29/07/2014 Reporting Scotland

normal temperatures. Peter, thank you. That is all from me. Now on BBC

One we It's official, Team Scotland's most

successful Commonwealth Games ever. A silver for our gymnasts

means we now have 34 medals. -- 35. I loved it, every single

second. I came out of retirement for this and I could not think of a

better way. The crowd were fantastic and I am so proud of the boys.

And we're on target in the shooting too,

as Jen McIntosh also takes silver.

We'll be live with the latest on our record-breaking medal haul.

An 85-year-old woman seriously injured in an attack at her home

More people are buying and selling their homes in Scotland

And we are alive at a Wendy Glasgow Green and it has not just been about

the sport for the last few days. We will show you what else is going on

in the city. . -- windy. Team Scotland's medals tally makes

this their most successful ever. The tipping point came this morning

at the gymnastics, when the men's Our Commonwealth Games reporter

Jane Lewis is there for us tonight. Also, Jim Mackintosh has won a

silver. -- Jennifer Mackintosh. A brilliant and historic moment took

place behind me earlier today. Never before had a Scottish gymnastics

team won any kind of medal at any Commonwealth Games. But on day six

of these games, Glasgow 2014, that all changed.

Over two days of competition in the main's team event and Scotland were

up against this man. Louis Smith of the Strictly Come Dancing game.

Scotland were well-placed overnight, lying on the silver medal position.

And Adam Cox made sure they were off to a solid start. COMMENTATOR: That

was a sound opening for Scotland. People support got behind the team.

There was polite applause from others. The high bar at the vault

were also on the programme for data. England continued to dominate,

despite Sam Oldham having to exit the competition. -- programme for

today. Daniel Purvis -Allenby medal from the team event but was helping

Scotland to ensure silver did not slip away. -- has a medal from the

team event. A silver medal for Scotland and a historic one at that.

It feels like a repeat of the Olympics. And doing it for a home

crowd was absolutely unbelievable. The crowd let you and it is

impossible to have your head down because it pushed us. Were you able

to enjoy it? I loved every second! I came out of retirement for this and

I cannot imagine a better way. The crowd was fantastic and I am so

proud of the boys. I am honoured to be part of the first team to win a

silver medal. Are you getting a bit emotional? We had a few mistakes but

we kept on supporting each other and got through with it. It is certainly

great and it is a first for Scottish gymnastics.

Those gymnasts we heard from in that peace will be shortly, if it is not

already happening, will be getting their hands on those silver medals

behind me. It is fair to say that Scotland's medal tally during these

Commonwealth Games is looking very, very healthy indeed.

Unlike satellite feed. It's only day six

of the competition but already organisers of the next Commonwealth

Games in Australia are looking at So with just about enough time to

draw breath between medals, our Commonwealth Games reporter,

Lisa Summers has been taking stock. The Royal family were in town,

looking on at hand in as the poster girl of these games made her first

appearance. The comfortable win in the years. COMMENTATOR: Just going

down into the last hurdle and she can ease off a little if she wants

to. I have been sitting watching it and I asked Laura yesterday how it

felt to go out and I have just been dying to get it out of the way and

get a feel for the act is real. It is quite nerve-wracking watching it

happening. COMMENTATOR: He will win it by ten metres and more. -- and

get a feel for the atmosphere. There was a gold medal yesterday forced

team Scotland also. It was incredible. The crowd was supportive

and it was overwhelming. -- there was a gold medal for Team Scotland

yesterday also. There has been a gold rush for Scotland. At the

halfway point, we were already better than ever before. Judo has

been the best event but plenty of medals have come from the swimming.

It has been world-class. We started off with Hannah Miley winning the

gold. And then we went on to Ross Murdoch taking the 200 metres

breaststroke Murdoch taking the 200 metres

world record. When people say that Scotland does not produce

world-class swimmers, we do! But ask any of the athletes what has driven

them on. Whenever a Scottish swimmer is in the pool, the crowd go crazy.

That is Hannah Miley in behind us and they will go berserk if she wins

a medal! There have been some problems. Spectators go missed

events after some transport problems will get refunds. Hang onto any

evidence that you could not get to the games. I guess 700,000 people

coming in over the weekend, we will do better next time. And that is

something that the Australian people are already trying to bottle for

their games in 2014 -- 2018. It is amazing how the local crowd and

support inspires athletes. We have seen that again. The performance has

been sensational of the Scottish swimmers. We hope that we see the

reverse and a lot more medals coming to Australia! The superstars are in

town. We are in town. We're only halfway through the show. Even the

weather is still being the game. As we told you, Mackintosh won her

second medal of the game is a short time ago. She has added that silver

to her bronze that she won yesterday.

