:00:00. > :00:00.Mediterranean in the search for the missing
:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me,
:00:07. > :00:12.Liam Fee's mother tells a jury that she completely failed
:00:13. > :00:15.the toddler who she's accused of murdering.
:00:16. > :00:17.The new Celtic manager is former Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers -
:00:18. > :00:21.we'll have the latest from Celtic Park.
:00:22. > :00:24.A steep learning curve for the new Education Secretary
:00:25. > :00:28.as he focuses on improving results for children from poorer backgrounds
:00:29. > :00:31.Finding ways to overcome the isolation and loneliness that
:00:32. > :00:49.We do a lot of chatting. What do you talk about? I'm not going to tell
:00:50. > :00:59.you. I'm at Hampden Park where tomorrow
:01:00. > :01:09.Rangers and Hibernian will be playing for the Scottish cup.
:01:10. > :01:14.The mother of toddler Liam Fee broke down in court as she spoke
:01:15. > :01:31.Rachel Fee admitted that her failure to get him help had contributed
:01:32. > :01:34.She's accused of murdering Liam along with her partner Nyomi Fee.
:01:35. > :01:36.They both deny killing the two-year-old,
:01:37. > :01:39.From the High Court in Livingston Steven Godden reports.
:01:40. > :01:53."I completely failed Liam." Word spoken in the witness box. His
:01:54. > :02:00.mother Rachel Fee said his death had left them bereft. His mother
:02:01. > :02:02.admitted that she had contributed by failing to get help for a broken leg
:02:03. > :02:10.a few days earlier. Cross examining, the advocate depute
:02:11. > :02:29.asked... Rachel Fee denied ever assaulting
:02:30. > :02:35.Liam. She denied the suggestion that there had been a delay in phoning
:02:36. > :02:39.and ambulance during which the couple concocted a story about what
:02:40. > :02:45.happened to the toddler. It was put to her that she owed it to Liam's
:02:46. > :02:51.memory and his father to tell the truth. I am telling the truth, she
:02:52. > :02:56.said. Rachel Fee and Nyomi Fee deny murdering Liam and abusing two other
:02:57. > :02:59.boys in their care. The trial continues.
:03:00. > :03:03.that the former Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers
:03:04. > :03:07.Rodgers has agreed a 12-month rolling contract with the club.
:03:08. > :03:10.Let's go live to Celtic Park - and our senior football reporter
:03:11. > :03:15.Chris, an ambitious appointment by Celtic?
:03:16. > :03:23.Absolutely no doubt about it. After the failure of the Ronny Deila
:03:24. > :03:28.experiment, Celtic fans were looking for a big name. Brendan Rodgers
:03:29. > :03:34.certainly ticks that box. A man with English Premier League pedigree. He
:03:35. > :03:39.took Swansea to the top flight and almost led Liverpool to the title
:03:40. > :03:45.finishing in second place. Just over an hour ago, statement from Celtic
:03:46. > :03:50.described his appointment as a huge honour. He said, I have followed
:03:51. > :03:55.Celtic all of my life and I want to give the fans a deemed to be proud
:03:56. > :03:58.of and bring entertaining and winning football. The Celtic Chief
:03:59. > :04:02.Executive commented on the statement and said that we wanted to bring a
:04:03. > :04:08.month to the club matching our own aspirations. Celtic fans will be
:04:09. > :04:13.happy. Social media is ablaze with Brendan Rodgers chapter. One fan
:04:14. > :04:17.announced that Celtic will win the Champions League. I'm not sure that
:04:18. > :04:27.he is that good but it will be viewed as something of a coup for
:04:28. > :04:31.the club. Why has he chosen Celtic? It is one question he will answer
:04:32. > :04:37.when he speaks to the media. Celtic is a huge club with a worldwide
:04:38. > :04:40.brand. It is also an interesting challenge for Brendan Rodgers.
