:00:00. > :00:00.and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
:00:00. > :00:07.The short and tragic life of Liam Fee.
:00:08. > :00:13.Brutalised and killed by his mother and her partner.
:00:14. > :00:16.Rachel and Nyomi Fee had denied killing Rachel's two-year-old son -
:00:17. > :00:23.We examine the circumstances surrounding this disturbing case
:00:24. > :00:26.and ask if social work failings contributed to the toddler's death.
:00:27. > :00:32.Critics describe a steady decline in pupil attainment in maths
:00:33. > :00:39.The government says improvement is its top priority.
:00:40. > :00:42.British and German naval cadets light a candle for peace
:00:43. > :00:44.as thousands gather in Orkney for the hundredth anniversary
:00:45. > :00:52.And the world famous Turnberry golf course reopens tomorrow
:00:53. > :01:09.after its transformation by Donald Trump.
:01:10. > :01:14.A mother and her partner have been found guilty of murdering her son,
:01:15. > :01:18.Rachel and Nyomi Fee were found guilty of killing the toddler
:01:19. > :01:23.Both women had denied killing Rachel's two-year-old son in a house
:01:24. > :01:27.near Glenrothes in Fife - they'd blamed his death on another child.
:01:28. > :01:30.Our reporter Lisa Summers is at the High Court in Livingston
:01:31. > :01:45.This has been a harrowing and highly emotional and distressing case. Much
:01:46. > :01:49.of the evidence over the past seven weeks has been too graphic to
:01:50. > :01:54.report. Some of the tales of cruelty, the psychological and
:01:55. > :01:57.physical abuse at Rachel and Nyomi Fee inflicted on two young boys. And
:01:58. > :02:01.the assault and escalating violence and cruelty against Liam Fee. The
:02:02. > :02:07.jury at the High Court in Livingston have been deliberating now for three
:02:08. > :02:11.days, over ten hours, finally became back with a verdict of guilty
:02:12. > :02:16.against Rachel and Nyomi Fee on all charges against them.
:02:17. > :02:18.Even as the verdict was read out in court ritualised Nyomi Fee remained
:02:19. > :02:22.impassive, looking straight in front of them. Guilty of a catalogue of
:02:23. > :02:27.horrendous abuse against two young boys and the murder of a defenceless
:02:28. > :02:31.and vulnerable young child. It was an escalating pattern violence
:02:32. > :02:35.against Liam that left him with a broken leg, fractured arm and
:02:36. > :02:40.ultimately a blow to his small body so severe that it ruptured his
:02:41. > :02:44.heart. Liam 's father Joe left the court shortly after the verdict, he
:02:45. > :02:48.had broken down in the public gallery with his head in his hands
:02:49. > :02:51.as he sobbed. Some of those who had been friends with Rachel and Nyomi
:02:52. > :03:00.Fee sat through the later stages of the trial. As far as our friendship
:03:01. > :03:03.is concerned it is finished. I cannot even call them parents. The
:03:04. > :03:06.jury had to endure some truly terrible evidence, perhaps the
:03:07. > :03:11.worst crime scene video from the night that Liam died. The camera
:03:12. > :03:16.tracks around the house and into the bedroom and the jury can see the boy
:03:17. > :03:23.lying lifeless and pale on the floor, dressed in his pyjamas. His
:03:24. > :03:24.left leg bent upwards at an awkward angle. It was so distressing
:03:25. > :03:27.jury members in tears and they asked the
:03:28. > :03:36.excused by the judge Lord Burns from jury service for ten years. Rachel
:03:37. > :03:41.and Nyomi Fee spent most of the long-running trial arriving together
:03:42. > :03:45.at court on bail. Tonight apart and in custody they face life in prison
:03:46. > :03:50.when the judge sentences are them on the 6th of July. We know social
:03:51. > :03:52.services were alerted to Liam Fee on several occasions. But they failed
:03:53. > :03:57.to take action. Tonight the child protection
:03:58. > :04:04.committee and five says they will carry out in -- a review into what
:04:05. > :04:07.went wrong. In the meantime I'm told the two boys who were also abuse are
:04:08. > :04:10.being properly looked after and given help to deal with everything
:04:11. > :04:15.they have been through. My colleague has the background to the case. The
:04:16. > :04:17.death of Liam Fee is one of the worst child abuse cases in Scotland.
