:00:00. > :00:13.Here on BBC One it's time for the news where you are.
:00:14. > :00:18.Four out of 17 schools closed by Edinburgh City Council have been
:00:19. > :00:30.found to have construction faults. At the school where it all started,
:00:31. > :00:41.work is already under way to fix here, many parents have been forced
:00:42. > :00:43.to stay at home today as they frantically
:00:44. > :00:46.work out childcare. I work full-time, my husband
:00:47. > :00:49.is self-employed so if he is not For Julia, the disruption
:00:50. > :00:52.has become unacceptable. I don't want my child on a tablet
:00:53. > :00:56.or an iPad every hour of the day, I need him at school,
:00:57. > :00:59.I need him educated. Elsewhere, this would ordinarily be
:01:00. > :01:04.a busy morning for this family as the kids head back to Firhill
:01:05. > :01:07.high school after the Easter break. It is quite disruptive
:01:08. > :01:13.because we need to finish the coursework and we need to do
:01:14. > :01:17.unit assessments and they were meant to be happening this week but now
:01:18. > :01:20.they will have to be done later. They have got to have time to revise
:01:21. > :01:23.and it is distracting them from it all and I think it is probably
:01:24. > :01:39.worrying them as well. the schools is a fact it's banned
:01:40. > :01:41.the capital. -- the schools affected span the capital.
:01:42. > :01:47.An issue with header ties, meaning the buildings
:01:48. > :01:52.The first thing back after the school holidays and this
:01:53. > :01:54.school should be buzzing but instead as you can see,
:01:55. > :02:05.The Council say they will prioritise the inspections on the five
:02:06. > :02:08.high schools affected while they try to put
:02:09. > :02:17.The Edinburgh Schools Partnership that runs the school has apologised
:02:18. > :02:19.and said it will pay for the repairs, but the company
:02:20. > :02:25.These surveys have revealed similar problems in two other schools,
:02:26. > :02:48.We are serious about the ongoing safety of the children when they get
:02:49. > :02:54.back into school, it will take a little while. It has raised
:02:55. > :02:59.questions over the use of private finance deals to build schools.
:03:00. > :03:02.The thing we have got to learn, particular lessons that went wrong
:03:03. > :03:04.in the building of the Edinburgh schools, we have to see
:03:05. > :03:07.if there are problems in other Council areas but we have
:03:08. > :03:09.to have a more fundamental look at the financing
:03:10. > :03:19.Tomorrow will be another holiday as further provisions are made to
:03:20. > :03:31.ensure these buildings are safe. Now we report on the wider
:03:32. > :03:37.implications to schools. There has been interest in this story across
:03:38. > :03:41.Scotland and councils have been carrying out inspections. In
:03:42. > :03:45.Glasgow, Fife and Inverclyde, there is particular interest because
:03:46. > :03:49.Miller was involved in the construction of some privately
:03:50. > :03:55.financed schools. They say nothing untoward has been found. In Glasgow
:03:56. > :03:59.and Inverclyde, schools will be opening next week as originally
:04:00. > :04:03.planned. Some other councils have been carrying out checks as well but
:04:04. > :04:14.again, nothing untoward has been found. There is a developing
:04:15. > :04:17.political row over the use of public private partnerships. The First
:04:18. > :04:20.Minister Nicola Sturgeon says there may be a case for the enquiring into
:04:21. > :04:25.construction into Edinburgh schools when the immediate problems are
:04:26. > :04:31.fixed. When Campbell can tell us more. When you have a big household
:04:32. > :04:35.expense like buying a new TV, you can usually spread the cost, many
:04:36. > :04:42.shops invite you to buy now and pay later. Typically in instalments and
:04:43. > :04:49.with interest. The private financing schools and hospitals works in a
:04:50. > :04:53.similar way. Loan terms of 25 years and longer. The end of the school
:04:54. > :05:00.building programme was signed off under the last Labour - Liberal
:05:01. > :05:02.Democrat administration at Holyrood. The First Minister says her
:05:03. > :05:09.predecessors may need to account for their decisions in an enquiring.
