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Tonight, on your national news: are you going to jail?

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Behind bars tonight - disgraced former MSP Bill Walker gets a year

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in prison for domestic abuse - mixed emotions for his former wife. I

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don't really have any feeling or anything like that. In fact, I feel

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quite sad it has had to come to this.

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WHITE Also tonight: After the death of this Fife

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teenager, a warning that hundreds of children are being blackmailed

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online. Catching up with Jack Vettriano as

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the biggest exhibition ever devoted to his work opens in Glasgow. What's

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going to happen is that they're going to look into my mouth and see

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what my tongue is up to? -- up to. The former MSP for Dunfermline, Bill

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Walker, has been jailed for 12 months after

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-- and Glasgow was the -- rugby's wonders if they have voted take to

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beat Leinster this evening. The former MSP for Dunfermline has

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been jailed for 12 months after being convicted of domestic abuse.

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He was found guilty of 23 charges against three wives and his

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stepdaughter. The share of -- Imposing the maximum sentence, the

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Sheriff said she had been unable to detect any evidence of remorse in

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the 71-year-old. From Edinburgh Sheriff Court, Catriona Renton

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reports. Bill Walker arriving at court, his

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last moments as a free man. Last month, he was found guilty of 23

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counts of domestic abuse against three of his former wives and

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stepdaughter over 28 years. This morning, he learned his fate. The

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Sheriff told Walker that however incredible is he may be at the

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verdict, it was her duty to sentence him. She said that she had been

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unable to detect any evidence, either during the trial or from

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background ports, of any remorse for anyone or anything other than

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himself. She said with regard to the gravity of offences, his extreme

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denial and complete absence of remorse, her only option was the

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custodial sentence. She sentenced him to the maximum of 12 months in

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prison. His second wife is the mother of his three children and

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stepdaughter. Walker beat her, punched her, frightened her during

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their marriage in the 70s and 80s. I don't really have any feeling or

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anything like that. -- feeling of elation. In fact, I feel quite sad

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it has had to come to this. The first time he really battered me,

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when Douglas was in a pram, and I said he was not worthy of the

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labelled father. Were you frightened? Years. Still? I am

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frightened that when he gets out, yes. Diana was Bill Walker's third

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wife, he punished and beat her also. I think it is true what the

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Sheriff said. Things that happen to you, especially where violence is

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involved, they don't go away. They are in here, they don't go away. It

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doesn't matter the time span or time lapse, they are always there. Bill

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Walker was elected to the Scottish Parliament for Dunfermline in 2011.

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He was expelled from the SNP with the charges were brought but carried

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on as an independent until almost two weeks ago, when he resigned,

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blaming the media. His lawyer said this had cost him his reputation and

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financially. He still protests his innocence. Clearly he is

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disappointed at outcome. He is still maintaining his innocence. Has he no

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more subtle? He is mentioning his innocence. You cannot fill rewards

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that something you say you did not do. He has been sentenced to 12

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months but could be out earlier. Tonight, he spends his first night

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in prison. There's a warning that hundreds of

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children are being blackmailed into performing sexual acts online by

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paedophiles, who threaten to send obscene images of the victims to

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their families. The Child Exploitation and Online Protection

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Centre says children as young as eight are being targeted. In recent

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months, the death of a teenager from Fife has been linked to this issue.

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Well, our reporter Laura Maxwell is here now. What more can you tell us,

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Laura? Sally, as with many internet crimes,

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no-one really knows the full extent of this problem, but what CEOP has

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revealed today is that it's definitely on the increase. They've

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identified at least 184 victims in the UK over the last two years. The

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most serious case - that of 17-year-old Daniel Perry from

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Dunfermline, who died in July. He killed himself. He befriended an

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American girl his own age and sent her explicit images. -- he thought

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she was his own age. When the blackmailers threatened to send

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those to his family unless he gave them money, he killed himself. What

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the problem is with this sort of crime is that a lot of parents feel

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particularly helpless because they're teenagers are more

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technically aware than they are. The police as saying the easiest way to

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protect children is by talking to them. As children get older, they

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want their own study time and privacy and you cannot be present in

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the same way. It is the earliest that you can get the message across

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that if you are speaking to somebody online, don't reveal anything to him

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that you wouldn't be happy for your other friends to see. -- to them.

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Don't go into any private environment on the Internet with

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someone that you don't know. It is an extension of the old-fashioned

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don't go with streamers but online. -- strangers. For any young people

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who have shared sexual images or are being threatened, the advice is to

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who have shared sexual images or are tell someone. But the police say

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that criminals in these iterations rely on fear - fear of getting into

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trouble, fear of being laughed at. The the only way to stop this is to

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speak out. Thank you very much.

