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moment. That has got to be a good thing.

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Tonight, on Reporting Scotland: The internet films that police in

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Scotland hope will improve their public image, after scandals

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elsewhere in the UK. An EU decision means cross-border

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private pensions will cost more if Scotland votes for independence.

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The Rangers chairman warns the club could go bust, if fans withhold

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season-ticket money. And the battle to keep our beaches

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clean - there's been some improvement, but the amount of

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litter remains shockingly high. Good Evening. The organisation

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representing rank and file police officers in Scotland has spent

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?100,000 in an attempt to "decontaminate" the service from

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scandals in other UK forces. The Scottish Police Federation has

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released three films online, which show the work police officers do, in

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a bid to improve perceptions of the force after allegations of

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corruption and wrongdoing, particularly in the Metropolitan

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Police. Tim Reid has this exclusive report.

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You are scum! Just go home. Calm down!

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A powerful message about the scenarios about the judgements and

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that they must police face every day. -- dilemmas. The film as part

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of a campaign to show that Scottish policemen are the good guys and not

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the villains. The reason, pro-police morale because of incidents like the

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plebgate A4 -- plebgate affair involving former Cabinet Minister

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Andrew Mitchell which many believe has affected their image.

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The Police Service has been coming under incredible criticism and

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pressure. Particularly over the last 12 months. We are trying to

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decontaminate the Scottish brands of policing from that which has been

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heavily vilified in England and Wales. Following the murder of

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Stephen Lawrence and claims of corruption, the Home Secretary

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ordered a judge-led inquiry after a damning report.

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It is imperative that public confidence and trust and the police

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is maintained. I do not believe corruption to be

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endemic and the police and it is clear that the majority of policemen

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and women conduct themselves with honesty and integrity. Does Police

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Scotland meat contaminated from such events?

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The force refused to comment. The Scottish Police Federation

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represents 13,000 rank and file officers and spent ?100,000 on three

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new films to try to change public perceptions. The videos have been

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shown to politicians at Scottish party conferences and reviewed by

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thousands of people online. Today we shot them to a few more people but

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are they necessary? Most people would be able to tell the difference

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between the police force in England and the one up here. That is nothing

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to do with us at all. I have always found the police men and women to be

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extremely polite and professional. The Police Service in Scotland has

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already gone under a huge overhaul with the merging of several

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different units. But several headlines like these can impact

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morale. They hope these videos will address that.

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The EU has decided not to introduce legislation that would have made it

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cheaper to operate private pensions in an independent Scotland. In a

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surprising switch, the European Commission has decided to stick to

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the current regulations on cross-border pension funds. Our

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economics correspondent Colletta Smith is here to explain. What's

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going on? Essentially this is about how much

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people would have to put into private pensions at Scotland was to

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vote Yes. Lots of schemes would become cross-border and EU rules say

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they must be funded differently meaning that people would have to

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pay more. A few weeks ago we had equal indication from the EU that

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they would change that rule to mean that it would be cheaper to fund

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those cross-border pensions, but today they have switched direction

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and they have said that they will not change the rules. A lot of

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industry experts say that the upcoming referendum could have a

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huge impact. I believe that could have had a factor in this decision,

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it is clearly less controversial to maintain the status quo than to make

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a change that would have made Scottish independence somewhat

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easier. Why this sudden switch? The EU say they are making sure that

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pensions are securely funded, but whatever the reason, private

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pensions are likely to become more expensive in an independent

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Scotland, something the government you must address. This demonstrates

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that things have not changed at all. In November we gave a clear

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assurance that pensions would be delivered and supported within an

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independent Scotland and the arrangements for strengthening the

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financial health of cross-border schemes would be taken forward as

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part of the negotiation process within the union. Pro-Union

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campaigners on the other side of this debate say that the

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announcement today as a blow for the Scottish Government's plans

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post-independence. You're watching Reporting Scotland

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from the BBC. Still to come on tonight's programme: Could Glasgow

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benefit as well as Manchester did from hosting the Commonwealth Games

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12 years ago? In sport: Rangers' chairman warns

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the club could go bust if fans withhold season-ticket money. We'll

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have the details. And Celtic are Premier League

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champions, so what is their chief executive worried about? Find out

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later. A group of senior financiers have

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written a public letter criticising their trade body, Scottish Financial

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Enterprise, for its sceptical approach on independence. They say

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it doesn't reflect the balance of opinion within the industry. Our

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business and economy editor Douglas Fraser has this report.

