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That is all from the BBC's news at six, so it is goodbye from me,

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90-year-old woman murdered in a drunken attack because her killer's

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mobile phone had broken. A drunken hooligan. An animal. Also in the

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programme: The Scottish economy is doing better, with analysts saying

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it is growing better this year than previously thought.

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This is usually one of the busiest roads out of Glasgow city centre at

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night a burst water main has burst apart of the road causing chaos for

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commuters. Celtic Park will be the venue for

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next year's Scottish Cup final, but how fair will it be if Celtic get

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there? And they were at the dancing in the

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1950s and 1960s. Now they are back as part of a show creating that

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heyday. Georgina Barnett was 90 years old

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and under five feet tall. To date Thomas Brogan was sentenced to life

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for murdering the widow chewing a drunken rage over his broken mobile

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phone. Georgina Barnett's nephew, relieved

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justice had been done. His aunt died five days after the attack. A

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drunken hooligan. He was an animal. What words can describe the

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injuries? Unemployed Brogan had been extremely drunk last June when he

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went to her Kirkaldy home. He blamed his friend next door to Mrs Barnett

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for breaking his mobile phone, but vented his anger on her. The judge

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said he utterly lost control and committed eight sustained attack on

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a defenceless old lady. Upstairs neighbours had called the police

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when they heard shouts and crushes below. They thought he had been

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fighting his friend and was shocked to hear Mrs Barnett pleading for him

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to stop. Later he confessed to police but he has never offered

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defence or explanation. She was a friend to Thomas Brogan for almost

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two years. She opened her house to him. They shared meals and drinks.

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For him to turn on her is beyond belief. Georgina Barnett is

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remembered as a lovely, friendly woman. Her family say that

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tragically she paid for that kindness with her life.

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A sixth person, a man, has been arrested in Scotland over alleged

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terrorism offences. Last week four men and a woman were arrested in

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various locations and appeared in court yesterday charged with

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conspiracy to murder and terrorism offences.

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The prospects are improving for the Scottish economy, according to a new

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report but the Fraser Of Allander Institute also warns that the

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recovery is based too heavily on credit rather than investment and

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export. So what can we learn from companies that have weathered the

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downturn and are looking to the long-term? Here is our business and

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economy editor. Here in East Kilbride it is one

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place the economy is picking up. This firm has grabbed hold of future

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market, selling two overseas. This manipulator is bound for China.

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Investing in new ideas and exporting is a sustainable future for the

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economy. A future controlled by the workers here because they own their

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company. Living on services, taking a percentage of financial business

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is the model for the future. We have a very unbalanced economy at the

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moment and if we learn these things, a very unbalanced economy at the

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be a slow improvement. Much of the growth we are seeing is from

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consumers gaining confidence and spending more, often by borrowing.

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The Fraser Of Allander Institute, the economic Institute at

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Strathclyde using adversity, has raised its forecast for economic

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growth this year. But it is still short of the trend we saw before

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this great crash of roughly 2% per year. They reckon also that there

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will be an improvement in the number of people in work this year. But

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they also reckon that unemployment will keep rising through to the end

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of next year, as things continue to look fragile. The Scottish economy

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has grown for the last five quarters and we do see that growth

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continuing. What we are worried about is the extent to which the

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growth will continue. I am concerned that the basis of this recovery may

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not be sustainable, because it seems to be predicated upon are being

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rather than rising real incomes. We are not yet seen widespread business

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confidence to start investing to increase capacity and export

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markets, except across some industries which are enjoying quite

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a strong performance such as the whiskey industry. It may just be a

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footnote in today's report but it is important, if you look at two last

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week they looked at the cost to the economy had Grangemouth closed.

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Workers are repairing a burst water main which cut off supplies to

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thousands of homes in Glasgow and left a huge crater in one of the

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main roads to the south of the city. The burst, on Bridge Street

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near the River Clyde, is on the same place as a similar 17 years ago. Our

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reporter is at the scene. You join me in what is usually one

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of the busiest routes out of the city centre. Normally this would be

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absolutely packed full of traffic but that big hole in the road behind

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me means it is closed from Jamaica Street bridge all the way as far up

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as Bridge Street tube station. There are diversions in place but it has

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meant delays. But the real headache yesterday was for people dealing

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with the flood water. This is the water main part caused

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all the problems. A large crack where water came spewing out onto

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the street is clearly visible. It left thousands of homes without

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water for a few hours. It is similar to what Happened in 2006 but

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Scottish Water says it has spent thousands on new water mains. We

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looked at bus routes. We certainly recognise that this is a main

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arterial route for Glasgow. We need to look at the root course and

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investigate and then understand what lessons we may learn. Scottish Water

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says everyone who lost their water supply was reconnected within hours

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and those evacuated from their homes were allowed back Taiwan 30 AM. But

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for one local pub, the effects of the flooding will be more long

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lasting. The staff here were too upset to speak on camera but they

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letters in to see the damage. At one point, the floodwater reached almost

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the top of this cooker and the fridges in there were almost

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completely submerged. Most of their stock is ruined and they say it will

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take tens of thousands of pounds to fix this mess.

