:00:00. > :00:08.On tonight's Reporting Scotland: A new attempt to clear the name of the
:00:09. > :00:11.man found guilty of the Lockerbie bombing. 270 people died in the
:00:12. > :00:14.atrocity. Today, relatives delivered a new appeal both against Abdelbaset
:00:15. > :00:24.al-Megrahi's conviction - and for the truth. I want to know why the
:00:25. > :00:29.murder of my daughter was not prevented when there was so much
:00:30. > :00:31.intelligence, at least 14 warnings, some of them very specific.
:00:32. > :00:35.Also tonight: Good financial news for Rangers. A former director has
:00:36. > :00:45.failed in a court attempt to freeze over ?500,000 in the club's account.
:00:46. > :00:49.Hi, how are you? A shiny new trams service - but just
:00:50. > :00:51.how accessible is it? We send our man Ian Hamilton to Edinburgh to
:00:52. > :00:56.find some answers. Ten years - why A Play, A Pie, And A
:00:57. > :00:58.Pint is one of the country's most successful theatre projects.
:00:59. > :01:01.And the sporting focus is on Dingwall as Hibernian travel to Ross
:01:02. > :01:17.County, with both sides fighting relegation.
:01:18. > :01:22.25 relatives of the Lockerbie victims have agreed to support a new
:01:23. > :01:27.application to clear the name of the only man convicted. They'll give the
:01:28. > :01:31.Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission their new application in
:01:32. > :01:33.the next couple of weeks to try to overturn the conviction. Our
:01:34. > :01:42.political correspondent, Lucy Adams, reports.
:01:43. > :01:46.For two men who lost their daughters in the Lockerbie bombing, the fight
:01:47. > :01:49.for justice goes on. Jim Swire and John Mosey met in Glasgow today to
:01:50. > :01:54.finalise the details of a new application to clear the name of
:01:55. > :01:58.Abdelbaset al-Megrahi. They say they have new evidence about the
:01:59. > :02:03.detonator which was persuade the commission to reopen the case. I
:02:04. > :02:06.want to know by the murder of my daughter was not prevented when
:02:07. > :02:12.there was so much intelligence, at least 14 warnings, some of them very
:02:13. > :02:16.specific. Some people were warned. We were not. There is a great
:02:17. > :02:21.urgency to have some kind of enquiry. It has been a long journey.
:02:22. > :02:28.The campaign finances has gone on for many years. His daughter was on
:02:29. > :02:30.the aircraft. I am representing about 25 British representatives,
:02:31. > :02:33.and these are people who want to know the truth about who murdered
:02:34. > :02:37.their families. They want the public to know the truth about how they
:02:38. > :02:42.believe they have been deliberately kept on knowing the truth by our
:02:43. > :02:46.government. In the 25 years since the bombing, the legal case has
:02:47. > :02:50.taken many turns. In 2001, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was dispersed
:02:51. > :02:56.appeal against conviction. In June 2007, the commission referred his
:02:57. > :02:59.case for you repeal. In August 2009, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi dropped is to
:03:00. > :03:03.appeal and was released from prison just days later on compassionate
:03:04. > :03:07.grounds. He had terminal cancer. Today, relatives not to finalise an
:03:08. > :03:13.application to appeal his conviction again, two years after he died. Some
:03:14. > :03:16.have long doubted the guilt of the man convicted of the Lockerbie
:03:17. > :03:20.bombing. Others have questioned how a single person could of course such
:03:21. > :03:25.devastation. Now 25 of the relatives have endorsed a new application here
:03:26. > :03:28.to the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission. They hope that
:03:29. > :03:33.will lead to a new appeal and answers to their questions. In order
:03:34. > :03:37.to consider any application, the commission have a 2-part test. The
:03:38. > :03:41.first part is the miscarriage of justice. The second part is equally
:03:42. > :03:45.important, and that is when it is in the interest of justice to accept an
:03:46. > :03:54.application. In a statement, the Crown Office said:
:03:55. > :04:00.A quarter of a century on, questions remain for the relatives of the 270
:04:01. > :04:04.Lockerbie victims. Their journey is a long way from over.