:04:41. > :04:45.Celtic have missed out on the Champions League for the last two
:04:46. > :04:52.years. His first task will be to get them back at domestic European
:04:53. > :04:56.football's top table. They will also be challenged by Rangers for the
:04:57. > :05:00.first time in four years so that is absolutely a challenge for Brendan
:05:01. > :05:01.Rodgers. We will find out more from the man himself on Monday. Thank you
:05:02. > :05:04.very much indeed. The new Education Secretary,
:05:05. > :05:06.John Swinney, has been setting out his priorities -
:05:07. > :05:08.with the focus on reducing the attainment gap
:05:09. > :05:10.in Scottish schools. He says funding is already in place,
:05:11. > :05:14.but more needs to be done to improve the chances of pupils
:05:15. > :05:18.from disadvantaged backgrounds. - Critics say that under the SNP,
:05:19. > :05:24.the gulf has widened and more needs to be spent
:05:25. > :05:37.on early years education. If we leave this for five minutes...
:05:38. > :05:45.John Swinney Lane close attention to this experiment at his old school.
:05:46. > :05:52.He went from here to Edinburgh University. He wants to ensure that
:05:53. > :05:59.schools in poorer areas have the same chances as those from wealthier
:06:00. > :06:03.catchments. We want to improve educational prospects of all the
:06:04. > :06:06.young people of Scotland, particularly for those who are
:06:07. > :06:11.presently not able to fulfil all of their potential. I'm going to be
:06:12. > :06:18.determined to do everything I can to close that attainment gap. He may
:06:19. > :06:22.need to keep on safety specs when he talks to the teaching unions. They
:06:23. > :06:27.planned industrial action over workload. He says he is keen to
:06:28. > :06:31.listen. The Scottish Government has been criticised for not finding
:06:32. > :06:42.answers before now and allowing the gap to widen. We have not focused on
:06:43. > :06:47.Baker's basic skills. Teach is going through training want to focus more
:06:48. > :06:51.on the ability to read, write and count properly and I think that is
:06:52. > :06:59.hugely important. It was superhero day here in Glasgow. The council has
:07:00. > :07:02.been trying to ensure that all children go on to save the world,
:07:03. > :07:07.been trying to ensure that all regardless of their background. Down
:07:08. > :07:12.the corridor in the school hall, children coming in to the school in
:07:13. > :07:18.August were welcomed. Involving parents from early on is seen as key
:07:19. > :07:23.here. There is additional money from Glasgow City Council and the
:07:24. > :07:30.Scottish Government. The number going from Scottish schools into
:07:31. > :07:37.university is increasing. There is a creative approach here as well to
:07:38. > :07:42.keep children focused. Children want to be successful and feel they have
:07:43. > :07:49.accomplished something. It is confidence. They can be what they
:07:50. > :07:54.want to be. There is often areas of high deprivation, I don't think
:07:55. > :08:00.children are told often enough that they can be anything they want to
:08:01. > :08:04.be. John Swinney said today that the real test of an education system is
:08:05. > :08:09.the achievement and performance of the youngsters in it and how it
:08:10. > :08:12.equips them for later life will stop improving the attainment gap is a
:08:13. > :08:13.real test for him and the Scottish Government.
:08:14. > :08:15.You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC.
:08:16. > :08:23.A space age fishing rod - made in the Highlands.
:08:24. > :08:32.Experts say it could revolutionise the sport.
:08:33. > :08:38.The rest of the sport comes from Hampden Park where it is the
:08:39. > :08:44.Scottish cup final tomorrow, after all. You will have a history lesson
:08:45. > :08:46.on one of the clubs and a profile of the manager of the other. Please
:08:47. > :08:51.join me a little later. It's seven years since the first
:08:52. > :08:54.steel was cut on the Clyde for two aircraft carriers
:08:55. > :08:56.for the Royal Navy. The first, HMS Queen Elizabeth,
:08:57. > :08:58.is now close to completion Our defence correspondent
:08:59. > :09:15.Jonathan Beale has been finding out This is the second of the Royal
:09:16. > :09:21.Navy's to new aircraft carriers. The work on Prince of Wales is well
:09:22. > :09:25.underway. You can see the first of the carriers, Queen Elizabeth, work
:09:26. > :09:31.on her is now almost complete. Seven years since the first steel was cut,
:09:32. > :09:40.HMS Queen Elizabeth is more than taking shape. She is getting ready
:09:41. > :09:47.to sail. For Jess Hughes, this will be home for the next few years.