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Scottish Financial Enterprise represents the finance industry and

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while it believes many questions cannot be answered ahead of the

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referendum in September, today it published a briefing for its members

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seeing the following... More positively it believes Scotland

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would become a member of the union. If there was a Yes Lock, we would

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enter a period of discussion during which these important questions get

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answered. For us, it is important to recognise and explain to our members

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just how this process is going to unfold. With a strong Scottish

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presence particularly here in Edinburgh, this is an industry that

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is heavily regulated by government and its agencies and with most of

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its customers and other areas of the UK, it has most -- more questions

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than other sectors regarding what independence would involve. It has

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said it is a neutral voice for the industry but critics argue this is

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not the view of the Scottish Financial Enterprise board. It has

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been said that... The single-minded focus of the

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negative aspects of a Yes vote and the breath which purports to be an

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partial, it is a very strange breath that is expressed in these terms and

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only comes out with one possible set of scenarios and they are all

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negative scenarios. Finance is a big employer and earn and it is fatal to

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other businesses as well so there are high-stakes involved in winning

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the battle for this sector. The amount of litter on Scotland's

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beaches is still shockingly high, according to the Marine Conservation

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Society. Their latest beach survey claims there are two pieces of

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rubbish for every metre of shoreline, although there has been

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some improvement. Cameron Buttle reports.

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This latest report says there has been a small drop in the amount of

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litter found on beaches across Scotland. But it is a small drop and

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the latter is still a big problem. Here in the speech on Edinburgh,

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volunteers picked up 15 bags worth of rubbish within one day. 2268

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teams. In total, 45 beaches were served last September. One of the

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worst was in Aberdeen were more than 2845 pieces of litter were collected

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in one day. Proof, say those behind the report, that there is no room

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for complacency with that small drop in the national figures. We still

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have an average of two items per litter per beach and that is a

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wake-up call that we have a long way to go to make our beaches litter

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free. The report says most of the rubbish was simply dropped by

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members of the public, some of it came from shipping and fishing, but

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most worrying for environmentalists, as the large amount of

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non-biodegradable material that is being flushed out of toilets at home

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and eventually gets washed up upon the shore.

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A look at other stories from the across the country: Dundee's video

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games companies are set to benefit from new tax relief measures for the

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UK industry. The European Commission has approved

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the support for the sector, following a long campaign. Dundee is

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home to around 40 video games producers.

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Hundreds of North East schoolchildren have been learning

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about the dangers of so-called "legal highs" at an event in

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Aberdeen. It's the first awareness session of its kind by Police

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Scotland, who hope to roll it out across the country. They have a

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simple message: it is not illegal and it is not safe and it could lead

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to a criminal conviction for yourself or worse, leads to the

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death of you or a loved one. Another five birds of prey have been

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found dead in the Conon Bridge and Muir of Ord area, bringing the total

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number over the past week to 11. Their bodies have been sent to a

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specialist laboratory for tests. Meanwhile, police are asking the

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public to contact them, if they find any more.

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Measures to improve dog control have been considered at a summit.

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Politicians, dog experts and animal welfare charities were looking at

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new schemes, including compulsory microchipping. They also discussed

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how existing laws could be better enforced to keep dogs under control.

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Scottish Borders Council has approved plans to move its schools

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to a four-and-a-half-day week. The proposal will see all the region's

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primary and secondary schools close at lunchtime on Fridays.

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This week we've been looking at how Glasgow's East End is changing

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because of the Commonwealth Games. Today, in the last part of our

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series, our Games reporter, Lisa Summers, has been to Manchester.

