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indecent assault against women and children. That's all from the BBC

A 14-year-old boy has died while on an adventure holiday with the Scouts

in Italy. Elliot Peacock from Newton Means near Glasgow had been taking

part in an organised activity known as gorge scrambling which involved

You are yet to be set. -- Andy Murray is yet to drop a set. And the

Commonwealth Games Baton takes to the water in Aberdeen.

A 14-year-old boy has died while on an adventure holiday with the Scouts

in Italy. Elliot Peacock from Newton Means near Glasgow had been taking

part in an organised activity known as gorge scrambling which involved

jumping into pools of water. He lost consciousness and died as he entered

the water despite efforts to save him. Aileen Clarke reports.

Flowers for a friend. This teenager was one of many who came back to

this high school to remember their classmate. He was 14 years old from

Newton Behrens and described as a popular boy, just being around him

made you feel happy, said a friend. He was on an adventure holiday with

a Scout unit, travelling from this church hall in East Renfrewshire to

Italy. The trip was run by Akon Adventure. Elliott died yesterday

afternoon while taking part in gorge scrambling in a national park. The

company said that as this participant entered the water, it

was obvious to instructor something was wrong.

Elliott?s family has now flown to Italy. There is huge sympathy. This

is a nightmare for the family. Every parent wants to be able to send

their child on an adventure holiday. This will be of little comfort to

the family in their time of grief. I can only hope that the fact that

friends and neighbours are thinking of them is some small consolation.

Social media posted at the weekend showed how pleased the group were to

finally arrive. The Scout Association said they continue to

support Elliott?s parents. Young people and leaders are part of the

event. They said they will continue to work with the company.

East Renfrewshire Council said they would provide counselling and

support for the friends. One of the crew involved in a high

speed crash between two RAF jets over the Moray Firth which killed

three servicemen was suffering from a fear of flying. Accident

investigators believe that was just one of seventeen factors that may

have contributed to the high speed collision. Our Westminster

correspondent Tim Reid reports. It was a routine training exercise

which went fatally wrong. This was the wreckage of one or two vehicles

destroyed in the crash. It emerged today that an instructor,

36-year-old Samuel Bailey, suffered from a fear of flying but had been

cleared for flight. He was one of three men who died. Anxiety was one

of 17 factors which may be accident more likely. It was also no

collision warning system on board. The report also lists were MOD

procurement in effective supervision and poor visibility. The aircraft

could both have come into close proximity but the warning system

should have kicked in. Unfortunately we still do not have a collision

warning system. We have nothing for the successor aircraft. We need a

fatal accident enquiry. I track the MOD says a collision warning system

should be operational by the end of the year and says lessons are being

learned. Tonight, we caught up with the former Defence Secretary to

cancel the project. I have not read the report. It was claimed this was

a smoke screen used by politicians to score political points.

Campaigners believe there are to be similarities between this accident

and previous RAF crashes. They will keep up the pressure for a fatal

accident enquiry. Andy Murray is through to his seventh successive

Wimbledon final after a win over Kevin Anderson. A familiar sound of

Murray mania on Henman Hill. His spokesman said it easy today

programme because every time he has been here in the last six years, he

has won at least to the quarterfinals. With another spot up

for grabs, it was clear the defending champion would not just

tap Scottish support. The best British player of all time in my

opinion. I might have two support him. White is the only shade of

Jersey allowed at Wimbledon but the question is how colourful with the

tennis be this afternoon? Red-hot. It was a black day for Kevin

Anderson, whose serve was broken early with money in fine fettle.

Just the kind of smooth start Sarah Ferguson would appreciate. -- Sir

Alex Ferguson. When your opponent is six, the ball comes from greater

height, just as well Andy Murray is one of the best returners in the

game. But with the Wimbledon weather be a worry? It would be time for

Anderson to regroup while the roof was closed. Fortune for the

underdog. However, not enough to prevent the favourite closing out

the second set. Neither man flinched in the final set. That meant a

tie-break settlement in the defending champion?s fever. I just

have to do what I have to do and concentrate on my side of the court.

If I play well, I make it tough for them. There will be yet another

Wimbledon quarterfinal. We will have more from Wimbledon later in the

programme. Also still to come on tonight's

programme: How a dog is helping in the fight to protect red squirrels

from the diseases carried by greys. There'll be no shale gas bonanza in

Scotland. That was the message today, after scientists revealed

deposits of shale gas and oil in the central belt are much smaller than

those already discovered in the north of England. The news has been

welcomed by anti-fracking campaigners, but the UK government

says Scottish shale gas could still help meet Britain's energy needs.

