29/09/2016 Reporting Scotland

That's all from the BBC News at Six, so you it's goodbye from me,

Money given to councils to pay for free childcare has not been

spent on funding the programme, according to a Government report.

The trial of Ronnie Coulter - accused of the murder of waiter

Surjit Singh Chhokar - draws to a close.

Home at last - a sea cadet who was stranded on a boast

off Singapore for a month returns home to the Highlands.

Any romantic vision of going to sea has been well and truly done away

with. But as for putting me off, no I'm determined to complete my

Also on the programme: training.

The mystery of 1945 plans for another rail bridge

And, a six-goal thriller, as Celtic draw with English league

leaders Manchester City in the Champions League.

More than ?100 million given to councils to pay for free

childcare has not been spent on funding the programme.

That's according to a new Government report.

But the local authority umbrella body, Cosla, says the report

is a "crude assessment that doesn't reflect the reality".

Our political correspondent Lucy Adams reports.

Increasing free child care is one of SNP's most high profile promises.

The policy should offer all three and four-year-old ands vulnerable

two-year-olds #6 00 three hours a year. But the first analysis of its

kind shows while the Scottish Government has given local

authorities ?329 million to spend on the policy, just ?189 million has

been spent on child care. So what has happened to the remaining money

and what impact has it had on families. You might have a place

between 9 o'clock and 12. You can't pay to have your child before or

after. For most working parents that is unusable. So it is frustrating to

hear there is funds available that haven't been spent and if we spent

those could we have made the system more accessible? The BBC has learned

that ministers will publish a child care blue print to propose new

models, including child accounts, under which funding follows the

child and not the institutions. They will use this report to help cost

the models. It has shown we have fully funded councils to deliver the

expansion and now it is for councils themselves to account for what they

have done in relation to additional spending. But it makes it clear

where additional spending was requested, we have provided that.

where additional spending was But COSLA said it is a crude

assessment which shouldn't detract from the success of them providing

600 free hours to children and said that the government's own report

said the gap will be an overestimate. The Scottish

Government has promised to almost double free child care hours. The

same amount of child children spend in school is expected to cost half a

billion pounds. The hope is by then all the authorities will have got

their sums right. Closing speeches have begun

in the trial of a man accused of the 1998 murder of Indian

restaurant worker Surjit Singh The prosecution has asked the jury

to convict Ronnie Coulter, Ronny Coulter, the man accused of

murdering Surjit Singh Chhokar arrives at court in Glasgow. The

prosecution said Surjit Singh Chhokar's death was a tragic tale

which happened after the theft of a giro cheque. The prosecution said in

1998 Surjit Singh Chhokar was on his way home from work, looking forward

to pleasant evening and he was confronted in the dark by three men,

he was attacked, stabbed, killed, murdered and left in the street. He

said the person responsible for that is Ronny Coulter. I ask you to

convict him of murder. The jury heard Mr Coulter was tried and

acquitted of murder in 1999. Mr Prentice said the outcome of that

trial in relation to this case was irrelevant. The defend QC started

his closing speech and said it was Mr Coulter position that he did not

stab Surjit Singh Chhokar and he told the jury that the trial had

heard from atrocious witnesses who told lies. And And he said race had

no place in the case. 48-year-old Mr Coulter denies murdering Surjit

Singh Chhokar and the trial continues.

The Scottish Government has apologised after it emerged that

payments to farmers have been hit by another error.

The snag relates to loan payments - which were only introduced

because IT problems undermined the main funding system.

Farmers leaders said it was deeply disappointing.

Our political editor Brian Taylor is at Holyrood tonight.

An embarrassing development in this long running saga Brian?

Embarrassing is right. Opposition leaders are furious and demanding a

full Parliamentary statement by ministers at the earliest possible

opportunities. But this is about the farmers. Bearing in mind what

happened, they were due payments and they had to be processed by the

Scottish Government and there were endless problems with the IT system,

the money wasn't getting through. In comes a new minister who says we

will sort this out and in the meantime bring in a loan system to

provide support to farmers and guess what, the loan system has gone wrong

and there have been miscalculations in railroad to payments due -- in

regard to payments due to be paid and hundreds are said to be

affected. This fall s into the department of you couldn't make it

up. The NFU said there have been move o's to ensure the payments.

