:00:00. > :00:00.Tonight, on Reporting Scotland: The Defence Secretary warns of the
:00:00. > :00:08.consequences of independence. Defence Secretary warns of the
:00:09. > :00:12.Hammond tells defence workers here it could cost them their jobs but
:00:13. > :00:14.the SNP accuse him of misinformation.
:00:15. > :00:16.The scheme that's giving people with drink or drug problems homes without
:00:17. > :00:21.having first.
:00:22. > :00:24.Edinburgh Zoo turns to technology after natural mating
:00:25. > :00:36.Edinburgh Zoo turns to technology their panda pregnant.
:00:37. > :00:47.Here in Nairn it is more Baywatch than under watch as more Scottish
:00:48. > :00:50.beaches pass the cleanliness test. And remember this? This classic
:00:51. > :01:02.Scottish movie is re-released in its mother tongue.
:01:03. > :01:08.Good evening. Thousands of defence jobs will be at risk if Scotland
:01:09. > :01:11.votes for independence - that's the warning the Defence Secretary Philip
:01:12. > :01:14.Hammond issued when he spoke to employees at a firm in Glasgow. But
:01:15. > :01:18.the First Minister has insisted that Royal Navy ships would still be
:01:19. > :01:20.built on the Clyde and further jobs would be secured through
:01:21. > :01:32.diversification. Douglas Fraser reports. Royal Navy periscopes have
:01:33. > :01:37.long since only come from this Glasgow firm, which was visited
:01:38. > :01:42.today by the Defence Secretary bringing a referendum message which
:01:43. > :01:49.was partly positive. Defence provides the security and the peace
:01:50. > :01:55.of mind... But he also brought a warning. If Scotland is not inside
:01:56. > :02:00.the UK, the UK cannot be expected to pay premium prices to prop up its
:02:01. > :02:05.industry with none of the benefits of a sovereign capability from the
:02:06. > :02:09.UK's point of view. He got trade union backing for being so open, but
:02:10. > :02:16.one member of his audience felt blackmailed. I feel aggrieved that
:02:17. > :02:22.you have come up here and it seems to be quite threatening that our
:02:23. > :02:29.jobs will go. Meanwhile the First Minister was pledging to protect
:02:30. > :02:33.jobs. We will cooperate with our allies, including our friends south
:02:34. > :02:45.of the border of course, and it will be in their own interests to
:02:46. > :02:55.cooperate with us. The Defence Secretary denied any deal, saying it
:02:56. > :03:05.would take ten years to move Trident from its base. A further blast from
:03:06. > :03:11.the top man in the Royal Navy today. If you try to pull some parts away,
:03:12. > :03:18.some threads out of the rope, it just doesn't work any more. The S
:03:19. > :03:23.questioned whether Britain's defence stances adequately protecting
:03:24. > :03:27.Scotland now. Scotland is a maritime nation but we have no maritime
:03:28. > :03:32.patrol aircraft, they were scrapped by the UK government. They have no
:03:33. > :03:37.maritime naval patrol vessels. Independence gives us the advantage
:03:38. > :03:42.to have these maritime capabilities so we have the things we need as
:03:43. > :03:46.opposed to what we don't want, like Trident. We can look ahead now to
:03:47. > :03:56.the possible negotiations after a yes vote and it appears there are
:03:57. > :04:02.immovable positions on things like currency, so who is bluffing and who
:04:03. > :04:05.might break first? And the latest in our referendum
:04:06. > :04:09.debates tonight comes from Kirkwall on Orkney. Here's James Cook. The
:04:10. > :04:14.referendum debate is your chance to ask the questions you want about the
:04:15. > :04:24.future of Scotland. We are in Kirkwall tonight to hear both sides
:04:25. > :04:31.of the debate. That's tonight at 9pm on BBC Two Scotland.
:04:32. > :04:34.A man cleared of the World's End murders is to face trial again
:04:35. > :04:36.following a ruling by judges under double jeopardy legislation. Angus
:04:37. > :04:40.Sinclair is accused of the murders of Christine Eadie and Helen Scott.