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It's been 12years since they played host to the Commonwealth Games, and

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many say it was the city that set the precedent of creating a "legacy"

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from a major sporting event. Like Glasgow, Manchester is a city

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built on heavy industry. It has issues of poverty and high

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unemployment and it is a city that likes it's sport. In 2002, the

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Commonwealth Games kicked off a huge regeneration project. The stadium,

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once a coal mine, was a Velodrome. Steelworks and the chemical factory

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were turned into a sports city for the games. This is the heart of

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where the Commonwealth Games arrived in Manchester. Manchester City

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football club is located here now. There is also tennis, athletics and

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across the road, behind these new flats, as the Velodrome, home to the

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British cycling team and 12 years later, as you can see, they are

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still developing. What the Commonwealth Games gave us and this

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sports city gave us was a focus for regeneration and it gave people

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pride and the Elia and the belief that the at a future. What we have

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seen 12 years later as notwithstanding the recession,

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regeneration is continuing. Across the road from these facilities, the

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picture is not quite so rosy. In Clayton, the crime rate is double

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the national average and unemployment remains incredibly

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high. Andrea and Corine our neighbours. They are not impressed

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with the legacy of Games. There are plenty of people still unemployed.

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If you are going to build something to benefit the community, you should

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make sure there are jobs first. They are positive about the sporting

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facilities, the Velodrome has been a huge success with waiting lists for

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taster sessions. The transport infrastructure has also allowed the

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whole of Manchester to reap the benefits. It has managed to

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regenerate the east of the city and to pull in Manchester City football

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club and also greeted some of the jobs they wanted to create although

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she was involved. Manchester's is viewed as a success story and

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despite the recession development continues. The Commonwealth Games

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can provide an opportunity for regeneration, the question is for

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Glasgow, will it lead to lasting change?

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Let's get the sport now. The chairman of Rangers is warning

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the club could go bust if - as threatened - supporters withhold

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season-ticket money. That's after figures for the last six months of

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2013 show the club made a loss of ?3.5 million. Eilidh Barbour has

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more. Success on the pitch, is just two

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weeks ago, Rangers secured back-to-back promotions. Behind the

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scenes, concerns over the financial stability continue. Two years on

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from liquidation and administration. This led to around

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21 2p. The plot had been cut by around ?10 million. Fast forward to

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the end of last year, entered a's report shows a worryingly barren

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bank account of only ?3.5 million. It leads the obvious question that

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where did the money go? That is a question without much of their own

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ends up. Season-ticket money is becoming more important to the

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financial future of the club. As some supporters continue to withhold

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that season-ticket money until certain assurances are met, it means

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Rangers are teetering close to another financial crisis. If they

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didn't get the season-ticket money, they would have to go to external

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investors. It would be expensive money, and arguably, investors may

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get a large football club like Rangers with no ongoing fan support

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and may not see it as a good investment. The fans who support the

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idea maintain the decision is now down to the board to accept their

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demands. The journey to return to the top of Scottish football

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continues on the pitch. Off it, it seems to be less clear-cut.

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Neil Lennon says winning this year's Scottish Premiership title is the

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best of his Celtic managerial career. The 5-1 win over Partick

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Thistle last night secured Celtic the top flight title for the third

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year in a row. But will Lennon's achievements attract clubs

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elsewhere? The Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell hopes not.

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John Barnes reports. The Championship is Celtics for a

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third successive season! It is number 45 in total. Winning the

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Championship with seven games to spare make this a moment to savour

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for the Celtic manager. This is the best campaign I've had as a

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manager. We've won over 30 games. We've kept clean score sheets. The

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alarm bells were ringing for Partick this all after the opening goal.

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Liam Henderson scored his first goal for Celtic to make it 2-nil. Stefan

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Johansen added a third. Christie Elliott could've pulled back for

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Thistle, but it was all about Celtic. In the first few minutes,

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Anthony Stokes claimed his second of the evening, for Kris Commons

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Rhapsody number five. It was his 27th goal this season. Celtic got a

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proper lap of honour, but that could not spoil another joyous night. How

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long can they hold on to the successful manager? There have mean

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no approaches for him yet. He is a great manager. Celtic is a big part

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of Neil Lennon, as much as Neil Lennon is a big part of Celtic. I'm

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hopeful that Celtic can provide his ambitions and aspirations as a young

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manager. The answer now is whether Neil Lennon and Celtic will run off

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and make it four in a row next season.

