:00:00. > :00:07.others, as he changed his view of Mr Putin? Join me now on
:00:08. > :00:12.The families of two young women, killed when a driver blacked out
:00:13. > :00:15.at the wheel of his car in Glasgow five years ago,
:00:16. > :00:19.are seeking to bring a private prosecution.
:00:20. > :00:21.Mairi Convy and Laura Stewart died, when William Payne fell unconscious
:00:22. > :00:27.It comes as the family of three victims of the Glasgow bin lorry
:00:28. > :00:31.crash start a private prosecution against driver Harry Clarke.
:00:32. > :00:44.Six people lost their lives when the bin lorry careered out of control
:00:45. > :00:52.three days before Christmas in 2014. Though the now a family are trying
:00:53. > :00:57.to start proceedings against the driver, Harry Clarke. Yesterday they
:00:58. > :01:01.delivered letters to the Crown Office and all that will lead to a
:01:02. > :01:04.private prosecution. They want justice. They're not a lynch mob.
:01:05. > :01:10.The family do not consider that they have two attend outside a cell
:01:11. > :01:15.within use and hang him at all. They want to see justice being done. And
:01:16. > :01:18.the natural course of justice will be a criminal prosecution. If the
:01:19. > :01:23.driver is acquitted, the driver is acquitted, it is simple as that. The
:01:24. > :01:27.family can thereafter on. But thereafter they conceive they have
:01:28. > :01:31.done the best they can for the family members they lost. During the
:01:32. > :01:35.fatal accident enquiry it emerged that the driver Harry Clarke had a
:01:36. > :01:38.medical history of rackets spanning decades that he had failed to
:01:39. > :01:43.disclose to his lawyers and the DVLA. But the Crown Office insisted
:01:44. > :01:50.that was not enough evidence in law to prosecute him. Almost exactly
:01:51. > :01:54.four years before the George Greer crashed there was another tragedy
:01:55. > :01:57.just a quarter of a mile away. Mairi Convy and Laura Stewart were killed
:01:58. > :02:06.in N. Hanover St in 2010 when they were knocked down by a driver Mairi
:02:07. > :02:11.William Payne. They have lost a similar bill calling for a similar
:02:12. > :02:15.prosecution. Families have been brought together by their fight for
:02:16. > :02:19.justice for the girls. The girls were friends at college, they were
:02:20. > :02:23.killed together. That binds us together as families. We have fought
:02:24. > :02:27.this place for five years, held each other for support, we have cried and
:02:28. > :02:30.laughed together, we have been there for each other because the girls
:02:31. > :02:35.were there for each other. We owe it to them and we owe it to their
:02:36. > :02:44.memories and the futures that they have been robbed of. Think that our
:02:45. > :02:49.girls' two lives can be worth something, but they're not just
:02:50. > :02:56.swept under the carpet. It was in N. Hanover St that Laura and Mairi
:02:57. > :03:00.Convy were killed. Just yards from where the bin lorry crashed into the
:03:01. > :03:05.wall of the millennium hotel. In each case the driver had a medical
:03:06. > :03:10.history of blackouts. In each case there was no criminal prosecution.
:03:11. > :03:14.And the families who are now pursuing these private prosecutions
:03:15. > :03:18.feel justice was not done for their loved ones. The families have to
:03:19. > :03:22.wait to see their bids to have the first private prosecutions this
:03:23. > :03:27.century can overcome the many legal hurdles they face.