:04:05. > :04:08.Former Rangers commercial director Imran Ahmad has failed in a second
:04:09. > :04:12.bid to have over ?500,000 frozen in the club's account. He claims he is
:04:13. > :04:15.owed the money in unpaid bonuses. Lord Armstrong rejected Mr Ahmad's
:04:16. > :04:17.bid at the Court of Session in Edinburgh after hearing that
:04:18. > :04:20.institutional investors at Rangers were prepared to step in to avoid
:04:21. > :04:26.insolvency if season ticket sales slumped. Our senior football
:04:27. > :04:29.reporter, Alasdair Lamont, was in court today. How important was it
:04:30. > :04:39.for Rangers this decision went in their favour? I think you have to
:04:40. > :04:44.say this was a pretty significant victory for Rangers, at least in the
:04:45. > :04:47.short term. The implications of the decision going against them could
:04:48. > :04:51.have had a devastating effect on their ability to continue trading,
:04:52. > :04:54.and essentially what happened in court today was that Imran Ahmad
:04:55. > :04:59.Sprinter Sacre lawyer painted a picture of Rangers diminishing
:05:00. > :05:00.finances as he put it, and particularly underlining the
:05:01. > :05:07.importance of season-ticket money to the clubs's ability to continue to
:05:08. > :05:09.trade, and also the widely publicised doubts over just how many
:05:10. > :05:16.season tickets would actually be purchased this coming year. In
:05:17. > :05:20.response to that, the Rangers lawyer argued the importance of the threat
:05:21. > :05:25.of a downturn has been overplayed. Crucially, he also argued that even
:05:26. > :05:29.if there is a significant downturn, the Rangers institutional investors
:05:30. > :05:34.have indicated only in the last week that they would be willing to step
:05:35. > :05:38.in and finance a further equity issue in order to prevent any
:05:39. > :05:41.potential insolvency happening. In his judgement, Lord Armstrong
:05:42. > :05:45.admitted that while there was some scope for concern about Rangers
:05:46. > :05:50.automatic financial position, he said it could not be said there was
:05:51. > :05:55.a real possibility of Rangers being insolvent in early 2015, which is
:05:56. > :06:01.when liability in Imran Ahmad's claim against Rangers would fall.
:06:02. > :06:08.What now for Rangers financially? The first instance, you have to wait
:06:09. > :06:12.and see what the uptake of the downturn in Rangers season tickets
:06:13. > :06:17.actually is. There is a deadline of a 16th on renewals, and indications
:06:18. > :06:23.are currently but the uptake has been slow. Rangers were criticised
:06:24. > :06:26.for the setting up of a trust for fans who are disgruntled in the
:06:27. > :06:31.running of the club to break their season-ticket money. They say that
:06:32. > :06:34.is a damaging thing for the club and an example of twisted logic. If
:06:35. > :06:38.there is a significant downturn in those season-ticket sales, it will
:06:39. > :06:42.be interesting to see whether the institutional investors to step up
:06:43. > :06:45.to the plate and invest in the club, which has spent the best part of ?70
:06:46. > :06:49.million in the last two years. Thank you.
:06:50. > :06:52.The transport minister has insisted a notorious traffic blackspot in
:06:53. > :06:55.Aberdeen won't be improved early even if a phased opening of the
:06:56. > :06:58.city's bypass relieves pressure on the junction. Keith Brown was
:06:59. > :07:01.appearing before councillors, who've been in dispute with the Scottish
:07:02. > :07:08.Government over the timetable for the Haudagain roundabout
:07:09. > :07:11.improvements. Kevin Keane reports. It has torn their relationship
:07:12. > :07:16.apart, and brought them back together again. The politicians in
:07:17. > :07:19.Aberdeen and Holyrood still can't agree on when improvements to this
:07:20. > :07:23.notorious bottleneck should begin. There is a plan for what it will
:07:24. > :07:30.look like, but on where in, they keep around. Today they met in the
:07:31. > :07:33.middle, with the highly unusual occasion of a minister appearing
:07:34. > :07:37.before local councillors. Mr Brown won't sanction the roundabout
:07:38. > :07:44.improvements until the Aberdeen bypass, has been completed. But that
:07:45. > :07:52.could be four years away. So questions. We have concerns, because
:07:53. > :07:57.it would appear that if the bypass was finished in 2017, you are not
:07:58. > :08:03.committing to the Haudagain roundabout onto 2013. Up although
:08:04. > :08:08.preparatory work has gone on, the Scottish Government still has not
:08:09. > :08:11.appointed a contractor for the long awaited Aberdeen bypass. Today, the
:08:12. > :08:15.minister said he had fast tracked some sections of the route, but even
:08:16. > :08:20.if that relieves pressure on the roundabout, work they're still won't
:08:21. > :08:25.be advanced. The Mac we are keen to see what happens with the airport as
:08:26. > :08:29.soon as possible, and also the discrete element of the contract.
