:00:00. > :00:22.Glasgow's School Of Art. Students made their escape as flames ripped
:00:23. > :00:26.through Charles Rennie Mackintosh's masterpiece, destroying parts of the
:00:27. > :00:38.building and artworks inside. Terrified. So much work is in there.
:00:39. > :00:43.The extent of the damage at this point I could not describe.
:00:44. > :00:48.Firefighters have been tackling the blaze since lunchtime and there are
:00:49. > :00:54.no reports of any injuries. Also, who owns Scotland? No
:00:55. > :00:57.restrictions on land ownership are proposed in a Government backed
:00:58. > :01:03.study. Detectives in Edinburgh are hunting
:01:04. > :01:06.a gang of this targeting tourists by posing as police officers.
:01:07. > :01:11.And in Lennon tells us he's stepping out into the unknown. -- Neil
:01:12. > :01:29.Lennon. Glasgow's School of Art has suffered
:01:30. > :01:33.significant damage after fire blazed through the building. No one was
:01:34. > :01:39.hurt. Fire crews are still on the scene and will be many hours to come
:01:40. > :01:47.as a damp down the flames. -- as they.
:01:48. > :01:51.As you can see, many streets are still sealed off. Firefighters still
:01:52. > :02:02.working away. There are three aerial rescue pumps working. The building
:02:03. > :02:05.on the left, and the new building, the extension, both buildings
:02:06. > :02:13.completely packed when the fire broke out.
:02:14. > :02:18.It is a site which gathered crowds, but no one wanted to see this.
:02:19. > :02:32.One of the's most famous buildings up in flames. -- world's.
:02:33. > :02:40.There has been significant spread. The extent of the damage at this
:02:41. > :02:45.point, I could not describe. The alarm went off and we got
:02:46. > :02:51.evacuated, it was thick smoke everywhere. I smelt smoke and then
:02:52. > :02:58.we noticed that smoke was billowing out from the East. We could see it
:02:59. > :03:06.coming out from the windows next to the library. It is unique, a working
:03:07. > :03:11.art school and a work of art. From the facade to the fixtures and
:03:12. > :03:14.fittings, every detail shows the craft of Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
:03:15. > :03:21.News of its damage has shocked people around the world.
:03:22. > :03:25.Devastating. The building has always been classed as his masterpiece. It
:03:26. > :03:30.is not just unique for Glasgow and Scotland, but for the world.
:03:31. > :03:38.Students are spread across both buildings. Many were making work for
:03:39. > :03:43.their end of year degree shows and had to abandon the work when the
:03:44. > :03:52.fire started. For years worth of work. All gone. Tonight, as the fire
:03:53. > :04:04.continues to burn, statements of sympathy and support have been
:04:05. > :04:07.pouring in. It should have been a day of
:04:08. > :04:12.celebration for Glasgow School of Art as last night the sister
:04:13. > :04:16.building one in major architectural prize. Instead, it has become one of
:04:17. > :04:21.the bleakest and darkest day in the art school's history, particularly
:04:22. > :04:24.for those who hold this place dear and who did study here, including
:04:25. > :04:32.the current chair of Glasgow School of Art who I spoke earlier. It is
:04:33. > :04:41.our worst nightmare. At this moment, the positive thing is that everybody
:04:42. > :04:47.is safe. Have been no casualties. The fire services got here quickly,
:04:48. > :04:53.they cleared the site. I think the thing to keep close to a heart is
:04:54. > :04:59.that it is a building, and it is the people that are in it is the people
:05:00. > :05:02.that are limits. The other thing is that it is not an order of no
:05:03. > :05:08.building or an ordinary art school, it is a work of art. One of the most
:05:09. > :05:16.famous buildings in the world, it is exquisite. Today, you realise it is
:05:17. > :05:25.November building, it is the people that are in it. Everybody has turned
:05:26. > :05:32.up. -- more than a building. Everybody is supporting each other.
:05:33. > :05:40.We talked about the fact that this is a Mackintosh artwork, but also a
:05:41. > :05:46.working art school so full of the current students' work. We don't
:05:47. > :05:50.want to speculate about that just now. It was the last hand in before
:05:51. > :05:57.the degree show busy -- this morning. We don't know. We don't
:05:58. > :06:04.want to break anyone's heart before we know the extent of the damage. It
:06:05. > :06:11.couldn't be at a worse time, frankly. Where do you go from here?
