17/05/2016 Reporting Scotland

the BBC's news at Six, goodbye from me. On welcome welcome one we join

the BBC's news teams where you are. Nicola Sturgeon is re-elected

First Minister and declares that the people of Scotland have

given her a mandate to govern. One of the two accused

in the Liam Fee murder trial gives Whisky exports are down

and so is the value of overseas sales but the industry says

there are positive signs. Claims that fourth year pupils

are facing a lottery over the number And 57 years after he won his first

Open, Gary Players tells Nicola Sturgeon is to be reappointed

as First Minister of Scotland after MSPs backed her for the job

in a vote in the Ms Sturgeon, won 63 votes

compared to her only challenger for the post,

Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie, 59 MSPs abstained,

backing neither candidate. Here's our political

editor, Brian Taylor. Team Sturgeon, the return First

Minister says she relies on the support of her family to do the day

job. Her parents, knees, nephews and a husband at her shoulder. Her

nomination papers were signed by her deputy. Willie Rennie lodged papers

also. I now call on Willie Rennie. Prompting debate. Willie Rennie, who

leads the smallest party group, explains his

decision to stand. We are all minorities here. Some are more minor

than others. Nicola Sturgeon said she was seeking her own mandate

after first succeeding Alex Salmond. 18 months on, I am a little bit

older and a lot wiser. To devote- the

family watching from the gallery. The number of those cats for Willie

Rennie is five. The votes cast for Nicola Sturgeon is 63. I recommend

to Her Majesty she appoint Nicola Sturgeon as the First Minister.

Congratulations all round, her was delighted. But then it got

serious. Ruth Davidson didn't stand because her election pitch was about

opposition. She accused the SNP of relying too much on executive power

when they had a majority. Is this Parliament, which holds the real

unchallenged mandate. Kezia Dugdale from Labour said the new

Administration would need support to from Labour said the new

govern and faced a blunt choice. She can look to the left where she will

find allies and Progressive parties who believe in the power of

government to transform lives. Or she

look right to conservative forces to ask the government to do less.

Patrick Harvie of the Greens are warned Nicola Sturgeon against

following UK Tory spending cuts. First Minister must ignore the

increased number of cheerleaders for this vandalism. Willie Rennie

reminded Nicola Sturgeon she lacks a majority. Because we are minorities

we need to hunt for agreement with others. To the First Minister. There

is, quite simply, no greater privilege than to be elected to

serve as the First Minister of our country. She acknowledged the new

serve as the First Minister of our balance of power.

gave me a clear mandate to govern, but also an instruction to do so

inclusively. But then she indicated her approach, listing a series of

issues where she disagrees with the

Conservatives in describing her government as left of centre social

Democratic. Her aim - to elevate Scotland. I will do everything I can

to ensure this moment in After the vote, back to daily

age of national self-confidence. After the vote, back to daily

business as Nicola Sturgeon mind up for her other Parliamentary family.

The Parliamentary family chosen for her by Scotland.

Brian, Nicola Sturgeon back as First Minister,

not quite a newsflash, but we still don't know

We will get the details tomorrow morning, after she

takes the oath of office at the Court of Session. There will be

movement out and there will be movement up. Hamza Yusuf, also Derek

Mackay joining the Cabinet. He is doing a job

within the ministerial team, scrutinising the cost and efficiency

of the civil service, trying to find savings and sharpen up the operation

of government. There are other elements

Nicola Sturgeon. She wants to maintain gender balance across her

ministerial team. She declared that when she took over and I am sure she

will wish to do so again. There is the balance inside Parliament to be

maintained. To do that, she will have to work with all of the

parties. She said she wants a left of centre democratic

approach. But on the question of tax, will she support the

Conservatives? One of the women accused

of murdering toddler Liam Fee has been telling the court she had

worries the two year-old Nyomi Fee told the court

she and her partner Rachel were concerned about changes

in Liam's behaviour and believed Nyomi Fee on the right was giving

evidence in her defence. She said she had an affair with Rachel the in

2010 and when Rachel became pregnant, they made plans to move to

Scotland. Nyomi Fee said when the boy's father found out about the

affair, they've became frightened of Scotland. They spent five weeks at

the Travelodge in Glenrothes before moving

to a house nearby. The couple were married in June the following year.

Nyomi Fee said in the summer of 2012, Liam went to a childminder.

She said his behaviour was fine. But after that she said his behaviour

change, didn't want to interact and he would hinge himself and pull his

hair. She said he began to freak out and he wasn't the same little boy.

