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Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight on your national news...

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Rangers on the brink. The administrators say they have failed

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to agree cost-cutting measures with the players and are now looking for

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a quick sale of the club. Tonight, they have warned that Rangers may

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not see out the end of the season. Also in the programme...

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Better than the UK as a whole, but still �10.7 billion in the red -

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the latest figures for Scotland's economy fuel the independence

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debate. How Scotland's smoking ban has led

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to a reduction in the number of premature and underweight babies.

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And later in the programme, the Aberdeenshire swimmer Hannah Miley

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secures a place in a second Olympic event, becoming Scotland's best

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Rangers will not be able to see out the football season without a huge

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injection of cash. That is the stunning admission from the

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administrators running the club. Duff & Phelps described Rangers'

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finances as "perilous" and said they have failed to agree cost-

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cutting measures with the players. They are now speeding up the sale

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of the club. In the morning, all the focus was on the goings-on at

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Murray Park. Would there be a resolution between administration

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and players? The answer was No all, but there are more pressing matters

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that court. What followed in the afternoon was the statement from

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the administrators which showed the The it in effect, they were calling

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all potential investors to put up cash or the club could go under. As

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the club fought for its life, three major figures stepped into the fray.

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Director Dave King said that liquidation would forelock,

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attacking white. Then Craig Whyte said he was going to sue Sir David

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Murray. David Murray fired back, saying he was going to vigorously

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defend any action and that Dave King was well aware of the

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situation. A the administrators are now getting desperate. Tonight, the

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club is on the edge of oblivion. Chris is at Ibrox for us now. Chris,

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just how worried should Rangers fans be toniight? The scissor grave

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situation. Rangers are due to play their next home game on the 25th of

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this month against Celtic. Administrators are saying tonight,

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after been very ghoulish till now, they are now seeing if there is not

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a severe injection of cash, they could then not even be able to

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fulfil their fixtures. That game against Celtic may not even happen.

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They are saying that there is a perilous financial situation and

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the serious injection of cash is required. Basically, if you have

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cash and are interested in buying Rangers, today is the day you have

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to come for work. And more bad football news, which

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could have bad business consequences, even if Rangers do

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get bought. The yes, the administrators said that there was

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be selling no chance of them playing football in Europe next

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season, because they would have to be out job and administration by

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March 31st. It looks very unlikely that they will fulfil that deadline

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and that would be bad news for any potential investor because of the

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loss of revenue. Tonight, they are also seeing that as far as they're

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concerned, they have to find money. Be under no illusion, Rangers are

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fighting for their very existence. So why have the administrators not

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been able to cut the costs that would secure the club's future?

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They said early on in the process that they need to make savings of

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�1 million per month, but more than three weeks on, only two executives

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and two squad players have left Ibrox. Our business correspondent

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David Henderson has been looking at the difficult job facing the

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administrators and the options now open to them. It is now 10 months

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since Craig Whyte walked into a vibrant as the new owner of Rangers.

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Now the club is mired in debt with no easy way out. The administrators

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are in day-to-day control but are now warning of the financial crisis

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and very little time to sort it. Even now, the are still struggling

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to get a full picture of the finances of the club. Will take

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quite get first claim on millions of pounds of assets? Will Rangers

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lose its �45 million tax case? And we'll meet Again agency get a key

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�24 million worth of season-ticket money? What Rangers actually ought

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and what they actually owned is proving to be a bit of a task for

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the administrators to find out. After in the wall money chain is

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very complicated. The administrators have to try and work

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out exactly why I much cash the order has. But at the moment, if

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you cut too many players too early, the value of the squad is depleted,

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so therefore it is not such an attractive buying proposition.

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explains why just two players have left so far, but the massive wage

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bill for those who remain has to be paid. So what lies ahead? Unless a

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deal can be met with creditors to pay some or all of the debts, the

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administrators have one choice - liquidation. Rangers football club

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would cease to exist and its assets would be sold off. Given the

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uncertainty over the debts and the uncertainty over it, from a

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business point of view, it becomes the more attractive possibility

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than trying to rescue the club in its present state. The threat of

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liquidation hat hangs heavy and if that happens, Rangers football club,

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with the story coming back to the 1870s, will come to an end and a

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new club will have to rise up in its place.

