:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from the BBC News at Six. It's goodbye from me.
:00:00. > :00:00.Guilty of murder after dousing his wife in petrol
:00:07. > :00:12.Dramatic CCTV pictures of the attack in a Stirling hairdressers show
:00:13. > :00:18.the man, himself on fire, making his escape from the blaze.
:00:19. > :00:21.Too many young Scots aren't ready for the world of work.
:00:22. > :00:26.A report calls for a bigger role for employers in schools and colleges.
:00:27. > :00:30.Emotional scenes at Holyrood as women whose lives have been
:00:31. > :00:44.ruined by a controversial medical procedure call for it to be banned.
:00:45. > :00:53.The evidence is overwhelming. Please hear our voice.
:00:54. > :00:56.We have news of a major intervention by Gordon
:00:57. > :01:01.And we speak to Motherwell's new general manager who tells us
:01:02. > :01:07.his priority is to keep Stuart McCall at the club.
:01:08. > :01:10.A man is facing a life sentence tonight
:01:11. > :01:13.for burning his ex-wife to death in the hairdressers where she worked.
:01:14. > :01:16.Today, a jury found Ahmad Yazdanparast guilty of murder.
:01:17. > :01:20.He and his ex-wife Ahdeih had recently divorced when he doused her
:01:21. > :01:36.You may find some images in Morag Kinniburgh's report distressing.
:01:37. > :01:51.Ahmad Yazdanparast takes a container from his car to buy petrol. He used
:01:52. > :02:01.it to murder his ex-wife. He was known as Chico by many locals. This
:02:02. > :02:22.was his takeaway, his ex-wife's beauty salon was below. He went down
:02:23. > :02:38.to the beauty salon and through the view over his ex-wife and then set
:02:39. > :02:43.fire to her. CCTV footage shows how the entered the salon. There was an
:02:44. > :02:44.explosion, then he fled upstairs. Look at the top of the screen. Once
:02:45. > :02:47.outside, he collapsed. Passers-by came to help. Despite their efforts,
:02:48. > :02:49.Ahdeih Khayatzadeh died later that day in hospital. I have never
:02:50. > :02:50.experienced anything like this. It is particularly unusual. He attacked
:02:51. > :02:50.his wife during the marriage. She told police he had threatened to
:02:51. > :03:01.kill her and pour acid in her face. Her death left a huge void in their
:03:02. > :03:07.lives. Too many young people are not
:03:08. > :03:11.ready for the world of work. That's the finding of a major report
:03:12. > :03:14.for the Scottish Government aimed at tackling the problem
:03:15. > :03:16.of youth unemployment through Current figures show that 53,000
:03:17. > :03:25.Scots aged between 16 But, according to today's report,
:03:26. > :03:31.the rate here is more than double that of the countries with
:03:32. > :03:40.the best vocational education. Here's our education
:03:41. > :03:47.correspondent Jamie McIvor. From fixing bikes to making cakes, at the
:03:48. > :03:51.school, getting practical skills for a job I'd just as valuable as
:03:52. > :03:59.academic subjects. Kieran's course includes childcare. Instead of going
:04:00. > :04:06.to a call age or university -- college, you can stay in school and
:04:07. > :04:12.gets some grades here. All of the students stay on for a fifth and
:04:13. > :04:15.sixth year. Doing this has meant tailoring the range of subjects on
:04:16. > :04:21.offer. We can young people don't have bounced higher English and
:04:22. > :04:25.young people who are doing tactical craft skills. -- advanced higher.
:04:26. > :04:27.Little wonder the craft skills. -- advanced higher.
:04:28. > :04:32.Little wonder school was picked for the launch of a wide-ranging report.
:04:33. > :04:34.A lot of recommendations the launch of a wide-ranging report.
:04:35. > :04:39.A lot of build on what is already good practice. Better careers
:04:40. > :04:42.education, close employers between schools and colleges and most
:04:43. > :04:47.importantly to help companies take on young people. We have not been
:04:48. > :04:52.good about businesses spending enough time and employing young
:04:53. > :04:58.people, so we have made suggestions to build bridges. Scotland's economy
:04:59. > :05:03.has changed and so has the way that young people gain skills for work.
