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changes to grading and assessment. That is all from the

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Tonight on Reporting Scotland. No privatisation of RBS any time

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soon. Taxpayers may have to wait years to recover their multi billion

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pound stake in the bank. Bringing HS2 north of the border.

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The UK government says it could cut the journey time from Scotland to

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London to just three hours. The Commonwealth baton arrives on

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Australia's Gold Coast which hosts the games in 2018. Glasgow does not

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have the beach-side atmosphere, but I am sure Glasgow will put on a

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fantastic games. We are pretty competitive year in Australia.

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Also in the programme. The Hibs manager Pat Fenlon resigns

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after his team's League Cup defeat by Hearts and the protests by fans

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which followed. It may be years before taxpayers can

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recover their multi-billion pound stake in Royal Bank of Scotland. RBS

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had to be bailed out five years ago at the height of the financial

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crisis. Today, plans were announced for major changes to the bank,

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designed to help it recover. Its most toxic assets will be

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ring-fenced, so management can focus on the better parts of the business.

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Our reporter Lisa Summers is at RBS headquarters in Edinburgh tonight.

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For the thousands of staff and managers that are based here, this

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is a chance for a clean slate, a chance to focus on the good things

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that RBS does. The ultimate aim is privatisation and the debate about

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what to do with his company has been rumbling on for months, but today,

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the Chancellor decided the best thing to do was not to split the

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company up, but to restructure and manage the bad debts from within. Is

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this one small step to getting this bank back on track. Its debt

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transferred into one place, a bad bank. Where does this leave us?

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Privatisation is still a couple of years away. But today, the bank also

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announced a loss of ?600 million in the last three months and it says it

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is going to carry out a review of how it supports small businesses.

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This man is not happy with RBS. His business is one-year-old, there is a

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high demand for his windows and he wants to grow the company, but he

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has been denied an extension on his overdraft. It is cash flow, trying

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to get the money into pate materials and wages. If you have not got the

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right overdraft facility at the turnover we are doing, it makes

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things very difficult. And presumably stops you going as well?

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It is all right being RBS and other banks being risk averse, but you do

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have to take risks. RBS's new boss has told staff they can do better.

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Five years ago, we were broke, we had to tighten the organisation up.

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What is showing in that report is be probably tightened up too much and

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we need to get this bank back to being normal and serving customers.

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Commitment then to do more. RBS might be inching its way back on

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track, but it is still a long way away from full recovery. Is this a

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new beginning? Promises from the bank to deliver. But there are still

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a few thorns in RBS' side. Share prices fell today and some in the

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city are questioning whether this action plan will be effective

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quickly enough. A sixth person has appeared in court

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in Glasgow charged with conspiring to commit acts of terrorism and

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murder two former members of the loyalist paramilitary group the

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Ulster Defence Association. John Gorman, who is 56 and from Irvine,

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is alleged to have acted with five others who have also been charged

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with planning to murder Johnny Adair and Samuel McCrory.

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A new study is to look at the best ways to bring high-speed rail to

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Edinburgh and Glasgow. It could cut journey times from both cities to

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London to below three hours and boost the Scottish economy by ?3

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billion a year. But there's strong opposition to high speed rail from

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people in England who live along the proposed route. Here's our Business

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Editor, Douglas Fraser. It is 75 years since steam wreckers

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were being set tween Scotland and London. How much longer to catch up

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with high-speed rail in other countries? Even government ministers

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are taking a leisurely place on the overnight sleeper. This Transport

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Minister had an early start in Glasgow to set out plans for plans.

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This study will look across the range, upgrading track, benefits to

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make sure that Scotland gets the maximum out of this. The study

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starts with a controversial plan to build high-speed tracks from London,

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to Manchester and Leeds. Then the focus could be on new lines and

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upgrading existing ones to Glasgow and London. The Scottish government

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wants to see the new rail link brought north. If the current plans

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to go to Manchester and Leeds result in a dis- benefit to Aberdeen and

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Dundee, that underscores our point that it has to come to Scotland.