:05:10. > :05:13.These are schools build ten or more years ago under a system of PFI and
:05:14. > :05:18.at the time, many people had real concerns about it. If it turns out
:05:19. > :05:21.that what we are seeing now is the legacy of that, they will be big
:05:22. > :05:27.questions for those in charge at the time. Do the contracts that prick
:05:28. > :05:32.you with the Edinburgh schools measure up? The liberal Democrats
:05:33. > :05:36.campaigning in the capital say it is just one of the questions that need
:05:37. > :05:44.answering. There will be time to look at all the questions. The
:05:45. > :05:50.inspection regime, the maintenance regime as well. The cuts to Budget
:05:51. > :05:57.by the SNP, that will be looked at overtime. With students in Glasgow
:05:58. > :06:01.this afternoon, the Labour leader said her party was right to
:06:02. > :06:07.prioritise investment in infrastructure. The Labour Party had
:06:08. > :06:11.to rebuild hundreds of schools across Scotland because they were
:06:12. > :06:15.left in rack and ruin by the Tories so I will not apologise for
:06:16. > :06:18.rebuilding hundreds of schools across Scotland. There are questions
:06:19. > :06:25.of course about the quality of the building that has taken place and we
:06:26. > :06:28.should examine those. Testing gaming technology in Dundee, the
:06:29. > :06:30.Conservative leader says opportunities may have been missed
:06:31. > :06:35.to spot problems with the Edinburgh schools. You need to have
:06:36. > :06:38.inspections at the time they are signed off but also you must keep
:06:39. > :06:40.inspecting those buildings to make sure they stay fit for purpose. We
:06:41. > :06:43.have been asking the Scottish SNP sure they stay fit for purpose. We
:06:44. > :06:46.government to make sure the fabric sure they stay fit for purpose. We
:06:47. > :06:48.of the building is included in school inspections. We think that is
:06:49. > :06:53.the right way forward. school inspections. We think that is
:06:54. > :06:58.financing has been revised, remodelled, rebranded down the years
:06:59. > :07:03.but it has not gone away. The current government has devised its
:07:04. > :07:08.own model. Private financing has always been controversial but the
:07:09. > :07:10.problems with these Edinburgh schools mean the contracts of the
:07:11. > :07:26.past will come under fresh scrutiny. Now to a story, the details of which
:07:27. > :07:28.some viewers may find distressing. A mother and his civil partner have
:07:29. > :07:35.gone on trial for the murder of their son. The ladies are charged
:07:36. > :07:43.with falsely blaming the seven-year-old with the death. Liam
:07:44. > :07:48.died from severe injuries to his head and body. It is alleged they
:07:49. > :07:56.were inflicted by his mother and her partner, accused of repeatedly
:07:57. > :08:00.assaulting him. It is also alleged that when they found his body, they
:08:01. > :08:05.tried to defeat the ends of justice by blaming another child for the
:08:06. > :08:08.death. They are accused of forcing his hand into the mouth of the dead
:08:09. > :08:13.toddler before the emergency services arrived. The first witness
:08:14. > :08:19.in court today was the father of Liam, Joseph Johnson. He said he had
:08:20. > :08:25.been in a relationship with Rachel for several years, when she left him
:08:26. > :08:30.for Naomi and took Liam with her. He recalled the day that she called to
:08:31. > :08:33.say Liam was dead and another boy had killed him. The women are
:08:34. > :08:40.accused of harming two other boys. It is alleged they kept one child in
:08:41. > :08:44.a makeshift cage for prolonged periods, sometimes forcing him to
:08:45. > :08:49.sleep there. It is also alleged they tied another child to a chair in a
:08:50. > :08:54.room where rats and snakes are kept and told him the boa constrictor
:08:55. > :09:03.eight naughty boys. The women deny all charges and the trial continues.
