21/02/2014 Reporting Scotland


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Thousands of protest to remain in Independence Square tonight,

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It's a silver for Britain's men curlers but disappointment as the

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Canadians overwhelm them to take gold in Sochi.

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I just feel so disappointed for not getting the gold medal. I will

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appreciate that and another five minutes.

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And Scots speed skater Elise Christie crashes out of her semi

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final and is disqualified for a third time.

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We'll be live in Sochi with the latest.

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Also on the programme, a private school in Aberdeen is closed by

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ministers after an investigation into the safety and care of children

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there. Secure in his uncle's arms - a baby

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badly burned in a gas explosion in Pakistan arrives in Glasgow for

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treatment. And join me a little later where

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Scotland are preparing to do battle for some much needed Six Nations

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pride. Good evening. There's been double

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disappointment for Scots competing at the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

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David Murdoch's all-Scottish curling team lost their gold medal match

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against Canada. And in the last hour, there was more disappointment

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for Livingston's Elise Christie who was disqualified in controversial

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fashion in her semi final. David McDaid is in Sochi for us now.

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We'll get to the curling in a minute, David, but Elise Christie.

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What happened? This was the distance at which she

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was expected to take a medal, perhaps the cold. This was the 1000

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metres at which she is the European champion. Going into the last lap,

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she was second when it appeared that she was clipped by a Chinese athlete

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from behind. That said both the athletes crashing into the side

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barriers. There was some discussion afterwards as to what happened and

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after some discussion between the various judges, they awarded Elise

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Christie a penalty effectively disqualifying her from the race.

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There was a lot of mystification as to what actually happened but we are

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perhaps hearing she may have changed lanes at the wrong time. Triple

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disappointment now for Elise Christie, going home now with

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nothing and afterwards she spoke to BBC sport. I never in 100 years

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expected to be penalised. I don't understand it. With the 500, I knew

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there was a chance, it was different, but I am devastated. I

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have spent all this time training. As you could see, I was getting so

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strongly. I had not even given it everything yet. The men's curling

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team won silver but gold never really looked a possibility? Just

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finished a couple of hours ago behind me. It was a close match

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between Britain and Canada but today it was quite a different affair.

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Great Britain found themselves 6-1 down and after that it was a

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struggle but they do get the silver and added to the women's bronze it

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has been an excellent tournament for Great Britain and Scotland's

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curling. In Lockerbie, they had gathered

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hoping to celebrate gold one by one of the Roman. -- their own. Their

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hopes were quickly dashed as Canada took dominance to deny Great Britain

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the ultimate prize. After some dramatic matches, a comprehensive

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defeat by the favourites. It feels like a kick in the case just now. To

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be honest it has been an amazing week and we are so proud of the

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guys. We have fought through the play-offs and played some incredible

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games to get into this final. Gold may have gone but 2000 miles

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away they were partying anyway. The first men's curling medal in 80

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years. They have done Scotland than Great Britain proud. A silver medal

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is a huge success. The boys have not disgraced themselves and tried their

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best and we cannot ask any more. A very proud Canadian wife watches has

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achievements. I cannot wait to see him on the podium tomorrow. I am so

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excited. What have you made only support from home? It has been

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outrageous, I probably don't know the half of it. It is such a nice

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feeling. Now there hard work is over, the celebrations can begin.

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That silver medal takes Great Britain's tally to four medals, two

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of them one by Scots. Stuart Benson from Scotland as part of the

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bobsleigh team and they go on Sunday and many are tipping them to win a

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medal. A private school in Aberdeen has

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been shut down by the Scottish government amid serious concerns

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about the safety and well-being of children. On Monday, the city

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council will re-open a mothballed primary school, for up to 125

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children from the Hamilton school. Our reporter Steven Duff is outside

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the school in the city's west end. Steven, a pretty drastic step?