Here's our environment This is the birthplace of the shale

oil industry in the 1850s, East Lothian. How big a role should shale

gas and shale oil play in our energy future? It is a debate being

followed closely in communities across central Scotland, which

could, in the years ahead, find themselves in areas identified as

possible sites for fracking. Coaxing oil or gas from shale rock involves

pumping water and sand to factual rocks deep underground. Fracking is

controversial but potentially lucrative. It has led to

demonstrations south of the border. There is 80 cubic feet of shale gas,

which shines like a large amount, but when you compare it to the North

of England, where we think there is a resource of around 1300, becomes a

rather small. The Scottish Government has vowed to protect

communities those two potential fracking sites. The rail,

environmental campaigners have welcomed today?s news. It is good

news for climate change, because there is less fossil fuel to burn.

But there are hotspots and it will begin unity still a threat of having

this industry foisted upon them. On the streets of West Lothian today,

strong support for anything that will bring jobs. We have lost enough

companies in this area. So, yes, I agree with that. I want to care for

the environment but we live in a sign that people need jobs. It is up

to oil and gas companies to decide whether to push ahead.

The UK government is making a fresh bid to overturn a US import ban

lasting more than forty years on traditional Scottish haggis. The ban

was put in place in 1971 because the country's food standards agency

prohibits sheep lungs - a key ingredient of traditional haggis -

A man who poured petrol over his ex-wife and then burned her to death

has been jailed for life. Ahmad Yazdanparast will spend at least 19

years in prison. His former wife Adieh suffered 95% burns in the

attack at her hair salon in Stirling last October. She told a paramedic

before she died that her ex-husband carried out the attack because she'd

A look at other stories from the across the country.

Subway workers in Glasgow have agreed a deal with Strathclyde

Passenger Transport avoiding any threat of strike action during the

Commonwealth Games. However First Bus engineers and drivers are still

expected to ballot next week after their annual pay talks broke down.

There's a warning that the future care of the most vulnerable is being

put at risk - because of the economic environment in the North

East. The community care group, Cornerstone, says the sector is

becoming over-reliant on casual staff due to an inability to attract

and retain permanent workers. Their average wage is one third that of

A collection of 1.5 million aerial photographs of Commonwealth

countries has been saved by a team from Scotland. Experts from the

National Collection of Aerial Photography in Edinburgh rescued the

records and are embarking on decades of digitising.

A Viking tradition which hasn't been seen for a thousand years has been

re-enacted on Kintyre. The Norse King Magnus Barefoot is said to have

dragged his longboat across the peninsula to claim it as part of his

domain. Enthusiasts who repeated it hope it may become an annual event.

We hope to attract people from Scandinavia next year we have had

interest from people from Sweden, Norway and Finland. This could be a

great event next year. A project to protect the south of

Scotland's native red squirrels is said to be paying dividends with

numbers on the increase. Willie Johnston reports on the battle to

keep the region free of disease-carrying grey squirrels -

and the part played in it by a dog Richard Thompson is an estate

gamekeeper in Dumfriesshire. Along with his dog, he looks after 100

squirrel traps. These are designed to capture grey squirrels which

carry pox. The cats cannot differentiate grief from red but the

dog can. -- the traps. We have seen how animated and noisy the dog

becomes when he encounters a trap with a grey squirrel inside. This

one contains a red squirrel. His reaction should be different. Yes,

this time no sound at all. He is effectively telling Richard if they

will be releasing a red squirrel or the mainly despatching a great one.

He has learned that the smell of the grey and red squirrels are

different. He has been watching what we do. He understands which ones we

look after. Killing some to protect others is controversial. But with

the squirrels threatening both the native red population and the

currently disease-free grey squirrels in the central belt,

conservation workers say the end justifies the means. There is no

other way. If we had not been doing this, the red squirrel in

Dumfriesshire would be gone long ago. Ironically, the more red

squirrels trapped, the better. It means the population is increasing.

On this estate, the court only to red squirrels two years ago but more

than 100 last year. Proof, they say, it is working.

To the Queen's baton relay and its journey round Scotland. Today it has

been in Aberdeen - and with it was our reporter Cameron Buttle.

We're in Aberdeen Harbour, the heart of the oil and gas industry. Safety

is vital. You are looking at a simulator which simulate the

lifeboat being dropped off the side of the platform in an emergency.

Insight that one is the 29-year-old baton bearer. -- inside. I wasn't?

