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Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight on your national news:

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Nat Fraser faces a retrial for the murder of his wife Arlene after the

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appeal court overturns his original conviction.

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Religious bigotry at football matches, or online, could carry a

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five year prison sentence under new plans to tackle sectarianism. There

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is also a crackdown on Internet hate sites.

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Life through a lens: an optician has come up with a solution for

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people suffering a rare condition which means they can't remember

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faces. I can actually see someone's whole face at once. As opposed to

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just seeing different features, I can see the whole thing together.

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Face blindness affects around 3% of the population. Also tonight:

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We're on board with some of the best riders in the world for the

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biggest ever bike event to visit Scotland.

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The appeal court in Edinburgh has ruled that the Elgin businessman,

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Nat Fraser, should face a retrial for the murder of his wife Arlene.

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The judges quashed his original conviction after an earlier hearing

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at the UK Supreme court ruled it had been unsafe.

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This case has dominated headlines for 13 years. In recent weeks, it

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has sparked a real row between the UK Supreme Court and the Scottish

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government. The First Minister Alex Salmond went there to say the UK

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Supreme Court should have no role in Scots law. Whatever the now,

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whatever the debate, at the centre of it all lies the disappearance of

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one woman and one man who stands accused of her murder. On his way

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back to prison, Nat Fraser will once again stand trial accused of

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murdering his wife. Arlene Fraser disappear in 1998. She was last

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seen waving her children after school. She was due to meet with a

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divorce lawyer later that day, but never made that appointment. Her

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body has never been found. Her husband, Nat Fraser, was found

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guilty of her murder in 2003. fight for the tours will continue.

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He was sentenced to 25 years in prison, but it is case here to the

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UK Supreme Court, to argue he had capped -- suffered a miscarriage of

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justice. He claimed crucial evidence about Arlene Fraser's

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rings had not been made available to all the lawyers involved in the

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case. The UK Supreme Court made this ruling: the court holds that

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the trial would have been significantly different had the

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undisclosed evidence be made available. The case goes back to

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the Court of Appeal where three judges quashed his conviction and

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ordered a retrial. Arlene Fraser's family waited weeks for a decision,

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and after a lot of legal wrangling they have won. Nat Fraser is on his

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way back to prison in West Lothian. The same judges to quash his

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conviction also refused him bail. This former fruit and veg salesman

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who has served eight years in prison knows he now faces a retrial.

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The Crown now have two months to prepare a new case against Nat

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Fraser. Any date for a retrial has yet to be announced. As for the row

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between the UK Supreme Court and Scottish government that, a panel

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of experts has been set up to look at that position of that court in

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Scots law. Arlene Fraser family -- Arlene Fraser's family will go home

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to Elgin tonight waiting for answers to the questions, the most

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prominent being what happened to their daughter.

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The Scottish government has published details of new laws to

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tackle sectarianism which it hopes to have in place before the new

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football season. Abusive behaviour at matches and pubs where games are

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being broadcast will carry prison terms of up to five years. Anyone

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expressing sectarian hatred on the internet will also be punished. So

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what changes will it bring in the football stands?

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The kind of behaviour this new legislation is trying to eradicate.

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Violence, threats and disorder marred the last football season.

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Celtic manager Neil Lennon faced a catalogue of incidents. He was

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attacked by a fan and send parcel bombs. The Scottish government said

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they had to act and are now rushing to get the laws in place for the

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start of the season next month. Stop tolerating it, and I think

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that is one of the problems. We tend to shrug our shoulders and

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thighs not bother about it. It shames us in the eyes of the world

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and we have begun to see that and understand that, and it is time

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they began to tackle it. Two new offences are being created. If you

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chanting a offensive or sectarian songs you could be jailed for up to

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five years or given an unlimited fine. It is not just that matches,

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it could be at a pub where you are watching the match other big screen.

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It is the same level of punishment for 13 behaviour and the internet.

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Forums and can carry death threats and the government wants to clamp

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down on that. What does this mean for football fans? There could be

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confusion over what can and cannot be sung. There is no list of banned

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songs. We're not like to say which songs are sectarian, bigoted up --

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or otherwise. That is up to a court to decide. We will get a mind

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around it and we will unfortunately have to arrest people who breach it.

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One former Celtic director believes the legislation is unworkable.

