00:01Hello and welcome to the Scotsman's Daily Video Bulletin for this Tuesday.
00:04My name's Dale Miller, I'm Deputy Editor of the Scotsman and I'm joined by Investigations correspondent Martin McLaughlin.
00:12Martin, before we get into a couple of stories, I just want to talk about the front page of today's Scotsman.
00:19And we led on ministers accused of taking a wrecking ball to North Sea Oil and Gas.
00:25This was a report published by the Scottish Government. It was to do with the Just Transition Fund and it showed some £42 million spent over two years on the fund.
00:36This is the one designed to help the fossil fuel oil and gas industry to transition into renewables and to create new jobs.
00:45But the report showed only some 250 to 260 odd jobs created as a result of that investment.
00:54A lot of criticism led by the Scottish Tories around the lack of a result in terms of jobs either created or saved on the back of spending £42 million.
01:06There was a defence from the Scottish Government as well that it was initial stages and that on the back of the investment they foresaw more job creation and retention taking place on the back of that.
01:21But certainly an interesting one as the oil and gas sector continues to grapple with the changing face of what's happening with the North Sea.
01:29Also, we covered the Edinburgh Airport lifting the 100 mil restriction on liquids, meaning you'll now be able to go through security with liquids of up to two litres in size in your baggage.
01:45There is a catch though, while it's happening in Edinburgh and a couple of other airports such as Birmingham, there's others such as Heathrow and some of the European airports that are yet to move to this.
01:56So just keep that in mind if you're travelling, you can take liquids in your bags now through security in Edinburgh, but maybe not at other airports.
02:03You can read both of those stories at scotsman.com.
02:06Martin, I've got you on.
02:08There's an initial impact report from the Horizon Inquiry due out today.
02:13Can you just set the scene for us and what's brought us to you?
02:16Yeah, one of the longest running scandals in modern British legal history, Dale.
02:24It's not going to end today, but you could say that this marks a major step forward towards the answers that so many people in Scotland and further afield have been waiting for.
02:35What we're going to see at noon today is the first volume of the final report in the Post Office Horizon scandal.
02:46Effectively, it's going to be focusing on the human impact of this faulty IT system that led so many sub-postmasters up and down the country,
02:56allegedly alleged of crimes they didn't commit and having to dig into their own pocket to replace funds for fear of losing their jobs and losing their standing in the community.
03:06And, you know, the impact of all this has been well documented over the past few years.
03:11But, you know, sadly, there are some people that are no longer with us, but there are plenty who are.
03:15And they'll be gathering in London, some of them today, to find out the answers from Sir Wynne's report.
03:24We don't know the details of the report yet.
03:27They're currently being shared with some of the key participants, but it will be going online at 12.
03:34And there is a press conference soon afterwards.
03:37And the Scotsman will be focusing very much on the Scottish sub-postmasters and the impact that they had suffered throughout all this and their findings of their views of the report.
03:52Marden, you've spoken to one or two of those sub-postmasters that were impacted here in Scotland in the past.
03:57How do they, you know, obviously we don't know what they make of the report yet.
04:04We'll find that out later.
04:05But in the build-up, what have they said about the impact of this whole saga on them personally?
04:11And what have they been looking for as part of this process?
04:15Oh, it's been devastating.
04:18It doesn't quite cover it, Dale.
04:19But, you know, there's people that have lost their families, lost their houses, came close to suicides.
04:27And, you know, just some of the people I'm going to be speaking to today have had such a, they've had their lives turned upside down by this scandal.
04:38You know, one sub-postmaster in Greenock, Ravinder Naga, he falsely confessed to stealing money from his mother's post office to protect her from going to prison.
04:50Now, he's had his conviction overturned.
04:54It's one of about 140 cases in Scotland where the, you know, the convictions are looking potentially unsound.
05:01You know, many of those have been overturned.
05:03But, you know, this report will pay testament to the kind of impact people like Ravinder have gone through.
05:11But there are kind of wider questions that have yet to be answered and will hopefully be answered in time by the inquiry.
05:19Not least, you know, what many of the sub-postmasters want to see, and that is criminal convictions.
05:27And, you know, they want to see justice run its course.
05:30And there are questions in Scotland for the likes of the Crown Office, given, you know, that the Post Office was an investigative agency and the Crown Office took the decision to prosecute based on the evidence gathered by the Post Office.
05:43So even though today's report will provide a lot of solace and comfort for a lot of the victims and their families, there will be lots of questions yet to be answered.
05:54And we know there's a separate process around Horizon that's been handled here as well when you're looking at compensation.
06:03So although they're running in parallel, the process is being handled separately here by the Scottish Government as well.
06:10You'll be able to read Martin's report on our site later today at scotsman.com.
06:16So just follow us from all the very latest after that report comes out at noon.
06:21And please catch up on the latest news, Lord Norman Tebbitt as well, confirmation that he has passed away, died at the age of 94.
06:30He's obviously a key member of Margaret Thatcher's government, injured in the Brighton bombing, himself and his wife as well.
06:40He has passed away.
06:41That's been confirmed.
06:42You can read that story up at the website of scotsman.com as well.
06:47Please follow us on all social media channels and go out and pick up a copy of the paper and print tomorrow.
06:52We'll have all the very latest, including Emmanuel Macron's visit to the UK taking place today.