:08:30. > :08:33.That is being suggested as well. We're happy to listen to any
:08:34. > :08:37.suggestions the council may have. The dispute between the council and
:08:38. > :08:41.Scottish ministers spreads much further than this roundabout. But
:08:42. > :08:47.after a string of quite public bus stops, this could be the first sign
:08:48. > :08:53.of cordial relations. Still to come on this evening's
:08:54. > :08:57.Reporting Scotland: ten years on, my A Play, A Pie, And A Pint is one of
:08:58. > :08:59.the country's most successful they projects.
:09:00. > :09:01.In sport, the former Rangers manager Alex McLeish gives his backing to
:09:02. > :09:03.investor Dave King. Celtic eye a century of goals and
:09:04. > :09:06.points. And lofty ambitions from the new
:09:07. > :09:08.head coach of Scottish Cricket, who says Scotland can become a
:09:09. > :09:18.Test-playing nation. A senior Welsh Labour MP has walked
:09:19. > :09:21.out of a Westminster committee meeting, saying it was a "stunt"
:09:22. > :09:25.aimed at embarrassing the Scottish Parliament. Paul Flynn left the
:09:26. > :09:28.meeting of the Public Administration Committee after being asked to bring
:09:29. > :09:41.his questioning of a senior civil servant to an end.
:09:42. > :09:51.You have quite a long one. A rather long and tedious run. Order, order,
:09:52. > :09:55.order. Mr Cairns. Mr Cairns! Order. Like I have to protest, or I will
:09:56. > :09:58.have to leave the committee. You are using it as a stunt to try to
:09:59. > :10:01.embarrass the Scottish Parliament and the idea of devolution. David
:10:02. > :10:04.Porter is at Westminster for us tonight. David, support for the
:10:05. > :10:08.Scottish parliament from an unlikely quarter there. What is behind this?
:10:09. > :10:12.This is a classic case of tempers all around. We heard in that
:10:13. > :10:16.exchange the frustration of the Labour MP, Paul Flynn. He had been
:10:17. > :10:19.speaking and asking questions to senior civil servants. He felt he
:10:20. > :10:23.was not getting answers he wanted. They wanted to continue his
:10:24. > :10:26.questioning, and the chairman of the committee, Bernard Jenkin, try to
:10:27. > :10:31.bring it to an end. We had that slights back there. Paul Flynn, as
:10:32. > :10:36.Labour MP, would admit he is never going to win any prizes for the most
:10:37. > :10:39.on message of Labour MPs, but his comments were highlighted by the
:10:40. > :10:44.SNP. They would be less well received by the Labour leadership.
:10:45. > :10:47.The committee did hear things about the impartiality of civil servants.
:10:48. > :10:50.Specifically concerning the independence referendum. Go back
:10:51. > :10:54.there with hearing evidence from the head of the civil service, Sir Bob
:10:55. > :10:59.Kerslake, and the top civil servant of the Scottish Government, said
:11:00. > :11:02.Peter Housley. They made it plain that civil servants were in partial,
:11:03. > :11:06.that actually they offer advice to ministers, but that was for
:11:07. > :11:09.ministers to decide but the policy would be taken, and then when that
:11:10. > :11:14.policy was introduced, it was for the civil servants to carry it out.
:11:15. > :11:16.Much of the hearing focus on the highly unusual and highly
:11:17. > :11:23.controversial decision of the top civil servant, the Treasury, to make
:11:24. > :11:28.plain his view and advice that he did not favour a currency union. We
:11:29. > :11:33.were told by the civil servants and civil service language that was a
:11:34. > :11:37.highly unusual set of circumstances. They also made it plain, and perhaps
:11:38. > :11:41.a warning to ministers both in Edinburgh and London, that when the
:11:42. > :11:45.campaign enters its final months, they expect the two governments to
:11:46. > :11:48.operate something where they do not make announcements that try to give
:11:49. > :11:52.them political advantage. We will wait and see if that is the case.