:05:04. > :05:10.Once, school leavers competed to get into the shipyards, now a college
:05:11. > :05:13.where youngsters are learning a trade and getting jobs and
:05:14. > :05:17.apprenticeships through the links between the college and local
:05:18. > :05:23.employers. We work with a number of local employers and place students
:05:24. > :05:27.in a range of apprenticeship programmes. They come to college
:05:28. > :05:33.first and get a broad range of skills. It raises their
:05:34. > :05:39.employability. Then employers can select from these students. The
:05:40. > :05:42.Government says it is committed to cutting youth unemployment and will
:05:43. > :05:43.give a full response to the report soon.
:05:44. > :05:45.Still to come on tonight's programme:
:05:46. > :05:48.How one of Scotland's best-known authors is turning her hand to
:05:49. > :05:52.In sport, a step up for a familiar face at Motherwell.
:05:53. > :05:54.New general manager Allan Burrows reveals his number one priority
:05:55. > :06:06.More on that, and the rest of the sport coming soon.
:06:07. > :06:09.Around 1,500 women in Scotland receive mesh implants every year,
:06:10. > :06:11.usually to treat a prolapsed bladder and relieve
:06:12. > :06:18.But some have been left in constant pain after the implants hardened.
:06:19. > :06:21.Today a group of women put their case for the procedure to be
:06:22. > :06:34.Our political correspondent Lucy Adams reports.
:06:35. > :06:41.Karen Neal says doctors told her it was a routine operation. She awoke
:06:42. > :06:48.screaming in agony and says the pain has not stopped. I am totally
:06:49. > :06:53.incontinence, in constant pain. I do not have a break from it, I cannot
:06:54. > :06:59.drive or work. I got signed on fit for work in March, I am 46 and it is
:07:00. > :07:06.life changing. It is awful that they are still doing it. Karen is one of
:07:07. > :07:11.around 1500 women in Scotland who undergo this procedure each year.
:07:12. > :07:17.She says for her and hundreds of others, there has been serious,
:07:18. > :07:24.irreversible complications. This is the mesh used to tie newspapers,
:07:25. > :07:27.campaigners claim it is the same material causing devastating health
:07:28. > :07:32.implications for hundreds of women across Scotland. They have called
:07:33. > :07:38.for Holyrood to take urgent action. Their question is why is this
:07:39. > :07:44.procedure still taking place question mark --? . An emotional
:07:45. > :07:52.plea was made today. Please study the dossier, the evidence is
:07:53. > :07:55.overwhelming. Please hear us. The Health Secretary has written to the
:07:56. > :08:00.regulators, but says it is not up to the Government to suspend the use of
:08:01. > :08:05.the implants. We are not a regulatory authority and it is not
:08:06. > :08:09.our responsibility to do that. While a significant number of women, up to
:08:10. > :08:14.a fifth of all women who've had these operations have had real
:08:15. > :08:18.problems, the other 80% seem to be OK. The regulatory authority said
:08:19. > :08:24.that while their own research found...
:08:25. > :08:32.Lawyers said that the 400 women already taking legal action are just
:08:33. > :08:37.the tip of the iceberg. For them, any ban would come too late.
:08:38. > :08:46.A been ordered to improve
:08:47. > :08:49.its cleaning procedures after inspectors found dried blood
:08:50. > :08:52.on patient trolleys Unannounced inspections to
:08:53. > :08:55.Ayr Hospital in April uncovered issues with cleanliness in the
:08:56. > :08:57.accident and emergency department. Managers say "immediate steps"
:08:58. > :08:59.are being been taken. A review of spectator safety
:09:00. > :09:02.at sporting events has been ordered Kenny MacAskill has asked police
:09:03. > :09:06.to report back within four weeks. It follows the deaths
:09:07. > :09:12.of three people at the Jim Clark Two people are still in hospital,
:09:13. > :09:17.one in a critical condition. This week, new rules on helicopter
:09:18. > :09:19.safety are being introduced. It follows a series of North Sea
:09:20. > :09:23.crashes over the past few years. The changes will try to move
:09:24. > :09:26.the industry closer to the Norwegian model, which has
:09:27. > :09:28.a far better safety record. But trade unions there say any
:09:29. > :09:31.replication won't work here, because unions have to be equally
:09:32. > :09:43.involved in decisions. is described as Europe's wooden
:09:44. > :09:50.city, but it is actually built on oil. Among the tourists are clues to
:09:51. > :09:55.the industry that support it, this city service platforms in the
:09:56. > :09:59.eastern half of the North Sea. An industry that looks similar to
:10:00. > :10:04.Scotland's, apart from the fact they have not lost a helicopter since
:10:05. > :10:09.1998. The big difference seems to be the power of the unions and there is
:10:10. > :10:13.a feeling that if the unionisation would crumble, the safety record
:10:14. > :10:21.would go with it. The Norwegian model for safety is built on the
:10:22. > :10:29.unions, operators and having an equal say. Our regulations are built
:10:30. > :10:33.on unions and strong safety delegates. Only by copying the
:10:34. > :10:42.regulations will it work. You have to make solid, before you can change
:10:43. > :10:48.the regulations. That would mean we strengthen in the UK unions. Yes.
