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Good evening. As senior Catholic bishop is to

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meet Alex Salmond after raising concerns about the government's

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policies on the marriage and sectarianism.

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A 60 ft whale stranded on a beach in the Western Isles dies and the

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question is how to remove it. Fuel bills continued to rise and

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there is a warning that full-time carers will be badly hit. We have

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lost her discount because I had moved in with her and I was under

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65. I was penalised for having an illness.

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Later in the programme and - six year-old Jack Henderson is an

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internet sensation with his art. The First Minister is to meet the

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Catholic Bishop of Paisley after the bishop warned him of a serious

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chill in relations between the SNP government back and the Catholic

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Church. In a strongly-worded letter to Alex Salmond bishop Philip

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Tartalia or condemned the Scottish Government for not issuing figures

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on sectarian attacks and expressed dismay at policies on same-sex

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marriage. In the years since the Pope came to

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Scotland the close links between the Catholic Church and SNP

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administration have become increasingly strained. Now in a

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letter to the First Minister the Bishop of Paisley warned of a

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serious chill in relations between that the Catholic Church and the

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Scottish Government. He says the Catholic Church is dismayed at

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allowing Deep couples to marry. And he says that new laws on bigotry

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are a distraction from their real cause of sectarianism. The bishop

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says that many Catholics have support at his intervention. It is

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the duty of the bishops and priests to uphold the teaching of the

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Church. That is what a Catholic is. Might just keeps me right with that.

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I will stick with the wrong. you worried about a serious chill

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in relations with the Catholic Church? I have got very public -- I

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have got very good relations. you fall out?

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The government was sufficiently concerned for the First Minister to

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speak to the bishop on the phone last night and to agree to meet him

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to discuss his concerns on Friday. Those who support same-sex marriage

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are urging Alex Salmond not to make concessions to the Catholic Church.

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Of course there are controversy is that we must remember that

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Parliament is the secular authority. It makes the law of the land. It

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does not impose one religious of value for another of people who do

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not subscribe to religion. Government says it has an almost

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different of -- a difference of opinion. Ministers do hope to win

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him round on a new laws designed to tackle football bigotry.

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Our reporter is at Holyrood. Neither the Scottish Government nor

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the Catholic Church would speak today. Is there any likelihood that

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either body will change their views before Friday.

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When it the First Minister knees with the bishop on Friday he will

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say that the Government is consulting on the issue of same-sex

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marriage and no final decisions have been taken. If legislation is

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passed through Holyrood to make it possible for gay couples to marry,

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the Government will not force any particular religion or indeed any

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minister or priest to carry out those services. I do not think that

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that will satisfy the Catholic Church, but on the issue of the

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anti- bigotry legislation, the First Minister has got the Lord

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Advocate involved in his meeting. He hopes that the Lord Advocate

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will be able to persuade the bishop that the legislation designed to

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bring in tougher penalties for those who peddle sectarianism

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around football will get the support of the bishop.

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Staying with that story, another three Church of Scotland ministers

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in the West Highlands are leaving over the issue of gay clergy. The

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ministers made their announcement at a meeting of the Skye and

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Lochalsh Presbytery. A final decision on the clergy will not be

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made until 2013. Still to come - I am on that the

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red carpet where the stars and the crowds are gathering of four or

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this year's 2011 Mobo Awards. And in sport another blow for

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Scotland ahead of their Euro 2012 qualifiers. More on that later. And

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also why there is an instruction not to boo the liked his style

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national anthem. Rising fuel bills, warns the

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Scottish government, could lead to one million homes suffering from a

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fuel poverty. Fuel poverty is defined as requiring 10 % of

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household income to pay fuel bills. Gas and electricity bills have just

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gone up again. The amount is actually quite staggering. In 2006

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the average gas and electricity bill was �689. Now the average is

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�1,294. The cost has almost doubled in the past five years. It is

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difficult for us all to beat those increasing costs, but people on a

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fixed income such as carers on benefits are feeling the pressure.

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Shall I put on at the kettle? man has lived with his mother for

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the past four years. His mother has dementia. Her son of

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a mood that codes to care for her full-time. His income is littered

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to benefits. Fuel bills are costing them dear. If I look at it it is

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the biggest bill that I have as accurate. How much is it? It is

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�148 per month. That is 40 % of my monthly cavers allowance.

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Before he moved in with his mother she got a rebate on their

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electricity company. My mother lost her discount because I had moved in

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with her. I was under 65. My mother was penalised for having an illness

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that she needs for care for. Scottish Government is supporting

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7,000 years by expanding its energy assistance package. They say it

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will go some way towards helping to reduce heating bills, but across

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Scotland it is estimated that up to one million households at either

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end, or are close to, living in it fuel poverty. 40 % of the Scottish

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population Arab living in it, or her in a danger of living in, fuel

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poverty. We have got to look at the big picture. We understand that the

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Government is attending to help as many people as possible. I have to

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keep the heating on in every room for 24 hours during the winter

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because my mother has a tendency to wander. After the winter last year

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it is a big concern. This afternoon the Scottish Government announced a

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further �5 million to tackle fuel poverty. The money will pay for

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insulation and heating systems for some of the most vulnerable people

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in the country. But with a harsh winter predicted there are concerns

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about how much help will be needed across the country.

