:00:07. > :00:11.Prosecutors who want to bring a fresh trial against a man cleared
:00:12. > :00:14.of murdering a student more than two decades ago have begun
:00:15. > :00:21.The Crown Office wants to use recent Double Jeopardy legislation
:00:22. > :00:24.to secure a re-trial of Francis Auld.
:00:25. > :00:27.In 1992, he was acquitted of the murder of Amanda Duffy in
:00:28. > :00:34.Amanda Duffy had been returning home from a night out on May 30 1992.
:00:35. > :00:37.She was 19 years old when she was killed.
:00:38. > :00:42.Her badly beaten body was discovered near car park in Hamilton.
:00:43. > :00:45.Later that year, 19-year-old Francis Auld was acquitted
:00:46. > :00:51.of her murder after a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
:00:52. > :00:54.Almost 25 years later, her family were back in court.
:00:55. > :00:57.Prosecutors have made an application for a retrial
:00:58. > :01:05.We cannot report the detail of the case for legal reasons.
:01:06. > :01:10.The grounds to make an application using double jeopardy legislation
:01:11. > :01:12.are strict, prosecutors must show that compelling new evidence has
:01:13. > :01:18.It is only the third time an application has been made
:01:19. > :01:25.In November 2014, Angus Sinclair was convicted of the murder of two
:01:26. > :01:32.And a man is due to stand trial later this year for the murder
:01:33. > :01:39.Over the next two days, judges will consider the evidence
:01:40. > :01:52.Only then will they decide if there are grounds for a retrial.
:01:53. > :01:54.The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow has
:01:55. > :01:57.had its worst waiting times since it opened in April last year.
:01:58. > :02:03.Less than 76% of patients were seen within four hours
:02:04. > :02:06.The Scottish Government target is for 95% of patients
:02:07. > :02:11.The average figures for A departments that week
:02:12. > :02:13.was that 88 percent of patients had treatment completed
:02:14. > :02:19.The right for Scottish juries to return a not proven verdict
:02:20. > :02:21.in criminal trials is a distinguishing feature
:02:22. > :02:25.But it's long been controversial, dividing those in the legal
:02:26. > :02:29.Now a Labour MSP is seeking to have it abolished
:02:30. > :02:31.and a Holyrood Committee's looking into that.
:02:32. > :02:33.But the Government says it's not yet convinced.
:02:34. > :02:42.For centuries, justice has been meted out here in the heart
:02:43. > :02:46.Guilty and not guilty have echoed in the courtrooms.
:02:47. > :02:54.It has been under pressure for years and one MSP
:02:55. > :03:08.I think not proven actually suggests there may have been some evidence
:03:09. > :03:11.that they have done it but not enough to convict and I don't
:03:12. > :03:14.believe that is what a trial is there to achieve,
:03:15. > :03:17.it is there to look at the evidence and arrived at a conclusion
:03:18. > :03:25.There have been high profile cases where families of victims say not
:03:26. > :03:26.proven has left them with no
:03:27. > :03:29.The verdict is said to be confusing jurors.
:03:30. > :03:34.At the moment you need at least eight for a guilty verdict.
:03:35. > :03:37.Michael McMahon wants to increase that to ten if not proven
:03:38. > :03:48.The Justice Secretary is listening to the arguments.
:03:49. > :03:53.I'm not upset unsympathetic to reform
:03:54. > :04:00.and that is why we are undertaking the research but I'm mindful
:04:01. > :04:03.of the fundamental nature that these areas have within our criminal
:04:04. > :04:06.justice system and prior to undertaking any changes,
:04:07. > :04:11.I think it is prudent and responsible to make sure
:04:12. > :04:13.we are clear about the evidence base.
:04:14. > :04:16.The wheels of justice turn slowly, as they do in politics.
:04:17. > :04:19.There are only a few weeks left in this parliamentary session before
:04:20. > :04:23.the Holyrood election so not much more can be done.
:04:24. > :04:27.Lawyers have argued about this for years so no doubt MSPs
:04:28. > :04:37.will continue to debate it further in the next Parliament.
