > :10:10.The number of divorces granted by Scottish courts has fallen again. In
:10:11. > :10:14.the year to the end of last March, it went down by 2%, continuing a
:10:15. > :10:18.trend over the past few years. 9,700 marriages were legally ended last
:10:19. > :10:23.year, that's a drop of 14% over the past four years. Official figures
:10:24. > :10:26.just issued also showed the number of civil partnerships which were
:10:27. > :10:32.dissolved have quadrupled in the past four years, up to 67.
:10:33. > :10:35.A wildfire in Aberdeenshire has just been brought under control. Around
:10:36. > :10:40.70 firefighters have been tackling the woodland blaze at the Rickarton
:10:41. > :10:43.Estate near Stonehaven. 11 fire engines and a number of specialist
:10:44. > :10:47.units have been involved in the operation. The incident comes just a
:10:48. > :10:51.few weeks after the fire service announced it was stepping up efforts
:10:52. > :10:57.to prevent wildfires. A look at other stories from the
:10:58. > :11:00.across the country this Monday. People living in the West Highlands
:11:01. > :11:03.are objecting to fare increases on the Corran Ferry. Communities in
:11:04. > :11:07.Morvern, Ardgour and Ardnamurchan which depend on the link say prices
:11:08. > :11:12.went up by 20% in November and next week will see the third rise in a
:11:13. > :11:15.year for the crossing. Highland Council says the ticket increases
:11:16. > :11:25.are to meet the cost of maintaining the vessel and a reserve boat.
:11:26. > :11:31.The scale of these increases, particularly the ones are being
:11:32. > :11:35.added with effect from April the 1st, is way beyond anything in
:11:36. > :11:42.history that has happened as far as that ferry is concerned. At a time
:11:43. > :11:47.of aggressively high fuel prices for rural areas like this, that really
:11:48. > :11:50.is a double whammy. Scotland's largest angling club is
:11:51. > :11:53.hitting out at the Scottish Government over plans to reopen a
:11:54. > :11:55.salmon netting station on the Aberdeenshire coast. It's claimed
:11:56. > :11:59.the station near the River Ythan will affect all north east rivers.
:12:00. > :12:02.The Government is urging the local fishery board to take action, if
:12:03. > :12:05.necessary. A foodbank has been opened
:12:06. > :12:09.officially in the Aberdeenshire town of Inverurie. The organisers say
:12:10. > :12:20.there's evidence of a need for the service, even in such a relatively
:12:21. > :12:24.prosperous area. A large number of people are suffering benefits
:12:25. > :12:27.delays. I think the national picture is that people in low-income jobs
:12:28. > :12:30.needing provision. The art impresario Richard DeMarco
:12:31. > :12:34.has been honoured in Edinburgh for the impact his work has had on the
:12:35. > :12:37.city. The 83-year-old, co-founder of the Traverse Theatre, has work in
:12:38. > :12:40.more than 2,500 collections. He's the seventh winner of the annual
:12:41. > :12:42.Edinburgh Award. Previous winners include Sir Chris Hoy and Peter
:12:43. > :12:49.Higgs. The Internet's helped the music and
:12:50. > :12:52.banking industries. It's indispensible in commerce. It's used
:12:53. > :12:57.in everything from cars to burglar alarms. And now dairy cows are on
:12:58. > :13:00.the web. Farmers are connecting their livestock to monitor their
:13:01. > :13:05.health and seeing the milk yield rise. A Scottish company has just
:13:06. > :13:08.won millions of pounds in funding to take its scheme global, and our
:13:09. > :13:17.business correspondent David Henderson has been to one farm,
:13:18. > :13:22.where the system's in use. It is the last place you would
:13:23. > :13:28.expect to see wireless computing, but these cals have gone online.