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A massive wheel which beach itself in South Uist has died. Villagers

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are abandoned their attempt to save the mammal last night. Now the

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question is how and to dispose of -- how to dispose of it.

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Apologies. Clearly no sound on that report. We shall try to sort that

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later. Police have confirmed they are

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investigating claims of sectarian singing and dance fans at last

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weekend's football match between Celtic and Heart of Midlothian.

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Take a look at these pictures behind me. They might not look a

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valuable, but they are worth a lot to the children at Edinburgh at

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Sick kids' hospital. Six year-old Jack Henderson started raising

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money for the hospital for by selling his pictures. Now he has

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raised almost �30,000. A book of his drawings has been published.

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Six months on Jack Henderson has done so many drawings he can hardly

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carry them. 490 commissions are completed. He has raised nearly

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�30,000. That is me. That is any good. It is nothing like we

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expected. We thought that the picture requests would stop.

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did not. Anything but. It began when it Jack Henderson's younger

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brother became ill. He had to go for treatment to the Sick kids'

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hospital in Edinburgh. It is then that Jack Henderson had his great

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idea. He would sell joins to raise money. He only expected handful of

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commissions. But his website has had in visitors from 160 countries

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around the globe. He has appeared in newspapers in Brazil and Taiwan.

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When you see a picture on up a website or a newspaper in another

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language it makes it even more crazy. For all of the family it has

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been in a remarkable journey. The last six months it has felt

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like hour whole life has been amazing. But it will be nice to go

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back to being the five of us, normal in the nicest way.

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433 drawings here. What is your favourite one? The bumblebees.

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many sets of pence had you use? many? An awful lot. Especially when

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you leave the lead off. Thank you everybody that donated to me.

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Goodbye. It is hoped that the new book will

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raise more money for the Sick kids' hospital.

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Now we can go back to that story on the wheel in the South Uist.

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-- their wheel. It is the second largest type of

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whale in that the world. It reality only heightened the desperation of

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rescuers to keep the mammal alive in the hope it could be assured

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back to deep water. For the rest of tonight we will carry out a post-

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mortem. We will try to determine if there was anything wrong with it.

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We will check its organs. It is a learning curve. Then we will know

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more about this type of Wales. rescue bid was an unlikely to

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succeed because when and mammals such as this is beached, its own

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body weight starts to crush its internal organs.

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Now tests are being carried out to try and work out why it came to

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shore. And now the council must try to get

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rid of it. The carcass may wash back out to sea again. If the local

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council can get in with machinery, then the mammal could be cut into

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pieces and taken away and possibly buried in landfill, but it is a

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real headache. There was a famously bungled

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American incident which led to blubber being showered over a large

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period -- and large area. That is unlikely to be repeated.

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A teenager has been sentenced to 15 years for murdering a young mother

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of two in a knife attack after a row about garlic bread.

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Jamie Ellis admitted stabbing the victim more than 30 times while

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high on Valium and cannabis. Two of the unions representing

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ambulance workers have agreed a temporary deal between staff and

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management. Staff on meal breaks will earn a �100 every time they

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are called out on a meal break. This is a temporary measure until

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December. A woman died last year because of -- after an ambulance

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worker did not respond because they were on a rest period.

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They Health and Safety Executive ordered changes to be made to

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accommodation on board Talisman's Tartan Alpha. It said there is a

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shortage of shower and toilet Alesha Dixon, Jessie J have arrived

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for the MOBO Awards. It celebrates the Music Of Black Origin. It was

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staged here two years ago. It will be watched by a quarter of a

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million people around the world and by thousands of fans at the SECC.

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Our Correspondent is on the red carpet.

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Excitement is building here on the red carpet. They are gathering for

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the artists that they want to see here tonight. J L S, Jessie J, are

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waiting to arrive. Also, a gale from Aberdeen, Emily Sandy, who two

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years ago was a backing singer. Tonight, she is back on the main

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stage, she has a new single, a record deal and she is up for Best

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Newcomer. Last year I was here at the MOBO

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Awards as a spectator watching all my friends pick up awards. Now it

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is nice to be finally here, to be finally nominated and to have won

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Tinie Tempah, picking up his mobile award last year. His musical career

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has taken off in the last two years. That is the point of these awards.

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What I am excited about is to see the newcomers that are either in

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the audience, watching the show, then later you see them performing.

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It is fantastic to follow their journey. It has been quite a

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journey for Amelie Sandy. Two years ago, she was a medical student at

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Glasgow University and writing and singing and her spare time. Now she

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has a record deal. She is up for Best Newcomer at tonight's awards.