Let's go to the Barry Budden Shooting Centre

Good evening. For a medal from this centre at Glasgow 2014. Not quite in

the name medals they received four years ago but a fantastic

performance all the same. That last model to make comes in the last day

of the shooting and it comes to this woman. Well done, fantastic. Thank

you very much. It is absolutely amazing and I am delighted. How was

it? The conditions were pretty tricky. It was pretty tough, which I

was kind of pleased about this morning because that is one of my

strong points, coping in conditions like that and the wind. It was not

easy. Did you go into today thinking that you might get a gold or silver?

I know that yesterday would you were happy to get the bronze but a little

bit disappointed. I knew happy to get the bronze but a little

performed to the best of happy to get the bronze but a little

abilities that any medal was well within my capabilities but the

question of going out and doing it within my capabilities but the

was a completely different matter. I am delighted to have done the

business, really. You went into that final

business, really. You went into that was tremendous. Standing in

gold-medal position at one point but the Singapore contestant

gold-medal position at one point but strong on the table that is becoming

she is fantastic. She is always making finals and so I am not

surprised that she beat me. How has this been for you?

surprised that she beat me. How has incredible to be part of this team,

to get your father incredible to be part of this team,

I saw you give your mum a huge part at the end. She will be thrilled.

You have now beaten her because you are Scotland's most decorated every

female in a Commonwealth Games. How does that feel? And dad, how does it

feel? Be happy and brilliant to get a medal. You are a team manager but

also her father. Delighted to have had both doctors in the team and

great to come back with a couple of medal. Well done. The name, I would

say in shooting, is Mackintosh. Thank you very much.

Team Scotland's swimmers have been outstanding at these

Commonwealth Games with three gold, two silver and four bronze - a total

Tonight is the last swimming session of the Games

and Rhona McLeod is there to tell us if more medals are possible.

Just have a look at this for confidence,

A fantastic swim there and that's the South African superstar

Wallace qualified in second place for the final

And Scotland's other 400m gold medallist Hannah Miley

She is back in action tonight, contesting the 400m freestyle,

and qualifies for tonight's final with the fifth fastest time.

A great Games for Miley, with a gold and bronze medal to her credit.

Just to wrap up the swimming for tonight -

-- it is getting excited and I am here with Dan Wallace's father. Are

you nervous? The finals are so nerve-wracking. We all get so

excited and worked up. We do not watch his starts. There are so much

going on. Have you been surprised? You have been knowing how the

training is going but we have had a beautiful performance from him. It

was very scary the way he did it! I honestly had no expectations. If you

had got on the podium, I would have been very happy. After the world

chamionships, where he did so well, we started to think it was a

possibility. And the training in America has been so good that I did

think something was there but I did not think a Commonwealth Games

record was there. That love always. For people like him and Ross

Murdoch, they could become council names, which they were not at the

start of this. -- household names. In the swimming fraternity, had he

been surprised that this? Absolutely. With Dan being in

America and off the radar and dizzying with Ross, the noise that

it has generated, all of Team Scotland has been great and he is

now a household celebrity, which is bizarre. He is enjoying it, thriving

on it and more calm and composed than anybody else that I know. We

hope you enjoy it and it just as much and good luck to him tonight.

Thank you very much. Just to let you know, there are six medal

opportunities tonight. Let me run through them for you,

As well as Hannah Miley and Dan Wallace, Katherine Dawson is in the

Stephen Milne is looking good for a medal in the 1500m freestyle.

He qualified in second place for the final.

And both men's and women's Scotland team are in the final events of

So Scotland looking good to build on the medal tally from Tollcross.

More news on that in tonight's late bulletin.

An 85-year-old woman who was seriously injured in an attack

A man appeared in court yesterday charged

Gestures of affection for the elderly lady who had lived here

since she was a child. There is immense sadness that L died at

Edinburgh Royal infirmary yesterday. -- Eleanor. She had been there after

being treated for injuries after being attacked inside her own home.

I feel very sad about it. I think it is terrible that it should happen to

anybody. I am sorry. This community is stunned by news of her death. It

is really difficult when it is so close by and it is a member of the

community and very sad. Our thoughts are with her family. We were hoping

that she would pull through. Very sad. It is not something you expect

to happen in this area. Yesterday, a 22-year-old man was charged with

attempted murder and assault and in of life. He made no plea and was

remanded in custody pending a further court appearance next duty.

