:00:00. > :00:08.Tonight on Reporting Scotland: Three men, cleared of stabbing this
:00:09. > :00:13.Lanarkshire waiter to death 16 years ago could stand trial again. Surjit
:00:14. > :00:18.Singh Chhokar's family hear the Crown apply for a new prosecution.
:00:19. > :00:21.A review of the long-term care of chronically ill people says they'll
:00:22. > :00:23.have to pay their own care home costs.
:00:24. > :00:32.Scottish police are in the Philippines in an operation against
:00:33. > :00:40.a blackmail ring making 58 arrests. One of the group's victims is
:00:41. > :00:43.thought to be this Fife teenager. Late and way over budget but a
:00:44. > :00:47.date's finally set for Edinburgh's new trams to carry their first
:00:48. > :00:50.paying passengers. Join me later in Belgium as Black Watch veterans
:00:51. > :00:52.gather to honour those from their regiment who fell in the First World
:00:53. > :00:57.War. Also tonight: just one game left,
:00:58. > :01:00.just one trophy to win. Three teams still have a chance of winning one
:01:01. > :01:16.promotion place to the Premiership. We preview helicopter Saturday.
:01:17. > :01:21.Good evening. Three men who were cleared of the
:01:22. > :01:28.murder of an Asian man in Lanarkshire almost 16 years ago
:01:29. > :01:31.could stand trial again. Surjit Singh Chhokar was stabbed to death
:01:32. > :01:34.outside his home in Overtown in November 1998. Despite two trials no
:01:35. > :01:38.one has been convicted of the murder. Now the Crown is to apply to
:01:39. > :01:40.the High Court to allow a new prosecution under double jeopardy
:01:41. > :01:43.legislation. Catriona Renton reports. For 15 and a half years,
:01:44. > :01:47.this family have been looking for justice for their son. Today they
:01:48. > :01:51.came to the Crown office to hear about developments in the case.
:01:52. > :01:58.Surjit Singh Chhokar was 32 when he died. He worked as a waiter. On the
:01:59. > :02:02.4th of November, 1998, he was stabbed to death in the street
:02:03. > :02:08.outside his house in the Overtown part of town. Three men, Ronnie
:02:09. > :02:14.Coulter, his nephew Andrew, and a third man, David Montgomery, Wall
:02:15. > :02:18.tried and acquitted of his murder. -- were all tried. They blamed each
:02:19. > :02:26.other. Scotland's top prosecutors met the family. Following changes to
:02:27. > :02:29.double jeopardy rule is, the same people can be tried again for the
:02:30. > :02:32.same offence and they have applied to the court for a retrial.
:02:33. > :02:37.Parallels have been drawn between this case and that of the murdered
:02:38. > :02:43.teenager Stephen Lawrence in 1993. Two men were convicted in his case
:02:44. > :02:48.following changes to the double jeopardy rules. Following the
:02:49. > :02:54.changes, the family gave the statement: The Crown will make an
:02:55. > :02:57.application to the appeal court and a double jeopardy legislation to
:02:58. > :03:02.bring fresh proceedings for murder against three men. There still
:03:03. > :03:07.remain significant legal hurdles to overcome. 15 long years after he was
:03:08. > :03:10.murdered, people may have forgotten his name but his family never gave
:03:11. > :03:15.up hope for justice. Now it will be up to three judges to
:03:16. > :03:20.decide whether the Crown will be allowed to read prosecutors the case
:03:21. > :03:27.of Surjit Singh Chhokar. -- to prosecute.
:03:28. > :03:29.A review of the long-term care of chronically ill people has
:03:30. > :03:33.recommended that they should not have their care home costs paid by
:03:34. > :03:37.the NHS. It means people who need a high level of nursing care will have
:03:38. > :03:40.to pay their care home costs in future. Our health correspondent
:03:41. > :03:43.Eleanor Bradford is here. Firstly, do we know how many people are
:03:44. > :03:46.affected? We know it affects around 5% of people who are currently in
:03:47. > :03:49.care homes. If you have a high level of care needs, your care should be
:03:50. > :03:53.paid for by the NHS. That is in addition to the free personal care
:03:54. > :03:57.that everybody gets already. The BBC has revealed that the number of
:03:58. > :04:01.people getting all their care costs paid has been inexplicably falling
:04:02. > :04:10.in Scotland and rising in England. That led to a review of the system.