:06:12. > :06:15.We will have to assess the damage and once the fire has been put under
:06:16. > :06:22.control will have a big conversation with the fire service. We will take
:06:23. > :06:33.it from there. It is a double blow, really. We made a great stuff at
:06:34. > :06:37.Glasgow School of Art. -- are made. There was a real sense of relief
:06:38. > :06:44.that no one has been hurt and a sense of sadness from everyone
:06:45. > :06:49.around here that something like this has happened to a building that is
:06:50. > :06:53.so iconic and so important not just to Scotland, but right across
:06:54. > :06:57.Europe. There is a real sense of solidarity from people offering to
:06:58. > :07:03.help in whatever way they can, and saying, let's see what we can do. It
:07:04. > :07:06.is too early to tell what the scale of the damages, we are already
:07:07. > :07:18.hearing news that some of the from the Glasgow School of Art have been
:07:19. > :07:25.saved and been rescued. We have an update later in the
:07:26. > :07:29.programme. Sweeping changes to the system of
:07:30. > :07:32.land ownership in Scotland have been proposed by a group set up by the
:07:33. > :07:36.Scottish Government to steady land reform. It is calling for a new
:07:37. > :07:45.limit on the amount of land that can be held by an individual landowner.
:07:46. > :07:49.Scotland's landscape, it is dominated by large, traditional
:07:50. > :07:54.estates, but is that set to change? The review group says it should.
:07:55. > :08:01.Land is a finite resource, it is very important. Decisions about how
:08:02. > :08:06.it is owned and used have to be taken in the public interest.
:08:07. > :08:13.Ministers here at Hollywood are facing calls to create more
:08:14. > :08:17.transparent system. More of us can then work out who owns Scotland.
:08:18. > :08:24.There are calls for wholesale changes to the tax system.
:08:25. > :08:33.The aim is to make it easier for communities and rule and urban
:08:34. > :08:45.Scotland to own their own land. I'm happy with a sense of direction.
:08:46. > :08:50.These changes could affect urban and rule Scotland. In our cities,
:08:51. > :08:55.communities could take control of derelict land. Campaigners argue it
:08:56. > :09:02.is time for the Scottish Government to push ahead with land reform. The
:09:03. > :09:07.vast recommendation is within... There's no excuse not to make
:09:08. > :09:12.progress on these recommendations within the next five years.
:09:13. > :09:18.Landowners are dismaying, they have long argued how the land is used
:09:19. > :09:25.rather than who owns it. The focus is on land scale, not appropriate
:09:26. > :09:30.use. This report is not just about large estates, this report will
:09:31. > :09:34.impact on anyone who owns land property. Change is coming and it
:09:35. > :09:42.may be sooner and more radical than expected.
:09:43. > :09:46.It group of leading academics say they have grave concerns that
:09:47. > :09:51.independence would jeopardise vital medical research. 14 professors from
:09:52. > :09:55.all five medical schools are led by the Queen's former surgeon Doctor
:09:56. > :09:58.David Carter. The Scottish Government says ground-breaking
:09:59. > :10:06.medical research would continue in independent Scotland.
:10:07. > :10:09.This row has hit the headlines because of the names on this letter
:10:10. > :10:15.and the importance of their work. The 14 professors have made a huge
:10:16. > :10:19.role in medical research and they are concerned. Around ?1 billion in
:10:20. > :10:23.research grants come to Scotland each year and a quarter of that
:10:24. > :10:31.comes from the UK research Council, to put that in perspective this
:10:32. > :10:33.group claims around one third of Edinburgh University's total
:10:34. > :10:38.research income came from this part of money.
:10:39. > :10:41.Many also comes from UK charities and partnerships and in recent years
:10:42. > :10:47.has gone on to help build new institutes.
:10:48. > :10:54.Doctor David Carter is the former chief medical officer of Scotland
:10:55. > :10:57.and the Queen's former surgeon. It is important the public know how
:10:58. > :11:02.well we do and where we get the money from. We thought it important
:11:03. > :11:09.to express concerns about some of the funding streams. Would you be
:11:10. > :11:13.able to continue to fish in the big pool that the UK common research
:11:14. > :11:25.area allows us to fish in? The SNP's plan would continue a
:11:26. > :11:29.cross-border approach. The group of academics say this would be fraught
:11:30. > :11:34.with difficulty and success would be unlikely. The pro-independence group
:11:35. > :11:39.says independence would benefit our medical research. They have
:11:40. > :11:46.underestimated the real cuts that are happening in British research. A
:11:47. > :11:54.reduction of up to 20% over these five years which is over ?1 billion.
