:00:00. > :00:17.whose remains were found on a golf course in Edinburgh last month.
:00:18. > :00:22.Whether or not she was coming to meet someone, a business or
:00:23. > :00:24.commercial appointment, we just don't know.
:00:25. > :00:29.becomes the first Holyrood politician to back the campaign
:00:30. > :00:32.Spending reductions and jobs cuts on the table, as a number
:00:33. > :00:39.of councils across Scotland set their annual budgets.
:00:40. > :00:41.Scotland's rugby players head for Italy hoping
:00:42. > :00:46.to avoid their tenth successive defeat in the Six Nations.
:00:47. > :00:49.And after the congestion and delays that marred last year's T
:00:50. > :01:08.in the Park, can this summer's festival overcome the problems?
:01:09. > :01:11.A body discovered on the outskirts of Edinburgh over a month ago has
:01:12. > :01:15.been identified as a 36-year-old woman from London.
:01:16. > :01:19.Saima Ahmed was reported missing by her family in August last year.
:01:20. > :01:22.They say she has no connections at all to Edinburgh.
:01:23. > :01:24.Police are trying to work out why she came to the capital.
:01:25. > :01:39.A single reminder of mystery that has baffled police. These flowers
:01:40. > :01:43.were laid by Saima Ahmed's family, after they learned her body was
:01:44. > :01:49.discovered on the of this golf course. The 36-year-old part-time
:01:50. > :01:54.librarian was last seen at home in London. Her family reported her
:01:55. > :01:59.missing on the 30th of August. Fast forward five months and police are
:02:00. > :02:01.called to a golf course close to Edinburgh airport. Forensic officers
:02:02. > :02:08.and diving teams spent weeks looking for clues. Police were here for
:02:09. > :02:12.around a month trying to establish who this woman was. They say there
:02:13. > :02:15.is no evidence at this point of criminality in her death but they
:02:16. > :02:22.want to work out why she was here, so far from home. We want to hear
:02:23. > :02:26.from anybody who might have seen her on her journey. Detectives launched
:02:27. > :02:30.an appeal for information, a coordinated effort by forces up and
:02:31. > :02:35.down the country. Her family insist she had no connection with
:02:36. > :02:39.Edinburgh. She was a quiet woman who would rarely stay away from home.
:02:40. > :02:44.This is not a murder investigation but detectives will not rule
:02:45. > :02:49.anything out. I am not forecasting anything. We just have to ascertain
:02:50. > :02:56.how she came to Scotland and how she came to be out there, presumably
:02:57. > :03:01.from Edinburgh city centre. She was passing in London on the 30th of
:03:02. > :03:06.August, captured on CCTV boarding a train from Wembley to Watford. On
:03:07. > :03:11.the 9th of January her body was found in Edinburgh. Officers believe
:03:12. > :03:15.she intended to travel by train to Birmingham and then Edinburgh. They
:03:16. > :03:20.do not know why. I'm looking to speak to anyone who saw her or spoke
:03:21. > :03:25.to her on her journey to Edinburgh. A ticket collector, perhaps a retail
:03:26. > :03:30.sales assistant in a shop, on a train station platform. Police hope
:03:31. > :03:32.the appeal will jog somebody's memory and offer some clues as to
:03:33. > :03:34.how and why she came to be here. BBC London reporter Asad Ahmad
:03:35. > :03:48.is in the London suburb of Wembley, I am on the road in Wembley in north
:03:49. > :03:52.London where Saima Ahmed lived with her family, just a short distance
:03:53. > :03:55.from where I am standing at the moment. It is said to be a
:03:56. > :04:00.close-knit and happy family home which is why the police have so many
:04:01. > :04:05.questions as to what happened at the end of August which led her to leave
:04:06. > :04:08.here and had to Scotland. And what led to her body being found last
:04:09. > :04:13.month on the outskirts of Edinburgh. That is why Police Scotland want
:04:14. > :04:19.anyone with any information, however trivial, to contact them. The family
:04:20. > :04:22.have asked to be left alone but issued a statement saying, we are
:04:23. > :04:27.extremely saddened and shocked by the death. She was a loving and
:04:28. > :04:31.caring person. We are hoping someone can provide some information as to
:04:32. > :04:35.her journey in August and help us understand what happened. Police
:04:36. > :04:38.Scotland are appealing for anyone with information to contact them, or
:04:39. > :04:40.else contact Crimestoppers anonymously.
