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Welcome to Thursday's Reporting Scotland. Tonight: Rangers - the

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Inside story. How the club's owner Craig Whyte made his fortune, how

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he bought Rangers for a pound and how he faced down boardroom

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opposition. Maybe he was not going to have the

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money to pay her bills. Did you not ask Sir David Murray not to do this

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still -- deal? I asked him not to, he said it was too late. A BBC

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Scotland investigation uncovers evidence of alleged criminality in

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Mr White's past business dealings. Something he vehemently denies.

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Also tonight: as 1,000 jobs head to his Highland charge, the first

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minister tells SNP conference, it is time to take control of

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Scotland's energy resources. We hear from the men with breast

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cancer who say the NHS forgets that it is not only women who get the

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disease. And worth getting up for. The dawn

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flight of pink-footed geese the Montrose Basin.

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A BBC Scotland investigation has uncovered evidence of alleged

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criminality in the past business dealings of the new owner of

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Rangers. It reveals that Craig Whyte was banned from being a

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director for seven years until 2007. The programme features claims he

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illegally controlled a company, for which he could have been sent to

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prison for two years. Mr Whyte denies that he committed any

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offences. This comes just two days after the club severed all ties

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with the BBC. Our investigations correspondent Mark Daly has this

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exclusive report. In May this here in the new owner of Rangers walked

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into Ibrox to our hero's welcome. Craig Whyte pledged funds and a

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bright future but just six months future, the club's faces insolvency.

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Kray work was a millionaire by his late 20s. -- Craig Whyte. But he

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left Scotland and moved to Monaco, the ultimate playground of the rich.

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In May 2000, not long after the collapse of his business empire

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under a flurry of debts, he gave an interview here in Monaco. He told a

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journalist that he did not all anyone any money, least of all the

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taxman and that he had a clear conscience with nothing to hide.

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Five weeks after the interview, we can reveal that Craig Whyte was

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disqualified under company lob and banned from being a director for

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seven years. It appears that despite being at disqualified

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director, he kept himself very busy indeed. This document reveals

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startling allegations about the covert business activities of Mr

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White which could have seen him go to prison for up to two years. The

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UK's investigations unit into go up business practices wind up a

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company they believe is being run by Mr Whyte while he was being

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disqualified, a criminal defence -- offence. All the signals where that

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the financial management of the company were being exercised by Mr

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White. He could have been sent to prison for this? Yes, there would

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have to have been a criminal investigation and trial. Mr White

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says he was a small investor in the company but had no financial

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control. He denies committing a criminal offence. He returned to

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Scotland, bought a castle and three years later,. Rangers. In financial

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turmoil with a potential 57 million pound tax bill, it cost him at

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talking one count. He clear the bank loan and agreed to take on the

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tax liability. The previous chairman had concerns about the

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security of the club. That was a big concern to us that maybe he was

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not going to have the money to pay our bills. Did she not ask Sir

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David Murray not to do this deal? asked him not to, he said it was

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too late. All but one of the original board have left.

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Administration is a distinct possibility. Mr White would be

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first in line to be paid with the others being left empty handed. The

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BBC first contacted Mr Whyte five weeks ago to ask him for an

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interview, and several times since, he has refused but told the BBC he

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was committed to the future of the club. Rangers are seven points

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clear at the top of the Scottish Premier League, but boardroom

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unrest and the threat of administration casts a long shadow

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of a Ibrox. The BBC investigation raises serious questions about the

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past have Craig Whyte and his role as the honour and Guardian, tens of

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thousands of Rangers fans may be watching what happens in the future

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as being the most important. Craig Whyte has withdrawn all

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cooperation from the BBC but he has spoken to other media outlets today.