:04:41. > :04:43.Their bodies were found in East Lothian in October 1977. They'd
:04:44. > :04:46.earlier been seen at the World's End pub in Edinburgh's Royal Mile. The
:04:47. > :04:49.retrial was granted last month but can only now be reported after some
:04:50. > :04:53.reporting restrictions were lifted. A novel scheme to help the homeless
:04:54. > :04:56.has been piloted in Scotland. People with drug and alcohol problems are
:04:57. > :04:59.given flats to rent without having to overcome their addictions first.
:05:00. > :05:02.They're given intensive support after they've moved in. Our health
:05:03. > :05:15.correspondent Eleanor Bradford reports. I am visiting Scott, who
:05:16. > :05:22.two years ago was a homeless alcoholic.
:05:23. > :05:28.Then he was allocated this flat to rent and support to get his life
:05:29. > :05:31.back on track. What it has done for me has been great, they have
:05:32. > :05:35.supported me through a lot, they have helped me sustain my tenancy,
:05:36. > :05:41.they have been there when I have been down so it was money well spent
:05:42. > :05:46.for them for what they have done for me. Do you think having a place like
:05:47. > :05:51.this which you are proud of, do you think that helps? Gives you more of
:05:52. > :05:56.an incentive to get your life together? Definitely. For what I
:05:57. > :06:02.have done with my house makes me so proud. The idea is that it is easier
:06:03. > :06:08.for people to kick their addictions when they have security of a home.
:06:09. > :06:12.Half the people in this pilot cut back on drugs and alcohol at a
:06:13. > :06:17.quarter had relapses and a quarter still abused drink and drugs at the
:06:18. > :06:22.same level as before, and that's with the sport of six full-time
:06:23. > :06:30.staff. So is it still value for money? We think so. We think support
:06:31. > :06:33.for people can be intensive but dissipate over time. At the moment
:06:34. > :06:41.we are exploring ways we can use smart technology to provide ongoing
:06:42. > :06:44.support to people but perhaps be less Labour intensive. There
:06:45. > :06:47.support to people but perhaps be also very few disturbances to
:06:48. > :06:53.neighbours, something which had been a worry before the trial. Scott is
:06:54. > :06:59.now hoping to get a job. It will be the first time in 20 years.
:07:00. > :07:02.A woman has told a trial into the murder of Greenock teenager Elaine
:07:03. > :07:06.Doyle that she saw a man breathing heavily on a stair landing at her
:07:07. > :07:08.flat in the town hours before the 16-year-old's body was found.
:07:09. > :07:11.Maureen Gray said the man was agitated and smelling of
:07:12. > :07:14.Maureen Gray said the man was between half past 12 and one in the
:07:15. > :07:18.morning on the second June, 1986. Mrs Gray helped police create a
:07:19. > :07:21.drawing of the man. Elaine's body was found in a lane near her home.
:07:22. > :07:25.49-year-old John Docherty denies murdering her.
:07:26. > :07:28.Edinburgh Zoo's female giant panda, Tian Tian, has been artificially
:07:29. > :07:35.inseminated after she failed to mate naturally with the male Yang Guang.
:07:36. > :07:37.But experts say they won't know for certain whether she's pregnant
:07:38. > :07:47.practically until she gives birth, which could be at the end of the
:07:48. > :07:52.summer. Morag Kinniburgh reports. Tian Tian relaxing this morning.
:07:53. > :08:01.Breeding season is over for another year. Scientists have artificially
:08:02. > :08:06.inseminated her. We have seen through an ultrasound what is going
:08:07. > :08:10.on, so we know the timing of that and the detail was spot on. Now it
:08:11. > :08:17.is a case of waiting over the coming weeks to see if that will happen.
:08:18. > :08:24.Last year Tian Tian did get pregnant but no cub was born. Experts insist
:08:25. > :08:31.they have the best technology available. Pandas are major draw for
:08:32. > :08:42.visitors, but they need to be, the zoo pays $1 million a year for them
:08:43. > :08:46.to been here. The most important thing is securing a future for giant
:08:47. > :08:53.pandas in China so the research we do, the education work we do, it is
:08:54. > :08:59.just as important as having a baby. Yang Guang will be a father this
:09:00. > :09:06.year if there is an Edinburgh cub but it will be August at the
:09:07. > :09:13.earliest before any cub is born, if Tian Tian is pregnant. Many will be
:09:14. > :09:16.hoping it is third time lucky. You're watching Reporting Scotland
:09:17. > :09:25.from the BBC. Still to come on tonight's programme: remember this
:09:26. > :09:32.classic movie? It is getting rereleased in its mother tongue. In
:09:33. > :09:36.sport, the Celtic striker Anthony Stokes says he wants Rangers back in
:09:37. > :09:37.the top flight to benefit all of Scottish football.
