20/07/2016 Reporting Scotland

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So it's goodbye from me, and on BBC One we now join the BBC's

A man and woman are murdered in a flat in Aberdeen,

a second man, who fell to his death, is thought to be the killer.

It has been playing on my mind. I keep thinking about the image of

them, and I think inking -- keep thinking about the noise when he hit

the ground. as the latest figures show no

growth in the first three The Army begins an investigation

after a Scottish soldier dies during training in the Brecon Beacons.

After the sun, the storms: lightning strikes and torrential rain cause

flash flooding across the country. And hoping to put the embarrassment

of Gibraltar behind them, we look ahead to Celtic's return leg

with Lincoln Red Imps. Police say a man and a woman found

dead in a flat in Aberdeen last A second man who fell to his death

from the 12th floor of the tower The Police Investigations

and Review Commissioner will investigate the circumstances

surrounding his death. Andrew Anderson joins us

from the scene tonight. Last night Aberdeen was basking in

the summer sun, here, people were sitting out, enjoying the weather,

shoulder and were playing on the grass here in the late summer

sunshine, the late evening sunshine, but a short time later, screams and

shouts from these flats, and then, they witnessed a man fall to his

death. I have been hearing from some of those who witnessed the appalling

scenes. It is quite a big shock to see it as

well. VOICEOVER: She watched events unfold, she saw a man fall to his

death, she is still in shock. It has been playing in my head, I keep

hearing what I heard when you hit the ground, the image has been

playing in my head, it plays over and over. It is horrible, it is a

shock. I looked out from the window... The man passed her video

as he fell. -- window. There was gots police cars... They tried to

rescue him, but they could not. -- there was two police cars. Another

neighbour dialled 999 last night when they heard shouting and a woman

crying for help, two were found dead on a flat on the 12th floor, the

second man fell from the balcony as officers investigated. Throughout

the day, frenzied teams have been continuing with the investigation,

searching the surrounding area, checking bins, and work has been

going on out of sight within the flat. Detectives say that the man

and woman found dead were murdered, they are not yet saying how, the

death of the second man thought to be the killer has been reported to

the police watchdog. He fell, or landed, and police were in

attendance around that time at the scene, because of the circumstances,

they have been referred for an independent review of the

circumstances, although I would state at this point that there is no

suggestion of any wrongdoing on the part of the police. The events that

unfolded have left many in Aberdeen's Tillydrone area in a

state of shock. They may be experiencing their own trauma, the

police have given assurances that they will lend support that they

need to. Tonight, flowers are lying in the shadows of these flats, the

events here having cast a shadow of their own.

The police have not yet named those who died here last night but they

have told us that they were all known to one another and that they

are not looking for anyone else in connection with the murders. They

are also keen to stress that the incident was restricted to the flat,

although people in the area may be traumatised and concerned by the

events, they want to tell the community that they should have no

undue concern for their own safety. There was no growth in the Scottish

economy in the first three

months of this year. Latest official figures show output

over the last year lagged well Our business correspondent

David Henderson is in Aberdeen Mixed news, what does it mean? This

is Aberdeen harbour, many of the vessels that supply the North Sea

oil platforms offshore are based. The industry has been hit very hard

by the fall in the price of oil, and the effect is now being felt well

beyond Aberdeen. The end result is that Scotland's economy did not grow

in the first three months of the year. And barely grew in the whole

year. It is not just those that are directly employed by the industry

feeling the effect, I have been to meet one farmer, north of Aberdeen,

who is having to change his expansion plans to cope with the

downturn. My name is David Stephen, I am a

farmer, in Aberdeenshire. Beside old Meldrum. We started with the soft

then strawberries five years later. then strawberries five years later.

-- Rosebery -- Rask Breeze. -- raspberries. We had to do something

to salvage it, and so we decided to make it into a set of apartments,

the walls were falling in, the roof was falling in, we did a lot of

renovations. The initial plan was to capture a Monday to Friday while

workers, people working in the oil industry who did not have

accommodation. In Aberdeen. That market has disappeared completely.

We think now that we will focus more on the tourism side of things. This

is where your venue is going to be, tell us about it. We were at a

wedding four years ago, a similar type building, farm buildings had

been converted. Into wedding venues. We thought it was a fantastic idea

and something we would like to develop here. Arabism is hampered by

the effects of the oil industry. -- our business. We know that there is

the market we can tap into, we think that we can overcome the shortfalls

of the business side of Aberdeen at the moment.

Roaring optimism from David Stephen, joining me now, Mike Colin, from

British oil and gas UK, and Jade Nielsen Adams, from citizens advice

Scotland. Another reminder of what an impact of falling share price is

having, semi-workers right across Scotland feeling the impact. The

having, semi-workers right across Scottish economy has barely grown,

driven by the falling oil price. Yes, that impact has been felt right

down the supply chain, companies across Scotland.

