27/03/2014 Reporting Scotland


27/03/2014

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That's all from us. Don't forget there's a first look at the papers

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over on the BBC News Good evening. The organisation

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representing rank and file police officers in Scotland has spent

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?100,000 in an attempt to "decontaminate" the service from

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scandals in other UK forces. The Scottish Police Federation has

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released three fictional films online, which are dramatisations of

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real police work. The aim is to improve perceptions of the force

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after allegations of corruption and wrongdoing, particularly in the

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Metropolitan Police. Tim Reid has this report.

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You are scum! Just go home. Calm down! A powerful message about the

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scenarios and the dilemmas that police face every day. What would

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you do? The films are part of a campaign to show that Scottish

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policemen are the good guys and not the villains. The reason - low

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police morale because of incidents like the plebgate affair involving

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former Cabinet Minister Andrew Mitchell, which many believe has

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affected their image. One of wrongdoing and scandal. The Police

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Service has been coming under incredible criticism and pressure,

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particularly over the last 12 months. We are trying to

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decontaminate the Scottish brand of policing from that which has been

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heavily vilified in England and Wales. Following the murder of

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Stephen Lawrence and claims of corruption, the Home Secretary

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ordered a judge-led inquiry after a damning report. It is imperative

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that public confidence and trust in the police is maintained. I do not

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believe corruption to be endemic in the police, and it is clear that the

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majority of policemen and women conduct themselves with honesty and

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integrity. Does Police Scotland need to be decontaminated from such

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events? The Force refused to comment. The Scottish Police

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Federation represents 13,000 rank and file officers and spent ?100,000

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on three new films to try to change public perceptions. The videos have

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been shown to politicians at Scottish Party conferences and

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viewed by thousands of people online. Today, we showed them to a

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few more people. But are they necessary? Most people would be able

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to tell the difference between the police force in England and the one

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up here. That is nothing to do with us at all. I have always found the

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policemen and women to be extremely polite and professional. The Police

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Service in Scotland has already gone under a huge overhaul with the

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merging of several different units. But headlines like these can impact

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morale. They hope these videos will address that.

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The EU has decided not to introduce legislation that would have made it

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cheaper to operate private pensions in an independent Scotland. In a

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surprising switch, the European Commission has decided to stick to

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the current regulations on cross-border pension funds. Earlier,

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our economics correspondent, Colletta Smith, explained the

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situation. Lots of schemes would become

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cross-border, and EU rules say they must be funded differently, meaning

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that people would have to pay more. A few weeks ago, we had indication

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from the EU that they would change that rule to mean that it would be

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cheaper to fund those cross-border pensions, but today they have

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switched direction and they have said that they will not change the

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rules. A lot of industry experts say that the upcoming referendum could

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have a huge impact. I believe that could have had a factor in this

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decision. It is clearly less controversial to maintain the status

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quo than to make a change that would have made Scottish independence

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somewhat easier. The EU say they are making sure that pensions are

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securely funded, but whatever the reason, private pensions are likely

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to become more expensive in an independent Scotland, something the

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government must address. This demonstrates that things have not

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changed at all. In November, we gave a clear assurance that pensions

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would be delivered and supported within an independent Scotland, and

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the arrangements for strengthening the financial health of cross-border

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schemes would be taken forward as part of the negotiation process

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within the union. Pro-union campaigners on the other side of

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this debate say that the announcement today is a blow for the

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Scottish Government's plans post-independence.

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Meanwhile, a group of senior financiers has written a public

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letter criticising the trade body, Scottish Financial Enterprise, for

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its sceptical approach on independence. They say it doesn't

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reflect the balance of opinion in the industry.

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The Rangers chairman is warning fans that if they withhold their

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season-ticket money, the club is in danger of going bust. In the interim

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accounts, Rangers say they had ?3.5 million in the bank at the end of

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last year - down from ?21 million at the same time the previous year.

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Eleven birds of prey have now been found dead in an area around Conon

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Bridge and Muir of Ord in Ross-shire. They were all red kites

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and buzzards. Tests are being carried out to establish how they

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died, but poisoning is suspected. The Environment Minister, Paul

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Wheelhouse, says people should avoid touching any dead birds they find

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because they're likely to be highly toxic.

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A rare Picasso called Head, dating from 1912, went on display in

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Edinburgh today. The Cubist drawing was bought for ?600,000, using money

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left in a bequest to the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. It

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didn't make sense to buy Little Prince by Picasso, we wanted to buy

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something major that would stand up to works that cost many times more.

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I think this film is -- fits the bill exactly.

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Through the Northwest, Apache frost. Tomorrow, it it stays cloudy in the

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east and southern parts as well, with light and patchy outbreaks of

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rain. Dumfries and Galloway may fringing into Lanarkshire. Certainly

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the Borders and is closed. To the west, dry with early brightness.

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Around the Murray Firth, cloudy at times. Dave on occasion. But the

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West Highlands down towards Argyle and Glasgow dry with brightness

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around. As we head to the morning towards the afternoon, we continue

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to hold onto cloudy skies in the far south and east. The west and

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north-west much like today, the Lion's share of sunshine will be

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here. Up to 11 degrees. A brisk easterly breeze, and that will mean

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a chilly field to things down the East coast. Isolate. That is before

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coast. And that's Reporting Scotland. Our

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next update is during Breakfast at 6.25 tomorrow morning. But from

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everyone on the late team here in Glasgow and around the country -

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goodnight. weather. Now the national forecast

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with Nick Miller. Hello, as winter becomes spring, the

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atmosphere contains more energy. The shower clouds grow taller. If

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conditions are right, you get thunder storms. There have been some

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today. Bob took this picture near London this

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