:11:53. > :11:56.Thank you. Edinburgh's new tram service gets
:11:57. > :11:59.under way at the end of the month. It's being billed as the first
:12:00. > :12:02.transport system in Scotland to be designed and built with disabled
:12:03. > :12:09.people in mind. To find out how accessible it is, our reporter Ian
:12:10. > :12:18.Hamilton went along to try it out. Hi. How are you? This is guide dog
:12:19. > :12:22.instructor, Julie. She will demonstrate the Safeway to use the
:12:23. > :12:29.trends. The trends arrive from the left-hand side. If you require
:12:30. > :12:36.assistance, there are buttons on the platform. One is for emergencies and
:12:37. > :12:40.the other for information. So you don't wonder accidentally onto the
:12:41. > :12:44.track, tactile pavement runs the length of the platform. Once inside,
:12:45. > :12:49.there is plenty of space for a large German Shepherd. You like really
:12:50. > :12:52.Edinburgh trams are accessible for big white people like myself, but
:12:53. > :12:56.what are they like for wheelchair users? When necessary, there is
:12:57. > :13:00.little to take them onto the platform. Wide doors and level
:13:01. > :13:06.access makes it easy for Michael to get his onto the train. To improve
:13:07. > :13:10.travel in the capital, Mike would like to see the tram network
:13:11. > :13:15.completed. Nevertheless, he says this is a way for future users like
:13:16. > :13:19.him to travel. You like there is a guaranteed space between the
:13:20. > :13:24.platform and the tram, and guarantee there will be no difference in
:13:25. > :13:31.height. There is never a problem in getting between the platform and the
:13:32. > :13:34.vehicle. The tram operator said disability access is taken extremely
:13:35. > :13:39.seriously from outside of the project, accessibility has been key
:13:40. > :13:44.for us. We want everyone to use the trends across the piece. The more
:13:45. > :13:50.people that can get access to the tram easily and efficiently, the
:13:51. > :13:56.better. The trains will go live on the 31st of May, so we still have a
:13:57. > :14:02.little weight if we want to use the tram' on our own.
:14:03. > :14:05.The Scottish Government says it will look closely at the findings of a
:14:06. > :14:09.report on asthma care. The first major study of asthma deaths found
:14:10. > :14:12.the UK has one of the highest death rates in Europe - largely because
:14:13. > :14:15.medical staff and patients have become complacent about the illness.
:14:16. > :14:18.Public health minister Michael Matheson said he would ask national
:14:19. > :14:25.advisors to consider what action was needed. Edinburgh council is to
:14:26. > :14:29.write a ?500 million of the debt owing after the collapse of its
:14:30. > :14:33.property repair service. Under Edwin Brie statutory notices, the council
:14:34. > :14:37.paid upfront for repairs to tenement buildings and recover the money
:14:38. > :14:41.afterwards. -- Edinburgh statutory notices. However, it closed after it
:14:42. > :14:43.was found to be open to abuse. The Scottish Conservatives have
:14:44. > :14:45.begun their campaign for this month's European elections, with an
:14:46. > :14:48.emphasis on opposing Scottish independence. The party leader, Ruth
:14:49. > :14:51.Davidson, says it's crucial to counter the SNP pitch that Scotland
:14:52. > :14:59.could easily become an independent member of the European Union. Here's
:15:00. > :15:04.our political editor, Brian Taylor. From the leader, a kiss for
:15:05. > :15:11.Stevenson, who was starting down as the party's sole ENP -- MP. The
:15:12. > :15:15.Tories will counter the SNP, who topped the poll at the last European
:15:16. > :15:19.elections, with a direct attack upon the notion of independence. But they
:15:20. > :15:24.are also promising a referendum in three-year's time on whether the UK
:15:25. > :15:28.should be in or out of the European Union. What they want is reform.
:15:29. > :15:32.That is basically where it lies. People like the market and the idea
:15:33. > :15:37.of trade and trading without hindrance. That is popular. But they
:15:38. > :15:40.don't want is interference, form filling, red tape, being told how to
:15:41. > :15:47.manage their day-to-day affairs by people they have never met. Nigel
:15:48. > :15:51.Farage of UKIP on a previous Scottish visit. He's back later this
:15:52. > :15:57.week. They say they aren't worried. I think in terms of the party, it is
:15:58. > :15:59.trying to draw support. It is not having the same success as it has
:16:00. > :16:05.down south. That perhaps is because when Nigel Farage has come to
:16:06. > :16:12.Scotland and try to fill the needs of nationalists, he may have found
:16:13. > :16:16.that might be done. Who knows? But the Tory attack extends beyond UKIP
:16:17. > :16:20.in the SNP. More generally, they accuse their rivals of ducking the
:16:21. > :16:25.challenge of reforming the European Union.
