:00:00. > 3:59:59prisons. On BBC One we now join the BBC News
:00:00. > :00:00.teams where The world's anti-doping agency
:00:07. > :00:10.criticises Scottish football for failing to carry out any drug
:00:11. > :00:12.tests in the last Claims of discrimination
:00:13. > :00:21.against former oil and gas workers by employers in other industries
:00:22. > :00:24.Also on the programme, An increase in the illegal
:00:25. > :00:28.sport of hare coursing - farmers say it could be a sign
:00:29. > :00:43.of a bigger rural crime wave. We meet the former bad boy
:00:44. > :00:46.from Angus who's turned himself And "wood" you believe it -
:00:47. > :00:50.locals left wondering why a council gave this football pitch a root
:00:51. > :00:59.and branch transformation. There's not really much to do in
:01:00. > :01:04.this area. Everybody is saying, get your kids out. Do something active.
:01:05. > :01:15.All of a sudden, you've got trees. Not one player was drugs-tested
:01:16. > :01:19.in Scottish domestic football The Scottish Football Association
:01:20. > :01:24.says funding is in place to ensure tests take place for the rest
:01:25. > :01:27.of this season - but tonight the President of the World
:01:28. > :01:43.anti-doping agency criticised The fight to keep drugs out of sport
:01:44. > :01:53.has never been more intense or high-profile. From state sponsored
:01:54. > :01:58.doping in Russia, investigations into cycling and a lengthy ban for
:01:59. > :02:02.Maria Sharapova. A year ago, BBC Scotland published figures that said
:02:03. > :02:10.only eight drugs tests had been done in Scottish football in a nine-month
:02:11. > :02:11.period. Now it has emerged that in another nine-month period not a
:02:12. > :02:40.single test was carried out. The Scottish FA lost its funding
:02:41. > :02:41.from the UK anti-doping agency last April and finally agreed its own
:02:42. > :02:43.funding package in November. Alasdair what's the response
:02:44. > :02:54.been from the SFA? I know there was disappointment at
:02:55. > :03:04.the SFA when they lost funding, and the message that sent, but the SFA
:03:05. > :03:09.has agreed its own funding package. The statement says the association
:03:10. > :03:15.is in final negotiations about providing funding for the remainder
:03:16. > :03:20.of this season. Additionally, the security and integrity officer has
:03:21. > :03:24.completed a comprehensive anti-doping programme. He's been
:03:25. > :03:29.going round the senior clubs to talk about this. The funding now
:03:30. > :03:38.available should mean we will see figures improve for the next quarter
:03:39. > :03:42.at least. It is worth pointing out that a separate investigation in
:03:43. > :03:50.England revealed that 39% of players had not been tested. The fact those
:03:51. > :03:55.figures are not deemed noteworthy and yet no players were tested here
:03:56. > :04:01.at all underlines how grim the situation has become.
:04:02. > :04:03.There are calls for an investigation into claims of widespread
:04:04. > :04:05.discrimination against former oil and gas workers by employers
:04:06. > :04:14.BBC Scotland can reveal an MSP has passed documentary
:04:15. > :04:17.evidence of the practice to the UK employment minister.
:04:18. > :04:19.Some workers claim companies won't hire them in case they quit
:04:20. > :04:35.Colin McIntyre was made redundant from his job as a procurement
:04:36. > :04:38.manager in the oil and gas industry more than a year ago. He's applied
:04:39. > :04:46.for hundreds of jobs outside the sector and has been turned down. The
:04:47. > :04:49.reason shocked him. I was told they are not interested in people from
:04:50. > :04:55.the oil and gas industries because they will go back up to Aberdeen
:04:56. > :04:58.when the recovery starts. Tens of thousands of oil workers have been
:04:59. > :05:05.laid off as a result of the downturn. Some believe the
:05:06. > :05:14.experience could be the tip of the iceberg. I heard anecdotal evidence
:05:15. > :05:20.but a couple of weeks ago I saw actual documentary evidence. It was
:05:21. > :05:24.the first time I'd seen it written down from a recruitment company on
:05:25. > :05:32.behalf of a client and that worried me greatly. This is just one of the
:05:33. > :05:38.examples in which it has been made clear that they are quite explicit
:05:39. > :05:45.in not wanting people from the oil and gas industry. Four: is just
:05:46. > :05:52.about getting a level playing field. For people to see beyond that, they
:05:53. > :05:58.should see beyond the skill set. Give them an interview. Thousands
:05:59. > :06:02.more oil workers are expected to lose their jobs, swelling the
:06:03. > :06:06.numbers of those simply seeking a chance for a new future.