Brilliant. So much fun! I want to go again! He seems to have survived

that pretty well and looks happy. He was one of the usual baton bearers

that have been in and around Aberdeen today. Many inspirational

people from the world of sport have been here. Quite surreal, to be

honest. I was holding on to the Queen's Baton and moving through the

water in a canoe. The vehicle is now making its way to a celebration in

the centre of Aberdeen. Tomorrow, Shetland, the day after that, it is

going offshore. A successful day for Andy Murray. He has booked his place

in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon. He saw off the challenge of his

South African opponent. It was another comfortable victory for Andy

Murray. Here is a man who knows him well. Is he looking on course to go

all the way again this year? I do not see why not. Another impressive

performance. Not a single set dropped. Kevin Anderson is a good

player but Andy Murray saw him off in 2.5 hours. He was excellent in

the first two sets. Murray, by his own admission, did not play

particularly well. But he was, then Kevin Anderson and performed well. A

lot of people have talked about a successful defence of his Wimbledon

crowd but Andy Murray does not want to get too carried away. Yes, I am

just trying to stay concentrated while I am on the court. I do not

want to worry about everything else that is going on outside of that. I

just tried to play tennis and not worry about the rest. When you're

playing in front of the crowd like that it gives you a big lift and

raises your intensity and makes it harder for the opponent. The crowd

helps. What is the latest on who Andy Murray will face in the

quarterfinals? In the last ten minutes, it has become clear Andy

Murray will play on Wednesday against Grigor Dimitrov, the young

Bulgarian. He is up to number 12 in the world already. I can tell you,

one of those was in Acapulco when he beat Andy Murray at the semifinals

of that tournament on the way to winning it. So, a really good

player. This is far and away going to be Andy Murray?s stiffest

competition. But he will raise his game once again, I would predict, on

Wednesday. It should be fascinating. Grigor Dimitrov goes out with Maria

Sharapova, another big name. Really good on the tennis court and we

should be set for a cracking semifinal. Live on Wednesday on BBC.

Thank you for that news. Now, a look at what else is

happening across Scottish sport. David Millar's been denied the

chance of taking part in a final Tour de France. The Scot will retire

at the end of the season but has revealed he's just been dropped for

the Tour by Team Garmin. He tweeted: ?so sad my team didn't

believe in me.? A step up in weight and a third

world title is the future predicted for Ricky burns by his manager. Alex

Morrison says Burns definitely won't quit after his WBC title eliminator

defeat. The Scotland rugby tourists arrived

home today with 3 out of 4 victories. But it was a bruising

defeat of 55 points to 6 against South Africa on Saturday. Despite

that, Rob Harley says the squad It was gold, gold, gold at the

British Championships for three of our Commonwealth Games medal hopes.

Eilish McColgan, Lynsey Sharp and Eilidh Child all delighted with top

spot, but will they enjoy the mounting pressure of being home

favourites in Glasgow? I hope I can. It is such an amazing

opportunity. Rather than let it overwhelm me, I want to embrace and

enjoy it. I think I can do that. plus all the latest news, 24 hours a

day on BBC Sport Scotland's website. Time for a reminder about Scotland

2014 - tonight's programme is a special debate on the independence

referendum. Here's Glenn Campbell to tell us

more. We are bringing you a special

edition of Scotland 2014 tonight. The political giants facing

questions from more than 41st-time voters. As the way up the arguments

for and against Scottish independence. That's on BBC Two

Scotland at 10:30pm tonight. Now let's get the weather. Tomorrow is

looking fine. Looking ahead, it will stay dry

tonight. There will be long, clear spells. Perhaps one or two showers

around for central and eastern areas. Temperature rise, around

eight to ten degrees. A chilly night for a rural parts of Argyll and

Dumfries and Galloway and winds will remain light. We start the day

tomorrow on a dry note. There will be spells of sunshine from the word

go. Through the day, more clout. Especially inland. -- cloud. Coastal

areas will see the best of the sunshine. Temperatures of 21 degrees

tomorrow. And with very little in terms of wind, it will feel rather

pleasant. Further north, temperatures ranging from 16 degrees

to 19. But in the Northern Isles it may feel cooler. It will stay dry

with some cloud around inland. And one or two showers around. The best

of the sunshine across coastal parts. The King ahead to Wednesday,

this area of high pressure will pool away allowing this weather front to

move into north-western parts, with strengthening winds. On Wednesday,

we start the day on the dry and bright note. Some spells of sunshine

here in the West, but green and strengthening winds across the

Northwest. A reminder of tonight?s menus: A 14-year-old boy has died on

an adventure holiday in Italy. He was Elliot Peacock from Newton

Burns, near Glasgow. And the veteran entertainer and artist, Rolf Harris,

has been found guilty of 12 counts of indecent assault against women

and children. His youngest victim was just seven years old. Another

was a close friend of his doctor. The first molested her when she was

13 years old. That's Reporting Scotland. I am back with the league

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