They googled the symptoms and feared he had autism. They discuss this

with the health visitor and doctor, anybody who might be able to help

them. She said it was upsetting to see Liam self-harming and not

knowing what it was. She told the court that around the time she

noticed changes in his behaviour they had concerns

about a child they looked after because he was showing sexualised

behaviour towards women. She said she would give him lines and

smacking, but there was never any requirement to punish ileum.

murdering Liam Fee and blaming his death on another child. The trial at

the High Court in Livingston continues.

The amount of whisky exported from Scotland fell last year

and so did the value of overseas sales.

The industry has blamed the decline on the instability

of worldwide markets but says there are some positive signs.

The export figures were released on the day Scotland's latest

It might not be everyone's idea of a whiskey distillery but this is

Scotland's newest on the edge of Glenrothes. We the glass it is more

traditional with the copper stills. Here is the first of the whiskey

flowing out. The product of barley and water. It will be years before

this is bottled and sold around the world. Launching a new whiskey is

risky. What is happening in 12 years' time? You have to go on

faith. The Scotch whiskey industry is a

long-term industry. You cannot worry about next

week's numbers. You cannot live like that, you have do look long term and

have faith in the product. Today saw the latest health check on the state

of the industry. Exports were down last year but there are signs of

recovery, especially amongst the high-value, single malts. The total

value of Scotch whiskey exports in 2015 was close to four ileum pounds.

A number of bottles exported, more than a billion. Down by nearly 3%

but the equivalent of 34 bottles every second.

Exports slumped two countries hit by the downturn in oil prices, but

Mexico saw growth with the USA and France

remaining the biggest markets. 90% of Scotch whiskey is exported, so we

are dependent on what happens in the

global economy. Obviously, the last couple of years have not been

brilliant. Some of the big markets have declined,

some have done well. We are, to some extent, at the mercy of those

conditions. this new distillery is already in

these casks. The malts won't go on sale until the

end of the next decade. No one can predict what the state of

the market world wild will be by then, but

they are hoping there will be a taste for the new whiskey worldwide.

Still to come on tonight's programme:

Five Scottish veterans of the Second World War have been

presented with France's highest military honour

for their involvement in the Normandy landings.

In sport, we reveal two names in the frame for the Celtic job

and meet the record-breaking youngster who's determined to get

And the golfing legend Gary Player is back in Scotland,

reliving the highs and lows of what he calls the toughest test

Experience, and youth, in the sport coming soon.

A Maori skull which has been held in a Moray museum for more than 130

years has been handed back to representatives of New Zealand.

Tribal leaders there have been campaigning for decades to have

Maori artefacts returned to their homeland.

Moray was given an insight into some Maori rituals today as the skull was

handed over to delegates from New Zealand during an emotional

ceremony. There was an exchange of culture and language during the

proceedings with old Maori greetings and traditional songs. This goal was

donated to the Falk in a museum in 1883 and is now being returned to

where it came from in New Zealand after Moray Council learned of a

programme to have Maori artefacts to be repatriated. For them to be away

from their homeland and our own strength

showing the world exactly, come and get your ancestors. Until today the

skull was stored here. But it is not bought it has been on display since

Victorian times, because of the sensitivity surrounding human

remains. Some historical artefacts have already been returned from

Scotland to their country of origin, including this Warrier's assured

from Glasgow to South Dakota and a number of Maori heads which would

given up by Aberdeen University. There are something like 400 remains

in Britain to go home in due course. But this one in Moray, yes it is

important to Moray. It is a demonstration that we are always up

for doing the right thing. And this was the right thing we did today. As

Moray gives up its Maori past, the local authority says it is heartened

to know that within weeks the ancestral remains will be back in

their rightful place. Pupils face a lottery

in the number of exams they can sit in fourth year,

according to a report The number they can sit varies

from area to area and Critics claim some children

are being disadavantaged - a charge denied by the Scottish

government and teachers' unions. Here's our education

correspondent Jamie McIvor. Back in the day and academically

able students typically sat eight O grades at the end of their 40th.

