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all from us. Now we join our news teams where you

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Tonight, on Reporting Scotland. A hostile reception for the Rangers

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Board at the club's Annual General Meeting - but tonight the board

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remain in place after a failed bid to remove them from power.

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After wind and rain batters much of the country households and

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businesses assess the damage, tonight a warning that more is on

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the way. Snow, ice, high winds and heavy rain

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all in the forecast for the next 24 hours.

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Also on the programme, it's all smiles as the favourite baby names

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of the year are revealed, with some surprising additions.

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Still a minx at heart - Minnie Minx is 60 years young and gets her very

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own treat in the Christmas Beano. And the duel in the pool makes its

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way to Glasgow with some world famous names set to compete in this

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unique event. After two years of turmoil,

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protests, and mud-slinging, the Rangers board has formally survived

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re-election. At today's annual general meeting, the board's

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opponents, the so-called requisitioners, failed in their bid

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for power. With a loss of ?14 million in this year's accounts,

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many supporters are opposed to the club's financial management and fear

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for its future governance. Our senior football reporter Alasdair

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Lamont has more. These supporters have waited some

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time to let their feelings be known so when they finally got the chance,

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they did not hold back. Despite this, they comfortably survived. All

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five directors were voted backed by institutional directors with Graham

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Wallace getting greatest batting. The man with the least support was

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the man who was the target of the most vocal supporters today. It was

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always a day when passions would run the hide and supporters had the

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chance to put their views to the board and find out how the board

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would respond. Unless there is change and transparency, you would

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not want to put money into the club without knowing. We did not get the

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answers we need. I hope we can get through this rather than bickering

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over money. There's a lot of frustration and we did not get

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anywhere today. Some of these fans wanted Paul Murray and his grip on

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board but although they achieved 30% backing, they do not view to as a

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failure. Whatever happens, we have brought all the issues to the fore.

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We have brought transparency to the club and have raised the issues. We

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know from the fan reaction they can see what is happening to the club.

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Optimists might regard today as a watershed and the moment for peace

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to break out but realists may view it differently.

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For more on Rangers and the business of football, I'm joined by our

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business and economy editor Douglas Fraser. First, Douglas, is this

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dispute now over? The challengers have failed to gain enough support

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to get on the broadband it is not clear where they can go but the

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directors who where re-elected are pretty clear there is a large

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minority shareholders who are not happy about things. It is affecting

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their customer base and that should worry any business. This has partly

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been about clashing personalities and a dysfunctional board, and

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investors are still clearly very unhappy at the pace at which Rangers

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has been burning through its capital. A year ago today, shares in

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the Rangers started trading at 75p but today they are trading at 34p,

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less than half the value. What happens now? The new chairman and

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chief executive have promised to produce a robust business planning

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process, which effectively concedes there has been none in place. That

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includes youth team development and could see some players leaving

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because of the cost problems, and also the new chief executive has

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said it is reasonable to assume the funding will be needed before too

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long. He failed to get the legal powers he needs to go back to

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investors for the new tranche of investment. The club will probably

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try to go back there but they know they will have to provide a

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convincing case that they have a grip on the finances and the way in

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which the club is run as a business, as much as the football

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club. Scotland's facing more winter storms

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with snow, gale-force winds and heavy rain set to cause disruption

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in the run-up to Christmas. Tonight, there's warnings of snow and ice,

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particularly in the Highland and Grampian areas. We'll speak to our

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reporter Craig Anderson for more on that in a moment, but first, Aileen

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Clarke reports on the problems brought about by last night's wind

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and rain. Dumbarton at high tide. The other

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burst its banks in the early hours of this morning but even as it

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subsided, Scotland was still being blasted by fierce gales. In

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Kilbirnie, this scaffolding was ripped off the house wall. Winds

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lifted off part of a sheep pen and adopted through a car windscreen.