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How would Scotland's public finances look if it were

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independent? Can it afford to leave the UK? It is a big question at the

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heart of the debate now underway on Scotland's future. Today, we got

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the best-guess figures and they show �10 billion more was spent

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here than was raised in taxes. But the gap in the UK's finances was

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even bigger. Our business and economy editor Douglas Fraser has

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been looking at the numbers and is here now.

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We are talking GERS again, though it is nothing to do with the Ibrox

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club. This is the annual reckoning of

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Government Expenditure & Revenue Scotland.

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It shows what was raised last year in tax. More than �10 billion in

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income tax and �8.5 billion in VAT. We pay, on average, less than the

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rest of the UK in inheritance tax and stamp duty, but a bigger share

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per head more for tobacco, alcohol and gambling.

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The figures also estimate what has been spent - �21 billion in state

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pensions and welfare and nearly �11 billion on health.

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And when you tot all that up, we have spent a lot more than we have

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raised - a gap of �10.7 billion. So is this proof that Scotland

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cannot go it alone? These big numbers depend on oil and gas.

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Without it, Scotland would have more than double that number as

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regards debt. It is not as bad as the United Kingdom as a whole. You

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can take different lessons from these numbers. A audit is a lot

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less than the United Kingdom as a whole or the G7 average. He have to

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look up what we contribute to the United Kingdom and that is 9.6 % of

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United Kingdom revenues, and with only half a percentage of the

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population. You have to remember the volatility in the likes of all

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oil revenues. The bottom line is that Scotland has struggled within

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part of the United Kingdom. We have been able to spend on things like

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social welfare without the risks attached which would be part of

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being independent. As you can see, these numbers

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matter a lot to the referendum debate on Scottish independence.

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The deficits for Scotland and for the UK are both sobering.

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And while oil revenue would put Scotland in a better position than

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the UK as a whole, one academic assessment of these figures today

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suggests that gap is closing. You are watching Reporting Scotland

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from the BBC. Still to come on the programme...

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Fewer babies are being born prematurely since the ban on

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smoking in public places was introduced.

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And parents of disabled children in Inverness say they are faced with

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having to send them to homes for the elderly for respite.

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And in sport, we will bring you any breaking news from Rangers, if and

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when that happens. And she is the Scots swimmer some

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say is most likely to succeed at the London Olympics. So what is so

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special about Hannah Miley? Find out later.

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Scotland's ban on smoking in public places has led to a fall in the

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number of premature and small babies, according to new research.

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It found that even mothers who have never smoked had fewer early births

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after the smoking ban. Little palaces just five days old. New

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evidence suggests you bet babies are being born prematurely since

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the smoking ban came in. I knew about the link between smoking and

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premature birth, but not where passive smoking was concerned.

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Scotland has more smokers per head of population than anywhere else in

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the United Kingdom. Here at one of the biggest maternity hospitals,

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nearly half of the women are smoker's at the time of pregnancy.

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About one in three of the women here will be smoking during

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pregnancy. But that is a lot less than we were seen before the

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smoking ban. When researchers looked at every single berth in

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Scotland between 1996 and 2009, the notice the change around the time

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of the smoking ban. Premature bus dropped by eleven % and the number

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of unusually small babies also fell, by five %. Even mothers should

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never smoke are having healthier babies. His an ugly there are two

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different things going on - people who do not smoke are not being

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exposed to passive smoking so much had those who do smoke a smoking

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either less and not smoking at all now.

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A man accused of murdering his wife, then smashing his car into a lorry,

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is to stand trial in June. Neil Cumming is currently being held in

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the State Hospital at Carstairs. His wife Barbara died in their home

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in Longforgan in Tayside last July. He is alleged to have repeatedly

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struck her with a knife or similar instrument. The Cezanne Pilley

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murder trial has heard that he had injuries consistent with an

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attacker. It was two days after she went missing that her former lover

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was photographed by police. David Gilroy had cuts and his hands and

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arms. He had cuts on his face and bruises on his chest. The jury

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heard that some of these could have been caused by fingernails during a

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struggle. They were told the injuries could also have happened

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just about the time she went missing. The forensic pathologist

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Under questioning their doctor admitted that it was impossible to

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be certain about how and when the injuries were inflicted. The jury

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then held evidence about the silver Vauxhall Vectra parked by David

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Gilroy here in the basement garage the day that Susan went missing.