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It is one month since allegations over the children here that Hamilton

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are silly and school emerged. Two members of staff are facing a report

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to the procurator fiscal after police enquiries and today the

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Scottish government decided to close the school and also the nursery. The

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Sheriff will take a decision on that next week. Inspectors say that on

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two occasions while in classrooms they had to step in because of fears

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over the health and safety of children, and they are assuming they

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are issuing three other child protection is used to police. This

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has only happened once in Scotland in the last ten years and the

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minister who took the decision said he had no other option. We received

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a report from the education inspectors which makes very clear

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that they are not confident about the safety of the children and the

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school, the welfare of the children. That left us with absolutely no

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choice but to make sure the school is closed. What will this mean for

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the children in the school? There was a lot of tears as parents picked

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up the children today. Parents said they had been left shell-shocked.

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Aberdeen City Council has stepped in and is opening a mothballed,

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recently closed primary school. A meeting will be held for concerned

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parents tomorrow morning. The school itself says it has been left stunned

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by the decision and is considering whether to appeal.

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

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tonight's programme. This unique portrait of Bonnie

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Prince Charlie painted in 1745 eventually comes to light.

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And showing a movie a night in unlikely venues - how Glasgow Film

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Festival is celebrating its tenth anniversary.

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A baby boy, who was badly burned in a gas explosion at his home in

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Pakistan, has arrived in Scotland for specialist treatment. The rest

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of Mohammad Sudais's family was killed in the blast. The child's

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uncle, who lives in Glasgow, has campaigned to bring him here, and

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the Scottish government is paying for his treatment. You may find some

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of the images in Catriona Renton's report distressing.

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After a long and difficult journey, baby Mohammad Sudais arrived in

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Glasgow airport yesterday evening with his uncle, now one of his

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closest remaining relatives. I am pleased he is here and there is

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going to be treated here. He met other members of his family,

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relieved he is now here. I feel grateful and amazed that I see him

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for the first time. Mohammad Sudais was just under two months old when a

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gas explosion killed his father, his mother and his 13-month-old brother.

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Mohammad Sudais survived but his uncle said he survived skin loss to

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his face, doctors in Pakistan said they could do no more for him but

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recommended the best gear was in Glasgow. He was taken to Yorkhill

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Hospital last night. The Scottish government are paying for his

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treatment and campaigners have raised almost ?30,000 for him. They

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say for now he is Scotland's baby and his uncle says he is already

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improving. He travelled for almost 15 hours and there is much better

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today and I would like to thank the hospital here, the doctors and

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nurses and the whole staff. You can see the smile on my face today

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because I know my nephew is in good hands. He is spending his second

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night here in Glasgow and doctors will continue to assess and over the

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weekend to determine exactly what kind of treatment he needs. They

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will then have a better idea of how long he will spend in hospital.

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Concerns are being raised from oil workers in the North East about

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plans to impose a size limit on those travelling offshore. It's one

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of a series of changes being put forward by the Civil Aviation

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Authority following a wide-ranging review. Unions say it's important

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nobody loses their job as a result. Kevin Keane reports.

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It is a routine part of the job for many thousands of offshore workers

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like this, taking the helicopter out to the platform, something they do

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every month. With each accident and fatality comes a reminder of the

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dangers involved. At this training facility, recent crashes are the

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front people's mines, the session today overrunning the cause of so

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many new questions. The plant size limit is one of the most contentious

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issues. They are obviously must be a weight limit but there are larger

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blokes, not so much heavier. I am not exactly small myself so maybe

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some people would be scared sitting beside me. Around 1000 people a week

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take part in training like this in centres across Aberdeen. It is a

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scenario nobody wants to find themselves in but everybody has to

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prepare for. Already many workers are doing something about it. This

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clinic has devised a diet plan for offshore workers and has seen

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enquiries rise, and many who have made the diet work believe it is

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beneficial to health and clear. It is limiting your career in the

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future, no question about it. It has been a disaster allowing people to

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go offshore when there has been a health and safety issue, so I think

