:00:00. > :00:00.following a breakthrough in relations. -- in Iran.
:00:00. > :00:08.A former soldier is convicted of murdering the Greenock teenager
:00:09. > :00:12.Elaine Doyle. John Docherty claimed he was innocent but a jury found him
:00:13. > :00:14.guilty nearly 30 years after Elaine's body was discovered in an
:00:15. > :00:27.What do you know about the murder? Nothing.
:00:28. > :00:30.The baby ashes scandal - a report calls for changes in the law while
:00:31. > :00:39.the government says it's setting up a team to investigate what happened.
:00:40. > :00:45.I saw my daughter's coffin being carried. I don't know what happened
:00:46. > :00:48.to her afterwards. Also on the programme: the former
:00:49. > :00:51.prime minister John Major warns that an independent Scotland wouldn't be
:00:52. > :00:54.welcome in NATO if it ditches He spent six years at the club, now
:00:55. > :00:58.John Collins is appointed assistant And it's officially hot - how parts
:00:59. > :01:06.of the country stayed cool in 28 years after
:01:07. > :01:28.teenager Elaine Doyle was found murdered in a lane near her Greenock
:01:29. > :01:31.home a man has been found guilty of the crime. Former soldier John
:01:32. > :01:34.Docherty strangled Elaine as she made her way home from a night out.
:01:35. > :01:37.She was just 16. Catriona Renton reports on how detectives got their
:01:38. > :01:51.man. What do you know about the murder of
:01:52. > :01:58.Elaine Doyle? Nothing, other than what I have read. 428 years this man
:01:59. > :02:03.kicked a secret. John Docherty was today found guilty of murdering
:02:04. > :02:09.16-year-old Elaine Doyle. Tonight, some answers for her family.
:02:10. > :02:15.It was a great and just verdict. I am very happy. On the night she was
:02:16. > :02:22.murdered, Elaine was out with her best friend. They had been at a
:02:23. > :02:27.disco. Aileen phoned her mum and dad to say she would be home around
:02:28. > :02:30.midnight and walked home alone. She never made it home. She was
:02:31. > :02:37.strangled and murdered -- Elaine Doyle. At 7am on the morning of the
:02:38. > :02:42.2nd of June 1986, a neighbour found her body. She was naked and there
:02:43. > :02:45.were marks around her neck and her clothes were strewn around the lane.
:02:46. > :02:53.What makes the story more tragic is that she was literally yards from
:02:54. > :02:56.her parents's front door. A massive police investigation followed at the
:02:57. > :03:02.time. Hundreds of officers worked on the case and Elaine Doyle's mother
:03:03. > :03:06.pleaded with the public to help find the killer. It was my daughter who
:03:07. > :03:10.was murdered and we must catch her killer! The other criticisms that
:03:11. > :03:16.police had contaminated the murder scene. In particular that they had
:03:17. > :03:21.laid a blanket over the body. But developments in forensics I meant
:03:22. > :03:26.this case never closed. We did not know whose DNA was at the
:03:27. > :03:31.time because it was not on the national DNA database. However, as
:03:32. > :03:36.enquiries were progressed by police, individuals were requested
:03:37. > :03:45.to provide DNA samples. And DNA samples turned up John Docherty. As
:03:46. > :03:50.part of the operation, thousands of DNA samples were taken and the Crown
:03:51. > :03:54.Office opened its cold Case unit to reinvestigate. John Docherty from
:03:55. > :03:59.Greenock, did not come to attention of the police at the time. He
:04:00. > :04:08.volunteered a DNA sample and it was a one in 1 billion match. Throughout
:04:09. > :04:12.the trial, he named 41 other people he said could be her killer. This is
:04:13. > :04:17.the first successful prosecution for the Crown's cold Case unit. Elaine
:04:18. > :04:22.Doyle's mother said that the pain does not go away but she said we now
:04:23. > :04:24.have justice for my daughter. John Docherty is no longer a free man. He
:04:25. > :04:29.faces life in prison. There should be widespread changes
:04:30. > :04:32.in practice and law surrounding the cremation of babies in Scotland.
