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Tonight on Reporting Scotland: Hundreds of appointments and

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procedures are cancelled at hospitals in and around Glasgow

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after a computer system fails. It really is very concerning. A

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after a computer system fails. computer system can stop you getting

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treatment. Also in the programme: Claims that

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the police are turning their backs Also in the programme: Claims that

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on local communities by closing a quarter of front desks at police

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stations across Scotland. Passengers on a cruise liner are

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struck down with sickness and Passengers on a cruise liner are

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diarrhoea less than two weeks after the same ship was hit by the bug.

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And Celtic say they won't be appealing the red card issued to

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captain Scott Brown during their Champions League defeat to

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Barcelona. Good evening. Hundreds of patients

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in the west of Scotland have had their hospital appointments and

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procedures postponed due to a major failure in the computer network

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operated by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. The health board say they

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managed to restore a basic level of computer service by lunchtime today,

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but not before patients were left disappointed and worried. Aileen

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Clarke joins us now. At least 590 patients have had their

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treatment or appointment postponed, because it was reliant on detailed

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imaging and other patient information which couldn't be

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accessed. Now that includes at least 485 outpatient appointments, 14

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operations and 48 chemotherapy treatments. One of those patients

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who should have had his chemotherapy yesterday is David McLackland. He

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gets the treatment every three yesterday is David McLackland. He

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months, but yesterday he got a phonecall at home just before he

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left for the hospital. David at home today in Glasgow on

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the day he should be recovering from chemotherapy treatment but instead

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he is worrying about when he will chemotherapy treatment but instead

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get it. The type of cancer I have is incurable and this is the only

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treatment that stops it relapsing. It really is very concerning. A

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computer system can stop you getting treatment. David is just one of

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hundreds of patients who have had their appointments for treatment,

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operations or consultations postponed.

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Patient groups say it has made waiting times much worse for

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patients and their families. You maybe have to wait weeks for

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your operation and your family is You maybe have to wait weeks for

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waiting and maybe organising themselves if you are coming in for

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a procedure that they will be around to help you when you get out. You

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may have taken holiday to fit it in. Lots of things. It devastates

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families. What is the health board saying?

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Well, the chief executive today apologised to all the patients who

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have been affected and said they would be rescheduled as soon as

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possible. David there should get his chemo on Friday now, for example.

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Providing the problems are fixed. The board say the problem stems from

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corruption in their software over the holiday weekend which also

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affected their back up systems. Clinicians couldn't get access to

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electronics but medical records, archive laboratory results and the

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current GP referral letter because these are provided electronically to

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consultants. By lunchtime today, they say they

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had a basic level of computer service up and running and are

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hopeful of all the systems being back up and running tonight. They

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are urging all patients to turn up for appointments tomorrow, and the

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Health Secretary today has asked all health boards to check their

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computer systems and back up systems, remember both failed here.

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Thanks very much. Plans have been published which

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could see the closure of the front desks of around a quarter of police

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stations across Scotland. Police Scotland says there are now

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alternative ways for the public to get in touch in non-emergency

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situations including the new 101 telephone number. Our Home Affairs

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Correspondent, Reevel Alderson reports. Bobbies on the beat. It is

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what everyone wants and allows the police to interact with the

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community. There is another way of doing that-police stations where the

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public can present documents and receive advice but these Scotland

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wants to change that and have launched a consultation. -- police

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Scotland. In a quarter, 62, it is proposed to close the account is

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altogether. They further 107 will have their opening hours reduced, to

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save £4.3 million a year. The office at this police station in Glasgow is

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one of those scheduled to close. On average only 12 people come here

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every day. Senior officers stressed there are alternative ways of

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contacting police, including the new 101 number. It already accounts for

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nearly half of non-emergency calls in Scotland. Of that very small

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number of attendances, only 10% of those are actually for a policing

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service that couldn't be done in another way, such as the markets,

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mobile police stations and 101. This is another station that is

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scheduled to close. The good opinion is divided. I think

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local people are losing a service and local people will not be

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reporting matters. Sometimes we do see cars coming by

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and foot patrols so the station has been a problem for years. Policing

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in Scotland is changing with the national force changing the pace.

