:00:00. > :00:12.Ready to go head-to-head - Alex Salmond and Alistair Darling prepare
:00:13. > :00:24.The first pupils to study for Scotland's new exams find out
:00:25. > :00:28.Tommy Sheridan's conviction for perjury is to be reviewed.
:00:29. > :00:31.And he won everyone over after winning gold in the boxing ring.
:00:32. > :00:41.We catch up with Charlie Flynn back in his day-job.
:00:42. > :00:52.Join me as I returned to work to see all the boys.
:00:53. > :00:56.Within the next 90 minutes, the First Minister Alex Salmond
:00:57. > :00:59.and the former Chancellor Alistair Darling will go head to head for
:01:00. > :01:02.Both sides hope the live TV debate will re-energise the referendum
:01:03. > :01:05.campaign after a two week lull for the Commonwealth Games.
:01:06. > :01:16.Here's our political correspondent, Glenn Campbell.
:01:17. > :01:28.The athletics are over. The venues are being dismantled. The final
:01:29. > :01:39.stage of the referendum contest can begin. A busker competed for
:01:40. > :01:47.attention with raw union speakers. -- with speakers in favour of the
:01:48. > :01:53.union. With six weeks to go they are heartened that opinion polls suggest
:01:54. > :01:58.they are still ahead. We have been taking our positive message about
:01:59. > :02:08.Scotland's working within the United Kingdom. That is the end stink of
:02:09. > :02:21.the people of Scotland. On the yes side, former MP Jim Sillars, evil
:02:22. > :02:22.the memory of Margo MacDonald. -- spoke of the memory of Margo
:02:23. > :02:28.MacDonald. spoke of the memory of Margo
:02:29. > :02:31.The Deputy First Minister said she was confident that she could
:02:32. > :02:39.persuade a majority that Scotland could take charge of its resources.
:02:40. > :02:50.Do we wanted to on nuclear weapons?
:02:51. > :02:53.Tonight leaders from the rival company 's will try to win over
:02:54. > :03:06.voters who have not decided. Let's go to
:03:07. > :03:20.our political editor Brian Taylor. Brian, how significant will the TV
:03:21. > :03:35.debate be to the campaigns? This is one of a series of
:03:36. > :03:42.debates. They are significant. It is not a head to head leader debate. It
:03:43. > :03:59.is the two sides evangelising their cars. -- evangelising their views.
:04:00. > :04:04.This is the final stage of the campaign. Those who do not know what
:04:05. > :04:15.have to make up their mind soon. It has been a prolonged campaign.
:04:16. > :04:19.This is the final phase. It is like a householder with a girl sitting on
:04:20. > :04:31.the mantelpiece. Now they have to decide how to act. -- it is like a
:04:32. > :04:41.householder with a Bill sitting on the mantelpiece.
:04:42. > :04:43.The first pupils to study for the new exams
:04:44. > :04:46.which have replaced standard grades today received their results.
:04:47. > :04:48.The new qualifications, known as national 4 and 5s,
:04:49. > :04:51.Our education correspondent Jamie McIvor reports.
:04:52. > :05:07.A tense moment. It has been a nerve-wracking year. The biggest
:05:08. > :05:14.change to qualifications in a generation. Very relieved. I was
:05:15. > :05:20.worrying for the entire holiday. I have been going over the exams in my
:05:21. > :05:23.head. Now that I have got the results I am pleased with how it
:05:24. > :05:33.turned out. Some critics complained that pupils were guinea pigs. Some
:05:34. > :05:36.parents were nervous. We knew there was change coming. We had to be
:05:37. > :05:46.aware that there could be a change in the marking system. The National
:05:47. > :05:53.5s is roughly equivalent to a standard rate.
:05:54. > :06:01.Teachers are cautious about comparing these results to standard
:06:02. > :06:07.grade results. But they will be real disappointment
:06:08. > :06:15.in some homes tonight. The pass rate for the National 4 exam was 93%. For
:06:16. > :06:24.National 5 it was even lower. Some teachers say that the last year was
:06:25. > :06:37.the toughest of Theo Kelly. -- was the toughest of the two years.