:04:33. > :04:34.That's according to an inquiry set up in the aftermath of a
:04:35. > :04:39.decades-long scandal at Mortonhall crematorium in Edinburgh, where
:04:40. > :04:43.staff secretly buried or scattered ashes while telling parents none
:04:44. > :04:47.existed. A commission led by Lord Bonomy, a High court judge, has made
:04:48. > :04:52.64 recommendations. Among them - an urgent review of cremation
:04:53. > :04:56.procedures across the country, changes in the law, and a national
:04:57. > :05:01.code of practice. And tonight, an investigation into all allegations
:05:02. > :05:03.surrounding infant cremation has been set up. Morag Kinniburgh
:05:04. > :05:12.reports. This woman from Glasgow says she has
:05:13. > :05:19.two children, even though her daughter was till dawn. I do not see
:05:20. > :05:23.how a crematorium can be so heartless. I saw my daughter's
:05:24. > :05:31.coffin being carried and I saw it go behind the curtains. I don't know
:05:32. > :05:34.what happened to her after that. The scandal first emerged at
:05:35. > :05:39.Edinburgh's Mortonhall crematorium, which secretly disposed of babies's
:05:40. > :05:48.ashes. For decades, parents were told their babies were so small that
:05:49. > :05:52.there would be no Ashes. This has affected crematoria in other
:05:53. > :05:56.locations. There are to be further investigations into what happened at
:05:57. > :05:59.this crematorium in Aberdeen. The Government has announced a national
:06:00. > :06:03.investigations unit as well as new laws and guidance for those working
:06:04. > :06:09.in hospitals, undertakers and crematorium is.
:06:10. > :06:13.I am confident this will not happen again that we must make sure the
:06:14. > :06:18.learn lessons and that is why the investigation unit is such an
:06:19. > :06:22.important part to provide answers to the families about their personal
:06:23. > :06:26.circumstances. Best practice will be upright throughout the industry
:06:27. > :06:33.across the country. People were not given choices. They were told lies.
:06:34. > :06:37.The paperwork has been changed. They have changed things to suit
:06:38. > :06:42.themselves so they do not get into trouble for what they have been
:06:43. > :06:45.doing. Many families do not know why their loved ones were treated with
:06:46. > :06:49.such little respect. Who was responsible? And will anyone ever be
:06:50. > :06:52.held to account? The establishment of this new unit gives families hope
:06:53. > :06:57.they will get answers one day. The report also reveals that parents
:06:58. > :07:00.in various other parts of Scotland were denied ashes because of
:07:01. > :07:03.concerns from staff that they might be burnt. Our reporter Kevin Keane
:07:04. > :07:05.is at Aberdeen's Hazlehead Crematorium. Kevin, what have we
:07:06. > :07:18.learnt? This is the first time that any
:07:19. > :07:25.light has been shed on the reasons why some parents were not able to be
:07:26. > :07:29.offered ashes. The reasons seem to be startlingly simple. In the 1980s,
:07:30. > :07:34.high sided metal trays were introduced into the adult readers to
:07:35. > :07:40.contain the Ashes from babies and their customs. So they could be
:07:41. > :07:43.handed back to parents. But here in Aberdeen and that several other
:07:44. > :07:46.locations, staff objected to using them because they were concerned
:07:47. > :07:51.that handling the hot metal after the process had ended, would see
:07:52. > :07:54.them or their hands being burned. For that reason they were never
:07:55. > :08:00.introduced. Then, in November last year, staff year went to another
:08:01. > :08:05.crematorium to see how procedures could be improved. They learned that
:08:06. > :08:11.they had mitigated against the risk of burning by using gloves. Lord
:08:12. > :08:15.Bonomy has recommended that other crematoria like this one full
:08:16. > :08:22.Aberdeen's example and introduce gloves to ensure those babies can be
:08:23. > :08:26.offered as ashes to parents. You're watching Reporting Scotland
:08:27. > :08:29.from the BBC. Still to come: The teenager who's taken the place
:08:30. > :08:32.of her late brother as a In sport, the new Celtic assistant
:08:33. > :08:36.manager has been named. And we look ahead to one of the
:08:37. > :08:39.biggest Scotland England battles of The health secretary is calling for
:08:40. > :08:48.the immediate suspension of the use of controversial mesh implants. The
:08:49. > :08:51.medical devices are used to ease incontinence in women, and some of
:08:52. > :08:56.the fifteen hundred who receive the implants in Scotland each year