Hoteliers, taxi drivers, not just oil and gas, even golf courses,

everyone feels the downturn. Unite you have been helping oil workers

and others who have lost their jobs, what kind of health have they

needed? Initially people have been coming in needing help with

employment law, facing redundancy, needing to know what the process is.

What responsibility the employers have. Also looking at financial

implication of unemployment, looking to see what benefits they are

entitled to and helping manage the financial impact as far as paying

bills is concerned. People with mortgages and higher

parties -- hire purchase. It must be tough.

You are not expecting to be unemployed, and you make commitments

that suit your job at the time, when that is taken away from you, it can

be very difficult, not luxuries, that people are struggling to meet,

it is just a roof over your head, food on the table. Are people now,

from your experience, turning away from the offshore industry, thinking

about other work, looking for a Plan B, another career, another job?

People seem to have accepted that it is going to

be a long time until they can get employment in

this industry, they are looking to find out about retraining and

developing their skills, and how to set up their own business. We have

seen huge job losses, over the last couple of years, what can we expect

in the coming years, the oil price is below, will things get

worse before they get better? I hope that things will stop getting

worse. We are really working on trying to improve the business, and

improve the outlook. There we must leave it, thank you very much

indeed. Challenging times here in Aberdeen,

and across Scotland, for companies involved in

the offshore sector. Tomorrow I will be taking a

look at how Scottish companies are preparing for another potential

shock, leaving the European Union. A Scottish soldier who died

while training in Brecon in Wales had just finished an eight-mile

fitness test, according A Scottish soldier who died

while training in Brecon in Wales had just finished an eight-mile

fitness test, according Corporal Joshua Hoole

from Ecclefechan near Lockerbie died during pre-course training

for the Platoon Sergeants' Battle A Scottish soldier who died

while training in Brecon in Wales had just finished an eight-mile

fitness test, according Corporal Joshua Hoole

from Ecclefechan near Lockerbie died during pre-course training

for the Platoon Sergeants' Battle Our Wales reporter Caroline Evans

joins us from Brecon. Caroline, how much do we know

about what happened? And villages were called here before

9pm, during the day we have learned that he had been on this eight mile

march, a fitness test, we are told, an annual test, taking place were

soldiers are expected to carry 25 kilograms, around the local

roads clear. Something that the MoD says is not

expected to be taxing. Three years ago three soldiers died of heat

exposure while they were being recruited for SAS, and people are

wondering if lessons have been learned from that situation, the MoD

has responded, in a statement it says that they have a demented

recommendations to make training as safe as possible, but they say that

the circumstances of the death of Corporal Josh Hoole are different.

-- heat exhaustion. Scotland is to introduce a new law

to tackle the causes of child poverty for the first time

in its history, First Minister The bill is expected to follow

the recommendations of the country's poverty tsar and may include

income-based child poverty targets similar to those recently dropped

by the UK Government. Our political correspondent

Lucy Adams reports. VOICEOVER: Hitting the right tone.