:06:38. > :06:43.Scotland now has an examinations system that is something that the
:06:44. > :06:50.world is taking an interest in. Students are now looking forward to
:06:51. > :06:57.their Highers. Those on the National 4 qualification it can now study for
:06:58. > :07:06.the National 5. She said pick the ones that you enjoy. Expats will
:07:07. > :07:07.look at the details carefully. -- experts will look at the details
:07:08. > :07:17.carefully. Still to come
:07:18. > :07:25.on tonight's programme: In sport we hear from the Celtic
:07:26. > :07:27.manager Ronny Deila and his plans to to overcome
:07:28. > :07:30.a 4-1 deficit against Legia Warsaw. And Andy Murray says he's back to
:07:31. > :07:33.100% fitness and looking The Justice Secretary,
:07:34. > :07:40.Kenny MacAskill, has told MSPs police in Scotland
:07:41. > :07:44.will not be routinely armed. He made a statement in Holyrood
:07:45. > :07:48.following concern that a number of officers, wearing handguns,
:07:49. > :07:50.have been seen carrying out normal Our Home Affairs Correspondent
:07:51. > :08:04.Reevel Alderson reports. Armed police on the streets of
:08:05. > :08:09.Scotland. These officers are carrying out a routine patrol. They
:08:10. > :08:15.are to attend a firearms incident. Police will not say whether these
:08:16. > :08:21.officers are based. They confirmed there are 275 armed officers across
:08:22. > :08:28.Scotland. Total police strength is 17,000 officers. The proportion
:08:29. > :08:34.carrying firearms is less than 1.6%. They are a small minority. They are
:08:35. > :08:44.part of Police Scotland. They are part of the community. The community
:08:45. > :08:52.recognises and accepts the needs for that small armed service. That has
:08:53. > :08:57.not stopped political pressure. Opposition MSPs said there was
:08:58. > :09:01.concern the policy could be expanded without local communities being
:09:02. > :09:06.informed. There is apprehension that police officers routinely carry a
:09:07. > :09:14.weapon and make the used for a reason other than that intended.
:09:15. > :09:22.What information will be made available about the deployment of
:09:23. > :09:29.armed police? Kenny MacAskill said the policy was an operational
:09:30. > :09:33.manager for the chief constable. I understand the concern of the public
:09:34. > :09:39.that we do not slip into a situation where officers become armed as a
:09:40. > :09:41.matter of routine practice. That would clearly go beyond operational
:09:42. > :09:47.matters into matter of policy. would clearly go beyond operational
:09:48. > :09:53.want to give my assurance this will not happen.
:09:54. > :10:00.Other officers are licensed to use firearms in emergencies. But the
:10:01. > :10:04.number of Fame is free juicing. -- the number of those officers is on
:10:05. > :10:13.the decline. A sheriff has told a skipper who was
:10:14. > :10:17.drunk while in charge of a 1,300 tonne cargo vessel that he could
:10:18. > :10:20.have caused an ecological disaster. The skipper was nearly four times
:10:21. > :10:22.over the drink drive limit as he sailed his ship down the
:10:23. > :10:25.River Tay last week. The Latvian sailor admitted
:10:26. > :10:26.the offence at Dundee sheriff court and was
:10:27. > :10:29.warned he's facing a jail sentence. Jewellery with an estimated value
:10:30. > :10:31.of ?20,000 has been stolen A member of staff at
:10:32. > :10:35.Northern Diamond on Union Street was injured in a struggle
:10:36. > :10:37.during the morning raid. Police are looking for an
:10:38. > :10:48.East European man in his 30s There was a slight struggle with a
:10:49. > :10:51.member of staff. A member of staff is shocked. He has received in
:10:52. > :10:57.injury. A ?100 million redevelopment
:10:58. > :10:59.of a Speyside distillery has been Edrington Group wants to expand
:11:00. > :11:02.production and warehousing at its Macallan distillery
:11:03. > :11:04.near Craigellachie, as well Moray Council's planning committee
:11:05. > :11:07.unanimously approved A police investigation's continuing
:11:08. > :11:11.into an acid attack on a dog Corrosive liquid was thrown over
:11:12. > :11:15.the five month old lurcher It's claimed a redevelopment
:11:16. > :11:24.of two of Aberdeen's shopping Plans are being submitted to expand
:11:25. > :11:27.the Bon Accord and St Nicholas The project would include
:11:28. > :11:35.a seven-screen cinema. Former Scottish Socialist MSP Tommy
:11:36. > :11:38.Sheridan is to have his conviction for perjury reviewed by the Scottish
:11:39. > :11:42.Criminal Cases Review Commission. He was awarded ?200,000
:11:43. > :11:44.in damages after winning a defamation case against the News
:11:45. > :11:47.of the World in 2006. He was later jailed
:11:48. > :12:03.for three years for committing Tommy Sheridan's victory in his
:12:04. > :12:09.defamation case against the News of the World saw him awarded ?200,000.