:04:41. > :04:43.The report into the sexual abuse carried out by Jimmy Savile
:04:44. > :04:45.while working for the BBC, has found that incidents took place
:04:46. > :04:47.at virtually all of the corporation's premises, including
:04:48. > :05:01.Scots girl when she went into what happened also gives
:05:02. > :05:04.opportunities to stop him, because of a culture of reverence
:05:05. > :05:12.Scottish MP Natalie McGarry has been briefly detained
:05:13. > :05:16.Turkish media reported that the Glasgow East MP,
:05:17. > :05:19.who was elected in May last year for the SNP but now sits
:05:20. > :05:25.as an independent, was detained in Diyarbakir.
:05:26. > :05:32.Catriona Renton is in her constituency.
:05:33. > :05:39.Natalie McGarry is the MP for this area, Glasgow North East. She is
:05:40. > :05:43.currently in Turkey as part of a trade union delegation in the
:05:44. > :05:48.south-east of the country, about 100 miles from the Syrian border. That
:05:49. > :05:52.area has been a focus of conflict between the Turkish government and
:05:53. > :05:56.its Kurdish population. I spoke to her on the phone earlier and she
:05:57. > :06:03.told me she is fine. She confirmed she was questioned and detained but
:06:04. > :06:07.not arrested. She was not sure who questioned her but she thought it
:06:08. > :06:11.was special forces. Her lawyer said she was questioned when recording
:06:12. > :06:17.the sound of bombs from Turkish forces falling on a Kurdish area. He
:06:18. > :06:20.said it appears a member of the Turkish security forces became
:06:21. > :06:25.alarmed that she had her phone out near a security checkpoint. The
:06:26. > :06:28.Foreign Office said a British national was briefly detained and
:06:29. > :06:36.released in that area. Natalie McGarry was elected as one of the 56
:06:37. > :06:40.SNP MPs. She now sits as an independent, having resigned the SNP
:06:41. > :06:44.wept after it emerged police were investigating her in connection with
:06:45. > :06:50.claims of funds missing from an independent campaign group. We
:06:51. > :06:52.understand Natalie McGarry will be returning home from Turkey soon.
:06:53. > :06:54.The Conservative MSP Margaret Mitchell has become
:06:55. > :06:57.the first Holyrood politician to call for the UK to leave the EU.
:06:58. > :06:59.That puts her at odds with her party leader,
:07:00. > :07:04.But she has said her Tory colleagues are free to campaign for either side
:07:05. > :07:21.Of the 129 MSP is, none of them publicly endorsed the campaign to
:07:22. > :07:26.take the UK out of the European Union, until now. Margaret Mitchell
:07:27. > :07:29.is the conservative justice spokeswoman. She is a former
:07:30. > :07:36.Scottish Tory leadership candidate and she is the first MSP to back a
:07:37. > :07:40.British exit from the EU. We spent an inordinate amount of money just
:07:41. > :07:45.joining and being part of the club. We are a net contributor to the EU.
:07:46. > :07:50.Even with our rebate, it is 45 million each day we are spending. I
:07:51. > :07:55.think that would be better spent by making our own decisions and trade
:07:56. > :08:01.agreements. There may well be other MSP 's follow her example, but some
:08:02. > :08:04.of those who are minded to vote to leave the European Union do not want
:08:05. > :08:09.to get involved in this debate before the Holyrood election. And
:08:10. > :08:13.within the Conservative Party, some of the most Eurosceptic members here
:08:14. > :08:20.at Holyrood have already said they will back the campaign to keep the
:08:21. > :08:24.UK in the EU. If I want to see a failing European project turned
:08:25. > :08:28.round, if I want an end to political and fiscal convergence, if I want to
:08:29. > :08:33.see a Europe that works as a trading block, I think it is in our
:08:34. > :08:36.interests to be on the inside are doing our case for change, instead
:08:37. > :08:43.of being on the outside, allowing Europe to have its head. The Tory
:08:44. > :08:44.Scottish leader backed and in even before David Cameron had
:08:45. > :08:52.renegotiated the UK's membership terms. At Westminster, the EU is
:08:53. > :08:57.more divisive for the Conservatives. David Cameron is one of 148 Tory MPs
:08:58. > :09:05.in favour of continued membership. This clutch of ministers, and around
:09:06. > :09:09.124 Tories, who want the UK to leave. It is not politicians who
:09:10. > :09:12.will determine whether the EU flag keeps flying here, whether or not
:09:13. > :09:18.the UK removes itself from the 28 country Alliance. That is a decision
:09:19. > :09:20.for voters in Scotland and across the UK.