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This is what he had to say. track record speaks for itself. I'm

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here and I had done a lot more successful deals that -- than deals

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that haven't worked out. That speaks for itself. You can see more

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of that investigation straight after it this programme at 7pm on

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BBC One Scotland. The SNP's annual conference

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underway this afternoon with the First Minister telling delegates

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that Scotland should take control of its energy resources. Alex

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Salmond vowed to fight for what he called world-leading carbon capture

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technology, after the UK Government abandoned plans to set up such a

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scheme at Longannet in Fife. FROM Inverness, here is our

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political correspondent. They once built oil platforms here. This was

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the largest dry dock in Europe. For a decade and more there has been

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next to no industry here. Today Alex Salmond came here to meet the

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new owner of the guards who hope to create 2000 jobs on the Cromarty

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Firth, servicing a oil, gas and renewable industries. It comes a

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week after BP confirmed a new investment West after -- West from

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Sheffield we should keep jobs going for decades to come. Alex Salmond

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said it is time for Holyrood to take control of all Scotland's

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energy resources. It is and were at -- imperative regain control of it.

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There is one competitive which matters above all, because it is

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simply unacceptable to have a fuel poverty amid that energy plenty.

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Simply unacceptable. Mr Salmond also criticised the failure of a

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project to turn Longannet into a pioneering carbon capture and

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storage facility, accusing the UK Government of turning its back on

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Scotland. Energy has long played an iconic part in SNP politics. In the

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1970s, the party said, it is Scotland's Coyle. Judaic Alex

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Salmond hopes of oil, gas and renewables can help power his

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party's campaign to make Scotland an independent country.

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The SNP is the first majority government at Holyrood and has

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never known greater electoral success. His challenge now is to

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convert support for the party into a yes vote for independence in the

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referendum to be held in Three or four years time.

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Tonight of course the Scottish government has been digesting the

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news that Colonel Gadaffi has been killed in Libya. The government had

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been hoping that if he were captured alive, he might have shed

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some light on the Lockerbie bombing and his role in it. Tonight the

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First Minister said the Scottish investigation into the atrocity

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would continue. We are already in contact with the new government. We

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had been assured of cooperation. Understandably, we have had many

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other things to focus on. -- they have had. If evidence emerges, it

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will be properly examined to see if it is substantial. A substantial,

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the Crown Office will make the appropriate decisions. I'm joined

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by our political editor. Is seen as nothing has changed with the death

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of Colonel Gadaffi? -- it seems. is emphasising that first of all,

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he believes the world will rejoice in the downfall of what he calls a

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tyranny in Libya and secondly, the issue of Abdel Basset al Megrahi

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has been hugely sensitive for the Scottish government. Alex Salmond

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distressing to things, that it was taken within the context of Scots

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law and secondly, Scots law tempered by nursing. On the

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conference itself, what has the end -- what is atmosphere been like?

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is euphoric. They are the first majority government. It is the 77th

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SNP conference and they are in power but there is euphoria. It is

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contained because they did not enter politics to gain it

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devolution but independence. Alex Salmond knows he is bidding at off

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for her to a T years, because he pledged that through their election

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campaign and also he believes privately is -- it is not the time

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to advance the cause of independence when the economy is in

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trouble. His view is seek popularity first as the Government

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by working with the flow of popular concerns and then put the issue of

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independence to the people of Scotland. Thank you for that.

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Still to come before seven: The Burns poem etched on glass by the

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Bard himself. In sport we will bring you the

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latest from Celtic's Europa League match against Rennes.

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And two was to play for a teenager he be - the scorer of this goal

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does but a former Scotland boss reckons it could be the end of our

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national team. It was a long-distance walk that

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was meant to raise awareness of the plight of murder victims families.

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Peter Morris's sister was murdered by her has been so but his walk

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ended with the amputation of part of his leg but he told us he had no

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regret. Peter Morris is recovering in hospital near his home in Kent.

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His right leg was amputated below the knee last night. He has

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diabetes and gangrene had set in after he developed blisters during

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his walk to campaign for justice. Doctors had warned him that the

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long trek could cause permanent injury. I have no regrets.

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Obviously I would like to have two legs but I cannot help that. I have

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ended up in this situation and if I had to do it again, I would do it

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again because I want to try and achieve things for other people in

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the future. Peter Morris and his supporters set of seven weeks ago

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from the grave of his sister, heading to the Scottish Parliament

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in Edinburgh. Claire Morris was married to Malcolm Webster who was

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jailed for 30 years earlier this year for murdering her in a staged

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car crash in Aberdeenshire in 1994. He had also tried to murder his

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second wife in New Zealand. Peter Morris handed in a petition to the

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Scottish Parliament, seeking better rights for victims and their

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families. This campaign has cost him his leg. I am not writing off a

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were going back to Edinburgh again, or making speeches in the

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parliament. Or even hoping that their English parliament follows

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the Scottish Parliament on this subject. I think the policies we

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are trying to put in place could become UK weight, and I think that

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is a big goal to have and I intend to get there. Despite the setback,

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Peter is continuing his campaign from hospital and says he will not

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rest until he gets justice for the memory of clear and other victims.

