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Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight on your national news:

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Edinburgh's trams back on track. After overnight negotiations, the

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city council signs a new deal with the main contractor. It is all over.

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The Rangers fans come on to the park. We remember the BBC football

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commentator, David Francey, who's died at the age of 87. Marching off,

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if not to combat, a close simulation. We joined the

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Territorials training for life in Afghanistan. And later in the

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programme. A red card for Frank McAvennie in a heated Old Firm

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clash of the 80s. But today he says the fallout from recent games has

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been blown out of proportion. giving the PC brigade the chance to

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jump in and get involved in football. They shouldn't get

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Work on Edinburgh's trams system is set to resume after the city

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settled a dispute with its main contractor. The council has signed

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a new deal with the consortium Bilfinger Berger after late-night

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negotiations, ending fears the two sides may have had to resolve their

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dispute in the courts. It clears the way for construction work to

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get underway again. From the capital, Gavin Walker reports.

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For the long-suffering people of Edinburgh, today's contract signing

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is something of a mixed blessing. First, the good news, there the

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potentially expensive court case has now been seen off, and work on

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the trams themselves can now begin again. The bad news is, if you live

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along the route, when the work begins it is likely to bring

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widespread transport disruption. The council leader seemed relieved

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today to have avoided a potentially crippling court case. We have been

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working hard on this since the mediation process, and today we

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have reached a situation where the papers have been signed. But if you

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live along the route, the good news of work resuming is also the bad

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news. Potentially more so if you have a business there. Remedial

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work on Princes Street will resume this weekend. This is what Burley a

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tram works looked and sounded like. Business leaders are urging the

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council to get it right this time. We need to know when the work is

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starting, when it is finishing, what we can expect outside and what

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relief measures are in place across the city. Among City residents, the

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news met with mixed reaction. going to cause chaos again across

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the street, but they have gone this far, so we have to finish the job.

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There will be yet more a people, I imagine. I just hope eventually,

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when we do get them, that they function -- there will be more

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upheaval. This morning's agreement clears the way for work to

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hopefully be completed by the estimated date of Sammut 2014.

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Certainly, few city residents think that the remaining few years of the

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project could be as troubled as the last three -- Sammut 2014.

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At Holyrood there's a fresh row over pensions, the issue

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threatening to provoke widespread strikes by public sector workers.

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The First Minister disclosed he was warned by the Treasury in London

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that he's facing financial penalties if he attempts to delay

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higher pension contributions for Scottish workers. But his critics

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say it's all bluster. Our Political Editor Brian Taylor has the details.

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Pensions for NHS staff and teachers, for police and firefighters, they

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come under the control of Scottish ministers because of devolution,

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but like other public sector staff they face a hike in their pension

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contributions from next April and the UK government plans. Alex

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Salmond thinks the proposal is cack-handed when many public sector

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staff are facing a pay freeze but has been warned by the Treasury of

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financial penalties if he attempts to delay the increase in Scotland.

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An extraordinary letter, even a threatening one. He read out an

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extract from the Treasury letter. would have to reduce the Scottish

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government budget by 8.4 million for every delay of a month. You can

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call that letter many things, but it doesn't seem to be liberal or

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democratic. But critics say that this is bluster from the First

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Minister to cover his government's failure to confront the need to cut

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costs. All he is interested in is picking a fight rather than seeking

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a resolution to the public sector pensions problem for the whole of

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the UK. We need a resolution to this. We have been dodging and

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delaying for months and we should get on with the job. This row

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emerges as the Scottish government prepares to disclose its detailed

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budget plans next week. Expect two key elements. They will try to

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sustain capital spending as well as additional use of the non-profit

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distributing model to leave a controlled investment from the

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private sector, and we can also expect widespread structural reform

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and the public sector itself, building on a model of single fire

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on police services. You're watching Reporting Scotland

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from the BBC. Still to come before seven. Is it time up for the sell-

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by date on our food? In sport, Celtic finally kick-off their first

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match of the Europa lead group stage. And a former Old firm's star

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tells us why the fall-out after that infamous Old Firm derby of

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last year was a big over-reaction. The former football commentator

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David Francey has died at the age of 87. For two generations of fans,

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David Francey's unmistakeable, and oft-impersonated voice was the

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soundtrack to Scottish football throughout the 1960s, 70s and 80s.

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Before the era of regular, live TV coverage, his radio commentaries

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for the BBC were essential Saturday afternoon listening in homes across

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the country. Reevel Alderson looks back on his career. It is all over!

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The invasion has started as the Rangers fans come running on to the

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park, and the players have to scamper to get off it.

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distinctive voice of David Francey. It was a time when the Scottish

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success could be reported. That voice was easily mimicked in

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competitions. One particular chap just used the name of Jimmy Johnson.

