:00:00. > 3:59:59firepower in military exercises. That is all from the BBC News at
:00:00. > :00:00.six. Tonight on Reporting Scotland:
:00:00. > :00:15.Celebrating the life of Margo MacDonald.
:00:16. > :00:18.More than a thousand people - family and friends - gather in the capital
:00:19. > :00:22.to honour the veteran politician with music and memories.
:00:23. > :00:26.Also tonight: A U-turn from the Confederation of British Industry.
:00:27. > :00:30.The CBI says it won't now register as a campaigner against Scottish
:00:31. > :00:33.independence. Labour's Shadow Cabinet comes to
:00:34. > :00:42.Glasgow. Ed Miliband says he's happy to fight the SNP in the battle for
:00:43. > :00:45.left-of-centre votes. Tributes to the Rangers, Hearts and
:00:46. > :00:56.Scotland legend Sandy Jardin, who's died of cancer. In comparison with
:00:57. > :01:01.some of the other great players of the world, you understood this
:01:02. > :01:03.homebred product was equal of anybody.
:01:04. > :01:04.And the Scots in Rome - preparing to celebrate Pope John-Paul II becoming
:01:05. > :01:22.a saint. Good evening. Margo MacDonald's
:01:23. > :01:24.dying wish was for Scotland to remain united whatever the outcome
:01:25. > :01:30.of September's independence referendum. The message was conveyed
:01:31. > :01:33.by her husband, Jim Sillars, at a memorial service in Edinburgh.
:01:34. > :01:36.Friends, familiar faces and politicians from across public life
:01:37. > :01:41.lined up to pay tribute with speeches, music, and jokes. Our
:01:42. > :01:51.political editor, Brian Taylor, was there too.
:01:52. > :02:00.They cute, they converged. Family, friends. They heeded the request for
:02:01. > :02:05.a colourful sendoff. Tears of laughter and joy are permitted. Alex
:02:06. > :02:10.Neill seemed close to breaking his own role. The last 31 years, Margo
:02:11. > :02:16.MacDonald has been the flower of Scotland. More importantly for me,
:02:17. > :02:26.she has been my loyal and true friend. I will miss her terribly. So
:02:27. > :02:29.will Scotland. APPLAUSE. Crowds filled the assembly hall where
:02:30. > :02:37.Scotland's first parliament met. There was a motion. There was
:02:38. > :02:42.laughter as well. Elaine Smith brought growth and a reminder. Weigh
:02:43. > :02:46.we cannot underestimate the power of Margo MacDonald on the political
:02:47. > :02:49.scene, especially on young women from a class and sex that was not
:02:50. > :02:55.represented or heard. Then to Jim Sillars, her husband.
:02:56. > :03:01.Mother had fretted in her final days, but the referendum might leave
:03:02. > :03:07.corrosive division. She wanted a close of polling to close that down.
:03:08. > :03:12.At one minute past ten, whatever the result, she wanted those divisions
:03:13. > :03:20.to enter, and this nation to seek the unity of purpose.
:03:21. > :03:27.If Margo could tip date without conceding one iota of printable but
:03:28. > :03:33.do so without venom, so can we all. -- debate. If she can respect the
:03:34. > :03:45.rights of the other side, so can we all. Prolonged applause from both
:03:46. > :03:52.sides in the referendum. Finally, the Proclaimers.
:03:53. > :04:02.Appreciation from lifelong Hearts for humans. --
:04:03. > :04:18.Appreciation from lifelong Hearts fans. WOMAN SINGS TRADITIONAL SONG.
:04:19. > :04:23.At the close, the ads from the start of the Scottish parliament. Margo
:04:24. > :04:34.MacDonald's dying wish was to appeal to human -- united to prevail.