:03:28. > :03:29.A 40-year-old woman has appeared in court, charged with the murder
:03:30. > :03:36.Sandra Weir who was a neighbour made no plea or declaration
:03:37. > :03:40.Mrs Logie, who was 82, was found dead in her home just over
:03:41. > :03:56.Flowers outside the house that Mary Logie called home from than half her
:03:57. > :04:00.life. A grandmother and mother of three, it is exactly two weeks since
:04:01. > :04:04.police released this picture of the 82-year-old. Two days earlier she
:04:05. > :04:08.had been planning a trip into town before visiting a friend in
:04:09. > :04:12.hospital. That did not happen. Instead she was found dead in her
:04:13. > :04:17.nightdress, the victim of what police described as a brittle and
:04:18. > :04:21.horrendous attack. The high-profile police operation that followed was
:04:22. > :04:25.aimed at catching her killer while also reassuring locals with extra
:04:26. > :04:30.officers on the street. Not far away, the church were mainly was
:04:31. > :04:34.better known to the congregation as Ray, the minister says it has been a
:04:35. > :04:41.difficult fortnight. There were quite a few people afterwards who
:04:42. > :04:50.were visibly upset at what happened. And you can imagine that. There are
:04:51. > :04:53.lots of people who live in this committee on their own, older ladies
:04:54. > :04:59.on their own. That was a worrying thing for them, that this was
:05:00. > :05:03.happening in the area. This afternoon and neighbour appeared in
:05:04. > :05:07.court charged with the murder of Mary Logie. 40-year-old Sandra Weir
:05:08. > :05:12.made no plea or declaration during a short hearing held in private. The
:05:13. > :05:14.Sheriff reminded her in custody. It is expected she will return to court
:05:15. > :05:16.next week. A leaked draft report into sexual
:05:17. > :05:19.abuse by Jimmy Savile linked to the BBC has found evidence
:05:20. > :05:22.of incidents at its former TV News website Exaro has published
:05:23. > :05:29.sections of a draft report which says incidents occurred
:05:30. > :05:32.at "virtually every one of the BBC BBC head Lord Hall says
:05:33. > :05:36.lessons will be learned from what he describes
:05:37. > :05:43.as a "dark chapter". Scotland's 32 councils
:05:44. > :05:45.are in the middle of trying to figure out how to pay
:05:46. > :05:48.for services at a time when funds They get most of their cash
:05:49. > :05:52.from the Scottish government, but many say they need more details
:05:53. > :05:55.of this year's funding plan before Tonight Edinburgh Council became
:05:56. > :06:06.the first to pass its budget - but another one rejected
:06:07. > :06:15.the current government offer. Passions are running high on local
:06:16. > :06:22.services. This was the scene outside and were cancelled today. It is
:06:23. > :06:28.planning 2000 job cuts and reductions to some local services.
:06:29. > :06:31.Councils get most of their cash from the Scottish Government. Most of
:06:32. > :06:35.them say the deal on offer means they will need to make more savings
:06:36. > :06:40.this year than they had expected. There is real concern here is that
:06:41. > :06:43.some of the cuts that are been proposed but at the same time there
:06:44. > :06:48.is some body for the financial situation facing governments. The
:06:49. > :06:52.leader of the council has just said this morning that local government
:06:53. > :06:56.funding is broken, and it certainly has broken. And Hollywood needs to
:06:57. > :07:00.take responsibility for that. Edinburgh is the first council to
:07:01. > :07:03.set its budget for the year ahead, and many others still have not
:07:04. > :07:08.accepted the government's funding offer. Tonight one Labour council
:07:09. > :07:13.said the would turn it down I write if it did not change. I have written
:07:14. > :07:15.to the government. We are telling the government daily that they need
:07:16. > :07:21.to provide more money for local services. If they want to continue
:07:22. > :07:25.with the rhetoric they have about tackling austerity, they need to
:07:26. > :07:31.provide the money to provide those services. Many councils have
:07:32. > :07:35.concerns or queries, so much so that the finance secretary, John Swinney,
:07:36. > :07:39.said then this letter seen by BBC Scotland. He said he was putting
:07:40. > :07:44.back the deadline for accepting the offer. Originally it was tomorrow.
:07:45. > :07:48.Meanwhile at Holyrood, First Minister defended council funding.
:07:49. > :07:54.In terms of the overall revenue expenditure of local authorities,
:07:55. > :07:57.they are looking at a 2% reduction, that is before we take account of
:07:58. > :08:01.additional resources for social care, additional resources through
:08:02. > :08:03.the attainment fund and the additional investment we planned
:08:04. > :08:10.over the life of the next Parliament in transforming the provision of
:08:11. > :08:13.childcare. Back at Edinburgh Council, many of these protesters
:08:14. > :08:19.named bidding up the council tax this year could help. So far only
:08:20. > :08:24.one council plans to do this, but a few more may follow.
:08:25. > :08:27.459 drivers were found to be over the legal alcohol level
:08:28. > :08:31.That's up by almost a third on the previous year,
:08:32. > :08:38.Just 19 were found to be between the old drink-drive limit
:08:39. > :08:41.and the new one which was introduced in December 2014.