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

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programme: Mark King Dumfries's maritime heritage, how ports will be

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in the town centre for the first time in 150 years.

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Tonight's sport features a night at the rugby and a day at the races.

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I'm at Scotstoun Stadium, home of the Glasgow Warriors Rugby team, to

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preview tonight's big match against league champions Lenster. And we're

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going racing on the eve of the Ayr Gold Cup. I'll see you soon.

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In the past hour, the Labour leader, Ed Miliband, has said that if his

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party wins the next election it will abolish the so-called "bedroom tax".

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Speaking ahead of the Labour conference, which begins on Sunday,

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Mr Miliband said he believed it was the right thing to do.

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We are abolishing the unfair tax which is hitting tens of thousands

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of families across Scotland, causing misery to disabled people and is

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frankly wrong. We are going to pay for it by scrapping hedge fund tax

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breaks for companies in the city that George Osborne introduced.

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There could be nothing fairer or more right than that. It is all part

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of what the conference is going to be about, tackling the cost of

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living which is facing so many families.

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Well, our correspondent Tim Reid joins me now from Westminster. How

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significant is this? It is certainly a significant policy commitment from

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a party that does not have any at the moment. Labour has been under

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pressure to be whether it would scrap one of the coalition's most

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unpopular policies. Ed Miliband said he would pay for it through cracking

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down on tax loopholes in boardrooms. It is clearly unpopular. Remember

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there was a protest outside the Lib Dem conference in Glasgow last

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weekend. Even then, we were told that the welfare spokesman, Jackie

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Baillie, when she said that they would scrap it had gone too far.

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There was no change in policy. Clearly, Ed Miliband wants to

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announce what he thinks will be popular policy on the eve of the

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conference. We have already been told by the Government that they

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believe that how he is going to pay for it is not thought through and

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that most taxpayers believe that welfare reforms are right. This will

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be a recurring theme at Labour's conference in Brighton where they

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will talk a lot about the living standards of people having dropped

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under the current coalition. Esther Miliband is speaking on a day when

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claims abound about old divisions in the party, involving senior figures

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in Scotland. Particularly unsavoury accounts in the paper, particularly

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from David Wright, one of Gordon Brown's former spin doctors. --

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David McBride. We knew that he had been removed from his position in

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terms of smearing people. What we did not know is that he had, by his

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own omission, said that -- planted some stories about the former Home

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Secretary. Lord Reid has not been available today but something that

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maybe that had some impact on his leadership ambitions and also on

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Douglas Alexander, the former Foreign Secretary, who we are told

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in the papers that he wanted his sister, windy, removed as a Scottish

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Labour leader. He said today that he sister, windy, removed as a Scottish

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always supported his sister and not sister, windy, removed as a Scottish

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David Wright. -- David McBride. A cruise liner is being cleaned and

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fumigated in Fife after 130 passengers took ill while on

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holiday. The Fred Olsen liner The Black Prince was carrying almost 800

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people on a 12-night Scandinavian tour. -- the Black Watch. By the

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time the ship returned to dock in Rosyth earlier today, 29 guests were

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still suffering symptoms of gastroenteritis. Health inspectors

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are monitoring the cleaning process, with the ship expected to leave port

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on a Mediterranean cruise this evening.

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Network Rail has apologised to passengers on the East Coast

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mainline between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh for being responsible

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for seven out of every ten delays. Punctuality fell to below 84%

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between mid-August and mid-September, after problems with

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overhead power lines. If the infrastructure company fails to meet

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its 92% target by next spring, it could be heavily fined by the rail

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regulator. The biggest exhibition devoted to

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the work of Scots artist Jack Vettriano opens in Glasgow this

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weekend. More than 100 paintings - many from private collections - have

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been gathered together for the show in Kelvingrove Art Gallery. And

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while his art continues to divide the critics, the show is expected to

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be one of the gallery's most popular. Our arts correspondent

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Pauline McLean joined the artist for a first look at his show.

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101 works painted across two decades, some sold for break prices,

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others more modestly. Many an theme by the public or artist since he

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left his studio. This has always been a very important painting

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because I have always been drawn to drifting. For a self-taught artist

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who once wandered these galleries, it is a site he never thought he

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would see. I was overwhelmed. I have looked at these images over the

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years but never dreamt that I would see them brought together as a

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collection and have a retrospective dedicated to me. This is an artist

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whose most iconic work has sold more than 10 million prints worldwide.