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The worst was then South Uist where it reached 90 mph. It reached 66 in

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Aberdeen and still gale force in the central belt. At the height of the

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storm around 10,000 homes were without power. This village shop was

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trading by candlelight. It has been pretty good this time because they

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have come back to it quickly and within a couple of hours it was back

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on again. In previous experience we have had to wait a long time. Other

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areas have been coming back on throughout the day and no snow and

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ice is the next challenge. That is how we've been bearing up,

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but how's it looking in the run-up to Christmas? You only have to look

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to see what is happening in Invernessshire tonight. I am about

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15 miles south of Inverness and as you can see, a bit of a winter

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wonderland, not so fine if you want to travel anywhere. The police and

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the local authority have issued a warning saying beard as heavy snow

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on the roots here so driving can be treacherous. Temperatures are going

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to drop and we could see icy roads just about anywhere, and where there

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is snow falling that could make driving conditions very difficult

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indeed. People should watch out for those kinds of conditions. What

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about the prospects for the weekend and the start of the Christmas week?

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The good news is that tomorrow the weather is going to get milder but

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with that mildness, there's a in because we will we will see heavy

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rain in many areas and with the snowmelt, that could lead to

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localised flooding. As well as that, we could see winds picking up

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again towards gale force and that may cause some damage. As for the

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rest of the weekend, forecasters say the weather will continue to be

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unsettled, pretty bad news for anybody who may be looking forward

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to the Christmas break. People may be heading off for the Christmas

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holidays and the advices, if you are heading out, check the forecast and

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the road conditions before you go. If the weather forecast later on.

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

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programme. Scottish and German universities

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team up to push the boundaries of quantum physics.

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In sport, one of the world's best swimmers will fulfil one of her

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ambitions in Glasgow this week. We'll hear all about it, and

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mistakes and how to learn from them with the Glasgow Warriors head

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coach. Jack and Sophie were once again the

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most popular Scottish baby names in 2014. James has moved into second

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place. Olivia is the second most popular general's name.

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Sounds familiar? For the sex of the year in a row, Jack is the most

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popular boys name in Scotland. -- sixth year. It kind of appealed to

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us but his big sister has a teddy bear called Jack so that is what she

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wanted to call him. While Lewis is slipping, names like Lucas and Harry

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are heading into the top ten. Olivia is number two. It is really the

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traditional names that are coming back end, that you would expect your

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grandparents to have. It is really nice. Let's take a look back in

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time, in the 1990s, Ryan was the most popular name. Back in the olden

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days it was John and Mary that were the number one baby names.

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Jack and Sophie might be the most popular names but the is only one in

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this entire nastily and there has never been a bigger range of names.

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It seems we are becoming more American in our taste with Cody and

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Cooper. Looking back it was a different story. In 1900, John and

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Mary topped the list. Four people have been taken to

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hospital after a serious road accident in Aberdeenshire. Two cars

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and a lorry were involved in the collision on the A96 Huntly bypass.

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Two men were taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary - one by an RAF helicopter

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from Lossiemouth. Two women have been taken to Dr Gray's hospital in

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Elgin. The main Aberdeen to Inverness road was closed for most

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of the afternoon. The newly developed Haymarket

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railway station has opened to passengers in Edinburgh. It's one of

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the busiest stations in the UK, and, as Rob Flett reports, it's been

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completely transformed. The outside of the historic

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Haymarket station building is grade a listed but passengers have never

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enjoyed appropriate facilities. It looks fantastic, what a difference

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to what it was before, unexpected. I did not realise it would be ready in

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time like that. Hopefully the machines work! The new concourse is

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ten times larger than the old station. It is the second oldest

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station in the UK going back to 1840. It is extremely busy and if

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you have 4.1 million passengers coming through, they except that

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might expect a better service. Haymarket is the fourth busiest

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railway station in Scotland than has been kept running throughout the

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development. We built this off-site in the old car park and lifted it in

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using a 1000 tonne crane, we built it up over the macro levels during

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the night when the station was closed so passengers could come in

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in the morning. Until today, that footbridge was the only way to

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access the platforms year. It could get very cramped and it is now being

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deconstructed and will be removed on Christmas Day. Work at the station

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will continue until April. A former Scottish rugby international has

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been found guilty of sexually abusing two young girls in the 1980s

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and 1990s. Norman Pender began the abuse when one girl was just eight

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years old. He has been placed on the sex offences register. Marine

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accident investigators have made a series of safety recommendations

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after the sinking of a trawler in the North Sea last year.

