to scotland is how scotland is better off inside the united kingdom, that we have all the negotiating power of the united kingdom around the table to get a good deal for scotland whereas an independent scotland would have go behind other countries to get back into the european union. and specifically on agriculture because of the hard work of the agriculture secretary, we are actually making sure there will be extra support for scottish farmers absolutely in line for what the scottish government has been asking for. >> richard harrington. >> mr. speaker, according to the chamber of commerce, it will benefit from a total of 1.5 billion pounds in new investment. we have a new road, two train stations, we've got two secondary schools being refitted and to cap all that, there is an announcement that unemployment is 667 less than a year ago. i'm very concerned that this continues. and i would like to ask the prime minister what his strategy is to make sure this continues. if he takes my advice, mr. speaker, he'll come up with something that is one long-term, two, economic, and three a plan

it's the voters in scotland that arguably have the biggest choices to make.how the population are more pro-european union than england and wales but scotland could find itself outside of the eu if the rest of the u.k. voice for withdrawal in a referendum in 2017. even before that, the scotts face another vote. they will decide in september whether to stay or leave the united kingdom. lawrence lee reports from the east coast of scotland starting in aberdeen. >> reporter: here is a picture which champions the dream. salmon prepared by polish workers in eastern scotland to be sold to france's biggest supermarkets. in england, the pro-europe movement looks dead in the water. it isn't here. they thank europe for free trade and thank these people for doing jobs british workers won't. >> if the u.k. left the european union and a lot of these people got out of the country action your business would be stopped? wouldn't it? >> along with probably most other food processors in the u.k. >> that's how important the european union is? >> absolutely important for us. >> re

military protection better together also says the interest rate scotland pays on government debt would go up on the other side of the fans gas cortland so as the country will have its own laws on foreign policy nuclear weapons will also be removed from the territory and they also think keeping north sea oil revenues within scotland and rejects in the u.k. to stay with the policies will boost the economy. that's call for this not the only regionally europe to debate independence from ninety percent of venetians voting to break away from italy to little known separatist movement in san diego find out who else is seeking to go it alone on our website r.t. dot com. snowden should not expect clemency from the u.s. that's according to the latest statement from the white house but having said that washington still wants snowden to return and face the consequences the fact is years damaged his country very significantly in many many ways he should man up and come back to the united states or be has a complaint about what's the matter with american. surveillance. in our system of justice and wi

the rhetoric over that future of scotland intensified today as the official campaigns for and against independence got underway at september's referendum voters will be asked to whether a three hundred century old union should be brought to an end. delved into the squabbles between the pro and anti unity can. the formal start of the independence referendum campaign ahead of that all important vote that will take place in scotland on september the eighteenth and if the last few months are anything to go by off you can bet that it's going to be a fifth bite now if you take a look at the speeches that we've heard recently and it seems that both the better together campaign and the yes campaign have decided to put the economy right at the heart of this battle now the scottish government said that everyone in scotland would be one thousand pounds better off a year in the event of the yes u.k. ministers insist that the benefits of staying in the would be fourteen hundred pounds per person per year but not everyone can be right and they all that healthy this is spent by both sides to discred

scotland is the head of population growth has come to the us the uk soul. note that many other nations of the and independent to hug the government's coffers and the top twenty so he started its independence not to some of the knees from around the world and us ally in the coleraine anti government protests have been doing triathlons and the sun and the kinds of seafood boasting a demonstration hiking for the day off and we made last week a people was sentenced to life in prison for taking part in the killing of a policeman the authorities have been good to be cracking down on dissent and fifty thousand ten eleven when the shia majority. stop sending my thing not a case of winning one iq. much of this yet thirteen of the protests as olson handed life sentences they are going in the eagle brand. well i mean comment that cost will be in the country's capital of the night of hanukkah it is confident of making his way to try to be exact. once referred to license did eat the protest comes less than a month the heat although the presidential election events of th

