:00:00. > :00:00.moment. That has got to be a good thing.
:00:00. > :00:12.Tonight, on Reporting Scotland: The internet films that police in
:00:13. > :00:16.Scotland hope will improve their public image, after scandals
:00:17. > :00:19.elsewhere in the UK. An EU decision means cross-border
:00:20. > :00:26.private pensions will cost more if Scotland votes for independence.
:00:27. > :00:30.The Rangers chairman warns the club could go bust, if fans withhold
:00:31. > :00:34.season-ticket money. And the battle to keep our beaches
:00:35. > :00:35.clean - there's been some improvement, but the amount of
:00:36. > :00:55.litter remains shockingly high. Good Evening. The organisation
:00:56. > :00:58.representing rank and file police officers in Scotland has spent
:00:59. > :01:01.?100,000 in an attempt to "decontaminate" the service from
:01:02. > :01:04.scandals in other UK forces. The Scottish Police Federation has
:01:05. > :01:07.released three films online, which show the work police officers do, in
:01:08. > :01:09.a bid to improve perceptions of the force after allegations of
:01:10. > :01:20.corruption and wrongdoing, particularly in the Metropolitan
:01:21. > :01:34.Police. Tim Reid has this exclusive report.
:01:35. > :01:41.You are scum! Just go home. Calm down!
:01:42. > :01:43.A powerful message about the scenarios about the judgements and
:01:44. > :01:53.that they must police face every day. -- dilemmas. The film as part
:01:54. > :01:57.of a campaign to show that Scottish policemen are the good guys and not
:01:58. > :02:04.the villains. The reason, pro-police morale because of incidents like the
:02:05. > :02:07.plebgate A4 -- plebgate affair involving former Cabinet Minister
:02:08. > :02:13.Andrew Mitchell which many believe has affected their image.
:02:14. > :02:16.The Police Service has been coming under incredible criticism and
:02:17. > :02:21.pressure. Particularly over the last 12 months. We are trying to
:02:22. > :02:24.decontaminate the Scottish brands of policing from that which has been
:02:25. > :02:30.heavily vilified in England and Wales. Following the murder of
:02:31. > :02:34.Stephen Lawrence and claims of corruption, the Home Secretary
:02:35. > :02:39.ordered a judge-led inquiry after a damning report.
:02:40. > :02:42.It is imperative that public confidence and trust and the police
:02:43. > :02:45.is maintained. I do not believe corruption to be
:02:46. > :02:48.endemic and the police and it is clear that the majority of policemen
:02:49. > :02:53.and women conduct themselves with honesty and integrity. Does Police
:02:54. > :02:58.Scotland meat contaminated from such events?
:02:59. > :03:04.The force refused to comment. The Scottish Police Federation
:03:05. > :03:07.represents 13,000 rank and file officers and spent ?100,000 on three
:03:08. > :03:11.new films to try to change public perceptions. The videos have been
:03:12. > :03:15.shown to politicians at Scottish party conferences and reviewed by
:03:16. > :03:20.thousands of people online. Today we shot them to a few more people but
:03:21. > :03:23.are they necessary? Most people would be able to tell the difference
:03:24. > :03:29.between the police force in England and the one up here. That is nothing
:03:30. > :03:35.to do with us at all. I have always found the police men and women to be
:03:36. > :03:41.extremely polite and professional. The Police Service in Scotland has
:03:42. > :03:44.already gone under a huge overhaul with the merging of several
:03:45. > :03:49.different units. But several headlines like these can impact
:03:50. > :03:53.morale. They hope these videos will address that.