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He didn't say anything I said, just little Jimmy Johnson, Jimmy Johnson.

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A lovely cross by Jimmy Johnson. This was all he said. Anyway the

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competition was judged, and I was 4th. It is a dull and cold day in

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Dundee. At the voice was the soundtrack regeneration of football

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supporters before ubiquitous television coverage. He was iconic

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when I was growing up in Glasgow. If you're interested in football,

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it wasn't the same media coverage you have now, you just add one

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television. There were at the same amount of matches, so you had to

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tune into the radio. You always remember his voice. Fellow

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commentators acknowledged that his style changed the way football was

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described. I think the Template he provided was be yourself. Don't

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hold back. Let rip. Don't be trying to be orthodox if you don't feel

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like it. And I think, perhaps, that is the lesson he has laid down for

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future generations. You could sit in a house, or lie in the bath,

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listen to the match and see it in my mind's eye. You always knew

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where the ball was. That is not common these days. He was very

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distinctive and enthusiastic. There was never a bad game commentated on

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by him, everyone was a cracker. David Franci was 87 and commentated

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on three Scottish clubs winning European trophies and on glory days

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and then Park when the national team could qualify for the finals

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of major competitions. -- and Hampden Park. The voice of David

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Francey, who's died at the age of Scots in the Territorial Army are

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taking part in a big training exercise to prepare for action in

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Afghanistan. Exercise Scottish Buzzard is the first of its kind

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since the recommendation that reservists should take on a bigger

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role in front-line operations. Willie Johnston is in West Freugh

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With the army facing cuts, the Territorials will play a big

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operational role, increasingly working and fighting across --

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alongside their full-time professionals, each equal of the

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other. There are two big challenges in this, one is getting the

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volunteers fighting fit and tactically aware, the other is

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getting them up to operational strength. My report contains some

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scenes you may find disturbing. It is the dawn of a new-age for the

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Territorial Army. Now eight integral and important part of UK

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frontline forces. It is light years from the weekend warrior image of

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all. Today's reservists join up knowing they will see the harsh

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realities of war. That is why training is as realistic as

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The soldiers do not know in advance that the blood covered casualties

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in the medical evaluation exercise of real life and duties. It is

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shockingly authentic. We have had the odd guy a faint or throw up.

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Some of the guys have seen injuries like it before, but don't expect it

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in a trading environment. It is important to get used to seeing the

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sort of things, because they will be deployed out to Afghanistan and

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this is the sort of injury they will deal with. Here they are

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simulating close combat. The Taliban have occupied a building

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over there and these guys are going to come under fire. The key to this

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is that they return fire only defensively, not offensively.

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Taliban, if they are running away, they cannot be offensive, because

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that is against the rules of engagement. The Territorials who

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have fought side-by-side with professionals insist they can be

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equals. I have seen it changed a lot, going from the Dad's Army,

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weekend warriors, to professional people who do the job with the

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regulars without complaints, so the regulars cannot even tell the

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difference. Today's Territorial Army is still well below the

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strength it needs for the new one army vision to work. We are trying

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to fill it to full establishment, so that is some 30,000 trained,

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available and deploy a bought Personnel and we have just less

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than half and at the moment. -- personnel for deploy. That is a

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short fall of nearly 16,000 across the UK. These men are preparing to

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leave these bases and head for an old ammunitions factory. The

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terrain and the buildings there are relevant and very symbolic of an

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Afghan village. For the next 48 hours, they will be fighting for

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our hearts and minds of Afghan civilians and potentially battling

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for their lives against Taliban are hostile forces. The exercise

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commanders say that the whole thing is as realistic as they could

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possibly make it, and ultimately, Fuel distributors in the Western

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Isles are being accused of hiking prices for petrol and diesel. The

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price of a lighter -- litre of diesel in Stornoway stands at more

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than one pound 50. The rise comes as a UK scheme to cap prices got

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the go-ahead this weekend. After a potentially good news at

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the beginning of the week of the 5p cut in fuel taxes, then we have the

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price rise of between three and 4p. Council convener Alec MacDonald

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says this is no coincidence. He points to the fact that when Danny

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Alexander came to the Western Isles earlier this summer, when he was

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expected to cut the fuel duty, prices went up a as well. He says

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that things are linked. Whenever there is an announcement saying the

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cuts are on the way, the fuel distributors seem to be raising

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their prices in order to protect profits. He does not blame the

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local retailers, they say they have to adopt the prices sent down by

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the market. It comes -- Kandola Macdonald says the distributors,

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especially Scottish deals, are to blame. We tried to talk to them

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today but they did not come back to us. Mr Brynn Gunn also said he

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wants the government to step in once again. He is great for Fort

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Danny Alexander's interest in the issue, but the 5p Cup has been on

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an old. -- annulled. He expects the government to take action very soon

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on this. Care homes in Scotland are facing

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at least one unannounced visits from inspectors every year. The

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mood is designed to toughen up the current system after what people

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described as a tragic failure of care at the Elsie Inglis care home.