Farmers will watch out and I have got to say I think given earlier

vents they will be sceptical. Oil prices rose across the world

today after plans for a cut in production was outlined

by the organisation of oil Our business and economy editor

Douglas Fraser is here now. What's going on internationally

to explain this Douglas? This is big international politics

behind this, OPEC can turn the taps on and off and if it reduces supply,

the price can give up. But it has been unwilling to give up the market

to the American drillers who have been using shale fracking. Some OPEC

members are desperate for a deal. Saudi Arabia has blocked that and

has not wanted to see a deal that gives up ground to Iran or the

Americans. Last night we got a statement from OPEC's president that

it intends to get to a deal that would cutback a bit on production,

the first such deal we have seen for eight years. So that sent prices up.

More caution today. There is more talking to do. And should they hope

get to a deal then. Yes and what does this mean for the industry

here? It has suffered because of the drop in the price of oil, as it has

around the world. The price comes down from $115 two years ago, to

below 50 now. That explains why we have seen a collapse to investment

in the North Sea and job losses. A higher price would be welcomed by

the industry. As long as it is sustained and comes with confidence

that it will be sustained. This is not a game-changer. Not yet any way.

It firms up prices to roughly the average price since May and remember

while the offshore industry would welcome a rise, most of us are

consumers of oil for transport and fuel. So drivers and hauliers won't

consumers of oil for transport and thank you for a rise in the price.

Even if it would help a large, important, but troubled parts of

Scottish economy. An SNP MP has been detained

and questioned by police in relation Chris Law won the Dundee West seat

for the Nationalists Police Scotland say

they detained a 46-year-old man, who was released pending

further enquiry. A source close to the MP says Mr Law

has agreed to provide the police with further information

and is confident the matter A search has been launched

for an RAF serviceman from Dunfermline who has been

missing since the early hours Corrie McKeague, who is based at RAF

Honington in Suffolk, was last seen in the town of Bury St

Edmunds following a night out. CCTV footage suggests

the 23-year-old briefly slept in a doorway in the early hours

of Saturday morning. He then got up and moved on,

possibly intending to walk A merchant navy cadet

who was stranded for weeks on a container ship in the waters

off Singapore has vowed to return to sea to complete

his officer training. Ruaridh Hanna and three fellow

students arrived back in Scotland today having been stuck

on the vessel whose His family was there to meet him

in an emotional homecoming. A warning that Craig Anderson's

reports contain's flashing images. He needed a hair cut. Well, you

can't please everyone. Back on home soil after a few weeks, Ruaridh

Hanna is greeted by family and friends. He said it was the

uncertainty of their situation rather than conditions that caused

them most concern. But he was taken aback by the welcome at Inverness

airport. I have to say I'm blown away by it. I can't believe so many

people took on board our story and felt a connection to it. It is quite

flattering and also a bit am bar razzing. He has another few months

training to go qualify as a deck I is iffer. -- officer. It made me

take a hard look at the industry and any romantic vision of going to sea

has been done away with. But as for putting me off, no I'm still

determined to complete my training and to become an officer. His mum,

who first highlighted the plight of cadets salutes his determine nation.

That is his choice and I would hope he would complete his training,

because otherwise it would have been you would say a waste of time.

Putting up with what he has put up with and coming through it. So I'm

proud that he has wanted to go back. You're watching BBC

Reporting Scotland. Money given to councils to pay

for free childcare has not been spent on funding the programme,

according to a Government report. And still to come -

the long and winding road in the life and career of football's

Steve Paterson. The public's being urged to help

solve the mystery of plans for a second rail

bridge over the Forth. The drawings date back to 1945

but were only discovered recently. Historians are investigating a few

theories about why the plans were These are two drawings we found...

Plans from 1945 were found in a box under a December income Glasgow. --

under a December income Glasgow. We don't know what the plan is... They

want to know why the designs were made and then dropped. We have a lot

of drawings, but concentrating on the original construction of the

bridge we see today. So this is a real mystery and why they were

created, we just don't know. The second rail bridge would have been

built down stream of the existing bridge and close by. There are some

theories as to why. That is the time the V bomb were landing in London.

My theory is they were thinking of more rail travel. The existing

bridge was being heavily used and they were thinking ahead. Network

trail stress the original bridge remains in good health and there has

not been a need to put the plans for a bridge coming over here into

action. But it is keen to find out more about these alternative

designs. What do people make of the plans? It looks ugly from what I

have seen. I think it would be detrimental. It would be a great

idea. Because the forth estuary does split shadow and they need a lot of

joining. From all those years ago, 71 years ago. They knew what they

were doing. Sometimes more then than they do now. Historians are asking

for public help to solve the mystery of the plans.

