:00:09. > :00:13.A court in India has sentenced an Argyll man to five years in jail
:00:14. > :00:14.as part of a dispute over anti-piracy operations.
:00:15. > :00:19.Billy Irving, from Connel near Oban, is one of six British men who've
:00:20. > :00:22.been held by the Indian authorities for more than two years,
:00:23. > :00:24.They were working for a US maritime company providing anti-piracy
:00:25. > :00:29.protection in the Indian Ocean when their vessel was detained.
:00:30. > :00:46.Billy Irving, outside the Indian court today. He has spent 822 days
:00:47. > :00:52.in India. He and 34 other crew members on board this ship where
:00:53. > :00:57.detained in October 2013. They face charges relating to weapons on board
:00:58. > :01:01.the vessel, entering into Indian waters without permission and the
:01:02. > :01:07.illegal procurement of diesel. Today a judge found them guilty of the
:01:08. > :01:12.charges. Back in Scotland, his fiancee says she was optimistic
:01:13. > :01:18.about the verdict. Billy thought it was coming home, whether it was a
:01:19. > :01:26.month's time, when the paperwork got put through, he'll be home.
:01:27. > :01:32.Devastated, completely in shock. I don't even know... I can put into
:01:33. > :01:37.words how I feel. I'm numb. The judge ruled the vessel was not
:01:38. > :01:42.properly licensed and all 35 men were ordered to pay a fine of 3000
:01:43. > :01:51.rupees in addition to serving a five-year jail sentence. The lawyer
:01:52. > :01:55.spoke outside the court. We will appear before the High Court
:01:56. > :01:59.recently. How can they get a guilty verdict when there is no evidence
:02:00. > :02:06.against us? How do you the fit that because we do not. They have no
:02:07. > :02:12.evidence whatsoever on us, yet we have been found guilty. How does
:02:13. > :02:16.that work? In a statement, a Foreign Office spokesperson said this is a
:02:17. > :02:19.difficult time for those involved and there is now a 90 day window to
:02:20. > :02:27.appeal and we will continue to provide assistance. But we cannot
:02:28. > :02:33.and could be in another country's judicial process. Up until now Billy
:02:34. > :02:39.has been into Skype the family will stop his fiancee and 11-year-old sun
:02:40. > :02:44.met him last year in India as he awaited trial. I just hope he gets
:02:45. > :02:46.his back home before it is too late, before he is five and he is at
:02:47. > :02:53.school and Billy loses everything. An outbreak of bird flu has been
:02:54. > :02:56.detected at a Fife farm. The strain, has been confirmed
:02:57. > :02:59.as a very mild strain of H5N1. It's said to be highly
:03:00. > :03:01.contageous but 'low risk'. It was discovered at
:03:02. > :03:03.Craigies Poultry Farm north of Dunfermline around which there's
:03:04. > :03:13.a 1 kilometre control zone. The farm is effectively in a
:03:14. > :03:17.lockdown. The only traffic, officials in protective clothing as
:03:18. > :03:20.they work to contain the infection. It was the local vet you in that
:03:21. > :03:25.really is the alarm after becoming concerned some of the chickens were
:03:26. > :03:30.showing signs of sickness. Tests revealed they had a strain of the
:03:31. > :03:34.bird flu virus. Now thousands are to be killed. 40,000 birds or the bird
:03:35. > :03:39.flu virus. Now thousands are to be killed. 40,000 birds will be the
:03:40. > :03:46.ex-taking on the hatchery and they will be tested to. Scotland's chief
:03:47. > :03:53.veterinary officer will be so there is no problem. The eggs are those
:03:54. > :03:57.that want to be hatched so they are not entering the human food chain
:03:58. > :04:00.and no chickens directed from that of flock. The reason for taking
:04:01. > :04:06.action now is to prevent it spreading and becoming a bigger
:04:07. > :04:12.problem. Humans can be quite happy. At the height of the global scale or
:04:13. > :04:18.a full Scotland record a case in 2006. A swarm was up on a beach with
:04:19. > :04:21.the highly pathogenic strain that led to extensive Sutton valence
:04:22. > :04:26.something set up. There have been recent outbreaks across Europe and
:04:27. > :04:32.England including they give are in Yorkshire. For farmers in Scotland
:04:33. > :04:35.it was not totally unexpected. It is a disease of the new while that