:03:54. > :03:56.The EU has decided not to introduce legislation that would have made it
:03:57. > :03:59.cheaper to operate private pensions in an independent Scotland. In a
:04:00. > :04:02.surprising switch, the European Commission has decided to stick to
:04:03. > :04:06.the current regulations on cross-border pension funds. Our
:04:07. > :04:13.economics correspondent Colletta Smith is here to explain. What's
:04:14. > :04:16.going on? Essentially this is about how much
:04:17. > :04:20.people would have to put into private pensions at Scotland was to
:04:21. > :04:25.vote Yes. Lots of schemes would become cross-border and EU rules say
:04:26. > :04:29.they must be funded differently meaning that people would have to
:04:30. > :04:32.pay more. A few weeks ago we had equal indication from the EU that
:04:33. > :04:35.they would change that rule to mean that it would be cheaper to fund
:04:36. > :04:38.those cross-border pensions, but today they have switched direction
:04:39. > :04:42.and they have said that they will not change the rules. A lot of
:04:43. > :04:49.industry experts say that the upcoming referendum could have a
:04:50. > :04:53.huge impact. I believe that could have had a factor in this decision,
:04:54. > :04:57.it is clearly less controversial to maintain the status quo than to make
:04:58. > :05:04.a change that would have made Scottish independence somewhat
:05:05. > :05:08.easier. Why this sudden switch? The EU say they are making sure that
:05:09. > :05:12.pensions are securely funded, but whatever the reason, private
:05:13. > :05:16.pensions are likely to become more expensive in an independent
:05:17. > :05:21.Scotland, something the government you must address. This demonstrates
:05:22. > :05:25.that things have not changed at all. In November we gave a clear
:05:26. > :05:30.assurance that pensions would be delivered and supported within an
:05:31. > :05:34.independent Scotland and the arrangements for strengthening the
:05:35. > :05:37.financial health of cross-border schemes would be taken forward as
:05:38. > :05:42.part of the negotiation process within the union. Pro-Union
:05:43. > :05:45.campaigners on the other side of this debate say that the
:05:46. > :05:48.announcement today as a blow for the Scottish Government's plans
:05:49. > :05:51.post-independence. You're watching Reporting Scotland
:05:52. > :05:54.from the BBC. Still to come on tonight's programme: Could Glasgow
:05:55. > :05:58.benefit as well as Manchester did from hosting the Commonwealth Games
:05:59. > :06:04.12 years ago? In sport: Rangers' chairman warns
:06:05. > :06:08.the club could go bust if fans withhold season-ticket money. We'll
:06:09. > :06:11.have the details. And Celtic are Premier League
:06:12. > :06:16.champions, so what is their chief executive worried about? Find out
:06:17. > :06:19.later. A group of senior financiers have
:06:20. > :06:22.written a public letter criticising their trade body, Scottish Financial
:06:23. > :06:26.Enterprise, for its sceptical approach on independence. They say
:06:27. > :06:30.it doesn't reflect the balance of opinion within the industry. Our
:06:31. > :06:38.business and economy editor Douglas Fraser has this report.
:06:39. > :06:43.Scottish Financial Enterprise represents the finance industry and
:06:44. > :06:47.while it believes many questions cannot be answered ahead of the
:06:48. > :06:48.referendum in September, today it published a briefing for its members
:06:49. > :07:05.seeing the following... More positively it believes Scotland
:07:06. > :07:10.would become a member of the union. If there was a Yes Lock, we would
:07:11. > :07:15.enter a period of discussion during which these important questions get
:07:16. > :07:20.answered. For us, it is important to recognise and explain to our members
:07:21. > :07:24.just how this process is going to unfold. With a strong Scottish
:07:25. > :07:29.presence particularly here in Edinburgh, this is an industry that
:07:30. > :07:32.is heavily regulated by government and its agencies and with most of
:07:33. > :07:37.its customers and other areas of the UK, it has most -- more questions
:07:38. > :07:43.than other sectors regarding what independence would involve. It has
:07:44. > :07:46.said it is a neutral voice for the industry but critics argue this is
:07:47. > :07:48.not the view of the Scottish Financial Enterprise board. It has
:07:49. > :08:07.been said that... The single-minded focus of the
:08:08. > :08:13.negative aspects of a Yes vote and the breath which purports to be an
:08:14. > :08:17.partial, it is a very strange breath that is expressed in these terms and
:08:18. > :08:24.only comes out with one possible set of scenarios and they are all
:08:25. > :08:27.negative scenarios. Finance is a big employer and earn and it is fatal to
:08:28. > :08:31.other businesses as well so there are high-stakes involved in winning
:08:32. > :08:34.the battle for this sector. The amount of litter on Scotland's
:08:35. > :08:37.beaches is still shockingly high, according to the Marine Conservation
:08:38. > :08:40.Society. Their latest beach survey claims there are two pieces of
:08:41. > :08:42.rubbish for every metre of shoreline, although there has been
:08:43. > :08:52.some improvement. Cameron Buttle reports.