:11:55. > :11:56.To talk about the impact on Scotland independence within that context
:11:57. > :12:04.really seems to be missing the point. Getting further reaction is
:12:05. > :12:08.difficult, many of those who govern the universities are remaining
:12:09. > :12:14.neutral, and this is one reason this group of academics say they have
:12:15. > :12:16.decided to speak out. Detectives in Edinburgh are hunting
:12:17. > :12:21.a gang of thieves who have been targeting terrorists by posing as
:12:22. > :12:25.police officers. More than ten thefts have taken place in the last
:12:26. > :12:30.three weeks. A sure sign that summer is
:12:31. > :12:35.approaching, Edinburgh's Royal Mile bustling with tourists. In recent
:12:36. > :12:40.weeks, some have been the target of thieves, a gang posing as police
:12:41. > :12:46.officers who are struck more than ten times. Their most recent success
:12:47. > :12:50.was here. The theft here is typical of how this gang have been
:12:51. > :12:54.operating, it began with one of the group approaching two tourists, a
:12:55. > :12:58.mother and daughter from Chile, and asking them to take a photograph.
:12:59. > :13:03.When his two compasses arrived claiming to be police officers, they
:13:04. > :13:09.first searches back before moving on to the tourist' back and making off
:13:10. > :13:14.with more than ?1000. -- accomplices. There are out there. I
:13:15. > :13:19.would like people who would be members of the public to come
:13:20. > :13:22.forward if they see anything suspicious. Earlier, a gang -- and
:13:23. > :13:33.the gang attempted another theft. Edinburgh is a city with a
:13:34. > :13:42.reputation for being welcoming and safe. Yes, you have to be careful,
:13:43. > :13:54.be safe. But I am glad we came. Yet I live in New York. It seems pretty
:13:55. > :13:57.safe here. An unwelcome presence on the capital's street, the real
:13:58. > :14:08.police want the public's help to catch the bogus police.
:14:09. > :14:11.Other stories: A suspicious powder discovered aboard a North Sea oil
:14:12. > :14:15.platform has been revealed to be an over-the-counter medicine. Workers
:14:16. > :14:22.on this platform where tested earlier this week after police were
:14:23. > :14:28.called in when did package was discovered. Lab tests have revealed
:14:29. > :14:32.it was crushed pain relief pills. Campaigners opposed to speed cameras
:14:33. > :14:37.on the A9 have rejected a private meeting with the A9 safety group and
:14:38. > :14:41.has said any discussions should be done in public. The head of the
:14:42. > :14:44.petitions committee had set the meeting after voting it could go no
:14:45. > :14:50.further with the addition against the ?2.5 million scheme to install
:14:51. > :14:56.speed cameras on the Perth to Inverness section of the A9.
:14:57. > :15:01.It has been billed as Scotland's Premier open studios art and Craft
:15:02. > :15:06.event. Spring Flying takes place this bank holiday weekend and will
:15:07. > :15:13.bring ?1 million into the economy of the region. Organisers say it brings
:15:14. > :15:18.huge benefit to the 95 studios and artists involved. It is hugely
:15:19. > :15:24.important. I will make more than these three days than in the rest of
:15:25. > :15:28.the year put together. It pushes each artist forward to try and
:15:29. > :15:33.develop and improve from one year to the next.
:15:34. > :15:39.Time for the latest sports news. Neil Lennon says he has not lined up
:15:40. > :15:43.a new job but knows he made the correct decision to leave Celtic.
:15:44. > :15:48.The Scottish champions have begun to look for the person to replace him
:15:49. > :15:53.as manager. Who might that be? Alisdair Lamont has the latest. It
:15:54. > :15:59.was another day of departure is for Celtic. This time there in 1967
:16:00. > :16:04.European Cup winning team set off to the scene of the greatest triumph
:16:05. > :16:08.and a more recent club people joined them. It will not properly sink in
:16:09. > :16:15.for a little while, it will take some time to digest this decision. I
:16:16. > :16:51.am content with my decision. Do you think you will be heading to the
:16:52. > :16:52.premiership? I have not given any thought to that at the moment. So as
:16:53. > :16:53.Neil Lennon considers his own future, who will Celtic look for in
:16:54. > :16:55.a replacement? You need to know a little bit about what is going on
:16:56. > :16:57.and if you come from the outside, it is different, you have to adapt and
:16:58. > :16:57.that will be related difficult because you do not get time as the
:16:58. > :16:58.manager of Celtic to adapt and that is why it needs to be someone with a
:16:59. > :16:59.background and history of Celtic. There are plenty of candidates.
