29/05/2014 Reporting Scotland

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A row over the cost of independence as the First Minister accuses

The First Minister is challenged to explain his costing of a new state.

He accuses rivals of inventing their own figures.

On their visit to Scotland, Kate and her husband receive a

Questions for Commonwealth Games organisers.

Glasgow residents say they're concerned about access for

emergency vehicles after security officials redirect a 999 call.

The mother of businesswoman Moira Jones,

murdered at random in a park, says it doesn't get any easier to cope.

And the Scotland manager declares himself "very proud" of his players,

after they extend their unbeaten run to six matches.

There's a new row tonight over the costs of independence.

Campaigners for the Union have challenged

the First Minister to spell out exactly how much it would take to

set up a new state, including embassies and defence forces.

But Alex Salmond says that would depend on negotiations

between Edinburgh and London on carving up existing assets,

and accused his rivals of inventing figures to suit their agenda.

This from our political editor, Brian Taylor.

On the streets, Alistair Darling promotes the claim that independence

would cost you dearly. In Parliament, Alex Salmond says the

claim is undermined as Treasury estimates of start-up costs have

been disowned by academics whose work was used. What is the

Government's been disowned by academics whose

work was used. What is the costing of setting up a new state? I find it

worrying that the First Minister has no intention of telling the people

of Scotland how his paperclip economics add up. Alex Salmond said

he would go with around 250 million, the revised version. When the two

professors lied upon by -- relied upon by the Treasury to destroy the

case for independence and up backing the case in terms of the estimates

they produce, I think it is time to revise her questioning strategy.

Willie Rennie tried again. If people vote for independence in September,

then find out about the First Minister was wrong on the costs,

there is no way back. Alex Salmond focused instead on the games of

independence. A 0.3 increase on productivity. A better balance of

the working age population, increasing employment by 3.5%. His

critics say they are still looking for answers.

Where does this leave us? It goes into a period of

evangelising, evangelising their competing visions right up to the

September deadline. The critics of Alex Salmond say he must know the

start-up costs and they claim there must be a secret documents. Alex

Salmond says no, just this, the white paper. It is argued on behalf

of the First Minister at work has gone on behind the scenes. -- VAT.

This talks about the costs being dependent on the negotiations with

London. It is argued again in the First Minister that this could be

done reasonably moderately and he accuses his opponents of making up

figures in the Treasury documents. This has been a significant fight,

but a significant step on the way to the referendum.

Hundreds of wellwishers have greeted the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

The couple, who are known as the Earl and

Countess of Strathearn in Scotland, tried a dram on a tour of a whisky

distillery and Prince William, who's a former rescue helicopter pilot,

In Scotland, Prince William and Kate are the Earl and Countess of

Strathearn. Today they were welcome to the heart of Strathearn. On the

playing field, Scotland's charity Air Ambulance. Of great interest to

Prince William, a former search and rescue pilot who is said to be

considering a career in the Air Ambulance service. He wasn't giving

anything away. His interest was at, but he obviously cares for people

and you can see that in the way he was asking questions, so who knows?

I think he would be a great asset. On the other side of the playing

fields, Kate was meeting the youngsters. She was going solo for

much of this part of the visits. At the Scout store, an offer of a

Scotch pancake was accepted, much to the delight of the bakers. She had

it spotted and jam. She said she enjoyed it. She had -- she had

butter. The royal couple were the oldest

working distillery in Scotland. They do things the old-fashioned way here

and are proud of it. Then the offer of a dram, would they have a net?

They would. The day ended with a fate, another

warm welcome and a display of Scottish country dancing.

This was the musical end to the day, meeting the people of Strathearn.

Residents living near the Emirates Arena and Athletes' Village

say they are concerned about local access for emergency

vehicles, as the security operation for the Games is stepped up.

Last night, an ambulance on a 999 call was

re-directed by security officials, after attempting to gain access to

This comes as organisers outlined plans for safety

Our Commonwealth Games reporter, Lisa Summers, is with me now.

Lisa, what do we know about what happened last night?