:08:53. > :08:54.This latest report says there has been a small drop in the amount of
:08:55. > :09:00.litter found on beaches across Scotland. But it is a small drop and
:09:01. > :09:04.the latter is still a big problem. Here in the speech on Edinburgh,
:09:05. > :09:12.volunteers picked up 15 bags worth of rubbish within one day. 2268
:09:13. > :09:19.teams. In total, 45 beaches were served last September. One of the
:09:20. > :09:24.worst was in Aberdeen were more than 2845 pieces of litter were collected
:09:25. > :09:28.in one day. Proof, say those behind the report, that there is no room
:09:29. > :09:32.for complacency with that small drop in the national figures. We still
:09:33. > :09:36.have an average of two items per litter per beach and that is a
:09:37. > :09:41.wake-up call that we have a long way to go to make our beaches litter
:09:42. > :09:44.free. The report says most of the rubbish was simply dropped by
:09:45. > :09:50.members of the public, some of it came from shipping and fishing, but
:09:51. > :09:52.most worrying for environmentalists, as the large amount of
:09:53. > :09:56.non-biodegradable material that is being flushed out of toilets at home
:09:57. > :10:00.and eventually gets washed up upon the shore.
:10:01. > :10:04.A look at other stories from the across the country: Dundee's video
:10:05. > :10:08.games companies are set to benefit from new tax relief measures for the
:10:09. > :10:11.UK industry. The European Commission has approved
:10:12. > :10:15.the support for the sector, following a long campaign. Dundee is
:10:16. > :10:19.home to around 40 video games producers.
:10:20. > :10:21.Hundreds of North East schoolchildren have been learning
:10:22. > :10:25.about the dangers of so-called "legal highs" at an event in
:10:26. > :10:29.Aberdeen. It's the first awareness session of its kind by Police
:10:30. > :10:37.Scotland, who hope to roll it out across the country. They have a
:10:38. > :10:41.simple message: it is not illegal and it is not safe and it could lead
:10:42. > :10:46.to a criminal conviction for yourself or worse, leads to the
:10:47. > :10:49.death of you or a loved one. Another five birds of prey have been
:10:50. > :10:53.found dead in the Conon Bridge and Muir of Ord area, bringing the total
:10:54. > :10:56.number over the past week to 11. Their bodies have been sent to a
:10:57. > :11:00.specialist laboratory for tests. Meanwhile, police are asking the
:11:01. > :11:02.public to contact them, if they find any more.
:11:03. > :11:04.Measures to improve dog control have been considered at a summit.
:11:05. > :11:07.Politicians, dog experts and animal welfare charities were looking at
:11:08. > :11:12.new schemes, including compulsory microchipping. They also discussed
:11:13. > :11:17.how existing laws could be better enforced to keep dogs under control.
:11:18. > :11:22.Scottish Borders Council has approved plans to move its schools
:11:23. > :11:25.to a four-and-a-half-day week. The proposal will see all the region's
:11:26. > :11:34.primary and secondary schools close at lunchtime on Fridays.
:11:35. > :11:37.This week we've been looking at how Glasgow's East End is changing
:11:38. > :11:40.because of the Commonwealth Games. Today, in the last part of our
:11:41. > :11:46.series, our Games reporter, Lisa Summers, has been to Manchester.