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The consultation recess last until mess -- consultation process lasts

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until next month. It was supposed to be a holiday to

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remember but for the FOURTH time in a row a luxury cruise liner has

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docked in Rosyth carrying passengers struck down with a vomiting virus.

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Since the start of September more than 400 people have become ill

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on-board the Black Watch. The cruise operators, who're facing the wrath

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of angry customers, insist their procedures for dealing with the

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illness are among the best in the industry. Steven Godden reports.

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illness are among the best in the Back on dry land, passengers are

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spirited away from the Fife coast and for many, there cruise was a

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trip to forget. Having dropped off many groggy passengers at Forsyth

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earlier this morning, the Black Watch was very quickly on the move

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-the second time in less than two weeks cruise ship has been at the

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centre of an outbreak of sorrow virus. The ships last four journeys

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and have seen more than 400 people struck by the illness, including

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Archie and Kathleen. It was pretty grim.

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I was confined for 48 hours. Jointly we had four days in this cabin.

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At check-in, Archie was handed a letter warning about previous

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passengers who had left the Black Watch a few others earlier. The

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cruise operators say extra preventative letters were put in

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place. They say those procedures are among the best in the industry.

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It happens in hotels, it happened on cruise ships, it happened on coach

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tours. It is the same kind of confined environment where people

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are spending time together. But easing Archie's frustration will

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take more than the offer of a cut-price creams.

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I wouldn't advise it on anyone. -- cut-price cruise. I wouldn't

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advise anyone to go abroad with Black Watch. Operators insist the

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back watch will be deep cleaned on its way to deliver before welcoming

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passengers for its latest cruise tomorrow.

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An independent Scotland could divert a proportion of oil revenues into

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two funds to iron out changes in price, and provide long-term

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investment. That's the argument advanced by Scottish Ministers on

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advice offered by economic experts from their Fiscal Commission. But

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supporters of the Union say it only proves that Scotland would be

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vulnerable to the volatility of oil. This from our political editor Brian

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Taylor. Under pressure. Machinery is

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inspected for stress. This man says Scotland should divert revenue from

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the North Sea into savings and productive investment, as

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recommended by his advisers. What the Fiscal Commission has done for

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Scotland is establish a strong framework of how we can create

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long-term financial stability for an independent country, using our oil

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wealth to our advantage and in contrast, Alistair Darling and his

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cronies have squandered our wealth over the years.

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An independent Scotland would set up to funds.

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One would copy Norway, saving money for long stone -- long-term

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investment. The other would be for short-term use, ironing out

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fluctuations in the value of oil. Because of the volatility of North

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Sea oil, you would have to establish a fund which would mean you have to

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cut services elsewhere or race taxes. Why? Because even in the good

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times, Scotland will spend every taxes. Why? Because even in the good

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penny of the North Sea oil and this is a risk, Scotland doesn't want or

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need this dependency. But shouldn't the UK government have set as the

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many when the oil was discovered with Mac Alistair Darling says this

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is irrelevant. What matters now is the future.

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These planned funds would require difficult spending cuts elsewhere or

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tax increases. John insists there is sufficient oil for Scotland to build

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a reserve. Pressure and choice. Former MSP Bill Walker has failed in

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a bid to be freed from prison pending his appeal against

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convictions for domestic abuse. Lawyers acting for Walker asked a

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judge at the High Court in Edinburgh to temporarily release him. Last

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month he was sentenced to a year in jail for assaults on three ex wives

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and a step-daughter. It has emerged that around 3% of

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people who applied for tickets for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in

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Glasgow have still not been told if they've been successful. Most people

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who applied for tickets received e-mails on Monday. Organisers

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Glasgow 2014 said all applicants could now check their allocation by

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logging into the ticketing website and using their customer reference

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number. The director of the arts funding

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body Creative Scotland has announced details of a major shake-up. Janet

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Archer, who took up her post in July, plans a team of nine directors

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including one for film and media. The Prime Minister has appealed

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directly to the people of Scotland to vote no in next year's

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independence referendum. In his keynote speech at the Conservative

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Party conference, David Cameron said there was an unanswerable case for

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the United Kingdom. Our political correspondent, David Porter, reports

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from Manchester. At least they agree on one thing,

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both sides in the independence debate concurred that the clock is

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ticking and the countdown to the referendum is underway. This against

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the backdrop of the final Tory gathering before next's independence

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vote. The pro union campaign is working hard keeping Scotland the

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union is a priority. This party is at its heart a Unionist party, a

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union is a priority. This party is party that once to keep the United

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union is a priority. This party is Kingdom together and speak out for

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Britain. We absolutely insist that this

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kingdom remain united. We are stronger, we are better, we are

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kingdom remain united. We are fairer if we stick together in one

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country can make United for the future.

