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Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight: The clean up begins and

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now households and businesses assess the full cost of yesterday's

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storm. For some it was a close shave. Today it I feel as if

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someone up there doesn't like me. Engineers have been working all day

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to restore power to thousands of people left without electricity.

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We'll have the latest on that and the disruption to travel.

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Also in the programme: Police launch an investigation after a

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teenager is found dead near a block of flats in Greenock.

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And how the appliance of science is helping our top athletes as they

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make their final preparations for the London Olympics.

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Homeowners have been clearing up the damage, insurers have been

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assessing the damage and tonight thousands of households are still

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feeling the effects of the damage wreaked by the worst storms in a

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generation. While travel services have been slowly getting back to

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normal, many families are tonight still without power. In a moment we

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will assess the likely cost, but first we are looking at the clean-

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It is the image that defines the new year storm of 2012, and today

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the clear-up began. The ruse of these houses in north Glasgow were

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damaged when cladding from flats hit them. Incredibly, no one was

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harmed and one neighbour is counting his blessings. Today I

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feel as if someone up there does like me after all, I am feeling

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very lucky. If you look at the other two houses, this could have

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been my block. In another part of Glasgow, they are sweeping up the

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debris but there is still real danger from loose masonry overhead.

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We are not able to use the front door because there is a large stone

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balanced overhead. Hopefully the clear-up will not take too much

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longer and we can get the road opened again. This man is trying to

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save his classic car. Jaguar Mark two 3.8, in a bit of a stay but it

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is worth quite a lot if it is restored. It is my pride and joy,

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my retirement project so I would like to get it out. Today's

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Scottish Power were trying to reconnect some of the 20,000

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households still without electricity. It is difficult. These

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are the most powerful winds I have ever seen in my career at the

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company. It was really explosive yesterday. He it took until mid-

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afternoon for train services to the north out of Edinburgh Waverley to

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return to normal. Once again today, it is miserable, wet and windy here.

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It is a far cry from those violent gales we saw yesterday that caused

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so much damage, and while it is unlikely we will see those forces

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of winds again in the near future, it looks like there is still some

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rotten weather to come. So Irton for the rest of the month we are

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stuck with low pressure coming in, travelling up to the west and

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north-west of Scotland. The advantage is that it does keep us

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relatively mild, we don't see a lot of frost, but on the other hand we

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see a lot of water and wind. this family know what to do if it

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happens again. Just couldn't up, that is all we can do. We will just

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cuddle up for the day! It's still too early to say what

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the eventual cost of the storm damage will be, but it's certain

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that insurance claims will run into millions of pounds. And as our

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correspondent Jamie McIvor found, the storm has been good for

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business... For some. This came off a roof at the height of yesterday's

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storm. The company doing the repairs has not known a day like it

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in 20 years. Today alone we have received in the region of 250 calls

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ranging from slipped tiles to Jimmy's coming through. The repairs

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are never cheap, but for the homeowner there will be an

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insurance claim. He it is quite substantial. The lead has blown off,

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and it will be a few 1000 pounds I would think. In some tenements,

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there is a potential problem - different homeowners share the same

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roof. In a property where there isn't a factor, you would have to

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get together with your neighbours and put individual claims into your

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own insurance companies. The insurance companies would then get

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together and a push and the lost between the people. The storm

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damage has meant welcome work for building firms, but what about the

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cost to the rest of the economy? The Storm kept the shoppers at home,

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while for some other businesses the problems are practical. By this

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afternoon, this village in East Lothian has been without power for

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more than 24 hours. Despite its best efforts to cope, this hotel

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and restaurant had to close. It will cost them thousands of pounds

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in lost business. On Tuesday we had 180 people booked, and we managed

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to do some soup and sandwiches for 20 of them who came early, other

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than that we made phone calls and cancelled. Today we were booked for

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a funeral and we had to cancel again. Nationally the bill for the

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damage yesterday will be massive. Insurance companies are still

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working out the final cost, they expected to be tens of millions,

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but if anything the overall effect on the economy might be tempered

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simply because it was a bank holiday so many people were off

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work anyway. The New Year storm was so serious,

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not just because of the wind speeds but because it battered through

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Scotland's most densely populated areas, bringing down masonry onto

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cars and disrupting the transport network. But rural Scotland didn't

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escape and many farmers have also been counting the cost of storm

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damage. Cameron Buttle's been to one farm in East Lothian. I am at

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this found, and what Row are looking at here does not look too

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dramatic. A few panels ripped off, but inside the shed you can see

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those panels when they came off hit the roof as they went along, and it

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has punctured holes along the shed. The farm is run by John, this has

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done quite a lot of damage. Yes, it is not just outside, it is inside.