better together a party that focuses on the negatives of the independents saying scotland would lose global influence as well as the british pound and the stability that comes with the pound it also points out that e.u. membership would not be guaranteed and raises concerns over the loss of u.k. military protection a better together is also saying that the interest rate it pays on government debt will shoot up on the other side of the fence yes scotland says the country will have its own laws on foreign policy nuclear weapons will also be removed from the country's territory they also think keeping north sea oil revenues within scotland and refusing the u.k.'s austerity policy will give the economy a major boost. thanks for joining us here on r.t. international the white house has categorically ruled out any sort of clemency all mercy for whistleblower edward snowden and the state department in turn now says the man that exposed america's global surveillance system should come back home the fact is he has damaged his country very significantly in many many ways he should man up and c

thanks for joining us today the official campaign is to decide the future of scotland kick off today in the run up to the independence referendum later this year are to use sarah first now reporting on the stumbling blocks faced by the groups both fighting for and against keeping their country as part of the u.k. . it's the formal start of the independence referendum campaign ahead of that all important vote that will take place in scotland on september the eighteenth and the last few months are anything to go by off you can bet that it's going to be a fierce fight and if you take a look at the speeches that we've heard recently and it seems that both the better together campaign and the yes campaign have decided to put the economy right at the heart of this battle now the scottish government have said that everyone in scotland would be one thousand pounds better off the year in the event of the yes u.k. ministers insist that the benefit is staying in the fourteen hundred pounds per person per year but not everyone can do and they will there has been this is attempt by both sides to

but any country, perhaps that explains. >> what i will be explaining on my visit to scotland is how scotland is better off inside the united kingdom so we have all the negotiating power of the united kingdom around a table to get a good deal for scotland where as an independent scotland would have to queue up behind other countries to get into the european union and specifically on agriculture because of the hard work of my right hon. friend, making sure they will be extra supportive of scottish farmers absolutely in line with the scottish government was asking for. >> according to the chamber of commerce will benefit from a total of 1.5 billion tons of new investments. we had two stations, two schools being refitted and a brand new -- hand to capture all that there has been an announcement, unemployment, 667 year-ago. and concerned that this continues. i would like to ask the prime minister what his strategy is, it takes my advice to come up with something that is long-term. >> unemployment in what some over the last year has fallen by 30%, and what he says about these important investments

what about this trip to scotland? i mean, that's what the mafia gets. ...but it's an open secret in washington that that's not the case. >> kroft: congressman. >> yes, sir. >> kroft: steve kroft from "60 minutes". do you mind if i ask you a couple of questions? to some people, it just looks like you are using your campaign fund to enrich your family. >> ward: we usually think of heart disease as a condition that develops late in life. but in africa, hundreds of thousands of children are dying every year of heart failure. these children don't smoke, they don't eat red meat. their condition is caused most d frequently by strep throat. >> this disease alone kills, in africa, more than 300,000 people every year. >> ward: but what percentage do you save of that? >> oh, very small one. insignificant. because we can do 1,500 operations per year, no more, one hospital for a continent, obviously, is not the solution of the problem. >> gupta: ian roberts has been farming salmon in canada for more than 20 years. he works for mar

power cord during the fire and adesa underneath her body is the phrase glory to ukraine independent scotland in nova believes it's all part of an effort to dehumanize the opposition i never saw such high numbers of. really how it was. just something like i don't even coming from people who did not support it yet and this is truly showing. you how you know hundreds and even circulating that are quite violent you know i've seen one of the here it's really actually when you see the photographs of them in comparison to some of them are on the scene internet. and i think that's kind of the. victim to be able to justify would happen. this is you know this is not some kind of cross the world we're all going to. follow in such a perfect way. we're moving to the east of ukraine now where the region seen some of the bloodiest fighting since the start of the military crackdown on anti-government dissent the army attacked self defense roadblocks on a video from the scene gives an idea of exactly how fierce the fighting was activists claim as many as twenty people were killed among their ranks with the m

debt would go up on the other side of the fence yes scotland says that the country will have its own laws and foreign policy nuclear weapons will also be removed from its territory and i also think that keeping north sea oil revenues and also rejecting the u.k.'s us thirty policies will boost the economy. scotland is not the only region in europe to debate independence from ninety percent of venetians voting to break away from its lead to a little known separatist movement inside dimia find out who else is seeking to go it alone on a website called. it would snowden should not expect clemency from the u.s. that's according to the latest statement from the white house but i mean said that washington still want snowden to return and face the consequences the fact is he has damaged his country very significantly in many many ways he should man up and come back to the united states if he has a complaint about what's the matter with american. surveillance come back here and stand in our system of justice it would snowden himself has repeatedly expressed his desire to return home but not t

