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died aged 88. That's all from the BBC News at Six so it's

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Tonight, On Reporting Scotland: The Prime Minister Backs Greater Powers

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For The Scottish Parliament, As He Addresses Scottish Conservatives.

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Nearly one hundred years after they fell in battle, nine Scottish

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soldiers are laid to rest. It is a closure in a sense. When you don't

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have a body to bury, but all these years later.

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Action! Plans for a Scottish film studio get official backing.

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A preview of the fans gearing up for this Sunday's League Cup Final.

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And it's scrumdiddlyumptious in Grangemouth this weekend, with the

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world's largest display of Willy Wonka film memorabilia.

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Good Evening. The Prime Minister, David Cameron, has said that a no

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vote in the independence referendum is not a vote for no change. In his

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address to the Scottish Conservative conference he said that he and the

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Tories' Scottish leader, Ruth Davidson, believe giving Holyrood

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greater responsibility for raising the money it spends is the "right

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thing to do". From the conference in Edinburgh, here's our political

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correspondent, Glenn Campbell. It's becoming an old political joke

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that the more pandas in Scotland than Conservative MPs. The party is

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not universally popular here. The Prime Minister of the United

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Kingdom, David Cameron. At least David Cameron can count on a welcome

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from his Scottish party, and he says they have the character to overcome

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adversity. It is about having a stout heart, and unwavering gaze,

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and skin has thick and impenetrable as the SNP's White Paper on

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independence. The independence debate dominated his speech. It will

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be the last Scottish Conservative conference before the referendum. It

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will decide whether Scotland becomes an independent country or sticks

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with the union. There will be no going back, no second chances. We

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face a monumental battle to keep our United Kingdom together. The

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referendum he said was a life changing decision for which voters

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must be fully informed. Voting no, he said, was not a vote for no

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change. Vote yes, that is total separation. But no, that can mean

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further devolution, more power. But with the crucial insurance policy

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that comes with being part of the United Kingdom. Earlier, he visited

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insurance workers at one of Edinburgh's financial firms. He want

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him voters to listen to business bosses who have questioned

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independence. Back at conference, confectionery. Mr Cameron hopes that

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what some will see as his referendum sweetener to get Holyrood the power

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to raise more of the money it spends will prove a popular alternative to

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independence. In response, the Yes Campaign said

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that Mr Cameron's speech had actually been good for their cause.

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This is the Prime Minister of a Government that we did not vote

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for, imposing policies on Scotland that we don't like and that he

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consistently reject. It is useful for the Yes Campaign to have a

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constant reminder from Cameron and his other ministers of why we need

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to be independent. Our political editor Brian Taylor

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joins me now from Edinburgh. We've heard the Prime Minister talking

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about more tax powers for the Scottish Parliament. How firm an

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offer does this sound to you, Brian? It is being discussed. You heard of

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air that the Prime Minister said can, not a will, with regard to more

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devolution. That has led his opponents, those who advocate

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independence to say there is wriggle room. It is not a firm offer. Aides

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to the Prime Minister are adamant that this is not the case, that this

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is a firm offer that can means well and it was choreographed, if you

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like, to set out that offer. It would work like this, we are

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expecting the Strathclyde Commission in May, she said to me in an

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interview that she is firmly in favour of more tax powers for the

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Scottish Parliament, allowing her to offer credibly a reduction in

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taxation and we heard from the Prime Minister the formula he uses, he

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says Ruth Davidson wants the powers and I do, too. One, it bolsters the

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position of Ruth Davidson and at counters are those in the party who

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did not fancy devolution much in the first place and may not fancy going

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further. The stress here is that this is definitely all definitely

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will be about a firm offer of new powers coming. They say to one

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further thing, if you have more tax powers, then you can begin to

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squeeze the relevance of the Barnett formula perhaps to the advantage and

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with the support of those in the Conservatives in the south. Thank

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you very much. 20 British soldiers, killed in

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action during the First World War, have been laid to rest with full

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military honours in France, almost 100 years after they died. Nine of

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them were Scots, but only one has been identified. He was Private

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William McAleer, from Fife, who was serving with the Royal Scottish

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Fusiliers. He died with the others during the battle of Loos in 1915.

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Steven Godden reports. To the strains of a Piper 's

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lament, a young Scottish soldier is at last carried towards his final

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resting place, following the 1915 Battle of Loos, Private William

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McAleer was amongst the many missing and so it remained for nearly one

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century until a chance discovery allowed his sacrifice and that of 19

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others to be fully recognised. We remember before him our brothers

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whose names are known only to God. The bodies were discovered four

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years ago. Only ten could be identified out of 20 by regiment,

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but in one case a set of metal tax pointed the way from northern France

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to fight. Private William McAleer was just 22 when he was killed on

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the battlefield in France. He had been born in Lieven, and here there

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is no record of his name among those etched in stone. Attending this

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morning's ceremony, a distant relative from Fife, himself a former

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soldier. Yellow it is a closure in a sense when you do not have a body to

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bury. All of these years later, the officer doesn't have any this family

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left, but his descendant, me, it's you. It is an honour to come along.