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this will focus everybody's attention. This is no doubt this

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will be the most divisive change and representatives began discussion

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today to see how it would work. Campaigners are calling on MSPs to

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back a bill which would allow the NHS to reclaim the cost of treating

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asbestos-related conditions. If passed, they say the Scottish NHS

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could claim back around ?20 million a year from insurers. Scott worked

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as all life as he joined in. Without knowing it, as best odds were slowly

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destroying his lungs. Used to do all my own work in the house, I cannot

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know do that. But I try not to let it get me down. Despite his

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breathing difficulties, he joined campaigners today to support a new

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campaign which would allow the NHS to recover its costs. This bill

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would extend the legislation to people suffering conditions related

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to asbestos. Experts are saying they are already seeing an increase in

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patients. It would be very helpful to put some of that money back and

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it would allow us to provide better services. The insurers responsible

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neglected to comment today. Scott is simply looking for the compensation

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he would have got, but could not because most of his past employers

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have since stopped training. A look at some other stories from

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across Scotland this Friday evening... A university lab with

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dirty play stations has been unveiled at Dundee University. And

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you campaigning courage and people to visit Edinburgh city centre will

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boost trade by millions of pounds. Television adverts, posters and

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social media will all help promote the campaign. I think there has been

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a problem in people being able to move about the city. I think people

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have forgotten, or maybe don't even know about some of the heading gems

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that we have. The discovery offers best odds has stop the demolition of

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a block of flats because of the unexpected find asbestos of. And you

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gauge showing people how to survive or prevent being in an avalanche has

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been produced. The main messages that it gives the format for the

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processes for people to follow. It will make life a lot much easier for

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them. A lost portrait of Bonnie Prince

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Charlie has been discovered in Scotland. The painting is the only

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one known to have been from his life in Britain, and was painted in

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Edinburgh in 1745, the year he launched his ill-fated invasion of

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England. They are paintings of him as a young boy and portraits of him

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in middle age, but no contemporary images of Bonnie Prince Charlie at

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the DataViz fame where thought to exist. Until now. This portrait was

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painted in 1745 in Edinburgh. Absolutely splendid. It has this

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tremendous immediacy. It is a wonderful record of this particular

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moment in time. For more than 250 years, it remained unseen in the

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Private collection. Until a BBC documentary team discovered its true

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significance. It certainly captures the Prince at his most romantic. At

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the time this was painted, he had just won the big battle outside

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Edinburgh. He was just about to take the decision to invade England. He

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was feeling fantastically confident and believe this is him at his

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pomp. After this was painted, things began to go wrong for him. It was

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thought it was painted at the Palace at Holyrood to house. This was meant

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to be a public relations spending, a portrait meant to be sent around the

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rest of England should Bonnie Prince Charlie have landed the English

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crown. And you can see the full story in a

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Culture Show Special, The Lost Portrait of Bonnie Prince Charlie,

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tomorrow night at nine o'clock on BBC Two. Letters get the rest of the

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sport. If you have picked yourselves up

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from the disappointment of the speed skating, and I am not sure I have,

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we can talk rugby. We will not be disqualified from the Six Nations,

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but Scotland could finish last. After two heavy defeats, a win

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tomorrow in Italy could be crucial in avoiding that fate. In a city

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that stage the odd battle over the years, the Scottish foot soldiers

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arrived, looking for inspiration in victory, regardless of what the

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local people might think. We need to get some pride back and show the

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world that we can still play rugby. It is all about getting payback and

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the result will be fantastic. Some unwanted records have already been

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set this championship. It has led to strong words in another Scottish

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rugby. I can understand why people are angry. We have not done our jobs

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properly. Scotland lies victory in Italy came in 2006. For those

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training today, comes the challenge of facing the most experienced pack

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and rugby. They are an experienced team. It is all about a silencing

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the code. If we do what we need to do correctly, we should be all

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right. Rome has stage more than the odd important battle, but tomorrow,

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we will find out if Scotland are for the fight.