:04:36. > :04:42.migratory birds will bring in so it will fly in from areas and it can
:04:43. > :04:46.pop up anywhere at any time and, for this is making sure whenever it does
:04:47. > :04:53.pop up it does not spread and does not become endemic. At Craigies
:04:54. > :04:59.Poultry Farm tests continue. This Government has confirmed it is a
:05:00. > :05:00.mild form of the highly infectious H5N1 stream. Poultry owners are
:05:01. > :05:05.being urged to be vigilant. A fatal accident inquiry
:05:06. > :05:08.into the death of a woman found unresponsive in a bath has
:05:09. > :05:10.heard she was scalded It's claimed Margaret Gilchrist died
:05:11. > :05:13.after she'd been left alone Today the inquiry heard her feet
:05:14. > :05:29.were scalded in an earlier incident This was Margaret Gilchrist at 20
:05:30. > :05:32.years old. She was a very vulnerable, has severe learning
:05:33. > :05:37.disabilities and was registered blind. She was 15 when she died. In
:05:38. > :05:42.this house in the East End of Glasgow which she and another woman
:05:43. > :05:50.were supported by the disability organisation. -- she was 15 when she
:05:51. > :05:55.died. Margaret had been put in the bath -- 50. She was put in the bath
:05:56. > :06:02.and then left alone for around one hour and unresponsive in the bath,
:06:03. > :06:06.scalded. Between 1993 and 2009, this woman cared for Margaret in that
:06:07. > :06:11.same house as a support worker with Enabled. She told the court about an
:06:12. > :06:16.incident in 1998. She said she had been running a bath for Margaret.
:06:17. > :06:20.She said you turn off the taps and check the temperature of the water
:06:21. > :06:24.when she went into the kitchen. She said she left Margaret on her orbit
:06:25. > :06:29.did not believe she would get into the bath by herself. She a scream at
:06:30. > :06:34.when she went back in front Margaret in the bath with the water running.
:06:35. > :06:41.She said Margaret's feet were scalded. After this she said the
:06:42. > :06:44.taps were changed when she did not believe Margaret would be able to
:06:45. > :06:48.work them and the bath temperature was always check with the
:06:49. > :06:52.thermometer. She said she would give Margaret her own space but not
:06:53. > :06:54.thermometer. She said she would give our Lord in the buff up more than
:06:55. > :06:59.ten minutes. Margaret's family are coming to the enquiry for answers.
:07:00. > :07:03.-- not believe for a loan for more than ten minutes. The enquiry
:07:04. > :07:11.continues. BBC Scotland's learned
:07:12. > :07:12.many of the biggest councils in the country aren't using powers
:07:13. > :07:15.designed to ensure the most polluting cars, vans and lorries
:07:16. > :07:17.are taken off the road. Only 13 of the country's 32 local
:07:18. > :07:20.authorities carry out roadside emissions testing -
:07:21. > :07:22.more than a decade after Our environment correspondent,
:07:23. > :07:33.David Miller, reports: The impact of air pollution from
:07:34. > :07:36.traffic on our health is under growing scrutiny. Scientists at
:07:37. > :07:42.Edinburgh Royal Infirmary are focusing on the link between
:07:43. > :07:48.particles from diesel engines and the increased risk of heart attacks
:07:49. > :07:52.and strokes. This test is designed to assess how my body could be
:07:53. > :07:59.affected by pollution. Blood vessels do not react properly and they do
:08:00. > :08:02.this in two ways. They don't relax as well so be it a bit tighter at
:08:03. > :08:07.the second thing that happens is they tend to form what blood clots.
:08:08. > :08:10.If you are looking at public health you look the big killers, heart
:08:11. > :08:19.disease is one of them and this is one of the top unavoidable
:08:20. > :08:24.contributors to that ill health. Scotland's councils can carry out
:08:25. > :08:28.roadside emissions testing an issue penalty notices. But less than half
:08:29. > :08:35.have applied to do so. Glasgow pays 3000 vehicles a year, Aberdeen had
:08:36. > :08:39.stopped testing and that the does not test either. Edinburgh says it
:08:40. > :08:45.has never carried out roadside tests. Critics test in such tests
:08:46. > :08:49.deliver real benefits, argued annual MOT inspections are more effective.