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And you can see more of Celtic versus Partick Thistle and all the

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mid-week Premiership action in Sportscene at 11:20 tonight on BBC

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One. Now, a look at what else is

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happening across Scottish sport. Andy Murray will drop to number

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eight in the world rankings. That is after losing in straight sets to

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Novak Djokovic in the Miami Masters. I was trying to come forward with

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it. My game is not far from where I wanted to be. Scholar will take part

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in a new European nations lead from 2018. It will involve all 54 embers

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of UEFA in four divisions. But it is not a replacement for the Euro

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Championship. United a four points behind after Caledonian's goal made

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it easy for Ryan to score. The hearts manager says Sunday 's

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Edinburgh derby is just like any other. Defeat could mean that the

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hearts are relegated. It is not one game that will put, cuts down. We

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just have to call down. -- Hearts down. Why-mac you can see more on

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the BBC sport website. That is all from me.

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Weather now, and Chris is at the map - you've had some extra help with

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your forecast today, Chris? Yes. Before I give you tonight's

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forecast, here's the story of how it's made - as told by the pupils of

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Craigholme School in Glasgow as part of the BBC's School Report.

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I'm safely. We are all BBC news sports reporters. Witham we've done

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a report about the weather. We've come to Glasgow to find out how the

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forecast is put together at BBC. First, the weather office. How do

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you find out what the weather will be? We speak to the Met Office and

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the BBC weather Centre in London. We talk to them about five or six times

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a day. We hold phone conferences. It is looking up at the model says,

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what the computer says, and also the human meteorologists. Can you give

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us any presenting tips? The best tip is to keep it simple. It is all very

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well to talk about meteorology and be a mass and weather fronts and

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everything that goes together to make the forecast, but unless you

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will die down into whether it will be hot, dry, wet cold windy, it

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doesn't mean much to the audience. The graphics are made up, and it is

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now time to go to the newsroom to put it on air. Now we know how it's

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done, it is talking about Scotland's ever-changing weather in

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front of a green screen. This is BBC school news report.

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Didn't they do well? Lets see if I can listen to my own advice and keep

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it simple. The radar shows showers from east to

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west. Those should fade away meaning tonight is largely dry. Fairly

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cloudy. That cloud always big enough across eastern coastal parts to

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produce featherlight patchy rain. There is drizzle further west. It is

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dry overnight. But you first through the central and north west

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Thailand's, but whether cloud themes and brakes, temperatures around four

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or five Celsius. Tomorrow, it is fairly cloudy, especially around

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Aberdeen and the Borders. Rather chilly here. Perhaps one or two like

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outbreaks of rain. Once again, bright and sunny. Western parts of

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the country are generally dry tomorrow, but there it slight fly in

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the ointment is around the Borders. Some thicker cloud and outbreaks of

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rain. Cold along the east coast with that easterly breeze. Seven or eight

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degrees. North of Glasgow, it will be warm. Ten or 11, maybe 12

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Celsius. Around the Murray Firth, again, we see the effects of the

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North Sea producing thicker cloud, and once again for the Northern

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Isles, some cloudy skies with one or two light showers. We hold onto that

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as we head towards Friday night. The weekend, the MS graphic. Let's keep

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it simple. Mild air waking up from the south. -- the air mass graphic.

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It will stay rather chilly. Some thicker cloud across the south-west

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corner. On Saturday, it is a 3-way split. Ticket cloud, but in central

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parts, largely dry. In the east, that cloud is big. Low cloud at

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times. In the sunshine, the mid-teens. Dry bright and sunny for

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Sunday. West is best for the weather on Sunday. Further east to are,

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cooler and Deb at times. The simple forecast.

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Now a reminder of tonight's main news: The UK's major energy

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companies are to face a full-scale investigation into whether customers

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are getting a fair deal. They've been referred to the

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Competition and Markets Authority following public criticism and

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political pressure over soaring bills.

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And the Scottish Police Federation has launched a video campaign to

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improve the public perception of the force after allegations of

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corruption and wrongdoing, particularly in the Metropolitan

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Police. And that's Reporting Scotland. I'll

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be back with the headlines at 8.00, and the late bulletin just after the

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Ten O'Clock News. Until then, from everyone on the team - right across

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the country - have a very good evening.

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