21/01/2016 Reporting Scotland

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The families of two young women, killed when a driver blacked out

at the wheel of his car in Glasgow five years ago,

are seeking to bring a private prosecution.

Mairi Convy and Laura Stewart died, when William Payne fell unconscious

It comes as the family of three victims of the Glasgow bin lorry

crash start a private prosecution against driver Harry Clarke.

Six people lost their lives when the bin lorry careered out of control

three days before Christmas in 2014. Though the now a family are trying

to start proceedings against the driver, Harry Clarke. Yesterday they

delivered letters to the Crown Office and all that will lead to a

private prosecution. They want justice. They're not a lynch mob.

The family do not consider that they have two attend outside a cell

within use and hang him at all. They want to see justice being done. And

the natural course of justice will be a criminal prosecution. If the

driver is acquitted, the driver is acquitted, it is simple as that. The

family can thereafter on. But thereafter they conceive they have

done the best they can for the family members they lost. During the

fatal accident enquiry it emerged that the driver Harry Clarke had a

medical history of rackets spanning decades that he had failed to

disclose to his lawyers and the DVLA. But the Crown Office insisted

that was not enough evidence in law to prosecute him. Almost exactly

four years before the George Greer crashed there was another tragedy

just a quarter of a mile away. Mairi Convy and Laura Stewart were killed

in N. Hanover St in 2010 when they were knocked down by a driver Mairi

William Payne. They have lost a similar bill calling for a similar

prosecution. Families have been brought together by their fight for

justice for the girls. The girls were friends at college, they were

killed together. That binds us together as families. We have fought

this place for five years, held each other for support, we have cried and

laughed together, we have been there for each other because the girls

were there for each other. We owe it to them and we owe it to their

memories and the futures that they have been robbed of. Think that our

girls' two lives can be worth something, but they're not just

swept under the carpet. It was in N. Hanover St that Laura and Mairi

Convy were killed. Just yards from where the bin lorry crashed into the

wall of the millennium hotel. In each case the driver had a medical

history of blackouts. In each case there was no criminal prosecution.

And the families who are now pursuing these private prosecutions

feel justice was not done for their loved ones. The families have to

wait to see their bids to have the first private prosecutions this

century can overcome the many legal hurdles they face.

A 40-year-old woman has appeared in court, charged with the murder

Sandra Weir who was a neighbour made no plea or declaration

Mrs Logie, who was 82, was found dead in her home just over

Flowers outside the house that Mary Logie called home from than half her

life. A grandmother and mother of three, it is exactly two weeks since

police released this picture of the 82-year-old. Two days earlier she

had been planning a trip into town before visiting a friend in

hospital. That did not happen. Instead she was found dead in her

nightdress, the victim of what police described as a brittle and

horrendous attack. The high-profile police operation that followed was

aimed at catching her killer while also reassuring locals with extra

officers on the street. Not far away, the church were mainly was

better known to the congregation as Ray, the minister says it has been a

difficult fortnight. There were quite a few people afterwards who

were visibly upset at what happened. And you can imagine that. There are

lots of people who live in this committee on their own, older ladies

on their own. That was a worrying thing for them, that this was

happening in the area. This afternoon and neighbour appeared in

court charged with the murder of Mary Logie. 40-year-old Sandra Weir

made no plea or declaration during a short hearing held in private. The

Sheriff reminded her in custody. It is expected she will return to court

next week. A leaked draft report into sexual

abuse by Jimmy Savile linked to the BBC has found evidence

of incidents at its former TV News website Exaro has published

sections of a draft report which says incidents occurred

at "virtually every one of the BBC BBC head Lord Hall says

lessons will be learned from what he describes

as a "dark chapter". Scotland's 32 councils

are in the middle of trying to figure out how to pay

for services at a time when funds They get most of their cash

from the Scottish government, but many say they need more details

of this year's funding plan before Tonight Edinburgh Council became

the first to pass its budget - but another one rejected

the current government offer. Passions are running high on local

services. This was the scene outside and were cancelled today. It is

planning 2000 job cuts and reductions to some local services.