:12:10. > :12:14.If you years later it was the former MSP who was jailed for three years
:12:15. > :12:17.for committing perjury during the case. That sentence has now been
:12:18. > :12:24.served. Tommy Sheridan has asked for a review of the case. Today the
:12:25. > :12:28.Commission confirmed it was reviewing it. Tommy Sheridan said he
:12:29. > :12:34.is confident this is the first step in getting his conviction quashed.
:12:35. > :12:40.I was fighting the defence with one arm tied behind my back. We now have
:12:41. > :12:52.the evidence to show it was a stitch up. Unfortunately the Crown did not
:12:53. > :12:57.do a very good job either. But a review is a long way from an appeal.
:12:58. > :13:01.Only a small number of cases accepted for a review I then
:13:02. > :13:10.referred to the High Court. Of those less than 60% of cases are quashed
:13:11. > :13:12.or reduced. It is anticipated that the
:13:13. > :13:14.investigation will take several months. A decision is expected by
:13:15. > :13:26.the end But this isn't modern Scotland
:13:27. > :13:29.but the rarely told story of the The tale has been given
:13:30. > :13:34.a new lease of life at the Our arts correspondent
:13:35. > :14:04.Pauline McLean reports. Three Stewart claims in three very
:14:05. > :14:09.different stories. -- Stuart Kings. Half of the country does not
:14:10. > :14:21.recognise them as kings. It was like gang culture. You are the women I
:14:22. > :14:26.saw in my dream. The plays are deeply political, or thought
:14:27. > :14:36.admittedly at a distance of hundreds of years. These plays are not
:14:37. > :14:51.dealing with the referendum, but the cultural moment. That is a healthy
:14:52. > :15:01.thing for us to do. We may have to sell something. Borthwick king and
:15:02. > :15:19.queen may be -- both of these actors may be familiar. I was shocked when
:15:20. > :15:26.they open their mouth. I understood that that took place in Scotland.
:15:27. > :15:37.But I read it as English. When we met at the first read-through I was
:15:38. > :15:41.wondering what they were saying. Audiences can catch one play or the
:15:42. > :15:47.entire eight-hour cycle at the Edinburgh International Festival.
:15:48. > :15:54.Their poetry captured the horror of life in the trenches,
:15:55. > :15:56.influencing how future generations viewed the First World War.
:15:57. > :15:59.100 years on from the outbreak of war, there's renewed attention
:16:00. > :16:01.on the role Edinburgh's Craiglockhart hospital played
:16:02. > :16:04.in shaping the lives and work of Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen.
:16:05. > :16:30.Porgy Sheets by personal experience. It was composed away from the
:16:31. > :16:45.trenches. -- poetry sheet by personal experience.
:16:46. > :17:04.They used to discuss each other's homes and criticise and analyse. --
:17:05. > :17:08.each other's poems. Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen
:17:09. > :17:28.were amongst 1800 officers cheated here. -- cheated here. -- treated
:17:29. > :17:31.here. Wilfred Owen returns to France and
:17:32. > :17:41.was killed one week before the Armistice. This was one of the first
:17:42. > :17:49.places to take up the ideas of Sigmund Freud. The idea that you
:17:50. > :17:56.went to a Dr who listen to you in detail rather than who told you what
:17:57. > :18:00.to do was a very different approach. Today this is a modern university
:18:01. > :18:32.campus. But echoes of its past remain.
:18:33. > :18:36.Celtic Park is still out of Commission after the common wealth
:18:37. > :18:41.games so tomorrow's game will be at Murrayfield.