:08:57. > :08:59.suffer painful complications. Our political correspondent Lucy Adams
:09:00. > :09:11.reports. Hundreds of women campaigning for
:09:12. > :09:19.mesh implants to be banned claimed to have suffered painful
:09:20. > :09:23.combinations. Operations for incontinence they believed would be
:09:24. > :09:28.routine has been debilitating. Their campaign has borne fruit today. BI
:09:29. > :09:33.have asked the acting Chief Medical Officer this week to write to all
:09:34. > :09:39.health boards to request them to immediately suspend these procedures
:09:40. > :09:46.both types of procedure. Until further evidence becomes available
:09:47. > :09:54.from the reports next year. The EU report on the independent review I
:09:55. > :09:59.have set up. This woman had to give up work aged 46 and is now in
:10:00. > :10:04.constant pain. People lost their jobs, their Family Lives, who they
:10:05. > :10:09.are, and now today no one else will ever have to do that. That is a
:10:10. > :10:14.positive for Scotland. It is great for Scotland. A real positive for
:10:15. > :10:19.all of us as women that we brought this to the table and they have
:10:20. > :10:24.listened to us. At the Scottish Parliament, Alex Neil said he did
:10:25. > :10:28.not have the power to suspend the use of mesh implants. The medical
:10:29. > :10:33.advice has not changed but to avoid legal concerns, they found a way to
:10:34. > :10:37.temporarily suspend their views by making new recommendations to health
:10:38. > :10:41.boards. Some health boards have already stopped using the devices.
:10:42. > :10:45.Critics question the delayed response. Why did this not happened
:10:46. > :10:51.last year when these cases were dropped for? We met them last year
:10:52. > :10:55.and nothing has changed in that one year period. And yet, only today he
:10:56. > :11:01.announces that 1800 more women have been fitted with this device in that
:11:02. > :11:05.one year period. Why did he? The regulator has asked to see new
:11:06. > :11:09.evidence from Scotland but says their position is unchanged. While a
:11:10. > :11:13.small number of women have experienced distressing effects, the
:11:14. > :11:20.benefits of these tapes and meshes outweigh the risks. These women say
:11:21. > :11:21.it means the world to them that their campaign should prevent others
:11:22. > :11:27.from suffering. The former prime minister, Sir John
:11:28. > :11:30.Major, has warned that an independent Scotland may be frozen
:11:31. > :11:32.out of the NATO military alliance. In a speech in Edinburgh, he said
:11:33. > :11:36.SNP plans to get rid of nuclear weapons would undermine western
:11:37. > :11:38.defence and Scotland's international relations. The SNP say he's "out of
:11:39. > :11:53.touch". Here's our political John Major's party suffered an
:11:54. > :11:56.election wipe-out in Scotland when he was minister. But he does not
:11:57. > :12:03.seem to a grudge. I am delighted to be in Scotland
:12:04. > :12:07.today. He is here to make the case for the Union. It is a case he made
:12:08. > :12:10.on the streets of Scotland in the 1990s, campaigning against
:12:11. > :12:15.devolution. He is hoping for better luck arguing against independence
:12:16. > :12:17.now. Any speech to the Scottish parliamentary journalists
:12:18. > :12:21.Association in Edinburgh, the Pinus argued that batting independence to
:12:22. > :12:35.remove nuclear weapons from Scotland would be a mistake. -- the former
:12:36. > :12:40.Prime Minister. America would not forgive nor
:12:41. > :12:44.forget. And yet the separatists assume that membership of NATO is
:12:45. > :12:49.almost a given. Trust me, ditch trident and it would be far from
:12:50. > :12:53.that. The Scottish Government says it would negotiate the safe removal
:12:54. > :12:58.of Trident from Scotland within five years of independence and believes
:12:59. > :13:05.that would be acceptable to NATO. The vast majority of members are
:13:06. > :13:09.non-nuclear members. Most do not allow nuclear warships to pass
:13:10. > :13:13.through their territory. So Scotland would be with the majority of NATO
:13:14. > :13:19.members are non-nuclear state. The latest survey conducted last year
:13:20. > :13:23.says that 41% of those polled said Trident should continue to be based
:13:24. > :13:29.on the Clyde. 37% say it should not remain. If Tridents did leave
:13:30. > :13:33.Scotland, John Major thinks relocation problems could force the
:13:34. > :13:36.rest of the UK to give it up. He does not agree with yes supporters
:13:37. > :13:38.who think that would be an added bonus.
