08/03/2014 Reporting Scotland


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with the latest news at 10.10. Now on BBC One, time for

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Good evening. Nearly 400 women from across Scotland are marking

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International Women's Day with a convention at the Scottish

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Parliament. Other events are being held across the country. One of the

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key speakers at Holyrood says women still face "significant obstacles"

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in education, employment and public life. Cameron Buttle reports.

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Women from all over the country are here to Mark International Women's

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Day, the theme is what women want, what women need. Today is very much

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seen as a celebration of the achievements of women, but for those

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campaigning for equality, there is a long way to go. There is still a lot

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to be done, and there is a total commitment in our country that we

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will continue that fight, until we get what is rightly ours, and

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deservedly so. Nearly 400 women are attending the event today.

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Organisers say they had to turn away at least another 400. They say that

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is proof that there is a growing interest in women's issues at

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grassroots level. Women are not a big, genus group, we have a very

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diverse, across the Scottish society, it is important that the

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voices of women are heard, that is as important particularly this year.

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It is fantastic that women are coming forward from all parts of

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Scotland, keen to get involved, and help to shape Scotland moving

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forward. The convention aims to influence the policies which

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directly affect women and their families. It is now planning a road

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show around Scotland this summer. Labour are calling for a

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Parliamentary Inquiry into the discovery of a radioactive fault at

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Dounreay in 2012, which was only made public two years later. The

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party want an investigation into the handling of the incident at the

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naval nuclear reactor in Caithness. It's asking why the Scottish

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Parliament wasn't informed, and why it was nine months before the

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Scottish Environmental Protection Agency was told. The Shadow Scottish

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Secretary, Margaret Curran, along with the Shadow Defence Secretary,

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have written to the Defence Select Committee. The MoD insists there are

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no safety concerns. Police say a body found by a walker

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on a beach in Dumfries and Galloway has been identified as that of a

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missing man from Annan. 30-year-old Ian Carruthers was last seen in the

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town in January. Police had released a CCTV image of Mr Carruthers. His

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body was discovered on the shore at the village of Portling on Friday.

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A 15-year-old boy has been seriously injured in a crash in Angus. He was

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in a car which left the road and hit a tree between Forfar and Carnoustie

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last night. Now sport, and in half an hour,

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Scotland kick off against France at Murrayfield, hoping they can build

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on their previous Six Nations victory in Rome. Duncan Weir's last

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gasp drop goal sealed a win for the Scots and restored morale in the

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squad, after its disappointing opening matches. It's the final game

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in charge for interim coach Scott Johnson. I am privileged to be

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invited to do what I am doing. I feel privileged to sit in that

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stadium. If you're not excited, you should be dead! It is not what I am

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about, I am really cited. And there's live coverage of the

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match on BBC Scotland TV, radio and online. -- I am really excited. Kick

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off is at 5pm. In football, it's quarter-finals weekend in the

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Scottish Cup. Aberdeen and Dumbarton are still playing their tie.

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Aberdeen are currently leading by 1-0. Championship side Raith Rovers

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scored an excellent goal from Joe Cardle, but they still lost 3-1 to

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Premiership St Johnstone. Steven Anderson scored the third goal.

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There are two more quarter-final matches tomorrow.

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Time for the weather outlook for tonight and tomorrow. Gillian's at

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the map. It has been a decent afternoon,

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mainly dry with Sergeant, and it has been mild but very windy. We have

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seen dust of up to 60 mph in places. You can see those tightly packed

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isobars. This evening, the winds will ease, then this rant comes into

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play in the West later. For the first part of tonight, mainly dry.

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Just a little patchy drizzle. More persistent rain pushing into the

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Western Isles and down western parts of the mainland. The winds will be

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strong for much of the night but will ease towards morning. And it

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lost a mild, temperatures holding at

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