:04:35. > :04:37.The CBI is to reverse its position as a registered campaigner opposed
:04:38. > :04:39.to Scottish independence. The employers' organisation registered
:04:40. > :04:43.last week with the Electoral Commission, allowing it to spend up
:04:44. > :04:46.to ?150,000 in campaigning for a 'no' vote ahead of the referendum in
:04:47. > :04:54.September. But several members then left. Why do you turn? It is quite
:04:55. > :04:59.extraordinary. It began Wednesday of last week. The CBI registered with
:05:00. > :05:04.the electro- commission as a nonparty participant on the no side
:05:05. > :05:08.of the independence campaign. It had said it was already against
:05:09. > :05:11.independence, but dismissed it to an official higher level. It put
:05:12. > :05:16.several of its members in a difficult position, apart from
:05:17. > :05:18.allowing it to spell ?150,000 on campaigning. Several companies that
:05:19. > :05:28.wanted to be seen as a pupil pulled out. -- neutral. The BBC suspended
:05:29. > :05:33.its membership of the CBI. In the past hour, we have had confirmation
:05:34. > :05:36.that this was all a mistake. It did not get approved at the most senior
:05:37. > :05:40.levels as it should've been. It was signed off by someone more junior
:05:41. > :05:48.who should not have been qualified to do that. The CBI wants to
:05:49. > :05:51.reverse, nano five! Nullify its registration. This is a deeply
:05:52. > :05:55.embarrassing position for the director-general to explain as he
:05:56. > :06:00.did a few minutes ago. It has been an extremely difficult with the
:06:01. > :06:04.CBI. The CBI has had to learn the lessons of a mistake made. We have
:06:05. > :06:09.regrouped as swiftly as record. We have taken legal -- legal advice so
:06:10. > :06:13.we know what was said. We have identified a strategy for moving
:06:14. > :06:20.forward, and we are that action forward. I say again, mistakes
:06:21. > :06:23.happen in life. It may reverse that position, though its main critic
:06:24. > :06:28.says it may not be allowed to withdraw from the position and has.
:06:29. > :06:33.It has moved from shambles into farce. Even if it can withdraw from
:06:34. > :06:36.the position, you will find it very hard to reverse the damage that has
:06:37. > :06:40.been done to its reputation. Thank you.
:06:41. > :06:43.The Labour leader, Ed Miliband, says he's happy to fight toe-to-toe with
:06:44. > :06:47.the SNP in the battle for left-of-centre votes. In Glasgow for
:06:48. > :06:50.a meeting of his Shadow Cabinet, he said a UK Labour government rather
:06:51. > :06:53.than independence was the best route to what he called "social justice"
:06:54. > :06:56.here. The First Minister, Alex Salmond, says it's time for Scotland
:06:57. > :07:04.to take the future into its own hands. Here's our political
:07:05. > :07:10.correspondent, Glenn Campbell. The campaign for a no vote here, the
:07:11. > :07:18.Shadow challenge -- Chancellor Ed Balls. What do you think about this
:07:19. > :07:25.referendum? I don't know. I haven't decided yet. Undecided on
:07:26. > :07:29.independence, traditionally Labour. It is voters like this woman but
:07:30. > :07:34.both sides in the referendum campaign considered key to the
:07:35. > :07:40.outcome on September the 18th. Voted yes to reclaim the Labour Party. Won
:07:41. > :07:45.APPLAUSE. The SNP made a pitch for Labour yes votes at their recent
:07:46. > :07:48.conference. Today, Ed Miliband came to Glasgow's Commonwealth Games
:07:49. > :07:53.arena to make labour's case for Scotland to stay in the UK. The
:07:54. > :07:58.reality is that if Scotland left the United Kingdom, if we have been
:07:59. > :08:03.competing against each other, it will be a race to the bottom in
:08:04. > :08:08.terms of wages and tax rates. I'm happy to go toe to toe with the
:08:09. > :08:13.SNP. I believe our proposals are far better. After a meeting, Mr Miliband
:08:14. > :08:18.promised to curb the use of zero hours contracts if he wins power. It