:09:21. > :09:21.You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC.
:09:22. > :09:25.After congestion problems marred last year's T in the Park,
:09:26. > :09:29.will this summer's festival be a success?
:09:30. > :09:32.And in Sport, as Scotland arrive in Italy hoping to halt their dismal
:09:33. > :09:34.Six Nations showing, we'll bring you the team news ahead
:09:35. > :09:38.And is this the goal that killed off Hibs' title challenge?
:09:39. > :09:50.A number of Scotland's local authorities have been
:09:51. > :09:52.setting their budgets today, with big spending reductions
:09:53. > :10:00.In the Highlands the council has agreed a total cut of ?30 million
:10:01. > :10:01.in its budget, which will mean hundreds
:10:02. > :10:03.of redundancies and an impact on services, including education,
:10:04. > :10:14.Craig Anderson reports from Inverness.
:10:15. > :10:20.The council tax freeze and a tight budget settlement imposed on local
:10:21. > :10:23.authorities by the Scottish Government are being blamed for what
:10:24. > :10:27.this council's finance director described as the toughest budget
:10:28. > :10:32.they had ever had to consider. The ruling administration says it has
:10:33. > :10:35.been painted into a corner, and some councillors even staged a stunt
:10:36. > :10:42.today condemning the death of local decision-making. We have been told
:10:43. > :10:46.we cannot raise council tax or we will be fined ?18 million. We have
:10:47. > :10:50.been told if we do not have the right number of teachers, they will
:10:51. > :10:53.fine us even more. We can't operate under these conditions. It is
:10:54. > :10:58.centralisation, politics of the bully. We are bullied by Edinburgh
:10:59. > :11:03.and that is not democracy. By coincidence, MSPs macro work
:11:04. > :11:07.debating the finance settlement at Holyrood today and Labour claimed
:11:08. > :11:11.thousands of jobs were at risk. But the finance secretary insisted he
:11:12. > :11:16.had protected Scotland's councils from the worst of Westminster
:11:17. > :11:19.imposed austerity. The baseline position of local government starts
:11:20. > :11:24.this difficult period at a much higher level than could have been
:11:25. > :11:27.anticipated, and a significantly higher baseline than local
:11:28. > :11:31.government south of the border, which has been absolutely decimated.
:11:32. > :11:35.The reduction in the budget in resource terms amounts to less than
:11:36. > :11:40.1% of local authority expenditure. That is why I think the claims that
:11:41. > :11:45.are being put around by the Labour Party are exaggerated. It has taken
:11:46. > :11:50.an entire day of bruising deliberations for the council here
:11:51. > :11:53.to agree on a package of ?30 million of cuts to services and staff. And
:11:54. > :11:59.other councils throughout the country are going through the same
:12:00. > :12:02.process. For those involved, the SNP government's promise of complete
:12:03. > :12:06.reform of local government finance cannot come a moment too soon.
:12:07. > :12:08.I'm joined by our local government correspondent Jamie McIvor.
:12:09. > :12:11.Some other councils have been setting budgets today.
:12:12. > :12:24.Yes. The essential problem facing many councils is that their budgets
:12:25. > :12:27.in the coming year are going to be tighter than originally anticipated,
:12:28. > :12:33.which means they are having to find fresh options for saving cash. Cuts,
:12:34. > :12:37.savings, raising charges, digging into reserves which were meant for
:12:38. > :12:42.emergencies. As well as high land, Fife Council has been meeting today.