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Scottish Water has apologised for any problems. It has now begun an

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investigation into the cause of the leak. Engineers say they have almost

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completely fixed the pipe here but it will be another few days before

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this road is reopened again for commuters.

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You are watching reporting Scotland from the BBC. Still to come: A

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council apologises for threatening letters sent to thousands of people,

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claiming council tax discount. And in sport, the venue for this year's

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Scottish Cup final is announced. Not everyone approves.

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And how the Scots tackled the Tongans at rugby league's World Cup.

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More later. The leader of the Unite union has

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called on David Cameron to apologise after he appeared to blame a union

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official for the near collapse of the Grangemouth refinery last week.

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At Prime Minister 's questions, Mr Cameron said a rogue trade unionist

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at Grangemouth had nearly brought Scotland's petrochemical industry to

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its knees. Where unions are lay a positive role, I will respect them

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but we have a problem with a rogue trade unionists at Grangemouth who

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nearly brought the industry to its knees. We need to have a proper

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enquiry. Our political correspondent is at Westminster. What did Unite's

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remnant plus a -- Len McCluskey have to say? The decision to close the

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site at Grangemouth was reversed. Stevie Deans this week has resigned

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from his position at Ineos and at the weekend we saw planes in the

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Sunday Times that there were allegations that he had undermined

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Labour's investigation into the full cut vote rigging fiasco. Today we

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saw this response from Len McCluskey. The Prime Minister was

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disgraceful today. He demeaned his office of prime minister. To attack

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an individual worker, a shop steward, and refer to him as a rogue

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operator that almost brought the petrochemical industry to a

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standstill is quite disgraceful. Labour is under immense pressure

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both about full kirk and to reopen the enquiry into those vote rigging

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allegations. McCluskey says there was no wrongdoing by Unite union or

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any individual. But Labour's links with the unions are under huge

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pressure as well. Ed Miliband has said there should be an overhaul of

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their financial links but people like David Cameron, Labour's

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opponents, are not any time soon going to stop piling the pressure on

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them. They see Len McCluskey and the issue sparked as a huge thorn in Ed

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Miliband's side. I think the pressure will be kept up certainly

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by the Prime Minister any time he speaks in the Commons.

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Scotland's newest MST has been sworn in at a mere route. -- at Holyrood.

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Cara Hilton became the MSP for Dunfermline after winning the

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by-election last week with a majority of almost 3000. Dumfries

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and Galloway Council has apologised unreservedly for letters sent to

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thousands claiming the council tax single person's discount.

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The letters challenged them to prove they were entitled to the discount.

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It is very intimidated in its tone. This man lived alone in a bedsit in

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Dumfries and gets a single person's 25% council tax discount. He expects

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to be asked periodically if he circumstances have changed, but not

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to be told that they have when they have not. When I have gone on to

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view website which they instruct me to go onto here, I find I am

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supposed to be cohabiting with someone. The woman concerned lived

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across the landing in flat four. The BBC is aware of many people left

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angered and distressed by this letter. One woman had been a

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stalking victim and feared she was under surveillance again. The

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letters were sent out by a company based in Lancashire, an agency which

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some councils use for this kind of work. But the logo at the bottom

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makes it look like it has come directly from the council. Today the

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council has admitted the letters were wrong and it will apologise.

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The letter in itself contained some unfortunate times and regrettably it

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may have caused offence or concern to some people. For that, the

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council will apologise unreservedly. It is not the way the council does

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its business with its constituents and distressed is regretted. 3500

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people got letters doubting their status. They will now get another

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one saying sorry. Other stories from across the

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country this Wednesday: Plans for a flood-alleviation scheme for

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Stonehaven have gone on show to the public.

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The Aberdeenshire town has been hit three times in recent years by

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serious flooding. These proposals today outline the physical defences

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we propose. They showed the walls and defences we will build to

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increase protection in that area. In the face of concerns over the

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timescale for repairing Lossiemouth's damaged sea defences,

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Moray Councils says the decision should be left to the contractor.

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The town's harbour was one of several places hit by a freak storm

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surge last December. Ballintore Harbour in Easter Ross was also

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badly affected. Work on permanent repairs could be held up until the

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worst of the winter weather has passed.

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The next Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

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has been named as Reverend Dr Angus Morrison from Orwell and Portmoak

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Kirk in Perth. He will take up the office at the Assembly next May.

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?3 million of Lottery money has been given to Coigach in Assynt to help

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conservation. The remote area is home to species such as golden

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eagles, wildcats, and freshwater pearl mussels. It is an area

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covering over 600 square kilometres and it will work towards a vision to

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replant woodland that has been destroyed in the past.