:08:19. > :08:21.is rivals in the Scottish Government that say they also want to take on
:08:22. > :08:26.employers who hire staff without guaranteeing work. When we take the
:08:27. > :08:30.future of our country into our own hands, that is in the Scottish ideas
:08:31. > :08:34.and Scottish consensus on issues like the living wage and zero our
:08:35. > :08:37.contracts can be brought forward. We need the power to improve things in
:08:38. > :08:44.our own country and take on future into our own hands. Ed Miliband is
:08:45. > :08:48.stepping up labour's referendum campaign effort amid some criticism
:08:49. > :08:51.within the ranks of the edited together campaign that the party has
:08:52. > :08:58.not been pulled in its wake. He denies that. The alliance that this
:08:59. > :09:03.debate has shown with the Tories and Lib Dems has really worried a lot of
:09:04. > :09:11.ours. In regards to the referendum debate, they are sleepwalking. More
:09:12. > :09:14.questions from Labour supporters in Motherwell tonight. Mr Miliband says
:09:15. > :09:16.he's confident but not complacent that Scotland will stick with the
:09:17. > :09:19.UK. The world of Scottish football has
:09:20. > :09:23.today been remembering one of its greatest figures. Sandy Jardine died
:09:24. > :09:27.last night, at the age of 65 from cancer. He played for Rangers,
:09:28. > :09:30.Hearts, and Scotland, and is perhaps best remembered for winning the
:09:31. > :09:34.European Cup Winners' Cup with Rangers in 1972. Our sport
:09:35. > :09:41.presenter, David Currie, is at Ibrox for us now. David, what's been
:09:42. > :09:45.happening there today? Yes, Sally, people have been coming here most of
:09:46. > :09:48.the day to pay their own personal tributes to Sandy Jardine, a man who
:09:49. > :10:03.the Rangers manager Ally McCoist called a true club legend.
:10:04. > :10:11.Remembering one of the greats, , some reflecting in silence, others
:10:12. > :10:16.sharing memories. Sandy Jardine! Sandy Jardine played many games for
:10:17. > :10:21.Rangers, winning three of the Sandy Jardine played many games for
:10:22. > :10:34.champagne of the club's gritters win. He played up the front, he
:10:35. > :10:37.played at the back. He scored on all the opposition. He played in two
:10:38. > :10:45.world cups. He was a world-class player. Jardine also played and was
:10:46. > :10:50.manager at Hearts, becoming Scotland player of the year in 1986. He was
:10:51. > :10:56.in his late 30s. Another remarkable achievement in a remarkable career.
:10:57. > :11:01.He played at the highest level in the world cups. When you saw him in
:11:02. > :11:04.comparison at that level with some of the other great players in the
:11:05. > :11:12.world, you understood that this homebred product was equal of
:11:13. > :11:18.anybody. His peers remain to him as a player and a gentleman. We are
:11:19. > :11:26.from different sides of the divide in Glasgow. He was a great man, a
:11:27. > :11:30.tough opponent, eight footballer. You'd rather have him with
:11:31. > :11:36.tough opponent, eight footballer. against you. His wife was a great
:11:37. > :11:43.life, and he has left a lot of good memories behind. He was just Mr
:11:44. > :11:48.perfect. Playing days behind him, he had a number of behind-the-scenes
:11:49. > :11:50.role find him at Ibrox and became a figurehead while the club was in
:11:51. > :11:58.administration will stop cube leaves behind his wife and two children. --
:11:59. > :12:01.he leaves behind his wife and two children. There will be a minute's
:12:02. > :12:06.silence before the Rangers match against Stranraer here at Ibrox
:12:07. > :12:10.tomorrow in memory of Sandy Jardine. I'll be back later in the programme
:12:11. > :12:19.with the rest of the day's sports news, including news of Rangers
:12:20. > :12:23.financial situation. See you then. Thank you very much.
:12:24. > :12:25.The criminal justice system is failing to protect cyclists and
:12:26. > :12:29.pedestrians, according to campaigners for a change in the law.
