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That's all from the BBC News at Six. It's goodbye from me.

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Guilty of murder after dousing his wife in petrol

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Dramatic CCTV pictures of the attack in a Stirling hairdressers show

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the man, himself on fire, making his escape from the blaze.

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Too many young Scots aren't ready for the world of work.

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A report calls for a bigger role for employers in schools and colleges.

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Emotional scenes at Holyrood as women whose lives have been

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ruined by a controversial medical procedure call for it to be banned.

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The evidence is overwhelming. Please hear our voice.

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We have news of a major intervention by Gordon

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And we speak to Motherwell's new general manager who tells us

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his priority is to keep Stuart McCall at the club.

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A man is facing a life sentence tonight

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for burning his ex-wife to death in the hairdressers where she worked.

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Today, a jury found Ahmad Yazdanparast guilty of murder.

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He and his ex-wife Ahdeih had recently divorced when he doused her

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You may find some images in Morag Kinniburgh's report distressing.

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Ahmad Yazdanparast takes a container from his car to buy petrol. He used

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it to murder his ex-wife. He was known as Chico by many locals. This

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was his takeaway, his ex-wife's beauty salon was below. He went down

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to the beauty salon and through the view over his ex-wife and then set

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fire to her. CCTV footage shows how the entered the salon. There was an

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explosion, then he fled upstairs. Look at the top of the screen. Once

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outside, he collapsed. Passers-by came to help. Despite their efforts,

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Ahdeih Khayatzadeh died later that day in hospital. I have never

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experienced anything like this. It is particularly unusual. He attacked

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his wife during the marriage. She told police he had threatened to

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kill her and pour acid in her face. Her death left a huge void in their

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lives. Too many young people are not

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ready for the world of work. That's the finding of a major report

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for the Scottish Government aimed at tackling the problem

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of youth unemployment through Current figures show that 53,000

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Scots aged between 16 But, according to today's report,

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the rate here is more than double that of the countries with

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the best vocational education. Here's our education

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correspondent Jamie McIvor. From fixing bikes to making cakes, at the

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school, getting practical skills for a job I'd just as valuable as

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academic subjects. Kieran's course includes childcare. Instead of going

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to a call age or university -- college, you can stay in school and

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gets some grades here. All of the students stay on for a fifth and

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sixth year. Doing this has meant tailoring the range of subjects on

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offer. We can young people don't have bounced higher English and

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young people who are doing tactical craft skills. -- advanced higher.

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Little wonder the craft skills. -- advanced higher.

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Little wonder school was picked for the launch of a wide-ranging report.

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A lot of recommendations the launch of a wide-ranging report.

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A lot of build on what is already good practice. Better careers

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education, close employers between schools and colleges and most

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importantly to help companies take on young people. We have not been

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good about businesses spending enough time and employing young

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people, so we have made suggestions to build bridges. Scotland's economy

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has changed and so has the way that young people gain skills for work.

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Once, school leavers competed to get into the shipyards, now a college

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where youngsters are learning a trade and getting jobs and

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apprenticeships through the links between the college and local

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employers. We work with a number of local employers and place students

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in a range of apprenticeship programmes. They come to college

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first and get a broad range of skills. It raises their

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employability. Then employers can select from these students. The

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Government says it is committed to cutting youth unemployment and will

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give a full response to the report soon.

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Still to come on tonight's programme:

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How one of Scotland's best-known authors is turning her hand to

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In sport, a step up for a familiar face at Motherwell.

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New general manager Allan Burrows reveals his number one priority

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More on that, and the rest of the sport coming soon.

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Around 1,500 women in Scotland receive mesh implants every year,

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usually to treat a prolapsed bladder and relieve

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But some have been left in constant pain after the implants hardened.

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Today a group of women put their case for the procedure to be

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Our political correspondent Lucy Adams reports.

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Karen Neal says doctors told her it was a routine operation. She awoke

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screaming in agony and says the pain has not stopped. I am totally

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incontinence, in constant pain. I do not have a break from it, I cannot

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drive or work. I got signed on fit for work in March, I am 46 and it is

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life changing. It is awful that they are still doing it. Karen is one of

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around 1500 women in Scotland who undergo this procedure each year.