:10:49. > :10:55.This is what led to the current safety model. 123 people were
:10:56. > :11:02.killed. It was the Norwegian Piper Alpha. This academic says a turning
:11:03. > :11:13.point in oil exploration. We have establishment of a shift, a turning
:11:14. > :11:18.point that more or less made the new rules about how to regulate safety
:11:19. > :11:22.on normal region -- of the Norwegian sector. Unions feel helicopter
:11:23. > :11:28.operators want to hear about potential problems. As a whole, I
:11:29. > :11:32.think the industry now has moved to the point where they want to hear
:11:33. > :11:36.solutions. We come with new points of view that they may not have
:11:37. > :11:41.themselves as we are sitting on the ground level, doing the everyday
:11:42. > :11:48.work. UK regulators are moving towards the Norwegian model by
:11:49. > :11:49.creating the Forum For Safety. But here the discussions are grounded in
:11:50. > :11:54.law. Until now, the opposition parties
:11:55. > :11:57.supporting a no vote in the independence referendum have offered
:11:58. > :12:00.different views of how devolution The former Prime Minister,
:12:01. > :12:06.Gordon Brown, has told this programme he's willing
:12:07. > :12:09.to work with other parties to agree a joint offer on more powers for
:12:10. > :12:24.Holyrood before September's vote. All three parties have now agreed to
:12:25. > :12:27.change and all three parties will put it in their manifesto that they
:12:28. > :12:33.will implement of these proposals for change, if we can get agreement
:12:34. > :12:37.earlier, let's do it. If possible, before the referendum. At the same
:12:38. > :12:46.time, you must recognise that every party is now committed to these
:12:47. > :12:53.changes. Glen Campbell joins me now. How significant is this? Gordon
:12:54. > :12:57.Brown does not lead the better together campaign, but here the
:12:58. > :13:01.public face of Labour's campaign for a no vote in the independence
:13:02. > :13:06.referendum and in that capacity he is making overtures to the
:13:07. > :13:11.Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, indicating a willingness to work
:13:12. > :13:15.with them, to reach an agreement on what powers could come to the
:13:16. > :13:18.parliament if voters reject independence, indicating a
:13:19. > :13:23.willingness to work with them to achieve that in advance of the
:13:24. > :13:28.referendum itself. The Liberal Democrats welcome that, they say it
:13:29. > :13:32.is in line with their thinking, the Conservatives are more cautious.
:13:33. > :13:36.Sceptical, even, of working within that time scale. Those who favour
:13:37. > :13:43.independence says nothing less than independence will do. I don't think
:13:44. > :13:46.Scotland needs a lowest common demand later agreements, Scotland
:13:47. > :13:51.needs the full range of powers that will allow us to grow our economy.
:13:52. > :13:57.-- the nominator. That is what Scotland needs.