:16:26. > :16:33.The Conservative pitch at these elections will be to keep Scotland
:16:34. > :16:37.within the United Kingdom and to keep United Kingdom within a
:16:38. > :16:40.reformed European Union. Now for a look at other stories from
:16:41. > :16:43.across the country. A crackdown on crime across
:16:44. > :16:44.Edinburgh is targeting violent, disorderly and anti-social
:16:45. > :16:48.behaviour. Operation Wolf has already led to a series of arrests
:16:49. > :17:01.connected with serious violent crime. Anti-social behaviour,
:17:02. > :17:06.violent client, housebreaking and other behaviours we are doing that
:17:07. > :17:08.over the next six weeks. National resources will be brought in to
:17:09. > :17:12.bring those individuals involved in those crimes to justice.
:17:13. > :17:17.An investigation is under way after the body of a dog was found dumped
:17:18. > :17:19.in a suitcase in the Torry area of Aberdeen. The Scottish SPCA says the
:17:20. > :17:22.female German shepherd was underweight and in very poor
:17:23. > :17:25.condition. It's not yet clear how she died.
:17:26. > :17:28.The number of police officers in Scotland has fallen again. There are
:17:29. > :17:31.now 250 fewer than there were a year ago, according to official figures.
:17:32. > :17:34.They show the Scottish Government has maintained its target of an
:17:35. > :17:37.extra 1,000 officers by just ten. The Justice Secretary says more
:17:38. > :17:40.officers are being recruited ahead of the Commonwealth Games.
:17:41. > :17:48.Police say an 8-year-old girl was the victim of an unprovoked attack
:17:49. > :17:51.by two teenage boys in Dumfries. The girl was punched and pushed on
:17:52. > :17:54.Glencairn Road just before six o'clock last night. Police have
:17:55. > :17:56.issued descriptions of the boys. A Drumnadrochit businessman has
:17:57. > :18:00.called on the organisers of the first closed roads cycle race around
:18:01. > :18:04.Loch Ness to improve talks with the local community if the event is to
:18:05. > :18:07.go ahead next year. Around a thousand riders took part in the
:18:08. > :18:11.first Loch Ness Etape last Sunday - but some businesses have claimed
:18:12. > :18:16.that the full closure of the A82 hit trade.
:18:17. > :18:22.A Hollywood-style sign could be erected permanently at Macduff. The
:18:23. > :18:25.sign - and the lighting of Banff bridge - are among proposals to help
:18:26. > :18:36.regenerate the towns. Aberdeenshire Council is also consulting on plans
:18:37. > :18:42.for Peterhead and Fraserburgh. Sports Nayar and more from Ibrox.
:18:43. > :18:46.Good evening. As we heard earlier - good news on
:18:47. > :18:49.the financial front for Rangers in Court today. Now the club's former
:18:50. > :18:53.Manager Alex McLeish has voiced his backing for investor Dave King in
:18:54. > :18:56.his bid to give the club financial security. McLeish led Rangers to two
:18:57. > :18:59.League championships and five cup wins in five years and says the
:19:00. > :19:07.assets of the club must be protected. It would be great to see
:19:08. > :19:15.somebody like Dave King takeover, with the respect he has paid to the
:19:16. > :19:23.fans and the union with the fans, looking to make sure that the assets
:19:24. > :19:26.are safe. Then, for me, that would be a great solution for Rangers.
:19:27. > :19:29.The stakes are high in the Scottish Premiership tonight as Ross County
:19:30. > :19:33.play Hibernian in Dingwall. For the winners - top flight football for
:19:34. > :19:36.another season - for the losers a nerve jangling final round of
:19:37. > :19:41.matches on Saturday - and the threat of relegation to the championship.