b no i mean goldman sachs they're the master of puppets because they declared their independence scotland as an independent state could be have the highest g.d.p. per capita in the world that they need to take that step. right from the scene. first street view and i think picture. on our reporters with their. instrument. to be in the know. on. a lot of musical artists today are little more than commodities in a corporate world industry that thrives on a deep politicized message of materialism and escapism which is why a few weeks ago we were psyched to welcome a hip. an artist that truly stands in contrast to the mainstream take a listen to one of his latest songs state of grace. because we did speak to a dog to speak. of and now the dog got to love it. but if anything we're trying to put him. in a place. to be is a matter of righteousness to the bottom of. the body the soul part of your time and about his politics. is also performing with a nine piece band at the brooklyn bowl next month a green energy musical venue that's been named among the best clubs in america but quality isn't just

. >> we hop up to scotland for this rescue. the man you see here is nick rey. he lives in scotland in a yacht. he was out kayaking when he hears something on this cliff. you hear the bleetsing of the lamb. and then you get a good look at it as he makes a left turn. there it is right there on the cliff. >> oh. >> wow. >> so nick's like okay, kayaker to the rescue. he paddles over. watch what happens when nick gets out of the kayak. he goes up the rocks and look at the lamb like that's all right i can get out. he's scared and rescues himself. which is why i called this the hand's prelamb rescue. >> oh, yeah. >> no need to say violence is never the answer, but you guys are going to have a very difficult time making a case against this woman. [ bleep ]. my kids. >> is she yelling, don't touch my kids? >> yeah. the woman punching another woman on the seat of this bus is irate because the woman being punched apparently got on this bus, started arguing with the bus driver about her fare. she didn't want to pay the fare. she was being foul mouthed. the passenger told h

better together party focuses on the negative negatives of the independent scotland would lose global influence as well as the stability of the british pound it also points out that e.u. teton raises concerns over the loss of u.k. military protection better together is also saying that the interest rates it pays on government debt will go up on the other side of the fence yes scotland says the country will have its own laws and law enforcement nuclear weapons will also be removed from the country's territory they also think keeping north sea oil revenues within scotland and refusing the u.k.'s austerity policy will give a big boost to the economy. now living in a royal palace may sound like a dream for many but for the four saudi princesses it's turned into a nightmare fading into nothingness two of the sisters have managed to get in contact with the world outside and are describing their condition they've been denied food for more than sixty days and have limited access to water the princess's having been living in isolation of for thirteen years after falling out of favor with their

given by robert the purpose of my family the maxwells of care a lava rock castle my family left scotland after being forced out for financing once in many uprisings. the last one being the jacobite uprising nevertheless let's not dwell on ancient history on the eighteenth of september the scots the chance to vote for independence rise again the media in the u.k. is universally against independence including george galloway right here on this network so we're going to take a look at some of the issues that matter to the other side stacy racks first of all i want to say this episode was basically inspired by tommy sheridan citizen tommy on twitter he and all his followers have been tweeting me nonstop for the last six to eight weeks saying you have to get a mani have to get him on we've got him on and lo and behold he is at the last minute unable to attend the interview because of some marquee which is this pos tent some problem with the posh tent i think he just got cold feet. that doesn't speak well for this movement well and other full disclosure my family scottish and they are very pro

i saw alan cumming the scottish actor on bloomberg television pro independence and he said we in scotland have never ever had a government that represents what how we vote so they're basically condemned to either the tories or the neo liberal new labor so i thought that was interesting i hadn't ever seen it put that way and it really inspired me to look at the policies here in england right now that they are against and what they don't want for scotland royal mail float scandal how hedge funds cleaned up the royal mail floatation scandal has deepened after officials finally admitted that hedge funds were. among the priority investors sold hundreds of millions of pounds of shares the business secretary vince cable has repeatedly insisted that the handful of key investors offered royal shares on preferential terms for long term institutional investors this was to ensure that the new company started with a core of high quality investors who would be there in good times and bad he promised to marginalise spivs and speculators can i comment on scottish independence i'm sure i've got a fricken