:13:58. > :14:02.I still think it is unlikely that Labour, the Conservatives and the
:14:03. > :14:08.Liberal Democrats can reach a concrete is compromise in advance of
:14:09. > :14:12.a referendum, but they may way -- may work closer together to stress
:14:13. > :14:14.the areas where there is overlap between rival sets for proposals of
:14:15. > :14:15.further devolution. In the run up to
:14:16. > :14:18.the independence referendum, we've been touring the UK's only current
:14:19. > :14:21.border in Northern Ireland looking Our economics Correspondent is
:14:22. > :14:25.at one of the crossings there. Yes this is the border. You might
:14:26. > :14:41.not notice it driving over the bridge between Strabane in Northern
:14:42. > :14:44.Ireland and Lifford in the Republic of Ireland. The only way you can
:14:45. > :14:48.tell which side you're on is the speed limit signs, in miles per hour
:14:49. > :14:52.or kilometres per hour. For many businesses, that's how they operate
:14:53. > :14:58.too- having one headquarters and doing business across the border in
:14:59. > :15:18.both countries. Like many companies in Northern
:15:19. > :15:23.Ireland, this bakery is a family business. It is run by six brothers.
:15:24. > :15:27.It was set up by their parents. They now employ hundreds of others and
:15:28. > :15:38.their products are being eaten much further afield. Our business has
:15:39. > :15:42.always continued to grow. We have a foot in three markets. That gives us
:15:43. > :15:49.a great platform. Once the food is made and packed, it
:15:50. > :15:54.is sent off to three markets. Northern Ireland, the Republic of
:15:55. > :15:58.Ireland and the rest of the UK. Although Dublin is a crucial
:15:59. > :16:03.market, it is not all was straightforward to do business in
:16:04. > :16:10.another country. We have to invoice in euros. That brings with it some
:16:11. > :16:15.risk in terms of currency fluctuation.
:16:16. > :16:20.The city of Derry is the north-west tip of Northern Ireland and is right
:16:21. > :16:23.on the border. It is undergoing a regeneration at the moment but
:16:24. > :16:28.during the troubles, when there was a physical barrier between the two
:16:29. > :16:34.countries, Derry really suffered economic league. It utterly
:16:35. > :16:40.decimated trade in this city. That is all gone now.
:16:41. > :16:44.What kinds of issues you need to think through when they are dealing
:16:45. > :16:48.with companies the other side of the border? It is an administrative
:16:49. > :16:54.frontier so you have different rates of VAT. It is a bit of a pain but it
:16:55. > :16:59.is not a barrier to trade. It is not always a smooth process to
:17:00. > :17:05.trade across the border. For many companies, it is not the case of the
:17:06. > :17:14.grass is greener on the other side, they think the grass is greener on
:17:15. > :17:17.both sides of the border. And it is not just small companies operating
:17:18. > :17:25.on both sides of the border. Coca-Cola have one distillery plant
:17:26. > :17:29.which operates across the island. More than ?2 billion worth of trade
:17:30. > :17:34.crosses the border between the Republic and Northern Ireland. Trade
:17:35. > :17:37.flows freely despite the difficulties for businesses to
:17:38. > :17:42.overcome. Join me tomorrow when I will be looking at ideas about
:17:43. > :17:46.living on one side of the border and working on the other. As the Englund
:17:47. > :17:54.revenue: Those people, frontier workers. Sarah Smith is here to tell
:17:55. > :17:59.us what is on Scotland 2014 tonight. We have the two big reigns of the
:18:00. > :18:04.referendum campaign. The Deputy First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, and
:18:05. > :18:09.the shadow of Foreign Secretary, will debate.
:18:10. > :18:12.Around a dozen calls were received by police following a BBC Crimewatch
:18:13. > :18:15.appeal to help locate murdered Edinburgh woman Suzanne Pilley. 50
:18:16. > :18:19.year old David Gilroy was convicted of killing the bookkeeper in 2012
:18:20. > :18:22.but her body was never found. Detectives say some of the
:18:23. > :18:27.information came from people who'd never contacted them before.
:18:28. > :18:30.Labour is to try to run a minority administration on Dumfries and
:18:31. > :18:33.Galloway Council following the collapse of their coalition with the
:18:34. > :18:36.SNP. The Nationalists pulled out of the deal yesterday over policy
:18:37. > :18:39.differences. It leaves Labour trying to run the authority with just 15
:18:40. > :18:47.councillors - nine short of a majority.
:18:48. > :18:50.Thousands of science and technology exhibits and items from the world of
:18:51. > :18:54.art and design will be brought out of storage and given new space in
:18:55. > :18:57.the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. The Victorian building
:18:58. > :19:01.has become the most visited attraction outside London. Evidence
:19:02. > :19:04.of four thousand year old settlements has been found by
:19:05. > :19:07.archaeologists on the site of a new park and ride near Aberdeen Airport.