:17:00. > :17:10.People like Malky Mackay or David Moyes. Owen Coyle is another
:17:11. > :17:16.possibility. What about fans favourite Henrik Larsson. Falkenberg
:17:17. > :17:23.said he will not leave them this season. I do not think Henrik
:17:24. > :17:29.Larsson is ready yet. They are looking for someone who is a good
:17:30. > :17:32.manager but also a good coach. Peter Wall and the Celtic board are trying
:17:33. > :17:40.to identify that man. Then they have to secure his services. -- Peter
:17:41. > :17:50.Wall. She will be present at the
:17:51. > :18:06.Commonwealth Games. Lynsey Sharp has not met the qualifying time for the
:18:07. > :18:40.800s. She has three more races in which to do so but as our Games
:18:41. > :18:53.reporter has been finding out, she remains confident of making the
:18:54. > :19:02.Commonwealth Games. She is confident of tying up her Scott -- spot in the
:19:03. > :19:13.team Scotland after battling back from injury. Last weekend she was
:19:14. > :19:17.one seconds short of the required time but she will try again
:19:18. > :19:20.tomorrow. It does not sound like a lot of difference to make up but I
:19:21. > :19:22.was struggling last weekend and the 200 metres, an event I do not
:19:23. > :19:23.usually do, so hopefully I will perform better. 2012 was a
:19:24. > :19:26.successful one for sharp. She got a gold-medal after her Russian
:19:27. > :19:27.competitor failed a doping test. She remained sidelined last year
:19:28. > :19:29.following surgery on a tendon in her leg. She is getting shape and is
:19:30. > :19:32.desperate to make the Commonwealth Games. It is so unique to be in this
:19:33. > :19:34.court -- sport. It is a dream time to be involved and represent my
:19:35. > :19:35.country and Glasgow. It looks like an athletic Stadium rather than a
:19:36. > :19:37.football stadium. She has until the 8th of June to run
:19:38. > :19:39.the qualifying time for the 800s. She is buying a place in the four by
:19:40. > :19:41.400m release quotes. The rest of the news now.
:19:42. > :19:43.Andy Murray has spoken to the person he wants as his new coach but he is
:19:44. > :19:44.not saying who it is. He is preparing for the French Open.
:19:45. > :19:46.Hibernian take a 2-0 lead in a place for next year 's premiership. The
:19:47. > :19:49.manager says the words to their fans to make sure they finish the job.
:19:50. > :19:54.The crowd backed us enormously. They argued to their word. When you have
:19:55. > :19:59.that support behind you, it is fantastic.
:20:00. > :20:05.St Johnstone are not renewing the contracts of three of their cup
:20:06. > :20:10.winning squad. Chris alumina, Paddy Craig are amongst those not
:20:11. > :20:12.receiving new contracts. Come and's Assistant Manager Sandy
:20:13. > :20:20.Clark is parting company with the club.
:20:21. > :20:26.You can read all about Celtic's search for a new manager on our
:20:27. > :20:31.website. It is a Big Weekend for music lovers
:20:32. > :20:36.across Scotland with two music festivals under way. BBC Radio 1's
:20:37. > :20:45.Big Weekend takes place in Glasgow said the centre. Andrew Anderson is
:20:46. > :20:49.rocking all over Montrose firstly. Good evening from Montrose and good
:20:50. > :20:56.evening from the Montrose Music Festival. 4000 fans beginning to
:20:57. > :21:02.gather for status quo. They are legends and the headline act.
:21:03. > :21:09.Tonight they are blocking Montrose. I caught up with them earlier. They
:21:10. > :21:12.gave the interview to us and told me about the set they will be playing.
:21:13. > :21:21.We will do Pink Floyd tonight because we are fed up of our own
:21:22. > :21:28.music! I prefer them to what we do! My nose is growing! We do most of
:21:29. > :21:39.the big hits that people expect from us. We are trying to give them our
:21:40. > :21:45.new music. Tell us to play in the hits. The excitement is building, a
:21:46. > :21:55.Big Weekend of free music, 200 or so gigs at 20 venues around Montrose.