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An indication of the importance the Tories put to this fight. The

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Scottish leader was given a prime sort just before the David Cameron

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to put her case forward. Walk taller, shout louder, stand

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stronger together. I am proud, proud of the Britain we have built

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stronger together. I am proud, proud together and I will fight hard,

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mind, body and soul to keep it together.

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No subliminal messages here. Each speaker framed in front of a union

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flag. Today I want a more simple message

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to go out to the people of Scotland and it is this - we want you to

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stay. We want us to stick together. Think

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of all the things we have achieved together and all the things we could

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do together. Our kingdom united. As they leave Manchester, there is

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no doubting where the Conservatives stand on Scottish independence.

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Scotland's mountain rescue teams have announced their first

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commercial sponsorship deal. The 26 teams, which rely largely on

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donations have linked up with a whisky firm to help pay for vital

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equipment and training. Our reporter Craig Anderson join us now from Glen

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Nevis. Forget the Indian summer. I don't

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think it will be that long before the summit of written's highest peak

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is covered with snow and that will bring hundreds of thousands of

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enthusiasts out for winter mountaineering. So the mountain

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rescue teams are gearing up for a busy time ahead after last year,

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which saw them responding to more busy time ahead after last year,

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than 600 callouts. This search and rescue dog is put

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through her paces. It is training exercises like this that the new

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sponsorship deal will help to pay for. We had to sustain. I am pleased

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to be working with a good Scottish family business. They understood the

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culture of Scottish mountain rescue. They can help with training. They

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can help with things like equipment. Eight people died in avalanches in

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the mountains of Scotland last winter. Training is becoming more

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technical and specialised. It was the second avalanche of the day.

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They were with us very quickly. If they had not been I would not be

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standing here today. Some might question mountain rescue teams being

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sponsored by a commercial drinks firm, . You might have a son and

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daughter or a friend who likes to go into the hills and they might save

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your life. There are busier days ahead for the

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19 rescue teams. They are proud of their volunteer

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status that are increasingly professional in their organisation.

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That costs money. While today's commercial sponsorship may be the

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first it will not be the last. Bus firm Stagecoach Bluebird says

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Hensel budget caps means it is ending some services in Moray. The

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company has been getting £300,000 per year. That money has now been

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capped. A number of journeys will be with God.

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Scottish researchers are building a 3-D map of the past. Here is our

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science correspondent. You can see a lot from that here. If

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only we could see beneath the vegetation we would be able to learn

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much more. Maybe we can. For thousands of years people have lived

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and left their marks year on the surface of Scotland. In order to be

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able to see them better than ever before you need to shine a special

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kind of liked. It is like radar. It uses a radar

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kind of liked. instead of radio waves. The liked

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that bounces back is stored and analysed. This gives a review of

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Scotland and like any seen before. Once it is in the software we can

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rotate the data itself. We can move it around and look at it from

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different angles. We can accentuate some of the topographic features. We

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can pull out things like archaeological features. This image

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is showing you knew all the thick earrings.

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This technology has been around for 50 years. Using it in archaeology is

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a new departure. Revolutionary as an overused word. But this is similar

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to how a real photography might have been regarded 100 years ago.

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We are probably seeing 4000 years worth of superimposed activity.

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People have been living, farming, ironing, Barry and people in this

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landscape. This does not mean the end of traditional trench

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archaeology. It is one of those things that we will look back on in

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20 years time and wonder how we ever managed without it. Just in case you

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were worrying the laser is not dangerous. It is perfectly safe to

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look up while the laser is looking down at you.