:04:18. > :04:20.For most of his short life the toddler suffered at the hands of his
:04:21. > :04:27.mother and her partner. Rachel and my me see also inflicted
:04:28. > :04:33.catalogue of abuse on to other young boys. One-time friends have been
:04:34. > :04:35.left in disbelief. You think you know someone it just goes to
:04:36. > :04:41.prove you know the one. I did not think in a million years she was
:04:42. > :04:48.capable of any of that. Especially towards a baby.
:04:49. > :04:55.Rachel and Nyomi Fee moved from the North of England to this house in
:04:56. > :04:59.Scotland early in 2012. Within these walls, they repeatedly assaulted
:05:00. > :05:04.Liam. He died in this bedroom. Doctors found that he had suffered a
:05:05. > :05:11.ruptured heart from a blow or blows to his body. The also discovered
:05:12. > :05:20.double fractures of his leg and his arm and in total they counted more
:05:21. > :05:23.than 30 injuries. Sean once regarded Nyomi Fee as his best friend. She
:05:24. > :05:27.and Rachel stayed with him a few days after the death of Liam Fee and
:05:28. > :05:31.his account is chilling. There was no emotion in them, they were not
:05:32. > :05:37.bothered. They were sort of laughing and joking that they were going to
:05:38. > :05:42.get sent to jail for neglect. Because they knew they were getting
:05:43. > :05:47.done for neglect anyway, as they were saying. But laughing and joking
:05:48. > :05:51.do you think that we will be in the same prison cell. Back in Scotland
:05:52. > :05:53.police investigation was under way, and within one bed a
:05:54. > :06:00.number of objects were hidden which add to the suspicions of the
:06:01. > :06:05.officer. Cable ties, rugs and a chain. Five months after his death,
:06:06. > :06:09.police charged by me and Rachel Fee with the murder of Liam. They also
:06:10. > :06:14.have been accused of a catalogue of abuse against two other boys. It was
:06:15. > :06:15.a complex enquiry according to senior officers.
:06:16. > :06:22.The level of abuse and neglect that took place over a prolonged period
:06:23. > :06:25.of time, we want all the details on that, we did not want to miss some
:06:26. > :06:30.of the additional charges that could be brought against Rachel and Nyomi.
:06:31. > :06:35.The trial gets under way two years after the death of Liam. The trial
:06:36. > :06:36.took place here in court to that Livingston.
:06:37. > :06:40.Over the course of several days the jury watched video taped interviews
:06:41. > :06:45.with two young boys. They had been in the house the night
:06:46. > :06:49.Liam died. One of the boys was the child that had been blamed for the
:06:50. > :06:58.social worker repeatedly reassured him he was not in any trouble as
:06:59. > :07:02.they tried to untangle his story. What also became clear was the
:07:03. > :07:07.terrible abuse but the boys had suffered. They spoke of being
:07:08. > :07:11.beaten, locked in a cage built from a fireguard, tied up some nights.
:07:12. > :07:19.Forced to take cold showers and other abuses to appalling to detail.
:07:20. > :07:22.The jury in this trial listen to some of the most harrowing evidence
:07:23. > :07:27.ever to come before a Scottish court. Rachel and Nyomi Fee, their
:07:28. > :07:29.sustained abuse towards Liam and the how these women could have been so
:07:30. > :07:40.cruel. Concerns about Liam were raised
:07:41. > :07:43.with the authorities three times and two multi-agency meetings
:07:44. > :07:45.were held about the toddler. Yet he he remained in the care
:07:46. > :07:48.of the women who would kill him. Could the authorities have
:07:49. > :07:50.done more to save Liam? Our social affairs correspondent
:07:51. > :08:01.Reevel Alderson reports. Concerns were raised about Liam Fee,
:08:02. > :08:05.the little boy just two years old, on a number of occasions. His
:08:06. > :08:09.nursery alerted social workers. Worried by a change in the boy star
:08:10. > :08:11.found he had a number of injuries and he was losing weight.
:08:12. > :08:16.Liam's childminder also major concerns known a few months earlier.