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Even without the new lines, it should cut travel time to less than

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four hours. What age do you think you will be by the time this

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happens? I would not like to answer that, but I will be here and I am

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looking forward to it. Faster links as a priority for the Scottish

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economy, but there is a blockage further down the line. Very little

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of this can happy unless the political debate can be resolved in

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England. -- can happen. You're watching Reporting Scotland

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from the BBC. Still to come on the programme.

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What can communities here learn from the world's most remote inhabited

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island? In sport, Hibs are looking for a new

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manager after Pat Fenlon's resignation.

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And why this man is predicting further acrimony at Rangers.

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All the details later. The man tasked with assessing

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Glasgow's readiness to host the Commonwealth Games has admitted that

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the security firm G4S may be a toxic brand after their failings at the

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London Olympics. But Bruce Robertson, the Vice President of the

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Commonwealth Games Federation, says he will not have a problem with them

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being involved in Glasgow 2014 if they meet the required criteria. Our

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Commonwealth Games reporter Jane Lewis has more.

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Glasgow appears ready, most of the venues are in place, but is it on

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track? These men are assessing just that. And high on their agenda

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during their latest visit, security. Earlier this week, the BBC

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revealed that security firm G4S wants to be involved in the games

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despite coming under fire for their failings at London 20. -- London

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2012. As long as they can deliver the resources they are promising,

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and they can deliver, I would be quite comfortable. On other matters,

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on the latest report card, the commission admits transport is a

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complex area, but plans are advanced. Extra staff, volunteers

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and contractors is in hand. And they are comfortable that Glasgow 2014

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remains on budget. There is quite a bit of work to do before now and

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then, we are not complacent. But we really are continuing to build and

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are very focused. The commission will make their final visit to

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Glasgow in March next year. Well, as preparations for the

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Commonwealth Games continue here, the Games baton has arrived on

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Australia's Gold Coast. As Phil Mercer reports, the area will play

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host to the games in 2018 and will certainly be different to what

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Glasgow's offering. The Queen's baton certainly made a

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splash when it was brought ashore on Surfers Paradise, serenaded by a

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lone piper. Raised in triumph by an Australian gold medallist Sally

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Pearson, the relay cements the union between two very different cities

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that will host the next Commonwealth Games. The baton was then passed to

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the Minister responsible for the event here in 2018. All we do know

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is that Glasgow does not have the beach side atmosphere and some of

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the stunning landscapes that we do here. I'm sure Glasgow will put on a

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fantastic games, but we are pretty competitive in Australia so we would

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like to think that we will certainly give it a really good go.

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Construction of a new aquatic centre is on schedule and on budget. It is

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due to be finished next June in time for a major international

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competition. It will be the best swimming complex in the country. The

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Gold Coast will be watching closely to see what sort of show Glasgow

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puts on next year. Here in Queensland, the authorities are

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promising a no-frills event in 2018 that will provide value for money.

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And there is an expectation that Scotland will be a hard act to

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follow. Glasgow is being talked about quite a lot. I will be going

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there and we will be watching and learning as much as possible. I

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believe that Glasgow is going to put the best game ever. And yes, I went

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to Scots college and I played in a pipe band, so I will becoming for

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Scotland. The games here are not just about smart venues. Nurturing

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new talent is another key objective. Especially in the pool where

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Australia expects success. I will be in my prime by then. I will be the

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perfect age to be swimming at my best. The baton relay is continuing

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its mammoth journey across the Commonwealth and as Queensland

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prepares for its time in the spotlight, it has this goodwill

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message for Glasgow. CHEERING.

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Some other stories from across Scotland this Friday evening.

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A man has been arrested after a series of cash machine raids in

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Aberdeenshire. The 30-year-old from Liverpool has been charged in

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connection with attempted robberies in Inverurie and Stonehaven on

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Monday and another attack on an ATM in Ellon earlier this month.

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Major conservation work is to be carried out at Kisimul Castle on the

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Isle of Barra. Historic Scotland and the clan chief MacNeil of Barra have

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agreed plans that will see over ?200,000 invested in the castle.

