10/05/2016 Reporting Scotland

Here on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.

Tommy Sheridan was back in court today defending his ?200,000

defamation win - ten years ago - against

Appeal court judges are considering whether to overturn

News Group Newspapers argue that because the former MSP was later

convicted of perjuring himself, the verdict should be set aside.

Ten years ago Tommy Sheridan walked out of the Court of Session,

jubilant. What we have done in the last five weeks is the equivalent of

Gretna taking on Real Madrid in the Santiago Bernabeu and beating them

on penalties. He has just won a defamation case against the News of

the World and was awarded ?200,000 in damages. The defunct paper

claimed he was a swimmer and had cheated on his wife but after

winning the case in 2006 his innovation wasn't to last. Four

years later he was convicted of perjury and sent to prison. Now News

Group Newspapers are appealing to have the verdict overturned. Back at

the Court of Session, Mr Sheridan arrived for the hearing in front of

three appeal judges. News Group Newspapers say the conviction for

perjury is conclusive proof that he lied over central important part of

his defamation case. Tommy Sheridan would want to read an e-mail

exchange between use of the world executives, detailing what the

newspaper had paid to send a witnessed described as flaky to

Dubai in case she was recalled to give evidence. Tommy Sheridan told

the court he had not lied in his defamation case, reading out a

statement from a woman who in his 2006 trial had claimed she had sex

with him many times, and later retracted it. Mr Sheridan said this

was proof that the newspaper printed piece lies. The hearing will last

here for three days. One of the accused in

the Liam Fee murder trial has told a court of the night

the toddler died. In a police statement

read out in court, Nyomi Fee said she went to check

on Liam and knew he was dead Family liaison officer Dorothy

Miller ripped from a statement she has taken on March 26, 2014, four

days after Liam was found dead. Miss Fee said she was in the living room

with her partner Rachel Butcher decided to go and check on Liam, and

noticed it that his party had moved and his was white. She said she

lifted his hands up but they were floppy and she said she knew he was

dead because he was so bite. She said she screamed for Rachel and

called 909. The operator told how to perform CPR. She trotted over and

over again but it wasn't working. She said Rachel had collapsed on the

floor. A second statement made by Rachel Fee was read out to the jury

by the family liaison officer. She also recalls what happened that

night. After she heard a screen, Rachel says she rent the bedroom and

saw William, pale, lifeless and limp. Greater described hearing a

crackling sound and said, I don't know what this was but it will haunt

me forever. In the statement, Rachel also said she screamed at another

child who was there, saying, what have you done. She said the boy had

not said a word but put his hands to his face and neck. The trial

continues. Police are investigating

what they've described as the "suspicious" death of a child

in Glasgow three weeks ago. The toddler, believed to be

14-month-old Inayah Ahmed, was reported to have become unwell

at her home in Drumchapel. She was taken to the city's sick

children's hospital where she died Police are following several lines

of inquiry into the circumstances At Holyrood there's a battle

building over the key post Tricia Marwick will step

down on Thursday after She's urged reforms to strengthen

the role of Parliament. And that's a key issue

as MSPs consider how best to scrutinise

a minority SNP government. This from our political

editor Brian Taylor. Marwick attends upon the Queen,

reminder that the remit is wide part", part diplomat, part keeping

order in Parliament. Her deputies, Elaine Smith and John Scott, here

welcoming the president of Ghana, are keen to step up. Miss Smith

wants to inform colleagues first. John Scott is ready. I would aim to

bring fairness to the job. I have at all times been kept awake at night

by that, thinking if I am being fair and across the board to all members.

