28/02/2012 Reporting Scotland


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Welcome to Reporting Scotland. A Judy heels of the day that a

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suspect package was sent to for Mark MSP, Trish Godman. Detectives

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hunting a killer say this pensioner cut short a phone call after

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hearing a car pull into her driveway the day before she died.

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We report on the new brand being offered in the constitutional

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debate. And the unseasonally warm weather that has them stripping off

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a nap have been. -- stepping off and Aberdeen.

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A court has heard that Neil Lennon and MS P Trish Godman were sent

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suspicious packages containing more than 40 meals. But the jury was

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told by a specialist police of so that the devices were not viable. -

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- 40 nails. This post man says that he was sorting his meal for his

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round when he noticed the Neil pointing out of a packet. He

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thought it was suspicious and to get outside where the police were

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called. This constable was one of the faster on the scene. She got a

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good look at what wasn't the one below. She told the court but the

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package contained a small bottle containing a milky colour liquid

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with a petrol smell. Inside was a quantity of males, -- nails and a

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face from a sports watch. A similar package arrived two days later at

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the constituency office of Trish Godman. Evelyn Campbell was her

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assistant. She explained that the package arrived after the MS P, who

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was stepping down, had warned a Celtic strip to Parliament as a

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charity bet. Specially trained police attended and reported that

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the devices were none of viable. There was no initiator of power

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source to to rid of the explosion. Late this afternoon the court heard

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from chief petty officer Lisa Yates, a bomb disposal experts. He tested

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the liquid from the bottle found in Trish Godman's package and said it

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tested positive for peroxide, which could be used as an explosive. He

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said the amount of liquid could have been enough to cause serious

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injury or death where the device viable. After it was a hoax, he

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claimed, it was a serious hoax. The accused to deny the charges against

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them. The Justice Secretary will make a

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statement in a wholly due to more on the Lockerbie case. It falls

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claims that the Government encouraged the bomb were to drop

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his appeal against conviction in exchange for compassionate release.

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The allegation is strongly denied by the Government and contained in

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a new biography about Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi.

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Police have revealed that the day end 80-year-old pensioner was

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murdered she cut short a phone call to a friend after hearing a vehicle

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and her drive. It is the last time anybody can be certain Jenny

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Methven was alive. Her body was found seven Arabs later.

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-- seven hours. She said to the core, I must go,

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there is a vehicle in my drive. We cannot be sure how she her bit of

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anything other than the fact that it was from 10:28pm according to

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her phone records. Did anybody see a vehicle? This is an excellent

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opportunity for me to get that crucial piece of information.

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What other lines of inquiry are police following?

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Detectives are very anxious to trace the occupants of two vehicles

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seen parked in the driveway of Jenny Methven's home last Monday

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afternoon, several hours after the phone call. They were parked nose

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to tail and seen by at least two people at 1:45pm in the afternoon.

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This is one of the biggest mark or investigations in Perth Show in

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recent years. 70 officers on the case. -- Perthshire. Hundreds of

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drivers have been stopped in the area in recent days for police to

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interview people in the hope of finding the crucial clue that will

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help find the killer. Jenny Methven was regarded very much as a pillar

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of this small community. You are watching Reporting Scotland.

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Still to come: Scottish Power announces 300 jobs but warns of a

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skills shortage. And 300 years of the world's oldest post office. And

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sport, Scotland go to Slovenia with one eye and World Cup qualification.

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Craig Levein told us why the game is so potent just before the squad

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left. And a combination of illness and a lack of match sharpness meant

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that Andy Murray is through but the job was anything but easy.

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A campaign has been launched to secure more power for the Scottish

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Parliament short of independence. The Devo Plus route would hold a

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route to raise the bulk of the money it spends whilst remaining

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part of the United Kingdom. We compared it to the other brands on

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the market. Milk. Full-fat or semi- skimmed? Decaffeinated coffee or

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double strength? Creamed rice or custard? OK, choosing shopping is

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not much like choosing the future of the country but an increasing

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number of constitutional options are now available. Politicians are

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trying to sell us everything from ending the union with England to

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transferring a little more power from Westminster to Holyrood.

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Independence is the SNP brand. The current formula is sometimes called

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Independence white because it retains the Queen as head of state

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and the pound as the currency. Other bands? Maximum pay volition.

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Tax powers for Holyrood and the main ingredients of independence

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except defence and foreign affairs. Now, and even a lighter alternative.

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Devo Plus would leave key taxes like VAT and National Insurance out.

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Supporters include the Liberal Democrats for Scottish Labour and

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Conservative who used to be the presiding officer in Holyrood.

