:00:00. > :00:00.blustery. Thank you very much. That is all from us.
:00:00. > :00:10.Tonight, on Reporting Scotland: Gordon Brown's 14 point plan
:00:11. > :00:13.for new powers for Holyrood. In an exclusive interview
:00:14. > :00:16.the former Prime Minister tells us it would give Scotland the best deal
:00:17. > :00:18.in the United Kingdom. The controversy over police
:00:19. > :00:22.routinely carrying firearms, now officers may be asked to keep them
:00:23. > :00:25.concealed to reduce public alarm. Only 85 days to go
:00:26. > :00:28.but a legal dispute might mean that Aberdeen will lose its Christmas
:00:29. > :00:33.street lights. Hibs celebrate their victory
:00:34. > :00:34.at Ibrox some Rangers fans are now calling
:00:35. > :00:47.for Ally McCoist to step down. They do not have the same mentality
:00:48. > :00:50.in the north of America we're customer is king.
:00:51. > :01:22.A new university course might be the answer.
:01:23. > :01:32.David Cameron wants to introduce English votes for English laws but
:01:33. > :01:40.Gordon Brown has something to say about that. He wants to rapidly
:01:41. > :01:45.devolve more power to Holyrood. He suggests 14 areas where the parties
:01:46. > :01:53.might agree but he wants to resist plans for the full devolution of
:01:54. > :01:58.income tax. The plan is to devolve that to Scotland and then remove
:01:59. > :02:04.Scottish MPs which in my view is the wrong decision. They are putting the
:02:05. > :02:07.union at risk by the back door by failing to recognise there is a
:02:08. > :02:14.Scottish interest in income tax decisions and there will always be a
:02:15. > :02:19.Scottish interest in the budget members decisions because they will
:02:20. > :02:26.affect Scotland in totality. There would be huge consequences for the
:02:27. > :02:31.United Kingdom. If there was a guarantee of voting rights on
:02:32. > :02:34.budgetary measures would you be prepared to consider
:02:35. > :02:39.budgetary measures would you be demolition of income tax? This is a
:02:40. > :02:43.matter that goes from one parliament to the next. The attack
:02:44. > :02:48.matter that goes from one parliament guarantees. Income tax is a
:02:49. > :02:52.matter that goes from one parliament matter. It is about the Barnett
:02:53. > :02:58.formula, why is that not mentioned in the parliamentary motion signed
:02:59. > :03:01.by either the UK party leaders? That was also talking about new
:03:02. > :03:07.legislation and there is no need for that on the Barnett formula. Nobody
:03:08. > :03:14.can backtrack on that and nobody should attempt to. Was
:03:15. > :03:19.can backtrack on that and nobody when you thought yes might win? Now,
:03:20. > :03:25.I did not think yes might win. I thought it was important we put our
:03:26. > :03:28.argument in the best possible way. I am a patriotic
:03:29. > :03:31.argument in the best possible way. I part of the United Kingdom. Was it
:03:32. > :03:42.around what one it? It was not, it part of the United Kingdom. Was it
:03:43. > :03:47.was a silent majority as well as a very vocal minority. We have learned
:03:48. > :03:53.a lot from this referendum. I am too old to be a comeback kid and too
:03:54. > :04:01.young to be an elder statesman. I knew when we lost the election that
:04:02. > :04:05.was it, I accepted that result. I came back during the referendum
:04:06. > :04:12.campaign because I felt this was a decision quite different from any
:04:13. > :04:18.other. He is an MP who intends to make his voice heard at the next
:04:19. > :04:23.phase of devolution is heard. What is the significance of this
:04:24. > :04:27.intervention? Gordon Brown is effectively opening negotiations on
:04:28. > :04:30.further devolution from outside Lord's left was my commission which
:04:31. > :04:38.has been set up to find agreement tween all five political parties
:04:39. > :04:45.represented at Holyrood. Gordon Brown thinks the last 14 areas where
:04:46. > :04:50.the parties should be able to break agreement, whether on increasing
:04:51. > :04:55.borrowing powers, infrastructure or the transfer of housing benefit or