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It is the cartwheeling effect and the damage it has done all the way

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down the route. You are without power in here and you have even

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more machinery in here, don't you? Yes, we use the sheds for storage,

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and for storing machinery, and we have animal feed and fertiliser.

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This piece of equipment is about �140,000, and this will be tens of

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thousands of pounds to repair the roof alone? Yes, at least tens of

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thousands of pounds. The good thing is it is insured but it is the

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falling short stuff that is an inconvenience. For anyone involved

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in the storm, it is the tidying up because the debris has gone into

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the fields. You would normally be doing other work service is a major

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setback for you. It is a major inconvenience in the time it will

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take. The major setback will be when they stripped the route back

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to repair it. That is when there will be real potential problems.

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For they are hoping for no rain no snow because there is nothing they

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can do about those holes in the roof at the moment. Catriona Renton

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joins me now. Catriona, what's the latest on the clear up and power

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reconnections? We have got the latest this evening. Tonight there

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are still 21,500 homes across the country without electricity.

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Hundreds of engineers have been working through driving rain and

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bitter cold in those awful conditions to reconnect lines.

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Scottish Power say around 12,500 homes are without power across

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their network but they hope to supply another 6000 homes tonight.

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Scottish Hydro say 10091000 of their homes are without power. --

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9000. People have dealt with more in the last couple of days they may

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have been the last six months. Travellers getting back to normal

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but fallen trees have caused a lot of problems. Network Rail have had

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to deploy more than 350 teams to remove 856 trees. As ever, just

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check before you go out in case fallen trees are causing problems.

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And following the storm, we will be devoting next Wednesday lunchtime's

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consumer slot to your questions regarding any financial fall-out

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from the devastating winds. As ever, our money expert Fergus Muirhead in

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the chair. Whether it's questions over insurance claims, travel

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disruption or simply who is liable for what. The details of how to

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contact Fergus are on your screen now.

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You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC. Still to come on the

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programme: The surprising connection between Robert the Bruce

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and Tottenham in London. And great news for greyhounds -

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they're getting better treatment when they retire.

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In sport: Hearts pay their players their December wages at last, after

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an ultimatum from the Premier League. The club will face

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sanctions if their January salaries aren't paid on time, but what

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sanctions? We'll tell you the options. That, plus details of Andy

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Murray in Australia. Police are treating as suspicious

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the death of a teenager whose body was found outside a block of flats

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in Greenock. The youth, who hasn't been named yet, was found at

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quarter-to-ten yesterday morning. A postmortem is being carried out to

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establish the cause of death. Aileen Clarke reports. Flowers for

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the young man who died here. The teenager already being missed. The

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body of the 17 year-old man was found just outside these flat at

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about quarter to 10 yesterday morning. This is where much of the

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police activity has been centred this afternoon. While a post-mortem

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examination was being carried out this afternoon, at the flat where

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he was found investigators and forensic specialists were getting

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to work. They were looking for clues as to how this 17 year-old

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lost his life. A crime photographer was also called in to photograph

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the area. Antigua Street remains cordoned off. Police investigations

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into this young man's apparently violent death are very much under

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way. A leading charity is claiming that

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thousands of Scottish families are struggling to heat their homes

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because energy suppliers are vastly underfunding schemes to tackle fuel

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poverty. Save the Children says that more than 64,000 families

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should qualify for a rebate on their bills under a UK Government

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initiative, but only 3% actually get any cash.

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The RSPB are asking walkers in the Western Isles to keep an eye out

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for oil-covered sea birds along the west coast of the islands. A dozen

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birds have been washed up in the past week from the north of Lewis,

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down to Eriskay, an area stretching over 100 miles. Rescued birds have

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been cared for but five of the guillemots have died. It is likely

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that some kind of cargo ship has cleared its tanks out. It is only

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speculation but there is only one way in which oil can get into the

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sea in that kind of quantity, and it is man. There are a lot more

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birds are out there. A large number are likely to die, and many will

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die just through ingesting the oil. Some of the other stories across

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Scotland this Wednesday now. A hearing has begun into accusations

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that a nurse slapped a resident at a North-East care home. The

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allegations faced by Badarmaine Garnett relate to her time at the

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Sunnybank home in Cruden Bay in 2008. The Nursing and Midwifery

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Council is also investigating claims Ms Garnett put the same

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woman's nightdress on her so that her arms were trapped inside, and

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she could not move. She denies the charges.