:13:29. > :13:33.Keeping watch on this milking herd takes a huge amount of time. Now
:13:34. > :13:40.senses on the cals keep the farm are informed about every aspect. You can
:13:41. > :13:47.tell if a cow is starting to go down with any sickness, especially with
:13:48. > :13:52.the digestive system. We can tell if it is stopping to eat as much or
:13:53. > :13:56.drink as much. If we can getting quicker and treat it quicker, we
:13:57. > :14:05.could cut down on our medical bills and get the cow back-up and running
:14:06. > :14:10.quicker. How does it work? Inside this cow's, there is a device which
:14:11. > :14:17.can communicate with the farm's commuter system. It detects movement
:14:18. > :14:21.and sends a warning. -- computer system. Almost any device from a car
:14:22. > :14:26.to a burglar alarm can send a warning to your mobile phone or to a
:14:27. > :14:36.laptop. Here it is a living creature. But the adapter that they
:14:37. > :14:40.supply is just as valuable. -- data. There is an opportunity for multiple
:14:41. > :14:52.users to access the data, that could include vets or animal scientists.
:14:53. > :14:57.They could look at the track and trace concept. Dairy farmers
:14:58. > :15:01.everywhere face the same challenge. To produce milk as efficiently as
:15:02. > :15:07.possible. Now a big deal for the firm behind this system means cals
:15:08. > :15:11.could soon be online worldwide. -- hows.
:15:12. > :15:14.The First World War created casualties on an industrial scale,
:15:15. > :15:16.with unimaginable numbers of dead and wounded. The losses devastated
:15:17. > :15:20.many communities, like Portree on Skye, where one one day in 1915, ten
:15:21. > :15:24.men from the village were killed. The band of brothers died because
:15:25. > :15:30.the Germans were using a new weapon - the Maxim machine gun. Our Social
:15:31. > :15:42.Affairs Correspondent, Reevel Alderson reports. A World War I
:15:43. > :15:48.Maxim machine gun could fire 666 rpm. It was deployed to deadly
:15:49. > :15:54.effect by the German army. Just how deadly was to be discovered in May
:15:55. > :15:58.1915 in the Isle of Skye. As in many communities, local men joined the
:15:59. > :16:06.call to arms in the Territorial Army.
:16:07. > :16:12.The fact they got paid for this was a great inducement for them to sign
:16:13. > :16:18.up. And they got away for a fortnight in the summertime. This
:16:19. > :16:23.was, for then, a holiday. People who train together will go
:16:24. > :16:28.off to walk together because they are in the company of friends. That
:16:29. > :16:37.is a big factor in building morale. A band of Brothers. Letters home
:16:38. > :16:44.told of their camaraderie. But it had deadly consequences. In May
:16:45. > :16:51.1915, the Portree company attacked this area in northern France.
:16:52. > :16:56.Because the Germans had machine guns, their defensive positions were
:16:57. > :17:02.impenetrable. It became easy to defend a position with just two or
:17:03. > :17:05.four machine-gun crews. For the offenders trying to take the
:17:06. > :17:13.territory, however many thousands of attack as they had, the machine guns
:17:14. > :17:24.would be able to kill them. In that one day, ten men from this
:17:25. > :17:31.village were killed. And you can see more on that over on
:17:32. > :17:51.BBC Two Scotland at 9pm. Now, a look at what else is
:17:52. > :17:54.happening across Scottish sport. With Celtic on the verge of
:17:55. > :17:57.clinching another league title and Hearts all but relegated, one of the
:17:58. > :18:01.key remaining battles in the Premiership is the one to avoid
:18:02. > :18:04.second bottom place. That means a play-off against a Championship side
:18:05. > :18:13.to stay in the top-flight. Defeats at the weekend for St Mirren,
:18:14. > :18:17.Partick Thistle, Ross County, and Kilmarnock mean the battle to avoid
:18:18. > :18:25.11th place and a relegation just got more tense. Those teams are
:18:26. > :18:30.separated by just three points. St Mirren are currently in that
:18:31. > :18:35.unwanted spot. How did the others into avoid it?