:11:47. > :11:50.It's been 12years since they played host to the Commonwealth Games, and
:11:51. > :11:52.many say it was the city that set the precedent of creating a "legacy"
:11:53. > :12:06.from a major sporting event. Like Glasgow, Manchester is a city
:12:07. > :12:10.built on heavy industry. It has issues of poverty and high
:12:11. > :12:17.unemployment and it is a city that likes it's sport. In 2002, the
:12:18. > :12:25.Commonwealth Games kicked off a huge regeneration project. The stadium,
:12:26. > :12:28.once a coal mine, was a Velodrome. Steelworks and the chemical factory
:12:29. > :12:36.were turned into a sports city for the games. This is the heart of
:12:37. > :12:41.where the Commonwealth Games arrived in Manchester. Manchester City
:12:42. > :12:45.football club is located here now. There is also tennis, athletics and
:12:46. > :12:49.across the road, behind these new flats, as the Velodrome, home to the
:12:50. > :12:56.British cycling team and 12 years later, as you can see, they are
:12:57. > :13:01.still developing. What the Commonwealth Games gave us and this
:13:02. > :13:05.sports city gave us was a focus for regeneration and it gave people
:13:06. > :13:08.pride and the Elia and the belief that the at a future. What we have
:13:09. > :13:14.seen 12 years later as notwithstanding the recession,
:13:15. > :13:18.regeneration is continuing. Across the road from these facilities, the
:13:19. > :13:22.picture is not quite so rosy. In Clayton, the crime rate is double
:13:23. > :13:26.the national average and unemployment remains incredibly
:13:27. > :13:38.high. Andrea and Corine our neighbours. They are not impressed
:13:39. > :13:42.with the legacy of Games. There are plenty of people still unemployed.
:13:43. > :13:48.If you are going to build something to benefit the community, you should
:13:49. > :13:52.make sure there are jobs first. They are positive about the sporting
:13:53. > :13:58.facilities, the Velodrome has been a huge success with waiting lists for
:13:59. > :14:01.taster sessions. The transport infrastructure has also allowed the
:14:02. > :14:06.whole of Manchester to reap the benefits. It has managed to
:14:07. > :14:09.regenerate the east of the city and to pull in Manchester City football
:14:10. > :14:14.club and also greeted some of the jobs they wanted to create although
:14:15. > :14:17.she was involved. Manchester's is viewed as a success story and
:14:18. > :14:22.despite the recession development continues. The Commonwealth Games
:14:23. > :14:26.can provide an opportunity for regeneration, the question is for
:14:27. > :14:30.Glasgow, will it lead to lasting change?
:14:31. > :14:33.Let's get the sport now. The chairman of Rangers is warning
:14:34. > :14:37.the club could go bust if - as threatened - supporters withhold
:14:38. > :14:41.season-ticket money. That's after figures for the last six months of
:14:42. > :14:48.2013 show the club made a loss of ?3.5 million. Eilidh Barbour has
:14:49. > :14:54.more. Success on the pitch, is just two
:14:55. > :14:59.weeks ago, Rangers secured back-to-back promotions. Behind the
:15:00. > :15:03.scenes, concerns over the financial stability continue. Two years on
:15:04. > :15:13.from liquidation and administration. This led to around
:15:14. > :15:19.21 2p. The plot had been cut by around ?10 million. Fast forward to
:15:20. > :15:23.the end of last year, entered a's report shows a worryingly barren
:15:24. > :15:29.bank account of only ?3.5 million. It leads the obvious question that
:15:30. > :15:32.where did the money go? That is a question without much of their own
:15:33. > :15:38.ends up. Season-ticket money is becoming more important to the
:15:39. > :15:41.financial future of the club. As some supporters continue to withhold
:15:42. > :15:46.that season-ticket money until certain assurances are met, it means
:15:47. > :15:50.Rangers are teetering close to another financial crisis. If they
:15:51. > :15:53.didn't get the season-ticket money, they would have to go to external
:15:54. > :15:59.investors. It would be expensive money, and arguably, investors may
:16:00. > :16:03.get a large football club like Rangers with no ongoing fan support
:16:04. > :16:10.and may not see it as a good investment. The fans who support the
:16:11. > :16:16.idea maintain the decision is now down to the board to accept their
:16:17. > :16:20.demands. The journey to return to the top of Scottish football
:16:21. > :16:26.continues on the pitch. Off it, it seems to be less clear-cut.
