14/08/2014 Reporting Scotland

other news on the BBC News Channel, and on our website, but that is all

for now. It is What would be the future

of the Trident nuclear fleet under A new study says moving

the submarines out of Scotland would And as the independence debate

continues to gather momentum, Alistair Darling, the leader

of the Better Together campaign, There is to be an inquiry into

the controversial decision to allow No Tiger at the Ryder Cup

as he rules himself out with a back injury but preparations

at Gleneagles are well underway. We hear about the role

an unknown Caithness detective played in helping to solve the

Victorian Jack The Ripper murders. It is possible for

the UK to keep its nuclear weapons by moving them out of Scotland

in the event of independence, A study for

the respected think tank, the Royal United Services Institute, says

relocating Trident submarines and missiles to England is financially

and technically feasible. In a moment we'll have

a extended live interview with the chairman of Better Together,

Alistair Darling, about that and But first here's our political

correspondent, Glenn Campbell, on the implications for Trident

if Scotland votes for independence. The UK's for nuclear armed

submarines are based at Faslane naval base. The missiles and

warheads are stored nearby. Today's report suggests it would be possible

overtime to relocate the weapon system to England if there is a vote

in favour of independence. You would have two build a new facility. That

is where the problem lies. Experts say it would take longer to relocate

their weapons to England than the fourth year timescale set out by the

Scottish Government. They also questioned suggestions from UK

ministers that the costs of relocation would be expensive.

costs are not as high as people anticipated. The notion that the SNP

are putting about that if you get rid of Trident that also gets rid of

it across the UK has been demolished. We want to get rid of

Trident within the first term of an independent Scottish Parliament. It

has got to be done safely. It has to be done safely, but speed is also of

the essence. Big UK Government insists it has no plans to move

Trident out of Scotland, but in the faint of independence it may be

required to do so. It was the intervention of the Bank

of England that dominated First Minister's Questions. Alex Salmond

told MSP is it was the prounion parties at Westminster who had

caused financial uncertainty by ruling out a single currency. The

United Kingdom and Westminster parties have a vested interest in

causing as much uncertainty as they can. The 10th two generates

instability will feel. -- this attempt to create instability will

not succeed. The First Minister has two understand he is prospectus of

independence without knowing what the currency is is creating

uncertainty. Only the First Minister would blame those who point that out

to him as being the cause of the uncertainty. I enjoyed by Alistair

Darling. Why are you treating your share of economic uncertainty? Why

are you refusing to contemplate currency union? Currency union with

be bad for Scotland. It would be bad for the rest of the UK. They would

have to underwrite the banking system of Scotland. But if you are

talking about uncertainty surely you except they would be less

uncertainty if you add the other parties said they did not like the

idea of independence, but afterwards if they had to find the best

solution, that's making it. This is not the best solution. The best

solution for currency is what we have at the moment. A UK pounds,

backed by the Bank of England, behind which stands the UK

Government. That is what nationalists want to get rid of. The

uncertainty that has been caused us because we do not know what Alex

Salmond's other plan is. He has still not come up with an answer.

This afternoon the Bank of England has an President of rebuke to John

Swinney. He said yesterday that the Scottish Government are having

discussions with the Bank of England. That is not true. We are

being taught things that are not true. That is that is what is

causing the uncertainty. The Bank of England does have contingency plans.

The Bank of England said they had technical discussions. Now, they

said they had had technical questions. John Swinney tried to

spin that as technical discussions. It is unprecedented for the Bank of

England to rebuke a partition in this way. The point I am trying to

put to you about the Bank of England is that they have taken a middle

line, a neutral line, between the two options. But what they have said

is that there is a situation of financial instability drawing and

they want to mitigate that by making clear that there are contingency

plans. I am seeing that you and your colleagues could help that situation

of financial uncertainty by making it clear that afterwards you would

consider our financial can see union if it was end the best interests.