Nicola Sturgeon said that it is important that the government's

ambitions to eradicate child poverty are put into statute. That

underlines the seriousness of the ambitions and means we are in a very

formal way held to account on the delivery of those ambitions,

tackling poverty and child poverty in particular, making sure as far as

we can that nobody is held back in life because of the conditions they

are born into and grow up into is one of the most important thing is,

perhaps the most important thing in an overarching sense, that any

government can do. Of the new law will be to ensure better futures for

young people across Scotland. -- the aim of the new law. The announcement

came as the First Minister said that she was reappointing the Independent

poverty adviser. I feel very strongly that we can make it less

awful to live in poverty while at the same time reducing poverty. More

than one in five children in Scotland live in poverty, it means

they cannot obtain the kind of diet or living conditions which are the

norm in 21st-century Scotland. Many of their parents are working. For

some, a little help is made all the difference. I was struggling, to

find what I wanted to do, I tried colleges. I had been auditioned, but

some people were more likely to get colleges. I had been auditioned, but

it than me because they had higher grades but the Princes Trust is

help. Political opponents welcome the focus on poverty, but they say

that the Scottish Government must take more responsibility. What I

would say to Nicola Sturgeon, the government has been in power for

nine years, they have seen what has gone on for nine years, they have

the power coming to them, any welfare reform, they can use that to

eradicate problems, it is not just about blaming Westminster, they must

look at their own backyard. Consultation for the bill will be

published over the summer, the ultimate success will depend upon

people working together. Yesterday was the hottest

day of the year so far. So it might have come as something

of a surprise to step outside your front door this morning,

to be confronted by heavy rain, Almost the whole

country was affected. There was a power cut

in the Aberdeen area, flash flooding in many parts,

and travel disruption. VOICEOVER: It stated late last night

in the West. Lightning, eliminating the sky. Funder, announcing that the

storms had come. By rush-hour, the rain was torrential and visibility

was poor. Drivers on the Edinburgh city bypass could barely see out of

their windscreens. Commuters dodged rain drops. The rain travelled

through the country, tonight it is heading for Shetland and Orkney. On

a satellite map, the yellow and red areas show the heaviest and most

intense rainfall throughout the course of the day. At this church,

they are assessing the damage to the steeple, hit by a ball of lightning.

On Glasgow's outside, this body of water was posing problems for

motorists. It will take me another three or four mile detour to where I

want to go, because I just want to go that side of the bridge. I will

need to go back around. It will not take as in the direction we want to,

probably have two detour, that is part and parcel. Most drivers like

these here are attempting to go through this giant puddle, many more

have taken the safe route and through this giant puddle, many more

have not bothered, like most parts of Scotland today, when the rain

came down, it came down like a tropical storm, stark contrast to

the beautiful day that we had yesterday. Some had trouble getting

through it. Others made a valiant effort. But they ended up unstuck.

Today did not feel much like summer, the good news is, it is going to be

warm and sunny for most of us tomorrow.

Critics say the Scottish Government will have to rethink its ambitious

development of offshore wind farms after a legal ruling

against a group of schemes off the east coast.

A judge said ministers were wrong to give the go-ahead to the four

projects in the firths of Forth and Tay, after a challenge by

And residents that are scuppered plans to build what together would

have been Scotland's largest marina wind farms. Four schemes would have

seen 335 turbines sited off the east coast, producing enough power for

almost 1.5 million homes. But some conservationists argued that the

turbines would be too close to vital colonies of birds like gannets and

patterns. They were predicted to be many thousands of deaths of sea

birds from such iconic sights on the east coast of Scotland as the bass

rock or the Isle of May. And that was unacceptable to our mind, in

doing a huge amount of harm to those sea bird populations. Together these

four projects could have produced up to two thirds of Scotland's entire

electricity demand. And that would be crucial in helping the Scottish

Government to achieve its target of generating all of the country's

electricity from renewables by 2020. So for a country with a quarter of

Europe's Marine wind resource, just how much of a setback is all this?

We have huge potential for offshore wind development and we clearly

wants to get this right. The marine environment is very important to us

as a country and we need to make sure that whatever we do is

consistent with protecting the environment but also ensuring the

exciting opportunities that are available through the development of

wind farms can be taken forward. Other environmentalists are

frustrated that such a key element in our energy future has been taken

below the water. It is vital that we give the industry the confidence to

invest. It is vital that we have processes that are straightforward

and people can understand. I hope this isn't a major blow to those who

are developing offshore wind because it is the future. Other offshore

wind farms are progressing. Multi-million pound contracts have

already been signed for this project of the Caithness coast. But if the

already been signed for this project government is to hit its renewables

target, it will have to navigate the often competing interests of energy

and the environment. Two people have been injured

in what police have described as a "disturbance" in Fort William,

which is understood to have A 49 year-old man has been arrested

in connection with the incident which happened in the Caol area

of the town yesterday evening. A man in his seventies

is in a critical, but stable condition in hospital in Glasgow,

while a woman in her sixties has been released from hospital

after treatment. Police Scotland say their

enquires are ongoing. Pressure's on the new

Celtic manager Jonathan. It certainly is. There is always

pressure on Celtic but crucial that they win tonight.