:13:39. > :13:45.A look at other stories from the across the country.
:13:46. > :13:53.Highland Council is being pressed to release information about radon gas
:13:54. > :13:58.levels. Inventory, levels were seven times higher than recommended. New
:13:59. > :14:02.testing has been done since measures were put in place. A local
:14:03. > :14:07.councillor is unhappy that these figures have not been released.
:14:08. > :14:13.Our children have gone there for years. The staff are there for many
:14:14. > :14:19.years. They just want reassurance. The best way for that is to show
:14:20. > :14:26.figures and readings and plans. Variants of primary children on the
:14:27. > :14:30.Isle of Skye Council is trying to close small schools by the back
:14:31. > :14:34.door, despite legislation creating a presumption against rural school
:14:35. > :14:38.closures. They say the primary schools are under threat because the
:14:39. > :14:47.council argue schools benefit from having three or more classes.
:14:48. > :14:50.Hundreds of licence holders in Dumfries and Galloway could lose
:14:51. > :14:53.their right to sell alcohol unless they attend a mandatory refresher
:14:54. > :14:59.training course. Trading Standards officers see only 217 out of 957
:15:00. > :15:05.licence holders have completed the training so far. Anyone who does not
:15:06. > :15:09.do it will have their licence revoked.
:15:10. > :15:16.Students affected by the Glasgow School of Art fire will be able to
:15:17. > :15:20.claim from a ?750,000 fund to help recreate works that were lost. The
:15:21. > :15:24.Scottish Government has announced details of the bursary scheme set up
:15:25. > :15:28.after a blaze destroyed part of the Mackintosh building.
:15:29. > :15:30.The baton bearers for the Commonwealth relay - which is
:15:31. > :15:33.currently making its way round the country ahead of the Games next
:15:34. > :15:36.month - are often chosen because of their good work or because they're
:15:37. > :15:42.inspirational people. Today in East Lothian - 16 year old Kai Wood
:15:43. > :15:48.proved to be one of the bravest. Cameron Buttle tells her story.
:15:49. > :15:53.There are 4000 baton bearers taking their time over the next 40 days in
:15:54. > :16:03.Scotland. It is a particularly sad story behind baton bearer number 49.
:16:04. > :16:09.It was supposed to be Kyle Wood. But he died unfortunately, shortly after
:16:10. > :16:13.hearing he would take his turn taking the Queen's Baton through
:16:14. > :16:17.Tranent. Today, the hope and unity are here to pay respect to his
:16:18. > :16:26.memory and to watch his sister carry the bat on for him. This is Kyle's
:16:27. > :16:33.story. Kyle was born in 1999. From a young
:16:34. > :16:37.age, we discovered he had a brain condition. As a result, he had
:16:38. > :16:44.severe learning difficulties and epilepsy. He did not let this hold
:16:45. > :16:52.him back. He loved sports and football, music, but the athletics
:16:53. > :17:06.was his main thing. He loved to run. He loves to come here. -- he loved
:17:07. > :17:11.to come here. He said, you can do it, just like I did to anybody that
:17:12. > :17:17.would listen. He said I am running with the Queen's Baton. He was so
:17:18. > :17:23.happy. Just dead proud of himself. It is bittersweet now because it is
:17:24. > :17:29.his big sister who is carrying the Queen's Baton for Kyle and in his
:17:30. > :17:38.memory and honour. For that, we are extremely proud. I was so excited.
:17:39. > :17:45.It is a shame letting it all go to waste, so here I am. He was just a
:17:46. > :17:58.happy soul who run around and was happy all the time. It was only a
:17:59. > :18:07.few hundred steps, everyone in memory of her brother. Sad, happy,
:18:08. > :18:11.excited and so proud that she was able to do this today. To honour
:18:12. > :18:19.Kyle in such a way is mind blowing. It really is. It is difficult
:18:20. > :18:24.because it is a celebration but also different for you. Yes. It is
:18:25. > :18:29.bittersweet but Kyle would have enjoyed it and would have been here
:18:30. > :18:40.running along, so for everyone to turn out to support us is amazing. A
:18:41. > :18:48.day of celebration intranet, but for some people a difficult time as
:18:49. > :18:52.well. There are hundreds more to come into minute he's Scotland.
