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Tonight on Reporting Scotland... Our unemployment rate is now higher

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than the rest of the UK. The youngest and those with few

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qualifications are the most likely to be signing on. What should they

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be doing to try and find a job? The SNP's anti-sectarian bill

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becomes law at the Scottish Parliament. But 20 football fans

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are kept out of Hollywood's chamber. A million people have watched

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online. The Falkirk student forcibly removed by a fellow

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railway passenger claims he is not being treated fairly. I was

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attacked from behind by a grown man, assaulted on the train, thrown to

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the ground off the train. I tried to get back on for my back and I

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was thrown to the ground again. bag. We will also hear from the man

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who shot that video. And it rattles, squeaks and goes

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round in circles. The third oldest subway in the world, and Scotland's

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only underground line, celebrates its birthday.

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The First Minister has called for an urgent UK-wide jobs summit after

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the latest figures showed a big rise in unemployment in Scotland.

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The jobless rate here is also now higher than the UK rate. Our

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business and economy editor, Douglas Fraser, is here with the

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Thank you. We knew unemployment was likely to rise. With government

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cuts and private firms nervous about hiring while the euro zone is

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in crisis. But this is a big surge. It shows the number of Scots

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seeking work between August and October went up 25,000 to 229,000.

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That is far faster and now in a slightly worse position than the

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rest of the UK. The number of Scots on Jobseeker's Allowance was down

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last month by 500, going against the UK trend. It is now at 143,000.

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The rise in unemployment is hitting the young hardest. Those with few

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qualifications, but also those who have invested time and money in

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getting qualified. And, particularly for those seeking work

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in the public sector, it is very Strapping up a Rugby player's

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injuries are part of the training for a student physiotherapist. By

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next summer, this woman seems to be working full-time. But the squeeze

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on NHS recruitment means 50% of the students on her course in Edinburgh

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may struggle to find a job. I think everyone shares the same concerns

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about how long it will be before getting a job. Will it be eat in an

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area you like? But we have to hope for the best and apply and do as

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much as we can. -- will it be in an area that we like? There will

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always be a demand to skilled staff in health care, but public sector

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bodies like the NHS cannot be relied on as used to be. That

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spells trouble for young graduates. Many are not being successful

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getting jobs. Indeed some are travelling abroad, going to Canada,

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America, Australia, New Zealand, places like that, to find

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employment as a physiotherapist. Scotland, almost one in every four

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jobs is in the public sector, higher than in the rest of the UK.

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That has been useful, acting as a buffer during the economic downturn.

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But times are changing. Over the last year, public sector employment

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fell in Scotland, presenting a long-term challenge for the economy.

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That has prompted calls for colleges and universities to

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respond even quicker to the changing chuck -- to the changing

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job market. What we have found his employers are looking for bite-size,

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short courses meeting specific business requirements, not long

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term courses. So, with unemployment rising and the economy changing

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shape, preparing the future workforce may become even more of a

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Lots of figures out today. Very few of them are positive. Pay is

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falling to keep pace with inflation. And that helps explain why Scottish

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retailers are reporting spending down 1.3% on last year. That is the

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worst fall since they started their monthly survey 12 years ago. If you

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remove food from that, it is down 3.3%, despite strong inflation.

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That does not account for a lot of online spending, which could make

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the figures better. And retailers hope people are leaving it late to

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do their Christmas shopping. Customers are looking for discounts

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and, unusually for this time of year, that is what they are getting.

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The Scottish Government has used its majority to push through new

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anti-bigotry laws despite opposition appeals for the

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legislation to be scrapped. Two offences have been created,

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targeting sectarian behaviour in and around football matches and on

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the Internet. From Holyrood, here is political editor Brian Taylor.

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A serious crime of wearing a T- shirt. So offensive. For not

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welcome, the Celtic supporters travelling to Holyrood, but denied

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access to the public gallery by security, because they were

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planning a silent protest displaying this message, fans are

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not criminals. And this one, SNP, shame on you. These fans were

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furious. The we could not have expressed them being anti- Liberal

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better than what they were doing. BR wanted to crush Celtic fans,

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football fans, denying citizens rights. The anti-sectarian bill has

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upset both halves of the Old firm's support, I have these views proved.