Today, things are less predictable. These youngsters are just starting

their courses. I am doing seven National fives, English,

mathematics, chemistry, biology, modern study, history and food. I am

doing German, national maths and English. Youngsters do seven

qualifications in fourth year. English. Youngsters do seven

Nationally, sex is more common. At that a few schools they do five, but

at a few others, they do eight. -- six. There is no Scottish policy to

reduce the number of qualifications young people sit. The reason it has

happened is because of a lack of clarity in some aspects of

curriculum for excellence guidance and the interpretations which have

been put on but guidance locally. These views may resonate with some

parents. Last year, we told you about a row at the school in

Helensburgh when nobody sat exams in fourth gear. The council has relaxed

the system, but this parent remains unhappy and moved his son to an

independent school. It should be every student's write in Scotland to

have the same ability to attain. It shouldn't be down to the headteacher

of the local council to dictate that. But across Scotland, our

youngsters living out on these variations. Many in education argue

what really matters is what students have achieved by the time they leave

school. 85 to 90% stay on to fifth year and a good number stay on to

sixth year. This should be the focus on the exit qualification young

people lead with. The school should be building towards that to maximise

attainment whenever they leave school. Standardising fourth-year

isn't currently on the cards, but this report reflects concerns of a

lease some parents. A look at other stories

from across the country. An audit of the deaths of newborn

babies suggests three health boards in Scotland have higher

than average death rates. NHS Grampian, NHS Ayrshire and Arran

and NHS Borders have rates up to 10% Please be reassured we provide an

excellent services and they shouldn't worry at all in coming in

to have their baby here. Edinburgh Council has confirmed

an independent inquiry into the recent school buildings

crisis will begin after Recruitment is underway to find

an independent chair with construction expertise

to investigate why seventeen schools were closed amid

building safety fears. This afternoon Gracemount High

announced some of its affected pupils will move to a third location

next month as repairs continue. Police have confirmed a body

discovered in the Cairngorms last week was missing

hillwalker, Jim Robertson. The 61-year-old from Glasgow

disappeared while walking in March. Police say Mr Robertson's

family has been informed. A new international

air link has started The service linking Schiphol Airport

is the second boost for Inverness Airport this month,

after British Airways resumed flights between the Highlands

and London Heathrow after an absence What we have done by linking the

capital of the highlands with one of the world's leading hubs, by one of

the world's leading airlines you really are opening this market for

the Highlands and Islands. The annual parade has been taking

place in Orkney to mark Guests from the country

join Orcadians to mark the annivesary of Norway

gaining its independence in 1814. The parade through the streets

of Kirkwall celebrates the island's Five Scottish veterans

of the Second World War have been presented with France's highest

military honour for their involvement in

the Normandy landings. The French Ambassador presented

the Legion d'honneur at a ceremony More than 70 years on and the French

Ambassador to the UK presents the country's highest military honour to

five Normandy veterans. APPLAUSE. Their collective memories

of the D-Day Landings are a fading snapshot of the start of the

liberation of France. It's very moving because they were very young

at that time and some of them were not even 20 years old. It's even

more impressive that all those men were so courageous at that time.

NEWS REEL: They're on the beach, plunging waist

deep into the sea... The D-Day Landings were history's biggest sea

bourne Inamoto vagus much the coastline was heavily defended. The

boats brought troops and tanks from the front-line. They brought cars

and supply vans, each of which had to be driven through the sea and

onto the beach. I went off the ramp, right into the sea, and it just went

right to the bottom. The sea level was half up the windscreen, you

know! And, my first reaction, stupid reaction, "goodness me, I'll have to

put on the wipers!" As a Royal Marine, Duncan Cormac was on a small

boat which brought hundreds of troops ashore. He said they came

under heavy attack on a long day. They landed because we were there.

They could not land without our help. We took them on the ship, from

the ship, to the shore. Ship to the shore, ship to the shore until the

ship was emptied. 4,500 servicemen like these are due to receive

France's highest military honour for their part in the country's

liberation. Meanwhile, in the Northern Isles,

the heroes of the Shetland Bus have been remembered in a ceremony

in the village of Scalloway. During the Second World War,

it was from here that small boats made the perilous journey

across the North Sea to Norway - taking men, arms and supplies

to resistance fighters battling Let's go to sport now

and Rhona has your round up. Some good news. There is indeed.

the last few minutes Ross Murdoch has won Silver for Team GB in the

100 Meter Breaststroke Final at the European Swimming Championship in

London. Murdoch will compete in Rio this summer and warmed up for the

Olympics by coming in second behind World Champion Adam Peaty. Great for

Olympics by coming in second behind me as I have to up my game, as well.

BBC Scotland has learned that former Swansea manager, Brendan Rodgers,

and ex-Cardiff boss, Malky Mackay, are two

of a number of candidates to have spoken to Celtic

But the club's youngest debutant, 16-year-old Jack Aitchison,

has outgoing boss Ronny Deila to thank for a dream introduction

COMMENTATOR: Now, this is a chance for Aitchinon, he's jest just on.

Celtic's youngest player, a fairytale debut Forlan the

youngster. Delighted to be with the team on the bench. He describes the

moment the manager changed his life. I came back from the toilet. He

said, Jack, warm up. Looking around the stadium, seeing how busy it was.