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Some of the other stories across Scotland this Thursday...

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A fresh appeal has been launched in the hunt for two Scots thought to

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be on the run in Spain. Crimestoppers have asked for help

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in their hunt for William Paterson, who is wanted over the murder of

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Kevin Carroll in Robroyston in Glasgow, and Derek Ferguson, wanted

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for the murder of Thomas Cameron in Bishopbriggs.

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The defence in the trial of the serial killer Robert Black has

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taken less than two hours to set out their case. The 64-year-old

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Scot is accused of abducting and murdering the Northern Ireland

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schoolgirl Jennifer Cardy 30 years ago. He denies the charges. The

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Crown is due to give its closing statement to the jury tomorrow.

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Police investigating the disappearance of a missing

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financial adviser from Glasgow say they have had a number of sightings

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of her car. Lynda Spence has not been seen since April, when she

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left her parents' house in Glasgow Harbour. Detectives say her silver

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Vauxhall Astra has been seen in parts of North Ayrshire and

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Even the NHS is forgetting that men get breast cancer, according to

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many of those who have had it. Around 30 men in Scotland are

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diagnosed with breast cancer every year, but research for a health

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support website has revealed that many feel isolated. This car runs

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from here to here. When the spot on his in the poll started bleeding,

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his doctor sent him for a biopsy, just in case. They were positive

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they were nothing wrong with me. I said to my wife, I have got cancer.

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Bernard has never met met another man with the condition. Interviews

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with other suggest many feel isolated expect the patience to be

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women. In the information pack that the scent, they said that I should

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bring a soft brass with me. It was in very small pharmacy, but she

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came through and told me that the medicine involved was only for

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women. All of that time, they are having to deal with these

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challenges. One of the suggestions to come out of the campaign is that

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the King Rabin for cancer should have the blue sport on it, to mark

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the fact than men also suffer from the disease.

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Three verses scratched on glass by Robert Burns have made a long-

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awaited return to Dumfries. Using some kind of diamond stylus, or

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even a diamond ring, Burns etched the poems on windows at his

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favourite howff, the Globe Inn. Now, after 177 years, they are back - or

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at least, exact copies of them are. It is one of Scotland's most

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historic inns. It was already 170 years old when Robert Burns forced

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to men. The is the theme and where Robert Burns often slept. He

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consummated an affair with the landlords Nice. He ended up

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fathering a daughter. He also aged some lines on the glass. Up here,

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is all lovely poorly Stewart, or charming Polly Stewart. The windows

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where soul by it the hard-up owner of the time, but the Burns Society

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tried to bring them back. Eventually, they were acquired by

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the buns Museum in away. They are hanging on to them, but agreed for

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these exact replicas to be made. The verses are not well known and

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not amongst the poet's best. But they are in his hand. And after a

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night of jollity downstairs, they may have wavered a bit. It we do

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have been marvellous to have the courage also back in the place they

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were meant to be. I think Scottish Heritage should have had the

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foresight to realise the should have been returned to hear. They

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are a hour Elgin Marbles and we want them back.

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Let's see how the sport is looking this evening. Here is David.

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I will start with the news from France, where Celtic are playing

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Rennes in the group stage of the Europa League - a match Celtic need

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to take points from if they are to have a chance of staying in the

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Anthony Stokes here. But a few minutes later, they fell behind

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following a disastrous mix up. Or deer, if you are a Celtic fan that

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is not pleasant viewing. The half- time whistle has just gone.

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And you can listen to the rest of the match on BBC Radio Scotland's

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Sportsound programme. It is on air now. That is on 810 medium wave.

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The prospect of a Scot playing for the men's Olympic football team may

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The newly appointed Team GB manager Stuart Pearce wants the four home

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nations represented in his side. But the Scottish Football

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Association opposes the idea. A former Scotland boss fears it could

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jeopardise the very existence of our national team. Don't be fooled.

