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One, we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.

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Of Tonight, on Reporting Scotland. The UK Cabinet comes to Scotland as

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oil and gas takes centre stage in the independence debate. The Prime

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Minister says the industry is better supported by the UK's deep pockets.

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Alex Salmond says only an independent Scotland can guarantee

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its stability. The closure of a private Aberdeen

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school - police charge two women in connection with the investigation

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into the care of children. I saw some... Some treatment of these

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children that she just never have happened.

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Also on the programme, How the Dragons gave their support to a

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Glasgow inventor who created an energy-saving device because his

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children failed to switch the lights off. And boxer Ricky Burns gives

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shoppers a show as he gears up for his fifth world title defence.

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It was been billed as the clash of the Cabinets. The Prime Minister and

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the First Minister both brought their teams within a few miles of

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each other today as the future of North Sea oil and gas became the

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focus of the independence debate. The UK and Scottish Cabinets met

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separately in the Aberdeen area. From there, our political editor

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Brian Taylor reports. Offshore the prime minister argues

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that only the UK's economic clout can extract the wealth from the

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North Sea. Offshore the Scottish First Minister says that Scotland

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should now take control. Here in Aberdeen the port is busy, the city

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buoyant, but who is best placed to exploit the next phase of the North

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Sea, those deep finds. David Cameron wants to maximise recovery and a big

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step forward in carbon capture. Oil and gas is getting harder to

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recover, it is more important than ever that the North Sea oil and gas

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industry has the backing of the whole of the United Kingdom is the

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deep pockets and a broad shoulders of the UK economy will make sure

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that there is the tax allowances, the solidity, the investment, to

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make sure that we go on benefiting from this for years to come. A big

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day then for the debate over Scotland's future. Whilst the UK

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Cabinet was in Aberdeen, the Scottish Cabinet was just import

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lesson. -- Portlethen. in the 1980s I was compiling the oil and gas

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index whilst he was still on the playing fields at Eton. The mass

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cavern of the Treasury has accumulated mass revenue. The reason

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they want to hang onto the resources is because they have done so well

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out of them. I want the next 40 years of oil and gas to be a story

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not just of companies and workers benefiting, which I think is very

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important, but also the people of Scotland. From the earliest days,

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oil has provoked political controversy. It is Scotland's oil,

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said the SNP. It is British investment, said Unionist 's.

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Familiar arguments, but a new phase. Oil is being cited as an

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economic bonus of independence. Whilst Unionists argue that the UK

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is best placed to harness the oil of the UK. The importance of the

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industry cannot be overstated. It is huge. David Cameron here is

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confronting... He is coming not just to Scotland but to north-east SNP

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heartland and confronting an issue, Island gas, which has been a

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heartland push of its own, heartland advantage to them. They believe it

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is advantageous to their cause. David Cameron is confronting that

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indirectly and seeing that the oil may be in Scottish waters but the

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investment has been British and the tax base required to smooth out oil

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price volatility is also in that UK tax base. Alex Salmond says, look

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across the sea to normally, you have a country that is the same size as

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Scotland that has prospered, indeed, grown extremely wealthy, on

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oil. David Cameron says that right now we're facing difficult decisions

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to get the hard to reach fields and that requires British clout. It is a

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big issue and a big deciding point in this referendum. And the main

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voters may well have been five miles apart, but no interaction -- the

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main players. No interaction. Alex Salmond renewing his call for a

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head-to-head televised debate with the Prime Minister. The prime

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minister saying no, he does not have a vote in this referendum. He says

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that it should be the direct players in the referendum that beat

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head-to-head. He suggests that that is Alex Salmond and Alistair

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Darling, the head of the Better Together campaign.

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Let us bring you some more details. The further advantage of a carbon

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capture pilot in Peterhead. Money is being made available for detailed

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plans to be drawn up. Today we face a challenge.

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It is a major renovation which could significantly reduce worldwide

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emissions of greenhouse gas, but carbon capture technology is still

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in its infancy. And one of the big five oil producers hopes to prove it

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can work here in Peterhead. Visiting today, the coalition government

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announced a ?100 million investment in designing the schemes, one of

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just two pilot projects in the UK. We have been committed as a lotion

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to develop carbon capture since 2010. We have had six entrants, it

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just so happens that this project 13. The new facility would be tagged

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onto one of the gas turbines pained me. It would suck out the carbon

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from the emissions, send it into a pipeline deep underground and out to

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sea. This is still only a development phase for carbon

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capture, with the decision due next year. UK ministers insist a Yes vote

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in next year's -- this year's referendum with it it in jeopardy.