:18:42. > :18:56.Celtic 's new manager already under pressure. Last week's defeat in
:18:57. > :19:09.Poland still hurting. That is life. There are some hard days. Last
:19:10. > :19:13.week's 4-1 defeat was not what Ronny Deila wanted, but he and his players
:19:14. > :19:26.are confident they can come out on top tomorrow at Murrayfield. We have
:19:27. > :19:40.the team to score three goals. We need to step up the game a little
:19:41. > :19:46.bit more. We need to fight for each other. We need desire to be 18. --
:19:47. > :20:05.we need desire to be a team. Andy Murray has said he's putting
:20:06. > :20:07.special importance on this week?s Toronto Masters
:20:08. > :20:10.as part of his build up to the Murray is still seeking
:20:11. > :20:13.his first title Tomorrow he'll face either
:20:14. > :20:17.the Australian Nick Kyrgios, who ended Rafa Nadal?s Wimbledon
:20:18. > :20:19.dreams this year, Murray says news is good,
:20:20. > :20:52.regarding his fitness. Now I can start training again. I am
:20:53. > :21:00.not holding back. Physically I feel very strong.
:21:01. > :21:02.Four Scots are bedding in at Valhalla in preparation
:21:03. > :21:06.Russell Knox, Colin Montgomerie and Marc Warren all looking for
:21:07. > :21:09.success, but Stephen Gallacher must impress if he's to be a Captain?s
:21:10. > :21:22.That's despite what he calls "persistent" interest from Rotherham
:21:23. > :21:43.Any possible deal would not affect the game on Thursday. He wants to
:21:44. > :21:47.It?s Alan Stubbs' first competitive match in charge tonight.
:21:48. > :21:49.Hibs open their season against Rangers in the first round
:21:50. > :21:52.Stubbs will field a new look Hibs side.
:21:53. > :21:55.And also taking to the Ibrox pitch tonight will be
:21:56. > :22:00.The Commonwealth Games silver medallist will be guest of honour
:22:01. > :22:03.as Rangers also open their competitive season.
:22:04. > :22:13.And for TV it?s on BBC Alba. Sportsound on Radio Scotland 810MW.
:22:14. > :22:15.Tonight's other first round tie is an all-Fife clash between
:22:16. > :22:54.Of all the new Scottish sports stars, C Flynn was one of the most
:22:55. > :23:01.memorable. -- Charlie Flynn was one of the most memorable.
:23:02. > :23:22.He boxed his way to the lightweight Commonwealth gold medal. I have
:23:23. > :23:38.delivered. All the boys in there. Two days he went back to the Royal
:23:39. > :23:45.Mail plant. It is not just here that people are
:23:46. > :23:52.making a fuss of him. I walked into the park and there was a big uproar.
:23:53. > :24:06.People were chanting. I would like to thank the school for embracing
:24:07. > :24:22.me. -- thank Glasgow for embracing me. I talked to him about it two
:24:23. > :24:30.years ago. We would be eating chips and he would be eating grapes. What
:24:31. > :24:41.did you think of your name check? It was amazing. It is clear that
:24:42. > :24:45.Charlie Flynn is not just the post man that delivered for himself and
:24:46. > :25:01.Scotland. He delivered for all his friends.
:25:02. > :25:09.Here is the weather. Rather wet at the moment. This rain
:25:10. > :25:30.has been working its way across the South West. That rain continues to
:25:31. > :25:37.work its way northwards. Overnight nothing to calls. Tomorrow it does
:25:38. > :25:50.start wet across the Southern Appelmans. -- the Southern uplands.
:25:51. > :26:14.Showers in the Highlands and Islands. Teeside rather wet through
:26:15. > :26:27.the afternoon. Shetland will have sunshine for most of the day. The
:26:28. > :26:39.rain continues to move northwards. Low pressure still on the chart on
:26:40. > :26:56.Thursday. Some sunshine prosperity. -- for Thursday. Largely dry on
:26:57. > :27:03.Friday. The weekend looks rather unsettled.
:27:04. > :27:08.Now, a reminder of tonight's main news.
:27:09. > :27:09.The Foreign Office minister, Baroness Warsi,
:27:10. > :27:19.has resigned saying British policy on Gaza is morally indefensible.
:27:20. > :27:21.In just over an hour, the first minister Alex Salmond and the
:27:22. > :27:24.former chancellor Alistair Darling will go head to head for the first
:27:25. > :27:28.Both sides hope the live TV debate will re-energise the referendum
:27:29. > :27:39.campaign after a two week lull for the Commonwealth Games.