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Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight: Back on track - Edinburgh

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councillors perform a U-turn and decide the trams will now run into

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the city centre, but there is still uncertainty.

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We don't know how much it is going to cost and when it is going to be

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delivered. There is massive uncertainty.

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Proposals for gay couples to be allowed to get married - but clergy

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won't be forced to to conduct ceremonies.

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Bollywood comes to Badenoch as a Highland hotel transforms itself

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into a cinema. Celtic are back in the Europa

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League after a Swiss club Sion are thrown out by UEFA. We are live at

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Celtic Park for reaction. The controversial Edinburgh

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tramline will, after all, run along Princes Street and through the city

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centre to us and Andrew Square. Councillors overturned their own

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decision last week to halt the line at Haymarket but will now have to

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borrow �231 million to pay for it. Even after today call we still

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don't know when trams will start running all what the final bill

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will be. As the Council gathered to reverse

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its latest crime decision, even loyal council supporters conceded

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massive damage has been done to the city's reputation. This has been

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almost 4 1/2 years of mismanagement at every turn, when the council has

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been asked to make a decision. It appears they have made the wrong

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decision. Councillors were sent to think again after the Scottish

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government after deciding last week to terminate the tramline short of

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the city centre. John Swinney threatened to withdraw remaining

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funding but this time, after a three-hour debate, councillors

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voted to continue construction to St Andrews Square. I am delighted

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that the decision today. It is a pity we have waited eight days in

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getting to this decision but I am very relieved because I genuinely

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believe it is the right decision for the city. Last week, the SNP

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group abstained on a similar vote. Today it back St Andrews Square.

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were left with an option to choose Haymarket also Andrew Square and we

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plumped for us and Andrew Square. The Conservative group voted again

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to scrap the entire scheme. don't know how much it is going to

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cost or when it is going to be delivered and there is massive

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uncertainty. This was the originally planned tram route.

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Estimated cost - of �545 million. Last week, councillors voted to

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terminate the line at Haymarket which was a massive reduction on

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the original plans. Today, councillors voted to extend it at

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an estimated total cost, including borrowing, of around �1 billion -

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close to double the original cost, to deliver around two-thirds of the

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original plans. This is a glimpse of what residents

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of the capital were promised at the project's outset. But despite a

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day's obvious progress, delivery remains a distant prospect.

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Gavin is in Edinburgh city centre. Some agreement today but a long way

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to go. Certainly a long way to go before

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major new construction work begins on the tram system here in

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Edinburgh. One of the first thing that has to happen is an agreement

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between the two parties. There was a deadline in place for an

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agreement between the council and the main contractor to come up with

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a brand new plan but they council have gone cap-in-hand to the

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contractor or to say they have got it and to ask for another couple of

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weeks to double-check the arithmetic before they sign the new

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contract and work out the details of how it will be delivered. When

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are we going to have trams, as we can see the buses doing? It has

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been so long since we have even visited that prospect that

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councillors and officials at the council were reluctant to give a

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time. Bass said at the very earliest, it would be 2014. The

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pure cost of the plan costed today is around �700 million with another

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�200 million of borrowing. The big concern is that while today's

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decision is clearly a move forward, once the funding and borrowing is

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in place, it makes it all but impossible for the City to cancel

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the project regardless of how much the project -- the final cost could

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be. Councillors agreed today that the negotiations would take place

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without any limited cost - effectively a blank cheque.

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The law should be changed to allow gay marriage, including in churches.

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That is the view of the Scottish government, though they also say

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that church ministers and priests should not be forced to conduct

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same-sex ceremonies. The government was outlining its position at the

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launch of a consultation exercise. At a moment, a gay couple in

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Scotland may have the wedding cake and arrange the flowers but they

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can't get married in - they can only have a civil partnership. That

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might be about to change. In years to come, not only might they be

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able to get married, they might even be able to do it in a church.