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Scotland's fisheries minister says 2012 will be a vital one for the

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industry as long-awaited reforms are made to Europe's Common

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Fisheries Policy. Richard Lochhead said it would be a crucial

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opportunity to bring negotiating powers back to Scotland. Industry

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leaders have called for government help to deliver economic stability

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following tough new rules on the amount of time boats can spend at

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Multi-million pound land deals linked to the 2014 Commonwealth

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Games in Glasgow are to be looked at by police. It follows a

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complaint by the SNP MSP for Cathcart, James Dornan, who wants

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to establish whether public money Now, what's the connection between

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one of Scotland's most famous kings and one of London's most notorious

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boroughs? The answer is that Robert the Bruce owned land in Tottenham

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in Haringey before claiming the Scottish throne in the 14th century.

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But historians are now trying to fill in some missing historical

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gaps between Bruce and that part of north London. From Haringey, Tim

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Reid reports. The signs are everywhere. The local

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museum is named after him, the primary school as well. Even the

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street names. This 17th century manor house sits on top of the

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House of Bruce. Underneath are to the foundations and underneath that,

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the medieval home of Robert the Bruce. It is a section of history

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that many Scots will know about. But historians are keen to learn

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more about him and his life. This is a 14th century document making

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reference to the land by Robert the Bruce. These Latin papers of the

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oldest papers the council has an date back to before he defeated the

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English 700 years ago. We are looking for greater and greater

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evidence of what beat standing here of Robert the Bruce was. We are

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very proud of our connections in Scotland. But this is what

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Tottenham's more famous for today. The riots started here and spread

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to many cities. Not surprisingly, it is an image that this north-

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London council is keen to shed. Local people do not know enough

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about Robert the Bruce. We are proud about the links with one of

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the most important figures in history. We are hoping that we can

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get more information through this appeal. We have a proud heritage in

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Tottenham and any visitors from Scotland will get a warm welcome.

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This place has a special position in history. Visitors at the

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medieval church, two... Robert the Bruce had to give up his land when

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he ascended the throne. While his reign is -- in Scotland is well-

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documented, his days in England will be lost in time.

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The Scottish Labour Party is calling for new measures to be

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introduced to speed up the prosecution of domestic abusers.

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Police in Scotland dealt with 52,000 incidents last year, but

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fewer than half were referred to prosecutors. Labour wants dedicated

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courts to be set-up and for police forces to have specialist units to

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train and advise colleagues.$$NEWLINE A greyhound

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rescue charity says there's been a fall in the number of dogs being

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mistreated after they've been retired from racing. The sport

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gained an unwanted reputation for the way it sometimes discarded the

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animals. But in the 10 years since it was created, Dumfriesshire

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Greyhound Rescue has found new owners for more than 750 dogs,

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which otherwise might have been abandoned or even destroyed. Willie

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They may be docks for all seasons, but A-grade and's racing life is

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very short. When it is over, deep scrapheap beckons. We get

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greyhounds between the ages of two and five. They might not be any

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good so they would want to move the dog on and get another one in.

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Between two and five, they might pick up a small injury or lose the

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incentive to run. At five, it is too old. Docks were often disposed

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of, dead or alive, in shockingly cruel ways. It prompted a

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parliamentary inquiry. Now, greyhound racing is said to have

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cleaned up its act. Most unwanted animals are channelled towards

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rescue groups will stop cases of mistreatment of more rare than they

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were. But it does happen. This is a disabled dog who arrived here to

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0.5 years ago. She had a major accident on the track somewhere, we

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believe. The owner did not pay her any attention. She was sewn up

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badly. Her leg has now fused, but she runs extremely well and she

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really enjoys life. She is a great companion forced got contrary to

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popular belief, greyhounds do not need much exercise, are docile and

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affection it, and make ideal family pets. But supply continues to

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outstrip demand and the economic climate is not helping. 10 years

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ago, this man had not earned a greyhound. Now he has many. He is

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so devoted that he has even the Home himself to a more dog friendly

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house. Well done.

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A happy end to a sporting life for some greyhounds. Now with a round

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up of current sporting events, here's David.

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Hearts have until Wednesday next week to pay their players. After

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talks between Edinburgh club, the Scottish Premier League and the

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players union it's been decided Hearts must make a payment to their

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players by the 11th of January, or else! Jonathan Sutherland reports.

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After months of payment problems at Hearts, today de SPL decided it was

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time to get tough. The December salaries, which remain unpaid, must

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be paid by Wednesday 11th January. There will be interest awarded on

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all sums overdue. Costs and expenses have also been awarded

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against the club at both the claimants cost and the SPL cost.