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The following day he drove it to a day off. A police expert said that

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three of the car suspension springs were broken, which was highly

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unusual. He said that he was certain the car had been driven

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off-road. The body has never been found. He denies murder and the

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trial continues. A pensioner who shot a bird of prey

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has been ordered to pay for its replacement and training. Thus

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Peregrine Falcon was killed with an air rifle last April at the home of

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Michael Hutchison in Fife. He was ordered to pay �1,800 in fines and

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compensation to its owners. A look at what else has been

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happening across the country: Shetland teenager, Jake Davies,

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faces two fresh American charges of computer hacking conspiracy on top

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of five UK charges. He was arrested in May for alleged involvement with

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a hacking group. A food company has denied buying a

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factory at longer needs just to stop the community using it. The

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farm say that they cannot simply go our way the plant.

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How can they make a business viable that we could not? And why would we

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give away the very thing that we have worked all these years towards,

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just for the sake of it? Almost one quarter of children in

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Dumfries and Galloway are officially overweight - the highest

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of any region in Scotland. Health bosses here are now planning new

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ways to tackle obesity. Work has started on a revamp of

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Dougherty Park in Aberdeen. More than �5 million will be spent to

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restore the gardens to the original Victorian design.

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The facilities will be far better and aims to get more people and.

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MSPs say they want to take evidence from billionaire property developer

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Donald Trump on wind turbines full stops your pose as a development

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near his Aberdeen Golf Course. -- he or poses.

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-- opposes. More on those and other stories on the BBC Scotland website.

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Parents of disabled children in in a messy it is a disgrace that they

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are faced with sending him to homes of their elderly for respite. The

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nudist respite centre for young adults is miles away in Keith nest.

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Can -- the neediest. -- nearest. She may be an adult at the age of

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18 but develop mentally ill people are still a young girl.

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She has cerebral palsy and autism. But she is making more progress

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than we ever expected. That progress is made possible by

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highly specialised support at a state of the art school in

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Inverness, but that will come to an end when she leaves school this

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year and her day care will be provided at adult centres used

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historically by their elderly. The staff are fantastic but because

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there has been no for planning the building is inadequate and training

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has not been put in place. All they can do is troubleshooter.

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After leaving this special schoolchildren also lose their

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right to regular residential respite at this centre in Inverness.

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That is a serious force for many families, some of whom have gone

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without respite for years. It is a disgrace. They are well

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catered for in the residential centres. They're built up to become

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the best a can be in then when they get to 19, it basically stops.

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Parents want a dedicated centre and say the use of unsuitable care

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homes must stop but the Highland Council say that they must cater

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for all needs. We need to provide the diversity

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most families want. Now we can keep that under review and I do

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appreciate many families one presidential model. We can provide

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and purchase that in some places but it is not what all families

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want. That does not bring any comfort to

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this family who feel that this year's holiday may be their last.

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K they say you cannot strike gold twice but the company setting up

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the only gold mine in Scotland said they are also finding other

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precious metals on their hillside mind. Scotgold Resources has struck

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platinum near Stirling Show. They have also come across copper and

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And now the sports news. A quick recap of the main story - a Rangers

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will not be able to see out the football season without a

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substantial cash injection. That is from the administrators. Duff and

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Phelps described the club's finances as perilous. They say they

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have failed to agree cost-cutting measures with the players.

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Administrators are now speeding up the sale of the club and have ruled

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out the possibility of European football next season, whether there

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is a buyout or not. She is one of Scotland's best hopes

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of a London Olympics medal. Aberdeen swimmer, Hannah Miley. She

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has qualified for two events in the Games. Not only that but the last

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Scot to win a gold and the pull says that she has a real chance to

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become an Olympic champion. -- in the pool. Hanna and Islay had

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plenty to talk about, like winning the 200 metres medley. -- Hannah

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Miley. She also recorded the fastest time of the year.