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will mean absolutely nothing to fans in practical terms. The way to

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cure this is by long-term social education. It is a deep-rooted

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social problem. It is not only associated with the ball but that

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is where it manifests itself. Rangers and Celtic have all

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welcomed the new Bill, on the day it was announced the Old Firm Derby

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would move to 20th December. Perhaps by then, we will know

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whether these steps are leading anywhere.

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You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC. Still to come:

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Travel trouble as part of the Kessock bridge at Inverness is to

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close on Sunday for repairs that are going to last eight days.

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And why Children's Laureate and author of The Gruffalo Julia

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Donaldson is championing libraries. In sport: we'll be hearing from

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Andy Murray just ahead of Wimbledon. I also tell you how Scottish

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golfers are faring at the US Open, and why these young athletes had

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been talking to the Prime Minister. The Labour leader Ed Miliband

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joined campaigning in the Inverclyde by-election today. His

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visit to one of Scotland's most deprived communities after he was

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accused of Labour becoming a dip party that is ripping off society.

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Ed Miliband says he wants Labour to be a party of grafters. He met a

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few as he talked jobs on a visit to Cannock. His critics accuse Labour

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of managing decline in community such as this. We all know that in

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every community there is a minority of people who can work but are not

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and need to be persuaded to do so. I also say that those who cannot

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work need protection and that is Labour's role. The SNP visited a

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local marina to promote tourist facilities. They know they should

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be a safe Labour seat but think they can attempt locals to change.

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I am from Greenock, and Greenock's biggest exporters people. That

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needs to change, and we need to leva assets, whether that is

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tourism are something else. Ed Miliband cannot offer that.

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Inverclyde is not typical Tory territory, but the party are

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braving the weather and the likelihood of defeat, insisting

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they can make a difference in places like this. I am very aware

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that in Inverclyde there have been huge social challenges. We want to

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ensure that in the United Kingdom we have a benefit system that

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generally does help those who genuinely need help. The Liberal

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Democrats have not really featured in this campaign so far. Heavy

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defeat here in last month's election has left them demoralised

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and defeated. We have to prove that we have not gone away and are still

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here, and will still be here next year for local elections. Are you

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expecting Nick Clegg here to campaign? I don't know. Would you

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welcome than? He would be welcome but they don't know what kind of

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reception he would get. Inverclyde by-election takes place

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on June 30th. The mother of one of two teenage

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girls who jumped from the Erskine bridge in 2009 has told an inquiry

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that she had taken an overdose and cut her wrists in the weeks before

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she died. Neve Lafferty and her friend Georgia Rowe died after

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falling more than 100 feet into the Clyde. Today, Neve's mother

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Collette Bysouth told the inquiry that her daughter had absconded

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from a residential unit in Helensburgh and then taken an

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overdose. She then cut her wrists while at an open unit at the Good

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Shepherd Centre in Bishopton and had also said she wanted to jump

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from the Erskine Bridge. An optician in Ayr has devised a

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solution to a little-known condition called face blindness.

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Sufferers can't recognise, or remember, people's faces. But it

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seems coloured lenses can fix the problem, which may affect as many

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as 3% of the population. For Alan Mendelsohn, a simple pair

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of blue glasses has changed his life. Allen suffers from face

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blindness, and recognising friends in the street was impossible.

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feel really bad that you don't remember someone's face, and you

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don't recognise someone if they are shouting for you in the street. You

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think, who are they? You wonder, have I seen them before? You get

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really nervous and you then have to try to work out from the

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conversation where you met them. is not just forgetfulness. His

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brain is not receiving the right information about what is in front

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of him. Then, his optician realised coloured lenses made a difference.

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Essentially, what we do is take out the light that is causing the

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problem. If you take the light out, faces suddenly seemed to be right

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immediately. The effect is so dramatic that he has to shut his

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eyes for a while when he changed his glasses to allow his brain to

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get used to the new information. can now see someone's a whole face

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at once. Instead of just seen the eyes of the nose, I see the whole

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thing together. It is kind of weird. It is thought his many as one and

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50 people suffer from face blindness. More work is needed to

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clarify whether a simple pair of glasses can make them make sense of

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the world. Some of the other stories across

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Scotland this Friday: Former Celtic goalkeeper Artur

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Boruc is to receive what is believed to be a record payment for

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an out-of-court settlement in a defamation case in Scotland. The

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footballer took legal action after the News of the World wrongly

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accused him of sending mobile phone texts and a photo of a sexual

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nature to another woman while his girlfriend was pregnant. News Group

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Newspapers, which publishes the newspaper, have made a full apology

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and agreed to pay Mr Boruc �70,000. A man has appeared in court charged

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with the murder of 88-year-old Stirling pensioner John Gillespie.