:06:07. > :06:10.That's the message from the Scottish Conservative leader
:06:11. > :06:12.in a speech in London tonight - as speculation grows
:06:13. > :06:14.about a second indepedence referendum because of Brexit.
:06:15. > :06:16.The Labour leader is making a similar call.
:06:17. > :06:19.Yesterday, the former First Minister suggested an eighteen month
:06:20. > :06:22.timetable for a fresh poll - and today the SNP said the ball
:06:23. > :06:33.Our political correspondent Andrew Kerr has more.
:06:34. > :06:44.Coming soon, very possibly, to a country near you. The former First
:06:45. > :06:51.Minister Alex Salmond said another Paul could be held in 18 months with
:06:52. > :06:56.the future of the UK in doubt because of Brexit. But two party
:06:57. > :07:00.leaders are in London arguing the case for the union. The people in
:07:01. > :07:04.Scotland do not want more uncertainty when we already have
:07:05. > :07:08.questions. They are asking the government give them a break and get
:07:09. > :07:12.back to the day job they are being paid for, to improve the health
:07:13. > :07:20.system and stop desperately trying to leveraged Brexit. Scottish Labour
:07:21. > :07:24.stands firmly against a second independence referendum but we are
:07:25. > :07:32.not in favour of the status quo. I would like to see a federal United
:07:33. > :07:37.Kingdom. Back north, for the SNP, the impression is it is not full
:07:38. > :07:44.steam ahead. They want to hear what is made of the plan to keep Scotland
:07:45. > :07:48.in the single market. There will only be a referendum if we cannot
:07:49. > :07:56.reach a compromise and we believe it could work very well for everyone.
:07:57. > :08:01.Assuming that the UK Government is intransigent about that process then
:08:02. > :08:06.we will move onto the next stage. Politicians live by the polling and
:08:07. > :08:10.Professor John Curtice has been examining voting intentions since
:08:11. > :08:20.the EU referendum. On average they point to a 47% support for yes, 53%.
:08:21. > :08:25.Those figures are exactly the same as the months prior to the EU
:08:26. > :08:31.referendum so we are still in a situation where the SNP cannot be
:08:32. > :08:38.sure but equally, Theresa May cannot presume that Nicola Sturgeon would
:08:39. > :08:45.lose one. Maybe we should stand by for another political thriller.
:08:46. > :08:50.We've got the SNP conference next month. That is being seen as a key
:08:51. > :08:58.moment on the road to another independence referendum? Yes, that
:08:59. > :09:02.is right. It will be interesting to see exactly what Nicola Sturgeon
:09:03. > :09:08.does at that conference as she sets out her thinking. She will need to
:09:09. > :09:14.say something that will get the audience out of their seat, but it
:09:15. > :09:20.might be quite procedural. We have seen that before, we've seen the
:09:21. > :09:23.First Minister announce that she was publishing the independence
:09:24. > :09:30.referendum Bill. Perhaps next month she could seek Westminster's
:09:31. > :09:37.permission to hold the referendum, section 30 order. She needs to keep
:09:38. > :09:49.the pot boiling but does not want it to boil over. We've got local
:09:50. > :09:58.government elections. For the prounion party making their
:09:59. > :10:05.speeches, Ruth Davidson is saying the SNP must stop this talk of a
:10:06. > :10:10.second independence referendum, give the country a break and focus on the
:10:11. > :10:18.day job. She's saying the case needs to be made a fresh for the union.