sarah went to scotland to find out more. >> reporter: around the beautiful coastline of scotland, a huntis may not look like it's at the center of cutting edge medical research, but it's here scientists are pinning hopes on finding the next generation of life saving drugs by studying creatures like this star fish. scientists hope to find new chemicals and gene sequences to lead to treatments for infections to cancer. researchers say we're in desperate need of new drugs. this research could spark a gold rush. >> this is the pla-- this isn'te place people have looked. we're looking to exploit other parts of the planet. how can we produce new industries, new technologies? >> reporter: there's a lot of energy and resources going into this new area. that's partly because in coastal areas like this, they are clearly defined laws about how scientists can exploit the riches of the sea. out there in deeper waters, it's a different story. home to extraordinary arraymmp creatures and plants, international waters are gochbed by the u.n. law of the z6see. this regulates mineral ex troox but doesn't c

the beautiful coastline of scotland, a hunt is under way.his scenic spot may not look ofe it, but it center cutting-edge medical research. it's here that scientist are pinning their hopes on finding the next generation of life-saving drugs. by studying creatures like this starfish, scientists hope to identify new chemicals and gene sequences i could lead to treatments for anything from infections to cancer. researchers say we are in desperate need of new drugs. the potential of the ocean could sit parked a medical gold rush. >> historically this is not a place people have looked. they have not exploited it. there is a whole raft of new allowing one to screen more methodically and scientifically, and a political will. we are looking at how to exploit other parts of the planet, how can we produce new industries and technologies. >> there is a lot of energy and resources going into this new area. that is partly because in coastal areas like this, there are clearly defined loss about how -- clearly defined laws about how scientist can exploit th

the name of the amount in scotland. this non reminded early irish settlers of. we're talking wrong this mouse connection with william hopkinson. he was the founder of paramount pictures which distributes movies all the world. in 1907 he started one of the first movie theaters taking a redistribution of movies in utah. move dollar would sitting there talking about a lot better represent his company. you just sketched out a picture wrong on that he represented from living near, surrounded with stars, and that was the low for years and years. the bomb that he drew was been woman. the logo is changed. very stylized to be just a few stars over. i think it looks more like mount everest. at the history. >> for more information on book tv recent visit and the many of those cities visited by her local content vehicles go to c-span.org / local content. >> to look at some of the best-selling nonfiction books cord to the "wall street journal". book tv hosted of your call-in program last month which can be viewed any time at booktv.org. second, the doctors diet fallen by sar

eng listened and scotland would still, you know, trading partners -- england and scotland still wouldrs. the company, even if the headquarters were in scotland, could still run banking branches in england or vice versa. i'm not sure it would really completely change -- the business model. >> the government stake? >> the share price has recovered to some extent. maybe this result would help it along a bit more. the government has started to share some lloyd's shares already. they could certainly over the next quarter look at r.b.s. or at least make a start there. >> thank you very much. >> 7:20 here in london. just ahead, we'll look at angela erkel's unique position on the ukraine crisis. ♪ >> welcome back to "countdown." i'm anna edwards. >> and i'm mark barton. german chancellor angela america sl in washington today on a trip she will be meeting with president obama. on e going to talk position ukraine. talk to us about this dynamic? >> well, she is an intermediary. she is also a bit of an interpreter. president obama looks to her to figure out what is going on inside vladimir putin'

we say good morning in scotland.d have a discussion with olivia sterns. >> please call in if you are listening. coming up, checking the apple growth where sales surged and growth since then has tapered off. it turns out another big company is following a similar trajectory. that is next on "bloomberg surveillance," on bloomberg television, streaming on your phone, your tablet, and bloomberg.com and now available on apple tv and amazon fire. ♪ >> good morning, everyone. we have adam johnson olivia sterns. let's look at some top headlines. >> the u.s. is signaling russia that any move against nato countries could be risky. nato jets started flying air patrols in estonia and lot the a and o when it to discourage any thoughts vladimir putin has about extending the russian reach beyond ukraine. at home, new jersey governor chris christie should be wearing a set of wings on his jacket. he is the state-owned helicopter fleet 106 times last year which is more than four times as much as he did in his first year of office. he