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It is alleged he attacked Mr Gillespie on 19th April. He

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demanded his lot and had a mother walking stick before dragging him

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along the ground to Severe up injury. He made no clear

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declaration at Stirling Sheriff Court and was remanded in custody.

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A meeting of evangelical members of the Church of Scotland has called

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the ordination of gay ministers a dangerous and disintegrative step

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and said it may lead to some congregations leaving the

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denomination. Last month, the Church's General Assembly voted to

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provisionally endorse the ordination of gay people. But today

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around 600 church elders and ministers met in Glasgow to show

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Motorists in the Highlands can expect long delays from this

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weekend. Major repair work gets underway on the Kessock Bridge on

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the A9 near Inverness this Sunday. It is the main access and exit road

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from Inverness and every day, 33,000 vehicles thunder across its

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four lanes. But from Sunday, traffic cones will be going out,

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signalling a week-long course hole. There has been some well failures

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on it and the need to be the fear - - the need to be repaired. Experts

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say the tailbacks could stretch back for hours. We understand that

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it is an emergency repair and has to be done. But I think they have

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been slow off the mark letting people know what is going to happen.

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If you have got some flexibility in your working patterns, it would be

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helpful if you could leave earlier or even better, work from home.

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Also, car-sharing is a good idea. That good news for motorists is

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that the stoppage should only take a week. The bad news is that is

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only a rehearsal. In two weeks' time, the entire bridge will need

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to be relayed, meaning delays for the next six months.

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The countdown to Armed Forces day David Currie has the sport.

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We are just a few days away from the start of this year's Wimbledon

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tennis championships and now we know who Andy Murray will play in

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his opening match. He is Daniel Gimeno-Traver of Spain,

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who is ranked 56 in the world. But the way the draw is structured,

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Murray could have to beat a more familiar and much more formidable

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Spaniard if he is to reach the final for the first time. Next time

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we see Andy Murray on court, he will be up against this man. The

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Spaniard has played at Wimbledon twice before, but only won one

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match. Andy Murray has played him twice before and beaten him twice.

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But Rafa Nadal could await Murray later in the tournament. A mare's

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run comes to an end that the hand of the great Rafa Nadal. He money

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in the semi-finals of the French Open just a few weeks ago. He also

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beat him at Wimbledon last year. You need to be very switched-on

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from the first moment when you play Rafa Nadal. Money had a chance to

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switch off when he took part in an exhibition match, or rather, he

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would have, had it not been called off for the bad weather.

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The two Scottish golfers, Stephen Gallacher and Martin Laird, are

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unlikely to make the cut at the US Open. The pair are both five over

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par after carding second-round 74s. With the projected cut currently at

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three over par, the Scots are all of 16 strokes behind runaway leader

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Rory McIlroy. He holed this sensational shot as part of his

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round of 66. If we hold on long enough, we will see it going and

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One of the first signs that the start of the new football season is

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not that far away is the publication of the SPL fixture list.

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And it is out today. Rangers are at home to Hearts on

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the opening Saturday on July 23. Celtic are away to Hibs, Aberdeen

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take on St Johnstone and Inverness host Motherwell.

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Newly-promoted Dunfermline have a home game against St Mirren and the

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match between Dundee United and Kilmarnock is on Sunday, July 24.

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With riders reaching speeds of 180 miles an hour, the British

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Superbikes Championship is billed as the pinnacle of two-wheeled

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sport in the UK. This weekend, it is being held at

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Knockhill. Around 30,000 fans are expected to brave the elements at

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the Fife race track, which culminates in Sunday's final. On

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and off the track, this weekend will be no place for the faint-

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hearted. As the Superbike riders tested themselves on the rain-

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soaked circuit, the spectators made the most of the decision. It does

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not put people off. Everyone who comes here is expecting it to rain!