It was an elderly man that made the call to paramedics. He lives on the

state upset the Athletes' Village. In recent days, the street has been

closed off as part of the security measures for the Commonwealth Games.

The paramedics turned up and security officials redirected them

into another entrance, the ambulance service said to me this evening that

it did not result in any delay to the man's treatment and the man is

in a stable condition, but talking to local people in Dalmarnock, there

seems to be a growing frustration about getting closer to the games

and that their needs are getting overlooked. How do we get them into

our community? They seem to be... They did a dummy

run, with fire engines, they let them in, but they did not let in the

ambulance. People cannot get out to do their shopping just now as there

are no amenities here. People cannot access people. The council needs to

come and meet people. 2014 say they have carried out a number of events

to one of the restrictions and say they have a plan for emergency

vehicles to get access, but they say if locals have concerns, they will

carry on talking to him and maybe visit them to make them aware of the

disruption there may be. What else have we learned?

Police Scotland announced their plans today. It will be their

biggest operation as a single force and unlike the Olympics where we had

GeForce as the sole company in charge of the company, Doc also, the

prison service, to make sure the security is delivered properly and

effectively. You're watching Reporting Scotland

from the BBC. Still to come

on tonight's programme: Glasgow's famous bandstand is

restored to its former glory In sport:

Gordon Strachan's verdict on the national team's season,

and we'll tell you how Andy Murray fared against the man they called

Mad Dog in the French Open. The mother of the businesswoman

Moira Jones who was murdered in a Glasgow park six years ago

today, says dealing with her death Moira was killed in a random attack

by a Slovakian man who'd only moved Bee Jones frequently returns to

the scene in Queen's Park close to She was there again today,

and our reporter Laura Maxwell went It is somewhere I have to come every

year. It is a sad place, obviously, but is also the place where the

closest to her. Bee Jones and Hugh Jones off I visit Queens Park, a

place so important and yet so painful. This anniversary, the sick,

no easier. -- six. All of the memories are still... I

cannot get past the sadness and the shock. The park is peaceful now, a

place for people to enjoy. But in May 2008, Moira Jones' body was

found in the bushes. The park became a crime scene. Less than a year

later, the man from Slovakia was convicted and jailed for at least 25

years. Now the family wants to celebrate Moira's life, they are

organising a charity run in the park and are hoping that the community

will join in. Moira's death was such a tragedy for a family and so many

people in the community felt they owned part of it. They felt it was

such a dreadful thing to happen in a park they love. People are often

very fearful when these things happen, but it is rare and so we

wanted to take the park back. For now, as Bee Jones Ramblers Moira,

she hopes others to will celebrate her life. -- remembers Moira. I want

people to remember the fun Moira, the runner, the swimmer of the party

girl. I want them to celebrate the happy times she had with them. I

would like to think that can be celebrated. I hope one day I can

celebrate. celebrated. I hope one day I

Bee Jones ending that report. Up to 50 jobs could be created

on the east coast of Skye if plans for the island's first fish

processing plant get the go ahead. Staffin Trust is working with

the developers, Skye Sea Harvest, to realise maximum benefit

for residents in a partnership which could one day

see the business belonging to them. It is not just about the slipway, it

is about the social and economic impact and that has tremendous

potential when you look at a community that is in danger of

reducing community numbers. A gun captured from the Jacobites

at the Battle of Culloden is to stay The National Trust is to buy

the three-foot blunderbuss, after raising more than half

the ?85,000 asking price. An engraving

on the barrel tells how it was taken from the battlefield by an officer

from Cumberland's government army. A team of eight adventurers will

set off from St Kilda tomorrow morning for a two-day, non-stop

row back to the Isle of Skye. The crew has spent two years

planning and training for the trip, although none of them has any open

water rowing experience. Their vessel is

a 20-foot open skiff, built 120 Getting the boat back, which we only

got recently, getting that in the shape was the high point. Then we

had a good practice the other week, the wind was with us. The tide was

with us, couldn't have been better. Borders Councillors have agreed to

fund a business plan aimed at siting the Great Tapestry of

Scotland permanently in Tweedbank. Leaders want daytrippers to "Take

the train to the tapestry," housed in a new visual arts space alongside