:12:43. > :12:46.It says they were planning to propose putting up the council tax
:12:47. > :12:51.by 7.5% before the government made clear just how much they would lose
:12:52. > :12:55.if they did that. So what Fife is saying now is they have identified
:12:56. > :12:59.?13 million from cutbacks which will certainly put a strain on staff and
:13:00. > :13:03.services, they say, but will buy breathing space to look at
:13:04. > :13:07.longer-term options. There is talk of 2000 jobs going in coming years.
:13:08. > :13:12.Aberdeen has been setting its budget. It is looking at trying to
:13:13. > :13:16.make savings of ?20 million. It argues it can make savings without
:13:17. > :13:19.hitting jobs and front line services, but unions and others will
:13:20. > :13:22.be watching closely to see if that is the case. Thank you.
:13:23. > :13:25.The BBC is set to run a series of off-air pilots to test how
:13:26. > :13:29.The proposal is for a single integrated TV news programme
:13:30. > :13:33.covering Scottish, UK and international news from Glasgow.
:13:34. > :13:36.In a statement the BBC said no decisions had been taken yet,
:13:37. > :13:41.but that it was reviewing its news coverage.
:13:42. > :13:46.A look at other stories from across the country.
:13:47. > :13:48.Scotland's largest council and biggest social landlord have
:13:49. > :13:52.launched a ?2.7 billion partnership, which they claim will help secure
:13:53. > :13:59.Under the deal, Glasgow City Council and Wheatley Group will have a 50%
:14:00. > :14:02.share in City Building Glasgow, the council's arms-length
:14:03. > :14:08.Wheatley Group owns Glasgow Housing Association,
:14:09. > :14:12.one of Europe's largest social landlords.
:14:13. > :14:13.Motorists and a homeowner escaped serious injury,
:14:14. > :14:16.after a people carrier crashed into a house on the A90
:14:17. > :14:23.The people carrier and a lorry left the dual carriageway at Hillside
:14:24. > :14:27.The first vehicle crashed into a house, with the lorry
:14:28. > :14:33.Aberdeen's Robert Gordon University has warned that around 100 jobs
:14:34. > :14:37.will have to go, in order to save ?4 million.
:14:38. > :14:39.The university blames the downturn in the north-east of Scotland
:14:40. > :14:42.for the move, saying its income has shrunk.
:14:43. > :14:44.One union has called the move a "devastating blow"
:14:45. > :14:51.which will threaten teaching quality.
:14:52. > :14:54.A Perthshire pub has become the first in Scotland to install
:14:55. > :14:55.a specialist toilet for disabled customers.
:14:56. > :14:57.The "changing places" facility has been opened alongside
:14:58. > :15:00.a new multi-sensory room at the Wheel Inn in Scone.
:15:01. > :15:15.The owners say serving the wider community makes good business sense.
:15:16. > :15:22.The footfall from families will increase, I hope. We will have more
:15:23. > :15:26.people in the pub. Bearing in mind that people with particular worries,
:15:27. > :15:31.autism or dementia, will want to come -- will not want to come into a
:15:32. > :15:33.busy pub, so they will come when we are naturally quieter.
:15:34. > :15:35.The cost of clearing up after the flooding caused
:15:36. > :15:38.by Storm Frank in Aberdeenshire is expected to be ?7.6 million.
:15:39. > :15:40.Councillors will be told next week that 1.7 million has
:15:41. > :15:44.Much of the money will go on repairing 22 flood-damaged
:15:45. > :15:57.The Scotland team have arrived in Rome ahead of a huge Six Nations
:15:58. > :16:03.Vern Cotter has yet to record a win in the tournament in which the Scots
:16:04. > :16:08.are trying to avoid a 10th successive defeat.
:16:09. > :16:11.The head coach has made one change to the starting 15 -
:16:12. > :16:13.bringing in winger Tim Visser to replace Sean Lamont.