. >> let me scotland the real party of interest how much time to provide additional information. >> two weeks is fine with us we could possibly get you the information before that. i want to clarify the space that's a one story extension of the existing building is shared by the tenants above ate a laundry room as well it's my understanding they also use it. and if upper to see this portion here there's a photograph let me show you the photograph. >> president chiu. >> sir why don't i suggest, sir. why don't i suggest rather than you trying to present this consider asking both parties to present the information and bring back the hearing three weeks from now to give the departments time to respond >> any only question who shall and i i direct this information to. >> this board of supervisors and actually we did that i don't know who screened them but we'll be happy to provide them again. >> okay. i i understand may 20th i want to give our city departments to review the information and give feedback unfortunately, there's not a meeting over is 27 so it will be june 3rd so supervisor bree

>> it happened probably in scotland they were the first place to chlorinated water. in fact it's a very interesting lawsuit. the contract with jersey city basically said they would provide fewer and hold some water and so what they had been doing up to that it was basically through attrition you pass the water through these barriers that stand and they were sued by the city because they didn't trust them into the judge basically said i know you're not used to this but i've been persuaded that it will provide wholesome water as well. >> what about converting seawater to regular water. is that technology second-generation or third-generation? >> it's quite developed and there are different variants. where you find it basically is along the coast. australia is getting into it, and a lot of people said that is the answer to water scarcity and it can be part of the answer. there are three big challenges. first is that water is heavy and it doesn't move uphill. unless you are on the coast it can be expensive so one of the shocking statistics, the state of california roughl

no, you're from scotland but you live in england. >> i live in england, but i'm from scotland.do a little bit, yeah. my wife was working here for four months, doing "macbeth" up at lincoln center. >> jimmy: is that right? >> yeah. >> jimmy: that's pretty intense. >> it was pretty intense. she was pretty dark. [ laughter ] but you know, she spends all day killing people and killing the children and things like that, and then she'll be coming home -- >> jimmy: in the play? >> yeah. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. [ laughter ] >> and then she'd come home and she'd be like, "hi, darling, what's for dinner?" i'm like, "anything you want, ma'am." anything. [ laughter ] [ talking over each other ] >> jimmy: yeah, exactly. but did you have fun in new york? did you get to do anything or no? >> i was kind of her domestic bitch for -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: well that's very nice of you. >> well i was for four months. i mean, so -- and it was good. it was good fun. so i got to stay at home and look after the kids, and look after her. >> jimmy: the nfl draft is happening still next door.

let's talk about scotland for now. bit.a problem that you cannot simply make these products outside of what is a core constituency up in scotland? you can make gin in london. that works fantastically. >> the japanese have succeeded. we recently sold japanese whisky for 11,500 pounds. it would not -- it wouulld have been unheard of before. it is a supply issue. it does not have to be from scotland. it does have to be quality. it does have to have a track record. it needs to age. three years as a baby. >> this is very recent. consumers are getting more educated and want to try different taste which is why they want to try japanese whisky . five or six years ago it was unheard of. >> a lot more in the press. consumers are very educated. there is a lot on twitter. a lot of people talking. when you talk about collecting things, some of these bloggers know what is going on before we do. you can always tell when you get a phone call when they say, how much of this case have you got? the sort of customers forget, it's blitz. -it- i

. >>> scotland.ld television, the steam engine, golf, whiskey, penicillin and, of course, the deep fried mars bar. it is great being scottish. we're such a uniquely successful race. ♪ [ light laughter ] >>> seth: ladies and gentlemen, james mcavoy! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >>> seth: welcome. thanks so much for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> seth: so this film is based on a book by irvine welsh, who also wrote "trainspotting" >> yep. >> seth: and you play, sort of, a corrupt police officer, yes? >> yeah. i play a -- a drug-addicted, alcoholic, bigoted, racist, sexist, homophobic, uh -- [ laughter ] -- mentally ill police officer. so. yeah, you don't want him pulling you over for a dui. [ laughter ] >> seth: no. it doesn't seem like you want him pulling you over for anything. >> you don't want him pulling you. >> seth: right? exactly. [ laughter ] you shot it in edinburgh, yes? >> yeah. >> seth: beautiful city. i used to go to the fringe festival. i was over there a few times. >> oh, cool. >>