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His paintings are owned from everyone -- by everyone from Robbie

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Coltrane to Sir Alex Ferguson. Many dismisses work and although this is

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one in the eye for them, it turns out that Jack Vettriano is his own

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biggest critic. I was genuinely concerned by some of the earlier

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work because I thought that people will look and think, "he can't

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paint." And they were right. All I was doing with the best I could and

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this is what I found so charming about the retrospective. I can look

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at some of the early stuff and I can pick holes in it and other artists

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will pick holes in it, the public will pick holes in it. But what this

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is is my journey. At 61, it is a journey he hopes has some way to go.

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His next collaboration with a veteran composer is taking him into

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a whole new territory. Other stories from across Scotland

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this Friday. Raasay residents who want to buy 300

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hectares of Forestry Commission land on the island say the asking price

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of £400,000 is too high. European state aid regulations mean they'll

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receive only around 20% of public funds because timber production is

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seen as a tradeable commodity between member states. The Raasay

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development group is asking the Government to review the way

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community bids are assessed. If we buy it and unable to use it to

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create jobs and affordable housing, this will lower costs for other

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departments. It would save money. Highland Council is going ahead with

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price rises on Lochaber's Corran Ferry in November to help cover

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higher fuel costs. Those who depend on the service are angry at the

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increases. The Council says it's commissioning a study to investigate

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how the new fares will affect local communities.

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Thieves have stolen a special bronze plaque from the Queen Mother

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Memorial Garden at Hazlehead Park in Aberdeen. The theft is believed to

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have happened last weekend. The plaque commemorates the Queen

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Mother's 80th birthday in 1980. St Andrews University is to be named

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Scottish University of the Year in latest Times and Sunday Times

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University Guide, to be published on Sunday. The Guide will also reveal

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that St Andrews has been ranked fourth in the United Kingdom.

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Around 1,000 onlookers saw the world's oldest clipper ship leave

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Scotland for the last time. A pontoon barge supporting The City of

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Adelaide - also known as the Carrick - was towed from the Scottish

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Maritime Museum at Irvine harbour. Its new Australian owners are taking

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it to London before loading it onto a cargo ship bound for Adelaide.

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And there are more stories from your area - and all the latest news, 24

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hours a day on BBC Scotland's website.

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Researchers from five Scottish universities have produced a unique

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visualisation of how our tongues make speech happen. The Seeing

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Speech project has combined two different types of scanning

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technology - to put the results online for the first time. Here's

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our Science Correspondent Kenneth MacDonald.

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When we talk, this is what's going on inside our heads. The seeing

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speech project is free and online and shows how our tongues make

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words. When we talk, we can see lips moving but we cannot see what is

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going on inside. We can hear people talking but can often not quite tell

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what they are doing and if we are learning new speech sounds, it can

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be helpful for people to know how the tongue is moving. This has not

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been available before. It is bringing together MRI scanning with

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ultrasound tongue damaging. -- imaging. This piece of equipment has

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a benign intent and make sure the ultrasonic probe is properly aligned

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because what happens next is they will see what my tongue is up to.

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The unit of the tongue is down here. The cap is up here and this is a

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shadow from the mandible. Could you say Weddle waggle? Carly Wali?

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Purple burglar alarm. Did you find these difficult to see? Scottish

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people produce that sound at the end of the syllable. It is not just

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speech therapists who will find this useful. It could be used by actors

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trying to master a new accent. That headpieces bound to set a new

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trend. My tongue is always firmly lodged in

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my cheek. Talking about Glasgow Rugby tonight. They are at home to

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Leinster. Glasgow have two wins from two matches in the competition. The

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question is, can they make it three out of three by beating the Irish

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province? Let's ask our guest Glasgow Warriors stand off Duncan

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Weir. You are suited and booted because you are not playing. Can

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Glasgow win and why? We have started the campaign with two wins out of

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two. Leinster have a new coaching staff so you could say they are not

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firing on all cylinders for the standard but the guys are confident

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and we have a very strong team. I am confident we can get a result.

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Glasgow had a narrow win over Ulster in Belfast last week with a late try

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and conversion. But Gregor Townsend has made five changes to the team.

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What's his thinking? That may come as a surprise to many but the

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strength of squad we have here in Glasgow is remarkable. The guys we

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have, the competition is great and I am hoping we can make changes and

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looked comfortable. We do not have too forced to many things and can

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see a good performance tonight. Here's a true professional. I am

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sure he will not look out of place tonight. What would it mean to

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Glasgow if they could defeat the mighty Leinster? We have not won

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against them out of the last four occasions and it is about time we

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were in the right frame of mind. I am sure we can do it and it is about

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time we stick our claim for the title. Make sure we are not clear.