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The general principle is raising the tax we propose to spend as a

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government. I have signed up to that personally embodied we always

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lacked that as an accountable parliament. Until we have that a

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similar we are not accountable to the electorate.

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This Labour MSP has joined the group but did not make the launch.

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However an adviser or listened and. People will know what the options

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are. They will certainly know what independence means but they should

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certainly you the positions of the other parties and of this campaign

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is a contribution to that explanation, I welcome it.

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Is there a concern that it will prove so popular that voters to

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claim independence when the time comes? Reporting Scotland,

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Edinburgh. A court has heard that the man

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accused of killing Suzanne Pilley told his boss she was blackmailing

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him. The boss of the company, IML, said he was not told how she was

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blackmailing him. He said it was part of an emotional meeting days

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after she disappeared. The trial continues.

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Scotland rugby Staff Max Evans has gone on trial accused of assaulting

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a man in a nightclub in 2010. He had been drinking in the nightclub

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when his sister and friend when a man struck him in the face with a

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glass. He says he acted in self defence.

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Scottish Power is creating 300 jobs to help upgrade the electricity

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network. One fog of the jobs of bad -- earmarked for graduates and

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apprentices. But there are fears of a skills shortage and two few young

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people -- too few young people wanting to become engineers.

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Scottish Power says that engineers can claim to the top of the career

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ladder. There is tough competition to win a coveted apprenticeship

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with the company. Sean Nick Bourne way and Stephen McMillan are sure

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that it is for them. It is a hands-on Kinnear. A

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different job of the year. And by will be working with my hands.

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My father is an electrician and that is why I am in this background.

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Encouragement today from the First Minister and company chairmen. Many

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worry that too few teenagers are keen on a career like this.

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It is important to learn about the economy, any kind of industry. To

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start working for a company like Scottish Power is a real

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opportunity. There are too few engineers and

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that is a challenge for the whole industry. Scottish Power was

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casting the net wide but there is a genuine skills gap looming. Across

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the industry for at five workers will have time over the next 15

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years. Where will their replacements come from? We have

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more than a per in addition has been trained at the moment.

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Something like 30,000, and a large proportion are in engineering. They

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will come through the system and make a significant contribution but

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we do need more. Graduates, design, electrical.

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You might not think it here but one problem is that not enough young

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people want to become engineers to begin with. That is a challenge for

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employers as well as schools, colleges, and universities.

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Rupert Murdoch has arrived in Scotland to talk to staff at his

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newspapers. He was challenged by the mother of Tommy Sheridan, who

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claims her phone was hacked. He A look now at what else has been

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happening across the country this Tuesday. The oil and gas industry

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says that there was a record fall in production last year. It won't

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help for the industry to be included in next week's UK budget.

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A doctor who spent four days travelling from our home to cover a

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3.5 hour shift on Jura. NHS Highlands said the scheduled locum

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was not available. We are attempting to work with local

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communities to try to attack to GPs to come and work in these

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communities. But as you can see from this situation, when things go

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wrong at short notice, we have to try to pull out the stops, and

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sometimes pay a premium for doing If a financial watchdog has warned

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there could be long-term risks to Aberdeen due to the way a

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redevelopment of Union Terrace Gardens will be funded. The

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council's leader insists any risks are low.

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A plan is expected to be announced to protect the status of the old

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and new towns of Edinburgh's World Heritage Site, reducing the impact

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of traffic, restoring historic monuments and renewing the sign age.

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The transport minister has been in the Borders today meeting

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campaigners who are calling for a reopening of the old railway

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station at Preston. The group says that by opening the station here

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and at least Limington, it will boost tourism and business.

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The UK's first bungee jump on a bike took place in Perthshire. Adam

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Flint dropped 40 metres down a gorge.

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And what's claimed to be the world's oldest sheep has died after

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falling off a cliff in Louis. She was almost 26, double the age she'd

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usually reach. I actually have her photo as a screensaver on my

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computer. Happy memories. there's more on those and other

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On the face of it, the former Dumfriesshire mining town of

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Sanquhar doesn't have much in common with either the Swedish

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capital Stockholm or Santiago in Chile. But they're the locations of

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the three oldest post offices in the world - with Sanquhar,

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remarkably, the daddy of them all. Willie Johnston reports.

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300 this year. Sanquhar Post Office wasn't the country's first, but is

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the longest surviving. Originally a staging post for runners moving

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mail about on foot or horseback, these were stables to rest for

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horses, and back then, no post office shop. There was no counter

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as we know them today. Mail was delivered to the window of the Post

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Office, and she tapped on the window, handed in your mail, and

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that was the way it was done. is my father, and this is my

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brother Jimmy. Sandy Hogarth was born at the Post Office 90 years

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ago. His father and brother were both Post Masters, whose service

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spanned seven decades. He records opportunities -- recalls

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opportunities to earn extra pocket money. If the telegraph messenger

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was away for his lunch, we got the job of delivering Telegraphs. A

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penny halfpenny for a local one, sixpence within a three-mile

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boundary, and a shilling for a five mile boundary. Penny is the current

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owner and post mistress, and she says a historian. We have the

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national treasure here, which should be an international treasure.