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This is no small political football. As Hope Powell and Stuart Pearce

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where named as the managers of the Great Britain team is in the

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Olympics next year. Is he hoping that Scots will appear in the team?

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Very much soul. I hope that nearby the time, the political staff will

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go into the background and people will want to play. I do not see the

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problem with playing of the auction is on the table. Here at Hampden,

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the Scottish Football Association is very much opposed to the Great

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Britain team, fearing it will jeopardise the Scottish teams

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future. And the former Scotland manager agrees. Despite assurances

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we have had from FIFA, I strongly suspect they would like to see a

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Great Britain team in the European Championship and the World Cup.

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on the women's side, two of the top Scottish internationals have said

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they will play for their Great Britain team is selected.

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St Johnstone say they are expecting to be inundated with applications

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for the vacant position of team manager. They say they have already

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had several inquiries. The man who's just left the post Derek

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McInnes started his new job today at Bristol City and he said the

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offer of a switch to English football's second tier was too good

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to resist. The opportunity to come and work in the championship is a

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fantastic opportunity. I have left behind the very good club. People

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say it is a small club, but it is a very good club and very good hard-

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working people and good support. They may lack the numbers, but they

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do not like the passion for the club.

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They are back in their thousands to spend the winter in Scotland.

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Hundreds of thousands of geese are arriving from Iceland. You have

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probably seen and heard them flying overhead, but the sight of them

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taking off en masse at dawn each morning is spectacular. Andrew

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Anderson got up early to see for himself. Early-morning and Montrose

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and tens of thousands of pink- footed geese head off for the

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winter. These people got up early as well to see one of nature's

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great sights. We are keeping our fingers crossed that they will do

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it today. They do not always do it in unison. For those who remain,

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they were getting on grey and it would soon be time to head off for

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breakfast. And the only goal. A sight worth getting up for. Yes, we

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thought it was an amazing sight. I had never seen anything like that

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before. A it was fabulous. Even those who watched the geese all the

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time, I never tire of seen them soaring up into the air. It is just

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wonderful. Not only the sight of them, but the sound of them as well

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as the take-off in unison. We have got the good site around here and

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that is perfect for them. The numbers have increased since the

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1950s. Last year, geese numbers top 65,000. It is close to that already

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and thousands more are expected in the next few weeks.

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Well, it looked lovely at dawn over Montrose. But I think it has been

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I am afraid so. As we go into this evening and overnight, it will be a

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similar story, cloudy and wait overnight. There are some strong

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wins, coming up from the West and driving in that rain across the

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country as we go through the small awards. It will be a wet night, but

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still nailed, with temperatures just about edging up to double

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figures. Tomorrow, the wet start in the West, but the score should be a

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lot clear. The rain will be confined through parts of her Dale

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as we head into the afternoon, so to the north of that, it will be an

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improving picture for the Western Isles and even up as high as Orkney

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and Shetland. There is that rain, just extending into Perthshire and

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parts of Aberdeen sure. Temperatures 13 or 14 degrees

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Celsius. The rest of the afternoon and evening, the weather front

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pushes north again and the wind will be strong from the south.

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Every look at the pressure chart, we can see what is happening after

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that. We have got another another weather front coming in from the

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West and that will work its way in bringing more rain before the

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weekend. For the start of the weekend, it will be a wet and windy

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start, but it will improve as we go through the day. Here's how it

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plays out on Saturday. The rain in the West pitching in from the West

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and as it pushes through, the West will start to brighten up, but it

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will still be a windy day and not particularly pleasant. Sunday, I am

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afraid not much good either. Now just before seven o'clock, a

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summary of tonight's top stories... A BBC Scotland investigation has

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uncovered evidence of alleged criminality in the past business

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dealings of the new owner of Rangers.

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Colonel Gaddafi has been captured and shot dead in his home city of

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Sirte in Libya. His death came when he tried to flee with supporters,

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as transitional forces gained control of the former leader's last

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stronghold. Fighters say they found him hiding in a concrete drain pipe

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after reports that his convoy had been attacked by NATO war planes.

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