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There are so many laws, you do not know what you can do it. We need

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things in writing what you cannot sing. Make it clear. It is all very

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well dishing out rules. But you have to make things clear. Should

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MSPs draw up a song she, featuring anthems that all right and those

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banned. -- draw up a short sheet. Politicians say those determined

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enough ball just create new songs. The Bill is designed to out law

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offence of behaviour, including sectarian chanting linked to

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football. At the match outside the ground or watching the game in a

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public house. It also covers schemes abroad. Ministers insist it

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is time to act. Much of what we see at the poll celebrates nothing more

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than heat, division and done to antagonise and provoke old winds. -

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- hate. That must stop. This is a bad law and bad practice for the

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SNP to break-up the consensus on such an important issue. It also

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covers threatening communications. The test is threats of serious harm,

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perhaps inciting religious hatred. The maximum Pelynt to -- the

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maximum penalty is five years in jail. Tonight, the Bill was carried

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into law. Ryan Taylor joins me from

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Parliament. Why wear those T-shirts such a problem? A statement was

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issued saying demonstration to are welcome, but outside Parliament. --

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demonstrations are welcome. Those T-shirts were not welcome in the

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public gallery. It was described as not appropriate. The bill is

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expected in force early in the New Year. I expect ministers to

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announce initiatives over the next few months about other measures to

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tackle sectarianism, etc. It's about education and community

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involvement. And this reception behind me is about the future of

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football. Thank you. Police investigating the murder of

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three people in a deliberate house fire in Helensburgh have released

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new CCTV images of a man they want to trace. The person can be seen in

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the background of the footage being shown. Eight-year-old Bridget

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Sharkey and her 21-year-old brother Thomas Jnr died after their home

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was set alight in July. Their father, Thomas Sharkey Snr, died

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six days later. The only survivor was the wife and mother of the

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victims, Angela Sharkey. You are watching Reporting Scotland

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from the BBC. Still to come on the programme... An inquiry into the

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Shirley McKie fingerprint case says she was a victim of human error.

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In sport, Celtic are in Italy for their must-win Europa League match.

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But they have injury concerns. More on that later.

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And the former Open champion, Paul Lawrie, tells us about His big

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comeback. A student from Falkirk, who was

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thrown off a train by another passenger after a dispute with the

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conductor, claims it amounted to assault. Video of 19-year-old Sam

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Main being ejected was posted on YouTube and has been watched by

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more than a million people. Why should these people p and you

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do not? This is the video that has gone by role, starting with the

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conductor insisting Sam Main, in a hat, has no ticket. Up steps a

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passenger who has become known as the big man. Get off. He is an

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investment banker. He moves the 19- year-old student to the door and

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finally onto the platform. Today, Sam Main told me he did have a

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ticket and he felt he was dealt with harshly. He made no

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conversation with me, grabbed from behind by a grown man, assaulted on

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the train, thrown to the ground off the train. Sam tried to get back on

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the train. He says he needed his back. I do not believe I handled

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things well, I was wearing, but I was distressed. But the man who

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took this footage said the right thing was done. I felt for the

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conductor, being that each and not being able to put off by 19-year-

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old, then you have a family with children aged under five. There was

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a level respect not there. Transport police are in debt --

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transport police are investigating. Could he faced charges? It a

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serious crime is being committed by a civilian which you fill is being

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committed, you are allowed to intervene. But that has to be

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reasonable and reflect the seriousness of the crime. What

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happened here last Friday night has been watched by more than half-a-

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million people from across the world, raising interesting

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questions. When is it right to intervene? How much force can be

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used? And, most crucially, and one of the men in this international

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debate be prosecuted? Scotland's murder rate has risen in

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the past year. There were 95 homicides in the year to the end of

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March, up from 78 in the previous 12 months. The majority were killed

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by blades or sharp instruments. The figure is still the third lowest in

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the past 11 years. The public inquiry into the Shirley

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McKie fingerprint scandal has found she was a victim of human error and

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there was nothing sinister at work in her case. The former police

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officer was accused of perjury after a fingerprint found at an

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Ayrshire murder scene in 1997 was wrongly identified as hers.

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But at the heart of this saga of was the refusal of a fingerprint

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expert to admit they may have been wrong. The head of the service

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apologised to Shirley McKie and her father to date. It is the most

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welcome thing, that this report has caused them to make their apologies.