:04:38. > :04:39.Police investigating the murder of a Fife grandmother say
:04:40. > :04:42.they believe she didn't leave her home on the day she died.
:04:43. > :04:45.Mary Logie was killed a fortnight ago in her flat in Leven.
:04:46. > :04:47.Officers say she was still in her nightdress when her body
:04:48. > :04:50.was discovered on the evening of the 5th of January
:04:51. > :04:54.after she'd missed a number of appointments.
:04:55. > :04:58.Tonight, the Celtic Connections festival has been celebrating
:04:59. > :05:00.the true stories of more than 100,000 children
:05:01. > :05:03.sent from Scotland to Canada, Australia and other
:05:04. > :05:09.The Ballads of Child Migration were commissioned for
:05:10. > :05:11.a new exhibition about the schemes run by charities, religious
:05:12. > :05:33.Here's our arts correspondent, Pauline McLean
:05:34. > :05:42.to Canada, Australia and other Commonwealth countries as part
:05:43. > :05:58.A lot of great folk music comes from families,
:05:59. > :06:01.These children had no families and not only that,
:06:02. > :06:05.a lot were orphans and when they left, there was nobody to miss them
:06:06. > :06:09.7,000 children went from this one village set up in the 19th century
:06:10. > :06:15.He was one of the first to sign up to the migration programme believing
:06:16. > :06:17.it offered a new life to children who had nothing.
:06:18. > :06:24.He gave them a choice, they did not have to go.
:06:25. > :06:32.There was a migration officer that came over from Canada to tell them
:06:33. > :06:35.about life there and actually he kitted them out with all
:06:36. > :06:38.their worldly goods, a trunk and suits and warm clothing
:06:39. > :06:42.The ages of the children range from three months to 17
:06:43. > :06:44.when they leave to take up various occupations.
:06:45. > :06:48.By the 1950s, Quarriers no longer sent orphans
:06:49. > :06:52.abroad but other charities did and often they were not orphans.
:06:53. > :06:55.Yvonne was just nine months old when she arrived at Nazareth
:06:56. > :06:58.House and ten when she was sent to Australia.
:06:59. > :07:02.It was 30 years before she learned her mother and five
:07:03. > :07:09.At that age you do what the nuns tell you.
:07:10. > :07:11.It was something different, we were going on a
:07:12. > :07:18.We had never heard of Australia, we had never been out of Glasgow.
:07:19. > :07:23.They didn't tell you you weren't coming back.
:07:24. > :07:27.The concert tonight along with an exhibition in London at last
:07:28. > :07:36.gives voice to those children's stories.
:07:37. > :07:38.Previously unseen work by the late Scottish artist John Bellany have
:07:39. > :07:41.gone on show at the Scottish Parliament in an exhibition
:07:42. > :07:45.The hospitals were set up across Europe in the First World
:07:46. > :07:47.War, with Scots women tending wounded soldiers,
:07:48. > :07:52.they should stay at home and wait for the men to return.
:07:53. > :07:55.A body of work never shown before in public.
:07:56. > :08:01.He had been seriously ill in hospital himself and died
:08:02. > :08:05.This collection has been kept by his family in private until now.
:08:06. > :08:08.He would be so pleased to see them on the walls here.
:08:09. > :08:11.Because he was totally inspired by the knowledge he gained
:08:12. > :08:16.when he was looking into the subject.
:08:17. > :08:20.He had no idea and he was in total awe of the courage and spirit
:08:21. > :08:30.In the First World War the women were told to go home and wait
:08:31. > :08:33.Undaunted and unpaid they put themselves in danger to help others,
:08:34. > :08:35.setting up hospitals in the front-line in France,
:08:36. > :08:37.Russia and Serbia where they are considered heroes.
:08:38. > :08:41.What we are doing in Scotland is catching up on our own history
:08:42. > :08:44.by recognising the wonderful work that was done by the women of
:08:45. > :09:02.Scottish football will not adopt strict liability laws to deal
:09:03. > :09:04.with sectarian singing at football grounds.