:19:08. > :19:18.More excavation work will be done before the car park can be built.
:19:19. > :19:27.To see the fires and halves that they sat around, that is fantastic.
:19:28. > :19:28.Really exciting to be that close to our predecessors.
:19:29. > :19:31.Shetland's new ?5.1 million visitor centre at Sumburgh Head has been
:19:32. > :19:34.opened by the Princess Royal. The attraction is based in renovated
:19:35. > :19:37.lighthouse buildings and Princess Anne was invited to lead the
:19:38. > :19:40.ceremony because of her role as patron of the Northern Lighthouse
:19:41. > :19:45.A garage owner has apologised for staging a scene that looked like a
:19:46. > :19:48.murder in Edinburgh, which was caught on Google Street View. Dan
:19:49. > :19:51.Thompson had to say sorry after receiving a visit from the police.
:19:52. > :19:54.The mechanic had lain on the road while his colleague stood over him
:19:55. > :19:57.with a pick axe handle after spotting the Google camera car.
:19:58. > :20:06.However, a web user saw the image and made a complaint.
:20:07. > :20:12.Motherwell's new general manager says his top priority is to keep
:20:13. > :20:16.boss Stuart McCall at Fir Park. Alan Burrows, one of the youngest to fill
:20:17. > :20:19.such a role in football, knows other clubs are monitoring McCall's
:20:20. > :20:21.progress after guiding Motherwell into Europe
:20:22. > :20:31.for the third year in a row. John Barnes reports.
:20:32. > :20:39.At the age of 31, Alan Burrows this week formally stepped through the
:20:40. > :20:43.door as Motherwell's general manager. His previous role as head
:20:44. > :20:51.of media and indications won him numerous awards. But it is one of
:20:52. > :20:59.the club's priced assets, namely manager, Stuart McCall, he is keen
:21:00. > :21:02.to hold onto. In terms of pre-season preparation, and everything you
:21:03. > :21:11.would expect a manager to do, I'm hopeful that Stuart McCall beer.
:21:12. > :21:18.He has replaced the previous manager who left for him early on. Who has
:21:19. > :21:22.the most difficult job? I have a difficult job. I have been at the
:21:23. > :21:29.club for seven years. This is a promotion for me so there is added
:21:30. > :21:33.responsibility. If there is anybody in Scottish the ball who is capable
:21:34. > :21:40.of taking a billion through this stormy period, it is Leanne.
:21:41. > :21:46.Another important job is leasing players. The captain has signed a
:21:47. > :21:51.new two-year deal and that means a majority of experienced players are
:21:52. > :21:55.back on the books for next season. It has been a deliberate policy of
:21:56. > :22:03.hours to demonstrate we mean business. We're hopefully confident
:22:04. > :22:07.of tying up more players. He hopes the players will deliver on
:22:08. > :22:11.the pitch just as he has often the pitch.
:22:12. > :22:14.Scotland international Kenny Miller will join Rangers this week - for a
:22:15. > :22:17.third time.The thirty four year old striker was released by Major league
:22:18. > :22:20.soccer club Vancouver Whitecaps earlier this year. Miller's last
:22:21. > :22:22.spell at Rangers ended three years ago.
:22:23. > :22:25.Now, a look at what else is happening across Scottish sport.
:22:26. > :22:29.The former Hibs midfielder Paul Kane says the club have scored a "PR own
:22:30. > :22:32.goal" by not allowing a fans rally to be staged inside Easter Road. The
:22:33. > :22:35.Hibs Supporters Association wanted to gather there as part of their
:22:36. > :22:38.campaign to oust chairman Rod Petrie.
:22:39. > :22:42.It's the start of a new era for the Scotland rugby team as Vern Cotter
:22:43. > :22:45.officially takes over his role as Head Coach. The squad is training in
:22:46. > :22:48.Texas and the New Zealander will take charge for his first game
:22:49. > :23:03.He is a man of few words. That demands respect. He has a probe on
:23:04. > :23:07.track record over the past few years. He will definitely bring
:23:08. > :23:09.something good and a lot of knowledge to the part.