:09:48. > :09:55.Compared with what you've seen on a ship before? This is spacious. That
:09:56. > :10:01.is the main thing as well, TV. ship before? This is spacious. That
:10:02. > :10:08.feed them, there are five galleys, that will see cooking on an
:10:09. > :10:15.industrial scale. We're looking at 3000 covers. How many loaves of
:10:16. > :10:24.bread are you making each day? Somewhere in the region of 2000
:10:25. > :10:30.loaves a day. As well as, breakfast rolls and deserts and stuff like
:10:31. > :10:33.that. All that's missing is the aircraft. This is where the new jump
:10:34. > :10:39.that. All that's missing is the jets will be maintained. On the
:10:40. > :10:43.flight deck, robots have been laying a thermal metal coating to withstand
:10:44. > :10:54.the blast from their engines. They won't be taking off like this for
:10:55. > :10:58.another two years. Up here on the bridge, they are already testing the
:10:59. > :11:06.communication systems. They have all the modern technology. Also, good,
:11:07. > :11:13.old-fashioned World War II technology like this wind-up phone.
:11:14. > :11:19.I've lived through all the engines starting up. All the TVs and
:11:20. > :11:24.computers being switched on. My ship's company has grown from nine
:11:25. > :11:29.to 480 and every day they gain greater knowledge of the ship that
:11:30. > :11:36.they will take into operations. Huge excitement. It has been wonderful.
:11:37. > :11:40.This tiny helm will steer 65,000 tonnes of warship. The engines are
:11:41. > :11:50.already running and the first sea trials will begin early next year.
:11:51. > :11:54.has been sentenced to more than six years in jail.
:11:55. > :11:55.Andrew Patrick, from Lochgelly, threatened the driver
:11:56. > :11:58.with an imitation gun, gave him a bag which he said had
:11:59. > :12:02.a bomb inside and ordered him to go into a Bank of Scotland branch
:12:03. > :12:04.in Kirkcaldy to force staff to hand over cash.
:12:05. > :12:07.The deployment of police firearms officers has been a controversial
:12:08. > :12:13.But their importance, not only in dealing with armed criminals -
:12:14. > :12:15.but also the heightened threat of terrorist attack,
:12:16. > :12:20.Our reporter Cameron Buttle has been given special access as officers go
:12:21. > :12:28.through training to take on one of their most challenging roles.
:12:29. > :12:35.Next week on BBC Scotland we will bring new special report on police
:12:36. > :12:40.Scotland's armed response units. How they trained, the rules and
:12:41. > :12:43.regulations they work under and we will see specialist counterterrorism
:12:44. > :12:46.units in operation. That's next week.
:12:47. > :12:52.A brief look now at other stories from across the country.
:12:53. > :12:59.Pressure is mounting on the field golf club to reverse its decision
:13:00. > :13:02.not to allow women members. Labour MSP Iain Gray has launched a motion
:13:03. > :13:10.at the Scottish Parliament calling on the club to considered the
:13:11. > :13:19.decision again. Nicola Sturgeon and Rory McIlroy have criticised the
:13:20. > :13:27.move. Robbers who used a machine to blow up a cash machines across
:13:28. > :13:30.Scotland have been convicted. Joseph McHale, Kevin Shores and Robin
:13:31. > :13:37.Vaughan will be sentenced next month. A Community Hospital in
:13:38. > :13:43.Lanark is closed because of a shortage of GPs to look after
:13:44. > :13:48.patients. The hospital has 30 beds and provides rehabilitation and
:13:49. > :13:52.palliative scare and helps sudden serious illnesses. Alternative
:13:53. > :13:58.arrangements have been made for patients and there will be no more
:13:59. > :14:03.admissions. People are urging for people with unwanted airguns to give
:14:04. > :14:08.them up. As from later this year, possessing them without a licence
:14:09. > :14:14.will be an offence. Owners can apply for a permit from July. A campaign
:14:15. > :14:19.to hand them into police station starts on Thursday. There will be
:14:20. > :14:24.new laws governing the possession of these weapons. You will need a
:14:25. > :14:29.licence. If you don't want it, you can hand it in safely and securely
:14:30. > :14:42.at police stations right across Scotland. The second osprey chick of
:14:43. > :14:46.the season has hatched, the 80th since the start of the osprey
:14:47. > :14:51.protection programme in 1989. Isolation and loneliness affect
:14:52. > :14:54.many people in old age. But a helpline to tackle the problem
:14:55. > :14:57.is now receiving a hundred It was started nearly three years
:14:58. > :15:00.ago by the broadcaster And she's been in Glasgow today
:15:01. > :15:17.to raise awareness of the service. A chance to chat over a cup of tea.