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A parting salute for the unknown soldiers and the Private William

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McAleer a lasting reminder of a young life lost far from home.

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

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tonight's programme: It's been one of the best seasons for downhill

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skiing, but find out why it's one of the worst for cross-country skiing.

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And it's all about this old trophy this weekend, the League Cup Final

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is at Celtic Park on Sunday, and it's almost turned into a battle of

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the bands. But which side will be singing come Sunday night?

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It's been a long campaign with many setbacks, but today plans for a

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Scottish film studio received official backing from a report

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commissioned by Scottish Enterprise. It follows a recent surge of

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interest in filming here. Our arts correspondent Pauline McLean

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reports. Last summer, David Tennant is on

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location near Loch Lomond. It is lovely to film in Scotland. At all,

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it is particularly nice when the weather is fine and we are in a

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beautiful location like this. It is hard to beat. Today's report

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suggests that more than nice locations are needed, they need a

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studio. The time is right. I am ambitious for Scotland. I want to

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see this as a significant step forward and I think everyone is

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anxious to see the studio built in Scotland. It identifies four

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possible locations. New buildings at , or expanding existing facilities

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in Cumbernauld. It is home to film city, a

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production centre that lady has plans to expand. Before, you had

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people disappearing off round the world. What you have here is Film

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City, we're been here for ten years and we have been driving this. We

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have stayed with it. I think that is why it is about to happen. This is

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the latest Scottish film to be released in cinemas today. Its

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producer believes a studio would attract other big names and budgets.

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He is co-producing Star Wars at the moment, it being Glasgow. Under The

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Skin was 90% shot in Scotland. There could be a studio now. The

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Government are inviting commercial bids and if they are not suitable,

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they are considering building their own foundation studio.

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The convicted killer Mark Webster has dropped an appeal against his

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sentence while still insisting he is innocent of the crimes. The 51 euros

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murdered his first wife in an Aberdeenshire car crash and tried to

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kill his second wife. An advocate has been jailed for

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fraud and attempted fraud, totalling almost ?50,000. Mark Strachan who is

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55 was earlier found guilty of submitting numerous false travel

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claims for expenses to the Scottish legal aid board over several years.

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A report has been submitted to the procurator fiscal in relation to the

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Hamilton School in Aberdeen boss up to women have been charged with

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offences. The primary school was shut following an education Scotland

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inspection. Then the nursery closed voluntarily. Hundreds of businesses

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in the Inverness and Loch Ness area to club together to make a

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promotional campaign. The project is the first local

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tourism marketing campaign of its type. Aimed at attracting more

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visitors and boosting the region's economy. The rapper Dizzee Rascal is

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the first nursing confirmed for the Wicker man festival.

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Other acts are Big Country And The Feeling.

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Islanders on Mull are set to build their own hydro-electric scheme.

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More and more communities across Scotland are drawing up plans for

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hydro projects, which will generate green energy and cash. Our

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environment You can see the line of the pipe

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running down the burn to the powerhouse at the bottom.

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They are planning for a greener future on Mull and a more problems

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rows one too. This burn tumbling down a hillside is key to the plans.

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It might It might not look much but harnessing the power of these

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waters, will allow islanders to generate electricity and cash. Cash

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to be spent on much-needed community projects.

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And all of that is only possible because of the innovative way this

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scheme is being funded. We can sell shares to the public, but those

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shares are at a fixed value, so you are investing in the scheme rather

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than donating in the scheme. Your investment will have a return rate

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of about 4% a year, so your money will earn a better rate than if it

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was in the bank or building society at the moment. The scheme here on

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Mull is far from unique. Communities elsewhere in Scotland are developing

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similar projects. We are talking about community scale, maybe 100 to

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500 kilowatts which is quite small. They work by generating power

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through the passage of water, through turbine, and then by and

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large selling, County Counciling and selling that to the National Grid.

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Islanders are already discussing how to invest the cash. It is a play

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park but it is not in very good condition, it could do with new

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equipment and stuff, things like that, to give people stuff to do.

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Tourists when they come up. Blue skies are good news for visitors.

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But it will be wet summers which help the hydroscheme generate more

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cash for islanders. Despite HIV willing in one of best

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seasons for downhill skiing it has been one of the worst for Nordic or

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King's Cross skiing, the biggest centre for the sport in Scotland, at

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Huntly has had just 23 ski days this year, compared with over 100 last

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year. For the down hill resorts, this has been a bumper season, as

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early as January, the Glencoe centre was reporting one of the best

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winters for years. But here in Aberdeenshire, it is not

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so good. These tracks are normally busy with cross-country skier, but

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as you can see, there is one vital ingredient missing. One, two, three.