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Shelley was apologise to and the family for mistakes made. That

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gives us optimism and hope that we can move ahead, that the group will

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move ahead and finally make fingerprinting in Scotland a

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forensic science. This story goes back 15 years to the brutal murder

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of a former bank clerk. The body of the 51-year-old was found in her

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home in Kilmarnock. A local joiner convicted of her killing on

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fingerprint evidence. The fingerprints of Shirley McKie had

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been identified in her house. -- In the victim's house. She told the

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trial she was never inside, so was charged with perjury. Won the

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unanimous decision of the High Court jury, she was found not

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guilty. Experts from the Scottish criminal records of this were

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suspended for Miss identifying fingerprints. -- Miss identifying.

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The conviction was then quashed and Shirley McKie was awarded

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compensation. Today, along public inquiry, headed by a retired

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Northern Ireland judge, made its final report. In its 900 pages,

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this is its key recommendation. Fingerprint evidence should be

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recognised as opinion at not fact. Those involved in the criminal

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justice system need to assess it as such on its merits. The fingerprint

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service says it has already implemented many of the

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recommendations. Unit he now wants Strathclyde Police to reopen the

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investigation into the murder. -- Police divers are to search the

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bottom of the Caledonian Canal where it is believed at card has

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appeared earlier today. Neither asleep by an RAF helicopter or an

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underwater camera has so far located the vehicle. CCTV appears

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to sure the vehicle plunging off the canal bank at the City's

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Muirtown Locks. Iceland and the Faroe Islands are facing sanctions

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for overfishing Mac at all. It could lead to a ban on boat going

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to the two countries and a restriction on imports. Scotland's

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fishermen have given it a cautious welcome. A referendum has been

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taken on the controversial new design of Aberdeen's Union Terrace

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Gardens. A meeting of the city council decided to ask whether

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people support the project or whether they want and they existing

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gardens to be kept. The winning design will be revealed in January.

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Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds face a course Court

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lottery -- a postcode lottery to see if they can get into better

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educational circumstances. The school was punching above its

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weight. Although one 5th Ara entitled to benefit of free school

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dinners, over one-third a passing three tiers. -- are passing three

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Higher exams. The teachers have a part to play. The core of and

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beyond for you. -- they go beyond The school says that success is

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partly down to close monitoring of their children's work. Where are

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they, where are they being successful? Where are the areas we

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can identify with them? How do we target those improvements? Many in

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education say that success is more to do with the whole man the school.

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There is an issue surrounding support, if you like. That pupils

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get from their parents. It is so important that they are supported

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from an early age and education. Magic, perhaps. Research indicates

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that schools seem to make more of an impact any exam results of other

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countries. Experts are still trying to work out why.

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It is the most expensive bottle of whisky ever sold. Just one bottle

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of 55-year-old Glenfiddich sold for a record fee today in Edinburgh. It

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was bottled in 1955. It was auctioned off to celebrate the

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owner, has -- the order's birthday, Janet Sheed Roberts. -- the owner's

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birthday. All proceeds from the Sale will go to charity. Janet

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Sheed Roberts was 110 this year. Celtic arietta we on the eve of

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their match against Udinese. -- Celtic are in Italy. Several first-

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team players did not travel because of injury. That may mean an earlier

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than anticipated comeback for another player. When you're a

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footballer, people take care of those travel arrangements for you.

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Scott Brown picked up his boarding pass on a trip to Italy. They must

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win against Italy or they will be out of Europe. -- against Udinese.

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They're doing superbly well domestically but we have got a lot

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of confidence in our team now, we have been on a good run

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domestically and we are looking forward to it. No boarding cards

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required for Joe Ledley, Glenn Loovens, Kris Commons or Adam

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Matthews, who are all injured. Kelvin Wilson could make his

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comeback. He has not played a competitive match since September.

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He is in contention, that is why he is travelling. He has had a

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practice match. We played at a week ago at the training ground. Emilio

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Izaguirre is also travelling. Do not get too excited, celtic fans -

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last season's player of the year is still a few weeks away from his

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comeback. Maybe he fancies a break from the Scottish winter.