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Carbon capture storage is really necessary if we to it -- we are to

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achieve our carbon cutting targets. Scotland has a reputation worldwide

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for having developed a framework for carbon capture storage. The Dutch

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oil giant Shell, which is behind the Peterhead Project says that the

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outcome of the referendum is for the Scottish people to decide, with

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economic stability being their only concern. As a company we need a

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clear investment plan. We need stability and environment, we look

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for that from which ever particular government is in power. This project

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is a long way off happening, with economic and political hurdles among

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those it has to overcome. You can see more on the referendum

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on a special debate on BBC Two at 10.30pm tonight, where our panel of

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interviewers and experts will be putting their questions to both

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sides on independence debate. That's with Isobel Fraser, Gary Robertson

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and Douglas Fraser. You're watching Reporting Scotland

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from the BBC. Still to come on tonight's programme: We meet the

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inventor who impressed the Dragons' Den with a device that powers down

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the kids. In sport, the draw has been made -

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now Scotland boss Gordon Strachan considers our chances at the Euro

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2016 qualifiers. And as Ricky Burns prepares to

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defend his world title for a fifth time, he admits the pressure is

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growing. All that and more very soon.

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Two women have been charged by police investigating allegations

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about the standard of care at a privately run school in Aberdeen.

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The Hamilton School was closed down on Friday. Today parents were given

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a list of 14 immediate concerns by the Care Commission about the way

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the nursery was being run. Fiona Stalker reports.

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The start of another school day, but for these peoples from the Hamilton

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School it is far from lessons as usual. They are being taught here,

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at this mothballed primary, after Hamilton was shut down on Friday. We

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came on Saturday and looked at facilities the premises. We are not

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happy with their condition. But this is a temporary measure, it is a very

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sad time. This new arrangement might not be ideal, but the Scottish

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Government said it had no option but to close the school after inspectors

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said that they were not confident children were safe and well cared

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for. Then Hamilton took the decision not to open the nursery today. This

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former staff member contacted authorities with concerns. I was

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concerned about the treatment of children with additional support

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needs, because these were not being met, when practitioners tried to

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approach management about this they were not taken seriously and I saw

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some... Some treatment of these children that just should never have

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happened. Questions enabling and asked as why problems were not

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picked on earlier. We believe that we have ticked up on issues with

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this nursery before, we have taken action and parents have seen

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results. As soon as this started to slip back and we have seen concerns

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we have moved in quickly and thoroughly and carried out the

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action we have seen today. Management at the school said they

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were stunned by the decision to close the school and they did not

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believe it was in the best interests of the school, the parents are the

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85 staff that were employed here. Police say they're not looking for

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anyone else in connection with the deaths of two people discovered last

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night at their South Queensferry home. Police were called to a house

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in Echline Gardens around five o'clock yesterday evening. Two

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bodies were discovered and while detectives haven't confirmed any

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other details, it's believed they were husband and wife Donna and

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Kenneth Graham. The mother of a Territorial Army

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soldier who died of heatstroke in Iraq more than ten years ago has

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received an apology from the Ministry of Defence. Private Jason

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Smith from Hawick died in August 2003. He had repeatedly told medical

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staff he was feeling unwell before collapsing and suffering cardiac

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arrest. An inquest last year ruled there was a missed opportunity for

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army chiefs to step in before he collapsed. The MoD apologised

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unreservedly. In the last two years the demand at

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food banks around Scotland has almost tripled, according to the

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latest figures. It is partly the result of welfare reforms. In

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Glasgow alone there are 26 food-parcel services, one of the

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largest had to close its doors last week when it ran out of supplies.

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Aileen Clarke went along this morning as it got back up and

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running. This is the store room at Glasgow

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food bank. Today the shelves are not looking too bad, but it was quite a

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different situation just a few days ago. I am joined by Grant Campbell.

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Just how desperate was at last week? was very desperate, the

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shelves last week were quite -- are quite full, but last week they were

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quite empty. We would normally be able to give people are food parcel

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to help them to the week, this is the first time we have ever had to

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suspend our services. After a plea for donations to fill these shelves,

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members of the public, churches and local businesses have literally, the

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goods. These days it is not just the homeless that are helping. What kind

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of people are you helping? We are seeing new people who are accessing

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our services who would never have thought of trying to get a food

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parcel. People who are in work, who have play in it, who are struggling

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day to day. Staff year helped this man apply for benefits, so he is

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hopeful this will be his third but last food parcel that he will need.