:12:30. > :12:32.The claims are based on figures suggesting that only a small number
:12:33. > :12:35.of collisions involving a motorist and a cyclist are referred to
:12:36. > :12:37.prosecutors. Police say they'll always report an incident for
:12:38. > :12:43.prosecution if there's enough evidence. Here's our transport
:12:44. > :12:48.correspondent, David Miller. Scotland Street can be a hostile
:12:49. > :12:50.place the cyclists. Constant vigilance is needed to avoid
:12:51. > :12:55.collision. Figures vigilance is needed to avoid
:12:56. > :12:58.safety campaigners say relatively few collisions involving cyclists
:12:59. > :13:04.are referred to prosecutors. That has led to calls for a change in
:13:05. > :13:09.all. Are lagging behind. We do not have some form of system of
:13:10. > :13:15.liability. Cyclists and pedestrians are vulnerable road users and users
:13:16. > :13:20.-- need as much protection as they can get, both from criminal law and
:13:21. > :13:28.civil law. Air taxi has come around this road and broadsided me. The
:13:29. > :13:32.campaigners want Scotland to adopt a system of presumed liability in
:13:33. > :13:36.civil cases. Motorists would be liable for injury or damages unless
:13:37. > :13:41.they could prove otherwise. Presumed liability will focus drivers' minds
:13:42. > :13:47.that there are other road users, not just cars. Being a motorist myself,
:13:48. > :13:50.you have to be aware that cyclists are vulnerable. The authorities are
:13:51. > :13:57.not convinced. Transport Scotland seven this does not seem to be
:13:58. > :14:02.robust evidence to suggest the liability will improve safety. I can
:14:03. > :14:04.see how will work in Holland and France where there are
:14:05. > :14:08.see how will work in Holland and cycling facilities, but in Scotland
:14:09. > :14:09.see how will work in Holland and I don't there are readiness for
:14:10. > :14:14.presumed liability. I don't there are readiness for
:14:15. > :14:17.firmly on the political agenda. The transport minister has said he will
:14:18. > :14:26.be taking part in tomorrow's pedal on Parliament protest ride.
:14:27. > :14:29.Now let's take a look at other stories from around the country.
:14:30. > :14:32.With less than three months to go until the start of the Commonwealth
:14:33. > :14:36.Games, Glasgow 2014 has lost its Deputy Chief Executive. American Ty
:14:37. > :14:39.Speer is to take up a new role overseas. He leaves having delivered
:14:40. > :14:42.94% of the tickets sold, and with around 100 million pounds secured in
:14:43. > :14:46.sponsorship deals. Glasgow 2014 says they will not be looking for a
:14:47. > :14:50.successor. Police say enquiries are ongoing
:14:51. > :14:55.after a fire damaged 21 cars at a car park servicing Edinburgh
:14:56. > :14:58.Airport. The blaze broke out at the Queen Anne Drive car park at the
:14:59. > :15:03.Lochend Industrial Estate in Newbridge early this morning.
:15:04. > :15:08.The RAF has released images of two Russian aircraft picked up close to
:15:09. > :15:10.UK airspace earlier this week. Typhoon fighters from RAF Leuchars
:15:11. > :15:15.were scrambled to intercept the aircraft north of Shetland on
:15:16. > :15:17.Wednesday. They've been identified as Russian TU-95 Bears on a routine
:15:18. > :15:27.training exercise. as Russian TU-95 Bears on a routine
:15:28. > :15:31.time, the growing fleet car show will be open to the
:15:32. > :15:34.time, the growing fleet car show Saturday. The event aims to promote
:15:35. > :15:37.low emission vehicles. The organisers say they are simply
:15:38. > :15:39.responding to demand and growing interest right across Scotland in
:15:40. > :15:41.green vehicles. Scotland's northernmost and newest
:15:42. > :15:45.Search and Rescue helicopter has been named after one of its
:15:46. > :15:48.predecessors. Oscar Charlie will be based in Shetland and replaces its
:15:49. > :15:52.namesake which earned a place in the heart of the island community and
:15:53. > :16:01.saved lives in the Piper Alpha and Braer oil tanker disasters. Oscar
:16:02. > :16:06.Charlie has been part of the local community for the last 30 years, and
:16:07. > :16:09.we thought with the new technology and with the UK search and rescue
:16:10. > :16:10.contracts that it would be appropriate to have Oscar Charlie
:16:11. > :16:18.back. Time for more sport, and it's back
:16:19. > :16:22.to Ibrox stadium in Glasgow, and David Currie.