:10:19. > :10:21.A former Catholic monk accused of child abuse at a Scottish school
:10:22. > :10:23.has appeared in court in Australia facing extradition.
:10:24. > :10:25.Father Denis Alexander was one of several monks accused
:10:26. > :10:28.of abusing boys at the former Fort Augustus Abbey boarding
:10:29. > :10:30.He has always denied the allegations.
:10:31. > :10:45.Denis Alexander appeared via video link from a remand centre here in
:10:46. > :10:55.Sydney. He was in a wheelchair. He did appear to be fragile but fully
:10:56. > :11:01.aware of the legal proceedings. His barrister said given his age and
:11:02. > :11:06.medical conditions, his client should be released from custody
:11:07. > :11:10.pending what could well be a lengthy extradition process. A lawyer for
:11:11. > :11:20.the UK Government argued against the application, saying he was a flight
:11:21. > :11:28.risk and may even be spirited away to a Benedictine monastery. Lawyer
:11:29. > :11:35.argued that the medical conditions would not be made worse in custody.
:11:36. > :11:42.The magistrate said it was a difficult application to consider
:11:43. > :11:45.and he rejected a bail application. This means he will remain in custody
:11:46. > :11:51.pending that full extradition hearing.
:11:52. > :11:53.Concerns are being raised about an upsurge in the illegal
:11:54. > :11:57.A total of six arrests have been made in the North and South
:11:58. > :12:01.Farmers fear the activity, which involves dogs chasing
:12:02. > :12:04.and killing hares, could form part of a bigger rural crime wave.
:12:05. > :12:27.A vote on the hunt for evidence of here coursing. Nice open fields.
:12:28. > :12:31.Long distances. They rely on site. This was filmed in England were the
:12:32. > :12:37.blood sport is more prevalent. Operated by small groups who bet on
:12:38. > :12:42.the outcome, it was banned in Scotland 14 years ago but that
:12:43. > :12:50.hasn't stopped our new surge in activity, with a number of arrests
:12:51. > :12:57.in the past few months. It has been banned since 2002, completely
:12:58. > :13:10.illegal. They're Heyer suffers a torturous death. Sometimes it is
:13:11. > :13:20.exhausted. At the end it is torn apart. It has been outlawed with
:13:21. > :13:27.good reason. Farmers are worried that the illegal activity of here
:13:28. > :13:34.coursing could lead to more rural and organised crimes. Rural
:13:35. > :13:42.communities are on high alert in a bid to protect livestock, property,
:13:43. > :13:48.and people from the allegedly intimidating individuals. They can
:13:49. > :13:54.be potentially violent people. There is a feeling that they might be
:13:55. > :14:03.involved in other crimes as well and this might be the tip of the
:14:04. > :14:11.iceberg. The public is being urged to help police stamp it out.
:14:12. > :14:16.The world anti-doping body says it's concerned that no drug tests
:14:17. > :14:21.were carried out in Scottish football for most of last year.
:14:22. > :14:23.And still to come, there's doubt over whether Scotland's rugby
:14:24. > :14:26.captain, Greig Laidlaw, will be available for the rest
:14:27. > :14:35.From growing up with a reputation as a bad boy in Angus
:14:36. > :14:38.to working as a bounty hunter on the Atlantic coast of America,
:14:39. > :14:43.Christian Matlock's story could come straight from a TV script.
:14:44. > :14:46.He left Scotland six years ago to escape a life heading
:14:47. > :15:02.Sally McNair has had a snapshot of the 28 year-old's new life.