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Now the sports news. Did he or did he not deserve a red

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card? Make your own minds up. The ordering off of Scott Brown in

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Celtic's champions league defeat by Barcelona proves to be the turning

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point of the match. He was sent off for aiming a kick at Brazilian

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striker Neymar. Scott Brown admits he made a mistake but says the red

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card was harsh. He will miss the next game against Ajax.

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There was the usual big-game atmosphere but it took until the

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second half before we got the big game changer. What appeared to be a

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simple foul by Scott Brown on Neymar, on closer inspection was a

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petulant kick that bit Celtic down to ten men. I justified sending off

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Richard Mark I did not think the initial tackle was a severe one. It

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was a physical game. I do not think Neymar did himself any favours. The

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sending-off is unnecessary. Naming the Scotland squad today for the

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upcoming match against Croatia at the national boss had nothing but

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praise for the player. I have got a great captain and a

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great player. His career has come on meats and bounds in the last three

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years. Despite the sending-off Celtic had

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their chances. This header was agonisingly wide.

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There was a cruel inevitability about the goal when it came.

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Celtic are rock bottom of the group. Next up a double-header

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against Ajax. Games they must take points from two have any hope of

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progression. Scott Brown is in the Scotland squad

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for the last match in the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign against

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Alicia. Ikechi Anya who made his first start against Macedonia last

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month keeps his place. Hull City goalkeeper Allan McGregor returns.

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There are full details of the 24 man squad on our website.

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The man in charge of the Scottish Rugby union says a threatened

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breakaway by English and French clubs poses a great threat to the

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sport in this country. But the SRU chief executive also thinks a

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solution can be found. The issue overshadowed and events today to

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promote the existing Heineken Cup. Our rugby reporter was there.

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The stirring music gives you an idea of how big this moment is. One of

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the highlights of the European Rugby character. The launch of the

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Heineken Cup. But this feels like a week.

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That is because the Heineken Cup in its present form is under threat.

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Endless clubs and French clubs are threatening to break away. Bad news

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for Scottish rugby. It is damaging from a financial

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perspective. It is damaging for the supporters. They expect European

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competition. And the players want to play on the biggest stage possible.

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The Heineken Cup offers that opportunity. Those that run the

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Heineken Cup say they are still confident and solution can be found.

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We are only 15 months into a two-year negotiation. There is still

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time. We need to focus. I will travel anywhere in Europe, anywhere

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in the world to make that happen. I will sit around the table to make

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sure we get a solution. Mark Dodson may have two. European financial and

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the financial health of Scottish rugby is at stake.

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But in's male curlers have endured nearly 90 years of Olympic hurt.

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They have not won a medal since 1924. But David Murdoch might be the

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man to enter disappointing run. His rink took bronze in the World

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Championships. They have been confirmed as Team GB's

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representatives at the Winter Olympics and Russia in February.

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That is it for tonight. Thank you. Now it is time to see how the

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weather is looking. Now it is time to see how the

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Something we have not seen for some time. I'll wet and windy spell over

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the next 36 hours. -- it will be a wet and windy spell over the next 30

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six hours. Southwest Scotland, Lanarkshire,

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Argyll, Stirling, birth, will all be feeling that rain. Heavy bursts

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particularly over higher ground. The rain continues to journey North East

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during the course of this evening. Lighter across more northerly parts.

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Temperatures staying on the mild side. A dull, wet and windy start to

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Temperatures staying on the mild the day tomorrow. There will be

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further heavy rain matching across the country during the morning. The

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main rain will be in central parts of the country. In the afternoon we

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will look at heavy rain across Galilee. -- Galloway. We should see

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some giro weather along Moray. Heavier pulses of rain. -- some

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dryer weather. Another pulse of heavy rain crosses

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the country tomorrow night. Friday is a much better day. A lot of dry

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weather in the forecast. High pressure starts to establish itself

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in time for the weekend. Thank you. Now a reminder of the

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main stories. Hundreds of patients in the West of

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Scotland have had their appointments and procedures postponed due to a

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failure in the computer network. David Cameron has told the Tory

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conference in Manchester that those under 25 could lose their automatic

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entitlement to benefits. The Scottish leader, Ruth Davidson,

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urged the rest of the UK to speak up for the union.

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And there are plans to close at two and a quarter of the police front

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desks

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