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She says for her and hundreds of others, there has been serious,

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irreversible complications. This is the mesh used to tie newspapers,

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campaigners claim it is the same material causing devastating health

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implications for hundreds of women across Scotland. They have called

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for Holyrood to take urgent action. Their question is why is this

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procedure still taking place question mark --? . An emotional

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plea was made today. Please study the dossier, the evidence is

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overwhelming. Please hear us. The Health Secretary has written to the

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regulators, but says it is not up to the Government to suspend the use of

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the implants. We are not a regulatory authority and it is not

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our responsibility to do that. While a significant number of women, up to

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a fifth of all women who've had these operations have had real

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problems, the other 80% seem to be OK. The regulatory authority said

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that while their own research found...

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Lawyers said that the 400 women already taking legal action are just

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the tip of the iceberg. For them, any ban would come too late.

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A been ordered to improve

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its cleaning procedures after inspectors found dried blood

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on patient trolleys Unannounced inspections to

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Ayr Hospital in April uncovered issues with cleanliness in the

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accident and emergency department. Managers say "immediate steps"

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are being been taken. A review of spectator safety

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at sporting events has been ordered Kenny MacAskill has asked police

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to report back within four weeks. It follows the deaths

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of three people at the Jim Clark Two people are still in hospital,

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one in a critical condition. This week, new rules on helicopter

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safety are being introduced. It follows a series of North Sea

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crashes over the past few years. The changes will try to move

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the industry closer to the Norwegian model, which has

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a far better safety record. But trade unions there say any

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replication won't work here, because unions have to be equally

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involved in decisions. is described as Europe's wooden

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city, but it is actually built on oil. Among the tourists are clues to

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the industry that support it, this city service platforms in the

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eastern half of the North Sea. An industry that looks similar to

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Scotland's, apart from the fact they have not lost a helicopter since

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1998. The big difference seems to be the power of the unions and there is

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a feeling that if the unionisation would crumble, the safety record

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would go with it. The Norwegian model for safety is built on the

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unions, operators and having an equal say. Our regulations are built

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on unions and strong safety delegates. Only by copying the

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regulations will it work. You have to make solid, before you can change

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the regulations. That would mean we strengthen in the UK unions. Yes.

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This is what led to the current safety model. 123 people were

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killed. It was the Norwegian Piper Alpha. This academic says a turning

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point in oil exploration. We have establishment of a shift, a turning

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point that more or less made the new rules about how to regulate safety

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on normal region -- of the Norwegian sector. Unions feel helicopter

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operators want to hear about potential problems. As a whole, I

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think the industry now has moved to the point where they want to hear

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solutions. We come with new points of view that they may not have

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themselves as we are sitting on the ground level, doing the everyday

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work. UK regulators are moving towards the Norwegian model by

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creating the Forum For Safety. But here the discussions are grounded in

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law. Until now, the opposition parties

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supporting a no vote in the independence referendum have offered

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different views of how devolution The former Prime Minister,

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Gordon Brown, has told this programme he's willing

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to work with other parties to agree a joint offer on more powers for

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Holyrood before September's vote. All three parties have now agreed to

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change and all three parties will put it in their manifesto that they

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will implement of these proposals for change, if we can get agreement

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earlier, let's do it. If possible, before the referendum. At the same

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time, you must recognise that every party is now committed to these

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changes. Glen Campbell joins me now. How significant is this? Gordon

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Brown does not lead the better together campaign, but here the

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public face of Labour's campaign for a no vote in the independence

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referendum and in that capacity he is making overtures to the

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Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, indicating a willingness to work

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with them, to reach an agreement on what powers could come to the

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parliament if voters reject independence, indicating a

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willingness to work with them to achieve that in advance of the

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referendum itself. The Liberal Democrats welcome that, they say it

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is in line with their thinking, the Conservatives are more cautious.

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Sceptical, even, of working within that time scale. Those who favour

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independence says nothing less than independence will do. I don't think

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Scotland needs a lowest common demand later agreements, Scotland

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needs the full range of powers that will allow us to grow our economy.

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-- the nominator. That is what Scotland needs.

