13/04/2014 Reporting Scotland


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Good evening. Controversial plans to bring down

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the Red Road flats in Glasgow as part of the opening ceremony for the

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Commonwealth Games have been scrapped. The Games organisers said

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the demolition of the five tower blocks would no longer feature, for

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safety and security reasons. Jackie O'Brien reports.

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The decision to blow up five of these Red Road flats was planned to

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symbolise Glasgow's social history and regeneration. But it proved

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controversial and organisers faced increasing pressure to abandon the

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plan. Today, the dead. But in a statement, the chief executive of

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Glasgow 2014 said the decision was made on safety grounds.

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The games are unifying force for Glasgow and Scotland. We want all

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aspects of the games to bring Glasgow and Scotland together. So I

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think that decision is sensible and should be supported. Opponents

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always argued that the plan was insensitive to former residents and

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asylum seekers still living in a sixth block. I think it is a

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lesson, again, in consultation, anticipation, involving people in

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decision-making to avoid situations like this. But there was a mixed

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reaction from residents of past and present. We are living here. I am

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living on the 22nd floor. I have a lot of memories and it would be

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terrible to see it coming down. I stayed on those flights. Now I've

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got a boathouse. And I think go for it.

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Our reporter Jackie O'Brien is at the Red Road flats tonight.

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The decision will be welcomed in this neighbourhood because residents

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here were going to have to be evacuated for the live violation on

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day one of the Commonwealth Games. The organisers say they have always

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stressed that this event would never have taken place if safety continued

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to be an issue. Three men have been detained by

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police in connection with the death of a man in Largs. William

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McLachlan's body was discovered outside his home in Holehouse Road

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yesterday morning. A 19-year-old and two 20-year-olds are now in custody.

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The pilots' union Balpa has written to the Civil Aviation Authority

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urging it not to back down on safety improvements to helicopters which

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are flying offshore. It comes after industry body Oil and Gas UK said

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the changes risked damaging rather than enhancing safety.

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Four people died last August when a Super Puma helicopter crashed off

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Shetland. In the league of the tragedy, new rules were drawn up by

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the Civil Aviation Authority to improve safety. They include a

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restriction on the number of people allowed to fly to and from the North

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Sea, something oil and gas UK warning could jeopardise the

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maintenance and productivity of oil platforms. But the pilots union says

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the CAA should challenge any backsliding by the industry and

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stick to its timetable. They are seeming to make a case that by

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bringing the safety case forward, it is going to affect production. We

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feel that we should be getting their full support in this. And their

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stated aim is safety as their first priority so they should fully

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support the CAA. The CAA says it will only be its recommendations if

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it sees a safety case based on evidence. Meanwhile, a motion on

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helicopter safety will be tabled tomorrow by the Unite union at the

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Scottish trade union 's conference in Dundee.

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Football and St Johnstone reached their first Scottish Cup final by

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beating Aberdeen 2-1. Aberdeen took the lead in today's semi final at

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Ibrox. Niall McGinn was the scorer. But with half and hour to go, Stevie

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May levelled the scores, shooting in with his left foot. Then, near the

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end, he exchanged passes with Steven MacLean before scoring again, this

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time with his right foot. Saints will face Dundee United in the final

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at Parkhead on May the 17th. Let's get the weather prospects for

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this evening and the start of the week from Georgina Burnett.

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Good evening. The good news is we have more settled weather on the

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good news is we have more settled weather under way tomorrow way

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first. We will start to see those wents and showers easing. Those

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showers fragment in all the time. Confined to the north and money

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caused by the morning. -- Moray coast. Tomorrow morning, those

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showers still lingering. But few and far between. Some decent Shan shine

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elsewhere -- sunshine. And with the wind continuing to drop, it will

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feel more pleasant. The temperatures look disappointing, 11 or 12

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Celsius, but we could have a nice day, and temperatures of 13 or 14 in

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Fife. Followed by a cold night, perhaps a little bit Ross Draper

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central, southern and eastern parts. And that's Reporting Scotland. Our

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next update's at quarter past ten. Until then, from everyone on the

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team here in Glasgow, enjoy the rest of your Sunday evening.

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We got to 17 degrees in the sunshine in London and many places enjoyed a

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pleasant day. A different story for the zero

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