:15:03. > :15:09.This is Christian Matlock, bail enforcement agent. This is Christian
:15:10. > :15:16.Matlock's life now, he has never been busier. Days and nights spent
:15:17. > :15:21.tracking down and apprehending fugitives who have skipped bail,
:15:22. > :15:30.drug addicts and criminals, people down on their luck. I'm about ten
:15:31. > :15:40.minutes away from you. I will be with you soon. He's no stranger to
:15:41. > :15:44.their troubled lives, and at 21 he was into drinking, ecstasy, without
:15:45. > :15:51.a job, in trouble with the police. He decided to try his luck in the
:15:52. > :15:58.USA. Bounty hunting is a full-time, forlorn job. On a recent trip home
:15:59. > :16:05.to Scotland, old friends treat him like a hero. He's actually something
:16:06. > :16:10.with his life. Probably the only one of us who has turned his life
:16:11. > :16:14.around. His mother is happy with the life he has made far away. We
:16:15. > :16:19.noticed when he was young there is no potential here for young people,
:16:20. > :16:24.nowhere for them to go of an evening and do things. It was just walk the
:16:25. > :16:28.streets and that's what you did with your mate. He fled to escape one
:16:29. > :16:30.dangerous life, now he says he would like to quit the criminal chasing
:16:31. > :16:31.dangerous life, now he says he would but he's addicted.
:16:32. > :16:34.And you can see a documentary on Christian Matlock's life later
:16:35. > :16:39.The Scottish Bounty Hunter is broadcast at 10.40.
:16:40. > :16:42.A look at other stories from across the country...
:16:43. > :16:44.There's been an improvement in the punctuality
:16:45. > :16:52.The latest ScotRail figures show last month more than nine out of ten
:16:53. > :16:54.arrived at stations within five minutes of their scheduled time -
:16:55. > :16:57.an almost two percent increase on the previous four weeks.
:16:58. > :17:01.However, a key yearly punctuality target is still being missed.
:17:02. > :17:04.It's now 90.1%, short of the 91.3% required in Scotrail's franchise
:17:05. > :17:09.contract with the Scottish Government.
:17:10. > :17:11.The former chairman of Ukip in Scotland has avoided jail
:17:12. > :17:13.after admitting making a series of sexual phone calls
:17:14. > :17:19.Arthur Misty Thackeray pled guilty last month.
:17:20. > :17:22.At Glasgow Sheriff Court he was placed on the sex offenders
:17:23. > :17:24.register for three years, and told to complete 270 hours
:17:25. > :17:30.of unpaid work as part of a community payback order.
:17:31. > :17:33.A car overturned in a busy street in the West End of Glasgow.
:17:34. > :17:36.A man in his 80s was freed from the vehicle by firefighters.
:17:37. > :17:39.He was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
:17:40. > :17:43.However there are no details about his condition.
:17:44. > :17:46.The sister of a kayaker who was found dead days
:17:47. > :17:48.after going missing has welcomed what she called the "phenomenal"
:17:49. > :17:50.response to the family's plans to set up a charity
:17:51. > :17:59.The campaign in memory of Dominic Jackson has raised more
:18:00. > :18:03.Mr Jackson was reported missing last Sunday after he failed to return
:18:04. > :18:06.from a sea kayaking trip off Portsoy, on the north
:18:07. > :18:21.The film, advertising and broadcasting industry generated
:18:22. > :18:23.over ?16 million for Glasgow's economy last year, according
:18:24. > :18:25.to figures gathered by a special unit to promote the city
:18:26. > :18:29.The Glasgow Film Office says the figure has gone up significantly
:18:30. > :18:34.from ?ten million generated two years ago.
:18:35. > :18:36.Major productions, which have used Glasgow locations, include
:18:37. > :18:39.The Scotland rugby captain Greig Laidlaw's availability
:18:40. > :18:42.for the rest of the Six Nations is in doubt tonight.
:18:43. > :18:45.Laidlaw has left the national squad to have his injured ankle assessed
:18:46. > :18:51.Yesterday's defeat in France also left several
:18:52. > :19:00.Rhona McLeod supplies the Monday medical report.