:08:17. > :08:26.Patricia childminder phoned the police after
:08:27. > :08:30.meeting the couple in the street. Liam was in his buggy and she said
:08:31. > :08:33.she did not know if he was drugged or dead. A social worker admitted to
:08:34. > :08:34.court that at one stage Liam fell off the radar.
:08:35. > :08:43.and his case was not reviewed until further concerns were raised. The
:08:44. > :08:46.circumstances of supporting families in situations like this can be
:08:47. > :08:48.complex and there were a range of agencies
:08:49. > :08:53.involved in supporting Liam and his family. The details of that will be
:08:54. > :08:56.looked at through the significant case with you. You cannot call it
:08:57. > :09:00.anything other than a failure. I think it is
:09:01. > :09:05.important that we allow the significant case review to consider
:09:06. > :09:07.the circumstances of what happened in some detail. The Scottish
:09:08. > :09:08.Association of social workers says that bureaucracy and resources are
:09:09. > :09:18.problems, front line workers spend more time writing reports than in
:09:19. > :09:22.engaging with children and families and the work can be relentless and
:09:23. > :09:25.traumatic. There's only so much that you can take and part of the
:09:26. > :09:30.concerns we have currently in the UK, we are talking about eight years
:09:31. > :09:35.maximum in terms of the life span of a child detection social worker. And
:09:36. > :09:39.many people leave the profession because they feel they cannot cope
:09:40. > :09:42.any more. It is relentless. Whatever the problems, again we are
:09:43. > :09:44.any more. It is relentless. Whatever asking what more can be done to
:09:45. > :09:49.protect our children. Schoolchildren are doing less well
:09:50. > :09:52.in maths and arithmetic. Official figures suggest
:09:53. > :09:54.the performance of primary school children in particular has slipped
:09:55. > :09:58.over the past five years. The Scottish government says
:09:59. > :10:01.performance is now stabilising but accepts there's much still to do
:10:02. > :10:04.- critics are branding Our Education Correspondent Jamie
:10:05. > :10:25.McIvor reports. both do well in maths, it is one of
:10:26. > :10:31.their best subjects. We are doing division and timetables. I love
:10:32. > :10:35.division, it is good. This primary for class seemed to really enjoy
:10:36. > :10:38.maths but across Scotland things are more of a problem. Across the
:10:39. > :10:44.country a sample of 10,000 children were assessed. Since 2011 the
:10:45. > :10:48.proportion of primary for pupils doing well or very well in
:10:49. > :10:51.mathematics has fallen significantly. While in primary
:10:52. > :10:57.seven the drop has been almost as bad. The figures have been
:10:58. > :10:58.stabilising though and secondary school performance is more constant.
:10:59. > :11:02.But this is still a huge challenge for a government which says that
:11:03. > :11:04.raising attainment is a top priority. We put in place
:11:05. > :11:11.measures such as the attainment challenge, the National improvement
:11:12. > :11:16.framework, all designed to support the achievement of higher levels of
:11:17. > :11:20.numeracy within schools. Of course it is too early for those measures
:11:21. > :11:25.to have had an effect and the numbers we have in front of us, we
:11:26. > :11:27.want to make sure we will see a difference in the years to come.
:11:28. > :11:32.Critics say the government has taken its eye off the ball. The most
:11:33. > :11:36.damning statistic I just two of three timer for pupils are confident
:11:37. > :11:40.when it comes to numeracy and that goes right down and secondary
:11:41. > :11:45.school. Promised action include schemes to drive up the performance
:11:46. > :11:50.of schools covering disadvantaged areas. And specialist teachers
:11:51. > :11:55.giving extra help and support in mathematics. Nationally at best the
:11:56. > :11:59.figures today our disappointment and at worst they suggest failure.
:12:00. > :12:01.Driving up attainment is easier said than done.
:12:02. > :12:04.The First Minister has recommended that James Wolffe QC should be
:12:05. > :12:06.appointed as Scotland's new Lord Advocate.
:12:07. > :12:08.Nicola Sturgeon says Mr Wolffe has an "outstanding
:12:09. > :12:12.He'll replace Frank Mulholland, who's stepping down.
:12:13. > :12:20.Alison Di Rollo will become the new Solicitor General.