:08:50. > :08:53.Some senior councillors have told us they are struggling to cope with the
:08:54. > :08:56.impact of this room building programme from the Scottish
:08:57. > :09:00.Government and they lack the resources needed to make a real
:09:01. > :09:06.difference. -- road building programme. It is claimed Scotland
:09:07. > :09:10.spent just ?3 million fighting for pollution while spending 700 million
:09:11. > :09:14.on new roads. Ministers prevent the record, and highlight investment in
:09:15. > :09:22.measures to promote walking and cycling. It is not a record level at
:09:23. > :09:28.?39 million, the highest ever investment. 1.9% of your budget? It
:09:29. > :09:33.is still a record level and it is about behavioural change as well,
:09:34. > :09:38.not just about throwing money at certain projects, it is about the
:09:39. > :09:41.culture we want to deliver. More and more Scots are turning to
:09:42. > :09:45.alternatives, but air pollution remains a real threat to public
:09:46. > :09:47.health. Experts say it will take action from all of us if that is a
:09:48. > :09:53.change. And you can see more on that story
:09:54. > :09:55.in That's on Wednesday,
:09:56. > :09:58.at 7.30 on BBC1 Scotland The draw for the last 16
:09:59. > :10:02.of the Scottish Cup was made earlier this evening
:10:03. > :10:05.at the national stadium at Hampden. Our reporter Jonathan
:10:06. > :10:13.Sutherland was there. We stand at news from the drop house
:10:14. > :10:18.to be the fate of two non-league sides. East Kilbride and a Lothian
:10:19. > :10:22.Thistle Hutchison Vale. Both sides are still to play for the match and
:10:23. > :10:26.that they were postponed but what a carrot for either side because they
:10:27. > :10:30.have been done with Celtic in the background and it will be home and
:10:31. > :10:35.abroad, so they might feel they fancy their chances and they are
:10:36. > :10:41.bound to pick up a six windfall from television revenue. The other
:10:42. > :10:43.headline news has to be that fixture, the Edinburgh derby as a
:10:44. > :10:45.6-figure windfall from television revenue. The other headline news has
:10:46. > :10:48.to be that fixture, the Edinburgh derby at Hearts take on Hibernian
:10:49. > :10:53.which is sure to be Brian Laudrup was making the drop today and I am
:10:54. > :10:57.delighted to say he joins us now. I outlined two of the prize draws
:10:58. > :11:01.would you agree with that? Definitely. That is what the
:11:02. > :11:06.Scottish Cup is all about. Non-league teams get to play a game
:11:07. > :11:12.like Celtic. It is maybe once in a lifetime experience will stop upsets
:11:13. > :11:12.do happen everywhere so why not in that game? It's absolutely
:11:13. > :11:25.fantastic. Less rain in the forecast this week
:11:26. > :11:27.than last but it is turning colder and we will see showers forming a
:11:28. > :11:32.particularly when Terry from Wednesday onwards. More shoppers are
:11:33. > :11:38.bound and tomorrow. Gusty winds across western parts and some snow
:11:39. > :11:42.on high ground and also perhaps a lower levels at times. Strong winds
:11:43. > :11:48.for the Western Isles and West Coast and lighter winds in mind. Pockets
:11:49. > :11:52.of frost and a seat patch is taking us into tomorrow. Extra care needed
:11:53. > :11:58.if you're out and about Burnley. He called but bright start for Central
:11:59. > :12:04.and West Scotland. Temperature is not far off freezing but they will
:12:05. > :12:08.be some morning brightness. Showers from the outset and in the North
:12:09. > :12:11.East missed any rate was lower for high ground which as we go through
:12:12. > :12:17.the morning will extend across much of eastern Scotland. We will end up
:12:18. > :12:20.with persistent rain in Fife, Lothian and the eastern borders.
:12:21. > :12:26.This feature continues to bring showers into the Western Isles Coast
:12:27. > :12:32.as well as Northern Ireland. Those show was forming a store on the
:12:33. > :12:39.hills. When is not far off Gayle force. All in all, each only feel.
:12:40. > :12:44.Four Celsius. Time is called into tomorrow and we could see snow into
:12:45. > :12:47.all levels across eastern Scotland before the bulk of those shoppers
:12:48. > :12:53.broke away with the low pressure and we see a ridge of high pressure
:12:54. > :12:58.coming in to take us into Wednesday. It called start but a bright one and
:12:59. > :13:04.good spells of crisp sunshine. What he called it established across the
:13:05. > :13:09.country for the showers and the North Highlands bye-mac Islands.
:13:10. > :13:13.Later on we see another band of rain, sleet and snow into southern
:13:14. > :13:15.Scotland. Dry and bright and between the good spells of sunshine but once
:13:16. > :13:21.again on the chilly side. So that's rain, wind cold and snow.
:13:22. > :13:26.Thank you I'll say it again. Our next update is during Breakfast
:13:27. > :13:30.at 6.25 tomorrow morning. But, from everyone
:13:31. > :13:32.on the late team, goodnight.