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Half the money was raised by members of the Clan MacNeil living overseas.

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A diabetes centre at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary has been officially named

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after a son of the city who's credited with discovering insulin.

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JJR Macleod jointly won the Nobel Prize in 1923. He made the discovery

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in Canada before returning to Scotland. A new ?2 million ferry

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terminal has been opened at Sconser on the Isle of Skye. It will serve

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the new hybrid diesel electric ferry that is due to start on the Raasay

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crossing. New research into Alzheimers could bring treatment a

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step closer according to scientists at Edinburgh university. The charity

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Alzheimer's Research and the Scottish Government are funding a

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half million pound study over three years.

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Our current treatments for Alzheimer's disease are really not

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very effective. The point of this study is to try to find out why the

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cells are dying and to try to prevent them from dying.

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This is what the new Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre

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could look like. A preferred bidder has been picked for the ?200 million

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project near Aberdeen Airport. The existing venue at the Bridge of Don

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isn't big enough for some larger shows and events.

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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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Can Scottish communities learn from the 260 people who live on the

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world's most remote inhabited island? The idea is being discussed

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in Glasgow today were experts have been examining a way of life which

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was founded almost two centuries ago.

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Despite the smoke and fumes, despite the landslides, the corruption is

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over. More than 1700 miles from the

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African coast, Tristan de Cunha's volcanic eruption forced its

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inhabitants to flee the island. They were determined to be kept together.

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We want to live in one big family, like we did here. Windswept and

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remote, second county council reckoned it was the perfect place

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for them to be settled. -- Zetland. What they had in Shetland was not

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dissimilar. And they had similar problems. In the event, they were

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settled in a disused army camp in Hampshire, a move which persuaded

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all but a handful to return home within two years ago.

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They have survived on their own. The community to which they returned

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was founded by somebody from Kelsall -- Kelso and it remains -- that is

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guaranteed in his remains rooted. We had a remarkable philosophy. He

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believed that everybody should work of the common good. That remains the

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absolute bedrock of Tristan de Cunha's way of life. Their

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remoteness is extreme, but the creation of a sustainable community

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provides lessons for remote Scottish committees as well.

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Some of the country's top ice climbers are heading for the

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Highlands this weekend, to compete in what's billed as Scotland's first

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ice festival. But they won't have to worry about the weather, as the

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competition's taking place indoors. Craig Anderson joins us now from the

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Ice Factor climbing centre at Kinlochleven.

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Well, David, welcome to life in the freezer. It is about a constant

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minus three degrees here, and this is the world's largest indoor

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climbing wall. At this facility, some of the world's top ice

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climbers, and also some novices, will be trying to get to the top of

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their chosen sport this weekend. The dusting of snow on the mountains

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means the winter climbing season is just around the corner. But having

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an indoor facility like this means climbers can practice their moves on

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a frozen cliff face whatever the weather, and compete against each

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other. Confidence comes into it. Battering an axe into the ice. Some

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people are quite happy to test it, other people spend a long time

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trying to make sure it will hold. They are getting ready to fall off

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the page you that. There are so many variables. One Britain's top young

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climbers has come to compete from Yorkshire, and she is only 12 alt.

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You have to keep your muscles tight every time you move an axe, because

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you don't know whether it will come out or nothing. But isn't it really

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dangerous? Yes, but to get the thrill of it, it's got to be a bit

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dangerous. So, if a 12-year-old can do it, why not?

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Well, I'm no climber, but I have to say, this is a great deal of fun.

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The feelings of fear are exceeded only by the agony on the muscles. I

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have seen some injuries here, like people losing teeth. I have seen an

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ice axe through somebody's Chica while back when I was training with

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them, but nothing major ! Ouch. But despite the danger, life in the

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freezer seems increasingly popular. There will be something like 60

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competitors here over the weekend to enjoy the indoor conditions here.

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Hopefully, there won't be too many ice axe is through the cheeks as

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these people enjoy what is becoming an increasingly popular sport. Back

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to you. Back down to earth now. And the rest

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of tonight's sport, from David. Nice and warm in here !