:18:53. > :18:57.Baton bearer 49 is very special for the people of this town today.
:18:58. > :18:59.Let's get the sports news now from Rhona.
:19:00. > :19:03.Celtic have appointed John Collins as the assistant to new manager
:19:04. > :19:09.Ronny Deila. Collins spent 6 years as a player with the club and says
:19:10. > :19:12.it's a huge honour. Meanwhile Deila says Collins is a first-class coach,
:19:13. > :19:21.who'll be a great addition to his team. David Currie reports.
:19:22. > :19:30.Good play by John Collins... He was a fans favourite for six years
:19:31. > :19:34.during a fairly barren period for Celtic in the 1990s. Now, John
:19:35. > :19:46.Collins is back as assistant manager to Ronny Deila. I am sure Ronny
:19:47. > :19:48.Deila agrees and has met John Collins and liked the cut of him.
:19:49. > :20:20.Collins says: He enjoyed success as manager of
:20:21. > :20:23.hips. -- Hibs. I think he is an extremely professional player and
:20:24. > :20:29.will put any grievances from the past to one side. He will set the
:20:30. > :20:34.right example. He does things the right way on the pitch. I don't
:20:35. > :20:40.think anything that has happened in the past will be an issue now.
:20:41. > :20:44.Collins equalises for Scotland! This is how most Scotland supporters
:20:45. > :20:52.remember John Collins. Scoring against Brazil in the 1988 World
:20:53. > :20:53.Cup. Celtic fans will be hoping he gives them something new to
:20:54. > :20:57.celebrate in the years ahead. The Commonwealth Games in Glasgow
:20:58. > :21:00.will be the scene of one the biggest Scotland V England showdowns in
:21:01. > :21:03.recent years. The English gymnastic team was named today with 3 time
:21:04. > :21:05.Olympic medallist Louis Smith, back in contention after winning Strictly
:21:06. > :21:08.Come Dancing. But the sequins and the spotlights don't intimidate the
:21:09. > :21:10.likes of Daniel Purvis, Daniel Keatings, and their captain Adam
:21:11. > :21:24.Cox. Adam Cox is simply getting on with
:21:25. > :21:29.business. The 27-year-old is the veteran of the Scottish team and a
:21:30. > :21:33.bronze medallist from Melbourne eight years ago. Team Scotland also
:21:34. > :21:45.now boasts the two downs, Keating and purpose. Both Daniels I have
:21:46. > :21:49.known since they were little ones. We should do brilliantly as a team.
:21:50. > :21:55.I have high hopes. At least a silver or gold. A major challenge will come
:21:56. > :22:02.from Strictly Come Dancing star Lewis Smith. Today, team England
:22:03. > :22:09.announced that both he and Max Whitlock will be coming to Glasgow.
:22:10. > :22:14.The boys they have selected for this team will be a force to be reckoned
:22:15. > :22:18.with. But we will give them a good run for their money. What is the
:22:19. > :22:27.view of the Scots from the England camp? He is a very experienced
:22:28. > :22:32.athlete and that is crucial to have any team. You have Daniel Keating 's
:22:33. > :22:44.and Daniel Purvis. All Olympians. They will have an experienced team.
:22:45. > :22:45.It will be good competition. Looking forward to it. It should be
:22:46. > :22:47.fantastic. Now, a look at what else is
:22:48. > :22:56.happening across Scottish sport. BBC Scotland has learned that former
:22:57. > :23:00.heads and Celtic assistant Mark Venus is one of the applicants for
:23:01. > :23:07.the head area manager's job. Some bookmakers have made him favourite.