:09:04. > :09:09.Investigations are continuing into the sinking of a fishing boat in the
:09:10. > :09:14.western isles in the early hours of Saturday morning. One of the four
:09:15. > :09:20.crew of the Louisa were rescued by lifeboats. Two men were found dead
:09:21. > :09:26.and a fourth also swam ashore and is missing. The examination is ongoing
:09:27. > :09:31.and further searches for the missing man are under review. Plans by
:09:32. > :09:34.Glasgow University to transform a former hospital into a teaching and
:09:35. > :09:37.research site could bring in an former hospital into a teaching and
:09:38. > :09:44.estimated ?1 billion of investment over the next decade. The conversion
:09:45. > :09:50.of the infirmary will form a new college building. The development
:09:51. > :09:52.will create 2500 jobs. The Livingston -based company touched
:09:53. > :09:59.bionics has been sold to the Icelandic prosthetics firm for ?27.5
:10:00. > :10:02.million. The business employs 40 people and has led the world in
:10:03. > :10:08.developing electrically powered artificial hands with fingers that
:10:09. > :10:13.can be controlled independently. The Woodland Trust Scotland is launching
:10:14. > :10:19.a public appeal to buy and restore an ancient Caledonian forest. This
:10:20. > :10:23.pine forest is home to some of Scotland's most iconic wildlife
:10:24. > :10:30.including ospreys, sea eagles, wild boar and Wildcats. We are also very
:10:31. > :10:35.keen the community are involved and the wider community benefits in
:10:36. > :10:39.terms of job opportunities, taking products from the forest, so it is
:10:40. > :10:47.not preservation of the forest but making it a working forest. Football
:10:48. > :10:53.now and two former favourites both believe Celtic will come out on top
:10:54. > :10:57.at the Scottish cup tie. Graeme Souness and Kenny Dalglish both
:10:58. > :11:02.managed the side and they say this game is one of a kind. It is the
:11:03. > :11:10.biggest game I have been involved in. Everton, Liverpool, a friendly
:11:11. > :11:16.derby, the Galatasaray one with Fenerbahce is a big game but it
:11:17. > :11:20.still does not come near these. You are born and bred in Glasgow, you
:11:21. > :11:26.understand how much it means and how big it is. You know it is not going
:11:27. > :11:32.to be a normal game. Let's get the weather now.
:11:33. > :11:39.Much of Scotland currently dry with some clear spells. It is generally
:11:40. > :11:43.set to turn cloudy for most of us with some outbreaks of rain.
:11:44. > :11:50.Tomorrow morning, the rain continues to track into the central belt. If
:11:51. > :11:55.you are heading out around 8am tomorrow, some heavy pulses of rain
:11:56. > :11:59.across the south east. Also for the south-west and towards the Argyll
:12:00. > :12:03.area potentially as well. Across the north, we will see the driest and
:12:04. > :12:07.brightest weather tomorrow morning. Some sunshine potentially across the
:12:08. > :12:10.western isles and towards the northern isles as well. Through the
:12:11. > :12:15.course of the day, in the far north, northern isles as well. Through the
:12:16. > :12:19.we hold on to the best of the driest and brightest conditions and further
:12:20. > :12:24.south, fairly cloudy and further outbreaks of rain. Across the rest
:12:25. > :12:27.of the UK tomorrow afternoon, some rain to come across Northern Ireland
:12:28. > :12:31.and heavy rain to come across northern England as well. Further
:12:32. > :12:35.south, there will be plenty of sunshine on offer and it will become
:12:36. > :12:38.fairly warm as well although that warmth will spark off a number of
:12:39. > :12:45.fairly heavy and potentially thundery downpours. Highs of 16 or
:12:46. > :12:51.17 Celsius for the London area, in sharp contrast to eight Celsius in
:12:52. > :12:55.some parts of Scotland. In the evening in Scotland, we hold onto
:12:56. > :13:01.dry and bright weather across the far north, elsewhere, fairly cloudy
:13:02. > :13:05.and more in the way of rain. Wednesday, low pressure in charge,
:13:06. > :13:09.spinning these weather fronts across the UK so Wednesday is looking like
:13:10. > :13:14.a fairly cloudy day and there will be more rain, especially over
:13:15. > :13:19.eastern areas. The far north holding onto the driest and brightest
:13:20. > :13:23.conditions with brisk east - east to north easterly winds and highs of 10
:13:24. > :13:26.Celsius. Thursday looking much drier and brighter.