:16:23. > :16:26.Rangers hope to raise up to ?30 million in the next three years. A
:16:27. > :16:29.business review just published also accuses previous boards of
:16:30. > :16:38.squandering tens of millions in a year and a half. Rangers say the
:16:39. > :16:41.financial situation means staff redundancies are necessary. Our
:16:42. > :16:50.senior football reporter Alasdair Lamont is here to tell us more. The
:16:51. > :16:54.review paints a bleak picture. Bit does. It has been a gloomy day at
:16:55. > :16:59.Rangers altogether. Not least for those that we will lose their jobs.
:17:00. > :17:02.The board has been scathing of financial practices that have gone
:17:03. > :17:13.on here up until the end of last year. Today's review States that ?70
:17:14. > :17:19.million was spent or misspent. Several players were brought in that
:17:20. > :17:26.could not be afforded at the time. Contracts were offered on overly
:17:27. > :17:30.generous terms. There were expensive purchases and a lack of financial
:17:31. > :17:37.accountability. The Chief Executive has said today we have currently
:17:38. > :17:46.less than ?3.5 million had any bank in December 2013. It has reiterated
:17:47. > :17:58.the need for strong ticket sales. But also the ability to buy tickets
:17:59. > :18:02.with debit and credit cards. They have said that strong ticket sales
:18:03. > :18:09.are necessary for this club to keep going.
:18:10. > :18:14.Is the plan to remedy the situation? The code release more shares to
:18:15. > :18:19.current shareholders if they cannot sell enough season tickets. Beyond
:18:20. > :18:24.that, we are looking at another share issue for the bulk of the ?30
:18:25. > :18:28.million they want to raise. How much they can realistically bring in,
:18:29. > :18:36.having gone through that process, is up for debate. There are also
:18:37. > :18:42.bringing in a new chief operating officer to oversee a new scouting
:18:43. > :18:50.network. Also, the ambitious aim to bring the Premiership title back
:18:51. > :18:53.here by the end of 2017. Now, a look at what else is
:18:54. > :18:57.happening across Scottish sport. Glasgow and Edinburgh play tomorrow
:18:58. > :19:00.in the Pro league at Scotstoun. It's also the 1872 Cup decider. Edinburgh
:19:01. > :19:03.boosted by the return of captain Greg Laidlaw.
:19:04. > :19:08.We are playing against a team that is doing well in the league and is
:19:09. > :19:10.competing for a semifinal. We understand the challenge that lies
:19:11. > :19:13.ahead. An important match tonight in the
:19:14. > :19:15.Premiership in the race to avoid the play-off place. Partick Thistle take
:19:16. > :19:18.on St Mirren. The Saints play-off place. Partick Thistle take
:19:19. > :19:22.last time at Firhill. Live coverage on BBC Alba and on Radio Scotland.
:19:23. > :19:25.Australia born Fiona Themann has swapped life down under to play
:19:26. > :19:29.netball for Scotland. She made her debut against Trinidad and Tobago,
:19:30. > :19:38.and it's all in tribute to her late father from Inverness.
:19:39. > :19:44.My dad was the number one fan back home. A big Scottish accent.
:19:45. > :19:48.And there's more about Fiona and Scottish netball in general on Sport
:19:49. > :19:51.Fourteen on Sunday night at 6pm on BBC Two.
:19:52. > :20:01.And stay up to date with all the latest sports stories at the BBC
:20:02. > :20:06.Sport Scotland website. That is all the sport from Ibrox.