:09:38. > :09:41.And the round-the-clock challenge of triathlon and trying to qualify for
:09:42. > :09:46.Glasgow 2014 - we spend the day with one young hopeful.
:09:47. > :09:50.If the appearance of the sun recently has made you think of days
:09:51. > :09:53.at the beach to come, there's good news, Scotland's beaches are the
:09:54. > :09:57.cleanest they've been in years. Over 50 received a marine charity's top
:09:58. > :10:01.water quality award. The Marine Conservation Society say it's partly
:10:02. > :10:13.thanks to last year's good weather. Jackie O'Brien is on Nairn beach for
:10:14. > :10:20.us tonight. It is not the weather for a dip in the sea, Jackie.
:10:21. > :10:25.Absolutely not. It is a glorious night but still too cold to take the
:10:26. > :10:29.plunge. When the time is right though, it is good to know the water
:10:30. > :10:33.quality is improving and it is all because of the dry weather last
:10:34. > :10:40.year, which meant less pollution was being washed into the seas from the
:10:41. > :10:43.towns and cities. Scotland is blessed with beautiful beaches and
:10:44. > :10:50.Easter holiday-makers were making the most of the sunshine, sand and
:10:51. > :10:54.sea at Nairn today. It was fine, perfect to be honest. A little bit
:10:55. > :11:04.cold but you expect that when there is still snow on the hills. Now over
:11:05. > :11:08.50 beaches can bask in the glory of winning the Marine Conservation
:11:09. > :11:14.Society's top water quality award, the highest number in 27 years. 54
:11:15. > :11:19.out of 95 of the beaches in Scotland tested as having excellent water
:11:20. > :11:24.quality, that's 12 more than the previous year. There has been
:11:25. > :11:27.billions of pounds worth of investment to improve water quality
:11:28. > :11:31.but the main reason for last year was on top of that drier than
:11:32. > :11:36.average summer so there was less pollution being washed into the
:11:37. > :11:40.rivers and the sea. Despite Scotland receiving more rainfall than some
:11:41. > :11:47.other parts of the UK last year, there were no failures at all. A
:11:48. > :11:54.number, including Nairn, only just passed though, so they are facing
:11:55. > :12:00.fears they could be downgraded when standards become more stringent next
:12:01. > :12:04.year. We only just passed, but a pass is a past. What makes a
:12:05. > :12:08.difference is if you get heavy rain before they take the test. That
:12:09. > :12:15.allows a substantial amount of water to flow into the sea which sometimes
:12:16. > :12:19.bypasses the treatment system. The improving picture is also good news
:12:20. > :12:25.for tourism and the Marine Conservation Society says the main
:12:26. > :12:29.challenge now is to maintain these standards whatever the weather.
:12:30. > :12:32.Although it is difficult, the Marine Conservation Society says we cannot
:12:33. > :12:37.totally relax. They want more people to vote with their feet by using
:12:38. > :12:40.only recommended beaches so that the authority will do more to tackle
:12:41. > :12:49.water pollution in the worst affected areas.
:12:50. > :12:53.Thank you. A ten-year-old boy has been found dead in Glasgow. It has
:12:54. > :12:58.been understood Billy Hughes was playing on a swing. His death is
:12:59. > :13:05.being treated as unexplained. Enquiries are continuing and a
:13:06. > :13:08.postmortem will be carried out. Police have repeated their drugs
:13:09. > :13:11.warning following the death of a 19-year-old woman in Renfrew at the
:13:12. > :13:15.weekend. She's been named locally as Helen Henderson. Two men, who were
:13:16. > :13:18.at the same party, remain in hospital in a stable condition. One
:13:19. > :13:21.is understood to be the fiance of the teenager who died. Though
:13:22. > :13:24.detectives are currently treating Ms Henderson's death as unexplained,
:13:25. > :13:28.they have issued a warning about the drugs mephedrone, known as MCAT, and
:13:29. > :13:32.ketamine. Don't take it because you are
:13:33. > :13:38.gambling, it is Russian roulette. Just because you bought something
:13:39. > :13:42.the week before, it is unlikely it will be the same as you buy it the
:13:43. > :13:46.next week. If it is a combination of drugs, you don't know what it will
:13:47. > :13:52.do to you and there is a possibility you will have an adverse effect.