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We have set out our initial view that same-sex couples should have

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the right to get married if that is how they want to demonstrate their

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commitment. It is on the condition that no faith group or individual

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should be required to carry out same-sex marriages evaders against

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their beliefs. In Scotland last year, there were nearly 24,500

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marriages and just 465 same-sex so all partnerships. You have the law

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is largely the same forceable partnership and for marriage but a

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lot of same-sex couples feel as if they are stigmatised and labelled a

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second class couples because they can only call their relationship a

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civil partnership. Bad proposal to elevate several said -- same-sex

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unions to marriage is alarming to the Catholic Church. The Church has

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always maintained that the family and marriage as the foundation of

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society. We will oppose that and make sure politicians examine that

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point of view. We have to support marriage and not redefine it.

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Glasgow, it is hoped this Newchurch will be completed by Christmas. It

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seems there is much new -- much more chance of that than the Church

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wading into this debate before consultation closes in December.

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They are having their own review, which could take another couple of

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years. I don't think there is any chance of the Church of Scotland

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reaching a resolution on these issues in 14 weeks. There is no

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route mechanism for us to do that. Our processes take longer. That may

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be frustrating for some but that is the reality. A any Bill to change

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the law on marriage would not be expected to come before the

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Scottish Parliament before 2013. You are watching Reporting Scotland

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from the BBC. Still to come: Flying the flag for

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the union. The political battle over Scotland's future heats up.

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And the new plane looking back on the life of a goalkeeper killed

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while playing for Celtic. And in sport, they are back in.

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Celtic are readmitted to the Europa League after the team that knocked

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them out are kicked out. And this is the man who is happy to

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carry the hopes of a nation. We will hear from the Scotland manager

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on the eve of a must win at Euro 2012 qualifier.

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The gloves came off last night in the fight for Scotland's future. Of

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the top spot in the UK coalition government used a speech in Glasgow

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to argue the case for sticking with the rest of Britain. -- of the top

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Scot. The SNP say that Danny Alexander, the Chief Secretary to

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the Treasury, is wrong. Just a week before the last bite of

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the Proms, the UK government is on a mission to persuade Scots to keep

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the best of both worlds, of remaining in harmony with the rest

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of the UK. But still playing our own tune when we want to, and

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better off for it. We are stronger together and we are stronger when

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Scotland's two government work together, pulling in the same

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direction for the people of this country. But according to the SNP,

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the Chief Secretary to the Treasury has his sums wrong. We have a clear

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vision for an independent Scotland. We are calling for the power for

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corporation tax to grow the economy. We have nothing but negativity from

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politicians like Danny Alexander. But that is not how Unionists see

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their arguments. This is the first skirmish in a renewed campaign by

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the UK government to make the case against independence, and a theme

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that is starting to re-emerge. Unionists have long been sensitive

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to SNP claims that they are being negative and talking down Scotland,

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so they are now trying to make the case in a more positive way - but

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simply, that we are better off in the Union.

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A sentiment echoed today when this Tory MSP launched his campaign to

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lead the party at Holyrood. But can there ever be a truly

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positive campaign against changed? In the 90s, there can tear up --

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the Conservatives returned the Stone of Destiny as part of an

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upbeat bid to see off devolution. But this has been overshadowed. Is

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there a lesson for Unionists now? We need to emphasise that the

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problems with negative images, apocryphal images, they tend to

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crowd out the positive message. Some arguments about independence

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may seem as traditional as the Proms but positive or negative,

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these arguments are only going to get louder until we finally vote.

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Food and drink can be Scotland's next big overseas earners - that is

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the ambition of the new man in charge of Food and Drink Scotland,

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which promotes the sector across the globe. James Withers takes up

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his job next week, which also happens to be the start of a

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Scottish Food Fortnight. Diners in France and Spain are

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probably more familiar with these scarves than most Scots are. This

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hoteliers says Scotland may have some of the world's best produce

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but the buying public, even fellow chefs, don't use it enough. No, to

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be honest, they don't. It is too easy for it to come over the border

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from Newcastle and be delivered. Nobody is trying to find real food

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locally. Supermarkets, where most of us shop, do sell Scottish food,

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but its provenance is not always clear. This smoked salmon producer

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says mass-market rivals undercut him by sending Scottish fish for

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processing in the Far East, where labour is cheap, and we importing

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it for sale here. They can do it cheaper than us. The only way we

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can get round it is if the government controls the export and

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import of our own products. We should be doing it at home. It may

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cost a little more but then you add jobs, growth and an awful lot of

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extras to the industry. A but more and more people are buying local,

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at farm shops like this near Dumfries, which is so busy that

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larger premises are being built. People's lives are about

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convenience, Price, habit. Breaking those things are never easy, but

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once you penetrate and get people here, people no quality when they

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see it and taste it. Farm shops are all about reducing food miles, but

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high food miles can be seen as a good thing, too, if you are into

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exporting - something this new industry cheap has a clear view on.