:04:56. > :05:03.attendance allowance. He thinks Labour should go further on tax by
:05:04. > :05:07.agreeing to allocate a sheer of VAT revenues to Holyrood. He thinks they
:05:08. > :05:15.should hold there round on income tax. He favours increasing
:05:16. > :05:20.Holyrood's sheer of income tax to be able to increase the upper rates and
:05:21. > :05:25.he thinks they should be resistant to the idea of the full devolution
:05:26. > :05:32.of VAT tax because it would increase the argument for the Conservatives
:05:33. > :05:40.to pursue English votes for English laws. They think Labour is only
:05:41. > :05:44.resistant to that idea because F Ed Miliband was to become prime
:05:45. > :05:57.minister in certain circumstances it could deny him a majority in the
:05:58. > :06:02.house of commons. Ruth Davidson agrees with the Prime Minister that
:06:03. > :06:09.the referendum no vote offers an opportunity to the Tories here. Our
:06:10. > :06:16.reporter is that the party conference in Birmingham. It is a
:06:17. > :06:21.political brand which conservatives believes has been detoxified by the
:06:22. > :06:27.referendum campaign. There is just one Tory MP in Scotland but the
:06:28. > :06:33.party leader is hopeful that, the next general election there will be
:06:34. > :06:37.many more. It has been a long dark night for the Scottish Conservatives
:06:38. > :06:47.but the sun is rising once more in our sky. We have got back confidence
:06:48. > :06:53.and self belief. The Tories have now promised a new commission to ensure
:06:54. > :06:59.taxes are kept low. I want Scotland to be the winner 's most dynamic
:07:00. > :07:03.country in Europe in courage in businesses and start-ups and
:07:04. > :07:12.ensuring the working people of our country keep more of what they are
:07:13. > :07:23.in. Few could attract as big a crowd as the Prime Minister. Thanks to the
:07:24. > :07:25.wisdom of a clear majority of Scots wondering is the capital of Britain
:07:26. > :07:32.and the capital of the United Kingdom. I believe it will remain
:07:33. > :07:45.sort through our lifetimes. You have permission to park. The fees and
:07:46. > :07:46.working age benefits Scottish Tories might find more difficult to sell on
:07:47. > :07:53.the doorstep. A third name is set to enter
:07:54. > :07:55.the contest to become the next deputy leader of the SNP.
:07:56. > :07:57.Tomorrow, the youth employment minister
:07:58. > :08:01.Angela Constance, will declare that she will stand for the post left
:08:02. > :08:03.vacant by Nicola Sturgeon's decision to seek the leadership.
:08:04. > :08:05.There are already two runners in the race -
:08:06. > :08:11.the Transport minister Keith Brown, and the party's treasury spokesman
:08:12. > :08:14.at Westminster, Stewart Hosie. BBC Scotland has learned the police
:08:15. > :08:16.here are to review the way officers carry and cover up their firearms to
:08:17. > :08:18.try to quell public fears. Tomorrow Police Scotland will
:08:19. > :08:21.announce that the controversial policy which
:08:22. > :08:25.allows trained officers to routinely carry weapons will remain.
:08:26. > :08:30.That's despite two separate ongoing reviews by police watchdogs.
:08:31. > :08:34.Our political correspondent Lucy Adams joins us from Edinburgh.
:08:35. > :08:49.What's the background to this Lucy? Last year police Scotland rolled out
:08:50. > :08:54.a policy across the country allowing firearms officers to carry handguns
:08:55. > :09:03.at all times while on duty rather than getting up especially to go to
:09:04. > :09:06.a specific incident. It proved controversially as photographs
:09:07. > :09:12.emerged of officers waving guns in shopping centres the moral police
:09:13. > :09:16.Scotland well announced they plan to continue the policy despite
:09:17. > :09:31.criticism. The three of 13,000 officers north of the border there
:09:32. > :09:39.are tonnes and how visible they are when being worn. Opponents say it is
:09:40. > :09:44.not about covering the problem up. They want to question we are, why
:09:45. > :09:48.and when officers carry guns in the first place.
:09:49. > :09:50.You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC.