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We are the oldest in the world, and that is something to be proud of.

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Some years ago, ambitious plans to make the Post Office here a tourist

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attraction fell through, and more recently hope that a special stamp

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may be issued to mark the centenary were dashed by Royal Mail. Despite

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these setbacks, there remains a desire here that more could and

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should be made of the town was -- town's unique mark on postal

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Some more history now. It was one of hundreds of small boats that

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took part in the most remarkable rescue operations of the Second

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World War. Skylark Nine saved the lives of hundreds of allied

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soldiers lives after they were trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk.

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Now she's up for sale for just a pound. But there is a catch. Huw

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Williams reports. Here in pictures as the tramp that

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made a military disaster... Skylark Nine was one of the

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hundreds of little ships that rescue thousands of members of the

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British Expeditionary Force from the beaches of Dunkirk in 1940.

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After the war, she had a quieter life, cruising Loch Lomond for

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three decades. This was her in her prime. And this is her now after

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she sank at her mooring 18 months ago. Now the only way to see her

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properly is under the water. But Skylark Nine is part of the local

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story as well as the history of World War Two. She took 600 people

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off the beaches of Dunkirk, and for 30 years has played a n important

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part of the local history. She deserves a better fate than she has

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at the moment. Now she is up for sale on an internet auction site.

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Asking price, just �1. It is really to raise the profile and generate

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some interest. It is a short window where we need somebody with a

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viable option to come along and the equipment and the willpower and

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perhaps the funding in place to get hat out of the water and get her

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somewhere safe so she does have a future. �1 for such an important

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piece of maritime history might seem like the bargain of the

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century, but what Skylark Nine really need is somebody with the

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money, skills and expertise to draw up a plan which will preserve her

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and can suffer for the future. What a sad story. The pandas at

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Edinburgh zoo have had a royal visitor. Princess Anne spent ten

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minutes viewing Sweetie, the female panda. She also had a private

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viewing with the male panda, Sunshine, and helped feed him

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bamboo. The Princess is patron of the Royal Zoological Society of

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Scotland, which runs the zoo. He looks like he is enjoying that

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there. Too much carry on in this programme! Now for the sport. The

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Brighton striker Craig Mackail Smith will start up front for

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Scotland tomorrow in a side captained by Gary Caldwell. Manager

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Craig Levein has opted not to start Kenny Miller against Slovenia after

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his gruelling Carling Cup final match with Cardiff. The squad flew

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out today hoping to pick up some tips on qualification. Our senior

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football reporter Chris McLaughlin reports.

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It was a squad of mostly familiar faces that headed for Slovenia this

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afternoon. The manager will be forced to make some changes due to

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injury. Celtic's Charlie Mulgrew will start in defence. James

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MacArthur will take his place in midfield. And Brighton striker

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Craig Mackail Smith will be the lone striker. Gary Caldwell also

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starts as captain for the first time. It is a great opportunity for

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myself and some of the other lads that don't really play for Scotland

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in the starting 11 to do well. it is a friendly match, but the

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World Cup campaign starts here, according to the manager. And he

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thinks they could learn a thing or two from their hosts. For too long,

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Scotland have not been at the top table in major finals. I look at

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Slovenia and look at their recent history and how her they have done

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and the size of the country, and you could almost say it is a model

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for us. We would like to see if we can do as well as them. And with

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new faces looking to impress, the scene is set for a feisty friendly.

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Daniel Majstorovic is out for the rest of the season. The 34-year-old

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Celtic defender was injured in a training pitch clash while on duty

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with Sweden. Majstorovic has ruptured his left cruciate ligament,

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and is also likely miss this To rugby, and the former Scotland

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stand-off Dan Parks will move to Connacht at the end of this season.

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Parks, who retired from international rugby after this

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year's opening Six Nations match, will leave Cardiff Blues and head

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to the Irish side on a two-year Andy Murray is through to the

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second round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, but he had to

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work pretty hard to get there. The world number 4 admitted he'd felt

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ill before the encounter against Michael Berrer. Despite this,

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Murray eventually won the match in three sets.