:16:27. > :16:29.Neil Lennon says winning this year's Scottish Premiership title is the
:16:30. > :16:32.best of his Celtic managerial career. The 5-1 win over Partick
:16:33. > :16:35.Thistle last night secured Celtic the top flight title for the third
:16:36. > :16:37.year in a row. But will Lennon's achievements attract clubs
:16:38. > :16:42.elsewhere? The Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell hopes not.
:16:43. > :16:50.John Barnes reports. The Championship is Celtics for a
:16:51. > :16:54.third successive season! It is number 45 in total. Winning the
:16:55. > :17:00.Championship with seven games to spare make this a moment to savour
:17:01. > :17:07.for the Celtic manager. This is the best campaign I've had as a
:17:08. > :17:13.manager. We've won over 30 games. We've kept clean score sheets. The
:17:14. > :17:16.alarm bells were ringing for Partick this all after the opening goal.
:17:17. > :17:25.Liam Henderson scored his first goal for Celtic to make it 2-nil. Stefan
:17:26. > :17:27.Johansen added a third. Christie Elliott could've pulled back for
:17:28. > :17:32.Thistle, but it was all about Celtic. In the first few minutes,
:17:33. > :17:36.Anthony Stokes claimed his second of the evening, for Kris Commons
:17:37. > :17:43.Rhapsody number five. It was his 27th goal this season. Celtic got a
:17:44. > :17:47.proper lap of honour, but that could not spoil another joyous night. How
:17:48. > :17:53.long can they hold on to the successful manager? There have mean
:17:54. > :17:58.no approaches for him yet. He is a great manager. Celtic is a big part
:17:59. > :18:06.of Neil Lennon, as much as Neil Lennon is a big part of Celtic. I'm
:18:07. > :18:11.hopeful that Celtic can provide his ambitions and aspirations as a young
:18:12. > :18:14.manager. The answer now is whether Neil Lennon and Celtic will run off
:18:15. > :18:16.and make it four in a row next season.
:18:17. > :18:19.And you can see more of Celtic versus Partick Thistle and all the
:18:20. > :18:20.mid-week Premiership action in Sportscene at 11:20 tonight on BBC
:18:21. > :18:28.One. Now, a look at what else is
:18:29. > :18:33.happening across Scottish sport. Andy Murray will drop to number
:18:34. > :18:39.eight in the world rankings. That is after losing in straight sets to
:18:40. > :18:48.Novak Djokovic in the Miami Masters. I was trying to come forward with
:18:49. > :18:53.it. My game is not far from where I wanted to be. Scholar will take part
:18:54. > :18:58.in a new European nations lead from 2018. It will involve all 54 embers
:18:59. > :19:06.of UEFA in four divisions. But it is not a replacement for the Euro
:19:07. > :19:12.Championship. United a four points behind after Caledonian's goal made
:19:13. > :19:17.it easy for Ryan to score. The hearts manager says Sunday 's
:19:18. > :19:21.Edinburgh derby is just like any other. Defeat could mean that the
:19:22. > :19:28.hearts are relegated. It is not one game that will put, cuts down. We
:19:29. > :19:36.just have to call down. -- Hearts down. Why-mac you can see more on
:19:37. > :19:42.the BBC sport website. That is all from me.
:19:43. > :19:45.Weather now, and Chris is at the map - you've had some extra help with
:19:46. > :19:48.your forecast today, Chris? Yes. Before I give you tonight's
:19:49. > :19:52.forecast, here's the story of how it's made - as told by the pupils of
:19:53. > :20:06.Craigholme School in Glasgow as part of the BBC's School Report.