:09:51. > :09:53.Still to come on tonight's programme:
:09:54. > :09:55.Some of the thank you gifts to philanthropist Andrew Carnegie go
:09:56. > :09:57.on show in his home town. In sport:
:09:58. > :09:59.Gordon Strachan names two rising stars in his squad, he says they
:10:00. > :10:02.could become Scotland regulars. And Rangers under pressure.
:10:03. > :10:15.Is time running out for Ally McCoist as fans boo their defeat?
:10:16. > :10:18.Aberdeen city centre could be left without its usual
:10:19. > :10:21.Christmas lights this year. It's all because of a legal dispute
:10:22. > :10:23.over the tendering process for providing the illuminations.
:10:24. > :10:26.Kevin Keane is at the city's Union Street for us now.
:10:27. > :10:38.Kevin, the city couldn't really lose its Christmas lights, could it?
:10:39. > :10:45.Well, apparently so according to the council. They awarded the contract
:10:46. > :10:49.earlier this year for Christmas lights to be strung up across the
:10:50. > :10:58.city centre, primarily in union Street. Over the Christmas period
:10:59. > :11:03.the twinkling is much stronger as this granite Michael becomes the
:11:04. > :11:08.twinkling mild and many people are attracted to the city centre to see
:11:09. > :11:14.it as well as the lights on the big Christmas tree which is usually
:11:15. > :11:19.immediately behind me. There will be a legal challenge by one of the
:11:20. > :11:25.other tenderers who tried to get the contract to provide those lights. It
:11:26. > :11:30.is a legal challenge. While that cases active the council says it
:11:31. > :11:37.cannot award the contract to another provider. If this continues they
:11:38. > :11:43.will try to produce something, probably more subdued than they
:11:44. > :11:46.would normally have. The real hope is these proceedings can be overcome
:11:47. > :11:48.fairly quickly and Christmas will go ahead in Aberdeen as it is in the
:11:49. > :11:55.rest of the world. Meanwhile, police in Aberdeen are
:11:56. > :11:58.investigating the death of a Polish man in the Torry area of the city.
:11:59. > :12:00.The 49- year-old died after an incident on
:12:01. > :12:03.Balnagask Avenue yesterday. It's understood he was stabbed.
:12:04. > :12:06.Police want to speak to anyone who was in the area between nine am
:12:07. > :12:11.and two pm. They've made no arrests so far.
:12:12. > :12:13.More and more of us are living much of our lives online.
:12:14. > :12:15.We shop, socialise and use internet banking.
:12:16. > :12:19.But there's a warning from a legal firm that we need to do
:12:20. > :12:22.more to store our passwords, or our families might not be able to
:12:23. > :12:32.access our assets when we die. Suzanne Allan explains.
:12:33. > :12:41.This boy's mum died of cancer aged just 36. For his dad, coping with
:12:42. > :12:47.the loss was hard enough at sorting out her online accounts, especially
:12:48. > :12:54.social media, has been very difficult. People who do not
:12:55. > :12:57.social media, has been very when it comes up to her birthday
:12:58. > :12:57.social media, has been very post funny or silly messages on her
:12:58. > :13:07.page which is post funny or silly messages on her
:13:08. > :13:10.becomes very responsive because people are finding out again. A few
:13:11. > :13:18.years ago this was people are finding out again. A few
:13:19. > :13:23.now what are we doing? We publish our photographs on instead RAM, when
:13:24. > :13:24.we go away for the weekend we put it on Facebook and for online banking
:13:25. > :13:32.we keep passwords safe. The has always been do not tell anyone
:13:33. > :13:35.those passwords safe. The advice has always been do not tell anyone goes
:13:36. > :13:40.past words but no lawyers are saying keep them all in one place,
:13:41. > :13:45.somewhere like a will. Talking to your family about this may seem
:13:46. > :13:51.gloomy but this lawyer says it is pragmatic. It is about making people
:13:52. > :13:56.are we of what you would want to happen. Whether you want things
:13:57. > :14:02.memorialised, posts going out at your death, that type of thing is
:14:03. > :14:06.useful to know. It is a difficult thing to have a conversation about.
:14:07. > :14:11.Writing it down somewhere is the obvious thing. Right back row this
:14:12. > :14:15.man says even a few years ago he would never have given past words a
:14:16. > :14:20.second thought but as we increasingly live our lives online
:14:21. > :14:25.protecting ourselves is seen to be a greater need.