:19:42. > :19:49.David Currie reports. Ross County versus Hibernian, it is like a cup
:19:50. > :19:55.final without a trophy, but that is a prize, guaranteed premiership
:19:56. > :20:03.survival. Hence, Partick Thistle, county or call Marnoch Goodall
:20:04. > :20:08.finished second bottom and sees the relegation play-off championship
:20:09. > :20:13.club. -- or Kilmarnock. There is a finality about this match against
:20:14. > :20:18.Ross County, we win the match and we are safe. The game is massive. It is
:20:19. > :20:25.the biggest game of the season. We're under no illusions we need
:20:26. > :20:31.three points. Katie had just two wins from the last few matches. If
:20:32. > :20:36.we do not go into this game with some sort of confidence and belief,
:20:37. > :20:42.there is no point in turning up. We have a lot of talent in that
:20:43. > :20:48.dressing room. Hibernian's last win was 12 games ago. It does not sound
:20:49. > :20:54.fantastic, but compared to where we were, it is light years away. It is
:20:55. > :20:58.Hibernian football club were talking about, we do not do things the easy
:20:59. > :21:05.way, we get there in the end but it is a struggle. To the losers are
:21:06. > :21:13.nervous final round of matches on Saturday. If it is a draw, people
:21:14. > :21:16.added trouble. -- people are in trouble.
:21:17. > :21:19.And there are play off pressures looming elsewhere in the Scottish
:21:20. > :21:21.Premiership. Here's news of that and more in Scottish sport...
:21:22. > :21:24.Kilmarnock sit in the relegation play off spot after Sunday's 5-0
:21:25. > :21:27.defeat by Hearts. Some Killie supporters have been calling for
:21:28. > :21:30.manager Allan Johnson to be sacked, but he remains positive. We have had
:21:31. > :21:34.opportunities to get ourselves away from this relegation but we have not
:21:35. > :21:39.taken them so we have put ourselves under a lot of pressure. But I think
:21:40. > :21:43.we have the characters in the dressing room. We have good young
:21:44. > :21:47.players who can make sure we get the results in the next couple of games.
:21:48. > :21:50.At the other end of the table Celtic have 96 goals and 95 points. Manager
:21:51. > :21:56.Neil Lennon has said 100 points and 100 goals are their big targets now.
:21:57. > :21:59.A final day of practice for Andy Murray before he begins his Madrid
:22:00. > :22:02.Masters campaign tomorrow.. It could be a tricky clash against the
:22:03. > :22:10.on-form Spanish clay-court specialist Nicolas Almagro.
:22:11. > :22:18.Definitely be one of the hardest first-round matches. Yeah, very
:22:19. > :22:22.tough, he obviously beat Rafael Nadal a few days ago. He has been
:22:23. > :22:25.playing in Spain, it will be very tough.
:22:26. > :22:28.And back in football, two matches tonight including Ross County v
:22:29. > :22:32.Hibs. It's a 7.45 kick off with coverage on Radio, online and that
:22:33. > :22:35.match can also be seen on BBC Alba from 10pm.
:22:36. > :22:41.Scottish Cricket's new head coach believes he can lead the national
:22:42. > :22:44.side into the Test arena. Grant Bradburn was introduced to the media
:22:45. > :22:47.in Edinburgh today, ahead of Scotland's One Day international
:22:48. > :22:50.against England later this week. And as Phil Goodlad reports, the New
:22:51. > :22:59.Zealander wants to change the shape of cricket in this country.
:23:00. > :23:07.Meet Scottish cricket's new head coach. What can we expect from him?
:23:08. > :23:12.You earn the right to success. I am a hard-working coach and expect that
:23:13. > :23:18.from my players. I am a coach that understands the end results of
:23:19. > :23:25.performance. He is steeped in the New Zealand cricket. He moved into
:23:26. > :23:32.coaching domestically and for the national side. He knows he has a
:23:33. > :23:36.mixture of professional and amateur players. He has a clear methods of
:23:37. > :23:45.improving players individually and collectively. Scotland cannot play
:23:46. > :23:48.test cricket, but that could change with play-offs scheduled for 2018.
:23:49. > :23:56.The gotcha is how hopes for Scotland. Of course to play test
:23:57. > :24:04.cricket, we need to break into the top teams. Do you think it is
:24:05. > :24:08.achievable? Yes, I do. A new era is underway for Cricket Scotland.
:24:09. > :24:12.Hopefully the new coach will get them off to the best possible
:24:13. > :24:17.start, out in the middle against England this Friday.
:24:18. > :24:22.Thank you very much. It began as a piece of lunchtime
:24:23. > :24:26.theatre for a new Glasgow pub. But ten years on A Play A Pie And A Pint
:24:27. > :24:29.is one of the country's most successful theatre projects -
:24:30. > :24:32.serving up 38 plays a year - to mostly sell out crowds at home and
:24:33. > :24:37.abroad. Our arts correspondent Pauline McLean joined the crowd for
:24:38. > :24:45.today's show. It is a simple enough recipe,
:24:46. > :24:48.apartheid, a pint and of course the play. Every week for the past ten
:24:49. > :24:57.years, there has been no shortage of audiences queueing up for a serving.