Police say this is now being treated as murder. -- next juicy.

Two men jailed for life for abducting, torturing and murdering

financial advisor Lynda Spence have lost an appeal against their

Colin Coates and Philip Wade, both 43, were jailed for a minimum of 33

Their appeals focused on use of alleged inadmissible evidence and

Lynda Spence, who was 27, was last seen in Glasgow in 2011.

The discovery of a jar of potassium cyanide in an Edinburgh

flat forced the closure of a section of the city centre this

afternoon as fire fighters declared a "chemical incident."

A woman was clearing out her father's home in Palmerston Place

when she came across the highly toxic substance, that was

The Fire and Rescue Service said there was no danger to

the public but closed the road while the chemical was disposed of.

The average price of a home in Scotland rose by almost 6%

in the last year, according to the latest figures.

There's also been a sharp increase in the number of

Our business correspondent David Henderson can tell us more.

Window shopping for his first flat. For a while, Jonathan has wanted to

get his foot on the property ladder. He has been saving and looking for a

good deal. I might be happier for the first couple of years going on

to a higher mortgage, with a lower deposit, to have more money to redo

the house. If I deposit, to have more money to redo

garden or bathroom. Others are choosing to dip a tool in the

property market. The number of people taking out a mortgage is back

on the rise, according to figures from the Bank of England. That is

helping drive up sales. In recent months, there has been a rise in the

number of flats and houses coming on the market. That is a big change.

Since the credit crunch six years ago, many people have struggled to

get the mortgage they need to claim the property ladder. In Scotland,

generally, prices are going up steadily. They have recouped the

amount they lost since 2007. Generally, I think the market is

pretty positive. We are seeing demand rising. Rising, but not

everywhere. The property market is hot in some places and cooler in

others. We have seen prices rise by more than 10% in several parts, with

temperature topping the lead. Writers fill elsewhere, and were

down sharply in Midlothian. There is increased confidence and the economy

seems to be growing and all of the messages coming are positive. So I

think that people suddenly feel that property is a good investment and

are keen to get back in the market. With mortgage lending on the river

and finds the economy is picking on, the market is beginning to revive.

It has been a long wait for buyers and sellers.

A two-year-old girl was taken to hospital in Dundee after she was

Police and an ambulance crew were called to

Brownhill Place, in the Charleston area of the city, last night.

The girl was taken to Ninewells Hospital for treatment

Officers seized the "Husky-type" dog and inquiries are ongoing.

Some types of cancer are being detected

Figures released by the statistics division of the NHS suggest that 24%

of breast, lung and bowel cancers were detected early in 2012

and 2013, and increase of nearly 5% on the previous two years.

However there is a continued increase

in cancer cases, with around 30,000 people diagnosed with it in 2011.

There's 15,000 of them, they work long hours, for no pay - but they

The volunteers, or 'Clydesiders' are the friendly

faces that greet you at the venues and work behind the scenes.

Suzanne Allan went to meet two of them.

Hello, Glasgow. This is the kind of welcome you will get at Glasgow

Airport. Just arriving for work is one of them, a transport leader. His

job is to make sure athletes and dignitaries get into the red cars

and buses. He is loving dignitaries get into the red cars

what surprised him most is dignitaries get into the red cars

I was quite staggered the dignitaries get into the red cars

somebody arrived and we had to get the pole vault to

somebody arrived and we had to get of the athletes have their own

bicycles. His favourite so far? Dame Kelly Holmes.

bicycles. His favourite so far? Dame stopped to speak to us. We had Billy

Connolly come through and he was once again stopped to talk to us all

and we got a photograph taken with him. That was very nice. Two weeks

ago, in Paris, Pauline said goodbye to her daughter. You see, she lives

in Perth, Australia. She applied to be a volunteer from 9000 miles away.

-- in parents. I got an e-mail through and burst into tears. I

-- in parents. I got an e-mail so excited. Fast forward to today

and she is working in accreditation. That is making sure everyone

involved in the games as the right to security pass. I have loved it.

The first few days were a bit overwhelming but I have settled into

it and met a heap of people. So many I cannot remember their names! We

had a Scottish athlete yesterday getting her hair done because they

could not get a hair dresser. That was pretty cool. Back at the

airport, it is break time. 15,000 volunteers may sound like a lot but

when you take into account 50,000 applied, these people think they are

the lucky ones. It's not just

the sport that has brought people Thousands have spilled into the city

this week to soak up the atmopshere. Catriona Renton is at Glasgow Green

tonight. Welcome to Glasgow Green. The

weather has maybe not been quite what we had been used to over the

last couple of days but my goodness, that has not stopped people coming

down. Over 30,000 people have been here just to this venue today. It is

not just about the sport, as you were saying. There are all sorts of

things going on. Culture, music, fashion, dance and probably

something for everybody. I have been so lucky today to get a look around

the city to see what you have all been up to. First of all, I went to

see why everybody is Colin Glasgow the friendly city.