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I left a job that I could not handle. I had a bit of savings, when

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that went I had nothing. I heard about this food place. You are

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hopeful that money will be coming in June we be -- and you may be will

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not need the food bank after that? Yes. This is just one of a number of

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food banks in this city and indeed throughout the country, but there is

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great relief here today that they can resume the help that so many

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people have come to rely on. Is A man and a woman have been injured in

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an avalanche in the Ben Nevis area. Police Scotland say the female hill

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walker is in a serious condition. The Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team

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and a Royal Navy helicopter are at the scene. The avalanche in the

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Coire Leis area of Lochaber was reported at just after one o'clock

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this afternoon. Now for a look at some of the other

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stories happening across Scotland this Monday.

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Scottish businesses are to be targeted in the survey designed to

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assess the effect of higher delivery charges to the north of Scotland.

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Citizen advice Scotland said suppliers are penalising firms in a

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large number of postcode areas. Almost one and three quarters

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million pounds of lottery funding is being made available to one of

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Inverness's most historic areas. The money will be used by a heritage

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project to revitalise parts of Academy Street.

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The ten and used by mill workers in the conservation village of new

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Lanark is to be restored from heritage and motivate # lottery

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funds. It is part of a ?1.6 million forge -- projects.

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250 boats will mustered in Greenock this summer to sail to Glasgow on

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the first weekend of the Commonwealth Games. They will head

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for Pacific key. The Royal yachting Association of Scotland hope to show

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that ceiling can be enjoyed by all. It is incredibly accessible. You do

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not need to buy the football pitch when you start playing football.

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That's the same as stealing, there are lots of good clubs. The road-mac

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83 has reopened after a landslip close the carriageway at to bridge.

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The road was shut at midday on Sunday and caused a 60 mile detour.

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-- at butter rich. It's a familiar scene in homes

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across the country - the kids leaving lights, televisions and

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games consoles on while they are elsewhere. Well a father of four

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from Cumbernauld was so fed up with the problem he decided to do

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something about it - as Julie Peacock reports.

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It is a familiar problem in homes throughout the country, TVs, stereos

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and lights get switched on but they do not always gets switched off. I

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cannot be bothered to squelch it off. I just leave it own. With four

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children it is a big problem for the family. Most dads would just

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complain about until the children left home, but Brian O'Reilly had a

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different idea. It was a combination of things, frustration at the end of

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the night, realising some other appliances had been left in and

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having to get up and checked that things were switched off. Also a few

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burnt carpets with here straighteners. That threat --

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prompted me to take action. That resulted in the energy egg which

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uses motion sensors to turn off appliances if no one is in the room

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with cuts of 30% in the electricity bill. If you leave the living room

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and forget to switch off appliances, the energy egg will do

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it for us. The timer on the bottom is set for ten minutes. If this room

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is empty for ten minutes, it will take -- switch the lights off. Last

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night he was on Dragons Den. He had some tough questioning. OK, I am

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out. I will take a punt with you. The device is already in shops but

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the investment from Dragons Den will allow the development of an app

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which will allow people to control their appliances away from home.

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Good luck to him. Sports news now from Rhona.

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Good evening. Coatbridge boxer Ricky Burns admits there is a lot of

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pressure on his shoulders as he gears up to defend his WBO

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lightweight title for the fifth time. Burns insists he's due a good

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performance and believes it will come against undefeated American

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Terence Crawford. Our reporter Kenny Crawford, no relation, has more....

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Shoppers at the Saint Enoch Centre got more than they bargained for

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today - affront row view of Ricky Burns. He was flexing his muscles in

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front of a fair crowd but in five days time that will increase to

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10,000 at a packed SECC. How much rests on this title defence? Every

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fight is a defining career moment, but to go and beat Crawford, who is

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regarded as the best lightweight in the world will be a great

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achievement and the finest of his career. Strong words from his

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promoter. The way everybody is talking, I have been made out to be

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the underdog for this fight. There is a lot of pressure on me. I'm

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putting that to the back of my mind. Training has gone well and I just

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hope to get out there and put on a good performance. Two years ago he

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won a straightforward victory. A few months later he flawed English

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opponent Kevin Mitchell. Last week he was an easy against how Gonzales

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when the Puerto Rico and retired hurt. His Mexican opponent broke his

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jaw but the fight ended in a draw. Crawford has won 15 of his fights by

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a knockout. Ricky Burns's fans are sure he will make a victory.