:19:01. > :19:07.The return of the walking wounded from France. The Scotland rugby
:19:08. > :19:13.squad arrived in Edinburgh mentally and physically battered and bruised.
:19:14. > :19:18.It was a catalogue of injuries and started with the sight no Scots fan
:19:19. > :19:24.wanted to see, their number nine bottling in pain. The captain and
:19:25. > :19:29.highest points scorer, playmaker and inspiring team member rolling to the
:19:30. > :19:33.ground and taking off. His future in the championship requires further
:19:34. > :19:38.assessment. Calling the shots from the sideline was never in the game
:19:39. > :19:44.plan. To help recovery now, sometimes when they get sent back it
:19:45. > :19:50.means they will -- be out for a number of weeks. It is a great loss
:19:51. > :19:55.because he has proved himself over the couple of seasons as a leader
:19:56. > :20:03.and a fantastic player. There were positive moments for Scotland... But
:20:04. > :20:08.a whole lot of negative too, after Greig Laidlaw went off his
:20:09. > :20:13.replacement John Barclay went off. After Barkley was sidelined, his
:20:14. > :20:18.positional replacement John Hardy also succumbed to a head injury, and
:20:19. > :20:21.finally the Hawker Fraser Brown. Another head knock and another
:20:22. > :20:29.player taken off not to return to action. They were all subject to
:20:30. > :20:33.continued head injury assessment. The game is so brutal you can
:20:34. > :20:38.understand if you get one or two had knocks but to get four in a game and
:20:39. > :20:43.those players to be crucial players to Scotland, it shows you how brutal
:20:44. > :20:49.and physical the game is becoming. Questions will be asked about this
:20:50. > :20:53.bungled conversion attempt. Would the calm head of Greig Laidlaw have
:20:54. > :20:59.fared better under the pressure of being told to rush and take it? The
:21:00. > :21:05.squad have until week on Saturday to recover when the next wave of attack
:21:06. > :21:06.will come, this time from Wales. Football now.
:21:07. > :21:08.Rangers' search for a new manager continues this evening.
:21:09. > :21:10.Mark Warburton left the position amid controversy on Friday,
:21:11. > :21:12.and a weekend of speculation has followed.
:21:13. > :21:13.Our senior football reporter Chris McLaughlin
:21:14. > :21:17.Chris, it's now nearly three days since Mark Warburton's departure -
:21:18. > :21:35.No specific update as yet. Rangers' next match is against Dundee on
:21:36. > :21:40.Sunday. The under 20s coach remains in charge now, but the favourite to
:21:41. > :21:47.take over is Alex McLeish. He has been a manager here before, a pretty
:21:48. > :21:52.successful spell between 2001 and 2006, he led them to a domestic
:21:53. > :21:57.trouble and the Champions League, but would he take it on a temporary
:21:58. > :22:01.basis? Because the chairman Dave King released a statement today and
:22:02. > :22:05.said because of the time constraints the club may have to consider an
:22:06. > :22:10.interim solution. The Saint Johnstone manager has also been
:22:11. > :22:14.linked with the job and said it is pure speculation, but still plenty
:22:15. > :22:19.of fall out from the departure of Mark Waugh on Friday. The club say
:22:20. > :22:24.he resigned, the man himself said he did not. It is currently with his
:22:25. > :22:26.lawyers and this is another mess this club and its fans could well do
:22:27. > :22:30.without. Aberdeenshire Council has apologised
:22:31. > :22:36.for planting dozens of trees The trees appeared on the playing
:22:37. > :22:40.field at Logie Durno over the weekend, sparking
:22:41. > :22:42.confusion among residents. We sent our reporter
:22:43. > :23:02.Rebecca Curran to investigate. Tree up an unusual formation in
:23:03. > :23:06.football nowadays but not this pitch, dozens of trees have been
:23:07. > :23:12.planted here and residents are not happy. There's not really much to do
:23:13. > :23:18.in this area, get the kids out and do something active. There is a goal
:23:19. > :23:23.in this place and all of a sudden we have trees. The council say the plan
:23:24. > :23:28.was to turn over parts of the area for biodiversity as anecdotally it
:23:29. > :23:32.was rarely used. Whenever we play football we always play here, not on
:23:33. > :23:37.the full-sized pitch but I don't know why the council put them there.