:09:05. > :09:07.That was the message from one SPFL board member today
:09:08. > :09:09.after a meeting of all clubs at Hampden.
:09:10. > :09:16.But clubs say there is an appetite to deal
:09:17. > :09:18.with the problem, as well as the increasing use of smoke
:09:19. > :09:21.The first all-club meeting of the new year.
:09:22. > :09:29.Reports of sectarian singing are on the increase,
:09:30. > :09:32.like this at a recent match between Rangers and Hibs.
:09:33. > :09:34.As are the use of flares and smoke bombs.
:09:35. > :09:37.In other countries, clubs are held to accountability by something
:09:38. > :09:43.A zero-tolerance approach to unruly behaviour.
:09:44. > :09:46.I think there's no chance whatsoever of the clubs agreeing
:09:47. > :09:56.Should clubs whose fans sing sectarian songs be punished?
:09:57. > :10:01.Should clubs who don't take every reasonable step to improve
:10:02. > :10:07.the experience for all of their fans ensure that inappropriate behaviour
:10:08. > :10:29.financial assistance, crowd facial recognition technology.
:10:30. > :10:38.Ultimately, if you want the supporters to behave
:10:39. > :10:40.appropriately, you have to have the sanction of imposing
:10:41. > :10:45.A tough punishment, but it's an issue many believe Scottish
:10:46. > :10:49.football has been too soft on for too long.
:10:50. > :10:52.Now to matters on the pitch, and Celtic extended their lead
:10:53. > :10:54.at the top of the Scottish Premiership to six points
:10:55. > :11:00.The champions recorded an 8-1 victory over the visitors.
:11:01. > :11:02.Elsewhere, the Scottish Cup replay between Forfar Athletic
:11:03. > :11:05.and Linlithgow Rose was abandoned after floodlight failure,
:11:06. > :11:07.while Inverness Caley Thistle beat Stirling Albion 2-0
:11:08. > :11:13.to go into the next round of the tournament.
:11:14. > :11:15.Now Christopher is here with the weather outlook
:11:16. > :11:30.Last night was the coldest night of the winter so far. Ice on the
:11:31. > :11:40.Last night was the coldest night of surface of the river that has broken
:11:41. > :11:44.up. Pancake ice. A different type of ice in the forecast tonight. There
:11:45. > :11:49.is a double be aware warning from the Met office especially on
:11:50. > :11:56.untreated roads and surface. But across the UK, fork is probably a
:11:57. > :12:03.bigger issue. Some freezing fog patches applied for us first thing
:12:04. > :12:08.tomorrow. It will be a cold start, but largely dry. The wind is light,
:12:09. > :12:13.and a few light showers in the north-east coast. Where we seek the
:12:14. > :12:21.lowest temperatures tonight, it could well be cold them that.
:12:22. > :12:28.Judging the body caught most of those fog patches were left. Some
:12:29. > :12:33.sunshine at times coming through. It is a similar story across the UK.
:12:34. > :12:37.The best of the sunshine in the Midlands and the South, but
:12:38. > :12:39.temperature is still struggling. A cold afternoon for us in Scotland.
:12:40. > :12:51.Staying dry in the evening. Much cold afternoon for us in Scotland.
:12:52. > :12:58.milder air coming our way on Friday, bringing with it some rain and some
:12:59. > :13:02.pressure just about holding on, so pressure just about holding on, so
:13:03. > :13:10.another largely dry day. Still quite chilly at times. The temperatures
:13:11. > :13:14.started to creep up. On Friday, those weather fronts arrive. Then
:13:15. > :13:17.comes the rain, and the wind strengthening from the south. Highs
:13:18. > :13:21.of 10-11. That is all for now. And that's all from
:13:22. > :13:23.Reporting Scotland tonight. We're back with regular
:13:24. > :13:24.updates from 6.25 tomorrow From all of us on the late team
:13:25. > :13:30.here in Glasgow and around