nothing's in them. >> jack burke trained in scotland to climb those steep cliffs.eas forced his boat to land, he went to pointe du hoc. german artillery fire was coming from the atlantic wall. >> they knocked those guns out. where was all that artillery coming from? not the pointe. >> gary stern purchased french land where he believes the artillery fire was coming from. his book "the coverup at omaha beach" chronicles how -- the map. >> it contained a very detailed area. the area was marked with a cross hatching somebody had put in with a pencil or pen. >> you came here and there was nothing here? >> nothing here apart from rolling countryside. >> these guns were active. >> absolutely. >> until the rangers got here on the 9th of june, they were firing on the allies. >> just a few miles from pointe du hoc -- >> the bomb plot showed that. there were a number of bombs dropped and probably none of them hit the guns. >> it had a very high priority on the artillery registration point maps. so it was well known in the highhigh er echelons. >> military historians still hav

competitions in ireland, scotland, norway, japan, russia each year, the facilities here in the park are second to none. there is no complex in the world that can touch it. >> i'm here with bob, and he has kindly agreed to tell me everything i need to know about casting. i'm going to suit up and next, we're in the water. >> what any gentleman should do. golden gate angling has free lessons the second saturday of every month. we have equipment show up on the 9:30 on the second saturday of every month and we'll teach them to fly cast. >> ok. we are in the water. >> let me acquaint you with the fly rod. >> nice to meet you. >> this is the lower grip and the upper grip. this is a reel and a fly line. we are going to use the flex of this rod to fling away. exactly as you moved your hands. >> that's it? >> that's it. >> i'm a natural. >> push both arms forward and snap the lower hand into your tummy. push forward. >> i did gave it a try and had great time but i might need some more practice. i met someone else with real fly casting skills. her name is donna and she is an international fly cast

there were some japanese subsidiaries of the royal bank of scotland amah to plead guilty -- of scotland and ubs to plead guilty to a charge here or there as part of a broader plea agreement, but most of the time, the past 10 years or so, we see one deferred prosecution agreement with another, and we -- and it is normal for them to go after other nonfinancial companies with charges. we see pleas and indictments, what have you, against companies in other industries, not just banks. >> phil mattingly, is this political? is this why the justice department is changing? >> i think to his point, eric holder and his staffers have heard the rage coming at them from elizabeth warren and even more broad than that. it is not just liberals. you have heard conservatives talking about it on capitol hill and others. there is frustration from the executive level and the company level, there were no nature charges brought in the wake of -- no major criminal charges brought in the wake of the financial crisis, so the attorney general has always been aware of this. what is fascinating about this testimony

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scotland, the countdown has officially begun for an independent referendum. nationalists are trying to convince voters to say yes to a split with the united kingdom. on the doublest rate and murder out of india, the brutal death of two in thers sparking anger country. over, last-ditch talks russian gas. emergency meetings have been called for this friday in a bid to keep gas pipes open between russia and ukraine. moscow demands that kiev pay it gas bill, some $3.5 billion, and 2 billion of it by monday. otherwise, the kremlin says it will cut off supplies, potentially affecting europe as well. >> the deadline looms. threatens to halt gas supplies to ukraine if it's bill remains unpaid by monday. of the month of may, ukraine has been taking the maximum daily volumes allowed by the contract and by june 7, ukraine's that -- gas supply debt will come to more than $5 billion. the ukrainian government says it is willing to pay as long as russia lowers its prices. kiev is looking to lower an agreement since 2009, which has a paying higher gas over any other european

from the royal bank of scotland, thank you for being here. >> thanks, ali.hanks for having me. >> as time goes by after you have a paul volker and greenspan, i don't know if they're getting older or becoming more clearer. >> they're speaking more slowly. >> what encouraged you, what disappointed you. >> in truth they are trying to intentionally to be more transparent. chair yellen has been overseeing even when she was vice chair. the message was the same. they're trying to thread the needle. they want to talk up the economy. they want to say things are good. that's why they're able to cut back on some stimulus. they're winding down this asset purchase program. at the same time they don't want to be so confident that it speaks the market in thinking that the fed may soon be raising interest rates. as you noted i thought the caution about housing was interesting. the fact that the fed is watching that closely, and also this talk about financial stability. the fed is also watching financial markets and being wear waryof financial money may be ld to go a bubble.