:04:11. > :04:15.What did the review find? It reaffirmed what we have found. A
:04:16. > :04:18.postcode lottery. People not eligible. What it recommended was
:04:19. > :04:23.that from next year nobody in care homes should get all of their care
:04:24. > :04:27.home fees paid by the NHS. And the reasoning? The report says anyone
:04:28. > :04:31.needing this level of care should be in a hospital anyway but that is at
:04:32. > :04:36.odds with what happened in England, where it is recognised that people
:04:37. > :04:50.with this level of care can be cared for in a nursing home. I spoke to an
:04:51. > :04:53.expert lawyer today who says he thinks this could be illegal. If you
:04:54. > :04:55.are already in receipt of continuing care, this particular benefit will
:04:56. > :04:57.always continue, it is just new claimants that are affected.
:04:58. > :05:00.Scottish police officers have been taking part in an Interpol led
:05:01. > :05:05.operation in the Philippines against an online blackmail syndicate. 58
:05:06. > :05:08.people have been arrested. One of the group's victims was Fife
:05:09. > :05:10.teenager Daniel Perry who died after being targeted by them. Our home
:05:11. > :05:16.affairs correspondent Reevel Alderson reports. Filipino police
:05:17. > :05:21.raid a call centre in Manila, but this is no ordinary commercial
:05:22. > :05:26.operation. It is on an industrial scale, shown on a board on which
:05:27. > :05:29.bonuses are posted, they have targeted vulnerable people online
:05:30. > :05:33.before befriending and blackmailing them after persuading them into
:05:34. > :05:37.compromising situations. This raid followed the death of 17-year-old
:05:38. > :05:41.Daniel Perry, who fell from the Forth Road Bridge. He was a victim
:05:42. > :05:46.of the gang and his computer records helped Interpol track them down. The
:05:47. > :05:57.investigation into the death of Daniel has focused attention on the
:05:58. > :05:59.really serious consequences of some of the activity that has been
:06:00. > :06:02.uncovered as a result of the operation. It is not a victimless
:06:03. > :06:04.crime when we are talking about terms like extortion. It is serious
:06:05. > :06:15.criminality. Daniel's mother issued a statement:
:06:16. > :06:22.Police from Hong Kong, Australia, the US and Singapore, where victims
:06:23. > :06:28.are also known to have been targeted by the gang, were involved as well.
:06:29. > :06:33.The rage discovered call centre style booths used by operators. The
:06:34. > :06:37.scale of this extortion is massive and it was run with one goal in
:06:38. > :06:41.mind, to make money regardless of the terrible emotional damage
:06:42. > :06:43.inflicted on the victims. No matter where criminals carry out their
:06:44. > :06:48.crimes and try to hide behind the anonymity of the internet, law
:06:49. > :06:53.enforcement is equally determined in the efforts to track them down and
:06:54. > :06:57.bring them to justice. The seized computers will now be examined to
:06:58. > :07:03.identify any more additional victims in the UK.
:07:04. > :07:05.Aberdeen City Council has revealed it's changed its process for the
:07:06. > :07:09.cremation of children. Since last November the authority says ashes
:07:10. > :07:17.have been recovered in all cases and returned to the parents. It follows
:07:18. > :07:23.a damning report into the Mortonhall crematorium in Edinburgh. Kevin,
:07:24. > :07:27.what has the council been saying? All along the council has been
:07:28. > :07:31.emphasising that what happened in the building behind me in recent
:07:32. > :07:36.years is very different from what happened at Mortonhall. There are,
:07:37. > :07:41.ashes were kept and disposed of without the consent of parents. Here
:07:42. > :07:45.the council says the parents did not get the ashes because they did not
:07:46. > :07:49.exist. They have got a furnace that burns on such a high temperature
:07:50. > :07:53.that there are no ashes left at the end of the process, just a small
:07:54. > :07:59.quantity of dust which escapes through a flu in the machinery and
:08:00. > :08:03.into the atmosphere. But they have visited a crematorium elsewhere in
:08:04. > :08:07.the country and they have followed the practices there, which allow
:08:08. > :08:11.them here to retain some sort of ashes, and since November last year
:08:12. > :08:15.they have been handing over those ashes to bereaved parents who want
:08:16. > :08:19.them. The council's leader says they have done that to provide some kind
:08:20. > :08:25.of extradition or bereavement service for those parents affected.