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I still think it is unlikely that Labour, the Conservatives and the

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Liberal Democrats can reach a concrete is compromise in advance of

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a referendum, but they may way -- may work closer together to stress

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the areas where there is overlap between rival sets for proposals of

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further devolution. In the run up to

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the independence referendum, we've been touring the UK's only current

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border in Northern Ireland looking Our economics Correspondent is

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at one of the crossings there. Yes this is the border. You might

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not notice it driving over the bridge between Strabane in Northern

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Ireland and Lifford in the Republic of Ireland. The only way you can

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tell which side you're on is the speed limit signs, in miles per hour

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or kilometres per hour. For many businesses, that's how they operate

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too- having one headquarters and doing business across the border in

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both countries. Like many companies in Northern

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Ireland, this bakery is a family business. It is run by six brothers.

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It was set up by their parents. They now employ hundreds of others and

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their products are being eaten much further afield. Our business has

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always continued to grow. We have a foot in three markets. That gives us

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a great platform. Once the food is made and packed, it

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is sent off to three markets. Northern Ireland, the Republic of

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Ireland and the rest of the UK. Although Dublin is a crucial

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market, it is not all was straightforward to do business in

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another country. We have to invoice in euros. That brings with it some

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risk in terms of currency fluctuation.

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The city of Derry is the north-west tip of Northern Ireland and is right

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on the border. It is undergoing a regeneration at the moment but

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during the troubles, when there was a physical barrier between the two

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countries, Derry really suffered economic league. It utterly

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decimated trade in this city. That is all gone now.

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What kinds of issues you need to think through when they are dealing

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with companies the other side of the border? It is an administrative

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frontier so you have different rates of VAT. It is a bit of a pain but it

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is not a barrier to trade. It is not always a smooth process to

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trade across the border. For many companies, it is not the case of the

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grass is greener on the other side, they think the grass is greener on

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both sides of the border. And it is not just small companies operating

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on both sides of the border. Coca-Cola have one distillery plant

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which operates across the island. More than ?2 billion worth of trade

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crosses the border between the Republic and Northern Ireland. Trade

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flows freely despite the difficulties for businesses to

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overcome. Join me tomorrow when I will be looking at ideas about

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living on one side of the border and working on the other. As the Englund

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revenue: Those people, frontier workers. Sarah Smith is here to tell

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us what is on Scotland 2014 tonight. We have the two big reigns of the

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referendum campaign. The Deputy First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, and

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the shadow of Foreign Secretary, will debate.

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Around a dozen calls were received by police following a BBC Crimewatch

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appeal to help locate murdered Edinburgh woman Suzanne Pilley. 50

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year old David Gilroy was convicted of killing the bookkeeper in 2012

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but her body was never found. Detectives say some of the

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information came from people who'd never contacted them before.

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Labour is to try to run a minority administration on Dumfries and

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Galloway Council following the collapse of their coalition with the

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SNP. The Nationalists pulled out of the deal yesterday over policy

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differences. It leaves Labour trying to run the authority with just 15

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councillors - nine short of a majority.

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Thousands of science and technology exhibits and items from the world of

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art and design will be brought out of storage and given new space in

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the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. The Victorian building

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has become the most visited attraction outside London. Evidence

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of four thousand year old settlements has been found by

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archaeologists on the site of a new park and ride near Aberdeen Airport.

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More excavation work will be done before the car park can be built.

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To see the fires and halves that they sat around, that is fantastic.

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Really exciting to be that close to our predecessors.

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Shetland's new ?5.1 million visitor centre at Sumburgh Head has been

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opened by the Princess Royal. The attraction is based in renovated

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lighthouse buildings and Princess Anne was invited to lead the

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ceremony because of her role as patron of the Northern Lighthouse

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A garage owner has apologised for staging a scene that looked like a

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murder in Edinburgh, which was caught on Google Street View. Dan

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Thompson had to say sorry after receiving a visit from the police.

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The mechanic had lain on the road while his colleague stood over him

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with a pick axe handle after spotting the Google camera car.

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However, a web user saw the image and made a complaint.

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Motherwell's new general manager says his top priority is to keep

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boss Stuart McCall at Fir Park. Alan Burrows, one of the youngest to fill

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such a role in football, knows other clubs are monitoring McCall's

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progress after guiding Motherwell into Europe

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for the third year in a row. John Barnes reports.

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At the age of 31, Alan Burrows this week formally stepped through the

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door as Motherwell's general manager. His previous role as head

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of media and indications won him numerous awards. But it is one of

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the club's priced assets, namely manager, Stuart McCall, he is keen

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to hold onto. In terms of pre-season preparation, and everything you

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would expect a manager to do, I'm hopeful that Stuart McCall beer.