murals under the state art preservation act and the visible act we've been asked to speak in rome and scotland and all over the united states about the murals their internationally recognized and my office windows overlooks bomby alley and many people go on tours you see little kids on leashes going down there with their schools teachers and people speaking french and bus loads of japanese it's features in all the travel guys this is an international treasure. as a member of the merchant association i'm interested in this culture preserve the areas it's becoming loves for its culture n it's in threat of becoming an overstuffed animal everybody does not wants to hold into it, it's important while change is investable it's important to make the character strong and thank you all for supporting it. >> thank you. i have a few more public comment cards (calling names). >> hello. i'm a long time resident of the 24 and a member of the council i wanted to talk about the arts organizations both from the prospective of having the perform artists and from being a parent that's raised a child who's life h

especially if scotland is independent. >> awful lot of myths with less evidence to back them up than existence of the loch ness monster. oil, the huge gap that exists between the fantastical assumptions of how much we get from the oil and the reality of what we are actually getting today. >> i mean, there's still considerable amounts of oil, around 15 to 24 billion barrels of oil is a finite resource. the price can only go one way. >> reporter: from the s&p's perspective, scotland's economy will do well with or without oil. what is clear is that oil town aberdeen will play a major role in whether voters in scotland choose independence come september 18th. >> it's worth pointing out, sterling is actually on the rise today, posting a very strong manufacturing amount. came in better than expected, up 57.3. that's pushed sterling up to fresh 4.5 year highs against the dollar. we'll take a short break. still to come on the show, from the uk to the u.s., gdp there almost comes to a halt in the first quarter. was it just the weather? the markets seemed to shrug it off. we'll have plenty of

between one company followed by another company that borrowed vast amounts of money from bank of scotlandassets ended up in another company called quest. for next to nothing which is now a successful company with all the loans been written off in another environment so that the assets ended up in a company run by robin southwell and he also was involved in running a company or corporate jet services which was one of these and he also owned the shares in that company in the early days there was a lot of software robin southwell is a top advisor to david cameron on business matters he's also the head of a d.s. which is a defense business in the u.k. and by the way let me tell you e.a. d.s. not your ideas u.k. but e.d.s. is the subject of a very serious set of allegations of corruption in saudi arabia over a defense contract so robin south was connected to a range of these different things this matter needs to be investigated i can go into the detail if you want to but frankly what happens is lots of money lent assets created end up for almost nothing in a company run by robyn southwell very

so i think the same thing right rob bank of scotland with the global restructuring group is not justa similar scam by another accounting firm in the same nonsense victimising is for british very much stealing their assets you've got it. global restructuring group i have direct evidence. i know neil mitchell and i know he's right in the middle of the tribulation so sometimes it becomes a cross as a personal vendetta but it isn't and by the way i'm not on a personal vendetta rather i might sound like it i'm up for truth and justice and reform i have direct evidence of. what i would describe as virtual dishonesty inside global restructuring group by the way and it wasn't just royal bank of scotland that was doing that stuff it's all the other banks as well h possibly doing it pushing companies into insolvency virtual is honestly meaning meaningless when you take a criminal case you have to prove the case to a jury and getting the case across beyond reasonable doubt is not easy but i can tell you i am absolutely sure. or there was serious wrongdoing as a very serious level inside global

. >> fire has badly damaged when mostlascow, scotland, famous landmarks, the glascow school of art. the fire broke out in the upper levels of the sandstone art nouveau building. no one was injured. the building was completed in 1909 and was recently recognized best by architects is the british building of the past 175 years. -- concert film festival has tom's film festival has awarded a special award to a brazilian filmmaker. the photographer spent 40 years photographing the human condition and wildlife around the world. m,e top prize, the golden pal will be awarded at a special ceremony tonight. that is all for this edition of the journal. thank you for joining us. her bags for another day at school in a foreign country without her parents. the 17-year-old is a predominately muslim ethnic minority in china. riots in her community have met with repeated crackdowns by chinese authorities. after her father's death, she fled to germany to start a new life. she says she always thinks about how hard it was to come to germany and learned so many new things here. learn new things, and lear

. >> let me scotland the real party of interest how much time to provide additional information. >> two weeks is fine with us we could possibly get you the information before that. i want to clarify the space that's a one story extension of the existing building is shared by the tenants above ate a laundry room as well it's my understanding they also use it. and if upper to see