The first presiding officer was David steel, followed by George Reid

of the SNP then Alex Ferguson of the Conservatives took the post and

finally, Tricia Marwick from the SNP, all left their parties behind

when they took the job. Labour said it during the election that the

preserving officer shouldn't come from the governing party. The SNP

are more than happy to concede that is because as a minority, they can't

afford to give up even one vote. Within the Conservative group, Murdo

Fraser is seriously considering the prospect and is thought to have

backing from Ruth Davidson. But would SNP members back a Tory,

perhaps to remove one vote from Tory ranks. But some say it's up to

Labour. Their former leader is a contender. Some in the SNP question

her comments in the daily record where she said Parliament needed to

correct government mistakes but she says she was making a general point,

not singing out the SNP. I think it's about asserting the role of the

Parliament. At different stages, we did different things better but our

ambitions for the parliament, the role of the committees, scrutinising

the government, cross-party, we can agree with that. It's not simply

about government having a good idea and forcing it through because they

have a majority. That is Labour's Ken Mackintosh in his election

campaign video. He says he also Ken Mackintosh in his election

seeks to spread harmony at Holyrood. We need somebody who can work with

people, that against them. I have no particular agenda I am pursuing

through the office of Presiding Officer, quite the reverse, I would

work with others. A solution could be at hand. Gary Tank Commander says

he will do the job. If he gets a throne.

Hundreds of young lambs are being killed or injured

in attacks by ravens in the north of Scotland.

Farmers in Caithness have launched a petition calling

for more effective action against the protected species.

Scottish Natural Heritage says it will consider greater controls,

The lambing season is normally the highlight of the year for sheep

farmers like Ali and Martin Watson but then newborn stock is under

attack from the common raven, which is wreaking havoc on their holdings.

I have lost bubbly about 30 lambs to ravens this year, and I had not

getting a chance to save any lambs either. Is haunting to see your hard

work just lying there, dying, it's not nice at all, not only that, for

the children to experience as well, it's very upsetting. Images of the

slaughtered lambs are too gory to show you. The birds attack their

eyes and tongue 's first. Here on this farm, there is evidence they

strike when the sheep is giving birth. The carnage is repeated

further north in Caithness, when farmers are reported hundreds of

losses. The ravens are teaming up, farmers are reported hundreds of

basically, and attacking the lambs. Which you didn't mind one or two

over the season, but it's getting more and more, more of them are

appearing. Ravens can be shot under licences issued by Scotland natural

heritage but farmers say the rules on permits are far too restricted

restrictive. It is now felt this has reached a climax in the needs to be

serious control measures put in place, however we do believe that S

and age could stick late season that would be permitted to carry out

Raven control. Conservationists warned they will turn into any move

to is taken off the protected species list but Scottish natural

Heritage say they will heed the farmers calls. The talent for us is

to find the most proportionate and responsive way of tackling the

issue. It will be part of the conversation. Farmers throughout the

area will be on high alert as the so-called bird of darkness continues

to cast a shadow over the livestock and livelihoods.

Edinburgh Council expect an independent inquiry

into the closure of 17 schools in the city to conclude before

They say the search for a chair - who'll determine

the inquiry's remit - could extend beyond Scotland

with the aim of having someone in place by the summer.

Football - and Dundee United and Partick Thistle drew

3-3 in tonight's Scottish Premiership match.

And there were goals and incidents aplenty in the Championship playoff

The visitors went ahead through this Millar effort

McGregor then put the Edinburgh side ahead

before a Hibs had a penalty claim dismissed when a Falkirk defender

A mistake by Hibs keeper Logan then allowed Falkirk to equalise

to leave the sides tied at 2-2 ahead of Friday night's

Plenty of warm sunshine on offer for many of us today and how about this

for an earlier satellite and radar picture? It's not often we see that.

As far as the night and the overnight period is concerned, the

emphasis on plenty of dry weather and clear skies, the exception being

the far north, where we will see some mist and fog patches developing

and a bit more low cloud in the far south-west of the corner. Tomorrow,

if you are heading out tomorrow morning this is what you can expect.

A bit more cloud around first thing in the far south-west, a few spits

and spots of rain but elsewhere, plenty of fine and dry weather and

some sunshine to. Afresh onshore breeze for many parts of the East

Coast, some mist and fog patches for the far north of the country. That

does quickly blown away during the course of the morning, the emphasis

again on a fine and dry day, we can't rule out one or two showers

pushing into some southern parts. A bit more in the way of cloud for the

rest of the UK and some showers around, some of which are fairly

beefy in nature. For us in Scotland, looking at 22 or 23, best in the

West. As we head into Thursday, still under the influence of

high-pressure, but bringing in a north-easterly airflow, taking

temperatures back, particularly along the east coast, but not a cold

day, and the best of the temperatures further west.