:08:26. > :08:30.There will be regrets there perhaps. We have tried to be honest with
:08:31. > :08:38.people as well about the situation, and we have been honest in the past,
:08:39. > :08:42.just as we are now. Well, the solicitor for some of the families
:08:43. > :08:45.affected by what happened here have issued a statement. They say that
:08:46. > :08:48.they hope that the statement from the council today signalled the
:08:49. > :08:52.beginning of a more compassionate and open position by the council
:08:53. > :08:58.towards bereaved parents. Thank you.
:08:59. > :09:01.Edinburgh's new trams will carry their first paying passengers on
:09:02. > :09:04.Saturday 31st May. But there's still no word on when a long-awaited
:09:05. > :09:08.public inquiry may happen into why the project is so late and so
:09:09. > :09:13.heavily over budget. Our transport correspondent, David Miller,
:09:14. > :09:18.reports. They are ready to roll and Edinburgh's long-suffering citizens
:09:19. > :09:22.don't have much longer to wait. This has been an exceptionally long
:09:23. > :09:28.journey for the people of Edinburgh and the trams are not even running
:09:29. > :09:32.for real yet. Last we now know that Saturday the 31st of May will be the
:09:33. > :09:39.day when paying passengers can get on board for the very first time.
:09:40. > :09:46.But other politicians in charge of the project expecting any credit
:09:47. > :09:48.from voters? No. I understand and I understand as a resident who has
:09:49. > :09:53.chosen to live here for the last 35 years and brought up my family, that
:09:54. > :10:01.the people of Edinburgh have been very frustrated because we are over
:10:02. > :10:05.in terms of budget and time. The timetable has not been delivered.
:10:06. > :10:09.Along the tram route, opinion is divided. They have spent ridiculous
:10:10. > :10:14.sums of money multiple times over, digging up the same streets again
:10:15. > :10:18.and again. I am not interested. As a capital city, we need a tram system.
:10:19. > :10:23.The whole journey has been long but they think it turned Edinburgh into
:10:24. > :10:28.a modern city. An inquiry has long been demanded. Can I ask the First
:10:29. > :10:31.Minister in light of new information regarding the Edinburgh tram project
:10:32. > :10:40.whether he agrees with me that the time has come to instigate a full
:10:41. > :10:45.public inquiry? But will it be delivered? I am supportive of a
:10:46. > :10:49.public inquiry into the project. Today ministers would say only that
:10:50. > :10:52.they are willing to consider an inquiry. They want the focus to be
:10:53. > :11:11.on a smooth launch to the tram service.
:11:12. > :11:16.It was a tin of Scottish Labour to launch their campaign to the
:11:17. > :11:20.European elections today. Tasty treats to encourage people to
:11:21. > :11:25.come at lunchtime. The way to people's heart is through the pocket
:11:26. > :11:28.so promises about jobs and wages during this tour of a Glasgow
:11:29. > :11:32.college. Some places here are funded by the EU, one of the benefits of
:11:33. > :11:37.working in partnership and cooperation with the UK and Europe,
:11:38. > :11:41.say Labour. European Union has been very for Scotland. We can see the
:11:42. > :11:46.benefits of working in partnership right across Europe. Calvin College
:11:47. > :11:49.has benefited from European funding and we want to make sure that we
:11:50. > :12:00.send voices to Europe that will stand up to Europe for Scotland. Red
:12:01. > :12:05.in tooth and claw, there is also an attack on the SNP in the beauty
:12:06. > :12:14.salon. They have been compared unfavourably with idle for Raja and
:12:15. > :12:19.UKIP. -- with Nigel Farage. Indeed, the referendum fight is firmly in
:12:20. > :12:23.the limelight. So why bother with these elections when turnout is
:12:24. > :12:27.traditionally low? Even more important than the previous European
:12:28. > :12:31.elections, these will determine the shape of the Parliament and the next
:12:32. > :12:34.European Commission as well. It determines who controls the
:12:35. > :12:38.Parliament and the executive as well, which will really matter in
:12:39. > :12:41.terms of delivering rights for our consumers and jobs for our people
:12:42. > :12:45.and decent conditions in the workplace. The tour of the College
:12:46. > :12:51.ends on the audio department. Labour hopes you will like the sound of
:12:52. > :12:53.their message on polling day. They are hoping to get three MEPs rather
:12:54. > :13:00.than two. Hundreds of mourners have attended
:13:01. > :13:03.the funeral of the former Rangers and Scotland player Sandy Jardine.