the Borders railway terminus. The proposal is the preferred

option of the artwork's trustees. Conservative opposition to the plan

failed, as did a bid to consider A play based on the life

of a Stornoway schoolgirl who was taken to Pakistan

by her father is opening at the tells the story of Molly Campbell,

who at the age of 12 found herself the subject of headlines

across the world, in what was Now 19 and back in Scotland,

Molly says she hopes the play will My name is not Molly. The press

conference which the play takes its title from. Now, almost eight years

later, she tries to recall what her thinking was then. Everyone was

calling me Molly in Stornoway, but then my dad was like, no, that is

not your name. Who are you known as? Who is Molly? I am both. Well, yes.

And she says aged 12, she could not understand why their persona at

interest in her. For me it was just I went to visit my dad but the media

just made it into a really big story. It has left this huge gap.

Her mother was left heartbroken when money was taken to Pakistan. It was

devastating. I was already distraught. I was broken. This is

where we live and we are going to move all the way up there to this

massive island. The play has changed their names but not their story. The

writer interviewed the mum and dad and Molly and everything we say is a

direct quote from those interviews. She made a lot of decisions waste on

impulses and her love for both parents, and where she wanted to go.

That kind of exciting idea of something new and magnificent. The

latest act is that Molly is now back in Scotland, living with her mother.

We finish each other's sentences. We know what each other is thinking. We

laugh at the same things. It was never a case of not wanting to see

my mother, so the fact that I'm back, I'm just so happy. I

absolutely love her. I am not gabby! Thousands of cyclists will be

heading to Peebles this weekend Now in its fifth year,

TweedLove is the biggest cycling festival in the UK,

staging 40 events over three weeks. The main attraction is a round

of the Enduro World Series, a tough mountain-biking race circuit

which has brought 600 elite riders Our reporter Cameron Buttle has been

watching them train The Tweed Valley, world-famous for

its breathtaking scenery, unique wildlife and now world-class mining

tin biking. -- mountain biking. 50,000 people are heading here for

the TweedLove, the main attraction the Enduro series. Katie was brought

up a few miles away. Now she can beat against the best in the world.

New ride on the edge but within your limits. Here you have all the mud

everywhere so you have to let the bike move. The skill level has to be

high. Every race is different. Here we are in Scotland at them go to

France, Italy, America, Canada... For the 600 elite riders who have

travelled here, there is a unique challenge. It is not as muddy for

us. France... This one is going to be fun. Different and exciting. It

is challenging. The weather made it very challenging. The speed is not

that high because of the mud. But other than that it is a good

challenge downhill here. Mountain biking at this level is big

business. This is one trailer for one of the teams. These bikes are

worth several thousand pounds each. There is an area for the rider, a

kitchen, bedroom, an area for the sponsors as well. Seeing some of the

best riders in the world is just one of the reasons why the TweedLove is

now the biggest in the UK. Next stop after all of this, the Alps. But

that is after a weekend braving the slopes in the Tweed Valley.

The Scotland manager Gordon Strachan says his players should be proud

The national side are unbeaten in six matches after last night's

Good touch there! Right from the start, Scotland's attacking intent

was clear. Much of the talk before the game centred on match fixing

allegations. Not sure how you could fix an effort like this for the

first goal, despite Charlie Mulgrew's clever flick, he was not

wholly satisfied. A lot of positives but we can do better. We have passed

the ball better than that. We have passed it good at times but we can

pass it better. Scotland's luck could have been better. This was one

of two disallowed goals. Nigeria are off to the World Cup soon and did

not want to go on the back of a defeat, but a big deflection was

needed here to get past Allan McGregor in goal. Scotland were

level at half-time but ahead again shortly afterwards, when there was

an own goal from the Nigerian defence. And it was a lead that

lasted right until the end of the match, when Uche Nwofor denied

Scotland another victory. It was pretty good. Better than pretty

good. They're terrific performance. Great imagination. Good play against

a big, good side. It has been a great journey in the last year. We

are starting to look more like a club side. Scotland is in good

heart, then. And they will need to be. Next up is Germany away in

September. Andy Murray will play

Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber on Saturday for a place in the fourth

round of the French Open tennis. It follows a comfortable win over

the man nicknamed Mad Dog - Grey skies over the French capital.