Never played in front of a crowd like that before. His memories of

that goal? My first touch. I was lucky the deflection ran into my

pass. Went on to it and hit it. When I hit it I knew it was in. When I

scored I didn't know what to do. I couldn't hear much. I just didn't

know what to do. The best fun I've had in my life so far. With his new

tame team-mates he celebrated Celtic's Premiership title. .

Amazing. I remember looking at the TV. To feel the Cup was amazing.

Loving life in the Hoops he admits he's a fan of another club. I'm an

Loving life in the Hoops he admits Arsenal supporter. My dad has always

been Arsenal. I just love the way they play and stuff. I've been to a

couple of Celtic games, if I was to support anyone it would be Celtic.

With the departure of Ronny, who would he like of his new boss? I

don't really mind. It's up to me to get into his good books. Just signed

a new three-year deal a few weeks ago. I would like to keep working

hard, get more opportunities and keep my feet on the ground. Wise

words from a young man with an exciting future.

Aberdeen have announced that striker Miles Storey will join them

when his contract at Swindon Town expires at the end of June.

The 22-year-old Englishman has been on loan at Inverness Caley Thistle

The most recent of those was on Saturday in a 4-0

One of golf's all-time greats says the Open championship

is still the toughest test in the sport.

Gary Player won it three times in an illustrious career.

He has firm ideas about who the likely winner will be this

But, as David Currie found out, the 80-year-old is also looking back

Gary Player stays only in the finest hotels when he visits Scotland these

days, not the case when he arrived at St And ruse for his first Open in

1955. I couldn't find a room under ?40, ?50. If I remember that was the

amount. I can't remember exactly. I slept on the beach where they did

Chariots of Fire. The price was right. Waterproofs on, I could here

the ocean. It was wonderful. I would of liked to have spent the week but

they would have been put me in jail. He will keep an eye on the

contenders for the Claret Jug. The best putter is Jordan Speith. My

money is with the best putter. The most important part is your mind and

how you putt. NEWS REEL:

Over 72-holes, Gary Player... He still looks pretty good. What is

Player's secret? I do 1,300 sittups and crunches four times a week. Push

400 llbs with my legs and run on the treadmill or max. Just have a player

to say, I'm grateful to live in Scotland. This great country. Thank

you, dear, lord. Everybody has a God, whether you are a Muslim,

Christian, Jew. Say - God, I'm grateful to live in this great

country, Amen! I can't answer that, really. He deserves a show of his

own. Nice man. S Certainly sounds it. What an inspiration. Thank you

very much. Here's another inspiration. Details of Scotland

2016. For years people in Glasgow have been dying younger than folk in

2016. For years people in Glasgow the rest of the UK. Why it happens

is a mystery, but new research says that governments since the war have

created the conditions for a health crisis. So, what should we do about

it now? Join me, over on BBC Two, at 10.30pm. Christopher is an

inspiration, too. The weather not too inspiring. Hello. It's been

lovely the last few days, but it's turning. You can see fairly

foreboding skies captured in Skye earlier as weather fronts cross the

country. Those will continue to move eastwards overnight tonight.

Connected to that low pressure system. That means cloudy and wet

weather. Here is the chart. There is the rain working eastwards as we

head through the next few hours. Dry for parts of the central belt at the

moment. The rain will come your way. By the end of the night in the west

it will dry up, clear spells arriving as well. Temperatures on

the mild side. 9-11 Celsius in towns or cities. Low pressure will

dominate conditions. Cloudy and wet. There is tomorrow's pouring away,

another waiting in the winds for Thursday. First tomorrow's details.

Dryer, brighter weather to the west and South West, elsewhere cloudy

start with patchy outbreaks of rain. Eastern Scotland will see fairly

hefty crow loving showers. In the west they will have the best of the

sunshine. Further east, cloudy with those showers. Hit-and-miss, not

everyone will see one. They are slow moving and could be with you for

some time. Further north the cloud will be fairly stubborn. Winds light

away from the far north. For the northern isles it will be brisk.

Into the evening the showers will be with us. The late sunshine in the

south-west. Thursday, low pressure number two on it is way in bringing

persistent outbreaks of rain by the afternoon. To start Thursday

reasonably dry. Murky at times across eastern Scotland. By

lunchtime that wet weather arriving pushing in from the west and

travelling eastwards, persistent at times. A cool feel, winds from the

south. It will clear by Friday, to be replaced by frequent showers

driven in on a strong south-westerly wind. That's the forecast for now.

Thank you, Christopher that's it from us. Goo good evening. -- good