:18:36. > :18:40.You have to take risks in the game. You have to be brave and have a big
:18:41. > :18:46.heart. You must have confidence in your ability. You must take the ball
:18:47. > :18:53.and pass it and stay composed. Composure is not a quality often
:18:54. > :18:59.associated with relegation. But it certainly helps. Bwe have picked up
:19:00. > :19:03.the majority of points from teams at the bottom this year. It is up to us
:19:04. > :19:09.to keep the performance up. If you beat them, you give yourself a great
:19:10. > :19:16.chance. At least relegation no longer means
:19:17. > :19:20.financial disaster. If a team goes down, it receives a parachute
:19:21. > :19:25.payment. Winning the championship would bring a further three and
:19:26. > :19:31.?50,000. It adds up to the same prize money as finishing 11th. But
:19:32. > :19:36.the top is still weird you want to be. No disrespect to the first
:19:37. > :19:43.division but we do not want to return there. This is where we want
:19:44. > :19:48.to play our football to test ourselves against the best.
:19:49. > :19:51.With so much at stake could be more frayed nerves on the touchlines.
:19:52. > :19:55.Billy Davies has been sacked as manager of Nottingham Forest. It was
:19:56. > :19:58.the second spell in charge for the Scot at the Championship club.
:19:59. > :20:02.Forest were thrashed 5-0 on Saturday by play-off rivals Derby to end a
:20:03. > :20:05.run of seven league matches without a win. Davies was manager of
:20:06. > :20:09.Motherwell before his career took him south of the border.
:20:10. > :20:12.Melrose were crowned winners of the RBS Rugby Premiership in the most
:20:13. > :20:15.dramatic fashion, with the title only being decided in the final
:20:16. > :20:18.minutes of this year's campaign. Gala had been on course to secure
:20:19. > :20:23.the Championship, but suffered a last minute defeat by Ayr. That
:20:24. > :20:26.meant that Melrose would be the ones to hold the trophy aloft, snatching
:20:27. > :20:37.the title from under the noses of their neighbours.
:20:38. > :20:46.I was trying to focus on the game here. But I thought they might do
:20:47. > :20:51.what they always do. Pull it back at the tail end. But we are deserving
:20:52. > :20:55.winners. And to see the full drama of how
:20:56. > :20:58.Melrose won the title, tune into BBC Alba's Rugby Live show this
:20:59. > :21:03.Saturday, the 29th, and their game on the day is Treviso versus
:21:04. > :21:09.Edinburgh. Now, a look at what else is
:21:10. > :21:12.happening across Scottish sport. The BBC understands Scotland prop
:21:13. > :21:15.Geoff Cross will join London Irish in the summer. Last week, the
:21:16. > :21:19.31-year- old joined Glasgow Warriors on loan until the end of the season
:21:20. > :21:23.from Edinburgh. His former coach, Ivan Lendl was in
:21:24. > :21:26.the players box to see Andy Murray enjoy a straight sets win against
:21:27. > :21:31.Feliciano Lopez in Miami. Murray faces Jo-Wilfried Tsonga tomorrow in
:21:32. > :21:35.the fourth round. The deadline to apply to be Cricket
:21:36. > :21:38.Scotland's new head coach has passed. The key role will be
:21:39. > :21:47.preparing the team for the twenty fifteen World Cup, a job which has
:21:48. > :21:53.appealed to applicants far and wide. To be honest, from all over the
:21:54. > :21:58.world. Some coaches domicile in Scotland. Some from the UK and some
:21:59. > :22:01.from further afield. South Africa, Australia, New Zealand. Lots of
:22:02. > :22:10.worldwide interest. And there are more sports stories on
:22:11. > :22:14.BBC Sport Scotland's website. Thank you.