:23:38. > :23:42.But they are good for dribbling round because it gives you good
:23:43. > :23:46.practice. Aberdeenshire Council couldn't confirm how much it cost to
:23:47. > :23:51.plant the trees or how much it could be to remove them. The trees will
:23:52. > :23:55.stay where they are until an agreement is reached with residents.
:23:56. > :24:00.I am not just for the occasion and these are definitely not football
:24:01. > :24:07.boots, but it is just a ball and some trees... How hard can it be?
:24:08. > :24:15.COMMENTATOR: It is picked up by Eddie Gray, chipping a lovely ball
:24:16. > :24:20.across goal... ! It could be a new national sport.
:24:21. > :24:24.Now time for the weather. It has been mainly cloudy start of the
:24:25. > :24:28.evening but earlier there were some spoils of sunshine. You can see from
:24:29. > :24:32.the satellite image most of the cloud across central and eastern
:24:33. > :24:41.areas but in the west and north-west we have lovely spells of sunshine.
:24:42. > :24:48.In the east temperatures only reached three Celsius today, but in
:24:49. > :24:53.the west 11 degrees. This evening will be mainly cloudy and quite
:24:54. > :24:56.breezy too. South-easterly winds which become quite strong across the
:24:57. > :25:04.south-west, maybe even touching gale force. As we had through the night,
:25:05. > :25:07.quite a bit of cloud further to the east but clear spells towards the
:25:08. > :25:12.west and temperatures could dipped below freezing for west highland for
:25:13. > :25:17.example. In towns and cities, temperatures holding up to three or
:25:18. > :25:20.four Celsius. Tomorrow cloud towards the east but during the day good
:25:21. > :25:26.four Celsius. Tomorrow cloud towards spells of sunshine developing across
:25:27. > :25:29.many central and western areas. Around three o'clock still further
:25:30. > :25:33.cloud across Shetland and in the east but good spells of sunshine
:25:34. > :25:37.elsewhere with temperatures reaching up to nine Celsius. Across the
:25:38. > :25:41.central belt decent spells of sunshine and looking at around eight
:25:42. > :25:44.Celsius here as well. The wind is strong to start the day but easing
:25:45. > :25:49.through the afternoon. It is during the evening we will see thicker
:25:50. > :25:54.cloud rushing in from the south-west bringing patchy outbreaks of rain.
:25:55. > :25:59.We start to see a change as we go from midweek onwards, low-pressure
:26:00. > :26:05.to the west, high pressure to the east and the wind direction is a
:26:06. > :26:08.southerly drawing in mild air but unsettled conditions too. On
:26:09. > :26:10.Wednesday a reversal of fortunes, that she rain to the west of the
:26:11. > :26:15.country and to the east the best of that she rain to the west of the
:26:16. > :26:20.the drier weather. Similar conditions on Thursday too. For all
:26:21. > :26:23.of us it is feeling much milder than of late.
:26:24. > :26:25.Thank goodness for that, it has been bitter!
:26:26. > :26:27.Now, a reminder of tonight's main news...
:26:28. > :26:29.Investigations reveal widespread drug abuse and security failings
:26:30. > :26:32.An undercover reporter worked as a prison officer
:26:33. > :26:35.for two months and filmed inmates threatening staff.
:26:36. > :26:37.The world's anti-doping agency criticises Scottish football
:26:38. > :26:39.for failing to carry out any drug tests in the last
:26:40. > :26:46.And there are calls for an investigation into claims
:26:47. > :26:49.of widespread discrimination against former oil and gas workers
:26:50. > :27:01.Until then, from everyone on the team - have a good evening.