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Here they have the next best thing. This season, they have had just 23

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snow days. Compared with more than 100 in three

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of the last five years. It allows potential Olympians to

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continue training. But it is still disappointing. The last couple of

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years where we have had a lot of snow, it has been more exciting for

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everybody, the coaches are able to do more and the kids get maybe a bit

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more out of it, being on snow, but, yeah, we experienced no snow years

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before. Here is Andrew pus grave. The programme at Huntly has done the

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town proud. Team GB's four cross-country skiers all came from

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the town and remember it fondly I remember skiing round in the

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forests, where we used to go skiing outside Huntly and wouldn't have

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been able to see that we are going to the Olympics when you looked at

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us when we were 12. Poll those following Hizb ut-Tahrir tracks it

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is necessary We will put on roller ski races on the Tarmac track here,

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and skiers from recreational, through to the elite skiers will use

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the facilities for training on. Unless the sun disappears it looks

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like this will be the most skiing they get.

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--. Following his tracks. Let us get the

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weekend sport now from Jonathan. Here we go. It will be an exciting

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weekend, that is for sure. It has been two decades since Aberdeen

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picked up a piece of silver wear,on Sunday they take on Inverness

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Caledonian Thistle in the final of the League Cup. Ahead of the game

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good news for dons fands. Derek McInnes has signed a two-year

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contract extension and it means that 40,000 Aberdeen supporters will

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travel to Celtic Park with some hope come Sunday.

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Business has been brisk at the FC shop, Sunday's final can't come

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quick enough. It is my first game. I don't know what to expect. I am

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looking forward to it. Deservedly we are in the final, hopefully we will

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win it. Too many years Glasgow has dominated the football scene. It is

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about time we got Aberdeen back up there again. Dyed-in-the-wool Dons

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fan Paul pulled out of the Morroccan open to make sure he was at Celtic

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Park I love my football. I go to away games and Pittodrie as much as

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I can. People will be be seeing the team playing in the final for the

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first type. 45,000 supporters will be there. Tickets selling out before

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going on general sale. The Aberdeen squad have relaxed and trained away

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from the pressure of an expectant city Get that going to work for the

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last two or three week, queues outside the staid yaum. I am telling

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players to focus on the job, now we can concentrate and talk about the

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Cup Final. -- stadium. Cup Final equals song of course, and

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a prematch booster. Derek McInnes extending his stay at Pittodrie.

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Aberdeen expects. Well Inverness expect as well. They

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have been cast as underdogs in the final, they trail Aberdeen in the

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Premiership, plus they will have far fewer fans in the stadium, but Caley

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Thistle are in no doubt they can win. Cup Final fever has gripped the

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high land capital. Into their first major Cup Final,

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courtesy of a last minute goal against Hearts and a penalty

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shoot-out is a fitting achievement for Inverness Caledonian Thistle on

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this, their 20th birthday. The largest collection of their fans

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will be heading down to Glasgow, including one who has come all the

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way from Australia. It is a once in a lifetime. They won't have a first

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major final again, I would be kicking myself if I didn't. The

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occasion is being marked in a number of way, including the lighting up of

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landmarks in Inverness Caledonian Thistle colours and a football song

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has been recorded The song has that modern feel as well. That

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encapsulates that feeling at the club and the youth of the club and

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the vigour of the club. As well as having rock on their side they also

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have roll, well, at least a maker of rolls. It is a sugar fix, you know

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and the players could consider having one on Sunday, and help them

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on their way to winning the cup. Give them some real energy.

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Caley Thistle got through to the final despite having two players

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sent off and there is a perception other decisions is often seem to go

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against them. I don't think a lot of people want us in that Cup Final,

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because we are not glamorous enough. We don't have enough supporters but

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we are there. We will turn up and give it our best shot. Hopefully we

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can do a giant killing act and with autothe massive odds against it and

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bring the cup back to Inverness # You speak of past glories of your

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history # We're the best in the Highlands

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# Glory ICT # And the League Cup Final live on

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Sunday, elsewhere Kilmarnock's future will be assured this evening

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with a deal to restructure the club's ?10 million debt. The Rugby

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Park side are on the verge of confirming a deal with their bank

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that will leave them debt free. Time for a quick hit on the other

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Scottish sporting stories. Scotland have asked for the roof to

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be on at the Millennium Stadium tomorrow. It is live across the BBC,

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Scotland looking to bounce back from their defeat to France last weekend.

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Last week we thought we had a bad time. It happens. We want to win,

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but we want a good performance,to be fair I think we need one to win.