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The riders expect their �85,000 bikes to be set up to cope with the

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adverse weather. And the power lane, you get a sense of just how

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powerful the superbikes are. I am this is what 180 miles an or looks

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like. Elbows, it just inches from the tarmac. But is very hectic,

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there are 35 riders out there and everyone is on it from the very

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start. It is a risky business, as one of the rider's nose. He broke a

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few bones in the last race, but fortunately got the all-clear today

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to take part. It is going to be great, I have got a lot of friends

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and family coming to watch. It adds a little bit of pressure, but it is

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good. This weekend, 157 British athletes

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head to Greece to participate in the Athens Special Olympics World

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games - and over half of them are Scottish. Those are the biggest

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games for people with learning disabilities. Paul Bradley has been

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out speaking to two of them. Preparations are well under way it

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in Greece as the torches lit in to welcome the visitors. For one

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athlete, there is a chance to add to his collection of medals.

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medals and top are the ones I got from the very first Games in

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Glasgow. I was very happy when I got them. There was tears and

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everything. I am really dedicated to what I do, so dedicated that I

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believe you have gone to the trouble of getting a tattoo? Yes, I

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have got 82 with the Olympic rings on them. I am sure it will be

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amazing. I am doing as much practising as I can. Some people

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got picked to go and see the Prime Minister in London. He was going to

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play with Barack Obama and he wanted some golfing tips. Did you

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give him any? Nor. Quite right, keep them to yourself!

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It has been exactly a week since Glasgow-based writer Julia

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Donaldson was announced as the UK's latest Children's Laureate. The

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author of more than 150 books, including the best-selling Gruffalo,

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promised more performances and to champion the work of libraries.

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And she is been true to her word. Today she was in Edinburgh to

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launch a new summer reading programme. He sat on the seashore,

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as thick end her hand. For Julia Donaldson, this is what it is all

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about. It is a scheme designed to promote reading during the summer

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holidays. If I am at the Book Festival on a reading, I do not

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just read the stories, but want to get the children involved. I think

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some good comes of it. They seem to get really involved and enjoy it

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and I think it helps their self- confidence. The author of 150 books

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hopes the profile will help the campaign to protect or libraries

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from cuts and closure. A I am not going to get to political by doing

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events in libraries. I just want people to realise how much fun they

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are. Traditionally, summer sees the drop-off in library use, but the

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circus theme of today certainly appealed to many of the youngsters.

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I am going to get a library card. really like all the books.

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highlight meeting the author for the first time. She is already

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planning a national performance for the end of her two-year tenure as

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Children's Laureate. I am sure there were Hailstone steady! What

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Yes, here is this rain that has been affecting us today.

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Unfortunately come tomorrow, it will push him again in the early

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morning. In the early morning, temperatures down to nine or 10

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degrees. But this rain is going to be with us for most of us this

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weekend. Further north, in the east you could get some sunshine. But

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further down in both East and West areas, we could get some very heavy

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rain in places. It will be wet through all this century bell, but

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further north should remain dry. This rain band is pushing

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southwards. We could eye c a high of 70 degrees up in it all up ill.

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The north-west Highlands is where the best of the weather will be.

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The further east there you go, the worst of the rain. The Angus Hull -

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- the Angus Hills will be particularly bad. Here are the

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The second half of the afternoon of Saturday and into the evening, that

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rain continues to sink South and the further north you are, you

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should have clear skies, although it will be a bit chilly. We have

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got some relatively settled conditions coming in for the second

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half of the weekend. It will not be wall-to-wall sunshine, but we

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should and temperatures getting up to 15 or 16 degrees Celsius. Into

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next week, again we are back to the unsettled weather. This low

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pressure is pushing him from the Atlantic and means that more rain

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is on the way. Weather? Now just before 7.00pm, a summary

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of tonight's top stories. The Appeal Court in Edinburgh has

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ruled that the Elgin businessman Nat Fraser should face a retrial

:27:18.:27:21.

for the murder of his wife Arlene. The judges quashed his original

:27:21.:27:24.

conviction after an earlier hearing at the UK Supreme Court ruled it

:27:24.:27:31.

had been unsafe. A major shake-up to the pension fund has been

:27:31.:27:35.

announced by the government. The Scottish government has

:27:35.:27:37.

published details of new laws to tackle sectarianism which it hopes

:27:37.:27:42.

to have in place before the new football season. Abusive behaviour

:27:43.:27:45.

at matches and pubs where games are being broadcast will carry prison

:27:46.:27:48.

terms of up to five years. Anyone expressing sectarian hatred on the

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