:13:53. > :13:57.Just don't take them. A look at other stories from the
:13:58. > :14:02.across the country now. Is believed the same man carried out two
:14:03. > :14:09.assaults in St Andrews. A 27-year-old woman was raped, the
:14:10. > :14:14.following day a woman was assaulted on the University campus.
:14:15. > :14:20.Police were called to a nature reserve in Perthshire after
:14:21. > :14:29.intruders scared and spray off her nest, she was incubating her 69th
:14:30. > :14:35.egg. Campaigners have expressed disappointment that cuts are going
:14:36. > :14:40.ahead at the public library in Wigtown. Opening hours will go to 28
:14:41. > :14:50.hours a week, part of a series of cuts across the region.
:14:51. > :14:57.Human bones have been found in a stream at Wanlockhead. There is a
:14:58. > :15:01.cemetery nearby but it is thought an unmarked grave may have been
:15:02. > :15:06.partially washed away by heavy rain. On the eve of the anniversary of the
:15:07. > :15:12.Battle of Culloden, a rare bundle of letters written by Bonnie Prince
:15:13. > :15:16.Charlie will be sold. The young pretender tells Louis XV of France
:15:17. > :15:21.that with more money and men he could be King of Scotland and
:15:22. > :15:27.England. The letters are valued at ?12,000 and will be auctioned next
:15:28. > :15:32.month. Around ?370,000 is being distributed to charities after trust
:15:33. > :15:41.funds were wound up. Among the funds closed down were the bedlam fund for
:15:42. > :15:49.persons deprived of the use of reason.
:15:50. > :15:51.It may be the Easter holidays but many teenagers are spending it
:15:52. > :15:55.studying. Young people in fourth year at school will be the first to
:15:56. > :15:58.go through controversial new exams that have been criticised by some
:15:59. > :16:01.teachers and parents. So, how well are the preparations going? Our
:16:02. > :16:09.education correspondent Jamie McIvor has been to find out. Some say they
:16:10. > :16:14.are pioneers, others guinea pigs. These students are getting ready for
:16:15. > :16:21.their national five exams. Special holiday classes at their school are
:16:22. > :16:29.proving popular. A few subjects are bit worrying but overall it should
:16:30. > :16:33.be fine. I think I am quite well prepared. All of my teachers have
:16:34. > :16:39.been giving me lots of stuff like booklets with the knowledge that I
:16:40. > :16:44.need to know. We have all the previous exam papers but they are
:16:45. > :16:50.specimen papers but if we use them we feel quite confident. Standard
:16:51. > :17:02.grades are out, in an the nationals. They are more advanced and
:17:03. > :17:07.equivalent to a credit to standard grade. We have to remember the
:17:08. > :17:11.youngsters are studying national qualifications now but they have no
:17:12. > :17:16.reference to having studied standard grade. Unions worry about stress,
:17:17. > :17:21.bureaucracy and the amount of assessment through the year. In
:17:22. > :17:28.Inverness, Ferguson is revising but his dad is sceptical about the
:17:29. > :17:32.changes. Some pupils will be disadvantaged because they will be
:17:33. > :17:33.doing something which is new, and people don't understand fully how to
:17:34. > :17:41.operate it. people don't understand fully how to
:17:42. > :17:45.confident the exams themselves will go smoothly, perhaps the more
:17:46. > :17:48.interesting question is how well-prepared students across
:17:49. > :17:52.Scotland are for them and that will only be clear when the results are
:17:53. > :17:56.out. Let's turn our attentions to sport
:17:57. > :18:00.now, and Rhona. Good evening. Celtic's Anthony
:18:01. > :18:07.Stokes says it'll be "good for the whole of Scottish football" when
:18:08. > :18:10.Rangers get back to the top flight. As the Ibrox club's internal debates
:18:11. > :18:13.continue, Stokes concedes his opinion may not be popular among his
:18:14. > :18:16.club's own fans. The striker is also looking forward to playing at
:18:17. > :18:24.Murrayfield this summer, as he was once a budding second row forward.