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Investigators say the sinking was likely caused by a failure of the

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cooling system. An alarm was activated but went unnoticed. Three

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prisoners have lost their attempt to vote on the independence

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referendum. The three were seeking to overturn the blanket ban on the

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referendum franchise bill on prisoners voting. Lord Delaney ruled

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that the ban was not illegal in relation to a referendum. As

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Christmas revellers take to the streets, it is of special buses will

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keep them safe. The vehicles will be out in Edinburgh and Dundee tomorrow

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with alcohol advice teams on board. Minor injuries will be treated by

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the Red Cross. We can refer people to other partners if there are drink

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problems. We can try to help people in the long-term as well as short.

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The first Minister has announced that the inaugural winners of the

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Hex cries for physics. -- Higgs Prize. 18-year-old Lucy White from

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Edinburgh and 17-year-old Peter Rhodes will take part in a summer

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school at the research facility in Switzerland.

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More stories from your area, 24 hours a day, on our website.

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It is the first collaboration of its kind in the world. Backers say it

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confirms Scotland's Place is a world leader in fundamental science. It

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has been set up in conjunction with a prestigious German organisation,

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to push the boundaries of physics. When you buy a new camera or new

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mobile phone, you are generally concerned about excellence. With

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this one, the magic number is the excellence. Not megapixels, --

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pixels. They are sensitive to infrared light or deep ultraviolet

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light. It is not possible in a normal camera. But this one still

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can. In the same laboratory, another

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camera using just one pixel. It display possible by quantum physics.

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A quantum is the smallest lump of energy you can measure. Like

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electrons running down wires. Trouble is, they are particles, but

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behave like waves. You can measure where they are where they are going,

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but not both at the same time. The quantum world is nothing like the

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world we know. Strathclyde is another of the Scottish universities

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in the new partnership. It is taken into years to build this intricate

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machine to investigate the quantum world. -- taken them to years. It is

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an apparatus that can be used to trap on hold atoms and laser fields.

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Atoms can be held in the laser beams, similar to a marble in an egg

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carton. If you ask a supercomputer to work this out it would take

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longer than the life of the universe. The new partnership is

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designed to take things even further. Physics is a very

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collaborative subject. Experiments tend to be expensive. People have to

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work together. Collaboration is essential. This institute teams up

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the best international researchers in specific fields. It is a

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privilege to work with them. It is hoped this will establish a Scotland

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is a world leader in the quantum universe.

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She has been a badly behaved eight-year-old two generations of

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schoolchildren, but today Minnie the Minx turns 60 years old. She has

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more than lived up to her reputation.

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Girl power? Minnie the minx had far before the Spice Girls. This is the

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very first comicstrip. Very different to how it looks now. It is

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in black-and-white. Only a quarter of a page. Lisa Griffin looks after

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the archive at DC Thomson. You go from this black and white, small

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strip, quite quickly, into colour. Bright red. Half a page. Then very

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quickly, a full page. It is really obvious that the character has

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captured the audience imagination. Along with Dennis the Menace and the

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Bash Street kids, she became a legend. Created during the golden

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age of British comics. Now the responsibility of editor, Mike

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Sterling. What mayhem lies ahead? The safest thing we can say is that

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she is growing old disgracefully. But as far as we're concerned, she

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will always be nine years old. There is a Peter Pan failing to Beanotown.

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Feeling. -- in honour of her birthday she has been given the

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coveted front cover. Dennis the Menace is unavailable for comment.