It might only be his second competitive match in charge

of Celtic, but it's already a big game tonight for Brendan Rodgers

side as they take on Lincoln Red Imps in the second leg

The champions of Gibralter leading from the first leg following a shock

At Celtic Park for us this evening is our senior football reporter,

We are just over a week on from one of the biggest upsets, some say the

biggest upset in European football. Celtic trail Lincoln Red Imps, the

semiprofessional side from Gibraltar, 1-0. 45,000 Celtic fans

are expected here this evening. Lincoln Red Imps regularly attract

crowds of around 50. I am delighted to say I am joined by former Celtic

goalkeeper, Pat Bonner. Celtic cannot win tonight, can two I know

they want to win this particular tie. It is a two legged tie. They

did not do it in the first leg and we were all in shock. I fully

expected them to score two or three times in Gibraltar but it did not

happen. I know the conditions were very poor and the pitch was not

great. The wind was blowing and it was very warm. And it was early in

the season. All of those things went against them but the players should

have adapted. You have been around the team for a long time and

everyone expects Celtic to do this tonight, why? It is the same

everyone expects Celtic to do this players, 11 against 11. But they are

here on their own patch. It is a big pitch, a grass pitch. I am sure it

is in excellent condition. The ball will be moving around so much

quicker, and hopefully they will be passing the ball. And they are

weekend in their training schedule. Simply, defeat for Celtic is

unthinkable tonight. It is. This is why they brought Brendan Rodgers

here, to be in the Champions League. This is the early stages of the

qualifying rounds, and to lose tonight would be incredible. I do

not think it will happen. I think there will be -- I think they will

be going to get extant, which is a bit of a joint. Matt Bonner is

confident this evening. Remember, this is a side of police officers,

taxi drivers, can the Lincoln Red Imps complete the fairy tale this

evening? Most people say no but in this year offered Bolling shocks,

you never know. And we have live coverage

of the match on BBC Radio Scotland. Kick-off is at 7:45

and the Sportsound team To golf and after his exertions

at last week's Open Championship at Royal Troon, Colin Montgomerie

is back in action as he aims to lift the Seniors Open

title at Carnoustie. If variety of legends of the game

are in attendance. For certain competitors

at the event, it's a return mixed memories to say the least,

as Brian Mclauchlin reports. The 18th hole here at Carnoustie,

one of the most famous finishing holes in championship golf. This

week, 28 Major winners will contest for the title of British senior Open

champion. For one player, it is a for the title of British senior Open

return to a course that has memories for him that he will want to forget.

Requiring only six of the last to ensure victory, John Vandevelde puts

his ball into the burn and capitulates. Paul Lawrie eventually

lifted the Claret Jug after a play-off. Golf is a game and when

you say game, you talk about luck. And sometimes you have good fortune

and sometimes you do not. You have to take it all. Happy memories of

the Carnoustie links for Tom Watson, who won his first-ever Major here in

1975. But he has not always been a lover of links golf. The love of the

bounce was disconcerting at the beginning. It took me a while to

finally give up my dislike for it. I embraced it, and I learned to love

the game, the way it is played on these courses. Also competing this

week is a favoured Scott. Already with three senior Majors under his

belt, he is looking for his first in his native country. The next time

that the Major cycle comes round, it will be 2018, and we are playing at

St Andrews, which will be phenomenal. I would like to think I

am so competitive. I am looking at Bernard Langer at 58, still the

favourite. I am 53 so hopefully there will be opportunities again.

Why not take it while it is here? Over ?1.3 million is up for grabs

over the next four days with play getting underway on the Angus links

at seven o'clock tomorrow morning. An early start for Brian MacLachlan.

That is the sport. It will not do him any harm!

Let's return to the subject of the weather now.

A week's a long time in politics, and a day

Yes, it has been a very lively day of weather. As usual, our weather

watchers have sent us some spectacular images. This wonderful

image from Robert, taken during the early hours in Inverness. And this

image taken just today of threatening skies across much of the

country. This evening, and tonight, things beginning to settle down. We

will continue to see thundery downpours across the far north of

the mainland and the Northern Isles. The continued risk of localised

flooding and hazardous driving conditions, and a be aware warning

continuing to be in force in these areas until tomorrow morning.

Elsewhere, it becomes dry and there will be some clear spells around.

Still a fairly muggy nights tonight with temperatures around 10-14dC for

most of us. It will not be as muggy as last night. Into tomorrow, we

will have this ridge of high pressure allowing a much quieter

weather day. Although we will begin to see this weather front moving in

before the day is out. For tomorrow morning, we will lose the rain

fairly quickly across the Northern Isles. A lot of dry and bright

weather to come tomorrow with some spells of sunshine, most notably in

the east and south. Tomorrow afternoon, around four o'clock, here

is a closer look. Largely dry conditions with a scattering of

showers in the east. Some of that could be heavy in nature. You will

be unlucky if you catch it. And we may begin to see showery breaks of

rain making inroads across some parts of the South West tomorrow

afternoon. Continuing with a dry theme across much of the north of

Scotland tomorrow afternoon and any bright or sunny spells will feel

warm with temperatures peaking at around 22. Mostly light winds. Into

the evening, cloud continuing to increase from the West followed by

sharia breaks of rain. That will continue to track across the country

so by Friday morning, it will still affect central and eastern areas for

a time, beginning to clear away by the end of the day. A decent day of

weather highs of 21. That is the forecast.

Police say a man and a woman found dead in a flat in Aberdeen last

The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner

will investigate the circumstances surrounding his death.

And that's all from Reporting Scotland for now.

I'll be back with the headlines at 8 and the late bulletin just

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