:15:18. > :15:22.These people know how good it is to talk. I've been very fortunate. My
:15:23. > :15:31.husband is still here. My son comes to talk to me. I love the centre.
:15:32. > :15:40.The staff are so friendly. We do a lot of chatting. What do you talk
:15:41. > :15:46.about? I'm not going to tell you. For those not so lucky, Dame Esther
:15:47. > :15:52.Rantzen launched Silver line nearly three years ago. It gets an average
:15:53. > :15:57.of nearly 100 calls per day from Scottish pensioners who just want
:15:58. > :16:03.somebody to talk to. Not only do people have a conversation that they
:16:04. > :16:07.enjoyed with somebody who enjoys listening to their experiences and
:16:08. > :16:10.memories but we also link them back into communities so that they get
:16:11. > :16:17.face-to-face help and support if they need it. Today was a chance to
:16:18. > :16:22.celebrate and to thank the volunteers who give a slice of their
:16:23. > :16:28.time to listen and chat. Even a casual chat, you can tell that the
:16:29. > :16:30.other person's morale is going up. I find it very enjoyable too. It's a
:16:31. > :16:41.win- win. I was really surprised to learn that
:16:42. > :16:49.my lady watches Gogglebox and she loves it as much as I do! They are
:16:50. > :16:50.not looking for your sympathy, just something much more simple, just
:16:51. > :16:53.someone to talk to. Now, David is out and about again,
:16:54. > :17:04.looking forward to an exciting Yes indeed, Sally. Exciting news
:17:05. > :17:07.already this evening, Brendan Rodgers becoming the new manager of
:17:08. > :17:15.Celtic. We will be hearing from him on Monday. But tonight I'm at the
:17:16. > :17:18.National Stadium are looking ahead to, well, clues don't come much
:17:19. > :17:25.bigger than this, it's the Scottish Cup final.
:17:26. > :17:28.The trophy was first played for in 1874, and as Chris Mclaughlin
:17:29. > :17:32.reports, it's been a while since one of the club's won it.
:17:33. > :17:39.Save to save tourists don't flock to Scotland's capital for the weather.
:17:40. > :17:44.They're here for the history, but the castles, the cobbled streets and
:17:45. > :17:47.the hills from the past. But over that way there is a football club
:17:48. > :17:50.that is more than a little embarrassed about one particular
:17:51. > :17:55.part of its own history. These are the men who last tasted Scottish Cup
:17:56. > :18:00.victory for Hibernian. That was back in 1902. Edinburgh looked like this
:18:01. > :18:09.and the final bullets of the Boer War were still flying. These days
:18:10. > :18:14.it's all about memories and hope. The Scottish Cup final in 1958, we
:18:15. > :18:26.got beaten by a good Clyde side, 1-0. That was 58 years ago and we're
:18:27. > :18:30.still waiting! Promotional videos show a modern club full of ambition.
:18:31. > :18:35.Yes they've missed out on promotion back to Scotland's top league this
:18:36. > :18:39.year, the pain of that is very real, but tomorrow there is a chance to
:18:40. > :18:51.heal much older wounds. We have an opportunity on Saturday to end an
:18:52. > :18:58.awful run for this football club. And if they do that, I'm sure they
:18:59. > :19:03.will go down, well, they will go down in the history books. If the
:19:04. > :19:07.history books are to be rewritten, Rangers must be defeated. They saw
:19:08. > :19:14.off Celtic against the odds in the semifinal. So, you've got your
:19:15. > :19:21.ticket, are you hopeful? I think we will win it, aye! We get so near and
:19:22. > :19:25.then all of a sudden it's taken away from you. I don't know whether its
:19:26. > :19:32.belief or what, but this time I think we will do it! I hope so. I
:19:33. > :19:35.hope that baby keeps a hold of that ticket and Rangers manager Mark
:19:36. > :19:40.Warburton will be desperate to get a hold of this trophy tomorrow. He's
:19:41. > :19:43.already led his side to the Championship title and with it,
:19:44. > :19:48.promotion to the Premiership. Alistair Lamb details the man who
:19:49. > :19:53.has got Rangers back to the big-time and to Hampden Park.