Councils get most of their cash from the Scottish Government. Most of

them say the deal on offer means they will need to make more savings

this year than they had expected. There is real concern here is that

some of the cuts that are been proposed but at the same time there

is some body for the financial situation facing governments. The

leader of the council has just said this morning that local government

funding is broken, and it certainly has broken. And Hollywood needs to

take responsibility for that. Edinburgh is the first council to

set its budget for the year ahead, and many others still have not

accepted the government's funding offer. Tonight one Labour council

said the would turn it down I write if it did not change. I have written

to the government. We are telling the government daily that they need

to provide more money for local services. If they want to continue

with the rhetoric they have about tackling austerity, they need to

provide the money to provide those services. Many councils have

concerns or queries, so much so that the finance secretary, John Swinney,

said then this letter seen by BBC Scotland. He said he was putting

back the deadline for accepting the offer. Originally it was tomorrow.

Meanwhile at Holyrood, First Minister defended council funding.

In terms of the overall revenue expenditure of local authorities,

they are looking at a 2% reduction, that is before we take account of

additional resources for social care, additional resources through

the attainment fund and the additional investment we planned

over the life of the next Parliament in transforming the provision of

childcare. Back at Edinburgh Council, many of these protesters

named bidding up the council tax this year could help. So far only

one council plans to do this, but a few more may follow.

459 drivers were found to be over the legal alcohol level

That's up by almost a third on the previous year,

Just 19 were found to be between the old drink-drive limit

and the new one which was introduced in December 2014.

Police have expressed disappointment that some people continue

There are still a hard-core, a minority of people in Scotland

prepared to take the risk to themselves and others of drinking

and driving. That is unacceptable as the vast majority of people in

Scotland now and accept. It started life in the 17th century,

as a home for merchants who'd fallen on hard times, but Stirling's

Cowan's Hospital is itself in need Plans to restore and reopen it

for the community have been helped by the promise of ?2 million

from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Our arts correspondent

Pauline McLean reports. Behind closed doors, an important

piece of Scottish history lies virtually untouched. You will notice

that this is not as it was originally built, there were

bedrooms upstairs initially and the bedrooms were downstairs. Back in

the 16 40s this was home, a comfortable home, for wayward

merchants. Good food, work clothes and even access to the country's

first known Bowling Green. But they had to abide by strict rules. They

were not allowed to swear or see women or drink. They had to attend

church three times on a Sunday. They literally had a very unsigned

lifestyle. Stricter not, the legacy of John Cullen lives on installing

even if his statue has seen better days. This is the hand of John

Cullen, his hand fell off tragically, so the whole statue

requires complete overhaul and maintenance. Today the campaign to

go step forward with the promise of money from Heritage Lottery Fund

stoppage will allow to refurbish the building with all the details of the

guilders and businessmen who used it over the years. These are guilt

highs, and the guilders used to take them home to their wives to prove

they were meetings here rather than at meetings in the local pub. The

plan is the will make these pies and tell them to local terrorists as

part of the attraction. And thanks to this boost, that work can now get

underway in the hospital made be open again in the near future.

Let's get the weather outlook for tonight and tomorrow

There is change afoot, the weather is turning much milder. Still snow

on the ground in Callander. But that is likely to melt tomorrow and

indeed be washed away because there is a fair amount of rain forecast

tonight and tomorrow. We have a warning in force for central and

southern parts of the country. Very heavy rain initially, a lot of

surface water on the roads and localised flooding. A strong

southerly wind around the coast and across the islands. However, a mild

start to the day. These tempered as a warmer than what many would have

seen today. And because it is southerly, more shelter through the

central belt. Even some dry interludes. Similar story to the

North. Reasonably dry at times but the rain coming your way and that is

pushing up towards Shetland. Gale-force winds for Orkney and

Shetland. On Friday most of the wet weather clears away and we see a

dramatic improvement. The rain goes and the sunshine arrives, much drier

by the afternoon, much brighter. That pattern repeats across the UK.

The rain pushes out into the North Sea. Lingering in East Anglia and

part of the south-east. Drier and brighter and mild behind it. Showers

in the north-west, some heavy, edging their way in on Friday night.

Into the weekend, high across France keeps things largely settled across

the UK. Two areas of wet weather to content with. Fairly wet on Saturday

across the far north-west. Elsewhere largely dry with some bright spells

and once again pretty mild for the time of year. Across the UK as a

whole, down towards the Home Counties will be some areas of fog

at but largely dry, some thick cloud through the Midlands. Brighter

towards Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Through towards Sunday, a

cloudy day on Saturday with some outbreaks of rain but perhaps milder

with tempered us into the teens. Our next update is during Breakfast

at 6:25 tomorrow morning. But, from everyone on the late team

here in Glasgow and around