:14:26. > :14:29.Now, a look at other stories around the country today.
:14:30. > :14:32.Hundreds of school pupils and staff in Grangemouth had to be kept
:14:33. > :14:35.indoors this morning, following a gas leak at the nearby oil refinery.
:14:36. > :14:38.Roads were closed around the Ineos site as emergency services responded
:14:39. > :14:40.to reports of a leak of butane gas onboard one of their vessels.
:14:41. > :14:43.Police said the leak posed no risk to the public.
:14:44. > :14:45.A windfarm planned for Rannoch Moor in Perthshire has been debated
:14:46. > :14:47.by MSPs. The Dutch developers
:14:48. > :14:51.of the scheme say views of its 125 metre high turbines will be minimal
:14:52. > :14:52.from key areas around Loch Rannoch. Conservationists argue
:14:53. > :15:04.the twenty-four turbines will be visible much more widely.
:15:05. > :15:14.This trust is about protecting and enhancing wildland areas and we are
:15:15. > :15:17.very concerned about this intrusion and the negative impact.
:15:18. > :15:19.Holyrood's petitions committee is to write to Historic Scotland
:15:20. > :15:22.about protecting a monument to Scottish travellers.
:15:23. > :15:24.The Tinkers Heart, overlooking Loch Fyne in Argyll, is a traditional
:15:25. > :15:27.place for gypsy weddings. But there are fears that cattle
:15:28. > :15:32.feeding and tramping on the pattern of quartz stones will destroy it.
:15:33. > :15:36.A retail park on the border at Gretna is expanding on
:15:37. > :15:39.the back of record trade figures. Work on a 19,000 square foot
:15:40. > :15:40.extension to the Gretna Gateway Village starts next month,
:15:41. > :15:43.creating around 50 Village starts next month,
:15:44. > :15:46.A spokesman said August was the busiest month
:15:47. > :15:53.in the centre's 15-year-history, with cross-border Commonwealth Games
:15:54. > :15:56.traffic a contributory factor. Shetland is the first island
:15:57. > :16:00.in the Scotland to be visited by a new mobile bone density scanner.
:16:01. > :16:02.This morning patients in Lerwick started undergoing
:16:03. > :16:06.the twenty minute test to check for signs of osteoporosis.
:16:07. > :16:13.It's part of a pilot project aimed at improving access to care
:16:14. > :16:16.in remote and rural communities. We've all been there.
:16:17. > :16:19.We've all been less than pleasant on the phone or hung up
:16:20. > :16:21.on somebody who simply won't deal with our complaint.
:16:22. > :16:24.But Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh thinks it has
:16:25. > :16:26.the solution. It's offering
:16:27. > :16:30.the worlds first postgraduate degree in professional complaint handling.
:16:31. > :16:53.Lisa Summers reports. I do not know why I am bothering,
:16:54. > :16:58.nobody will listen anyway. Or maybe not. The thing you need to know is
:16:59. > :17:02.how to communicate in these situations. Davis now a postgraduate
:17:03. > :17:08.degree for people who work in the complaints industry. People are more
:17:09. > :17:13.willing to make complaints which has led to more people being involved in
:17:14. > :17:18.the complaints industry. For the first time at postgraduate level we
:17:19. > :17:22.provide something for people who are professional complaint handlers so
:17:23. > :17:28.they have something that can help them do there job better and raise
:17:29. > :17:35.standards. The financial ombudsman centre received more than 2 million
:17:36. > :17:38.complaints last year. I am quite good at dealing with expediency is
:17:39. > :17:49.because I am a manager and get it all the time. If it is busy they are
:17:50. > :17:56.quite rude. They do not have the same mentality as in North America
:17:57. > :18:03.we are customer is king. The course will not be quite like this. I don't
:18:04. > :18:11.gear! But those running it believe it will make a difference. Sometimes
:18:12. > :18:18.the complaints will be false, OK? The next time something is bothering
:18:19. > :18:22.you, get your finger out! Now never any complaints about the sports
:18:23. > :18:41.department, what have you got for us? You might be surprised!