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Scottish Natural Heritage says it's making it easier for people to

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report potential bird strikes at wind turbines. It's created a

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dedicated email address for people to post details of incidents. The

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move follows the death of a rare white throated needle-tail - which

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flew into a turbine after migrating all the way from the Himalayas. And

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there are more stories from your area - and rolling news and analysis

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on BBC Scotland's website. In the days before we spent hours

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Saturday nights watching celebrities and sing, tens of thousands of Scots

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is used to go out themselves. If you spent your Saturday nights at the

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dancin', a new theatre show could be for you.

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Dancing was a way of life in the 1950s and 1960s. It was how the boys

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met the girls. When this festival commissioned unusual about dance

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hall days who better to ask than those who danced there? I have been

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going to afternoon tea dances, evening dances, and meeting people

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and seeing the joy and the love they have for dancing. While the dance

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halls may have gone, the dancing continues. The project showed -- the

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project had no shortage of volunteers. They are very good for

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us elderly folk. Not just dancers but musicians also.

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Once upon a time I was the resident vocalist. This was where many of my

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generation met their spouses. I met my wife there. It was a great place

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to be. That ballroom may be long gone but

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this show will hopefully keep the music and the memories alive.

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I bet David carry knows his way around a dance floor. -- David

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Currie. For the first time in over a century

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the Scottish Cup may not be held at a neutral venue. The National

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Stadium in Hampden will be closed as it is made ready to host athletics

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at the Commonwealth Games. The Scottish FA has decided that the

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2014 cup final will be held at Celtic Park, even if Celtic take

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park -- take part. The team had their hand on the real

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thing earlier this year. If they reach the final this year -- this

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season they will defend it on their home ground. The allocation of

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tickets would make it fairer than our home ground. The SFA have a

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choice to make. It is going to move somewhere. The decision is based on

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the size. This is the view of sets of players will have as they come

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out for the Scottish Cup final next May. But if Celtic are involved how

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fair is that on their opponents? It is not fair if Celtic get to their

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cup final. I would rather it was at Murrayfield. How do you feel about

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it? I would love to beat Celtic at Celtic Park. Very unfair. Why make

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the decision now. The SFA says: the last time the final was held at

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Celtic Park was a good day for higher -- was a good day for Heart

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of Midlothian Scotlandpos-macro B league players have defeated Tonga

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in the World Cup finals. -- Scotland's Rugby League players.

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This pre-match ritual is that he aggressively. It did not intimidate

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the Scots. Scotland stormed to a lead at

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half-time. In the second half Tonga scored four

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tries and took the lead. Could the Scots recover? Yes. This try squared

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the match. This conversion secured a memorable victory.

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Tonga thought they had nicked it at the end, but the referee disagreed.

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Scotland have triumphed. Inverness and the first team through

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to the League Cup semifinals defeating Dundee United 2-1. Credit

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to our players for keeping going. Scotland's women footballers hope to

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make it four victories out of four when they play Poland tomorrow. It

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is a very difficult game. We cannot take anything for granted. If we

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want to win this game we need to work hard. Rangers will face Raith

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Rovers at Easter Road in the final of the Ramsden 's cup. They defeated

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Stenhousemuir last night. Graham. Us through to the last eight

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of the International open in China. Bat-macro Graeme Dott is through to

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the last eight of the International open Channel.

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We are surrounded by sport. Here is the weather.

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Classic autumnal conditions. The rain was heavy. It was wet and windy

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across many parts of the country today. This evening there is a

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legacy of showers, but also clearer skies.

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Fairly dry that a rash of showers in the Highlands and Islands. Tonight

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will not be as cold as last night. Looking ahead, low pressure

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continues to dominate conditions. At times the wind will be deal force on

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the West coast. Perhaps some clearer skies across

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parts of the South West. Frequent showers towards the central belt.

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The Cairngorms giving shelter to the Northwest. Frequent showers across

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the Hebrides. Overnight the showers keep on coming. Frequent showers as

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we head overnight towards Friday. Friday probably a slightly better

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day. Temperatures close to average. On Saturday there will be the

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arrival of some rain towards the South West. That is the forecast.

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Just time for a reminder of the main news.

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A man who murdered a widow in a drunken rage has been jailed for

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life. The trial of two former News of the

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World editors, Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, on phone hacking

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charges has started. The leader of the Unite union has

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called on David Cameron to apologise after he appeared to win a union

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official for the near collapse of the Grangemouth refinery last week.

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Workers repairing a burst water main in Glasgow have left huge craters.

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It is in a similar place to a crater seven years ago.

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Now it is time to cross to Rob Maclean and the Sportsline team.

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Hello from Easter Road, an Edinburgh derby with an even bigger prize

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