:20:07. > :20:12.On Sunday, Pope John Paul II will be made a saint. The Pole led the
:20:13. > :20:16.Catholic Church for 27 years until his death in 2005. He became the
:20:17. > :20:18.first Pope ever to visit Scotland in 1982 when hundreds of thousands
:20:19. > :20:21.attended a Mass at Glasgow's Bellahouston Park. Many will gather
:20:22. > :20:25.again this weekend to celebrate his sainthood, as Laura Maxwell reports.
:20:26. > :20:32.Preparations are well under way in Rome ahead of the canonisation of
:20:33. > :20:36.Pope John Paul II. 3 million people are expected to gather here, among
:20:37. > :20:44.them these students from Glasgow. The school is named after Pope John
:20:45. > :20:49.Paul II. All of the pupils are very aware and to mark the event we have
:20:50. > :20:53.brought over 60 students to be present at the Mass for the
:20:54. > :20:58.Kalamazoo Asian of our patron. It. Us a lot of different things and we
:20:59. > :21:04.have a better understanding of why we are here. It has made us realise
:21:05. > :21:08.how much of a privilege it is to be here.
:21:09. > :21:14.In June 1982, they their thousands.
:21:15. > :21:19.A phenomenal turnout here in Glasgow. Full stack John Paul II
:21:20. > :21:23.became the first Pope to visit Scotland. It is estimated that one
:21:24. > :21:28.in three Catholics attended the lowest in Glasgow. His visit
:21:29. > :21:33.strengthened their ties to Rome. The church is: Does attempt to rebuild
:21:34. > :21:36.those ties, following the sexual misconduct of Cardinal Keith
:21:37. > :21:40.O'Brien. He was appointed by Pope John Paul II. Some critics said he
:21:41. > :21:50.failed to address the wider issue during his papacy. For those who met
:21:51. > :21:57.him, the Pope touched their lives. When we stand in front of the
:21:58. > :22:02.Bishop, and he anoints you with the oil, my eyes were fixed on his eyes.
:22:03. > :22:07.That is something I still remember. It was a special moment.
:22:08. > :22:08.And another special moment will be shared out thousands here in
:22:09. > :22:16.Scotland and Sunday.
:22:17. > :22:35.Now let's get the weather. picture. The rain is making its way
:22:36. > :22:41.up from England. It will be heavy at times overnight. It continues
:22:42. > :22:50.northwards. This is what will happen after 8pm. The rain will work its
:22:51. > :22:59.way northwards. A breezy night. The rain will be quite heavy. Not a cold
:23:00. > :23:02.night. Around nine Celsius. To start the weekend, tomorrow morning will
:23:03. > :23:08.be wet initially and windy. The rain will be heavy for a time in Aberdeen
:23:09. > :23:17.and Inverness. Some dry weather behind that. Then wet again. The
:23:18. > :23:24.rain loses its intensity as we move through the day. At 4pm tomorrow,
:23:25. > :23:31.some sunshine in the South. Cloudy and cool along the East Coast.
:23:32. > :23:36.Cloudy through parts of Perthshire and Tayside. In the North West, some
:23:37. > :23:43.sunshine. But cloudy and damp for Orkney. Shetland should stay dry.
:23:44. > :23:52.Periods of cloudy and damp weather to come. Winds from the East or
:23:53. > :24:05.South East. 50 mph winds. Through parts of the Perthshire and Angus
:24:06. > :24:14.hills, the same. Towards the east, a southeasterly wind. There will be
:24:15. > :24:22.mist as well. Some late sunshine in the afternoon. But fairly cloudy and
:24:23. > :24:29.damp. On Sunday, low pressure continues to stay with us. But the
:24:30. > :24:34.easterly continues, so we have cloudy and cold conditions. Drier in
:24:35. > :24:40.the West. The winds will be lighter. Next week, we'll be better,
:24:41. > :24:46.thankfully. We lose the mist on the east coastal. Try and break for most
:24:47. > :24:54.parts of the country. -- dry and bright.
:24:55. > :25:00.And that's Reporting Scotland. Have a very good evening.