:13:04. > :13:13.Among them were Sir Alex Ferguson and current Rangers manager Ally
:13:14. > :13:17.McCoist. Through the streets of as native Edinburgh, a live final
:13:18. > :13:28.journey from a man whose loss has been keenly felt. Around 1000
:13:29. > :13:34.mourners attended. A winner of the leaks and cups aplenty at Rangers,
:13:35. > :13:42.the defender gained hero status at both Ibrox and Tynecastle, when he
:13:43. > :13:46.played for and managed Hearts. John Gregg, the captain of the team that
:13:47. > :13:53.tasted European success helped carry the coffin. He will be remembered as
:13:54. > :14:02.one of the greatest ambassadors in the game. He was a wonderful player,
:14:03. > :14:15.but warned no grudges after the game was finished. He had been battling
:14:16. > :14:22.cancer but was not one to complain. Let us remember him for all his
:14:23. > :14:34.great qualities. To finish, a rendition of a favourite song.
:14:35. > :14:39.. Organisers of this summer's
:14:40. > :14:40.Commonwealth Games in Glasgow are releasing an additional 100,000
:14:41. > :14:50.tickets for what Hundreds of Black Watch
:14:51. > :14:54.veterans have travelled from Scotland to Belgium to pay tribute
:14:55. > :14:57.to members of the regiment who fell in the First World War.
:14:58. > :15:01.They will attend the unveiling of a statue in an area in the north of
:15:02. > :15:04.the country known as Black Watch Corner. Our reporter Andrew Anderson
:15:05. > :15:15.is at the Menin Gate, near the town of Ypres. A very Scottish flavour to
:15:16. > :15:23.the service tonight. The men from the Black Watch came to pay the
:15:24. > :15:27.respects. A lament for the fallen. This is one of the many war
:15:28. > :15:35.cemeteries in this part of northern Belgium. It contains thousands of
:15:36. > :15:40.graves of Scottish, English, Welsh and Commonwealth soldiers who fell
:15:41. > :15:49.during the First World War. Today, veterans of the Black Watch were
:15:50. > :15:55.amongst those playing the respects. There are many ex-soldiers for whom
:15:56. > :16:01.there is no grave. There is a major Scottish event to commemorate the
:16:02. > :16:05.centenary of the war breaking out. Sandy 's grandfather served with the
:16:06. > :16:13.Black Watch and came home. It is great sadness when you see all the
:16:14. > :16:22.gravestones, all these young boys. It is quite emotional. 9000 Black
:16:23. > :16:30.Watch soldiers were killed, along with thousands of others from other
:16:31. > :16:33.regiments. In their honour, the statue of the Black Watch sergeant
:16:34. > :16:47.will be officially unveiled tomorrow. It will stand and what is
:16:48. > :16:50.known as Black Watch corner. The Prussian guard tried to break the
:16:51. > :16:56.line and had they succeeded, it would have reached the Channel ports
:16:57. > :17:03.and the war itself would have been lost. The name of the Black Watch is
:17:04. > :17:09.held in high regard in this part of Belgium.
:17:10. > :17:12.Let us go to sport now and David has got some bling.
:17:13. > :17:15.I have got the SPFL championship trophy with me, because it will be
:17:16. > :17:18.looking forward to a thrilling last weekend in the title race in that
:17:19. > :17:24.division. First, some financial news regarding
:17:25. > :17:27.Rangers. Former commercial director Imran Ahmad is going back to court,
:17:28. > :17:38.seeking to have more than ?500,000 in the club's account frozen. Sandy
:17:39. > :17:50.Jardine Field in a similar bed in February. Now, with doubts
:17:51. > :17:59.now there are doubts as to whether they could period should he win the
:18:00. > :18:04.legal battle. Back in February, the judge reached his decision on what
:18:05. > :18:16.he called the psychological nature of the football club 's finances.