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He has replaced the previous manager who left for him early on. Who has

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the most difficult job? I have a difficult job. I have been at the

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club for seven years. This is a promotion for me so there is added

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responsibility. If there is anybody in Scottish the ball who is capable

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of taking a billion through this stormy period, it is Leanne.

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Another important job is leasing players. The captain has signed a

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new two-year deal and that means a majority of experienced players are

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back on the books for next season. It has been a deliberate policy of

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hours to demonstrate we mean business. We're hopefully confident

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of tying up more players. He hopes the players will deliver on

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the pitch just as he has often the pitch.

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Scotland international Kenny Miller will join Rangers this week - for a

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third time.The thirty four year old striker was released by Major league

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soccer club Vancouver Whitecaps earlier this year. Miller's last

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spell at Rangers ended three years ago.

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Now, a look at what else is happening across Scottish sport.

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The former Hibs midfielder Paul Kane says the club have scored a "PR own

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goal" by not allowing a fans rally to be staged inside Easter Road. The

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Hibs Supporters Association wanted to gather there as part of their

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campaign to oust chairman Rod Petrie.

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It's the start of a new era for the Scotland rugby team as Vern Cotter

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officially takes over his role as Head Coach. The squad is training in

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Texas and the New Zealander will take charge for his first game

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He is a man of few words. That demands respect. He has a probe on

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track record over the past few years. He will definitely bring

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something good and a lot of knowledge to the part.

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Scotland's two professional cricket teams have been facing up today in

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Dumfries. Not just the victory and pride at stake for the Highlanders

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and Reivers. Our top cricketers have also been out to impress Scotland

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European 800 metres Champion Lynsey Sharp will run in July's Diamond

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League meeting at Hampden. The event takes place 2 weeks before the

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Commonwealth Games. Sharp will run in the 800 metres in a showdown

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And there are more sports stories, including a preview of Andy Murray

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against Gael Monfils in tomorrow's French Open quarter final - plus all

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the latest news, 24 hours a day on BBC Sport Scotland's website.

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She's already one of Scotland's best known writers and now Denise Mina is

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turning her hand to film-making. She's made a documentary about her

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own family - using just a mobile phone. Suzanne Allan has more.

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This is a provincial paper any print and shall time. Please do not start

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banging on about Glasgow being the second city of the Empire.

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Denise Minor is well-known for her novels. -- Denise Mina. She wanted a

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new challenge and looked no further than her family. I often go to the

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cinema and see the same film over and over and I thought it would be

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great to get my relatives to do it. Sometimes I think that if she picks

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up a cup... With a small Budget she decided to

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use a mobile phone to make the film with her cousins. There was no

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shortage of material with so many family members available.

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We grew up in a storytelling family. It was meant to be a pet project but

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Denise showed it to the whole family at a special screening at the

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Glasgow film Theatre. That reaction became part of the final film. But

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family is notoriously have different versions of events. Everybody's

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memories have changed. Everybody steals everybody else's stories.

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The film will be premiered at a festival in Inverness.

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It has been a slow burner. But now we have lovely spells of sunshine to

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end the day. There have been some showers around. Overnight, rain

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becomes confined to Shetland. Some patchy mist here and there is as

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winds stay light. It could get as low as three Celsius. Into tomorrow,

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a dry start for most of us. Even in Shetland, the rain will clear. From

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around late morning on words, we will start to see showers

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developing. Some will be heavy and there will be thunder in the

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heaviest showers. At the same time, we will see increasing cloud

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bringing rain to the East course. The best of the sunshine will be in

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the West. Not a bad day at all. Through the rest of the afternoon,

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rain pushing into the East really starts to make inroads into the rest

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of the country. As we head into Thursday, not much improves. That

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weather front just weaving its way slowly northwards. The focused for

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the heaviest rain will change. Still, a lot of cloud and a damp

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feel to the day. Quite a cool field. Temperatures around 14

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Celsius. But hang on for Friday. It will be better. In much drier and

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brighter day. Good spells of sunshine and light winds.

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Temperatures finally getting into the high teens.

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Now, a reminder of tonight's main news.

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A man is facing a life sentence tonight for burning his ex-wife to

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death in the hairdressers where she worked. Today, a jury found Ahmad

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Yazdanparast guilty of murder. He and his ex-wife Ahdie had recently

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Until then, from everyone on the team, have a very good evening.

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