:20:07. > :20:12.I'm safely. We are all BBC news sports reporters. Witham we've done
:20:13. > :20:16.a report about the weather. We've come to Glasgow to find out how the
:20:17. > :20:20.forecast is put together at BBC. First, the weather office. How do
:20:21. > :20:27.you find out what the weather will be? We speak to the Met Office and
:20:28. > :20:31.the BBC weather Centre in London. We talk to them about five or six times
:20:32. > :20:36.a day. We hold phone conferences. It is looking up at the model says,
:20:37. > :20:41.what the computer says, and also the human meteorologists. Can you give
:20:42. > :20:46.us any presenting tips? The best tip is to keep it simple. It is all very
:20:47. > :20:49.well to talk about meteorology and be a mass and weather fronts and
:20:50. > :20:53.everything that goes together to make the forecast, but unless you
:20:54. > :20:59.will die down into whether it will be hot, dry, wet cold windy, it
:21:00. > :21:03.doesn't mean much to the audience. The graphics are made up, and it is
:21:04. > :21:10.now time to go to the newsroom to put it on air. Now we know how it's
:21:11. > :21:15.done, it is talking about Scotland's ever-changing weather in
:21:16. > :21:20.front of a green screen. This is BBC school news report.
:21:21. > :21:21.Didn't they do well? Lets see if I can listen to my own advice and keep
:21:22. > :21:32.it simple. The radar shows showers from east to
:21:33. > :21:38.west. Those should fade away meaning tonight is largely dry. Fairly
:21:39. > :21:41.cloudy. That cloud always big enough across eastern coastal parts to
:21:42. > :21:45.produce featherlight patchy rain. There is drizzle further west. It is
:21:46. > :21:49.dry overnight. But you first through the central and north west
:21:50. > :21:54.Thailand's, but whether cloud themes and brakes, temperatures around four
:21:55. > :21:58.or five Celsius. Tomorrow, it is fairly cloudy, especially around
:21:59. > :22:02.Aberdeen and the Borders. Rather chilly here. Perhaps one or two like
:22:03. > :22:07.outbreaks of rain. Once again, bright and sunny. Western parts of
:22:08. > :22:12.the country are generally dry tomorrow, but there it slight fly in
:22:13. > :22:17.the ointment is around the Borders. Some thicker cloud and outbreaks of
:22:18. > :22:21.rain. Cold along the east coast with that easterly breeze. Seven or eight
:22:22. > :22:27.degrees. North of Glasgow, it will be warm. Ten or 11, maybe 12
:22:28. > :22:31.Celsius. Around the Murray Firth, again, we see the effects of the
:22:32. > :22:35.North Sea producing thicker cloud, and once again for the Northern
:22:36. > :22:38.Isles, some cloudy skies with one or two light showers. We hold onto that
:22:39. > :22:43.as we head towards Friday night. The weekend, the MS graphic. Let's keep
:22:44. > :22:52.it simple. Mild air waking up from the south. -- the air mass graphic.
:22:53. > :22:59.It will stay rather chilly. Some thicker cloud across the south-west
:23:00. > :23:05.corner. On Saturday, it is a 3-way split. Ticket cloud, but in central
:23:06. > :23:10.parts, largely dry. In the east, that cloud is big. Low cloud at
:23:11. > :23:15.times. In the sunshine, the mid-teens. Dry bright and sunny for
:23:16. > :23:20.Sunday. West is best for the weather on Sunday. Further east to are,
:23:21. > :23:23.cooler and Deb at times. The simple forecast.
:23:24. > :23:26.Now a reminder of tonight's main news: The UK's major energy
:23:27. > :23:29.companies are to face a full-scale investigation into whether customers
:23:30. > :23:32.are getting a fair deal. They've been referred to the
:23:33. > :23:34.Competition and Markets Authority following public criticism and
:23:35. > :23:39.political pressure over soaring bills.
:23:40. > :23:42.And the Scottish Police Federation has launched a video campaign to
:23:43. > :23:44.improve the public perception of the force after allegations of
:23:45. > :23:48.corruption and wrongdoing, particularly in the Metropolitan
:23:49. > :23:51.Police. And that's Reporting Scotland. I'll
:23:52. > :23:55.be back with the headlines at 8.00, and the late bulletin just after the
:23:56. > :23:58.Ten O'Clock News. Until then, from everyone on the team - right across
:23:59. > :24:02.the country - have a very good evening.