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Rangers director Dave King met with fans' group, they say they will only

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hand over season ticket money if training facilities are signed over

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to them. Celtic can move a step closer to securing the Premiership

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title this evening. Neil Lennon is wary of Kris Boyd He can score

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goals, he has done that throughout his career. He has shown a great

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level of maturity. If we make it hard for them for the opening stain,

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we have players that can cause problems. It is a game to look

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forward to. Dundee United are writing to the SFA

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after their manager said he was manhandled twice by the fourth

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official during an incident that saw the boss sent to the stands during

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the midweek match against St John son. And there are more sports

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stories, plus all the latest new, 24 hours day on the BBC sports Scotland

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website. That is the sport. One thing is for

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sure the trophy will be heading north somewhere. Reasonable

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prediction! What is described as the world's largest collection of Willy

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Wonka and the Chocolate Factory memorabilia goes on display, from

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golden eggs to ever lasting gobstopper, fans of the 1971

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children's classic are being promised a Willy Wonka experience.

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Hold your breath. Make a wish. Count to three.

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Willy Wonka's magical chocolate factory sparked many a childhood

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fantasy. But this fan has taken that fantasy further than most. Buying up

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thousands of items from the 1971 film. It is the chance for the fans

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to come and meet the cast, see the props up close, because they have

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never been on display, and just have a fun, fun night, with as I say the

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cast members of the movie and they get to try the lickable wallpaper,

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it is like a real like Willy Wonka experience.

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From golden eggs to Wonka bars it has a chocolatey treat for everyone.

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For fans without a sweet tooth original scores can and scripts add

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historical substance. This is the first time any of this has been seen

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in the UK. Stars from the film are also gathering to share their

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memories. Working with Charlie, in the home and the relationship with

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the mother and the son, I enjoyed that a lot, that was fun to do, and

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that was meaningful to me, to do, because he, that time it was about

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the age of one of my girls. One of these ever lasting gobstoppers will

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set you back round 50,000 $, but in terms of rarity value, this is the

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last surviving bar. Let us move on to the weather.

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Good evening, well it was a fairly cloudy day in most of the country,

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and also a fairly breezy day, across the north coast and the northern

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isle, in excess of 60, 70mph. Even through the central belt 53mph this

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afternoon. And the reason why, well, if we look at the pressure chart we

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can see high pressure in the south-west, and a relatively deep

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low up to the North East, in between a squeeze on the isobars indicating

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the strong winds we have seen. And as we head through the rest of the

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afternoon, this oeuvrening and overnight it stays windy and cloudy

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with rain, nothing too heavy and clearer skies in the north, as we

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head through the first part of the night, but the cloud and the wet

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weather extends to reach most place, it won't be a cold night.

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Temperatures for most round about five to eight Celsius. So what about

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the weekend? Looking to Saturday and it is a bit of a cloudy one,

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certainly across most of the country, with wet weather in western

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area, the further east you are generally drier and brighter here,

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and still a bit breezy but not as windy. As we head through to the

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afternoon, central southern and eastern part, it will be that bit

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drier, with holes developing in the cloud and where the bright or sunny

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skies develop we could see highs of 13 or 14 degrees. The further west

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you are with the cloudier condition, temperatures round ten or 11 and

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continued outbreaks of light and patchy rain through the high land

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and islands. Damp for Orkney and Shetland but not as windy as we have

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seen. So, if you are hill walking or climbing, the common notable theme

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will be the wind. Those are the steady speeds coming from the west

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or the north-west round 60mph, but at times gusting much stronger then

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that, and certainly in the eastern range, through the Cairngorms we

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could see gusts round 100mph on the summit, and elsewhere on the eastern

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range, the further south and east you are the drier and brighter

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conditions hopefully. So, the rest of the afternoon into the evening

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and overnight, and you can see it stays similar really, fairly cloudy

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for most with the damp conditions in the north-west, still breezy too

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from the west or the north-west. And looking ahead to the second half of

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the weekend on Sunday, the high pressure still with us to the

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south-west, a bit too far away to exert any influence, we still see a

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fair amount of cloud round, the further east you are, drier,

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brighter, sunshine coming through, and in that sunshine, we could well

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see 16 degrees through some parts of Aberdeenshire, so for some it will

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be pleasant. Elsewhere cloudy and damp.

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Now the main news. The Prime Minister has told the

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Scottish Conservative conference that if there is a no vote in the

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Independence Referendum Holyrood are could get more tax powers and

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tributes have been paid to Tony Benn, the leading voice of the

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radical left for more than 50 year, he has died at the age of 88.

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And that is Reporting Scotland. I will be back with the headlines at

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eight and the late bulletin just after the Ten O'Clock News. Until

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then, have a very good evening. Goodbye.

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