The governor of the Bank of England said that what was causing

uncertainty was the uncertainty of the referendum result. I know that

the Bank of England has good contingency plans. But in relation

to currency union, I could not summon who was Scottish, sign up to

something that I think is bad for Scotland. It is clear to anybody who

asks that here we are, two weeks before the first postal votes start

going out, we simply don't know what currency we will have. That matters

to people. When you get the Bank of England casting doubt on the

veracity of what was said yesterday, when they said there were

discussions, and they see there are no discussions taking place, that is

when people do get jittery. Just to be clear they confirmed that

technicalities were talked about. Now, just questions. As a former

Chancellor, what would be the best currency option for an independent

Scotland? Let us postulate a Yes vote. I think they are all rotten

options. I would not join the euro. Democratically that is bad. Setting

up your own currency in the present climate bash nobody would know what

that's worth. It would be like Panama using the US dollar. It would

be mad for the financial services sector. You have to run a financial

surplus if you are doing that thing. One of the reasons that I

passionately believe that Scotland will be better off and have more

opportunities in the future is precisely because we would be part

of the UK, we would be part of the UK currency, the Bank of England

stands behind that, and the UK Government stands behind that. As a

Scottish MP you have no view on what you would be urging a fair was a Yes

vote? Let us just say that there was one in September. I passionately

believe they are all second best options. The best option for

Scotland as being part of the currency that we are part of at the

moment. Why throw all that away? Here we are two weeks before the

ballot papers go out and we simply do not know. There are other things

that we simply do not know. We do not know what Scotland would look

like in the event of a No vote either. All the prounion parties

have offered more powers, but the offers are different. We do not know

what we really getting into their either. I not agree. In terms of

additional powers, there are already powers on the statute book that are

coming over landfill tax and stamp jury. On top of that all three

parties are arguing for a different degrees of further devolution in

relation to tax and welfare. But we do not know what they are. It is

dependent on who wins the next election. Yes, but they are pretty

much on the same page. People said the same thing before 1997. Although

the three parties were not in the same place at the start, they work

together. Why do you find it so difficult to articulate and inspire

people with a vision of the kind of Scotland you want to see if Scotland

votes against independence? We can see why the Yes campaign wants a Yes

vote. My vision of a better Scotland is where young people have the best

opportunity to get on for themselves and their families. Where we have an

elderly population with the security of the UK behind it in terms of

paying pensions. We would not be so dependent as we would be in an

independent Scotland on diminishing oil revenues. I believe that if we

were to break away we would be less prosperous and we would have less

opportunities. That is why I am passionately against independence.

They have published a White Paper. Most of it depends on somebody else

agreeing with absolutely everything else they want. Two weeks before

ballot papers go out and we do not know answers to fundamental

questions. Regarding Trident it has been said that if Scotland went

independent it with either forced the UK to give up nuclear weapons,

or it would be murderously expensive. Now we hear that moving

Trident would be financially and technically feasible. It is just

another skier story, isn't it? I have never argued you could not

shift it. I have never argued that. The question is do you want to be

spending people's tax money on moving at? I have never argued you

could not shift it. They would be 8000 jobs at risk because all the

submarine work with go with that. They see it may not be completed

until 2028. That is a lifetime away. In the debate many people considered

you were the winner. But there is criticism of both of you for not

being forthright with your answers. Can we expect a more enlightening

and more candid debate next time? I hope so. We are in the hands of the

BBC and somebody will be vigorously refereeing the match. We are in the

hands of yourself and Alex Salmond. I will always endeavour to do that.

Time is running out. The ballot papers go out in two weeks time.

That referendum debate will be shown live on BBC One Scotland at 8:30pm

on the 25th of August. Last night's Reporting Scotland

interview with the First Minister is online.

You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC.

Still to come on tonight's programme:

Recognition at last for the Thurso detective who led the Jack

the Ripper investigation in Victorian London.

And one of the biggest names in golf pulls out of the Ryder Cup. And a

Celtic player admits he is embarrassed about the European

Champions League decision. The two bodies which oversee the

police in Scotland are to conduct a joint inquiry into the controversial

decision to allow officers with guns In the past armed officers were only

deployed when necessary and the review has been prompted

by a row over the change in policy. Top brass decided they should be

allowed to carry weapons on regular patrols to ensure faster and more

widely available response. But there has been a of criticism. We have to

learn for the future about how issues affect individual

communities. We need to build on the knowledge we gain from that to make

sure communities better understand the police in the future, and that

the police understand the impact of their decisions. Criticism of the

new firearms policy began to surface in the Highlands which has one of

the lowest crime rates in the country. And at a time when firearms

offences are at a ten year low. The criticism was further fuelled by

this picture showing three armed officers going to sort out a minor

scuffle outside and Inverness shop. There is an opportunity for all the

items that have been in the media and the council chambers to be eared

and seriously considered. I hope at the end of the day it will lead to a

resolution to this problem. This is the first test since the creation of

Police Scotland as to where the dividing lines are between

operational decisions and overall policy-making. The police themselves

or their overseers bash who has the final say?

The number of deaths in Scotland involving so-called legal highs more

than doubled last year, according to new figures.

There were 113 deaths in 2013 where new psychoactive

substances were present, compared to 47 the year before.

The overall number of drug-related deaths dropped by 9%.

Councils should have more control over taxes and determine how

That's according to an independent commission set up to look

It says local authorities could have complete power to set the council

The Commission was set up by the council umbrella body COSLA.