:12:21. > :12:23.A memorial service has taken place to mark the centenary
:12:24. > :12:25.of the Battle of Jutland, the largest naval battle
:12:26. > :12:29.Crowds lined the streets around St Magnus Cathedral on Orkney.
:12:30. > :12:33.Further ceremonies took place at the cemetery at Lyness on Hoy
:12:34. > :12:36.and in the area of sea off Denmark where the battle took place.
:12:37. > :12:46.Cameron Buttle is at Lyness Cemetery for us this evening.
:12:47. > :12:54.The cemetery looks out over Scapa Flow and that was where the Royal
:12:55. > :12:58.Navy anchored the grand Fleet. There were ships as far as the eye could
:12:59. > :13:04.see. They sailed from here to intercept the German Navy and the
:13:05. > :13:05.massive fleets of up to 250 ships eventually clashed off the coast of
:13:06. > :13:23.Denmark at Dublin. Shoulder to shoulder, the UK and
:13:24. > :13:27.Germany united in commemoration remembering the thousands who died
:13:28. > :13:33.at sea fighting a war that was meant to end all wars. Today they talked
:13:34. > :13:41.of peace and reconciliation. Dear friends, let us practice loving each
:13:42. > :13:47.other. Love comes from God. Set me as a seal upon your heart. As a seal
:13:48. > :13:55.upon your arm. For love is strong as death. Jealousy is cruel as the
:13:56. > :13:56.grave. Outside hundreds lined the streets, local people mixed with
:13:57. > :13:59.grave. Outside hundreds lined the descendants of those who died.
:14:00. > :14:04.People had travelled from all over the world to be here today to
:14:05. > :14:09.remember. The dignitaries then sailed across the sea where the
:14:10. > :14:13.grand Fleet was stationed before the Battle of Jutland 100 years ago
:14:14. > :14:18.today. Eight Belles signalled the end of a watch and today it
:14:19. > :14:23.symbolised the loss of the sailor. We pray the courage and values we
:14:24. > :14:27.commemorate in our forebears will continue to guide the men and the
:14:28. > :14:33.women of our naval services today. We acknowledge the pain and loss
:14:34. > :14:41.experienced so many in the aftermath of the battle. And pray for all
:14:42. > :14:47.those who continue to suffer as the result of war. Miles from Orkney
:14:48. > :14:52.across the North Sea poppies were scattered for the deck of a warship.
:14:53. > :14:55.Over the sunken wrecks of the great battleships, over the final resting
:14:56. > :14:57.place of thousands of sailors who died in one of the biggest naval
:14:58. > :15:05.battles that the world has ever seen. There are very few graves here
:15:06. > :15:11.from Jutland because most men were lost at sea. This is a maritime
:15:12. > :15:16.community and as we now hear there is a strong sense that the battle of
:15:17. > :15:22.Jutland had to be commemorated and remembered.
:15:23. > :15:27.The sheltered waters of Scapa Flow and over 120 square miles, one of
:15:28. > :15:31.the great naval anchorages. From the start of the First World War this
:15:32. > :15:40.was the base for the British fleet. And not just shelter, it was also
:15:41. > :15:45.strategic advantage. Scapa Flow was the stopper in the North Sea bubble
:15:46. > :15:50.because it was an area in the north that had easy access down into the
:15:51. > :15:56.North Sea, close to where the German bases were. So it was to act as a
:15:57. > :16:00.North Sea, close to where the German deterrent from the German high Seas
:16:01. > :16:03.Fleet. But that deterrent was put to the test at the end of May of 1916.
:16:04. > :16:10.My impression at the time was the centre occurred which blew
:16:11. > :16:16.up and detonated every other explosives on the ship. This man is
:16:17. > :16:23.reading from the journal of his father, a navigating officer who
:16:24. > :16:27.recorded in detail the sinking of HMS Queen Mary with the loss of over
:16:28. > :16:30.1200 crew. Joe and his daughter Elisabeth are among three
:16:31. > :16:35.generations of the family who travel to Orkney for the events today. You
:16:36. > :16:40.have that personal connection and it is very relevant to me and what we
:16:41. > :16:44.want to do now. And probably hopefully avoid any further
:16:45. > :16:51.conflict. You see the devastating impact it had on people's lives.