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A Scotland has a fantastic industrial history and that is the

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scale of our ambition for food and drink, too. We want to forge a

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reputation for Scotland, here and abroad, as a land of food and drink.

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A prospect to savour at the start of a Scottish Food Fortnight.

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Some of the other stories across Scotland: A man has been found

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guilty of sexually abusing a baby girl.

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45-year-old David Morrison was described as one of the most

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dangerous sexual predators ever prosecuted in Scotland. The hope -

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that the abuse took place at his home in Great out.

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Three followed Barlinnie prisoners have been told they can see the

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Scottish government for damages over the practice of sq flopping

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out. The court decided they claims were not time barred. It could mean

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that the cost of claims could rise by more than �3 million. --

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slopping out. It incompetent teachers may be

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barred more quickly under proposals put forward by the profession's

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regulatory body. It wants earlier hearings and, in serious cases, the

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option of suspension from duties He played more than 200 games for

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Celtic and made four appearances for Scotland but John Thomson was

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dead at 22, killed in a tragic collision with an opposing forward.

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And you play is about to open in Glasgow, looking back at a

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remarkable, if brief, life. He was young, good-looking and charismatic

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but above all he was a great goalkeeper. He made his debut for

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Celtic aged 18. He played more than 200 games for Celtic and made four

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international appearances. He was known as a fearless goalkeeper. At

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Celtic Park they are rehearsing a new stage play about John Thomson's

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life and death. It reveals how he became such a good goalkeeper.

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would try and stop your friends from kicking a ball through your

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mother's when does? How many panes of glass got broken over the years?

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None. The cast discovered his family were concerned that John

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Thomson was too fearless. mother did not want him to play

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football. She only saw him play one game and was so alarmed by the

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prospect of him getting injured, she did not go to see him again.

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She had a premonition he would come to harm. In a game against Rangers

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at Ibrox 80 years ago, his bravery cost him his life. He died at the

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feet of Rangers -- he died at the feet of Rangers centre-forward Sam

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English. The procession at the funeral included many Celtic and

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Rangers fans who walked from Glasgow. He was already a legend

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and that legend has grown. He was already a legend and a hero. At

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such a young age, he was such an accomplished goalkeeper that he was

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a hero and a lead into the club then and since his death, he has

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become a legend for the club. Street End, fans will again walk

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from Glasgow to Fife to lay a wreath on John Thomson's plate --

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is grey. -- John Thomson's grave. Celtic are back in the Europa

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League. That is the competition they were knocked out of by FC Sion.

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UEFA have kicked the Swiss club out of the tournament. Celtic are back

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then, why and how? FC Sion had fielded players who FIFA had ruled

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ineligible. They allegedly broke a transfer embargo that had been

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placed upon them by FIFA. They went ahead and played these players

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against Celtic, although they knew it could come to this. Celtic

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complained about it. UEFA upheld Celtic's complaints and awarded

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both matches to Celtic. More to come, perhaps. Celtic said, we are

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very pleased by the decision. The approach which has been taken by

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Have we attain some measure of closure in this matter? Very

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unlikely. FC Sion will be appealing. They will feel to you a far -- they

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will appeal to UEFA. There is a bit of dubiety as to who will hear the

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have caught -- heel the appeal. -- hear the appeal. At the moment,

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Celtic are back in Europa League but that could change.

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Scotland are definitely still in the Agrippa the European

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Championships and the still have a chance of reaching the finals. But

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Toulouse tomorrow against the Czech Republic, and the show is over.

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Craig Levein announced his team on Twitter today. Darren Fletcher is

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back in the team as captain despite back in the team as captain despite

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not having played a competitive match all season. Kenny Miller is

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the lone striker. We assess Scotland's chances.