:08:42. > :08:43.Police have expressed disappointment that some people continue
:08:44. > :08:55.There are still a hard-core, a minority of people in Scotland
:08:56. > :09:01.prepared to take the risk to themselves and others of drinking
:09:02. > :09:03.and driving. That is unacceptable as the vast majority of people in
:09:04. > :09:05.Scotland now and accept. It started life in the 17th century,
:09:06. > :09:09.as a home for merchants who'd fallen on hard times, but Stirling's
:09:10. > :09:11.Cowan's Hospital is itself in need Plans to restore and reopen it
:09:12. > :09:16.for the community have been helped by the promise of ?2 million
:09:17. > :09:19.from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Our arts correspondent
:09:20. > :09:33.Pauline McLean reports. Behind closed doors, an important
:09:34. > :09:39.piece of Scottish history lies virtually untouched. You will notice
:09:40. > :09:42.that this is not as it was originally built, there were
:09:43. > :09:48.bedrooms upstairs initially and the bedrooms were downstairs. Back in
:09:49. > :09:52.the 16 40s this was home, a comfortable home, for wayward
:09:53. > :09:57.merchants. Good food, work clothes and even access to the country's
:09:58. > :10:00.first known Bowling Green. But they had to abide by strict rules. They
:10:01. > :10:07.were not allowed to swear or see women or drink. They had to attend
:10:08. > :10:15.church three times on a Sunday. They literally had a very unsigned
:10:16. > :10:19.lifestyle. Stricter not, the legacy of John Cullen lives on installing
:10:20. > :10:28.even if his statue has seen better days. This is the hand of John
:10:29. > :10:30.Cullen, his hand fell off tragically, so the whole statue
:10:31. > :10:41.requires complete overhaul and maintenance. Today the campaign to
:10:42. > :10:43.go step forward with the promise of money from Heritage Lottery Fund
:10:44. > :10:46.stoppage will allow to refurbish the building with all the details of the
:10:47. > :10:53.guilders and businessmen who used it over the years. These are guilt
:10:54. > :10:56.highs, and the guilders used to take them home to their wives to prove
:10:57. > :11:02.they were meetings here rather than at meetings in the local pub. The
:11:03. > :11:06.plan is the will make these pies and tell them to local terrorists as
:11:07. > :11:09.part of the attraction. And thanks to this boost, that work can now get
:11:10. > :11:12.underway in the hospital made be open again in the near future.
:11:13. > :11:15.Let's get the weather outlook for tonight and tomorrow
:11:16. > :11:28.There is change afoot, the weather is turning much milder. Still snow
:11:29. > :11:33.on the ground in Callander. But that is likely to melt tomorrow and
:11:34. > :11:38.indeed be washed away because there is a fair amount of rain forecast
:11:39. > :11:41.tonight and tomorrow. We have a warning in force for central and
:11:42. > :11:46.southern parts of the country. Very heavy rain initially, a lot of
:11:47. > :11:48.surface water on the roads and localised flooding. A strong
:11:49. > :11:54.southerly wind around the coast and across the islands. However, a mild
:11:55. > :11:58.start to the day. These tempered as a warmer than what many would have
:11:59. > :12:01.seen today. And because it is southerly, more shelter through the
:12:02. > :12:08.central belt. Even some dry interludes. Similar story to the
:12:09. > :12:11.North. Reasonably dry at times but the rain coming your way and that is
:12:12. > :12:16.pushing up towards Shetland. Gale-force winds for Orkney and
:12:17. > :12:21.Shetland. On Friday most of the wet weather clears away and we see a
:12:22. > :12:25.dramatic improvement. The rain goes and the sunshine arrives, much drier
:12:26. > :12:29.by the afternoon, much brighter. That pattern repeats across the UK.
:12:30. > :12:35.The rain pushes out into the North Sea. Lingering in East Anglia and
:12:36. > :12:39.part of the south-east. Drier and brighter and mild behind it. Showers
:12:40. > :12:44.in the north-west, some heavy, edging their way in on Friday night.
:12:45. > :12:48.Into the weekend, high across France keeps things largely settled across
:12:49. > :12:54.the UK. Two areas of wet weather to content with. Fairly wet on Saturday
:12:55. > :12:58.across the far north-west. Elsewhere largely dry with some bright spells
:12:59. > :13:01.and once again pretty mild for the time of year. Across the UK as a
:13:02. > :13:05.whole, down towards the Home Counties will be some areas of fog
:13:06. > :13:08.at but largely dry, some thick cloud through the Midlands. Brighter
:13:09. > :13:13.towards Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Through towards Sunday, a
:13:14. > :13:16.cloudy day on Saturday with some outbreaks of rain but perhaps milder
:13:17. > :13:19.with tempered us into the teens. Our next update is during Breakfast
:13:20. > :13:22.at 6:25 tomorrow morning. But, from everyone on the late team
:13:23. > :13:26.here in Glasgow and around