:19:54. > :19:59.COMMENTATOR: Rangers have pulled off the seemingly unthinkable! Rangers's
:20:00. > :20:03.semifinal victory over Celtic elevated Mark Warburton's stock to
:20:04. > :20:08.greater heights. For those who've watched him his success has not been
:20:09. > :20:12.a surprise. Belief is probably the biggest word, I would say. He
:20:13. > :20:16.believed in what he wanted to do. And he's gone out and he's put
:20:17. > :20:22.building blocks. Everywhere he is gone, he's improved where he's been.
:20:23. > :20:27.Where he went next was the City of London. But even the demands of
:20:28. > :20:30.trading billions of pounds did not diminish his burning football
:20:31. > :20:34.ambition. Super talented and very successful currency manager that was
:20:35. > :20:41.clearly going to go on to manage people, whether it be in the trading
:20:42. > :20:46.environment or another profession, and his was football. He was
:20:47. > :20:52.actually studying for his Uefa A badge when I met him in 2004. He cut
:20:53. > :20:58.his coaching teeth as part of Watford's youth academy. His big
:20:59. > :21:01.break came in 2011. Brentford owner Matthew Benham invited him to become
:21:02. > :21:05.part of the coaching setup here at Griffin Park. That summer he was
:21:06. > :21:18.alongside new manager Louis Rosler alongside new manager Louis Rosler
:21:19. > :21:22.-- Uwe Rosler. I didn't need a yes man can I needed someone loyal to
:21:23. > :21:25.the cause. He had a good chance to get a good job for himself at
:21:26. > :21:30.Brentford because I recommended him to the owner. He was the natural
:21:31. > :21:37.choice, to bookmark in place. He played a big part in the success of
:21:38. > :21:41.Brentford. Last year, though, there was a parting of the ways. Mark
:21:42. > :21:46.Warburton deciding that his view of the future and the club's did not
:21:47. > :21:50.necessarily tally. Soon, though, Rangers came calling. Tomorrow will
:21:51. > :21:56.determine whether a good season there becomes a very good one. You
:21:57. > :21:59.can find out whether it's Mark Warburton or Alan Stubbs who gets
:22:00. > :22:05.his hands on the Scottish Cup tomorrow, by following the action on
:22:06. > :22:11.the BBC, on TV, on radio and online. The match itself kicking off at 3pm.
:22:12. > :22:19.After that, once you've recovered, you can watch the rugby.
:22:20. > :22:23.Connachrt versus Glasgow in the rugby is at 6.30pm.
:22:24. > :22:26.You don't need to leave the sofa tomorrow afternoon!
:22:27. > :22:29.A small Highland company is claiming a world first,
:22:30. > :22:31.by combining space-age expertise and Nobel Prize-winning technology
:22:32. > :22:35.It's made using graphene, an incredibly strong,
:22:36. > :22:39.And already angling experts reckon it could revolutionise the sport.
:22:40. > :22:52.When world champion fly fisherman Scott McKenzie wanted to build a
:22:53. > :22:57.better salmon rod, he went to the top. To the world's foremost expert
:22:58. > :23:03.in carbon technology, who had worked with the US space agency and Formula
:23:04. > :23:07.1 to. The professor suggested using graphene, a new substance which only
:23:08. > :23:13.six years ago won its creators the Nobel Prize for physics. This rod is
:23:14. > :23:17.the result. Graphene is literally going to change the world, it really
:23:18. > :23:21.is. It is coming out in lots of different things nowadays, it really
:23:22. > :23:29.is. Only one atom thick. You can't see it with the human eye. It's up
:23:30. > :23:32.to almost 40 times stronger than Kevlar and 200 times stronger than
:23:33. > :23:37.steel. It's an amazing, amazing product. It is stretchable and ideal
:23:38. > :23:40.for something like a fly rod. Its beef strength like this and whip
:23:41. > :23:44.like flexibility of the graphene beef strength like this and whip
:23:45. > :23:52.which makes the difference, allowing anglers to cast further and more
:23:53. > :23:58.easily. The quicker the tip flexes backward and forward, its speed, its
:23:59. > :24:01.power, its energy. That is very important to our sport. The quicker
:24:02. > :24:09.that goes forward, the further your line would go. This rod will allow
:24:10. > :24:12.you to do that with minimal effort. Angling experts believe the
:24:13. > :24:17.development will genuinely revolutionise the sport. Everything
:24:18. > :24:21.in fly fishing over the last 30 years has been almost tiny steps
:24:22. > :24:25.with very few exceptions. And I think this is definitely one of the
:24:26. > :24:30.bigger steps in fly fishing and in general fishing technology in the
:24:31. > :24:35.last 30 years, easily. It's awesome! There are no guarantees the King of
:24:36. > :24:41.fish will be more attracted to a fly cast by the space age rod, but even
:24:42. > :24:46.at ?1000 apiece, anglers around the world are biting. Craig Anderson,
:24:47. > :24:47.Reporting Scotland, Inverness. And if you're
:24:48. > :24:56.heading to the great outdoors, here is the weather.