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Last year in pride, the checks found -- the Czech Republic found a

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chink in Scotland's Pharma. They still have it all to do, the remain

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five points behind the Czech Republic with a game in hand. Is

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this your biggest game so far as national boss? Of core cities. --

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national boss? Of core cities. -- of course it is. This is the most

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exciting part of international football. A Czech Republic and

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excited too. They say appoint will do tomorrow. -- one. Will do. They

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have injury worries, their goalkeeper is injured. Home

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expectations are high. I am looking for a to walking out onto the pitch

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in front of a full house at Hampden. With the hopes and expectations of

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the Scottish people place for my upon the shoulders of myself. --

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and the rest of the group. pressure is on and the nation

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expects. There is just one Scot left in the

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US Open. That is Andy Murray. Elena Baltacha lost her second-round

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match to Svetlana Kuznetzova up. Andy Murray is up against Robin

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Harser from the Netherlands. He is a tough player. He nearly beat

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Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon. He played well at Wimbledon this year

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and in the Australian Open. He is a tough player, he is very flashy.

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won my first round quite easily. Andy Murray has a different level

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to the guys I have been playing. I need to step up and play better.

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The new man at the top of the Scottish Rugby Union is promising

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to revitalise Glasgow and Edinburgh. Mark Dodson, he is a former media

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executive. He says the national team is doing well with a greater

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strength and depth -- strength in depth than ever before. We have to

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give the supporters something to be excited about. I'll be talking to

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the coaches about that. I think we're on the cusp of something

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great here in Scotland and I think we can make big changes in a short

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amount of time in the professional We have all heard of local cinemas

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closing down and been turned into pubs, but no one hotel in the

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Highlands is doing it in reverse. Bollywood is coming to bad enough.

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Maybe Kingussie was on the wrong side of the tracks for a cinema.

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Tonight, it will reverberate to the sound of a new film might,

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Bollywood style. There is a screening of slumber of a

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millionaire. -- Slumdog Millionaire. The owners of this hotel have been

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converting it into a picture house. In these days of movie downloads,

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why is the cinema experience still involved? Everybody can shove on

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their pyjamas and watch a movie at home, but there is something nice

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about having a get together with friends and family to have a night

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out. It is a way of bringing the community together. The pub is a

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natural place for the community to congregate anyway. It seemed

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natural to start showing films here and offering something different in

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the area. To top it all, the actors to mention that Kingussie address

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in the film is arriving on tonight's 715 trained -- the train

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at quarter past seven. When the closing credits roll, there is a

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lovely scene in the station. We thought we would do our very own

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station. The revival of small cinemas is becoming increasingly

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popular in Scotland. I doubt if the launch of any film club is going to

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be quite as colourful and enthusiastic as this one.

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Let us see if there's anything to I am not going to sing and dance

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the weather tonight! There will be rain this evening and overnight.

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Right now, cloud and a band of rain pushing in from the West. That will

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reach across the country through this evening and overnight. The

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rain will be lighter across the North and the far north should stay

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largely dry. Tomorrow, that late that rain will linger. The second

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part of the day will be quite cloudy. Temperatures should be

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quite mild. Towards the west, eyes will be closer to 15 or 16 degrees

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Celsius. In the north-east, we should see some sunnier breaks. If

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you're heading into the mountains, temperatures at the summer as -- at

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the summits will be as follows. It will be windy air with the wins in

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a south-westerly direction. -- with the winds in a south-westerly

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direction. In the east of the country, winds in a south-westerly

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direction. Tomorrow evening, most of the showers we have had during a

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day will die out and we will have a dry night across the country. In

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two Sunday, we will be in between two frontal systems. Most places

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will be dry on Sunday. There should be some brightness and sunny spells.

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It will begin to get cloudier later on. Quite a mixture this weekend.

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Thank you. Lydia's National Transitional Council says most of

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the country is now safe and Secure and it is a matter of time before

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Colonel Gaddafi is apprehended or killed. It follows that defied

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message from the former Libyan leader's in which he vowed to fight

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a long guerrilla war. The controversial Edinburgh

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tramline bill run beyond the market. Councillors overturned a previous

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decision to halt the line at the market. They will now have to

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borrow 231 million to pay for it. A teenage boy has been jailed for a

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minimum of 14 years for murdering his 15-year-old eggs can will

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friend. -- former girlfriend. The Scottish government says the

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