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Scottish footballers will be hearing from the organisers of the

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British Olympic team in the next few days. Jamie Mackie is one of

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the International to has declared an interest. That is despite the

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opposition of the Scottish Football Association. They fear the British

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team could harm the prospects of retaining a Scottish national team.

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One of the Heart of Midlothian players waiting for his wages from

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November has taken a part-time job. Ian Black has been working as a

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painter and decorator on his days off to pay for his family's

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Christmas presents. The players are considering making an official

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complaint to the Scottish Premier League if they do not get paid by

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the weekend. Paul Lawrie has ended the year on a

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high, but he is playing down talk of making next year's Ryder Cup

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team. He won the Andalucian Open and finished second in the Dubai

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Championship. We were speaking to the Renaissance man of Scottish

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golf. In 1999, Paul Lawrie was private --

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propelled to golf superstardom. He won the British Open at Carnoustie.

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2011 has been a come back here. had not won for 11 years before

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Malaga. It was important to get back into the winning ways. It was

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nice to finish off the year on Sunday by finishing second in

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divide and getting myself up the world rankings under Order of Merit.

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He also pocketed half a million pounds for finishing runner up.

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After breaking his tournament drought, he finds himself on the

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fringes of Ryder Cup selection. His old for from the 1999 Championship

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things he has a chance. You need to be more selective about the

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tournaments you want to play in, but despite that, I am convinced

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that Paul could play in the next round. Why couldn't he? If I can

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play well in the first dozen events next year, I think I could have a

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chance. But for me, that is a long way away. He celebrated his recent

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success by watching his beloved Aberdeen beating St Johnstone and

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the SPL yesterday. Paul Lawrie is certainly back at the top table of

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golf. He certainly is. Let us hope you

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get into that Ryder Cup team. What is six-and-a-half miles long,

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carries thousands every day and is 115 years old? A celebration is in

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place to mark the Glasgow subway's birthday. We have been looking at

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history of the third oldest underground in the world.

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It was immortalised in song by Francie and Josie. It was nicknamed

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the Clockwork Orange. But, for a lot of passengers, there is a vital

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question. Do you call this the Underground or the subway?

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Underground. The subway. Underground. He is the definitive

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answer. It was originally the subway. We are back at the subway.

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Glaswegians collared the subway. -- Glaswegians say there some way.

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was originally called by a steam- powered cable. It was shut for

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three years in the 70s, when it was last modernised. What do you use it

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for? For university or for work. I get it here four times a week. I

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rely on it. The subway's most hectic week was during the Empire

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Exhibition of 1938. Bella Vista Park was also where they were

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heading on the biggest ever day, in 1982, when Pope John Paul the

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second visited Glasgow. The modernisation is something the

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Victorian pioneers could hardly have imagined.

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Let us go overground and get the I think I call it the truth!

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Tonight, we can see a very dry night ahead. -- that sued. --the

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tube! We will see some freezing fog developing. Some showers continuing

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in the north-west corner. Overnight, those will debt to below freezing.

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Tomorrow morning, it will be a chilly start. Eventually, it will

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be dry and bright with some sunny spells developing, the best of that

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in the east. There will continue to be showers in the West and into the

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south. Some of the showers will be quite heavy and turning to snow. It

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will be cloudier towards the West. Further north, and the far north

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and around Caithness, and Sutherland, and near Aberdeenshire,

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we will see the best of the brightness all boys will be a

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little bit cooler here. Further inland, it will be even cooler.

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That ground will not heat up much at all. Later tonight, it will turn

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chilly very quickly. We will also see showers pushing into the south.

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That will be rain, sleet and snow. It will be a largely dry day

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tomorrow, with some sunny spells. It will be chilly, however. Cool,

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with some bright spells this weekend. There will be wintry

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showers, especially in the north. Be aware of the ice on the roads

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tonight. The First Minister is calling for

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an Argentine, UK-wide jobs summit as the UK -- as figures showed a

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big rise in unemployment in Scotland.

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The Stephen Lawrence murder trial has been told that one of the men

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accused of the murder was at home. The mother of the defendant said he

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was at home all evening. The Scottish government has used

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his majority to push through new laws against bigotry, despite

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opposition MPs wanting the legislation scrapped. The co-

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operative Bank has been announced as the preferred bidder to buy a

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