:16:14. > :16:25.Back in the starting 15 after missing the opening two matches of
:16:26. > :16:28.the tournament through injury, the Dutch-born winger well aware of the
:16:29. > :16:32.importance of this game. For us, this is the make or break of the Six
:16:33. > :16:36.Nations. This is the game where we put ourselves in a good position to
:16:37. > :16:42.move forward. We're not looking further than the weekend. Italy are
:16:43. > :16:49.a good team at home. We have to go there and get a good win. Visser's
:16:50. > :16:56.through. Visser has a habit of scoring against Italians. Exactly
:16:57. > :17:02.the reason for his recall. Tim's a finisher, good at scoring in points.
:17:03. > :17:07.We'll need points. He has a nose for the line, those tries. Key for him
:17:08. > :17:13.to get involved, get his hands on the ball. So far this year, it's
:17:14. > :17:17.played two, lost two, you get the feeling the head coach is a little
:17:18. > :17:25.fed up being on the wrong end of the result. We don't like losing. Every
:17:26. > :17:31.game we go out to win. We know we'll win one sooner or later. If it's
:17:32. > :17:35.this weekend great, if it's next weekend, it'll can what it is.
:17:36. > :17:42.COMMENTATOR: It's coming now. He's celebrating already. It's been two
:17:43. > :17:46.long years since this Duncan Weir drop goal gave Scotland their last
:17:47. > :17:50.win in the Six Nations, a run of straight nine defeats. What they'd
:17:51. > :17:53.give for scenes like this on Saturday in Rome.
:17:54. > :17:58.says supporters have the chance to take the club to another level.
:17:59. > :18:00.Just as their hopes of automatically moving up a level
:18:01. > :18:05.fans are being offered a bigger stake in Hibs.
:18:06. > :18:07.And the money raised is earmarked for team improvement,
:18:08. > :18:19.It was an unusual sight. For once, the visiting fans had cause to
:18:20. > :18:26.celebrate at Easter Road. Morton put a huge dent in Hibs title challenge
:18:27. > :18:33.with a 3-0 victory. Last night Hibs supporters have had much to cheer.
:18:34. > :18:37.Their backing of a previous issues backed ?500,000 going to improve the
:18:38. > :18:40.team. Now they are being asked to invest again with the promise funds
:18:41. > :18:47.raised will go to improve the product on the park. It's been so
:18:48. > :18:51.successful is they can see the ground we're making on the pitch. We
:18:52. > :18:57.want to keep moving in the right direction. We feel we are. This is
:18:58. > :19:01.another opportunity for the fans to invest in the club. Take the
:19:02. > :19:08.another opportunity for the fans to another level. Another level. Hibs
:19:09. > :19:13.another opportunity for the fans to But they hit a serious set back
:19:14. > :19:16.against more ton. They are eight points behind leaders reiningers. Do
:19:17. > :19:20.they have to win their final 11 games to have a chance of the title?
:19:21. > :19:26.That's what we've wanted to do. Win our games. From that point of view,
:19:27. > :19:31.nothing changes. It makes it more difficult to gain automatic
:19:32. > :19:34.promotion. I've said all season we want to go up automatically. If not,
:19:35. > :19:41.we'll try to do that through the play-offs. That may now be their
:19:42. > :19:45.likeliest route to the top flight. Having beaten four preppiership
:19:46. > :19:55.teams in Cup competition this year, the play-offs hold little to fear.
:19:56. > :19:59.Towards inintroducing facial recognition technology at football
:20:00. > :20:02.stadia. Discussions were held but the Government says the
:20:03. > :20:10.responsibility for this lies with the football authorities and the
:20:11. > :20:11.clubs. David will be back with the sport tomorrow.
:20:12. > :20:14.Calvin Harris, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and LCD Soundsystem
:20:15. > :20:17.will join The Stone Roses at this year's T in the Park festival.
:20:18. > :20:20.It's the second year the music event has been staged
:20:21. > :20:26.where it was marred by problems with congestion and delays.
:20:27. > :20:33.Our arts correspondent Pauline McLean reports.