Work has started to move the oil rig which ran aground

on the Western Isles on to a massive vessel for transport to Turkey

The Transocean Winner became stranded last month

but was refloated and is now in Broad Bay on the Isle of Lewis.

Today it started having its eight anchors raised in preparation.

It will take about 24 hours to get it on board the transport ship

and an exclusion zone will be put in place

The decision earlier on just after 8am, I gave approval for the

operation to start. It is looking favourable over the next few days.

This might be the best opportunity we are going to have for a while.

I'm hopeful, I think this is the best it has been for a long time.

There were some small windows last week, but not sufficient time to do

the entire operation. So this is certainly the fact that we are

having two and a half days that are favourable should give us enough

time to do it. Other stories from around the

country now: A GP from Aberdeenshire who punched

a patient he was treating has Martin Thom was called to deal

with an intoxicated man who'd collapsed in the street

in Fraserburgh in May last year, because the town's

ambulance was not available. A tribunal heard that the assault

was out of character. Dr Thom was said to be "under

significant pressure He was suspended from practice

for two months. Western Isles Councillors have

expressed concern that the islands will suffer due to uncertainty

surrounding European Union's leader development scheme,

through which millions of pound The UK Government has pledged

to continue some European subsidy funds up to 2020 following Brexit,

but the leader scheme is not Now we are not sure, we have to

advise, we have to consult. There is sun certainty. We are seeking

clarification from the Scottish Government and obviously they're

seeking clarification from the Government in Westminster. So, at

the moment, there is more uncertainty on the previous level of

uncertainty with the Brexit vote. The EU paid nearly ?3 million

pounds in farm grants to an Aberdeenshire farmer last

year, according to BBC research. Frank Smart, who farms

near Banchory, tops the UK list of those who got the most from the

Common Agricultural Policy in 2015. Concern's been expressed at ongoing

recruitment difficulties facing the Fire and Rescue Service

in parts of Sutherland. The village of Lochinver

and surrounding area's been without any volunteer fire fighters

for more than a year The fire station at Bettyhill

is also struggling to recruit. Leaders of the main political

parties got together to show their commitment

to tackling climate change. The event coincided a gathering

organised by the Stop Climate Chaos Scotland coalition,

which brought nearly 100 people to Holyrood to meet their MSPs

and call for action to protect Councillors in the Borders have

delayed a final decision on a possible site to house

the Great Tapestry of Two possible locations,

at Tweedbank and in Galashiels town A report to today's meeting

of Scottish Borders Council had recommended that Galashiels should

be the preferred option, But councillors decided they needed

further information on funding Less than 24 hours after drawing

with Manchester City in the Champions League,

Brendan Rodgers says his Celtic side may well have English

clubs running scared. The former Liverpool boss

was responding to a question about how his side would fare

if they ever made the switch Here's our Senior Football reporter

Chris McLaughlin. For the fist time in three years,

Celtic fans raised the roof in Glasgow, Champions' League-style.

Believe it or not, it would get even louder. And here's why. Three

minutes in, Mousa Dembele. 1-0. It was a Glasgow Celtic night.

Attacking football. And a noise in the stadium which was remarkable.

But City's multi-million pound stars were likely to shine always. Delight

on the face of Fernandinho. But instead of the tide turning, Celtic

struck ones more. Teenager, Kieran terny with the shot. Oh how they

celebrated, geb. But step forward, Sterling. Another leveller just

before the break. After it, Dembele combined acrobatics and accuracy to

give the home side a tleed number three. Hands up who enjoyed that

one. The equaliser was less enjoyable but

it failed it take the shine off the achievement and here is one of the

reasons Y prize money forked winning the top league in Scotland less than

?3 million. In England, just short of ?160 million If Celtic were in

England, Celtic are one of the four-six clubs there. So, can you

imagine then the resources, playing at that level, what that would

produce T would be a frightening prospect, and an exciting prospect,

if it ever happened but I think for others, looking through, I think it

would be very, very difficult to accept.