:23:08. > :23:15.Sam Nicholson has signed a new deal with hearts. The club has also
:23:16. > :23:18.agreed to sign this striker. Special training sessions are being
:23:19. > :23:21.held in is called right for out of contract in colour scheme to
:23:22. > :23:27.maintain fitness levels over the closed season. Many hope to be
:23:28. > :23:31.spotted by scouts. Football has changed dramatically and a lot of
:23:32. > :23:37.young players are getting lost to the game. At an ex-manager and coach
:23:38. > :23:39.all we're trying to do is put back in a little bit back in for the
:23:40. > :23:50.players. More sports stories online. And a reminder for you of tonight's
:23:51. > :24:00.Scotland 2014. Here's Sarah Smith. On the programme, as the Scottish
:24:01. > :24:04.Government announced a national investigation into the Adriatic
:24:05. > :24:08.scandal, I will talk to Dorothy Maitland, the mother who first
:24:09. > :24:12.uncovered the outrage. A referendum correspondent has been
:24:13. > :24:14.to the Outer Hebrides, swimming in the Atlantic and talking to people
:24:15. > :24:18.whose livelihoods depend on it. That's on BBC2 at 10.30pm.Now, it's
:24:19. > :24:21.hot - and that's official. In the meteorological scale the fact the
:24:22. > :24:23.mercury hit 26 in Glasgow today meant it wasn't just "warm". Suzanne
:24:24. > :24:26.Allan went to see if sun-kissed Glaswegians were enjoying or
:24:27. > :24:44.enduring it. Then it is 25 degrees and you are
:24:45. > :24:49.wearing a woolly coat, the only thing to do is have a shower. At
:24:50. > :24:57.this park, this animal is feeling the heat. It is accustomed to
:24:58. > :25:04.temperatures of 18 or 19 degrees. Swimmers cooldown in the river while
:25:05. > :25:09.others slept. Summer has arrived. It improves everyone's moods. You get
:25:10. > :25:23.to come out and enjoy the sunshine. Are you wearing sun protection? No.
:25:24. > :25:30.I like ice cream! She is not the only one. They were selling like hot
:25:31. > :25:34.cakes at this band. People enjoy videoed and want a screen. Hopefully
:25:35. > :25:39.the weather will continue to the nines. Here is another business that
:25:40. > :25:46.lovely sunshine. Sales of outdoor furniture are up nearly 90% on this
:25:47. > :25:49.time last year. The sunshine has a positive effect
:25:50. > :25:56.for us. Customers have been coming out in droves. They are planting and
:25:57. > :26:00.using garden furniture. We have seen a big uptake. One of the hottest
:26:01. > :26:05.days of the year so far, it is the weather most of us like to see.
:26:06. > :26:07.Bright, sunny and warm. It gets us outside and puts us in a good mood.
:26:08. > :26:25.And it will continue. There is no place like Scotland when
:26:26. > :26:38.the weather is like this! 26.1 Celsius in Glasgow. We are seeing
:26:39. > :26:47.some showers pushing into the Fife area. Those could be heavy. But they
:26:48. > :27:00.should clear quickly. It will stay predominantly dry. Some patches of
:27:01. > :27:06.missed inland. But it will be a humid night. Low temperatures of 17
:27:07. > :27:13.degrees in Glasgow. Further north, 11 or 12 degrees, but still feeling
:27:14. > :27:18.mild. They mainly dry and sunny start to the day tomorrow. During
:27:19. > :27:23.the morning, we will start to see more cloud in northern parts of the
:27:24. > :27:29.country. Perhaps some drizzle. Across southern Scotland, good warm
:27:30. > :27:36.sunny spells with highs of 24 Celsius. Lower towards the West
:27:37. > :27:44.coast, pleasant nonetheless. North of the mountains, clouds starting to
:27:45. > :27:47.push across bringing a few showers towards the Northern Isles. But
:27:48. > :27:57.Brown is still making its way through. Winds will pick up into the
:27:58. > :28:02.evening. The high-pressure responsible for this weather stays
:28:03. > :28:06.close but the wind will come in from the north-west introducing pressure
:28:07. > :28:15.conditions for Thursday and Friday. But it will be fine in the South. 20
:28:16. > :28:27.degrees. Cloudy skies in the North. A little bit colour. Nearly 30 years
:28:28. > :28:30.after Elaine Doyle was found murdered, a former soldier has been
:28:31. > :28:36.found guilty of the crime. She was just 16 years old. And that's
:28:37. > :28:43.Reporting Scotland. Good night.