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Anything can happen within a year. I feel what I have experienced has

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proven that. You never know. Work hard and you might be why you want

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to be. You might go up from the audience to winning in a couple of

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years. Win or lose, Emily says she is looking forward to a great night

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out, along with thousands of Scottish music fans.

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Those thousands of fans will be going in shortly. The show begins

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in just under an away as time and it will be watched on television by

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an estimated quarter of a billion people around the world.

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Now the sport round-up. It seems like another day and

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another blow for Scotland as the European qualifying double-header

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approaches. Captain Darren Fletcher has been ruled out of Saturday's

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game against Liechtenstein with tonsilitis. The midfielder, seen

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here scoring against the Czech Republic, could make the Spain

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match next week. However, Robert Snodgrass is out and has been

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replaced by a James MacArthur. Staying with those qualifiers,

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Scotland's supporters are being asked not to boo the national

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anthem of Lichtenstein. It happened when they played at Hampden in the

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qualifiers last year. If it happens again, the Scottish FA could be

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fined by European football's governing body for breaking the

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rules on fair play. Underneath the jeering, you might

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just hear their Lichtenstein national anthem. The same tune as

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the national anthem. That is why it was booed.

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To boo or not to boo, that is the question facing the Tartan Army. I

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am going to use a social media network to find out what the public

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make of the requests not to gee-up the national anthem. He is a

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Scottish fans have worked for many years to get the reputation we have

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got. Nothing should be done to damage their reputation. Do you

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think the repetition could be damaged? Yes, by showing disrespect

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to the opposition. National anthems are there to be respected, no

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matter what country you are playing against. The Tartan Army are always

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in good voice when Flower of Scotland is played. The Scottish FA

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will want them to be less vociferous when the band strikes up

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Lichtenstein's National Anthem. Neil Lennon will turn things for

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the club it is said, only if players raise their game. Chris

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Sutton is to be his old team-mate to be a success, even though they

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have slipped behind Rangers by 10 A fan's favourite to score goals at

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a time when Celtic have reasons to be cheerful. Today he was back with

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his book, smiling for the cameras to promote his tales of Parkhead

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and beyond. His former team-mate has had few reasons to smile lately.

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He has got the character to come through. He will be asking the

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players to do things and they need to stand up and show they are

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capable of moving the team forward. Despite a growing gap, his message

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on Rangers is clear. There should be nothing to fear. I don't think

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Rangers are strong this season. They have had a fantastic start but

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they are fragile. If they lose a couple of players with injuries,

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they will go through a difficult time. No need for a new chapter

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just yet. Pittodrie, the home of Aberdeen

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Football Club for more than a century, has been put up for sale.

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Selling the old ground will help pay the �38 million needed for a

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new stadium on the outskirts of the city. The club says it is making

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progress in selling and -- for the naming rights for his new home.

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From one Currie to another, an Indian restaurant in Edinburgh has

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been criticised after his wills hottest chilli competition left it

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to people in hospital. -- World's hottest chilli.

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For it is rethinking the event after several competitors came ill.

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Edinburgh's restaurant prides itself on being the hottest curry

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house. It has become an internet Last weekend, they ran a charity

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weekend to find a curry king. Be to chilly was so hot, they had British

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Red Cross on standby. We have many things that go into it.

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A few items are sourced from South Africa. This American exchange

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student thought she liked to spicy food. She made it to the final but

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ended up in hospital, twice. never want to experience this pain

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again. It is like taking a chainsaw 360 degrees your ass of the guests.

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It spreads out in your torso. the Ambulance Service says the

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restaurant must rethink next year's menu. Daphne cool things down and

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have a fun event and probably more of an eating contest, rather than

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an endurance contest. -- definitely. Next year, it is more likely to be

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korma than vindaloo. Even that is a little too hot to handle for now.

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It was a gusty day across the We had some hurricane weather today.

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It was mild though. Things are set to turn cooler and overnight, we

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see showers across western areas. In the east, they may be dry with

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clear spells. This is the picture through this evening and overnight.

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Some clear expels across eastern areas. The Western Isles, we have

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showers. Some will be heavy and thundery as well. Temperatures down

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to five Celsius. Cooler than that last few nights. On to tomorrow, it

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is showers from the word go for Northern, western and south-western

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areas. For the east, we will have some shelter from the brisk wind.

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They will have the best temperatures but struggling. 13

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Celsius is the highest. Some bright spells across the week -- across

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the East. Share was for the north- west. Some are heavy with hail and

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thunder. Some merging together to produce longer spells. Looking at

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the pressure Chard for Friday, we continue to see a brand of north-

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westerly winds. -- presser chart. On Friday, things will settle down.

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We have shelter across the East and South East. Temperatures should

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reach 13 Celsius. It is set to change for the weekend. It is going

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to turn milder but still windy but the rain at times. We have an area

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of low-pressure anchored towards Iceland. It is creeping up some

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warm at but it will be very wet. warm at but it will be very wet.

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The headlines: The First Minister is to meet the Catholic Bishop of

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Paisley after the bishop warned him of a serious chill in relations

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