:20:34. > :20:42.It remains the country's biggest music festival. Even if it's now in
:20:43. > :20:48.a new location in the grounds of Straith Allan Castle. This year's
:20:49. > :20:52.line-up includes the eighth appearance for DJ Calvin Harris. It
:20:53. > :21:00.is one of the most diverse we've had for years. We've announced the stone
:21:01. > :21:05.rows he is, Disclosure, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Calvin Harris as the
:21:06. > :21:09.other Main Stage headliners, a real balance between them and The Stone
:21:10. > :21:17.Roses. The line-up is confirmed but the event isn't. It requires a
:21:18. > :21:18.public entertainment licence and Perth council wants substantial
:21:19. > :21:23.reassurance following problems last year with the flow of people and
:21:24. > :21:27.traffic from the site. A lot of people are telling you where to go.
:21:28. > :21:31.Some people saying half an hour walk. Some people are saying 50
:21:32. > :21:37.minutes. Whoa. That's not good. You get there eventually. A critical
:21:38. > :21:42.report listed 36 recommendations but T in the Park say they're already
:21:43. > :21:46.underway. The arena will 25% bigger than last year. We've proposed to
:21:47. > :21:51.move some of the stages around a bit as well. Increase the flow around
:21:52. > :21:55.the site. Improve the flow of traffic coming into the site.
:21:56. > :22:00.Separating the buses from the cars. Putting in a new bus station. A lot
:22:01. > :22:02.of operational improvements which are in to the council for approval.
:22:03. > :22:06.Like the osprey who were carefully are in to the council for approval.
:22:07. > :22:10.monitored on site, the festival's here to stay. Last year was a
:22:11. > :22:17.difficult year. We accept that. You know, it's on wards and upwards.
:22:18. > :22:19.Straith Allan Castle will be the long term home for T in the Park.
:22:20. > :22:22.Tickets are now on sale. Now here's Shelley with
:22:23. > :22:33.details of Scotland 2016. Zblp the weather pattern broughtly
:22:34. > :22:40.similar over the next few days. Mainly dry, bright and cold. Today,
:22:41. > :22:48.we'd a bit more cloud than we're used to. This sunshine was captured
:22:49. > :22:52.by a viewer in the north-east. You can see quite a blanket of cloud
:22:53. > :22:57.shunted ahead of this weather front. Tonight, we hang on to a good deal
:22:58. > :23:03.of cloud. It will be predominately dry. There could be a widespread
:23:04. > :23:08.frost. Wintry showers for the north and Western Isles. A few into
:23:09. > :23:13.Dumfries and Galloway. Perhaps the Glasgow area later in the night.
:23:14. > :23:17.They'll be wintry, even at lower levels but not amounting to much.
:23:18. > :23:23.Temperatures around feeing if not below. Ice on untreated surfaces.
:23:24. > :23:29.Showers will fall in the west on to unfrozen ground. Some freezing fog
:23:30. > :23:34.patches in the morning but short-lived. The showers will clear
:23:35. > :23:35.during the morning. Most places dry for the afternoon. A fine, bright
:23:36. > :23:41.day. A good deal for the afternoon. A fine, bright
:23:42. > :23:47.around. I think brought rather than sunny for Hain many of us. The
:23:48. > :23:49.around. I think brought rather than of the sunshine over the Northern
:23:50. > :23:53.Isles and Aberdeenshire. Temperatures 4 or 5 sellingous. With
:23:54. > :23:57.mainly light winds and a bit of sun, it won't feel too bad. A freshening
:23:58. > :24:00.south-easterly breeze picking up it won't feel too bad. A freshening
:24:01. > :24:02.along the west coast later in the day. Tomorrow night, dry, clear,
:24:03. > :24:08.another day. Tomorrow night, dry, clear,
:24:09. > :24:13.frost. As we head into the weekend, high pressure to the north, low
:24:14. > :24:18.pressure to the south. We pick up an easterly air flow. The few showers
:24:19. > :24:24.focussed across eastern Scotland. Wintry at times. Generally, fine,
:24:25. > :24:28.dry, bright weather, good spells of sunshine. Sunday, chilly but feeling
:24:29. > :24:29.pleasant in the sunshine. That's the forecast. #6
:24:30. > :24:35.Now, a reminder of tonight's #6 main news:
:24:36. > :24:36.I'll be back with the headlines at 8pm and the late bulletin