-- is saying that Glasgow. This bike shop has helped the Friendly Games

end their -- are never be decent. A few days ago, a few members of the

Malawi team took their bikes to be repaired. But staff decided they

were not in good enough condition that gave them to bicycles. Today,

they are welcoming members from the teams from Antigua and St Vincent.

The people are very nice and pretty excited for the games. Anywhere you

go in the city, they just clapped and wave. All of the kids are

pointing out so it is pretty fun at the moment. As they head to Glasgow

Green, so do we. Tens of thousands have come here over the past few

days. Whether it is for that photograph or just to soak up the

atmosphere. It is great to see everybody enjoying themselves.

Hundreds of people having a great time. Everybody friendly, talking to

each other. Except for him! They have been looking around and buying

stuff. It is lovely to come out with the family and be relaxed and enjoy

everything that is going on. We ran against Usain Bolt. Who won? I was

right behind him! And then on Kelvingrove and the newly

refurbished Bandstand. The Glasgow senior citizens orchestra were in

full flight when we got here. Security were enjoying the music. As

where the crowd. We are doing the tour. We have been at Glasgow Green,

the merchant city, the BBC, so we had not been to this part so that we

would come along here. It may not be the glorious sunshine that we had

yesterday and you can see that some of us have had to get our wrinkled

vote, but we are not going to let that dampen our spirits. And then it

was on to the BBC building. A stunt rider was entertaining the crowds.

-- had to get our raincoats out. There is pretty much something for

everyone. It is classical night here at Glasgow Green. At the moment, a

string quartet are on stage. Later, the RSA -- the Royal Scottish

National Orchestra. I found some friends. What do you think?

CHEERING I think they are saying to come on

down to Glasgow Green. I think we heard them!

Now, just before we get the weather with Judith, a quick look at what

The world is watching Glasgow right now. But no one mentions the slave

trade that built so much of the city. That means they are strong

links between Glasgow and some of our competitors like Jamaica but

people do not like to talk about it. We will add it in 30 PM.

-- at 10:30pm. It was barely warm across parts of Scotland today.

Still holding on the warm sunshine in the East. Cloudier in the West,

with a few showers here and the Northern Isles. Cloud increasing and

showers keep coming in over the night. They will become more

frequent as the night goes on. Dry across eastern areas, with some

clear spells. Quite breezy as well. Those brought on by a brisk,

westerly wind, particularly across the North. Tomorrow morning, quite

breezy but try and break in the East. Those showers across Western

and Northern areas will be fairly frequent initially but it is an

improving day, as the showers diminish. In the afternoon, a much

drier picture although there will still be lying showers in some

places but they will clearly. Some sunshine for Galloway, Lanarkshire

and Glasgow. Temperature is about average for a time of year. The main

focus of any showers for the Northwest and there is still some

brightness on coastal areas and an improving afternoon for the Northern

Isles. Good spells sunshine expected for the Aberdeenshire area down

towards Angus, Fife and the Borders. 21 Celsius here. It could be another

warm day. As we head into the evening, we lose the showers in the

West and has some dry, bright sunny spells. Eventually, those brisk

winds easing down. We will see quite a showery regime on Thursday, if you

like. This area of low pressure throwing out heavier showers to come

for the country but in between them, the winds are lighter. We will see

longer spells sunshine and longer drier spells also. When you do catch

a shallow, it could be funded. Over the next couple of days for the

games, starting off with a few showers in the morning but drier

afternoon and winds easing on Thursday.

Now, a reminder of tonight's main news:

Halfway through the Commonwealth Games, this is Team Scotland's most

successful games ever. The men's team in the gymnastics cleaned a

silver and in the last hour, silver in their rifles.

More than 100 Palestinians are said to have been killed in Israeli air

strikes on Gaza. Israel carried out 60 air strikes overnight, targeting

flavourful seated with Hamas, the Islamist group which controls Gaza.

The bombardment continued this afternoon. -- targeting places of

Hamas. We will be back later. Good night.

Oh, well. As Vashrati says, gotta keep smiling!

I leave the ashram, travel halfway across the world to find my father,

Oh, well. As Vashrati says, gotta keep smiling!