:18:25. > :18:29.Kheredine Idessane reports. To renew or not to renew, that is
:18:30. > :18:32.the question for Rangers season-ticket holders. The
:18:33. > :18:35.cash-strapped club needs the money but Dave King and the Coalition of
:18:36. > :18:39.fans groups want to put it into a but Dave King and the Coalition of
:18:40. > :18:41.separate fund. On the but Dave King and the Coalition of
:18:42. > :18:45.may be out of the but Dave King and the Coalition of
:18:46. > :18:50.having won league one, they are one promotion away from the top flight
:18:51. > :18:54.and for one rival, that cannot come soon enough. It will be good for the
:18:55. > :18:59.whole of Scottish football when they get back to the top flight, that is
:19:00. > :19:05.my own personal opinion. Many would not agree but I think it can only
:19:06. > :19:17.benefit Scottish football. Stokes says he is playing the best football
:19:18. > :19:20.of his career, goals like this can back up that claim. He hopes more
:19:21. > :19:22.will come at the home of Scottish rugby where Celtic will play the
:19:23. > :19:28.Champions League qualifiers on the new pitch. The second row was bigger
:19:29. > :19:32.than most but then I got put out. It doesn't really matter, the
:19:33. > :19:39.supporters will travel wherever we go and make themselves heard. These
:19:40. > :19:43.days, a first-class second row was built like this. It seems Anthony
:19:44. > :19:47.Stokes made the right career move to choose football.
:19:48. > :19:54.Now, some more news stories across Scottish sport. Edinburgh Rugby head
:19:55. > :19:58.coach Alan Solomon says that failing to qualify for next year 's European
:19:59. > :20:03.champions cup would not be a failure. Edinburgh need a sixth
:20:04. > :20:08.place finish to qualify, they are currently ten points adrift in
:20:09. > :20:14.seven. I don't think it is going to be the end of the world. Clearly it
:20:15. > :20:19.would be ideal for us to play in that competition, and if we don't
:20:20. > :20:24.make it this season, that will be our biggest aim next year, to make
:20:25. > :20:37.sure we get the top six finish. The third Commonwealth Games finish for
:20:38. > :20:45.Caitlin McClatchey, despite struggling with a back injury.
:20:46. > :20:50.Murdoch just missed out on gold, he had already won the 100 metres in
:20:51. > :20:56.the new British world record. Glasgow 2014 is his big target for
:20:57. > :21:07.the year. There are more sports stories on our website.
:21:08. > :21:11.For triathletes, long hard days begin early, and go on late. But for
:21:12. > :21:15.Commonwealth Games hopeful Marc Austin there's even more than that -
:21:16. > :21:28.he's got to fit in his studies too. Jane Lewis reports. I have been
:21:29. > :21:36.doing it too close to ten years now so it is not... Well, it is a chore
:21:37. > :21:43.but I don't know any different. After his swim, a quick cycle home
:21:44. > :21:56.and breakfast sets him up for a gruelling road bike session. You do
:21:57. > :21:59.train on the bike every day and you start to feel pretty good on the
:22:00. > :22:06.bike and quite natural so that is the way you wanted to be when you
:22:07. > :22:12.come into races. After that, he bikes home, then back to university.