Down below, business as usual, but the Wimbledon champion being given

the runaround by the world 66. There was a 22 hit rally before Murray

triumphed. Into the second set and the Scot was focused and clinical

and his serve was clearly too strong for his opponent. Moments later and

he was serving, for the second set. An early break, a fluffed return

from Andy Murray's opponent. Andy Murray seemed bothered at times by

his left hamstring, though he continued to dominate. In his hurry

to be finished, he was broken for the first time while serving for the

match, but his inevitable victory was only slightly delayed. Next up,

the will play Azubuike Egwuekwe of Germany. -- he will play the German

tennis player. BBC Scotland's learned that British

and Irish Lions fullback Stuart Hogg isn't in the Glasgow Warriors squad

for the Pro12 league final Three goals from Twente Enschede

winger Quincy Promes killed off Scotland's hopes

of qualifying for the Under-21 Euro finals, the Netherlands winning 6-1

at St Mirren park last night. Scotland's largest ever cycling team

will compete at the Glasgow 2014 games, 30 athletes

in all, including a member of GB's It feels special, being able to pull

on a Scottish jersey. It feels like home and is quite special for me.

Stephen Gallacher's made an impressive start to the

The Bathgate golfer, well up the leader board

on five under par - this his third shot at the par-five eighth.

Catch all the big stories when they break or at your leisure

The Republic of Ireland manager said that Roy Keane had an informal chat

about becoming Celtic's manager. An historic Bandstand has been

reopened in Glasgow's Kelvingrove Park after a ?2.2 million

refurbishment. The bandstand, built in 1924, was the focus of a long

campaign. Three, two, one! One slip and an

historic Bandstand is back in business. Musicians on stage for the

first time in decades, many of those who campaign for its restoration in

the audience. Because of its location, and it has been here for

nearly 90 years, and used open to the 1990s and it fell of use, there

is a lot of affection for it. People were keen to see it brought back

into active use. Abandoned and derelict, it has taken years to

raise ?2.2 million needed to restore it. Teenage Fanclub are among the

big names lined up to play there this summer. They have been closely

involved in the campaign, but others took some convincing. We have had to

send to some of the agents pictures to explain what it is. One of the

managers sought a rich online of the old dilapidated Bandstand and said,

we're not playing there! We had to explain. The venue will also be used

during the Commonwealth Games and as before in the local community. Some

will remember this place from pop gigs in the 1970s, others from

slightly more sedate concerts, but all are delighted to see the

Kelvingrove Bandstand back centrestage.

Let's see how the weather is shaping up.

Things settling down nicely for the weekend as we see this area of high

pressure already pushing across northern Scotland. Pushing any cloud

away to the side at the moment. This weather front is approaching,

bringing outbreaks of rain. A lovely evening across northern parts of the

country. Cloud across southern parts, which will break up. Mist and

low cloud pushing into the Northern Isles. Also the northern coastal

areas. Temperatures are bit cooler than we have seen of late.

Potentially even down to two Celsius across rural parts. Tomorrow starts

drive, and bright. The mist and cloud across northern parts burns

off. It may take longer across the Northern Isles. The sunshine becomes

more hazy. Cloud filling in a little during the course of the day. The

cloud will burn off eventually across the Northern Isles.

Across-the-board, a fairly pleasant day. The best of the sunshine for

coastal areas and across the North East, too. Temperatures pretty much

around the seasonal average. Very little changes through the rest of

the daylight hours. Holding on to the daylight conditions. Possibly

more sunshine through the evening. Dry overnight with clear spells as

well and mist returning to northern parts, too.

Saturday starts off similar to tomorrow. Once again we will see

cloud building up during the course of the day, maybe producing the odd

light shower. Starting off dry and bright on

Sunday and the rain in the West pushing across the western part of

the country. The headlines: Campaigners for the

union have challenged the First Minister to set out how much it will

cost to set out a new state. Back at 8pm and just after the ten

o'clock news. Good evening.