:16:52. > :17:00.Perhaps the irony of Scapa Flow, these days the remains of the German
:17:01. > :17:04.high Seas Fleet is the attraction people come to explore. Some of the
:17:05. > :17:07.vessels thought it was a nail with the British at the Battle of
:17:08. > :17:11.Jutland. Now they live permanently stationed on the sea bed of Scapa
:17:12. > :17:21.Flow. A ghostly reminder of a centuries-old conflict.
:17:22. > :17:23.The Battle of Jutland remains controversial and afterwards both
:17:24. > :17:28.sides claim the victory. But the British they lost warships and
:17:29. > :17:32.significantly more men. For the German Navy it effectively was
:17:33. > :17:36.pending for the rest of the war but today all that was forgotten. What
:17:37. > :17:40.was remembered was simply a huge loss of life.
:17:41. > :17:43.Let's get the sports news now from Rhona.
:17:44. > :17:49.Within the last hour it has emerged that the Hibs Manager Alan Stubbs
:17:50. > :17:54.Let's go to the newsroom for the latest with our reporter
:17:55. > :18:05.He has decided that his future lies in the English Championship rather
:18:06. > :18:09.than the Scottish Championship. Yesterday Rotherham United were
:18:10. > :18:13.given permission to speak to Hibs manager. He agreed earn personal
:18:14. > :18:17.terms to join Rotherham as their new boss. Compensation between the two
:18:18. > :18:23.clubs has to be agreed for the deal to be concluded. It now means that
:18:24. > :18:28.Stubbs last act as a Hibs manager was to lead them to Scottish Cup
:18:29. > :18:36.success, their first in 114 years. He will go down in folk lore thereby
:18:37. > :18:40.disappointment that he couldn't guide them to promotion to the
:18:41. > :18:45.Premiership before leaving. He failed to return them to the
:18:46. > :18:53.top-flight. That task will now fall to the next Hibs manager. He are
:18:54. > :18:55.will replace Neil Warnock having kept the South Yorkshire side in the
:18:56. > :18:58.second tier of English football. Thank you very much to John Barnes
:18:59. > :19:03.there. The challenge of playing France
:19:04. > :19:05.should produce a better Scotland performance than Sunday's
:19:06. > :19:07.defeat against Italy. That's according to assistant
:19:08. > :19:08.manager, Mark McGhee. The Scotland squad
:19:09. > :19:10.are still in Malta, And, as Alasdair Lamont reports,
:19:11. > :19:27.the prospect of playing the Euro This is the base for Scotland squad.
:19:28. > :19:31.On the evidence of Sunday's performance, much like the old city
:19:32. > :19:36.walls, they are in need of fortification. The tranquillity in
:19:37. > :19:39.the capital of this Mediterranean island should offer the players
:19:40. > :19:42.opportunity for repose and reflection on where things went
:19:43. > :19:45.wrong on Sunday and perhaps a chance to look at what they might do better
:19:46. > :19:49.when it comes to playing France on to look at what they might do better
:19:50. > :19:53.Saturday. Despite that acknowledgment that will represent a
:19:54. > :19:59.step up in terms of the of the challenge it offers, one young
:20:00. > :20:03.Scotland player insists he won't be overrawed by the occasion. Name and
:20:04. > :20:08.players don't phase me at all. I'm not like that. I'm not very
:20:09. > :20:12.starstruck. There is world-class quality there. You can't think about
:20:13. > :20:16.that. You have to go and play your game, know what you are good at,
:20:17. > :20:19.play as a team and you can beat anyone. Bold words in the face of
:20:20. > :20:25.some of world's football biggest stars. The meeting with Scotland is
:20:26. > :20:35.the final warm-up before they host the EUros. They might not let the
:20:36. > :20:38.Scots off as they did Italy. Given their home advantage I think it will
:20:39. > :20:42.be a much more difficult game. However, I think there will be a big
:20:43. > :20:46.crowd. It will be a better pitch. All those things will help us as
:20:47. > :20:51.well. Charlie and his team-mates have a point to prove once they
:20:52. > :20:53.leave the Med. They will be back for their first World Cup qualifier
:20:54. > :21:01.against Malta in September. He's transformed American politics
:21:02. > :21:03.in the last few months. Donald Trump has also transformed
:21:04. > :21:05.one of Scotland's most Work on the redevelopment
:21:06. > :21:08.of Turnberry started last September, Its designer hopes the Open
:21:09. > :21:12.Championship will return, despite recent controversy
:21:13. > :21:24.caused by Trump. Turnberry last hosted the Open
:21:25. > :21:29.Championship in 2009. It has changed hands since then. The new owner is
:21:30. > :21:33.one of the most famous and controversial figures on the world's
:21:34. > :21:37.one of the most famous and stage. Donald J Trump is calling for
:21:38. > :21:41.a total and complete shut down of Muslims entering the United States.