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Hibernian are looking for a new team manager - that's because Pat Fenlon

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quit the club this afternoon. The Irishman denies being sacked and

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says the decison to leave was his alone. Our reporter Brian McLauchlin

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has been speaking to Fenlon and joins us now from Easter Road.

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Brian, why's he gone and why today? Well, David, it has just been for

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league wins the Hibs this season, and also a number of disappointing

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results for Pat Fenlon throughout the season, including a 7-0 defeat,

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and two defeats to the city rivals Hearts. The latest of those was on

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Wednesday night, in the quarterfinal of the League Cup, and after that

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game, a number of fans outside the stadium here vented their disquiet

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at the way they feel that Pat Fenlon has been running the club recently.

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I spoke to him just a short time ago and asked him, first of all, if

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Wednesday night's defeats to Hearts was the end of the story and tipped

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him over. That doesn't bother me, because I understand football. When

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you are involved as a manager, you understand that people vent their

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frustration at you because you are at the top of the tree, and I hope

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that I take myself out of that equation, it just becomes about the

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team and backing the team, and I think is important to move forward.

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When we are in a good position in the league, we can go and kick them.

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So, who next for Bernie and artsy? Well, the man in charge and Sunday

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will be the assistant manager. But the make-up favourites is a former

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Kilmarnock manager will stop Craig Levine is also in the frame, but the

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only men we know we'll be taking over will be in the boardroom here.

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No decision has been made as yet. Watch this space. Thank you very

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much. Rangers can expect an acrimonious

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shareholders' meeting, according to the man who admits he's been unable

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to broker peace at Ibrox. Dave King says there's no consensus between

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the opposing factions. He's put his hopes of gaining an active role at

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Rangers on hold, as Alasdair Lamont reports.

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The man who would be King, except for now, at least, Dave King admits

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he has failed in his stated mission. To see whether I'm in a position to

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facilitate taking the club forward, get rid of that is harmony and the

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lack of unity both at board level and between the board and the fans.

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King met all the main players. The brothers who only 25% voting rights,

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and Jim McCall and Paul Murray, who are looking to turn significant

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shareholder backing into boardroom power. But today, King said certain

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influential shareholders are not willing to compromise, and it seems

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inevitable that an acrimonious AGM lies ahead. At least until that

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meeting finally takes place, things remain influx at Ibrox. I would just

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prefer some kind of clarity and some stability, eventually. For Dave King

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coming in, you need the managers do copper mines and except that. They

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are not prepared to do so. It is never ending just now. There is

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always something else happening, every day. You'll macro the only

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certainty around these parts is further uncertainty.

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Celtic's captain Scott Brown has lost his appeal against a Champions

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League ban. Brown was banned for a total of three matches for

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punishment kicking Barcelona's Neymar last month. He's already

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missed one match and won't be eligible for the match against Ajax

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next week or the visit of AC Milan later

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that is disappointing. We felt we had a good case, and my own personal

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feeling is, that that is excessive for a misdemeanour. Whatever you

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want to call it. But we have appealed it, and I'm sure we will

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get a fair hearing. But it wasn't to be, so it is a blow for us,

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obviously, blow for him, and we will just have to deal with it. And now,

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a taste of what else is happening across Scottish sport.

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Scotland captain Darren Fletcher won't be hurried into first team

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action by his club manager. He hasn't played since the end of last

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year because of a bowel condition, but appeared for Manchester United's

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under-21s in mid-week. Edinburgh rugby are

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looking much stronger every day, so we won't rush him, because we don't

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any setbacks with his recovery. Edinburgh Rugby are at home to

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Italian side Treviso in the pro 12 litre night. A win could lift

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Edinburgh up the table from tenth place.

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Glasgow Warriors are in Ireland for their match against Connacht on

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Saturday. They're looking for a win after the disappointment of last

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week's defeat by Munster. We lost last week, so there is a

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determination to play better, and we will have to do, because they are a

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tough side. It's the hottest rivalry on the ice

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- well, in Scotland, at least. The Braehead Clan host Edinburgh

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Capitals in what's being billed as ice hockey's battle of the M8.