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Police are investigating the deaths of two residents.

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Thursday afternoon at this care home means dominoes. It is an

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example of how our elderly population should expect to be

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looked after. The council-run home will inspected in February and

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awarded five stars. It is just like one big family. I get on well with

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the staff. When I came here, first of all, I was made very welcome.

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Earlier this year were relations were relaxed so it most care homes

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would only be inspected every two years. Now that has changed, and

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all homes will have one unannounced visit every year with follow-up

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checks. There will continue to be continual risk based inspections,

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intended to assess the quality of care. It is the sort of thing which

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happened here at Elsie Inglis care home in Edinburgh that has prompted

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such swift action from the government. It was inspected last

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October and given a four-star rating by inspectors. Just six

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months later, it was given the lowest rating possible and forced

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to close in May. Police say they are still months away from

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completing an investigation into the deaths of two former residents.

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As well as more inspections, the Health Secretary wants people to

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more make more use of the complaints system. It will not

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necessarily mean that there will not be any problems at all in care

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services in the future, that would be a little ambitious. I think it

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is part of helping the situation. There are also reassurances of

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resident of Southern Cross Care Homes, but almost all their homes

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have been transferred to new owners following the financial collapse of

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the company this year. Scottish trawlers landed �435

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million worth of fish last year according to new figures. The new

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Scottish statistics showed 367,000 tonnes of fish were brought ashore.

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But the fleet was the smallest ever recorded, with 2150 fishing boats.

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A firm has been fined more than �112,000 after the death of a

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worker who was crushed in a potato harvester. Keith Wannan died in a

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farm near Cupar in 2009. He was trapped in the role as for almost

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an hour. The firm admitted breaking health and safety regulations.

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The brother of a woman murdered by her husband has handed in a 6000

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petition signature petition to the Scottish Parliament. Peter Morris,

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whose sister Claire was killed by Malcolm Webster, wants to raise

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awareness of greater support for victims of crime and their families.

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We are building fewer conservatories and home extensions,

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yet if you want to make changes to your home, it is not getting any

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quicker to get planning permission despite big changes to the system a

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couple of years ago. Those changes were meant to speed up the process

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for most of us. It is now two years since those big

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changes stick to the planning system came into place, with their

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aim of trying to speed things up. That could have helped the economy

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and meant better value for us all a tax payers. A new report suggests

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there is little chance of this happening. For more controversial

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plans, waiting for a decision can still be a real frustration.

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This man wanted to extend his animal sanctuary, but the council

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would not let him. So he appeals to the government. He got the green

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light this week, but he is still disgruntled with the system.

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Extremely stressful. There is no common sense in the whole process

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that they put through. There does not need to be all of the baroque

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for see you go through, -- bureaucracy you go through, it is

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actually very upsetting. Bigger businesses can get frustrated as

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well. Big house builders are not convinced the changes are

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beneficial. We still have a system which needs to be more predictable

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and proportionate in its approach. Today's report does offer some

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praise for beef Scottish -- the planning system. It says many

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things are working together better. But the sting in the tell his cost.

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The drop in planning applications it means that these are producing

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for the councils, so that they have to make more investment into the

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planning system. It seems some councils do not have enough

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detailed information on what exactly the costs in the system of.

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How closely do you look at the cell by or best before date on food

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labels? The people in charge of food safety say it is time to scrap

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the state because too many people think the food is unsafe to eat.

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It is still fresh, but no one wants to buy this food because it is too

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close to its sell-by date. Most of Scotland's surplus food end up in

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the bin, but not this stuff. It will feed more than 1000 people in

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Edinburgh today. We do redistribute 9p of -- read we distributed nine

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tons of food in every week. It goes to hostels, anyone losing --

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working with hostels or homelessness. For fridges and the

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redistribution centre of full of food which is perfectly safe to eat

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but it is close to its best before date so cannot be sold at the

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supermarket. Here is the race -- reason for the confusion. The

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display in poll says it is the 20th September, but is still stay for

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another day. -- still a safe to eat for another day. Shoppers in

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Edinburgh admit that sell-by dates admit the way -- changed the way

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they shop. I sometimes go to the back of the shelf, because the

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oldest dates up at the front. Supermarket will always end up with

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enough surplus food to supply charities like this one. But

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scrapping sell-by date can help prevent so much more of it ending

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up in the bin. The sport now.

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Celtic kick off their first group match of the Europa League campaign

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in just over an hour's time, away from -- away to Atletico Madrid.

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Neil Lennon's team are only in the side after the first Swiss team FC

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Sion were kicked out for fielding ineligible players.