:22:15. > :22:18.Most comedians are used to being heckled. Although even veterans may
:22:19. > :22:21.be put off by members of the audience who scream, shout and
:22:22. > :22:24.wander off in the middle of a performance.Not those who took up
:22:25. > :22:27.the challenge of appearing at the "Watch with Baby" show, at this
:22:28. > :22:36.year's Glasgow International Comedy Festival.
:22:37. > :22:43.Are you planning to have more children? Has the conveyor belt
:22:44. > :22:47.started? . On the face of it, it is like any other comedy show. If you
:22:48. > :22:53.walk outs and a lot of drink. But this show was not aimed at babies it
:22:54. > :22:56.is aimed at their appearance. People are enjoying it too often do
:22:57. > :23:00.not get the chance because they have kids. This show is aimed at them and
:23:01. > :23:08.allows them to come out with their children. Like a big comedy creche.
:23:09. > :23:13.The comedy is definitely for the grown-ups. The medians are
:23:14. > :23:18.encouraged not to shout or swear. When it comes to dealing with a
:23:19. > :23:30.restless audience, it helps to zone out. I just zone out from the noise.
:23:31. > :23:34.I am used to doing that because of the kids.
:23:35. > :23:38.It was a sell-out last year and just as popular this year.
:23:39. > :23:49.Usually kids and comedy do not mix well. But this works. Pass the
:23:50. > :23:53.parcel between both of us! It is hard to do anything like this when
:23:54. > :24:06.you have kids so this is good. Could this be come and all-round
:24:07. > :24:08.year activity? As long as comics want to perform in front of
:24:09. > :24:14.screaming children, then it will continue. It would be lovely to
:24:15. > :24:17.continue it. Babies - as unpredictable as the
:24:18. > :24:19.weather, which has been lovely today. More of the same, please
:24:20. > :24:36.Judith. It has been a glorious day. This
:24:37. > :24:40.satellite picture shows wall-to-wall sunshine across Scotland. Almost
:24:41. > :24:49.unprecedented. But it will be a fairly settled week. A weather front
:24:50. > :25:05.is coming our way. This weather front is coming from Scandinavia. A
:25:06. > :25:10.dry end to the day for many. We will see cloud increasing and bits and
:25:11. > :25:20.pieces of rain feeding into western areas. Write a fresh wind. -- quite
:25:21. > :25:25.a fresh wind. It may feel colder across the far north and east.
:25:26. > :25:32.Tomorrow morning: Outbreaks of rain across western parts of the country.
:25:33. > :25:38.The rain will push eastwards. We will see more dry weather across
:25:39. > :25:49.northern parts. Plenty of dry weather for the Northern Isles and
:25:50. > :26:00.Caithness. And for northern parts of Aberdeenshire. Some spots of rain in
:26:01. > :26:07.the West. Temperatures generally around eight degrees. More of the
:26:08. > :26:17.same to come, then towards the evening a dryer picture. On
:26:18. > :26:24.Wednesday morning the seat more cloud. But looking lovely. A bit
:26:25. > :26:44.cooler in the East. Thanks. Now, a reminder of tonight's
:26:45. > :26:47.main news. More than two weeks after the
:26:48. > :26:50.Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared, the families of the two
:26:51. > :26:54.hundred and thirty-nine people who were on board have been told the
:26:55. > :26:56.plane did crash - and that no one survived. This afternoon Malaysia's
:26:57. > :27:00.Prime Minister said new evidence pointed to the flight "ending in the
:27:01. > :27:02.Southern Indian Ocean" - and far from any landing sites.
:27:03. > :27:06.Detectives searching for a missing Fife woman have found a body, in a
:27:07. > :27:10.park in Ayrshire. Nineteen year old Hazel North from Dumfermline was
:27:11. > :27:13.last seen by her family nearly three weeks ago, when she said she was
:27:14. > :27:15.going to Kilmarnock to visit a friend.
:27:16. > :27:16.And that's all from Reporting Scotland for now. Have a good
:27:17. > :27:23.evening.