:21:56. > :22:01.This festival has grown hugely since its conception in 2008. It is not
:22:02. > :22:04.the only event in Scotland this weekend, the Big Weekend is also
:22:05. > :22:09.taking place in Glasgow. It is a very loud weekend here and George
:22:10. > :22:19.Square. Radio 1's DJs are warming up the crowd. 15,000 people are
:22:20. > :22:33.expected here to see the top dance acts and the world. Over the next 48
:22:34. > :22:44.hours anyone who is anyone is coming to Glasgow. One Direction, Coldplay,
:22:45. > :22:55.Calvin Harris, Katy Perry, the list goes on. The tickets were snapped up
:22:56. > :22:56.in less than one hour. There has been some disruption around tonight
:22:57. > :23:00.at but it is estimated that these events are both ?3.5 million to the
:23:01. > :23:02.bars and restaurants. If you do not have a ticket, do not try and get
:23:03. > :23:17.in, you will only be disappointed. I am hopeful it will remain dry for
:23:18. > :23:26.Montrose this evening. There is a bit of rain for the Borders. As I
:23:27. > :23:32.mentioned, lots of events. We have the Big Weekend in Glasgow on
:23:33. > :23:36.Saturday. It will be a cloudy start with sunny spells by the afternoon.
:23:37. > :23:44.Remember and pack your umbrella, you could see one or two heavy showers.
:23:45. > :23:49.If you are looking for the ceiling, it is the 40th year of this sailing
:23:50. > :23:56.event. Sunny spells should be present. On Sunday they could see
:23:57. > :24:05.one or two showers. Winds at a forced three. Not that great for the
:24:06. > :24:16.sailors. One or two showers for this evening. Especially for the Solway
:24:17. > :24:18.coast. Misty patches and sea fog could develop. Temperatures dipping
:24:19. > :24:27.to eight or nine Celsius. Cooler in rural spots. Towards the West on
:24:28. > :24:31.Saturday morning we will see some brightness, and that will continue
:24:32. > :24:37.for the afternoon. Showers for Dumfries and Galloway. Staying
:24:38. > :24:41.unsettled for the Borders. Average temperatures around 15 or 16 Celsius
:24:42. > :24:47.but slightly lower in the East at 12 Celsius. If you are planning outdoor
:24:48. > :24:50.activities, for the North West Highlands it will be a cloudy start
:24:51. > :25:03.and there could be some showers later. Brighter skies for Argyle.
:25:04. > :25:13.Showers for the Cairngorms. Out at sea, for Loch Ewe fine and the Mull
:25:14. > :25:20.of Kintyre, winds only at a forced three or forced forward. A low
:25:21. > :25:24.pressure is never too far away this weekend. For Sunday we are looking
:25:25. > :25:31.at the weather system pushing and with showers to end the day on
:25:32. > :25:34.Sunday. We are going to see a few showers and some of them could be
:25:35. > :25:38.heavy and thundery and it is a similar story for Bank Holiday
:25:39. > :25:43.Monday. Increasingly a risk of showers.
:25:44. > :25:50.Let us go back to Pauline McLean for an update on the fire at the Glasgow
:25:51. > :25:54.School of Art. We have seen a few of the fire engines leaving. They are
:25:55. > :25:59.beginning to scale down the operation. There are plenty of
:26:00. > :26:03.firefighters inside and outside of the building and they are expected
:26:04. > :26:07.to be here for some time. Not the drama and dramatic pictures that we
:26:08. > :26:11.saw earlier of the flames at the top of the building with smoke billowing
:26:12. > :26:19.throughout the city centre. Neil Baxter, a local architect joins me.
:26:20. > :26:25.A very sad day. Desperately sad for Glasgow, architecture and the whole
:26:26. > :26:28.of Scotland. We have lost one of our greatest architectural and artistic
:26:29. > :26:34.masterpieces. I spoke to a friend in Barcelona this afternoon when I
:26:35. > :26:38.commented that this was probably the greatest building in Scotland he
:26:39. > :26:42.said it was the greatest in Europe and it has been largely destroyed
:26:43. > :26:47.today. Desperately sad. What has been interesting because of social
:26:48. > :26:52.media is just how shocked people have been on the other side of the
:26:53. > :26:58.world. People have been crying in the streets of Glasgow and that
:26:59. > :27:01.sentiment has gone throughout the world and I think Charles Rennie
:27:02. > :27:06.Mackintosh's the genius, we have lost the ultimate expression of that
:27:07. > :27:12.genius and the art school Library and it is a tragic event. It is
:27:13. > :27:17.appalling. We are still waiting to hear more news this evening as to
:27:18. > :27:22.what can be said and what will happen next. There seems to be
:27:23. > :27:27.extensive damage but we are also hearing that some items perhaps from
:27:28. > :27:31.the museum have been salvaged. We will wait to hear much more about
:27:32. > :27:38.it. A very sad day not just for Glasgow but across Scotland. Thank
:27:39. > :27:44.you, Pauline McLean. Join us again at 8pm. Goodbye.