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There's live coverage of tonight's match between Glasgow and Lenster on

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BBC Radio Scotland 810 medium wave - and you can watch the match on BBC

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Alba. The Scottish FA has nominated

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Hampden Park to host group stage matches in the European Nations

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finals in 2020. For the first time they'll be held across the continent

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at 13 venues. There's a concern Hampden might not have enough

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hospitality boxes to be considered. But the SFA hopes that won't scupper

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its chances. A bit of horse racing next. Because the richest sprint

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handicap in Europe takes place tomorrow. It's the Ayr Gold Cup, the

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highlight of the biggest festival in Scottish flat racing but there

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hasn't been a home-trained winner since 1975. Kheredine Idessane

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reports. Ladies day at the ER races so what

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is the attraction? -- Ayr races. It is an anniversary celebration and we

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came last year as well. With over 20,000 attending, it is a serious

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business. It makes a great economic contribution to the whole area and

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people come for three base and spend lots on surrounding restaurants. Who

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will be first past the winning post? There has not been a Scottish

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trains weather in 38 years but one man is hoping to change that. It is

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a family business. We bred the horse ourselves and he was born six miles

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from the racecourse. The other prize up for grabs is the best dressed

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lady. Neil Lennon is one of the most underrated managers and football.

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Will the Beatles things Scottish success?

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I could not see that the report but I just hope he was not dancing at

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the start of that. It's hard to believe now, but

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Dumfries used to be one of the country's leading shipping ports. To

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highlight its maritime past a yacht race will tomorrow bring boats into

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the centre of Dumfries for the first time in perhaps 150 years. Willie

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Johnston reports. Catamaran sailor snore may get some

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practice in. It is one of the biggest boats entered in the race.

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The aim is to recreate a glorious period of Dumfries's past when the

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tone and its neighbouring villages comprised the fifth wealthiest port

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in the UK. You had grain and livestock and ironmongery then the

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African coast and across to America and then brought back tobacco. The

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prosperity of Dumfries was built on these things. Commerce from America.

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The race starts here and at one time you could get a passage to America

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from here. John Paul Jones, a founding father of the American

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Navy, was born along this coast. It is to the furthest navigable point

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of the river in Dumfries. It is a real obstacle course. Not one but

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three bridges which at high tide offered very little clearance. The

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smallest boats should be able to drop their boats but this man plans

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a much more appealing approach. I am planning to capsize it. I will float

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underneath the bridge and, again for the finish. The event's curator says

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it should be a great spectacle. The prospect of Dumfries being full of

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sailing boats will be a wonderful site. The race celebrates the

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maritime history. Robert Burns patrolled here as an excise officer.

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Let's hope the race itself does not prove to be a bridge too far.

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You promised us better weather today and we have got it.

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The cloud bend and broke and we saw some sunshine coming through with

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some bright spells before dusk but the Highlands and Islands are still

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having patchy rain. The weather front continues to pull away and it

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will be fairly breezy. Elsewhere are generally dry with temperatures and

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although than around 10 Celsius. A bit of a battle on at the weekend.

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Squeezed between the two with isobars tightly packed. This will

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convert to a free amount of clouds for Saturday sought the cloudy start

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and across the North West, some outbreaks of rain and drizzle.

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Elsewhere, bricks in the cloud and sunshine in the southwestern parts.

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Through the central spine, fairly cloudy but my old are temperatures

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increasing. Rain and towards Orkney and extending towards Shetland and

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you should have a reasonable day. If you are claiming across West on

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Rangers, pretty wet and when from the south-west will be pretty

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strong. It should improve by the afternoon with sunny spells coming

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through. Wind is strong from the south-west. Good visibility but

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further north, we could see force sex. -- force six. On Saturday and

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overnight, rain continues to move northward and feel equality and on

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Sunday, the battle is still on what high temperatures in the south-east.

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Mild and warm beer coming up from the south-west and we will lose the

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lien on the front but still fairly cloudy across the North West,

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producing spots of rain. We are in the sun comes out, look at the

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temperatures, we could see 22 Celsius in Aberdeen.

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Thanks. Now, a reminder of tonight's main news in brief. The former MSP

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for Dunfermline and Bill Walker has been jailed for 12 months after

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being convicted of domestic abuse. He was found guilty of 23 charges.

:27:33.:27:40.

Ed Miliband has said that if his party winds the next election it

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will abolish the bedroom tax. Speaking ahead of the Labour

:27:44.:27:49.

conference beginning on Sunday, he said he believed it was the right

:27:49.:27:53.

thing to do. There is a warning hundreds of

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children are being blackmailed into performing sexual acts online by

:27:58.:28:01.

paedophiles who is elected to send images to their families.

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And that's Reporting Scotland. I'll be back with the headlines at 8pm

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and the late bulletin just after the ten o'clock news. Until then, from

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everyone on the team here in Glasgow and around the country, have a very

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good evening.

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