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Salaries must be paid in full by 16th genu forced up it seems like

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strong action, was it the best outcome you hoped for? We wanted to

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ensure that members were paid on time. Any further action should

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comply with the order made by the SPL. Then, later this afternoon,

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Hearts announced they had paid their players their outstanding

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December wages. The next payment deadline they must now need is the

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16th of genuine. Should they miss the deadline, a number of sanctions

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will be available to be SPL. They could impose a financial penalty or

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deduct points. Ultimately they could decide to chop Hearts out of

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the league altogether, but that is highly unlikely. Three wins in a

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draw -- and a draw, they are in fine fettle. At the moment, it is a

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case of wait and see. Cutting edge technology could help

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one Scottish Olympic hopeful to make it to London 2012. Hammer

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thrower Andy Frost has been using Sport Scotland's biometric analysis

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facility to help him recover from injury. It's also given him ways to

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improve his technique. Our Olympics correspondent Kheredine Idessane

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Lit up like a Christmas tree. Andy Frost is taking advantage of a new

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biometric analysis facility, the first of its kind in Scotland.

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Special sensors are stuck to his body and linked to 10 cameras,

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allowing his every movement to be monitored and recorded. We have the

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court notes of each of these white markers and can look at them from

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any angle. If you want to look at it from the back and the side, the

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top, you can. We can also zoom in it. This allows the physiotherapist

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to see how the movement changes with the Teague. In competition,

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when it fatigue sets in, they might change that technique. It means

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when he is growing for real in the summer, the Hammer should be going

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out further than ever. I'm hoping I can improve my technique sightly

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and get the qualifying distance for London. I would love to make the

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final down there, that would be a great achievement. An English man

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has not done that the years. Hopefully I can get a medal in 2014

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as well. The technology is helping and the recover more officially

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from injury. Those looking after him know there are performance

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benefits as well. We will also be looking at some of the drills he

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will do which relate directly to this growing, like the way he moves,

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and that will be able to inform what we do with him in terms of the

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bath -- the hat and coaching and the strength and conditioning.

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he does make the Olympic qualifying distance, he will say a big thank-

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you to his little computerised helper.

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We could all do with one of those! Andy Murray's through to the last

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eight of the Brisbane international tennis as his preparations for the

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Australian Open continue. The world number four lost the first set of

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his match against Luxembourg's Gilles Muller 4-6. And he needed a

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tie break to take the second 7-6. However Murray won the third set

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convincingly 6-0.$$NEWLINE Just a reminder that our money expert

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Fergus Muirhead returns next He always keeps us on tenterhooks

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and then does it right at the end. Thank you, David.

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The weather in Australia must be Yesterday it was the wind and to

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Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster it was the rain. The

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rain is piling its way across the country. Just one or two areas

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stayed dry. Into this evening, more rain to come and a bit more wind,

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particularly in the southern half of Scotland. Some gale force winds

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as possible. Yellow warning in force in the West because of the

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winds. Some gusts the tonight of around 70 miles an hour, not the

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strongest. Gales in the south-west lasting throughout the night until

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tomorrow morning. Severe gales in exposed areas. Further north,

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showers working their way in and they will be wintry over the higher

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ground. Temperatures will be between two and three degrees,

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milder with stronger winds. Tomorrow starts showery, in the

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West and in the north, but into the afternoon, the showers stayed away

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and you will see some sunshine. Look at the map, it is lit up

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golden and we have not seen that for a while. Some showers in two

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parts of Strathclyde and the southern half of the country, but

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by mid-afternoon, not too bad. Some wind around, less in the south-west

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compared to the morning and temperatures around six or seven

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degrees. Cooler in the North with some sunshine and strong winds.

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Into the second half of the afternoon and evening, the Shire --

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the showers die away with a dry and clear night. Friday, to finish of

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the week, a small ridge of high pressure is squeezed out when the

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steer weather fronts work their way in. More cloud and rain to follow.

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It starts OK on Friday, but the cloud will work its way in with the

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rain. Moderate, nothing like today, and the winds will pick up. Highs

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of nine degrees. This evening, the rain eases, but winds will will be

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strong in the south. Now, just before 7pm, a summary of

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tonight's top stories. The men who murdered Stephen Lawrence are

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jailed and told their crime scarred the conscience of nation. Gary

:26:33.:26:37.

Dobson will serve at least 15 years and David Norris will be behind

:26:37.:26:40.

bars for a minimum of 14 years. Stephen Lawrence was stabbed to

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death by a racist gang. It's taken nearly 19 years for his family to

:26:43.:26:45.

get justice. More details have emerged about the

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body of a woman found on the Queen's Sandringham Estate on New

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Year's Day. Police say she is young and white, probably aged between 15

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and 23 years old. That's all from us for now. I'm

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back with the late news round up just before 10:30pm. Until then,

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