:18:17. > :18:21.They have to satisfy the court of the ability to trade, which could
:18:22. > :18:29.have devastating consequences. Now, to the race to land this little
:18:30. > :18:32.beauty. It could be in the hands of any one of three teams tomorrow when
:18:33. > :18:46.the Championship title race is concluded. This is all you need for
:18:47. > :18:52.a helicopter Saturday. Steve will deliver the championship trophy to
:18:53. > :18:59.one of three clubs. The does Dundee, second place Hamilton or
:19:00. > :19:03.third-place Falkirk. If Dundee when I want to Dumbarton, they are
:19:04. > :19:10.champions, and even a draw could do it. It should be a great atmosphere
:19:11. > :19:16.tomorrow. The players have been ready this week, we have kept the
:19:17. > :19:22.focus. Hopefully, we can be crowned champions. If Dundee lose, the
:19:23. > :19:36.helicopter will be hovering over Hamilton. We have had a good season.
:19:37. > :19:43.We are not finished yet. But it will be flight path Falkirk if Dundee and
:19:44. > :19:46.Hamilton both lose. If the defeat ally, the need to also overhauled
:19:47. > :19:53.and the unit and these goal difference. We are obviously relying
:19:54. > :20:00.on the other is to lose, but we have to take care of her own business and
:20:01. > :20:03.our own game. Whatever his destination, the supporters of all
:20:04. > :20:06.feature on clubs will be looking eagerly.
:20:07. > :20:08.Now, a look at what else is happening across Scottish sport.
:20:09. > :20:12.Celtic's assistant boss Johan Mjallby may be heading for pastures
:20:13. > :20:21.new at the end of the season, but the Swede reckons manager Neil
:20:22. > :20:27.Lennon is staying put. He is under contract and I do not see any reason
:20:28. > :20:29.why he would leave. He has not told me anything about that.
:20:30. > :20:36.Glasgow Warriors' Pro12 play-off place is guaranteed. Wins in their
:20:37. > :20:39.remaining matches against Treviso tonight and Zebre next weekend
:20:40. > :20:41.should cement a home tie in the semifinals.
:20:42. > :20:44.Meanwhile, Glasgow plays host to the World Series Rugby Sevens this
:20:45. > :20:53.weekend. Scotland have group games against USA and Spain, after a tasty
:20:54. > :20:59.opening match with Australia. We need to put down a marker on that
:21:00. > :21:06.first game. We need to concentrate on ourselves and if we do that, we
:21:07. > :21:10.will have something to a map. And for more on all the latest sport
:21:11. > :21:17.stories, you can check out the BBC Sport Scotland website. Are we going
:21:18. > :21:23.to get some good news, regarding the weather?
:21:24. > :21:30.There has been some nice sunshine around, but not for all of us. As
:21:31. > :21:36.you can see, that cloud has covered much of the west of the country. For
:21:37. > :21:54.tonight, for all others, called, but drive. The temperatures will be
:21:55. > :21:58.following away. Overnight, the temperatures in some rural areas of
:21:59. > :22:05.the campaigns, dropping down below zero. Tomorrow morning, you can see
:22:06. > :22:12.this band of rain beginning to engine from the Atlantic. It will
:22:13. > :22:21.begin to arrive here in the early afternoon. High temperatures
:22:22. > :22:30.tomorrow of 12 or 13 Celsius. But some sunshine in the north-east of
:22:31. > :22:36.the country, once again. Rather chilly in Shetland, only eight
:22:37. > :22:49.Celsius. So, for hill walking tomorrow. Perhaps wet weather
:22:50. > :22:50.pushing and across the Perthshire hills as we push through the
:22:51. > :23:09.afternoon. For the inshore waters: the rest of the afternoon into the
:23:10. > :23:17.evening, the rain continues to travel from West to East. It will be
:23:18. > :23:22.a fairly wet night on Saturday into Sunday. Looking into Sunday, the
:23:23. > :23:30.high-pressure across the United Kingdom means that we will have a
:23:31. > :23:37.mixed picture. Sunny skies at times, but rain never too far away.
:23:38. > :23:41.15 Celsius. On bank holiday Monday, that is not simple either. Fairly
:23:42. > :23:53.cloudy and should be mainly drive for many people, with temperatures
:23:54. > :23:58.reaching 16 Celsius. That is all for us for no. I am back just after the
:23:59. > :24:00.mean ten o'clock news.