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In his first outing since losing the final of the Australian Open,

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Andy Murray started slowly, losing The world No. 4 broke back

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immediately, and then began to ease After just 38 minutes, the first

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set was his, and all was looking fine. In the second set, having

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already been broken, the opponent up his game considerably. The 31-

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year-old from Stuttgart frustrated Andy Murray, and having taken the

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second set, the biggest win of his career was looking a distinct

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possibility. The No. 3 seed looked a little off the pace, but

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eventually managed to get his game And after a bigger workout than he

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had perhaps expected, Murray closed out the match 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.

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Another qualifier is the next hurdle to overcome in round two.

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And he will be on first on Centre Court around 10 o'clock tomorrow

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morning. Thank you very much. Crete, Corfu,

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Tunisia, Majorca. Take your pick, the Granite City was warmer than

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them all today. The temperature might not have reached record-

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breaking, but today Aberdeen enjoyed one of the warmest February

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days in the UK. Colin Wight can tell us more.

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Aberdeen Beach, and if not a scorcher, it is at least warm,

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especially for February, with temperatures in the City over 16

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degrees as most people headed off for work. It is wonderful. This is

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more like the Continent than Aberdeen. This time last year, we

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were knee-deep in snow. They say that this is the hottest February

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for 100 years. We are just lapping this up. I think it is wonderful to

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be sitting outside in Aberdeen in February. It is unbelievable.

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today's higher than normal temperatures have been caused by

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warm air from around the Azores being brought north by strong winds.

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It will get cooler later in the week. Scientists have been watching

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the temperature for a decade and have noticed a steady rise. That

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could mean big changes for farmers. Farm management will be

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significantly different, because if you suddenly get large amounts of

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rain in short periods followed by a blistering heat, the soil will be

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under massive pressure. Smarter ways of managing the crops will

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have to be developed. Meanwhile, the first signs of spring have been

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here for weeks. Last year in January we were willing the

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snowdrops to come out of the ground, and in early February we had hardly

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a snowdrop to show. Rose this year, in January, they were leaping

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through the ground, and we were willing them to stay in the ground!

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Back in ice-cream -- back in Aberdeen, ice-cream sales are up.

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These are the same sales we had last March. We are all looking for

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the weather. They say never cast a clout until May is out. But with

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weather like this, you have to let Now let's find out what is

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happening across the country with There has been a spell of very mild

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weather this week, with this warm air coming up to the west coast of

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Scotland, and it has turned pretty misty and murky. We have seen

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temperatures to 12 or 13 Celsius, but not as nice as it is in the

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east. It was 17 at the highest in Aberdeen today. It will continue to

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be largely dry tonight, a little patchy rain in the West, but try

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elsewhere. Although it will be a cooler night than last night, still

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very mild for the time of year. Mainly light winds, turning fresher

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and westerly, and cooler. Tomorrow will be fairly cloudy again, with

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outbreaks of drizzle. However, by the time we reach around 3 o'clock

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tomorrow afternoon, we will see a lot more in the way of brightness

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developing across southern and central parts. And although it will

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be cooler than today, temperatures will still reach 11 Celsius. Always

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a little more in the way of cloud up the west coast, especially with

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the the drizzle pushing into the western and northern isles. But the

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best of those temperatures, like yesterday, in the north-east. As we

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head towards tomorrow evening, it will stay largely dried. But as we

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head into the overnight period, we begin to see a little changed as

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the weather front putsches in from the north-west. This is going to

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mean a fairly wet day on Thursday, but the rain will be largely patchy

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and light. It will then push across the country, still in the milder

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air, said temperatures up to 12 Celsius. And cooler conditions for

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Now, just before seven o'clock, a summary of tonight's top stories: A

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court has heard that the Celtic manager Neil Lennon and the former

:27:18.:27:20.

MSP Trish Godman were sent suspicious packages containing a

:27:20.:27:24.

bottle of liquid, wire and a more than forty nails. But the jury was

:27:24.:27:27.

told by a specialist police officer that the devices were not viable.

:27:27.:27:30.

A British photographer wounded in Syria has been smuggled out of the

:27:30.:27:33.

country to neighbouring Lebanon. Paul Conroy was injured last week

:27:33.:27:36.

in the same attack that killed his colleague Marie Colvin in the city

:27:36.:27:43.

of Homs. It is understood that Syrian

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activists were killed in the operation to get him across the

:27:46.:27:48.

border. Police have revealed that on the

:27:48.:27:50.

day an 80-year-old woman was murdered in her remote Perthshire

:27:51.:27:54.

cottage she'd cut short a phone call to a friend after hearing a

:27:54.:27:57.

vehicle pull into her drive. It's the last time detectives can be

:27:57.:27:59.

certain Jenny Methven from Forteviot was still alive. And that

:27:59.:28:03.

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