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Definitely, he will win. He will find it hard to fight Ricky Burns.

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He has been training hard so he will do well. He will have to do if he

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wants to keep this. The Scotland manager Gordon Strachan

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believes there will be a 4-way battle for second place behind

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Germany in Euro 2016 qualifying Group D. Strachan was in Nice at the

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weekend for the draw that could define his time in charge. Our

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senior football reporter Alasdair Lamont was there too.

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It is Carnival time here, but in two years the carnival will be of the

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football variety. Euro 2016 will be held here in France and Scotland

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want to be part of that, this is the group they will have to get out of.

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Gibraltar make their debut and Germany are top seeds. Is it a

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street fight for second place? I would imagine so, the Germans made

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make one mistake. They always qualify. The three teams, Ireland,

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Poland, they are close together. It will be a nice fight for them. A

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trip to face the Germans beckons first for the Scots. Then they play

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George V. It will be great. I am looking forward to it. -- George V.

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He's not the only one in group D with Scottish connections. I can

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just imagine now, my young grandchild is half Scottish.

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Scotland will not be expecting any favours when this trophy begins in

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earnest. Now, a look at what else is

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happening across Scottish sport. A new Scottish record of 13 league

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matches without conceding a goal for Celtic goalkeeper Fraser Forster.

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Neil Lennon has challenged the rest of the team to smash the league --

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the club's record of points. If Fraser keeps a clean sheet at the

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weekend, there is added motivation for the players to keep this season

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special. Scotland's Susie Wolff has been given a chance to impress on

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the F1 circuit. She has an extended role and will take part in the first

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practice session of the British and German Grand Prix is. The Scottish

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rugby team are determined to build on their win against Italy and say

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they are pleased with their first victory but must continue to

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progress in the next match against France. It means we are back to the

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drawing boards. It is a good when followers. We have had a lot of

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criticism. Now it is a building block. Stu Benson was the final

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Scott hoping to get a medal at is now set to increase funding for

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winter sports after Team GB equalled their best ever haul at the Winter

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Olympics. More stories, 24 hours a day on the BBC Scotland sport

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website. That's it for tonight. I see you

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tomorrow. Thank you.

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Now let us go straight to the weather. It is looking fairly

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unsettled. Good evening. The weather has improved this afternoon but this

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evening and overnight it is all change again. This area of rain will

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move them from the south-west, crossing the country. Some heavy

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rain amongst it. Much of the country will turn dry by the end of the

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night. A fairly windy night. It will be a mild night as well as

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temperatures hold up around five and six Celsius. Into tomorrow, we start

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on a cloudy and wet it across the north and north-east. The rain will

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become confined to Shetland. A brief dry spell across the rest of the

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country, short-lived as we will see heavy, thundery showers moving in

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across the country. Tomorrow afternoon, throw the Northern

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Ireland is -- Northern Isles, it will be dry with perhaps some

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sunshine. Across Caithness and the Moray coast it will be similar with

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highs of 10 Celsius. Further west and central and southern Scotland,

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headache, thundery showers with some hail mixed in. Highs of eight

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Celsius and a windy day to come as well with fresh to strong

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south-westerly winds with deals for coastal regions. Looking ahead to

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the evening, these showers will continue for a time, fairly blustery

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conditions as we head through Tuesday night other and they will

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die a crowd jelly. For Wednesday, low pressure remains close by and is

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the dominant feature of our forecast so Wednesday once again looks

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showery. The showers tend to be heaviest and most persistent across

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the north-west, drier in the East. Another windy day with highs of

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eight Celsius. Now, a reminder of tonight's main

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news... The Prime Minister and First Minister brought the Cabinet within

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a few miles of each other today as the future of North Sea oil and gas

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became the focus of the independence debate.

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The former Radio 1 DJ, Dave Lee Travis, is to face a retrial over

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allegations of sexual abuse. Earlier this month, the 68-year-old was

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found not guilty of 12 charges of indecent assault - but jurors were

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unable to reach verdicts on two further charges.

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I will be back with a headline that eight and the late bulletin just

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after the ten o'clock news. Have a very good evening.

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