In a night that rocked and rolled, Champions' League football was back

in Glasgow and back with a bang. European football's governing body,

UEFA, has fined Celtic 10,000 Palestine flags were flown

in the crowd at a Champions League qualifier against Israeli team

Hapoel Beer-Sheva. The UEFA rule forbids the display

of anything that is of a political, ideological, religious,

offensive or provocative nature. Exactly 40 years ago a talented

18-year old footballer from Moray made his debut

for Manchester United. Later, as a manager,

Steve Paterson led Inverness Celtic when 'Super Caley went

ballistic' before he went But along the way, he lost

more than ?1 million on gambling and had a drink

problem that saw his life, and career in football,

spiral out of control. Now he's emerged to become a social

worker and manager of From signing to Manchester United as

a youngster, to managing Inverness to this famous win over Celtic 16

years ago, Steve Paterson has seen many highs T all crumbled publicly

when Aberdeen manager in 200013. I was ill because I was consuming too

much alcohol at an inappropriate time. I he set a terrible example.

He missed a match after drinking too much the previous night. I ruined T

it finished my career. I really didn't care about anything. I was

very much into gambling. Very much into drinking and I pulled off the

football, you can function inside your own turmoil. Paterson admit he

has blown over ?1 million on gambling along. The issue began when

he signed for Manchester United and was unexpectedly handed ?10,000 in

cash. The club would have, should have really put it into a trust, to

get at the end of your contract and all of that. It is a long time ago,

you know. And it would have been I will Lille. I was obviously -

illegal. Obviously, even back then it was going on, the top, talented

schoolboys were getting, you know, bunged. The money thing doesn't

really bother me. I think it is more what it does to you as a person and

how it affects the people around you. You damage them. He has emerged

from darker areas of his life and shares his experience as a social

worker, but remains in football as manager of Duffton FC. People think

they know Steve the man but they don't. What he enjoys is he has had

lots of bitter sweet experiences in football as well as good

experiences, so coming here, for Steve, the guys are here playing for

the enjoyment. He has learned many lessons through this journey.

Seeking help being perhaps the most important. I was too wrapped up in

my own little world, bubble. I wouldn't really have engaged. But I

have engaged the last while and, you know, I can just say, for me, the

world of good and there is help for everybody that needs it.

And you can hear the full interview with Steve Paterson

on Sportsound tonight at 7.00pm on BBC Radio Scotland 810MW.

The Glasgow-based artist who designed the Partick Thistle

mascot, Kingsley, has had another work chosen to stand on the plinth

David Shrigley's giant thumbs up is a seven metre sculpture

After it was unveiled this morning, the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan,

said he hoped the gesture it portrayed would convey a positive

Now here's Laura Maciver with details of Scotland 2016.

The UK trade minute ste, Liam Fox says Brexit could represent a

goldenp opportunity for new trade links. We'll hear from the Scottish

Whiskey Association and the institute of directors on whether

that could be the case and childcare has been the subject of a Holyrood

debate. We'll if the ambitions for early years care can be achieved.

Scotland 2016, BBC Two. 10.30. early years care can be achieved.

In the meantime let's get the weather from Christopher.

Good evening. Well, no escaping the fact we are well and truly into

autumn. Some really windy conditions overnight. You can see there,

approaching storm force across the far north and Northern Isles,

creating big seas, as captured by one of our weather watchers. Tonight

the winds easing down. The showers remain. Most clamping around west

central Scotland. For the north and south on the mainland generally dry

but a number of showers across the Northern Isles where the winds

remain strong. Temperatures overnight around 7-9 in town. A

touch cooler in the countryside across north-east with clear skies

and, you could well see the northern lights, this picture taken last

night by one of our weather watchers. Look to the north, you

never know your look. Tomorrow we start with the cloudy weather across

the central lowlands. North and south, dry, sunny morning and by the

afternoon, bright with a few showers almost anywhere, really. But fairly

light and well-scattered. Nothing like the blustery showers we had

today with the winds that bitted lighter. Temperatures, 13, 14 for

many. A touch mild ever across the north-east through Aberdeenshire,

Moray answer Angus. Elsewhere, showers, sunshine and winds easing

down. The rest of the afternoon and into the evening and we hold on thoo

showery regime but for the weekend we are watching this approaching

weather sweeping through Ireland and Wales come Saturday. It'll miss us

but a few showers and cloud through southern Scotland. Further west and

north-west you are, drier driest and brightest. Light winds from the

north-east. Sprounld the pick of the two day, dry and bright and sunny

for most. - Sundayy probably the pick of the two days.

For those of you taking part, in the great Scottish run, Sunday is the

best day. A quick reminder of the main news:

More than a ?100 million given to councils to pay for free

childcare has not been spent on funding the programme.

That's according to a Government report.

But the local authority umbrella body, COSLA, says the report

is a "crude assessment that doesn't reflect the reality".

I'll be back with the headlines at 8.

Until then, from everyone on the team - right

across the country - have a very good evening.