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Edinburgh is known as a team with a lot of skill, so they definitely

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like to take chances when they can, and they usually capitalise on their

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chances, so we must be very careful. Scotland trail Ireland 3-1 going

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into the second leg of this year's shinty-hurling match. It's at

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Inverness tomorrow. And there are more sports stories,

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plus all the latest news, 24 hours a day on BBC Sport Scotland's website.

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I think that is enough from me. Thank you very much.

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Thank you very Let's get the weekend weather

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forecast now, from Chris. Good evening. Most showers tend to

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fade away this evening and overnight, and the wind is falling

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light as well, which means it will be dry, clear and cold, and fairly

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frosty as well. Here is the map from seven o'clock. Most showers confined

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to the Barnaul, is still a fresh breeze for Orkney and Shetland.

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Elsewhere, with light winds, close to freezing in towns and cities,

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with a widespread frost, but some parts of Aberdeenshire and pigeon

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may be as low as -4. A cold start to the day tomorrow, a bright start,

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but cold, and daily sunshine. Clouding over in the south-west,

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followed by outbreaks of rain which will work into the central ball by

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early afternoon and then further north by mid-afternoon. It falls as

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snow in the high ground, roundabout above 500 metres, so the highest

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road routes are affected. By mid-afternoon, where most people

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live, it is cold, wet and windy. Seven, eight, or nine degrees at

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best. Showers, slow-moving at times. The rain never quite reaches the top

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by in daylight, and hopefully Orkney and Shetland State Drive for most of

:25:53.:25:57.

the day, but rain later on. If you are hill walking climbing, some

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brighter skies, winds from the east around 25 miles an hour, rain

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turning to snow on high ground, and it will be windy. Steady speeds, but

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sometimes gusting to around 60 mph. Across the East, heavy snow through

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the Perthshire hills and the Angus hills. Blizzard conditions once you

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add on the wind speed and heavy rain across the borders as well. On the

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inshore waters, a southeasterly force six, then turning cyclonic in

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the afternoon before gale eight towards the evening. In the east,

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around the Firth of Forth, a site that would force five and then six

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through the evening. Fairly rough seas, but hopefully quite good

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visibility. The rest of the afternoon through overnight, the

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rain continued to travel northwards, maybe lingering across

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Aberdeenshire, which could bring some snow down to the highest road

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routes. As we had to Sunday, five proved. The low-pressure proof that

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were pulled away, and it is a case of sunshine and showers, although

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some rain in the East. Plenty of sunshine for many mainland part of

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the country. One or two showers pepper the West Coast. Cold despite

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the sun. Monday is probably the best day of whether next week will stop

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dry and bright with one or two scattered showers across the

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north-east, and the rain returns by Tuesday. Tonight, it will be cold

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and frosty. That is the forecast. Thanks, Chris. Now, a reminder of

:27:17.:27:24.

tonight's main news. The BBC broadcaster Paul Gambaccini

:27:25.:27:27.

has been arrested following historical allegations of sexual

:27:28.:27:29.

abuse. It forms part of Operation Yewtree. A series of police

:27:30.:27:34.

investigation that followed the Jimmy Savile scandal.

:27:35.:27:36.

Royal Bank of Scotland has announced it will not split its business in

:27:37.:27:40.

two as it tries to recover from the financial crisis, but instead create

:27:41.:27:43.

a separate internal bank to deal with ?38 billion worth of bad

:27:44.:27:47.

assets. Shares in the bank, which is mainly owned by the taxpayer, today

:27:48.:27:51.

fell by 7.5%. In the phone hacking trial, jurors

:27:52.:27:54.

have heard how the former News of the World editor Andy Coulson told a

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journalist working on a story about a TV celebrity to "do his phone".

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Andy Coulson, along with seven other defendants, deny all the charges

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against them. And that's Reporting Scotland. I'll

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be back with the headlines at eight and the late bulletin just after the

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Ten O'Clock News. Until then, from everyone on

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