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There is more throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel. We are back

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with the Good afternoon. A fighter on the

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tennis court who used that determination to battle the disease

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that was ultimately to end her life. That's how friends and family have

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described Elena Baltacha, who's died of liver cancer at the age of 30.

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Aileen Clarke reports. Eminem's silence for Elena Baltacha

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in Glasgow this afternoon. Her loss is felt deeply here. Shipley B squad

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as a teenager. At just 14 winning a Scottish cup medal. In more recent

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years, she still remembered her winning partner will stop Elina came

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up and spoke to me, and I hadn't spoken to her for a few years. She

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was really nice. That was the type of person she was. She remembered

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people and was a nice person, so I think it is sad when someone with so

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much life in her. Won it was in Perth that Elina's talent was first

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spotted. She took up tennis aged nine. Won this girl with big thick

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spectacles came down to read tennis club, and as soon as she left, we

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knew she had exceptional talent. Much is expected of her. This year,

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I would like to be number one in Great Britain for my age group, and

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in a couple of years, I would like to turn professional. By the age of

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18 or 19, I would like to be number one in the world. She didn't

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disappoint. In 2002, she was on centre court at Wimbledon. The man

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who helped get their is courage to me. He says her passing is a

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personal boss for him, and a great loss to tennis. She had a big

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heart. Really competitive. A great athlete. No fear. One of those

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things that most tennis players have is fear, but she would hit the ball,

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miss it, and keep hitting the ball until it went in. Won establishing

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herself as a young player on the circuit, she came under the wing of

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Judy Murray, who she had beaten in the Scottish cup just years before.

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Andy Murray said it was tough to understand the tragic loss. The

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First Minister said she was as much a role model of the court as she was

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dedicated and superb on it. Won and that Scotland has lost one of our

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most well loved sports stars. Elena Baltacha, who has died at the

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age of 30. An investigation is under way after

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a 19-year-old woman was raped in an underpass in Stirling in the early

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hours of the morning. Police are appealing for anyone with

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information to come forward. The attack happened sometime between

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4:30pm and 5:00pm at Customs Roundabout, near Laurencroft in the

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town. A mobile crane has toppled over in

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Aberdeenshire. No-one was injured in the accident at an industrial estate

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in Peterhead earlier today, and an investigation is now under way. The

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Health and Safety Executive says it's making initial inquiries into

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the incident. The Scottish Liberal Democrats

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kicked off their European campaign in Edinburgh today. Senior figures

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set out their stall, claiming they're uniquely pro-European and

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that the other parties are timid. Our political correspondent, Lucy

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Adams, reports. Fine malt whiskey. One of many

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products but benefits from Scotland being part of the European Union.

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That was the Lib Dems message at this Edinburgh distillery, used to

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mark the official start of the European campaign. To the sound of

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chinking bottles, they explained they are the only party that will

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keep Scott in Britain, in Europe, and in work. They are offering green

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policies, more jobs and less crime. For the Scottish leader, it was down

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to one simple question. Are you in or out? If you elect another

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nationalist, all you will have is an extra nationalist to bang the drum

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for independence. What we need is some like Joe Schlein, who will make

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the case, the positive case, for Scotland being in Britain and the

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EU. Won but the SNP are the only party eyeing up the seat. Others are

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looking to extend their influence will get their first signal of the

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border, and challenge the Scotland's running the Dem MP. We

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have only party standing up with clear mandate of being positive

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about staying in the UK and staying in the EU. UKIP want to take us out

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as did the Tories. Labour are splitting, and we are standing up to

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defend our membership of the EU. SNP plans for independence put at risk

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our membership of the European Union. With six seats up for grabs,

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questions remain as to how the strength of their message will

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measure up. Aberdeen's new ?22 million aquatics

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centre has opened to the public. The 50m Olympic-standard swimming pool

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and diving area took three years to develop. It was built after a long

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campaign to improve facilities in the north-east, and aims to attract

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athletes from across the UK. Hundreds of Black Watch veterans are

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returning to Scotland after a weekend honouring those who fell on

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the battlefields of Belgium during the First World War. They also

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unveiled a memorial to men from the regiment who held the line during

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one of the earliest and bloodiest battles of the war. Our reporter,

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Andrew Anderson, was with the veterans.

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The monument, where people pay respects to the fallen from Britain

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and the Commonwealth. The Black Watch came here, veterans and

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serving soldiers, to honour them. Helping keep his -- story from a

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century ago a live for a new generation. And they came here as

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Black Watch Corner will stop among them, the oldest of the veterans.

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Unveiling a statue to those who fell holding the line in 1914. The Black

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Watch Sergeant forever poised to go into battle. You make when you

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consider that 100 years hasn't meant anything, it is important. Won lest

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we forget. Won many people from villages nearby also paid their

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respects. In the years ahead, it will be local people from this part

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of Belgium who will look after the statue and turn to it. That is a

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mark of respect for which the Black Watch is held in this part of

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Flanders. The wiki in 1914 but also 1917 when the Scottish division

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where her. They bore the brunt of the attack with lots of casualties.

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The Black Watch were always here. Won these men are now back home. It

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is Mission accomplished. A memorial to events a century ago that will

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stand for centuries to come. Now let's get the weather forecast,

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and Judith is at the map this evening. Have we mist much?

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It has been mild, but a good evening to you. We have had mild conditions.

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It has not been too bad as far as Scotland's bank holiday weather goes

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at this time of year. There was some rain, but also brightness. But see

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how things shape up this evening. We see a band of rain pushing up. There

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will be dry interludes. Query conditions feeding into the west by

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the end of the night. Quite breezy over the Northern Isles. Overnight

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lows generally around seven or eight Celsius. Tomorrow, a better day for

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most of us. It will be dry at first light across much of Scotland, but

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some overnight rain across the north-east. That will continue to

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pour northwards. Eventually clearing from Shetland during the course of

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the afternoon. A lot of dry weather for the morning. We will see a

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future was developing coming afternoon. I think those showers

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will mainly be a high ground feature. Most of its holding on to

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drag conditions. Temperatures ranging from 16 in east to 14 in the

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West. We will pick up a breeze during the day. This weather front

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her coming and bringing heavy showers. We will see another front

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approaching on Wednesday, bringing more in a way of showers. Low

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pressure responsible, but it won't be too dramatic. There will be some

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brightness on Wednesday, but also some showers. The main focus will be

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across western Scotland. If you are in the east and south. Quite a windy

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day. A brisk south-westerly wind. That is your very much.

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And that's all for now. Join me for the late bulletin at the earlier

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time of 10:20. Until then, from everyone on the BBC Reporting

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Scotland team, enjoy the rest of your bank holiday.

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