:23:10. > :23:12.Scotland's two professional cricket teams have been facing up today in
:23:13. > :23:15.Dumfries. Not just the victory and pride at stake for the Highlanders
:23:16. > :23:18.and Reivers. Our top cricketers have also been out to impress Scotland
:23:19. > :23:25.European 800 metres Champion Lynsey Sharp will run in July's Diamond
:23:26. > :23:28.League meeting at Hampden. The event takes place 2 weeks before the
:23:29. > :23:32.Commonwealth Games. Sharp will run in the 800 metres in a showdown
:23:33. > :23:40.And there are more sports stories, including a preview of Andy Murray
:23:41. > :23:43.against Gael Monfils in tomorrow's French Open quarter final - plus all
:23:44. > :23:53.the latest news, 24 hours a day on BBC Sport Scotland's website.
:23:54. > :23:57.She's already one of Scotland's best known writers and now Denise Mina is
:23:58. > :24:00.turning her hand to film-making. She's made a documentary about her
:24:01. > :24:10.own family - using just a mobile phone. Suzanne Allan has more.
:24:11. > :24:17.This is a provincial paper any print and shall time. Please do not start
:24:18. > :24:21.banging on about Glasgow being the second city of the Empire.
:24:22. > :24:30.Denise Minor is well-known for her novels. -- Denise Mina. She wanted a
:24:31. > :24:38.new challenge and looked no further than her family. I often go to the
:24:39. > :24:49.cinema and see the same film over and over and I thought it would be
:24:50. > :24:53.great to get my relatives to do it. Sometimes I think that if she picks
:24:54. > :25:01.up a cup... With a small Budget she decided to
:25:02. > :25:03.use a mobile phone to make the film with her cousins. There was no
:25:04. > :25:10.shortage of material with so many family members available.
:25:11. > :25:15.We grew up in a storytelling family. It was meant to be a pet project but
:25:16. > :25:19.Denise showed it to the whole family at a special screening at the
:25:20. > :25:24.Glasgow film Theatre. That reaction became part of the final film. But
:25:25. > :25:31.family is notoriously have different versions of events. Everybody's
:25:32. > :25:38.memories have changed. Everybody steals everybody else's stories.
:25:39. > :25:45.The film will be premiered at a festival in Inverness.
:25:46. > :26:00.It has been a slow burner. But now we have lovely spells of sunshine to
:26:01. > :26:10.end the day. There have been some showers around. Overnight, rain
:26:11. > :26:19.becomes confined to Shetland. Some patchy mist here and there is as
:26:20. > :26:27.winds stay light. It could get as low as three Celsius. Into tomorrow,
:26:28. > :26:33.a dry start for most of us. Even in Shetland, the rain will clear. From
:26:34. > :26:37.around late morning on words, we will start to see showers
:26:38. > :26:41.developing. Some will be heavy and there will be thunder in the
:26:42. > :26:47.heaviest showers. At the same time, we will see increasing cloud
:26:48. > :27:00.bringing rain to the East course. The best of the sunshine will be in
:27:01. > :27:06.the West. Not a bad day at all. Through the rest of the afternoon,
:27:07. > :27:12.rain pushing into the East really starts to make inroads into the rest
:27:13. > :27:17.of the country. As we head into Thursday, not much improves. That
:27:18. > :27:27.weather front just weaving its way slowly northwards. The focused for
:27:28. > :27:33.the heaviest rain will change. Still, a lot of cloud and a damp
:27:34. > :27:37.feel to the day. Quite a cool field. Temperatures around 14
:27:38. > :27:44.Celsius. But hang on for Friday. It will be better. In much drier and
:27:45. > :27:48.brighter day. Good spells of sunshine and light winds.
:27:49. > :27:53.Temperatures finally getting into the high teens.
:27:54. > :27:55.Now, a reminder of tonight's main news.
:27:56. > :27:59.A man is facing a life sentence tonight for burning his ex-wife to
:28:00. > :28:02.death in the hairdressers where she worked. Today, a jury found Ahmad
:28:03. > :28:11.Yazdanparast guilty of murder. He and his ex-wife Ahdie had recently
:28:12. > :28:15.Until then, from everyone on the team, have a very good evening.