:24:58. > :25:02.It gives you that lift to your day. You come in and watch a funny play.
:25:03. > :25:08.You have some quiche and a nice glass of wine. It is my wife's
:25:09. > :25:12.birthday so we thought we would come and do something and enjoy
:25:13. > :25:20.ourselves. There's a nice atmosphere. You get a drink and you
:25:21. > :25:22.get a nice pie and you get to see a play. No shortage of actors and
:25:23. > :25:28.writers who averages more than 300 plays. Today it is the turn of
:25:29. > :25:38.actress Joyce Faulkner who is squeezing a lot into her lunch hour.
:25:39. > :25:47.A community choir she has recruited to tell the tale. Certainly for a
:25:48. > :25:52.long time, it was not acceptable for working people, it was too highbrow
:25:53. > :25:59.and it was too long so I think this is ideal for a non-theatregoing
:26:00. > :26:06.audience. The appetite for shows has been huge. This one has already been
:26:07. > :26:12.seen in Aberdeen. Others have gone to London, Beirut and Bermuda. The
:26:13. > :26:17.rest before success? Our audience has the loyalty and enthusiasm for
:26:18. > :26:23.coming along and they make A Play, A Pie, And A Pint what it is. That and
:26:24. > :26:27.variety, we provide a variety of high-quality work and the audience
:26:28. > :26:31.think they will stick with this and hopefully we will continue to stick
:26:32. > :26:41.with us for the next ten years and come and see stuff. Follow that!
:26:42. > :26:48.Thank you very much Jackie. Good evening. The weather this week is
:26:49. > :26:54.unsettled to say the least. This evening, then pushing in. Here is
:26:55. > :26:59.the rainfall radar. This gassing of showers, with those showers merging
:27:00. > :27:05.in the West to form a band of showery rain which crosses the
:27:06. > :27:10.country overnight. A pretty mild nights. Temperatures are around
:27:11. > :27:14.seven up to nine Celsius. You can see the legacy of the rain across
:27:15. > :27:20.the north coast tomorrow morning and into parts of Glasgow and Argyll.
:27:21. > :27:23.Elsewhere it will be dry. Towards the afternoon, we have three
:27:24. > :27:30.distinct areas of weather. Across the south-west, this rain pushing
:27:31. > :27:35.into the south-west and the Borders. It will stay for most of the day. A
:27:36. > :27:40.brisk westerly breeze as well. By the North, there will be some cloud
:27:41. > :27:47.and bright spells but the rain is not far away. Frequent, heavy and
:27:48. > :27:52.slow moving showers. Also some bright or sunny skies. The Northwest
:27:53. > :27:58.does best with dry conditions but some showers will come through. The
:27:59. > :28:02.rest of the afternoon and into the evening and overnight, with lighter
:28:03. > :28:07.winds in the north, if you catch a shower it will be waiting for some
:28:08. > :28:10.time. Holding onto wet weather in far south. If we look at the
:28:11. > :28:16.pressure chart, we can see the reason for this unsettled weather.
:28:17. > :28:21.This massive area of low pressure will stay for most of the week
:28:22. > :28:26.pushing showers are away. Thursday will be a better day, still sunshine
:28:27. > :28:33.and showers but the showers are not as heavy. Some brighter skies. Still
:28:34. > :28:37.wait in the south-west. A return to heavy showers on Friday with hail
:28:38. > :28:42.and thunder mixed in. A lot going on so keep an island the forecast.
:28:43. > :28:47.Thank you very much. A reminder of the night's news --
:28:48. > :28:52.relatives of the Lockerbie bombing have agreed to support a new
:28:53. > :28:59.application to queueing the name of the man accused of the crime. --
:29:00. > :29:02.convicted of the crime. The biggest ever proposed foreign takeover of a
:29:03. > :29:09.British firm is to be scrutinised by Parliament. American giant Pfizer
:29:10. > :29:13.has offered ?63 billion for the British company AstraZeneca but so
:29:14. > :29:19.far has been rebuffed. The bosses of both companies have been summoned to
:29:20. > :29:22.appear before MPs. That is Reporting Scotland. Our next
:29:23. > :29:26.main bulletin is just after the ten o'clock news. From everyone here,
:29:27. > :29:30.enjoy your evening.