:18:42. > :18:44.Rhona, you have centre stage - and news of rising stars?
:18:45. > :18:46.Gordon Strachan's given first international call ups to two
:18:47. > :18:48.youngsters he says could become Scotland regulars.
:18:49. > :18:51.Striker Stevie May and midfielder Ryan Gauld are in his
:18:52. > :18:52.squad for the Euro 2016 qualifiers against Georgia and Poland.
:18:53. > :18:55.And the national manager's considering
:18:56. > :18:56.bringing in a third as yet un-named young gun as David Currie reports.
:18:57. > :19:10.This is the man himself arriving to name his newest squad. Stevie May
:19:11. > :19:15.earning his first call up. I saw him last week against reading and I am
:19:16. > :19:23.pleased with them. If I was not, he would not be in the squad. Ryan
:19:24. > :19:30.Gauld in there as well. They could well be joined by a third new beat
:19:31. > :19:44.but the voice is not prepared to reveal two or even give us a clue.
:19:45. > :19:50.This could be like 20 questions. He is inclined to invoke the spirit of
:19:51. > :19:57.these fellows, the Ryder Cup winning golfers. It is up to everybody to
:19:58. > :20:01.take responsibility like the 12 guys dead on Sunday. Everybody put in a
:20:02. > :20:07.terrific performance. To come anywhere near that would be
:20:08. > :20:12.fantastic for the excitement. Tickets to see Scotland do not come
:20:13. > :20:15.with a guarantee of excitement but that is half of the fun.
:20:16. > :20:19.The former Rangers chairman Craig Whyte, who took the club into
:20:20. > :20:21.administration before liquidation ensued, has been disqualified
:20:22. > :20:23.as a company director for 15 years. It's the maximum penalty
:20:24. > :20:27.he could've received. Now one of the men left to pick up
:20:28. > :20:30.the pieces from the Whyte era, manager Ally McCoist, is facing
:20:31. > :20:33.calls from some fans to step down, after losing three first half goals
:20:34. > :20:39.to Hibs at Ibrox last night. Kheredine Idessane has more.
:20:40. > :20:46.3-0 down at half-time and your central defender remonstrating with
:20:47. > :20:52.fans in the main stand. This was not in the script for Rangers last night
:20:53. > :20:56.and some fans have had enough. I think the fans are just too loyal
:20:57. > :21:03.because of what he stood up for through it all. It will come good,
:21:04. > :21:08.we are only six or seven games into the season. Dealers only so much a
:21:09. > :21:14.manager can take and I think Mr McCoist has just had it. The way
:21:15. > :21:24.Hibernian tour through Rangers was helped by some woeful defending.
:21:25. > :21:30.This was the opener. By the own admission, Rangers simply were not
:21:31. > :21:35.good enough at the back. Witness this second from Hibernian after
:21:36. > :21:40.half an hour. And just when Rangers and the fans were thinking things
:21:41. > :21:48.could not possibly get worse. It is Cummings, it is 3-0. The booths
:21:49. > :21:52.around the ground at half-time where a real indication the home fans
:21:53. > :21:57.wanted instant improvement. After the interval there was some
:21:58. > :22:02.improvement thanks to Nicky Law but they could not make any inroads. The
:22:03. > :22:07.Hibernian manager with a great platform on which to the bill and
:22:08. > :22:17.the Rangers manager with the lot of work to do to revitalise his title
:22:18. > :22:26.quest. Now a look at what else is happening across Scottish sport.
:22:27. > :22:33.Andy Murray rallied the second set and dominated the card. Queen of the
:22:34. > :22:37.South have named James Fowler as the new manager. He joined the club
:22:38. > :22:46.during the summer as player/coach and has been temporarily in charge.
:22:47. > :22:52.I am really excited, looking forward to the challenge ahead. It has been
:22:53. > :22:56.a busy few weeks. And after beating Inverness Aberdeen are looking for
:22:57. > :23:06.the third successive home win tonight. The dons are expecting a
:23:07. > :23:15.challenge. It would be nice to finish off the four game home spell
:23:16. > :23:18.with another win. There has been an improvement over the last few games
:23:19. > :23:32.and we are we are another strong performance is needed. That is live
:23:33. > :23:39.on BBC radio Scotland. That is it for tonight.