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Every time I am in the pool I want to raise hard and fast. I leave

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nothing behind. Nothing on the block.

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There is something special about Hannah Miley.

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What separates her from most competitors as her 247 approach to

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the sport. She is meticulous and looks at every detail. -- 24/7. She

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has the strongest of their epic I have at a scene in a swimmer. --

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the strongest work ethic. What does the man who swam to glory

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in Montreal make of her chances? She has one heart and is extremely

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fit. She will be competing in what may be her last Olympics. Although

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she would probably kill me if she heard me say that! She has an ideal

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opportunity and probably the best when she will have to win Olympic

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gold. Regardless of my times and my

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expectations I am looking for to it. All I can do is get my preparation

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right. Sports minister, Shona Robison,

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says plans for the Commonwealth Games are on track. She was at the

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new Commonwealth Arena Vella from which is due to open later this

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year. -- Velda wrong. -- velodrome. The new facilities are nearly ready

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and the focus is on how they will benefit the local and the local

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people. The regeneration behind the scenes

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is what is important. The athletes village will become social housing.

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Many of the locals will be that people are moving into these

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fantastic new houses. There is a catalytic effect which will help

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regenerate the area. These new facilities will host top-

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class international sport and two to years time but what about the

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effect there have been right now when it comes to regenerating the

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East End? We are seeing sports facilities,

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new housing, new transport infrastructure, really a whole new

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community in the East End of the city. The number of people who

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passed this facility and say, how wonderful, the work the council is

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doing in this part of the city. It is just amazing, an amazing level

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of enthusiasm in the City for what we're trying to achieve here.

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When this have been open so that towbar it will immediately be put

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to the test by high profile events. -- opens in October. But if asked

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people to benefit will be locals, well before any athletes.

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With no wins in the Six Nations the pressure is building on Andy

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Robinson and his players according to the team captain. Ross thought

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will be detained to Dublin, the scene of the last gap still victory

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two years ago. He says that despite poor results the players have faith

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in themselves and their coaches. Andy is coaching us in a way that

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tries to move forward. Obviously there is pressure to get results,

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he says that himself. Results are what matters. But for me personally

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I think the team is going in the correct direction. It is about

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making the chances on the patch. Any breaking news on the situation

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at the Rangers you will get on line, or on our radio bulletins.

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If you are thinking about buying your first home you might have a

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question for hour money man. He will be back on lunchtime Reporting

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Scotland one week today. He will look at impending changes to stamp

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duty and how they are likely to impact on the first time buyers.

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A wintry next to come this evening but it will be short lived. -- next.

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We have seen the show was coming and going all day. The Met Office

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have a yellow warning for the Western and Central Park of the

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country. That should affect how I are area is mainly north of the

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central belt. Places like the A nine have already seen quite

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significant snowfall already. Now they will die away but in their

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wake they will leave a legacy of ice running up a central swath of

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the country. Be aware of that. Temperatures above freezing further

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west where there is still at brisk wind. Tomorrow morning will be

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predominantly dry and bright for southern Scotland, sunshine in the

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east, however cloud will start to increase in the south. A dull

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picture by afternoon. Some drizzle here and there, especially across

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the southern uplands. The main focus of the aim will be North

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Argyll, will cover. -- Lochaber. But it looks like staying dry for

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Aberdeen, holding on to brightness in the north-east corner. Across

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eastern Scotland, try, a bit of brightness towards eastern coastal

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areas. During the rest of the day at the rain will stay put. Largely

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dry elsewhere. A fresh, strong south-westerly wind which will

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reach gale force by evening. This weather front will push south on

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Thursday. Dryer in the east. Ben and area of high pressure will

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produce dry and settled weather for the weekend, so not looking too bad

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A reminder of the top stories: administrators at Rangers have said

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that they have failed to agree cost-cutting measures with players

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and will now seek an immediate sale. They have warned that the club may

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not see out the end of the season. Six British soldiers were killed

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when their armoured vehicle was caught in an explosion in

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Afghanistan. It is the single biggest British loss of life in the

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Afghan invasion for 60 years. -- 6. With public finances in crisis

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Scotland has reported a smaller deficit than the UK as a whole. A

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