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Let us what cheery fare we can find elsewhere in Scottish sport!

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If Celtic's Fraser Forster does not concede a goal in the first 31

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minutes of their league match with Hearts tomorrow, he will set a new

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Scottish record for keeping his goal intact of 1,156 minutes. It would be

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a great record to break. It has not been easy. He has had to pull off

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some fantastic saves along the way. But he is almost the.

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Motherwell, fresh from beating Partick Thistle last week, will

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knock Aberdeen off second spot in the Premiership if they beat Dundee

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United away tonight. The Dons will be second again, regardless, if they

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win at Thistle tomorrow. And you can listen to live coverage

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of match on BBC Radio Scotland on digital and online in Sportsound,

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kick off 7.45pm. The show is on air now.

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Inverness boss John Hughes says left back Graham Shinnie should get a

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call up to the Scotland squad. Hughes says he wants national team

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manger Gordon Strachan to watch Shinnie play.

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This was Pittodrie Stadium this morning, as tickets went on sale to

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Aberdeen fans for next month's League Cup final against Inverness.

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This is not the scamble for tickets in Inverness! It is last year's

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National Cross-Country Championships. This year's event is

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in Falkirk tomorrow and the start will be even more jam-packed, with a

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record number of entries taking part.

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Andy Murray and his GB Davis Cup team-mates will play their

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quarterfinal against Italy on clay in Naples. It is Britain's first

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quarter final in 28 years, having beaten the USA earlier this month.

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And more on the speed skating, the curling and other Scottish sport

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stories, 24 hours a day, on BBC Sport Scotland's website. That is it

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for tonight. It started as a small celebration

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for film fans. Ten years on, the Glasgow Film Festival has become the

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third biggest in the UK with hundreds of events over the next ten

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days. The festival opened last night. It opened with the whimsical

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comedy grand hotel Budapest. One of his earlier films will be screened

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on board the tall ship. Frankenstein will be staged in the Kelvingrove

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Art Gallery, or descend into central station to this secret cinema.

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Despite not knowing what film will be shown, all four joints have

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already sold out. People want some added value to the experience. It is

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not just about the film. We have got a great reputation for providing

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this. I will not be treated in this manner! It is now the third biggest

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film Festival in the United Kingdom and the secret has been giving

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audiences what they want, further it is a film about Mary Queen of Scots

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Tory Scottish science-fiction thriller. It will always have a

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family unique feel about it, the Glasgow Film Festival. We want to

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keep the cost the same. It is about going to see great movies and also

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making friendships along the way. The rugby fit to match the films

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tonight, with pizza on the menu. C how the weather is shaping up for

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the weekend. At the moment, a fairly heavy band

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of showers across the Central Belt and North run hills. There is

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actually a lot of dry weather overnight. Holding onto the rain

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across the far North. Temperatures generally three of four Celsius

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overnight. We have this weather front approaching tomorrow morning,

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but things will settle down with the high pressure behind it at the start

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of next week. Tomorrow will start try and bright, with the best of the

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weather in the north-east of the country. But as the day wears on

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into the afternoon, you can see this heavy band of rain just off the

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western coast. High temperatures of eight Celsius in the Central Belt,

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slightly warmer in the north-east of the country. The dry weather could

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extend from Caithness into Orkney. Certainly when the a few are

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thinking of heading for the heel hills. There could be severe gales

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developing. We will see some sleet and snow coming over the western

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hills, with also held fog. There is a yellow warning out for parts of

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western Scotland for heavy rain in the afternoon tomorrow and on

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Sunday. It is really not going anywhere. It will be a wet night

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tomorrow and wet to Sunday. It will be a male day on Sunday, despite all

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that rain. Eventually, the rain will move away and brighter weather

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coming in behind it. I will be back with elite bulletin just after the

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ten o'clock news. From everyone on our team, right across the country,

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goodbye for now.

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