:21:42. > :21:45.Comments like that during the campaign for the Republican
:21:46. > :21:51.presidential nomination caused a torn am America to be switched from
:21:52. > :21:55.a trump-owned course. All the while the redevelopment of Turnberry
:21:56. > :21:59.continued a pace. With changes to all 18 holes. Our job has been to
:22:00. > :22:05.make this golf course as good as it can be, to make it fit for any
:22:06. > :22:14.event, but also fit for general play. I think they will be
:22:15. > :22:19.impressed. It seems the organisers of the Open aren't minded to drop it
:22:20. > :22:26.from the rota. We have announced the Open champ yopship up to 2019. I
:22:27. > :22:31.think we've been fairly clear in 2020-2021 it will be in England
:22:32. > :22:36.around St Andrews in that period. No talk of Turnberry being off the
:22:37. > :22:37.rota. The Championship Committee will make that decision in due
:22:38. > :22:42.course. It's not off the rota. will make that decision in due
:22:43. > :22:45.the time they are eligible to open the Championship again the
:22:46. > :22:49.controversy over its owner may have died down. He may even be midway
:22:50. > :22:53.through his second term as US President. Absolutely gorgious day
:22:54. > :22:58.at Turnberry today. Let's see what the weather's
:22:59. > :23:06.up to, with Kirsteen. Will it continue? Yes. It's been a
:23:07. > :23:11.beautiful day with clear blue skies for many of us. Glasgow had a high
:23:12. > :23:15.of 24 Celsius. The warmest day of the year so far in the city. It
:23:16. > :23:22.hasn't been sunny and warm everywhere. Again today some eastern
:23:23. > :23:25.and northern areas have been plagued by chilly, cloudy, misty, murky
:23:26. > :23:29.conditions. Indeed, these conditions will continue for some parts of the
:23:30. > :23:32.north and east over the coming days. This evening though plenty of
:23:33. > :23:36.sunshine around. As we go through tonight I think in the north and
:23:37. > :23:41.east cloud will tend to thicken and move that bit further inland. We
:23:42. > :23:45.could well have some drizzle for eastern coastal areas and there will
:23:46. > :23:49.be misty, murky conditions around once again here, too. Certainly, not
:23:50. > :23:52.a cold night. Into tomorrow then, we start the day with a fair amount of
:23:53. > :23:57.cloud in the north and east especially. As we go through the day
:23:58. > :24:01.that should tend to burn back to the coasts and again, for most of us,
:24:02. > :24:06.there will be plenty of warm sunshine around. Taking a closer
:24:07. > :24:28.look tomorrow afternoon, disappointing chilly and cool
:24:29. > :24:33.through parts of borders. We will hold on to cloudy skies. It will be
:24:34. > :24:37.chilly with brisk north to north-easterly winds. Little in
:24:38. > :24:40.terms of change as we head into the evening with plenty of sunshine on
:24:41. > :24:46.offer. As we head into Thursday we have this area of high pressure very
:24:47. > :24:51.much staying with us maintaining settled and mostly dry conditions.
:24:52. > :24:54.After a fairly cloudy start across much of the north and east it will
:24:55. > :24:59.burn back towards the coasts. Plenty of sunshine, the best in the west.
:25:00. > :25:02.Highs of 19-20 Celsius. We do it all again into Friday. That's the
:25:03. > :25:06.forecast. Jackie. Thank you very much.
:25:07. > :25:12.Now, a reminder of tonight's main news.
:25:13. > :25:21.A mother and her partner have been found guilty of mvurdering her son,
:25:22. > :25:29.Liam Fee. Rachel and Nyomi Fee were found guilty of killing the toddler
:25:30. > :25:30.in March 2014. Both women had denied