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But Minnie the Minx herself looks chuffed!

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And now the sport. One of world swimming's biggest stars will fulfil

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an in Glasgow this week. Olympic and world champion, Katie Ladecki is

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competing for the USA in the Duel In The Pool.

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Tollcross is preparing for Europe to do battle with America in the water.

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But how does the competition work? The teams will compete in 15 events.

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13 individual, during which both teams can enter up to four swimmers.

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They will be two realise each for the men and women. -- relays. Points

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are awarded for placings. Some of the biggest names in the sport are

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here. The format is a real attraction. I am very excited about

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it. I watched the event growing up. It means a lot to me. The European

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all-stars have four from Scotland in their ranks, including Michael

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Jamieson. Friendships may be on hold, but still plenty of respect I

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am friends with Robbie and Michael. They are always in the finals. I

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think Michael will come over to the United States this year. I know that

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they train and work hard, perform and the extension. -- perform on the

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big stage. In rugby, Glasgow Warriors head coach, Gregor

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Townsend, admits he has made mistakes. He says he intends to

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learn from them. Glasgow Warriors are back in league business tomorrow

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after their interest in the European cup was ended. We are approaching

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the season to be jolly. But here at Scotstoun, you would be forgiven if

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you did not know it. Glasgow adding a slump. Sparkling early-season form

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is being by defeats. -- overshadowed by. We have learned how to better

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prepare, you are always going to get bums on the road. -- bumps. The

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recent run of results is alarming. For recent matches ending defeat.

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They currently position is built on winning their first five games of

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the season. I have made mistakes throughout the last two years of

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coaching. The important thing is learning from them. The Warriors

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need to start learning tomorrow night, at home against Treviso.

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Here's what else is happening across Scottish sport: Scotland forward

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David Denton has agreed a new three-year contract with Edinburgh

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rugby. He turned down offers from other teams. I had some decisions to

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make and spoke to other teams but at the end of the day, Edinburgh has

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been an awesome club for me. And in 19 international Cammie Smith has

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signed a new deal with Aberdeen. -- Under-19. When the manager took me

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aside, it was a straight yes. Myself and my family are delighted to sign

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up. Scotland women lost their final group match in the international

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tournament in Brazil, a 4-3 defeat to Chile. Eve Muirhead and Scotland

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have moved up to third in the latest world curling rankings. More on our

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website. That is all from me. And now the

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weather. It is just a wintry weather, but an

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awful lot of it. It has been lively of light. More on the way. Yellow

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warnings tonight. Snow showers continue to the north of the central

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belt, and the north-west. But a couple will make their way to the

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east. An ice risk right across the country, especially on untreated

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roads and surfaces. Breezy, but not the storm force gales of last night.

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Tomorrow, all eyes on the Atlantic. Wind and rain on the way. There will

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be a legacy of showers from the overnight period, then a brief

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window of campus. -- calmness. Then, a return of strong to gale force

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winds. Another Met Office warning, yellow, be aware. The north-east,

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towards Caithness and Aberdeen, the Northern Isles, dry here for the

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longest, but the rain is on its way. Evening and overnight, it will be

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unpleasant. Especially if you are out in time for Christmas

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celebrations. Sorry about that. The weekend, not as bad. Blustery

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showers. Wintery over high ground. For most of us, just plain rain.

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Outwith the showers, some bright skies at times, but the wind is

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pretty keen from the south-west. The all-important Christmas week

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weather? Unsettled, windy, rain at times. Snow? Potentially. It is too

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early for anything concrete. We will keep you up-to-date.

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A reminder of the top stories: two men have been found guilty of the

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murder of Lee Rigby in south London. They have both denied the charges, a

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jury just took 90 minutes to convert them. The Rangers board remain in

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place after a failed bid to remain -- failed bid from the requisition

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is to wrest control. -- requisitioners. I will be back at

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8pm and then just after the ten o'clock news. Good night.

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