:23:40. > :23:42.56 caskets presented to the famous philanthropist
:23:43. > :23:45.Andrew Carnegie have gone on display together for the first time,
:23:46. > :23:48.in his home town of Dunfermline. The caskets were gifts from towns
:23:49. > :23:51.and cities around the world to say thank you for the libraries, schools
:23:52. > :23:52.and swimming pools he gave them. Our arts correspondent
:23:53. > :24:02.Pauline McLean Just one of 56 caskets presented to
:24:03. > :24:10.Andrew Carnegie. This was to say thank you for funding in New Jersey.
:24:11. > :24:16.Insight is something from the railways of the United States. He
:24:17. > :24:22.did treasure them and displayed most of them in his home library at ski
:24:23. > :24:27.Ball Castle. He was very proud of them but not only because of the
:24:28. > :24:35.shininess of them but what they stood for as well. Some of the
:24:36. > :24:42.caskets are quite literal. A miniature library, an inscription of
:24:43. > :24:48.banks, some are more lavish and complex. These treasures have
:24:49. > :24:53.remained largely hidden in storage at the museum which Marx 's birth in
:24:54. > :24:58.Dunfermline. This is the first time all 56 have been shown together. The
:24:59. > :25:08.exhibition is showing international interest. I think we may have to
:25:09. > :25:14.take these caskets onto. I think the whole collection as one piece, I
:25:15. > :25:20.have no doubt in my mind this will go on to. Andrew Carnegie of then
:25:21. > :25:26.used the presentation of these caskets to talk publicly about his
:25:27. > :25:34.Gillian is here with the weather. 100 years
:25:35. > :25:45.It looks like the second Could this be the driest September
:25:46. > :25:51.It looks like the second Whitford. -- record. Judy, much like
:25:52. > :25:58.the rest of the month before it was drier than expected. Tomorrow you
:25:59. > :26:02.will notice a distinctly fresher feel. That is close to what we would
:26:03. > :26:08.expect for this time of year. Through this evening we will see
:26:09. > :26:12.some patchy rain filtering through the evening. It will be dry for a
:26:13. > :26:21.time before another belt of rain pushes end. Mild for most of us with
:26:22. > :26:27.temperatures up to double figures. Tomorrow it is a cloudy and damp
:26:28. > :26:32.start for most part but rapidly improving. The rain will clear
:26:33. > :26:34.eastwards. Some good spells of sunshine on the cards once again.
:26:35. > :26:40.eastwards. Some good spells of The last of the cloud and rain
:26:41. > :26:44.around three o'clock in the eastern borders but plenty of sunshine in
:26:45. > :26:51.Dumfries and Galloway, Argyll, the central belt into Perthshire.
:26:52. > :26:57.Temperatures certainly fresher, 14 or 15 Celsius. We will see a
:26:58. > :27:01.scattering of showers across the north-west Highlands. Through the
:27:02. > :27:06.rest of the afternoon and tomorrow evening we will keep a feed of those
:27:07. > :27:10.showers going but generally a lot of dry weather. Clear skies tomorrow
:27:11. > :27:16.night will make than it has been for quite some time. In 2008
:27:17. > :27:21.high-pressure is hanging on but there is a change waiting in the
:27:22. > :27:26.wings in the form of these weather fronts. Very wet and windy weather
:27:27. > :27:31.on the way. For much of Thursday it will be fine, dry and bright with
:27:32. > :27:38.some good spells of sunshine. You will notice those strengthening
:27:39. > :27:43.winds getting up and this new batch of rain will arrive. Some will be
:27:44. > :27:50.heavy. There are strong to deal force winds and it stays unsettled
:27:51. > :27:54.into the weekend. Now a reminder of the main news. Gordon Brown accuses
:27:55. > :28:02.the Conservatives of putting the United Kingdom at risk. David
:28:03. > :28:06.Cameron wants to introduce English votes for English laws with further
:28:07. > :28:10.devolution to Holyrood. That is all for now. From all of the team, good
:28:11. > :28:15.evening.