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Just two days after this tie was confirmed, the Celtic fans who have

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travelled have taken over their little corner of the Spanish

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capital. Only a few hundred are here, perhaps unsurprising given

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the uncertainty. We booked up last Thursday, we had an idea we were

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coming. Tuesday, all day, I was checking the internet, checking

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everything. I am glad we are here now. Celtic trained at the Stadium

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last night. For them, it is a second chance in this competition.

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So, has the air of certainty affected them? I think the squad

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has been focused being here. Neil Lennon was fairly philosophical

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after the defeat to Sion. Now he is back in the competition and wants

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to make the most of it, although he is realistic. In any other year,

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this could be a Champions' League group. So I am hoping we are

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qualifying. If we can maintain their home form we have shown over

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the years, we have got a good chance. But our away form has to

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improve. The manager is realistic, the fans are hope for, for now,

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here in the sunshine, a party and beer will do.

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A bit light from Celtic -- a big With the first Old Firm derby of

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the season fast approaching this Sunday, 1 firmer old firm start

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says there has been too much into - - interference in the fixture from

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what he calls the PC brigade. The former Celtic striker Frank

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McAvennie says despite Neil Lennon and Ally McCoist squaring up to

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each other in front of the Old Firm derby last season, things are

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actually getting better. It was perhaps the iconic image of

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last season, and caused headlines around the world. Dubbed the shame

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game, it caused such an outcry, it caused a summit convened by the

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First Minister. For the former Celtic striker am Frank recommended,

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it was all a massive -- Frank McAvennie, it has a massive over-

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reaction. I think football should be kept out of football -- politics.

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It is the so-called PC brigade that tries to jump in and wants to do

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this and that, get involved in football. They should not get

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involved. He was no shrinking violet himself. He was involved in

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one of the most in fermenters Old Firm derbies of all time --

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infamous Old Firm derbies of all time. A lengthy legal inquiry

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followed this and punishments were meted out. As for more recent

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altercations, the former players are adamant lessons are being

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learnt. Everyone is in check, they will be there, fully focused and

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with a professional hat on. And learning from last year. I am not

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sticking up for a meal or Ally McCoist. It got heated, it should

:24:45.:24:52.

not have happened, and it could upset the supporters. But it didn't.

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It was going back many years when we saw the riots, we have gone on

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from there. These are sad and disgraceful scenes.

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We are a long way from the fuelled riots of 30 years ago. Over-

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reaction or not, the powers that be will be hoping the football is the

:25:13.:25:16.

only battle this Sunday. Hibernian have appointed Billy

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Brown as the new assistant manager, similar to the post he held at

:25:21.:25:25.

heart. He left the club six weeks ago when he was sacked along with

:25:25.:25:30.

manager Jim Jefferies. Now Colin Calderwood says Brown will be a

:25:30.:25:34.

valuable addition to his backroom staff. He knows all of them, he

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talks with them, I think he is a terrific guy. His knowledge and

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experience, added to that experience, doing well in this

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league is something that will be a terrific help to me and this

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certainly the club. Christopher is smiling today, it

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Beautiful September sunshine for many of us across the country today.

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There was some stubborn cloud around the it North East, just

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fading towards the end of the afternoon. Many places seeing blue

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skies. Cloud is moving in tonight from the West, but it will stay dry

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and cool. There will be some holes in the cloud, like last night, with

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overnight lows down to around eight or nine degrees. One or two rural

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spots will have a little bit lower temperatures than that. Into Friday,

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it starts OK. It starts dry, but we have cloud and right and patchy

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rain pushing in from the south and west. It is spreading in across the

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country and up the east coast, and it will be turning heavier. By the

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time we reached mid- afternoon, 4pm tomorrow, there will be heavy rain

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across the south. Temperature taking a knock compared with today.

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Freshening south-westerly breeze. A very different day to today. The

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rain is with us along the east coast, but north and west, part of

:27:07.:27:11.

the Northern Isles -- Western Isles and Auckland's Jack Lyons, it will

:27:11.:27:16.

be dry for longer. -- Orkney and Shetland. The rain continues

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northwards reaching Orkney and Shetland at some point, so you will

:27:21.:27:25.

see the ring tomorrow. Overnight it stays fairly unsettled, thanks to

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this area of low pressure which shuffles in and sit there overhead

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for Saturday. The first half of the weekend will continue to be

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unsettled. A fair number of showers, circulating, some of them will be

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happy. Not particularly fast-moving. -- some of the showers will be

:27:47.:27:53.

heavy. Improvement on Sunday, drier conditions coming in from the west.

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Tonight, it will be dry for all and Work on the tram system is going to

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resume in Edinburgh after an agreement was reached with the main

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contractor. And rescue operation is under way

:28:14.:28:17.

to reach for miners who are trapped underground in a colliery in South

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