:24:57. > :25:02.The best of the sunshine was across the north-east, where temperatures
:25:03. > :25:05.reached 18 degrees in Aberdeen. That is a good eight or 9 degrees higher
:25:06. > :25:11.than it was yesterday and above the May average. We will also start to
:25:12. > :25:18.see cloud or rain spilling in this evening and we can continue to see
:25:19. > :25:21.it spilling across as overnight. Tonight cloudy conditions with
:25:22. > :25:24.outbreaks of rain pushing through. It's courtesy of this weather system
:25:25. > :25:30.here and some fresher south-westerly winds across coastal areas. That
:25:31. > :25:35.rain will continue to make its progress across Dumfries and
:25:36. > :25:40.Galloway but reaching more northern areas overnight. Becoming a bit
:25:41. > :25:44.drier and behind it some misty and murky conditions perhaps developing
:25:45. > :25:48.across the South West. Ten or 11 degrees in the south, maybe 6-9
:25:49. > :25:52.further towards the north. For tomorrow morning, a bit cloudy and
:25:53. > :25:56.damp further towards the North. Drier for a time here but the next
:25:57. > :25:59.batch of shower re-rainbow push through across the South West,
:26:00. > :26:05.spreading north and east would once again. A few heavy and persistent
:26:06. > :26:12.bursts as it does so. Maybe some heavy bursts here too. It will
:26:13. > :26:15.become drier in the south. For Hampden Park, becoming drier for the
:26:16. > :26:20.match, but may be quite a wet commute for those travelling to the
:26:21. > :26:23.game. The rain across north-western and north-eastern areas by the end
:26:24. > :26:29.of the afternoon. Temperatures across the mid teens, 17 or 16
:26:30. > :26:34.degrees at best. If you're heading to the hills and mountains, a real
:26:35. > :26:38.mixture tomorrow. Some rain across the southern and becoming a bit
:26:39. > :26:42.brighter later. We will see some heavy downpours for a time and maybe
:26:43. > :26:47.even the odd rumble of thunder. The winds gusting at 30-35 mph coming in
:26:48. > :26:53.from the south-west. Other east it's a similar story. Becoming a bit
:26:54. > :26:55.brighter by the afternoon perhaps, but further towards the Cairngorms,
:26:56. > :27:00.brighter by the afternoon perhaps, some heavy downpours for a time but
:27:01. > :27:06.again some heavy outbursts over the summit. A similar story, some dry
:27:07. > :27:10.and bright weather particularly for central, southern and eastern areas.
:27:11. > :27:15.Some of these showers are going to be quite heavy indeed, slow-moving
:27:16. > :27:23.with those light winds with the mix of hail and thunder. Up to 14 or 16
:27:24. > :27:25.degrees, that is your forecast for now.
:27:26. > :27:39.A reminder of tonight's main news. Rachel admitted that her failure to
:27:40. > :27:44.get him help had contributed to him dying. She denies murdering Liam.
:27:45. > :27:53.Greek officials say they break and body parts have been found in the
:27:54. > :28:00.Mediterranean Sea. I will be back with the late
:28:01. > :28:04.bulletin just after the 10pm News will stop until then, from everyone
:28:05. > :28:06.around the team and the country, have a good evening and goodbye for
:28:07. > :28:08.now.