A look at other stories from the across the country:

A man who stabbed his wife to death at their home in

Longforgan, near Dundee, three years ago is suing the health service.

Neil Cumming is claiming that they failed to treat his mental illness

properly before he killed his wife Jane and then deliberately

He was found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity.

A national centre to improve responses to weather emergencies

The facility at the Crichton University and Business campus

Their roles will be part-co-ordination

Having a national centre will ensure that the best possible techniques

are used across Scotland. Police are urging local drivers to

be patient with fellow motorists, especially tourists,

after the latest accident figures There have been 175 incidents In

the Lochaber, Skye and Lochalsh areas since the beginning of June,

almost half in Lochaber alone. Be patient. Visitors are coming here

to enjoy our hospitality and Sina D. -- and Susie.

The Duke and Duchess of Rothesay have been attending the

Ballater Highland games, which is celebrating its 150th anniversary.

The royal couple, whose holiday home at Birkhall

on the Balmoral estate is nearby, spent some time in the Chieftain's

One of the biggest names in world of sport has pulled out

Tiger Woods was expected by many to be in the United States team to face

Europe next month but he's withdrawn because of a back injury.

Former world number one four years ago, but this time around injury

means there will be no place in team USA for Tiger Woods. This is the

18th Green where much of the drama in the Ryder Cup is expected to

unfold. But will be absence of Tiger Woods the track from this global

golfing event? These two Ryder Cup vice captains

said it would not affect the event. If he is not fair he is not fair. I

have heard other players taking ten months from that injury. He probably

came out to correlate. We are going to focus on our team. Preparations

are well and truly underway for the big event in six weeks time. But

will not be graced by Tiger Woods. UEFA have thrown out Legia Warsaw's

appeal to be allowed back into the Champions league qualifiers

at Celtic's expense. Celtic who lost to the Poles

in a qualifying tie were re-instated because their opponents

fielded a suspended player. Now Legia want the Court

of Arbitration As it stands though Celtic will play

Maribor in the final qualifying round, although one player admits

a degree of embarrassment. What can you do? You have got to get

on that. You cannot feel sorry for yourselves and be embarrassed about

getting through. It is not the really wanted to get through, but we

need is to get on that. Glasgow 2014 silver medal winners

Eilidh Child and Lynsey Sharp are through to the finals

of their events at the Europan Eilidh Child winning her semi

final in the 400 metres hurdles. Lynsey Sharp also coming home first

in the semis of the 800 metres. I am a different athletes than I was

two years ago. I am hoping to build on that. I just try to enjoy every

race. I am laughing coming out and racing.

A largely unknown detective from Thurso, who ended up

in charge of The Jack the Ripper investigation, has finally been

recognised, after the full story emerged of his involvement

Five women were mutilated by the so-called Ripper in

London's East End in the late 19th century and Donald Swanson went

Jackie O'Brien reports from Caithness.

The grand starter of Donald Swanson returns to the streets he was

brought up in. -- the grand daughter. When you are 20 world is

your oyster. I suppose he thought they got on that Stagecoach he would

get to London eventually. He joined the Metropolitan Police and was

placed in overall charge of the Jack the Ripper investigation, dramatised

here for the BBC. Through documents, including his address book, new

light has been shed on how the detective also identified the main

suspect. The main suspect went insane. He was placed in an asylum

and that was probably the end of the murders. But the family of Donald

Swanson knew little about his involvement until he died.

This week Donald Swanson is finally being recognised. A memorial has

been placed outside the police station.

So now there is or has unlinked with one of the most notorious serial

killers in the world. It was a story that almost remained untold.

And here is what is on Scotland's 2014.

We will be debating the future of socialism and Scotland with Tommy

Sheridan and Owen Jones. They agree on so much except independence.

And here is the weather. There has been a number of showers around in

some parts of the country and more still to come. There is a yellow Met

Office warning in place. Largely dry, fairly cloudy. Temperatures in

towns and cities in double digits. Friday gets off to a reasonably dry

start. Decent bright and sunny spells developing in the afternoon.

By mid afternoon. Further North little bit cooler. One or two

showers perhaps affecting the far North. The rest of the afternoon

into the evening and overnight we will hold onto some brightness. Over

the weekend the weekend there will. Saturday, the further South and East

you are, generally try and bright start. Sunday and the low pressure

is still with us. It will be windy wherever you are. It will feel

colder because of the wind. Now,

a reminder of tonight's main news. A group of defence experts says it

would be possible for the UK to keep its nuclear deterrent if there was

a Yes vote in the referendum. The Royal United Services Institute

says removing Trident submarines from Scotland is financially

and technically feasible.