:22:13. > :22:18.Another maths tutorial is followed by a catch up with Stirling
:22:19. > :22:22.University's student coordinator. The programme offers support to
:22:23. > :22:30.athletes helping to combine studying, training and competing. It
:22:31. > :22:36.gives me academic flexibility so if I need to defer an exam, or I need
:22:37. > :22:47.more time for an assignment. The day is not over yet, the treadmill
:22:48. > :22:52.awaits. Obviously it is very important to be strong with this
:22:53. > :23:00.swimming and cycling but if you cannot run, you will never succeed
:23:01. > :23:11.in the triathlon. Finally home time, but safe to say he will be
:23:12. > :23:14.doing it all over again tomorrow. It's in the Guinness Book of Records
:23:15. > :23:17.as the cheapest film ever made but the Glaswegian accents were dubbed
:23:18. > :23:20.over in case audiences couldn't understand them. Bill Forsyth's
:23:21. > :23:26.debut film, That Sinking Feeling, has been re-released, this time with
:23:27. > :23:41.the original voices. Suzanne Allan went to meet the original cast. It
:23:42. > :23:47.was a group of characters trying to get rich. This actor is delighted to
:23:48. > :23:52.see the original back. It is back to what it used to be and you can get
:23:53. > :23:58.the human now and when they dubbed it the humour went right out the
:23:59. > :24:03.window. And the original music as well. It seems incredible the film
:24:04. > :24:08.was made for only ?5,000 but it cost a lot more to turn the accents from
:24:09. > :24:22.broad Glaswegian into refined Scots. Spot the difference. I have been
:24:23. > :24:28.thinking, you know that ginger beer factory up the road, it is a natural
:24:29. > :24:32.for a hit. In the heart of Glasgow, we thought we would bring a clip of
:24:33. > :24:38.the original film to see how easy it is for people to understand the
:24:39. > :24:47.original accent. I could understand less than half of that. No problem
:24:48. > :24:50.whatsoever. The British film Institute has spent three years
:24:51. > :24:56.painstakingly restoring the original. Do they feel they have
:24:57. > :25:01.done it justice? I think it was unfair, it was the nature of
:25:02. > :25:10.releasing films back then, they changed words, changed jokes, they
:25:11. > :25:17.took away Irn Bru and replaced it with ginger beer which took away the
:25:18. > :25:28.whole structure of the film. This time it will have the right accents.
:25:29. > :25:37.The weather forecast now, and is that going to give us that sinking
:25:38. > :25:39.feeling? Not too bad, it has been a glorious day with some lovely
:25:40. > :25:46.sunshine and feeling pleasant in that sunshine. As we head into the
:25:47. > :25:53.evening, holding on to the dry conditions overnight. There will be
:25:54. > :25:59.some cloud thickening up with rain starting to come in the morning with
:26:00. > :26:03.strengthening wind as well. Temperatures will recover by morning
:26:04. > :26:08.but it will stay chilly across parts of eastern and southern Scotland. A
:26:09. > :26:12.cold, bright, but sunny start especially across the south and the
:26:13. > :26:17.east. The rain in the west will gather force during the morning,
:26:18. > :26:25.moving south fairly slowly, so by the time we reach the afternoon it
:26:26. > :26:30.is still drive from many of us. -- still dry. The rain will move into
:26:31. > :26:37.the west Coast across still dry. The rain will move into
:26:38. > :26:41.Isles. It starts to move across the country as we had through the
:26:42. > :26:47.evening. If we take a look at what is happening Outlook wise as we head
:26:48. > :26:51.towards the weekend, the weather from responsible for tomorrow's rain
:26:52. > :26:56.clears away. High pressure is never too far away over the next few days
:26:57. > :27:00.which means quite a lot of dry, settled weather. However it is not
:27:01. > :27:04.quite strong settled weather. However it is not
:27:05. > :27:08.weather fronts at bay across the Atlantic which means we will have
:27:09. > :27:09.weather fronts at bay across the some showers. Those showers will be
:27:10. > :27:14.affecting the north and the west on some showers. Those showers will be
:27:15. > :27:18.Thursday, a lot of dry weather across southern and eastern parts
:27:19. > :27:22.and we are hopeful of seeing some bright additions feeding in,
:27:23. > :27:28.temperatures what you would expect to see at this time of year. On
:27:29. > :27:31.Friday, quite a lot of dry weather in the forecast again, with some
:27:32. > :27:41.showers across western part and the north. Now,
:27:42. > :27:43.showers across western part and the main news: The Defence Secretary
:27:44. > :27:46.Philip Hammond has warned that thousands of defence jobs will be at
:27:47. > :27:49.risk if Scotland votes for independence. But the First Minister
:27:50. > :27:53.has insisted that Royal Navy ships would still be built on the Clyde
:27:54. > :27:55.and further jobs would be secured through diversification.
:27:56. > :28:01.And that's Reporting Scotland. The late bulletin just after the ten
:28:02. > :28:03.o'clock news. Until then, from everyone on the team, have a very
:28:04. > :28:06.good evening.